MY IMORTAL FAMILY

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See the ground we walk on you could cover your body with rocks or even open up the ground just a simple tap on the ground. Water you can manipulate water as well. You can walk on water or even create water, air you can use the air to take flight or control the direction of the wind. And last but not least fire, you can walk into fire and emerge unscathed. In addition to these abilities you have what is called specialities and traits. These are powers that are unique to you. All anadites can control nature but some have differing specialities. See some can manipulate time or even read minds” says Dana “ that’s cool” replies Brock “ see why I am disappointed, you ciuld have hurt that kid if not kill him. Also imagine if your powers had activated you would have had a problem. They might have labeled you a freak” says Dana “ okay. You said something about water. Remenber when I told you about what happened at the pool. Was that my powers working” asks Brock “ yes” replies Dana “ but I didn’t feel scared when it happened” replies Brock “ well you don’t always have to be scared. Your powers can be triggered by a lot of things. What will happen is one of these days I will teach you how to use your powers as well as how to control them. But all in good time. for now we have to get home. And remember don’t say anything to your mother just yet” says Dana “ okay” replies Brock.

Casey arrives home and she finds Dana in the sitting room and she asks “ where is Brock” “ oh he is in his room” replies Dana “okay I’ll go change” replies Casey. Dana then gets up and goes to Brock’s room he then stands by the room and says “ come to the sitting room”. Brock then gets up and follows his father to the sitting room. they then sit together and wait for Casey who walks out of her bedroom. She then sits next to the both of them and says “ Brock I have to say I am disappointed in you” “ yes your mother and I are very disappointed in you” adds Dana “ I understand and I am sorry” replies Brock “ but I have to say that he started it and all I did was defend myself. I will admit that he got angry and I also kind of got angry” adds Brock. “ I want you to know that you are grounded for a week” says Casey. Brock just nods his head and before he says “ may I be excused” “ yes you can go” replies Dana. Brock then leaves to his bedroom.

Madeline is in her bedroom when she hears the kettle is done boiling. She then gets up and goes to the kitchen to make herself a cup of rooibos tea. She then walks to the sitting room and she immeditaly drops her cup when she sees a strange figure in the sitting room.  “ why are you afraid my dear sister” asks Damascus “ what what are you doing here” asks Madeline “ oh just wanted to pass by and say hi to my sister” replies Damascus “ well then how about we cut the crap and you tell me what you want” says Madeline “ well David and I need a place to stay for a few nights” says Damascus “ why cant you go to where you live”asks Madeline “well I have a small situation” says Damascus “ oh really and what is that situation. You didn’t pay rent again, you got arrested” says Madeline “ hey hey hey let’s not get disrespectful now. All you have to say is yes or no” replies Damascus “ well my answer is no Damascus” replies Madeline “ why” asks Damascus. Madeline stands up and says “ well because this is my house and I can decide on who stays here, or maybe the fact that the last time I let you stay here with your son my television went missing. Look you are my brother and all but you aren’t a really good person. You go out there doing god knows what and you never call me when you are doing well or have money. You disappear for months and everytime you call or come to my house you are always in some kind of trouble” says Madeline “ well those are very hurtful words sis” says Damascus “ I am glad you understand” says Madeline. Madeline walks to the door and opens it for Damascus to leave and Damascus walks out of the door. He then hugs his sister and says “ I am sorry for everything. I never knew I caused so much pain” says Damascus. He then proceeds to suplex his sister and she goes flying into the wall. “ all I ask is for one small favour and you cant do it. After all I have done for you” says Damascus as he walks towards a fallen Madeline. He then grabs her by her hair and she headbutts him. This draws blood from Damascus’s nose as he recoils in pain and he yells “ you b***h!” before he hits her with a fireball. She walls to the ground. “ now look at you fighting your own brother”  says Damascus. He is then blown away by a windstorm that Madeline creates . she then flies towards her older brother and she fires a fire ball at her brother and this sends him flying. “ we need to stop this Damascus look at the destruction we have caused” says Madeline. She is then hit with two boulders and this sends her to the ground. He then proceeds to climb on top of her and he begins to hit her with a few punches. He suddenly stops when he realizes that he has just beaten his little sister and she is bloody. He gets up and puts his hands on his head after he realizes what he has done “ look what at what you made me do. You insulted me and I got mad. Now look at you with a bloody nose” cries Damascus as he then moves his hands and manages to create a body of water. He then covers his sister in the water and it begins to glow. Madeline then erupts out of the body of water by covering her body in fire and she cries out “ just go Damascus. Leave me alone!” Damascus leaves and Madeline starts sobbing at what just happened. She pulls herself to from the ground and she limps to her house. Once she is inside she looks at her face in the mirror as she notices that she has a black eye. She then walks to her bedroom and gets her cellphone. She unlocks it and dials her brother “hey can you come over, he was here and this time not only did he ask for money he hit me” cries out Madeline. “ where is he right now” asks the person she called “ he left” she replies “ okay sis go mom and dad’s house. I will find you there in a bit” replies the voice over the phone “ where will you be going Paul” she asks “ I am going to get Dana and we are going to find Damascus and his juvenile delinquent son and teach them a lesson” replies Paul.

Paul is at home preparing to leave for his parents house when Madeline teleports right into his sitting room. Paul looks at her in shock and anger before he says “ oh my did he do this to you”. Madeline starts crying and Paul walks towards his sister and he hugs and before she says “ yes. He did this”. “ I think it’s best you teleport to mom’s place. You will be safe there” says Paul “ and where will you be going,” asks Madeline “ I am going to find your brother” replies Paul. Madeline then teleports to her parents house. Paul then goes into his room and decides to change into his anadite warrior armour before he proceeds to teleport to his brothers house.

