Time stopped . My surroundings were darkening at a constant pace . Now all I could see was darkness . Voices were moving in to and fro from different directions . They were voices but inaudible . I walked , not knowing which direction it was . The voice of my dad saying , "Rene ! wake up !!" was heard clearly from above . "I'M AWAKE DAD!!" I shouted back to him but he just kept on calling me to wake up .
"Your dad can't hear you." A voice said . I couldn't see anybody so I asked , "Who are YOU?" I realized that the voices had stopped . "I was once someone like you. God had made some special people so that the world can be kept far away from danger ." I couldn't understand what she meant by that . Had this voice , or person or whatever been spying on me and knowing what I had been doing all this time ? "What exactly do you mean ?" I didn't want to risk saying what I thought in case she hadn't been spying on me . "You know what I mean . You kill people who do worse things than normal people do . This wasn't because you had been kicked out by your parents , but because you were created by god for the same purpose . You would have done the same thing even if you were still living with your guardians until 18 ."
It did make sense . When I was studying in high school , the bullies would make me so angry that one day when I saw them picking on a student again , I beat them up to a pulp . I hadn't practiced any fighting but the fact that I beat the school bullies amazed many . I brushed the thought of me being special by thinking that I could only beat them up because of my pent up anger towards them .
"So , is there anything important I should know if I'm in this darkness and can't wake up ?" I wanted to wake up since I could hear dad crying that he wanted me to survive my blooming . He was blaming himself and I could do nothing about it and have to stay in this darkness until this SOMEONE who I'm talking to tells me how to wake up from here . A small outline of an elderly woman appeared in front of me . "Make sure you never stop this and you will find out about all the kinds of powers you have . The problem is though , once you bloom , god makes it hard for you to choose between killing the bad guy and joining the bad guy . Be aware of what you choose cause temptation is what will lead you astray for the rest of your life . " Saying that , the vision of the elderly woman which became clear to my eyes , started to fade away , replaced with the image of dad's face sitting on my stomach and crying , muttering many kinds of apologies . "Dad , what are you sorry for?"
He looked up at me for one second and hugged me so tight that I was unable to breathe . "I-I thought that I lost you forever !!! What happened to you ? " I calmed myself down and told dad about everything . "I'll always be with you to support you during our missions so that you don't go the wrong way , ok dear? " He said . He had come up after killing our target . The boy was still scared and in the corner of the room . We called him near us and dad erased his memory of ever seeing us , OR the blooming . Being a vampire had it's perks . But this got me thinking . Had dad ever used his mind tricks on me before ?
"Dad , have you ever used your mind power on me before ?" . He laughed . "No honey , I haven't . And even if I had the chance AND willpower , I wouldn't be able to do it because as you know , you're special . You can't be mind controlled . Since you bloomed , you would also know if any vampire tries to mind control you ."
A few days ago , I was simply killing men but now I'm practically seeing all the supernatural stuff around me . While driving , my head turns and makes me look at an ordinary looking man and a voice is telling me that he was a werewolf . "Dad , can you stop the car for a second ?" I asked . "Sure." He pulled over and I went outside towards the man I thought was a werewolf . "Excuse me sir , but can we talk for a minute ?" But the moment I touched his hand , images started flashing in my mind .
There was a small 5 year old boy on the roadside , The next image was of a werewolf biting him . The boy was hurting in the next , then healing and walking towards a house . The full moon was shown in the next , and the poor boy was crying out in pain as he was stretched out to be a wolf cub . He transformed back to his original form . He then transformed during daytime . The next few were of the boy growing as a human . The boy was the man I was holding . He was a werewolf . I was back to seeing my surroundings and saw that the man had started transforming ...
I looked back to dad but he just gave me the thumbs up and sat right there . I ran to the car and tried opening it but he had locked it to stop me from entering . "You can do it ! " That was what he said before driving off into the distance . There was nobody around us . The man had fully transformed into a grown werewolf . The werewolf ran towards me , clearly ready to kill me . As any person would , I kept my hands covering my face as if that would help me in a situation like this . Running wasn't an option since he would be able to run faster than me . I waited for me to die , but the attack never came . I looked up and was astonished to see a blue shield in the shape of a large circle , protecting me from the front . The werewolf was thrown back and lay down on the other side of the road because of the shield's power .
