With all that I've just heard, one will think that all this is just the charade of the century, and that who ever will fall for such will be the biggest fool ever, but, I finally accepted it as my fate and just decided to go with it and see it all the way to the end, if I could even retain my sanity till then " Can I still ask more question?" " Yes you can, as I said I'm here to answer all your questions , no matter what it is" Inconnue said as she materialized a mug of coffee on her right hand and a tea spoon on her left and started mixing it "how does it work?" I asked about her powers, "you mean my powers?" she said looking at me in the weirdest look on her face "I thought you might have figure it out by now" "can't you read my mind, you should know that I only have a few ideas but I don't know how they work exactly" I said as she materialized another cup of tea in front of me "you don't like coffee, remember" she said gesturing for me to take it, "what you thought of my powers are only what they did to you, but not what they can really do or how they work, It's all a big enigma, but I'm the exception" she said and then a white board appear out of thin space " you see, here's how it works, I'm allow to manipulate what is know as TAO which allows me to bend the universe to my will, but for people like you, you can only use TAO to manipulate the universe based on how much you understand it and how much complexity your brain can handle" she said as she scribble some unknown symbols on the white board with a black marker, "complexity? What's that? And how does it work?" I asked, taking a sip of tea from my cup " the universe is like a big mesh of disorderliness, complexity allows you to unravel it to make it less disorder which then allows you to bend it to your will, but that all depends on your brain power and if you push it too much, you can break your self, but that doesn't happen to me cause I'm built different" she while giving me a thumbs up "so TAO allows me to control the universe power but complexity gives me access to what I can do with TAO, but if that's all, then why can't anyone just control this TAO?" I said taking another sip from my cup "yea you see, that's what makes me and you and every other TAO user out there different from other humans, we are like the chosen one, I think" "you think? I'm taking it that even you don't know what makes us different" I said looking at her and then she proceeds to take away my tea with her powers "well looks like you don't need this if you want to run your mouth like that" "hey, I was actually enjoying that, well, next question, what is the limit of your powers?" "Limit? As I said before, I can control the universe to my will, and for some reason, complexity doesn't have much of a effect on me like it does to others, so to answer your question, the limit of my powers depends on my Imagination and my mind only" "okay if that's the case, what exactly can you do?" "well, I can rewrite reality itself but I don't do that, too much work, I can also go back in time, but that's also too much work, I can also reconfigure space, also too much work, I can read minds, control people's thought, fly, increase my physical body, but I don't like the way I look when I do that, I can also access something called a codex which contains a lot of useful things of everything, but I don't want to know everything, I also have the ability to share and improve other TAO users powers too, I don't usually do that, cus it leave traces for people to find me and also I can us…" "wait wait, go back a bit, what did you say again?" "that I can she…" "no no, not that, before" "oh you mean the codex??" I was starting to think that she may have just broken down before for her to be acting like this "yes the codex, can't you just use that to know the truth about the world and stuff and have all your answers all together?" I said feeling like I've finally solved the whole puzzle "I can't" "you can't? What do you mean by that?" "As I said, I'm built different, most of the abilities I've mentioned, only a handful of people I've come accross can even weild them but no one on this world have ever used this ability, to put it in a more understanding way, TAO is a very rare power that only 1 in a million can activate it successfully, people who can use creator powers are one in a thousand TAO users but I alone, have the ability to access the codex, but I can't access it without some special conditions" "but you used it to play chess with me just the other day, am right aren't I" "yes, see ya already getting used to it, but the codex have a mind of it own, it only shows me what I need to know but I can't control it, and whatever it shows me is not to be taken lightly, it's like fate, that's why I approach you that day" "oh so the codex is like a big database, that have all the information, but you can't wield it cus it's out of your power" 'I must say this sounds alot like a website, wait that's it' I rush and took the marker from her and I started writing on the white board "tell me if I'm right, okay?" I said looking at her sitted on the chair and she nodded back "so from what I know of this, it like the universe is like one big website and we, who can use TAO, have the ability to manipulate the code written in it, it can either be space which is just like rewriting a CSS and HTML to make it more convinient for us, but since we aren't admins , the code always change back to it's original from but as for time and physics , that has to deal with the programming language and engine,but I don't know which the universe uses but I do know the functions it perfroms, now we can manipulate it anyhow we like, but it won't be permanent because we aren't admins like you, that's why only you can use the codex" after I dropped my theory on her, she took a moment to take it all in and smile "everything youv'e just said isn't news to me, except one thing" she said looking at me while smiling "the codex already reveal this to you" "yes, but I wanted to test it and it seems that the codex is 100% accurate, but it didn't say anything about me being an admin, but in this case, an omega" she said as she stood up, she took the marker from my and and proceeds to wipe the board "now do you feel different?" she said as she while writing the same scribble she wrote the first time but this time, my head started to have a slight pain like someone was trying to peep into me with a niddle, but it felt like it wasn't working "are you trying to read my mind?" "yes I am, but now you can resist low level powers, but what if i cranck it up a bit" she increased the pressure on my mind and this time I felt it prying my mind open like a can, I held my head together, pressing into my scalpe trying to force her put "yes, ya now fighting back, you'll need to perfect this if you want to survive in this field with me" "what makes you think I want to be a part of this" I said while holding myself together and trying my best to fight back 'I just have to understand it to control it, it's mind control, I just have to return it back the same way she does' I thought it for a bit and then added my logic to it 'I just have to access the part of the code that deals with mind control and change it to fit me right here and now' I shouted and let out a shockwave that blew everything away a little but did even phase her and the white board behind her "come on, you can do this, all you need is a little more push" she said while standing infront of me and as I fell to the ground I let out a scream and successfully reverse the effect on her, this time I was in her head completly.
