102 Hundred & Two(102)

    It was an incredibly large and tall building with the words "Meta Department'' pasted right on its front as though declaring its presence to the world. The Meta Department was a department under the Elysian Government that put Meta above all else, they ensured that every Meta is registered and trained to ensure there are no accidents for when they eventually get to use their powers. It also deals with all forms of Meta related crimes, in basic terms this was an organization made to manage Mutants or Meta humans as King Smith calls them.

    Entering the building, Reynolds immediately walked up to the receptionist and while pulling out a small card from his wallet. It was an I.D

"How can I help you today, sir?" the receptionship asked 

"I was called to return for my blood test again apparently my blood can't exist outside my body for a long time" 

"Ah.. you will be surprised at how often cases like this appear but even then nobody expects it"

"True" Reynolds replied in an understanding tone since this didn't exactly sound like what someone would expect to happen.

"Okay then please place your hand on the scanner over there so you can get registered" The woman said pointing at a small apparatus by her left which was basically just a small cuboid box with a handprint reader on it.

"Oh i'm already registered" Reynolds said as he handed his I.D to the woman

"Oh… that saves us some time… Robert Reynolds?"

"Yes" 

"Okay then please take a seat, we would attend to you in a few minutes" the woman said while pointing towards the chairs placed in the waiting room of the reception.

"Sure" Reynolds replied as he collected his I.D and sat down to wait

    While sitting, Reynolds couldn't help but remember when he first got himself registered. At that time, the only thing that he wanted to do was to hide himself from the world, he was powerful and highly unstable. Even he knew that much about himself, from the demon within him to his unstable mental state. It was incredibly hard to live a normal life. Trying the hero thing was a huge mistake but thankfully it didn't last long and the world is not exterminated yet but with a little virtual therapy and several months of something that he still had no idea what it was, he felt more in control.

"Sir Reynolds, the doc will see you now" The receptionist called out 

"Okay thanks"

    Reynolds immediately stood up and walked to the reception where he was made to follow a holographic helper. After years of living on Elysium, one will get used to the use of virtual or artificial intelligence in basically everything, all under the command of the main A.I, Paris. The V.I led Reynolds to an office where he would meet the doctor.

"Mr Reynolds, sorry to call you back here but apparently you are a more interesting Meta than we initially thought"

"Well, Reed and Adam said the same thing before but this is new, In the lab, my blood has never displayed any such effects before?"

"Well it isn't exactly something you expect, is it" She said as he got her equipment ready to take some samples of his DNA

"True" Reynolds replied then a small period of awkward silence ensured in the room

"So…. How did you get your powers"

"Huh?"

"Oh sorry, I just recently found out that most metas get their powers due to stupid events" 

"I dont think that's true"

"Well facts don't lie, there is a certain shape shifter I know that got their powers from some kind of radioactive goo" 

"How the fuck did they get their hands on something like that" Reynolds couldn't help but ask 

"Who knows, all I know is that it took us nearly a year to revive them" 

"Huh?...."

"So how did you get yours" 

"Ah… all I can say is that I was a junkie and I took something I shouldn't have"

"Ah! The regular"

"What do you mean?"

"Many metas are junkies, honestly at some point, I was thinking that there is some sort of junkie god watching over them" 

"That sort of hurts"

"Hahaha" she laughed as she placed the last vial into a rack

*Sigh* "well facts don't lie, but what about you, how did you get your powers?" 

"Me, oh no I'm a mutant… wow that feels nice to say out loud, nice but weird" she replied while smiling 

"Ah!! The roulette group of metas, what powers did you score"