(CHAPTER 16) EXECUTING THE PLAN

As Neon couldn't afford the risk of being seen as he still should be resting, they both decided that they'd split up, so Neon went to Karla and Riyu went to Keith. "Okay, I heard that Karla should be in the library, hope she's still in there." Said Neon under his breath while sneaking through the hallway; finally he reached the library and when he had a peak through a small window, he saw Karla sitting on a chair with a rather large table before her. She also had her legs on the chair in front of her. There was no one next to her and she also seemed to be listening to music on her headphones. "She maybe likes to be alone most of the time rather than interacting with others." Neon thought while also thinking that she may not be a normal person but someone who is mysterious and blends into the background. He was also worried whether she would even speak to him as she seemed to like being alone, none the less, Neon stealthily entered the library and approached her and as he did, she noticed him coming her way and she quickly sat up almost startled as if surprised to see him. Neon saw this reaction in her and his mind instantly thought of why she had done this, but he never paid much attention to it as he just sacked it of as her being surprised because of the fact that not many people speak to her or that she was getting pretty uncomfortable seeing him coming her way. He took a seat sitting opposite to her and now that he was pretty close to her, he got to see more clearly on what she looked like. She had long black hair which faded light brown near the bottom and by the side of her hair was a red ribbon. She had dark black eyes and had long eyelashes and thin eyebrows with a slight gap between them which wasn't too big. She was white in colour and was wearing a short skirt with her school uniform. Just before he had a chance of speaking she interrupted him and spoke first. "Everyone's been talking about you, in fact you've been the talk of the whole school" She said lowering her headphones. "I guess she doesn't have trouble interacting with others" Thought Neon as she continued to speak. "It was pretty cool when you obliterated Nate I admit it, even if it was for a little while I know anyone would appreciate what happened in those short moments, no one likes that twerp including me, so thanks for kicking his butt, but what surprised me aswell as everyone in the colloseum was how you managed to keep up with him and almost beat him. It's like you have some hidden ability no one knows about." She said leaning forward putting her arms onto the table taking control of the conversation. When she finished speaking, Neon felt some suspicions about her already, it was like she already knew that he was keeping something up his sleeves. He also felt a sense of being interigated by her in some way when she was making assumptions about him, as if she knew something, and was confronting him and investigating him finding some clues about the hidden things that were locked away from others. The atmosphere became tense and Neon was already feeling a heat wave of pressure. It felt like something was choking him making it hard for him to breathe. For him to speak, it was like having to use every muscle in his body. After a few seconds, the words managed to come out of his mouth. "Honestly, I didn't even know how I even got that close to beating him myself haha, I guess I just have low expectations for myself and cut myself short because of the fact that I have no ability, it's probably the reason why I'm so weak and why others don't see anything special in me. But when fighting him, I really pushed myself to the limit and now I know that I have a lot of potential. I mean, I was shocked at how strong I was. The training I was doing was really paying off haha." He said responding to her while also saying it with a hint of anxiety in his voice. "Well, you don't know what your really capable of, you could maybe be able to do things you could never imagine you could do." She responded with a smile making Neon even more uncomfortable. He was now concerned that she WAS the killer. "Is she saying that she knows that I'm a demon" Neon thought nervously as sweat trickled down his forehead. "Your fight with Nate is the reason why people are talking about you so much. But for me It was when the Iratheons invaded the colloseum, you stayed behind unlike the others" "Whats she trying to say now." Neon thought as she continued to speak. "When that happened, all the students ran away but I was the one that stayed behind too. Yeah, people hate the Iratheons but I despise those demons with all my heart" She said in an angry and agitated way. This made Neon start to wonder If something happened to her in the past that made her hate the Iratheons more than just the obvious reasons why others hate them such as them trying to invade Earth and cause war and bloodshed. "I stayed behind because that moment was my chance to make them pay, but I couldn't do anything because I was too scared, so I froze and did nothing. But I saw everything that happened." She said staring into Neons eyes making him feel nothing but discomfort as she was indicating something which he already knew, but it still made his heart beat as loud and as hard as a drum. This was too dangerous for Neon but there was no going back now, she was in control and was kicking him while he was down. "I saw what happened and everything you did. That's the reason why you're on my mind." Added Karla making Neons heart beat as fast as it possibly could, he had to think of something to say that would make her not think that he was a demon. "I think I might have an ability, yeah, maybe a transformation one or...." You liar! There's no way you have an ability, it's impossible! Your trying to hide something from everyone and I'm going to find out what it is!" Shouted Karla as she stormed out off the library startling everyone in the library and leaving Neon there who looked as pale as a dead corpse. The tension and the immeasurable pressure she was invoking onto Neon was too much for him to handle. The plan was a disaster and Neon was just sitting there looking down at the table frozen like he was paralysed and unable to move. "The plan was a complete failure what do we do now. She's the killer, I know it. She's going to kill me. I'm going to die." Neon was paralysed in darkness as all these thoughts consumed him. "Hey kid snap out of it! She's getting away, the plan hasn't failed yet." Despite what he said, Neon layed there frozen thinking that his life was over.

Suddenly, Neons body got up and started to move rapidly on it's own without him in control. He sprinted out of the library and into the first secluded area he saw. His hair turned from black to white and his eyes turned red and by the time this happened, he was near to wear Karla was. "Good she's in range of the ability." Said Open Wound. He closed his eyes sensing her location and when he identified her whereabouts, he slowly raised his left hand to where she was and started to mutter some words under his breath. "Memory manipulation!" As soon as this was said, little small waves of purple energy was floating towards Karla. It rushed towards her with rapid speed and the purple substance soon entered into her head, however she carried on walking as if nothing had happened.

"there, all sorted. Man what a hassle" He said as he transformed back to Neon who stood there dazed for a moment before gaining full consciousness. "What the...where am I" He said confused until he heard a voice in his head. "Walk back to the medical room idiot. Your a real piece of work you know that." Open Wound blurted with a sigh. Lucky for you, I dealt with the situation so don't worry." "What did you do exactly." Neon asked as he started to make his way to the medical room. "I altered her memory and placed all the information she needed for the plan to work so everything should be fine." "Why couldn't you take control of me before, the plan would've succeeded 100% with no flaws." "Yes I could have but I can only possess your body fully only once per day for now. I'm not strong enough to do any more than that so I wanted to save that trick for a more useful time like if something disastrous was to happen." "That makes sense I guess. Hey I didn't know you could alter people's memories. If you're able to place bits of information there, does that mean you can also erase people's memories aswell?" He asked curiously. "Yes, that is within my power to do but only memories that are not too much of importance and don't have a strong attachment to them like a conversation for example, but that's not all I can do. I can also access ones memories even their subconscious memories, and gain information about what they may have seen or heard." Open Wound explained. "Wow, that's pretty useful stuff, could I do those things one day." Neon asked. "Well you are a demon Neon, so you are able to do everything I can do, maybe even more but it can only be done with long periods of training which we will get onto, but for now, we will deal with the matter at hand." "This is amazing!" Neon stated excitedly as he knew that he could be able to do the things Open Wound could do. This was huge for Neon as these abilities would help him extremely well in various situations. He couldn't wait to get stronger and learn these abilities and use them in fights. He could finally make a change.

soon Neon made it to the medical room and fortunately for him, the nurse still hadn't come back yet. He crept into his bed and layed there waiting for Riyu thinking if he was successful at executing the plan. "I wonder what Riyu found out about Keith." Neon thought as he recalled his unsettling encounter with Karla.....