The one who lost his power

"Eric, Eric, wake up, Eric."

"wha…"

Still in a sleepy state, I woke up to see Maya shouting my name

"what happened?"

"Seriously, you are asking me what happened."

"Yeah. Is there someone else here besides you"

She sighed and, keeping her fingers between her eyes, said

"you were screaming out a girl's name… what's that suppose to mean uh" she gave a pause "aa what was that name again..aa Elise..what was all that about uh"

"wait, what…"

I don't recall anything…by the looks on her face, she is undoubtedly telling the truth…damn, I don't talk in my dream, and who is this, Elise

"I don't know."

"better not be a girl I don't know about…are you secretly running a relationship with someone? If so, it is fine to talk with me, you know."

"no eww no…how can you even think like that"

"well, you are almost 19 and people around that age…you know."

Is she blushing

"what…"

"sexually active", and she covered her face in embarrassment

"uh"

I got out of bed

"The best thing that has happened to me is you, Maya. If it wasn't for you, I don't know whether I would have been alive or not, and I won't allow any other girl than you to walk in my life. You, of all people, should know that"

"don't say things like that…well, there is no point in dragging this out..just let me know if anything is happening with you, okay."

"sure," I said and gave a gentle smile

"breakfast almost ready…dress up and yeah, gather everyone for me, will you"

"right on it."

***

Future Eric here; I will occasionally come and explain a few things here and there about this world, so here it goes, Maya, the girl who saved my life. She is around 29 and loves to help people who are in trouble…if it was not for the rilia, she would have built an orphanage here. By that, you might have guessed yes, I am an orphan. I don't know who my parents are or do I even have a brother or sister. Maya is all that I have. What is rilia, you ask? Well, rilia is the currency of canaxia. What is canaxia, you ask? Well, it's the only planet to have life, and I am living here with Maya on the outskirt of the rose district of the Amaris…people here are called Amarians

Coming back to Maya, as I told you earlier, she loves to help people. Before I came here, she was already nurturing a few kids affected by the great war…what is the great war, you ask? Well, you will get to know, as you learn more about me…the children who I mentioned are John, maria and kelvin around the age of 5 I think, and it's been 2 years since I came to this house guessing by that they were here since birth is what I think

She is not married, and I don't know much about her past as well, but I do know one thing she had a boy with her before me and before the kids who, for some reason, was banished from this town, and she lives with her grandfather who is 228 years old

I guess that is enough. You guys can get back to present Eric

***

Where did they go? I have been searching for a long time

"John….maria….kelvin" I shouted…usually at this time, they would be here in the garden helping Maya pick up the vegetables. Where would they have gone

"boo."

"the fuck" shit that scared the shit out of me. "John, what the hell…" holding my hand near to chest, still taking deep breaths

"don't you ever do that…what are you doing hiding in this haystack."

"yay, I scared brother, Eric…I scared my brother, Eric. I win, I win."

"aa no fair, brother eric didn't come near me," said Maria, who was crawling out of the bushes

"I don't know. I win, I win."

Maria's eyes started to fill with tears

"Both of you stop," I said "that is not a good thing, you know, scaring someone…this time, it was me. It was okay, but what if you did this to grandpa and something happened to him."

"Sorry, uncle eric," said maria

"john"

"Sorry, uncle eric, I won't do it again, but it was she who started"

"Hey, you agreed to it."

"only because you placed a bet."

"so"

"I accepted"

"then it's your fault too."

"no fair, brother eric, you tell who is at fault here."

Was I like this when I was small…a literal chill went down my spine thinking about it

"both of you are at fault here, and now stop blaming each other and come to have breakfast." I looked around. "Where is kelvin."

"he already left to have breakfast."

"good, you guys should learn something from him."

