Ray: The Beginning of The End

By: Weston Chapter 1 The Start

My name is Regenold Anthony Yatannabe and I have powers. I don't know how I got them. I was born with them. They include manipulation of shadows, photographic memory, and high speed brain processing. Since I had powers I never left the house until I was 7 and when I turned 8 I was a senior in high school. However I was always homeschooled so I begged my mom to let me go to school. My mom kept me safe from everything, especially the government, and was single. After I showed her I could control my powers she finally agreed. She sent me to Dan's High School.

The first day of school was easy. Thanks to my enhanced memory I remembered everyone's name in the school and became a popular person. Thanks to my enhanced brain I took advanced classes and they wanted me to just go to college, however I wanted the experience of school, so I convinced them to let me stay. I was the go to person for help with homework and emotional support. I never really understood why I was the go to person for emotional support, but I went with it. It was amazing going to school and making actual friends.

My mom was always worried that someone would find out about my powers and we would have to go on the run again. I was having the most fun I had ever had in my life. It was like a dream come true for me. I had real friends and I was going to school. Maybe if I was a little bit smarter or more careful they would not have found me. I feel as if it was my fault even though I know they would have found me eventually.

My school was having a middle of the year party. Everyone was drinking punch and eating cookies. I personally was having so much fun with my friends when someone crashed our party. The school principal came through the wall and crashed into the concession stand. There was that moment before everyone started to panic. They stared at the principal then at each other. At that moment a person came through the hole in the wall and looked at each one of us in turn. I knew he was looking for someone but I did not know who or why or even how he threw the principal through the wall. At that moment I felt like I should run but I knew it would not do any good. Besides, if I ran I would put my friends in danger. I figured he was some government agent coming to get me. How very wrong I was.

"I'm looking for The End" The guy said. This confused me. His voice was quiet but somehow carried an air of danger around it. His voice even made everyone around me quiet down and start shaking from fear. It was as though his voice triggered their worst fears. I realized I was the only one not afraid. "What do you mean "the end". Like a place? Cause this is not "the end"." I said. "You are a brave human. No, The End is not a place. He is an alien. In fact he is one of the most powerful aliens in this universe. His ability to manipulate shadows paired with his high intelligence makes him a force to be reckoned with. A powerful enemy… Or ally." He said. Before I could stop myself I said " When you say this universe you mean you traveled through universes or trans-dimensional travel which would then mean the multiverse theory would be correct changing our entire understanding of physics and quantum physics.". He looked at me curiously. "You're the end? Interesting." He said. "What do you want with me?" I asked, getting more confused by the second. "I have been paid to kill you. However I'm not dumb. I see your potential. Join me and I won't have to kill you and your friends. It's your choice." He said with a grin.

"I choose option C. None of the above." I said, sounding full of confidence. However I was terrified out of my mind. I had no idea how to fight a uh alien/dimension hopper. "First things first. Are you from space or a different dimension?" I asked. "I'm from dimension Alpha." He said as though he had all the time in the world. As far as I knew he did have all the time in the world. "Then I'll call you Dimension Dan." I said hoping to get him angry.

"Fine by me" He said then charged. He went straight for my friends. I screamed a note of pure rage. He can attack me but he shall not harm my friends. A wall of shadow slammed into him sending him flying out the school leaving a human sized hole in the wall. I stared at the hole. I had never summoned such a shadow barrier before. He then came charging in, snapping me out of my trance. I hit him with a shadow blast leaving a hole in his clothes. He seemed unharmed and continued to charge me. He punched me in the face sending me flying through the opposite wall making another human shaped hole in the wall. "Great. Now we can play hole in the wall" I muttered to myself. He hit like a truck. He then got out a futuristic gun. It was silver with the size of a pistol and glowing blue energy in the cartridge. "Game over." He said with a grin. He aimed and I knew it was over. Then he crumpled to the ground. Standing over him was my friend Anthony.

Everyone was in shock but it seemed as though they would not tell the government. I may have messed with their mind a little so they wouldn't. When I got home I thought my mom was going to murder me. It took a lot of convincing but I convinced her to let me go back to school. The next day everyone seemed to have calmed down. However I became the most famous person in the town. I sat down at my table and then pretty much everyone in the school started fighting to sit at my table. "Man, you're more popular than the president." Anthony said with a grin. "Probably more powerful too. Guess what. Everyones calling me Anthony the Attacker now. All because I knocked out an Alien" He said and he seemed happy about it. "You sure sound happy about that." I said with a grin. "I am. By the way, some government officials came by and took the alien. They asked about it but I just told them I snuck up behind him and knocked him out with a pan. They asked if there was anyone else that had powers I played dumb and said Spider-Man was busy." Anthony said with a grin. "Was playing dumb hard for you?" A voice said behind us. Yuri Snap had snuck up on us. Yuri and Anthony have had a rivalry since the beginning of the year. From what I could tell Anthony surpassed Yuri in IQ and now she is trying to regain the top student. Besides me Anthony and Yuri are the smartest people in the school.

