Chapter Twenty-three: Stories and Teams

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Atalanta's brother doesn't look much.

I mean, he looks like an assassin but nothing more than that. He's just like a cosplayer you see on the street.

He wore a long, midnight black scarf, sleeveless jacket with a demon symbol on the back, fingerless gloves, strong, black metal boots, and a hat which covers up his face.

But it's a different story once he removed his demon mask.

He had pale skin, quite opposite to Atalanta. His eyes are two-colored. The left one was navy blue and the right one was gray. All in all, he looked like an alien rather than a human, and completely different from Atalanta.

"You've changed since the last time I saw you, Damon."

Atalanta and his brother once looked quite similar before they parted, and they told it to the others when they looked shocked at Damon's face.

"It was only because of my training that it changed."

Damon Shadow, back when he was 12, was invited to train to become an assassin. He and their parents immediately agreed, not knowing what was in store for him.

Damon trained under the aliens for 3 years before coming out, completely changed. He once went home and his parents were creeped out by his change. He was still welcomed with open arms, though. He also left home that day due to his work. He never saw Atalanta that day, nor did he know what was happening. They had only met again during Adudu's attack after he left for training.

"By the way, where did you get those powers, Atalanta?" Damon asked.

Atalanta explained her side of the story, somewhat reluctantly.

Apparently, a few days after Damon went to train, Atalanta was kidnapped by a group of aliens to become their experiment. They manipulated her mind and her body. She was stuck in there for 5 years, and only escaped when she was 13.

"I had already come to terms in what happened during that period. It doesn't bother me much anymore." And so, she told them a few parts of the whole story.

During her time of being kidnapped, she had learned about aliens and power spheres. 

"There's this one power sphere named TechnoBot. He was one of the power spheres that was supposed to be experimented on humans. He didn't like it, obviously, so he helped me escape. However, we were busted on our way out. We were attacked. In his last burst of energy, he gave me his power which made escaping very much possible, adding to the results of the experiment of the aliens. Unfortunately, he became dormant afterwards, so the only thing that I could do for him was to get it out."

Atalanta smiled sadly at the memory of the power sphere. Earth understood. After all, if Ochobot did the same thing... let's just leave it hanging there, okay?

"Not only was I able to save TechnoBot, but also another power sphere. Its name is-"

"VoiceBot!"

Everyone looked around confused when they heard a small robotic voice. That is until Atalanta pulled out her necklace. It looked like a small golden ball attached to a silver chain.

"You can enlarge yourself if you want."

The small ball enlarged to reveal a similar-looking power sphere with the same size as Ochobot. It also has similarities to Bellbot, with their simple face structure. Atalanta let go of him and the power sphere used the chain as hand-like feet for support.

"Hello. My name is VoiceBot."

VoiceBot was the other power sphere that Atalanta had saved. She had attached him to her neck upon her way out after TechnoBot deactivated. VoiceBot, like TechnoBot, had also given her powers, but didn't deactivate as it still had its own energy left.

"The power that I usually use came from VoiceBot. I can influence others' mind and emotions, including self-thinking robots like power spheres using my voice. Probe is not much affected because he is still dependent on Adudu."

"What about the power that came from TechnoBot?"

Atalanta took off her glasses, which looked like the ones that you see on the street and held it up.

Atalanta took off her glasses, which looked like the ones that you see on the street and held it up

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(This is the picture of the glasses.)

"This is not an ordinary pair of glasses. It's technology-based. Its abilities are mainly focused on research and figuring out the enemy's strengths and weaknesses. I made it using TechnoBot's powers."

Everyone was dumbfounded at her. Atalanta turned to Damon.

"Does that story satisfy you?"

Damon didn't comment. He was too shocked to say anything. Suddenly, his watch beeped.

"Shadow, where are you? Commander needs you to go back now."

Damon sighed and put back his mask on and readjusted his hat. 

"I'm sorry that I have to go, Atalanta. I shall see you soon." With that, he faded into the wind.

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This part is only about Atalanta and Damon's past. More of the actual story in the next parts.

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