NOVEL WEB Chapter 2: Blue Comet Hospital
A bright light blinded me as a loud boom followed. I stood in front of what would have been the gate If it wasn't in complete rubble. The opening gave me a clear view of the room behind it, "Woah kid you pack some power even without a god it's Impressive", I looked at my hands as my head began thumping like drum followed by slight foggyness in my head like a fresh mist, "w-what was that", Michael slung his arm over my shoulder pulling me into the room, "that kid was a fragment of divine power which normally shouldn't be possible to absorb but your Divergent ability seem like an anomaly", I listened to him slightly confused but I nodded along with it as If I did, "so what was the lighting then", he laughed a bit thumping me in the forehead, "that was your own power mixed with fragments of Divine power, the divine power mixed with your Divergent body formed a paradoxical ability in the form of gold and white lighting " I looked at him confused before turning to look at the room. We were standing at the rooms entrance, it's roof didn't look like a roof at all it looked like the outside, "I-I thought this was just room", Michael sighed before laughing, "it is just a room but it's meant to simulate the outside as a way to prevent feeling Isolated and trapped", I looked around slightly amazed by the sheer size of the room looking about as bIg as a stadium, "so um how will we um train and um how long tIll the exam", Michael patted both my shoulders, "first off we'll be working on perfecting your little move or whatever and probably have you create two more", I nodded as I realized how tight his grip on my shoulders was, "and you only have a week so…", I raised an eyebrow as he stopped grIpping my shoulder, "If we only have a wee-", I stopped instantly as I noticed he cocked his fist back, "wait wait wa-", he smiled before planting a heavy punch to my gut, "Grit those teeth brat",. I instantly crumbled forward feeling the air in body escape in a gasp, "w-what was that for", I could barely speak through the gasps as I fought to regain my breath, "what you thought this was going to be a walk in the park or something, you're not training with some nobody you're training with an apostle", he crouched down in front of me pulling his hair from his face, "I'm not going to go easy on you so you better prep yourself because I'm going to whip you into a half decent disciple at least" I slowly pushed myself from the ground feeling the ache in my stomach, "d-did you really have to punch me that hard", Michael laughed, "nah not really I just felt like it", I thought about socking him in the face but I knew it wouldn't work. I pushed myself off the ground feeling a pain beginning to flare in my arms, "agh", I grasped my arms as they began getting hot, "what's going on kid", I could barely speak as the pain got stronger, "I-I don't kno-", couldn't finish my sentence as the burning sensation seared my skin feeling like a hot iron was pressed against my arms in a circle by the time the heat peaked my vision already began turning black. I could barely function my arms as red-ish rings burned into my arm forming two full circles in my arms, "hey kid whatever you're doing you need to stop trying to contain it you're only hurting yourself", I closed my eyes as my vision faded black and a familiar feeling returned. I was back in the endless sea like darkness instead of the sparkles that were formed before, an overwhelming hear source burst around me like freshly lit touches slightly dyeing the darkness in red and orange. I felt the burning sensation getting worse as I began to visualize a form for the energy the energy barely yielded at first but as I opened my eyes the pain lessened. The two red-ish rings that formed were now pulsing red, the rings began to peel from my skin like tape before they formed solid rings around my hands and wrist, "w-what's going on", I held my hands out. The two rings preceded to flow down to my palms. I clutched my hands as I grabbed hold of the inside of the rings as they grew to the size of frisbees, "hm you get more and more interesting kid", I was stIll kinda unable to hear him as the hiss continued, "I-it feels weird, like different from the Vesper Palm I made", he laughed a bit, "I can see that why don't you try to throw one of them", I looked at the rings before I pulled my arm back and launched it as it crossed the room and slammed into the wall at an almost unnatural speed leaving behind a same boom in my ears. The rings slammed into a wall over fifty feet away in an instant and with enough force to cause cracks that shuttered and splintered up and along the wall. The rings shot back to me slamming into my hands with a force that almost took me off my feet, "woah!", I could barely stop myself from flying off my feet, "mm interesting kid". My vision went cloudy as I felt my body felt like lead before I collapsed to my knees, "I-I'm dizzy" I could barely feel arms before it went dark. The sounds of a door slamming caused me to jolt up with a gasp, "w-what?" , I looked around the room in a panic, "jeez kid you're jumpy", I looked at my hands as I gripped my sheets, "anyways where are your parents at I figured they'd already be here to pick you up it's been like a day now", I chuckled a bit looking down, "couldn't tell ya If I wanted to they left me at some orphanage", I looked up to Michael who looking kinda conflicted on something, "well then you're going to need a place to stay at while I train you", I raised an eyebrow with a slight shutter , "I-I do I mean I have the orphanage so I can just stay there", Michael just chuckled before he palmed my head with an insane grip, "h-hey let go of my head you're going to crush my skull", I fought back against his grip trying to pull his hand from my head, "nuh uh brat ain't no shabby orphanage housing a personal disciple of mine so you're staying with me for the time being", I couldn't think for a second as I tried to process what he just said, "me stay with you?", I pointed between us as I tired processing it more," yeah did i stutter, what's so surprising?", Michael raised an eyebrow with a smug smile that for some reason made his face look punchable, "a non disciple staying with an apostle Isn't normal and Is basically saying you're supporting me no matter what", Michael grIp on my