What are they doing?
Where am I? Tristan thought, wandered as the group of scientists' surgical blade inched closer towards Tristan's body.
Tristan was about to raise his arms to stop them but then noticed his body was covered with titanium from the arms below.
"What? I'm restrained !" Tristan's tone carried a sense of panic as his expression twisted into that of fear.
For almost an hour, Tristan's body was being cut open, tortured, and studied like a lab rat, and the only thing that kept him alive was his quick regenerative abilities.
Although he was in pain, he noticed that he was in an operating theater, and above the room was a box where other scientists watched the torture session and took notes.
Even though I'm in so much pain, why does this feel so familiar? Tristan wondered to himself as this scenario, for some reason, felt weirdly nostalgic.
That's right, it was Big sis stacy! Tristan had finally realised why he had such a strange feeling; it was because of his first encounter with his elder sister.
[The L.I.F.E system is now running!]
[Name: Tristan Telvida!]
[Strength: 80]
[Speed: 60]
[Intelligence: 30]
[Aura Capacity: 5%]
[Mana capacity:10%]
[Gender: Male]
[Index Group: Silver Blood (Vampire)]
[Age:??]
[Friends: 5]
[Title: Evolve child]
"What Is this?" Tristan asked, not even bothering with the torture he received.
"Sir, the subject seems to have gone Mad due to the torture; how should we proceed, Miss Yuri?" One of the scientists who watched in the Box asked as he referred to his superior as A lady and also called her Yuri, the same woman who had placed Tristan to sleep.
"Hm? I'm sure his fine," she nonchalantly replied. She seemed too carefree for her own good; she carried herself like a over enthusiastic scientist who tends to take things too far.
"Quickly bring some canisters of anesthetic; we need to put the subject to sleep… his mind is too unstable." The scientist said as his voice was mixed with that of anxiety and a massive wave of panic; their worries were clearly visible on their face.
I need to get out of here immediately, Tristan thought to himself as he hurriedly removed the tubes that were inserted into his body. As he got off the bed, he picked up a patient's gown and dashed towards the exit.
I'm almost there
Just a few more steps and I'll leave this place. Tristan thought to himself as he could feel the sweet warmth of freedom in his grasp. The exit approached closer and closer, his hope building up, but as he grabbed the exit door by the handle, a cold sensation wrapped around his body, and in a matter of seconds, from the neck down, Tristan was frozen in a cocoon of black ice.
"W-wait, this is Malachi's magic," Tristan stuttered in shock as he realised whose magic this was; at least that's what he thought.
In front of him was a lady who wore a long gown. She had black hair and Blue eyes that could hypnotise any man; she also looked young enough to be a model. Her beauty remained jaw-dropping.
"You're quite lively for a person who was injected with a strong concoction of sleeping serum that was enough to knock out an elephant." The lady said as she held a blue peacock-feathered hand fan to cover her face.
Tristan stared at her with a mix of unfamiliarity and yet familiarity; at the time, this woman clearly looked like someone Tristan knew.
Who is she? Tristan asked as the lady glared at his body with a hint of devious interest.
Right now I need to escape! Tristan told himself as he raised one of his arms to release himself from his cold prison, but for some reason this black ice was colder than usual, and for some odd reason its dark black hue was thicker.
"It's not even budging!?" Tristan said as he focused his attention on shattering the ice.
"Pathetic, do you really think this ice is the same pitiful kind of ice my son used?" The lady said as she glared at Tristan in revolt and disgust.
My son? Tristan questioned that last part, not knowing what she meant by that.
"Hey tris look's like you need some Help," Raven's casual voice immediately rang through Tristan's head, "looks like you're stuck in this black ice that your friends used to use, but in a more refined version of it," Raven said, noticing Malachi's magic and also pointing out the difference between his and the one that was currently binding Tristan.
"Wait, you know Malachi's black ice…wait, you know Malachi!" Tristan said in shock as he clearly had no recollection of telling Raven about his Friends and their abilities.
"Now Ain't the time to worry about that; we have bigger fish to fry!" Raven brought Tristan back to his current predicament. "To escape, you should use your aura!" Raven said enthusiastically as if he had found the cure to a virus.
Tristan remained silent, focused all his attention on what Raven was about to say.
"You looked focused, that's good," Raven said as he praised Tristan like one of his disciples. "First of all, Aura is the manifestation of a person's willpower and physical abilities combined," Raven explained as Tristan continued to struggle for his release.
"So you're saying I just have to use my willpower? That doesn't make much sense at all." Tristan said as his facial expression changed into one of confusion and struggle.
"Calm down, I'm not done… It's like a concentration of someone's will into the body; others call this fighting spirit, while some call it ki." Raven continued to speak like he was lecturing a student. "Didn't you notice that guy in the gala who tried to kill you emitting so much kill intent? Others around you fell unconscious, while some got scared; even you were shaking at some point," Raven said as a wave of realisation hit Tristan as he recalled when Shadow had attacked him during the gala.
"I think I remember the feeling," Tristan said as a vague sense of realisation washed over him. "It was as if something was piercing my skin, and the air felt heavy as well; if I wasn't focused, I could have passed out immediately," Tristan said as the memories of the incident played like a film in his head.
"That person was concentrating his will and intention to kill; it began to fuel his body, and it eventually leaked out. See, that is aura, ki, or fighting spirit; simply put, the nature of your life force is affected by your will or intentions. Raven said, and immediately Tristan had understood what he was talking about; everything began to make sense as he remembered Mrs Linda in the Boutique.
"That means back at the boutique, Mrs. Linda was using her will to put me down, manifest into her lifeforce, turning it into aura!" Tristan said with a clear and satisfied realisation in his tone.
"Now you get it, but you need to have a massive capacity of willpower and also a strong conviction to enforce your will to have a strong aura," Raven said as he informed Tristan more on aura.
But before Raven's words could be considered, Tristan had already closed his eyes fully concentrating on his willpower and his conviction; immediately, a familiar feeling of when he used his aura the first time to push Mrs Linda's aura had now returned. It was like a colourless white wave of energy had surrounded his entire body; he felt stronger, his senses felt sharper; it was like he was being boosted by a power-up.
"I see, so this is Aura." Without a second to waste, Tristan had broken out of The womans Black ice.
Shock and disbelief were scrambled all over the woman's face. She was in utter disbelief as to how a nobody like Tristan could break her ice. Even though she wasn't using up to a fraction of her strength, it was extremely hard for a normal person to have shattered her ice in under a minute.
Tristan wasted no time and pushed the steel door down with the Palm of his hands due to his body being boosted by aura.
After just being free from that torture room, he was expecting to find some guards in front of the door, but instead he found someone very familiar resting his back on the wall with a sword in hand before him… It was Finn, and he didn't seem like he was in the mood to chat, cause surrounding him was an overwhelming Golden aura. His eyes were closed; he wore a white jacket-like uniform with dark blue pants, his blond hair flowing with the waves of aura surrounding him; the area fell dead silent
"You've properly awakened aura… congratulations," Finn said as he opened one of his eyes, his tone sounding serious and heavy that no one dared to speak.