Aurelia's POV

"Humans lie without a second thought."

That line has been imprinted on my mind ever since I was a child, those words made me see the real brutality of the world. Cruelty doesn't choose any gender, nor age. Whether you're a child or a full grown adult, it will always come to those who are unfortunate.

Those lines had been the only words I kept clinging to as a child in order to survive in this world full of lies.

Ever since we were children, our peers would always hold such interest in both me and my brother. We weren't normal, and those who weren't normal are treated like fine specimens, a treasure, a rare one.

Axel and I are born with unusual powers that this world couldn't adapt to, something that every person wants to get their hands on. It's either Scientists, the Government, or some sick and retard business men who would sell us for a great deal.

I used to live a happy and content life along with my brother. I had the family, wealth, and home that I could return to everyday. Everything changed when someone attacked our home.

I wouldn't forget those figures that I saw, men in black cloaks with a strange mark on their chests. A mark that I'd often see on my Father's study. Those vile creatures burned our Manor to ashes, nothing was left of our home, me and my brother barely escaped the fire.

Father died while protecting us, while Mother sacrificed herself in order for us to survive.

I didn't know what to do back then, my one year old brother was crying in my arms while I ran away into the forest, our burning house behind me. I didn't know how many days had passed since then, I didn't know anyone, and I didn't know the cruelty of the world.

A woman had found us in the woods, she brought us to her small cabin, she showed us kindness, and in return we were grateful. But things aren't exactly what they look.

A week later, she brought us to an old building and that's where I first saw the horror of the world.

Women, and children were being sold as slaves at an auction for entertainment.

To this day, I could still feel how I was so sick to the stomach by the scene. It was horrible, on that day, my innocence was taken away from me.

Axel and I were sold differently, I felt as if my blood had run cold at the realization that they're going to take my only remaining family away from me, just like how they took Father and Mother away.

I couldn't stand it anymore.

I remembered the whisper in my ear, and how the voice soothed my nerves, she asked for permission, and I let her. That's when things went downhill. I felt as if my body was being possessed.

The next thing I knew, everyone on the auction had become ice and frozen to death, the whole room filled with frost and sharp icicle, a blizzard on top of our heads. I can still recall the terror on their eyes as they freeze to death.

The voice inside my head rang out like bells, eliminated. All I wanted to do was to be at Axel's side.

But that wasn't it all, police men came into the building, horrified at what they saw. Their accusing eyes immediately went towards me, the only girl standing in the whole room that looked like a horrible snow storm had passed through and the freeze to death bodies of the people.

Monster. That's what they called me. A cold blooded five year old monster who murdered all the people inside that room. They feared the power that I possessed. Even if I myself knew nothing of it, the voice in my head was the one that controlled me.

They arrested me for my crimes, even though I was still underage, that law didn't apply to me because I was something different. A threat to humanity they might say. Instead of locking me up, they gave me to the crazed scientist who experimented on my body. Of course, my brother wasn't able to escape the same cruelty.

They examined and made us undergo experiments in order to grasp the knowledge about the power that I possessed.

That's how I grew to hate myself. Why wasn't I normal like the others? If it weren't for that voice I wouldn't be suffering like this. If those cloaked figures didn't take away my home and family none of this would have happened. If I wasn't easily deceived by that woman this couldn't happen.

I hate humans and everything in their nature.

I couldn't help but think of how cruel humans are, they're so weak and fragile, yet they can do more damage than the monster that they call me.

The cold tiled floor of my prison hit my face as one of the nurses pushed me inside the room they locked me in until their next experiment.

I didn't move until I heard the door lock behind me, the familiar clinging of keys filled the silence of my prison.

With a shaky breath, I pushed myself from the ground, my limbs shaking from the nonstop experiments they made with my body. The strange things they kept on putting on me have been weakening me through the years that I stayed in this underground laboratory.

It's been years since I've been brought into this place, I haven't seen the outside world ever since. I wonder if it's still the same green and blue that my memory supplies me with. All I can see inside this hell are plain white and grey. Nothing seemed to matter as the years passed. I've long accepted the fact that my freedom had been taken away from me, I would die on this underground from their brutal experiments.

I've lost my will to live.

