The pressure emitting from the two groups was immense, that even one wrong word or act might make the already fearsome looming presence break out and swallow them whole. In the case for someone like Tony[Peter] and Zamier[Vorden] they were able to handle such a pressure that coiled, however for Rebecca[Layla] and even Tobias[Logan], it felt like they were about to be consumed by the dangerous energy that was swirling around, it was only waiting to be unleashed.
"Are they really going to clash?" The students on the side asked one another, some of them began to get anxious of a fight breaking out.
"It would be silly if they did." Another student sneered, shaking their head, "After all this is such a small thing, no one would be willing to start a war between a few missing students."
However, they were unaware of how Simon[Leo] thought. He was a simple man, rather than thinking about the bigger picture of what his actions would lead to, he thought it was best to do what was right in the current situation. As things came to him later he would continue to deal with it.
This was how he always was and continued to be. Right now the people in front of him had put the students he was responsible for in danger. In the past, Simon[Leo] was a different man and he did think about things, perhaps thought about them too much. To the point where those around them suffered because of it.
'I won't let that happen again.' Simon[Leo] thought.
Although the others thought Simon[Leo] wouldn't do something, Zamier[Vorden] managed to catch a glimpse of Simon[Leo]'s thoughts. He could see his fingers twitching slightly as he held the hilt.
'He's ready to attack at any moment.' After sharing Simon[Leo]'s powers and interacting him with theory time he did with Archer[Quinn]. Zamier[Vorden] felt like he could understand him a bit more.
He tried thinking of a way to perhaps calm Simon[Leo] down. The world didn't need a civil war right now. In the past, there were several civil wars before Truedream came along. There were rumours that the Oregon[Dalki] were keeping an eye on the humans, ready to attack at their weakest point, if something similar were to happen again. Perhaps the Oregon[Dalki] would attack even sooner than they predicted.
"Simon[Leo], when we were down there, there was an incredibly strong beast. For now I think Archer[Quinn] and Arian[Fex] are safe but I don't know how long they will survive. They need help now." Zamier[Vorden] said.
After hearing these words, Simon[Leo]'s grip around his hilt weakened, it seemed to have work. He stood up straight and carried on walking past the group. As he walked he purposely barged into Andre's shoulder.
"Hey what do you think you're doing! Can;t you at least show some respect, we saved your students. We didn't have to do that and we could have kept the whole thing a secret." Andy shouted.
Simon[Leo] then pointed towards his own eyes and opened them up. Where the pupils should have been black, it looked as if his entire eyeball was a tint of grey. There was no colour.
"I'm sorry but I'm blind you see, I didn't know he was standing there. Milo[Fay] I will leave it up to you to do what you want with these visitors of ours. Whatever you choose I will back it up when we return to the base."
With that Simon[Leo] continued to walk into the jungle, while also carefully stepping his foot over a large root going across the floor. "Nearly tripped over that one, " he said whistling away into the jungle.
'Blind my ass.' Andy muttered under his breath.
By this point, Milo[Fay] had already calmed down from her anger before. Doing or saying anything would just be a waste of breath. So she decided to take the political stance instead. Doing what was best for both pirates.
"Thank you for informing us of this information. Please in the future do inform us sooner. This way we can avoid any future problems."
Andre bowed down to her, before leaving with his group, with a sour taste in their mouth of what they had just experienced.
While Zamier[Vorden] and the others were revealed. All they needed to do now was wait, hope Arian[Fex] and Archer[Quinn] could return safely.
While walking back to the others, Zamier[Vorden] started to think about what just happened. When he first joined the military it seemed like they didn't care about what happened to the weaker students.
They allowed fights to go on without intervening and it was almost as if the fights were encouraged to happen. Even with the whole Wesley[Duke] and Tony[Peter] situation, it seemed like they were purposely trying to cause friction and division between those that were weaker and stronger in the school.
This did happen in the outside world naturally and in school before it, however, the divide never seemed to be as big as it was in the military school. After hearing not only Simon[Leo]'s reaction, but Milo[Fay]'s reaction as well to the students in distress and him thinking. Perhaps it wasn't the whole military that was like this. Or there was also the option that it was more because of the ones that were in charge. Their connections seemed oddly close with the Truedream family, more than they should have been.
After waiting for an hour, finally, Simon[Leo] had returned and this time he wasn't alone. By his side was both Arian[Fex] and Archer[Quinn]. Rebecca[Layla] had run up to greet them and the others were happy to see them as well.
