The Tale of Reese

"I'm sorry my friends, perhaps Astro may have misconceived my indications," He said and walked past them.

"What's got his circuits up in a knot?" Poseidonian asked.

....

Unlike Darcy or Nova, Reese Ian Ross is a loud fifteen-year-old, born to an European-American father named Dimitri Ross and a Dutch mother named Gwendolyn Ross.

He had a sister who passed away from stomach cancer two minutes after midnight on his birthday,

Unfortunately due to his mother's need to keep the memory alive, she named him after Reese, that day became both her happiest and saddest.

And for that, he always took their dread towards his birthday personal. He kept wondering about that because there was no memory left of her and he found out.

Trying to get over their loss, his family moved to Greece over his infamous father Dimitris' love for archaeology and Greek history, when he landed a job.

He wanted to explore more on the narrative surrounding the existence of the Greek gods to Reese's frustration and ill-temper.

Sadly, Reese was forced to follow up on his research in Athens despite his indifference, his mother equally was an eccentric and never bothered about his obsession.

But his father had other motives, to use him as an experiment on an idol he spent entirely half his life searching for. The idol was eventually found on a diving trip in the Eastern sea in Athens, it was attributed to the Greek god Poseidon.

Reese lived a relatively tragic life, in his early childhood years, he struggled with an aquagenic pruritus; A condition that causes itching when exposed to quantities of water.

He always had an affinity for the sea and he would sit by a window in his room during the hives, watching the torrents. He also dreamed of surfing.

Sooner his power started to show itself and like any other human being, he hydrates however he pleases without getting hives. Surfs and he lived like a normal person.

He only encountered Poseidon twice in his life when he tampered with the idol to better gain control of his powers which proved ineffective, desecrating the ancient form.

Only after that, did Poseidon let it pass and became a little lenient with him.

He protects the idols from marauders and pirates who try to harness its powers.

He is gifted with the power of aquakinesis and shows many other impressive skills, like breathing underwater in an air bubble mask and manipulating water in its three forms.

Reese dislikes seafood and gags at the sight of squid_not having any connection to his superpowers. He dislikes when no one is paying attention to him and therefore will commit scandals just to get it_like cheating on a tournament.

Reese enjoys reading Rick Riordan novels over the times, he was bedridden and comics. He is fascinated by spiders and will let them raid the house if they could.

He doesn't like rituals and prefers variety but due to his "calling" as his father puts it, he is forced to train every day after school to salvage and maintain a certain level of flexibility and discipline.

He is trilingual, he reads and understands English, Greek majorly and Dutch.

...

Present day,

He slept soundly tossing over his pillow, sweat trickled down his face at the flashes of a being inside a house, there were timepieces everywhere and someone in a cloak was holding up a golden alarm clock with its hands moving anti-clockwise, in the dark.

The random directions of the clock hands caused him apprehension and the stranger stepped out of the darkness, revealing his hollow eyes and powdered face, his teeth flashed when he smiled.

He stepped back fearfully when it emitted a green light once the alarm clock went off and exploded, he woke up to Pooch holding the same rusty clock in his mouth as it rang, aware of the bright room and noise, he fell back groaning.

"Please!"

He covered his ears at the ringing noises and rolled over.

"Pooch thinks its time you suspended your sleep time"

He glanced at Nova in his full black suit and turned serious.

He pulled on his shirt and pushed his thumbs through the extension covering half of his fingers as they walked around the house to the dining room table and stopped at the lot eating away at breakfast still in their pyjamas.

He fumed "Come on, you made me suit up for this?"

"We are not settling down to eat, we are departing on a mission"

Nova adjusted his gloves and lifted a bag.

Reese cleared his throat "Well count me in"

Astro stood there watching him furiously with his fist clenched at him entrusting himself to Water-boy. The world needed more than just the two of them, why was he even bothering about Earth? He shook his head.

"Astro?" Nova held out his hand and he walked over to reach out.

"Give me my phone," He said.

The light around him simmered pulling it out.

Nova took it and shoved it into his bag "As for the rest of you, you will be taking off to central base in Los Angeles to reunite with your families."

"What!?" They protested except Darcy.

"Reese and I have work to do." He said.

"I would rather die fighting Infernals than go home to explain why I've been missing for that long to my mom" Zeke ate a nugget, weary, she was a hell-raiser.

"I can't leave" Emma argued and turned to him "Since when do you fear your mom?"

"Since she quit her job at COST, she's been on my case lately" He hissed "Can't believe I'm saying this but I want her to get her job back if she can...if the earth is in one piece."

"And what about our kin? This is stupid" Astro argued and pointed "The sooner we leave, the better. We don't need earth" He threw up his hands.

"Andros is inanimate, we can never restore it to its natural order. We can try with something compatible" His eyes rolled about the place with solace.

"But dad said_"

"You give dad credit more than he compensated for, maybe its time you take your own path"

He looked thoughtful about that "I just wanna go home, Nova"

"I believe your misfortune is a valid sign of your place here"