Born with Plagues

Chapter 2

In front of me stood two people, a man and a woman,

"Who are you people" I then ask the strangers

"We're your parents, don't you recognize us?",

"My parents" I replied with joy, "so you guys really are alive" I then hugged both of them tightly when suddenly, they both start screaming,

"What's going on?" I asked them as they released themselves from my grip, but they didn't reply, they just kept on screaming until their body ignite flames

"Son you're killing us!" They both scream as the burning rate increases,

"Mum, Dad, don't leave me again" but their bodies gradually reduced to ash, "Nooooooo_".

I immediately jerk up as I tried to catch my breath from the messed up nightmare I just had,

"It's just a dream" I consoled myself as I got up from the bed, wait I don't think I know this place,

"So you're awake" a figure from the edge of the room says,

"And who would you be" I asked as I cuddled myself against a wall, afraid I might get him burnt,

"As I told you earlier, yours has no effect on me, I'm Jean by the way",

"Oh yeah, you're that man from earlier with insane gravitational force"

"Hmm you catch up quite quick" Jean commends, "that was just my plague",

"Plague?"

"Yeah, you see every plague have what triggers them to effect, and when in effect, some can cause little damage to their surroundings, some can end up in a serious m******e, and some are on a large scale of destruction, and trust me you don't want to be around when that kind of plague is in effect, not that it might affect you that severely since yours is quite destructive itself"

"Mine huh, and what would mine be?" I then ask

"That you'll have to find out by yourself, and even if you do never disclose it to anyone cause if you do it triggers your effect immediately with more damage than before" he then replies

"Oh, but then again something keeps bugging me" I asked looking disturbed

"and what would that be" he replies, noticing the expression on my face

"No matter how I look at it, ever since I woke up I've not seen my effect"

"Oh, that is because of the damage absorber I put on your neck, it's not durable but it can absorb maximum damage for about two months"

"If it can really absorb damage, why don't all plagued humans just wear it" I then ask,

"Well that'll be because it's very risky, it renders you open to attacks" he replies

"But according to you, we're the bringers of destruction, who would want to attack us"

"In time you'll now" he says as he stands, well enough talking, let's go meet the rest",

"The rest?, so they are more plagued humans in this building" I mutter as I follow him.

In the living room sat three people, teenagers to be specific, two males and a female. The female was light skinned, with a black wavy hair that was barely reaching her shoulders, in the process, covering part of the metallic mask that was over her mouth, the first male was a short one that seemed to have a childish personality, he had dark gray hair just mine, on his ears were some sort of hearing aids, I actually wondered what those were meant for, then the last one was quite tall with yellowish hair, normally I would call him four eyes, but his glasses looked very different both in design and other features from normal lens, and the way seriousness was written all over his face, I could tell we weren't going to get along very well. They all turned their attention to me as I and jean walked into the living room,

"Guys, meet...", Jean pauses midway in thought, "s**t, I forgot to ask him his name, how could I possibly forget such" he then sighs, "forgive me for not asking earlier but could you please tell us your name"

"That's just the thing, I can't remember anything about myself and from my past" I then reply leaving them in shock,

"Not cool dude, even if you forget some things, how could you forget your own name" the first male chuckles,

"Yeah, it's rather unimaginable" the female adds

"Come on guys, lets not begin to judge him, I'm sure there is a good reason to why he lost his memories", jean stands up for me, "but in the meantime" he faces me, "we're gonna call you Jackson, short for Jack, that's if the name is okay for you", I then nod my head in satisfaction, "well let me continue from were I earlier stopped, this is Jackson" he then faces me "the female is Dilla, the short male is Dylan_"

"Hey, I'm not that short" Dylan interrupts, "if anything I'd say I've grown quite tall_"

"Don't deceive yourself" he cuts Dylan short, "well lastly, the tall dude is Ethan". Hmm, Ethan, it was he my most focus was on, and the same can as well be said for him as his focus was still on me, and I could broadly see he has eyes of evaluation,

"Are you guys doing a staring contest?" Jean asks, referring to I and Ethan as our eyes were lingering too long on each other's, after some he finally quits his stare with a hiss,

"If you would excuse me" Jean says to me as he walks up to his crew and whispers something to them, after which he faces me, "we want to propose an offer for you if you're up for it"

"Well, I'll need to hear it first" I reply "but before that, I was just wondering where is the exit to this building?"

"It's just down that passage" Dylan responds as he points his finger towards a nearby passage,

"Thanks, so as you were saying"

"...We just wanted to ask you if you would want to live with us so we can all climb through our problems together, I know it will be for the best" jean offers, "come live with us Jackson"

"Hmm, as enticing as that offer sounds, I'm going to have to object" I declined making everywhere go silent, "look, my stay here is only going to endanger all of you cause even with this absorbers, I can still do damage" I then hold the edge of a wooden chair and it briefly melts, "what if I then loose total control, I can't even begin to fathom the damage I would cause" I then turned around to face the passage leading to the exit, "thanks, but no thanks" I then walk off, Jean then sighs on hearing me shut the door,

"So much for being nice" jeans mutters as he shakes his head,

"Who even showed him the exit" Dylan then asks,

"Well, I don't know, maybe some grey haired short dimwit who judges someone because of forgetfulness when he himself is far worse" Dilla answers as she looks at Dylan with annoyance,

"And who would that be?" Dylan asks again having absolutely no clue,

"Who else could it be?" She asks him back,

"Well I'm asking you" he then replies,

"Arrrgh, you're too damn annoying, I give up" Dilla then walks off,

"Come on you still haven't told me who it is!" Dylan shouts after her but she paid deaf ears,

"Ethan, come see this" Jean calls Ethan over as they both stand in front of the TV as the news caster reports an occurrence,

["What you can see viewers is a destruction on a whole other level, we citizens have never experienced something so disastrous since six years ago with the case of the 'Red Devil', whom we've heard has escaped from prison, burning a bunch of guards along the way, witnesses have it that the 'Red Devil' is still the cause of this destruction, but the question we citizens have is_],

Ethan then switches off the TV,

"You know what this means" Ethan says to jean who nods,

"Yeah, I do, we just let a precious lion loose"

"As much as I hate to say it, we have no choice but to go after him, cause their plan of our extinction might as well materialize if they get to him first" Ethan says as they both turn around,

"Dilla, Dylan, get set, we're going after Jackson" Jean says as he puts on his jacket,

"Did something happen" Dilla asks

"That's one way to put it, but right now there is no time for questions" Jean then replies, "and also, all of should immediately take off your absorbers when you sense there will be danger, so your damage can accumulate before you encounter it, and make sure there are less civilians so as to minimize the deaths, but as you do this, keep in mind that getting Jackson is number one priority.