Broken

CHAPTER 25: Legends (Kratos)

"Are you kidding me? How can you just let him in like this? He is dangerous!"

Shadow's lips formed into a straight line. "Kratos he came to warn us yesterday, but by that time it was too late. We had already been attacked."

"Says who?"

"Says everyone-Lily, Raine, Nox, Taj. The boy has nowhere to go. He's been missing for too long. He said if he goes back to his Master, he'll be accused of treason."

" Why does it matter? He's nothing to us! And who exactly is his Master anyway? We can't exactly trust him after what he did to KL and her friend Seth. How do you know he isn't just trying to get to KL?"

Shadow shuffled some wires on a metal table. "That is why I shall test him. See his strengths and abilities."

"What is that going to prove? That he has powers just like us. No offense to you Shadow, but we all know that he has powers. It's pretty obvious."

Silence lingered through the lab's atmosphere for quite a while until footsteps approached the door.

Shadow clasped his hands together. "Ah, Mister Knightly, just the man I was waiting for."

Jagger flashed a smile at Shadow. "Thank you for your hospitality Master. I appreciate you taking me in for the night."

"It's no problem. Now as I explained yesterday, I have to start tests to see what power category you fit into."

Jagger nodded in understanding and then looked over at me.

Shadow motioned to the cold, metallic lab table to which Jagger went and sat on. His green eyes looked over me, and he cracked a smile. "Hey there."

"Hi," I gritted through my teeth. I didn't exactly want to talk to him at this moment in time. As Shadow prepared the testing machine, I crossed my arms over my chest.

Jagger smiled in amusement as he swung his legs back and forth on the table. I couldn't help by roll my eyes at his foolishness. Suddenly, the pitter patter of footsteps came up from behind us, and everyone else rolled into the lab.

"What are you guys doing here?" I asked, making eye contact with Raine.

Crossing her arms over her chest in a sassy matter, she rolled her eyes. "We're obviously here to see his lab results," she replied, her head motioning towards Jagger.

"Well the test hasn't even started, so the results won't be here for some time."

"Oh hush up you old bag. You sound worse than Shadow when he's cranky."

Shadow raised an eyebrow to this, "Oh, really?"

Raine chuckled, "You know I love you, Master." Averting her attention back to me, Raine smirked. "We're just here to see the action."

"Whatever," I replied, turning away from her and the rest of the group.

Shadow smiled, "Well sure nice to see you all here this morning. As you all may or may not know, Mister Knightly here will be staying with us for the time being. He had warned us about an attack beforehand, and therefore he is a help to us." I rolled my eyes. Something about the way that Shadow seemed so trusting of him started to bother me. Shadow was more wise than this. I wasn't trying to read more into things but something else has to be going on beneath the surface.

"Okay, Mr. Knightly, please lay down on the lab table. Now we're going to strap your wrists to the table. I need you to lay down there and we're going to place suction cups on your body. The suction cups will poke a bit because they will release a light dose of sleeping gas into you. From there, they will test your vitals and after the testing is done, I will read it to see what category you fall under. Understand?"