The only thing that's been keeping me from giving up is Axel. Whenever I see him, he gives me strength to still push through everyday. He's optimistic and always a ball of sunshine while I was the exact opposite. The cold has long eaten away my will.

I crawled towards the darkest corner of my prison, leaning my back I brought my knees up to my chest. I didn't move from my position even after hours had passed, I knew the scientists were keeping their eyes on me with their surveillance camera. Waiting for me to use the coldness inside of me.

It's so foreign, the cold that I felt the first time I used my powers, the chill it brought me as I let the voice inside my head take control.

Ever since then, I didn't hear her voice once again. It was like she never existed in the first place.

The scientists are already fed up with me, they knew I was purposely hiding my powers away. Because I wouldn't use it, they couldn't examine it further. They tried things to make me use it, but they were only successful a few times. The more they messed with my head, the more the cold inside me grew stronger.

The cold only comes out if I wasn't stable, the tricks they tried wouldn't work twice. It's only a matter of time until they found out my weakness.

"Axel, I miss you... I hope you're alright..." I couldn't help but whisper, that's when I noticed the way my breath hitched.

Raising my head in horror, the whole room has frozen up, harsh icicle spurting out from everywhere.

The alarm immediately rang, before I knew it, I was already being dragged away into the laboratory. My unexpected burst of power wasn't something they'd easily pass by.

I didn't bother struggling as they pulled me harshly, every step that I made turned into ice.

"Hurry! Before she snaps out of it! We can't let this opportunity slip away!"

Their frantic movements and whispers filled the room as everyone stood on alert.

They pushed me inside a small room made of glass where they could easily inspect me, they stood around the glass gazing at me as if I was some kind of special animal.

"I want to see you..."

I murmured underneath my breath as they forcefully made me sit on the steel chair, immediately locking my arms and ankle in place. I sat there unmoving, and watching them with dead eyes, the warmth already gone. They started putting those strange wires on my body again, and the strange head piece that supposed to know what's on my mind, and monitor everything about me.

One of the Head Scientists went inside the glass room, staring at me like a wild animal finally given it's food, he's thirst for knowledge about my powers had always been on the high level.

"Finally, you willingly unleashed your ice without even us having to do anything. And here we are, thinking of what we should do next with your brother." A crazed laugh escaped from him.

I glared at him through my lashes, "What did you do to him?"

My voice came out as low, harsh, and cold. The Head Scientist looks taken a back because that was the first time that I openly responded to their taunting.

"Ahh, that's the girl I first saw on the auction, such beauty before me!" He went on with that crazed voice once again, "Those glowing white blue eyes, and the coldness that comes out from you has been worth it from this years of waiting!"

I remained silent as I continued to glare at him.

One of the Scientist went inside the glass room, "Mr. Drul, the guests had arrived and your presence is greatly required. The Government said that these guests should be taken properly and specialized their needs to the utmost satisfaction."

The Head Scientist nodded, "I should be on my way then, continue with the observations on our precious specimen."

He stopped on the doorway and looked back tauntingly, "Don't worry, I still haven't decided if we should gouge his clock eye out for us to look into because that brat hasn't done anything useful to further our research yet. Wouldn't that be wonderful? He can only see his precious sister with one eye now." With those words he walked out of the glass room while waving his hand.

The little life left in me felt like it was being wrapped up in pure ice, cold as ever. Gouge his clock eye out? They can't do it! Those eyes have always brought joy to Axel, he was always proud of his one golden eye. It represents his hidden power that no one still knows up until this day, despite having no clue what that eye meant he wasn't ashamed of it. He'd like to flaunt it around as a sign that he wasn't different from me, that we're the same and that he'd be there to face the scientists with me together.

My shoulders shook at the thought of them harming my brother. I wouldn't let them! I won't let them hurt him any further. But what can I do? I'm nothing but a living vessel full of coldness, the only thing that's keeping me from going insane is my brother.

'Unleash me... Let me out once again... Let's show the world what we can do together...'

Cold dread settled on my stomach as I heard the voice once again, after years of silence, it finally decided to let it's presence known again.

'Will you seriously let them do as they please with your beloved brother? Use me once more...'

"How?" I said in a broken whisper.

'Accept the coldness... Unleash the ice...'

