Tryouts[1]

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This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, businesses, places, events, and incidents are either the products of the author's imagination or used in a fictitious manner. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, or actual events is purely coincidental.

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[▪︎1st April 2003▪︎]

[▪︎The Sinai Desert, Israel▪︎]

Up above, in the dark morning sky devoid of stars and any source of illumination with the cold breeze caressing my hair, I peer down.

Below—on the desert ground—a wide-lit camp ringed by barbed metallic fences is situated.

There are numerous tents—carefully arranged in rows—infantry vehicles installed with heavy guns, and men wearing loose clothing with white turbans on their heads and in their hands are rifles.

This is a human trafficking camp. From what Cecil's told me, they're going to transport their 'goods' to Israel and from there to their contacts in the Middle East.

At the moment, less than ten men are patrolling the vicinity and even with that, they are groggy and unserious. The rest are sleeping.

With my gaze on the ten guards, I descend slowly and quietly to the right side of the camp which has an enormous tent—roughly the size of a small house.

Just as my feet touch the ground, I enter their minds and knock out their brains—making them collapse on the ground unconscious.

I enter the tent and observe it. Inside, numerous beautiful women from different countries, wearing rags with chains attached to their ankles, are sleeping on the hard floor.

Near the middle of the tent, one of the women—probably a North American—raises her head and upon seeing me, her eyes widen in shock.

"Pri——"

"Shush, don't make a sound. Get up and wake up the rest, you are all going home."

I place my index finger on my lips and interrupt her in a low tone. She nods eagerly—her eyes tearing—and immediately starts waking up the other women.

While she does this, I subtly create a portal by my side and wait till all of them are awake.

"Walk inside, you'll arrive at the American Embassy and from there, arrangements will be made to take you all home."

I inform gently with a smile as with a thought, I break their shackles and their faces immediately brighten up.

The lady from before makes them all form a line and then they start marching inside the portal, each of them thanking me before they enter. The American lady gives me a peck before she also leaves.

Caressing the spot of the peck—on my cheek—I shake my head and leave the now-empty tent.

Glancing around, I curl the corner of my lips into a dark smile.

[Force Push]

Instantly, with a boom, a large—non-lethal—wave of concussive force sweeps the entire camp, blasting the tents, vehicles, men, and sand away.

"Ben Zona!"

Some of the men that don't get knocked out curse as they stand up in pain and aim their guns at me.

Before they can shoot, I snap my fingers.

They let out horrific shrieks of pain as their four limbs twist to unnatural angles, making them fall to the ground with tears and snot coming out of their eyes and nose.

While they cover the entire area with their screams, I open a portal but just as I'm about to walk into it, my senses pick out a peculiar signature.

Curious, I close the portal and walk to the northern end of the camp. I stop in front of a bearded man, sprawling on the floor.

There's someone or something inside him but it's not a biological phenomenon, I'm getting something else...something unusually unnatural.

Something clicks in my mind and immediately, I open my [Third Eye]. Now, I can see what it is clearly.

Inside the man is a woman, the only problem is that she's in an ethereal and almost mist-like state.

She is very beautiful with middle eastern facial features, black long hair, smooth olive skin, and a slim curvy body.

She's wearing a red sleeveless bikini-like dress that only covers her back like a cape and extends to wrap around her round boobs, her front side fully exposed with her red thin panties showing.

Possession huh? And it looks like in this state she's also intangible. Hmm, this is my first time seeing something like this.

Now, I wonder why someone like her is here possessing the body of a human trafficker.

Smiling, I dive into her mind and extract all the information stored there.

...I see, so her name is Embrace and she's a member of The Order.

From what I know, it's a relatively normal crime syndicate led by Mr. Lui, a Chinese man with a powerful superpower...nothing of utmost importance but surprisingly there's more than meets the eye.

From the information in Embrace's mind, they control the Black market and the Underworld—the dark criminal side of the world.

But something bothers me... it's about their leader. Not Mr. Lui, the man is only a figurehead.

The real leader is someone called Set and he's not from Earth, actually even Embrace who is the closest to him doesn't know where he's from and he's one powerful guy.

My instincts are practically even screaming about this guy, telling me he's extremely dangerous.

Tch, why the fuck are there so many unknowns on this planet? Sigh, more work I guess. I'll think about this later, right now I have somewhere to be.

Looking at her, I input some commands in her head and manifest another portal near me.

Without wasting much time, I walk through it and appear above Michigan.

"Seraph is everything ready?"

I tap my earpiece and ask softly, gently hovering above the bustling city.

|Yes, Robot just arrived at the venue and is micromanaging the processes. The heroes are also there with more coming in by the minute.|

She replies, making me nod.

|The only last detail is that Eve isn't there.|

She adds and I raise an eyebrow at that.

"Where is she now?"

|Currenly, she's fighting the Lizard League at a water plant nearby with Invincible.|

"Okay, send me her coordinates."

I say and in just a few seconds, she sends it to me.

With a thought, a portal forms, and floating through it, I appear a few meters above the water plant currently surrounded by police officers with the Lizard League, Eve, and Invincible standing near them.

"Prime? What are you doing here?"

Eve's eyebrows raise upon noticing me and ask politely with a smile as I calmly descend near her, the police officers showering me with greetings.

"Hey Invincible, do you guys know about the tryouts?"

I wave to Mark—he responds with a smile—

as he turns to me and ask both of them calmly.

They glance at each other—a little clueless—but then their eyes widen in remembrance.

"You mean the Guardians Of The Globe tryouts right? Oh man, I almost forgot."

"Yeah, me too, I remember Robot telling me about it."

They comment a little excitedly as the cops start putting the cuffed Lizard League inside their vehicles.

"That's good. I'm here to invite you guys to try it out since I heard from a little birdy that you weren't there."

I comment with a smile.

"That's amazing but I have something to do at home so I won't be going with you, but rest assured I'll be there, I wouldn't miss it for the world."

Invincible sighs helplessly and assures me.

"Okay, then I'll be expecting to see your face there. What about you Eve? Are you coming?"

I say to Invincible and turn to ask Eve gently.

"Of course, let's go."

She smiles eagerly as she walks to my side, close enough that I can smell her sweet rose scent.

"I'll see you guys later."

Invincible waves us as we ascend into the air and after waving him back, we speed away.

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