Father

"Am your father."

When I heard him say he was my father I was skeptical, surprised, I wanted to have a laugh cause it all just sounded so unnatural, like I mean look at this guy, he was just holding a galaxy in the palm of his hand some moments ago and he just told me his my father, strange, strange words, I didn't even know how to respond, I just floated there in the darkness of what I believed to be a dream looking at this Titan that's way bigger than the Titans I've seen, The Titans I've seen are on the Holo screen, they are massive beings at the peak of power in the galaxy of NYCTOS, nobody really knows how many Titans are in NYCTOS cause not all of them like fame or showboating, Like the Titan on Planet NYNE, He claimed all the planets within a million light year away from planet NYNE, Some say he's not at the peak of Titan power yet but he likes to make a scene.

His name is Red, strange name I know, who picks a color as a name.

This guy or being or life form who just said he is my father just floated there looking at me, Not what I expected, l had questions running through my mind, Like how do I know you're really my father? How did you meet my mother? Where have you been all this years? Why didn't you come to save us? Why are you just communicating with me now?.

Before I could voice my thoughts he spoke to me again, maybe be was just tired of waiting or maybe he wanted to remove the awkwardness from the silence that had lasted for so long between us.

"I can see the indecision on your face, You have so many questions to ask but you don't know where to start."

He said in that same voice that didn't let any interruptions, it was like my own voice was scared of his own.

I looked at him, At that face that had only eyes, and I thought to myself.

'Why am I not freaked out by this face, it just seems so elusive and curt.'

I rested my chin on my right palm and furrowed my brows. To be frank, I was just lost or confused or there were just too many words running through my mind at the moment. He just floated there waiting, just waiting for me to speak.

I dropped my hand after some time, am not supposed to be flustered, I'm calm, like the waters of planet WATO, it's a planet that has a water content of ninety percent.

I raised my head and looked at his expressionless face and eyes that hold that seemed to burn with flames hotter than the sun.

"What are you."

He didn't answer after hearing my question, he just kept on staring at me, I stared back at him. He laughed after I stared back unyielding with curiousity in my eyes. I wondered why he thought laughing would be appropriate at this point in time, like who laughs after someone asks them what they are.

"I bet you're thinking that it's strange for me to laugh at this moment."

'He just read my mind.'

I thought after hearing what he said, I wasn't surprised, if someone who just hammered a galaxy with a hammer filled with stars couldn't read my mind then I would have to rethink my open mindedness.

"I didn't read your mind, It's written all over your face, as clear as the explosion of a star."

'Oh mannerisms.'

"So what are you."

"I don't know."

'What.'

I screamed in my mind.

'how could he not know, it's you, your body.'

"Don't jump to conclusions yet, it's one of those things we can't really understand no matter how hard you try, You see, what I am is an anomaly, you can say I was born out of the need of whatever power controls this REALITY, the REALITY is everything we can see and everything that can ever exist."

'Okay.' I kept silent when he spoke till the end.

"So what you're saying is that even you don't know the power that created this REALITY."

"That is correct."

"Why were you created?"

"Well that's an interesting question, thought you would ask why I said I'm your father. anyway, I'll answer your question."

I nodded, thinking to myself.

' I'll ask him when am done getting some answers."

"I'm here to keep the balance, repair the cracks, I also build weapons for the others."

'the others.'

"Who are the others."

"I see what you're trying to do young one, but some questions shouldn't be asked, you will know when you're strong enough."

' I expected not to get any answers but at least now I know he's not the only one.'

I thought to myself while thinking of what he said.

'keep the balance and repair the cracks.'

I asked another question.

"Is that what you were doing when I appeared here, I mean repairing the cracks."

"Yes."

"So why the hammer."

"Hahaha... it's theatrics, Doing that makes repairing the cracks more interesting, even the sound of metal hitting metal you heard is just pretense, if I actually used my hammer to hit galaxies am supposed to be fixing, I'd have destroyed a lot more than I fix."

