the truth

Pete lays on the couch, ice pack on his boiling head, Mavis sat next to him contemplating how she died and came back to life "so you're telling me that James has been taking care of my dog and that," "yes Mavis, your favourite movie shrek 2 has been taken off of Netflix." Pete tells the sad Mavis, Mavis grabs a butter knife off a desk near the couch "what's the point?" Pete looks at his hand "probably." Pete grabs the knife and ends up melting the knife a bit "oh my fucking God I'm hot!" James walks into the room "we get it Pete you look good, Shut it!' James replied to a sickened Pete, Pete looks over to James "is this what having no powers feels like?" he asked in a weak voice "I dunno, never had powers before." James tossed a knife in Pete's direction "there, use this, may not be helpful but I'm sure it'll help." as Pete starts to cool down a bit he grabs the knife and puts it aside on a table "no *huff* I refuse!" he then falls asleep quickly, steam coming off of his body, Mavis stands up and grabs the knife "I'll just take that, I'm gonna go to the store do any of you need anything?" She asked looking at the disgruntled Pete, "ice pack?" Pete sighs "no, I need a bucket of ice for this shit." Mavis nods as she leaves the apartment.

she walks down the street, looking around at how things changed while she was dead "wow..." as she walked down the street she saw a man with his blazer acting as a cloak as it rests on his broad shoulders, the blazer was a dark red with white stripes, his short was a tank top that was white, his pants were shorts that seemed baggy, he had a tiny scar under his right eye and the man man bumped into Mavis "hey watch it!" the man yells at Mavis "chill out man, just bumped into you by mistake." Mavis said trying to calm the man "I am chill, it's you who bumped into me!" the mans arm starts to turn to metal and he strikes Mavis in the stomach "so next time watch it!!" Mavis spat out some bile and then she grabs the mans arm and swing him around "fucking bastard!" he's thrown into a brick wall and there were onlookers all around the two.

Mavis reaches into her pocket and pulls out a knuckle duster "you fucking dickhead! the whole world doesn't have to revolve around you!" she repeatedly slams her fist into his stomach "maybe if you just watched where you're walking this wouldn't of happend?" the man turns his chest and stomach to steel, slowly breaking down the knuckle duster on Mavis hand, as Mavis raises her fist high and then brings it down into the mans face before he could even turn it too metal *BAM!!!* the man drops to the floor with a loud thud *poot!* Mavis spat on the mans unconscious body "mother fucking bastard." Mavis proceeded to walk to the store.

she grabs a can of root beer, "that'll be $2.79 miss." Mavis hands the cashier the money and leaves the store peacefully "fucking dumbass thug, fucking thinking he's better than me." she takes a sip from the can "dumbass thinking he can fight me." she wipes the top of her lip "like who the hell does he think he is, some guy who can turn his body into metal, how scary." Mavis continues to ramble on to herself "now I think I just need a nice calm rest." she looks to see a park with a pond, some benches, blossoming trees and some people walking past. she goes to take a seat next to a man who had only one arm, a hand with two missing fingers and bandages over his right eye, he had a smile on his face though, for some unknown reason "hello sir, is this seat taken?" the man looks at Mavis and smiled "no this seats free." she sat down next to the man and they both sat there in silence for a while

"so what brings you to this park?" the man asked "oh I need too just relax a bit and you?" she asked kindly "well I just come here for the nostalgia it gives." Mavis grew curious "oh really?" "yeah, I always came here with my son, ah he was a fun boy, always using his power to change objects into other things." Mavis chuckles "he sounds like a really nice guy." "he was but then we grew distant and I just left him, of he didn't want to talk to me then that's fine." the man said, trying to hold his smile up "I'm... sorry too hear that sir." Mavis comforted the man "oh it's fine, I just wish..." the man starts to cry "I wish I was just there for him when he needed me!" he then cover his face "I'm... sorry!" Mavis holds the man tight "hey it's okay sir, I'm sure he loves you, what was his name?" she asked calmly "his name was Lucy, I loved him and then he went and did some stupid shit." Mavis paused for a moment wondering if this was the Lucy "what was... his last name?" she asked as her grip tightens "linfer, I'm sure you've heard of him ever since he started that thing against the highest power and now he's dead." Mavis has the image of Lucy run through her head "Lucy..." she starts to panic as memories from the gym appeared, the look of Sam's distraught, sobbing face begging for Mavis to come back to life "MAVIS PLEASE DON'T LEAVE ME!" She remembered those words that were falling out of Sam's mouth "Mav.... please come back." he said with sorrow "is that how you lost your fingers and eye sir?" She asked the monsters father "yeah, he chopped my fingers off and pulled my eye out, turning them into small monsters."