'Where am I?' I found myself floating in a blank space, I looked around and found a person looking at me from a distance, 'who's there?' I asked but got no reply, I was able to float around, I moved towards the strange person but then as I got closer, I was able to make a face out of the strange figure in this dark empty space, the closer I got to the person, the more I regain a piece of my conscious bit by bit 'I think I'm in Inconnue mind, but why it is blank?' I finally reached the figure and from I could make out of it, it was a woman who I thought to be Inconnue but it didn't look nothing like her or even feel like her, the moment I was close enough, the space around me wrapped and I found myself looking at the same woman, sitting on a chair, writing something on a book with a strange symbol on it, space changed again but this time, the woman was handing the book to me, I looked into it but was unable to make sense of what I was looking at, it looked like a planet but not like our, a little smaller but was similar to our, I tried to hold the book but then the space changed again, but this time, before the space got completed, I got pulled out by Inconnue and got back to reality.
Inconnue was looking straight at me, smiling "you did it, you finally unlocked your first use of TAO" she said as she lift me up with her power and pointed at the board "what does it say?" she asked me as if I just didn't have a near death experience, I looked at the board and was able to make out the rubbish she wrote on the board the first time "you passed!!!" I read it out loud and look at her, wondering why she won't talk about what happened in her mind "the reason why you are able to read this now is beca…" "I can now manipulate TAO and can also see it clearly" I finished her sentence and completely interrupted her "about damn time" she said as she made the white board and everything else that she created disappear. A loud voice was heard in the second room and this time it was a man's voice "damn it!, they found us, we have to move" a man with dark long hair came barging into the room we were "get mov…" our eyes met "oh Earl, this is Ikmute, the broken code I told you about" she said while packing a few things in her backpack "and Ikky, that's my brother Earl, don't mind his deadly looks but I would talk much about him later but right now we have to move okay" Earl was still looking at me with dead cold eyes "Eli…" "I go by Inconnue now" Inconnue interrupted him and before he could say her name "not like it's your real name to begin with, but we talked about this, you can't bring another person into this, you are a handful yourself, why would I want to take care of a bigger handful person than you?" he said while completely neglecting my existence in the room "and I told you we need him, he might actually be the one, there was a whole lot of weird things going on and he might just be as useful too" she lashed back at him and the two of them entered a fierce argument while I was just standing there doing nothing but watching and thinking about what Earl first said when he entered the room "hmm… I don't mean to interrupt but… you said something about people finding us??" I said breaking what seems to be a heated argument between couples "oh yea, we've got to move, we've been found by the government and the seem to bring there heavy hitters, they must've known our location for quite a while now for them to be this prepared, and I wonder who we have to blame for that" he takes a grin look at Inconnue "anyways, we have to move" "okay let's go" Inconnue said "only me and you, he stays" Earl said while pointing at me "no way, you can't leave me behind" I said looking at them both "they won't kill you, worse case scenario, you'll just get hurt a little by them and you won't even remember anything that happen, Ellie, let's move" he said as he move towards the door to check whether they were coming in the corridor "hmm, I don't think that might work Earl" Inconnue said while moving to hide from the window "what do you mean? Don't tell me? You… I told you to stop doing that Ellie!" Earl said as he came closer to me and held me on my shoulders and scanned me using his TAO "fuck, the connection is even stronger than previous host, that's it you're coming with me" "but what about school and my friends, I can't just be on the run with you people, how are you gonna fix it? How are you gonna fix me?" I said expecting an answer from Earl and Inconnue "you just have to trust us for now if you want to survi…" a chill was felt throughout the whole room sending a current down my body, I could tell that I was not the only one that felt it, Earl had a look on his face, a look of fear but Inconnue was just standing there, it seems that it didn't even phase her one bit, for a second, I couldn't move an inch, thinking that if I do, I would be dead in a second so I just stood there until Inconnue called me out "Ikmute! Get down!!" it was more of a forced command because as soon as I heard this, my body instinctively moved on it own, I duck and as soon as I did the whole top half of the building came off and was sent flying into the sky, I looked around, trying to figure out my next move "IKMUTE!! STAY NEAR ELLIE AT ALL COST, AND DON'T LEAVE HER SIDE NO MATTER WHAT!!!" Earl shouted and as soon as I got the command, I rushed towards Inconnue and held on to her "we are in deep shit Ikky, we've got an omega level on our hands" Inconnue said. She held out her hand and tried to create a portal so that we could escape but for some reason it didn't work, the portal did open, but the destination was the same as the place we were, like someone was overwritting on top of it "fuck!, I guess that only leaves one options" "and what's that?" I said while still holding on to Inconnue "we have to rely on the Vantrel ability to stand a chance against him" Inconnue said while smiling "who?".
