Chapter 4: Reminiscence (Reworked)

After sitting on my bed, I move to the headboard. I begin to lay flat on the bed as I start to reminisce about my past life, I begin to remember how I got here, and how I have changed as a person, I was never like this in my past life.

Before dying I was a geek or a nerd if you want, I liked comics, manga, anime, and video games. I would spend my days with my friends, playing videogames at their houses or mine, but I also liked reading or watching anime at home, and if I did not have any manga, I would head to a bookstore or library and read some.

As a kid, I would get made fun of by kids my age for the things I liked and would get harassed whenever I met them. After all the harassment I got over it and got used to it but one day while getting made fun of they stopped suddenly leaving me confused. "Hey what are you doing, leave him alone," said the random guy, jumping between me and the group of bullies.

After seeing this one of the bullies ran up to him to push him and tell him off but what surprised me was this random guy dodged the push and countered with a grab and push of his own to his group of friends. Seeing their friend get pushed around they just now notice that this guy was big for his age and ran off.

Seeing the group of bullies run off I ask this dude "why did you help me you don't even know me" standing up I look at him. Looking at the wall this random guy said, "growing up I was taught that if a person is in need, to help them because that's what makes a good person."

Listen to what he had to say, something sparked inside a new sense of justice and integrity that I never had. It gave me the courage to stand up to my bullies and fight back and stick up for others. "Tell me what your name is at least before you leave," I asked.

"It is James Avory," James said walking away from me, as I stand there in awe with the sun blasting my face. This was a life-altering event that really changed my character for the better. After a couple of days Laters the same bullies came back for me but this time, I did not let them do to me what they have been doing all year.

Getting forced out of my flashback I see my mom, Mary standing over me with a bag of cheeseburgers in her hand saying "Jason I brought dinner, come eat with me I'm heading downstairs". I say "ok give me a minute to get ready".

10 minutes later I start to walk down the stairs I head towards the dining table to see my mom eating her burger and fries. Sitting in the chair across from my mom I ask "how was the meeting with your editor john today" mom said "I was fine, but he said there could be some changes and edits to make my book better" as she stuffs her face with fries.

I say "remind me again, what your book is about, "mom says "the book is about Dracula who is locked up in a tomb for over 150 years and gets unleashed onto the modern world". "wow," I say putting ketchup on my burger and starting to eat it.

While eating in silence I realize that for the past 15 years, I never asked about my dad or question why he was never brought up in any conversation, so I ask "mom how come we never speak about my dad or even who he is". Mom stays quiet for a minute "well I did not know your father well as we met at a club in downtown Detroit, and we hit off from there and got really drunk, had sex, and nine months Laters you were born, and I have not heard from him since".

After hearing that I ask "do you have any pictures of him" mom says "I might but I would have to look I the basement" after the conversation we eat in silence. After dinner I say good night to my mom and head to my room to watch some bleach after that important information.

-A Week Later-

A day after my first time-fighting crime as a hero or vigilante as some might say and I put away 3 bank robbers who also stole from star labs in Detroit. Not wanting my hero suit to be just a plain sweat suit I took the design I drew when I was working in the pizza shop and put my 1-week plan into action, making a super suit. Using the money I make working I bought the materials needed and began production.

-The next day-

Today is Saturday and I made plans with Sammy and our other friend melissa at the movies to see a new one that just came out and then to an arcade. Meeting up with Melissa and Sammy we headed into the theater, walking towards the concession stand to get snacks and drinks and to our theater number and seats.

Two and a half hours later the movie ended, we left our theater and headed to the exit "the movie was great in my opinion" Sammy says "that's because you have terrible taste Sammy" melissa says joking pushing him, I laugh at both of them saying "that movies was mid ".

Walking through the door we hear an explosion, using my super hearing I hear screaming and pleads for help. Listening to them I start to run in that direction hearing my friends in the background asking where I was going. Glad I put my newly made suit under my regular clothe I run into the near ally with no cameras I start to take off my regular clothing to show my Paragon suit and started to fly to the explosion.