Chapter XIII: Revelation

Stunned, the young man gets up from his bed and tells the old man:

-Weren't you dead, Mr Graham? -How... how is this possible?

- young Aiden... if I am dead, I am just a spiritual projection, it is time for you to know the origin of what you protect and why you are the guardian-

- All right, I'm listening.

- first of all, you read the letter I left for you-

- Yes... and I don't know why I remembered my grandfather, although I don't remember his face.

- If you don't remember him, just remember to see the world with the eyes of your heart, not with those of your mind -the young man was again astonished, he answered:

- how... how do you know that!

- Just close your eyes and remember young Aiden... remember- the young man closed his eyes and suddenly there was a clear memory of his grandfather, nostalgic and surprised he sits on his bed saying:

- Mr. Graham... you are... my grandfather, but how did I not realize it before? How did I not remember you?

- You were very young Aiden, your father cut off every possible link with me.

-Why Grandpa? Was my father so cruel as to forget you and for me to forget you?

- don't hate it... I will tell you the story of why you are the guardian and you will understand everything.

-Okay, I'm listening, Grandpa.

-I met Crowlhan Horwich when I was just 9 years old, he always watched me and my friends play, but especially me and my best friend Palk Griffin

-Wait a minute, you and the mayor... were you friends? -

-we were the best at everything... Crowlhan during his paranoia called us both up and said that if we wanted to be the heroes who would save the world... we were kids and thought we would become superheroes or something, we never thought we should actually protect the world. He gave us a tour of all the rooms of the secret and explained that our job was to be the protectors of the secret that lay behind the last room. He also made us take an oath by laying our hands on an ancient book that we should protect the entrance until the great guardian arrived; For years we were excellent guardians until something strange happened to Palk... after appreciating a statue that was in the last room he began to act strangely, he began to walk away from his duty, he was distant with us and talked to himself... he was no longer the same, until one night he returned to the studio with Crowlhan and there Palk was waiting for us, suddenly he pointed a gun at us and told us to lead him to the secret, That it was his, that if he didn't kill us but with a firm will Crowlhan denied his request, together we begged him to come back but nothing made him react, suddenly the tragedy happened, since Crowlhan didn't take him to the secret Palk pointed his gun at me telling him that if my life was more important than the secret and shot... Horwich jumped on me receiving the shot, Palk ran away and the great scientist died. Before he died he told me that the great guardian would come from one of my descendants, that until that moment I should protect the entrance and follow Palk closely -

-but... and isn't he supposed to know where the entrance was?

- There is actually a primary rule of the guardians and that is that if you break the guardian's oath immediately your memories will be erased, although I don't know how Palk kept the memories that there was a secret; For years I waited for one of my descendants to be the great guardian, when I had your father I instilled in him the duty as a guardian, and although he helped me a lot I knew inside that he was not the definitive one, when I found out about your birth I did not hesitate for a second to come and see you and when I could have you in my arms for the first time I knew immediately that you were the great guardian; I tried to convince your father to come and live with me in Horwich, at first he agreed but he told me that he would move in once I was ten years old, that was the age when you would understand everything, so I decided to move to Hannover so I could see you more and so when you were ten I could take you to Horwich; But when you turned eight years old the darkness started to haunt us, apparently Palk suspected that your father knew something about the secret and that he could be the great guardian or that some of his close ones could be, so he decided to leave the city and be with you longer, I needed your father to protect the entrance but he refused and told me that he would not risk the family, so much so that he asked me to stay away from you, that I did not want to risk your life to protect the secret and that's what I did... I stayed away from you, erasing part of your memories of me; Palk became more and more suspicious, and the tragedy happened... your father's death...

- What does my father's death have to do with any of this?

- Your father's death was not an accident, Palk killed him - the young man is surprised, sad and brave, shedding tears in his eyes, he says to his grandfather:

-I don't understand! I'm supposed to hit a truck, that's what was in the report.

- In reality it was not like that, Palk thought that your father was the supreme one and went after him, for years as I followed Palk he followed me, thanks to his men he knew where your father lived and that day, in your birthday I send to kidnap him, your father was a man with instincts superior to mine and he knew immediately after he left his job that Palk's men were following him, the last thing I heard from him was a call he made to me before he died saying: "Protect my son, we both know he is better than the two of us, he will finish all this"; he started a chase with the guard and to protect you from Palk he didn't think twice about overturning his car and the guard's car... both died, I heard about your father's death but when I went to Hángover to pick you up you had already moved with your mother... it took me years to get you here.

- You're the one who found my mother a job with that monster! I have to tell her!

- Wait Aiden! Calm down, I know you're angry... but Palk doesn't know anything about you or your mother, don't ruin it-

- But if that man has been watching us for years, he knows who we are!

-of course not, your father erased all sources of information about you by killing the Palk guard, and he didn't give him anything concrete about your or your mother's name either, besides your father was smart enough to put your mother's name first and then his; that's why he doesn't know anything

- that it serves me to be the great guardian if I can't protect all of them... I, I didn't ask for this... it's all about being the guardian, about that stupid secret-

-You didn't ask for it, the whole city needs you, your father gave his life for you, he knew you were the only one capable of ending all this Aiden.

- It's okay, Grandpa, but I don't know what to do--

- That's why I'm here Aiden... now that you know all the truth, your mind and heart are calm you just have to remember to see the world with the eyes of your heart... just take a deep breath - after doing this Aiden looked calmer, more relaxed

- Now I understand... I know what I have to do, thank you Grandpa!

- It's time to go... it was good to see you again Aiden... goodbye-

After these words, there was an intense light which mowed the young man and when he managed to see his grandfather was gone. Looking at the ceiling and finally knowing the truth the young man said: - grandfather... dad, I will put an end to all this... I promise you-