Altered Forms

*Operative Thirteen P.O.V*

I had heard some yelling and noises coming from outside camp, which with my curiosity piqued I went to check it out. My friend Nyx and I, who was at my side, paced towards the yelling figures and regretted doing so immediately. Of course it was the close-minded City Dwellers, cursing and protesting against Drifters. What they were yelling was nothing new to neither us or the elders of the camp, but the children still weren’t accustomed. I wished that it wouldn’t be this way, our situation was hard enough, fleeing from the heat and finding cover underground.

“Dirty Drifters aren’t allowed!” Someone yelled in the midst of the crowd, my heart sank.

“Take a bath Dirty Drifters, if you even know what it is!” Another one yelled. I took a look at my clothes in shame, my shirt was ripped and dirty from the underground. My long legs had bruises and I had forgotten to clean them.

I glance at Nyx, she glared at the City Dwellers with fury, she formed a fist in her hand and without another word walked fast towards the protesters. I quickly followed behind, scared of what she was about to do. She stopped almost in front of the line of protesters glaring at all of them, I tried grabbing her hand but between the City Dwellers heckling her and her high-strung character, the outcome was inevitable. Nyx had thrown an uppercut at one of the City Dwellers square in the jaw, which had knocked him out straight off his feet. There was moment of stunned silence within the whole crowd, I let a gasp escape my mouth.

“How’s that for a Dirty Drifter?” She spat in their face.

Suddenly the world around me slows down and I catch the moment when one of the Dweller takes hold of Nyx’s shirt pulling her towards the crowd. Without hesitation I move closer to the attacker but almost getting tackled by another Dweller, however I dance out of his grasp and kick him to the side. I turn around again, seeing Nyx kicking one of the Dwellers in the face and knocking him out. Getting in front of her quickly I hit the one holding her with the palm of my hand directly into his nose, feeling and hearing the bones crack inside. He lets go off her. Nyx lunges forward and front kicks the guy that was about to grab me from behind. Another Dweller runs towards me, I take a chance to examine him. Noticing how he leveled himself, he was about to give me an uppercut, I also saw that he was limping on the right leg and that his throat was completely exposed. As the guy came closer I danced out of the way and kicked him on the right knee, I took down his base. His eyes watered and he kneeled down, with a spin I kick him straight in the throat.

It was clear that even with Nyx’s strength and my Intuition, we were outnumbered. A dweller grabbed my hands and yanked me close to his chest, Nyx was also trapped. As I looked around for a solution I made eye contact with a tall man, he had different feeling to everybody else’s. Suddenly the man runs towards us, and without letting me process the moment he had pulled me away from the Dwellers grasp and thrown him to the floor. To my side Nyx was already free too, three bodies surrounding her and another man in black also stood besides her. The Dwellers started immediately fleeing from the scene in panic.

“Move out of my way.” She grunted in anger towards the man that stood in front of her, his height shadowing her front but his frame stood still in his position.

“I just saved your ass, you should be thanking me.” He responded with a stern face. Nyx glared at him in frustration, she hates it when people do things for her that she can do herself. The man returned the glare as the two of them stood their ground fortitude, not backing down.

I look at the man besides me that has been glancing at me curiously, he certainly was tall. He wore white and blue Jacket and his hair was slightly dyed Royal Blue in the end. I on the other hand appreciated the help from the man, that didn’t even hesitate in doing so. I still need work on my combat skills, I noted.

“Thanks for helping me out.” I reach out my hand to the man, he at first only looked at it and I felt a pang of embarrassment. However he surprised me by taking my hand and not shaking it, just holding it.

“Are you okay?” He asked, and I nodded.

“The name’s Evren, and that’s Nyx my best friend.” I introduced looking at the current glare off. The two didn’t break eye contact, not even for a second. You could feel the tension in the air.

“Alright, break it up. You two can fuck later, right now we have a mission.” Nyx was the first to break the eye contact, forming a face of disgust before growling at the other guy that spoke up.

Realizing that me and the man were still holding hands, I stifled a smile. Hell of a handshake, I thought, longest one too. Nyx walked towards me before realizing the almost comical handshake.

“Sorry, uhm I think this is where we stop shaking hands.” I reminded.

“Uh-yeah” He removed his hand then scratched the back of his neck.

“Actually you didn’t tell me your name.” I smiled sympathetically.

“His name is Ten.” The blond man responded with a strict undertone. I wondered if I said something wrong, I regretted asking his name.

