The year was 2016, and my 2015th of life. I was as loved and feared as ever, because of my immense powers and my ability to use them to either help or harm people, depending on what they deserved.
"There's someone at the door." Albert (my mansion-mate) warned me.
"Bring them in." I ordered.
Albert was nearing a century in life, but he was agile and nobody knew that he was as old as he was.
"I will gladly do so." Albert obeyed.
Albert walked over to the door, and keyed in the code that would set off the mechanisms that would allow the door to open. I stood up, and adjusted my black shirt, for I knew that there would be someone important on the other side of the door. The door then opened, and that was when I saw him.
"Please come on in." I walked over to the man.
The first thing I noticed was that the man that was standing there was dark blue, had a tail, and had yellow eyes and three fingers.
"Are you sure?" The man wanted to confirm it.
"Please." I took the man's suitcase.
"Thankyou." The man smiled.
I then took the man's hand and led him over to the sofa. Using telepathy, I found out that his name was Kurt Wagner.
"Can you leave us for a moment, Albert?" I looked at Albert.
"Sure." Albert obeyed.
Albert walked through a door that led to his hobby room. I let Kurt sit down in my seat, and I picked up my footrest and sat myself down on that.
"My name is Silas Box." I introduced myself.
"I'm Kurt..." Kurt started.
"I know." I replied. "Now for you to tell me why you're here."
"I'm here on the orders of Professor Charles Xavier." Kurt admitted. "He told me that I am to take you to him as soon as possible."
"I have never heard of this man." I was telling the truth.
"Were you born with the mutant gene?" Kurt wanted to know.
"I was not, as I gained all of my powers after being revived by a witch." I admitted. "Nobody knows, as I erase myself from the memories of those that I help. Why? Is it something important that he wants me for?"
"Yes, as he fears that someone might be creating a genetically engineered human with mutant abilities." Kurt sighed. "What he doesn't know, is that I have found his exact fear, as a scientist called Mr Smith lives in London and he is creating a genetic clone of himself but is enhancing the genes in this clone, so that the clone can have the abilities of a mutant."
"What abilities, to be precise?" I wanted to know.
"All of them." Kurt replied.
"Then I am the man that you need for the job." I stood up. "You must be tired. Let me show you to one of the bedrooms."
"I would quite like that, as I am indeed very tired, as I have been travelling for many days and many nights." Kurt looked at me. "But first of all, you must show me ar..."
"I can bring it all to you, as I have the ability to create illusions, aswell as many other things." I finished.
I created a 3D hologram out of thin air, showing everything that was in the mansion. Sure enough, the house ghosts made an appearance, but that surprised nobody because it said on the outside of the door that the mansion used to be a mental asylum (more like a mental torture facility) and that the patients were given a painless death but the staff were burned alive and that their bodies were never found.
"May I ask how old you are?" Kurt was eager to know.
"2015 years old." I smiled. "Nobody knows that, as Albert's only known me for the past 10 years, cause he's 95 in human years and he came here when he was 85, and he thinks that I am a young lad, when in all reality, I'm old enough to be his 1000x great grandfather. Who are your parents?"
"My parents are mutants." Kurt grabbed his tail. "My father, Azazel, used to work for a man called Sebastian Shaw, but then joined Magneto's team. My mother, Mystique, was another one of Magneto's fellow team members."
"What abilities do you have?" I wanted to know.
"Teleportation and agility." Kurt smiled. "Although my skin color comes from my mother. I want to know more about you, as Charles might want you to join the x-men regardless of your heritage."
"My mother and father had no name or surname, and my father already had a daughter, who died before I was born." I started.
"That's sad." Kurt looked at me.
"I don't think it is, as they always told me to never dwell on sad moments, and that death is to be treated as a moment of bliss, and one which I have had the honor of enduring myself." I smiled. "Although if you do something bad, death can be painful. You fuck with me personally, and you will get a zap in the arse not lethal enough to kill but painful enough to make you realize that I am not a force to be reckoned with. Commit a crime, and the severity of the punishment I give depends, because I kill murderers slowly and painfully and not just by burning."
I was able to turn my speaking voice into a hiss, which was what I used for when I was about to punish someone.
"How do you do that?" Kurt was surprised.
"I change my voice so that it resembles the hiss of a snake." I returned to my speaking voice. "I use it to scare my would-be victims."
Albert then returned.
"Care to join us, Albert?" I looked at Albert.
"I'm afraid to say this but I must leave your presence." Albert quietly replied.
"W... what do you mean?" I was surprised.
"I need to be with my granddaughter." Albert had a sad look on his face.
"Go on, then." I gave in. "Go and be with her, as she will need you, and I'm okay here by myself."
"Are you sure about that?" Albert had no idea.
"Yes." I insisted. "As your granddaughter needs you far more than I do."
Albert walked over to the door and, after keying in the code, turned to us and waved goodbye (it would be the last time that he and I would see each other before his death). He then walked out of the mansion, and the door closed behind him.
"What just happened?" Kurt was confused.
"Albert's daughter just died." I sighed. "I never knew her or his granddaughter, but I was able to find out because I accessed his mind."