chapter 1 : The Sick Child

Oh shit!! I really wouldn't get any rest ?! I, Clarion, have been a great undefeated warrior in my world, done everything with the strength of my hands.

During nearly 18,000 years of fighting, wars and learning I always honored the gods who had made me the exceptional warrior that I was.

 I always prayed for eternal rest after my death, no desire to reincarnate and live a second life, the thousands of years of my first life were enough for me and perhaps I would rest after taking my last breath, at least that's what I thought.

 After my death while I happily expected to disappear into nothingness and have my entire being erased, my soul was sucked into another reality.

 Damn, the gods are really cruel ! I did everything for them during my lifetime with the hope of disappearing after my death but in vain.

I was drawn to a blue planet, very pretty and full of life, it was going to be a fucking reincarnation, I felt it. The planet was really tiny compared to my home world .

 During my descent, I looked around and was quite surprised. There were large buildings made of stone, metal and glass, they were tall, beautiful and majestic.

 This world seemed much more advanced than mine and there was an atmosphere of peace unlike mine where war was normalized and fighting was incessant.

 As I examined the place, my soul was drawn to a particular building, white with a red cross drawn on it. Perhaps this symbol meant something important, perhaps it was a military district.

 [General point of view]

 Planet Earth, year 2070 in a hospital in the city of Arlington in Virginia USA a couple was awaiting the arrival of a child, their child, the second.

 Deborah Grayson , wife of Nolan Grayson whose secret or public identity for some was Omni-man, the greatest superhero the world has known.

 In the delivery room, Deborah was in horrible pain. She was about to give birth to the child when it began to stir in her utérus.

 Nolan, worried, held his wife's hand trying to reassure and encourage her. Outside the room there was a woman carrying a child just over a year old, it was Olga a Debbie's friend and the child was Mark Grayson, the couple's first born who was sleeping peacefully. 

 Unbeknownst to everyone, the child Deborah was expecting was dying because he was premature and for some unknown reason, he was not strong enough.

However, as the child's soul died out another more powerful soul was sucked into him, it was Clarion's soul.

 "Not good, the original soul of this body is dying out!! If it disappears, it'll be up to me to live his life and I just want to go to rest. Maybe if I strengthen his soul with mine he will survive and maybe even more. I'll just have to numb my conscience afterwards to avoid annoying myself with his shitty life." Clarion said in annoyance.

 At that very moment, he merged his soul with that of the baby and it was a success, "Good luck kid, I'll leave a gift to you, My Body Memory in Combat but for you it will only be an instinctive combativeness which will improve little by little. You do with that what you want, I'm going to sleep for a long, long time! » he said as his consciousness fell into a deep sleep.

 Deborah, whose pain had suddenly subsided, had finally given birth to a child who was supposed to have died.

 When the child came out, the midwife who held her looked panicked because the child was not breathing.

 " My God !! Prepare the Alfa incubator immediately, the little one's heart is not beating," she said, quickly cutting the child's umbilical cord as the staff rushed to prepare the child for resuscitation.

 Deborah : My baby, what's wrong with him?!

 Nolan: What's going on!! ANSWER!!

 Midwife: Your child was born too weak and his heart is not beating. We're going to try to resuscitate him.

 Nolan upon hearing this frowned with a pale face and began to think.

 Deborah: NO! MY CHILD !! Please do something!

 Nolan: Debbie you heard her right!! This child is weak, he may not survive long even if we resuscitate him. We already have Mark and maybe we can do another one.

 Deborah and everyone in the room were shocked for a few seconds as they listened to Nolan's words.

 "Shut up Nolan, I won't let my baby go without doing anything. » Deborah declared with rage in her eyes.

 At the same time, the child who was in the midwife's arms began to make some movements. Surprised, everyone watched as the child resuscitated himself.

 « Quickly ! Bring the Alpha Incubator!!! » the midwife shouted as the staff immediately brought in the incubator.

It was a box created for children born extremely weak, it kept them alive while providing care and nutrients to the body.

 The child once inside began to breathe quietly and fell asleep.

 Deborah: My child, is he okay?!

 Midwife: Yes Mrs. Grayson, it's a boy and it's a real miracle what has just happened. This child fought for his own survival. Even though he is still very weak, the Alpha incubator is very special, the Alpha mini-radiations will stimulate his cells for rapid recovery (It's purely made up, drop your scientific knowledge) . Of course he will be more fragile than the other children but he will survive.

 Deborah: Thank you Doctor. His name will be Lucas, my little Lucas who defied death to survive on his own.

 Nolan from the side looked at the child with eyes that would show signs of disapproval. He didn't want a weak child who might never even have his powers like him knowing the real reason he came to earth. He gave Deborah a kiss on the forehead before leaving.

