MY IMORTAL FAMILY

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They walk around the lab for a few seconds before Ray stops and says “ I hope your dad told who you are, what you are” Brock agrees by nodding his head and says “ he told me and showed what I can do” “ that you are an anadite” asks Ray “ yes” replies Brock. “ okay” replies Ray as he dusts off a few things before he enters another code into the wall and a pathway opens. This time though the pathway releases what looks like a huge racing chair or state of the art gaming system to Brock. Ray then opens it and says “ I want you to follow me into the simulator” “ oh it’s a simulator” says Brock “ yes it is” replies Ray. He then proceeds to close the simulator and he pulls out what looks like a smartphone and he punches in a few numbers. “ your training begins now” says Ray. He then proceeds to knock down the city buildings using a gale force wind he created by simply throwing a few shadow punches. He then changes it up a bit and launches a roundhouse kick that begins to burn down the other city building. He then stops and catches his breath as Brock watches on. He then kneels on his fours and touches the ground and the entire city is leveled by an earthquake. He pops back up to his feet and he pulls out his smartphone and the city they were in changes to a seaside town. Ray then says “ pay close attention to my movements” and he swivels in a three sixty motion and the town is covered in a tsunami. Ray then pulls his phone out oncemore and they are back in the lab. “ see as your father my have told you, we have the ability to manipulate natural resources to our will. This means we can create situtations where the very same resources are to our advantage like in a sitiaution where we can defend ourselves and hurt our attackers. The attacks vary on level of skill and power” says Ray. “ also you know how like we have people that are good at different things like one could be good at maths while another at English” adds Ray “ yeah” replies Brock “ anadites have what we call traits and specialities. Like for example one of my traits is that I can lead an army of anadites. My speciality is that I am one of the strongest anadites” says Ray. He then pulls out his phone and they are in outer space. Ray then picks up a planet that looks like Earth and he throws it around like a basketball. He then pulls out his phone and they are back in the lab. They walk out of the simulator and he says “ these traits and speciality are what separates anadites from each other. Whilst we can all manipulate nature we all have a diffenet set of traits and specialities that make each anadite unique” adds Ray “ let’s put you into the simulator and teach you the basics” as Brock enters the simulator with his grandfather.

Back at Ray and Cathy’s house Cathy and Roman are finishing the remaining brownies she had had baked. Roman then looks at his grandmother and smiles. “ you have an apetite don’t you” asks Cathy as she picks him up and starts cleaning up. She is in the kitchen when Roman walks into the kitchen. “ so what do you say we have fun whilst your brother and grandpa are still out” says Cathy. “ are we playing a game” asks Roman as he jumps around excited. “ well something like that. But this game is different. There are some rules” says Cathy “ okay” replies Roman attentitively. “ this game is between you and grandma, so that means what happens today you can’t tell anyone. Not even your brother. Understood” says Cathy “yes” replies Roman. “good” she says as she grabs a pair of keys. She then unlocks the door that opens to the back yard. “  come on” says Cathy as she motions for Roman to come over. Roman runs over to his grandmother. She then touches one of the big trees in the yard and this causes the ground to open up. Roman is scared and his immeditate reaction is to clamp on to his grandmother’s dress. “ don’t be scared. This is all part of the game” says Cathy as she walks into the open hole with Roman behind her. “see this is a secret games room” says Cathy as they go down a flight of stairs into the dark hole. She then turns on the lights and they find themselves in a state of the art lab similar to the one Ray and Brock are in but this lab is smaller.  She pulls out a few toys and gives to Roman to play with. once she is sure that Roman is preoccupied with the toys she gave him she sets about getting to work. She starts by connecting the simulator machine to a power source. The simulator starts up and Cathy then punches a few buttons on the simulator. She checks over her shoulder to see what Roman is doing and he is still playing. She then walks over to him and says “ I need to tell you something. We are anadites. we have the ability to manipulate natural resources to our will. This means we can create situtations where the very same resources are to our advantage like in a sitiaution where we can defend ourselves and hurt our attackers. The attacks vary on level of skill and power. Now remember this is something to keep between you and granny” “ okay. What are natural resources” asks Roman “ well I will keep it simple, fire, water, air and the ground. Those are the resource we can manipulate tour advantage. Let’s get in here so I show you” replies Cathy as they enter the simulator. All of sudden the lab and everything in the simulator looks like an ancient city. she then proceeds to knock down the city buildings using a gale force wind she created by simply throwing a few shadow punches. she then changes it up a bit and launches a roundhouse kick that begins to burn down the other city buildings. She then kneels on all fours and touches the ground and the entire city is leveled by an earthquake. She pops back up to his feet and she pulls out her phone and the city they were in changes to a port. “ watch this” says Cathy and Roman who is awestruck just nods his head. She then proceeds to swivel in a three sixty motion and the town is covered in a tsunami. Cathy then pulls her phone out once again  they are back in the lab. “ see Roman as anadites we can do that. Meaning you can do that too” says Cathy. Roman is still awestruck at this point and Cathy says “ well now its your turn to play baby” and Roman jumps up all excited. They step into the simulator and Roman tries to do what he saw his grandmother did.