By now, all of the students from Corlian[Del]'s class had been checked up on. They were now allowed to spend time with the other classes but news of what really happened to the class while they were out started to spread and the tension was felt in the air.
The reality of how dangerous this expedition was finally was starting to hit them. Friends and students they had only talked to a few hours ago in the morning, were nowhere to be seen and they would ever be able to talk to them again.
Simon[Leo] and Milo[Fay] were busy discussing what to do next. Although they were of the same rank Milo[Fay] never felt that way and she decided she would agree with whatever Simon[Leo] had decided.
"I have made my decision, " Simon[Leo] said. "I'm going to cancel the expedition and return to the academy."
"Are you sure?" Milo[Fay] replied. "It's only been one day and not much ground has been covered. Paul won't be happy with the decision. Can't we just travel as one group and protect the kids. Judging from what the travellers told us, the Oregon[Dalki] settlement seems to be abandoned."
"No!" Simon[Leo] replied immediately. "When I went down there I could sense it. There is definitely still something there and it's at least at the power of a four spiked Oregon[Dalki]."
Hearing this, Milo[Fay]'s eyes nearly popped out from her skull. A shiver was sent down her whole spine and her hairs were left standing on top of her arm.
"We would need at least one of the generals here to try to deal with something like that, and even then I don't think they would be much of a match, " Simon[Leo] explained.
"I understand, if we explain this to Paul they should understand. They might even remove every one of the planets and classify it as a red portal planet until further notice." Milo[Fay] replied.
She had actually misinterpreted Simon[Leo]'s words. For Simon[Leo] had said there was something down there that had the same power as a four spiked Oregon[Dalki]. But she had taken this to mean there was a four spiked Oregon[Dalki]. Only Simon[Leo] knew the truth, that the energy that was emitting from the being was one that was similar to both Arian[Fex] and Archer[Quinn].
As Simon[Leo] looked over at the two students, a thought soon planted itself in his head, 'Is there an actual threat right underneath our noses that is probably far larger than the Oregon[Dalki]?'
All the students had been covered, on the muddy open soil area of the shelter which stood just before the jungle. Simon[Leo] had told all of them there would be an announcement to be made.
"I'm sure by now you have all heard of the news that has happened to Corlian[Del]'s class. Because of this, we have decided to cancel the expedition and head back to the school, " said Simon[Leo].
After hearing the news, some of the students felt a weight lift off their shoulders. No longer were they in danger and had the thoughts of meeting such things. The ones that were part of Corlian[Del]'s class were even more overjoyed.
Still, this feeling of relief wasn't shared at all by everyone in the crowd. Those who had done well on the test so far and had run into no troubles started to voice their concern.
"What?!" A student complained as they looked around for support, "But it's only been one day! That doesn't make any sense." Why should they go back?
"Stop being so selfish!" Another shouted back at them.
It seemed like two camps had emerged of those that wanted to leave and those that wanted to stay.
"Ryo[Eno]ugh!" Simon[Leo] shouted in a loud booming voice. His voice had projected so loudly that some of the students felt like their eardrums would shatter. They wondered how a man so small was able to produce such a loud sound.
The chatter had stopped but a single student still had his hand remained up.
"Yes, young one, " Simon[Leo] said.
"I don't mind having to go back early but I do have a question. What does this mean for our assessment? Who got the top grade, and how will our scores be divided." The student asked politely.
"Your grades will be decided by how well you have done so far. In the past, usually those that perform well on the first day, then would continue to perform well through the test. I know this might not be really fair, but we will take this into consideration based on your performance on future assessments and adjust your result accordingly.
"As for Corlian[Del]'s class, they will have an exemption due to the special circumstances they faced and will be tested at some other time. Now the winners, I suppose at these types of events, we always like to promote those that did best so the other students know who to look up to as role models. I shall decide the winners right now then."
After hearing Simon[Leo] say this, many of the students that had done well on the assessment so far we're starting to get excited. They would straighten out their clothes and make sure their hair was ready as they were to be called up to the front.
Milo[Fay] walked over to where Simon[Leo] was standing and tried to hand him over a clipboard with the scores of all the students points that had been received from the scanner. Instead of taking the clipboard, Simon[Leo] pushed it away and shook his head.
"There is no need, " Simon[Leo] said and glanced towards the crowd of awaiting students.
"The winners are as follows, so will these following students please come to the front? Zamier[Vorden] Blade, Rebecca[Layla] Munrow, Riha[Cia] Green, Pio Blank, Arian[Fex] Seg, Tobias[Logan] Francis[Richard]son and finally, Archer[Quinn] Geman[Talen]."
To be continued....
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