04: Time Skip and Shattered Soul

James sighed, wearing real clothes feels nice now. It's been a week since was saved by the S.H.I.E.L.D... He doesn't know if they are watching him... He started to get paranoid about everything... After some talk with his 12 personalities, he discovered that even if his mind is one of an adult, his body is not. And the hormones produced by the body influences the mind, and because he accumulated a lot of pressure and stress in a year his body started to make him feel paranoid with everything as a side effect. James thought about his 13th personality when he was talking with his other personalities, he always felt like there was another one... A more powerful or something like that.

"Hey, J, what are we going to do?" Asked Capricorn, James started to make plans with his personalities and asking what they would like to do... Leo, Taurus, and Scorpio want to fight. Aquarius, Cancer, and Aries want to learn new things. Pisces, Gemini, and Virgo don't care. Libra, Sagittarius, and Capricorn want to explore the universe. James sighed because first, he needed to be strong. He was now in an orphanage... Waiting to be adopted. James just stayed in his room working out and meditating only leaving to eat and go to the bathroom.

James tried to see his 13th form, which was very difficult to do... He still trying to figure out how to control and summon his weapons, well he already knows what weapons his forms have. Leo has a golden gauntlet with claws attached to it. Virgo has golden chains with spikes attached to it. Sagittarius has a golden bow. Taurus has a golden war hammer. Libra has two spheres a black one and a golden one. Capricorn has a pair of heavy golden shoes with spikes. Pisces has a golden spear. Scorpio has a pair of golden daggers. Gemini has a pair of golden pistols and a golden sniper. Aquarius has a golden spherical aquarium. Aries has a golden staff. And Cancer has a golden sword.

Cancer said that he felt energy... He said it Gama Radiation and James just know about some entities that have this kind of energy... The Phoenix, One Above All... and One Below All... Just thinking about it sent shivers down James' spine! But... the idea that his 13th form is a new child of the universe that can be compared to the Phoenix was born. James then decided that he wanted to go to Kama-Taj first and learn magic! But first, he needs to leave this place and get money to go to Nepal... Or maybe he can go to London and enter the Sanctum... James sighed when he thought about the Ancient One...

Maybe, he can attract the ancient one! But... how? Being a threat to humanity? Maybe it isn't a good idea... Then he remembered that there's a place in New York where the Ancient One appears in the Movies! He just needs to find this place and maybe... he can meet her. But now, he will meditate and train his body so he can leave this orphanage. Every day he hears a snake-like voice hissing in his mind, saying: "No trust... Anyone!" and that is what is making James paranoid... Who is his 13th form? Anyway, James had a direction to go, now he just needs to walk towards it!

[1 year later, Nepal.]

James is now 7 years old, he left the orphanage when he was 'adopted' by a lady named Jessica. James used his Gemini power to create a clone of one woman he saw, stole her documents and stole some money too from some other organizations using his Scorpio from to enter and leave the place where the money was. Today he arrived in Nepal, on his last year he trained a lot. He can now switch between forms, but it is hard to do.

James was searching for a week until he found the place where Kama-Taj is located. He was received by a certain bald woman who was surprised to see James there: "Hello youngster, what brings you here?" James bowed and attacked the woman, who simply used her palm of his hand and separated his soul from his body. That was what he wanted! He always felt incomplete, so he wanted to try something, what if his soul was separated from his body? What would happen?

James' soul shattered like glass and became 14 different parts with different colors. The Ancient One was really... surprised to see a boy who had this problem. "So that's why you came here, well... I guess I can help you with it. Follow me, let's talk." She didn't know why, but she couldn't see his past or future at all! It was like a black fog was protecting the boy from her. When she tried to push beneath the barrier, two red eyes looked at her soul and pushed her back...

James was bought to a room where the Ancient One talked with him for a while, he takes a sip from the tea and thinks: 'So good! It was true that the Ancient One's tea is amazing.' he coughed twice and said: "I'm sorry for attacking you, I don't know what happened to me... I just felt like it was necessary." The Ancient One smiled lightly and said: "Maybe it was, maybe it was not." James smiled and bowed saying: "I came here searching for your guidance, maybe then I can be myself again." She sighed, James could see that she was curious about him.

"Very well, I will help you reconnect your shattered soul." James sighed a year ago he discovered that his soul was shattered, and because of it, he developed multiple personalities, but not normal multiple personalities... They had their own will. James began to fight internally with his other personalities, he was almost going insane! The only hope he had was the Ancient One or the Soul Stone... But the Soul Stone was almost impossible to get. So his only option was the Ancient One and her teachings.

That day, James started to gather the pieces of his shattered soul and learn with them. Every piece was one of his Zodiac Forms, they had emotions... To James be able to return to normal, he needs to accept his pieces and learn with them. And it will take a while...