ISSUE #1

" Where were you today you little shit?"

Nathan's stepdad asked as he slapped his son in the face.

" Had practice today. You'd know that if you paid attention."

Nathan responded.

" What was that you little fucker?!"

Bill asked.

" You heard me."

Nathan replied as he sat his bags down.

" You listen here you little fuck. I'm not your mother that sorry, bitch should have drowned you in the tub when she had a chance."

Bill said to the boy.

" Fuck you."

Nathan yelled at the man.

Bill raised his hand and smacked Nathan in his face pissing him off. Nathan returned a fist to the man's jaw.

" You Little shit."

Bill yelled as he punched Nate in his face. Bill followed it up by busting Nathan's lip with another punch.

" You listen here. This is my house boy if you don't like, leave."

Bill yelled at the downed boy.

" Thank you. I will you piece of shit!"

Nathan yelled as he stormed out of the house.

" I don't need that loser. I got a job. I got money left over. I can take care of myself. I've been doing it my whole life already."

Nathan said as he walked down the street, when he was suddenly approached by two men and a woman.

" Hello young man."

The man with shades was saying to the boy as he walked.

" Look I don't want anything you're selling okay."

Nathan said as he continued walking.

" Hold on, I just want to talk."

The man said in response.

Nathan looked up from his stupor and laid eyes on the group. He looked over the two men in front of him. Nothing about them seemed out of the ordinary. One wore red shades, and the other was a scruffy short guy. The woman however seemed to be something you would see in a playboy magazine; she was a real beauty.

" Listen. I'm having a bad day alright. And all I want to do right now is go somewhere quiet so I can rest my nerves and figure things out. I'm sorry for being rude. But today just ain't the day."

Nathan said before walking past the group.

" Way to go Slim."

The scruffy short man said to his companion.

" Anything?"

The man asked the woman of the group.

" Probably best to let things play out for now."

The woman replied.

Nathan having walked away from the group continued on his way to his friend's house.

' Damn, man. Just what I needed today. First sarah cheats on me and now that prick kicked me out in the cold at night. Can my luck get any worse today?'

Nathan asked himself as he thought about his bad luck recently.

" Maybe I shouldn't have been such a douche to those guys earlier. They didn't seem all bad."

Nathan admonished himself.

Nathan pulled out his phone and dialed one of his friends, Derricks, Number.

" Hey, man what's up?"

Derrick asked

" Hey, man Bill kicked me out. Can I crash at your place tonight?"

Nathan asked

" Yeah, man. Just come in through the back window. I'll leave it unlocked."

Derrick said over the speaker.

" Thanks man I appreciate it."

Nathan replied.

" All right man. I'll see ya in a bit."

Derrick said before hanging up.

" I got a place to sleep tonight at least."

Nathan said to himself as he continued walking.

Nathan continued walking through the cold night until he was stopped by a weird stranger.

" Excuse me sir! Can you spare a moment please?"

The homeless looking man asked as he approached Nathan.

' You know what, I could use some good karma for once.'

Nathan thought as he looked at the man.

" Sure, what's up man?"

Nathana asked as he walked up to the man

" Would you be kind enough to just surrender?"

The man said as he pulled out a shock baton.

" What the? Arh!"

Nathan yelled in pain as electricity ran up his back as another man appeared behind him. Nathan fell forward and was grabbed by the man in front of him and drug into the nearby building.

" Look kid this is nothing, personal. But that pops of yours should have paid us back. Now, we gotta send a message. We don't like having our money taken from us."

The man said as he held the teen down.

" Ugh! Get off me!"

Nathan yelled as he struggled against the men.

" Hold still son, wouldn't want my hand to slip now, would we?"

The man asked as he held a knife up to the boy's face.

" Let go!"

Nathan demanded again.

" Hahaha! Or what punk? What are you going to do about it?"

The man asked

" Just hurry up and kill him already."

The other man demanded his colleague to hurry it up as he continued to fight with the Teen.

" Let go!"

Nathan yelled again. Frustration and panic building within him as the man got closer to him.

" Hahaha!"

The man laughed at the boy's panicked expression.

" I said. LET. ME. GO!!!!"

Nathan screamed at the top of his lungs and all of a sudden wave of energy erupted from his mouth. The two men looked on in horror as Nathan's scream began to tear them apart.

Boom! *

The entire building and nearby stores were blown away. Once the smoke cleared Nathan was left lying on the ground, his clothes tattered and destroyed.

" Did I do that?"

Nathan asked before passing out from exhaustion.

The sudden burst of energy drained Nathan completely. Leaving him unconscious and undefended. He was unaware that the group from earlier had returned in time to see his sudden display of power.

" Did you see that? That raw power. To think such a powerful Mutant was lucky enough to survive the decimation and he only just now showed signs of his mutation. We need him, Scott."

The woman said to the man with the visor.

" Do you think he'll want to come with us?"

Scott asked.

" He ain't got much of a choice right now slim. It's either come with us or wait for the authorities to snatch him. And on top of that he ain't got a home anymore."

The scruffy man explained.

" Fine, grab him and put him on the ship. We're taking him with us"

Scott said as he walked towards the unconscious boy. He hoisted him up on his shoulder and walked away with the two others, leaving for their home.

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