Chapter 2:

The albino's large house was silent, the sink leaked, the daylight illuminated the room whose formation was circular, the chandelier shaped like Saturn's rings swayed subtly, the bar on the left side of the room was barely lit. . There was nothing but a deep silence in that house of furniture, floors and black walls decorated with platinum metal. On the second floor, going straight on, there was a single room with two doors from which light scraping of paper could be heard, inside there was an albino who had stayed up all night to do the paperwork for the company, it was barely five in the morning. in the morning, no one went out at this time unless they work during the day. Winter didn't look tired, even though he had noticeable dark circles under his eyes he didn't feel the need to go to bed, in fact he looked anxious not to go to school. Among his papers were some with information about the institute he would attend.

The most recognized institute, a school where humans and Genisians attended classes normally, both races were treated the same and only those who had a gift were not allowed to use it unless it was authorized by the school or by the class teacher. Leaving aside the rules, what most caught Winter's attention was that alliance between the institute and the Damocles organization, the agency that promotes peace between the races of the city of Maverick , in short, it was a rights agency and high-ranking police officers. varied. From lawyers to government guards, this is why the school is so well known and accessible to students.

-A school with which you study high school and university, interesting, I wish they hadn't enrolled me... Winter said to herself as she rested her head between her crossed arms on the desk full of papers.

Such a school would deprive him of his work with the company as well as his personal affairs, he couldn't stay in one place so he would proceed to call Ronald on his way out of his office.

"Good morning, Ron. I'll need you to set up a schedule for me that I can use for the next week. —

-Good morning sir. Can I ask why? —

to Heath High School from today, so I have to split my schedule with the company, the school, and my free time. —

—I understand, I will make a suitable agenda for you. The man replied enthusiastically.

"Fine but all my meetings this week send them to Alexander, he'll take care of this week for now." —

"Okay, do you want me to call Erza to take you to your school?" —

"No, I can take care of myself. You guys take care of Alexander and don't let Finley's shark eat him, you know how he is. — The albino became serious while they informed Ronald.

-Done. The assistant answered seriously.

They both knew who he was dealing with, dealing with a man whose denial was not a response to his words. Those who refused were no longer sane or alive, Winter had already dealt with that man but never had a confrontation like the others had, it was as if they were both waiting for the right moment to attack or defend themselves because after all, they both had their defined routes.

He would go to his room calmly and then see his new uniform lying on the bed, a black uniform with embroidered gold stripes on the edges of the neck and sleeve, the shoulders had a silver color and on the left chest the emblem from school which was a torch, the pants were black and the shirt was white. Uniform that future lawyers or agents would be used to wearing.

It had already struck seven o'clock and Winter was on her way to school, listening to an audio about those who worked at the school, the albino distrusted everything because he had never set foot in a school, he had to educate himself at home with the library books principal.

<<I see that all teachers have their awards but... What makes them so special? I don't see that they are agents of the organization…unless, they are hiding it. >> The boy thought as he took the subway to get faster to the eastern part of Maverick .

Meanwhile in the Damocles offices, two men were on their way to the main office where the director of the entire organization was located. One of them wore a white coat, he was tall, his hair was platinum and his eyes were ruby red, the other was taller than his partner, his hair was gray with black stripes on the sides. , his eyes were not common, his sclera were black and his irises were silvery, in his right eye he had a scar that went from the eyebrow to the cheek vertically while his lip carried a slight scar on the upper left side of diagonal to his lower lip, he was dressed in a black suit with a gray turtleneck shirt. The atmosphere of both men was tense, cold and distant but that changed when talking to their boss, when entering the office a man with blond hair would turn to look at them with amber eyes full of tranquility while both men would close the door and approached him subtly.

—Director, Lockwood . The new teachers have already retired to the school, we must go. — Said the red-eyed man with a serious and deep voice.

“But before we withdraw, we have a problem in sector 178, to be more precise , just outside of Maverick ; the neighboring town, Claython . Genisians have had a revolt by humans so far 26 Genisians killed and 45 Humans injured. How will we proceed? The gray-haired man with black streaks reported in a firm and commandingly light voice.

'Well before you make any suggestions, all three of us will go to school, no exceptions, Mr Wentworth . - The Blonde said with a happy tone when he saw that the man in black was going to suggest staying. — Now with the incident, we will proceed to deploy the investigation department and the alpha squad. You will keep us informed as we welcome the new students to the institute, the chosen teachers will have to show a good teaching performance and whatever they do do not reveal their services in Damocles until I give the authorization. —

"As you order, sir." Both men answered in unison.

