The Almighty: Prologue
Chapter 1: Time
Time.
It is a series of events, a passage
Past, present, and future.
It is a river, an ocean
Ever flowing
Always in motion.
Those who are affected by it lose it
As they age and grow old.
Those who can control it
Shall be timeless, ageless
Immortal.
They will always have that opportunity
The chance to make things right.
The mail truck parks right outside of a house. The mailman comes out of the truck with his mail bag around his shoulder, filled with lots of letters. He is wearing a summer uniform as he walks ever closer to the house in front of him. A woman with brown dreadlocks, a white blouse and brown pants with sandals steps out of the front door, waving. The mailman steps into the front yard with a smile.
"Hello, Mrs. Curtis. Lovely day we're having", says the mailman.
"So, what do you have for me today", asks Izumi. The mailman hands her a small brown box and notices a boy standing next to her. The boy has long blonde hair tied back into a braid. He wears a blue vest with a brown undershirt and shoes. He has gold irises shining in the light of the sun. The mailman bends down and smiles at the boy.
"Well, hello little man." The boy makes a demonic look on his face and squeezes his fist hard. "Who are you calling a shrimp", shouts the boy. The mailman puts up his hands in surrender.
"Sorry I asked."
"Edward, watch your mouth", says Izumi.
The wind blows by, strongly and then furiously. Letters begin to fly out of the mailman's bag and he tries to grab them with no luck. Izumi looks at the letters blowing away, holding that look as the mailman holds his pose of reaching out for them. Edward simply looks at the letters as they are now frozen, seemingly still blowing away, but they are no longer moving, holding their spot as if to allow themselves to be grabbed. Edward is now gone with Izumi still looking in the same direction and the mailman still trying to grab them, though neither one is moving. Eerily enough, Edward is walking on air, grabbing every single one of the letters as they are now frozen in time. Edward now lands by the mailman's bag, putting duct tape on it, keeping the other letters from blowing out in the future. All of a sudden, the mailman starts to pick up speed and Izumi's dreadlocks begin to pick up speed along the wind as it blows through her hair.
"Don't worry, I got them", shouts Edward holding the envelops. Izumi and the mailman are stunned to see that Edward has retrieved the letters that just blew away literally a second ago…
Izumi pulls Edward into the house by his arm. She locks the door behind them and grabs Edward's cheeks, looking firm. "Ed, how did you do that!"
"Do what, teacher?"
"How did you grab the letters, Ed! They were twenty feet off of the ground and they had blown away a second ago! How did you do that!"
"I… I don't know."
Next Chapter: Space