Chapter 2: Black Gate (1).

It was night and rain was pouring from the clouds, making the atmosphere cold. The place was dark, but was slightly illuminated by the shining moon in the night sky.

Lloyd was outside of a large and abandon house. It was like a mansion, but ruined by the cracks, overgrown ivy and decay of the architecture.

"So this is the place," Lloyd said lowering the flyer from his face.

He had an umbrella over his head, covering from the pour of rain. He wore a simply attire: a red jacket, blue shirt, black jeans and white shoes.

Lloyd began to scratch the back of his head as he looked at the paper and the house.

"Guess it's an haunted house sleep over or something like that," said Lloyd with a hint of anxiousness and excitement. "But wait.."

Sweat began to slip down his face despite the cool weather. "What if they have drugs or other stuff like that. I haven't went to any other party or event of that matter for 3 years!"

"Why am I even here?" Lloyd pondered to himself.

Lloyd then looked upon the abandoned mansion and began to hope and pray in his head for some reason.

"(Please don't be any psychopath or drug addicts in this place. It's quite quiet though.)" Lloyd said inwardly in a cowardly manner.

He knocked on the front door of the house, but not too hard afraid it would be damaged in some way. As the first knock hit, the door swung open. Inside was dark figure with glowing white eyes. In the background - candle light.

"Uhh," Lloyd was quite lost for words in frighten and amazement.

Infront of him was the girl from before. Surprisingly, she was 5'11, which was taller then Lloyd. She was really beautiful looking at her face and her body was quite craved in Lloyd's perspective.

"Wow," Lloyd muttered under his breath.

"Another one. I didn't expect so many," the girl said in a nonchalant manner.

Lloyd was taken a back. "(Another one? So their most be plenty others or just a small amount, seeing as a party isn't this quiet.)"

"Come in," said the girl.

"Umm, thanks," Lloyd said with a smile.

As soon as he entered, the door slammed behind. The girl began to lead the way, which became obvious was the candles were just a trail.

Lloyd began his efforts to stir up a conversation. "It's kinda weird that I came to a "party" that a stranger invited me to. Like I don't even know your name."

"My name is Raneka. That's all you have to know about me," Raneka said in a creepy, nonchalant and lifeless manner. "It's not like we're going to become lifelong friends due to some life changing events."

"I guess not," said Lloyd.

They then entered a room with some other individuals. Five to be exact. One of them was familiar.

"(Kevin?)" Lloyd said inwardly in a dramatic way.

It was through that Kevin was among the group of either bored or weird individuals. One of the was a guy with red hair and green eyes. He was eating a something from pot infront of them. His attire was much more simpler than Lloyd's as he seemed to have came in his pajamas.

The other was a girl. And a really noticable one too.

"(Sophia?!)" Lloyd exclaimed in his head.

Sophia was one of the most popular and beautiful girls in school. She had looks and talent in singing even though she was bit of an prick to others. She had a phone with her and wore a  short, white jacket, white blouse that showed her belly, a short white skirt and white slippers. Everything about her was white, including her hair that had a hint of pink just like Kevin's. Accessories such as earrings, necklaces and rings were worn by hair as well. Two earrings, one necklace and three rings to be exact.

The other two were male and female. The girl wore a beanie, a black shirt and grey, jogging pants. Also with slippers that were blue. She seemed quite shy and out of place.

The last was a guy that looked bored out of his mind or that was just how he looked. His hair was brown as well as his eyes. In his hands was a book - actually, the holy book, the Bible. The guy wore a simple attire of a white, black shorts with black and red shoes.

And that covered everyone and everything that Lloyd could get out of the environment. The place was dark, lit by candle light leaving him only knowing that ground was solid with tiles; some broken. All which was useless information. He then took a seat beside the girl with the beanie.

"What am I even doing here?" Sophia said out loud, making sure that everyone could hear her.

The guy with red hair said while having food in his mouth, "Because your running after Kevin, even though you don't know his sexuality or type."

"Haha, trust me when I say that I am quite straight and only interested into women," Kevin commented with a smile on his face.

"Well, obviously," said Sophia with a hint of happiness as she began to type something on her phone.

"That's not something I'd trust from a guy that looks like his too greedy or something," the red haired guy said as he washed down whatever food was in his plate.

Kevin turned his attention to the red hair guy as he said, "You're the one to talk. By the way, aren't you the guy named Vinny that was kicked out of all the martial art clubs?"

After eating another plate of whatever was in it, the red hair guy replied by saying, "Yeah! They said I was too violent because I didn't want to learn to defend myself but only to inflict pain on others. But like who doesn't learn MA to fight?"

"Hmm," Kevin mumbled.

His gaze then turned to Lloyd who was seated. Suddenly, remembering what had happened earlier this day, Lloyd began to sweat excessively and his mind was overrun by fear. Kevin smile suddenly became wider as he looked at him.

"Who wants to play a game?" a nonchalant voice said.

It was Raneka as she took up the pot from the middle of the group and covered it with a lid.

"Hey, I still hungry you know!" Vinny yelled.

"Ask your parents to feed you," said Sophia teasingly.

Outside the abandon mansion, were two lone figures. They attired and masked with dark clothing. One had a cigarette in his mouth and a lighter ready to light it.

"So these are our targets?" said one of the figures in a deep and masculine voice.

The other figure exhaled smoke from their mouth and answered by saying, "Yeah."

"How low has our organization gotten to point of kidnapping children?" the other figure said with a tune of nostalgia, yet, disappointment.

"We've done way worse than this, remember. It's not lien we are going to abuse them or any, we just want them to join our organization. That's what the boss ordered," said the other guy after exhaling other mist of smoke.

The figure without a cigarette looked at the one with one. "Why is that?"

"Their genes. Didn't you do history in school or am I the only one who did go to one?" the guy then flicked the cigarette from his mouth and stomped on it. "In 1964, other war was going break out. World War 3 to be precise. It was between Canada and Europe."

"Our country lacked fire power so they asked China to craft a serum that would enhanced the physical attributes of soldiers. China had already created one to extend 'rich peoples' lifespan," said the guy with a hint of reminisce. "Europe found about this so China sent the serum to Jamaica and purposely betrayed Canada's trust, not knowing that it was Jamaica's independence."

The guy carried on. "Jamaica, a small country, lack military so they decide to hand over the serum but in exchange that it would be mass produced in that one year and all soldiers on earth would receive. At that time, everyone wanted to apart of their countries military. It was rumored that Jamaica did this to increase their own power."

"But what they didn't know is that the serum gets stronger if passed down by offspring. So technically, their children would grow up stronger than their parents. Every man and woman wanted to be with a soldier, even going to the point of- -"

The other guy then cut him off. "Yes, yes, I get that people would do weird and crazy things. You didn't have to hand me a whole old history book."

"Fine let's go. The kids aren't going kidnap themselves," said the dark figure as he began to approach the abandon mansion. "Black Gate will raise again."

"Yeah, whatever."

To Be Continued...

Next Chapter: Black Gate (2).