Old Friend

Jayden finally spotted a free seat, at the back end of the class, just beside Jessica. He didn't think twice before heading to the place and taking his seat

"What! No no no, there should be plenty of other seats available, you can't seat here." she stated with an uncomfortable look

But Jayden didn't reply her, he just kept observing the class "So most of the students are evolved," he thought, clenching his fist

Jessica noticed this and swallowed whatever words she wanted to utter, she thought he became angry by her words and seeing his fists and expression sent chills down her spine, but quickly gained composure.

"Hmph, so much for change," she pouted, but didn't push the matter further, Jayden's current demeanor was too dangerous to approach

He just sat on the chair, silent and lost in thought

Years ago, when he was still in rehab, he had been tested for the evolution serum and it was stated that he wasn't compatible with it.

It had been 100 years after the Galactic Descent, and over the years, more and more humans took the serum. But the serum didn't alter genes, which meant abilities can't be passed unto the next generation, they had to take their own evolution serum to evolve.

And currently in all the five human planets combined, ninety percent of the people are evolved already, the rest remained normal humans because they were simply not compatible with the serum due to health issues or something else in their body.

Jayden was looking forward to becoming evolved, but when he found out he wasn't compatible, it shook him, but he never gave up.

The government had created the mechas specially for the humans who weren't evolved but wished to fight beast's, explore the galaxy or just simply want a hardcore job

And Jayden had his reasons, he wanted to become an evolved human so he could explore the galaxies, but only few mecha users are given that opportunity as the percentage of evolved humans were high and they would rather employ them.

But even with that, Jayden was determined, as he had another ultimate goal that just visiting planets. He needed to crush the government, which on planet Alpha were mainly the EVA

The EVA; Evolved Human Authority. They were an organization in charge of handling situations related to evolved humans. Since humans could now perform extraordinary feats on their own, they needed to be kept at bay and respond to an even higher power; The Law.

But with that, they had multiple divisions, some were like cops, they were the field agents. Some handle higher threats like powerful beast's and high level criminals. Some dealt with research and invention, creating the evolution serums and other hi-tech weapons.

But the most renowned were the galactic division, they were the ones who traveled the galaxies, exploring planets and developing bases

Jayden had always been fascinated with space exploration, mainly because his mother had told him once, that they had come from another star. He didn't know what it meant and he never really understood it, they were lots of things his mother said that he never understood.

"Alright, everyone settle down immediately."

A female teacher walked into the class disrupting Jayden's thought and the rest of the other students murmuring

She was a tall woman with long black hair, with a serious and no-nonsense expression, clad in a gray shirt that had a few loose buttons at the top and black skirt, which outlined her curves

-"It's Miss Kate, everyone be quiet!" one of the students exclaimed

Everyone immediately achieved decorum, organizing themselves and remaining silent. This was the hottest and the most strict teacher in the entire school, she was also one of the most powerful evolved humans in the school and practically had her own fanbase.

All the students respected her as she demanded it,

"Good," she began

"There should be a new student among you resuming today. Is he here?" she asked with a stern voice

The students began murmuring and checking for new faces, but then they heard a voice from the rear end

"I'm here," Jayden said in a calm but clear voice as he stood up

All the students were staring at him, the girls couldn't take their eyes off him while the boys instantly felt threatened, but all of that were immediately suppressed when they looked into his distant, piercing eyes. They felt their backs crawl and didn't know why but some still dared to comment anyways

-"Wow, he's so handsome,"

-"My my, another hot guy, i wonder whose more hot between him and Carl,"

-"What are you talking about, Carl's better in every way,"

-"He's looks so manly and intimidating, i wonder what his level is,"

Jayden just stood there, his expression indifferent, carrying an uncanny aura, if only they knew that he was just an ordinary human

"Okay, introduce yourself to the class," miss Kate said

Jayden nodded, he stared at the students in the class "I'm Jayden, Jayden Starrk," he said in a cool tone

"And I'm a normal human," he continued, his voice cold and uncaring

The entire classroom were shocked, all except for miss Kate, and Jessica who just sat on her seat not paying attention to whatever was going on.

The students were stunned, not because of the fact that Jayden had no abilities but because of his name

-"No way! The legendary Beastboy, he's finally back after 5 years,"

-"He's looks so different now, he looks more mature and calm,"

-"Perhaps therapy worked, but I can't believe he's the same one that beat Carl to a pulp years ago,"

-"He's jacked! But he's still an ordinary human with no abilities. Pathetic,"

The students murmured to one another as they each stared at Jayden

"Silence," the teacher said calmly and the students kept quiet once again

"Yes, he was a student here before during his middle schooling, but if i find out that any of you insult or taunt him in any way, then you will answer to me. Is that understood," she said sternly, sending a warning to all the students

-"Yes, miss Kate," they all answered

No one dared to refute her, she was already above level 30, which was an almost impossible feat for most people in the world. After reaching level 25 or 30, most evolved humans can't break through to the next level even with an high grade evolving serum, it depended on talent and energy mastery.

