A picture of Lizzy above
"Welcome to our humble abode"
I snort as Felix takes a sweeping bow, and millice makes a grab for my hand pulling me through a curtain of leaves. As we step through, the leaves tickle my nose, and dance lightly around my figure. As we exit the thick green curtain, My eyebrows rise at the sight infront of me.
Pushed against the wall are varying range of working computers from holographicals to old touch screen laptops, all scavenged from outside wreckage. These computers were testing results of rare's and contemplating any possible cures, the guys behind the screens were nicknamed commies.
There were stimulation chairs from the 2800's at the back of the room with people lying in them wired up with multiple cords leading from them to the stim chairs, as brain phenomenons commenced (zombies).
The other side of the room consisted of blood tests being taken, analysed, and sent over to the commies (vamps).
And on the immediate left and right of the entrance were some of the last made technology, two glass boxes that can control the oxygen levels inside of them, and teach one to control their breathing, only about 5 kids here were able to sustain a decent level of 7% oxygen (fish).
These were all surrounding a seeming dojo of sorts where kids were kicking, punching, rolling and dunking their head in water, to which after they were being sent to the vamps or zombies, they like to call them selves "the victims", and were a dramatic bunch, unsurprisingly Felix happened to be one.
Dotted around the home made dojo were kids who acted as medics and coaches for the victims and were well known as the "mums and dads" of the air scis.
There was a stump sitting off to the left of the dojo near the vamps with a piece of paper pin onto it. If you wanted to join or switch to any of these divisions you would have to list your name on the paper with and speak with Avery. She would then deem it appropriate or not. At first it had seemed confusing but after a while it becomes a second nature to knowing all the names.
The air was wild with conversation, and a cheesy sense of familiarity seemed to fill me up from the inside.
A "mum", who, was coaching/sparring a victim, slammed him over her shoulder, and before she could check if the poor kid had survived, her eyes incidentally landed on mine.
The girls bottom lip slightly dropped and she let out the most ear shattering scream, this quickly halted the buzz of noise, making me wonder if I had a really ugly pimple on the tip of my nose.
Eyes quickly went from her to me as she leapt up and smothered me in a hug. Immediately kids from all divisions jogged over and more arms joined, it soon became a frenzy of hugs.
I laughed.
It felt like an age since I had really laughed and my laughter soon mixes with tears as the faces surrounding me mirror my action.
"All right kiddies!" Avery steps through the curtain of leaves and grins at us shaking her head "get y'all selves back the their proper division! Saving the air ain't easy alright? chop chop" formality flows over like a wave and people stride back to their divisions smiles dominating their faces.
Avery tuns toward us "it's great to have you back lizibet"
Lizibet is my m full name and Avery is probably the only one other than clones in the institute, to call me that.
"Would you like a mum or dad to help you settle in?" Avery asks
"Oh yes, Lizzy, say yes!" Millice bobs up and down "I can show you around then!"
I stare at her last time I was here she was still deciding what to sign up for "your a mum?!"
"I know crazy right? I like requested and was really nervous and worried because you like have to be taking a form of medicine and know sparring techniques but I mean look I'm here!!"
This time it's me who bounces up and down "your coaching victims now?! and studying doctoring? Omigod Millie that's awesome"
Millice shrugscovering her excitement with modesty "well I'm really only studying nursing right now, but I'm nearly finished! And yeah, I kept up jujitsu so now I can kick butt"
"She beats me nearly" Felix grins
"She nearly beats me" I correct shoving him gently in the side
"Yeah that" he laughs flicking my shoulder
Millice scoffs "pish I HAVE beat you"
He flails his arms in protest "VONE time and vat because i recover from broken knee still"
"That WAS because I WAS STILL RECOVERING from MY broken knee, and..... it still counts" she laughs
"Losing your game eh Fe?"
He turns to me and laughs "I never lose a game"
"Speaking of games" Avery says "I'm scheduled to coaching you today, so come on"
She walks onto the dojo mat and motions for Felix to follow.
"I never slack do I Liza?" He says with a wink and walks off.
"Stupid, pretty, tall, bad English speaking German" I mutter
a light laugh splutters from millice as she walks off and my face heats up. Scurrying after her I quickly fall into step, shaking my head.
"We have an awesome sparring competition happening right now" Millice grins, she motions to the vamps division "a year back the vamps thought they found the cure through an oddity they found in a blood test we ran it through, it failed"
I raise my eyebrows "was the oddity a fluke?"
