I look around in a small room that looks kind of like an old shed. the door in front of me had the look of a heavy wooden door. If this was a shed it was definitely a hand build wooden one, I think to myself. I try to move as I realized I'm in a chair and unable to. I could now feel restraints on my arms and legs, I look down to confirm this feeling and see Rope tired around my wrist on the arms of a wooden chair.
I had also noticed that my arms were plenty dirty and bigger then I'm use to. I look down toward my legs and see a gut jutting out and my ankles tied to the legs. I had also noticed that I was wearing a Steelman Shirt.
I try to yell for help but to no avail as I had a gag on my mouth. I was in trouble with no way to yell out and trapped to boot. I continue to look around at the tools around the shed looking room. Saws hanging with hammers and screwdrivers. There seemed to be a lawnmower just behind me as I could see the wheels and the metal of the front of it. There was some lumber stacked just to the sides of the door.
I then hear a noise, the door was opening as I let out a muffled scream thinking that I could get there attention for help.
The door slowly opened as I struggle and scream even more, trying to make as much noise as possible, as the door comes full swing. The sunlight from the outside blinds me a bit as I now see two dark figures in the bright light, not being able to make out anything in the background. My eyes start to adjust as the Dark Figures move into the shed like area closing the door behind them.
My eyes start adjusting back as now I can see dots in my field of vision. The Figures came into focus slowly after this and I could make out black suits, one had a blue tie while the other a red.
The faces still distorted a little with the dots starting to fade away.
I start thinking to myself thank god I'm saved. My body how ever started struggling hard as the figures who I could now see as male start walking toward me.
My head shakes to the left and right as to get my eyes readjusted quicker. A fear starts rising up in my gut as I can see the men as clear as day now one looked just like my grandfather and the other i didn't know but had short brown hair and glasses on he also had a scar on his left cheek. It looked like it had been cut into deeply by something.
At this point I thought I would be released, but my body kept struggling and the fear kept rising. The one that looked like my grandfather pulled a hammer from the wall and looks right at me.
"Well little one its time to do a few test shall we." He says in a low ominous voice.
Not only did he look like my grandfather, he even sounded like him as well. Then I thought what did he mean by test, what was he planning on doing. He then takes the hammer and turns it over with the nail remover side down. He then places the side under the rope around my right wrist. My body starts to shake as my head starts turning back and forth as to say no to what he was about to do.
He then push the hammer down pulling the ropes up, at first my thought was he was going to try freeing me. My body was saying something else along with my feelings as the hammer moved back toward my body. The hammer head digging into my arm as he pushed lightly. The pressure that had been interned apply started to become quite painful.
I let out a scream of pain as he then slowly moves the hammer back pulling it out of the ropes.
"Well That test was negative." He looks over to the other guy to confirm it seemed. The guy nodded his head and grabbed a clipboard I somehow missed right beside me, He then grubbed the pen off the clipboard and proceeds to it seemed like check off something on a list of sorts.
The guy looks back over and says in a deep voice. "We should then move on to the healing factor test then."
"Alright but that means we have to bring her in then." the other man seemed kind of torn on the idea.
"It has to be done the kid wont tell us and we need to find out to log the events. You don't need to worry to much ill make sure to wipe her memory of it again." he said seeming to comfort the other guy.
"Fine then ill go get her but try to get him to talk at least"
The deep voice guy nods his head as the other guy moves toward the door opening it. The sunlight blinding me again leaving just a figure shrinking in the door way shutting the door behind him.
The deep voice man then looks at me with a smile. "Well its to bad that the endurance test was a flop. How about we do a little convincing to get you to talk." He then cracks his knuckles as I shack my head no. My body wasn't responding to me like it should, I was definitely not in control of what I was saying or doing.
The man then proceeds to swing his fist into my chest and shoulders, as I scream in pain. "Come on it would be so much less painful if you just told us your ability. Id really hate to have to erase to much of your memory to find out, it could be dangerous." he went and cracked his knuckles a bit and reached for a knife. next to me. with a smile he said well I guess its time for the cutting."