"Good, you may have your seat," she said to Jayden

"Hmm, miss Kate seems to unusually nice to Jayden, what's going on? Did dad pull some strings?" Jessica thought, as she stared at Jayden, who was already engaged in what the teacher was about to teach.

It was a topic in biology; 'Evolution and it's relation to Genetics'

"Alright, so in the last class I explained how evolution might not affect our genes, which also led to the variation and mutation theory, but today let's talk about how it affects genetics. So we know organisms evolve to adapt to their surroundings, developing new physical and physiologically features that help them adjust. The evolution serum created was more of a slight push in human evolution, if something were to happen to our surroundings, we would have evolved anyways." She began

"So that led to why it doesn't affect our genetic material(DNA) and doesn't gets passed on. But unlike evolved humans, the beasthuman variants pass their genes and reproduce kins like them, the offsprings might look human at birth and even remain so for years but would slowly develop the characteristics of their parents,"

Jayden clenched his fists when miss Kate when she called the beastmen variants. They referred to them as animals, the same people he grew up with

He was fuming and his rage was slowly rising, his nails were dug into his palms.

But he immediately clutched his Cresent pendant and took a deep breath "Tenebris Luna... Tenebris Luna..." he whispered softly

He seemed to immediately calm down as he spoke those words, all these didn't go unnoticed by Jessica, she witnessed everything from when the teacher had mentioned the beastmen.

"Hey, are you okay?" she whispered to Jayden

"I'm fine," Jayden replied calmly, as he looked in her direction

Jessica nodded "What was that all about? And what the hell was he chanting?" she pondered inwardly, looking at Jayden with curiosity

The class continued as usual, and soon it was time for recess

"Alright scram! Next class we'll discuss Genetic mutation, morphology and the imitation concept of the beasthumans," miss Kate dismissed the class

The teacher left, along with about fifty percent of the class, those who wanted to get things done. The rest remained in the class, some wanted to approach Jayden but didn't have the guts, even though he had no ability, they still felt terrified of his delinquent conduct.

They didn't care about his past anymore because they felt he had truly changed but it was also mainly because of miss Kate's warning

Jayden just remained on his seat, he was going through an holographic tablet, which was the world's new adaptation of mobile phones. Jacob had given him yesterday, along with some decent amount of credits, which was the Electronic currency of the world

There was no doubt that Jacob was a rich and influential person, this was because he worked with the EVA research division and was a high ranking member at that, it made him an important person in the society

Jessica was also minding her business on her device when she got a message. She read it and then turned to Jayden

"Hey, Tasha said she has prepared your personal locker space. Head to....

Jessica gave him a few descriptions and pinpointed a particular location in the hallway

Jayden nodded and left the classroom, as he walked through the hall, he received numerous stares but no one dared approach him. His enigmatic and confident look was too intimidating

He arrived at the spot where Jessica described, there were rows of lockers spread across the wall. He began to inspect each one after the other until he got to a locker on the left that had the number '52' written on it

He placed his eye near a small hole on the locker door, a light flashed from it and scanned his retina. It made a soft beep and unlocked

Jayden opened the locker which was empty, except for a small red card that sat on the locker floor. He picked it and read it's contents

[Welcome Back, Jay]

It was written boldly on the letter, adorned with pictures of flowers and hearts, it was obviously from Tasha.

Jayden for the first time in a long time smiled very slightly, it was almost non-existent but it was there. But the smile immediately vanished as someone swooped in and grabbed the card

The person was to fast for Jayden to see, it was no doubt an evolved human. He immediately turned around to search for the culprit when a figure suddenly appeared by his side

"I can't believe my eyes, it's really you," a male teenage voice spoke

But Jayden didn't flinched, his expression remained the same as he looked in the direction of the voice

He was met with a boy that looked to be the same age and height as him, he had messy blonde hair that almost covered his left eye, with a handsome face that was irresistible. He was wearing his school uniform but without the blazer and a few top bottons of his shirt loose, also wearing an earring on his left ear which added to his charm.

Jayden stared at him with an indifferent, aloof look, but the boy had a smile on his face, he looked at the card and read the contents once again

"Jayden Starrk, in the flesh. I can't believe you just arrived today and you already have an admirer," he said with a sadistic smile as he tore the card and sprinkled the pieces on the ground

Jayden remained calm, he knew this person was definitely an evolved human so he didn't act rashly

"But really, it's good to see you again, do you remember me?" the boy asked

"No," Jayden replied sharply

"Of course you don't," the boy smiled vanished as his tone also became cold

"How could you remember the boy whose face you decimated five years ago,"

Jayden immediately raised an eyebrow, he already had an idea... no he knew exactly who the boy was. It was the same boy that insulted his mother, the one who he beat up to the point of death, and got a long term detention for.

"Carl," he muttered

The boy smiled mischievously "Good to see you again, Starrk."