Are you sure? I can do this.

A week passed and Ava had been living in the orphanage home for cursed children, helping with the little chores alongside the rest of the children.

Over the past week, Ava was able to pick up on some tiny details, like how new children always show up and more always leave out of the blue.

All the people living inside the orphanage were abnormal, having different features that set them apart from regular humans.

The kids ranging from 3-8 all were normal but about three had died due to natural causes as Rachel informed.

While the rest, the teenagers were either incredibly fast or super strong, each having different abnormal abilities.

Ava was in the backyard, spreading some clothes on the drier with her friends, Mira and Ichigo.

"Hey, I heard another girl died this morning," Ichigo blurted, taking a wet cloth from the basket and drying it on the line.

She had long blue hair that had bangs covering her forehead and wore a white sundress with a red flower complimenting her hair.

"Are you for real?" Mira picked another cloth and placed it on the line, "I haven't been here for a year but I've seen so many kids die with no causes at all".

"Yeah, it's getting scary now, do you think it's some kind of disease?" Ichigo asked.

"If it is then why is it affecting only the young ones?" Mira threw back a question of her own.

Ichigo paused with the wet cloth still in her hand as she looked at Ava, "Ava, what do you think?" She asked.

Ava sighed, "I honestly don't care," She replied, spreading the last cloth on the line before she walked away with the basket in her hand.

"Hey don't go, come on!". Ichigo hurriedly spread her own portion so she could catch up to Mira and Ava.

Ava stayed silent because she didn't want anything to do with it, even though she was slowly picking up on why the kids were dying unexpectedly.

Once she had completed her work in the orphanage, Ava went to visit Yuichi which was her normal daily routine.

Ava opened the door to the room where Yuichi was confined with a tray of food with her.

She stepped in and placed the food beside him before Ava grabbed his hand with a small smile showing on her face.

"Hey, I brought your food." Ava whispered, she then opened and picked up a bowl of brown soup and took a soup of it before she slowly dripped it inside Yuichi's mouth.

She kept this up till the bowl was empty and then she exited the room, carrying the tray with her.

Stepping out of the room, Ava met Mark, another cursed child who lived in the orphanage. He was standing outside Yuichi's door.

He had blonde hair with blue mesmerizing eyes, he was also considered one of the most hard working kids in the orphanage.

"What do you want?" Ava asked with her normal neutral look on her face.

Mark peeked at the door for a while before he spoke, "Did you go in to feed him lunch again?" He questioned.

Ava glared at him before she walked away without uttering a single word, but Mark wasn't just going to let her go.

"Ava! Wait," Mark tried to stop her, holding her hand as he followed behind her.

All of a sudden, Ava yanked her arm from his grip and turned to him, "What is your problem? Can't you tell when you are being ignored?".

Mark sough, taking a few steps back, "Look, it's not like I'm trying to impose or anything, it's just… I get he is your friend and all, but he should be able to eat himself and not have you feed him like some kind of bab-".

Ava dropped the tray she was holding and immediately landed a sharp slap on Mark's cheeks which left him shocked.

"If you have nothing good to say, then I'll be on my way." Ava picked up the bowls and placed them on the tray before she began to walk away.

"Miss Rachel wants both of us to get more of the Rinib plants for her." Mark suddenly voiced out.

Thus, Ava and Mark went to get the plant from the forest. The orphanage resided in District 8, one of the most devastated districts in the whole Central cathedral, but also the most secure in some areas.

Since the right flank of District 8 was the border link to other states, armies secured it and it also influenced the nearby residence of district 8.

"Where are we going? This is not the way to the plants." Mark complained, climbing the small hill that led to another part of the forest.

Mark successfully climbed the hill and saw Ava, standing at a distance with her black shining hair dancing in the wind.

He walked over to her, "Hey, we should be getting the plants." Mark said, looking at her with a beet-red cheek.

"What's beyond that place?" Ava asked, pointing at the distance that had lots of huge skyscrapers.

"District 6, I heard it's like heaven." Mark replied, "But not anyone can walk in, you need a pass, the pass in question is a mystery".

"Do you not wish to leave this district?" Ava raised a question, "It's deserted, no life and we are only barely away from the monsters".

Mark was silent for a while before he sat down on the ground, "It's not about whether I want to or not, I'm a cursed child, there's no way I would be allowed to stay with normal humans".

"Cursed children, people who were infected by the Xynoin and managed to survive the virus… those are cursed children right?" Ava asked.

Mark suddenly laughed, "Don't tell me you didn't know this before!" He cracked up more.

Ava looked at him on the ground and threw another question, "What powers did you get from your own infection?".

"Well," Mark stood up from the ground, "According to Miss Rachel, you get your cursed abilities depending on the Xynoin that affected you, but most of us don't have any special abilities apart from the superhuman stuff".

"Are you sure? Then what is this?" Ava stretched out she had and a loud thunderous clap resounded as lightning left her hand and struck the nearby tree.

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