THREE

Helia sitting at the table looks around the marble floor room with gold chairs and the air conditioner making an annoying sound he seems to be the only one who can here, there's a crackling from within. He grits his teeth, he is so angry he wants to grab a chair and smash it against the faulty air conditioner.

His eye lazily darts to the door as Jet's father enters the room.

"Akira, we ... "

All the teens in the room turn to the door, it's the first time they hear someone calling Jet's father by his first name.

Jet stands at the door smiling at his sister, she calls her father by his name when she is upset with him, "Akali, I have a very important meeting, can you finish whatever you have going on with dad later?"

Akali turns around walking away without saying a word. Storming off with an attitude.

Jet closes the door behind him. Everyone is here on time.

Akira sits down, "Okay, begin."

Jet smiles, "Greetings, to everyone in the room. I called you all today because you are my candidates for Alpha in the future of White Lotus." He walks to a spot where his notes are placed readily, "I want to discuss with you the plans for that future." He turns on the hologram projector, he was not sure how to share his thoughts and ideas, so he resorted to taking the more professional presentation approach.

"I want to have full control of the High Tech industry. It is the future, the way technology is rapidly growing, the ones who control it, will rule the world." He takes a pause to make eye contact with his audience, "It has everyone everywhere asking questions about what our generation will bring to the table when it is time to lead, and I present to you." He moves to the next slide. A large tower with the White Lotus insignia.

"This very building will be the top High Tech company worldwide." He smiles moving on to the action plan, "How we will achieve this, will not be by hiring the best and brightest, but by being the best brightest," he takes everyone's attention away from the slide and hands out the Royal Academy acceptance letters, "We enrolled into the top High Tech school," he walks around the room using the space to his advantage, "The school we need for a solid foundation and to be thrust towards this goal with ease," he holds up his own matching letter, "Royal Academy. We passed the exams fair and square, and all we need to do is show up and commit to the work."

Jet walks back to his hologram disk while everyone skims through their letters.

"I actually passed this impossible exam?" Bridget gasps and smiles.

Jet projects Rex Kazama's file and all attention is instantly turned to the floating image, "Now, you guys know that my family long before all this democracy nonsense, when Stark was not colonized by outsiders from Country's like Timber. My family ruled this country as a monarchy." He presents the crown that is rightfully his as Prince, he has searched for it all year long and eventually found it at an auction abroad.

He wears the crown and smiles, "As Alpha's, my Alpha's, I will share in full confidence the secrets of this Country we call home," he adjusts his crown, "Stark is the only country that has something we call Essence veins, Invisible lines of energy that make this country a gate way to realms where magic is real," he notices that the information is nothing new to any of them, and that is convenient because he did not have the time to break down the knowledge in simpler terms, "My family ruled this country with power, real power, but a war between realms resulted in us having to permanently cut ties with those realms and we also cut ourselves off from the power we once possessed, but I have found a way we can access the essence that has laid undisturbed for 400 years without opening portals to the other realms."

Jet smiles, "But first let me explain your role in all of this." He points at Rex's projected image, "The Kazama family, are descendents of a race of Giants, that used to inhabit the mysterious Moon Island. I finally managed to buy it, and we have our territory back. The Moon Island will be the place where we meet for our Youth Alpha's meetings, or if something goes wrong, that's the place we go to." He plays a clip from long ago of a man growing into a giant, "That's what Kazama brings to the table. He can infuse his power into his technology, he will first need to get his powers back, so I have this ring made from a very special ore that will unlock your powers."

Jet walks towards Rex and gives him a ring box. It is black with gold frames.

Rex opens the box, there is a gold band with his family insignia engraved on it.

Jet moves on to Helia and Jack's files, "You two are related because Your grand parents were siblings, by blood Jack you are a Drago," he moves to the next slide, "As the name suggests, I am talking about literal Dragons, you're heirs to the most powerful Clan in White Lotus. The Drago's were and still are, the Military force of White Lotus, and I have no intentions of changing that." He plays a clip of a man turning into a dragon and standing next to the Giant in the previous video, shoulder to shoulder, "It's all in the name. The Dragons of White Lotus, all the stories you've heard, they are talking about you. People fear us, because they believe you still have your powers. Imagine if you actually did?"

Jack and Helia look at each other briefly and face the front.

"I am not saying mix your DNA into technology, I am not saying give people out there your powers, but I am saying think outside the box, let us use the essence to our advantage." Jet projects the island and reveals an underwater city directly below the Moon Island.

"Moon Island was home to the Giants on the surface and Merfolk underwater. They chose to leave, which is fine by me, because they didn't leave with the power that made them who they are." He projects Luna and Bridget's files, "You two will be recieving rings to access that merfolk power, you are not descendent from any supernatural lineage and that is not a problem at all for what I have planned," he notices Jack and Helia confused they didn't get rings, "Drago, you two don't need rings, I've got you covered though." He walks towards Luna and Bridget, giving them matching rings. Gold with colorful ammonite on them.

Jet moves on to Axel, "You passed fair and square, and everyone knows speed is your thing. I had a speed force ring shipped. You will be the fastest man alive." He gives Axel a ring, "I need you guys to understand the importance of secrecy. We are not the only ones who know about the Essence Veins, and everyone is convinced we will never able to access the power again, and we need them to keep thinking that, or we are attracting big trouble," He looks at everyone else as he gives Axel his ring, black with a jade stone, "We lack knowledge, we are also kids, we can't fight them on so many levels. I've learned the hard way, with trying to acquire properties and other assets for us, I need my dad for everything until I am legally considered adult enough. So lets avoid losing battles."

Akira looks at the next slide. It is Miso Patu, the man who was kicked out of White Lotus 2 years ago, they are still in a messy legal war with him over his assets. He signed a contract that states they belong to White Lotus, he wants to go against that, and has dragged the issue along until now.

"We will discuss in depth the plans on how to turn essence into technology shortly, I would like to take a moment to give you an opportunity to ask questions about our history, the history I just brought to the table." Jet laughs when everyone has questions, "I'll start with Rex."

Akira looks at the details on the floating file. He is seeing the information for the first time. Why is he only finding out now? Was he even supposed to find out? Did Jet figure this out on his own? How? He has questions of his own, but he will listen, maybe, along the way Jet will touch upon the many questions he has.