Yesh Academy
Luna, Terra
Tellus Solar system
Milky way Galaxy
Neutral Free Zone
3rd March 2019
Sam woke up, the memory of the day when her Father died becoming more vivid than it used to be. Sam's memory of that night had been a mess. Most of her childhood memories that involved her Father had become muddy since the accident, and because of her guilt, she never bothered to try to gauge her memories.
But now that she had awakened and her body had gone through a metamorphosis, her mind had become stronger than it was before. She covered her face with her right arm as tears fell out of her eyes. She thought of the technique she had used against those assassins who had come after her. She had instinctively used the Thunder Clap technique alongside her innate ability at that moment to damage her foe.
Though her execution of the technique hadn't been perfect, thanks to Resonance, she had done more damage than she would have. However, that hadn't been enough to stop one of them. Her memories of their final moment returned, and she felt sick as she remembered the blood.
Leon had saved her in the end by killing them with one attack. After calming herself down, Sam began to take notice of her environment. She seemed to be in a medical facility with monitors connected to her, and she was wearing a hospital dress. The room had a window with the sun on display, a warm breeze filling the room through the open window. I must have been out for quite a while. Sam thought. She bought out the status window to check out what her current stats were.
Status:
Name: Samantha Sinclair
Rank: Peak stage Adept [Tier 1]
Physique: Awakened
Strength: 200 Agility: 199 Endurance:200 Stamina: 200 Luck: 300 Intelligence: 300 Magic power: 300 Spiritual power: 300 Physical power: 799 Combat power: 1399
Combat arts: Adamantium fist martial art- Five-star rank ( Peak stage Minor Mastery)
Ability factor: Symphony: The ability to access the Música universalis.
Unique technique: Resonance, Consonance, Dissonance, Música Conductor,
Música conductor: A unique technique that allows one to be able to peer into the soul's frequency and wavelength.
Resonance: A unique technique that matches the user's resonant frequency with their target to unleash a highly destructive concussive blast
Consonance: ???
Dissonance: ???
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One thing Sam had learnt from the fight with those Assassins was that she had gotten a lot stronger than she had before. Just looking at her stats, she could see the improvements she had gone through. She was at the peak of the Adept stage, and from what she saw, her total combat power was even beyond what it was supposed to be for someone in her rank. But from the looks of it, it seems her physical prowess was what pushed her combat power past the average stats for someone in the Adept rank.
And she had consciously used a major part of her ability factor for the first time. From what Sam gathered, Resonance was an application of her ability, Symphony, which had something to do with sound and Vibration. When Sam thought about it, her ability factor made sense in a certain way. Sam was an artist, a musician at heart. So the fact that even her ability to feel emotions had something to do with her ability seemed to fit well with Sam.
"I see you're awake," A voice said. Sam dismissed the status window as she saw Leon leaning on the doorframe to the room. He was dressed in a white hoodie jacket with a black t-shirt underneath, white gym pants, and white sneakers. Covering his beautiful, luminous blue eyes was a pair of sunglasses. Sam couldn't help admiring his figure. He walked over to sit down beside her, his arms in his pants pocket.
"How long was I out for?" Sam asked.
"Almost two weeks," Leon said, shocking Sam, who raised her upper body from the bed.
"I was knocked out for weeks," Sam said. Why the hell had she been unconscious for that long? Leon could read the question on her face and held out a small grin.
"Your soul core was unstable. Rising to the peak of the Adept realm from the Low tier immediately can be dangerous," Leon said. "Your body needed time to recover." The door opened, and a red-haired girl in a red sweater came in.
"So you finally woke up," Emani said with a smile. She turned and was surprised to see Leon sitting across from Sam. Her smile turned into a frown as she glanced at Leon. "Did you tell her yet..."
"No....not yet," Leon said.
"Tell me what?" Sam said. Leon and Emani exchanged a look, making Sam's stomach churn at their expression.
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"What do you mean, 'It's gone," Sam said. She was in Phoebe Yesh's office alongside Emani and Leon. The two had insisted that Sam should hear the news straight from Phoebe, and after Sam had dressed up, they had gone to her office. Now Sam was staring at the other Director of Golden Dawn, shocked by the news she had gotten. Her stomach felt so sick that a part of her wanted to throw up; her mind was spinning, an echo of the darkness rising from the depths of her consciousness.
"Cedar Lake is gone. It was attacked by a horde of Abominations days ago," Phoebe repeated what she had said before. "The horde decimated the entire town, and there is no survivor from the town-"
"I heard you the first time," Sam screamed, flinging her right arm to her side in rage. She had decided to embrace her anger instead of drowning herself in her sorrow. The powerful emotions that she was feeling drove back the familiar darkness. "What about Stella....Is she-"
"Guardian Stella McCoy's Vital status shows she's still alive," Phoebe said. "The same for Rosa. But the rest of the team that we stationed to keep an eye on Cedar Lake has been wiped out." Emani had told her that Rosa had been sent on a mission, one that was confidential. A part of her was furious that she was not told about her Aunt and the town receiving protection details. But she chose to focus only on the information that she was still alive. Abominations. That damned creature that had tried to attack her in the Echo field. There were more of them.
"Then where is she?" Sam said.
"We believe that the Horde must have kidnapped her," Phoebe said. " It's the only explanation as to why she hasn't responded to us, but her vital status is still active."
"And Rosa?" Sam whispered.
"The same," Phoebe said in a calm tone. Sam took a deep breath and then turned around, heading for the door. But Leon got in her way, putting his arm in front of her.
"Where do you think you're going?" Leon said.
"I'm going back to my town," Sam spat out. "Move it."
"No," Leon simply said.