When I opened my eyes, I could feel them glowing, my senses also felt heightened. Across the glass I saw Axel being pushed down on the bed forcefully, while he's trying to break free from them, he's thrashing and screaming wildly, I can see the fear in his eyes.

That's when I saw. His left eye, where he's golden clock eye lay, crimson tears rolled down his cheek that came from his left eye.

"Stop..!" I couldn't help but cry out as I tried to break free from the steel chair.

Before I knew it, everything from the laboratory was frozen, the scene from twelve years ago felt like it was playing before me once again.

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Patricia's POV

"I wonder what's taking the Captain so long?" Lucas mused out loud after moving his chest piece.

Both Lucas and James had been playing for hours now, lounging in our private common room while waiting for the Captain's return from the Council Meeting.

"It's strange for him to leave you behind, Patricia. He usually takes you with him."

I shrugged, "Maybe it's a private matter."

"Private or not he always has you by his side." Samantha said with furrowed brows as she looked up from her book.

She's right, it's unusual for Zavian to leave me behind, ever since I joined the group I have always accompanied him wherever he goes, whether it's a deadly mission or a private one, I always did my job as his right hand properly.

"There's something serious about this, with the sudden Council meeting and leaving you behind. That's something he won't usually do unless it's a serious matter. The only time I remembered he didn't let you accompany him is when the surprise attack at the Xarex Empire." Samantha further on theorized.

James nodded on his seat, "I agree, I'm still salty about the surprise attack mission though, he could've handled that mission easily with us by his side. But the asshole went on a private mission, tsk."

"That's Captain's way of telling that he can handle things on his own without us by his side. He's hella strong, even with us there, I don't think we can do heavy damage anyways." Lucas chuckled in reply.

The thick old wooden doors suddenly opened, halting their conversation. On the doorway, stood Zavian, the Captain of the Lunar Eclipse. His jet black curly hair laid on top of his head in a devilishly handsome manner, his silver eyes firm and strong as they stared head on.

"Captain, how did the meeting go?"

It was Samantha who greeted him, sitting straighter on her chair while pushing her glasses back up her nose.

With a clenched jaw, he looked at each and one of us in the eye, "Prepare yourselves we're going on a mission."

Standing on attention we quickly moved inside our private chambers, not a moment later, we're already dressed properly when going out on a mission. Everyone is alert and focused.

"Apparently, there's an underground laboratory hidden on earth, it's something their Government had successfully hidden under our noses all this time. What's worse is that there are two siblings there who possess Elemental Magic and they have been treated as objects to experiment on for years." Zavian said through clenched teeth.

A gasp of horror came out from me, people like us intend not to get captured by scientists because of their cruelty and thirst to understand our Element. I couldn't even imagine the torment they had to go through for those years that they were inside that laboratory.

"Where to, Captain?" James questioned as he prepared to open his portal.

"No need for that, the Council has taken care of everything." He took an envelope from his pocket, "We are to stand in for the Council, we will go there as representatives to check the laboratory out and their newest technology that's when we'll take the two out of that hell."

Everyone nodded in agreement.

"Samantha, once we're there, gather all the information you can get that we can use against us, and also get the two prisoners' backgrounds." Zavian began with Samantha.

"Yes, Captain."

He turned his determined silver eyes on me, "We two will talk with their Head, just like the normal. While Lucas and James pretend to be one of the nurses to hopefully smooth things out more."

"Did I make myself clear?"

We salute as we respond, "Yes, Sir!"

He nodded, satisfied. He took a plain rock out of his pocket and held it in front of us. It wasn't long before it started glowing and we can feel the tingling sensations on our bodies.

When I opened my eyes, we stood on a mountain, the tall trees surrounding us. There's a small house in front of us, if my guess is right, this is the entrance to their underground laboratory.

"Prepare yourselves." Captain said as the door opened two men in lab gowns stood in front of us.

"Welcome, our precious guests. You're the representatives of the Lilura Council right?" One of them greeted with a wide grin.

Zavian sharply nodded his head in response. I cleared my throat and stepped forward, "This is Captain Zavian Silver of the Lunar Eclipse. I am Patricia Rivera, the second in command of the Lunar Eclipse. We're sent by the Council to see the newest invention of technology that you have in store for us."

