"I agree...Family it is". Wilson said while he rapidly shrunk in size, until he was just the height of Graham.
The two of them then stretched their arms in an attempt to shake hands, but as soon as their hands connected.
RUMBLE!
It felt like space quaked, the cage started falling apart, with dirt and debris everywhere, the whole place started shaking.
Graham soon found himself back where he had earlier woken up, but this time he was with Wilson.
Suddenly a dark purple light shone on both of them then formed a cube around them, and with each passing second it started getting smaller and smaller in size. No matter what they did or how many times they tried, they couldn't get out of the cube.
Seeing how useless the attacks where Wilson decided to fight it seriously. Shadows covered his whole body and when they disappeared, Wilson was covered in a complete set of a black armor which covered every single part of his body.
Swiping his claws in the air, four black lines came out slashing the dome which was almost their size. The attack succeeded as it removed the part of the cube it touched, but the cube quickly reformed.
Wilson attempted the same attack again but it bounced off, hitting him at the end, greatly surprising him. He then shot out series of black lightning which worked but like the first time the cube healed itself. Trying the black lightning again it bounced back, hitting Wilson once more and some small sparks also hit Graham causing blood to flow from his palm.
Wilson stood there analyzing the whole situation before speaking, "Graham, do you know how to use your powers yet?". Graham looked at the ground embarrassingly, "No...still a level one...no knowledge".
Wilson looked at him as if peering deep within him, "How would you like to trade your dormant telekinesis and fire ability for something more interesting?, he eventually asked.
"Of course, anything at all", Graham replied with a hurry as the dome like cube was already inches from his hair.
Wilson then placed both of his hands on Graham's head, soon they started glowing
"Whoaaa."
Graham only felt his consciousness blur for a moment before he arrived in a completely unfamiliar environment.
The wind was howling and bitingly cold. As he looked over, he saw that the earth was covered in thick white snow. This was a world of ice and snow.
The white snow, the howling winds, the white icebergs, and the crunchy sound of footsteps on the snow... Graham even felt the bone-chilling cold.
"Roar!!!"
Just as Graham was wrecked by uncertainty, a thunderous roar rang out in the distance. As the rolling sound wave rushed over, Graham's eardrums felt like they were about to shatter.
Turning around, he saw a polar bear about hundreds of meters tall leaping toward him.
Boom.
Boom.
The polar bear landed on the ground in thunderous thuds as the earth shook. The terrifying threat sent Graham trembling.
"It's fake! It's all fake! It's just an illusion, there's nothing to be afraid of!"
Graham tried his best to tell himself that, but his body shook uncontrollably, especially when he looked at the fast-approaching polar bear. The fear in his heart became stronger and stronger. In the end, the polar bear lunged at Ling Jiu and crushed his head with a snap of its jaw...
Woooshhh!!
Another blur later, Graham sensed that his mind had exited the 'virtual' space. Right then, he was drenched in cold sweat. His legs were shaking uncontrollably, and his face was extremely pale.
"That... That was scary!"
Recalling the image earlier, Graham felt the lingering fear in his heart. Before he could completely calm down, though, an excited voice suddenly traveled into his ears. "Someone has awakened!"
"Awakened? Could it be me?" Graham asked
"Of course, Graham, now save us". Wilson shouted with joy.
Looking around himself, Graham saw black particles every where, they looked like sand. "What are those?", Graham eventually asked.
"These?...these are what you created unconsciously...they are called Iron sand". Wilson answered Graham but didn't stop there, "While scanning you, I found out you could have a maximum of three abilities on your own, which would awaken when the time is right...there are so many mysteries of the world".
"But how do I use this ability to get us out of here", Graham asked.
"Here...let me help you", Wilson said as he placed his right palm on the Graham's back.
Graham felt like he was no longer in control of his body, the two triangular marks on both of his palms shone with a purple light, five lines spread from each of them forming black rings around each of his fingers, the mark started spreading up to his elbows, then shoulders, until each reached his face.
Opening his left palm he gathered all the iron sand that were on the ground and formed into a turtle-necked long-sleeve garment, then spreading his palm out, multiple black spikes shout out from his shirt, latching unto the dome.
Closing his palm once more, the spikes exploded, making a large whole in the dome, through which he stepped out from, and then Graham felt like he was in control once again. But when he looked back he could see that Wilson couldn't make it and was trapped in the dome.
And out of instincts he spread out his right palm and surprisingly he started rapidly absorbing the dome, but when he was done all he could see was a lifeless Wilson, who had injuries all over his body.
Graham hugged the dead body as if it was his life partner, but something happened...the blood from the body came in contact which the open injury on his palm.
Graham felt an insurmountable amount of pain coursing through his body. It was like his body was on fire. His nails elongated and his already unusually long teeth became longer. Just then he heard a voice at his back.
"So not normal...I reject you...Be gone EVIL".
And the next thing Graham saw was complete darkness.