The lights had been closed. The curtains to the then open slidable door leading to the balcony were open, letting in the moon's light. A metre and a half from the television, Kane sat, facing the couch. In front of him was the small coffee table. To the left side, Fergus, whose eyes were glowing emerald green. To the right side, Alita, whose eyes were glowing deep red.
On the couch, white hair and light brown glowing eyes, Elizabeth sat. She crossed her legs and folded her arms, looking at Kane with much seriousness. There was one final member. At the right arm of Elizabeth stood an averagely tall, black haired and blue eyed girl. Judging from her uniform, she attended the same school as Kane. All of them did.
There was a long moment of silence in the room. Alita had indulged herself in some green tea and was slowly sipping it from time to time. Fergus on the other hand had a worried face, most probably due to his blunder. Elizabeth did nothing of significance. She just sat there, looking at Kane. The main problem was the blue eyed girl. She gave Kane a stare full of disgust and immense bloodlust. As if he were an abomination.
Her expression was cold. Not showing any emotion. her deep blue glowing eyes peered off into Kane's soul, waiting and watching for the right time to devour it. All throughout, Kane was tensed up, not wiling to move even an inch. The silence was indeed long.
The wind blew into the house, making the girl's hair to dance in it. She closed her eyes for a moment then opened them after a few seconds. She took a deep breath.
" Fergus, would you mind explaining to me how you screwed up a perimeter check?" She asked. A hint of anger was in her voice. Upon hearing the question, he flinched quite a bit and began sweating.
" Um..I..I was.." Fergus began mumbling. It was obvious that he was scared of her. And he had every reason to be.
" Merlin, calm down. There's no need to question him. Besides, knowing that it's my little brother, it's his fault no Fergus." Elizabeth chipped in. Fergus took a sigh of relief.
" I'm still up for the idea of executing him." Alita said, calmly sipping her cup of tea. Her eyes had met with Kane's. " Besides, we can't risk having a Gifted being a potential threat."
At that point, Kane was just downright confused. Just a few hours ago, he want from trying to get his cards to clutching and leading a four v one against a giant croc with a fire coming outa it's mouth. As a matter of fact he was more confused as to how the hell a decimated part of the city just came back to normal after the fight. Who were these people? What do they want? Why was Elizabeth associated with them and why was the archer chick so hell bent on nerfing him?
" I'm sure you have a lot of questions Kane. And I'll be sure to answer them so rest easy." Elizabeth assured.
Kane took a deep breath." I get it thet most of ya'll are tired including me so I don't intend on getting the full details. Just give me an overview on what the hell is going on."
Elizabeth uncrossed her legs and let out a sigh.
" Okay then. So it's basically this way. In the world we live in, there exits ghosts and spirits. But they can only interact with people with a hihg enough spiritual power. Normally, most humans don't have a lot of spiritual power but those who do are called mediums."
" Back to the ghosts and spirits. Ghosts are a phenomena caused by accumulation of anti matter to form beings we deam as ghosts. Spirits on the other hand are gods that were worshipped along time ago. Now some ghosts and spirits might be dangerous and so it's upto people called exorcists. All of us here are exorcists."
Well, now that Kane had gotten some background info, he began processing it. The sudden revelation that such supernatural stuff existed did come as a shock to him. But he gradually came to acceptance due to the occurrences of that night. But Kane still had one more question.
" What's with the glowing eyes and marks on all of it. And what's a 'Gifted'?"
" That's quite a good question. Alita, do you mind explaining it to him?" Elizabeth asked
Alita finished her cup of tea and set the cup on the table.
" As earlier stated, people who have enough spiritual power to interact with the supernatural are called mediums. Now being a medium is something that is mostly inheritant though some may unlock it later in life. A good bulk of mediums use techniques to effectively control their spiritual power."
" Such includes spells, talismans and so on. Now gifted on the other hand are mediums who are granted the power of one of the 28 Written Marks. The glowing marks you see in some of us, since mine is hidden, is a representation of the marks. For now I think that's all the info you'll need to know."
Kane suddenly felt braindead after hearing all that. And the fact that that was only a chunk of it was even worse.
" In conclusion," Elizabeth began, " By obtaining one of the marks, you just got yourself involved with that which is supernatural. And as much as I may not want not to drag you into this, you kinda have to become an exorcist. Either that or we have you executed."
He did not in any manner want to be executed. But he also didn't want to involve himself in something as crazy an dangerous. Elizabeth signalled the others to leave, Merlin being the last. As she letf, she gave Kane another one of her cold stares.
Kane went to sleep thet night realizing that his life was going to take a hell of a crazy turn. And that he has to buy another zodiac deck.