The Ancient Genes

"What's wrong, Nyka?" Aria immediately stooped down with a concerned look on her face as she held the little girl's face and wiped her tears away.

But, it didn't stop the tears which began to flow again from her eyes.

"Did that man do something?" Aria asked as she tried to put on a smile on her face to ease the girl, "Don't worry, tell me, I am here. Nothing will happen…"

But, Nyka just tried to force her tears back into her eyes, and just shook her head a little. The scene from before was too clear to her, and she was afraid of the kind sister going after the man. The man had killed her brother, and seemed to be aiming at people who were around her now.

"What's going on?" Elly's voice sounded from behind. She and Janet had noticed that something was off, and hence came over.

"Be with her..I am coming.." Aria spoke as she slowly got up, and looked towards the door which that man had just gone through. Normally, it would have been impossible to find a person without even seeing his face properly.

But, that was not the case here. The Academy was filled with students, and the only other adultes were the staff and faculties. Besides, being bald head definitely helped in identifying that man.

'He definitely hasn't gone far away..' Aria muttered inwardly as she began to walk through the halls looking for the bald man while asking the people she came in the way. If the man had passed through the place, then someone must have definitely seen him.

"Where did he go?" Aria muttered as she came to the hall which led to the balcony. The place was almost empty.

Aria couldn't help but walk up to the Balcony just to get some fresh air, and calm her raging head a bit. She didn't know what the man had actually done, but the little girl's tears really made Aria angry. Just what kind of grown up adult would make a girl in that situation cry, and then just leave.

Something was definitely wrong with that person.

'And, it wasn't just her crying. She was scared…scared enough to not be able to speak..something is definitely more than it meets the eyes..' Aria muttered inwardly with a frown. She definitely didn't think that a random person would scare the girl to that state.

"You got some heavy frown on your face.." A voice suddenly entered Aria's ears, and it sent chills down her spine. She couldn't help but immediately take a step aside in surprise while finally taking notice of the man who had been standing beside in the corner with his hands on the railing and a cigar in his mouth.

And, his sight made Aria frown even harder because he kind of resembled the person she was looking for.

The Bald man took the cigar out of his mouth, and released the puff of smoke as a weird smile leaked out on his face, "Is there anything I can help you with?"

Aria stared at the man feeling a dangerous vibe coming from him. But, she still had no idea what kind of a situation she was in or who the man in front of her was.

"Did you talk to that little girl in the Dining area earlier?" She asked with a straight face.

"Oh..yeah..I did, I think. Is there any problem?" The Bald man asked with a half confused and half amused face. Anyone could tell that he definitely had an idea about what Aria was here for her.

"What did you say to her?" Aria asked as she slowly clenched her fist in anger.

"Nothing? I was just a little curious. I mean the girl seemed pitiful. So, I asked a few things.." The bald man casually spoke as he put the cigar in his mouth again.

"You made her cry.." Aria's voice got a little louder when she saw the amount of disregard the man had towards his doing. Just how could someone act like this after making a kid cry, and have no remorse about it.

"Did I?" The Bald man asked with a smile, and it really irked Aria off. This guy was just not disregarding it, but instead, he seemed to be enjoying it.

"Should I meet her and apologise? I bet she would be happy to see me again. By the way, what relationship do you have with that girl? I thought she was an orphan..wasn't that scum of her brother the only person she had?" The Bald man asked curiously.

Aria's pupils constricted on the man's words, and her clenched fist moved. She had enough of it and really intended to punch the man.

But, before the disaster could strike, a hand grabbed her from behind, and it instantly seemed to freeze Aria's movement, "What are you doing here? This area is off limits to students.."

Aria slowly turned her head to see a man standing behind. He even had the arm band which showed his status as the part of the Supervisory Committee. And, this committee had a lot of power in the events.

The man who arrived was obviously the guy who was the Bald man's subordinate. The one who didn't see him eye to eye.

"You sure came out of nowhere, I guess you were close by, Amandel.."

The guy just gave the bald man a look before looking at Aria once again, "Leave.."

Aria looked at the man, and then nodded, not wanting to argue when she was in the wrong for coming to restricted area. But, she still didn't stop herself from giving a last glare to the Bald man.

When Aria's back disappeared from their point of view, the Bald man spoke once again, "I didn't know you had started to babysit people.."

"But, I know what kind of person you are.." Amandel replied as he looked at the Bald man, "Don't act so recklessly, times are changing.."

"Is that supposed to be some kind of lame threat?" The bald man asked with a laugh, but Amandel just ignored him before walking off the place.

"Tsk...this b*stard is no fun...but the girl was different.." The bald man muttered with a smile.