Chapter 16: The time has come
Slowly and Gradually the time passed, Axel was succeeding in his endeavours and now had several things on his plate. This was hardly the schedule of a child and that too a crippled one.
For the world, Axel was simply a crippled child who barely moved but in reality, Axel was accomplishing so much with the help of Gizmo. Axel had safely and silently laid the foundation for what was going to come.
Today was the long-awaited day when Axel would finally be cured of his ailments, Gizmo had already started a time-counter a week before and Axel was now ready to face the world head-on. He had made much progress in the past 5 years and now was ready to leave his cocoon and fly away.
Axel had accumulated a core of light energy and another with thunder energy. With Gizmo's help, he successfully created a double core system (Gizmo provided him with the knowledge regarding the structure and positioning of cores to make it work and also taught him the technique to execute the task. The knowledge that Gizmo had was too rare and precious and even Axel came to realize that he had hit a jackpot when it came to Gizmo)
Two cores one made entirely of light element and another of thunder were rotating and revolving around each other simultaneously within Axel. This was a testament to Axel's hard work and talent. Axel had even studied the poison within him to a great extent, and plans to further confirm his theories regarding the poison after regaining his physical facilities.
Axel was a walking treasure trove for the secrets that lie within his body and he too was aware of the fact thus with the help of Gizmo he had hidden his secrets from the world. Gizmo had made it so that people might only be able to identify traces of his thunder affinity and his prowess concerning the light element and the poison were completely hidden.
For the people near him to know someone create a core at the tender age of 9 years would be too much of a shock and thus this fact needs to be hidden completely. As said before Axel's body was a walking treasure trove. If people around him realized the extent of his true capabilities then he might not just be considered a prodigy but a subject of their curiosity and experiment.
They might go to any lengths to extract the secrets that Axel carries within himself and thus Gizmo and Axel had decided to be very cautious in this regard. With time Gizmo had given up on being surprised by the talent and ingenuity of its host and simply focussed on the task at hand, that is to help Axel progress and grow as fast as possible.
Gizmo had come to a realization that Axel would definitely become a powerhouse in the near future and this small and isolated place would be too small to contain him thus it tried its best to make Axel ready for what was to come.
The only regret that Axel had was regarding the Skill. He had decided long ago that he would try and create a skill related to dual mind. The Skill was not associated with any element but would aid his mental facility and decision-making. But the efforts that he made till now don't seem to be good enough as the Skill was not yet complete.
But only Gizmo knew how close Axel had come to success and he carried on with the same gusto soon he would be among the list of the prodigies who were able to obtain a skill prior to becoming an Elemantalist. And this list was too short and exclusive in the whole Universe (or the known and documented Universe)
Gizmo decided to keep this a secret from Axel, as it was afraid that this knowledge might affect Axel's flow. Gizmo thus decided to let things take their natural course as it had the utmost faith in Axel's capabilities at this point in time, having experienced his capabilities first-hand.
During this time Axel's bond with Anya had also Strengthened and he couldn't wait for an opportunity to hug his sister and shower her with the love and adoration that she deserved.
Axel also remembered the vow of his revenge, although he was not capable of going against the mysterious Old Man right now, but the servants of the Blair household would soon come to realise the mistakes and sins that they had repeatedly committed during the past few years.
Axel had realized that without Gizmo he would have simply perished from this world just because of the acts of his servants alone (Even if he was born healthy and without complications, just the acts of his servants would have made him succumb to death). They had long crossed the line of what was considered humane and Axel was soon going to have his way with them, especially with Silas.