6 6:Three doors

"wake up" a voice whispered. softly "waaaaakkee uppppppp" the voice continued.

"WAKE UP".

Alex Bolted awoke shocked by the voice he looked around but saw nothing. The room was so dark he could barely see his hands.

He stood up and as he did torches lit as the fires blazed Alex could see he was in a hall way. Ahead of him were three doors with the number one above them all.

"Choooooooseeeee." Alex heard the voice again only this time he could tell it was the voice of a woman.

"Choose?" Alex was puzzled as the only thing in front of him were the doors. Alex moved closer and as he did he realised each door had a symbol on it.

The door on the right had a symbol of a fire đŸ”„ and as he stared into it he could almost feel the heat. Though he knew it had to be his imagination.

He turned to the next door the one in the middle with the symbol of lightning đŸŒ©. He could almost feel the electricity.

He ignored it as he turned to the last door the one on the far left with the symbol of 🌊. He could almost see the water as it calmly drifted wave after wave.

"Chooooooosseeeee" He was broke out of his thoughts as he once again heard the voice.

Alex thought about it for a second before turning to the right door walking towards it he reached for the door knob but changed his mind and walked towards the middle door instead.

"if these doors lead to my death I'd rather be struck by lightning know that at least i had a chance to be like the flash if i survive." Alex opened the door blinded by the light he shielded his eyes before walking inside.

Behind Alex once the door shut the room changed as one new door appeared on both sides. Now there were 5 doors and above the door that was chosen the number 2 replaced the number 1 that was above the door.

Choose Wisely as these door will affect your path." the voice spoke in a whisper to no one.

Inside the door Alex saw nothing the brightness faded as he found himself in a hospital bed his mom asleep in a chair next to him. He sighed as he watched her sleep this was the second time he woke up in a hospital with her by his side.

The first was after the accident they had both lost Tom. No one knew how he came out of that accident practically unscathed. He didn't remember much except that he was whining about losing the basketball game and Tom was cheering him up. He didn't even remember what hit them. He shook his head as wanted to think about something else but the anger of knowing that someone out there caused the accident to him that was basically murder.

That anger allowed him to feel it for the first time the electricity. Inside of him it flowed like it was his blood it felt natural and as he focused on it he calmed down. He closed his eyes as felt it maneuver through his body.

He felt it as it flowed up his chest to his shoulder and down his arm all the way to the tip of his fingers. He opened his eyes and smiled as he saw it white lightning jumped between his finger tips.

He stopped as he saw his mom move she raised her head and looked at him. Tears started to fall from her eyes as she reached over to him pulling him into a hug.

"Mom I'm okay" Alex said as his mom cried on his shoulder.

"This is my fault i shouldn't have sent you to grab my files i should have done it myself."

Alex shook his head "And than it would be you in the hospital and not me I'm alright i feel perfectly fine no one could have know something like this would happen." Alex did his best to ease her worries.

" 4 similar explosions releasing a gaseous chemical into the air have happened around Hoosier city leading many to believe this was no accident. Each building was owned by Rob labs, the explosion usually affected a 1 block radius causing anyone hit by it to lose consciousness. Stay tuned for more info this is Jeff loke giving you your 8:00 news." The television cut to a commercial as Alex turned to look at his mom.

"What about Aiden and Amy?" Alex clenched his first thinking about all the people that could have been hurt in those explosions.

"Aiden and Amy are fine, we all were so worried about you three. We waited until finally Aiden woke up telling us what he knew and than Amy filled in the rest. They wanted to stay and wait for you to wake up but we all decided it would be best if they got home to rest." His mom turned back to the television hoping everyone involved in the explosions were as lucky as her son and his friends.

Alex let his thoughts drift as he thought about how the city was about to change. He knew he wasn't the only one who got powers and the only time he had seen anything similar to this was the flash and static shock. He was so lost in his own thoughts that he didn't notice the doctor show up and he barely noticed when they were doing a couple last minute check ups.

Seeing that everything was fine the doctor turned to Theresa. " He's perfectly healthy just like his two friends we couldn't indentify the reason he lost consciousness. Make sure to sign out at the front desk when you leave and have a good day Ma'am." The doctor smiled as he closed the door behind him.

Alex finally snapped out of his thoughts as his mom dragged him out of the hospital. Alex stared out the window as his mom drove them home. Soon the car stopped in front of a small house one a family of three would find perfect.

"Night mom love you." Alex said as he ran up the stairs with a bag full of his clothes and belongings.

Once he made it to his room he reached inside the bag searching for something. As his hand left the bag so did his phone. Alex smiled as he turned it on but he frowned when he realised it was dead. His smile returned as he closed his eyes he felt around for a couple seconds but finally found it. He willed it and it followed slowly as it went down his arm finally reaching his finger tips. A small amount if white electricity left his finger tips as he zapped his phone. He looked to see it was slightly smoking but other than that it was perfectly charged he laughed at the practical use his powers had.

Alex added both Aiden and Amy to a group chat before typing 'meet up tomorrow morning at our regular spot.'

after that Alex did the only that that interested him at the time he played with his powers.

He realised the more he used it the quicker he learned to control it. After experimenting for half an hour he found he could feel it growing. He thought about the first time he felt it' anger was the reason and he didn't like that.

He knew he needed something different if he was ever going to be able to fully control it. He needed an anchor and he started to think about his life. How he had always felt alone as a kid even though Liz and Mel did there best to make sure he wasn't. Until he got adopted at 7 and Tom and Theresa turned into his parents. That same year he met both Aiden and Amy he was the new kid but they accepted him into their group so easily. And now even though Tom was no longer with them he still had people he loved people he wanted to protect.

As he thought about all that the White lightning inside his started to beat like a heart. Alex felt he and he focused on his own heart realising they were in sync the power was a part of him and although it was small now he knew it would grow.

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Alex Wilson:

Powers: Basic lightning manipulation(User can create, shape and manipulate electricity, a form of energy resulting from the movement of charged particles (such as electrons or protons), allowing control over electric fields, all charge carriers (Ions, Electrons, Protons, and Positrons), electronics, and electromagnetic forces.)

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