Steven's Perspective:-

"So Sheeran, your training starts from this very moment, and now time for the best part." Saying so I removed a paper chit from the pocket of my trousers, and gave it to Sheeran. "Go on open it, it contains the timetable which you will follow strictly for the rest of the 27-28 days."I completed.

He took the chit and opened it. He took a look over the paper and stared at me with those poor, helpless eyes of his, pleading to not do such a thing. "I won't change it a bit, now read it aloud, so that Jaggs can take a note of it, after all both of us will be training you," I said, and he narrated,

"∆ 5 am- Wake up

∆ 5:15 am to 7 am - Jogging across the entire city.

∆ 7 am to 9:30 am - Meditation and Mana control training.

∆ 9:30 am to 10 am - A brief time for a quick breakfast.

∆ 10  am to 1 pm - Intense Physical training.

∆ 1pm to 1:30pm - Lunchtime!

∆ 1: 30pm to 5 pm - Intense Mana control training.

∆ 5 pm to 7 pm - A cool-down training session.

∆ 7 pm to 7:30 pm - Dinner

∆ 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm - A reading session and self-analysis

∆ 9:30 pm to 5 is - Sleep.

AND THEN REPEAT!!! "

Everything is fine by me, the stuff about reading and self-analyzing, I don't pretty much get it." He asked.

"There is this belief among us Yuris that, we can't be successful, just due to sheer willpower, physical strength, and the power of the devil. Using this is equally important." I said, pointing to my head. "Reading will keep you engaged in the academic sector and self-analyzing will provide you a better hand over all your competitors," I said.

"Ok that's cool, but can't I get some concession on at least the weekends and stuff? Come on everyone deserves some rest, even if they are the 'wanna be mightiest protectors of the Multiverse', don't they?" he said, "Yeah they do deserve some rest which they get only when they sleep, also Millie told me that she was going to teach Heath a new technique which will make him twice as stronger as he is now." I taunted him indirectly, as I knew that pinching someone at the right spot causes a hell of a lot of pain. 

"Come on when is the training starting I can't wait for it, bring it on. I don't need any breaks anymore!!!" he said punching in the air, floating like a butterfly, but he still had to learn how to sting like a bee. "Your training will be overlooked in the morning by me and by Jaggs in the evening, you can discuss and ask him any doubt you have or which will accumulate in your brain in the evening." I completed.

Jaggs looked at me and pointed at his wrist and I got his sign. "Ahem-, well actually I have a certain important business to look upon, hence I will like to take your leave gentlemen. I might get late, around 10 pm or so, Jaggs will take you to the house after your training." I said hastily to Sheeran.

"You are leaving? won't you stop to see how I train and get stronger?" he said, "Well I wanted to but I have to leave, I have to meet a certain somebody, somewhere. Don't worry we will do the training part together from the next morning." I said and he hugged me, I could understand his pain, after all, I was the person he had trusted so much till now, in this short span of a week or so. I comforted him and left.

I first went to my dwelling, Noel was off to the supermarket and the girls had gone to their school, at least the letter at the door said so, which was pretty much normal. I went to my room and changed into my official working outfit, which was my Silver robes with the dark black cape and most importantly my mask that covered my eyes. 

I left the house soon and took a bus, to the McKamey Prison. It was the biggest prison in the entire ACE-28072005, made especially to keep the most wanted, psychologically disturbed, prisoners. Sometimes the Yuris who turn rogue also are kept in the mansion. To make a simple comparison, McKamey Prison is similar to the Arkham Asylum, found in the DC comics, originally from ACE-28072006 which is termed as a proper masterclass here.

The Prison is said to be located in pitch darkness, so much so that not even an ounce of the blue-red radiations from the sky fell upon it. The Jailors, who also happen to be evil doctors are said to conduct various experiments on the prisoners. The McKamey Prison doesn't completely come under the jurisdiction of the Parliament here in Tvettay. Hence it is an autonomous body that does what it feels is right and the majority of the Yuris dump the intergalactic prisoners here.

I was visiting the prison after a very long time almost after 3 years or so to meet an old friend, who happens to be a prisoner in that gloomy place of shit, well yes due to a very unfortunate order of events. He was a kind person, in the beginning, being a year younger than me. Soon a developed a lust for power and turned rogue after he was promoted to the beta rank.

