The Reality (1)

Chapter 3: The Reality

Seconds after the loud bang, an explosion followed alongside the rolling of the windows. The emergency lights which were blaring fervently seized as the ship swerved a little and everyone became frantic. The ship was said to be resistant to a lot, as they boasted of great tech, which meant something had to be wrong.

The captain's voice then rang out stating that the issue with the area we were in was normal and there was no need to panic. 

Resumption of activities carried on as the excuse seemed to take its toll. Many argued about the issue and stated it was normal when entering a distinctive area in space. They mostly tried to dismiss the topic while others stated that it was either an engine or another ship that blew up. Needless to say, a lot of views were told or fabricated, all of which seemed true at a point. Something was going on as we all felt, and it wasn't good.

The talk on this issue gave me a lead on the beings around me, some were disfiguring. It gave off this holographic vibe making them seem like a glitch.

Majority of clans had access to their powers and hid it well from the leaders. These people were mostly from the plasma clan due to their ease in regeneration and rebuilding. Many were rumoured to be recruited for several mixing processes and thereby creating more beings in the mixed clan. This simply gave them several advantages and in this case a disguised personality among us. Watching closely now, I noticed more as they fit into the little groups perfectly and clear their minds of worry. 

The fact that they were disfiguring made it obvious that they used an age reducer. It was easy to distinguish because I had used it before to play jokes on those around me at home. I had also studied its effects a lot to become the prank king and never get caught.

"You noticed it too huh", the girl started again. " You know, the disfiguring ones"

I slit my eyes and looked confused. 

Like I'd tell her I saw something, especially when I know some are in disguises. For all I care, everyone was in a disguise. The best choice was to play dumb.

"Disfiguring ones? What do you mean?", I said continuing my act as she stared at me. I finally faced her and laughed maniacally, "You see things huh, nice"

"Yeah, like super vision", she said thoughtfully

"Just like my sister", I continued now trying to make conversation.

"The perks of being mixed, what other powers does she have? What ship?", she continued.

"Haven't matured yet so can't say. Zona1", I started immediately trying to cut short the conversation as the talk was getting personal.

"Hopefully, she'll be fine and not end up like my bro", she said now gloomy. "He never came back the same. Many said Zona1 had a special selection process and most came back in a weird state, the explanation was he wanted to go back. Only a handful came back fine but hardly with any memories", she mumbled more to herself than me.

The pale boy by her side stared as he seemed frozen at her revelation. He shifted uncomfortably and twitched like he knew something along the line of what she said or had some experience. 

He sighed and affirmed what she said stating he had some of his clan members say that and was scared that they were all experiments. His twitching became severe as he stated he wanted to show us something in one of the areas that had been described to him some time ago. He wanted to explore the area because he had people around him who were considerably interested so it will pay better.

The girl was eager to follow as she felt she was a detective and wanted to get some clues to figure out the unknown mystery in the air. She gladly accepted and put me up to it with a quick nudge.

Many people had several things that can easily get their attention. It ranged due to the person's inquisitive side, which was key in this area. I was a sucker for theories, gathering information and many other things that spiked up my interest, so I was down. After all, if all was well like said to be, then we'll be fine.

The ship has two visible doors of which one was to the outside world. The others were said to be restrooms and another to the Captain's area. If any was suspicious, it had to be the nameless door, classic but not proven wrong in most situations. I had noticed some people go in the room sometime earlier and run back out almost immediately after shutting the door.

The pale boy looked at me after a while like he was wondering whether he should voice out his thoughts or not and finally sighed.

"Do you believe all these rumours? I mean I heard them first hand, and she sees something, but you have no thoughts about them", he said now looking inquisitively back and forth between us.

"I don't, I just have nothing to lose either way", I said still not trusting his demeanour.

He dismissed the topic afterwards and talked on how to approach the place. We finally bottom lined it by going to play some games together then skip into it in a cool manner. 

It took about 20 minutes of socialising to achieve this. We knew we were being watched as cameras were almost everywhere, so we were just going to wing it.

Within that timeframe, several people stared at us as if they knew we were up to something. It meant either that or they were also analysing as I did to them some time back. 

We finally moved in, with me as the watch out as I was behind them. It gave me room to notice a lot as I checked to confirm who was looking.

Staying at their back and being alone as they conversed made me notice three things.

1. The last set of people to look almost at the same time were mostly those who disfigured earlier

 2. The room was somehow rotating

 2. The pale boys twitching was like that of one who regenerates, and he began to disfigure.

It was then the realization hit.

--------------------End of Chapter 3

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