BLOOM EP 2

Marcel wakes up with a headache as he tried to remember what happened to him before. All he remembered was him walking away from the shooter and he passed out. What was more confusing was the blanket covering him and how all of his injuries were healed. He looked behind and saw a woman, facing in the opposite direction, meditating. The woman looked behind and saw Marcel was awake. Marcel stood up, taking a step back as he was cautious. There was a stare down between the two. Marcel asked, "Who are you? What do you want from me?" The black woman, who had short red-haired hair with a white hair strip with similar uniform to Marcel but had red lines on her vest, introduced herself as Amari Graves. She explained herself as she found him unconscious on the ground and decided to treat him. Marcel asked, "Why? You could have killed me there when you had the chance." She said, "I am looking for a compatriot and I see you as useful tool. Or am I wrong? Are you weak and useless? Because if so, I can just kill you painlessly right now." Marcel clicked his tongue as he activated his power. Marcel could not trust her words. Amari saw the yellow marks on his body appearing on his body and in response activated hers. Her marks appeared on both arms but were in two different colours; the left arm was red and the right arm was white. Marcel ran at her quick speed about to land a punch carrying 100 million volts. Amari smirked. She raised her left hand and snapped her fingers. Marcel's hand stopped 1 centimetre away from Amari. Marcel was confused as he could barely move his body. Amari said, "Hmm. It seems I found the correct person. So it was you that was fighting the shooter. You are strong but not on my level. That punch was supposedly carrying 100 million volts which is a third of a normal lightning bolt. I could have been paralysed if I was hit by that at most. But if it was for worth a normal lightning bolt, I could have maybe fallen into a coma or even died. Hell even when your fist was a centimetre away from me, I could still have been hit severely even though I stopped your body. What I'm talking about is that you have potential and you may even exceed it. Now I will say this one more time, I am not your enemy consider me as your compatriot." Amari touched him and Marcel fell to the ground. Marcel could finally move his body. Amari deactivated her powers as she sat front of him and observed him. Marcel looked back at her and said, "What?" Amari said that she can see small sparks on his afro hair. Amari asked Marcel for his name and Marcel introduced himself. Amari asked, "Anyway Marcel, since we are now compatriots, I want us to know each other more so you can ask any question." Marcel sighed as he moved closer and sat comfortably. Marcel asked, "What is your power?" Amari said that her power was blood and bone manipulation hence explaining the colours of her marks on her arms. She explained more about her power that she can easily control anybody according to her command but that all depends on the amount of energy she has. She can also create weapons using her blood by making herself bleed but again the durability and size depends on how much blood she has. As for bone manipulation, she can easily break ones bone if touches it. Overall she can also heal peoples' physical injuries and can also enhance her body stats. Amari asked, "What about you? Is there more to your lightning power?" Marcel said, "I don't know. I am yet to exploit my powers. All I know I can just hit people when I let my power flow within the body." Amari asked, "Have you experimented with your power? Like create weapons." Marcel was curious as he stood up and activated his power. He raised his right hand and focused. A ball carrying volts formed. He threw it and the result was explosive and it was big. The two were amazed. Marcel changed his posture as he stood as he was to throw a spear and ironically a spear was formed. Amari then said, "Try and absorb the spear you created to see if you can control yourself." Marcel did so but it shocked him a bit. Amari said at least he tried. She said, "So this means you can create any weapon that you imagine." Marcel said that it seems so. Amari stood up and said, "Let's go as we continue to know more about each other."

Marcel asked, "Where are we going?" Amari said, "We will just be exploring the place. Anyway, what is your plan since we are in this unknown place?" Marcel said, "I just want to get the hell out of here but before I want to hunt down the bastard that brought me here." Amari smiled and said, "You are no different from me but there's a slim chance of us getting out of her-…" "So what? There is still a chance of us still getting out. First we just have uncover the truths of this place and why we are here," said Marcel. Amari said, "About that, we are here because for entertainment purposes. We are being watched by a group and I have no idea about their intentions. And about our powers, there is a deeper meaning to them because lets be serious, these powers could not spawned in our powers out of nowhere." Marcel asked, "Do you remember anything before coming here other than your identity?" Amari paused in shock as she was struggling to remember anything before coming here. Marcel said, "I knew it I am not the only one. Those bastards see us toys." Amari said, "And there many more like us here." Marcel asked if she knew anything else about this place but unfortunately she revealed everything she knew. Marcel said, "I guess that will do." He sighed and Amari told him not to worry as they continued walking ahead.

After some time, Marcel started that something was off as he turned around. Amari noticed Marcel's reaction and asked what was wrong. Marcel told her to be on guard. They walked a bit and Marcel activated his power. He quickly turned around and both Marcel and Amari jumped out of the way as Marcel launched the lightning ball at their shadow. Shockingly the shadow moved out of the way. A man came out of the shadow, clapped slowly and said, "You're the first ever person to notice me when I am hiding in my shadow. You are one interesting fella. I am Zeke Lanther." Marcel asked, "Why are you stalking me?" Zeke said, "Other than hunting for more players, I am also looking for Amari Graves and she is coincidentally next to you."