Chapter 2

I walked down with a small smile but deep in thoughts. 'What now?' I hummed in thought. 'Hey, I know, I'll fly around a bit. It's not that I have to do anything today,' But I only had one problem, mom and dad are still home. 'Damn it,' I shrugged. 'guess I'll have to wait. It's not like my powers are going to leave me anyway,'

When I arrived downstairs I saw my mom and dad talking about something I didn't hear. I shrugged it off and ignored it. My brother walked up to me. "I know you want to go out flying. Just wait a few moments. They'll be leaving soon," David said to me.

I frowned. "How do you know that?" I wondered. My brother was with me the whole time in my room.

He chuckled. "Because I pay attention to other things and you don't," I sweatdropped, knowing that was true. I'm distracted fast and it happens to me a lot that while I'm practically standing near someone I still don't hear what they say.

And true to his word, a few minutes later my mom yelled from another room. "We're leaving to do some groceries. We'll be back in a couple of hours," We heard the door close and I smiled. "So you're leaving?" David asked a little bit disappointed.

I raised an eye. "Yes, mom and dad are out for several hours so I have time enough to enjoy a bit," I easily saw the envy in his eyes. "You wanna come? I'm sure I can handle carrying you,"

He grinned. "You know me all too well bro. Of course I'll come!"

I chuckled. "Let's go out, I don't have much space to fly here and I don't think I'd fit through the door." David shrugged and followed me outside. "So? What now?" he asked me. I smirked and changed into my Latiform. I flew to him and lowered myself, nodded for him to hop on. He took the guest and sat on me. "Damn, you're heavy," I muttered, but luckily he couldn't understand it.

"Let's go!" he said while pointing to the sky. I turned myself and David invisible, because I didn't want anyone to see me, and flew up, not my fastest but not exactly slow. I frowned when I remembered that David said to me that I'm psychic so I should be able to communicate true telepathy. "Well I could give it a try," I thought, so I closed my eyes, feeling the power flowing true me again. I didn't exactly know how to perform a telepathic message but I concentrated on both David and my brain. I immediately felled that mine was much stronger and bigger than his. 'Must be because I'm psychic,' I thought to myself, coming up with the most logical answer. So I concentrated on him and tried to speak in his head. 'DAVID! YOU HEAR ME?' I practically yelled in his head. Or at least tried to because he didn't react at all. I grunted and tried it again, with more force now. David frowned. "Are you doing something?"

I sweatdropped, I wanted to reply but obviously, I couldn't since I was in my Latiform and was trying to learn telepathy. "You trying to use telepathy?"' he asked me. I nodded. 'How did he guess that?' I shrugged it off however and kept trying to use telepathy. I was a bit too concentrated because he tapped me on the head. "Um, where are you flying to? You're like, already miles away from home," I frowned and raised an eye when I realized I had flown way too far. I could already see the ocean. My brother and my jaw both dropped at the beautiful sight. The ocean was sparkling brightly, little lights of reflections could be seen in a golden look on the ocean as the sun was still rising, giving off orange sun rays. "Amazing," I heard my brother whispering.

I had to admit myself, the sight was beautiful. I'd been far off a lot of times, it was easy because I could fly very fast, sometimes even surprising myself. I'd seen a lot of nice buildings, statues, and parks but this definitely deserved a place on the top. "Michael I think we should go back. We've flown a lot longer than you think you did," David advised me.

I sighed but complied as I turned and sigh again when I couldn't remember where I'd flown. 'Must be because I'd tried to use telepathy,' I lied to myself. I knew full well I was terrible in directions. My brother knew that fact also and he began to laugh. "Forgot the way did you?" he teased me.

I grunted in reply. He chuckled and pointed to the east. "It's that way. We could be there in about twenty minutes,"

Now I smirked, David had no idea how fast I could go so I decided to show him firsthand. With a massive rush of speed, I shot forward, going the fastest I could go. I laughed loudly when my brother started to scream. But when I listened carefully I heard something in his voice, not fear, not adrenaline or excitement. I quickly knew what it was, however. "STOP! YOU'RE HURTING ME!" he yelled.

