Chapter 1, TECHON LABS.

United States, Washington DC.

“ladies and gentlemen welcome to TECHON labs my name is George brown, I am a lead researcher and beta tester of a blessed gem and today we will be introducing a new finding, possibly the only one of its kind in the world. now, if you would please follow me I’ll gladly give you a tour of our glorious work space.

The middle aged researcher in a lab coat immediately began to lead the way while occasionally pointing out other fascinating discoveries, the group of fellow scientists followed him like ducks and occasionally pretending to be amazed by what they saw, it’s not because the inventions he showed them are horrible but simply because when compared to the thrills of seeing a blessed gem, those pale in comparison.

Eventually the group made their way to a large hall, the hall didn’t have any equipments nor furniture and seemed more like an execution hall than a security check room.

George faced the group and smiled kindly, “My apologies friends, but before we go any further we’ll have to go through a short security check, TECHON have been having a lot of break-ins lately and to avoid any unauthorized individual from accessing our technology and most importantly our blessed gems, thank you for understanding”.

The group murmured amongst themselves but seemed to have agreed that it was simply logical, after all an object that can grant humans unique abilities isn’t something that can be measured in monetary terms.

Shortly, one of the doors leading further into the facility opened up with a rumble, the door was big enough to fit six men through it and it was being guarded by two armed men in black, the men also had their faces covered.

“Now then, pls form a single line and present your IDs, I’ll personally check them”. George menacingly said to them.

The group didn’t disobey and quickly made a single file, each person will have to answer some simple questions after haven their ID’s identified.

Soon after it reached the turn of a young female scientist with over exaggerated glasses that looked like they were made for door to door sells men.

“Your ID miss”, George said.

“Here you go”, The lady said while handing it over to him without hesitation.

“Where are you from?”.

“Washington”. George kept glancing up at her with his irises.

“How old are you?”.

“A Gentleman will know never to ask a lady her age”. She replied with a hint of frost to her tone.

George glanced at her ID and saw the date of birth, she seemed to be twenty one this year, of course it could be a forgery, but George didn’t know that yet.

“Alright then, that’s not important anyway”. Suddenly George pulled out a glass like screen, he dropped her ID on it and turned it on.

“What are you doing?”. She inquired nervously.

“Just verifying your identity miss”, George said indifferently.

“Oh”.

BUZZ BUZZ

The tap’s screen buzzed, clearly indicating a non existing ID.

“It says ID doesn’t exist, Miss Elain Knight”. George glanced down at the name written on the ID and said condescendingly.

“Please try again Mr George Brown, your tech here at TECHON May not be all that you know”. The lady said with a smiling face.

Mr George harrumphed in annoyance and signaled the guards to prepare to apprehend her just Incase it doesn’t work the second time.

BEEP BEEP

suddenly the screen went green, approving the ID.

“What the hell”. Mr George said starting to doubt he’s own creation.

“See, not all that”. Lisa Knight smirked, turning George’s shock into annoyance.

“Come on, let’s move on”.

Lisa might have annoyed him but there was nothing he could do to her. He proceeded to lead ahead of the group with Lisa maintaining a pace that left her at the end of the group.

[Jesus, that was a close call, I almost got taken by the bad guys] Lisa said quietly while speaking to a hidden com on her shirt collar.

~well we’re actually the bad guys here Lisa~ A manly voice responded to her through the com’s.

[what do you mean, this perfectly fits the scenario of the hero underdogs taken on a massive organization to save children from being trafficked]

~Except we’re breaking in to steal a mystical gem that can grant superpowers so we can abuse its abilities~

[steal, abuse, such strong words wacky]

~It’s jacky, and we’re here~

Suddenly the final door to the laboratory opened, the doors were massive, looking like a super rich villains hideout.

The interior of the place was filled with strange creatures in glass cubes, some of them even seemed alive and occasionally snapped at the group.

~This is the perfect time to slip away Lisa~

[on it]

The moment Lisa responded she pretended to accidentally bump into one of the scientists, the person turned around with an annoyed expression.

“Sorry bro, I’ll try to be more careful”.

The person didn’t even respond and simply kept on admiring the cubes.

Lisa smiles wearily while glancing at the group and most off all at Mr George Brown, she feasibly relaxed when he seemed too preoccupied with the others closer to him and basically not paying attention to her.

“This is my que”.

Lisa immediately went the other way, following a straight path through a hall way at the opposite direction the group was heading to.

[wacky, can you find the room the gem is stored in]

~Yeah, already did, surprisingly weak defenses for the largest corporation in Washington... nah just kidding, I’m just too good, hahaha~

Lisa smirked at jacky’s peculiar antics.

~Take the next door to the right, climb up straight, use the stairs to lower the possibility of running into anyone~

[Now what] Lisa asked while standing before a small normal looking door.

~That’s it, go in~

“Always the normal looking once”. Lisa said while opening the door.

The moment Lisa completely opened the door the first thing that faced her was an AK to her forehead, “Arms in the air, ID and permit miss”.