“So you have number names, meaning you’re probably from Heaven’s Light.” I deduced.

“Am I right?”

“Look, we didn’t come here for a little chit-chat-” The black haired guy shot at me before being cut off by the blonde one.

“Fourteen! Cool it.” He looked at who I now know is called Fourteen.

I wondered if Fourteen was like that since young, or if it was the training and missions that toughened him this way. He seemed to me like he was more angry at himself and needed to take that out on someone. And Ten, he seemed so different from both the blonde guy and Fourteen that made me even more curious about these guys. I assumed that the blonde one was their leader, considering how hot-headed Fourteen was he still listened and obeyed.

“Well sorry, Nyx and I are going to leave you guys to your mission.” I smiled forcefully as I take Nyx’s arm in mine. Noticing Ten’s curious look at me and blondie’s observing stare.

“You’re just gonna leave us?”The leader called out to us, but we kept walking.

“I told you they weren’t worth it.” Fourteen said to the blonde guy before Nyx stopped in her tracks then turned around.

“I knew it.” I whispered to Nyx. She growled then walked back up to Fourteen and kneed him in the nuts. Fourteen crouched in pain, not expecting her reaction. I pinch the bridge of my nose. Ten chuckled before getting a death glare from Fourteen.

“If we weren’t worth it, you wouldn’t have saved my ass.” She quoted him back before returning to me. Fourteen then straightened up and re-adjusted his balls.

“And you wouldn’t be here either, this is where Drifters migrate. Heaven’s Light Operatives don’t have missions here.” I said looking at blondie right in the eyes with a smirk. “What are you actually doing here?”

“As you probably have already figured out, we’re on the search for new recruits.” He returned the smirk at my intelligence.

“Should we be expecting a message soon, or are we not worthy?” I asked looking at Fourteen and Ten.

“Trust me, you’ll be getting one real soon” He glared at Nyx.

Ten stared at me, it was a little hard for me to know what was he feeling or thinking, but I had feeling that he didn’t know either.

“You won’t be getting a message, in fact you’re coming with us. Like now.”The blonde one butted in.

I blinked and looked at Nyx with a ‘is this really happening?’ look, and she looked back with proud smirk. This all felt so unreal, actual Heaven’s Light Operatives have seen us and decided that we were worth being recruited. Maybe I expected that Nyx was most probable candidate, considering her strength. Yet I felt a rush of excitement shoot throughout my body

“What if we don’t agree?” Nyx had an expression of suspicion while Fourteen scoffed at her question.

I for a part was spaced out thinking of other things like; how will the clan react? And things like; Am I really capable of this? But I also sided with Nyx, what if this was a hoax? It seemed that my thoughts were once again interrupted by Nyx and the Operatives.

“Well, you have no choice. Unless you wanna live like this for the rest of your life.” Fourteen responded.

“Are you asking for another kick in the balls?” She threatened walking closer to him.

“Fuck you!” I yelled at him uselessly, but nonetheless furious.

“Enough! All of you stop it.” The blonde one yelled, everyone switched their focus onto him. He looked tense, and by his furrowed eyebrows I could tell he was angry. I wondered if it was for Fourteen’s rude arrogance or the hostility we were expressing. Even so Fourteen struck a delicate nerve.

“Sorry Nineteen.” Fourteen apologized then straightened up ignoring Nyx’s death glares. The blonde-Nineteen then faced Nyx and I before asking.

“Now, are you coming or not?” His expression was serious now, you could tell he wasn’t up for any jokes this time.

As long as I don’t get to ride next to the Dick-ward, I thought to myself. I looked at Ten and he looked at me. Nyx was the first to answer while walking back to my side.

“Fine.” She murmured folding her arms and rolling her eyes. All their eyes turned to me.

“I’ll go.” I finally said.

“Good, now follow us.” He started to walk leading to what I’m guessing is their Range Rover.

“Oh well shit.” I muttered under my breath and got reminded of my filthy outfit, the feeling of shame came over me again. The driver greeted the Operatives except us, and started the Range Rover. I sat in front of Ten and besides Nyx and the window, whilst Nyx sat in front of Fourteen and besides Fourteen was Nineteen.

“So where is this hide out of yours?” Nyx asked Nineteen turning around in her seat.

“First of all, it’s not a hide out. Second of all, if you sit down properly and pay attention you’ll find out.” He replied gaining a soft chuckle from Fourteen and Ten. Nyx pulled a fake offended expression then sat down in her seat.

