Chapter 2: Jazz is revived.
As predicted, the Dursley's did indeed brag to the whole street about Vernon's new work car. Well, Vernon and Dudley bragged, Petunia was not that bothered by it. She was actually thinking of teaching Roman Car and Motorbike Mechanics, starting next week. In addition, she was planning on using Vernon's new car. The car in question was a Pontiac Solstice.
'I don't know what he needs it for; he's already got a perfectly good one.' She thought bitterly.
She desperately wanted a divorce from Vernon and to disown Dudley. She knew Dudley was beating up Roman at school. Like hell, she did. How could she not when Roman came home black and blue? The boys had started day nursery last year, a decision she had not taken lightly. She did not want a child abusive alcoholic for a husband and a heartless bully for a son. She took care of Roman because a week after Roman had been born; Gemma had asked her to take care of him, if she and Lucas died or if something happened to Lily and James. Petunia had taken those words to heart and had made sure to act on them after Lily and James had perished.
Out of the corner of her eye, Petunia glanced to see Roman walk out the door, look at the car longingly and walk back in.
Roman sighed as he walked through the hallway. He had just looked at Vernon's new car. It was Jazz all right. He only knew of one silver robot. Last night's dream had been informative. It had told him that the good guys were called Autonomous Robotic Organisms, aka Autobots and the bad guys were called Decepticons. He also knew Jazz was an Autobot. Roman slipped inside for a few hours sleep. His magic pulling at him had tired him out.
XDREAMX
The room was lined with boxes, and in the centre was a pulsing light of energy. The light was small and dull; somehow, he knew it should be bigger and brighter.
"Roman Potter, this is what you must do." A kind voice said, and then he saw himself reaching towards Vernon's new company car.
XEND DREAMX
Roman's eyes popped open. Weakly, he tried to move but it was impossible. His physical strength and his magic were depleted. A pulsing light slammed into his chest, returning his strength.
Darkness. Pitch black darkness, that is all there was. He was aware of his existence, his consciousness but nothing else. He had no memories, no emotions, simply a sense of self. It all came rushing back to him within moments, all of his memories, all of his adventures. Jazz tried to move, to do anything. The only problem was he seemed to be frozen.
"You must return Jazz." A voice told him, and then darkness smothered his consciousness again.
When he became aware of himself for the second time, he realised he was trapped. Something or someone had to free him, he did not know what. He would have to wait and see what was happening.
The next morning saw Vernon and Dudley out of the house and Petunia and Roman in the kitchen. They were talking.
"Roman, do you remember when I told you about your heritage?" Petunia asked her nephew.
"Yeah, why?" Roman replied, having eidetic memory helped sometimes.
"Well, I missed out something important. Something that will happen in three years" she informed him
"What is it?" Roman questioned
"Something I should have told you about right from the start. I just haven't found the right time with Vernon and Dudley in" she told him
"Aunt Petunia" Roman said, warily
"It's your destiny. Your Predators Scorpions destiny to be exact. The Predators Scorpions target different factions involved in a war." She answered
"Like the bad guys?" Roman asked
Petunia nodded "They torture the bad guys for important information and then kill them. However as you are known to six different worlds: Supernatural, Mundane, Magical, Cybertronian, Olympian and Mutant. Your team of Predators Scorpions will target the dark factions known to those worlds. You will start training in three years but you need to be in America. That said, there are 3 couples including your adopted parents, who your biological parents allocated to be your Guardians once your training has started." She explained
"That's cool. Wait what do you mean my parents? They are dead aren't they? What about you?" Roman asked at rapid fire.
Petunia chuckled "Sorry. Your adoptive parents are still alive, Rom. They cannot look after you and your brother because of an Ancient law your grandfather passed for their and yours safety. Roman your adoptive parents are Steve and Maddy McGarrett whilst you biological parents are Lucas, the King of Greece, and Gemma, the Queen of Greece." She said
"How come?" he asked
"Lucas and his brother Dean gained numerous enemies out of families of various dark families, demons, spirits etc. If they found out Lucas had a son, you, then they would stop at nothing to hunt you down and kill you to break Lucas." She informed him
"So what about you?" Roman questioned; now understanding his parents dilemma.
