2 Chapter 2

What started off as a normal day quickly turned into something out of a scary movie. The sky had been ripped open and nothing, but chaos was springing from all over the globe. Their were several news reports that tornadoes were forming over one-third of the planets skyline. Other reports that volcanoes were erupting in several areas on designated locations of islands. The question that still remained was: What is causing this?, Why is it happening?, and when will it stop? No one knows the answer to any of these questions.The one thing we do know is everything is going to be different now.

Nothing could be heard, but the cry out for help the sound of a little girl hurt. As I slowly start to regain consciousness I look around to see that almost everything was destroyed. The school was gone and everything had been completely wiped out. It was almost like I was stuck in a nightmare in the form of a hallucination. The lava of the earth's core was exploding up on to the surface at a dramatically fast pace. Buildings were gone and the ruins around were floating in mid air. The ground had collapsed to the point there was merely nowhere to go. I was stuck on basically a floating rock as I look across the rift to see a girl trapped in a car.

As crazy as this may sound I knew I was the only one who could help her so I took the risk of leaping over almost 3 ft of space matter on to the next floating chunk of ground. Rushing to the little girls aid I realized the reason she was trapped was because the door was jammed. I pick up a rod trying to break the handle of the door, but I wasn't strong enough, so I decided to smash one of the windows carefully helping the little girl out the car. Once out she clenched on to me as I kneel down asking her: "Are you ok?". She nods looking up at me as I asked her what happened and where her parents were. She points over to another floating ruin of ground not far from us. I told the little girl to stay put as I made my way over to the area digging through rubble and rocks.

Underneath I could see some form of a cloth as once I completely cleared everything out the way it was a body of a women laying lifeless right before me. I gasp slightly covering my mouth as I couldn't believe my eyes. The dead women had to be the little girl's mother. Before I could blink everything around me once again started to shake and break apart as I shouted out for the little girl not to move as the floating rock I was standing on slowly started to crumble. I take my time quickly leaping back over picking the little girl up and going to hide behind a fallen destroyed building. The strange dark clouds of thunder start to pour down again, but this time more furiously. The little girl started to panic more and clenched onto my shirt burying her face into my chest.

I hold her close as I look up seeing a dazzling spark of light shine bright over the entire sky and before I could react it imploded down on us. Everything around us started to react as a conductor, while the ray of light consumed the planet. Holding on to the little girl, I close my eyes feeling my body go numb and everything went black. It felt almost as if I was separated from my body as I couldn't move and sure enough couldn't see anything. For a moment I thought I was dead, but once I heard a glistening sound and saw a ray of light I felt myself waking up.

I slowly regain consciousness again only this time I wake up in an office as I felt something cold underneath my head. I sprung up holding an ice pack to my head as a woman comes over from the next room with a white jacket on asking if I was ok. I look at her confused as I explained to her that everything wasn't okay and that we had to run. She looked at me worried as she knelt down holding me in her arms.

" Everything is okay! Please calm down" she says.

" But the sky was exploding!...The ground had erupted with lava and broke apart!...the little girl was in danger!"

" No sweetie. Nun of that happened...you just had a bad dream. I'm the nurse Ms. Susan and your in my office inside the school. You passed out during the earthquake evacuation" she says rubbing my head.

I was so confused and I didn't understand what had happened to me. I walk over looking out the window as everything looked the same, but different. There were buildings around I didn't recognize and people I didn't know from before the nurse to be exact. One moment everything seemed fine and then the next minute it was almost like the end of the world was near, but now everything is fine again. I get up leaving the nurse's office as I checked the time heading to my next class. Once I got to math I went over sitting next to Maggie asking her if she was okay. She looks at me confused nodding asking why and if something was wrong. I take a deep breathe looking up out the window as I nod and she starts to worry. She takes my hand getting up walking us out of class right before the bell ring as we went to the washroom.

" Okay. Start talking" she demands.

" It was terrible Maggie. Everything looked so real. It was so scary and I didn't know what to do. I couldn't save her, but I tried I feel so bad now!" I cry.

Maggie grabs me by the shoulders looking at me wiping my tears away. " Madelyn what are you talking about? What girl?!?".