He joined a so-called sacred cult called the 'Cult of the Antichrist,' made up of rogue Yuris and other creatures in the Multiverse. They were peaceful initially but soon they started showing their true colors. A mission was launched to stop them about 3 years ago and I was a part of it. We had a battle full of bloodshed and grief that day, where we lost many of our comrades. We were successful in catching most of them but the leaders unfortunately escaped.

I reached the prison gate at around the time of 6 or so in the evening and waited for a bit as Millie too was Joining and helping me to interrogate the old friend. Around 20 min after my arrival, Millie arrived at the scene with her uniform on as well, in her Mini Cooper and we advanced towards the gate. As we were about to open the gate, we were stopped by a robotic head, emerging from one of the rusty hinges of the gate.

"Ah, shit! Here we go again!" I exclaimed as the robotic head started rotating itself. "What is it, Steven?" Millie asked. "Well it won't harm us, but you will see." When I finished the head scanned me first and then Millie, and announced in its shrill but clear robotic voice,

"Entry No:- 1
Name:-  Mr. Steven Clovis
Species:- Yuri
Rank:- Alpha
Devil:- Paimon
Origin:- Raccoon city, Sinauli.
Age:- 32

Entry No:- 2
Name:-  Ms. Millie Dumas
Species:- Yuri
Rank:- Alpha
Devil:- Leviathan
Origin:- Marseille, France
Age:- 31"

It was completed, and the gates opened. We hence entered the grounds of one of the cruelest, darkest, gloomiest, and Horrendous places to the knowledge of mankind ( Okay that was exaggerated). There was darkness all around and nothing else. We halted for a moment to decide which direction was the correct one. Soon a small, yet bright light appeared in our vicinity, just a 5-meter distance away from us.

It started moving ahead and we followed it. As we moved on and on, voices of wailing and whips and slashes and crying and mourning were heard all around. The area was filled with a mysterious spirit that was sweet and faint yet delusional. Soon we reached a door to the main building as the light guided us.

I opened the door and we entered the Mansion, with a bright light. It guided us to the receptionist of the Mansion sitting at the extreme left side of the entrance. There was a hooded figure sitting on a chair surrounded by a U-shaped table. Dozens of files were kept on the table with a similar-looking bright light. When we reached the table our light mixed with the Hooded Man/ Woman or whoever it was's light.

"How can I help you, Sir and Ma'am?" A very thin voice coming from behind us said and we turned behind to see a Lady, dressed in a pitch-black dress, having red hairs, triangular glasses and a file in her right hand pressed close to her chest. I answered "Ahem,- we are here to meet one of the prisoners, in your Jail by the name of Julius Peril. Btw I am Stev-" "I know about you Sir Clovis and also about you Ms. Dumas. Allow me to introduce myself, I am Heather, the caretaker of the 'McKamey Prison of the Disturbed' and also the receptionist here." She said.

"Hold on a sec, who is that guy over there, with the hood on, then?" Millie asked. "That's George, the former Receptionist, he died about a month ago due to Roundworm supposedly. His corpse is kept there to confuse the infiltrators." Heather said, continuing in her Monotonous tone."Now if you may allow me, I can take you to Julius Peril's cell." She asked indirectly upon which we agreed. She went to the U table and got the key to Cell number 666 which was supposedly Julius's.

She asked us to follow, her, and we hence did so. As we continued on our path, Millie whispered in my ears, "Actually, why are we here in the first place, to investigate Julius? You just asked me to come here and so I did." She asked upon which I answered. "As you already know, Julius was the part of the 'Cult of the Antichrist', and its leaders escaped when we fought them. After thinking a lot I concluded, that the dreams which Sheeran had about those two people, might be connected to the Leaders of the cult. As it was clear back then that this Cult was run by 3 people, 2 men, and a woman."

"Fair Enough," she said. We walked past the dark hallways of McKamey, on our way the voices of the prisoners there grew louder and louder. The flooring of the mansion was done by wood, and each time we put a heavy step the wood below creaked with a noise that added to the hauntingness of the mansion cum prison. The mansion was filled with the same delusional smell which had grown stronger here.

