VenatIO (Book I Of The IO Series)

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BRIEFING OF VENATIO (HUNT)

1108 HOURS

LOCATION- PLUTO, GAYLORD ACADEMY, SECTIONI I, HEAD'S OFFICE

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"You took your time," the head said inspecting us. We looked at her not moving and I cocked an eyebrow at Jaz. My immediate image of her being a role model disappeared as I took in her haughty image.

"So how did your session go," she asked us. Ty and Michael looked at each other a smile playing across their lips, it was inhuman how fast boys bonded, a few words and they became best friends.

"It was interesting," Alexandria said looking at me a small smile playing across her lips. That it was.

"Describes it perfectly," Jaz laughed quite falsely to ease the tension.

"Hmmm," The head said observing us, "Follow me, we will be seeing what talent each of you have. As all of you are royalty you are gifted with two talents each, but to keep your identity secret one of your talents will be hidden from the public eye." We followed the head inside a room. 6 cubicles were surrounding a rectangular space.

"6 cubicles, I want each of you to enter a room. Inside there will be an object called a Tromper and it will search for you talents and if needed will prompt it to appear immediately, further instructions will be called out inside the room, please enter."

I looked at the cubicle in front of me and opened the curtain revealing a plain room inside. It consisted of a chair and a large machine. I sat on the chair in front of the machine.

"Place your head inside the Tromper," a speaker from the wall said. I looked at the curve in the Tromper and slowly placed my head inside.

"Relax." I tried to relax but my head was beating, and I felt a movement inside my head, it was like a bug walking inside of it. The Tromper started making a large noise and then flared up suddenly, I jerked back suddenly.

"Relax," the speakers ordered. I rested my head back into the Tromper and waited, after 3 minutes the Tromper told me it had completed its job and it told me to leave the room. I walked out of the room feeling a bit dazed. Everyone was waiting for me.

"What," I shrugged. Jaz stared at me while I heard Eli mutter something under his breath. I shot him a glare before standing next to the head.

"Hmm," the head said, "You took an awful lot of time." I looked at her not sure how to respond. The machine in her hand made small popping noises.

"Michael," she said, "You are a telepath. I presume you know how to use this gift."

"Yes, I do," Michael said.

"You also have the gift of X-ray vision. Do you know how to use this."?

"No," he said.

"Well," she said taking an object from the shelf, "Look at this object, inside this object, there is a skeleton. I want you to find the curiosity within you to produce the rays from your eyes. The rays will help you see what is within."

"Okay," Michael said taking the object from the head.

"The thing about gifts is they are a lot easier to control than elements, so you should be able to excel at them by the end of the day."

"Wait," Jaz asked.

"What."

"Can he see through our clothes," she asked suspiciously. With the number of elements that existed, the severity of Michael's x-ray vision was highly suspicious. You honestly never know what you might have, genes only play a small part in it. There are thousands of unique gifts that exist.