"Mr. Akira , keep all medics on standby in case Alpha Squad suffers any injuries. " The blonde ordered.

-Yes sir. —

Both men heeded the director in deploying the investigation team as the alpha and medic squad . The director of the organization waited patiently while the two men who supported the organization arrived, the doctor of the entire organization and right-hand man of the director, Dr. Akira Takasugi and the man of science and advanced research, Agent Wentworth Draven .

<<I hope it is a pleasant day for the boys who have just entered their new school year. >> The director thought.

On the other hand, Winter had arrived at the school where there were counselors helping the students to organize themselves into groups, so she was going to ask about her group.

—The 2°S group is found in the third column on the left. — The guide with the metal headband said with kindness.

"Thank you," Winter answered with the same kindness and then left but was stopped.

"Does he have any magical or genetic abilities?"

— Is it mandatory to answer?—

"That's right, it's for the safety of the other students." —

“Telepathy, it is not a harmful gift for someone. Can I leave? —

-Of course. —

After that, he only decided to go look for his group while the counselor would decide to take out his cell phone and call someone while he was walking towards the prefectural office, which was alone.

“Sir, we have a student with the gift of reading minds. Apparently your artifact worked. —

—I understand, send me the report of who is the student of such a gift and inform the other workers who use the artifact before presenting themselves. —

'Yes, Mr Wentworth . —

While Winter formed up with his group, Mr. Draven decided to review the student's document, remaining intrigued since it hardly said anything about the student, which aroused certain suspicions of such a teenager.

Lockwood , we have a student with insufficient information and a telepathic gift. I already gave orders to wear the metal headband, I suggest we wear them before we get off the vehicle. The investigator said with a serious voice.

"I see, fine I'll listen to you but don't treat the boy like a suspect." The blond man answered as he took the earring out of his bag.

- Who is the boy? Maybe he has a record in our databases. Akira asked as he checked a tablet.

—Winter Kacper Zackharov . Draven answered , distrusting the boy.

—Winter Zackharov , is the young owner of Zackharov Industries . His guardian passed away five years ago and he returned to Maverick yesterday after spending three years on Tyrion . So far he has no criminal record. I understand your suspicions, but the same man who signed him up, Alexander Zackharov , said that they hardly knew about his past before he was part of his family. — Akira reported at the moment of turning off the Tablet.

" Hmm , in that case we'll have to keep an eye on him so Draven will decide if he's a good guy or part of that man's resistance. " — The blond reconsidered when putting on the headband.

Akira and Wentworth had their individual doubts in this situation, how was he going to put that well-known and at the same time unknown boy under surveillance? How to put tests to young people without the boy knowing that he is being watched?

"I just hope I don't treat any injuries on the first day of school." —The doctor said while looking at the scientist seriously.

"That's too bad, since it's your job to tend to them." — The scientist replied with a smug smile while reviewing other information.

The blond only contemplated that discussion scene with a slight smile, both men in suits got along a bit badly due to the work they both did, one healed and looked for a way not to make things so intense while the other just devastated his orders and training left and right.

<< What a good start to school. >> The director thought as he continued to smile even with the others arguing.

The school students were in their respective groups, all talking to each other, telling what they had done on their vacations, Winter only listened to what they said and with her active gift listened to the reality of things. Some of the first-year students sought attention, others believed lies, others simply told the truth, but that scale changed for the second-year students, some told how their partners left, others with their parties, but what stood out most about their group was how they supported their partner, Addy . The third graders were only looking for ways to abuse the little ones, typical.

Winter just categorized people, tagged them, and singled out everyone as a potential threat to her own personal space; He did not feel comfortable being in that place but it was or he changed when he saw that the students were spellbound by the presence of the teachers, all the teachers came in V formation and in front of them a blond director with amber eyes, medium height and suit showed a friendly smile that reflected calm and in tune with his work.

The murmurs became more noticeable because both the teachers called attention, the albino began to observe the teachers from his place because the way they came and their seriousness was not usual for a normal teacher. His position helped him as the students covered him so none of the adults would notice anymore. He never expected that a tall man in a black suit with bright purple eyes and long dark hair would meet his gaze. At that moment everything stopped, you could see exactly that without the students getting in the way, both would be observing each other, to which the albino just looked away naturally and behind the backs of the students he would show his nerves of how he was caught.

