Chapter 5: and then Jack learns the truth…
Jack sat at his work table fixing a robot; although his hands worked expertly his mind was whirring with other thoughts. How come he never knew about these powers and how does Chase know about it, why did he dread this? He really wished he could remember what happened before.
He put down the robot and looked up to see Chase standing there smiling.
"What do you want?" Jack demanded, "Whatever it is I'm not in mood"
"To help you" Chase smiled.
"I almost throttle you and you want to help me?" Jack exclaimed.
"A little misunderstanding I'm sure" Chase said softly "You wish to learn the true extent of your powers?"
"Yes…I guess…I'm not really sure I want to find out" Jack mumbled and looked down at the floor. "Can you really help me find out?"
"Yes, just use the Veil of Reveal" he said and dragged Jack up as he teleported them to an old dusty and rank smelling concrete area surrounded by old buildings that had bordered up windows and doors. Jack looked around to see it all looked familiar.
"This is that remains after the Manor House Massacre" Chase said and held up the Veil of Reveal "And now you'll remember why…" with that he threw the veil out and it swirled around the room changing it all back to what it was like five years ago.
Jack whimpered and tried to look away but Chase grabbed his head and made him watch, the children screaming in panic and pain one by one each dropped down dead and teachers tried to help them only to meet the same fate. The murderer was now splattered head to toe with blood and grinned evilly as the blood washed around his feet, he looked in Jack's direction and he screamed at what he saw.
A little boy with red eyes and blood stained hair, he looked no more that ten years old but his eyes were wild with anger and pleasure of seeing the carnage.
"That…that…No it can't be!" Jack cried and covered his face with his hands. "That's not me!"
"It is Jack" Chase whispered and pulled his hands away from his face "Watch it gets better!"
The past Jack looked up and Jack and Chase looked to see on top of one of the buildings was Chase himself.
"You were there too?" Jack whispered.
"Yes so hush and watch!" Chase smiled.
The past Chase leapt down and past Jack grinned coldly, Chase winced as he felt two blows to his chest but he didn't lose ground. The past Jack swiped out his hand and the past Chase leapt away and the bench that was behind him split into two, he somersaulted over him and then held his from behind.
"I see you have so much potential" he whispered to the little boy.
"Let me go if you know what's good for you!" the little boy hissed and the past Chase growled as he struggled to hold him.
"If you want more blood spill why don't you work for me?" the past Chase asked and the past Jack stopped struggling and looked at him.
"And if I say no?"
"Then it'll be as if you never had this gift" Chase smiled "I have something that can stop your powers dead cold so it would be wise for you to come with me"
The past Jack closed his eyes and smiled, he then grinned as his eyes snapped open and Chase suddenly flew back, the past Jack dropped to the floor and glared at him.
"For you to get me with that you'll have to be alive!" he screamed and as he flung out his arms, the past Chase leapt about as a crater would appear in the floor as the Past Jack tried to smash Chase.
The past Chase vanished from sight and then reappeared behind the past Jack; he grabbed Jack by the neck as his fingers crackled with dark magic. The past Jack screamed and he fell limp as his eyes dulled.
"You will forget you had these gifts until I see it fit for you to" the past Chase hissed into his ear and then in a crack of lightning vanished once more, the past Jack flumped to the floor and looked up shaking.
"W…w…what's going on?" he whimpered "Where am I?" he looked around him and screamed he leapt up and ran stumbling over the dead as he did.
The images faded away and left Jack and Chase in an empty old playground once more, Jack was shaking like a leaf but Chase just smiled.
"You see Spicer I knew what power you had within all you have to do is pledge your allegiance with me and all your powers will be yours again" Chase said Jack looked up at him.
"I…I…I did all that before I even hit puberty, oh god what would happen if I had them now?"
"Beautiful and wonderful evil things" Chase said "I saw a true evil artist there that day; the way you killed them all was brilliant!"
"No, no I can't…I CAN'T!" Jack screamed and ran off as he leapt into the sky activating his heli-bot as he did.
"He thinks that his little friend will protect him, but I extremely doubt that. Now that he knows the truth"
Raimundo sat there looking extremely concerned in his bedroom, he was staring at the news letter Kimiko printed out for him as the same thoughts flew in his head.
Can Jack really do that?
Why hasn't he done it before now?
What will stop him doing it to us?
He stopped when he heard the whirring of a heli-bot and he leapt out of the window to see Jack landing there looking very shook up.
"Hey Raimundo I just thought I'd pop round" he smiled.
"Get out of here now!" Raimundo snapped.
"What? What's wrong?"
"You killed fifty six students and seven teachers!" Raimundo cried "so this is the true Jack Spicer huh? Nothing but a psychotic psychic!"
"look Raimundo I didn't know I could…I just…it's that…" he gave up and sighed, he looked up at Raimundo "I would never try to hurt you Rai you're my…"
"Jack Spicer!" Omi cried and leapt forward and kicked him in the chest, Kimiko ran to Raimundo's side with two handfuls of fire and threw them at Jack. Jack barely dodged them but they exploded and he flew back and hit into a wall, there was a sickening crunch and Jack coughed weakly as he looked up at Raimundo.
"Help…" he whispered but he gave a painful groan as Clay made a pillar of rock erupt from under him, he landed on the ground limply and he curled up in an attempt to protect himself.
"Rai…Help me" he said and looked up again only to see Raimundo had turned away to look at his friends as they laughed.
"What was I expecting?" Jack whispered.
"you can never belong anywhere" a voice whispered and Jack looked to see the little boy standing there glaring down at him.
"Then what do I do?" Jack asked numbly, the boy knelt down to be face to face with Jack and then grinned showing an cold evil smile filled with sharp teeth.
"You rip them to pieces!" he snarled.