Both of them straight up ignored me and walked away

***

Hey, future eric here again, so you heard me mention grandpa, right? Well, people on this planet live for 350 years, and after 200 years are passed, they are considered old, but their body is not old yet. They look like they are in their 20s. It won't age until they reach 300 years, so yeah, back to the present, Eric

***

Maya was setting up the dining table…our house is quite extensive. We have 6 rooms, one main hall, one dining area, one kitchen and a couple of bathrooms. 4 rooms were located upstairs. The staircase was found in the hall area and just left towards the entrance we can see my room opposite to which we have our dining area and beside it the kitchen.

"oh, we are having pancakes, we are having pancakes, yay", said maria

Kelvin was already sitting on his chair. Towards his right sat maria and beside her John. I sat in front of John, beside me sat grandpa and towards the centre of the round table sat Maya.

"let's eat" John picked up his fork and started to pour in honey

"John, wait… what do we do before we eat." Asked Maya.

"we pray."

"and what are you doing" Maya was talking like a kid. Like taking the tone in which children spoke

"Sorry, aunt Maya."

"now lets all pray

Thank you, lord Roy, for blessing this family with food…may those who seek food may get food, and those who have abundant food may give food

In the name of our saviour Roy, we thank you again."

"Okay, now I can eat, right."

"go ahead, john."

The pancakes were soo delicious I could have eaten them all day…we have a small farm. The garden is what we call it, where Maya grows some vegetable and gives it to a vendor who sells those vegetables. we get quite a bit of rilia for it

"so eric, I heard you had a bad dream?" asked Alex.

Alex was the name of Maya's grandfather

"nothing to worry about, grandpa"

"how many times have I told you to call me Alex…just because I am 200 above doesn't mean I am old."

Well you are

"Alright, Alex and yeah, nothing to worry about."

"brother Eric, brother Eric, shall we go outside? You told us you would take us out to the place where you work," said maria

"maria…you should not talk while having food."

"but they are talking."

Maya glared at us

"sorry…"

"you guys are setting a bad example for them…they need to learn the manners."

"it's okay, Maya. They are kids. Let them be."

"and that is why they tell you are old."

"Hey, that hurts, you know..being called old while I am still this young…."

"in which case, go and work somewhere. What are you doing here all day."

Alex remained silent

"maybe I am old, after all."

"hey"

Maria started to laugh, and John couldn't control his laughter. Seeing maria, he started laughing as well. On the other hand, kelvin was reserved as always. He didn't even have a single expression on his face

"oh, Eric, one more thing, don't feed these two anything while you take them with you…I am making the special meat for dinner. You guys can come here itself."

"yay, special meat, special meat," said maria in excitement

Well, I am too. The special meat is not just any meat you get in the market. Its soo tender and juicy that just keeping a piece of it in the mouth, it just melts away like butter, but it is a bit expensive as well

We don't know from which animal this meat is extracted but darn it, it tastes soo good

Also, it is believed that this meat gives people an extended lifespan. The meat vendors recommend having this meat at least once every 3 months. It also has many medical benefits. We hardly get any cold or any disease for that matter

"I will make sure they don't eat anything…far from me…even if I gave them something they won't after you mentioned the special meat, that is."

"that is true," said Maya and started to clean the table

Since I came here, Kelvin didn't speak correctly with me. Even though I tried to talk to him on many occasions, after having breakfast or lunch or dinner, he just went to his room to study something

As he was leaving, I asked

"kelvin, Want to join maria and john at my workplace?"

He looked at me, not just looked., He stared at my eyes with his cold eyes and, without uttering a word, went upstairs

"kelvin, eric asked you something," Said Maya, to which he stopped mid-way towards the stairs and turned and, in a soft voice, said

"no" and ran to his room

What do they call these types of people uh…introverts..he was the embodiment of it…the god of introverts, you can say…I am surprised that Maya is not saying anything about him…not sure I should talk to her.. whereas, in the case of John and maria, she takes personal care of what they do. Both of them are mischievous, not to say, but still, kelvin might spoil his future because of this behaviour

"Brother Eric, Brother Eric…I think I can use my cosmic water power, see."

