My Shadow

by T5AR

An interview conducted by Scott Summers focusing on a particular student, Sanji Black, an Immigrant from India. Scott is confused why Sanji doesn't want to expand his understanding of his own powers anymore, in the 7 years he has spent at Xaviers school for gifted youngsters. He tries to find out what he is afraid of and what is holding him back.

Interview*16

Subject: Sanji Black. AKA. Shade

Interviewer: Okay Ryan, tell us how you discovered your abilities. It will help us understand your psyche a little and help us how to help you control even more.

Well when I was a kid living in India, I used to think being a mutant was a curse. I learned to do a trick at 10 years old where I would make my shadow jump while staying still. It did not have the result I expected. At first they were easily impressed, but when I couldn't show them how to do it, they turned quite nasty. They beat me, badly, by the time the dust cleared, I had lost a tooth and had a broken wrist. and it just kept getting worse, they just kept coming day after day making my life a misery. Calling me names like Demon boy and Devil while all the time throwing stones at me. Until suddenly I shouted enough! I remember thinking I wanted them to disappear and my...my shadow reached out...I can't explain it. It just jumped out...and they were gone. Its been 15 years, and I still don't know what happened to them.. Even though I have better control over my powers now, and I can do things with shadows I never thought were possible. I have professor Xavier to thank for that. Thanks to him I learned to teleport myself, make shadows solid and use them as weapons, hell even change my appearance and my clothes...but those children, the ones that hurt me. I do not know where they are...Ive tried looking for them everywhere. Ive explored every aspect of my power to find them...nothing. I don't know whether they are dead and I think that is the thing that holds me back from discovering any more limitation on my power. Im scared of finding them. It is the only time I've ever truly felt afraid of my power. I mean, if I can make people completely fade from existence then what does that make me? Its almost biblical if you think about it. To this day. My shadow is the only thing I've never really been able to control, I mean I can control it but that day. 15 years ago was the last time I ever used my shadow to hurt anyone. My shadow, the refection of who I am. The trouble is If I can't find them...What does that make me?