<<Shit, did he notice? No, I doubt he would notice, but his look…. What teacher can't reflect emotions?>> The minor thought, still nervous, because something like this had never happened to him with someone.

Losing sight of the albino, the teacher observes how the tallest, Mr. Wentworth looked at him seriously as if he had realized what that long-haired man saw.

-Curious. The cold-eyed man commented.

-Be careful. Wentworth replied as he went up with the director.

The teenagers were expectant when they heard how the microphone sounded on the small stage that was taken by Principal Lockwood , Professor Wentworth was on his left and Professor Akira was on his right . Both separated from their superior only 5 meters behind him while the other teachers waited behind them in a linear formation.

“Good morning, my dear students. I am the new principal of the Heath High School and my name is Darrin . Lockwood . I am pleased to be on this stage to welcome the new students who this week will be guided by a counselor for their induction to this school, I am also pleased to be present to the second and third year students who have shown great devotion to their studies.-

After the long speech, the students were guided to their respective classrooms with a counselor who would begin the new established school rules while the teachers would go to the meeting room that was in the principal's office.

Among the teachers was a man of medium height with casual clothes and combed back, his eyes were blue and short hair, next to him came a shadow of unique personality and mind of his own who showed a cheerful smile and average the same as man.

In a seat was an effeminate figure with gray eyes and shoulder-length black hair, her gender was masculine but she identified with a woman in a low-cut suit, short skirt and fishnet stockings with high leather boots and red lips like the Amelia on a snow mountain.

Next to that effeminate figure was a teacher with green hair, brown eyes and pink lips, she was quiet but lively with her gray-eyed classmate, she was a bit shorter than her classmate and they always did activities together.

Seven chairs at a long table, seven masters from the Damocles organization, seven professionals studying their future apprentices. Nothing abnormal at first glance but with a touch of intrigue before his actions and presence.

"Why are we meeting now? Weren't we supposed to escort the students? — Questioned the effeminate man.

“Plans changed due to a student who introduced himself to us earlier today. Wentworth replied. while he took out some documents to give them to each of his companions. — Winter Kacper Zackharov , arrived the day before Tyrion and was enrolled in this school by his uncle, Alexander Zackharov . The young Winter owns his family's industry after the death of his adoptive father, after that event he had to go to Tyrion and nothing was heard from him in the last three years. —

—You are an expert investigator, why would an albino boy of approximately 17 or 18 years old sound the alarms of a professional? The purple-eyed man commented insensitively.

—This boy has the gift of the mind, is a telepath and is rare among Genisians and humans. That's why I ordered them to inform you about the use of the metal ring. - The man with black sclerae answered.

— Then a rare gift, not to say strange, is in our institute? These are things that should not alarm us. — Claimed the man in casual clothing.

“It shouldn't alarm us if the bearer of said gift wasn't able to watch every move. The purple-eyed man replied.

— What do you mean, Clement? —

“Which I mean, Professor, Pearson. It is that the boy observes everyone around him, I must deduce that the boy remains distant and is too reserved for a boy of his age and social status. Most would brag that he is rich and tell different stories of his travels but that young man does not, if you notice, no one realized that an heir to the medical and social technology industries attends the same school as the families of middle class. He is very invisible to those who do not know him. —

—Now I understand your concern, do you think this boy is an ally of that guy? The effeminate man shared with a tone of curiosity.

'We don't doubt him, sir, Paris, but neither am I going to refrain from suspicion. Wentworth replied as he rested his elbows on the desk.

While the teachers were talking about the situation, other things were happening in class 2°S. Winter to see that the counselor left after the small talk, he decided to get up and go to the exit to what is stopped by a class representative, said girl had a dark skin color, brown eyes and brown hair, he was tall which means he would be the same height as the albino.

"You can't just go like this. The girl said with a serious tone.

- Oh no? Even if I want to go to the toilet? Are you the leader of this group?— The boy questioned with a colder tone while looking at the girl with intensity.

“My name is Mai Montgomery and yes, I am the group leader. If you want to go to the toilet, you just have to ask me for permission, otherwise you will make the group go into rebellion. - The girl answered more calmly to soften the tension. — Are you new? I haven't seen you last year at this school. —

—I see, in that case excuse the intrusion. I am Winter Kacper and I am new to this school hence my lack of knowledge in this area. - The boy answered when he saw that Mai wanted to calm the tension.