He stretched out his hand and pointed toward the glass of water, and the water which was present inside the glass shook a bit

"See, I can use the power."

"well-done, John. That is impressive."

"I can do it too, Brother eric."

Maria stretched out her hand and pointed toward a bunch of papers, and they flew away

"impressive, maria"

Just as I said, she put on a smug face and turned toward John

Maria showed signs of her power pretty early on, and John, I am impressed he can do that, whereas kelvin, I have no clue what his powers are

***

Hey, future eric here, the powers which these kids showed are called cosmic powers. People born here can manipulate one of the 4 elemental cosmic powers: water, land, air, and fire. Unless trained, these powers won't grow at all. We follow a ranking system from A to D rank. There is one elite rank, S. People who are born here start with a D rank. In the case of John, Unless trained, even if he becomes like Alex meaning old, he will still be able to do only that. How it works is the same as how you can move your hand to do something you want: your brain's hand-eye coordination. In this case, at the start of learning this, we need to picture in our mind the element which we are trying to manipulate, and the rest is pretty simple

Once they start learning different techniques, they begin not just manipulating these powers but creating them or producing them from their body. Of course, the water which is made is not drinkable, but it is something

As for me, I have the cosmic firepower, and due to that, I got a job in this town

Let's get back to present Eric

***

It was around 10… and I was about to head out to work…my job paid me enough, rilia though Maya doesn't take anything which I give her, I am just saving them for the kids when they grow up something to give back for the gratitude that I am getting

"Alright, Maya, I will head out now."

"be careful with those kids."

"aunt Maya, you don't have to worry. We will behave"

"that's exactly what I am afraid of."

Maya looked at me

"do you want me to come and take care of them"

"no need, Maya. There is a daycare in our office. I will leave them there for some time."

"Just be careful and don't trouble Eric, okay."

"Okay, Maya…bye", both waived their hands

And I noticed kelvin looking down his windows, and just as he saw that I was looking at him, he covered the curtain. I bet he wanted badly to come with us…what exactly goes through his brain, I wonder

The town in which we lived was tiny. Not much modern transportation was needed as we could have gone by foot to any place nearby, a maximum of 15 minutes walk was enough to take a trip through the town…

Everyone in canaxia has customizable eyewear which is implanted behind the ears called brainTech when you pass a certain age and pass a particular exam, you are injected with the device, which, when pressed, becomes augmented eyewear that has internet access that lets you browse anything you want while having total privacy

"Brother Eric, that is soo cool. When can I have one of those"

"you can have them soon, maria. They don't just give it to any people" well, they do that, but anyway

Maya has a stringent rule when it comes to this stuff. As much as she appreciates modern technology, she refuses to use them in the house. Don't get me wrong, she has one implanted in her, but she rarely uses it, or I have not seen her use it at all

***

I work at a steel factory outside our town, about 5 miles from where I live. I usually go by bus, but since these two are tagged along today, I might take a taxi

And so I did

"This is my first time sitting in a taxi," said maria

"mine too, mine too," added john

"well, I hope you two enjoy it."

"eric, wait…eric…." I heard someone calling my name, and I turned toward the voice

"tom, what are you doing here."

Tom is the only friend of mine in this town. Judging by his outfit as a security guard, I think someone missed his only bus to the factory today

"do I have to explain"

"you are always right on time. What happened"

"I will tell you. Let's go first."

"right"

The taxi started, and we were off

"so"

"what are these two doing here."

"hi, uncle tom," maria and John said

"well, hello…hey, wait, I have told you to call me brother. I am the same age as your brother here."

"they always wanted to come to see me at work, so I brought them"

"isn't that lovely."

"so what held you back this morning."

"come closer"

I did as he told and he started to whisper

"We are in big trouble…."