"Ah, yes! Yes, of course. The new inventions that we made for Doctor Daelyn. Please come this way." He led us towards the house, James, Samantha and Lucas himself came unnoticed by the scientist because of his illusion.

We went inside, it looked like a normal home, passerby wouldn't expect that a hidden underground lab would be in here. We went into the hidden elevator of this small house, something you wouldn't even be shocked to know about since this place is run by Scientists.

"Would the two of you like to see around the lab for a while or get on with the new inventions?" The same guy from before asked nervously.

"Yes, I'm quite in the mood to stroll around for a while inside this... marvelous laboratory of yours. I wonder what kind of experiments you make here, Doctor.."

"Doctor Theo, Captain Zavian." The doctor finished for him, since they didn't properly introduce themselves. Looks like years of staying here makes you forget your manners.

"Ah, yes, yes. We'd love to show the both of you around." Doctor Theo once again continued nervously, it was obvious that they're hiding something. He then leaned in towards his companion, "Everything's alright with Code A13W20 and Code A08W04?" He murmured under his breath that didn't go unnoticed by us.

The elevator door opened and we were led into a room that's supposed to be for visitors. Zavian sat down with grace, crossing his arms on his chest and so as his legs. I sat beside him silently.

"I'll go get Head Doctor Drul." Dr. Theo nodded in response. We were silent as we watched him go through a different door. The rest of our team following behind him still unnoticed.

"So," Zavian drew in a bored tone. "What have you invented that won't waste our time coming here?"

"Ahh, yes, yes. We've managed to create a few inventions that have something to do with ice. It's a great technology that we created really, took us a lot of time to create." Dr. Theo boasted with pride.

I tensed on my seat as I felt Zavian's growing anger. "Really now?" His voice went deeper and harsher, Doctor Theo could feel the tension in the air as the aura around Zavian changed.

I cleared my throat to ease the tension, "Perhaps you should serve us something? I didn't know that the long years of science had affected the brain to forget proper manners." I casually said as I looked around the room.

"Ah, yes! My apologies, I'll be back right away." Dr. Theo immediately left the room, pleased that he got away from Captain even for a moment.

"A penny for your thoughts?"

After making sure that Doctor Theo had left the room and there was nothing that could eavesdrop on us, he unclenched his jaw.

"The reason why I didn't bring you today was because the meeting is confidential. Remember when the Zaveri Manor got burned down and that the body of King Zacharias and Queen Alisandra has been found dead? At the same time the Princess and Prince have gone missing because Viradale was too late to send out their warriors?"

My brows knitted together, "Yes, what about it?"

"Twelve years ago, they went missing. The two siblings that were taken here have been around for twelve years. It's not that hard to put two and two together isn't it?"

I can feel the anger rising on my body that I had to take deep breaths and clench my fists together. "Don't tell me they're the missing Zaveri? If they ever did something inhumane to them I swear I won't leave this place unscratched." I forced out to greet teeth.

Zavian nodded in response, "Yes, it was bad enough that they were able to hide it under our noses but the fact that they've been experimenting those two for years are unforgivable even if it comes out that they weren't the ones who we think they are."

Our conversation came to a halt when the door opened once again and came to Dr. Theo with a tray in his hand. He served our tea silently with a forced smile on his face. Not a moment later, a man who looked like he's in his mid fifty came into the room with a crazed look in his eye.

"Sorry about the delay, I had important things that needed to be checked before coming here. I am Doctor Drul, pleased to meet you."

He handed his hand out to shake, Zavian looked at it for a moment with disdain in his silver eyes before shaking his hands with him. "Captain Zavian Silver of the Lunar Eclipse." He's cold and flat tone went unnoticed by Doctor Drul.

He then turned his eyes towards me that sent shivers down my spine, the way he looked at me like I was some kind of new specimen for him to inspect made the hairs on the end of my head stand.

With a forced smile, I introduced myself. "Patricia Rivera, Second in Command of the Lunar Eclipse."

Like Zavian, he shook his hands with mine, "Interesting.."

Suddenly, there's a loud crash from somewhere on this underground laboratory that immediately made Zavian and I stand on alert.

