3 hours before the Main Character wakes up

Pov Chrysalis

From 6 o'clock in the morning my people start working. Our ship was parked near a little-known city, but here we have our regular customers and the authorities here have the least power. At this time, I had to receive a report from my people about the task, and we also had to load the secret cargo onto the ship and bring it to the destination Manehattana, where other buyers would be waiting for us

"Where have they gone?" I am indignant "a whole hour has passed, and our people are still not there"

I need to send someone to investigate, I snap my fingers and one of my people appears in front of me

"Tiert, gather some people and scout this village, find our people and check what happened to them"

And then he evaporates leaving his image – "I have a bad feeling"

15 minutes pass

I sit in my office and draw up distressed contracts with future buyers. Going through the letters, I come across a black envelope with a familiar logo and a single word STORM in the lower left corner. I already understood what it was about, it wasn't the first time he sent envelopes with offers, but I constantly rejected them, because he was a bloodthirsty madman, greedy for power and who didn't care about anyone and everything except himself. It's not that I didn't want power, but the lives of my people are above my well-being

I tear up this letter and at the same time my human appears in the office with a frightened face

"What happened? Report" I order

"My Lady, we found shocking finds" he says with complete shock "In one of the alleys we found our murdered brothers"

"What?" I yelled "How could this happen? They are our best killers, who could have done this?" I growl at him

"We don't know anything, but the only thing we have is a piece of language found in an alley and a description of the purpose they were looking for" here he hands the paper into my hands "That's it, let me leave?"

"OK. We are behind schedule and therefore get ready to sail, there is nothing holding us here anymore"

He evaporates in the dark and I begin to carefully examine the evidence. There was a small bag on the table with a pale tongue neatly cut in it. "It's strange, judging by the report, only 5 of our bodies were found in the alley. So he somehow survived and was able to escape," putting the bag aside and taking the contract, it was spoiled by blood and most of the text could not be made out, the only thing that was written there "... says white skin, mediocre clothes. Please finish the promised work or the contract will be terminated"

"The only note is the color of his skin. It will be necessary to announce a search for him after lunch, it will be difficult, but we must find and avenge our “brothers” " I say and put the evidence in a drawer

Leaning on my chair and looking at the ceiling, I felt how the ship moved from the shore and began its journey to a new destination "From all this I got a migraine", as soon as my head started to hurt, I lowered my head to the table and looked at the photo on which a small child was depicted, in the corner of which it was written “Feel” "I miss you" and a sad smile appears on his face

At the moment of the hero's appearance in the dining room

I sat in my seat and stared at the ceiling, on which two unpleasant flies were circling, but they somehow entertained me from time to time. So it went on until there was a knock on the metal door, and as quickly as possible I took a smart pose and picked up a stack of papers

"Come in" I shout

One of my people comes in the door panicked and a little out of breath

"Let me distract you" he 's sorry

"Speak faster, otherwise you distract me from useful things" I hurry him

"Excuse me and don't be angry, we have two traitors and garbage on board"

"Just don't tell me that these two have done something again?" he nods, and I rub my eyes with fatigue "They cause so many problems, and what about the garbage?"

"We do not know who he is, these two brought him, and we immediately tied them up. Now we are waiting for your arrival

I sigh from all this commotion, get up from my seat and go to the exit. While we were walking, I begin to stretch my legs and back, otherwise everything went numb in a couple of hours

Upon arrival at the common dining room, I shout at the whole room "What is going on here?" at my cry, all my people immediately turn around "They told me that traitors and garbage have made their way to the ship here"

People began to make way for me in front of me, giving me passage and such a picture was drawn to my eyes. There are three people here, two of whom give me a lot of problems, and I see the third for the first time.

"Well, well, well. What do we have here?" I approach the two twins "Are these two really doing what they want again? Do you have no right to invite anyone to our family, or do you have a valid excuse?" they nod in response

"Excuse us, your Excellency" Yut began "In no way did we want to change or even ignore the rules"

"But this guy was an exception" Yon helps "he has the same signs as us"

At that moment, the dining room became noisy, and only one word "What?" was spinning in my head.

"Okay" I look skeptically at the newcomer "And what do you tell us?"

The guy was lying on the ground, didn't move and just kept silent, it was so quiet that I could hear his breathing, my nerves began to knock down "What right do you have to be silent when I gave you the right to speak?" I shout at him

"Excuse us, Your Excellency" Yon interrupted me "But he can't talk"

"I didn't give you my word, don't you see I..." I interrupted my accusation and looked at him in general surprise

"Let me explain" I allowed him "Thank you, for a reason unknown to us, he has no tongue, and also during his search we noticed our characteristic features. You can check it yourself"

After that, when I was told that he has no tongue, I abruptly turn to our guest and start looking at him for a long time, "Did we really catch the one who killed our brothers," I thought

I need to make sure of this personally, if my people find out that he killed our people, then he will be torn to pieces here "Good. The three of you come with me to my office and there you will explain all the information" knowing what he can do, we need to be safe "Just don't forget to tie their hands, I don't need unexpected surprises"

