TYLER
Lillete may be confident, but for some reason I can't stop thinking about this time in the Camp. Just being at a society with Children of 42 all over again is making me think about this time when we were all sixteen... There was this woman Valerie, and she introduced us to Pyramids...
3 years earlier
"Enhanced hearing gives you the power to hear sounds better than the average person whenever you intend on doing so," explained Valerie. Pyramids were a sudden new thing in training that no one had ever told us about. There were four levels, and you had to get to the top to apparently pass full time. "Today we will be testing your enhanced hearing. It will be very simple. All you have to do is put on the blindfold and detect what you hear around you."
I looked at the blindfold I held, and nodded back up at Valerie.
"You will have robot devices that will surround you and make a high frequency pitch. If you hear it, aim the sensor you have at your hand at it. If you aim it right, it means your hearing is good," explained Valerie. Disturbed, I looked at all of the square shaped robots that surrounded me in the room. "But some of the robots will play louder sounds. Sounds all of us can hear. Your goal is to not direct the sensor at them."
Of course there was always a catch.
"If you direct your sensor towards the louder sounds, it will deduct your score until you fail your first round of Pyramids." explained Valerie coldly.
"May I ask why?" I asked. Valerie put her chin up, arching an eyebrow.
"We're testing your temptation to strike at the loud sensors. Think of them as people. We don't want you to hurt anyone." said Valerie with a creepy smile.
That's just ridiculous. I couldn't hurt anyone with enhanced hearing!
"You may begin when you're ready." said Valerie. What the hell was she trying to do to us?
I hesitantly put on the blindfold, and got the sensor in my hand ready. I swallowed, trying my hardest not to be nervous. When you were nervous, your powers always got worse, they got out of control and you'd just DO things.
Well I had to focus. Listen for the beeps. I turned all of my hearing on.
I heard a long, high pitched sound coming from my right. I turned to my right, directing the sensor to it. Just like that, the beeping stopped.
Phew... so far so good...
Another one came a little more towards my right, behind me. I turned, moving the sensor towards the beep, and it stopped. The beeping continued. One came to my left, one came to my right. Another to my right, and to my left.
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An Outsider's Call
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