5 Plans

In a quiet neighborhood, a boy with brown hair was getting ready for the day while thinking of the events from the day before.

The Evening Before~

"Mom, I'm home." The cheerful youth said as he entered the front door to the home.

"Ohh, Damian you're here? I thought you would be out longer with your friends." A woman said in a similarly cheerful tone.

"Something came up so we decided to all go home early today." He replied as he walked into the living room to find a beautiful middle-aged woman watching tv.

"Well you are all done with high school so I won't say anything more to you about curfew and stuff like that. There is food in the kitchen already so eat something will you? Your games can wait a few minutes." She said as she smiled at him before focusing back on the tv.

"Ok, I'll eat now, was there anything interesting in the news?" He asked as he took out his phones and searched up the different news outlets.

"There was something about floating thrones in the sky but I haven't seen much about it. Kids these days and their video editing skills, making even the news outlets cover such things". She said with a laugh as she thought back to the hilariously named articles before.

Present Day~

"I need to decide what to do... I can try to keep my powers hidden but if one of the other kings come looking for me then it could be a problem for mom." Damian said as he looked in his mirror, his eyes turned a shade of gold before changing back to their previous brown color.

"Maybe I should just reveal myself to the public? It's not like kings are weak, as long as I can make a deal with the government I can become a superstar and move mom into a nice house and have a beautiful girlfriend too."

Thinking of this possibility to himself he smiled before shaking his head.

"I have no idea how the government will act to knowing people have super powers, I can't expose myself unless I have a plan already." He thought to himself as he went to the front door and put on his shoes before leaving.

...

It was around ten when Damian met up with his friends, Kai and Ari at a local Internet cafe. Taking a seat at one of the tables, the trio ordered some coffee and food.

"Did anyone see what happened to the anomaly? It disappeared!" Ari said, causing both boys to look towards her before she and Kai looked towards Damian. "It must have something to do with what happened to you."

"It most likely does but I'm still curious about the others, I'd like to meet them sometime," Damian said as he took out his phone and browsed the various media platforms in search of the other kings. This leads him to find a single thread on a random website talking about a green throne appearing in LA.

"The only thing I can find is something mentioning seeing a green throne in LA but there is no proof..." sighing to himself he placed his phone down.

"What will you do then Damian? If the other kings are power-hungry and hostile, they might come for you to remove threats to themselves or start trying to taking over the country or something." Kai said giving a few possible scenarios.

"Well while it doesn't say only righteous people become kings, I doubt any of the other kings have control of their powers yet. We all need time to understand and learn how to use these powers." Damian said as the server brought over some coffee and food.

After thanking them, Ari gave her own input. "You can't be the first to reveal yourself, the government will try to take control of you at any cost, you know this through all of those movies we have seen. They will want to dissect you and stuff."

"I doubt that the government isn't at least aware of the kings by now, with the anomaly gone it's most likely that the box has landed somewhere in Boston. They will most likely try covering up any information confirming their existence of the kings while trying to find them and create their own conclusion on the matter." Damian said before taking a sip of his coffee.

"I wonder what they will call us... Pandora's Kings? That would be a nice name for us kings as a collective." He added in his mind.

"Let's lay low for a while, I don't want to draw attention to myself right now, let's give it at least a few weeks before I do any big tests of power," Damian suggested.

"You could do that Damian but what about the other kings? You'll fall behind in control of your power unless you start now, if you are at least doing small tests of your power, you should be able keep a low profile." Kai suggested while taking a bite of a sandwich.

"You also need an organization too Damian, you said that kings can share power right? Then the other ones will definitely have followers." Ari added as she began sipping her coffee.

"I'll think about it, for now, we will wait and keep looking at the internet for a bit," Damian said, smiling as he took a bite of his sandwich before frowning slightly as he was chewing

"I said no tomatoes..." Damian complained silently as he used his fingers to pick out the red vegetable slices from his sandwich.

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