Academy for Specials; The Ash Legacy

CHAPTER 3

No, I'm daydreaming.

Wrong! I'm hallucinating.

I should see the City's therapist soon.

He offered me therapy for free after my parents' death five years ago.

There's a good chance he'll help me again.

What if he doesn't?

I can't seem to think straight since I encountered that creep and then the other one.

How the hell did he even erase their minds with just a snap of his fingers?

FLASHBACK

"S-U-P-E-R P-O-W-R-R-S." The second one spelled out.

"There's no such thing as Superpowers." I argued,unsure.

I had watched my own blood flow back into my wrist, supersped and saved a girl, watched this guy wipe out people's memories and could see the other one that claimed to be invincible.

None of these were real,

None of these could be real.

I was hallucinating, I should get treatment soon.

"Your parents should have told you about the damn Chorazin before their death. I can't believe I'm about to babysit an ignorant Ash." The memory wiper seemed pissed.

What the hell?!

Did I just refer to him as the memory wiper?

"You're not real." I pointed at him.

"You're not real either!" I yelled at the creep.

"I'm just sick but I'm going to be fine." I rubbed my forehead and began walking away, whispering the same line to myself.

"Not real? I thought he was going to ask us how we knew his parents." Memory wiper whispered the second line to the creep.

"They all ask us that." Creep thought, sounding intrigued.

I had walked a certain distance but I could still hear them.

And did he just say they?

Who were they?

"Anyone in Sidon knows about my parents deaths. There's no surprise that they know about it too." I comforted myself with this thought.

But then, how the hell did they know my name?

Had they been stalking me?

"Not real? Kid, you just supersped in front of all those people. If it hadn't been for me, you would have been dragged to the church for practicing black magic. It might be the 21st century but that wouldn't stop them from trying to end you because you're not like them even though you literally just saved that girl." Memory Wiper sounded pissed.

What was his deal?

"That's exactly why you never save a human in front of a human." He added.

I turned around swiftly but I was too slow, they were already gone.

FLASHBACK ENDED

I had a million questions to ask them about….. everything.

But then, that would just mean I was succumbing to their lies.

A loud knock on the door forced me to push thoughts of them to the back of my head.

When I opened the door, it was my aunty.

Of course, it was her.

"We'll be going out for dinner." She informed me for some reason.

She never had reason to inform me of anything she did with her family; it was weird that she was informing me now.

"Okay." Was all I said back.

I knew she wasn't saying this to invite me to dine with them.

This was her way of telling me to watch the house.

She eyed me from head to toe before leaving.

I heard the soft conversations she had with her family as they left.

Finally, the house was perfectly silent.

This was what I needed.

Just then, I remembered Memory Wiper's words from earlier today.

"Your parents should have told you about the damn Chorazin before their death. I can't believe I'm about to babysit an ignorant Ash."

At the moment, I had heard, no, paid attention to every word in that sentence except Chorazin.

What the hell was that and what did my parents have to do with that?

I rushed to my study table and picked up my laptop.

I searched for Chorazin on every site I could think of but nothing came up.

It was frustrating but I didn't want to believe anything those people said.

Were they even people?

I didn't want to believe anything those creatures said but then, I couldn't stop thinking about them.

As I shut down the PC, it all started happening again.

The way I had heard every single sound in the school.

I could hear the low purrs of the few vehicles in the streets, people conversing and laughing in their houses, flipping of pages that I'm sure came from the Library across the house, the loud sounds of hot kettles with boiling water in them, babies crying…. every damn sound including moans of…

Jesus! No, I shouldn't be hearing that; I shouldn't be hearing any of these.

I placed my hands on my ears and pressed them so tightly, my head hurt but I could still hear the sounds.

I ran, literally, to my cousin's room for his headphones and as expected, the door wasn't locked and he hadn't taken it out with him.

I put it on and played music on the loudest volume but I could still hear the sounds, voices….. everything, clearly.

I looked around the house, expecting Creep or Memory wiper to show up but none of them did.

If I wasn't hallucinating, then this was real and if this was real, I needed help stopping it as soon as possible and my definition of as soon as possible was right now.

"Your parents should have…..Chorazin…"

"Stop crying baby, mommy's here…"

"Put on your napkin Peter, you'll soil your shirt with the pudding…."

"I want us to get married…."

"I love this house, it's so gorgeous!"

Voices and sounds from everywhere coupled with the replay of Memory Wiper's words about my parents and Chorazin wasn't a good combination for me.

I screamed loudly, trying to put out of the sounds even for a second but the only intensified.

As I kept screaming, I felt a hot sensation on my hands and before I realized it, I had burned my cousin's headphone.

"No, no, this can't be happening. This shouldn't be happening."

I shook my head, staring at my hands.

Yes, just my hands because I had unintentionally burned the headphone to nothing.

".......Who knows what else that crazy Chorazin in your veins can make you do." Creep had also mentioned Chorazin earlier.

Whatever this Chorazin thing was, I needed to know and fast.

I headed back to my room and started going through all of my parents stuffs that my aunty had let me keep.

I went through every single file, document, every single thing down to the love letters they exchanged but nothing said anything about Chorazin.

Everything was normal.

Creep and Memory Wiper?

I could accept that anyone in Sidon could know about my parents' death but suddenly associating them with something that didn't seem to exist bothered me a lot.