Lucy's father then has a image of his son smiling like a maniac "dad I'm home." he muttered from his soft lips, which sent his father into a panic

Pete still lies on the couch, remembering David and how he told him not too use the infinite output (ugh David would have me by the neck right now) Pete laughed at the thought bringing a small smile to face, "heeey Pete!" James said with a smirk "well that's my day ruined, James how may I help?" he asks "well I just wanted to see how you're doing." James feels Pete's forehead and instantly winces his hand off instantly "holy mother of moses, you're burning up like a fucking boiled lobster." He yells as he blows on his hand "yeah, yeah I know, just pass me another ice pack." James grabs one of the many, many ice packs from the table and tosses it to Pete, but as he grabs it steam immediately evaporated from Pete's hand "you know maybe just drag me over to the table." "hell no I don't want four degree burns." he stated while Pete just wiped the remaining water on his face "so skin head, hows the powerless club treating you? looks great to me." Pete sighs and then a plume of steam slowly escaped his jaw and nose "once I get them back I'm going to hurt you." "oh I'm quaking in my boots Pete." James sat alongside Pete and turned on the TV, watching something random on Netflix, until Sam and Frank entered the room, Sam still recovering from his experience with the highest power and Zuri "oh Sam, saw you on the news today." James then pulled out his phone and plays a video of buildings being slashed to pieces and being restored "yeah I know, I was there when he did it." Sam sat down, Shigi's face flashing through his mind "how many powers you think that guy has?" James asks while Sam still recuperates from his encounter and as Sam began to pour himself a cup of cool water, he found the answer to James's question "limitless..." Sam focused on the water "well let's be glad he's on our side." Pete chuckles "but what if... what if someone can get their hands on his power? someone smart, someone who we won't be able to stop." pictures of Dorek flash through his head "ay blondie, I'm gonna need you to calm down." James asked politely of Sam "look all you need to know is that I'm sure we're okay, plus we have the highest power, those guys in the UK, those guys in Rome, Greece, Italy look you get the point all I'm saying is after Lucy died those Zodiac's don't stand a chance now." James rambled while scrolling through his phone "hm, you're right." then James took his eyes off his phone "oh and Sam." Sam looks up from the rippling water "yeah James." suddenly the room melted away and James's body melts away and the melted body of James rises up and shapes itself into Dorek "you're not safe." Sam is then grabbed by the throat by Dorek "you!" Sam grabs Dorek's muscular but yet thin arm, punching against it "yes it's me, seems Zuri didn't take care of you but hey, that's alright." Dorek throws Sam onto the floor and kicks him right in the jaw "no surprise to me!" Dorek then sits down on a chair he forms "and yeah I know what you're going to say 'but I thought I was in my apartment, what did you do?' well we have Dan who is known for his mind tricks." Sam is speechless as he slowly stands up, knowing anything he says or does can easily be predicted by Dorek "but when did it-" "at the store where Zuri first found you and, he made it so that once you get home it takes effect, then I have a nice little chat with you." Dorek said as he forms a chair for Sam to sit in.

Sam stares at Dorek's clockwork eyes while they talk, the ticking from the hands in his eyes filling the sound in the empty void *tick... tick... tick...* Dorek smiles at Sam who is just flabbergasted by his situation "Sam, I've gotta tell you something and it's not good." Sam stayed silent "I win." the ticking in Dorek's eyes stops abruptly at 12, Sam was confused "what..." he mutters from his lips "that's right, I've looked into every timeline, every path, every small little choice like what to have for breakfast or what socks to wear." Dorek stood up and slowly walks towards Sam with his eyes starting to tick down faster and faster *tick... tick... tick.. tick, tick, tick, tick* Dorek looks Sam dead in his eyes "you wanna know what happens?" He asked knowing Sam couldn't do anything "Frank turns to ash, James sacrificing himself for a girl he'll never get, Mavis gets a bullet shot straight through her skull, Pete's blood boils until he kills himself by overheating and you..." Dorek grabs Sam by his hair and holds him up to his face, bringing him eye to eye "you Samuel, you watch this all, you watch as you lose everything you hold dear to you." Sam had a faint aura surround him but it doesn't do anything "and right before you can use your sad pathetic power, you die." Sam let's a tear slide down his cheek but Dorek wipes it off "I'll let you find out on your own about your fate." Dorek then turns away from Sam and slowly blows away like ash in the wind but not before smiling at Sam and stating "I win." as he then blew away to dust, thermite void turning back to normal and James still scrolling on his phone and Pete still trying to recover like nothing happened at all.