—I understand, I'll let you go through today, you'll have to tell the other day. —

-Agree. —

Winter finally left the room to go to the bathroom, however, she did not count on seeing that the school corridors were very empty to what she begins to suspect, these doubts vanish when she looks out the window to see how tall boys of stocky physique assaulted a short boy with curly hair and porcelain skin. The albino was going to turn a blind eye but seeing that the short boy was being beaten with such brutality while begging for mercy made him take passive actions.

-Excuse me. Can you leave him alone? He already said he was sorry, there's no need to beat him to death. Winter commented with disinterest.

The aggressors would turn their eyes towards the albino with a mocking smile and then ignore him, the smallest trembled with fear and seeing that the largest were going to hit him would end up lowering his gaze. Winter this time would act with more intensity by holding the arm of the first aggressor.

"I said leave him alone." His tone was more demanding and as the elder resisted the stronger his grip became.

The situation with the students became more intense causing the first aggressor with a stocky body and olive-colored eyes with black hair to attack with a direct kick to the chest of the albino causing him to fall to the ground.

Winter would look at the dark-haired man with anger after seeing the imprint of someone else's shoe on his clothes and for having kicked him in such a way.

— Do you think playing the hero will save you? You are shorter, stupid and naive, you should be afraid of us, not us of you. — Said the eldest as he approached the albino.

"I'll make you regret your words." The boy refuted with a look of anger.

Meanwhile, the teachers continued with their meeting which was interrupted after hearing a ruckus outside, the teachers ended up seeing each other when they saw the students leaving their classrooms so they decided to follow them. Upon arrival they could do nothing but remain silent and stunned .

It was a scene where a young albino was wounded since despite this he defended a short boy from the aggressors, the older ones attacked rudely in the form of fists and he did not flinch, his gaze did not change and that made the bullies of the school angrier.

"Go away, you don't have to help me. — Said the small frightened and worried about the albino.

— I cannot leave a Genisian like you at the hands of these humans, I will not let other students suffer from this primitive abuse. —

Wentworth watched the students fight with great caution while the others wanted to intervene, the older one knew that if they intervened the matter would not be resolved and the young people would have retaliation after school, so he concluded by letting the students finish this there same.

"We have to do something, we have to intervene." Professor Pearson commented with a tone of concern.

"I doubt Mr. Wentworth wants to interfere. " Will you let them finish their business and then punish them?" Commented the shadow that accompanied the man in casual clothing.

'Mr Pearson, your friend Blum is right. If we intervene, the elders will look for them at the exit and we will not be able to intervene there. We also have irrefutable proof to expel young people who dare to damage code 1, equality between humans and Genisians . —

The teachers had no choice so they decided to hold back unlike Clemente, who would not have that need since he had realized something about that boy. The albino received the blows even knowing that his gift could help him, he knew that he could have the advantage in this scenario but that would show that he used some enhancing gift so he would choose to wait for the exact moment. When he saw the opportunity, he would end up avoiding the blow with his left hand and then get up and turn around, placing the opponent's arm over his shoulder so that with a forward movement his body would lift the aggressor's body to knock him to the ground. .

The black-haired boy once on the ground would receive a kick in the face by the albino leaving the others who accompanied him in Shock.

"I told you I'd make you regret your words, you son of a bitch." —

His opponent covered his face with both hands and then looked at the albino from below with a look of fury, it was no longer for fun the desire to hit the albino, it was for pride and for making the boys not take the albino as a symbol of rebellion against his power.

"This time I won't give you mercy." — Said the dark-haired man to throw a punch in the direction of his face.

The albino would step aside to grab his opponent's forearm with his right hand, turn around and slam his elbow into the opponent's left cheek leaving him stunned, the other two thugs wouldn't be far behind, one of one of them had a red sweatshirt while the other had his uniform shirt unbuttoned, the boy in the red sweater would grab Winter from behind immobilizing her arms while the one in the unbuttoned shirt prepared to hit him.

Winter would take advantage of the time to break the nose of whoever was holding him with his head, causing him to let go and without thinking he would throw a left punch to knock him out, the guy in the sloppy shirt would throw a frontal punch, a blow that the albino would dodge and then hit him. kick hard in the chest. The dark-haired man, seeing that his teammates were no longer getting up, would choose to tackle Kacper , staying on top of the minor. Winter covered her face to avoid her opponent's blows, she couldn't get up so Clemente would make the decision to intervene. He had seen enough and he was not going to let some students get away with it on simple whims, the older one ends up grabbing the black-haired man by the neck to force him to get up.

