2 POWER TESTER-I

"You are also going? " He asked the girl that was totally absorbed in her her phone.

"What? " She asked still looking into the phone.

"Are you also going for the test? " Jakes repeated.

"Uh... yeah, I... am. "

"Pff. "He huffed as he slumped into his seat, and looked at the window.

"Nervous already. " The boy from the front seat asked. He had a low cut but long enough for you to hold him with his hair.

Jakes didn't even consider what he said. He just looked at the houses in their neighborhood through the window.

- - - - - - -

"Finally. " The girl exhaled as she alighted. She was dark haired, with her hair at shoulder length. Her brown eyes made her look like the cutest thing ever.

They entered the blue and white building. Jakes seemed lost in it's grandeur, it has been a long time he came out of home.

"It looks like everything has changed. " He said as he caught up with the others.

"Why not? "Jakes asked. "It is not like the world is waiting for you. "

The last time he came, it was just a big stone building with scarcely any decorations. Now there were flowers, short trees, and statues ever here and there. And at that time, he was fourteen.

The one on the left of the entrance door, was the statue of the founder of the Power Tester. It was the statue of a lady with a man at her back. Her eye socket looked kind of empty. But the vivid colour made her look more like a living golden lady as she shone under the sun, reflecting the sun rays.

[EMILIE CASSANDRE et JEAN CASSANDRE]

[XX XX- XX]

Entering into the building, they were greeted by a man.

"Bienvenue au Power Tester. " He greeted with a bow.

"Welcome to Power Tester. " A lady greeted with a bow.

Their mom didn't seem to consider them. She just looked at the long queues that were made that were going for the test. There were four test halls on the ground floor. But the people were so much, after all there is no other testing house in town.

"Please madam. " The lady started. "Would you mind joining the queue?"

Their mom did not respond but simply brought out her ID.

[PICTURE: ]

[NAME: Ruth Mornings]

[DATE OF BIRTH: 13 - 05 - XX]

[AGE: 42 ]

[OCCUPATION: CEO of B'Designer]

[POWER LEVEL: 8.89]

[ABILITY: Torturous Fingers ]

[Language spoken: ENGLISH (1st), FRENCH (2nd) ]

The lady smiled guiltily. "Please, come this way. " She said as she pointed the staircase at the left. Up the stairs, there was another queue but not as long as the ones down. And here, there were seats.

She opened the door revealing a big white hall. It was empty save the white cupboard few inches away from the back of the door. There were some seats at the other side of the door.

"How could this be a test hall? Not even a gadget in sight." Jakes thought. "The last time I came, there were wires plastered at almost every inch of the wall. Now, the wall is clean, not even one wire in view."

She brought out some gadgets from the cupboard.

"Who is going first? " She asked.

"Him. " Ruth said as she pointed at Jakes. She then walked to him, giving him the gadgets.

He put on the eyewear and wristbands. Then, she put a tape- like substance on his neck.

*Peep* *Peep*

The device made the sound when it was put on his neck. It had bluetooth connection. They had renovated the place and replace the physical wiring with bluetooth.

*Tap* *Tap* *Tap*

She tapped on the screen. She stood a little further from him as the bluetooth technology had also improved such that it had a wider range.

"You are going to be in a hologram in a few seconds, try your best to survive as long as you can. "

The last words rang most loudly in Jakes' ears.

"Three."

"I am not sure about this, " Jakes thought as his hands hit each other nervously.

"Two."

"Breathe in. Breathe out." Jakes said to himself to stop fidgeting.

"One. Go."

The white world quickly transformed before his eyes. He saw himself in a deserted area with corpses and it seemed to extend so much that it seemed it did not have an end. Swords were seen every now and then thrusted into the corpses. With a red rope tied on the head of the sword.

*Thump* *Thump* *Thump*

'Looks like something is coming.' Jakes thought as the intensity of each step grew. 'And that something is really BIG.'

The earth quaked the more it approached, hr turned to see a giant warthog charging towards him. It was surely the ugliest thing you have ever seen.

Jakes heart skipped a beat as he saw the warthog. This warthog was way big such that, its feet was as long as a human. And its feet as wide as a billboard.

Its fur looked like thisles and its hoofs as if they were made of iron. With its teeth pointing out as if they were been carved out by the best craft men in the world. And it looked so sharp that merely looking at it, it will tear you apart.

Jakes could not help but watch it get closer.

'It is just a hologram." He thought. 'I won't get hurt.'

The warthog stepped on one of the corpses.

*Splash*

It splashed the blood around as its feet dug into the body. He could hear the bones break from the weight of the 'giant' warthog upon it.

He turned to run but stumbled over a corpse. He touched the blood, it's liquid. His eyes widened as he realised that.

"But isn't this just a hologram?" He said to himself.

*Thump*