I quickly slowed down, not stopping immediately because if I'd done that he would have been thrown off. When I came to a complete stop I looked behind me, looking with a worried face at my brother. He grunted. "I hope you realize that jet pilots have a safety system? And that the jet itself also takes pressure? If you would have continued flying that fast I would die from the immense pressure on my body. Unlike you who are made to be able to take such kind of pressure, I can't," He explained to me. I gasped and nuzzled him to say sorry, I had no idea this could happen. He smiled. "I'm fine, just go home, I don't want mom to find out what you are,"

I sighed when I thought about it but quickly ignored that fact and flew to our home at a much slower pace. I looked back to check if it was ok. David just simply nodded to me and I nodded also in return. Since in my burst of speed I'd flown close to home in a matter of seconds so it didn't take that long to get back home. I flew inside and David jumped off. We both gasped in terror when mom came inside. "WHERE HAVE YOU TWO BE…" she looked with big eyes at me, fear clear in her eyes. "GERALD! COME QUICK! MONSTER! MONSTER!" she yelled loudly while pointing at me who dropped my head in disappointment. My dad rushed in, holding his pistol, and pointed it at me. "You leave my family alone. Do you hear me? LEAVE NOW AND NEVER COME BACK!" I gasped when I saw he was starting to pull the trigger. With a quick burst of speed, I rushed outside, hearing a bang and shattering glass just behind me. I sighed in relief that I was still ok, at least physically. In my mind, I began to come angry again. I forced myself to calm down, which took a lot of strength but I eventually managed to do it when I heard David yell. "It's Michael! Stop this!"

I turned invisible and peeked my head inside. I saw that my father was still protectively standing in front of my mom, still pointing his gun at the shattered window but I knew I was safe because there was no way he could see me. "That's not my son," My mom hissed.

David sighed. "Michael come inside, I know you're there," I frowned at that but I squealed loudly. No way I was going to enter with dad still pointing his gun at me. David surprisingly guessed what I said which caused me to wonder if he was getting to know what I was saying. "Dad, put the gun down," He commanded him. My dad visibly was shaken by the fact his son was commanding him, but he lowered his gun. I nodded and squeezed myself inside. With a bright green shower of light, I revealed myself again. David walked to me. "Mom, Dad, this is Michael's real from,"

My mom looked with narrowed, angry eyes at me. "That's not my son!" she repeated. "that's a monster!"

Tears gathered in my eyes after being called a monster by my mom. I've always known people would say such things against me but I never expected my mom and dad unbelieving that their son was…different. I changed back to my human form, letting my mom and dad gasp in surprise and shock. I passed them, no emotion on my face and voice. "I am your son," I said and I ran up to my room.

David sighed and started to walk to my room. "I can't believe you two, telling your son that he's a monster," He scolded them and ran up the stairs leading to my room. If felt it again. That power rushed through my body, stronger than ever. My body changed again to my Latiform. I roared loudly at the door when a knock was heard. "Michael, let me in. It's me, David," The voice said from the other side of the door. I squealed lower, permitting him to enter but it wasn't exactly a calm squeal. He slowly walked in. "Michael I understand how you are feeling, please stay calm,"

I looked angry at him. "You say that you understand? YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND IT AT ALL. YOU CAN'T UNDERSTAND IT!" I yelled loudly even though he couldn't understand it, he got the gesture when I let my claw shine again and smashed it into my desk, completely ripping it in two.

Gerald looked weak at Lily. "I know this is hard to believe Lily but…he's still our son,"

Lily looked at him. "That's not my son I said," She looked up. "YOU HEAR ME! YOU'RE NOT MY SON"

David looked with compassion at me. "Michael, please try to calm down," He said but right at that moment we heard mom yell. "you hear me! Your not my son!"

That was too much for me. I roared and started to shine in a complete ball of green light, greatly startling and scaring David. Everything in the room except David gained a faint green outline and suddenly all started to fly around me, the bigger things just crushed themselves into little pieces of wood and metal. David ran out of the room, scared of what would happen. I widened my eyes, power expelling from me, sending everything crashing against the walls, destroying everything I owned. But it wasn't over yet, for some reason I didn't know myself I opened my mouth. My brother looked inside, thinking it was over but widened his eyes when a green orb started to gain energy into my mouth. I shined brighter than ever and fired the orb as a beautiful but immensely powerful green beam of pure light. The beam just went true the roof like it was nothing but a little piece of paper and went way up in the sky until my power started to fade. The bright beam fell apart into little beams because the power that was necessary to combine it was gone. That power was me who fell on the ground, completely out. The last thing I saw was David kneeling next to me, saying. "you'll be ok." Then my vision went black and I fainted.