I shake my head Fear welling up inside me as the knife creeps closer to my arm. He then slices my forearm quickly blood dripping out of the wound as my muffled screams of pain start to fill the shed.
He then looked back and forth from his watch on his arm to the cut he had just made. setting the knife down picking up the clip board once again and doing a few check marks it seemed on it. He then shook is head in disappointment, as if the result wasn't to his liking.
Tears start scrolling down my cheeks as blood starts to drip down my forearm. he shakes his head a bit more as he mutters out "why must you be so difficult it would be way easier just to tell us. Do you think you of some sort of super hero with a secret identity. "
he pauses for a moment and tilts his head back up putting down the clip board letting out a sigh. "Heroes only exist in comic books and Dreams. there are no real heroes in life because of there mortality. plus in this day and age it would be hard to protect yourself and your identity. How do you think we found you. thought you weren't being watched in some way or were you thinking your the only one with powers."
He stands up moving toward the door real quick pressing a bottom. the shed walls flip in words then up some how the things on the walls seemed not to be knocked off. The walls were now black white I couldn't see much around me but forward. but it was a very disconcerting view from where I was sitting as I mutter through my gag.
He then moves back toward me as he removes the gag real quick saying "what you ready to talk are yeah"
being free of my gag I scream to the top of my lungs help. The guy then smacked me across the face to shut me up as he then scuffs. "how many times do I have to tell you before you get it through your think dumb skull these walls are sound proof and your screams are fucking annoying. now just tell us your power or should I continue with what I was doing"
Talking with out me realizing it I say "Fuck you I am a nobody I don't have any god damn powers how many times do I have to tell....." He puts the gag back over my mouth to shut me up again.
"God what an annoying voice. fine have it your way ill show you this little video real quick explaining your predicament since you haven't been forthcoming. You dumb kids and your hero complexes thinking your steel man or something."
He stand up and moves behind me as I sit there struggling a bit. I was surprised at my voice it wasn't my own but it sounded familiar.
I hear a click behind me as more noise starts to engross the room. it sounded like an old projector system the ones with the gigantic reals. a picture shows up on the wall next to me as I look over to it.
I see more people being beaten and as the real continued I see a few getting stabbed and killed. it wasn't like any film I've ever scene it showed both these guys doing horrible things plus a few others. The real slowly came to and end as fear filled my body I couldn't tell if I was actually afraid or not though. The feeling seemed less of my own and more of a projected feeling.
the room lit up again as I suddenly realized that I had fallen asleep before these events had happened. is this just a dream I start thinking to myself. As I start to realize this I try to do what I did last time when I was dreaming. This was to no avail as I was still stuck. there was no way out was I really dreaming and if so why do I not feel like myself and why am I not in control of my body.
The guy came back into view and looked right into my eyes. "do you understand now? if you don't talk we will be force to keep doing these test till you are dead. we would prefer not to go to that extent though."
I seemingly start nodding as he pulls off the gag in response. As the gag came off I start talking but it wasn't me doing the talking I start to yell loud. "I AM A REGULAR HUMAN!!!! HELP!!!!" This voice I was hearing now wasn't my own either as it had more deeper sound to it. It sounded familiar but I couldn't place my flinger on it.
He put the gag back over my mouth quickly and gives off a sigh. "yelling wont help you we know you have an ability other wise you wouldn't be here. If you really want to continue this then we will just have to continue but first..." as he said that the door opened up to a bright light outside. The other guy was back I thought to myself.
this time two figures walk through the door as the door shuts behind them. I could finally make out the two people that had came in. almost in an instant as the door shut I her a woman's voice yelling "OH MY GOD!! what have you done" a figure then runs up to me in a panic way "your a monster how could you do this your not the man I married. who are you" She places her hands on me as my wounds start to heal up and my body started feeling normal again. my eyes finally adjusted as I could now make out her face. It was my grandma, there was no doubt in my mind now that was my grandpa over by the door. She had tears strolling down her face as I looked at her with a feeling like I was saved.
but I noticed as she was healing me she was gaining wounds as well. in the same spots mine were. she started bleeding down her arm but the wound seemed less sever then mine as she finished up she turned around. "I'm calling the police and consider this you notice of divorce. I cant be with a guy that would willingly do this to some poor kid or anyone for that fact."