"trouble," I said out loud, to which the driver looked at us

"shhh… don't say it out loud…the thing is…well, it's more of a rumour, but there was an explosion last night in our town, it seems…."

"I don't get it…we didn't hear anything."

"exactly, no one did, but apparently the town of green did, and they are coming to check every house today."

"so, how are we in trouble."

"don't you get it…if they find something in someone's house, it will be over for them…the least that we know is that we have not heard anything or no one saw anything…even the guards stationed here."

"that's odd. We know almost everyone in town. And no would lie about this thing unless…" tom interrupted

"I just hope we are safe…and it is instructed that no one shall leave the town until further notice."

"they can't do that to us."

"well, they have, which is why I was late."

"Okay, we can't do anything. Let's hope for the best that this gets resolved."

***

We reached the factory after about 20 mins of ride

"that will be 5 rilia, sir."

I took out my wallet and handed him 5 rilia

"thank you"

"This is soo big," said maria

"Right, I didn't expect it to be this big," added John

Now that these two mention it. Yes, it was pretty big. Approx. 180 sq feet, I think. I am amazed that I remember this number from my training days when they mentioned it during the emergency exit training.

"be close to me, you two."

"oui," said both

This was the only place where people could work and get monthly pay rest all the jobs mostly involved the farming, and sometimes we got the rilia, and sometimes we didn't, and since Maya was doing farming, I figured I would apply for a job here

"Alright, tom, see you in the afternoon."

"see you, pal, and thanks for the ride."

"seriously, thanks?"

"sort of a professional courtesy since we are working right now."

I gave a smile and took both the kids around the factory

Since I could control fire, they put me in charge of the steel processing. Along with me were two other people who, to this day, didn't talk to me at all. I tried several occasions, but nothing; they were just like kelvin.

"brother Eric what is that"

"that is called a furnace, which helps in making steel."

"wow…"

"well, kids, I have to go to work. I will take you around the factory in the afternoon; meanwhile, you can enjoy yourself in the kid's area. You have lots of games and snacks there, and remember Maya is making special meat, so don't indulge in too many snacks."

"do they have chocolates"

"yes, John, they do."

"I am soo excited."

And I left them in the hands of the caretaker there, who was a nice person. We often exchanged few words in the cafeteria

***

I just got into my small office, and my boss called out my name

"eric"

"yes, boss"

Our boss is an energetic guy and can make anyone work even if they are out of the mood to work

"come on now; you have been working here for two years; you can address me by my name."

"it's okay, boss. I prefer this."

"well, your wish", he gave a gentle smile and said, " I have some work for you today, a significant one at that."

"I am ready to take on that work."

"This is what I like about you…I haven't even told you the work, and you are jumping into working. Okay, so we will have some newcomers today, and they need to know how to handle the fire, and there is no one better than you who can teach them."

"well, I am honoured, boss…I will teach them what they want."

This job was a change of pace from what I was doing. I hardly get to use my powers at work; this was exciting news.

I quickly read through all the emails which I got from the customers. I guess I completed them very soon as I got plenty of time before the session began

On the factory's ground floor, there was a huge room where I got my first training, and now that I am going to teach a new batch, I can't be more excited than this

Since I had some time before it all began, I went to check out the kids

"don't they look lovely while they play"

"yeah, tom, they do…." I stopped in surprise "wait, when did you come."

"you were staring at them like you were going to kidnap someone. Just at that precise moment, I slipped by"

I pouted, "do I look that scary."

He smiled and didn't say a word

"I have some time to kill right now…shall we grab a coffee or something."

We both took coffee and sat in the large windowed area of the cafeteria

after 3 mins of silence between us; tom asked,

"what do you want to do in this life, eric."

"why ask this all of a sudden"

"the thing I talked about this morning made me realize that we do not control our lives at any given point. Someone could easily disrupt our way of living, and here we are just playing along with them."

"well, if you ask me, I would like the things to remain as they are forever."

