Capítulo 2: chapter 2
The bus ride was uneventful. The tension in the air was thick enough to cut with a knife, and the armed military personnel who walked up and down the isle of the bus did not help. The man was dressed entirely in black, and there were no indications of rank or name on his uniform. If one was not in the know they would not even know that the man was a member of the military.
Izzy however was all to familiar with the uniform in front of him. In his days of traversing the dark web he had seen many hints at the secret organization in front of him. The organization was like a ghost, and did not officially exist. Even news of them on the deepest regions of the net were quickly wiped out, and those who had posted about them never heard from again.
This organization was the elite of the elite. Their ability and prowess made special forces and navy seals look like school girls. If even half of their supposed missions were made public they would be infamous. Fortunately their nature as a ghost organization had prevented that from happening.
Of course Izzy could not reveal he knew anything about the organization. Doing so would be signing his own death sentence. The organization was a taboo existence, as such any individual that knew about it would either need to be quiet, or would be permanently silenced.
With this in mind he deliberately avoided eye contact with the man. This was actually rather easy to do as his parents were failing at keeping their panic at bay. They had been in the bus for an hour already, the outpost facility in which they had loaded up in had long since vanished from the rear view mirror.
There had been no grand ceremony when they departed. Rather a total of 5 armed men in black uniforms hand entered the bus. One of them took the driver's seat. Two were positioned in the rear of the bus, and one guarded the front. the last was the soldier who patrolled up and down the isle. None of the soldiers had said a word.
The trip commenced in total silence, with only the occasional mutterings from his parents breaking the monotonously sterile enviornment. These mutterings were quickly stifled as the patrolling soldier would simply glance at them when they spoke. That glance was filled with enough pressure to cause sweat to break out on their foreheads.
Izzy was forced to agree with the urban legend of the dark web that these soldiers were not human. No human could display that amount of power with a single glance. He forcefully suppressed a scream when the soldiers gaze lingered on him for a moment.
From that moment on he stared only at the seat in front of him. He did not bother with the soldiers or his parents. He could only pray that he had made the right decision in joining the adventure. He knew that he would not be interacting with this people on a regular basis, that he would be in a capsule playing a game. But the idea was still rather terrifying.
The rest of the journey crawled by at a snail's pace, but for the entire trip his eyes did not leave the back of the seat in front of him. The lingering pressure he had felt from that brief moment was enough to stifle any curiosity that he had.
The bus came to a stop, but none of the passengers stood up. They sat patiently waiting for a signal that it was time for them to depart. The signal came as the soldiers departed the bus. They moved in a quick, but unhurried manor. They did not speak, but as the last of them left the bus the passengers let out a collective sigh of relief as the overwhelming pressure eased in the bus.
The first group to get up were John and his parents. The boys parents were not very impressive. They seemed to try to have dress up, but it was obvious that this was not something that they were used to. The fathers suit was obviously purchased from a department store. and his tie was a clip on. The mother was wearing a summer dress, and it looked rather good on her, but then low cut neckline made it more appropriate to be an evening dress. Never the less the parents carried an arrogant attitude as the escorted their son off of the bus. The scene was rather surreal.
The next to get up surprisingly was Alexis and her family. The situation of her family seemed to be much more stable. She did not have a traditional mother and father, but instead was occupied by two women. It was obvious from the way they looked at each other that they were married. They held nothing but pride for their daughter. Both were both dressed in suits. one of them black and the other white.
They were followed by Albert and Shawna. They left at the same time, walking hand in hand. Izzy recalled that the two had grown up in the same city, and in many ways Shawna was the girl next door. They had been dating for the last 2 years. They were accompanied by their parents, who seemed to be your average upper middle class families.
The last two groups of people were Izzy and his parents, as well as Celine. Celine traveled by herself, and was not wearing any kind of formal attire. She wore Jean's and a Tshirt. The way she presented herself did not make it seem as if she was underdressed, rather she made it seem as if everyone else was over dressed.
She came by herself, this was to be expected as she had become emancipated when she turned 16. Her parents had squandered all of her earnings from the first two albums she had produced not saving a dime of it for their daughter. After she became emancipated she released her third album, but rumor had it that her agent had taken off with a large portion of the funds from that.
Because of that she had been forced to live a middle class life, surviving off the royalty from her albums. Izzy could only guess that her financial problems were what led her to joining into the beta. She was the next to depart. However, Izzy's clumsiness played it's part as he stumbled over air. The action was not devastating as it could have been, however it did put me face to face with an Idol.
She only looked at him with a smile, seemingly wait for him to speak. He rubbed his awkwardly. He was not very good with people, especially with attractive girls. However Celine was rather patient, waiting for him to build up his courage.
"Um, would you like to walk out with us? I noticed that you're alone, and those military guys are rather scary."
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