Governmental Training Center, Crystal City
"It's time for you to test your true power!" a middle aged man shouted excitedly at a young Michael and Alex, then seven and eight years old and undergoing intense government training. "Ever since the disasters in entities sparked again, our powers have become more powerful and unpredictable! So in this training, you're going to try testing your abilities to their full extent and make me bleed!"
"Make you bleed?" Alex asked worryingly. "Sora, we don't want to see you get hurt after the incident!"
Sora looked down at both of his students, then remembered the gruesome scar that was on his chest - it was a massive cut from the entity GGLAM, who had almost killed the pre-establishment Team ENTITY during an adventure.
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"Make your lightning currents swift and precise if you want a single prayer of cutting me, because it isn't going to be easy!" he joked, falling onto the floor shortly after due to his laughter towards his own joke. Both Michael and Alex glimpsed at each other awkwardly as he came back to his senses. Using his legs, he propped himself back up and ran into the night of Crystal City, prepared for their battle.
After the incident between the young members of Team ENTITY started the awkward era between Michael and Alex, who were best friends but were slowly falling apart. Now, they were just both citizens of Crystal City that were being trained by the government - nothing more, nothing less. Alex violently tapped Michael on the shoulder, causing his heart to drop. "What the hell do you want, just focus on the mission instead of trying to annoy me!" he exclaimed.
"I know you're still shaken up right now," Alex replied, "But I was thinking about what Kevin said, and I think we should give each other another change and study entities toget--"
Before Alex finished his idea, Michael swatted his hand off of his shoulder. "Don't talk to me like we still have some type of relationship, everything between us has collapsed already, beyond the point of return!"
Alex sighed, slowly slouching alongside Michael as they both disappeared into the night to go and pursue Sora.
Sora, watching them venture into the opposite direction, sat on the top of the governmental building and rolled his shirt up to his chest. Right on his chest was the giant cut that he had received, and it was slowly opening up once again. His mind flashed back to the doctor's exact speech: "I saved your life for now, but there's another year maximum until that cut opens back up," he reported. "If it does, I think you'll bleed out faster than before and die a painful d-"
A woman, about the same age as Sora, hit him hard on the head with a metal pipe as she thought he was another pedophile looking for kids to feast upon. After noticing it was Sora, she quickly rushed beside him and sat down next to him. "Sora," she asked, "Have you heard anything from Kevin's parents or grandparents yet?"
He slowly nodded his head in denial, plopping his head down onto the rooftop as they both stared at the beautiful city before them. "Do you ever wonder if the next generation, primarily those children I saved, could lead the world into a new era?"
Grace chuckled, swinging both of her legs slowly as she plopped her head down onto Sora's shoulder. "Kevin, Gerald, and Samantha definitely could manage the torch and successfully pass it onto the next generation, but it depends on the strengths of our incoming enemies to make them mentally and physically stronger.
Sora slightly smiled, trying to stay positive in front of his best friend. "Hmph," he sounded. "I wonder how my boys are going to be by the time they grow up."
Little did he know then, Michael was now changing the world step by step alongside Alex and their friends, but multiple threats still loomed across the entity world that had been deemed impossible to defeat for hundreds of years.
Present - Turia, Land Of Trila
Cookie was exiled from the forest at full speed, now using her swords as damage control for her landing in the valley of Turia, where another village full of citizens had stood before the infiltration took place. She struggled to stand up, her eyes focused on where Michael would emerge from next.
Back in the forest, Michael, Samantha, and Alex continued to talk about what their next move would be to take down Cookie once for all and get to the castle as soon as possible. "What the hell is cryoplasma!?" Alex exclaimed, his thoughts unstable.
"There's no time to define what it is, Alex. If we combine all our powers together, we'll be able to create it and I'll be able to end this battle in one shot so we can go and aid Kevin!"
Samantha nodded and smiled, still relieved that Michael was still alive from what Cookie had unleashed upon him earlier. She happily provided Michael with her ice, and Alex provided him with his fire, and the instability of the element caused Michael's hand to burn for a few seconds before he got accustomed to it. "You're sure you don't need our help?" Alex asked, his caring personality showing in front of Michael for the first time in years. "I'm alright, just heal up before you enter another battle!" he replied, the instability of the plasma causing his hand to burn slightly once again. "You can count on me to not die!"