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Chapter 10: Reasons

As Alex arrived at the office, the sun was starting to set. The Director just sat on his chair, drinking coffee. When he saw Alex enter, he had a warm smile on his face as he said, “Well, you arrived earlier than I thought you would. Wait a moment, I'll notify for those two to come as well.” Alex just nodded and sat down on a chair, while the Director called for Shadow and Medical Saint.

Half an hour slowly ticked by as Alex just told the Director about the progress he had made with his students today. Suddenly there was a knock on the door and two people walked in. They both had a warm smile on their face when they saw Alex. Medical Saint rushed to hug him as she asked, “How have you been? Did they treat you badly over there at the prison? If they did, tell your big sister and she will go and beat the crap out of them.”

As she said that she had a serious face on, everyone else were laughing at it though. Alex just smiled and said, “Well you haven't changed one bit in these two years Clare. I mean that literally.” “Well, you have grown up quite a lot since the last time we saw you Alex.” Shadow also butted in to the conversation. “Well, you also seem to have aged a bit Daniel.” Alex immediately said in a joking tone.

“Well well, let's leave the reminiscing for later. I just want to ask of you Alex, how did the mission go?” When everyone heard that, their faces turned serious as Clare immediately asked, “Jack, is this room safe?” Jack just nodded before gesturing everyone to calm down and sit down. Everyone took a suspicious glance around before sitting down.

Alex opened his mouth and started, “I was in that prison for two years but the progress I made was practically miniscule. The ones who got caught were only low level people who didn't know squat.” He just shook his head and Jack asked, “So what did you find out or was the two year stay there completely pointless?”

Alex just looked at him and sighed, “Practically yea, all of the guys aid the same thing, “We can't say anything otherwise they will kill us no matter where we are.”. Oh yea, there was one interesting bit of information that I received. It seems like they suffered some major setback in Sareld, so their plans are delayed for another 4 years. Did something happen outside?” Everyone thought deeply for a second to remember if there were any big incidents happening in those two years.

Suddenly Daniel said, “Ah, I know. About a year back, we busted an illegal laboratory that experimented on ESP-ers. We killed over fifty people and arrested over a hundred. Sadly we got no information out of them as they were equipped with poison capsules and all of them committed suicide shortly after being arrested.” Alex just looked at Daniel and also sighed, “Seems like that truly was what set them back. Now the question is, why did they end my assignment early? I should have been in the prison for two more years, no?”

Everyone looked at Jack. Alex should have still been in prison for another 2 years to get information from the people sent there. The government had to pull a lot of strings and swear a lot of people to secrecy to get Alex in there and also the people suspected of being part of “Nirvana”.

When people thought of Dragoncross, they thought that they were just the ten strongest ESP-ers of the country. What they did not know was that all of the Dragoncross members report directly to highest military authority in the country. They were basically the countries strongest ESP-ers but at the same time, a countries strongest Special Operations team. Dragoncross members did the most classified missions and also were responsible of dealing with certain underground organizations that were trying to shake the country from its foundation.

One of the most infamous of those organizations was “Nirvana”. They were hell bent on taking over the world and establishing a world where ESP-ers ruled and non-ESP-ers were nothing more than slaves. Jack just looked at Alex and said, “The situation has changed, the Danger Zones are becoming more active and we received a word from Elun. She has summoned the Meeting of Ten Dragons. You as the 6th Dragon are also needed there.”

When Alex heard that his face turned serious. The Meeting of Ten Dragons was only called when something big was going to happen. Elun was a ESP-er who could see the future. The accuracy of her divination's was horrifyingly accurate. “When is the Meeting?” Alex asked in a serious tone.

“Ten days from now at the Dragoncross bar. That was also the reason we had to pull such a stupid stunt like the damn “terrorist act”. We needed to get you out of the prison in a round about way. If we had just had the government get you out, then a hell lot of questions would have risen. At the moment however we could pin it on your status as an ESP-er going unnoticed and that you have now joined the ESP-er Division, where we would keep a “strict eye on you”. There are problems explaining this to the school you are now attending. It would be better to have you either drop out of school or have you switch schools.”

Alex just let out a hollow laugh to that. He had known that something was up, when he mysteriously had to start going to school and suddenly “terrorists” took the school hostage. “Well, seems like this discussion is finished now and all of the questions have been answered. Now let me ask you this, in the meantime did you find any trace of Sandra?” Alex just shrugged his shoulders as he asked Daniel.

Daniel just let out a sigh as he shook his head, “No, we haven't. We could not find out, who that bastard sold Sandra to. And also, having you go and cripple him like that was not helping.” He reprimanded Alex in the end. Everyone had a serious face on as they talked about this. Sandra was Alex's friend who had been by his side for all his life. It was clear to everyone that she was in love with Alex but Alex had never shown any fancy to her. Daniel looked into Alex's eyes and asked, “What do you really feel about her? Do not dodge the question this time.”

Everyone there wanted to know the answer to that question. Alex just closed his eyes and let out a breath before leaning back on his chair, “I loved her and wanted to protect her the most in this world. She had the same upbringing as me so I wanted her to have a normal life where she could live like a normal human.” Clare immediately asked him, “Then why did you reject her? You could not have been dense enough to not notice her feelings for you!”

Alex looked at Clare with a straight face and said, “Because I wanted her to live a normal life, I rejected her. I wanted her to find a man, with who she could buy a small house and be the housewife. The man would come home every evening and they would have a nice family dinner while talking about their day. I however walk alongside death and would be out there placing my life on the line for months without coming home. She would always be there worrying about me, that is not what I wanted for her.”

When everyone heard that, they understood the sentiment behind Alex's actions. It would be no surprise if one of them died at any given day and none of them wanted to have a person worrying about them day in and day out. Clare just said, “I understand your reasoning but don't you think she would have been happier if you had accepted her? I mean she followed you most of her life.”

Alex just cast his gaze down and said in a quiet voice, “If I manage to find her alive and she still accepts me, I would have no second thoughts about retiring from all of this business on a moments notice and buying a small cottage in the countryside to live in with just the two of us.” Everyone just let out a warm smile when they heard that. They knew, he seriously would do that if she still accepted him. Silence took over the office as everyone were thinking of a new topic to talk on.

Suddenly Alex's phone rang and his brows furrowed as he saw an unfamiliar number on the screen. He decided to answer it anyways. As soon as he did, his face changed as he stood up and shouted at the phone, “Where are you Sandra, tell me right now and I will come to get you this second!”