Warning: Blood, death, and stalking
¨Time is like a river, it always changes path and adapts no matter what." That was the same vision that ran through Josh's mind. Carlos looked at his friend. "Do you remember the person's features?" Josh thought about the question, "It was just a low voice,¨ Nimuel, one of his other friends, interjected ¨What did the voice sound like?¨ Josh hit his hands on the table looking around, seeing his four friends and the window of a less well lit room. Then, down the large, round, hard wooden table, it was carved by his other friend, Robert. ¨It was deep, man's voice, then a bright flash of light,¨ Josh moved from the table ¨Augg, I want to learn more about who this person is and why it happened.¨ Ade walked towards him, put his hand on his shoulder, ¨I know you want to, we will find the reason soon.¨ Josh pushed his hand off, moving towards the door, saying in monotone ¨Thank you, Ade.¨ He opened the door and left. Carlos looked at Ade ¨You need to tell him,¨ Ade looked at him. "He was just having an off day,¨ they all walked out the door, down the hall, walking through the building.
Nimuel groaned, "Why did Robert make this building so complex?" Carlos stopped in one of the lab rooms, seeing a scientist working on some alien technology from a mission Nimual and Robert had just been on. The male scientist smiled while the other eight shewed him away. Carlos made it back to the others as they were chatting. They reached the elevator. Ade pressed the button. "You were the one to help him build it." He replied, "Well, I didn't expect him to make it so large." They got in the elevator going up. "That is a lot of complaining for someone who makes his program." Nimuel rolled his eyes as they reached the lobby, then got out of the elevator. "We all know he could change his coding if he wanted." They looked around as they got up from the building, seeing their house across the large lab/office building. The building itself is situated towards homes about240 to 300 feet tall, with people hired by Robert working from early morning until the beginning of the night; however, they do not know how much they are paid, only Robert and his wife. "Hey, guys sorry I left so fast I was helping Robert with his things." They oversaw Robert walking up to them, his skin glistening in the sun, and his look was different now. He looked more human before transforming into a robot that could be found in a sci-fi movie. But now he looked almost normal. His eyes were more robotic, and his movement slightly stiff. He matches Ade's hair and most of his physical features. Both now had long thick curly black hair, a thin noise Robert looked more bony, sharper face and chin, and rounder ears. Robert had more Niumal eyes, both of their eyes were a dark wine color. His height and clothing were taken from Josh both wearing more formal outfits and Josh being around 6´8. Robert matches more of Carlos' world perspective than I do and a mix of personality. Josh smiled, "We've been working for this for a while, we're just waiting to show you all." Carlos smiled, giving him a high five. Ade congratulated him on the big change. Nimuel hugged him, then gave him a pat on the back saying ¨We need to celebrate this amazing news."
Later that night, they all celebrated around the table in Josh's house. It was a house style like the late 90s. With an assortment of chairs replacing broken chairs. It was like picturing every 2000s and late 90s sitcom put together, as Carlos would put it. Robert laughed as saying to Josh in the kitchen ¨Why do you have a random chair when you could just make a new one with a snap of your fingers.¨ Josh got out of the kitchen with an apron wrapped around him ¨I want to feel more normal, and it saves me time than using my powers.¨ Robert traced his palm as soon as Ade tapped his shoulder ¨Do you want to play some board games while they are cooking dinner?¨ Robert smiled, "You are going down", Josh went around his kitchen, kissing his wife on the cheeks. She smiled¨ "Josh, stop it, you know I'm mixing the cookie dough, I don't want to drop it." Josh smiled, "That won't be a problem if it falls, I can clean up the mess before you even worry." She placed down her red mixing bowl as he picked her up, placing her on the counter. Her face went red "Stop, Josh, put me down. I don't want to mess up my new dress." He looked at her dark blue dress "Come on, let's dance, while we still can." Mary sighed. "Am not that old until like you grandpa," Josh did and overly exchanged scoffed, "I'm the youngest in my family, and you know that." He picked her up, spun her around, and she started to laugh, saying "Put me down before you break something." He tossed her up in the air, and she brushed the ceiling, staying up there. She floated on the ceiling, and he sighed, floating right next to her. She smirked, wrapping her arms around him, saying "You are easy to trick." He tried to get lost, saying, "That's because you tricked me, that is not fair." Josh spun counterclockwise. They both just landed back on the ground until a voice came in "Mother, Father, when am I going to get my powers?" Mary looked down at her son "You are too young right now." Josh piped up "We talked about this, Luca, already." Lucas sighed, "I know, but didn't Wendy, and Oriris get their power by my age?" Mary contested his check, "Everyone is different; some people don't get their power until later or early." Luca shrugged his shoulders, then crossed his arms, Josh went over, "Hey, I know you are upset about this, but I know your power will come in any day." Luca looked away from him, "Why don't you play with your uncle Robert?" Luca looked at Robert, walking over to him. Josh and Mary looked at each other. He said "I do wonder when his power came in?" Mary went over to a cabinet and picked out a large metal cookie sheet pan, placing it down, "I do not, honey, yet it shouldn't matter if we do or do not have powers." Josh spun his finger in a circle as his eyes glowed white, making a cookie sheet. Placing it down," How did I marry such an amazing woman?" Kissing her cheek. She replied, "I'm not sure," he wrapped his arms around her, "We should get Italian food for your birthday since it is coming up." Mary tilted her head, knowing his tricks. "My first birthday is in two months and Italian food is your favorite." He rolled his eyes, spinning her around, then placing her down, looking at his friend, smiling.