"Really?" he looked shocked hearing my response

"Yeah, I mean, look," I pointed outside, where there was nothing but just an empty green land in front of our factory

"What am I looking at exactly"

"I mean, isn't it just calm out here"

"you know there is pounding and burning sound filling the whole area we are in."

"I know", I paused before I spoke, "amongst those noises, I sense a bit of peace" I glanced at the vast openness ", which I have no regrets about…for a person like me who doesn't know his parents and after surviving in that horrible orphanage, I see this as an absolute win, and I don't want things to change."

Tom didn't speak anything for a brief period

"I don't know how you are feeling, eric, but for me, I feel trapped here."

"trapped?"

"unlike you…you know..even though I have parents, they give me a hard time…it feels like why am I even alive."

"hey," I stood up and grabbed his shoulders with my hands "Stop thinking that way. No one knows what will happen in the future, nor you can change your past.…come on, let's give our best in this present moment."

"you sound too optimistic."

"well, try being one. Even if you feel down, I am sure things will work out in the end; okay, enough talk about this." I stood up " you know, tom, I will be a teacher today."

"what do you mean?"

"I have a bunch of newcomers for whom I need to take a class on how to control cosmic firepower."

"oh nice, can I come to watch?"

"be my guest."

We both had our coffee and went downstairs

To my surprise, there were like 50 kids stationed in that room. And in the empty hall, around ten were arranged, five on each side, and five kids sat on a bench. When did they put this up? It must have been the work of my manager. Thankfully he is not here. Otherwise, I would have become even more nervous than I am right now, but still, a chill went down my spine seeing these students sitting so quietly and not making any noise

"you can do this, eric." tom patted my back

"Thanks, tom"

I took a deep breath, and I went up to the podium

"Hello students, I will be taking your class today for controlling fire…my name is Eric, and I won't be going around asking your names so you guys can relax. I know how much I hated to introduce myself, so I won't put you guys through the same situation as my instructor put me in." I paused and, walking around the podium, continued ", so let me start by asking a few questions before we dive into the actual stuff

"who can tell me what these cosmic powers are"

A kid in the back stood, and I was surprised, not going to lie. Being the last bencher myself, I rarely answered anything unless the teacher forced me. Trust me when I say this last bench is the best bench ever

"it's the power which people of canaxia are born with given to us by the lord Roy canaxia himself..which consist of fire water air and land."

"very well said. What's your name."

"mark"

"good job, mark. You can sit now" I went up and wrote fire on the green board which was present on the wall

"I presume everyone here is a wielder of cosmic firepower and no other…." I paused for a good 5 sec to see if anyone raised their hand. This particular question was asked during my training, and a guy got caught. He was a wielder of cosmic air power and, with the help of his friend, infused fire to swirl the air in his arm, making it look like he was controlling the fire. Of course, they dismissed him, so I was making sure here that won't repeat again

"good now. How do these powers work exactly? Can anyone answer that"

A girl in the front row stood up

"they…are…they are deep-rooted into our brains and every nerve…no, I mean DNA…is embedded with the information right from birth."

"and your name…Roxy"

"nice, Roxy, you can sit now," I wrote DNA on the board and continued. "as your friend Roxy mentioned, these cosmic power are deeply rooted in our DNA itself; thus, changing its shape, form and even producing it becomes easy with just our hand-eye coordination."

I went and brought a candle and lit it

"when your focus your attention on the flames which are burning here, you can actually get hold of them in your palm..let me demonstrate."

I stretched out my hand and held it against the burning flame

10 seconds passed, and I was not able to take control of the flame

30 seconds passed, and there was no result

"does it take this long to take control, sir….I have seen people do it in an instant" a kid spoke from the back

As soon as he spoke, there was a murmur going around among the students

I started to panic…this had never happened to me before…as the kid mentioned, I used to take control of it in a fraction of a second

I gave it one more try by switching hands, but still, there was no result…I looked at Tom, who was standing at the door

As soon as I saw him…he noticed something was wrong and pitched in

"Alright, kids, I guess the professor here is having some trouble today. You guys stay here while I take care of him"

Tom took me outside the hall, and all the students started to whisper

"what happened, eric…are you alright."

