MY IMORTAL FAMILY

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Silgax walks into his spaceship covered in blood. He walks into what looks like a room that resembles a bathroom and proceeds to clean himself. “ was your conquest successful master,” asks Silgax’s computer assistant “ oh yes it was wonderful. i didn’t realise how much I missed conquering planets” replies Silgax as he wipes himself down. “ besides no one on that murky planet stood a chance against the mighty Silgax” he adds. “ by the way master I detected a huge surge of power coming from planet Earth” says the computer. “ planet Earth” asks Silgax “ yes master planet Earth” replies the computer “ but the earthlings are a species that does not posses any great power. Also they do not have any resources that would be worth my time so why are you monitoring what’s happening there” asks Silgax “ well master I wasn’t observing earth. the energy surge was felt throuthout the multi verse” replies the computer assistant.  Silgax walks into the main area of his spaceship and says “ so the energy was felt throughout the multi verse” asks Silgax “ yes sir” replies the computer “ so the earthlings have evolved or are they under attack” asks Silgax “ no master. The energy that my scanners picked up is energy that is similar to energy emitted when anadites are fighting” says the computer. Silgax gets a bit shocked before he asks “ anadites. I thought that race was extinct” says Silgax “ well it would seem that is not the case master” replies the computer assistant. “ actually know that I come to think of it, they are all not dead. When I was in the null and void I encountered a kid that had powers like an anadite, and that kid was broken out by someone who seemed to be his father” says Silgax. “ well then computer can your scanners pick up how many anadites were fighting” asks Silgax “ while not an accurate number I could estimate that they were approximately four point five five which when rounded off is five” replies the computer assistant.  Silgax takes a seat on his make shift throne and says “ this is quite a rather interesting development. Not only are there anadites that survived the explosion on their planet but they are hiding on earth. Not only that there seems to be not two but more anadites on Earth” says Silgax. He then taps his hand on his chair before he continues “ have your scanners picked anything similar to anadite energy before this occurrence” “no sir the only time we picked up anadite energy was when planet Scar still existed” replies the computer assistant. “ interesting” replies Silgax “do you want to change course and head for Earth” asks the computer assistant “ no that wont be necessary just yet. I think it’s best we send drones to scout what’s happening on Earth. Once we know what is happening there we will take it there” replies Silgax.

  David stops and pulls out a cigarrete and lights it. He takes a few drags and he begins to feel better. He then thinks about the night he fought along side his father against his uncles. He recalls the joy and thrill he felt fighting, he enjoyed fighting his uncles even if he ended up knocked out.  He then wonders about the kid that arrived, it seems to him like he is not the only person that is half human half anadite. “ you know that stuff is bad for your lungs” says a voice. David jumps up spooked before he says “ why do you have to do that. That was uncalled for” complains David “ well I figured I ought to pass by and talk to you about your next assignement” says Arrisisibalaga “ next assignment” asks David “ yes next assignment” replies Arrisibalaga. David begins to walk away and he says “ we are done” “ no we aren’t and I spoke to your father he is ready. Come on lets go kid” says Arisibalaga. 

David follows Arrisibalaga into his car. They drive to where Damascus was last spotted. They arrive after a five minute drive. “ Hello son” says Damascus “ hey dad” replies David “Arissibalaga” says Damascus with a bit of disdain in his voice “ Damascus I come with news” replies Arrisibalaga “ just get on with it” says David. Arrisibalaga chuckles a bit before he says “ okay I will get straight to the point. Your next job is for you guys take out another target. It will be similar to your last job. Only difference is you wont need to travel” says Arrisibalaga “ why is that” asks Damascus “ because the target is right here on earth. Now this guy is worst of all kind. He is hiding out on earth, kind of like you guys but at least he has a planet he can go back too” he laughs a bit before he continues “ okay that was a bit low even from me. The target is from my home planet and well it has come to my attention that he is financing terrorist activity back home. So I need you guys to locate him and take him out. I will send you the details” says Arrisibalaga as he leaves. David pulls out another cigarette from and he lights it up. “ can I have one too” asks Damascus and David gives his father a cigareete to smoke. “ how long do we got to keep doing these jobs for this guy” asks David “ after this one we need to tell him to buss off. I am also tired. But then again we need to tread carefully. The guy is well connected” replies Damascus. They continue smoking before they David leaves and heading to his mothers house “ hey kid say hi to your mother will you” says Damascus “ I will” replies David as he leaves.