"What's going on?" Doctor Theo looked worried as he nervously stood.

"Something must have gone wrong with one of the things in the laboratory. Please wait for a while as I check the error." Doctor Drul announced he was already walking towards the door.

"Wait," He stopped on his step when Zavian's cold and harsh voice pierced through the air. "My Second in Command and myself will accompany you. We're sent by the Council to look how things are progressing under this hidden laboratory. Whether you like it or not, we have the rights to look at the labs without any delay and objections."

Doctor Drul's eyebrow twitched twice before forcing a smile on his face, "Is that so? This way then."

We followed Doctor Drul out of that room and into the hallway where the ruckus seemed to grow louder by the second, the drop of temperature on the area is likely to be noted. The cold became worse the second we wandered towards the end of the hallway, to the point where we could see our breaths through the air.

We saw the metal doors at the end of the hallway, it looked like it had been frozen with the cold smoke of ice coming from beneath and the walls were literally frosted.

My brows furrowed when I saw Doctor Drul's shoulder shake before he muttered in his breath with pure delight, "Wonderful.."

"Step aside..."

Doctor Drul quickly followed, Zavian went forward, he kicked the metal doors that burst open immediately with ease. Harsh snow welcomed us the moment the doors were open, for some strange reason, a blizzard was present inside the laboratory.

"Ahh! Such a wonderful scene before me! I've been waiting to see this for years!" Doctor Drul said with glee as he went inside. Both Captain and I followed quickly and that's when we saw the true horror the laboratory held.

All the apparatus and things they use inside the lab are scattered everywhere, the whole room covered in ice and snow due to the blizzard above our heads. Majority of the scientist lay dead on the ground, their whole body frozen it almost looked like they're sculptures made of ice. Some of the scientists that's able to survive from the harsh blizzard barely hang on with their lives as the cold immediately eat them up. There where various of glass room that held nurses and scientist that manage to escape into safety, the glass room they where in seemed unaffected by the blizzard and ice. One of the glass room held a boy with his arms held by two nurses with one of them had a knife through his neck threateningly. The boy have such fine features, with his right eye the perfect shade of ocean blue while his left eye is literally a golden clock that if you looked closely, the arms of the clock are actually moving. A red streak from crying blood also adorned his pale cheek.

On the other side of the room came a feminine pained scream from someone. Her screams hurt to the ears not because of the loud sound but from the agony and sorrow that comes with it, her scream spoke volumes that no one will ever understand. A mixture of hurt, pain, betrayal, and agony.

My heart broke at the sight in front of me, she's locked into a steel chair, trashing madly trying to get out from her restraints that already caused her skin to bruise, her screams rang out through the whole laboratory. As her screams grew louder, the harsher the blizzard became it was almost unbearable, the temperature was also quickly dropping down.

That girl with messy raven hair that's helplessly locked into the chair with the palest of skin and fragile body is the one who's causing all this cold.

They're the captives of this sick hell.

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Aurelia's POV

I couldn't help but scream from the pain that I'm feeling, there was something about this glass room that they locked me in. I tried breaking free from my restraints, trashing madly to get away from that steel chair that makes me feel like I'm being stabbed by thousands of knives.

With half lidded eyes, I could see the snow storm all around me, it's the exact same thing that I did years ago that made us captives in this nightmare. The only difference however, is that back then, the cold didn't hurt me, but now it feels like I'm also being attacked by the coldness.

"Help..." I managed to croak out the words despite the pain.

Across the room, inside another glass room I could see Axel being held on both arms with a knife on his neck. Tears swelled up in my eyes, I'm always so useless. I couldn't even save nor help my little brother.

"Finally, the moment I've been waiting for!" My midnight eyes focused on the man in front of me, Dr. Drul stood in front of me wearing a body suit that's unaffected by the ice all around us.

"Who knew that only a little bit of pain from your brother can trigger such powers? Now that I know your weakness, there's no escaping now." He literally purred with that same crazed look in his eyes.

"Please... Don't hurt him. I... I'll agree to what you want, just don't... Don't hurt him!" I couldn't help but sob.

I've already long accepted my fate here in this underground laboratory, I'll never be able to see the outside again, I'll die here as their guinea pig.

