Dawn of the 13th Era

Evolutionary Surges (2)

Robert stared at the three men sitting across his table in shock, the sixth squad of the special force might seem like a normal squad to others but he knew it wasn't, the force was made by gathering the best elites of the country and the elites of the current age were all mutants.

The sixth squad on the other hand was known as the backbone of the special force gathering the best from the country all together and the person sitting across his table was the captain of the special force. Judging by status, alone he was way above his status as the governor and could definitely sit on par with the higher ups.

"Nice to meet you mr Aeric, my name is Robert Willstone, welcome to Cyberis honored visitors." Robert said trying to sound as courteous as possible.

'I don't think there's anything that warrants the country sending out their best squad force to personally deal with in Cyberis, if something like that were to happen the city would've been in chaos.' Robert thought while sweating slightly.

"It's nothing much actually, just a few questions." Aeric replied while twirling his fingers round a pen he picked on the table.

"Sure ask I'll be glad to answer."

"By chance have you seen traces of a third tier mutant in the city" Aeric asked while staring at Robert.

"A third tier?? all the third tiers are already registered with the government why would there be one in Cyberis?" Robert asked with a confused look on his face.

"The government rounded up the third tier mutants but some escaped the search back then." Aeric said while leaning back.

"Is he supposed to know that?" Damion asked.

"Don't worry he needs to know in case something like this happens again."

"When the first Evolutionary surge swept through the Earth Twelve years ago, the mutants back then were gathered by the government over time but a few didn't awaken their powers or develop a special trait instantly while some had powers even they themselves didn't know they had, over time after the second evolutionary surge some awakened their powers and directly skipped the first tier to awaken as second tier mutants."

"They had their powers right from the first surge but it just wasn't enough to awaken then making it fall into something similar to a dormant state. The assumption right now is that the same thing is happening right now after the third surge, he could've had his powers since the first surge but it was in a dormant state only awakening after the third surge skipping the previous tiers and awakening as a third tier mutant." Aeric explained.

Robert sat on the spot with a confused look on his face, "The first surge? Was there another one besides the one that happened days ago?" Robert asked.

"Have you seen traces of any rogue mutants lately? With lighting powers or something similar? You know what? Just give me the details of all the rogue mutants found in the city I'll check myself." Aeric said with an annoyed look on his face.

"Okay I'll do that right now" Robert said and was about to walk out of the office when Aeric called him back.

"Find a bath for me first and somewhere for me to rest, I reek of shit after staying in the wild for days." He said then walked out.

"When you're done just call my name, lead the two others there I just want to check a few things nearby." Aeric said then left the office without looking back.

"Please give me a few moments I'll be back" Robert said while looking at the emotionless Vincent and cold Damion.

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Aeric left the office and walked down the streets picking a random direction while thinking of what happened twelve years ago and how it changed their lives. They had not always been like that, Vincent was once a cheerful kid and him....

"I wish I could just stay among them and live a normal life, sometimes ignorance is bliss." He thought while looking at the humans going about their daily lives and the buzzling city.

"But I can't afford to, if we aren't prepared before the upcoming calamity the whole of humanity will be wiped out, I can't afford to live in peace." He said with a cold look on his face then continued walking along the streets just like every other person taking a stroll.

Suddenly he paused on spot and closed his eyes for a few minutes then opened it and hailed a taxi. After almost an hour of driving he cane down from the taxi and walked into the cafe in front of him then stared at a man passing by.

"He has the same energy signature like the one in the forest without any difference but he's way weaker so it can't be him." Aeric thought while staring at Alex walking by.

"Either ways I'm taking him in." The next moment Alex eyes suddenly dulled for a slight moment then he changed direction and headed for the city hall.

"He's a mutant, walking to the city hall won't do much" Aeric said then turned around and left.

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Orion woke up at the edge of the forest riddled with wounds and tattered clothes barely clinging to his body.

"I'm.. alive?" He said while panting, the first thing he checked was his right arm. That was where he kept all his efforts for the past few days, it he lost them he would definitely not feel good.

Checking his arm, all the black clusters in his body were now stationary, his arm had healed up and the eight colored clusters were silently sitting there...

"Thank god they're alright, I need to get out of here" he said then stood up while patting his body, he pretty much looked like a homeless refugee at the moment when he suddenly paused and looked at his arm.

"Eight??"