After relieving Bryce of the mind control. He was a little reeled by the situation, as most people would be in a situation like this crazy mess.
Anyway, while I let Josh and Jack deal with Bryce for now. I had Reeve, Caleb, and Janet come with me to help deal with Mr. Neutron.
However, as soon as we got back. Mr. Neutron was standing over my dad and Mr. Electron, as it had appeared that they were knocked out by him.
Fueled by anger again, I went into my flame mode and launched myself at the bastard. And then I grabbed him by the neck, but not burning him, so he lives...for now.
As I am holding him, I start to let some heat affect him so he can squeal like a little dog. However, as soon as he lets out a painful and soothing scream. I am brought back to my senses by Janet, who grabs my arm, which burns her because I didn't command the flame of that arm to not be hot.
I let go of the rat and have Reeve hold him with a giant fist. Then I asked him, "Why did you do this? What was the point?" He answers, "Cough...Because...I wanted to show you my power."
And like that, a shockwave freed him and knocked Reeve across the room into a wall. And then he begins to light up in purple flames.
After that, he blows a hole in our ceiling and tries to fly away. I say tries, cause in an instant I use my still activated fire mode to fly after him. And as soon as I catch up to him, I punch him in the back, which launches him straight into the ground.
As he started to get up, I felt something inside me try to take over. An overwhelming rage began to brew inside, and I swear I could…
"KILL HIM, DON'T LET HIM LIVE AND RUIN YOUR LIFE ANYMORE!"
It's all I could think about as my mind goes blank for three seconds. I don't know who said it, but I was scared of this deep and rough voice I heard. Nevertheless, I knew that they were wrong. I'm not a killer, I wouldn't take a life even if this man is nothing but pure evil.
"DON'T RESIST, I WANT TO HELP YOU SO JUST LET ME KILL HIM."
And once again, I was shut out. Only to wake up a second or two later. It might be crazy, but I thought at that moment. Somehow, in some way, I gained a second consciousness. One that might push me to do something I would never do. A separate side of me that drives on my anger, desires, and makes it clear on what I would never do, but also thought about.
"You're hearing the voice, too, huh?" Mr. Neutron said
"What do you know about it?" I asked, then he began to explain while positioning himself so he is not lying down anymore.
"That voice is the start of it all. That voice is the reason I am who I am today."
"What do you mean?" I asked
"Your father may not have told you this, but the watches have a side effect that only me and him know about." Then I stopped and asked him, "And what would that be?"
"You know how the watches were made from the ore of a meteorite. Which makes one have those powers, yes. But what you don't know is that the ore was a living creature. An alien organism that had special abilities to help survive its environment. And when we found the meteorite, we knew it was still alive. But we put it through tests to see the potential and possibilities of the powers it can have."
Now, that was a bombshell. And here I thought it was something else.
"So what, you're saying that our watches are living creatures and they have a consciousness that is alive within them?" I asked
"Not exactly. The creature died when we fashioned the watches. But somehow, in some way, the consciousness of the creature lives within a watch. I don't understand the process, but its consciousness lived as a being in one specific watch because it's the first and original watch that was made." Mr. Neutron explain
"So, let me guess. The original and first watch...was mine, wasn't it?" I stated and asked
"Precisely, it lives as a separate personality that is manifested from one's own ID. Fueled by anger and desire, it will take over a host and act of its own free will, except now that I discovered how to control them." Mr. Neutron continued to explain.
"Is that what you did to Bryce? After you made a copy of my watch, you fabricated a consciousness in the watch. And had that being live as Bryce while he was in what you explained as a 'dream like state'." I asked and stated
"Man, you're perspective, I like that about you. But it's also a reason I hate you, because you can see through any scheme I have. And it allows you to stay calm and not kill me instantly, which is a plus for me cause I don't want to die." Mr. Neutron said scarredly
"Can you blame me, I do work for a genius scientist. And it doesn't take a genius to figure out your harebrained schemes." I retorted
"You call that man a genius. All he did was steal my idea and make it his own, stealing my dream and making me out to be the bad guy. The watches were my idea. We may have built them together, but it was my genius that created them. You should be thanking me." Mr. Neutron stated in a defensive tone
"Oh yeah, it takes a real genius to come up with an idea to make super powered watches out of a meteorite! And if you did create them, how come you couldn't make any replicas other than Bryce's watch, which is half-baked at best."
"Okay, you make a good point again. The thing is, I don't have the resources that were used to make more watches. I had the Ore. However, I could not use any resources to harness the power of the Ore. All I had was enough to make one, and it was still incomplete. That's why I sent it to Mr. Protons address, I knew he would have the resources to make some watches. I knew he missed the power, which would have driven him to make more watches so he could be a hero again. He would have made more watches, and then I could have used Bryce as a sleeper agent to infiltrate his base, and then he would have stolen the made watches. However, when Mr. Proton received the package that had the Ore in it. It reacted, and the creature bonded with him for a brief period of time. And you know the rest." He explained
"Damn, but that explains how that rock got sent to him. And why he attacked us. But go back to the part about the separate consciousness, that seemed pretty important." I said
"Oh right, see the consciousness is powerful. Without proper control, it will take over you, but in your case, it's already too late since it's starting to manifest." He answered and stated
"Bullcrap, I basically just got these powers. Why is this happening so soon? Is there really no way to stop it other than what you do to mess with my watch?" I asked him, but before he could answer me. He got up and tried to grab me.
However, I immediately grabbed him and threw him back to the ground.
"Seriously, you're still trying to fight me. Don't you know I will stop you? It seems like you don't even have full control of your powers. Why are you still trying at this point?" I said and asked him in an annoyed tone.
"What do you expect, I'm evil. And with this separate personality starting to manifest, it's only a matter of time before you join me." He retorted and stated
"Yeah, like I would join up with you. I am me, I'm not someone who would stoop so low as to become evil and fulfill my own selfish desires." I stated
"IF YOU'RE GONNA ACT LIKE THIS, MIGHT AS WELL TAKE OVER YOU NOW."
That's all I could hear as this separate personality took over again. I don't know how to deal with this. If this separate personality is just going to try to take over, I'm just going to have to try and take him over.
With that, I had enough of this guy's rant. I knocked Mr. Neutron out again, and flew us both back to the base. After I checked on my dad and Mr. Electron and saw how they were doing. I fled away without giving an answer or response to my teammates. I'm not going to rope them into my mess. If this separate personality were to run a muck, then I have to get away again from everyone. And with that, I was gone.