I tear up more as I looked down before saying: " It was an earthquake and the school was being evacuated, but we didn't follow with the others, but instead we went off on our own... we found out that Jamie and his other friends were superheroes, which lead to us nearly getting crushed by the building...Then when I regained consciousness I woke up in the middle of the planets mass destruction and everything was breaking apart and exploding..."

" Ok. Ok. Slow down. You said all this happened today, but how could that be if we are standing here right now?" Maggie asked confused.

" I don't know that's what's so confusing"

" And the world...exploded?" She questions.

" Yes! Maggie I'm not lying. I'm telling you the truth"

" I'm sorry Madelyn, but that's just crazy," she said, shaking her head.

" Your telling me you don't remember being almost crushed by the school building. Me, you and Sebastian?!"

" I'm sorry, but no. I don't remember any of that" she says looking at her with a disappointed face.

I groan clenching my head as out of nowhere it started throbbing. I leaned back against the wall starting to feel a little lightheaded. Maggie looked at me worried as she texted my brother helping me up as I groan.

" Maggie it hurts! My head is killing me!"

" it's going to be ok. You probably just need to go home. You did hit your head pretty hard earlier" she says.

Once out of the bathroom in the hallway Sebastian rushes over asking what was wrong and if I was okay. Maggie explains to him everything that I said and claimed what happened. Sebastian looks at me and slightly snare shaking his head.

" Yeah that hit to the head messed you up big time. I don't remember any of that happening."

" We can worry about this later. We just need to get you home because it's obvious something wrong with you" Maggie say looking at me as I nod.

Maggie and Sebastian hold me up as they walk me down the hallway. We turn a corner looking around for a security guard as I started to feel pain in my lower stomach area. They both speed up trying to hurry when just before we could turn the corner toward the stairwell we all get knocked back as I hit the floor running into one of the upper class students. She groans rubbing her forehead seeing Maggie and Sebastian.

" Ah! Hey watch with your going you brats" she says annoyed picking her books up off the floor.

" Uh Sorry! we didn't mean to. We're just trying to get my sister to the office" Sebastian says as she looks down at me.

As I look up at her my eyes slightly widened in that instance the vision of the little girl I saved in the dimension rift came back to my mind. I groan holding my head as my face started to turn slightly red. I look at her once more seeing her eyes glisten in the light and I blushed nervously. Her facial expression change in that moment as now she seemed worried and concerned.

" Yeah she doesn't look to good. Do you need help?" She asked as I shake my head.

" She'll be okay we just need to make sure she makes it home" Maggie says helping up again as her and Sebastian quickly rush up the stairs with me.

" Uh ok.." the girl watch as we rush past her.

Once we got to the office Sebastian asked if they could call our parents, so that I could go home early explaining the situation that happened earlier of me hitting my head and not feeling well. The lady in the office nods her head picking up the phone calling our house number. Our dad picked up the phone stating he was on his way to get me. Maggie suggested that she stay in the office with me until my dad got to the school, but I ensured her I would be fine and to go back to class. She hesitates for a moment, but soon after complying going back to class with Sebastian.

" Sweetie are you ok? What's hurting is it just your head?" Lady at the desk ask.

" Its my head and stomach "

" Do you need for me to get you anything before you go?" She asks.

" No it's ok. I'll be fine once I get home."

When my dad got to the school he came straight to the office thanking the lady behind the desk for calling him ,helping me up getting me back to the car letting the office know to tell Sebastian once school was over to come straight home. My dad asked what happened and as I began to explain to him what I thought had happened, he was sure that I was having side effects from hitting my head. Of course he didn't believe anything I said following the going to school with superheroes and dimension rift part. I was still hoping he would have at least tried to wrap his head around it and believe me being he was always for the impossible being possible.

Once we got home my dad carried me to my room laying me in bed checking my temperature and seeing if I was dehydrated. At some point he couldn't tell whether I was sick or just traumatized, so he left out calling my mom while she was at work. Surprisingly, he came and told me she was on her way back to stay and take care of me. My mom has never been willing to up and just leave work no matter what was going on. Her career meanings everything to her, but maybe she was serious about changing for me. Not too long after being home I heard the door open and the sound of my mom walking up the stairs with her heels on. She rushes in the room asking if I was ok hugging me close to her holding her hand up to my face and chest feeling for any fevers or abnormal heart beat.