"We can't have that can we? Just like you, Code A08W04 has many more to show us, according to our research about his clock eye, his powers have something to do with... Time. Do you know how many centuries we've been researching in order to manipulate time? Now that we have it in our hands why would we give it up?" With a cruel smirk on his face he gripped my jaw with force making me wince. "I don't have to agree with any of your conditions, because whether you like it or not... We will continue the experiments on the both of you."

"Not on my watch." A deep husky voice from someone foreign suddenly rang out behind Dr. Drul.

Before I could even blink, Dr. Drul was already flying across the room because he was hit with such force. I could only stare in disbelief as the glass wall broke from the strong impact of his body.

"Don't worry, I made sure my kick isn't as strong to actually kill him."

I let out a shaky breath as I slowly raised my gaze to see who was in front of me. He wore strange grey clothes that's unusual to my eyes, I've only seen white lab gowns all through my life. He has jet black curly hair and a strong jaw. His silver eyes met mine, it feels like the whole room had stalled because of his intense eyes that I've never seen before.

He's different from the people I always see in the labs. Surprisingly, he looked good, the only good thing I've ever seen since forever. Strangely enough, someone as good looking as him doesn't suit to be here on the underground.

Feeling the shift of the atmosphere, he looked around for a minute before returning his silver eyes on mine. "You've finally calmed down."

I didn't understand what he meant until I noticed that the blizzard was no longer to be seen anywhere. Instead, there's a small snow falling everywhere softly.

I immediately flinched away when he moved towards me, his brow slightly furrowed at my actions. He removed my restraints with ease, surprising me. Why would he let me free? Or are they actually taking me away to a new laboratory to experiment on since the whole place had been destroyed? Is he going to use me for his own gains?

"Relax, I won't hurt you." My body froze at his words. He's looking straight into my eyes. What is he talking about? He won't hurt me? Lies. I've long since known not to trust anyone. I won't fall for such sugar coated words.

"Captain! I've successfully taken the boy, he's unharmed and well. He just passed out from exhaustion, apparently he's weak." The man who's called as Captain moved to the side. That's when I saw Axel in the arms of a woman who's also dressed on grey clothes similar to the person called Captain.

"A... Axel.." I croaked as I tried to stand with shaky legs, but immediately fell on the ground.

The woman with brown straight hair that stopped at her waist with strange purple eyes looked at me worriedly. "Are you alright? Don't worry he's safe. You're safe. We'll get you out of here."

My heart warmed at her words, she's asking if I'm alright. It's been years since someone asked me how I am. There's a twinge of hope inside of me that's hoping that her words are true.

For just this once, I hope that she's not lying like the others. Please... I beg you.. get us out of here...

As if hearing my thoughts, she smiled at me, the first genuine smile I've ever seen besides Axel. I'm used to their cruel smirks and taunting smiles that it's unusual for my eyes. "We're here to help you and your brother. No one deserves such cruelty."

Another girl approached beside her who looked younger than the rest. She had black wavy hair with bangs, she also wore glasses and the same grey outfit like the rest of them. "Captain, I've gathered all the information on Code A13W20 and Code A08W04 and so as the other data on the lab."

Gathered information on Code A13W20 and Code A08W04? Those are our codes! What are they planning to do? Are they going to transfer us to another hell much worse than here? If so I'll make sure that Axel escapes from here even if I have to die.

The person they call Captain nodded his head, "Good. Make sure everything's settled. Burn this place down, we will guarantee that no one will suffer the same faith again. Patricia, you know what to do. Tell Lucas to send an illusion to the Government that a failed experiment happened that caused a great explosion that destroyed this whole place down. Inform James to ready our transportation. We will return to Viradale at once to get these two taken care of."

The both of them nodded, "Yes, Captain."

"Samantha, take care of that boy while I settle her down." The girl named Samantha carried Axel on her back with ease while the one named Patricia went towards me.

"Don't worry, you can finally rest now." Before I could flinch away from her touch, the world around me had gone dark and I could feel myself falling but before I could lose my consciousness, I felt strong hands that catched me from my fall.

