On The Go...

Karl had just finished his routine for the day faster than the other and afterwards he went to grab a bottle of water when he heard a couple of soldiers discussing.

"...I never expected that the clan leader of the Zeng Clan would die, I heard his foe was quite formidable"

"Apparently it was a challenge as one of the twelve hero-kings"

"I heard he was defeat by Gale of swords, you know the guy that deserted the Gu clan"

"If he's making a comeback by being one of the 12 hero-kings then is he planning something against the Gu clan?"

"Nahh, even though he is now one of the Hero-kings, going up against a clan is not something easy, he can't accomplish it alone"

"But if he decides to bring in the twelve hero-kings then..."

"He could turn the Gu clan to ashes"

"Aish!! whatever, I don't want to concern myself with these conflicts"

Karl left as he heard the little he wanted to hear, 'the twelve hero-kings uh, I've heard of that actually, amongst high rankers they are the unreachable twelve, because of their enormous strength they were separated and given a ranking of their own, but afterwards they gained too much power and influence and only the stronger could challenge them. I miss the times when I had my twelve generals, these things would cause the rush of excitement through my veins...ha!ha!!"

"It's been two rough weeks of drilling, I'm sure it must be really hard for the others but I'm already used to these things" Karl said as he made his way to his room.

~wooonnhh~

~wooonhhh~

~wonnnh~

A loud alarm sounded, different from the one from before, everyone rushed to the training ground and awaited the director, Karl was quite late as he took his time to freshen up.

After a while, the director, alongside the first and second unit leader by his left and right side climbed the stage.

"Good day everyone..." The director's soft voice pierced the silent atmosphere of the training grounds.

"...I really wished we had the luxury to give you all more time to prepare for what's to come, I wished I could give you all more time to prepare but we have reached our limits, the headquarter is on our neck, we need to move the prisoners to the Prism, and we are moving in five hours"

.....

Karl and the others student alongside the director and first and second unit leaders entered another elevator which went underground but deeper and took more time than it took when they entered the first underground.

"I personally wouldn't want you all here, but since the academy requested and the headquarter consented to it, I have no choice" The director said as he got off the elevator with them.

They began to walk down the prison, Karl and the others could not help but look, different individuals imprisoned here and there, finally the reached an end, then the director placed his hand on the stony wall, which immediately began to open, then the next was a metal door, the director cut his hand with a knife and with bloods on his hands bean to draw a pattern on the glass part of the door.

{Access accepted}

A robotic voice spoke and the door opened, as the door opened it released chills, on entry, it was a cold room, the prisoner's hands and feet was frozen to all of the cold room, and his white long hair fell on his face as his head was bent.

The director tapped a button on the wall, immediately something sprinkled on the prisoner, his skin began to melt immediately.

Karl looked, 'poison...'

After Karl spoke, the melted skin began to regenerate very fast, Karl's eye widened, '...what in the heaven is that?!'

As the prisoner raised his head, his long pointed ears revealed, even though his white long hair still covered majority of his face.

[He is not human]

Black said to Karl.

'...I was suspecting as much, that ear'

The director looked at the first unit commander and they nodded to each other, the first unit commander went over to the opposite wall and simultaneously they tapped the wall, the I that was holding the prisoner's hands and legs stretched out from the ground, metals immediately covered all his body up to his neck and a glass coffin came out of the ground.

"Carry him" The director said to Karl and the others.

Karl was shocked, 'Seriously, this man would make us carry a prisoner'

Karl, Quinn, Pascal and Akinwale carried the coffin each of them on each edges. They carried it outside the underground back to the first underground where a long bus was waiting for them, they dropped the coffin into the bus and the director came out to them.

"Elfin and Eloise, will be following all of you... the plan is to make the numbers of escort few as possible, four agents from the headquarters will also be waiting for you at the airport, they also have with them a prisoner, there's a personalised plane for transporting prisoners. I want you guys to be cautious and careful, we'll since Elfin is the leader of this operation, I really don't have a complaint. But this prisoner is very important and crucial to every criminal organisation. So I wish you all good luck" the director said.

They entered the bus and met Elfin and Eloise already sitting inside, Elfin's eyes was closed even as they settled to their seat, he just ignored. The bus moved and thus their journey to Berlin started.

As the director noticed that they've gone far, he turned to the two behind him.

"Rally the soldiers, four units follow them, they must never notice us" he shouted.

"Yes director!!" Both of them responded.

He stared ahead, 'I'm not foolish enough to leave that person at the hands of some kids' he walked away afterwards.

...

After three hours,

"Were we wrong to be cautious... I knew the academy said they might not attack, but I am awed that they didn't" the director said as they watched the bus enter into the airport park.

"The journey is not over yet, they could still be waiting for them at Berlin" the first unit commander said.

"It'll be suicide to go to Berlin, the Hunter convictual force are based there, they manage criminals and are very deadly in dealing with hunters and espers" the second unit commander said.

"Hales is right...let's stay around till we are sure the plane has taken off" The director said as he came out of the car and put on his shades.

Meanwhile,

"Wow, it's exactly how you said, they had their eyes on them the whole journey, I know we didn't plan to cross them on the road anyways but how did you know this guy was gonna follow them, even though they received instructions from the higher-ups" Paige said.

Takeshi grinned as he chewed gum and adjusted his shades,

"Well we did have a little bit of past together, I know of our cautious he is, what about our guys" he asked.

"They are in position" Paige answered.

"Hmmm! Sweet, let's go" Takeshi grabs Paige's shoulder and disappeared.

...

With Elfin at the fore front, the fifth branch met with some other rookies that seemed to be from the first branch.

"Oh, you must be the red man, the aggressive one" one of them said while pointing to Elfin.

"Stop it Vaso!" The one leading them yelled, and bowed a bit to Elfin, "Forgive him, he's Greek and was raised outside civilization, so he lacks manners"

Elfin gnarled as he was already having a hard time controlling his temper.

"This guy always gives me Akinwale's vibe everytime" Quinn whispered.

"Huh? Bastard what did you say?" Akinwale growled with his voice almost standing out.

"Ayy ayy, my bad" Quinn immediately apologized.

"My name is Galerius Accoleius Lurio, you can just call me Lurio, I'm a roman, a rank S hunter like you, and this Vaso is a rank A hunter"

Another guy with a black headband spoke, "I'm Jamie Huber, from Canada and I'm a rank A hunter"

Elfin looked around until Lurio quickly drew back his attention.

"Oh you must be looking for Keith, he's in the plane... well can I know your team"

Elfin looked at them, "Introduce yourselves!" He said and walked away.

Eloise stepped forward,

"I apologise for his rude attitude"

"Well, we did learn a lot about all the people we will be working with" Lurio said as he stared at Karl, 'He must be the white haired kid commander said we should ascertain his skills... and keep him on the recommendation list if he's worth the hype'

"I am Eloise El'Rhu, a rank S esper"

Rachel stepped forward, "I'm Rachel Burton, rank S hunter"

Lurio's eyes immediately widened, '...the last child of the Burton...Laurence's younger sister, all of them are S rank...wow, what a family'

"I'm Quinn Nieves, a rank C esper"

"Akinwale Adebayo, rank A hunter"

'...even the Adebayo Clan who we thought they caught ties with the academy' Lurio said in his mind.

"I'm Ezelda Van Der Merwe, a C rank esper"

"Eguwuatu Pascal, a rank S hunter"

"Karl..."

"...huh?" Lurio was shocked by the manner of introduction but by the time he recovered from the shock, Karl had passed.

'That bastard!! what does he think he is' Lurio's vein was almost popping out of his head, but he smiled and he raised his head as Eloise apologized.