MY IMORTAL FAMILY

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Roman is at home. He is playing with his toys.  He then goes outside to continue playing. He then transforms into a kitten and begins to scale the tree in his yard. As he goes higher he has the strange urge to eat the birds that are nesting. As he approaches the birds fly away from Roman. Roman then turns back into his normal form and he is stuck on the tree. He tries to climb back down but he cant seem to move. He looks down and the distance between him and the ground scares him.

Dana, Brock and Ray arrive home. What they find leaves them shocked. Mavis is at the top of a step ladder trying to reach Roman but she just cant get to him. “ what is going on” asks Dana “sir I am sorry but Roman is stuck in the tree” replies Mavis “ we can see that. I think the better question is how did he get there” asks Ray “ I don’t know sir. I was in the kitchen washing dishes and he was playing with his toys, next thing I cant find him and I look for him everywhere until I heard him cry and I find him on top of the tree” says Mavis with panick and worry in her voice. She starts crying and Dana says “ no need to cry, just get of the ladder and go inside. We will sort it out” replies Dana. He then looks at Brock and says “you need to go inside and shower, we will get your brother down” and Brock follows Mavis into the room. Dana then waits for Brcok to get into the house and waits for a few moments. “ the coast is clear” says Ray and Dana makes a giant leap and holds himself in the air long enough for free Roman from the tree and they descend slowly. Once he lands he looks at Roman and says “ are you okay son” and Roman looks at his father with tears in his eyes and shakes his head. “ I think you know what you need to do” says Ray “ I’m not ready to do it” replies Dana with Roman in his arms before he continues by saying “ I am not comfortable having this converstation with you whilst Roman is here” Ray is shocked by this and says “ well clearly from what’s happening the kid is an anadite. And he is showing signs way younger than you or your siblings. Dana I am going to say this to you once. You need to tell your wife and kids the truth” “ what truth” asks Brock and both Dana and Ray jump up spooked. There is a tense moment of silence before Dana says “it’s not important kid. Go bath” “ it seems important, does it have to do with Roman climbing the tree” asks Brock “ oh no. it’s not that kid. Your father just has something he needs to tell you” says Ray as they look at Dana. Dana then says “ how about all just go inside, have some drinks and try forget what happened” “ okay I’ll just ask mom” says Brock “ no that wont be necessary” says Dana “ why” asks Brock “because ill tell you guys over the weekend. It’s a surprise” replies Dana. Ray looks at his son and walks into the house with Brock behind. Dana then pulls Brock’s shoulder and puts Roman down before he says “ listen kid, can you not tell your mother about what happened. You know how she can be sometimes” “ okay” says Brock and they walk into the house.

Casey is in her office when she notices her phone light up. She picks it up and realizes that it’s time for her staff address. She heads to the open area where everyone is still working. “attention everybody I had said I would make an announcement and now that time has come. As you know we had recently taken up a huge position in delta pharmacutecals. Well I have it on good authority that they have an announcement that is immenent. Of course I cant disclose what they will be saying but I want us to be ready to dump half of our stock because the announcement will drive the share price through the rough and we can make a quick buck of this. The remaining stock we do hold will be for our dividents” she says “ so maam with the remainder should we make sure it is enough to positively affect our balance sheet” asks an analyst “ yes” she replies before she adds on by saying “ I hope everyone will be ready. That being said I am leaving. Have a goodnight everyone”. She then heads back into her office and packs her belongings before she heads to the car and drives home.

Ray and Dana arrive at Ray’s house. “ how was your day boys” asks Cathy. Ray and Dana walk in and Ray sits whilst Dana stands. “ well since your son wont talk I will, Cathy your grandchildren are definitely anadites. I feel like at this point it’s a matter of when not if they will find out the truth” says Ray “ okay and how was the game” asks Cathy “it was good. It’s npthing we haven’t come to expect from Brock” answers Dana “ once again your son is being modest.that kid is a beast. Can you believe that he did not start the game. He started the game on the bench. The bench” says Ray before he continues by saying “ anyway he came on to the pitch at like around seventy minutues or so. He touched the ball a few times and then he created a chance and the team scored. Did I mention that they were losing when Brock was brought on. So then a few minutes before the game he outruns the defender leaving him for dead” “ well sounds like you enjoyed the game” says Cathy “ yeah it was about as entertaining as it could be for a game of under nine football” says Ray. “ so did you pick anything from watching the game” asks Cathy “ no I didn’t see anything” says Ray “ I think the boys have used some of their powers and abilities they just don’t know how to use them at will” says Dana “ yeah I think that would make sense especially after what happended with Roman” says Ray “ what happened to Roman” asks Cathy “ we found at the top of a tree. How he got there we don’t know” says Ray “ I think Roman used his powers to get to the top but then maybe he couldn’t use them. It would look like something triggers their powers, what the trigger is we don’t know yet” says Cathy “ yes yes that would make a lot of sense. I mean when we were younger we didn’t have school like they did on earth, school was us training to fight and use our powers” replies Ray “ so what do we do, do we train them” asks Dana “ yes we do, but we don’t train them to fight we train them to understand their power and how to better control it” says Cathy “no they will eventually need to learn how to use their powers and abilities to defend and attack. We just have to tell them the whole truth” says Ray. “ well then I will bring them for training soon” says Dana “ why do we train them” asks Ray “ well beacuese I have work” replies Dana “ and they have school” says Cathy “ but I don’t mind doing it. I will train them myself, means I get to spend time with them” adds Cathy.