This wasn’t what I wanted this wasn’t what I planned, but this is my life now and i have to learn to live with it.
You’re probably wondering what on earth im talking about. It was about six months ago I discovered my gift. I was in the grocery store with my mom when she asked me to go find the frozen dinners we were going to have for dinner. As I turned down the isle I ran into a wet floor sign, my feet came out from under and I had shattered my head on the cold concrete floor. Two weeks later I awoke from a coma no one thought I would wake up from.
You’re probably wondering what on earth im talking about. It was about six months ago I discovered my gift. I was in the grocery store with my mom when she asked me to go find the frozen dinners we were going to have for dinner. As I turned down the isle I ran into a wet floor sign, my feet came out from under and I had shattered my head on the cold concrete floor. Two weeks later I awoke from a coma no one thought I would wake up from.
Right away I noticed I felt differently, the doctors were telling me I was still in shock from the initial impact. But something changed. They assured me I was fine, discharged me from the hospital and my mom took me home that night. I stayed in bed for a few days, unable to eat or drink anything, its not that it make me sick, but I wasn’t hungry nor thirsty. I felt no need to ingest anything my body was running normally.
I finally decided I should get out of the house for some fresh air. I walked around the block a few times, trying to go over all of this in my head. Unexpecitdly as I was crossing the street to my house, a blue ford pick up truck came out of no one and ran right into me. The man driving the truck stopped and looked at me but continued to drive away leaving me there to die. The pain running through my body was excruciating, it felt as if I had broken every bone in my body. Except some how... I stood up. Not a scratch on my body. I was confused, why did that not kill me, why did the pain suddenly stop, why have I been feeling so out of it, why have I not been eating, what happened to me these past few weeks?
I got home avoided any type of interaction with my mom and went straight to my room. I decided I was going to research every emotion I was feeling even if it took all night.
Everything I read was talking about super natural abilities, super powers, heroes and villains, and it was all fiction. There was no way I had super powers, that’s unbelievable. Super heroes don’t exist, they are a made up children’s story.
What struck me was one particular article I read.
Super natural abilities are rare but true, there have been un published events in history that are only explained by old legends. The legends say that the Gilbert family gene line was genetically altered and able to tap into every part of there brain. The parts any other human has to die to make known. The legend says that any member of the Gilbert family can access these powers once they are near death. Before the next full moon they must decide on one of the four original curses or else their body will reach the next stage, death.
-force
-spectacle
-air travel
-rapidity
I had until the next full moon to complete the transformation. I decided to pick rapidity, the ability to go as fast as I possible want. I have no need for force because im built as it is; I have 20/20 vision so spectacle is no use, air travel would be cool but there are too many high towers where I live.
Rapidity is clearly the choice for me. The legend said that the only thing I have to do to complete the transitions to rapidity is to just run. If I start to run and my mind set on it I will eventually start to go faster and faster and wont have any limit.
So im going to run. And no one will be able to stop me.
