Countdown Before Showtime

After a week I returned to school as my second identity and continued teaching the kids while taking notes if the Organization is deploying their VR System. Seems like they're doing preliminary fitment on some of the children. I cannot do anything at the moment but to stare at the hand picked children being turned into killer soldiers.

From what I remember they need to do 5 prelim tests on 5 selected kids. Some of which may become twisted after the Mental Conditioning due to the VR Training. I can think of it as the necessary evil I must do to prevent a bigger evil that might occur from here on out, I must warn the kids.

Today is club day luckily. So I have time to talk to the kids this time. Probably warning them should be enough, I'm not so sure. Thinking that it might complicate things about them while I talk about what the VR Project is and what is Neo-Sapiens are.

I arrived at the club room with everyone there intact and ready to listen from the moment I entered the room. From their looks they have a lot of questions. With summer break separating everyone apart they probably have things to discuss.

"Hello, Professor John." Said Ophelia as she was sitting on one of the lab chairs.

"Hello Sir, how is it been?" Said Leon as he was about to sit on one of the lab chairs.

Seraph nodded to my direction as she was fixing up her paperwork.

Dustin was with Seraph fixing her papers and nodded as well.

"Sir, do we have any updates from Professor Vaughn since there was a recent announcement of new learning equipment that may help us learn something and it looked suspicious from the design perspective." Said Winston as he looked serious.

"Yes, kids I have new information from Professor Vaughn. It might surprise and shock all of you. I did so too when I learnt what those VR headsets was it? Yeah, it was VR headsets. From Professor Vaughn's search. Those headsets were the exact same VR headsets used in a notorious military organization used to make child soldiers.

I am not kidding. It was so effective at making kids learn a subject that it can override other emotion, sense, and reason. Making spineless brutal and dangerous child soldiers. And from what he found our that the people who are bringing in the VR headsets are the same people who were involved in that Child Soldier program that was very controversial when the news first came out."

Dustin looked shocked, Ophelia gasp while covering her mouth on the thought of using children as soldiers, Leon looked angry from the looks of it and his tight fist of a gesture, Seraph felt the shock of Dustin and the concern on her face about the brutal way of making child soldiers, while Winston the last one of them was disgusted and a bit pissed.

Who wouldn't get emotional at this kind of news to be honest? Sure child soldiers are already a common sight in wars but... They fight because they don't have a choice. While these they forcibly rewrite children into living breathing killers.

"What would be our move after learning this and they announced that they will pick 5 random students to be tested for the headsets. And we can't risk that exact five would be us. What would be our move then Sir?" Said Winston as he looked more serious even more after our first meetup.

"Now, now we can't do anything stupid as of right now. That's what Professor Vaughn told me. He said in a few days he will have friends to cause a ruckus that might askew the program and give us time to ruin their machines."

"Wait, since when did the professor had a force enough to cause a huge ruckus to this school? This school is heavily guarded anyways what will he do?" Said Leon as he leaned forward to question the matter.

"He didn't told me other than I should tell you this and that he will come here himself with his men who's gonna be making the distractions for the guards to get busy with."

"I have been meaning to ask Professor. Why is Professor Vaugh doing this anyways?" Said Seraph.

"Well Professor Vaughn is a special kind of Professor being that-" As I got caught off because the school bell rang. Which I perfectly timed because today we only have a shorter time for club day.

"Oh, that was the bell. Professor Vaughn might tell it himself once they come here."

"At what time though Professor John?" Said Winston as they stopped walking towards the door waiting for an answer.

"I don't have an exact time but he will be here and probably come here with a bang." As everyone left the club room I headed up to the rooftop to do my cigarette break. To find Natalie there at the rooftop bench.

"Oh hey there Miss Natalie." As I pull out a cigarette put it on my mouth while igniting it.

"Hey there Professor John. Smoking again?" Said Natalie as she scoots to the side to try avoid the smoke puff.

"Sorry about that. Anyways It's just gonna be a stressful week I need the smoke to calm my nerves." As I open a can of coffee while looking at the school garden from the bench seat.

"You're going through stressful stuff too huh. Same here, but without the cigarette of course. There's just a lot to do in the upcoming week. A lot of paperwork, activities, and I have a planned work this upcoming few days." Said Natalie as she drinks her coffee from a thermos.

"Sounds taxing."

"Tell me about it. I have to keep up with my students too after summer break." Said Natalie as she face palms on the amount of responsibility she has right now.

"Well then why not cheers to a very stressful first day of coming back to school then." We enjoyed being up in the rooftop. While the timer counts down and from the look of it Natalie has her own plans. From the looks of it showtime is around the corner with the deciding factor of saving this kids is by destroying the VR headsets. Hopefully nothing serious comes up to ruin everything we've been building hard for months.