Chapter Two : Welcome To PRIME

"What?"

"Take a deep breath boy, this isn't real".

He said to himself as he quickly shut his eyes, tightly for a moment and controlled his breathing.

Upon opening his eyes, before him was the same user profile.

[WELCOME TO PRIME]

[Name: Jake French]

[Race: Human]

[Talent Rank: F Rank]

[Ability: Nil]

[Special Ability: Copying Ability]

[For more stats options, say cheese]

"Ahh shit, I may be losing my mind" He ruffled his head for a moment before looking up and down, but still nothing changed.

Looking up briefly, he noticed the words: special ability.

"Copying ability?" He muttered to himself as he glanced around quickly before standing up.

"Copying ? I can copy anything I touch or what ?" He asked himself again as he held a game pad.

"Hm, it didn't ? What if ?"

Like a bell going off in his head, he quickly ran off to the dining room.

Moving in like a breeze, he was barely able to stop himself from running into his elder sister.

Suddenly a screen came up before his eyes, just like the previous ones, but this time with different information.

[Name: Sophie]

[Race: Human (Suppressed)]

[Talent Rank: B Rank (Suppressed)]

[Ability: Earth (Broken; unavailable for copying)]

"Huh".

He looked bewildered as he read the details before his eyes.

'B Rank?, damn' he thought to himself.

The sudden snapping of fingers close to his ears cut short his thoughts as he focused his sight now on his sister who had both hands on her hips.

"You were really happy about your results that you almost bumped into me. Not only that, but also getting lost in your thoughts."

She said with a grin on her face before doing the unexpected.

With a huge smile plastered on her face, she opened her arms wide and dragged him in for a hug; she held him tightly.

Ding!

[Do you wish to Copy]

[Talent Rank]

[Yes] / [No]

[Ability]

[Yes] / [No]

[Choose to ignore and request shall be deleted after sixty seconds]

A digital clock was also present, at the corner of the interface, quietly counting down from sixty to zero.

'Interesting ' he thought to himself while consciously mouthing the word copy.

Ding!

[Unable to copy]

'It wasn't wrong when it said unavailable for copying'. He thought for a moment.

"Big sis, I need air " He called out with a fake throaty voice, as she let go almost Immediately. Keeping up with the act he did a two fake massive coughs and gasps for air.

"Oh sorry dear, I was just too excited" Sophie said innocently with a big smile on her face while rubbing his back tenderly.

"Okay now?" She asked.

"Yeah. I have a question though, what was your Talent rank when you took the test ?" He asked tersely.

For a second, sadness masked her facial expression before it quickly faded away, as soon as it came.

" It was an F Rank, and I had no ability or special ability."

"I was called a dud" she laughed lightly before staring at him again with a bright smile.

"Lets eat Jake, the food is getting cold". She proceeded to sit, while encouraging him to join her immediately.

With a nod, hand signs and a word of thanks, he began to dig in while ruminating his thoughts.

'Firstly, I would need to be within a close proximity to the supposed target to view ones status.

If I'm not wrong it should be within two meters.

Also, Sophie Talent Rank is at B but she was told her Talent Rank was F .

It's either the machine was faulty or Suppressed talents are natural slated as the bottom feeders, and the later is more believable.

And finally, she has an ability, which is broken, so it's considered that she doesn't have any at all.'

' I wonder if all this is as a result of that accident, the one that claimed Jake parents lives' he thought to himself while munching on the last bits of food.

"Thanks for the meal big sis, its really my favourite ". He said cheerfully while doing a short low bow.

"Ahh, a nice gentle man " came her reply filled with chuckles.

"Will be back before seven sis, hanging out with friends" He called out loud as he walked towards the door.

He didn't hear her reply before he was gone, though to him, all that mattered was that she heard his.

"Time to make some money since the government doesn't give a fuck once you are sixteen"

He said to himself as he quickly shielded his eyes from the stinging sunray.

"Ahh school, the inevitable misery of all children and young adults still catches up on me"

Speaking to himself he continued walking down the street.

"But anyway, this should be a lot more fun since I would practically learn to earn".

"The plan is get a good Talent and ability, then make enough money to support big sis, my education and manga!"

"But first let's get a new subject for my special abilty".

With a grin on his face, he walked through the sheltered streets quickly.

The neon sign boards displaying various stores names and advertisements littered everywhere.

The sign [Cape Town] can be seen randomly popping in the air, ensuring tourists never forgot its name. Perharps it was the struggle that came with been a small sheltered town.

Jack made his way through the streets, peering curious at random times, as he passed quite a number pedestrians of which few were beast Hunter's. The excitement on his face when he met his first was bright, but soon dimmed when he saw his talent rank; Rank E.

'Just one Rank above F, how does he survive out there?' he thought to himself as he came across more E and D (s).

The temptation to touch and copy was great, but his will to get the very best or at least something great was persistent, even though it was just his first trial.

Soon enough he gave up on his search and decided to call it quit. But just for now, he told himself as he made his way home, his mind lingering on a better option.