Star-Crossed Myth: Scorpio and the Upper Level

Chapter 2: Intro Ayla Troyad Sky

The overall of the past 2 years...

Scalatro: "Argh! I8, what're you DOING here?!"

Scorpio crawling into a battlefield tugging at my leg, making me miss, and breaking my concentration.

Scalatro: "What is that smell...? Ugh...18...why did I even save you?"

Scorpio blowing up a gas bomb while sitting on my desk.

Scalatro: "Open up! Eat it for crying out loud!"

Scorpio apparently hates anything but apples. Then wouldn't eat regular apples, except for the red ones cut into rabbit ear slices. I have no idea where he got that, but he loves it.

Scalatro: "Subject 18? Where the heck are you?! What the-?! What did you do to my DESK?!"

Scorpio trashing my desk and either tossed, chewed, ripped up, or just utterly destroyed paperwork. And he has one in his hand, in his mouth and on top of his hair.

Scalatro: "I will kill that little brat early from his 18th birthday when I find him...oh! Uh, hey Z! And you have Subject 18. Give him here..."

Scorpio pulling Z's hair, laughing at his black-smeared face, (I hope that's ink) making a complete fool out of him. But seriously, that kid has guts to do a stunt like that. I gave him a rabbit ear apple.

*****

But...the kid is still really annoying. He's stubborn, hyper, ignorant, and really vulnerable. Years past and he's I am guessing, around 10 years old or 8 years old. And a new recruit came in from the Claw Division, recognition Subject 12. And he is really good with the gun.

Scalatro: "I am you're major, Ayla Troyad Sky. This is the Scorpion Division. You work and kill or I will kill you."

Recruits: "...*murmur, murmur*..."

This is the introduction for all of the new recruits from different divisions. The Scorpion Division is the highest level in all of the Black Crow. If you reach the minimum requirements, then you are shipped here. And you get to meet me.

"Hey, did she just say that her name was Ayla Troyad Sky?"

"She has a name?"

"Isn't she like...the angel with the shotgun...?"

"I heard that she's the most powerful member in all of Black Crow."

Some of these rumors aren't half bad. Though I am really disappointed on how the other divisions trained them.

Scalatro: "You're gonna cut the chatter or gonna fly onto the chopping board before your 18th birthday."

Everyone looked at me in confusion or scared expressions. I sigh and go through the list.

Scalatro: "If...you don't like the way I run things, you can candidate for being major on your 18th birthday. That is...if you can kill me."

Which from the past record, no one has yet. And everyone has to, even if they don't want to. I look down at the crowd's terrified expressions, but Scorpio...I mean, Subject 18, was glaring at me with pure hatred. If I wanted punishment, for what I have done to him in the past. All I want is for him to kill me. It's that easy.

*****

Inside Section 9, next to the major's bunker...

Scorpio: "That woman, who does she think she is?!"

The boy from the Claw Division, originally Hiro Nizuna, sat next to Scorpio trying to calm him down.

Hiro: "Why do you hate her so much? I mean, besides the whole Terrorist Queen and cold attitude..."

Scorpio: "Once I am 18...oh, I am gonna kill her...not even leave her body for that wretched, twisted little...his beloved girl killer isn't gonna-"

Hiro: "My gosh, why do you hate her like THAT?! I mean not even the new recruits are like this...maybe it's because you've been in the division ever since you were...a baby...?"

Scorpio: "What do you know? Don't you want her dead, too?"

Hiro: "Well...I've heard that she used to be really nice a long time ago...but someone had...killed her...? Maybe that was emotionally and now she can't even be happy..."

Scorpio: "I don't care! It doesn't matter about the past! What about NOW?!"

Hiro: "...Well, I think sometimes the past is important. How did you get in the Black Crow, and start in the Scorpion Division?"

Scorpio: "I...y'know the killer major? She...killed my parents...killed my mom...personally. I mean, what did my MOM ever do to her?!"

Hiro: "How do you know that?"

Scorpio: "I...uh, that's none of your-!"

Scalatro: "You two are still awake?"

*slash*

Scorpio/Hiro: "Argh!"

Scalatro had came into the room and sliced the skin of the back of their necks with a pocketknife. The two both press the back of their necks and turn to face a pretty mad Scalatro, glaring at them. The boys were shivering with fear and were trying hard not to cry. Even Scorpio was doing this.

Scalatro: "Go to sleep."

Her voice, sounding merciless and cold, commands them to go to sleep. They scramble onto the flat and uncomfortable bunk bed and sink into their thin blankets. Scalatro shuts the lights off leaving the room in pitch black darkness. No windows, and the door was heavy iron, and will only open if Scalatro is pulling it, or she clicks on the automatic.

Scorpio: "I hate her..."

Hiro: "She's scary..."

Scorpio: "I don't know where you got that she was nice in the past...I don't know how..."

Hiro: "It was a rumor...just a rumor..."

*****

Years later...

Hiro: "Hey...didn't your birthday just happen?"

Scorpio: "You mean my year record?"

Hiro: "...Just trying to lighten the mood."

Scorpio: "Ha, I know..."

Scorpio and Hiro became great friends. Scorpio still hated Ayla, who he still didn't know was Scalatro, but was nice to everyone else, trying to cheer everyone to a smile. But he was really hard on himself. Training to be ready to kill Scalatro once and for all.

Hiro: "Here...ooh! Bread with BUTTER! Butter! That's rare!"

Scorpio: "Ooh! Hey, I wanna piece!"

They happily eat and laugh with each other, lightening up the mood and atmosphere around them, making people smile. But Scalatro was just coming into the cafeteria to ready up the next mission, everyone fell silent.

Scalatro: "Everyone dump your trays. We're going."

She has a file of documents, sighing for the recruits's missions to kill. Scorpio had more people to kill than the rest. And he knew it. Everyone hung their heads as they throw away the food they weren't fast enough to eat.

Hiro: "How many do you have on your list?"

Scorpio: "20..."

Hiro: "20?! I only got 5..."

Scorpio: "That's a good thing. I bet the major put me on this."

He glares at Scalatro's office where she had gone. Everyone goes to their designated places. Scorpio and Hiro follow.