"Yeah" silence follows as we watch the vamps work
"Who's winning the sparring comp?" I ask as we walk off
"Avery of course, but I think you really want to know where Felix stands" she sings the last part,
I raise my head proudly " actually I was going to ask if you were competing, buuuuttttt since you brought it up..."
"Ha, Felix is 4th, I'm 22nd"
"Well bloody done" I nod in appreciation
We stop in front of the commies and my eyes light up as I see my division
Millice laughs "of course, no place like home, you want to settle here?"
I give her a smile "please!"
When she laughs it's light and full of amusement "will you be fine?"
"I'm sure I'll be fine Millie"
She gives me a sideways smile and quickly backs off to the dojo mats.
"Lizzy, over here" I do a quarter turn on the ball of my foot, and see Zachary Grahams, a very gay, blonde haired boy with a singular blue streak, a killer jaw line and as usual wearing two pair of glasses on his head (one on his nose and one siting on top of his head, in case he ever lost one).
"Zachary good to see my nerd bestie is still breathing"
"Aww your to kind, but then again so am I, when we moved I saved you a seat next to me and a holographical"
"Really? you saved this for me?" I say gesturing to the empty seat next to him.
I pull out a chair slowly lower myself. Studying the computer, I turn to Zachary, "is it coded?"
"Yeah, it's a real simple password, just three circles"
"Cheers Zachary"
He lets out a short laugh "anytime"
Placing one finger on the translucent, paper thin screen I create three circles each overlapping each other. The screen immediately lights up with a pale blue tinge, and I get to work.
A loud slam comes from right behind me and and the leaves behind my holographical flutter. I swivel around to see a glistening very sweaty Felix lying on the ground only a rulers length away from each of my feet.
"Hey" he groaned smiling feebly
I push my chair away and crouch on the balls of my feet
"hey" I shake my head smiling at him "come on Fe I thought you were better at fighting than," I wave my hands motioning at him "this"
"Hey hey hey I'm am lying here on my owwnn teerms" he says his accent dragging out the last words "we're doing a ultimate spar, we're all fighting each other!"
"COME ON FELIX GET BACK HERE YOUVE ONLY KO'ed OUT SIX OF EIGHT" I look up and see Avery, poised and ready for and attack while group of kids are being tended to by some mums and dads of whom includes millice. Felix beams up at me "See I'm holdzing out fine. Im here because...errr" he pauses thinking of a reason "thought I heard a princess in vistress" he looks pleased with his excuse. I make to say a witty remark but Zachary swivels in his chair and beats me to it.
"Oh yes I was quite distressed" Zachary smirks pretending to fan his face. A laugh booms out of Felix and he rolls onto his tummy and hoists himself up, still smiling "pleasure Grahams"
Zachary laughs "it was all mine"
Felix chuckles and winks "bye lizza....Zachary," he gives one last laugh before jogging off and giving an explosive kick in a boys direction. I roll my eyes in the direction of the victims sparring
"makes me glad I chose to work with computers" Zachary hums eyeing the victims, mums and dads.
Someone taps me on my shoulder. I don't turn around immediately as I'm in the middle of hacking the institute for information on what I missed while I was out.
"one sec" I mumble before turning around "Yes?"
A petite asian girl who works as a vampire, glares at me. She throws her hand up in the air and makes a little pifft noise at me "why does everyone forget about us!...anyyyyway names chearin, and not meaning to be rude but your meant to get your arse over to us little bloodsuckers as soon as possible so we can get your results!" She shakes her head warmly at me.
I return a guilty smile back "sorry chaerin, I'll be there in a moment"
she chuckles and start to walk across the room
"whenever your ready!" She pauses "actually that's a lie, we want you here soon!"
I quickly turn back to my holographical and hack onto the institutes online site and setting up temporary account under the name "Chantelle Clover" piggy backing the institute.
"So Lizzy," Chaerin points me over to an empty chair, and motions for me to sit down, "had any good dreams?"
I snort in laughter "yeah there was this good one where I wasn't in a coma"
she guffaws and slides the needle under the skin in my arm "we've all had that dream"
A small beep emits from the machine and chaerin slips out the needle. "Your good to go" I stand up and swipe a plaster off one of the metal tables and tearing it open and placing it over the small red dot where the needle had been. Skipping my way round the mats I avoid being knocked over by the sparring victims. As I slouch back into my chair Zachary is madly typing away but manages to wave his hand in the direction of my holographical, I see a ping. After entering a few quick commands I see that the ping message had been sent to my main institute account. A couple of more clicks of the mouse and I was able to read the message
Lizibet Sanders
It has come to our attention that you are due for a trip to the outside. Please contact us on whom you would like to accompany you for this trip.
The Institute
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