When I heard the low purr and soft laughers of my aunty and her family, I was reminded of my suddenly improved….. extra improved hearing.

No, that didn't describe it enough.

I was suddenly reminded of my now supernatural hearing ability.

Christ! I was going mad.

I remained in my room after checking to make sure I had closed my cousin's door and yes, I supersped to check that.

I hoped my aunty would yell at me once she was inside and I could return to the land of the living, laughing at this crazy dream.

I left my room to welcome them and serve them fruits which I couldn't have.

All I ever ate everyday was food from the school cafeteria and whenever it was a holiday, I managed a half decent meal at the pastry shop where I worked.

"Is he seriously going to stare at us while we eat, mom?" David asked his mother- my aunty.

After serving them fruits, I had been unable to leave.

Did she probably know about Chorazin?

I bet it was that blue glow I saw after I got my wrist cut, twice.

"You do know gawking and salivating won't get you anything on this table, right, Kastin?" She sounded bored but I could see the wickedness in her eyes.

She was going to hit me if I didn't leave for that wasn't a question, it was a warning to leave.

"Do you know anything about Chorazin?" I blurted out of the blue.

I expected her to stiffen with remorse that I had found something I shouldn't have but her reaction only made me feel stupid for believing Creep and Memory Wiper.

"Are you kidding me?" She laughed mockingly.

"There's no assurance that you're going to pass your examinations, Kastin. So there's no need to talk about weird chemicals no one at this table gives a fuck about." She looked angry.

"The nurse at school said she had called you." I refused to leave.

I really couldn't tell where this sudden confidence came from but I certainly knew where it was going to end me.

"You got stabbed by some kid you probably offended, so?" The anger was becoming more and more eminent on her face.

"So you…" My voice trailed with a loud ringing in my ears.

My Aunty's husband had slapped me so hard on the face, it felt like my jaw had dislocated.

"You had something to say Kastian, go on." He said, pushing me to the ground and kicking me so hard at my sides still with his boots on.

I coiled, folding my knees to my chest and guarding my head with my hands but despite all that, he still kicked me in all the areas he wanted to.

"Don't you ever talk back at my wife. She's already doing so much by keeping you in this house." He hissed before walking away.

My aunty followed suit with a long hiss and my cousin with a snicker.

I couldn't get up, couldn't even crawl back to my room so I just laid there.

I had supersped to save some stranger but I couldn't save myself from him.

I wanted to say that this was proof that I had been hallucinating all along and there was nothing like Special powers or Superheroes but I couldn't deny that it had felt so real; me saving that girl.

Moreso, the cut from where Justin had stabbed me earlier was gone; not even a scar was there, not even after I had stabbed myself too.

I had definitely saved her and my wrist was scarless but I still couldn't bring myself to believe that Special powers were real.

What if I was becoming mentally unstable?

No, this would be too much to call mental instability.

Battling with my thoughts, I dozed off but not before catching that blue glow inside the vein behind the skin of my wrist.

Chorazin.

I woke up as early as always the next day.

I always had to get up early to clean the house and cook before anybody else does or I was sure to get enough beating.

Speaking of beating, I felt perfect.

I didn't feel pains nor the light burns in the areas from cuts.

Remembering the last thing I saw before dozing off, I rushed to my room.

I took off my uniform and stood before the mirrors in just my boxers.

My mouth fell open and remained like that.

The cuts were healed and the scars were gone and by scars, I meant every single scar I had everything gotten from camp when my parents were still alive and the ones inflicted on me by Justin and my Aunty's husband.

This couldn't be my body.

"No way." I gasped.

I took a razor from my study table and cut myself with it on my shoulders and right before my eyes, the blood from the blade returned to my veins and my flesh came together, closing up the cut.

It looked like I never cut myself.

What the hell was happening?

Had I gone crazier over the night?

I couldn't think about that for too long though as a doorbell brought me back to reality.

Who could it be at six in the morning?

Putting on casual clothes, I went to check the door.

I peeped but didn't say anyone.

I opened the door a little to check but still didn't see anyone.

I came outside fully and still saw no one.

However, the hard feeling I felt under my feet brought the black envelope on the Porsche to my notice.

I picked it up and read the words on the back,

       To Kastian Ash, son of our greatest specials, Ava and Liam Ash.

For a while, I started at the envelope, eager to know what this was about but then I had decided that none of this was real. 

I tossed the envelope into the bin and headed back inside.

I had an important examination to prepare for to worry myself over something as dumb as this.

"....Not real? Kid, you just supersped in front of all those people….."

I recalled Memory Wiper's words from yesterday.

"Yesterday wasn't real, Kastian. Forget about it." I said to myself, returning to the kitchen.

And just beside the stove, I saw a black envelope.

Okay, what the hell was happening?

I reached out to it, looking left and right to make sure no one was watching me, especially two specific creatures.

    Your parents would be quite displeased to see how poorly you're treating their legacy.

What the hell?!

Wasn't this the same envelope from the Porsche?

I vividly remember not seeing any envelope by the stove before I went outside.

Quickly, I burned the envelope with the fire from the stove and washed my face in the sink.

I shut my eyes and turned around.

When I did, the envelope was right before me, floating in the air at eye level with me.

"Fuck!" I screamed and stumbled back, horrified.

"Kastin?!" I heard my Aunty's angry voice followed by her footsteps.

She was coming down the stairs.

"Shit."