Legacy

Chapter One: Beginnings

Years ago, I never would have thought it possible for me to be in my current situation. I had a loving family and a place to call home. Not even two months ago, I would have thought that what happened to me would have been impossible. Now I a homeless orphan trying to find shelter in a city I have never been to.

I continued walking down the sidewalk, the rain splashing on the concrete as I passed. My long brown had adhered to my forehead and blocked much of my vision. I had been walking in the rain for hours. My feet ached, my clothing was soaking wet, and I was shivering uncontrollably. I honestly did not care anymore.

I found what I needed a few minutes later. An abandoned building stood next to a low-rent apartment building. I stepped through a broken window and into the cold, moldy concrete room which I assumed to be the basement. The building was old and stripped of anything I could possibly use to keep myself warm.

I sat down against the wall, closed my eyes, and hugged my knees into my chest. I had been traveling for days and was exhausted. I commenced to do the only thing that came to mind at the moment. I rested my head on the wall and fell asleep in seconds.

I lost track of what day it was a long time ago. I was mildly pleased to wake up to warmth. The rain had stopped, the sun had come out, and the concrete had begun to absorb heat. My jeans were crusted with dirt from days of travel, my white tank top was stained and faded, and the closest thing I had to a shower was a dunk in a river that I passed days ago.

I climbed out of the window and slowly brought myself to a standing position - something that took a great deal of effort. I stepped onto the sidewalk and started to contemplate how I was going to get the food and water my body needed to survive. A mother and daughter walked past me on the street. The little girl looked at me and slowed down, she started to get pulled by her mother who looked up at me with a dirty look. The glare from the mother caused me no small amount of anger.

What do you expect me to do about it? If I had a choice, I wouldn't be standing on the sidewalk, starving and dehydrated.

What happened next was out of my control. I heard the screech of car tires and many consecutive loud popping noises. Lost in my thoughts of anger, I had not noticed just how close they were. I turned my head to the left. Coming around the corner at ridiculous speed was a black convertible sports car with two individuals in it. The driver had a look of fear on his face and held onto the steering wheel for dear life. The second man was crouched in the back seat with some type of submachine gun. The driver was going too fast to take the turn, and begun to lose control.

I acted on instinct. I knew the mother and daughter were standing on the sidewalk behind me, and I knew what would happen if the car continued on its path. It would hit and possibly kill the mother and daughter along with the other innocent civilians on the sidewalk.. I did what had recently become natural to me.

I reached out my hand and created a magnetic field in the rear section of the car. I willed the steel in the car to stop. Had I been healthy or had more control over my powers, I might have been able to stop the car in its tracks. But the most I could do was alter its course and slow it down. I shifted the magnetic field to the right and forced the car to change direction away from the group of people on the sidewalk. The mother and daughter were safe. I, however, was not.

The car's front wheels hit the curb the suspension absorbed the impact. I couldn't keep the magnetic field stabilized. I gave up and attempted to jump out of the cars path, but failed. I landed on the hood of the car and vaulted over the windshield at an angle. I landed on the ground and blacked out, oblivious to the silver and blue car swerving around the corner being followed by a flying red-headed alien.

"Tell me why we brought him here again"

"Look at him Raven, he's obviously been on his own for quite some time"

"That's besides the point Cyborg. That does not give us reason to take him into our care."

"Why did we bring him to the tower, Robin"

"I talked to the witnesses at the scene. They some interesting things to say about him. Things that make me question his humanity. Besides, now that he's in a stable condition, he can recover at the tower. We will be serving the city by leaving a bed open at the hospital"

"He hasn't woken in days, do we even know what is normal healing for him? I recover injury in a completely different way then the average person."

"I put him through every medical scan we have Raven, and he checks out as a normal human being"

"Yes, Cyborg, that may be true. But if you scanned Raven she would check out the same way"

I heard voices in the background and took a deep breath. The smell of sanitary fluids hit me like a wall. I assumed I was in some sort of medical facility.

"Our patient is awake"

I looked over in what I thought was the direction of the girl who spoke. I had a mild headache. I had a bandage wrapped around my forehead. I reached up and felt the area around my eyes. Everything seemed in order. I opened my eyes and tried to find some source of light. I saw nothing but endless black void.

"Excuse me. I might as well not beat around the bush." The authoritative male voice stated.

I felt movement and the creak of a chair as someone sat down in a chair to my right.

"I am Robin of the Teen Titans, and you are currently in our medical facility after being transferred from the hospital. You were there for three weeks while you underwent surgery and recovery after suffering from severe head trauma you received from being hit by a vehicle." Robin said.

The news of being unconscious for weeks from head trauma hit me pretty hard. At the time I asked the one question that was stuck in my head.

"Why can't I see anything" I asked.

The next sentence said by Robin would be etched in my memory forever.

"You are blind" Robin uttered.