53 We are...

The room was just like the others we had previously been. The only difference would be a computer in the desk along with many files on side cabinets.

"Alright then, shall we get proving my innocence?"

I sigh

"Do what you want." (Luis)

Should I even be here? If he doesn't move there's no way for me to get very far anyway. Even as he starts sorting through the files I can't calm down. Fuck! What's he doing!

"If you are not within the next minute I'm taking you by force!"

"Of course."

Even if they end up being the U.S. government, so what? Just because they are the government it doesn't make them completely trustworthy. There's no guarantee that they won't easily try to use me as Argus did. I can't just trust them just because they are "The government."

"Done." (???)

"About time." (Luis)

"Here a small sample of it." (???)

I looked at the computer to see a big facility.

"This is where we are right now, it is a facility for any magical Criminal from this and any other realms." Any other realms? "If we zoom out a bit, you can see there is one big dot giving out a signal in the midwest, that's our satellite position. This can prove, we are in fact in the U.S."

This dot could easily be fake, he does realize that. This doesn't really prove... Lily arrives at the door, Oh great. I sense her going to open the door with her key card.

<I'm here to help Mr. Taylor.> (Lily)

<No, don't. I have this under control.> (Mr. Taylor)

I sense her stop going for the keycard.

<What do you mean?> (Lily)

<I'm close to convincing him that we are not who he thinks we are.> (Mr. Taylor)

Did she realize something? I examine the man sitting in front of the chair. He hasn't said a word in a while. Is he thinking of something?

<Well, then hurry up. Rose is coming and you know what that means.>

If he stopped to think as soon as Lily got here then there must be a reason... Lily is a magic soldier, so she may have powers I don't have. That means...

<Don't worry, I'll convince him before->

I smack the man's head.

"And who do you think you're telepathically communication with?" (Luis)

"..."

I smack him again.

<He found out?... Now I know what they mean by 'cunning'.>

"You are not allowed to remain silent. If you remain silent for any period of time then I'll assume you're communicating with her. If you don't do as I tell you I'll slowly torture. So keep on speaking Mr. Convincer."

This situation is hopeless already, the best I can do is just gather information and try again another time. Damn it, she's probably reading my mind now and heard that. I guess I'll just get my information while healing my right arm, hopefully, these fractures aren't too much for me.

"As you can see the dot marks the facility we're in, right now we're about 9 floors underground. However there's an upper facility that specializes in nurturing magic soldiers, it's modeled after a modern High School. If you were to trust us-"

"Woah slow down there. Convincing and trusting are two different things. I'm not stupid, you say 'nurture' what you really mean is you force them to train in order to become assets." I set my arm on fire in order to burn him just in case he's trying to communicate with our little guest.

"My only question is how you make them obey you guys completely since they would definitely be more powerful than the whole military combined." I guess I'll believe this story, for now, it does seem somewhat sensible, though I don't know how they get the magic soldiers...This is not the time to ask that. I shoot flames once again.

"The government has a special way to bind them, I don't have a way to know how they do it, it is classified information."

I sense a woman coming down the hallway at a frightening speed. That's Rose, isn't it? Shit! I'm running out of time, though I'm sure she'll stay outside so I won't worry too much.

<Rose is here, Taylor, HURRY UP!> (Lily)

"So do you believe we're the U.S. government now?"

"...Yes."

"Great, then-"

"So what? All that's changed is whoever is trying to pull the strings." I sense Rose get to the door, Lily starts explaining something to her. "Just because you're the U.S. government doesn't-"

I'm interrupted by the sound of a door opening. I look over to see Rose standing there in fury, her calm demeanor from earlier gone. All I can see is her being extremely hateful. She rushes at me. I'm able to see the attack this time, I try moving out of the way but she hits me in the face and sends me flying back.

I can feel warm with liquid on my head... Just because I can see the attack doesn't mean that I can dodge it huh? Again, why is it that I can't do anything...I faint.

"Rose, what have you done?!" (Mr. Taylor)

"But, you were, I was just trying to-" (Rose)

"No excuses." (Mr. Taylor)

" I saw him, holding you by the neck so. My body just reacted by itself! I'm sorry!"

Mr. Taylor sighs.

"Lily, can I entrust his healing to you?"

"No problem Mr. Taylor."

"As for you Rose..." He sighs again, "Just don't do this again. Take him to the higher magic criminal room."

"... Isn't he too young for that?" (Lily)

"He broke out of his cell despite him is not supposed to be having much energy and strength to get out of there, his magic being drained at a pace that would have any other mage almost dry, and he had a spell strong enough to break through the walls," He looks at Luis' right arm." Well, not exactly, but close enough. I'm sure he deserves some special treatment." (Mr. Taylor)

"Understood." (Rose)

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I wake up and have a look around. This place... is different than the one I was in before? I examine myself, I'm cuffed to some chair. I try to move my hands, it doesn't budge. I examine the cuffs, this is magically reinforced?

In that case, I'll just reinforce my self and struggle. I try my best struggling again, it doesn't budge again. I guess I still can't break through magic reinforce steel. I feel hungry, how long have I been out for? This room looks like I'm in some sort of solitary confinement.

I look around again, the only thing here is me and this chair I'm on. I check my right arm, looks like it's healed. One of the girls must have healing magic. I look at my left arm, my heart skips a beat. The bracelet is not there anymore. What did they do with it?! IF THEY DESTROYED IT I WON"T EVER FORGIVE THEM!

I see a rectangle open, I assume that's the door.

"Hey" (Lily)

I see the girl who has telepathy and the other man I caught the other time enter the room.

"What'd you do to my bracelet!"

"Oh, you mean that black bracelet. We broke it, it wasn't really useful to us or you." (Lily)

I look at them with the intent to kill them no matter what they say. I WON"T EVEN ANSWER A SINGLE QUESTION NOR THINK OF ANYTHING OTHER THAN THAT BRACELET IF THAT HOW YOU WANT TO FUCKNG PLAYING!

"WOAH, calm down, can't you take a joke. I have it here, at first we thought it as a magical item because it had a magic signature on it but it only has magic in it because you wear it all the time, must be valuable to you," She says as she pulls out my black bracelet still intact.

"GIVE IT BACK!" I say as I try braking any of the shackles again.

"Not until you answer some of our questions." (Lily)