—That's enough, a man like you doesn't have the right to study in this institution. Disrespect for the rules is an act that will not be forgiven in my presence. —

Akira watched as the purple-eyed man conversed with the student in a serious and cold way, his gaze had no anger, annoyance or hatred, it was an empty gaze. The doctor could not remain calm with such a scenario, his first day of work and there were already wounded, at that moment he wished the wounded students were the men of the investigator Wentworth .

Just as he turned around he could see the taller man's expression.

-I did nothing. You must attend to them. Draven looked at him with a mocking smile full of arrogance.

<< Damn bastard. >> The doctor thought as he looked at the Wentworth with hatred.

While Clemente, Pearson and Paris took the aggressors to the address, the minor and Winter would be checked by Doctor Akira and Wentworth , the albino would let out a sigh and get up from the stretcher to go to the exit but was stopped by the minor. curly hair. He clung to his still trembling arm, the boy felt guilty, he felt responsible and Kacper noticed that .

—It's not your fault, besides, sooner or later I was going to face them. Stay calm, nothing will happen. —

"It's not that, they haven't treated your wounds. " You can't just leave like that, we don't know if they're serious. - The boy answered shivering.

-It's nothing serious. — The albino insisted.

“You may have a broken rib apart from your face. You need to check yourself. — Said the older one with red eyes.

"Mind your own business old man, that wouldn't have happened if you guys had screwed up your job as teachers in the first place." Kacper claimed angrily.

—But what a loose-tongued student we have here, if we had intervened the situation would have become uncontrollable. Professor Wentworth replied as he looked down at the boy.

The albino just clenched his jaw and opted to retreat, leaving the curly little one with the adults. Winter had taken a beating but he wasn't the only one who would leave wounded, with him he would take the pride of the three thugs in his hands and he swore that if he saw them again he wouldn't be so compassionate with them.

At the end of the day, Winter hadn't dared to stay while the other students paid attention to classes. The young albino had returned home and ended up throwing his backpack at the entrance to go to his living room where he would fall into the armchairs, the blows from those boys were very intense for him, he felt sore and even exhausted, he just wanted to arrive and sleep.

<<I'm rusty…I went through a long break…>> Kacper thought before falling asleep.

The hours passed and the classes ended, the teachers were the only ones who remained gathered in the Lockwood office while they remembered the scene of the albino against the school bullies.

—You can tell that the boy knows how to defend himself but he's not very professional. Blum said while having fun with a metal sphere.

—He didn't allow himself to be searched, he left as if nothing had happened after receiving a beating from the third years, a common boy would have staggered away. Akira reported with his arms crossed.

—My feminine instinct tells me that he knows how to fight but that for one reason or another he stopped doing it, that explains his resistance in the fight. I must admit he has agility. Paris commented as she crossed her legs and showed a playful smile.

"His theory isn't entirely wrong, that would explain why nothing has been heard from him in the last three years." Wentworth confirmed as he brought his right hand to his chin.

— What if we better stop doubting the boy? If he were an agent of this man, he wouldn't risk so much to save a shaggy Genisian . Pearson defended with a concerned tone.

"Pearson is right, Winter risked her well-being defending a Genisian of the Blongers race . " It is best that we leave the matter at that and give him the benefit of the doubt. — Lockwood concluded with the view in the window that allowed to see the beautiful sunset.

"If this is all, I'm going to retire, sir." Clemente said as he gave a slight bow.

"Why did you intervene?" Wentworth questioned with a serious tone.

—He is a boy with rusty experience in combat, his injuries were serious and he seemed exhausted. A teacher has to intervene in situations like these and an agent has to observe everything, it doesn't matter if that subject ends up dead. I am a teacher when I enter this building and I will see for the students, do not put me in the same place as you sir, Wentworth Draven . Clemente answered with a cold tone and then left.

The other teachers remained silent because Clemente was right, as long as they were in that building their work as agents of Damocles would be annulled, they were teachers and they had to ensure the safety of their students, something they did not do when Winter was already on the ground with no escape.

—Who would have thought that the most silent and observant man would end up giving us a perspective of his work. - The director commented with a wide smile who had already been enlightened by Clemente's words.

—I will renew the new rules and carry out the inspection of aggressive students to avoid these situations. Wenthworth concluded as he bowed.

—Tomorrow let's do our best for the well-being of these students. I want to see what they are capable of and what their clever responses are. Darrin encouraged seeing his teachers with that energetic smile.