The crash zone was chaos wrapped in silence.
The moment the Hunters stepped into the perimeter, everything began to *misbehave*.
Communication lines jittered. Emotional scans blinked erratically. The thermal drones spiraled down midair like drunken birds. Sera Maen clicked her headset twice. "Command, are you seeing this?"
At the far end of the country, deep inside the *Observatory Spire*, Commander Elian watched the distorted feed with a furrowed brow. Multiple screens fuzzed and flickered like they were being jammed, but no tech in the human realm had ever caused this kind of interference.
What in heavens is happening over there I can't see shit I can hear you "I'm still with you," he said coolly through the comline. "Keep going. But I want eyes"
The site wasn't a crater—it was a *wound* in reality.
Buildings had not collapsed—they had *melted*. Trees looked like they'd aged and died in seconds. A civilian's vehicle parked just outside the blast radius, hovered an inch off the ground—levitating without reason.
The Hunters pushed forward, cautious, weapons drawn but low.
Then they saw it.
At the center of the archway—two boys.
Not bleeding. Not burned. Just *asleep*.
Two dark-skinned, boys one dressed in torn clothes, beautiful bucurled into himself like a child hiding from the world. The other, beside him, had white hair — glowing faintly — and skin that didn't *reflect* light but *ignored* it. As if light feared to touch him. His body was utterly still.
Sera stepped closer. "They look… untouched."
One of the Hunters muttered, "How the hell did they survive this?"
"Are we sure they *didn't* cause it?" Reiz asked, holding up his scanning wand. It immediately shut down, sparks fluttering from its tip.
"Tech's failing again," another whispered.
"Commander, we've got two kids. Alive," Sera said, as she slowly walked towards them with total caution and attentiveness,with her right hand on hilt of her double edged blade ,while her left hand holding the scanner pointing at the two sleeping boys . "A lot of weird. No confirmed threat… yet."
Commander elian'svoice crackled through the feed. "Describe them."
"One's wrapped in grief." Sera paused. "It's like… I can feel it. Not screaming. Just… leaking from him. Quiet."
Reading:
ORIGIN :Human ,
SEX:male
Estimated age:15
Emotion :contained
That is weird emotions are not supposed to be slipping out yet talkless of contained.
She muttered lowly
"And the other?"
"Nothing."
Silence.
"Nothing as in…?"
Sera turned paying full attention to ASA now
Readings :
ORIGIN:UNKNOWN
Sex:UNKNOWN
ESTIMATED AGE:ERROR
EMOTIONS:NONE
"He doesn't feel anything, Commander. No pulse on the scanners. Not even *calm*. He's just…" she swallowed, "*empty*."
Sera gripped her blade tightly again as if she's about to face a dreadful hollow once again,
The rest of the hunters stepped back while Noru seems startled by the numbers of hunters he saw just as he woke up. He crawled back on his butt with wide eyes,while tapping ASA to wake up
Hey hey '' ASA
wake up we have guests.
Sera was confused he looked at Noru and ASA
WHAT IS YOU NAME? :she asked with calm and harsh authority
I'm no…no…. Noru this is Asa
Asa looked at sera with his emotionless blue eyes,
Sera looked at him coldly and said in a terrified mutter low that only her can hear.
What the f**k is going on here..