"Maybe this is why…" Alex said in a tone filled with conviction.
"Are you sure, son?" Sarah asked in a worried tone. "That is a big burden to bear."
"I know, Ma." Alex sighed. "But if we are to survive this madness, then it is only right that I use the gift I was given. This is our universe and if I don't fight for it, who will?"
Of course, he didn't mean to belittle the efforts of everyone else. But he was the only one with the ability to traverse the veil tears and storms.
Sarah looked at her husband and William returned her gaze. They understood their son enough to know he was serious. Then again, holding him back isn't possible as Alex was no longer a little boy.
He came back from who knows where in the universe, and that was only possible because he went missing and was given the chance to grow into the man he was today.