I scratched my hair.

' He likes extravagant displays.'

"Can you leave this place?"

"Yes I can, it's not everytime that galaxies are damaged, it only happens when something that exceeds the threshold of the galaxy enters or something like a Singularity occurs."

'Singularity.'

I listened intently to all the words he has been saying, Maybe some people already know about all this like the NIC, but it was all new information to me.

"How do I know you're actually my father."

He waited a while like he was thinking but I knew he was just trying to build suspense. theatrics.

"Let's say you were born from the same power as me but you used me as a template, before you were born."

' Born from the same power. Template.'

"Template, so you mean to say am just a copy of you."

"No, not a copy, you have bits of my makeup, in your dna, but you're not strong enough to activate your powers, and you're different, when I was created I was already like this."

My mind was spinning, like what the what.

"How did you meet my mother."

"That would be best said by your mother."

I folded my arms and thought.

'That's the same as not telling me anything.'

"Where have you been all this years and why are you just contacting me now."

He did the silence suspension thing again, just staring at me.

"I've been here, There, elsewhere, lots of places and I didn't know Gamila had a son, I should've felt it but maybe because the connection wasn't strong enough, i didn't notice."

He paused before continuing.

"Like I said maybe the connection wasn't strong enough but now at this moment that we're talking to each other, it is."

I nodded my head at his answer, even though I didn't understand what the connection he was talking about was.

"Why didn't you help us when the planet we lived on was being attacked."

"Like I just said, the connection wasn't strong enough, didn't know I had a son, and even if I did know I couldn't interfere, there are rules to this, even among us Anoms."

'Anoms'

Another unfamiliar word.

"What are Anoms?"

He looked at me and it felt like he was wagging his finger in my face, I guess he did, I couldn't tell cause it felt illusory.

"Can't tell you, those are answers you have to find for yourself."

'Figures, at least I've got a bunch of questions answered.'

I though about everything he had said.

"Why is the connection strong now."

"I don't know, you have to understand, this is happening for the first time which is strange in itself."

"How is it strange."

"You see."

He paused while waving his hand, and a lot of stars that were floating formed an image of darkness which still confuses me, how does light form darkness. In that darkness I heard a thrumming sound and a I saw a line formed by billions and billions of stars, that line stretched till infinity, it didn't have an end.

He dropped his hand and continued.

"You see this star line."

I nodded.

"It also called a REALITY LINE, That's exactly how this REALITY is, The problem with an infinite universe like ours is that even the most unlikely events will eventually occur, Anything that can happen will happen, And not only will it happen, it will happen infinitely."

'What the what.'

'Anything that can happen will happen.'

I thought to myself, those are some strong words.

He continued after I didn't say anything.

"You see, Time is infinite, The universe is infinite, As long as there is someone observing REALITY, it will always exist."

I nodded my head even though I didn't understand some of what he said.

"So this is the first time this is happening."

"Yes."

"And you don't know why it is happening."

"Yes."

He replied curtly to all my questions and it seemed that I had run out of questions.

"So this connection we have, what can I do with it."

"You can borrow some of my powers as long as your body and mind can handle the strain."

I nodded my head.

"How do I borrow these powers of yours."

"I don't know, you'd have to figure that one out for yourself, am just a conduit for you now connecting you to the SOURCE."

I had an enlightened and curious look on my face after I heard him say.

' SOURCE.'

"I know what you want to ask, I can't tell you what the source is."

I had a dejected expression on my face.

"So what powers can I use."

"Don't know, you have to figure it out for yourself."

I furrowed my brows.

'Isn't that the same as not saying anything.'

He raised his head and looked up then turned to me and spoke in a somewhat hurried tone.

"Time is up, you have to leave."

He started fading from view.

"But how do I speak to you again."

"You can speak to me anytime you want, you are a part of me as I am to you."

I woke up from the bed with sweaty palms and a face.