When he stood up, it gave me a better appreciation of his appearance. In front of me was a young boy about 10 years old, his height was 65 inches, then his skin color caught my eye, he was white "What I needed", I thought. I couldn't see his eyes because of the glasses, his clothes were very dirty and full of holes, and he also didn't have shoes

I turn around to the exit, order them to follow me, and we all go to my office together, in complete silence. While we were walking, I did not leave the feeling that we were not alone, as if someone else was following us, I begin to look around in search of a stranger, but I don't see anyone "Does someone have disguise skills superior to ours?" I wonder

Upon arrival in my office, I order them to untie them and leave us alone, and I sit down at my desk and start sorting through the little emerald with my fingers out of boredom

"Well, when we were able to get away from prying eyes, I allow you to briefly and clearly explain his similarity to us" I order the twins to explain the situation "And you" look at the stranger "Take off your glasses immediately, have respect to take them off when I'm talking to you"

The guy doesn't hesitate much, but still takes them off with his trembling hands and closes his eyes at the last moment, which really gets on my nerves

"Are you kidding me at home? Are you not only mute but also blind or something?" he shakes his head as a refusal "So what's your problem, quickly open your eyes" I order him

Here Yon gets into the conversation "Excuse me, your excellency" I look at him with an evil look "When we met him, he was already wearing glasses and did not take them off, as if he did not want us to see his eyes"

When she said that, I was completely covered with anger "What does he allow himself?". I abruptly get up from my seat and approach him point-blank "If you don't want to, then I'll have to force you" I grab his face and open his eyelids with my nails, there was no resistance "Don't force me again..." I don't finish my sentence when I saw his eyes, I couldn't believe it seen

Those eyes looked at me as if two red rubies looked straight into my soul and found in it those echoes of old memories that I had long buried in myself

The boy started to turn away from awkwardness, and I didn't want to lose those eyes, and so I turn back to see them again, I couldn't control myself anymore and tears began to flow little by little on my face

"Excuse us, our lady, if he did something, then we are ready to accept all the blame" I remember where I am and wipe my tears, at the same time going to the table

"So what did you see from him" I calm down and my curiosity takes over

"When his search took place, we noticed that he was covered with various spots" says Yon and blushes

"But on his chest in the heart area there is a characteristic sign of our kind, and this is a large depression that shows our similarity" says Yut and for demonstration takes off the upper part of his clothes, allowing you to see his lean body with a spot on the heart

I listened attentively to them, when my gaze fell on the boy, he began to take off his jacket as if on command, I became very curious and I decided to confirm everything from a close distance. When I approached him, I started tracing every dent confirming their existence and yes, they were real, they just stand out very much on white skin, we would look exactly like us. I circled every recess that I saw and stopped at the largest one in the heart area

Funny fact, every person of our race has dents of different shapes and therefore, it is impossible to find a similar pattern no matter how much you look for "Twins are a separate case", but what surprised me was that this boy had a dent on his chest in the shape of a crooked heart and the strangest thing, I remember that I saw the same pattern on someone, but I don't remember who

I stopped torturing the boy and went to my desk. He really is a representative of our species, but also, perhaps it was he who killed our brothers and therefore we need to check his skills and abilities, perhaps he will be useful to us

"Okay, I believe you" I say "But we have to test his abilities and therefore you will test his skills. You have time until we reach Manehattana, which is about 2 weeks. You clearly understood" I commanded and they all nodded together

"Allow us to deviate" Yon asked, having received a positive answer, they began to leave the door

Looking at my desk, I reflexively take a photo frame and look at the portrait, but then one thought comes to me "Wait, does this boy have the same spot as my son? No, no, it's not possible, I personally buried him, he can't be my son" from such information, I fall into my chair and fall into deep thought, my hand was already reaching for the emerald that calmed me, but I couldn't find it "Stop, where did he go?" I am perplexed by my loss

POV Feel present

We walked in a small group through the corridors and returned to the common dining room. I walked in silence (not surprisingly) and listened to my fellow travelers whispering, which was funny

"Sister, we were very lucky, I was so worried that I thought that today we would feed the fish"

"I agree, we are already on the verge of the last time, I think today is our day" and then they happily hugged

I stood next to them and waited for them to finish, but they hugged for so long that I got tired of standing and sat on the floor with my back against the wall

After a while they remembered me, laughed and together synchronously said "Sorry" and we continued on our way. While we were walking, Yon was looking at me out of the corner of her eye, but when she noticed that I could see her, she turned away sharply, it was strange for me, but I decided not to pay attention to it

"Psst, brother" Yon is whispering for his brother "Do you hear me?" he nods "Do you think I can he like me?"

Yut opened his eyes wide and looked at his sister with incomprehension "What are you doing? And the day hasn't passed, and you already have a crush on him?"

Yon blushed and still answered him in a whisper "You don't understand, there is something in him and also, according to our rules, we can only fall in love with our own kind, and as you remember, he is not considered a stranger to us" and looks slyly at his brother

"Do what you think is necessary, but don't put too much pressure on him" he reproached her "Something tells me that it will be very difficult with him"

I'm still walking next to them and wondering if they really think I can't hear them?

