The Other Side

Chapter 1

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You're like a ray of sunshine on a really dreary day. Thank you!

- Owen -

The sound of heavy rain crashing against the windshield filled Owen’s car. It drowned out the sound of the classical music on the radio and almost completely obscured his view of the road. The granite beneath his vehicle was slippery, making the drive even more dangerous.  

Even though he tried hard to concentrate on driving, Owen’s mind kept unconsciously returning to the details of the mission he had just received from Dr. Roberts.  

A bird had been badly injured on a mission and was currently in a coma at the hospital. Her team withdrew from the mission after they realized it was more dangerous than the Academy had thought.  

This was where his family came in. Dr. Roberts believed with his family’s set of skills, they could face this mission. Initially the government hadn’t cared about the problem, but after the dead person was found last year, their perceptions changed.

The previous Academy team had been infiltrating for two years, and now they only had one year left to complete it before the government took matters into their own hands. The Academy wanted to be the ones to solve this; federal involvement was always messy.  

The government had never cared how many victims accumulated while they covered up a problem - as long as it didn’t become public knowledge. That was one of the many reasons Academies existed in the first place.  

Initially this mission was an undercover assignment to discover how corrupt Ashley Waters was, and to improve the school system. The longer they investigated however, the more problems arose, such as the prostitution and the drugs.  

Blackbourne's team had refused this mission at first because they’d already accepted other, at the time, more important missions. This led Owen to wonder whether this assignment would have been completed by now if his team had just accepted to begin with.

But he couldn't think like that. They didn't know the full details of the mission due to the particulars being confidential. He couldn't make judgments without having more information.  

Owen decided just to concentrate on the road, when he passed a car emitting smoke on the road’s shoulder and a person standing by the door.  

He stopped his car and approached the vehicle on the side of road, noticing that the person had long hair. "Hello? Do you need help?"  

But strangely as he approached the car the person disappeared, leaving two people who were unconscious in the front seat and the encroaching darkness in their wake. Owen frowned in worry when he noticed the two, taking out his phone to call 911. He looked around in search of the person he had seen until help arrived.  

When the ambulance came, police approached him to ask for some details. He informed the police of what happened since he’d arrived, and about the person that had suddenly disappeared. The officer said that he would look at surveillance footage from surrounding areas and ask the victims to make statements when they woke up.   

Medical staff approached the police to inform him that the man was dead but the woman was just unconscious. The ambulance then drove away, and Owen gave his phone number to the officer before continuing his journey to Nathan's house.

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- Luke -  

Everyone was busy with their own thing. Victor with his laptop checking on things, Gabriel browsing an online store searching for painting stuff, Kota on the phone talking to Mr.B, Sean patching up injuries Nathan had managed to sustain recently, Silas and North still asleep after their shift at the diner, and Mr.B making his way there.