The class was quiet as Mrs Sylvia came in . She was a thin woman and very tall , she was said to be among the descendants of the angels who came to earth and slept with women making these women give birth to giants . But no one could stand on the point because giants were huge and big , but she , she was very lanky and without strength and most of all ... She had an angel .
Those so called angels that slept with women were thrown into the abyss of torture waiting for the day they would be judged and given even worse punishment for the graveous sin and their offsprings forsaken which meant they had no angels and we're mostly possessed by demons, except, if she , Mrs Sylvia was lucky enough to be graced and favoured by the most high .
" Today we'd be talking about ranks " , she said with that shrill voice that pained Marcy's ears. The class suddenly turned alive.
Everyone knew about ranks, the one that had to do with the elites , the middle class, the lower class and of course though not included, the wretched . Who didn't want to know about ranks that had to do with angels .
" Well when we talk about ranks, we're talking about levels. Some angels are weak , some are dormant while others are strong... We actually have one who is very strong that could cause harm to everyone __ " she looked slowly at Maxwell then back at the class and continued, "__Due to the different types of angels assigned to us , we are then ranked by three things ; type level , angel and rank " , she said with no expression on her face.
" Any questions before I proceed ? " She asked about to proceed when Marcy shut up her hands up . " What?" She asked looking at this new girl with disdain.
"What about angels that leave their humans? Do they also have ranks ?" She asked looking at her eyes which made Mrs Sylvia look away.
"Says the girl that would one day be possessed by a demon and start acting wild because she has no angel to protect her ", she said and the class laughed.
What people don't understand is that some people are late bloomers and if you didn't have an angel, you should have been possessed years back before you even came here . They're some beings greater than normal angels because they're angels with a mission... You not being possessed by demons this far , you must have one like them.
That was what the nurse had told her before she left the clinic. Though she still didn't get it , she began to wonder why demons hadn't had her soul till now that the other students laughing didn't matter to her at all , she wanted to know this angel her mortal self was waiting for.
She was jolted by the sudden quietness. The class was too calm for her liking.
" We shall do two tests on ranks , the first one is tomorrow morning and the second would be in a month time ", she said and the class chattered on.
" The type level tells us our level,if we're going higher or lower. Strength , agility and power is mostly needed here , so you need more of focus. This can even help to increase your rank ", she said and they nodded . She looked once more at Maxwell before she continued. " Our angels tells us if we are angels with a mission, just a normal angel or a warrior angel __", she looked at a particular girl . "Susan", she called, the girl stood looking rather shy .
"Before you were admitted into this school , your angel tests were ran well except for the new girl __", she said and the class giggled.
"__ Susan, here, has a warrior angel and could be among the people that could fight and protect the good citizens of Netro against demons or external forces ", she said looking at Marcy when she said 'demon'
"Everyone is unique in their own way, so even if you have a normal angel like me, you're still special", she said and smiled at them.
"Well for the ranks, they are rated in percentage and words. Like me here, my rank is 57.3 it's neutral and my skill is dormant... I forgot to mention about the skill" she said calling someone to come forward.
"He's rank is 34.6 it's low , but as I told you, people's rank changes like the economy, either rising or falling. His skill is dormant or you could call it sleeping ", she said and they laughed.
Mrs Sylvia was about to say something when the bell rang . "Remember tomorrow we'd do our rank test ", she said as they trooped out of class .
Marcy looked at Susan and the girl turned quickly to look at her . " It's like crazy over here , right? I'm too shy for a warrior angel", she said and stood to leave.
"What about me, without an angel and is open to demons?" She said quickly thinking she'd not reply. Susan turned to her. "I think if you want demons to take possession of your soul, they'd do that . If I were you, I'd keep fighting all the demons in my mind so they won't possess my soul", she said, smiled and left .
Right.
"What about you, what do you have to say?" She said to Maxwell who was still sitting there not making a move to park his books.
He looked at her and rolled his eyes.
" I knew you weren't going to answer after all", she said leaving.
"I think you suck at defending yourself and ..."
"And what?"
"And nothing", he said as if he were whispering. He still didn't know why he was staring at her and why his angel couldn't rest when she was here. So for the past few weeks, he hadn't been at rest.
She nodded and left quickly.
I suck ? Humph I think he's the one that sucks not me .
***
Her roommates chattered on about a particular boy who was so gorgeous and had emerald eyes until , one of the girls, probably Adah , she didn't know said, " I wonder how ours ranks would be ". Marcy turned to them. " Yeah, how could Susan even have a warrior angel? She's so shy ", vegan said.
"And you're the one who deserves it,right?", Marcy said mockingly.
"Says the person without an angel ", she said and they laughed.
I might not be with an angel but I won't fall for someone who's not looking at me ", she said and left .
***
" Today we'd be doing our test on ranks", Mrs Sylvia said leading them to a room. The room was very wide but strangely had no opening except a door. There was a crystal inserted and cemented into the wall that only a part of it was revealed. And three lines which probably indicated the three types of rank. " You're to place your left palm on the red crystal and don't take it off till the exercise is complete", she instructed and called them out alphabetically by their first name.
"Adah" she said . Adah came forward and put her palm on the crystal. Something like a speaker said. " Type level C4"
" I forgot to say that type level is measured from zero to F9 then we have some that are in words like great, high and lastly mega though no one has heard of that ", she said.
"Angel ; sleeping", it said and they chuckled.
"Rank ; 28.2 percentage. Low. Has no distinctive feature so is dormant " , it said and people began to murmur.
For an hour, most people were dormant and had the same type level, though their rank differed. "Susan", Mrs Sylvia called on to the shy girl to come forward.
"But , Sandra is before me", she said and she laughed. " I want some action here"
Susan put her hand on the crystal slowly.
"Type level A1 . Angel ; warrior angel. Rank 89.5 and rising.very high . Skill ; angel on a mission" everyone was awed to an extent. Susan looked surprised.
The rest were tested . "We're all done for the day ", Mrs Sylvia said and Maxwell hissed. "You didn't call my name "
"Same with me", Marcy said.
Mrs Sylvia ignored Marcy and faced Maxwell. "I was waiting for you to talk"
"Huh?" He looked at her though wearing no expression.
"Put your hand on the crystal ", she said and he nodded ... .