Everything went dark again. My eyes opened and standing in front of me was...well me. He didn't speak, didn't move, didn't even make a sound. It was unsettling. He was facing away from me, staring into a blank space. I walked towards him making sure not to make a sound. I've learned my lesson from all of those nightmares. I stood at a distance from him. I refused to look him in the eye, refused to touch him and refused to call out.
"You really have grown up. You knew just what to do in this situation. Don't look, don't touch and most importantly don't talk. You were always such a child. Screaming out mom's name like an idiot. Even though you knew that it wouldn't end any other way. How sad." he slowly turned around. His smile was stretching from ear-to-ear and his eyes were pitch black. I stood my ground knowing that if I moved he would undoubtedly attack me, just like mom did in my dreams. I kept my composer and stood still.
"Are you complimenting me or insulting me? I can never tell with assholes like you!" he shrugged and came a bit closer. The thought of running came across my mind, but I already knew that that was a bad idea. He leaned towards me and crossed his arms.
"Infelix ineptus. There is no one like me. No one like you. We're one of a kind. Honestly, when I showed you the future, you only thought about trying to change things, but not once did you ever ask why you were never apart of them. I admit that it came out a bit scrambled, but that's not my fault, it's yours. You're coming into your power so slowly. Everyone else in your family got theirs when they were little, though I guess our situation is a bit different." everything he was saying didn't make any since. What did he mean about the rest of my family.
"I don't have any other family. It was just me and mom!" he sucked his teeth and frowned. He seemed annoyed by me saying this. "Mom said that everyone else died a long time ago. Well all the women at least, but then the men went missing. Even dad. It was just me and her." he rolled his eyes at the mention of dad and then reached out a hand towards me face. I closed my eyes and tried to force myself awake. But instead of attacking me he plucked me in the forehead.
"You dumbass. Dad didn't go missing like the others did. He found out about our family's power's and ran off with another girl. Mom gave him a cover story so you didn't think bad of him for leaving us behind. And yeah, all of the women in our family died years ago. They all had amazing power's. Only girl's were granted the gift once they turned a certain age. After all the women died out, mom begged for you to be gifted as well so that you could protect yourself. Since it is unnatural for this power to reside in a boy, it took longer to breach the surface. In that time I was created to hold your power until you were ready. Once you are i'll become apart of you in mind, body and soul." from what he said I came to one conclusion.
"They were hunted because of their powers weren't they? They were seen as a threat so they were killed. Was this military on government order?" he smiled seeing how invested i'd become, but honestly, I don't care about the rest. Whoever killed my mom needed to pay and whoever was involved would get what they deserved as well.
"It was a rivaling family. You might know them. You've spent years calling them mom and dad. They moved here to keep you from finding out who they were and have been keeping a close eye on you to see if you show any power. They killed mom after finding out she'd gotten you your own gift. It wen't against the gods for a boy to receive a gift, so they took you away from her. They knew she'd come after you so they made sure she couldn't take you back. After not ever showing any power throughout your childhood, they thought that you must not have actually gotten one. Since then Max has been regularly visiting mom's grave." I could feel my blood boiling. My head began to hurt and my body ached with anger. I felt like screaming. All of that was interrupted by a bright light in the distance. The ground started to rumble and break away into a world of white.
"What's happening!?" we both looked around for a moment before he looked at me and sighed.
"We're out of time. You're waking up. I guess this convo will have to wait until next time. Bye!" I sat up in bed and slowly opened my eyes. The morning sun hurt my eyes. I sighed and looked away towards the door where Max just happened to be standing. I had to hold in a scream as I jumped back into the headboard.
"Dad! You scared me. Don't do that." it felt like I was choking on air as I breathed in. He leaned against my open door for a moment before making his way over to my bed.
"Didn't mean to scared you. I was going to wake you. Like I said last night, the police are here to ask us some questions about Alice and Chloe. After that you can have breakfast with the twins." I tried my best not to attack him. All of this time, they were behind that fire. Where they really going to kill me too? If I had shown even a hint of power, would they really have killed me? Screw that. Could he tell that I have them now? Would he still be willing to kill me? Even after all these years.
"Ok."