Paths to follow by Steffie

Author's notes:Prt 4 of my backstory.Before I get singed by lots of 
flamey e-mails,I believe Dark Legionnaires go to schools to be tested for 
their talents and how it could help the Dark Legion.

Knuckles etc (c) SEGA
Kragok etc (c) Archie
Lupe-An and everybody else you don't know are (c) 
Steffie/Lupe-An(me)Please don't steal my characters or my storyline.

Enjoy ^_^
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Time:Four years after "The Hatching"
Place:The Twilight Zone's school

Kragok and his sister,Lien-Da,walked behind Merin-Da.They are wearing 
their school uniform:it looks just like the average Dark Legionnaires' 
outfit but is smaller and navy blue.Kragok couldn't believe the weight 
of his schoolbag.it's just too heavy.He turned to his left to see if his 
sister is also struggling.Nope,she isn't.He noticed four bag-straps 
around his arms.Then it finally struck him;his sister must've somehow put 
her bag on his back while they walked through the school's corridor.He 
felt his blood boil.

'Oh,wait till I get my hands on you,Lien,you'll wish that you'd never 
been born!' Kragok warned his sister in his thoughts.Lien-Da smiled 
slyly at her brother.She loves teasing and bullying(not in a nasty 
way)him.It's just so entertaining.Merin-Da suddenly stopped in her tracks.The 
twins watched in awe while Merin-Da opened the classroom door.The door 
was,like others,made out of solid titanium.It had a red "Junior DL # 
000" sign on it too.Merin-Da told Kragok and Lien-Da to come inside.Kragok 
walked in first with Lien-Da close behind.

"Class,I like you to meet our new students,Kragok and Lien-Da.They 
happen to be Lord Luger's children.Please let them feel welcomed here." the 
female teacher told the Preschool children.She is purple furred,has 
green eyes and wore a pink kimono.She wore her long black hair in a 
bun.She is too friendly if you ask Kragok or Lien-Da.Merin-Da bend down and 
kissed Lien-Da and Kragok on the lips goodbye.Kragok wiped his mouth 
with his sleeve and stuck his tongue out in disgust.Lien-Da and the other 
children laughed at him.Merin-Da waved goodbye and told the twins to be 
good.She shut the door behind her.

"Okay,kids,you can play with any of the toys or colour in or draw some 
pictures.The paper and colouring-in pictures are on that purple table 
there by this corner.The toys are there in that corner." Tania-Lu(the 
teacher) told them.Lien-Da eagerly ran up to the corner where the box 
is.Kragok dropped the bags onto the floor.He stood still for a 
moment,'This is what we'll do 24/7?Na ah!I'd rather do some mathematical 
problems.' he thought to himself.Suddenly,some girl waved at Kragok to get his 
attention.He looked up and saw...Lupe-An.

'NOT HER!!!' he screamed in his mind.Everytime his mom visit Doctor 
Rose-An,she forced the twins to come with her.Although he loved playing 
with Ixis,he hated Lupe-An.She follows him around and always asked him to 
play with her.Although she never told him,he's sure she'd ask him to 
play dolls with her like Lien-Da.Playing with dolls is totally 
terrible.He tried to ignore Lupe-An but she ran up to him and dragged him by the 
arm to the table.

"C'mon,Kragok.Let's play what I want to play." she nagged.She finally 
dragged the struggling Kragok to the table.To his surprise,she doesn't 
have any dolls with her.The only thing she's got was the most advanced 
Handheld console.Kragok stared first at Lupe-An and then at the 
plane.Lupe-An giggled at the shocked echinda.

"You...you...you play with boy's toys?" Kragok exclaimed in shock.
"Always have,that's why I'd always wanted to play with you and my 
brother." she explained.

*Meanwhile at the DL Hospital*

Doctor Butch and Rose-An lead Luger and Merin-Da into the lab.Not just 
any lab,the lab where the Twilight Virus was kept in four years.Doctor 
Butch asked who wants to come with him into the lab.Merin-Da told him 
she wants to go with.She asked Luger if he wants to come.He shook his 
head,he'll just watch through the glass window.Merin-Da shrugged her 
shoulders and followed Dr. Butch into the lab.Rose-An wanted to go in with 
them but her boss called over the intercom to go and help another 
doctor out with something.She saluted Luger goodbye and jogged hastilly 
upstairs.

In the lab,Dr. Butch gave Merin-Da the tour.The duo noticed one of the 
doctors handeling the Twilight Virus' vial ever so carefully.As soon as 
they were a few feet away from the doctor(they all wore masks),he 
accidently dropped the vial.The Twilight Virus can live without any food 
supply for centuries.It multiplied and was inhaled by Merin-Da and Dr. 
Butch.None of the doctors were worried;everyone's masks for some reason 
were invisible and they thought Dr. Butch and Merin-Da were wearing one 
right now.Luger didn't do anything because if the doctors didn't panic 
or warn them,why worry?.The virus started its destruction ever so slowly 
in its victims' bodies...

*Back to the DL school*

Lien-Da couldn't believe it.Are her eyes deceiving her?She could've 
sworn she saw Kragok with Lupe-An.She turned her attention to her friends.

While they were playing,Tania-Lu ticked something off.She had a piece 
of paper with her and ticked off the children's name where they're more 
suited at(example:"Lupe-An" will be ticked off at "Doctor")(she's 
trained to notice each child's talent from a young age).She's quite 
surprised to see Lupe-An and Lien-Da's name ticked off at "Grandmistress".

'That's odd...' she thought to herself.She shrugged it off.

*Hours later*

The children moaned when their parents came to fetch 
them.Merin-Da,Rose-An and their husbands fetched their children.While they travelled back 
home in their boogies,Merin-Da and Dr. Butch breathed heavily.

"Are you okay?" Rose-An and Luger asked their spouses.
"I think I've got bronchitis...I'll be alright after I take 
medication." They ressasure their spouses.

Luger and Rose-An let the topic pass.It must be nothing.Oh,how wrong 
they are... 

To be continued...

Next story:The Loss