As we were walking, Heather stopped abruptly and turned to her right. She removed the key to cell 666, and pierced it in the cell's lock, in the darkness. She went inside the cell and her voice echoed through the mansion, "Get up you scuzzy bearded, good for nothing you have some visitors." I heard some noises of chains after she completed.

After a brief moment, she came out of the cell and said, "While meeting the Prisoners you have to remember 2 very important rules, which have to be followed no matter what, viz

1] You have just 5 minutes to meet the prisoner.

2] Nothing unwanted will go in the prison and nothing unwanted will come outside." 

She said and made it very clear to us that any kind of nuisance won't be tolerated. "Your timer starts now, " she said and we raced inside with the bright ball of light. The walls of the cell were drenched in algae, several cracks were developed all around the 10 x 10-meter room. In a corner of the so-called room sat a flea-ridden bearded figure, who supposedly was Julius. 

"Oh what a surprise, look who has arrived, Steven Clovis and Millie Dumas, how has it been guys, long time no see?!" he said in a voice full of despair, sloth as well as wrath. "Hey mate, yeah it has been 3 years or so since we caught you. As we have a limited amount of time so let's get to the topic. Tell us everything you know about your masters. This can be your chance to prove your loyalty towards Tvettay." I said and there was a long pause. The silence was broken by a burst of laughter which was pure evil.

"Loyalty, well it is a false term. I can't tell you much about the founders of the cult because low-ranking members like me weren't allowed to know so much. But as you are an old friend, I can tell you this much. The three of our founders, all of them former Yuris, turned rogue and berserk. All of them were in the possession of very powerful devils, and yes you heard it right. The Devils had possessed the Yuris. How and Why so is not known to date even to me. After our defeat, they escaped, and their whereabouts not known."

He completed in his despaired tone, leaving me and Millie awestruck, "You will pay for it if you are trying to make a fool out of us!" Millie said, "I certainly don't intend to do so, Dumas. The very first principle we learned in the cult was to never lie." He said. "Hey come on, the meeting time is over!" Heather shouted from outside.

"Another 2 minutes please, " I pleaded. "What else, Julius come on anything can be helpful," I asked him, but it was too late, Julius was about to say something when Heather entered the cell with an injection in her hand, she came to Julius and pierced it in his neck. "Sorry Sir, Ma'am your time is over, and I am afraid, I have to force you to leave the cell," she said while Julius collapsed on the floor. 

"Night, D.I.R, at-" Julius muttered the words and fainted out. "How can you treat a person like yourself in such a cruel way?" Millie asked in rage. Heather didn't say a word and just lifted her left eyebrow looking for 'I CAN DO WHAT THE FUCK I WANt!!' adjusting her glasses. I pulled Millie outside to control the situation. 

Heather locked the cell and led us out of the Mansion in haste. "Do you seriously believe him, after all, he is still a traitor to our kind?" Millie said as she dropped me home in her car. "What else can we do, I was thinking about the words he said about the night, and D.I.R, what do you think about them?" I asked.

"Need to invest some time on it, If I find anything at all."She said and left. I too entered my house. It was already 8:30 in the evening by that time. I found the girls watching Television and Noel working in the kitchen. "Did you have your dinner?" I asked her. "Yeah we did, she said while washing the plates. "What about Sheeran and the girls," I asked. "Yeah, they too. We waited for you, but you didn't show up for dinner hence we had it," she said.

"Yeah I know, actually I had been on a short unofficial mission. Btw where is Sheeran?" I asked, "He might be in his room, why?" she said. "Oh, nothing special," I said and went to meet the girls and then advanced to Sheeran's room. When I opened the door, to my surprise, his entire bed was filled with books, which I had told Jaggs to give to him from the Library. He was amidst the mountain of books, lost in the pages. I seriously didn't think he will take the timetable so seriously.

By that time Noel came to the room as well, "At the rate he is training, he might even pass you soon, Jaggs told me how impressive Sheeran was in the physical training when he came to drop him." She whispered in my ears. "Yeah, I too feel so!" I said and closed the door slowly.