The expedition results

After accomplishing his task, Arthur walked back to the infirmary finding Lex jazzing with others.

He looked at them and smiled. All his sorrows faded away at the site of his happy comrades! He wished they could stay like this forever.

"Hey, Thur!" Lex noticed him fast.

"Hey," he stroded towards them and sat on the vacant bed.

"Thur, we were looking for a nickname for Myla. She complains about Little alot." Lex beamed.

"What samples do you have?" Arthur asked.

"Well...Mymy brought by me. Lamy brought by Al-al." He informed.

"I don't like them!" Myla complained to Arthur.

"Well, Little Rock, what about Lala?" Arthur asked.

"Wow! Thur, you're a genius! Lala suits her well!" Lex beamed.

"Yep, I agree!" Ellie smiled.

"It will be like. 'Little Lala, Little Lala' " Alfred tested.

But all this while, Myla was lost in her thoughts. Images were running through her mind the moment Arthur said the name 'Lala'! She had memories with that name.

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In broad daylight, the sun shining so bright, leaves rustling against each other, despite all this, the young never stop playing!

There was a little girl with large blue eyes, messy long black hair and a little pink dress. This was precisely little Myla.

Beside her was a little boy of the same age orange eyes and his hair as messy as hers.

"Lala, come here!" The boy called her.

"Mm,"

"Lala, are you mad?" He asked.

"You said you like my eyes and they are as beautiful as stars. If I can't give you my eyes, then, I will get you a star!" He bravely claimed.

"Really?" Lala was thrilled.

"Mm, so Lala. Don't be mad anymore. Ok?"

"Ok!" Lala happily replied.

"Lala....

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To Myla, those Happy memories became painful to her, she didn't want to remember and at the same time, she didn't want them to fade.

She wanted them to remain in her heart. Remembering all that, a tear escaped her eye and this was noticed by Arthur.

He sensed her pain and squeezed her hand to calm her down, she immediately smiled at him and wiped it.

"Myla, what do you say about it?"

"It's a cute name, I love it!" She smiled.

Just then, nurses entered, with many students on stretchers groaning in pain. The others had fainted. The doctor immediately rushed to them.

"What happened?" She asked while checking one of them.

"I think they got into a fight!" A nurse replied.

"Did you give them black pills?"

"Yes, but they are not effective. Nothing changed!"

"What? I will administer stronger medicine!" She said and she started treating them.

But what confused them all was that, who could possibly beat all these red students and injure them this much? Something was suspicious!

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Meanwhile, Arthur and his friends were listening to all this.

"I wonder what happened to them," Ellie said, confused. Only Arthur, Alfred and Myla knew what truly happened.

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But on the doctor's side, it was a struggle! All the formulas she administered didn't seem to work! But the students continued to be in the same situation. She was in a tight spot!

In addition to that, some students had injured internal organs. If not properly handled, they were likely to die!

The only thing she could do was to report this to the general. She then went to Gen Collins' office as he was in charge of the first years.

"What?" He slammed his fist onto the table.

"How could that happen? Over 40 red students?" He was dump struck. He wondered who could possibly do that, a student? Or an intruder?

"Ok, use the portals to take them for treatment, as soon as possible." He instructed.

The portals were not only used from dimension to dimension but also could be used from a place to another on Earth.

With his approval, the students were teleported. Gen Collins then looked through the resumes of the students.

He was not a person to suck up to those in higher positions than him but he was not arrogant. Luckily, the students were from insignificant families but he had to discuss this with his superiors.

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By this time, the assessments for the expedition were done and the students were called once again.

Arthur, Myla, Alex, Alfred and Ellie were already seated in the crowd waiting for the hosts.

"Do you think we can win?" Ellie asked as they jazzed.

"Yes, we will!" Myla replied with vigour making them laugh.

"Yay! Am with Little Lala!" Lex cheered.

That's when the hosts appeared on stage.

There were two generals and sergeants.

Sgt. Kareb stepped forward and addressed them.

"A good afternoon everyone!" He started.

"The reason you are all here is because of the expedition! Your scores were assessed and the results are as follows;" the students became nervous instantly.

"The winner group of the expedition has 320 points!" He declared making them applaud.

"And that is; Arthur Zane, Myla Reins, Alfredo Baker, Elizabeth Green and Alex Steel! Please come forward!"

Most students were astonished but soon recovered as the group had only high ranked students.

By this time, they were now on stage and were shaking hands with Gen Collins.

"Great job!" He gave them light red colored power stones each. This was a very valuable item as it was a third tier power stone. Third tier upwards were rare items and were considered gems.

The next group was that led by Walker with 250 points. They were given fourth tier power stones each. The next position's were competed for between the red and blue students.

After awarding, Gen Collins' expression became serious and addressed them.

"Um.. the other reason why you are here is because some students were attacked!" He declared making them so silent.

"From the description, the person wore a mask, red headband and had red eyes!" After saying that, the students broke into heated discussions.

"A student attacked others?"

"Maybe there was a grudge between them."

"That's ridiculous! One student to beat many, that's outstanding!"

"I heard even their wounds couldn't be healed."

"Really?"

"Yah, I was in the infirmary when they were brought in. Their wounds wouldn't heal so they were taken out of the base."

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"Silence!"

"From the description, it seems like the attacker is a student but it can also be an intruder. We will conduct an investigation and hope you cooperate with us!"

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The students were called one by one for investigation. Walker Tilons was called first as the injured students were under his gang.

"Mr. Tilons, where were you when the incident happened?" The sgt. Benard asked. He was a fat man with red eyes in glasses.

"I was out with my friends." He calmly replied. The sgt. then checked the security cameras and records and indeed he was!

"Ok, Mr. Tilons, since these students were under you, do you have anyone that you suspect being behind this?" He asked.

"Um...we recently had an argument with Alfredo Baker. He's a suspect."

"Ok, Mr. Tilons, thanks for the cooperation. Please keep us posted if you find any clues."

With that, Alfred was called next.

"Mr. Baker where you when the incident happened?" He asked.

"I was in the infirmary visiting my friend Alex." He replied. On checking the camera, it was indeed true.

"Mr. Baker, thanks for the cooperation."

He continued asking the other students but no clues were found. It was really absurd!

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Walker was seated in his dorm when a girl entered his room. It wasn't forbidden for a girl to enter the boy's dorm but it was for the vise versa.

She was a beauty with red eyes and red hair. She had a medium crystaled headband with thick make-up.

"What's your business?" Walker asked coldly. He had warned her to stay away but she didn't listen.

"Walker, am here to give you company, chat with you."

"Who called you?" He asked with a gloomy face.

"Um.. no one."

"Then get out!" He commanded making her flinch. Since the day he met Ellie, he never really got associated with girls that much.

"Walker..." She wanted to retorted but she was cut off.

"Get out!"

"What's so great about her?" She blurted out.

"Elizabeth Green is no better than me!" She shouted.

"She is!" Walker shot back standing up. He was actually being patient with her. He would have already punched the person who dared to go against him.

"How?"

"She has what you don't have, what you can never get!"

"What?"

"My heart!"

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