Okay...calm down. It's not like it's the end of the world, right? It was just a small accident. Nobody else will ever know...I hope.

A teenage boy contemplated while drawing some sort of plane. He was in fear that someone knew his secret. His strokes were uneven and jagged. He couldn't stop shaking and the supposedly drawing of a roto jet, looked like a piece of scrap. He frowned and crumbled up the piece of paper. He put his head on his arms and closed his eyes.

What if he tells someone? He stood up and walked over to his bed. He crouched and pulled out a metal trunk.

It was black and had symbols engraved in it. There was two latches keeping it shut but Karloff knew better. In the middle was a symbol of a two fists touching and a dragon behind them. He carefully placed his hand on it. It glowed a dark grey color, before a click was heard.

He unlatched the trunk and looked inside. The only things that felt he still had of his family lay inside. Two metal fists carefully placed. He picked them up and looked at his closed door before slipping the gauntlets on. He found an unusual comfort with it. He smiled and slipped it off again. He placed it back in the trunk and picked up the note lying next to it.

Please protect the gauntlets with your life and may it bring you comfort in your darkest hour.

~ M

He placed the note back in the trunk, his eyebrows creating a frown. Karloff put his hand on one of the gauntlets and bit his lower lip. He gave a last glance at the door, making sure it was shut, before his whole body turned to metal. A smile grew on his face and he stood up holding the gauntlets in his hands. He felt taller and more powerful than he ever was in his normal form.

The eighteen year old walked over to his mirror, looking at himself. His ebony hair was now the only thing not turned to metal. Why could he do this? This only other person he had met with powers was a six year old named Griffin Turner, now that was some weird kid. Not that Karloff was any different.

A knock at his door made his complexion turn back to normal. He quickly ran and putted the gauntlets away, pushing the trunk underneath his bed and started for the door. He opened it and Erik was standing there.

"Uh, Erik." Karloff said as he looked at the eleven year old, who freaked out earlier.

"Karloff, I'm sorry I kind of went…" Erik couldn't finish his sentence. "It's not every day you see your 'brother' turn to pure metal." He said with a sigh. Although Karloff wasn't his real brother, they still treated each other like they were.

"It's okay, I was surprised myself. Just promise me you won't tell anyone." Karloff placed his hand on Erik's shoulder and looked him in the eyes.

"I promise," The brown haired boy nodded. "Could I see you do that again?" he carefully asked.

There grew a smile on Karloff's face as he nudged Erik inside the room. He closed the door and quickly made his way to the bed. He pulled out the trunk and repeated the proses. Erik gasped as he watched Karloff change. The younger cousin was baffled by the eighteen years olds new appearance.

Karloff looked at the now silent boy. He didn't know how he would react this time.

"Cool…!" Erik gave a sigh of envy. He walked around Karloff taking in every detail. "You're bigger now!" he exclaimed.

"And stronger," Karloff laughed. The reaction of Erik would be a memory that he'll never forget.

"Is there anything else you can do?" Erik asked, wide-eyed.

"Um…" Karloff looked around before grabbing the metal plane on is desk. He showed it to Erik and suddenly the plane twisted into a normal car. Karloff gave it to the gaping Erik.

"This is so awesome!" he said in one breath and gave it back to Karloff who was smiling broadly. He changed it back into a plane and placed it back on the desk. "What else did you get from you parents?"

Karloff's smile quickly disappeared. "I-I don't know…" He looked over to the unopened box he didn't have the courage to open alone. That's why Erik was there when he opened the first box. He didn't even know he had an inheritance from his parents till yesterday when the lawyer came over. "Do you want to look?" Erik nodded and the two cousins walked over to the box.

Karloff slowly opened the box, his heart beating in his throat. He already got the inheritance money, which didn't mean anything to him, and the gauntlets that turned out to be more than they appeared. What else could there be?

He opened the box. Erik let out a sequel of delight while Karloff was confused. He picked up the black object and looked it over.

"What is it?' Erik asked in excitement "Maybe it's a laser to kill every monster in the whole world, or a very small bathtub for aliens, or maybe-"

"A samurai helmet…" Karloff finished the sentence.

"Oh…do you think it does anything?"

"I don't know."

"Well, what are you waiting for then? Put it on!" Erik grabbed the helmet and smashed it on Karloff's head. They waited for what felt like an eternity. Erik gave out a sigh as Karloff lifted the metal helmet of his head. "It doesn't do anything…" the boy said in disappointment.

"What did you expect? Disco lights?" Karloff placed the helmet on the floor and stood up. He walked over to his bed and pulled the note of the trunk looking it over again for anything that might give him a clue to who wrote it.

"Hey, Karloff, what's this?" the boy held up silver shoulder armor and… more samurai armor?

Karloff eyes fell on a particular place on the armor. He slowly walked to Erik and took the armor out of his hands. There were letters engraved on it.

M. Steelix

"Who's M. Your parents' names didn't start with an M, did they?" the smaller cousin looked at the bigger one. Karloff shook his head and looked at it with an open mouth.

"I think it might be my grandparents…"

Guys, I know I should have updated yesterday but I was really busy unpacking. Sorry. And I don't want to sound whiny here but I would love some feedback. At this moment I think you guys don't like the story because I just got one review in the last chapter, so I'm just saying the more reviews I get the faster I update. So, let's see if we can get 4 reviews for this chapter and I may update sooner with the next chapter. I know you guys could do it! Come on, it's not like I'm asking for 10 reviews…well, 10 reviews would probably make me update tomorrow-…

Karloff: Slushy, should stop killing people.

What?! I didn't kill anyone! Well, not anyone real…

Karloff: See what Karloff means! Slushy is evil!

*sighs* Okay, I'm evil. You got me… Now say something in your native tong!

Karloff: Die wereld is net een van baie. Ons is egter maar net pione wat gebruik word deur groter wesens. Daar is altyd 'n einde aan als. Die einde sal eendag kom en niemand sal gespaar word nie.

O-O That's deep… aannnnnd I guess I'm the only one who understood that without going to Google translate. *sighs…again* Well, maybe my brother also… (PM me if you understand the text above!)

So, read and review, and the next chapter are the last on Karloff. It would be on the 13th if the I get 4 reviews, maybe sooner with more *wink* *wink* (Warning: the Next chapter is going to be extremely long!)

Byeeeee!