My Angel system

\'I know the golden fortification is active now, please don\'t try to do anything unbelievable.\' Luis heard Nova say in his mind as soon he rolled on the floor to avoid both of the discs heading toward him.

\'If I do it, doesn\'t that make it believable?\' The Angel replied.

\'You know what I\'m talking about.\'

\'Okay, ma, I won\'t do anything unbelievable, that\'s what I\'ve been doing even before you arrived here.\' Luis replied as he sprang high up to dodge four discs which had all been shot toward him in cross form to make sure that there was no space for him to avoid them but there was space way up which he had used to his advantage.

"Waooh, has he been holding back?" Chloe said with a shocked expression on her face.

"Maybe," Tania said with a shrug.

"That jump was sick," Max said.

"Looks like your friend has been holding back," Mike said as he watched Luis dodge the discs with wonderful skills and great efficiency.

"I don\'t know about you guys but I think he is way beyond the level that is displayed on his watch," Cassie said, turning her gaze to Ciara who has been quiet since they had been here.

The same thing could be said about Lily who had been quiet since she woke up yesterday.

Ciara had a lot of things going through her mind while Lily was still trying to get over that memory attacking her friend like that despite the fact that she wasn\'t the one in control.

Luis\' last six discs were up now and just like the others, the last six discs were shot out almost at the same times in a way that dodging anyone would mean that he would have to run into the other and jumping wasn\'t even safe for him because there was a chance that he would land and get hit by one of the discs.

The Angel did what he had to do, no jumping, no rolling, no rotation.

With his highly improved agility, he was able to dodge the discs one by one without getting hit by any of them, and just as the last disc flew past him, the light on the edges of the last disc lit up green to indicate that he had successfully made it through.

The Angel was applauded by the students especially those from Crockel academy as he slowly stepped down from the disc.

Chris had a shocked expression on his face as he watched Luis step down from the disc after putting up arguably the best performance at this level.

"He was holding back." He muttered.

"That\'s why sometimes, you don\'t speak until you have properly observed," Jack said with his gaze still on the pitch.

"When and how did Luis get so fast?" Pearl asked with a surprised expression on her face.

"I don\'t know, through intensive training maybe," Tammy said with a shrug.

"Alright, we have just three academies left in the tournament with three more levels to go." The sergeant said.

\'What did I tell you about doing something unbelievable?\' Luis heard Nova ask in his mind.

\'I didn\'t do anything unbelievable.\' Luis replied.

\'Yeah, you didn\'t do anything unbelievable for a human but that was a bit unbelievable for a level three student.\' Nova said.

\'Was it?\'

\'Yeah, someone\'s going to start getting suspicious if you continue like this, I\'m not asking you to stop using your golden fortification boost but don\'t make it look as if it\'s just too easy for you.\' Nova said.

\'Okay.\' Luis replied. \'How did you know that attack was coming?\'

\'My aura vision is active,\' Nova said.

\'Do you know who did it?\'

\'Yeah but I don\'t think she did it on purpose.\' Nova said.

\'I thought so too.\' Luis replied. \'Were you able to spot the person?\'

\'You mean the mind controller?\'

\'Yeah.\'

\'No.\' Nova said.

\'No? I thought you said…\'

\'I know Luis and I did see the trail but before I could trace it back to whoever the person is, it vanished, I\'m certain that if the ability gets used again, I\'ll be able to spot the person.\'

\'Okay, I hope he uses it again.\'

Lieutenant Iris and the sergeants were still looking around the part of the stands where they thought the attack had come from and up till now, they had not been able to find anything, and all the students they had asked so far claimed to not have noticed anything.

"This is getting frustrating," Iris said before clicking her earpiece. "I don\'t think there\'s anything here, general."

"So, you want to tell me that that attack just came from nowhere," Gary said.

"It certainly came from somewhere but I don\'t think there\'s anything here." She said.

"Then go check other places, if there\'s nothing there then there must be something in the other parts of the stands," Gary said.

"Okay, general."

With level four done, it was finally time to move to level five, and judging by how she had struggled in the previous level, Mirinda didn\'t seem that confident on making it past this level.

"I\'ll just try my best." She muttered as she stepped onto the large disc.

"Twenty seconds Mirinda." The sergeant said before clicking the start button.

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With all the students and most of the staff at Phoenix academy for the tournament, it meant that Crockel academy was very quiet.

Apart from the few people living in the residential area and the guards who were there to make sure everything was intact until everyone returned the place was empty.

Two guards were having a conversation as they walked down the road leading to the clinic but they weren\'t heading to the clinic.

"I\'ve already asked for a leave of absence to go see my wife, she just gave birth to my son." One of the guards said.

"What did he say?" The other one asked.

"He said he would look into it once they return from the tournament." He answered.

"If he said that then that means he\'s going to grant you the leave of absence."

"I hope you\'re right, Peter," Nicholas said.

The two walked for a while talking about other things and just before they walked past the clinic, they spotted something.

"Peter," Nicholas said with his gaze fixed up on the spot.

"Yeah," Peter said with his gaze on the same place.

What they were looking at was the tree close to the bush which was all red now.

All the leaves of the tree were bright red now and its branches and stem had turned dark red.

"Have you seen a tree like that before?" Nicholas asked, moving closer to the tree.

"I don\'t think there\'s a tree like that," Peter said following him. "I\'ve passed through this area a couple of times, this tree used to have green leaves and normal-looking branches and stems."

"Then how did it become like this?" Nicholas asked, moving closer to the stem.

"I don\'t know," Peter said, shaking his head.

Nicholas was about to touch the stem when he felt something drop on his hand.

He drew his hand back and stared at the strange red liquid for a while before touching it with his other hand.

"What\'s that?" Peter asked.

"I don\'t know but it\'s quite viscous," Nicholas said, rubbing it against his fingers. "Like…blood." He said before smelling the liquid.

"Blood?" Peter said.

As soon as that word left his mouth, he felt something drop on his forehead.

He touched the liquid and rubbed it against his fingers to discover that it was the same liquid that had fallen on Nicholas\' hand.

The both of them looked up to see that there were lots of those liquids piled up there ready to drop at any moment.

"This is blood Nicholas, we need to get out of here," Peter said.

Before Nicholas could make any move, three rid vines broke through the ground and wrapped around his four limbs.

"Nicholas!" Peter yelled as he quickly summoned his sword but before he could do anything with it, another vine broke out from the ground behind him and sliced off his hand like a hot knife slicing through butter.

"Arghh!!!!" He screamed in pain as more vines broke out from the ground and began to wrap around him.

The vines kept wrapping around both men until their mouths were covered and they weren\'t able to scream anymore. After their whole bodies had gotten covered by vines, they were pulled into the ground.

With the two men inside the ground now, it closed up like nothing ever happened there.