The City of Alium (Friendfic)

Humans

Alia's Pov

"Rose, can you lead these three to a secure room?" I took my leather jacket off and tossed it on a table. 

"Um, confinement? That's not what I signed up for" Anna crossed her arms and shifted her weight to one side. 

Rose rolled her eyes, "It's not confinement. A secure room is the lounge, where there's games and drinks and bathrooms, but if you wanna be separated from the group, I'd be more than happy to lead you to a cell" she shoots. 

"Ugh, whatever, let's go to the lounge" Anna scoffs and leads the way, even though she doesn't know where she's going. 

I turn around on my heels and head towards the training room, where I find Ethan and Ollie sitting cross legged on the floor. 

"How was initiation?" I ask hesitantly, generally the 2 people we drop in the arena end up hating each other. 

"Not too bad. This kid's got skill. Kappa" Ethan does hand guns towards Ollie, who rolls her eyes. 

"All I do is grow trees, which I already did to begin with, as I am a tree" she jokes, "You're the one who gotta go so fast" 

"Hmm," I start, "Care to show me?" I place one hand on my hip and point the other towards the arena. 

The two respectfully hop off the ground and enter the arena, which I appreciate greatly. 

My team would be nothing without respect. 

I lean back against the wall, "Begin" I smile, curious to see their powers. 

Ethan took a deep breath and began running circles around Ollie, who tried to turn her head to keep up with him. 

"Attack, then" I'm impressed with Ethan's speed, but have still seen nothing from Ollie. 

Ethan quickly stops behind Ollie and grabs her from the back, and she struggles to break free. 

She shuts her eyes tight and 2 vines sprout from the ground, wrapping themselves around Ethan's arms and pulling him to the ground. 

"Ow- Holy h*ck" Ethan curses as his arms are pulled to the sides. 

The vines stop stretching as Ollie relaxes her hands. 

"Tada" she does a jazz hand gesture and I chuckle, clapping slowly. 

"Impressive. You know, I'd love to see how-" I began but was interrupted by a loud siren. 

I opened the arena doors and ran towards my office, to see the red lights flashing on the screen. 

"Wall breached". 

Oh no. 

"We gotta get everyone out of here. Everyone. This is happening sooner than we thought... We gather the youngest and bring them to the prisons... That's the safest space in Alium." I get 5 Malum to go gather the youngest and escort them. 

The phone rings and I pick it up quickly. 

"Alia? This is Shelby. Bring your troops and meet us at the common space. We need to fight this out together. Come as quick as you can". 

I agree hesitantly and hang up, and then press down the button on the intercom.

"Everyone who isn't escorting little ones, follow me outside. We need to go to the common space. Bring your weapons and stay alert. It's going to be a long day.". 

My entire complex hurries as quick as they can to keep up with me as we walk towards common space. 

There were only about 16 of us walking right now, then the 5 teens and 4 kids back at the complex.