"Logan Reid, Conal Price and Orson Smyth..." Logan''s mother said to a police officer.
"When did they go missing?" the man asked.
"Two days ago. They were seen at school thest time."
"All right mam," the man then took a tablet from a drawer and then said, "you have to sign these papers in order to legally ask for the police''s assistance," the police officer continued.
The three missing teenagers'' parents went togheter to the police station in order to get help searching for their children. The policemen who interviewed them told them that it was essential to know if the children reported something suspicious before missing.
But none of the teenagers told them anything regarding their problems, so they had no clue. As for the cafeteria incident, Logan felt deeply ashamed of having sustained a wound against Erik and kept silent about it, while Conal and Orson didn''t have any visible wounds.
Besides, It wasn''t the first time that parents reported missing children. It was a daily urrence in New Alexandria that, despite being heavily militarized, had a high crime rate.
There wasn''t much that the police could do, since they were already investigating the disappearance of many other teenagers or young kids, but they would, for sure, send some people to search for them at least.
When the parents signed the paper, they were asked to go away and told that they would receive news from the police soon.
The six parents left the police station in earnest. The building was a four-story one with an attic, and it stood in one corner of what had once been part of an old park inside New Alexandria.
The whole area surrounding the station had long ago been developed into military barracks, but this particr building had escaped the fate.
It upied quite arge lot on the north side of the street, and there were many trees around it for embellishment''s sake: mostly oaks, elms, and chestnuts.
"What do we do now?" Logan''s mother asked.
"There is nothing we can do, we can only wait for the police to start searching for them and give us some news."
"But there is no time!" Orson''s father said, "If we don''t do something now, our sons could end up dead!" he added.
"That''s if they are still alive," Conal''s mother said with a resigned look.
"Don''t say such things, Mary!" Logan''s father said.
"Look, as much as it pains me to say so, we all know that when teenagers disappear in New Alexandria, they are already dead. I don''t get why we should lie to ourselves."
"You don''t know for certain they are dead! We must hope for the best!" Logan''s mother replied.
"Yeah, Lucy is right!"
***
Erik woke up the following day with a rxed look, he slept well during the whole night and he felt good. He looked at his watch and saw it was almost eight am., he decided not to waste time and started getting ready for school. He took a shower andpleted his first daily quest by having breakfast.
"Status," the young man said. Immediately a window with all his statistics and powers appeared in front of him.
[Host Information]
NAME: Erik Romano
AGE: 16
LEVEL: 6
EXPERIENCE: 513/611
DNA POINTS: 50
HEALTH: 440/440
MANA: 370/ 370
[Attributes]
STRENGTH: 16
INTELLIGENCE: 7
DEXTERITY: 7
ENERGY: 17
Avable Attributes point: 0
[Powers]
[Biological Super Computer Powers]
-Brain Crystal Maniption
-Brain Crystal Power Extraction
(Allows the absorption of the brain crystal, making the host able to acquire the power contained within. Notice: the DNA must be changed in order to allow the body to use the power. See DNA extraction.)
- (LOCKED)
- (LOCKED)
- (LOCKED)
- Brain Crystal Power Strengthening
(Allows the gaining of the energy attribute points)
-DNA Maniption
-DNA Extraction
(Allows the absorption of foreign DNA, making the host able to replicate it inside his own body. Notice: Changing the DNA is a slow process, and it is required to use of new brain crystal powers.)
- (LOCKED)
- (LOCKED)
- (LOCKED)
DNA Strengthening
(Allows the gaining of the Strength, Intelligence, and Dexterity attribute points)
- Analysis
(Gives the host information about his surroundings, nts, creatures, and ores)
-Brain Information Injector
(It allows the injection of information directly to the brain-Based on touch)
-Device Maniption
(Allows the Host to manipte electronic and mana-driven devices- Based on touch)
[Host''s Powers]
-Rapid Growth [nts] (ESIGMA2E-Ranked)
(Allows the host to make nts Grow Faster)
-Sharpening (ESIGMA1D-Ranked)
(Makes Every things sharper ording to the quantity of mana imbued into the item or body part)
-Mana Poisonous Spikes (ESIGMA1E-Ranked)
(Create Ethereal Poisonous spikes from the user''s back. The amount of Toxicity and the spike''s length depends on the mana used)
-Poisonous Mana Darts(ESIGMA1D-Ranked)
(Conjure poisonous mana darts whose lethality depends on the mana injected)
-Bone Maniption(ESIGMA1E-Ranked)
(Manipte, erge, and increase density, shape, and the sharpness of the user''s bones)
-Animal Shapeshifting (ESIGMA1E-Ranked)
(Shapeshift the body into that of an animal. Animals must be absorbed to unlock their shapeshifting.)
[Skills]
-Kyokar hand-to-hand style (BEGINNER)
(A military fighting style developed in Frant)
"Good," the young man said, observing his status. He has improved a lot since he got the biological supeputer. "It looks like I have enough DNA points to unlock the Lomalin''s brain crystal power now." As usual, though, Erik had to extract it at night when he wasn''t busy with school or work.
Erik then went out of the house and headed to the train station as usual. The day was hot as usual and Erik had trouble getting to school without sweating.
After a short trip to the train station and a shorter one to school, he finally arrived to the main gate. Multiple students were rushing inside the building but there was something different that day. There were multiple police officers asking questions to the kids.
"Fuck..." Erik muttered.
The young man then went past the gate, hoping not to be seen by anyone, he also avoided the police officers but as he did, he heard the students they were talking to yell, "That''s him!" while pointing at Erik.
"Shit!"
The police officers slowly walked toward Erik, who started sweating bullets and have countless thoughts in his head.
<Have i been found out? Were they able to recognize me through the cameras?> these were just some of the thoughts that the young man had. His anxiety grew stronger with every step the cops took towards him. Finally, after what seemed like an eternity, the police reached Erik. One of them grabbed him, pulled him away from the crowd, and asked, "Is your name Erik Romano?"
"Yes, sir."
"We have some questions for you. Do you mind giving us a little bit of your time?" the police officers asked.
"Yes, sir, there is no problem."
The cops then brought the young man to a more secluded ce where they could properly do their job. Erik tried to keep hisposure, but that situation wasn''t easy.