4 In The Camp

Creed was lost in thoughts, sitting on the chair while gazing at the golden egg. He felt a strange sensation in his body; It was as if his temperature dropped by many degrees and his breathing became heavy.

It felt as if he was underwater in a cold sea. But his consciousness was still with him, he felt as if he was drowning, but things in his rooms were still noticeable.

Things suddenly went spooky when he looked at the golden egg again. The egg suddenly got his golden glow back and was shining like a star and hovering in the air. This made him remember the scene in the elder's tablet with the crucified snake-women.

The scene was similar only with the difference that the snake-woman was crucified and he was not.

"Is this finally the end, will this egg eat me just as it tried with that snake-lady," Creed had a gloomy look. "Ah shit... why can't I just catch a break."

He could see that the egg was shining, but that was just it. He didn't get any painful feeling or energy drain either. Though he felt a little numb with his drowning perception and blurry vision, this feeling was like half-sleep and half-awake.

He did some simple calculations in his mind, while he also tried to remember the faces of the people he knew and pinched at his hands to see if he was dreaming but, apparently he was not.

Strangely, he could hear and perceive things too. He felt like he was in a state of nirvana. Suddenly he saw movement in the egg. It started vibrating and multiple golden chains came out of the egg and all reached to grab multiple places in his body, his legs, his hands, waist, and his neck too like they would drag him into the hell.

"Okay dad, I am coming to you sooner than you expected." He did not understand what was happening.

"This evil egg will really eat me, I miss those days when people were supposed to eat the eggs and not the other way around."

Unexpectedly, he felt a warm sensation where the chains grabbed him. The egg then morphed into a ring and sped up towards his left palm and got itself attached to his index finger like an ordinary ring and then vanished inside his body.

~Knock Knock Knock~

"Hey Creed, open the door." A voice came from behind the door.

He came back to senses as if nothing happened, and the ring or chains vanished. Everything suddenly became normal. He felt rather spooked, as the ring suddenly melted and vanished inside his body.

"Hey Creed, open up man. You dead or what? " The banging sound jolted him back from his thoughts.

He pulled himself back up and went towards the door. He opened and saw a person with 5'9 height, same as his own and face rather playful. He wore glasses and office uniforms provided by the military.

"Hey, Jake!"

His name was Jake Collins. He was a cadet, same as him, and the only friend that Creed had after coming inside the glitch. Jake looked at him, smiled. "Hey man ... did you know that secretary Alia has got a tattoo on her lower waist?"

Creed's expressions changed as he made a disgusted face at him and pushed the door back.

"Wait wait wait! I was just kidding, man!" Jake pushed the door to resist him."How would I know where she got a tattoo or not?"

"Dude, I was sleeping, what the hell!" Creed had an annoyed expression."I am not interested in a tattoo on that witch's waist!"

"Of course, because you're only interested in the tattoo on the lieutenant's waist!"

Creed again made a disgusted face and started pushing the door again.

"Stop stop dude, I'm sorry man, stop closing the door." Jake kept on chuckling. "Jeez, you are no fun."

"What do you want, Jake," he couldn't ignore him. "I was busy, Just say it."

"Dude, just look at the time it's 7:30 am," Jake while pointing towards his watch." I came to get you for breakfast. Come on, or you will starve yourself."

"Okay, you go to the canteen, I'll see you there after I get changed." Said Creed as he closed the door.

"Okay, Just don't take too much time. I'm hungry like a beast." Jake said while proceeding back to the canteen.

"Didn't he said he was sleeping, "Jake said mulling over to himself "Then why did he say he was busy?" Jake went to the canteen without giving it much of a thought.

After closing the door, Creed checked his room for some changes or changes in his body. But he felt nothing out of ordinary, no sign of marks on his finger or some strange symbol anywhere else.

It was like the golden-ring vanished, but it was still inside his body. A chill crawled on his body. It made him even more uncomfortable that a highly suspicious and unknown object was inside his body.

With all the occurrences that happened regarding the egg, he was sure that the egg was some kind of major disaster. It could always choke or poison him from the inside.

But there was no point in considering things with no kind of proof, so he changed into his uniform and went to the canteen. There, he saw Jake sitting with a girl with his food tray. They both saw Creed coming with his own tray.

"Here comes the freak, I will take off now. A word of advice—Stop wasting time with him and come to our table, you waste your talent in his company. The sooner you understand, the better. See you later, Jake," Said the girl with a curvaceous figure with a smirk and left the table Jake was sitting on.

Seeing this, Creed sighed and brought his food tray and sat on the table Jake was sitting on. Then he said. "What she said is true, the sooner you get it inside that thick skull of yours, the better."

"Sorry man, you had to hear that, but you've got to stop saying mean things about yourself. You are not as bad." Said Jake while fidgeting with the fork on the spaghetti in his tray.

"Not as bad, dude..." Creed pointing his fork towards Jake waiting for an answer. "How many Cadets have you met that are stuck on their root chakra for an entire year?"

"None" Jake replied immediately.

"So... why don't you go with them, what the point of this sticking-to-a-loser facade." Asked Creed with an expressionless tone.

"Bro, this is not some kind of facade. You are a friend. I just don't think you are that big of a loser. You are still not dead even after an entire year inside the glitch, and from my perspective, that's a lot of winning, so it proves nothing." said Jake as he continued " So what if you are stuck on a step, you are not a loser? At least not in my dictionary. "

"What kind of stupid-a*s dictionary is that?" - said Creed sarcastically.

"It's the same dictionary that says that Creed Gryffon is an exception," said Jake with a smirk. "And secretory Alia is a hottie."

"A loser for a friend and a witch for a crush, you the very definition of crazy." Creed with a shrug.

"So what's up with the four sisters?" Jake to change the topic. "Are they still bullying you?"

"Yup, you know how they are, but this time they made me use my last beta-pill and snatched dad's ring which was my last financial pillar for my family." Said Creed while munching on the bacon bits.

"Man, that's brutal ... both the things were important to you, this is too much bro," said Jake as he sipped his juice, then asked. "Why don't you ask for help from the lieutenant on this."

"She's got no obligation to help me, and I don't really want her help, anyway." Creed clutched the fork tightly. "I will sort this matter myself, I will return those bastards the favor ten folds."

"Yeah, sure, tough guy. You're the man, but take my spare beta-pill for now," Jake slid a beta-pill towards him. "Just in case, that's best I could help you right now."

Creed slid the pill back to him. "Nope, don't want it."

"If you don't take this right now, I will beat you like pulp and then make you eat it with your ass right here, right now!" Jake replied while sliding a beta-pill towards him. "You don't want that, do you, stubborn boy?"

His eyes turned orange and strange aura burst out of his body, while he forcefully slid the pill back towards him. Creed pupils shrank and sweat appeared on his forehead. This sudden escalation made everyone inside turned their heads at them.

"Okay, okay fine, I'll take it. Don't get your chakra all riled up now," Creed tried to calm him down as he looked at others who were staring.

"I knew you were a smart guy. Well, I have sweet news for you. Wanna hear it?" Jake turned back to normal and not bothering to look at the people who were staring.

"Yeah, sure, why not?" Creed had the excitement on his face. "I could really use some good news right now!!"

"I have heard from dad, the genius Tang Lie has delivered a lecture on Chakra Fundamentals yesterday and I have got a recording," Jake asked with a smile. " You want it?"

"Now that my friend is what I call pleasant news!"