MY IMORTAL FAMILY

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Casey stops by a restaurant and makes her way to the back where she inspects a few items before she looks at the manager and says “I take it you’ll go to the bank tomorrow” and the manager simply nods her head. She leaves with a takeaway of mini burgers that she enjoys whilst in traffic on her way home. Once she clears the traffic she puts her foot down and rushes to get home to her family. In approximalty twelve minutes she arrives home. As she opens her door Roman comes out of nowhere as if he were flying. She then yells “Roman what did I say about climbing things” “I fly mummy” replies Roman and she just carries him into the house. She walks in the house and finds Dana getting ready to go workout. She walks over and kisses him “hey love” says Dana “hey babe” replies Casey. She looks around and asks “where is Brock” “he is over at Kevin’s house” replies Roman. She heads to her room and changes out of her suit. She comes back into the kitchen “hello Mavis” she says “hello madam” replies Mavis. “Everything done” she asks “yes madam” replies Mavis. “Well if that’s the case when you finish up there you can knock off” replies Casey “okay madam” responds Mavis. Casey then proceeds back into her bedroom with Roman following her. She lies on the bed next to Dana as Roman plays with his phone. “How was your day” asks Dana “oh I had meetings all day, as well having to close up at the restaurant” replies Casey. They hear he door open and close and Roman and Dana both leave the room to see who it is. They then come back and Casey asks “well who was it” “it was Brock” replies Dana. Brock walks in and says “hi mummy” before he goes to his room. He returns five minutes later with his test paper “ hey mom , dad look I got another hundred for my science test” says Brock as Dana takes the paper and starts reading it. “Well done my boy” says a happy Casey “now go bath and we will talk about your reward” she adds as Brock leaves the room. “You too Roman” says Dana as Roman also leaves the room. “What’s wrong” asks Casey. “What do you mean” replies Dana, “your mood kind of changed when Brock showed you his paper” said Casey. “I’m just thinking about the boys’ future” says Dana “I think the sky is the limit for them babe, I mean we know Brock is a little Einstein but it also looks Roman will be as smart if not smarter than Brock. You and I keep making genius babies” says Casey. This prompts both of them to laugh before Casey gets up and says “ I’m going to go make myself a cup of tea, you want one” “ no I’m good for now” replies Dana. After Brock has bathed the family gathers around in the living room and watches some television together. After two hours Dana gets up to put Roman to sleep. He comes back and says “comes one Brock you also have to go sleep” and Brock obliges. Dana then turns on the light in the dining room and begins marking test scripts. Casey turns off the TV and kisses Casey on the cheek before she heads to sleep as well. Dana gets through a few scripts before he stops marking completely. He can’t seem to concentrate. His mind is racing. He then gets up and walks into his bedroom and looks for a something. He finds what he was looking for and he heads back into the dining room. He pages through the document. “From grade 1 till grade 3 his marks all way higher than the class average” says Dana to himself. This gets him thinking even more. He then looks through Roman’s preschool report card and notices that Roman is also performing way above average. He then remembers the time when Roman was just six months old and they had taken him to clinic for his checkup. He remembers the nurse kicking Brock out because she thought he was standing on the scale with Roman but that wasn’t the case. Roman was just heavy as a baby. Dana is trying to make sense of all this and he starts to suspect that he may have passed his anadite genes to his kids. He knows that in their young age anadites are known to be smarter than the average human and they are also physically superior. He saw it with his nephew David when he was Brock’s age. He packs everything away and goes to sleep.  The next day Casey prepares the boys whilst Dana makes breakfast as they prepare for their trip to Lion Park. After two hours everybody is ready and the Tough family leaves for Lion Park. Upon arrival at the lion park whilst Casey is busy with the boys Dana pays for their entrance. They are then taken on a guided walk with only an electric fence separating them from the lions. As they admire the lions and take pictures the alpha male of the pride charges at the fence. Everyone else steps back as the lion stops and walks back growling and roaring. Roman then somehow manages to wiggle free from his mom and he moves closer and the lion comes charging again. Roman does not even flinch, what he does next surprises everyone and scares Dana. He lets out a loud roar that is similar to the one the lion let out. Casey quickly rushes to her son and picks him up. The other guests are amused at how realistic Romans roar was. The guided tour ends with them on a game drive observing various game animals such as impalas and springboks. They then return to the resort where the boys change and swim while Dana watches.  Casey leaves them to go get them food and comes back shortly with some hotdogs for the boys and buffalo wings for herself and Dana. “Brock! Roman! Come and eat your hotdogs” says Casey and the boys rush out of the pool. Again the speed at which they come out of the pool has Casey surprised. “They love food just like you babe” jokes Casey and this sets Dana’s suspicions off.  After finishing his hotdog Roman tries to go swim again but is stopped by his mother. “You are not supposed to swim after eating Roman” says Casey. “ aww please mum can I swim for the last time” begs Roman “ no boy boy I can’t allow it” replies Casey “ please, pretty please” begs Roman “ no can do” replies Casey. Roman then glances over at Dana who then says “you have to listen to your mother”. This upsets Roman and he is about to throw a tantrum before he sees the glare his mother gives him and just sobs silently. After the boys change the Tough family decides to head back home. After a one hour and fifteen minute drive they arrive home. As they get off the car they notice both Brock and Roman asleep in the back and Dana says “ look how peaceful they look when they are asleep” “ yeah hard to believe it’s them when they are in full flow, I get tired just watching them move” replies Casey. Casey unlocks the door and she closely followed by Dana who is carrying both Brock and Roman. He puts both of them to bed and grabs a beer in the kitchen before he sits next to Casey. “ do you think we should enroll them in a class for the academically gifted” asks Casey “ no I just want them to enjoy being kids” replies Dana “ yeah you’re right at this point they don’t know that doctors and teachers think they are special” says Casey “ yes and I want them to have normal lives” says Dana. Later that night Dana has a dream of when he was about six years old.  He is with his father in the dream they are back in their home planet. He sees a soldier of their race look at a quaternary and he mimics the behavior of the quaternary. The soldier then touches the quaternary and he too then begins to take the shape and form of the quaternary. The soldier went from looking like them to having grown an additional five feet in height, two more arms and legs. He was amazed to see this display. His dream then takes him back to Lion Park and he sees Roman, who is mimicking the lion’s roar before he turns and duplicates the lion’s behavior. He then touches the lion and like the solider from his home planet he too is a lion. Dana then wakes up. He then walks to the kitchen to get a glass of water. He downs it and he begins to pace around the kitchen. “Roman is an anadite” he says to himself as he paces around the room. “I need to do something about it” he says to himself as he continues pacing around the kitchen. He then gets another glass of water and he says to himself “Roman can look at animals and replicate their looks, behavior and abilities. He is a duplicator type of anadite.” He walks out of the kitchen and goes into the dining room. “What about Brock is he an anadite too or is he just a really clever kid” says Dana to himself. “I should call mother” he says to himself and he goes to the room to get his cellphone. He comes back but this time he sits on the couch in the living room. He is about to dial his mother when he notices the time. “Well its one thirty in the morning, she is sleeping. I will have to just go see them tomorrow. If my suspicions are true what do I do? Do I tell them the truth and teach them how to use their abilities or do I keep quiet and watch things unfold” he says as he put his hands on his head. “No I would definitely need to train them, that way they can control their power, I can’t imagine having to explain to Casey why her son turned into a lion or a dog. All this thinking will make me lose my mind, I should just go sleep. Mother and father will know what to do” says Dana. Who then proceeds to go back to sleep.