Here is chapter 5, R&R please. Enjoy!

(Body)

Chapter Five: The Truth about Black Magic

The rest of the Parr family slowly woke up as the men were dragging Jason out to a van that was waiting outside. Bob struggled with the restraints for a few minutes before breaking free. By that time they were long gone. He freed the rest of his family and Helen immediately called Rick Dicker.

Violet was in tears after what had just happened. A million questions rolled through her mind as she sat on the couch. Why didn't Jason tell her about his past, this woman, that he was dying, and what from? Helen came over to Violet after getting off the phone.

"Honey, Just hang in there, we will get this all worked out."

All Violet could do was cry as they waited for Rick to get there.

As soon as Rick Dicker was off the phone with Helen, he called his superior, Mr. Scott Wolfe. The phone rang for a few seconds and he finally picked up.

"If this isn't an absolutely beautiful woman, I'm hanging up..."

"Sir, it's Rick Dicker. We have a problem, Black Magic has been discovered."

Scott was silent for a moment as he took in the message that he hoped he would never have to hear. "Then God help us all." he said as he scrambled to his feet and started to get dressed as fast as he could.

"Dicker, meet me at the Parr house. We have some explaining to do."

"Yes sir" Rick said as he hung up, got dressed, and went out the door.

Back at the Parr house everyone was silent except for Violet who was still sobbing. Bob was pacing back and forth across the living room floor. Dash was staring out the window and Jack Jack was being comforted by Helen. After about 20 minutes Rick showed up at the door.

"Is everyone alright?" Rick asked Bob as he opened the door.

"No! Everyone is not Alright! What the hell is going on!"

"Calm down Bob, Panicking wont help anything now. My boss should be here any minute."

Bob led him into the living room where everyone else was and like clock work Scott showed up. He was wearing a suit like Rick was, only he was a bit older and had almost red hair, though it looked more brown then red.

"Bob, Helen, This is Scott Wolfe. He is my superior and he is in charge of Jason's Case."

"Hello, I know that you have just been though a lot but I need all of you to listen carefully. What I am about to tell you only a handful of people know about."

Violet had stopped sobbing and she was listening intently. Bob sat down in the recliner and Dash stood next to him. Rick pulled out a very large file from his brief case and handed it to Scott.

Scott looked at everyone there. "Jason is not who you think that he is."

Bob looked at him, "I think we have all figured that part out already."

Scott nodded to him, "The first thing that you need to know is that Jason was a captive from the age of seven. He falls into the category of Scientific Research Victim. You see, for years we had no idea that experiments were being conducted on supers until Jason came to us one day out of the blue. Apparently all of the other supers were killed, except for him. The woman that you saw here, her only Alias is Saint. From what we know she was commissioned to create new weapons for the governments use."

Helen looked at Scott, "Now where have I heard this before?"

"Syndrome?" Scott replied as he looked at her, "This is worse, much worse. Where Syndrome was testing and creating battle robots, Saint was experimenting with bio-weapons. According to the records that we have she was experimenting with genetics, mind control theories, and some other not so legal operations long before Jason came into the picture. After the supers went into hiding is when a branch of the government with wasn't supposed to exist determined that they needed a new weapon that could function in almost any environment and situation that it confronted. They hired Saint to create such a weapon."

Scott paused for a moment to let the information sink in before continuing.

"After the requisition of a new weapon was given, Saint experimented with robotics for a few months but determined that the artificial intelligence lacked the ability to make proper decisions when in combat. Not taking targets of opportunity, sometimes not following orders because it wondered why it had to. Same problem Syndrome had, only on a smaller level."

Everyone was now silent as they listened. Violet was wondering how Jason fit into all of this.

"As a result, the project was dumped and a new plan developed. They stole the supers relocation lists and tracked down potential subjects, usually between the ages of 5 to 7 and varying in powers and abilities. They took around 25 children, none of them reported missing because when they were taken all of the evidence that they existed was destroyed, Parents and close relatives included. Public and private records disappeared, medical records from dentists, pediatricians, you name it, Gone."

"Wha...how?" Helen asked in disbelieve that someone could do that without bringing much attention.

"Professionals, Shadow Operators, more then likely hired help." Scott replied, "After that the children endured the most inhumane tests and mind control experiments as Saint tried to prefect her methods. She succeeded, and learned a lot in the process, Like how to load information into the human brain very quickly, much like that movie The Matrix, only better. It is amazing what you can do when you have unlimited funding and have no ethical rules to follow."

