Erik and Sam got to the Wait Room in the Medical Section of the Institute. Its appearance was like a modern and clean hospital, with many people going and coming. The principal purpose of the Medical Research Department is to take care of those affected by the ‘contamination’ with the alien energy forces called Dunkel and Licht energy. The name of ‘Dark’ and ‘Light’ energy is due to the gloom or bright aura those affected by it manifest when they make use of their supernatural powers. But not all of those exposed to high concentrations of these alien energies developed ‘superpowers’. In fact, the majority of them suffered of terrible and unknown diseases, and so many died because of that. Others were lucky enough to survive, and somehow taken under the care of facilities such as Heisen to treat them and search for a cure. Sometimes, some people enters the ambulatory of the Institute even if the case is not involved with cases correlated to DunkelLicht energy, if an emergency requires the support of the specialized medical team of Heisen. So, Erik and Sam found the room busier than they thought, so at first they thought there could be some difficulties to find their new classmate. But that wasn’t the case, as their classmate found them very fast.

- Are you… Samuel Keller, am I right? – said a young boy on his fifteen, short and messy black hair, carrying glasses and holding some documents in his hands.

- Hey, hi there! – greeted Erik with his usual smile – Nice to meet you, ehm…

- Chris Mühle, right? Nice to meet you! – said Samuel, offering his hand to Chris.

- The pleasure is mine – said Chris with a polite tone of voice, then shaking Samuel’s hand.

- And I’m Erik, Erik Rivolta! – introduced himself the blonde boy.

- Nice to meet you, Rivolta – said Chris shaking also Erik’s hand.

- Oh, don’t mind such formalities! Erik is fine!

- And call me ‘Sam’ if you like. I don’t like to be that formal as well.

- Understood. So, Erik and Sam – repeated Chris aloud to make sure he would remember their names.

- Good! – said Sam – We were asked to show you around, before returning to our studies. Are you ready to go?

- Sure, thank you – said Chris.

- Then, Sam, lead the way! – Erik rose his hand, pointing towards the exit.

- Always in such good mood, aren’t you? – joked Sam regarding Erik’s mood – Hey, you just told me to take the lead, why are you going ahead, then?

“So, these are my new classmates… I hope not all of them are as weird as the blond one!” Chris observed well his guides while walking through the white and clean corridors, analyzing them, looking at every detail he could grasp from them. Erik had blonde messy hair, blue eyes and a bright smile, always shining on his face. Chris thought this was somehow annoying. The overall outfit was the classic for any skater: checkered shirt and shorts. A wooden necklace and a white wristband were his accessories, besides the Wristphone he was wearing on his left arm, like almost everyone in modern societies. Chris found Samuel a little more ‘comfortable’ regarding his character. He looked at him as well: dark brown hair with a well-defined haircut, part of the hair covering his forehead and the backside pointing upwards. His clothes were a simple jacket of a baseball team and jeans. “So, we have a skater and a baseball fan. Who knows what kind of people is waiting for me in this ‘special’ school”, thought Chris.