"I know this is not your usual encounter, but I happen to be close and couldn't help but wonder, who was activating creator skills? Only one option did come to mind, Vantrel" the mysterious man who was floating in mid air said while talking down to me "you know who I am? But you still came alone" I said while looking straight at him "oh what a bluff, you may have felt it before but I'm not your usual high-end second level, and if you still don't get it, I must have given you more credit than I thought you're worth" the mystery man said while getting ready to attack "survive this if you can, Ventral" "wait, wait timeout timeout" I said trying to buy some time to figure out what exactly I can do against someone as strong as him "you won't even tell me your name, I mean it's not every day you meet an omega level TAO user like yourself" I said trying to pick at his ego "hmmm, very well, my name is Gustave Henry the third" 'Gustave!! There's no way I'm taking him out no matter what tricks I use, guess this is it' I thought to myself as I got ready to fight "hmm, you just heard my name and you still want to fight?! I admire your courage Vantrel, one who even the heaven can't grasp, I've always wanted to let loose once a while" Henry said while laughing and suddenly stopped "entertain me" he said with a grin on his face and in a moment he was standing right behind me I turned to land a hit on him and he also did the same but he was than by lightyears and he landed his first send me flying, but what he hit was an illusion, I appear to have dodge him by bending and landing a hit on his left rib cage, I quickly jumped away and stand my ground again and let out a long sign 'that hit would have taken me out, I can't afford to get hit even once' Henry seem to not move for a while which got tense, he turned slowly and touched the part where I hit him, and laugh "you actually landed a hit" he said " I guess I should take you more serio…" blood came spilling out from his mouth, he almost went on his knee but stopped mid motion "you made me bleed? That I can forgive, but make me bow?... ARGHHHHH!!!" he let out a loud scream and came charging at me .Many know this about me but it seems those at the utmost top aren't fully aware of the skills I hold which have allowed me to survive countless assault, I possess one creator skill which briefly allows me to rewrite reality for a moment, depending on who I'm up against I can use it to control my opponent reality for a moment that's if it's not over written before hand, but if who I'm facing is stronger than me, I can use it on myself which many QI user don't do, this allows me to make quick copies of myself while allowing me to move at moment speed. He landed another hit but it was another illusion. I appeared behind him and tried to slash his head with compressed air, the quickest way to end the battle, it hit but didn't cut him one bit "you think I'll allow your filthy hands near my body!!" he turned around and tried to land another hit on me, his fist gazed my face a bit as I tried to dodge, I put my palm out on his face and activated my pyrokinetic and aerokinetic psychic powers to launch a blast directly on his face, BOOM!!, the blast was so strong, it sent me flying back 'I did it?' I thought to myself as I was still mid air, flying away from the point where Henry was, but then, Henry appear right in front of me, hold his two fist together and landed a direct hit but I was quick enough to put my two hand together to block it, it sent me down a 3 story building, all the way to the ground floor, Henry landed in front of me, head still caught in flames, "wait wait, let me put this out first" he said as the fire dissipate from his face, "common, only two hit and you're down, I thought you were going to be interesting" Henry said while walking slowly towards me. I stood up slowly from the rubble, the bones in my hands were broken completely, I was covered in my blood, unable to see clearly, the impact of his punch did a lot of damage alone 'there's no way I can win this fight except' I took a long breath "ELLIE!!! GET READY!!!, I'M GOING ALL OUT!!!!" I shouted at the top of my voice so they could hear me from afar, "ohh so you weren't going all out before, this is getting exciting" Henry said while getting ready to rumble "now, you'll know why I was given the flee on sight order by even my fellow second level user, while I'm called Ventrel" I said while getting ready, "don't die on me, Henry".