“You’re no fun.” She jokingly pouted.

“What happens from here and on?” I asked.

“When we get there we’ll introduce you to your new boss then we’ll get you cleaned up. I’ll tell the rest afterwards.”

“Are we also going to get the number names then?”

“You’ll get all those details when you meet the boss...but yes.”

I nod, not really knowing what to ask. The whole ride was quiet, even so Ten would still glance at me but look away when I spotted him. Was it the dirt? Maybe so… After a few hours, we finally arrived to Heaven’s Light. As we were guided inside I couldn’t help but breath in the fresher air of the city, and how clean all of it seemed. Living as a Drifter consisted on migrating land from land, to escape the heat. We lived underground or on tents, and every land was dirty and the air polluted. Nineteen and Ten observed my reaction, I noticed. I grab Nyx’s hand and she smiles at me back.

We entered the building and met with Dr. Park.

“Girls this is Dr. Park, your new boss. All those questions you had in the car can be asked to her.” Nineteen said standing in front of a young Indian woman. Her hair was black and thick, the length cutting off just below the shoulders. She wore high-waisted black pants and a tucked in white blouse that emphasized on her slim waist. Not to mention the rose gold silk cropped jacket draped across her shoulders, the sleeves empty as her hands intertwine with each other in front of her stomach. Her pointed white pumps made you feel like if you made the wrong move around her she will stab you with her heel. She looked so serious and sophisticated, you wouldn’t dare mess with her.

“Thank you Nineteen, I can take it from here. You all are dismissed.” She said referring to the other guys too. As they left her attention came back to us. I looked at Nyx and saw that she was stiff as a tree, I guess she too could feel the powerful aura coming from Dr. Park. I almost forgot how to breath with the superiority she exudes. She stared at us for a while before talking, it felt like she was judging us and it made me feel uneasy.

“Follow me and don’t say a word until I tell you to.” She ordered then turned around, letting her hair flip to the other side of her body, and started walking towards an elevator. I looked at Nyx then quickly followed before she yelled at us. We were greeted with a nice ‘ding’ sound once the elevator had arrived. The three of us stepped inside and Dr. Park pressed the 10th button. Her stern expression not changing not even a little bit as the three of us stood in the moving box in an awkward silence. As we waited I realised that the elevator was actually going down instead of up. I’m no expert but I’m pretty sure the larger the number the higher you go.

“10th Floor.” An automatic voice interrupted my thoughts and brought me back to reality. Before I knew it Nyx and Dr. Park had already left the elevator, I had to jog a little to catch up to them. Soon we were standing in a hallway in front of a door which read ‘Thirteen’. Dr. Park turned around and looked at me directly. Her eyes felt like daggers stabbing me straight into my soul.

“This will be your room.” She said taking my hand and putting it on the side of the door, however it didn’t open immediately. Unfazed Dr. Park looked focused and typed something invisible for me and Nyx. Suddenly a hiss come out of the door and it opens. I deduced she had coded the door to open only at my touch. She gave a gesture so that both of us enter the room first. I walked in, followed by Nyx and Dr. Park with the door closing behind her.

Dr. Parked looked at how tense we both were then started laughing. Nyx looked at me in confusion, I shrugged also not knowing what was going on. After she calmed down a bit she took off her jacket and placed it on the arm of a chair in the room.

“I’m sorry, it’s just no one is ever really this stiff around me. Relax, I’m not gonna kill you or anything.” Nyx let out a deep breath and released a little chuckle.

“I have to say you’re pretty intimidating.”

“Pretty is an understatement.” I say looking around the room curiously, feeling the first bed I’d ever slept in. Checking out the digital schedule on the window in front of my desk, and the glasses that lay on top of the table.

“Yeah well, when you work around guys 24/7 you kinda have to be. Anyway, I should properly introduce myself. My name is Hydra Park, I’ll be your new boss.” She smiled and it gave me a sense of warmth and comfort.

“Nice to meet you Dr. Park, I’m Nyx.”

“Don’t be silly, call me Hydra.”

“You’re the head Scientist of Heaven’s Light, right? I’m Evren by the way.” I said still looking around the room.

“Correct, I’m also one of the very few females that work here. Which is why it was a huge relief when I saw that you two were the new recruits.”

“That must suck.” Nyx blurted out, I slapped her arm. I swear this girl needs to work on her manners.