" I'm pretty sure I'm not sick mom. Just my head is killing me."

" maybe you just need to rest for a little bit. Have you eaten today?" She asks.

" No not really. I don't remember eating lunch .

" ok then I'm going to go fix you something to eat ok? Just lay here and relax" she responds going down stairs.

As I lay down I start to think back to the bad dream I had of the planet exploding hoping that something could give me a clue to what could be causing my head pain. Surely enough the story everyone keeps saying of me hitting my head doesn't seem believable enough for me. I've had many experiences hitting my head when I was younger, but nothing has caused me to have pain along with trauma and visions. I couldn't remember anything in particular out of the ordinary, so I gave up for the moment as my mother came back in the room with a bowl of noodles.

" Here sweetie eat this, then take these. Afterwards just lay back down and rest your probably just need some sleep" she said handing me a pill for head pain.

" Thanks mom" I say eating the noodles.

" Anytime sweetie." She kisses me on the forehead softly before getting up leaving the room going downstairs.

Soon after I slowly start to drift off to sleep as I was starting to feel fine, but then the nightmare and visions starts to come back. It's almost like they were haunting me because each one was linked to the last. It started off with me at the amusement park and I was running from something, something big and dark. I continued to run feeling my heart racing and my blood pumping. I ran up the path turning the corner hiding behind a bunch of stuffed animals. With each step the dark shadow took, he made the ground shake. I wait as he searched around going right past me and I jump out taking off in the opposite direction. For a moment everything was fine, but then I saw Sebastian.

" Sebastian we have to go! Some thing is chasing me we got to run!"

" w-why? It's your fault this is happening" he says dreadfully.

" what are you talking about?"

He points behind me as the sky was dark and thunderous, while there were twisters and tornadoes everywhere.

" No not again! Why is this happening?!"

" You just couldn't let it go! Mom and Dad are gone! And worst of all maggi-" He whispers as the dark shadow was behind him.

" Sebastian! Behind you!"

It stabs right through his chest killing him as his lifeless body fall to the ground. I tear up covering my mouth as I tremble in fear. I back up quickly turning and running. I couldn't believe that this thing just killed my brother. I start to think to myself what he meant about it being my fault. As I ran faster and faster I finally made my way out the amusement park out to the streets and the destruction going on got worse just like my last dream. I took off down the street as when I looked over my shoulder the shadow was still there multiplying. I felt my body completely get wrapped up in fear as I run tripping over a crack in the ground as I turn to see the dark shadow standing over me. I shiver in my skin once it's hand reaches out to grab me then gets knocked away by a powerful energy blast.

When I look up I see a girl in a green and white suit my eyes widened when I realized who it was. She asked if I was ok as I nodded and she helps me up.

" That thing is going to be coming back soon. That blast wasn't enough" she says.

" Your...Alaska Girl, but how...how are you here?"

" I was manifested from your subconscious. Of the thing you idolize the most " she responds standing in front of me.

I smile as I hold on to her as she ensured me that she would protect me. The dark shadow reappears,but now with glowing red eyes and twice its previous size. I feel a chill go up my spine as Alaska girl dash forward at him blasting him again. He stands absorbing the attack catching her by the throat. He blasts her with his eye beams as he throws her into a building blowing it up. I watch in shock as he created an afterimage now once again standing over me as he reaches down grabbing me by the arm lifting me off my feet. He grins showing his fangs as I scream.

I close my eyes as before he could attempt anything else Alaska girl comes charging in kicking him in the back of the head as he drops me and she smashes him into the ground. She picks him up throwing him through several buildings. She rushes back over picking me up explaining she had to get me somewhere safe. I ask her what was going on and where I was. She starts to explain that I was affected by the cosmic space matter that imploded across the global during the dimensional rift that took place earlier in the day. My eyes widened as I ask her if what I saw really happened she nods.

