Chapter Two:
A year ago it was common knowledge that superheroes exist until a darkness emerged and all the regular people had been mind wiped the memories of the heroes and villains disguising the memories as movies, a prophecy was discovered predicting an individual who will experience a great loss and posses knowledge which will expose their identity, and will be known as The Eternal Maiden….
Today, this prophecy was projected into all minds on earth, the humans experience a phenomenon no one thought possible, everyone spectator to events the following events that unfold.
I open my eyes and feel my head rush as I shoot up remembering recent events, I look around and start to panic since I am floating in an all white abyss. A voice breaks the seemingly never-ending silence, "Greetings young human, it is my pleasure to witness the legendary Maiden come into power. It is unfortunate that you have been doomed to loose whomever is closest to your vicinity."
"What have you done to my Mom!" I yell cutting the voice off.
"I have fulfilled your prophecy of course, I would suggest that you refrain from antagonizing me, you wouldn't want to embarrass yourself in front of all of humanity, would you?", he replied in a condescending tone.
"Who are you? What do you want from me?", I ask and feel my voice shake.
"I want you to forget about trying to foil my future plans of world domination.…"
" I am not sure what you're talking about…"
"your 'not sure' or you don't know, you cannot fool me child, we both know you posses several abilities, and have for years, you just held no belief in their existence, but you do not fool me, we both know what happens next, am I wrong?"
"Hey! I just finished school and I refuse to go through puberty again!"
"Who says you will be able to?" he replies haughtily, a flash of light blinds me and I scream in pain as my bones begin to shrink.
"I will bring in the heroes and all of you will be stuck here and the humans will remain in a forever sleep so they may be my audience as I embarrass the heroes, oh and so you may meet them enjoy full access to your abilities, I will return, entertain the guests." another flash of light and i know with my being that he has left, for now. i look down and i feel rage bubble up within me.
"Hey! You cant just turn people into babies and walk away!" I say in a baby voice, "Ugh this is an insult to my vocabulary!" I mutter to my self. Another flash and I see all the superheroes that I have ever heard of and more, I do the only thing my situation lets me I pout.
Captain America approaches me and asks, "I'm sorry for your loss kid, but do you have any idea what is going on? Or who that may have been?"
I cross my arms and turn my head away in an embarrassingly childish manner, "How would I know?" I retort cutely. I hear a few girlish squeals and a 'sooooo cuuuuute' and 'adorable' pop into my head along with a who is this child?' which sounded suspiciously like the captain kneeling before me. I turn my head back to face the heroes and angrily sulk, "Not cute or adorable, My name is Ava." I say quietly. Many heroes gawk in shock, guess I revealed an ability and their reactions confirmed its existence. A bald man in a wheel chair rolls forward, my mind supplies me with a name, Charles Xavier and I feel an onslaught of memories.
"Are you a telepath? Your mind seems to have a natural shield around it.", he asks in a gentle voice.
"I guess", I reply.
"When this is over would you be interested in attending my school for the gifted?"
An uproar occurs and a man, Logan/ wolverine asks, "Are you sure professor? The pup seems awfully young…"
"I just finished high school so no thank you, and if what I know is correct it is not a good idea yet."
"Finished? How old were you before pup? you looked a little young…"
"I was fifteen!", I scowl indignantly.
" And you already graduated? Remarkable, is it perhaps part of your abilities?", Xavier suggested.
"Of course not! None of the abilities that I had access to before hand would have assisted me! I do not cheat!"I reply rudely.
"I did not mean to offend you, Ava was it?", I nod, "Do you know what is about to happen?" I shrug, I do but only bits and pieces but I am definitely not revealing that to people I just met. I remain silent. A robot starts to laugh, I recognize him as ironman or Tony stark, "Good job Xavier, for once you cant use your telepathy on someone and you make the kid who is the only one who has the slightest idea what is happening, sulk like a one year old." he gets out between breathless laughter.
I scowl and try to glare, but it turns out more like the eyes of kicked puppy, "Shut it, Trashcan, I'm six months actually, and your suppose to be a genius?" I quip. His eyes fill with mirth and he busts out into more laughter, before he can make some sort of dimwitted come back, I feel something at the pit of my stomach and lift a finger for silence, everyone freezes and a dark chuckle floods the room and the heroes form a protective barrier around me.
"How cute, the heroes think they can protect a mere baby! The oh so great Avengers think they can save the world from aliens so this should be simple! Think again!" the voice says darkly in a sing song manner.
I suddenly feel myself being lifted and start to struggle, "Let go of me!" I say sounding like a frightened child, I guess that is what I am now huh? The heroes turn around and start to panic when they notice I have vanished, they do not look up, I feel a hand cover my mouth as I struggle to alert them of my current predicament. I frown and an idea comes to mind along with my smile which promises mischief, I bite down, hard.
"you insolent brat!" the heads bellow whip up, "how dare you bite me! for that your mind will receive the same treatment as your body, pity I can not do the same to your memories, oh well, I am sure Teenage hormone filled memories in an infant mind will be maddening.…" he begins to mutter under his breath and I scream as my head seems to hold to much, Eidetic memory does that to you, I feel my mind scape begin to shrink and cause everything to become squished, I begin to lock away less important things and slowly the pain recedes.
"I-I k-know y-you d-do'nt h-have t-the p-power t-to l-let u-us g-go, s-so, i-i-i g-guess w-we h-have t-to
d-do t-this t-the h-hard w-way." I say in a shaky weak voice throat horse from screaming. I take a deep breath summon all my power and channel it into the invisible being holding me captive in the air, I barely register falling, and quietly whispering "I killed him", before the world goes black and I loose consciousness knowing everyone has been returned to wherever they were and everyone has awakened.
I wake up groggily and the memories come flowing back, I double over in pain knowing that my abilities will cause me great pain and I should try not to let anyone know. I shoot up from my bed which I had been lying on previously studying i register the too big clothes and attempt to rush to my closet but instead fall over i realize then that I cannot walk and concentrate so that I am floating in the air I realize i lack the ability of flight and utilize telekinesis and throw on some old clothes of mine throw some things in my backpack after dumping its contents on my bed room floor, preparing to disappear before anyone finds me. I finish and settle the bag on my shoulders, I take deep breath absorbing my home and all of its contents including my mom's car and our RV, excluding my mother's body and my pet cat who meows confusedly at me and at the sudden disappearance of the house , and rubs against the bottom of my feet. Spots settle in my vision, I fight them back, and i gently levitate her up to arm level, settling her into my arms. Taking one last look at the dirt which used to be located bellow my home and my mom lying on the floor, dead. My eyes well up with tears and I turn away and disappear into the night, the sounds of sirens in the distance my soundtrack as I close my eyes and teleport away.