Adam stood in the entrance room with apprehension. He was left to wait there after a long car ride in which he was blindfolded until taken to what he could only assume was the entrance room.
Not like he was walking at all when they brought him in. Or awake.
But this much was expected of the the Black Order.
His dream had always been to be a part of the Black Order. Though he never knew what it was called before. He had spent year working on improving his skill with computers and technology. He worked on it until he was impressed and then he worked more. It continued on like this for about a century. He thought himself ready and hacked into many different servers and programs to look more into the Order.
Each time he was turned away and barely got away before his entire system was wiped.
But the last few times he had actually been able to find out more about how people were taken in and assessed.
All he had to do was find someone who was officially part of the Order.
It wasn’t until he heard from a friend of a friend about a meeting place with an official Order worker that he saw his chance.
Still, he never expected to actually be accepted into the Order.
He sighed, trying to calm his nerves as he sat down on one of the few seats in the small room.
The room was big and quiet. The walls were made of some sort of metal that all seemed to be rusting on the edges. The door the guard left out of was also made of metal but seemed thicker with blue paint chipping at it. It was the only door in the room.
Adam looked down at his sleeves of his sweater. They had a few small holes here and there but the ends were frayed due to his constant biting them. There was also a few loose threads that dangled down to his hands.
Bringing his hand up, he started biting his already chipped nails.
After what felt like hours, a short blonde boy walked in.
He had long and wavy blonde hair, tied up messily with a grey ribbon. His eyes were dark grey with dark and heavy bags. He wore a screen on one eye which connected to a headset. A tattered and frayed blue sweater covered his top half. His pants were baggy with a bunch of pockets. Black and blue boots that had an odd shine to them covered his feet.
Glancing at Adam, he looked down to his binder he held.
“Adam, I presume?” He asked. His voice sounded raspy and seemed to carry though he talked in a low tone.
“Ah, um, that’s me.” Adam replied, quickly bringing his hand away from his mouth.
He suddenly felt like he was being evaluated.
“Hmmm…. Okay. Come with me.” The boy replied, opening the binder and glancing over the first page quickly and then closing it.
Adam stood up abruptly which caused him a second of dizziness.
The boy was beside him right away, holding his arm.
“I take it you haven’t eaten, correct?” He asked, peering up at Adam.
Blushing from embarrassment, Adam had just looked down.
“Ah, sorry.” The boy took a step back. “This must be weird. My name is Seya. ”
Seya held out a hand in front of Adam.
Shaking his hand, Adam nodded. “Adam, as you’ve mentioned earlier.”
Seya made a grunt and turned around.
“Follow me and I’ll tell you what’s what.”
“Okay.” Adam followed as Seya led him out of the room and into a long hallway.
“The first question I have for you is simple.” Seya glanced behind him towards Adam. “Why are you here?”
Confusion flooded Adam’s mind. “To join the Order..?”
Seya seemed to quiet after that while they walked in silence.
After a few minutes, anxiety filled Adam’s body. He turned to look behind him and saw the door they came through was quite a distance away.
“Don’t feel worried. Where we came from is about a half hour away in my speed which you could usually keep up with, according to your record.” Seya slowed down until they were walking side by side. “We could get there faster, but your health is first priority so we are walking slowly.”
Adam looked away. “Sorry.”
Seya shrugged. “To be honest, I don’t really care. But I do have interest in you.”
“Oh…. Can I ask why…?” Adam glanced to the side and studied Seya’s face.
“Because you deal with technology. And that’s my field.” Seya turned and looked Adam in the eye. “Plus you’ve hacked a few times I was doing work which was really annoying but I would like to learn how you got past all my firewalls and malware.”
Adams eyes widened. Seya smirked.
What an asshole Adam thought as he glared at the ground.
“Yes, I am.” Seya replied.
“W-wait.. You are telepathic?!” Adam asked, his wings ruffling up.
“Nope. I just get that response a lot.” Seya sounded amused. “Oh, and I’m not much of a telepath but I am a good empath.”
“So you can… Read emotions…?”
“Yes. Also, you’re losing energy.” Seya’s arm shot out in front of Adam’s chest.
Startled, Adam’s wings rose up. “A-and..?”
“Well I can either carry you and go my speed or we can sit here for an hour or so.”
Oh…. Adam nodded. He didn’t want to be looked down on and he didn’t want to make Seya angry either.
He didn’t know how far up on scale Seya was and what power he held.
“I-I’ll do what you think is best.” Adam said quietly.
Seya nodded. “Okay. Get on my back. I’ll need you to hold the binder though.”
Adam rethought his decision after looking at Seya again. He was a good five inches shorter than him.
“I may be short but I can assure you that I’ve lived longer than you.” Seya snarled, his top lip curled and sharp points were shown.
“Sorry..!” Adam’s hands flew up in his defence.
Seya just rolled his eyes. “Hurry up and get on.”
Adam hopped on his back, getting a good hold and feeling a bit embarrassed.
“Hold on tight.”
Adam nodded and squeezed a bit too hard for a normal person.
Seya took a deep breath and began to move.
Adam felt grateful Seya had given him a warning because he was sure that if he didn’t hold on with all he had, he would’ve fallen off with quite a few injuries.
Luckily, his wings had been tucked in as well. Otherwise, he feared they would have been injured pretty badly.
A few questions formed as he held onto the shorter boy but he decided not to ask. Yet.
“Half vampire. Not sure what my other half is. I’m not telling my age. And no, I’m not going any faster. Yes, we’ll have a full interview when we get there. ‘There’ is actually about another 10 minutes.” Seya said in an annoyed tone.
Or at least Adam thought it was. He wasn’t sure. What he knew about Seya so far was little to none.
He decided to stay quiet for the rest of the ride.
Which wasn’t very long.
Seya stopped abruptly at the end of the hall. A wall was in front of them and to the left was a clearing with a huge steel door.
“You can get off now, if you want.”
“O-oh, okay.” Adam stuttered. He quickly got off and stood still as he watched Seya walk towards the door to a small box beside it.
Opening the box, he placed his hand onto a screen and muttered something.
The door opened as Seya turned towards him.
“Come on. We’ll get you something to snack on.”
Adam nodded, walking with him.