" Whatever that thing is it was created by whatever caused the rift to come after you in your mind to destroy you." She says flying faster feeling the creature present again. When Alaska girl asks what's the one place I felt safe at I told her my home. She replies back asking if there was anywhere else because that would be the first place the monster looks. I shake my head no as she took me back home. Once there I called out to my mom and dad as I didn't get a single response back. I started to panic and freak out as I called Maggie only for her mother to answer.

" Ms. Tolliver is Maggie?!"

" Madelyn...You have some nerve...you know she isn't here... it's your fault because of what happened to her...you got my baby hurt...and now she's not the same anymore" Ms.Tolliver responses sounding like she was about to cry as she immediately hung up.

I start to feel my heart race again as I shake in fear not knowing what to do as Alaska girl stayed outside on watch to be sure he wasn't still in the area. Everything was bad my brother was gone, my parents were nowhere to be found, and my best friend isn't herself because of something I supposedly did. I didn't know why this was happening, but it was a complete nightmare out of a horror movie. Before I could think of another person I could call for help the window in the front room shatters apart as Alaska girl got thrown through as she collapsed on the floor after smashing into the wall. I look in fear as the wind blew through the window sending another signal of cold chills up my spine. Before I could even blink to take a deep breathe the creature leaps through the window at me piercing my chest as I jump up out my sleep screaming in fear.

My mom and dad rush upstairs asking if I was ok:

" Baby what's wrong?!" Mom says coming sitting on the edge of my bed putting her hand on my leg.

" Mom! Dad! I'm sorry!...I'm sorry, I'm sorry!" I cry.

" Sweetie what are you talking about???" My dad ask.

As I start to explain the nightmare I had to them my mother at one point wrapped her arms around me holding me close as she ensured me that everything was going to be okay.

" It's ok Maddie! Nothing is going to happen to us! Nothing is going to happen to your brother and most of all nothing is going to happen to you! Okay?" She says looking me in the eye.

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" Okay mom!" I wrap my arms around her back hugging tight and close to me.

~Kate POV~

Hi my name is Kate Richardson and I am one of the newer heroes around. My name to the city and the world is Alaska Girl. I got my powers about a year ago in a freak accident at a lab that I volunteered to be apart of as a science project for school that ended up being something more serious then what was made to believe. Along with that it's been about a year since the passing of my mother. She was everything to me. She was always there for me even if she wasn't supposed to be. It's sad to think of what happened to her and how so much had changed in my life, especially my father's.

Once again in my life things had began to take its course of changing right before my eyes. I still can't believe how everything one minute can be fine and good, then the next minute everything can get turned upside down in a blink of an eye. It started off as a normal day for me getting up early to patrol the city a little before going off to school. Once there I went to my locker and then to the office to get my schedule. Once that was done I met up with Conner and the others asking if they had any odd encounters with any strange people in the last two days. He tells me no as I explained to him there were reports of strange climate changes occurring in only a selective few places Oracle City being one.

They flat out explain that there was nothing going on within their readings and scans back at their lab. I warned them to just stay alert and vigilant. They all nodded as we go our separate ways to class. Later on in the day during lunch I couldn't help but all since morning feel something was off. What bugged me the most was when I witness one of the students confront Conner and Jackson. I wanted to help so bad, but I couldn't use my powers and couldn't give off any suspicious of my affiliation with the others.

It was at that moment my awkward feeling turned out to be right. The ground was shaking and I could hear the sound of people running and screaming outside. I could hear the sound of explosions and crashes coming from blocks away. I had looked over at Conner and the others as we knew we had to go check things out. I got up and lingered off at the moment they called for everyone to quickly evacuate the building. Without anyone noticing me separate away from the group I quickly moved to the nearest storage room closet changing into my outfit opening the window to outside rushing off into the sky.

Once I got outside I started to see everything fall apart. Cars were crashing, buildings were crumbling from the earthquake eruption, poles were exploding and more. I didn't understand for one second what was going on or why I just knew I had to help the best way I could. I rush around the city getting civilians to safe. Catching falling parts of buildings from crushing cars with children in it. At one point I noticed that there was something tearing into the sky as I saw Superman fly pass with Green Lantern as I follow behind.

" Hey guys! Any idea of what's going on?"

