If you are reading this because you want to feel like a superhero and experience a better world, shut this now! This is the story of my sister, Alaina, and I. Oh yes, we haven't been properly introduced I'm Nico. I grew up on the east-side of manhattan. Houston street to be exact, with my sister Alaina. Thing is, we are not exactly like normal kids you see. W
e never really knew our dad until he turned up on our doorstep the other day. and that's where we begin.
A knock at the door awoke me, I caught the small snippets of a conversation, a rushed hurried one but a conversation nevertheless. My sister burst into my room screaming
"it's daddy,it's daddy!"
I bolted upright in my bed
"daddy? Alaina daddy hasn't been in touch in well,forever."
before I could finish she cut in tripping over herself with excitement
"no it's really him it's daddy he's come to see us."
Our father had left when Alaina was a tiny baby and had never looked back so I figured she must just be joking when my mother burst in
"She's telling the truth Nico, your father is waiting downstairs to talk to you,"
I was lost for words I never thought of my father re-appearing, I had abandoned that hope many years ago. And to be perfectly honest I didn't want to meet him because he might not live up to my high expectations.
I entered cautiously into the room,and there on the sofa was a normal man, but he seemed to radiate power, power as old as time itself.
"Dad?"
"Yes it is Nico," I was awestruck even though my mum had told me it was him I didn't believe it then suddenly childhood memories flooded back to me, his booming laughter, and the soothing tone of his voice, yes, this was him.
"Nico,"he said " brace yourself," in a split second he erupted into flames! But they were flames that did not burn or even char it was if they bent to my dads will. But I took that for-granted
And tried to think what he had meant by "brace, yourself."
What I noticed later was that even though my father had erupted into flames it did not bother me I knew he was still alive, and that if my dad controlled fire he was definitely not Human.
Chapter 2
After the events of the day I was glad to get into my bed, but I was kept awake with the thoughts of my father, why would he leave my mom? I promised myself I'd confront him with it the next time I saw him.
"CRASH!" I woke up startled and confused, then I felt something cold against the back of my head, it will be a feeling I never forget, a feeling that would haunt me the rest of my life. It was the feeling of a 9 millimetre pistol, I don't know how I knew that but I'd always understood everything about machinery, my mom said it came from my dad but I'd never understood why but that wasn't important now
"Get up," said a voice from behind me and the pistol jerked upwards toward the base of my skull.
"who are you?" I shouted.
"let's just say I'm no friend of your father,"he cackled in his shrill tone of voice.
I knew he was about to kill me, so I made one last attempt to overpower him, it was a stupid idea, the guy was at least six foot and armed, but I jumped at him, maybe it was my ADHD that made me want to injure him but instead I kicked the pistol out of his hand, it slid across the floor and I charged for it, but the man re materialised next to it and pointed it at my chest, now call me crazy but I don't think he was gonna let me live.
"Aaaaaaaaahhhhh," once again I charged it was an insane move but I hit him with the palm of my hand right in the chest, he doubled over in pain, and I took the gun.
"who sent you?" I shouted as I aimed the gun between his eyes,
"ha ha you will never know, go on kill me I don't care,"
"I said, who sent you?"
Before I could continue I heard a scream from the next room, my sisters room!
I ran next door to find my sister but she was gone! I was devastated, the only person who'd I'd wished was truly safe was gone. I ran to the window and saw her struggling with one of the other goons I was about tl
o jump out and help her when, I noticed in my confusion I had left the man in my room! I felt a hard hit at the base of my skull, then everything was dark...
Chapter 3
I woke up the next morning in a heap on the floor,
"hello nico," said a voice next to me