"What do you want?" I asked with a hint of annoyance. Yuri had been hovering over me since the beginning of the year. "The principal wants to see you. Something about the director of shield wanting to talk to you." Yuri said glaring at Anthony. "Great, First Dimension Dan tries to kill me, Then the government tries to recruit me and now Nick Fury wants to talk. Just one year I want to be a normal kid." I said with a sigh. "I better go. Cya later Anthony" I said and grabbed my sandwich and headed to the principal's office. "And no fighting while I'm gone you two" I yelled back to Anthony and Yuri because they looked like they were going to start the war of the nerds. I walked into the principal office and noticed 2 things. One my mom was not here and two Nick Fury was with Spiderman. "Uuuh I feel like I walked into a funeral. Is everything all right?" I asked. "Kid, you noticed your mother wasn't home with you even though she said she'd be back when you got home right?" Nick said. "Ya, but I figured she was running a little late." I said hoping this wasn't going where I thought it was going. "It seems that the assassin, now known as Jaden, hit your house first. Kid, your mothers dead." Nick said. "NO NO NO" I said. I dropped my lunch bag and took off into New York City. I ran into the wall and reappeared on the Empire State building.

"Kid, I know what it's like to lose someone" A voice said behind me. Spider-Man had snuck up on me and placed himself beside me. "I have no one anymore. So don't tell me you know what I'm going through." I yelled at him. "I lost my Uncle Ben because I decided to take revenge on someone who wronged me and I let a robber go. That same robber killed my Uncle Ben. He died because of me. I vowed to help people to honor his memory." Spider-Man said " I want you to know if you need someone to talk to just come to the Tri Skelion." Spider-Man said and then web-slung away. For the next week I kept to myself. I pushed everyone away. I stopped going to school. After a few weeks I needed someone to talk to and so, thinking to myself that I'm going to regret this, I headed to the Tri Skelion.

I walked into the shadow of Avengers Tower and appeared in the middle of a sparring match against Spider-Man and White Tiger. They both threw punches at each other when I appeared in between them. White Tiger had her claws out. I grabbed White Tiger, Jumped up and threw her on Spider-Man out of reflex. They both went down. White Tiger and Spider-Man groaned from the pain. "Ow that hurt." Spider-Man said. "That's an understatement," White Tiger said. " When I said you can come and talk to me I didn't exactly mean to appear in the middle of a training session." Spider-Man said. "Who is this kid and why would he want to talk to you?" White Tiger said. "Thanks," Spider-Man said sarcastically. "Not what I meant," White Tiger said. "I know. This is Reginold Anthony Yattanabe." Spider-Man said. "Ray's fine," I said. "I'm so sorry for your loss" White Tiger said, placing a hand on my shoulder. "Get your hand off me I don't know you" I said getting angry. She took her hand off me.

"What do you want to talk about?" Spider-Man said. I told him about my conflictions about being sent to Earth. Why did my parents send me here? Did they just not want me? Are they okay? This and many more questions about them were bouncing around my head. I also told him how I felt about my mom's death. "I don't know about your parents, but I do know that me and my team can be your family if you want." Spider-Man said. "Crap" I said. Spider-Man frowned "What is it?". "I don't have a home," I said with a sigh. "You can live here" Spider-Man said "We have extra rooms for new team members.". "Uhh what about Fury?" I asked. "I am fine with that but you have to participate in training exercises," Nick Fury said. "Okay" I said. I was shown to my room which was next to Spider-Man's room. "If you need anything just let me know. Like if you need help moving in or something," Spider-Man said. "Na, I don't even need to move from this room to move in." I said with a grin. "What? How?" Spider-Man asked. "Watch this," I said. I opened a shadow portal and pulled out my dresser. "Uh, cool. Also how did you pick that up?" Spider-Man asked. "I just moved the portal on the other side to put it in the portal" I said. "Okay," Spider-Man said. I pulled out a photo of my mom and looked at it. "Okay well I'm going to go to my room. Yell if you need anything" He said. "Okay I will" I said. Later that night I explored the Tri Skelion. I don't need sleep thanks to my powers as long as it is dark where I am I replenish my strength. "You should get some sleep," Spider-Man said from the ceiling. "I don't need sleep. As long as I'm in a dark room I replenish my strength as if I'm sleeping" I said. "Handy" He said. "What are you doing up?" I asked. "Fridge raid" He said with a grin. "Well you have fun with that" I said and walked off feeling like I had finally met my true family.