The entire Parr family was speechless, Dash wondered why they hadn't applied that technology to the school system yet, Violet was almost ready to start crying again as she looked at the ground.

"Then one day they found out what one of their subjects could do. A young boy..."

Violet looked up at him.

"Yes, Jason. Up until that point, they thought that the only thing that he had was a form of telekinesis that spanned from the simple movement of objects in a room to everything from controlling fire, wind, water, energy, Just about everything under the sun. That is why he is so strong, as you may or may not have noticed. His strength doesn't come from his muscles, it comes from his mind."

"That's amazing," Bob interjected, "I've never heard of a super that could do that."

"There is more. Not long after they found that out, they found out that Jason could also control his perception of time."

"What do you mean?" Helen queried.

"I'll give you an example." Scott said as he pulled out a pen. "Now then..." He threw the pen up into the air and it came back down and landed on the inn table. "Everyone in this room saw the pen go up and come back down at the same rate as everyone else. Jason has the ability to control that factor. We don't know how, but it seems to run through his entire body. He can slow time down, and then move very quickly. Or rather speed his body up enough that time appears to slow down."

"Unbelievable." Bob said.

"Yes, but every gift has it's curse it seems. Every time Jason uses his powers, he comes closer and closer to death. Although he has great power, he is still only flesh. Sooner or later the arteries in his brain will grow so weak that he wont just have a bloody nose, he will die. His powers are slowly killing him."

"So that's what she meant, that's why she said that he was dying?" Violet asked in a weak voice.

"I'm sorry to say...Yes. However, it gets worse. It would seem that before Jason escaped, Saint not only broke Jason so far down that he would do anything he was ordered to do, but she also pumped him full of centuries of combat and warfare training of every type, everything they could get their hands on. That combined with his powers created the perfect weapon. The human intelligence quality that the robots lacked was no longer an issue. Smaller in size and because he was human could roam the streets without being noticed. He was dubbed Black Magic for a reason." He paused and became even more serious then before.

"Just before Jason escaped, Saint made a mistake, as it was inevitable when one tries to play God. One of the other subjects, in fact the only other one at that point in time that was still alive was a young girl, Jenna. On the day of the escape, they brought Jason into a room and chained him to a wall, a mental inhibitor that prevented Jason from using his powers was also used so that he would be helpless. They brought Jenna in and...Mutilated her in front of him as a from of control. Jason was so overwhelmed with an absolute rage that the inhibitor couldn't contain his powers and Jason broke free. He killed everyone in the facility, starting with the ones that killed Jenna."

Bob looked like he wanted to puke, Violet was in tears again with Helen trying to comfort her. Dash was just staring at him.

"I can't blame him for doing what he did. Anyone would have done the same thing. See, you have to understand that Jenna wasn't just another girl," He paused for a moment and then looked at Bob, "She was Jason's only sister, the only family he had left."

They all looked at each other as the reality of what Jason had been through settled in. Bob then remembered a conversation that he had with Jason about a week before. He asked Jason if he ever had a family or if he had been an orphan all his life. Jason replied, "I had a family once...but they were taken from me a long time ago, and I couldn't save them."

Bob looked at the ground, he never knew what that really meant until now. "He has a family...We are his family." he whispered to no one in particular.

Scott looked at him, "With that in mind I must ask for your help. See, the administration couldn't find Saint, but we knew that with a big of an investment that he was to her that she would be looking for him, so we hid him for three years. About a month ago, without my knowlage, they leaked information on his whereabouts. His being here with you was planned, they thought that you could protect him. I found this out on the ride over here. It would seem that they used Jason as bait, but ended up feeding him to the wolves. They didn't expect her to be so well prepared."

Rick looked at him, "You mean, they set Jason up?"

"Yes, that is exactly what I mean." he replied.

"Why didn't they tell us!" Bob demanded.

"They thought that she would be sloppy and your experience would prevail and lead to her capture. I'm sorry Bob, I had no idea this was happening." Everyone was silent for a moment, then Scott spoke again.

"So, that's were we stand. I must ask for your help to get him back, the administration has no idea that I am telling you this, nor are they ever planning to attempt to rescue Jason. They said that it would be too dangerous and an ill use of money. Fortunately they did some recon and I have managed to find out where they are taking him. Please, I fear there may be more at stake then we realize."

Bob, Helen, Violet, and Dash went into a back bedroom for a moment to discuss it. Jack Jack was sent to his room to watch a Blarney video. A few minutes Later they emerged.

Bob walked up to Scott, looked him dead in the eyes and said, "We're in."