" No clue. What are you doing out here? This is no scenario for you" Superman says looking back at me.

" Come on, I want to help besides my school is evacuating anyway."

" This is no time to decide when is the right time, but Superman we have to get this chaos under control... Alaska Girl take the north side of the city make sure to keep any civilian out of danger and find any source to what's causing this disaster, while we take the south side." Green lantern says as we both nod.

Once we went our separate ways I started to get people out of buildings they were trapped in. Stop fires from spreading across neighborhoods and stop the Oracle City Damm from cracking and flooding the entire city. I started to notice that the sky had got gloomier and that it started to thunder. Not too long after my flight capabilities started to demise once everything started to get sucked up into the dimensional rift in the sky. I contacted Superman and green lantern asking what could I do to help with closing the rift. They of course ensured that they would have everything under control and that I wasn't ready to take on anything bigger then just global issues not an entire world issue.

With that said I scattered around the city for anything unusual besides the sudden earthquake and weather changes, but got nothing. As it seemed I was coming up short and every possible idea I could think of I decided to head back to the school to make sure everyone made it out safe and no one had gotten hurt. Struggling to fly back i saved a few more people on the way. Once there I see that all the students and staff were in a bunker underneath the school complex.

Before I could take a breath of relief I see that three students were trapped in a small area by the back door of the school soon to be crushed by the falling rumble from above as I rush down grabbing two of them moving them out the way to safe as they had passed out from shock. As I turn I see the one girl left, but the falling rumble was seconds away from crashing on her and without a moment of hesitation I leap over pushing the girl out of the way as she trips over a bunch of rocks hitting her head on the surface. Once I hit the floor the small upper part of the complex come crashing down on me and I pass out seconds later.

As I slowly start to regain consciousness I wake up on an operating table as I look up to see cyborg and raven both standing over me taking my vitals and heart rate. I pop up asking what happened and where was I. They told me to calm down and that I was at the watchtower recovery from my injuries. I look at them confused and ask of what injuries and they show me and scan parts of my ribs being broken and several trauma bleeding inside my head. I ask what happened and they told me I was crushed by a falling building and that I was lucky they found me before the explosion happen.

" what do you mean explosion?"

" Readings show some type of atomic explosion erupted off across the entire galaxy." Cyborg says.

" We have no clue what caused it or why it happened so close to earth" raven adds on.

" what we are more worried about is the side effects that seems to have came with it" raven continues showing me a report of multiple areas being altered and changed out of nowhere.

" So what do we do?" I ask.

" We aren't doing anything because we've been notified not to let you set foot anywhere near this operation" cyborg says as I look at him confused.

" what do you mean? I have to help"

" I'm sorry Kate, but we can't let you" raven responses looking to the side.

" You can't? So what is this about me still being new to all this? Is that it? Or is it that Superman still doesn't trust me?"

" You won't understand Kate. I know it's hard to be in the background, but it's for your own good" cyborg says.

" Yeah that sounds like him."

Raven looks away sighing as cyborg ordered me to not try anything.

" Ha! Who's going to stop me? You?"

At that moment I ripped the sensors off me as they tried to restrain me, but I knock them off me.

" Kate stop! We don't want to hurt you, you have to listen to us" raven says getting up.

Cyborg gets up readying his hand machine arm gun pointing it at me.

" Don't make me do this" he says.

I reach the nearest door to outside of the tower.

" Sorry you guys, but I can't just sit back and do nothing"

As I fly out back down to earth I get a strange feeling that something was to come that I didn't like. Something involving Superman and Green Lantern.

~Madelyn POV~

It was 9:42pm and I was laying in my bed in the dark waking up from sleeping again. I got up going to the bathroom as I closed the door turning the water on in the sink as I pick up a towel. I wet rinsing it off as I began to wipe my face feeling kinda dizzy still. I take a moment to look at myself in the mirror. Everything looked okay with me, but I felt completely different. I bury my face in my hands as our of nowhere I hear the sound of someone whispering to me, but in my head.

" M-Madelyn...Madelyn" strange voice says.

" Who's there?"

" Come to me!" Strange voice continues on.

" Huh? Who are you what do you want?"