"I am fine. I don't know…I….re…really don't know."

"clam down, relax… let's head over to the cafeteria. I will inform the boss about this"

We went upstairs, and I sat in the same spot as before. Tom brought me a glass of water

"Thanks, tom"

"don't go anywhere. Relax now, Eric. I will be back soon."

He started walking towards the exist…there was no one in the cafeteria except us

"hey tom", my voice echoed in the hall, and he turned

"Please don't say about this to anyone. if I can't use my powers, I will lose this job" that was obvious "secondly…." I paused as words didn't want to come out of my mouth "i..will be the first person to lose and cant use cosmic power. Is it?"

Tom was stunned..my guess is he didn't think of what I said

"yeah", he nodded. "I won't speak of this to anyone."

As long as I have known tom, he has been the worst at keeping a secret. I just hope even though he mentions it to someone, let it be delayed. That is the only thing that I could ask right now.

Since no one was there in this cafeteria, I took out the candle from my pocket and lit it with fire from the match stick

I brought my hand as close to the fire as possible just so that I could feel the heat radiating from it and just away from burning my own hand

I closed my eyes and started focusing on the heat which I was feeling in my hands. I tried to recreate the image of the flame in my head, and I succeeded. Usually, this was the first step in harnessing the cosmic power of fire. we picture them as they are in our head and slowly opening our eyes to see the flame, and when we move our hands, the flame also moves with us, thus enabling one to control the flame as it is…the burning would stop so you don't feel any heat, but there will be the flame of candle levitating above your hand

But that also didn't work. The primary step itself failed. A chill went down my spine in fear my head went totally blank again

What is happening to me? Just yesterday, I was able to use the power without any problem, but now I am struggling to even move the damn thing

I tried recollecting the events which happened yesterday, and the only thing which popped into my head was the screaming of the name elise, which Maya mentioned this morning.

Who exactly is this elise. I have no memory of meeting a person with that name.

I stood taking the glass of water off the table and went near the giant glass window and kept one of my hands on it..it was pretty cold, and I looked out to the open vastness of empty space which was in front of me, thinking what will happen to me and this job which I have

It was not like I could get any other job. Even though to this day, no one person is born without the power, the job description of every position in this world has the minimum requirement of cosmic power. Whether they needed the ability for the job or not was irrelevant. As long as you can wield power, you can work. None of the other skills mattered.

Even a baby of age 2 or 3 can unlock the power if appropriately trained. Still, it usually happens naturally at the age of 10. For some, it opens even early for some late, but they will have the power no matter what

I was able to unlock the power at the age of 5, and ever since then, there is not a single day that I have lived without using the power

Why now, all of a sudden?

With that thought in my mind, I looked at the entrance of our factory, which was visible from here and saw a person standing and he was looking right at me

I tried to focus my vision on him, and I was not wrong. This was a one-way window... meaning the person on the inside could only see the outside, and the opposite was impossible. Then how come he was looking at this particular window

Is it just a coincidence…I strongly don't think so. From here, I could tell that person looked a bit familiar, and when I observed his clothes, I got altered. It was my clothes. I had a red shirt with a blue stain on the bottom, which I got while playing with maria and the others

I dropped the cup which I was holding in the garbage can and ran downstairs as fast as I could

When I reached the entrance that person was nowhere to be found

"oh hey, eric, I have something for you" the security guard called out my name

"something for me" what could it be

"here I have two letters…jeez, who sends out a letter in this day and age."

He handed out two letters to me. One had my name on it, and it said open this first, and the other had Maya's name on it and said don't open this one

"who gave you this."

