Here in the void of space, I felt at peace. No voilence, no war, no humans to mess anything up. I'd seen many realities and all of them with human beings in it, almost always had the same disastrous problem. There were even realities where human beings had powers without my help and those worlds had been completely torn apart by their inhabitants. In recent times, I'd stayed put in this prime reality, conserving and gathering energy for the Re-genesis. Traveling to parallel realities actually took a lot of energy to do, and I'd already used up a huge amount during what this world knew as 'The Transformation'. Basically, the further the reality and its properties from this prime reality, the more power it'd take to get there. Re-genesis would totally deplete my energy and probably leave me human for a long time but I wasn't worried. Changing the fate of 'Reality Prime' would at some point send ripples throughout the other realities, probably changing them for the better. If not, I'd still be satisfied with the results.
I floated in orbit, miles away from the Earth's upper atmosphere - not far from the moon. This planet Earth was so beautiful, yet so...flawed. And it wasn't its fault - no - it was the people living in it. They didn't appreciate what they had, all they knew to do was destroy everything they touched for their own selfish interests. The forests, the seas, the atmosphere itself. They destroyed everything they came in contact with.
Not like me, no. I was going to end it all so I could help rebuild anew with John's help - it's not something that hadn't been done before, but according to what I'd learnt, it been an awfully long time since the last reset. The plan was to start with Lagos, then every other major city in the world.
I had needed to test John, however well I already knew him. I needed to know when I put him in charge after the Re-Genesis, he would be strong enough to be able to protect it and lead it's survivors into a new age.
Yes, I give out powers as I please but I cannot totally control how they are used or how strong or astute a user can become with those abilities.
John had proven his strength, going up against my Sigmas the way he did - even though I had helped a teeny tiny little bit by telepathically reaching out to John and his friends last night, hinting them about what they were going up against.
I had watched the fight from up here and seen how he had defeated them with his friends, against all odds. The Inevitables had been my most favorite units amongst all the Sigma Ones. I was - dare I say it - very proud of the fact that John could overcome them...not that I had any doubt in my mind. I know the power I'd given him but the fact that he could use it so well, so honourably while working as a team with the others. I was right; John would be the perfect leader of the new world I was going to make.
Right now, John was thinking he had an ace up his sleeve. An energy explosion that would kill me and most probably himself in the process. It actually wouldn't kill me, it'd just hurt me a lot and totally deplete his power - that's the extent of power I'd given him and he wanted to use it against me to save his friends. I think it's cute. I'm still deciding on whether to allow him try it... although, when we meet, I doubt he'd be able to - plus he can't do it without the risk of his friends getting hurt if they can't get away in time.
I'd heard and learnt so much about this planet thousands of their years ago. Even though it wasn't under the circumstances I'd have preferred, I'd recently come here. Earth was the nexus point from which other realities came from but hardly anyone else knew. It was so beautiful - the chance to make different choices in different realities. From reality to reality, I lived among them, appeared to some of them as time passed. They'd called me 'goddess', 'angel'... I'd given them power and granted their wishes thinking it would propagate peace and prosperity. I was disappointed with the results time and time again. Risking what I had in order to come here with such power to give, I was quite discomfited to see that all the time and energy I put into everything wasn't quite worth it.
I didn't give up, however. With the power I had left, I tried one last time in this prime reality - I decided to become one of them, see what they see, feel what they feel. The sacrifice I had to make was losing my power. I put it all in the orb I'd taken with me when I left my home. I became an abandoned child, on the doorstep of a random middle class Lagos home. But it seemed it was fated to be.
When they found me and took me in, I was unsure I would truly be accepted. I had eighteen years before I would be able to access my power again; till then I would be vulnerable - another annoying human trait. But my new parents and my brother John made it all worth it. He stood up for me, protected me...loved me. He put us above all else, time and again and for that, he had my admiration.
Although I was up here - for two years now - I maintained a human husk down there using my orb. It had its job down there to do too and it was just as important as the one I was doing up here while I got ready for Re-Genesis. The Global League of Sigmas had first been a potential problem. They had followed the breadcrumbs and started to trace where The Transformation stemmed from. They had already created a file on me called 'ZERO'. It wouldn't have been long before they found out who and what I really was but I'd dealt with it swiftly and bureaucratically. Recently, I had gotten myself an inside man in the GLS who had made sure the league had no files or information on me or John in exchange for making sure he achieved status and power.
In my family on Earth, we would often talk about how the world needed a reboot. Little did they know, that was my plan.
When my power finally came back to me, I chose the name Harbinger because of what it meant and what I was bringing to this world. I was going to make it the perfect prime reality. Today was that day - the beginning of the end of the world.
"HARBINGER, SHOW YOURSELF!", I heard John yell. I'd started to wonder what took him so long to call out to me. I smiled, in spite of myself. I couldn't wait to show him...to let him see finally...
I flew towards his call, breaking the sound barrier as I re-entered Earth's atmosphere. Before long, I'd gotten to my Megiddo - the place where the end was to begin. I'd chosen it for my children and made sure, by evacuating the area, they were undisturbed by the human scourge.
As I made my approach, everyone who was still alive became alert. I began to walk towards John, my bright aura covering my frame. I heard the sisters gasp - I'd visited them telepathically earlier on so seeing me in my real form in almost the same white outfit must have been nothing if not surreal - and I couldn't help smirking.
The speedster-fiance was barely awake, the healer and her sister were quite weak. Atlas, Reign and Mercury were dead, leaving Gaia unconscious and the lightning boy in Voilet's arms. Love; A human experience I'd come to tolerate and even covet because I'd found it twenty years ago when Daniel and Antonia took me in.
Voilet looked at me, sobbing as I approached her. "I'm sorry, Mother", she whispered.
I took her face in my hand and smiled at her reassuringly as I said to her, "It's okay. I'm here now and you have absolutely nothing to be sorry for".
The sisters managed to stand on their feet as if ready for a fight, earning an amused smile from me as I started to see what John must have seen in them.
I stopped not far from John's imposing frame. I could tell he was angry. I couldn't help but smile.
"Still hiding behind your aura, I see. Are you scared to show us your face?", he goaded, clenching his fists. "Show me your face!".
"Okay, okay. Don't get your briefs in a twist now...", I chuckled, as i withdrew my aura, revealing my mundane form and I winked at John. "...brother".