"Look at him" Night spoke "It seems our Colt has fans" she spoke maliciously"

"What does that mean?" I ask her

"What are you talking about?" she asks me

"What does a fan mean?" I repeat the question to her

My interlocutor was silent for a while and asked me in a surprised voice "Do you seriously not know what I meant?" I agree and she sighs languidly "I meant that someone has fallen in love with you"

"What does this mean?" I ask another question

"Are you kidding me?" she shouts at me "You know what? I won't explain it to you, it will even be more interesting for me to watch"

I had to measure myself with this information and by this time, we had already reached the right room

"Okay" Yon stopped at the door "The first acquaintance was unsuccessful, but now everything will be different" and at this time Yut began to open the door

I again had a view of the entire dining room, only this time there was a smell of food, my stomach began to make loud noises, but the strange thing is that I had no appetite to eat and my companions noticed it

"Who has a rumbling stomach here" Yut notices "We'll prepare everything for you now, Yon go and get him a portion" he tells her and winks with one eye. She took the hint and quickly disappeared into the queue for food "And while she brings us portions, let's sit down at the table" I agree and follow him

He found a secluded place in the corner of the dining room where there was no one and we sat there trying not to attract anyone's attention (Well, at least we tried)

While we were sitting, someone was constantly looking at me, but I already didn't give a shit about them and I was already used to such attention. So it went on until the familiar cry was heard throughout the hall, Yut abruptly gets up and runs away in the direction of the scream, and I follow him

When we arrived at the place, a crowd of people gathered there, in the center of which I saw not the most pleasant picture. Some unknown thug was holding Yun by the throat, she was hanging like a doll, with tears in her eyes, and there were several trays of our food on the floor.

"Look at her" the bully began "Since when can traitors have lunch in our dining room? Perhaps our mother gave us the opportunity to get rid of them," he said and began to push his throat more

"Barx stop" Yut intervened "No one punished us and we were just let go, and now put down my sister"

Barx looked at Yut with a murderous look, but did not stop in any way "Oh, and here's the second one who came" he looked behind his back and met me "As I understand it, is this our guest? He's kind of frail" and he takes Yut by the throat with his other hand "But never mind, I'll get rid of you quickly"

The situation started to heat up and I had to do something, and then a risky idea came to me, but it was supposed to help them. I do not noticeably approach the bully from behind and with a sharp movement of my hands I pull down his pants and everything that was under them, he did not immediately notice the changes until the wild laughter of the people who were watching us rose up in our circle

When the bully saw what everyone was laughing about, he lets go of the twins that fall to the floor and puts on his pants with a quick movement. I don't have time to run away from him, but unfortunately he managed to catch me by my clothes and now I'm hanging in front of him

"What the fuck are you doing? That you want to be the first? If you want it, I'll give it to you" having said that, he began to take a swing for a blow. As soon as his fist was almost at my face, I abruptly fall through the jacket and lie on the floor without outerwear "Where are you an insect, I don't..." then he drew attention to me, holding my jacket in his hand

There was a sudden deathly silence in the dining room, and I, in turn, get up from the ground and take my jacket from the frozen bully and put it back on.

Then a gramophone sounded throughout the room, from which the voice of Chrysalis was heard "Attention to all my children and soldiers. I am passing on important information to you, at the moment, there has been a temporary addition to our family in the person of Silent. Starting today, he will conduct a two-week test of his skills, in charge of which will be two Yut and Yon. The end of the information and remember, We are a family, and we are united" after the end of their information, everyone in chorus repeated the last phrase of Chrysalis “We are a family, and we are united”

Everyone present looked at me and started whispering to each other, and the bully just stood there. At this time, I approach the twins, give them a helping hand helping them get up

"Thank you for helping us" says Yut "If you hadn't had time, then we were already unconscious" he says and looks at the floor where the trays were "Excuse us, maybe we won't have food today" he says with sadness in his eyes

I look at what's left and see a couple of fruits lying on the floor, without thinking twice, I pick them up, rub an apple on my jacket and start eating it

"I see you are not discouraged" Yon smiles "If you want, you can eat what has survived" I hold out my hand to them with an apple and a banana "It's not worth it, we are not hungry" I insist on my own and they meekly accept the food "Okay, thank you"

Together we start to leave the dining room and out of the corner of my eye I see how the bully looks at me and runs his thumb across his throat

"Okay" Yut starts "Now we will start checking your abilities and skills" I nod "We will have everything in order" and he begins to bend his fingers on his hand "From the beginning of running, for a time and for how long, then push-ups, stretching, we will check your strength on a strength meter, and the final will be a test of your abilities In battle, in disguise and hide-and-seek"

"Don't worry, we'll be there" Yon calms me down

I looked dumbfounded at them and a drop of sweat rolled down my face

"This will be the most difficult two weeks," I think

"And what" Night did she talk "Don't you dare be lazy, if you mess around, then I will torment your dreams with nightmares"

"Please have mercy," I beg her

"Let me think" she quieted down for a couple of seconds and gave her answer "NO" and began to laugh hysterically

"NO," I silently shout to myself

To be continued....

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