"My role is to tell you the truth and to get you to America. Once you leave, my guardianship of you becomes null and void. But I'm planning on divorcing Vernon, disowning Dudley and using my inheritance I received from your aunt Lily to move to Spain." She told him
"Will I be able to visit sometimes?" Roman asked he did not want to lose his aunt. After all, she was the only one who was nice to him in this suffocating hellhole.
"Only once in four years. You ok with that" Petunia replied
"Yeah," Roman answered.
That was the end of the intense conversation as the two made themselves some lunch. Knowing he had around seven weeks left at Number 4, Roman was bittersweet about leaving the place. He was happy that he would never be seeing Vernon and Dudley again but he was sad that he would not be able to see his aunt again.
Between the two of them, the chore list Vernon had given Roman that morning was finished by mid afternoon. As a treat, Petunia let Roman watch the new Point Break film. Roman loved it. It was a mixture of Action, Adventure and Mystery. His three favourite film genres. The film finished at 17:00. In addition, just in time too as Roman heard Vernon's car pull into the driveway.
Roman turned the channel to BBC One for the news. He then sprinted into the kitchen to inform his aunt that his uncle was home when he froze. For standing in front of him was Petunia – scolding Dudley, who had tried to sneak into the house without anyone, noticing. He had his pockets full of sweets. Roman had to blink and pinch himself on the arm to check he was not dreaming. He was not. Knocking lightly on the door, he grabbed Petunia's attention.
"Vernon's home," He said.
Petunia nodded and turned back to her soon to be disowned son. "Go to your room and no stopping by the living room," She ordered
Dudley nodded and left, put out. It was clear he had been hoping to complain and whinge to his father that Roman had got him into trouble. This tactic would have then got Roman a beating. Something Dudley took great happiness in seeing.
The Dursley household had four bedrooms and a bathroom: three of the bedrooms were used by the residents and the spare bedroom for guests. Petunia and Vernon had an argument about which room would be the spare. Petunia wanted the smallest bedroom to be the spare whilst Vernon wanted the massive bedroom next to theirs to be spare. In the end, Petunia had won so the bedroom that was next to the master bedroom was Roman's and the smallest bedroom became the spare. This room was used by Vernon's sister Marge when she visited. Though considering Roman was leaving soon and Petunia was moving to Spain soon after, they both had no doubts that Vernon would give her Roman's room.
The ground floor wasn't all that different from the first floor in regards to layout. The kitchen lead to the backyard. Next to the kitchen was the dining room/conservatory. Next to that was the living room. The kitchen, living room and his bedroom were Roman's favourite rooms in the house. Roman fondly remembered the fit, Dudley had when he had found out Roman had the bigger room. Roman simply did not care. It was only last week, Roman had moved his gear into his new room.
At half-six, the four residents were served Cottage Pie. After polishing off two full portions with salad, Roman was full so he started the washing up for his aunt. When the others had finished their own meals, Vernon and Dudley left for the living room and Petunia stayed in the kitchen to help Roman.
"Do you know when I leave? Do I have to go to Hogwarts? What?" Roman asked, picking up the end of the last conversation.
"You leave in seven weeks. Whether you go to Hogwarts or not is your choice. You don't have to but I would if I were you. It would give you a chance to see where your parents Aunt and Uncle learnt to control their magical abilities. But there is the option of attending Olympus Academy which has a dual curriculum – Magical and Mundane. But in the end, it is your choice" Petunia replied
Two hours later and Roman snuck upstairs. He took a minute to admire his new room. As he hadn't got the chance to look around properly yet. Night sky ceiling, adult single bed, and a picture of each world on his walls along with an Ash wardrobe and chest of drawers. Roman changed into his grey shorts and slipped under the covers. He was asleep within a minute.