Vector The Superhero (Official)

Chapter 2'

The first to pop the question is my mom. "What happened?!"

Cylice chimes in. "Yeah what happened?!"

How will I explain this to them? It seems so small yet it holds so much value and that's why it pisses me off. I sigh. "The news story is fake, why would I just randomly pass out in a field?"

My mom pipes up. "No it isn't. You must've been exhausted from school or something but you passed out. They even said you were being delusional." "I don't remember any of that happening, in fact I'm sure it didn't happen." I protest with a nervous laugh. "Maybe it was from something that you drank or ate? The Wendys? We don't immediately expect you to remember it all though and that's okay." Cylice backs my mom up. I sigh. "Dude, my memory is perfectly fine. I remember just about everything about that day. The day it happened; June 1st, 2019. The time I was checked into a hospital: 1:32PM Eastern Standard Time. The wounds I had; torn ACL from the fall, sprained knee from the walk there, broken nose from the tumble, shattered humerus and torn UCL, 5 cracked ribs and a bruised ring finger."

Wait, where did all that information even come from? I would've never remembered that before the whole thing? Am I slowly getting more powers? Wh-who the hell am I anymore? I hope no one sees the fear in my eyes. Another thing, I just made my entire story seem crazier.

Even he seems surprised, because Cylice widens his eyes before speaking. Then I sense his disappointment. He puts his hand on my shoulder. "Bro, you had no injuries other than a slight concussion. I don't know what happened, but yeah."

I can feel the dread and irritation build up in me from the soles of my feet to the tallest part of my afro. I am overflowing with confusion and rage. WHAT? HOW? ZERO INJURIES?! But the drink that I was given at Wendy's, it makes so much more sense holy shit. It was for free for a very specific reason and that was to give me powers. Holy shit. But to drag this on in front of my mother I need to hide this for now.

"But how?" I say, but I'm just making a scene to end the discussion. I need to tell April and Cylice immediately..but first there's only way for me to test this. But I still don't know.

My mom replies irritated and concerned. "Do you need to go to the doctor? You may be hallucinating."

"I know what happened to me, I know what I saw and I know what I felt." Instantly I regret yelling the way I did at the news report. There's just too much evidence to prove that I'm crazy, even though I know what I saw. Next they'll say some woman gave them the information.

She takes a deep breath in an attempt to calm down. "You took a walk out of anger that day and minutes later we heard sirens and screaming. We found you on the ground bleeding from the mouth and unconscious. Do you even know how it feels to see your son's body lifeless in the open? Everything shattered in me Chris. So when I tell you that there was no damn meteor that hit the ground or whatever the hell, I mean it."

Cylice backs her up. "That image of a brother looking like that is an image I couldn't force out of my head. I'm sorry but you have no idea what you're talking about dude." Except Cylice, you do and you know that we're both skeptical about this. Except that this is more than just a me issue. I need to be considerate. I need to understand how she feels because it wouldn't be easy for me either.

I take one deep, shuddering breath and look down. There's no point in convincing them, they saw my body on the ground. Maybe the meteor wasn't even real? What if everything is a lie? I need time to process this and think. Suddenly my mind flies outside, as if instinct. I backed up once and went flying, maybe I have something? I need to know and immediately.

"You both are right." I say as if out of instinct. "Listen ma, I'm sorry for being inconsiderate of how you felt, and that goes for you too Cylice."

My mom just hugs me and I hug her back. She lingers for a second, and I let her return back to the comforts of her bed.