January 2nd 2024, just as Ultra asked the law... Amelia was brought into custody for questioning and she was sitting alone with her hands in handcuffs and then the door opens... UltraX entered in holding a box of chocolate bars and closes the door. He leaves the box on the ground next to him and sits down in front of Amelia...
Name: Amelia Ivanova
Other name: Elena Alexova
Age: 22
Information: The missing daughter of the Ivanov family, after running away a series of events led to her joining the third order and manage a business in Egypt.
Manifestation 1: Telekinesis
Manifestation 2: Time stop
Manifestation Information 1: the user can use psychic and grab anything from living people to objects to even an entire building, if used on people it can disable someone else's manifestation while being held, that is only till they are being held, however the drawback of this power is that it can drain your energy if it is used for a long time.
Manifestation Information 2: The ability to stop time for as long as the user can. Some people can stop time for 5 seconds, others can for 9 seconds and third for as long as they want to, the user of the manifestation if they train for long enough they can reduce the cooldown of the time stop in exchange for stamina.
They looked at each other...
UltraX: So, you seem willing to talk about the so called third order?
Amelia: ... Yes...
Even though it has been days ever since her arrest, she does look a bit tired and hasn't gotten time for proper rest.
UltraX: I know you will not give the identities of all your partners, so I am gonna ask... What does the third order have against me, Elijah & Vlad?
Amelia: Well, the order wants to get rid of you along with the assassin organisation... So they used weaklings and once that did not work, they sended me & Issy for you
UltraX: Well, was anyone send against Vlad?
Amelia sighs.
Amelia: Yes, someone with cloning manifestation, he is meant to attack Vlad around January 7th 2024 from what I know.
UltraX: What is the objective of the assassin organisation and the third order?
Amelia: Well, they have two separate objectives. The organisation trains orphans or kidnapped kids into assassins of sorts for Project: V. The third order controls companies and government assets with trusted personal from the assassin organisation.
UltraX: How... Interesting...
Project: V, interesting... X recalls hearing that before from a talk with Kazuna about the folders they found.
UltraX: Well I suppose I am gonna ask, why did you exactly do what you've done?
Amelia: ...
UltraX: By that, why did you do this? You could've come back to the family and yet... You just went missing, mom told me that you were missing from home while I was in the Montana hospital being treated. Whatever happened, it must've been from events after you left and before ya joined the order.
UltraX sighs.
Amelia: I... To be blunt with you, I ran off with Issy and her brother Terrance to Sofia and we lived for years there. We went to Normal school with Issy since she didn't have a manifestation and studied economics. However, over the course of the second year, news talked about you... The new you and I figured out 2 + 2 and knew that you survived...
Ultra was listening closely...
Amelia: Then out of nowhere, the school was attacked by a woman with Energy manipulation manifestation & someone with clones, that being the third order members along with some poorly trained assassin organisation folk.
UltraX: Huh, an attack like the ones from 4 months ago.
Amelia: Yeah, the sad part about it is that they managed to kidnap Issy and well...
Amelia looked away.
Amelia: Sometime passes and I am 18, I finished school and gone back home to Terrance's place, after Issy was taken away it hit him hard. He treated me like a sibling despite everything and seeing him like that had an effect on me as well and how I viewed this wicked world... Once I was back home, I found her.
UltraX: Issy?
Amelia: Yeah she was back, but... She was... Not herself anymore, she was more cold hearted and Terrance was knocked out unconscious on the ground. From there is where I learned about the third order and the assassin organisation.
Hearing Issy and cold hearted sure was surprising for UltraX. Issy acted more playful and wasn't as cold as Amelia described, the more you know...
Amelia: Well I started doing all this cause I just wanted to get Issy out of the order, but I failed and ended overstaying there. Of course, now due to her and it's her fault... Her own brother is locked away in the organisation's facilities. Unlike others, he is a prisoner.
UltraX: So, Issy got an auto goal on herself on that day she knocked her brother out and took him to the order. Your goal to bring her out of the tyranny and propaganda of the order was noble... However, the plan...
Amelia: Was poorly executed.
Both took a deep breath and X pulled a chocolate bar out of the box and gave it to Amelia.
Amelia: You...
UltraX: Just take it, sis.
Amelia takes it and looks at him.
UltraX: You know, I haven't told mom about you being the time manipulation villain, but I told her that I found you and you developed time stop manifestation as your second.
Amelia: You didn't tell her the truth?
UltraX: I couldn't bring myself to, if I did... You would get whooped by her, and her whooping is not a thing to handle.
Amelia: Protective as usual, how cute. You haven't changed a bit since I left.
Amelia smiles.
UltraX: However, I will never forgive you for my right eye... You fucking made me blind on there!
Amelia sweats.
Amelia: S-Sorry...
UltraX: Anyways.
UltraX sighs, still a bit pissed.
UltraX: Anyways, I also talked with Tatsumaki and such to punish you with something else that does not lock you up in prison and...
Amelia: And...?
UltraX: Oh, you're gonna hate it. However, you are gonna work as a bartender secondary in a club in the city.
Amelia was not surprised.