head remained as it got tIghter, "good you know what that means so don't disappoint me brat I'm putting a lot of effort into ya understood", I felt a shudder in my body as his indigo eye flared with an intensity that made my blood freeze, "u-understood s-sir", Michael's expression instantly relaxed as his carefree yet tired smiled returned, "don't stutter so much my disciple can't be a wimp", I nodded with a quickness, "yes sir", Michael stood up and started heading towards with a wave, "drop the sir too kid just call me Michael", Michael began to turn around, "oh uh where am I by the way?", he laughed a bit, "you're at the Blue Comet Hospital in the Elvaster district", I couldn't reply as he headed out without allowing me to reply. I sat in the room alone for a while letting my mind wonder, I stared at the door the Micheal walked out of feeling a rush of emotions, {Why did he choose a lost cause like me for a student, I may be different from others but i still have flaws, he should've chose someone better then me},. I stepped into the hallway letting my thoughts calm down pushing the insecurity down, I looked down at the sterile and pristine blue tiles of a hospital, I wondered through the floor of the hospital as doctors came and went like blurs out of rooms each like a blur of white and blue not stopping or even noticing me. I stumbled onto the hospitals courtyard it was like an expansive park lined with over grown trees and vines that cracked the concrete, various flowers were all around the vines and ground, but it was a beautIful sight. The feeling of someone tapping my shoulder snapped my outta the haze. My body snapped around as I saw a girl about my age her hair was a honey brown color that seemed to actually shimmer in the light, her eyes resembled bronze armor, and her skin was a smooth carmel color as the sun shined slightly off her skin, "wow aren't you jumpy", her voice was soft and infectious as she laughed and the sunlight gently glistened against her barely noticeable braces, "hey aren't you going to say something", I nervously croaked outta laugh as my face started to heat up, "sorry sorry I'm just a bit foggy brained", she laughed a bit moving her hair outta the way, "I can see that", she smiled again a bit wider as her braces glistened more clearly in the sun, "So what has you in the hospital", she poked my chest lightly as I couldn't help but rub the back of my head as I nervously croaked out a slight chuckle, "nothing much I was just training", she raised an eyebrow, "training huh now what kinda training would put you in the hospital", I looked away with a slight nervous whistle, "the um real good kind of training ya know", she punched my shoulder lightly with a laugh as I stepped back a bit, "mhm sure anyways what's your name mister intense training", I couldn't help but chuckle as i stuck my hand out, "Juno... Juno Arashi nice to meet you", she took my hand in her's as they felt soft and smooth but also with a slightly callus feel, " Eden Caster and it's nice to meet you too ", we both released our hands with an exchange of smiles, "so who's the god you chose" , I croaked outta a nervous laugh, "I'm actually godless", she looked at me with a raised eyebrow before laughing lightly, "welp it Is what it Is", I chuckled a bit surprised, "you don't have anything to say about that aren't godless considered lowrr then some, she laughed again this tIme more joyful , "oh believe me I'm not so heartless, Person draws faith from their heart not their allegiance " I chuckled alongside her, "That's good to know to but now that I think about it why are you here", she looked up through the foIleage as the sun shined through the foliage shimmering off her skin, "my body just can't handle the amount of faith I receive from my god", she simply shrugged as I raised an eyebrow, "you can't handle the amount of faith?, what does that mean", she nodded with a bit of a tired expression, "yeah think about the first principle to faith", I leaned back against the wall behind my resting my arms against my chest as she continued, "prayer is the first principle and it is also how we obtain faith", I nodded along as she demonstrated what raw faith looks like as she held her hand out. Her faith surrounded her hand flaring calmly in waves of crimson red almost looking like streams of blood, I backed up instinctively as a slight chill ran down my spine from its weird aura. Eden laughed before continuing, "now the principle of prayer is as you know the act of praying to your god and it's consider the foundation of faith and faith fills in our bodies like pouring water into a cup", i nodded along ," my glass cup is larger then others but my glass has cracks in it", the aura of faith around her hand began swaying and slowly disappearing as Eden's veins in her hand began glowing a bright red as she winced slightly dropping her hand. I reach out but she motioned for me not to as she shook her hand a couple times before letting out a shaky breath, "are you ok!", she laughed a bit leaning back straight, "and due to my glass having cracks in it whenever I use it faith leaks out in large amounts", she walked forward a bit as she happened to step into a clearing of foliage and the light glistened off her eyes instantly drawing my attention, "so a godless disciple and a disciple with too much faith to actually use", I laughed a bit as she recounted our situatIons, "I guess we're both misfits huh", she looked a me with a small smile that mirrored one of happiness but held depths of sorrow. So after we spoke for a few minutes the air between us felt natural, "well as much as I would enjoy to continue our conversatIon I need to return my room before the doctors begin sounding the red alarm looking for me", she laughed a bit before starting to head inside, "I'll see you later?" I questioned just before she walked into the buIlding, "aww you enjoy my company that much", she laughed with a teasing tone as she slightly turned her head back towards me, I looked away from her feeling her teasing gaze feeling her gaze almost imprinting onto my face, "n-no it's just I think us misfits should stick together ya know", she chuckled pushing the door open as her hair flowed in wind, "sure thing mister intense training, I'll see you around", I didn't get the chance to say anything back as the door closed behind her.