Zii opened his eyes and then he looked at the surroundings. He was shocked.
Heavens!
Look at the walls and the ground! They're all cracked! They weren't like this before. Was this my doing?
He then thought of something.
He used all his might and infused them into his right leg. He stomped and in an instant, the ground caved in. A crack started to form that extended towards the walls then towards the ceiling. His gaze followed the cracks.
'Wow that's too amazing. A crack at that height... I wonder If I could reach it?' Zii thought.
Zii remembered something.
Yesterday when he woke up, he remembered that he could fly!
He then started to envision himself flying.
In an instant, his feet started to lift from the ground.
1 meter...2 meters...3 meters...10 meters...!
Zii was 10 meters high up from the ground.
Zii laughed.
"I'm superman!" Zii yelled out.
He then started to fly towards random directions. Gradually increasing his speed. Sometimes he fell but what was amazing was his regenerative ability. He fell from a height of 10 meters but he only sustained a slight bruise and that bruise quickly disappeared in the matter of seconds!
'what??' He thought to himself. His heart pounded madly.
After 10 whole minutes, he finally got the hang of it.
"Looks like somebody's having a good time" the voice of a man was heard.
Zii turned to look at the entrance and saw the masked man.
Zii fell silent and then went down.
"I have good news for you. The application for your contact with your parents has been approved. You can contact them now if you want to" the masked man said.
"Really? Let's contact them now!" Zii said.
The masked man nodded. He grabbed a phone from his pocket and then called Zii's mother.
"Ringgggggg"
"Ringgggggggggg"
"Ringgggg"
"Hello? Who is this?" A woman's voice was heard.
"Mrs. Rodriguez, your son has woken up but unfortunately his body is still secreting poison. He wishes to talk to you" the masked man said as he handed Zii the phone.
'poison?' Zii thought.
The masked man nodded as he looked at Zii. Seemingly knowing what the young man was thinking.
"Mom?...." Zii said with a soft voice.
"Zii?! You're awake? Thank heavens! We've missed you! Your father and I missed you so much! How are you? When can we see you? Oh my little child. Mama loves you so much" Mrs. Rodriguez said.
Zii's heart softened.
"I'm okay mom. My condition is getting better and better. But how about you and dad, mom? How are you?" Zii asked worriedly.
"Oh we're doing great sweetie. The doctor that took you in told us that we could stay in his house since he doesn't come home. He said that we are welcome to stay here until you're well. They told us that your condition was very critical and it might endanger other people hence we agreed for their offer of taking you to their facility. They're not doing anything strange to you are they??" Mrs. Rodriguez asked.
Zii looked at the masked man and then said,
"No. Of course not mom." Zii replied with a laugh.
"Okay that's good." She replied.
The two talked for more than an hour until the masked man said that his time was up.
"Okay just be safe! Recover well! We are praying for you! Goodbye I love you! Call us soon!" Mrs. Rodriguez said.
"I love you too mom." Zii said as he hang up the call.
Zii handed the phone to the masked man.
"Now, let's talk business." The masked man said.
"Dr. Santiago informed me that you've developed strength that is equivalent to S rank SMBs" He said.
Zii nodded.
"Show me" the masked man said.
Zii took a stance, faced his left and then punched out. It sent out a wave of air that made the whole room shake.
"Amazing" the masked man said.
"And it appears that you've already mastered your ability to fly" the masked man said.
Zii nodded again.
There was a flash in the masked man's eyes.
'He just woke up and he's already able to execute his powers! What a genius!' the masked man thought.
'It seems I have to push forward his candidacy. His talents are definitely an asset towards our organization' the masked man thought.
"Kid, how about we make a deal?"
"Deal? What kind of deal?" Zii asked.
"You see, this facility was made by the president of our country. President Rodri Duterm"
"The president?" Zii asked astonishedly.
"Yes. We are the ones that are held responsible for the unknown things that happen in our country. Now, what I am offering you is that you work with us. To be loyal to the Philippines. We shall be the people who will terminate any and all possible threats towards our country. Be it monsters or humans.." The masked man said.
Zii gulped down a bit of saliva.
'To be loyal to the country? Like our Heroes...'
Why was there any need to hesitate? For once, he would be able to protect his country and fellow filipinos.
"Alright. I accept but..." Zii said.
"But?" The masked man asked.
"You have to prioritize my family's protection. And I want the freedom for me to spend time with them whenever I wish" Zii said.
"The first one is of course, doable. But as for the second one... Well, It will depend on your performance. On whether or not you are deserving of such leniency" The masked man replied.
"Well, that's fair." Zii nodded.