My grandpa looked over at the other guy and gave him a nod with a sigh as he moves forward. My grandfather walked closer to her as he says "hun its okay we found him like this and we new your healing powers would help him out" he steps closer and closer to her as she says "that is hard to believe since the cops aren't here already stay away from me. if you come any closer ill inflict these wounds on you and you know I can."
he continues to move closer as he puts his hand out to her and grabs' her wrist. "I know but you wont remember this in the morning she seem to do something as she then passes out for no real apparent reason.
The other guy then moves over and touches her on the forehead. then moves back and looks at me once again. "there we go that should do it. Now then I suggest you tell us what you can do there are no more chances we will kill you this time."
I nod my head tears streaming down my face uncontrollably. He moves closer to me and pulls off the gag i said seemingly out loud "i can power up like an anime character I don't know how it works it just makes energy builds up."
He seemed a bit surprised "Really well that seems useless then i guess your not what we are looking for" he then proceeds to turn his head toward my grandfather and nods as my grandfather continues to hold my grandmas hand. The other man then looks at me again and with a sigh "Well time for the alibi and memory replacement. Don't worry this may hurt a bit but you wont remember soon enough."
He then grabs my arm unstrapping it from the chair and raises it up. He then drops his elbow down hard onto my arm snapping it breaking the bone. I let out a scream as he then quickly pulls the gag back over my mouth. My grandfather quickly set down my grandma as he touches my face and all goes black.
I still don't wake up though the world around me starts to fade from black to the forest I normally go to clear my head. I had full control over my body finally as I lift my hands up to make sure I walked forward and then let out a yell.
yep i had complete control I thought to myself. But why was i in the forest and why didn't I wake up?
I ponder to myself for a bit when suddenly I heard a whisper. A Familiar voice that I couldn't quite place, a female voice. I knew I've heard it before.
"You saw.." The voice drifted a bit
"what I saw what" I responded hoping for an answer
"you saw...." The voice dragged a bit more this time
"where are you show yourself" I start looking around only seeing woodlands surrounding me
"there watching..." there was a bit of change in her voice kind of seemed like she was scared
"I can help just tell me what I need to do" I yell into the empty woods
"You cant... Just run... Hide... Before they find you"
"that's not fair then why did you contact me"
"To Warn you..." The voice sounded more distant way quieter I could barely make it out
"Why me" I demanded to know the answers
The voice didn't respond back as I kept shouting out why me hoping for an answer.
Why am I still in this dream why cant I leave? I ask myself as I sit down and started pondering on what I had just went through. Nothing made sense none of these events seemed to fit together. why would my grandfather do such things. Who was that man with him? Why does my Grandma have these abilities, and what should I call them. I thought for a second on everything even the female voice.
Did I have some sort of destining like in the anime's I've always watched. No this is reality I'm not a child anymore. what did I stumble upon then and how do I approach it. my final thought that came to mind randomly was what to call these abilities. It seemed to fit so perfectly, Ill call them perks. Since they seem to give you abilities that are more then an average human ability.
Suddenly I hear a loud ringing noise. My alarm is going off the world fades back to black as my eyes open and adjust to the dark room around me. I'm awake again finally but its not a school day so I didn't want to get up but at the same point I didn't want to fall back to sleep. so I sat up and turned on my tv to watch some Saturday morning cartoons and anime. Until my father had awoken I needed a distraction from the dream I just had anyways.