 [16 years later]

 Lucas grew up and became a handsome young man, thanks to the incubator that had kept him alive as a baby he developed a normal physique.

However, due to the illness, his skin had a paler and somewhat sickly hue.

 He looked like a vampire with gorgeous wavy hair and blue eyes.

 Lucas' body was quite problematic, his frequent seizures and his very pale or sickly complexion made him look fragile to others but it was a facade.

 In 16 years, Lucas had become a real brawler with a terrifying Fighting Instinct and gave nasty beatings to those who tried to intimidate him.

 From a young age, he was already interested in martial arts in cinema and his Instinct was instantly able to understand and record movements and combinations to reproduce them to perfection.

Despite his illness, he did a lot of sport under the advice of doctors and his body had great flexibility.

 From the age of 15, Lucas fought every evening in the city's clandestine arenas, it was dirty and illegal but he never lost a fight because even if physically he was not the strongest, his fighting instinct was totally monstrous, so monstrous that it was really rare, very rare for him to take a hit.

 In his family life, Lucas got along very well with his older brother Mark and especially with his mother.

However, he had little connection with his father and their relationship was cold. It started when he listened to his parents argue about him.

 He was listening to how his mother defended him to his father when Nolan said « I told you we had to let that kid die, he's not like Mark and me. It's a failure and I don't even know if it's really mine. » before Debra gave him a slap that left him hurting her wrist for weeks. Listening had hurt him so much that he had a high fever, he was only 8 years old at the time.

 Despite all this, Lucas' academic performance was excellent. At 16 he was in his 2nd year of high school, next year he will have his high school diploma and will be able to spend a lot more time with his mother, the only person who was really important to him.

 One morning while he was having breakfast with his brother, there was a news flash on television.

The White House had been attacked by the Mauler Twins , two brilliant villains with super strength. They were neutralized by Omni-man and the Guardians of the Globe, an elite team of superheroes. .

 Before they even finished eating, Nolan arrived. He and Deborah started flirting while Mark complained about them. Lucas just went up to get ready for high school.

 Later at school, Mark was chatting with his best friend William and as they were walking, they heard a girl complaining "LET GO OF ME TODD!!!" .

It was Amber Bennett (Animated Series Version) being pestered by Todd, a high school bully, to going out with him.

 Mark gathered his courage to go and arrest Todd despite William's attempts to dissuade him and when he did, Todd turned to attack him.

Mark had not yet awakened his powers, he was very bad at fighting and was going to take a beating from Todd who punched him in the face.

 Mark with fear closed his eyes waiting to be hit but nothing happened. When he opened his eyes he saw a hand grabbing Todd's fist right in front of his face, it was Lucas who came to help him in time.

 "Tch!! You… pffff" Todd tried to speak but before he even finished his sentence, Lucas sent him a middle kick directly to the liver with frightening precision. Todd fell over from the pain and curled up like a shrimp.

 "Thank you so much Grayson!" Amber said looking at Lucas, he shook his head as he replied « It was Mark who intervened for you, not me!! »

 Amber: Thanks Mark, Todd is trash.

 Mark: You're welcome, glad I could help you.

 Lucas: Brother, I'm not going to be able to go home with you today, mom is waiting for me for my medical exams this month. See you at home and don't be late for work.(he's gone)

 As Lucas left, the girls who were looking at him all started to blush, Mark sighed then continued on his way with William.

"Your brother, for a sick man, he is not only sexy but also good at fighting, he burst Jerry from the basketball team last year when he arrived while he was trying to intimidate him. If he was a little older I…(cut)

 Mark: That's enough William, he's my little brother.

 William: Okay, I'm just kidding! He's handsome but I prefer Academics sexy guys! By the way, why don't you practice martial arts like him?! It's a bit of a shame to be saved by your younger brother.

 Mark: Lucas doesn't practice martial arts. In the whole family, i'm the only one who knows he fights like that and it's a mystery, even for him. It's like a gift.

 Later in the afternoon, Deborah after Lucas' medical exams took him out to eat something.

 Once in the fast food restaurant, they sat down and she saw something that touched her heart, her son was smiling.

 It was something she only noticed when they were together, Lucas only felt good when his mother was near him, the one who always looked after him since he was born with this sick body.

 She almost cried seeing him like that because she knew she was his only source of comfort.

 Deborah : So how are you feeling today?! The doctor told me that your health is better. It's cool, huh?!

 Lucas: I feel good mom, it's true that I'm less and less tired.

 Deborah : That's great!! We should have gone to Italy to celebrate with pizza, maybe if I call your dad he...