Amelia: I am a manager of a Egyptian oil and gas company and she thinks that will scare me-
UltraX: For a month.
Amelia sweats more...
UltraX: Yeah sorry, but I already told her you accepted so...
Amelia: I-It's alright...
UltraX: So yeah, let's go. I will ask you for more information once we are at home.
UltraX gets up and picks up the box of chocolate bars. Amelia gets up and both leave the room.
An hour or two later, they arrived at the Ivanov mansion and both entered in...
Willow was expecting them, of course actually surprised that her son found her.
Willow: Amelia...
Of course it is one of those moments, Willow ran to hug her.
Willow: My baby girl has grown so much!
Amelia: M-Mom...!
A bit embarrassing to Amelia, but she hugs back her own mother. Luke walked in holding a cup of tea, he looked at Amelia making an eye contact of a disappointed father. He seems to know what she has done to her brother and she sweats a little. As Willow Let's go off the hug, Amelia notices Mina on the sofa...
Amelia: What the fuck is she doing here?
Willow and Luke looked, so did X as Amelia referred to Mina and she turns to look at a reunited Ivanov Family.
Willow: Oh yeah, about that... You see-
Luke: She is wanted for murdering a rich corrupt fuck which would be considered a crime, but she saved innocent people from the hands of that fuck, but his wife managed to pay the government to pin her as a criminal and she was kicked out of her house for saving innocent people.
Amelia: ... Huh, the more you learn.
Willow: I was gonna say she is our son's girlfriend, but thanks for the update...
Amelia was surprised by hearing that.
Amelia: Little bro actually dating a girl, my, my...
UltraX: Don't.
Amelia: My, my... You're telling me you actually got a girlfriend that has such a body and she is considered a criminal~
Amelia grins.
Amelia: So, I heard she beat her sister in a fight, but I didn't know you dated her.
UltraX: I mean we dated before that, but since her annoying mother wanted this forcing both of them to do it. I just happen to train Mina to beat Yurika.
UltraX sighs.
UltraX: Anyways, this mansion had a spare bedroom designed for you. For the past days since I told mom that I have found you, she decided to design that bedroom for you and all.
Amelia: R-Really?
Willow nods with a smile.
Willow: Come along, since you carrying your luggage too.
Willow turns around and walks away, Amelia followed her...
Luke & Ultra sit on the sofa next to Mina.
Luke: So, nobody is gonna tell Willow that Amelia is Elena Alexova or the fact she hurt her own brother?
UltraX: Yeah, it's for her own good. She might be s tough woman and a mother of 2 kids, but she is so soft and could be heartbreaking for us to handle her...
Luke: Well said, son.
Luke drank a bit of his tea.
Mina: Hmm wonder, how did you figure out that she is the time stop villain, did X tell you?
Luke: Yeah, he connected 2 and 2 together unlike Willow and told me right away.
Luke drank a bit of his tea.
UltraX: Well, now all remains is for her to complete her community job punishment and soon she will be send to hero missions like us, but the major issue now is to find out who else is in the third order. They will be coming after me, all of them are.
Luke: Well, for starters. Issy is known member, thanks to the info your sister has given to you. If we catch Issy, give her a little rumble... She may tell us who are the others.
UltraX: ... I doubt it, Amelia told me that she is too deep, far... If we want information, then its pointless to capture Issy.
Luke drank a bit of his tea.
Mina: Hmm, if there was something valuable to her...
UltraX: Yeah there is, her brother Terrance is locked in an assassin organisation facility somewhere and if we find him and free him...
Then a bell rang in X's head.
UltraX: If we get him out of there, we can get Issy to betray the order and we can get the information we need.
Mina: Huh, that was quick. However, do you know where exactly he is?
UltraX: No.
Mina sighs.
Mina: Yeah, then we might have a problem.
Luke: Oh well, you could say we are in a sticky situation as of now.
Ultra grins at this pun, but Luke is right. With an ex-third order member in their mansion and the Issy question... Along with Garou who was released months ago and the devil attacks that are happening. They couldn't do much about it.
Later that day, UltraX, Mina and Amelia were down in the underground area at the training zone...
UltraX: Ok, so... Amelia and Mina you will both train without manifestations in a regular sparing.
Amelia: Why with her and not you exactly?
UltraX: Don't you remember the ass-whooping ya received a couple days ago, dear sister?
Amelia remembers and looks away embarrassed.
Amelia: You got lucky, that's all!
UltraX: Hehe, anyways. Mina and you are both pretty good and equal for that matter in physical department... However, Amelia you lack the speed, timing and precision necessary while Mina lacks speed & strength needed to overcome stronger foes. While my analysis with moderation access have concluded, you two make "perfect" sparing partners for each other.
Moderation access ay, Mina knows more about it by the looks of her face while Amelia is still surprised her brother did not abuse his manifestation yet.
UltraX: So, you two train for 3 hours and come back upstairs for dinner, k?
Mina: Okay, X~
Mina giggles.
Amelia: Alright, lil bro.
After that they were left alone for 3 hours of sparing with only 2 breaks. Of course once they were done, X came back with Mason and it seems like it was time.
