Chapter 20 - Confusion

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Since the first broadcasts of the Legion's threatening message, a small part of the population had been tattooed with the famous picture in question. But on this day, the Legion took action and attacked the city of Sosergalf, a city of about 2 million people. Flynn was walking through the streets moving street lamps and other metal objects to immobilize civilians who were on the streets. Kyna had built ice walls about 3 meters high at the main exits of the city to prevent people from entering or leaving. Yuu took control of people's shadows and made sure they were immobilized on the ground. Suna was standing back at the power station and sending signals to block all communications between the city and the rest of the world. Gwen, Hug, Kaya, Renji and Jon were in charge of gathering the people with the tattoo on their hands.

Kaya: Don't worry, my cute ones, only those who don't have the tattoo will suffer the consequences of their choice~

There were to be about three groups of 500 people, from the upper classes of society to the less privileged. Hug, Renji Yuu and were with the first group, people of the high class. Flynn, Kyna and Gwen were with a second group and Jon, Kaya and Suna were with a third group.

Kaya approaches a man and puts one of his claws on his cheek. She slits his throat with it and lets the man fall to the ground. People closer to the action start to panic. Panic quickly settles in the place. Yuu on the side of the first group was having fun strangling people with their own shadows. Kyna would make several ice spears and throw them at people who panicked. No one suspected that some of the individuals who had the tattoo had powers. In the first group, a young woman was screaming at Renji, Renji was thrown into the wall. The young woman turns to Yuu and does the same thing.

The young woman: May those with power do something to help!
Hug: So you have a power too!

Hug screams and runs towards the young woman. The young woman inspires and pushes a final scream to push him away. One of the men throws a chair at Hug who deviates a little from his trajectory. Hug ends up head first against the wall. Renji throws a sword into the woman's shoulder. She steps back and holds her shoulder.

Young woman: Don't let them do it! Let's fight! Let's fight!

People were still afraid, but some intended to resist.

The third group did the same thing, they were defending themselves against the bad guys. Emile, a man in his thirties was sending giant bubbles around the people closest to him to protect them from the attack of the villains. A child was creating portals to get people out.

Rose: Get out! Quick!

Emile was face to face with Suna, Suna was backing away. She didn't want to end up in a bubble like that. The large room was gradually emptying, some people hesitate to pass through the gate, some preferred to survive than to think of the strange gate. The child was quickly exhausted, she was already tired of keeping the gates open. Jon used his elastic body to grab the girl by the waist and bring her back to him. Pink crit, frightened.

Rose: No! Get off me! Ahhhh!
Jon: You're just a child, since when do children have powers?
Rose: Let go of me I say!

Emile turns to the little girl's cries and runs to them.

Emile: Let this child go!
Jon: Who are you?
Emile: The man who will stop you from hurting the innocent!

Jon smiles and sends his fist to Emile to hit him. Emile sends a bubble on his fist that slowly flies towards the ceiling. Rose punches Jon in the face. Jon steps back and lets go of Rose. Emile sends another plundered bubble on Jon to lock him in.

Emile: Keep going through the portals, we have to get people out of there.
Rose: You don't have any orders to give me, and then I'm too tired to keep creating portals...
Emile: Okay. Then we have to open the doors.
Rose: I don't know how to do that.
Emile: I'll take care of it.

Emile turns to Suna and throws several bubbles at her. Suna screams and tries to avoid bubbles. Kaya puts her hand on Emile's shoulder.

Kaya: Relax~ Everything is fine~

Emile shakes a little and hit Kaya's in the stomach with his elbows. Kaya does not understand why her effect is not as effective on him. Emile punches her again.

Emile: I don't know what your power is, but it doesn't work on me!
Kaya: I should be able to control you! How do you do that?
Emile: I don't know, but I know you're going to end up in a bubble too!

Suna hits Emile's head hard, and he ends up on the ground, fainting.

In the second group, Flynn was facing teenagers in doubles, Myles, he knew how to split up. Flynn was directing his knives at his targets, he didn't know which one was the real one. Flynn hated his position.

Flynn: Kyna! Do you need a hand?

Kyna looks at Flynn and sends a blizzard to the doubles. She turns around and sees a giant fist coming towards her. She receives it in her face and falls from her ice stalagmite. Kyna feels her hand positioning itself around her. Kyna was panicking.

Kyna: What the hell is this shitty power?!
Tiffany: You won't hurt anyone else!

Kyna is starting to make her skin very cold. Tiffany grins and finally lets her go. Kyna gets up slowly while she thaws. Some Myles were running towards Flynn to try to stop him.

The doors where the second group was locked opened, several armed men pointed their weapons at Flynn, Kyna and Gwen. Flynn is quickly put on ko via tranquilizing arrows. Gwen soon falls too, but not before she has petrified three armed men. Kaya locks herself in an ice cocoon to protect herself from armed men. They're starting to get everyone out.

In the first group, Beth was screaming at Renji to stop him from throwing his weapons at her, she was bleeding a lot from her shoulder. The same kind of armed group that broke into the room. Beth stops screaming at Renji and gets another knife in her stomach. She moves back and ends up on her back. Renji gets shot with a tranquilizer dart in the neck.

In the third group, several people had already been secured thanks to Emile's bubbles as well as Jon who had been immobilized. Kaya and Suna were quickly knocked out too. The soldiers took everyone out of the three places, many were seriously injured, but even more had lost their lives. Strangely, the soldiers could no longer find Legion members, they were no longer in the rooms.

Several journalists were filming the action that was taking place, the civilians who were being taken out. They were talking about people with powers. Beth was on a stretcher and some civilians thanked her for saving their lives. Beth smiled faintly as she looked at the people who were thanking her.

Beth: Thank you for resisting, and sorry I couldn't save more...

Beth felt guilty and stupid at the same time, if she hadn't gotten that tattoo, she wouldn't have been locked up and if she hadn't been locked up, maybe they would all be dead.

Myles didn't talk about his power, but he sees a young woman pointing at him and saying he had doubled. Myles gets up and leaves quickly to try to escape the journalists. Tiffany smiled and answered people's questions, without giving her name, she had asked that her face be blurred on the screen.

Emile was unconscious and Rose stayed beside him and waited for him to wake up, a 14-year-old girl who insists on staying close to a man in his thirties. Some said that the two of them had powers and had saved them.

In the end, the main subject of the news was the Legion's attack on the city of Sosergalf, the death of more than 300 people and some courageous individuals who defended civilians with their powers. Certainly, some newspapers said that these people with powers were dangerous and that they had to be killed or locked up. Quickly, people learn of the existence of new humans and their presence, tiny, but still leaving a mark on history.