Eager to know what deal my mother had made with the Principal, I clicked on the next video.It was still just my mother in the next video."Hi, Kastian. Knowing how curious children are, I know you must have eagerly clicked on the next video. You know, sometimes, I doubt that you would be the one to find this place and the flash drive but I believe you will be strong enough to find it all." She smiled.I was tempted to skip the other parts of the video until I found the part where she spoke about the deal she must have made with the Principal but I didn't.Every detail was important and I didn't want to miss it."Callin wanted control." Finally!"From the moment I saw him on Earth when I saved him, I knew he was going to develop an obsession with control. It was a good thing he wasn't strong enough to to on missions.""When the disease broke out, it went on for a while until he said he could help. Desperate, I took his help. As much as I wanted you to understand how bad it was, I neve
I continued screaming as I kept falling from what I now realize was a building and not a cliff.The mayor had just commissioned the building project before the day of my examination.Just how long had I been away from Earth for the building to have been completed so fast? Do not fall."What the hell?! I'm falling already!" I screamed at the screen as I continued to fall.No one could see me nor hear me so no one was coming to save me.No one would know when I fell and if I died which I knew I would, falling from such a height."Breathe, Kastian. Just breathe." I closed my eyes and tried to block out the fear.Aki had said that I could create absolutely anything with flames.If I could create a flame version of myself then creating something to save myself shouldn't be difficult."As long as you can think it, you can make it, Kastian." I repeated those words a few more times until I felt heat on my fingertips.I imagined a parachute made of flames and immediately something pulled me
After what felt like a few days, I had gone through the rest of the videos on the flashdrive, taking mental note of the few strategies my parents taught me when fighting using physical and Special abilities. By the time I had successfully gone through the entire flash drive, the laboratory had run out of food. I had already covered the entire books in the laboratory but I was yet to start training with the dummies or even my Special abilities. I didn't know if I was going to get new abilities or if I did, what they were going to be. I went to the training ground to train with the dummies. It was just like fighting Aki, Langrid or Landon except, the dummies already had their moves programmed. Turning them on, I took my stance, ready to train. There was no one to access my progress except the screen which I now understand was the seal created but my parents to protect me. One of the funniest came on and before it attacked me, I quickly attacked it just like my father had explaine
"You better be back early enough to make dinner or hunger would be the least of your regrets." I hear my aunty say over the counter.Sighing silently so as not to anger her, I pick up my water bottle and strolled out of the houseGetting outside, I could finally breathe; the air was refreshing and the quietness was therapeutic.Getting away from their barks of order was the most relieving thing…..ever.The walk to the bus station was a long one as we lived in the heart of the City.Sidon wasn't such a big city but it was beautiful especially her inner parts.After inheriting all that my parents left behind for me after their deaths, my aunty and her family got their dream house; my parents house and all the money from their insurance which legally, rightfully belonged to me.I really should be grateful they even let me under their….my roof and spared me something money to feed from which I took the bus.I couldn't take the school bus, I had been severely warned by Justin and his gang.
By the time i wake up, it's the school nurse sitting by the side of my bed."oh, you're awake?" it sounded more like a question than a statement."how long have i been gone?" i don't ask what happened as the images flood my head."only a few minutes." she answered.it feels like forever."i'm not getting my exam rescheduled." i sigh and dropped my head into my hands.the perfect plan i had made for my life had gone up in ruins thanks to justin."are you okay?" she eyed me looking somehow scared.was i not supposed to be?Justin had injected me with ethanol but it couldn't be that bad, right?"You were injected with a large dose of ethanol by your exam partner." she didn't need to go further, i understand what that meant.ethanol causes pain and hemolysis and considering the force, speed and amount justin had injected me, i wasn't even supposed to be breathing or at least conscious after a few minutes."you stopped bre…." she stopped halfway because someone walked into the dispensary.
No, I'm daydreaming.Wrong! I'm hallucinating.I should see the City's therapist soon.He offered me therapy for free after my parents' death five years ago.There's a good chance he'll help me again.What if he doesn't?I can't seem to think straight since I encountered that creep and then the other one.How the hell did he even erase their minds with just a snap of his fingers?FLASHBACK"S-U-P-E-R P-O-W-R-R-S." The second one spelled out."There's no such thing as Superpowers." I argued,unsure.I had watched my own blood flow back into my wrist, supersped and saved a girl, watched this guy wipe out people's memories and could see the other one that claimed to be invincible.None of these were real,None of these could be real.I was hallucinating, I should get treatment soon."Your parents should have told you about the damn Chorazin before their death. I can't believe I'm about to babysit an ignorant Ash." The memory wiper seemed pissed.What the hell?!Did I just refer to him as
I grabbed the envelope and shoved it into my pocket and turned my attention to the food on the stove."Kastian?" I turned around and sighed lightly when I saw that she was alone."Good morning, Aunt." I greeted her, keeping my hand in my pocket where a certain black envelope was."Why were you loud?" She yawned but still managed to sound angry."I…" She raised her hand in the air to stop me."I don't care what it was but keep your voice down. You'll regret waking my husband if you do." She warned me and I swallowed saliva.Without waiting any more than she already did, she returned to her room.Sighing, I brought out the envelope.It still had the same words at the back.This couldn't be from creep or Memory wiper, right?They hadn't showed up today, not like I was expecting them to anyway.After turning off the stove, I opened the envelope.I brought out the white paperwork inside it and read the content on it. Are you ready to be a Special?I couldn't help but laugh out loud but c
A portal had appeared in my room and a strong force from the other side had pulled me in.I recognized it as a portal because I had seen it severally in comics.But then, if it had appeared in my room then all of this was…No! "Don't say it Kastin." Somehow, those words never came out of my mouth.I was now traveling through a hole with many bright colors at a speed that shouldn't be real.It felt cold in here and I felt like puking but I didn't.Eventually, I landed on something really hard and I puked.When I felt a little better, I took time to take in my surroundings.Right now, I was in a really dark place but it wasn't so dark that I couldn't make out the giant door in front of me.Where did it lead to?Do I push it?What happens if I'm not dreaming and I end up in the worst places possible?No, this couldn't be real.It had to be a dream and maybe when I push those doors open, I'll return to reality.The thought of returning to reality made me feel better.Soon, the only thing