“Ow! What was that for?”

“When will we start training? and why does it say ‘Change of Attire’ at 3:00 p.m in my schedule? And my new number name is Thirteen, right?” I asked, now standing next to Nyx who was still rubbing the area I hit.

“Calm down, you just got here. You’ll start training when the time is right, however right now both of you need to get cleaned up and I have to tell you the basic rules.”

“What, like ‘no fucking around on campus’?” I slapped Nyx’s arm again this time a little harder. Hydra chuckled at the question.

“See, she gets it.” Nyx narrowed her eyes at me.

“I mean, it’ll be weird since most of the agents here are men. Not saying anything is wrong with that though but the image was kinda funny.”

“Knowing that you have a sense of humor, and not minding my friend’s comments relieves me.” I chuckle too, relaxing a little bit more.

“I’m glad you say that. I hope we can become friends from now on.” She smiled.

Even Dr. Park became more relaxed with me, and that was oddly reassuring. Dr. Park and Nyx left to her own room, whilst I finished settling in. I looked again at the glasses on top of the desk, curiously I try them on. It’s blurry at first but soon they start modifying themselves to fit my vision, and surprisingly enough I could see better. I decided to keep them on. I looked inside the bathroom, it was big and modern. The bathroom already had a toothbrush, toothpaste and the mirror was big enough to see from my hip up. I look shamefully at my ripped shirt and my dirty looking face, I also had a cut from the fight earlier.

I jumped at the sound of a loud ding, I returned to the main room and notice that the schedule had been updated. It said that in half an hour me and Operative Fifteen are to be checked in Dr. Park’s lab, and reminder to bring the ’Augs.’Unsure what she meant about Augs, and deducing that Operative Fifteen was Nyx I took a deep breath. This is real Evren, you’re the newest Operative of Heaven Light. There’s a hard knock on my door, and I smile knowing exactly who it was. I opened the door.

“I am truly shook right now, you don’t even know.” She didn’t even give a chance to respond before walking in my room, and rest her whole body on my bed.

“I know, it’s so surreal… It feels so different, we don’t have to run away from the heat anymore Nyx. Nobody will bother us or call us Dirty Drifter now, we are now deadly and respected Operatives from Heaven’s Light.” I tell her.

“I know,” She flopped onto my bed “Only one problem though” she said as she stared at the ceiling.

“What?” I asked flopping onto my bed besides her and resting my head on her shoulder.

“That stupid Fourteen guy. He’s on my radar, I don’t like him.”

“I don’t either… But talking about our new teammates, I saw Ten’s room, he’s also next to me. He’s a bit different, right? Almost…” I struggle finding the right words, and bite my bottom lip.

“He seems like a softly to me.” She shrugged.

I chuckle “Sure, but his way of moving in combat is totally different from how he interacted. Almost awkward and naive. That handshake, it seemed like he didn’t want to let go, or didn’t know he had to. I mean Fourteen’s personality almost fits his way of combat.”

“I guess...Hold up. Do you have a thing for Ten?”

“I have a what now?! No!” I rise to sitting position and hit Nyx with a pillow.

“You totally do, nothing else can make that reaction.” She laughed, blocking her face from being hit from the pillow.

“No fucking way! I literally just met him.” I yell unable to hold my laughter, and soon cover my face in embarrassment.

“Mmhm.” She rolled her eyes and sat up.

“We’ve got to get going, we need to meet Dr. Park in her lab. And did you have glasses on your desk?” I ask remembering I still had the glasses on.

“Yeah, I have them here.” She held them in her hand. “I’m guessing we’re gonna be given some rules.”

“Well, wouldn’t want Dr. Park to wait. Let’s get going.” I motioned her to leave. She quickly hopped out of bed.

We walked through the corridor to the elevator, and thanks to the glowing ‘Lab’ we went directly into Dr. Park’s lab. Although we had to walk through another corridor to get to the Lab. As we entered, we were greeted by monitors and what seemed like some fascinating outfits. On the monitors I noticed were both our files, curiously I read them over. I wondered how they got that much information in such short time. It said our ages, height, weight and oddly enough; our Masters. Nyx (or as said in the files Operative Fifteen) was the Master of Havoc and I on the other hand was Master of Intuition. Finally Dr. Park arrived.

“Good to see you guys again. How do you like your rooms?” She held a few documents in her hands.

“I love my room, it’s warm and spacious.”Nyx responded.