"I have not seen him before, but he went that way by walk", he pointed in the direction of the town. "I didn't see him using teleporters either, so you should be able to catch up to him."

"thank you soo much."

"don't mention it."

With 2 letters in my hand, I ran towards the edge of the factory wall where a road went by. Again as far as my eyes went out, I didn't see anyone

Did he just disappear out of nowhere? Even if he used a portable teleporter, there should have been a light beamed up to the sky. The security guard would have seen, and by what he told he didn't use a teleporter, nor do I see any vehicles as such either

This is weird.

I looked at the letter which was in my hand…

So this is called a letter, an actual letter I thought

For the time I was alive, no one communicated with letters. We knew how it looked and its purpose but never actually held one in our hand given by someone…

With the braintech installed in everyone's body, hardly anyone would need the means to communicate physically unless absolutely necessary

I opened the letter which was addressed to me and started to read

"you have lost your cosmic power of fire, am I right."

That was the first line in the letter..who is this person. Is it one of the students playing a prank on me cause except them tom and me, no one knows this?

"and certainly, it is not the students who are playing a prank on you."

What...I just thought that in my mind...I was standing in the middle of the road dumbfounded, reading just the two lines of this letter. so I took shelter below the tree on my left and continued

"good…now that we are in the shade, let me tell you what to do."

All the things here are pre-written. It's like a future letter…what is happening? I wanted to scream that soo badly

"don't panic, and read the following few lines very carefully. People in this world are hungry for a way to eliminate the cosmic power entirely. There is a cult under the name of octacos, who are secretly experimenting on the kids and even babies to try and formulate a medicine of some sort. They treat it as a disease.

They have never encountered a person who lost his power after unlocking it, and you will be the first on that list…if by chance they get to know about you, they will eat you alive if need be

I know this is an anonymous letter. Why should you believe what is mentioned here…at the start, I predicted something. Let me predict it again

In the next 2 mins, tom will come looking for you, and he will ask the security guard."

I looked towards the security checkpoint. After two minutes, tom came out. He started chatting with the security guard stationed there. After a few seconds, the security pointed his arm towards the direction I was in.

I took my focus off tom, and I continued reading the letter

"I guess tom is here. Quick, take cover behind the tree in which you are standing."

Tom came running and called out my name. I didn't respond. After a few seconds of searching for me, he went back

"Okay, now that he has gone…let me continue" who exactly are you, and how do you know all this…I wanted answers to those questions soo badly

"you will get your answer at the monarch library of green town…head over there immediately and don't think about the kid's tom will take care of them, and I think you have one more letter in your hand..before you head over to the green town I want you to keep this letter on your bed without anyone noticing you and leave as soon as you can

Ps. One more thing, leave a brain ping to Maya and don't mention anything about the library or green town. also, turn off your braintech GPS…I will leave the rest to you. Again you are the one to take the decision. By no means I am forcing this on you. If you don't wish to come, it's okay. You can burn the letter and live your pathetic life."

That was the end of the letter. Green town uh…I have been there a couple of times with Maya but never have I ever gone alone

What could be in this other letter...I tried opening the letter, but a message popped up on the letter saying invalid fingerprint and a date popped up 09 December 912, and it said further to be opened on this date

What? That's a year from now

It was not an ordinary letter like the one written for me. I couldn't tare the cover. It kept showing the message invalid fingerprint

I guess it is registered with Maya's fingerprint

But how…how can this person get Maya's fingerprint, and on top of that, he had my shirt. Is he a thief?

I had no other choice. If I stayed here, I would have to face the reality that I can't use my power. This will put Maya and the others at risk. I am not sure what this cult is about, but from the looks of what is mentioned in this letter, they are bad news

The only choice for me is to go to green town and find out who this person actually is. Before I go, I must leave this letter in my bedroom. hopefully, whatever is written inside this will help Maya…I just hope so