 "Mom please don't ruin this moment of peace, Nolan is only my father by blood. He never wanted me and that suits me because you are enough for me as a parent." he said cutting her off.

 Tears fell from Deborah's eyes, she held her child's hand "I'm so sorry Lucas, you don't deserve this!" she said while sobbing.

 Lucas: Don't worry mom, no one blames you! You were my father and mother for 16 years and you were perfect. You have always taken good care of your sons. By the way, why didn't we go eat at the fast food place where Mark works.

 Deborah : It would have been embarrassing for your brother, don't you think?!" »

 Lucas:…

 Debra:…

 "Let's go, I want to see his face when he serves our table." Deborah got up and the two went out smiling.

 As they walked toward Debbie's car, a truck driving near them lost control and drove straight toward them.

The scene happened so quickly that Deborah was not able to react in time. She was on the most dangerous side to open her door.

 " MOM !!" Lucas shouted as he sensed the danger, the truck was less than three meters from his mother when...

 *CRASH*

 It was immediately stopped by Lucas who charged at him to prevent him from hitting his mother, he himself didn't know how he had the speed or the strength to stop this truck weighing several tons but he did it.

Lucas had just awakened his Vultrumite powers.

 "Mom…are you okay?!" he rushed to his mother in shock.

 "Lucas…did you stop the truck ?! That means…you…your powers! " she said still in shock but this time because of joy.

 Lucas: Yes mom I know but who caressé ? The main thing is that you are well! Let's go inside, people start taking photos.

 Deborah was still too shocked to drive so Lucas did, he had to be very careful behind the wheel to not destroy the car.

Once home, Lucas laid his mother down on the couch and got her some water to drink.

 Lucas: I'll make dinner, you rest. 

 Deborah : What?! Wait, I can ...

 "You rest mom, you've done too much and endured too much stress today! Please rest okay ?" he cut her off and looked at his mom as his eyes grew watery.

 "I almost lost you today mom, I almost lost you and it wasn't a supervillain or a monster that Nolan is fighting but a simple accident ! I don't want this to happen to you ever again" he said as his eyes released a torrent of tears, if his mother died he would lose his peace, he would lose everything.

 His body had no strength left and he fell to his knees to cry.

"LUCAS!" Debra rushed to him to hug him and reassure him, she realized that the person whose body had endured the most stress was Lucas and not her.

 Because of his extreme fatigue, Lucas felt a heavy sleep taking over him and Debbie took him to bed to come back down to make dinner herself.

 A few hours later, Mark came home in time for dinner and the table was already set with Deborah waiting for them. Mark was in a particularly good mood for a specific reason, he had also awakened his powers.

 *Zoom*

 Nolan immediately appeared already changed as he sat down at the table "Sorry everyone, a dragon attacked Hong Kong tonight, I had to hurry!! So how was your day?" 

 Mark: It was great, guess who finally got powers today ? 

 Deborah : That's great, big guy !!

 Nolan:…

 Debbie waved her foot at Nolan who came back to his senses "Yes Mark, that's really great!! If you want tomorrow at 6 a.m. I will teach you how to use it! » He said with a smile.

 Mark: Yeah okay! Mom, where is Lucas?!

 Deborah : Your little brother is sleeping...he is very tired.

 Nolan: umm still sick right ? Viltrumites don't get sick Deby, this child is definitely not...

 Mark: DAD!!

 Deborah : Shut up Nolan, I forbid you from talking about him I've put up with your expressive awkwardness for years but it's becoming unbearable! Know that Lucas did indeed awaken his powers today too, we had an accident and it was thanks to stress that his powers manifested. I would have died without Lucas by my side while you were walking around.

 Mark and Nolan were shocked by the news, especially the part about Lucas' powers.

"Mom, is it true?!" Mark asked and she nodded calmly.

 Nolan: Debbie I…

 Deborah : No that's enough, you're not the only superhero in this world, I almost died today in a stupid accident and luckily my son was with me, son to whom you never showed attention or concern. Now that he had his powers you now know that he is yours, you can train Mark and teach him things like you always did but as for Lucas I forbid you from approaching him.

 Nolan started to get angry "YOU THINK YOU CAN FORBID ME FROM APPROACHING MY…"

 "Don't even try to say that Word, i'm not your son, you said that years ago and we accepted it Nolan" Lucas' voice interrupted Nolan's.

 They turned towards the voice to see Lucas coming down the stairs with a cold face. He looked at his father with hatred as he continued, "And know that this is the last time you speak to my mother in this tone!" in his anger, his eyes had become particularly bright with a purer blue.

***I would like to apologize once again for my lack of English skills . There will certainly be confusion for some names but I will do my best to make sure that doesn't happen***