“It’s amazing.” I also pointed out.

“Great. But now it’s time for some rules.”

“Damn it”

“First off, you will no longer call each other by your names. You each have a number. Nyx, your number is Fifteen. Evren, yours is Thirteen.”

“Alright, fair enough.” I bit my bottom lip again.

“Next rule. Training is a must, no matter what your master is. If you miss a session, you’ll have to deal with the punishment. However if you have a good excuse you’ll just have to put in the hours to make it up, which I must mention rarely happens.” Her expression turned really serious when she had said that last part.

“And finally, when on a mission think with your head and not your heart. It’s a brutal world out there and you don’t want to get your emotions in the way. Not only will you make it harder for yourself, you’ll make it harder for your teammates. I suggest you forget about all your relations once you step out of this building.”

Maybe that’s why Fourteen acts like he does, it’s already hard enough and bringing in emotions might hurt more and compromise a mission. Maybe he is also haunted by his past mistakes.

“Okay, I think I can do that.” I mutter to myself.

“Good, you have to.” Hydra smiled at the end making her statement seem less intimidating.

I eye the outfits behind her, catching Dr. Parks attention. She immediately smiled broadly with enthusiasm.

“Now is the fun part!” She clapped. “I know you guys didn’t come from the best background in the world so I got clothing from all styles. Choose your signature outfit.”

“I have a question.” Nyx put her hand up for some reason.

“What is it Fifteen?” Dr.Park moved her gaze towards Nyx.

“Did you happen to have picked up some Gucci?”

“Or an outfit with colour crimson red?” I asked holding my hair, specially for her to see the crimson red coloured ends.

“Uhhh, well one question at a time, so its a maybe to the Gucci and I have all colours. However, you can have to choose one colour. Two colours are only okay if it doesn’t make the outfit too flashy-”Nyx had cut her off with a hug and I joined in too, I like hugs.

All of a sudden Nyx sprinted over to the Gucci section and immediately picked up the slides. I slightly chuckled at her excitement. All the while I calmly looked at the outfits in front of me, red crop-top with black patterns and fishnet sleeves immediately caught my eye, it was truly pretty. Then a pair of black ripped shorts caught my attention and I immediately chose it, to finish the look I chose some leather boots that only reached a little higher than my ankles. I was satisfied with my choices but two things were definitely missing, of course my hip scarf that mother gave me however I wasn’t so sure about the second one. Finally I found both black choker and fishnet stockings. This completed my look, I thought, but some leather gloves would benefit a lot during combat.

“What do you think?” I asked Nyx and Dr. Park after quickly changing.

“Eh, you’ll never look as good as my Gucci. But you look great.”

“I agree...About you looking great, not the Gucci part.” Dr. Park chimed in.

“You also mentioned something about the Augs.” I reminded and suddenly felt a wave of hunger wash over me.

Dr. Park of course quickly summarized the logistics of the Augs, how they’re coded depending on the different Masters. For example mine would implement a body scan that only take 1.5 seconds, and help me find signs of weakness. I found this extremely interesting and admired Dr. Parks for having created all of this herself. Besides that she assigned us all of our training sessions, both different from Combat training and Muscle Training. Other classes that would encourage our Masters. Whilst she explained all of this she took both of the glasses we had and worked on them, until finally giving them back.

“Wow, this is so cool.” I smiled as I scanned Nyx however I decided not to tell her the weaknesses that the Augs were showing me.

“Yes! I can’t wait to destroy something.” She did a small fist pump as she looked around in the glasses.

I laughed lightly and thanked Dr. Park, I looked at myself again. It felt weird, I didn’t feel like myself, I felt like an improved Evren. Operative Thirteen, Master of Intuition. Dr. Park dismissed us, and we headed back to our rooms.

“Hey N- I mean Fifteen. I’m really hungry right now, I’m going downstairs to the cafeteria to eat. Wanna come?” I asked.

“Nah, you go ahead. I’m gonna go try out my new bed.” A wide smile grew on her face.

“Alright see you! You also have to tell me how your schedule is afterwards.”

“Ok, see ya later then.” She waved before leaving.

I almost ran to the Cafeteria, but remained calm in case I bump into any Operative, or Heaven’s Light staff. The cafeteria was large, but not many people had been eating. I realized that as I walked to the counter, several Operatives and Staff members were glancing at me in curiosity. They were whispering to each other when they did so, and this made me uncomfortable. I ordered quickly and searched for a seat. My heart stopped suddenly as I saw a familiar face… Ten.

