Nya's POV-
All I wanted was sleep. BUT MY PHONE JUST HAAAADDD TO SEND ME A NOTIFICATION AT THREE IN THE MORNING.......
I groggily reached for my phone and opened it. The notification was a text from an unknown number. The message read:
Congratulations, Nya A. Mizu
Your written request to join the Phantom Elite has been accepted. Please report back to the headquarters at 4:00 PM next Thursday.

It took me a while to realize what that meant. When I did, I squealed with joy and immediately texted Skylor.

Me- SKYLOR!
Skylor- wha.?.
Skylor- is 3 at morning
Me- YOU WILL NOT BELIEVE IT I GOT A TEXT SAYING I WAS ACCEPTED!!!!
Me- you got one too, right?
Skylor- ummm let me check...
Skylor- I got a text from unknown number saying, "Congratulations, Skylor R. Chen"
Skylor- is that it?
Me- yeah.
Me- WE GOT IN!!!!!
Skylor- isn't there also a physical test.
Me- WE'RE NINJA
Me- WE'RE THE PREDESTINED OF THE GODS!
Me- WE'LL PASS THAT IN A BREEZE!
Skylor- glad to hear your confidence.
Skylor- now let me sleep.

~On Thursday~
It was the same girl, Pixal, who greeted us at the door and led us to the training room. It had been cleared, I think, because the entire room was empty, and cold. It was three stories high, with a overlooking balcony at the top. I could faintly see a girl with pink hair up there, looking down on us. On the opposite wall, there was a line of training bots.
"Your test will begin soon." Pixal announced, her voice as clear as I expected it would be. "You will change into the attire the Elite has provided, then you will each perform your tests. You will fight the... machines until none are left. We go in alphabetical order by last name, so Skylor Chen will be first."
I nodded. Pixal led us to a changing room and handed each of us an outfit. Mine was gray, Skylor's orange.
We got changed. The outfit was a tight-fitting jumpsuit, with some armor. I tied back my ponytail with a silver hair tie. It was time to face the test.

Since Skylor's last name, Chen, started with a C, she went first. I got to watch her from the third story balcony.
The girl with pink hair was still there. Pixal walked up to her and nervously stuttered. "She is ready, I believe."
The pink haired girl nodded and brushed Pixal aside. "Start the test."
Pixal nodded, then turned to someone I hadn't noticed. A girl green cameos, with paper white hair, holding a remote. This girl seemed so familiar to me, it was like I had seen her from a dream.
She pressed a button on the remote. The fighting bots below us advanced on Skylor.
I realized as I watched, that I had never seen Skylor fight before. She seamlessly switched from element to element, using every method available. It was... so Skylor.
"She's really good." Said a voice beside me.
I turned. It was the girl in green.
"I'm Harumi." She said. The name was familiar to me. "You can call me Rumi." Harumi offered me her hand.
"Nya." I said, shaking Harumi's hand.
"Cool." Harumi said. "You know, not everyone passes these tests so easily. I barely passed mine. Pixal over there took eight hours. Your friend is very skilled."
I nodded. "Yeah, she is."
Harumi continued. "Yah know, the commander, Seliel?"
I shook my head. "No, who's she?"
Harumi shrugged. "Pink hair over that way."
I quickly glanced over. 'The Commander' was tall, with long wavy- and yes, bright pink- hair that reached to her waist. She was wearing a uncanny uniform and had a military hat cocked at a jaunty angle.
I turned back to Harumi. "Yeah, what about her?"
"Well, she's in charge here. Not for the entire elite though, just this sector."
"And?"
"Well, she's elusive right? Some of the elites can tell you some real good dirt about her"
"Go on."
"Rumors say she's mastered he dark arts. She's like a witch, elusive. Some say she's the predestine of Morro Himself."
"What?" I said.
Harumi sighed. "No one knows exactly who she is. They say she lives on the top of a mountain all alone, and has summoned Morro before."
I bit my lip. Maybe this wasn't a good thing. "What about Pixal?" I asked.
Harumi shook her head. "I don't know. Some rumors say she was actually one of the Apithians that escaped the camps, others say she's a robot, like way back in the Hreatji Droid Purge?"
"What do you think?" I asked Harumi, trying to keep from showing any emotions.
"I think that Pixal was just some random girl The Commander found and brainwashed to do her dirty work."
"And The Commander?"
"I think she is Morro's Predestine. And she has the guts to summon him. But... There's always something more."
With a final thud the final bot fell to the ground at Skylor's feet.
She had passed. She had made her way into this organization.
Now it was my turn to face my trial.