I Now Realize

Chapter 12: Changes- Good and Bad (part 2 out of 3)

Still Kira's POV
"Nice to meet you, Kira." Jaceline shook my hand politely.
"Nice...meeting you, too." I forced a smile. "I suppose we can see each other another time? I'm a bit...busy." She seemed like she noticed my hesitation, but understood my space. "Sure. By the way, if you want to know where I am, Standing from here," She looked around, searching for her room. "I'm three hallways to the right. I'm near the cafeteria and the sparring section."
I nodded. "Ok..."
"Well, see ya. But try to smile more. It helps." Jaceline smiled as we both walked the opposite directions.

Next day,
Astoroth's POV
"Alright," I sat in front of my allies. "Has anyone located Alue's hideout?"
"I tried. No trace." My right hand man said. This angered me.
"What do you mean, no trace?" I asked.
My right hand man gulped. "I did everything. It's like her location has a shield."
"Smarta-s, too." My other allies commented.
"What makes you want to track them so badly?" My right hand man asked.
That made me pause for a second. "Let's just say she is allied with someone I really...loathe."
My allies eyed at me suspiciously.
"I just want that person's head for a very personal reason." I shrugged.
"Hmm," One of my allies rubbed his chin. He may be immature, but helpful.
"I got an idea!" He snapped his fingers and made a goofy grinned. "I have a friend who is a scientist and another friend who is a doctor."
My right hand man scowled. "How is that going to help?" He asked.
I motioned him to pause. "Marcus, he may act like an idiot. But he makes a good disguise of it."
My ally scoffed and continued. "We have the chemical. The chemical can be 'contagious'." He laughed evilly.
My other allies and I stared at him as he kept explaining.
"I can tell my scientists and medics to spread this chemical by creating a 'vaccine'."
'How come I never thought of that? What the h-ll, Astoroth?' I thought to myself. I slapped him on the back and smirked.
"You mad genius." I smiled at my ally, Hugo. Hugo made a goofy grin and made a thumbs up. "No problem."
My right hand man, Xaven, seemed amused by Hugo's plan.
"Alright. I will give you the chemical in tomorrow. And you do the rest, Hugo." I patted his back.
"Sure thing, Asstoroth." Hugo and my other allies chuckled, which made me scowl.
"Aw, lighten up." Xaven smirked.
"Whatever," I scoffed. "Repeating, I'm giving you the chemical in tomorrow, be ready, Hugo."
"Aye, aye, leader!" Hugo saluted as I returned to my base...

Second day,
Kira's POV
I walked through the halls, trying to find Jaceline. Standing on the spot where I met her, I went three hallways to the right between the cafeteria and the sparring section. I then knocked on her door, waiting. She's not so bad. At least she doesn't get in my personal business, but she's pretty cool. We only spent the day chatting, yesterday. We only talked about the basics. Likes, dislikes, hobbies, that stuff. I'm not emotional, but I'm realizing...it's nice to have a friend. I actually never had a friend...my father always kept me isolated from people, because he told me that I was special. Yeah, right. I have a feeling there is something my father doesn't want me to know. Oh, well...
"Hi." Jaceline rubbed her right eye and yawned. "Sorry that I took a while."
I shrug. "It's fine. So what's up?"
"Nothing much. What about you? Hey, why do you have cuts on your cheek?" She asked.
"Uh," I hesitated. Oh, she had to ask that. "I was training last night."
She eyed at me suspiciously. "Those cuts look fresh-"
"It took me a while to heal last night." I blurted.
Jaceline sighed, staring into my eyes. "You remind me of several people who were my friends."
I tilted my head. "What do you mean?"
"I had friends who acted similar to you." She rubbed her elbow, staring at the floor while we walked.
"And what happened to them?" I asked.
Jaceline paused for a minute then shuddered. "They're...dead."
Now it was my turn to pause in shock...