Arc 3 : Chapter 4: A Will of a dream

[Speaker: Come in, Come in. The battle royale has just ended.]

The Final test will now proceed.

(What?! Final Test!), all of the players were now confused of finding out that there was one more test to go.

[Speaker: Open the gate 2.]

Tap Tap

The metal resounded their footing as they went through the tunnel.

"This is a drag", said a man in battle suit.

As all the players stumbled upon the spectacle.

A Spherical room had transparent glass.

"The world beyond...", he added.

With this everyone looked at the space shuttles passing from the room.

As the light speed trains created countless streaks of light.

The A.I robots flew by.

"Is just an illusion", he said.

9 mechanized chairs assembled from the floor.

"All of you have to put this VR helmet on all by yourselves", he said in a firm voice.

"By the way sir you didn't introduce yourself", Rusheel asked.

"I don't find a need to state myself yet", he replied.

(Gyahh, this idiot)

"I am Wilson Lin", he added before looking into his watch urgently.

"Edan, would you put this headset on me please?", he asked in a polite manner??

"You idiot what were you doing when he told you to put them on", Edan replied.

"I was not listening", Rusheel said.

(Damn you), Edan thought.

Edan put the headset on Rusheel as his fore finger touched the ear lobe section of the headset.

He felt a sudden stinging feeling in him.

"I will handle the rest", Rusheel told.

"K", Edan replied.

Near the control room as Wilson Lin had to monitor the candidates, he stumbled across a message.

"Why would they re-send the previous message to me", he inquired himself.

IN THE CONTROL ROOM

" Hey babe, I might come early tonight you wanna go hang out", said a clerk who was supposed to monitor the mental conditions of candidates.

As he turned his revolving chair away from the screen.

[ Memory halt error: Overriding error in (3s)]

[(1s)]

[Memory halt error: Overridden]

As the clerk turned back and Wilson looked away from the watch everything was normal.

Edan took his helmet and put his thumb on the earlobe section.

As he fasten his helmet and put his hands inside the depression of the chair.

He moved away from reality.

The next thing he knew he was drowning in an ocean.

Glurg....

Bubble*

Swoosh

{Where am I?}

{Am I drowning?}

His consciousness drifted apart

As he was washed to the shores.

Gyahh...huh..

Cough*

He woke up near the shore of an unknown place.

Thud Thud

As a man appeared moving through the sand.

"Oh your awake young man", said the middle aged man.

"What happened here?", Edan asked.

"Oh that, I found you wash of to the shore here", he said.

"I have set up a camp nearby wanna join", he inquired.

"Sure..., Thanks", Edan replied.

They both moved near to the camp as Edan got to warm himself up.

"I am Jiren Leonard", he said.

" And you are?", he inquired.

" I am Natsuki Mikoyama", Edan replied instantly out of his consent.

(What just happened to me?!)

"Hmm your name is not Edan huh", He asked.

"No I have 2 names", Edan replied hesitantly.

(Why did I say that to him?!)

" I see", he said.

" Alright I will be turning of this transmitter".

{Transmitter: A device used to send information from the dream world to the database center}

{This entire dream is a test on the applicants and it controls all the emotions of the applicants through the helmet they wore earlier}

"Where are you from", he inquired.

"Another parallel world", Edan replied out of his consent.

(Again?!)

(No I didn't want to say that but why?!)

"Alright It was a good thing I stoped the transmitter", He said aloud.

"Hey kid don't worry it is part of our test your memories are now under my control so be honest".

(Under control? What is he saying?)

"Why did you come from that world", Jiren asked in a strong voice.

(Why did this all come down to this, How can I get out of this?)

"I don't know", Edan replied.

"Say it", Jiren firmly asked.

(I should tell him the truth. It's for the best)

"I simply don't know", Edan said firmly.

"Alright, then why do you want to join this special unit of army", Jiren stated.

"Ok,(sigh*) it's because it is my last hope", Edan shouted.

(Edan! Control your emotions, just don't burst now), Edan was consolidating himself.

"Hope?", Leonard questioned.

"I have a dream that one day I could live freely", Edan said whole- heartedly.

[At that moment Edan's memories sprang as the atmosphere in his mind changed]

Upon hearing this Leonard's eyes widened upon the revival of his tarnished hope.

"I am always bound by the story. I am always bound by a fate pre-destined by an unknown entity"

"Do you know how it feels to be caged and bound by chains"

[The world that burnt this person to cinders]

"Even if you want to go out, you can't"

[The person who tried to bring change]

[In the end got killed and left to rot]

"But then you get a single chance to attain such future"

"What will you do", Edan asked Leonard.

Leonard looked at his past self as he embraced Edan with his arms.

"You got heart and skill kid but you lack the technique"

"Don't get this information you told me out", Leonard warned.

"It's time for you to leave now"

As Leonard said that the world crumbled to nothingness.

And when Edan opened his eyes he looked at the spherical room he was in.

He took out the headset as he moved towards the control room beside which Gate 3 is present.

As one by one everyone got out of their chairs they all assembled near the gate 3.

All 9 had passed the test.

"Now that you all have completed the test we shall proceed to the entrance ceremony", Wilson stated.

"Open Gate 3", he said.

As the gates opened Edan still went back to his memories as he recalled the man he saw before.

(Who was he?)

"Now you will be meeting the Director of this secret agency academy that you will be joining", Wilson said.

As the gates opened.

A new story began.

Thump*