Chapter 3:
"You awake kid?"
Harry sat up. Damn that'd hurt.
"You okay? First time splicing's a real bitch, but it'll be better now onwards."
He looked around and spotted the security camera.
"What the hell was that for?" He yelled.
"Easy now kid. I wasn't lying, you'll be needing that. Want proof? Look forward."
Harry jumped as he noticed the edge of the floor, dangerously close.
"Now then, that there was a Teleport Plasmid. But the name's no good if you can't use it now. You ready to learn?"
Harry nodded.
"Okay now, see the other end of what was the corridor? Focus on that."
Harry squinted, there wasn't much left. Just a bit of flooring covered by a yellow carpet with a central red stripe and another door.
"Right, now close your eyes but keep that image in your head. Now then, picture yourself there."
In his mind Harry could see a figure take form on the other side of the 'room'.
"Now here's the bit you'll have to figure out on your own, will yourself into that space."
Harry heard a weird clanking sound to his right and then the portable radio came to life.
"Well done kiddo! Now you can open your eyes."
Harry opened his eyes, then blinked. Infront of him was the door head been picturing. He turned around and sure enough, the massive gap was behind him.
"Now then, save having your Little Sister carry everything you left behind, as you become more confident try taking stuff with you."
Next his Little Sister started jumping.
"Daddy! Daddy! You did it! I'm going to tell the other girls I have the best daddy! Here's your toy back!"
Harry picked up the pistol and put it in his pocket, making sure the safety was on.
~~ Of The Ashes ~~
~~ Of The Ashes ~~
"Hold up there kid. You hear that?"
Harry stopped and listened. A low grunting sound caught his attention.
"That's a Big Daddy, they're the protectors of the Little Sisters. Now then, normally I'd say ignore it, but I don't think he's gonna take to kindly to you have her with you. Check the nearest Pneumo, I'll send you something with a little more kick."
Somewhere to his left, a soft whooshing sound caught his attention. Following his ears, he went through a door into a long corridor. At the far end of the corridor a man was rummaging through the Pneumo.
"Um, Owen? There's someone going through the Pneumo."
"God damn it! Okay, you're going to have to take out that splicer. Feel up to it?"
"Do I have a choice?"
"Haha, nope! Good luck."
Harry raised the pistol and fired, clipping the splicer on the leg. The splicer turned around, revelling a shotgun in hand. It ran at him babbling incoherently. Harry fired again, catching it in the chest but not bringing it down. The splicer was dangerously close now, especially with that shotgun. Harry took a deep breath before closing his eyes and focusing on the spot behind the splicer. He opened his eyes to see the back of the splicer's head. Without hesitation, he brought the pistol down, cracking the man's skull. He forced the man around, grabbed the shotgun and fired it twice into his chest. He rifled through the man's pockets, man he had a lot of money. Sticking his hand in the Pneumo, Harry pulled out several shotgun bucks, golden in colour.
"Owen, what's this?"
"Well the golden bucks are called Electro Bucks, they're very useful against Big Daddies. They electrify the enemy which stuns them as well."
Harry check the area. The Bid Daddy was in a theatre whilst Harry himself was in the scaffolding above. It didn't have a gun so Harry had some time to shoot it, but that drill could do a lot of damage if it got in range. Deciding on his course of action, Harry pulled out his pistol and fired. The Big Daddy's lights turned red and it roared. Harry continued firing and it ran off. A few seconds later it was thundering up the stairs to Harry. He pulled out his shotgun and fired off an Electro Buck into it. Reload. Fire again. Repeat. Harry ran out of shells. Not having time to reload, he glanced downwards before teleporting. Safely on the ground he reloaded. With a roar the Big Daddy broke out of its paralysis and jumped down to meet Harry. He focused, trying to teleport back up to the scaffolding. Suddenly he felt drained and worse, he was still on the ground. The Big Daddy charged and back handed him into the wall. Something snapped and pain shot through his body. Grasping the shotgun he fired the remaining loaded bucks into the Big Daddy, bringing it to the ground.
"Owen," Harry gasped, "Why couldn't I teleport?"
"You probably ran out of EVE. It'll leave you feeling drained. If you got one, inject yourself with an EVE Hypo if you have one, they're electric blue in colour."
Harry slowly reached into his backpack, wincing in pain and pulled out an EVE Hypo. He slid the needle into a vein and pushed the plunger down. As the electric blue substance entered his body the pain started lessening. The pain was almost gone when Harry blacked out.
~~ Of The Ashes ~~
~~ Of The Ashes ~~
"Look Petunia! Look at how far I can jump!"
Lilly was swinging on a set of swings. Suddenly she flew forward and hit the ground. Then a scream rang out. Her leg was stuck out at an odd angle, visibly broken. Petunia ran inside and came out with her parents. Luckily her dad had had basic medical training.
"Okay Lilly, think of flowers. What's you're favourite flower? Describe it to me. What colour is it? What does it feel like? Smell? Like?"
"Well-" Lilly began before screaming out again.
"There we go, I had to set it so it could heal properly. Sorry about that."
Slowly, Lilly got to her feet, despite her father's protests.
"Look daddy! The pains gone!"
~~ Of The Ashes ~~
~~ Of The Ashes ~~
"Look sis, daddy's waking!"
Harry opened his eyes. Next to him stood two girls, the one that had accompanied him so far and the one that had been with the Big Daddy. The pain was gone, completely gone. Odd, he could swear he'd broken some bones. He stood up and stretched. He felt okay.
'Must've been my magic' He thought to himself.
"Daddy? This is for you!"
The girl he'd just 'rescued' handed him her vial. He shuddered, knowing the vial was full of blood, but drank it anyway. After all, it had done him good before.
"Come on Daddy, this way!"
The two Little Sisters dragged him by each hand as they skipped along happily. They headed towards a weird metal column and the second Little Sister left. In the background music started playing. Harry headed towards the sound, shotgun out. It was coming from some sort of vending machine.
"If I'm hearing that right," Owen's voice crackled over the radio, "then you're outside a Gatherer's Garden. Go ahead, put some money in and buy some upgrades for yourself."
Harry walked up to the machine and put the money he'd scavenged into the obvious slot. A screen outlined by several buttons came to life, listing the different products. One in particular caught his eye, Telekinesis. So his accidental magic-caused telekinesis had served him well and it'd be nice to be able to control it. He pressed the button for it and a jar dropped out. Then the screen changed showing a short black and white video.
"Pick up big stuff with your mind! Throw them at your foe! What else do you need to know?"
Harry inserted the needle and injected the plasmid, ready to pass out again. When nothing happened, Harry grew nervous. Had it worked? He twitched his hand and the bottle of wine he'd been looking at came flying at him. Apparently yes.
~~ Of The Ashes ~~
~~ Of The Ashes ~~
"Come on Daddy! It's this way!"
Harry sighed, he'd been following this girl for hours now, but to what end? Harry almost walked into a door as his mind wander. He looked around in time to catch his Little Sister crawl through a hatch at the bottom. The door opened, revealing a stern faced woman.
"Well done little one. So, you are the one who is mysteriously appearing? You seem familiar. Those eyes."
"They were my mother's."
"Your mother, who?"
"Lilly Potter."
"Potter? What was her maiden name?"
"Uh, maiden name?"
"Before she married."
"I think it was Evans."
"As I thought. This is good news. Well heir Potter, welcome to Rapture."
A/N: To answer a reviewer, it may be confusing, but then again our main character is 12-13 and in a completely foreign environment which, of all things, is underwater.
Also, don't expect this kinda update speed. I'll try and aim for once a week, I'm just kinda finding it easy to write right now.