Chapter 1: Kidnapped
In a little alley sleeping on the floor was Angel who has just found a spot to sleep for the night. Since the age of 6 he's been on his own, next week he will be turning 11 making it about 5 years from when he was abandoned.
During the night as he was sleeping footsteps could be heard from the entrance of the alley. Three guys surrounded Angel, taking the opportunity of the heavy sleeping child they grabbed and tied him up waking Angel up who starts to scream but sadly no one could hear him as he had been gagged.
Angel still put up a fight and kicked one of the kidnappers in the face which didn't end well as the guy lost his patience with him and started to beat him until Angel was unconscious. The men drag Angel out the alley into a van and drove away.
In a lot of pain Angel wakes up, he starts crying from the pain on the back of his head, he looks around and calms down looking at what kind of situation he is in.
Ever since he was a toddler Angel had always been rational and logical which is what has kept him alive in the streets. He looked and noticed he was in a dark space, there was about 13 kids some pre teens included.
" I remember reading one time that a million kids go missing every year I guess you can add me to the list hehe ouch." giggled Angel proceeding his in pain again.
Looking to see if anyone knew where they were he started to ask around most of the kids were Puerto Rican just like him so they spoke either English or Spanish. After asking around one of the teenagers Emilio told him that from what he's seen they're on a ship in a shipping container and it's been two days since Angel was thrown in there. All Angel could do is sit there and cry a little at how hopeless his situation was after figuring out he couldn't do anything.
Every day the captors would come in and feed them soggy moldy bread and water. After a week the door to the container opened and a tanned 6 foot black haired man with a scar on his left eye came in he looked around a yelled for everyone to come out.
As they were led out , Angel looked around and saw one of the guys who caught him he looked at Angel as if he was ready to kill him. Angel looked at him then turned his head to assess his surroundings. From what it look like they weren't in Puerto Rico anymore but some random tiny island with a villa in it.
Angel and the kids were dragged to the villa Angel saw other people the who looked to be big shots, he even seen some of them in the media. Some were movie stars that he recognized and others looked like politicians from their formal well dressed selfs. They were being served by kids who didn't look so willing to be there.
" Move it get them all inside the mansion" said the man with a scar.
Angel entered the mansion in the middle of the villa along with the other captives and they were lined up in a row. In front of them was a white man and a woman who looked to be in their 50's. The man had grey hair with purple eyes he wore black pants and a t shirt that showed of his well built muscles as well as a tattoo of a wolf with a skull in its mouth on his arm. The woman was blonde with blue eyes she wore a black dress that showed her cleavage well and on the left side of her chest was the same tattoo of the wolf with a skull in its mouth.
"Good evening children, today your lives will change forever" said the woman in the black dress
She continued " We have gathered you all today because we've seen how miserable your lives are and we decided to give you a test that will decide whether you can change your destiny or keep on suffering as you were."
The old man stepped up and looked at the kids and said " I will be testing you to see if you have the aptitude to join us if you are able to pass this test you will have a chance to live a new life and if you don't you will become servants like the other children out there."
The woman clapped and one of the servants came in with a clear stone the size of a basketball it was smooth and shiny. He placed the stone on a desk next to the man and left.
" This stone is call the awakening stone it's purpose is to let those gifted to awaken their innate soul power, this ability is called animus the personification of your soul." Said the old man." Now let's begin."
They lined up the children and one by one they were tested. There was no reaction until the 7th kid the stone shone bright and then a spirit like creature was conjured out of the kid it looked just like him except it glowed and was bright green. The spirit touch the kids forehead smiled and when back into his body. The stone stopped shining and the little boy who looked to be 7years old passed out.
The old man exclaimed "Finally Maria we found one."
Maria which was apparently the old woman's name laughed and said "I had a good feeling about this batch, now let's keep going."
Two more children went on to test but there was no reaction then it was Emilio's turn. Soon as he touched the stone it glowed yellow and just like the last kid a spirit like being came out of his body yellow just like the orb. The whole villa shook as the spirit look around and then it turned towards Emilio and touched his forehead being sucked back inside and causing Emilio to pass out.
'Why are they passing out are they hurt I hope that doesn't happen to me' thought Angel looking at the horrifying but mystical scene.
It was Angel's turn so he went on to touch the stone but nothing happened as soon as he touched it, Sigh…thank god he thought.
Sadly he spoke too soon the stone went black and in his body he felt something that had never been there before and out of nowhere it came out of him.
This thing was pure darkness that made the whole room lose light but Angel could see it. It's shape was just like his and it looked at him like at dog looks at his owner with curiosity, then it flashed and in front of Angel and touched his forehead.
Agghh my head it feels like someone's stabbing it… he loss consciousness from the pain and fainted.