" Follow the sound of my voice and all will be answered to you" strange voice responds.

I turn the sink off as I slowly walked out of the bathroom slowly walking down the stairs to the living room. I look around as I had a feeling the person that was calling to me was somewhere close by. As I searched around the house I stopped once I turned to the backdoor that was just pass the kitchen. I walk slowly down the hallway as the strange feeling of someone present for stronger. Once at the back door I opened it looking out in the yard as I didn't see anyone there, but the voice came back.

" Come to me Madelyn"

" what do you want?" I ask stepping outside the door onto the porch as I walked down the stairs.

At that moment a portal opens up by the fence as a black shadow comes out with a cloak on. It steps forward more fully emerging from the portal as I got chills shot up my spine. He starts to explain to me that he was sent because I was chosen out of a world wide list of candidates, but I stood out the most for my heart and potential capabilities.

" You are something special Madelyn. Something behind even my high lords understanding. We think you are the missing piece to stopping what's soon to come." He explains.

I look at him confused as I didn't understand why out of all people they came to me.

" So what exactly is it that I've been chosen for?"

" You have been chosen to be the next step to the future generation of guardians over the universe."

" Ha! I'm sorry, but guardians? Like I've been chosen to be a superhero? No way"

" Oh, but you have..." he says raising his hand as he creates a simulation of the earth in space as he starts to talk about what his lords vision was. Basically that soon something more like someone so power would come that they would throw off the balance between the gods and the mortals. Throw off the balance between nature and man. He could wipe out the entire Milky Way.

" That's terrible! But I'm not anyone who could possibly make a difference let alone be worthy of something like this"

He snapped his finger showing me the possibilities of the unlimited potential I could have. The remarkable skill, strength and quickness I could have. The untapped power that I could obtain while never having to worry about aging. No worries about anything harming me like it does now. Back upstairs my brother Sebastian woke up from his sleep feeling something wasn't right as he went to my room to check on me, but I wasn't there. He searched all over the house for me soon to see that the back door was open as he comes outside seeing me talking to a cloaked shadow.

" Madelyn! What are you doing?!" He ask rushing out to me.

" uh! Sebastian"

He jumps in front of me holding up a stick telling the guy to get away from me. The guy looks at me as I inform him not to harm Sebastian and that he wasn't any danger.

" Sebastian this guy says I'm chosen to becoming a superhero!"

" what!? Madelyn what has mom and dad said about talking to strangers!?" He looks at me.

" I know, but he isn't lying about what he is saying... he says that the world is in trouble even more the universe... I can't just turn this down like it's nothing"

" This is nonsense your not a superhero Madelyn... your a regular person like the rest of us"

" Sebastian please! This could be like a dream come true me...it would mean a lot to me if you could understand where I'm coming from"

" She is right Sebastian. You know you too can join her. It would make things so much better if she had someone close to her that could help save this world and countless others" the guy says trying to encourage Sebastian.

" No way! I'm not falling for it" Sebastian says backing away reaching out to grab me.

" Sebastian! Please! This could be our chance to make something out of ourselves! To do something that could help make the world a better place and right for a change"

With that much said Sebastian pauses for a moment thinking as he nods his head letting me go.

" I'm only doing this because if this is really what you want. I won't let you do it alone. I'm your brother and I'm supposed to look out for you and protect you"

" Thank you"

With everything said and done the mysterious guy starts the ritual as a giant circle forms around Sebastian and Madelyn. He starts to speak in a different language as his hands start to glow and fire surrounded the circle. Once he finished speaking the circle symbols appeared in front of us and the entire thing started to glow bright. It cast over us as we started to float in mid air feeling a surge of energy flow through our body. The light glistens more as it sends a shockwave through the entire area and then everything went back to before as we lay in the grass. As we start to get up we asked what was it he exactly did to us. He explains that it would take 12 hours before we notice any changes in our physical features.

We both look at each other as he tells us that he will be watching us and will always be around lurking in the shadows. He disappears as me and Sebastian make our way back inside the house.

" That guy was creepy. I got a bad feeling about this" he says.

" Lighten up Sebastian. Come on let's get some sleep"