Black and White

Alex had been training his body with Lucius and his mind with Steven for 2 weeks now. The ladies of the house were nowhere to be found, and he was glad for it. He wanted to train in peace, and this had been a perfect time for him to work on himself, both outside and inside of the system space.

He had finally started making progress in computers. To make things sense to him, Steven had come up with a brilliant plan of berating him every time he wasn't able to learn something. Alex knew that this was all a way to get his blood boiling, but he still accepted this as a challenge. He had made major strides in BASIC, a cousin language of Python which was still relevant.

Unfortunately, all good things come to an end. The Ladies of the family were back, and Clara had been looking at him as if she would devour him.

Alex sighed. Now the only place where he could feel safe was his system space. When the system went into hibernation, it made sure to set up a monitor inside the space that could show you what is happening outside of his body. So he felt much more secure inside.

Recently, he had been craving to undertake another mission. Staying at this mansion had really made him feel like he had been improving in certain things, but his temper was taking a turn for the worst, which was helping in changing his character at a fast rate. He was trying to maintain his temper, but his body and his instincts were against this. He was positive that he had been feeling like this ever since he obtained Hyena's heart, but it was worsening ever since he came to America.

To combat this, Alex had asked Lucius for a meditation technique. Lucius wanted to give a technique to him, But he couldn't give it to him just yet. He needed Alex to prove himself in the field because even he had noticed that the current Alex was different from the Alex that he had read about in the reports. he would allow Jane to go with him, to take care of everything if he made a mistake due to his impulsiveness. This was also supposed to be a test, but he wasn't going to tell Alex beforehand.

Impulsive, angry, prone to mistakes, determined but doesn't know when to pull back, this was completely different from the calm personality he had shown in Ukraine. It could be accounted for feeling betrayed by his mother after he had proven himself to the world, but he felt that something else was wrong. Usually, he would have allowed Alex to calm down before sending him to fulfill a mission, but he had personally witnessed that Alex wasn't calming down. He felt that he needed to make a mistake to calm down. This was the reason that he had been fighting him one on one and showing him his place without holding back(Figuratively). But that wasn't working, so he had to let him make a mistake on a mission.

"Alex, I have a mission for you."

Three weeks in, Lucius had decided to put his plan in motion. They had just finished their training for the day and they hadn't left the grounds yet.

"This isn't a mission from the family, this is a personal mission from me. If you want the meditation technique, you will have to finish this mission on your own."

Alex looked at him, feeling that this was also a test. This was because Clara had visited him yesterday, asking if he required anything. He had asked for a meditation technique, and she had asked him to go and take one from the second floor of the library, and he was going to visit it after today's training had ended. But seeing that Lucius had no clue about this conversation, he was amused. Clara had specifically mentioned that this was the technique that Lucius used to calm his nerves, so it must have been the best technique in the family. There was no way he had a better technique that he didn't use.

"I accept your condition. What do I have to do?"

Alex decided to play along. if his master had a test for him, he had to perform well.

"Very well. I need you to hunt a group of thugs down, who have been trying to get into the institute and steal sensitive data regarding our projects. There are at least 10 of such thugs, but the number won't exceed 25. I need you to kill them and gather evidence regarding the group that they belong to and make sure to not let it get connected with our family."

Alex agreed. He was given a USB regarding the information of their hideout, which made things way easier. Unknown to him, his blood had started to boil at this thought. His eagerness to kill was sensed by Lucius, who sighed at the sight. He decided to not say anything though, and let everything play out naturally.

"Is it fine if I complete it today?"

Alex asked Lucius with a grin on his face. A grin that was completely out of place on the face of a 10-year-old.

"Sure, do it as you like. Just make sure to remain calm, and not make a mistake."

He added, hoping that Alex would remember his words.

The difference between his current look, and the look that he had when he first came to America, was like the difference between Black and White.

Alex left. His hands were itching to kill someone, and he wanted to get on with it as soon as possible.

Lucius then brought out his phone and called Jane. He had to make sure that she was like her shadow, following his every action.

"It's time, Jane. Follow him discretely, without him noticing. He will definitely make a mistake."