Paul arrives at his brothers house and knocks on their door. Casey gets up to answer the door. “ oh hey Paul come in” says Casey and Paul walks in. “ hey bro whats up” asks Dana “ yeah you seem a bit upset” adds Casey “ yeah I am upset. It’s your older brother Damascus” says Paul “ oh lord what did he do this time” asks Dana “ the nerve of that guy, he beat Madeline” says Paul “ oh my is she okay” asks a concerned Casey “ yeah she is okay. A little banged up but she is alright. I came here to borrow your husband” says Paul “ are you now” asks Casey as she puts her hands on her waist “ yes I am. We have to go to our parents house to discuss this Damascus’s actions” says Paul. “ okay I guess. But have him back before ten o clock” says Casey.  They leave the house and walk outside “ where’s your car” asks Dana “ I teleported” says Paul “ well get in” says Dana. They then drive to their parents house.

Upon arriving at Ray and Cathy’s place and they can hear what sounds like people arguing. They walk into the house and find people arguing. “ I don’t understand why you guys don’t want to hear my side of the story” says Damascus “ what side tell them the truth” yells Madeline “ come on guys let’s not fight” pleads Cathy “ yeah we all need to be calm” adds Ray “ well your daughter is disrespectful” says Damascus “ and how exactly is she disrespectful” asks Paul as he walks into the house with Dana behind him. “ well for starters she insulted me” says Damascus “ and you responded by hitting her”asks Dana “no” replies Damascus “ so then why is she covered in bruises and black eyes” asks Ray  “ because she is disrepecful and I had to put her in her place” says Damascus “ so you did hit her” says Paul “ Damascus you cant hit women it’s wrong. That’s why David’s mother left you” says Cathy and this makes Damasucs shed a tear “ you will not talk about my relationship” warns Damascus “ she is telling the truth” says Ray “ shut up both of you” says an angry Damascus “ woah watch your tone” says Paul “ yeah these people are your parents” adds Madeline “ oh you guys are ganging up on me now” says Damascus “ no we are not. We are trying to get you to see reason” says Dana “ yes your brother is right. The world you want to live in doesn’t exist anymore. You know what happened to our planet. On earth we have to live like they do” says Ray “ well okay then of you say so dad” says Damascus “ yeah and you need to change, I mean you are the oldest of my children and you behave like a hooligan” says Cathy “ you know what actually I am tired of you guys judging me, you never take my side, everything I do is wrong in your eyes. Actually you know what mom and dad, I am tired of your s**t” says Damascus. This makes Paul angry and he proceeds to punch Damascus right in the jaw. Damascus gets up and says “ I wish you hadn’t done that” as he runs to Paul who meets him half way and teleports behind him before he punches Damascus right in the back of his head. At this point Dana rushes to stand between Damascus and Paul in an attempt to stop them fighting.  “ come on guys, let’s not do this in front of mom and dad” pleads Dana who is knocked to the ground by punches from both Paul and Damascus. Dana then slowly makes it back to his feet as he watches his brothers fight with each other. He feels his body tense up and there is a sudden surge of power building up in him. “ oh no” says Cathy as she notices Dana’s eyes glowing red. Dana tackles both his brothers to the ground at the same time, he then takes flight carrying both his brothers with him. As he is in flight  with both his brothers in his arms he is hit in the stomach by Damascus and blasted with an air punch from Paul. This causes him to let them go as Dana then falls to the ground. He watches them fly away whilst fighting but he also goes after them. The people of Cape Town are treated to what seems like a fireworks show all over the city unbeknownst to them the fireworks are just the shockwaves of Paul’s , Damascus and Dana’s fists hitting each other.  They continue fighting in the air for a few more minutes before they land in a sawmill. Damascus looks around and realizes that he is cornered by his younger brothers. He then shoots fireballs at the both them but Dana simply walks through them whilst Paul teleports behind him and says “ I hope you take getting hit by a fireball as well as you give” as he hits Damascus with a fire ball. Damascus is sent tumbling to the ground and he looks up and sees Dana who proceeds to kick him in the face. At that very moment David appears out of nowhere and blasts Paul with a telekinetic blast. “Dana come on let’s talk about this” says a bloody Damascus who is punched by Dana.  Dana continues to punch Damascus for a few more minutes when he is also struck by a telekinetic blast from David. He walks to his father and says “ are you okay dad” “I’m fine. You shouldn’t be here” says Damascus “ well I felt like you were in trouble so I came as soon as I could” replies David. David and Damascus stand on oneside whilst Paul and Dana are on the other “ so we are really fighting amogst each other” says Damascus.  Then out of nowhere a huge lightning bolt hits David almost knocking him out. “ what the hell was that” asks Damascus “ I don’t know” says Paul “ I don’t do lightning” says Dana. “ maybe we are being attacked” says Damascus “ well check if David is okay. We will cover you” says Paul. They observe what seems to be the arrival of a tropical cyclone. The tropical cycolone arrives with wind, lightining and rain. The lightining bolts are getting more and more violent as the cyclone approaches “ feels like anadite power is approaching” says Dana. The effects of the weather become even more violent and before they know it the electricity in saw mill is taken out. A few more lighting bolts and the saw mill is up in flames. Dana and Paul then huddle close to each other as they see a figure approach. What Dana sees next horrifies him as the figure walking into the saw mil is Brock. Brock walks in with what seems like lighting sparks coming out of his body.