You failed... again.

A young man is seen in the training room, having a good fight with a much older man. He looked to be about seventeen years old and the man he was fighting with was old enough to father him.

His movements were beautiful, as he swung danced with the sword, he made sure to eliminate every unnecessary move. All his attacks were on target and once he parried the man's attack he used the momentum to counter attack.

Slowly the battle was getting fiercer as the two parties increased their speed. They became a blur and the only visible thing was sparks from their clashing swords.

They both fought on equal footing and soon exchanged kicks that sent shockwaves around the training room, the boy was fast and flexible enough to send a spinning kick with his other foot to the man.

The man blocked by crossing his hands, as he skidded some meters back, a sword came flying at him from the dust caused by the explosion, in reflex he parried it with his sword only to get a short dagger to his throat. It was the young boy, he was now standing behind him with a dagger to his throat.

"You have an assassin's moves, I didn't teach you that so I'd believe it's natural. But the only difference is that you're predictable." The man said and the boy looked down to see that the man was pointing a dagger to his stomach.

"You failed again." The man said as they both released each other.

"..." The boy looked down in silence.

"Well, I guess you'll have to learn by force Henry. Today will be our last training for the week. Your elder sister is visiting. Unlike your younger siblings, she's way more ruthless. If you know what's best for you. Learn some defensive skills." The man said throwing the sword to him and leaving.

"Yes master" Henry replied with a bow. He looked at the ground for a few minutes before going to return the weapons.

On his way to his room a lot of thoughts crossed his mind. On how he almost died whenever his siblings, the twins, visited and how much more inpatient his teachers are getting with him. Even the experiments became more difficult.

Turns out Raphael never had any intention of keeping his promise of letting him out for a day. He had to live in a worse kind of torture since they entered his life. Riley used hi as a test subject and Raphael will always beat him to a pulp.

Apart from all this, the most significant one is that, since he was seven years old, there was a book he could call out at will, and it seemed only him could see it.

It was a black book with a golden outline and was written in strange language, and no matter what he did, he wasn't able to translate it, even his teachers couldn't help him. He felt stuck for ten years, as he hadn't made any real progress.

He noticed that the book grew bigger as he grew, and it had two sections to it. The first section had nothing written on it and the second was filled with notes he couldn't transcribe. He also tried to write something in it using ink, but it vanished whenever he did.

He knew that it must have something to do with him, his powers or at least the experiments they were putting him through. He had a strong feeling that being able to read the book will give him an option, although he preferred not to wish, he still hoped.

On another note was his sister's visit. His elder sister. He has heard a lot about her, from simple comments of her teachers, stories from staff and her victory tales. They call her the Grim Reaper.

He wasn't scared because he believed that there was nothing she could do to him that he hadn't faced. He had no idea what was coming for him.

He only knows that her name is Olivia, and she is said to be cold hearted, some said that she was even worse than her father when it came to stone-heart.

Some say her anger bursts like a volcano destroying anything it touches. Henry heard that she almost killed both Riley and Raphael because they angered her. Thinking of someone who almost killed his torturers visiting him was kind of scary.

It seems that after the incident of almost killing Riley and Raphael, they both never visited him again. It was a relief for Henry, at least for the past two months.

Henry heaved a long sigh of tiredness. He didn't know what to expect, because she sent him a letter a month ago telling him she'd be visiting for three days. And that in those three, he'll be experiencing hell so he should prepare ahead of time.

Henry once asked why all this thing was happening to him, and Tina replied

"It's all because of the devil inside of you Henry." She said, at first it didn't make sense to Henry, but when she started explaining the incident it all started making sense. He didn't find it unbelievable, because it was only a person who is cursed by a devil that could live the life he was living.

Although he understood what they were all after, unfortunately, it was clashing with his goal. There were times people told him what the outside world looked like and what it really meant to live, not just 'exist' and it motivated him to want to survive and escape.

Now he understands that his dream of survival is being threatened by the ones who seek the power of the devil but...It still changes nothing for him.

"There's no way I'm losing to them, I'll survive, live and then make them all pay, even the devil." He vowed, ironing his resolve to face what was ahead, he was ready for the worst.

It would all be easier if he gave up and killed himself, but, the afterlife question mark still remains and he doesn't feel like he would find peace giving up easily.

This theory of the devil which he didn't completely believe also made sense when he thinks about the book he has had trouble deciphering for years

Once he got to his room he took a shower and when he was served lunch, he sat down to eat but was distracted.

~beep~

The door opened and a man walked in, an arrogant looking lab assistant with unkempt hair.

"Yo brat, get out of here there's an emergency test you have to run." The man said.

"Get going dumbass, you're wasting my time,." He said impatiently.

Henry completely ignored him, and just walked past him.

~Paaa~

Henry was stunned as the man spanked his ass. He stopped moving and shot a glare at him.

"What you looking at? Get your ass moving lab rat." He yelled.

"You're insignificant, quite trying to be something more. I'm only sparing you because Tina needs you, don't get cocky." Henry said and started walking out.

"What the fuck did you say to me? come back here you bitch!" The man shouts as he followed Henry out.

Henry walked into the lab room and saw new staff that had been replaced over the years. The only remaining one was Tina. Once he reached, he bowed in greeting to Tina and immediately took off his clothes, heading in for the tube.

"I'm ready." Henry said.