It seems Mason and X were hanging out again, per usual the agents of chaos as they would call themselves.
UltraX: Aww Come on Mason, you know Tatsumaki didn't mean to call you butler Alfrad.
Ultra chuckles.
UltraX: Anyways, hey Mina, Amelia!
Mina: X, hey.
UltraX: I brought a friend of mine, a genius guy with a great heart.
Amelia looked at Mason.
UltraX: His name is Mason, if you wonder where I spend 8 hours a day.
Mina: Hm...
Ultra sighs.
Mina: So you spend more time with him then your own girlfriend?
UltraX: Bros before girls, its kinda the code we had since we met on the internet back in 2018 or so.
Mason: Yeah-
Mason just notices Amelia and...
Mason: X, what is the time stop user doing here in your training grounds?
UltraX: Long story short, she is my sister and turns out she isn't evil. What a shock am I right?
Mason was a bit surprised, but then again he might have to get used to the fact a wanted woman with one dangerous manifestation is his friend's sister.
UltraX: Anyways, Mason meet Amelia. She is punished to do community work as bartender for a month under the watch of Viki.
Mason: Uh... Pleasure to meet you...
Mason was thinking to himself: "I feel weird and I wish I didn't have to use a braincell to question this... I know X and his family have their motives to kill the bad guys from the organisation, but never thought that he had a sister and he is willing to bail her out."
Amelia looked at Mason and thought to herself: "Damn he is shorter than X, yet I know me and X are 5'9, but damn..."
Mina was curious about something.
Mina: So why you guys here?
Mason (Whispering): Oh, the boss called.
Mina heard that clear.
UltraX: Not much reason, just checking up on your training. So, how is that going?
Amelia: Well, we taking our third break before continuing the training.
UltraX: Ah I see, just know that Mom will train you too... You know she is eager to and is pretty extreme.
Ultra sighs.
UltraX: Anyways, Mason you wanna have a sparing round?
Ultra turned to Mason with a mischievous grin on his face.
Mason: Of course, X.
Both then got on their position and looked at each other as Amelia and Mina sat away from the middle and watched.
Then Mason runs towards UltraX and attempts to hit him, but he dodges... He continues to dodge Mason's barrage of punches and kicks and he is still doing that.
UltraX: Come on, you know I am not gonna stand there and take it...
X caught Mason's fist and kicks him in the stomach and then let's go and grabs his arm and spins him around a little and throws him back. Mason lands on his feet.
Mason: So you training to preserve more energy by moving less?
UltraX: Yeah, that's the plan since moderation access has a different approach then reckless rushing down your opponent.
Mason: I see.
Mason rushes against UltraX and since only X (and viewers) can see the console... It wasn't obvious when he uses it...
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Mason attempts to run at UltraX, but he slips and Ultra teleports behind him and kicks him, teleporting again and kicks him back and Mason falls to the ground.
Mason gets up and runs towards X, attempting to punch him, but of course Ultra dodges again ans again and as X tried to counter attack... Mason pulled out a fish and slapped X's face and then got behind and pushed him and then got in front of him quickly and barraged him and kicked him up and then kicked him back and he runs towards UltraX who lands and then looks at his friend.
UltraX: Guess I took the bait.
Mason attempts to punch Ultra in the face, but he dodges again and then he kicks Mason's hand and then headbutts him and Ultra pushes him back a little.
UltraX: You know I'm taking it easy since this is a sparing match.
Mason: Hmm, even your easiest sometimes feels like your hardest.
Ultra smiles as Mason runs towards X again, but this time Ultra just stood there as Mason does one punch to the face... But suddenly he felt a reflected effect and Mason flew back as if he punched himself and fell to the ground.
Amelia was surprised as she watched this, how did her brother do this?
Mason: Ow... I hate this Ivanov ability and how they just can use it so casually...
Ultra stood in front of Mason who was on the ground and helped him get up.
UltraX: Yeah sorry, but I just remembered about it.
Mason: Yeah, it's alright.
Amelia and Mina walk up to them.
Amelia: Lil bro, what is this ability and how the fuck didn't mom talk about it?
UltraX: Well, its called reflect. Usually it's a counter which if used on time once ya get hit, ya do not feel the damage... However, ths enemy feels the pain doubled as the same attack's damage is felt on the same spot they hit themselves at. Reflect returns the enemy's attack damage double the rate. Of course... Mom and Dad stopped using it cause they had no reason to.
It was interesting, reflect was exclusive to the Ivanov family and was not tied to their manifestations.
UltraX: Basically, reflect is like an Uno reverse.
Mina knew a lot about this reflect from the ancient books she found and read.
Amelia: Oh wow, just wow. But can you teach me how to use it?
UltraX: Yeah sure, but another time. Lil bro has some work with his friend Mason.
Hours later, it was dinner time and the Ivanov family sat down on the table. It was exotic dinner this time as Amelia came back to the family.
Willow: Well, since we are on the table. Toast, for a successful mission!
As it is, they ate, drank and talked for sometime before going to bed and the day ending...
End of Chapter