"Sam, maybe you should wait and think-" Emani began, but was cut off by the look of pure rage on Sam's face.
"Don't tell me what to do," She spat out. This was the first time she had raised her voice at her Master which startled Emani. "I'm going to Cedar Lake, and I'm going to find Stella and Rosa."
"And how are you going to do that?" Leon said. "Just because you managed to survive against those two assassins doesn't mean you're ready for the real world,"
"You!" Sam couldn't help but get annoyed at the expression on Leon's face. Her anger took a deep dive into the core of her soul, and she felt it begin to shake in motion. As her anger increased, a pressure from the bottom of her soul vibrated her entire body.
Even the office of Phoebe began to vibrate as the World energy from the Odyllic began to shake from the pressure of the power emitting from Sam's soul. They all felt the power, the pressure increasing, spreading past the room to the rest of the towers and the entire moon itself.
Phoebe recognized the strength of Sam's spiritual power. If Sam were to unleash her true Soul power right here, it would be enough to wipe out the entire facility. Emani wanted to intervene, but a look from her mother stopped her.
Leon just kept staring at Sam with his sunglasses obstructing his eyes. The anger kept pushing Sam's soul power out of her core, but after a while, Sam fought against the anger, pushing it back and throwing it inside a box in her mind.
Now was not the time to lose her cool! Sam thought. And then the pressure was gone, the World energy went back to normal, and the quake subsided. Leon raised his arms, surprised by the control that Sam had just displayed.
"I'm going to find them," Sam said with a tone of indifference, though the expression on her face reminded Leon of Emily's cold look. Damn, People with soul-related abilities are crazy! Leon thought to himself. "If you want to help me, fine. If not, stay out of my business," She walked out of the office, determined to see her goal through.
"Should we let her leave?" Emani asked.
"What do you intend to do?" Leon asked Phoebe. He wanted to know her intentions towards Sam's objective. The truth was that Leon had every intention of going to Cedar Lake with Sam and checking it out for himself.
But he wanted to clarify how strong Sam's resolve was. Yes, she was mad and enraged upon hearing her town being wiped out and her aunt being taken. But the truth was that Leon didn't know how close she was to her aunt or if their relationship was strong enough for the girl to pull through. So the anger she was displaying might just be a temporary release. He wanted to know how serious she was about it. And she had proven herself to Leon.
"Finding Stella might not be so easy," Phoebe said.
"Do you think Sirius has anything to do with this?" Emani said. Sirius! Leon thought. That name sounded familiar to him. But he couldn't figure out where he heard it from.
"Abominations of the lesser ranks don't work together unless someone of higher power has something to do with it," Phoebe said. "Not to mention, Terra isn't an ideal environment for them to be spawning up,"
"Does this all have to do with what's going on in Nova York?" Leon said. Phoebe and Emani looked at Leon.
"What do you know about Nova York?" Phoebe said.
"I know there's some kind of plague afflicting the city," Leon said. "The city has been put on lockdown. And other cities around the globe are going through the same experience. And then there's Vashin Priyham, who was turned into an Abomination. He was a Beastman who was infected with Infernal energy. The only explanation was that he was infected by an Abomination. And then there's the Federation base Emily discovered. I try not to involve myself with whatever crap is going on in the Hidden world, but it seems whatever is going on has some relation to what I'm after." Plus, he couldn't forget about that crazy guy that killed Menthos and attacked him. Leon remembered how he had turned a couple of people into Abominations just with his blood.
"And what are you after, Leon Haravok?" Adonis voice came out of a silver portal that appeared in the corner of Phoebe's office. He was holding an open book, his white long-sleeve shirt so pristine it fit with his silver hair and emerald eyes. He stopped by the side of Phoebe and closed the book. "Is it revenge against the Fallen stars for what happened to your Father. I've always wondered why not go after the Fallen. He is the one responsible for Jonathan's death. Instead of chasing the Fallen stars, you should go to the Phantom galaxy, to the Phantom prison, and slay Arexander Pendragon."
Leon glared at him. Adonis Yesh. The entire Yesh Family was an enigma that Leon couldn't understand. But worst of all was this young man. Leon was acquainted with Phoebe and Emani through his Mother growing up, but Adonis was a different story. He didn't feel threatened by him, but he couldn't help feeling that same ick he always felt whenever he was in the presence of a seer.
"Instead of focusing on what Leon's goal is, I'm more interested in what we should do regarding Sam's request," Emani said. Leon was more than fine, shifting the focus from him back to Sam.
"What else is there to do but to let her do as she wants?" Adonis said.
"But Father...this could just be a trap set by that bastard Sirius," Emani said.
"That's why she won't be alone," Phoebe said. Her eyes landed on Leon while she said that. Leon didn't miss it, nor did he miss how it seemed these people were familiar with this enemy, Sirius.
"Then I can take her-"
"No, Emani. You will stay behind and oversee the situations on the ground." Phoebe said.
"Again," Emani said.
"The situation is worse than we had anticipated," Phoebe said. "Category S to SSS catastrophes are appearing within the Monoliths, threatening the Grey's stability. We need you leading the charge against them."
"Fine," Emani said. She turned to Leon, knowing that if there was anyone who could protect Sam, it would be him. "Keep an eye on Sam, would you."
"She's not a child, you know," Leon said turning around. He stopped by the door of the office, turning back to face the Yesh. "I do not know why the girl is so important to your cause, and I will not pretend to understand why you would also risk her life by allowing those Assassin into the grounds of this place, but let me say one thing. As long as I am around Samantha Sinclair, nothing will hurt her. Let me make that clear,"
Leon threw a murderous glance at the Yesh, especially Adonis, who merely smiled at Leon's expression. Leon scoffed and walked out of the room.