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"Exiting The Flash and guest," Said, a robotic voice as both The Flash and Cluth were teleported out and in front of a beautiful house.
"Why does that voice have to be so degrading?" Cluth said before he blinked and looked around the place.
Flash saw that he was staring at everything strangely including the cars and even the sun it self.
"Cool..." Cluth said.
To the Barry Allan aka The Flash, this was an everyday scene, but to Cluth, it was the most unusual thing he had ever seen.
He really has forgotten everything...Barry thought, looking at the reincarnation of his Nephew.
"Let's go. I need you to meet certain people" Barry said, if Cluth continued to look, people will begin to stare at him like he was freak.
Barry himself forgot that he was in his Flash costume.
Cluth made no complaints about following the man through the gate and down the walkway to a door.
He knocked on the door, and Cluth looked at his actions as if it was the most exciting thing he had ever seen.
"Who is it?" Said, a women voice and Flash looked at Cluth secretly who showed no reaction to hearing the sound of his past life mother.
Is he even my nephew anymore? Barry thought.
The door opened and out came a middle-aged woman with orange hair and green eyes, Cluth thought he had seen this woman before.
The moment she saw Cluth, her eyes widened in shock.
"Mary, can we come in?" Came Barry voice snapping her out of it.
Ch 11: Cluth meets his past life family
All she could do was nod and let them both in, her eyes did not tear away from Cluth though.
"Nice home," Cluth said, looking at the cosy little home that looked lived in.
And then a large man who was watching TV said. "Mary! Who is it?"
"It me and a guest," Barry said.
The man turned around and almost had a heart attack like his wife when he saw Cluth who waved at him.
"Hi," Cluth said.
The man stared and said. "Wal-" about to say his past life name but Barry immediantely went to cover the man's mouth and say to Cluth. "Cluth, can you give us some privarcy? You can go down the hall to the room on the left."
The middle-aged couple saw him respond to the name and followed the instruction and Barry had to show him how to open the door since apparently where he comes from nobody physically touched doors.
Cluth walked into a room that screamed of familiarity to him, but it was barebones as if the life it once held had been sniffed out.
He didn't know how long he sat there for, but he got out his stuff from Luther space and started playing a video game while he waited.
"You can go back" Said, an yellow haired man and Cluth eyes popped out of his head.
"Wait? The Flash?" Cluth said, "Is it okay to show me your identity? Or do Superhero's not work like that on this planet?"
"It's okay. As long as I don't take you out on any mission's." Barry said, not surprised he recognised him.
"I would love to go on a Superhero mission," Cluth said, much to Barry own surprise. "Anyway, so I can go back in, then?"
"Are you always this hyper?" Barry said as Cluth went back into the living room.
"I've been told that my mouth does ward people away," Cluth said.
The man and woman who apparently owned the house stared at him when they saw him enter again.
"Would you like some food, Cluth?" Said, Mary suddenly beaming, Cluth blinked owlishly.
She looked thrilled to see him.
"I've never tasted anything from another planet before so it would be fun," Cluth said before he blinked and found himself sat down at a dinner table and the woman was sliding a batch of freshly made bread to him not so discreetly.
Cluth had never seen this type of bread before and wondered if it was edible to him but not wanting to offend anybody took one and bit into it.
All the while he felt three pairs of eyes staring at him.
"This is good," Cluth said.
"I'm glad you like it. I felt like baking today" She said, while he ate like a chipmunk.
Cluth tried to politely decline the bread after taking two.
"I am stuffed with bread," Cluth said and the woman looked sad that she couldn't feed him forever.
"So...Cluth" Said, the man who reeked of familiarity to Cluth. "Do you know what a TV is?"
"I know what that is," Cluth said, "I've got it on my planet as well."
"That's great, do you want to watch a football game," Said, the man.
"What's a football game?" Cluth said, much to everybody in the room shock.
"B-Boy, you don't know what that is?" Said, the man in shock as if it was some sort of crime. "Come over here and let me show you"
Cluth shrugged and sat next to the man who was in front of a box with a screen that reminded ohe old Television on his planet.
Cluth saw people slamming into each other roughly and possibly hospitalising each other.
"Rudy, do you think he should be watching that?" Barry said, understandably concerned, what if Cluth gets in touch with his darker side because of it.
"It's okay," Cluth said, much to their surprise. "I've seen way more violent things on T.V. So why are people in uniform trying to injury the people who don't look like them?"
"Let me explain the beautiful rules of the game to you, boy," Said, the man, finally he had somebody to talk Football with.
An old couple soon arrived with two children who were picked up by an older teen from the future who wasn't 20 yet; there was a certain shock on their face's seeing him.
"And he has made it passed the Goal line! Touchdown!" Said, the announcer from the screen.
Both Cluth and Rudy hugged each other as if they were lifelong buddies.
The magic of sports turned strangers into comrades in a few hours.
Barry quietly pulled the 'new arrivals' by the side to explain to them what on Earth was going on and why a person that had been buried had come back from the grave?
Cluth didn't have superhearing, so he had no idea what they were discussing, but he was too focused on the game to really care.
"Dinner, time" Said, Mary as she placed the food on the table.
"Cluth, come join us," Rudy said, going from 'Boy' to 'Cluth' in a span of a few hours.
"Thanks, Rudy" Cluth said, and the whole family almost tripped over themselves the little kids were wondering who he was to call their dad by their first name.
"Mary, this boy has the fire within him," Said, Rudy, not minding in the least. "We can have a little throw around after we eat."
"Are you sure?" Mary said, stunned because her husband was no longer young like he used to be.
Cluth tried to find a space to sit, but there was no seat for him because it was all taken up.
"Everybody. Move up" Said, the oldest man here and Cluth took a seat.