I took this opportunity to run as fast as I could towards the right of where the wolf was since I knew that there was a busy road . The werewolf had woken up and started running towards me as soon as it saw me running away . "Ugh!!! I need to go faster ! " I thought . The roadway was wide and empty but I didn't think I would be able to make it back home alive . Werewolves' can run very fast . Looking back , I saw the werewolf trying hard to keep up my pace . Was I actually fast ? I stopped looking at only the road and looked around me . I was zooming past the trees faster than a car !! The blooming had given me powers . That's when I realized that dad hadn't backstabbed me but wanted me to find them out on my own .
I reached the road I wanted to come to . The werewolf would have to change back to human for him to follow me here and there was no way that he would turn into werewolf here , right?
Both the roads and sidewalks were full of cars and people . I was not very familiar with the direction to my new house so I took out my phone and took out the location . I had reached a quiet neighborhood now . Still looking into my phone , I crossed the road since I didn't expect any cars in the area . When I was in the middle of the road , I realized that I could not see what my phone was showing. A blinding light was coming from my right . I looked up and saw a car coming at full speed towards me . But instead of running , my body stood right there and stupidly concentrated on the driver . I couldn't even control my own body . Even though I didn't know why my body was trying to concentrate on the driver instead of saving myself , I could see the driver clearly . He was the werewolf . As soon as I realized that , time slowed . The car was moving slowly , but still not stopping . I crossed the door and time was normal again . The car zoomed past where I was standing a while ago .
Feeling thankful to my new powers , I walked the rest of the way to my house . Dad's car was parked in front . I opened the front door and got it . The lights were on and I saw him sitting in the living room , waiting for me . "So , how was it?" He asked as soon as he saw me . I had originally planned to act that I was super mad at him but when I saw his excitement , I couldn't help but tell him all the details . "That werewolf may cause trouble for you but I'm happy that you found some of your powers ."
"Some ! Dad , how much do you know about people like me ?" I asked . He had already known about the powers I had . That's why he left me there . He knows something about my kind that I know he is not sharing it with me . "I would love to tell you all that I know but I'm not allowed to tell it to you . You are supposed to find them out yourselves . The only thing I can tell you since you bloomed is that your kind is called 'Berthims' ."
I could see him trying his best not to spill anything to me . Maybe the fact that I have to find out about me by myself is important in some way or other to me . I nodded in understanding . "Well then , it's not everyday one blooms ! I made my special today for dinner!!" Dad shouted and went to the kitchen . I followed him . Both of us got some Texas Weiner for dinner with dad's special dish , which we forgot to name , and ate dinner while watching a movie . Today was exhausting . Even though the powers can be useful , using them simply drains your energy .
While showering , I noticed a purple marks on my arm . Where could they have come from ? The bruise wasn't really bad but from the looks of it , I would have a felt pain for it to have formed there . Do we hurt ourselves when we use our powers too ? I wore my night gown and went to bed , thinking about the bruises , as well as the man . I saw his whole life . Well , Almost . I saw how he became a werewolf . Something might have happened that made him react like that to me . What was it ? Should I be concerned about his actions towards me from now on ?
I fell asleep without noticing . It was dark . Of course it would be dark when you close your eyes , I know . But I could walk in this darkness . It was the same darkness I was in when my blooming took place . The voices came back surrounding me , but louder and clearer this time . "She's extraordinary." , "How come she only got a bruise after that?" . I didn't just listen to their comments though . "Please explain to me . You all know that I'm new to this . "
A spotlight was on and I could see the same elderly lady again . "You can use your power without loosing too much energy. You're just like your great -great ancestor." I felt tired already . They can only see my physical movements , I guess . They probably don't know how mentally drained I am . But now I was sure that we would get physically hurt too if we use our powers . "I am only hurt a little bit physically but mentally I'm drained fully. I just want sleep for now . Can I go please? "
The woman smiled sadly at me , almost like she felt sorry for me . The voices weren't stopping but they were not clear to me anymore . "When you are mentally drained , you can only charge yourself here , The Nowhere . Also , you came here yourself , we can't control whether you come in here or not ."