Luca sat down at the table, looking at the rest playing Spades Ade looked up from his cards, "Luca, you are going to get your power one day," Luca's face was surprised as Robert added, "I remember when Oriris was your age, he would not stop talking about his power." Luca looked at him, "He did?" Robert smiled, "We could complain that he would get his power for a while and when he did he would stop asking your dad to teach him everything." Luca's face lit up as he got up from his seat and ran upstairs hearing the door open and a lot of talking. Nimuel looked at him, "Why did you tell him that?" Robert paced down a card, "You know he is going to find out soon anyway." Robert looked at Ade, "Dad you tell him yet or are you keeping waiting?" Ade looked at him, placing his card down, "I win!" They all looked, sighing and dropping their cards. Ade looked down, restoring them, "Let's talk about the positive not the negative just for this night." Looking at Robert. Carlos said, "It's going to come back and bite us later, you know that." Ade replied, "I don't want to talk about it anymore. Do you want to play another game?" Carlos looked at Nimuel, "I'm going to watch some TV, but you all could keep playing." Carlos walked away from the table and into the living room. They played a couple more games soon after Josh came in to say dinner was ready. They all sat around the table as Carlos and Nimuel sat next to each other, Ade and Josh sat across from each other, Robert and his wife Fenna sat next to each other, and Mary sat by Luca. The other sat a match from each other. Fenna had her own chance; she matched Mary in every category. Both now had black wavy hair, one with grey eyes, and one with dark brown eyes. Fenna just had grey eyes, yet both had tan olive skin and round features. She did have a different height around 5 '9 instead of Mary's height which was 6' 2, Wendy started talking, "I like dinner." It tastes amazing," Josh smiled, "Thank your mother, she made most of it." One of the youngest kids, Tala, spoke up, "How do you eat?" She looked at Robert, Josh looked at her, saying "Tala that is rude to say." Robert laughed, "It's fine Josh, I eat as any person would eat, yet the food just turns into pure energy instead of powering my whole body." Tala looked at him, smiling, "That was so awesome," Nimuel and Carlos were talking. Carlos slightly blushed starting to touch his hand. Luca then spoke, "Are you two married?" Nimuel spit out his drink, choking on it. Ade burst out laughing. Carlos looked at him, flustered, and Osiris hit Luca on the back of the head. Luca shrugged his shoulders, "What was that about?" Carlos spoke, "That could be seen as a rude question for some, yet I do not think Ni and I aren't dating." Luca sat there thinking to himself, Ade was still laughing, saying, "That is the best thing that has happened all day." Josh wiped his face and shirt, looking at Ade ¨Stop laughing before you choke on your own spit.¨ He finally stops coughing his breath, Fenna "Let celebrity to Robert and the future.¨ They all clack their glass together and finish dinner and eat chocolate chip cookies and sugar cookies for dessert. Later that night, after everyone went to sleep, he finished bruising his teeth. Mary lay in bed in her gown, "Hurry up and come to bed." He spat out his toothpaste, "Be there in a second". Just then his phone pinged. He looked at the phone, it was showing a picture of him looking at his phone. The text message read, "You can't hide the truth." Mary spoke, "Joshua!" Josh turned off his phone, "Sorry, my dear". Turning off the light, hitting the bed, kissing her, and going to sleep, his mind was still turning with every thought.
His eyes felt heavy trying to think of a plan to solve this problem so he closed his eyes. Opening them again, hearing his father's low voice "Joshua, you were born to rule." He was small as a child, trying to look at his father, whose face was covered in shadow. Josh ran towards his father, trying to reach him, but his dad disappeared in the dark. He started to cry, yelling for his dad to move. Josh looked around, seeing a large southeast Italian palace burning. He smelled the burning wood and bodies and walked over dying soldiers, screaming in pain until the light in his eyes went dark. Josh didn't care, he looked around now looking around the whole village seeing the walls crumbling, people running on the outskirts. Someone, a skinny, tall soldier with brown hair, light tan skin, his eyes filled with hate, yelled, "Monster." Josh looked around, seeing dead civilians and soldiers; he smelled corpses; his hands were covered in blood, and across his body. He made a sword-throwing, hitting soldier, pinning him to the ground through the stomach. Josh flew to the man, kicking up debris and causing bodies to fly away from him. The soldiers cried as Josh walked to the man. Josh had a plan, expressed as if it were a normal routine. The soldier begged for his life. Josh slowly grabbed his head and pressed until a crunch sound and then silence. Josh splashes the blood on the ground from his hands. Saying to myself, "Man, this really messes with my lunch schedule." He ripped a sword from the soldier's body, floating in the air. Picking up a helmet going to a clear side checking his teeth. It was a young woman with silky black hair, dark amber eyes, now lifeless, dark tan skin. He whispered to himself, "What a lovely princess destroyed by a foolish battle." The head falls with a thud, then the helmet moments later. He crushed the helmet and clicked his teeth with his tongue together. He kicked one of the heads like a football mounting an explosion as it landed. Stretching out, starting to float, eyes glowing white. He grinned, saying, "Time to enjoy myself." He flew to the outskirts, and the screams followed Josh as he woke up. He felt cold sweat running down his forehead, getting up, heading to the bathroom, splashing himself with water, saying to himself, "You are no longer that person." He groaned, turning off the light, heading back to bed, and closing his bedroom door.