Cluth blinked as he saw all the face's around him, there was a lot of orange hair, and if he didn't know any better, he would think he was part of this family.
"Cluth, have some food" Said, Mary, of course, she was giving him a heaping pile.
The same woman who was acting like he was starving.
"Thank you," Cluth said.
"Mommy" Said, a little orange haired boy. "Who is he?" and his twin sister was wondering too.
However, Cluth got this.
Cluth suddenly got a cheeky smile and said. "I'm a boy from another planet. I have come to seek your mommy's famous bread since I have heard of its legendary status from across the galaxy. I have decided to stay here for a week just to try your mommy's cooking."
"Really?" The little boy said while the little girl peered out at him.
"Triqua (100 per cent)" He said, taking a bite and they were all stunned by the sudden alien word that came out of his mouth.
Not even Luther could become a god by trying to get a program to translate everything he said perfectly into all Earth languages to those who heard it in a span of 2 weeks.
And Red Tornado was only good with providing data on his side, so there was bound to be a few errors until the program got a few more upgrades.
"What does that mean...?" said, the little girl to her brother.
"I think he said he was telling the truth" Said, their Uncle Barry playing along.
"Oooh," Both of them said.
"Mommy, I didn't know your cooking was Galaxy famous" Said, the little boy and everybody around the twins, started to grow smiles on their faces.
Including the woman herself.
"Of course. Your mommy's cooking is the best in the whole galaxy." Mary said, beaming and Cluth tried not to show how much the smile was effecting him.
"...So, you name is Cluth" Jarry Garrick said, trying to make small talk and now knowing why he and his wife were invited over. "Do you go to school or somewhere to learn?"
"I go to a boarding school, actually," Cluth said, wondering why everybody but the twins who were stuffing their faces looked surprised. "I'm on Spring holiday."
Spring?
It was soon going to be October here; they wished that it was still bright and sunny here.
"What subject do you study? Sports?" Said, Rudy.
What was this? 21 questions?
"I wish..." Cluth said. "I live in an entire building just dedicated to people who have superpowers just like me. I study Spiritual Mythology. You know, study thing's that Science can't explain. Like spells and junk."
And all five adults looked ready to bend over from shock.
He was studying the unexplained?
They all remembered quiet well, how he said that magic was just ticks that could easily be explained away by science.
It seemed that mind-set was flushed down the toilet a while ago.
"So no science, then?" Mary said.
"I'll leave the science to the giant nerds," Cluth said, "I wasn't that good at science while growing up anyway. I am much more interested in the unknown. There is a lot of fun to be had."
The adults did not know if they should say something or not, about his mysterious obsession with the unknown.
"Cluth, shouldn't you take your shades off your head?" Said, Mary. "They will get foggy from the steam, and then you'll have to clean them to see through them."
"What is foggy?" Cluth said, asking a genuine question, stunning them all.
"Its when its hard to see through a glass," Said, the little girl proudly. "The glass looks really weird and scribbly when smoke touches it"
"We'll my shades don't do that" Cluth said, "I wear these everywhere. You know, it's kind of my style. If I don't have glasses or round googles or something on my head, I feel naked."
Now even Bart blinked at that, he had seen old photo's of Wallie in costume and saw he was always wearing goggles.
Wallie had been buried with his goggles, and his suit was up in space.
"You're not touching the chicken?" Mary said, noting it.
Cluth looked to see the big chunk that he hadn't been sure if it was not decoration or not.
He poked it and sniffed it, his sense's were telling him, it would be best if he did not eat it.
"Don't you have chicken, on your planet?" Barry said.
"Got something that looks like this" Cluth said, "But I have a solid feeling that if I eat this, I will throw up."
Like a dog who's sense's were telling it its not okay to eat the chocolate in front of him.
"Came on, Cluth. Man up" Rudy said, "You'll need the chicken to put some meat on those bones."
It was like the man had welcomed him as his son.
"We'll...then" Cluth said, before taking a chunk and put into into his mouth.
Nothing happened, so he swallowed it.
"That tasted pretty-" Cluth only got to this point before they were all very aware of an enormous roar like a lion.
The twins and everybody looked at him.
The chicken began to move it's way back up to Cluth mouth when it reached it, Cluth face visible turned the pattern Poker dot and he quickly his mouth as his cheeks began to inflate.
He was going to puke.
"Not in, my kitchen!" Mary said, "Go to the bathroom!"
Cluth did not know where that was.
"I'll take you," Said, Bart before getting up and speeding.
Cluth used his speed to follow.
They arrived at a door, and Bart said.
"Do it in the toilet."
And that was all the confirmation Cluth need before he sped to the toilet and opened his mouth.
Colourful sludge came out of Cluth mouth; the chicken did quiet the work on his insides.
"Gross" Bart said, to those in the kitchen it was like hearing an endless, loud waterfall.
When Cluth finally appeared, the woman of the house fainted when she see saw what had become of her spotless bathroom.
The toilet couldn't hold the liquid, so it overflow and became like a river in the room, by the time everybody got there it had somehow become like jelly, so it didn't overspill into the hallway.
The twins looked at the colourful jelly in front of them.
"What on, earth?" Barry said, as the rest of his family came to look out of concern and seeing the sight.
They all turned to Cluth who smiled awkwardly and said. "So... I should probably avoid the Chicken then?"
Avoid?
He needed to stay far away from it.
All doubts about him being human had vanished from everybody minds.
He was definitely an alien.
And scene!
Next chapter, Vabloe finds himself in the underwater city of Atlantis and his mentor is actually a king of the city. Vabloe keeps hearing the name 'Aqualad' a lot and can't help but wonder who he is. Review/fav and follow!