With a little hesitation I sat in front of him and waited for my lunch. He stared at me but didn’t start to speak.

“Ten, right?” I smiled politely at him.

“Correct. Enjoying your new name Fifteen?” He smirked.

“Thirteen, actually.” I corrected making eye contact. I noticed him looking over my new look, hell of an upgrade from my ripped shirts.

“Sorry, they didn’t tell me exactly who was who.” he apologized.

“It’s fine, really. I’m not used to it either.” I said biting my bottom lip and running my hand through my hair.

“Nice outfit.”he took a sip from his drink.

“Thanks, I like your hair.” I replied awkwardly. Did I really just say that? I did, I did really just say that. I cracked my knuckles.

“Uh, thanks.” He chuckled nervously.

“That was a weird comment, sorry.”

“No, it’s fine. I can tell you’re not used to socializing.”

“Actually funny thing is, I am very used to socializing. I’m just a little too honest sometimes. However I can tell you’re not very used to it, considering the very long handshake we had.” I replied, and smirking.

“Well I was captivated by your beauty, I wanted it to last.” He leaned back in his chair with a smug look on his face.

I admitted that this comment took me by surprise, however I didn’t want to give him the satisfaction.

“Wow, look at you! The poet of the team.” I joked crossing my arms.

“What can I say? It’s a gift” He rested his hand behind his head and flexed a little.

The counter called my name and I quickly went to grab my food, I came back to the table and Ten looked at my food. I used my Augs to get more information about him, it takes too long to ask him myself.

“Master of Versatility, huh?” I said popping a baked potato into my hungry mouth.

“Yes that is my master.”. He leaned forward and tried grabbing a potato, I stopped him by holding his wrist and pushing it away.

“No, bad! Stay away from my potatoes.” I pouted. He looked momentarily surprised.

“Damn your intuition.” He furrowed his eyebrows. I popped another potato in my mouth.

“It is my master.” I smiled at him smugly, mocking him. He chuckled and continued to watch me eat.

“You’re the youngest Operative in the team, at what age were you recruited at Heaven’s Light?” I asked. His expression seemed to have become darker, sadder even. I wondered if it was the wrong choice to ask him such question.

“I uh, I was admitted at age 7.” I almost choked on my spit.

“Seven?” I repeated exasperated.

“Yeah. Amazing isn’t it?” He scoffed.

Not really the word I would use for it, I thought.

“You don’t seem to think of it that way, do you?” I leaned closer to him, he was avoiding my gaze.

“Don’t get me wrong I love the agency. It’s just my background is a bit...tense” He cleared his throat before running a hand through his hair.

“I understand, I won’t mention it again. Sorry for asking.” I looked down at the clean table, and bit my lip harshly.

“It’s okay, you were just curious.” He gave me a warm smile.

“Do you want to know how I met N- Fifteen?”

“You don’t have to tell me your past if you don’t want to Thirteen.”

“It was my birthday and my mom gave me the scarf I have around my hip. Just at that time a City Dweller invaded our tents and trying taking it away from me, he had grabbed me by the neck and pushed me to the ground. Then a girl, one year older then me, jumped on him and punched the hell out of him, knocking him out. From then on we became very close friends, even if our personalities were so different… As you probably know Drifter escape the heat constantly. But once the heat came to us, and loads of people, people me and Fifteen knew, died in agony. Worst of all, our parents were the victims too. When you see that type of things, it really bounds you together, Fifteen grew furious and high strung but I stayed quiet and only provided support to her… What I’m trying to say Ten, is that a lot of us have a shit background, So understand that you’re not alone.” I took a deep breath and wiped a tear from my cheek. he had a sympathetic look in his eyes.

“Actually your friendship with Fifteen reminds me of Fourteen and I when we first met. I think you guys are a great addition to the team.” He smiled looking into my eyes.

“That’s… reassuring to hear, thank you Ten.” I couldn’t bring myself to look him in the eye.

“Anytime Thirteen.”

“Well, I should get going. Dr. Park is already scheduling all my classes and training, It should do me good to rest and start preparing myself mentally.” I said this as messages pop up on my Augs. We both stand up and by custom I bow at Ten, who looks a little surprised.

“Well uh, Goodnight” He bowed back at me in slight confusion.

I let out a chuckle but decide not to explain why I bowed, just to make him curious. I quickly walked to my room…