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Patricia's POV

The mission was a success, we managed to get the two of them out of that hell. Luckily, we were able to get them easily, the distraction from earlier was enough for us to have things under our control. Without a doubt, Zavian burned that place down to ash until nothing came out of it. Of course, the Government was furious with the report, but they couldn't really do anything against us. After all, it was one of our people that they held captive there when it was against our law, one wrong move and the alliance with the humans could've gone downhill.

Healing her bruised form as best as I could, I can't help but pity them. Years of being forced to stay on that hell must've been a nightmare. The things they forcefully did to them are enough to lose my appetite.

After making sure she's alright and that she won't feel any pain when she wakes up I silently left the room we had for her.

"How are they?" James asked as I walked down the stairs.

"They're fine for now, I don't know what will happen if they wake up so we better prepare ourselves. Their mental state isn't stable at the moment."

"Of course, who wouldn't after becoming those sick bastards guinea pig?" He scoffed at the thought of those Scientists.

"Yes, especially Dr. Drul, he's kinda off." Lucas further on commented. "By the way Captain, what happened to him?"

All eyes went towards Zavian who's standing over the window with a far look in his eyes, "He's held as a prisoner, he committed a grave sin against our kind. What he did is far beyond injustice."

"Suites him right." James said with a snort.

"Samantha, what have you gathered in their lab?" Zavian questioned from his spot on the window.

I sat beside James on the couch while Lucas leaned on the table not far away from us, wiping his beloved Divine Weapon's blade.

Samantha cleared her throat before speaking. "Code A13W20 means Aurelia Winter, date of birth on February thirteen. She was taken in by a woman who sold the both of them to the auction house where her Element was first known. Apparently, something happened on the auction that triggered her to use her hidden Element, she too didn't know such a thing existed inside her. After that, authorities took hold of her and arrested her for her supposed 'crimes' of murdering everyone in that room when it was simply self defense. She wasn't given a proper trial of some sort because of her innocence; she didn't know how things worked around her thus, the Government took advantage of this. Thinking that the two siblings were a way for them to somehow win against us if things went downhill, they tried to learn of their supposed Element. However, only a little progress has been made through the years because of Miss Winter's refusal to use her Element."

Pushing her glasses back at her nose she continued on, "Code A08W04, Axel Winter, date of birth: April eight. He was still a year old when they were brought to the auction house. All the responsibilities fell on his sister's shoulders. The Government didn't know if Mister Winter also possessed the same Element as her sister yet they decided to bring him to the laboratory along with his sister until signs of his Element arose. It was a simple sign that made the Scientists realize that he wasn't different from his sister, his left eye started to painfully change through the years and the scientists made close inspection to it until it became the golden clock eye it is now. Their research concludes that his Element has something to do with time despite not seeing it themselves. His lack of progress with his Element made them focus on her sister more since she's clearly capable of using it. It was also Dr. Drul that started this whole research team for the siblings."

James growled, "Those fuckers!"

I nodded, "This is a severe offense that they had done, I don't bet the Council will let this pass just easily."

"I agree," Zavian's cool voice rang out strongly through the room. "The Council will take immediate action for this, the Government will pay deeply. They might be eliminated if the results are positive."

"What results?" I questioned with a raised eyebrow.

"Tests if Aurelia Winter and Axel Winter are the missing Zaveri." Samantha commented nonchalantly.

"No way!" The three of us exclaimed at the same time.

"The missing Royalties?" Lucas asked while his jaw dropped slightly.

"Yes, but this case must remain confidential at all costs. No one is to know what they really are. Things are only starting to get better for them, if news came out that they're alive..." Zavian trailed off already knowing what he meant.

Gulping the slump on my throat, the idea of everyone finding out is indeed a bad one. I don't think those two can handle those things yet.

"Now that you mention it, their last names are Winter and the girl also possesses the Ice Element. We all know the only person that could possibly have those."

"Yes, Queen Alisandra Winter. The Winter Family, the only Water Element users that can turn their water into ice. The blessing of the Water Goddess."

"If their last names are Winter, wouldn't people start to put two and two together if they see her use her Ice Element?" James questioned with furrowed brows.

"Yes, that indeed is quite a problem. But the Council has already thought of a solution to that problem. Whatever it is, it's still unknown." Zavian finally removed his gaze from the window, looking at each and one of us.

"But one thing is certain, they're to study under Viradale Academy."

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