Dana looks at his watch and it reads quarter to two. He decides to leave the office and makes his way to Brock’s school. He spends the drive to Brock’s school thinking. He is thinking about a few issues but the main issue is Brock’s powers and how he is going to tell his wife that he is not only an anadite but that their children are too. He is also worried about how she will react, will she leave him which is a thought that scares him or will she stay. He also wonders what his in laws will say. He pulls into the parking and turns off the engine as he waits for Brock. After five minutes the football team is done with practice and there is a host of children walking towards the parking lot from the picth. Brock walks to the car and he gets in “ hey champ” says Dana “ hey dad” replies Brock. “ how was practice” asks Dana “ it was alright, we worked on tactics for the next game” replies Brock. They then drive out of school. “ apparently the team we are playing next week is very good. Even the senior players are pumped for the game” adds Brock “ oh are they, did the team beat you” asks Dana “ apparently we haven’t beaten them in three years. Three years dad” says Brock “ well this time around they are facing a different team. One that has you in it” says Dana “ they wont know what hit them” replies an excited Brock. They continue driving and they go past the turn off that leads to their house. “ hey are we not going home” asks Brock and Dana just ignores him. They continue driving for a few more minutes and Brock asks again “ Dad where are we going” and Dana continues to ignore him and continues driving “ come on dad where are we going” asks Brock this time with a hint of anger in his voice. “ I will tell you where we are going once we arrive” replies Dana. They drive for in silence for the rest of the journey. Brock is now in deep thought wondering where his father is taking him. They arrive at what seems to be a warehouse that was burnt down. Dana turns off the engine and he walks out of the car. He then looks back at Brock in the car and says “ well why are you still in the car, let’s go” and Brock timidly gets out of the car. They walk into what looks like a sawmill and they walk into the buiding and they walk around in silence. Brock is looking around looking at the burnt walls and the broken walls. Dana then walks and stops in the middle of the saw mill before he says “ do you remember this place” and Brock shakes his head and says “ no I don’t” . Dana walks around for a bit before he says “ you don’t remember it, you have never been here” asks Dana. “ well I do remember it in this dream I had a few nights” says Brock “ alright so you have been here in your dream but never here physically” says Dana “ yes this is my first time here” replies Brock “ okay if you say so, do you mind if I ask what was happening in your dream” says Dana “ well I was asleep at home, I cant remember the exact day but I was asleep at home when I woke up. And I suddenly had the ability to fly. And I flew into this place, it wasn’t burnt or damaged like it is now. And I came to help you and uncle Paul, you were fighting these two guys and I came and I knocked them out with a lightning bolt. Well I took both of them out. Then you turned and tried to attack me and I also struck you with lightinign. After that it went blank and I woke up at home in my bed” replies Brock “ okay and when you woke up you were not in any pain” asks Dana “ I only had a minor headache” replies Brock. “ okay let’s go” says Dana as they walk out of the building. Brock follows his dad and they get into the car. Dana starts the car engine and they begin to drive away. They drive for a few minutes before Brock asks “ so what is happening here” “ listen it will all make sense soon” replies Dana as he focueses on driving. They drive for forty five minutes before they arrive at what looks like a forest that was burnt down. Dana parks the car and turns off the engine and looks back at Brock and says “ let’s go” as they walk into the burnt forest. They walk for a few about five minutes and Dana stops and sits on a rock. “ Brock these dreams you have been having aren’t dreams. I mean when it happens you will be sleeping but the things you do are happening in the real world. The forrest the saw mill, you may have been there in your dreams but your body was there physically. You may have been asleep but you were in those places physically. See what I am saying is you are sleepwalking kid. At the saw mill your uncle Paul and I got into a fight with your other uncle Damascus and his son David” says Dana “ so I sleepwalk” asks Brock “ yes you sleep walk and everything you say you did in your dream, you also did sleepwalking. See I may have not been with you when you were here in the forest but I remember you telling me you had a dream about it. And well this is what you did to the forest” says Dana. Brock looks at the burnt vegetation and he starts to cry. Dana hugs his son and says “ listen to me kid, don’t cry because it’s not your fault. See remember when I told you that you are an anadite. Well my dad, your grandfather says that the anadites that were on planet Scar” Brock looks confused and asks “ what is planet Scar and where is it”. Dana sits and says “ see we are from a planet called Scar, well all anadites are from that planet. It was named after the ruler King Scar. So now back to the anadites the anadites that were on planet Scar well some of them had this thing when they went into what we call berseker mode. It is a mode that makes the user ten times stronger than they ever were. It would seem that you also go into this berseker mode. Because whilst you were sleepwalking I noticed that you attacked me when you arrived at the saw mill” says Dana. “ now like I said earlier all anadites have control of the four elements of nature on any planet. These elements are fire, water, air and well the rocks or the core whatever planet we are on, in this case the Earths rocks” adds Dana. He then stands up and blows air into the sky and says” this is the element of air” and he kicks up a rock before he puts it back into the ground making the ground look like it was never dug up before “ that is the core element I was talking about” he adds before he blows fire out of his hands “ and this is the most destructive of the elements we control fire” he adds before he pulls out water and says “ this is water”. He then sits down and says “ in addition to these abilities we have the traits and specialities that set us apart. I for myself have the following abilities,  heat vision, electromagnetic spectrum vision, xray vision, telescopic vison and infrared vision to name a few”. He then blows lasers out his eyes to show Brock. Brock is sitting there quiet stunned. “ so listen kid I came here to show you your abilities and powers and also that you should not yet tell your mother” says Dana “ I don’t understand why we have to keep this from her” asks an exasperated Brock “ well for her safety” replies Dana “ what do you mean our safety there’s no man on this planet that can do anything to you. You are like an alien superhero” says Brock “ well because our species was almost wiped out, and I have to say if other people as in those in outer space find out that we are still alive, we could be in trouble” says Dana. “ okay dad” replies Brock “ oh and I also have to tell you that I will start training how to use your powers. That way you wont be sleepwalking or falling into berseker mode. That way you wont hurt anyone, because maybe next time you wont hurt anyone” says Dana. He stands up and says “ let’s go home” and Brock follows him to the car. They get to the car and Brock says “ can we get pizza” “ yeah we can get pizza on the way home” replies Dana as they drive off.