Chapter Two

I was only a Little kiddo when I understood why Garfield hated Mondays. Call it a Jinx, hex, hoodoo, whammy... whichever one you call it. As long as Monday goes bad, the whole week is cursed.

I was at the bathroom washing my hands. Stressed so I bent to wash my face. The moment I raised my head up to face the mirror. My heart had stopped beating for a second when I saw it.

Well at least it felt like it.

Someone else was staring at me through the mirror. I quickly stepped away from the mirror as I was undeniably frightened by the sight. What was more frightening was the fact that it did the exact same thing. I inquisitively moved closer to the mirror, the figure still copying my movements. The figure in the mirror was a little taller and was in a really good costume. I made several weird face gestures and noticed he kept copying every thing I did.

It finally stopped and kept a cold glare at me then spoke “I will end this world, after killing you first”.

I was bewildered, I couldn't think straight, I tried an old trick of pinching myself to see if it was a dream but those stuff never really work. So I asked what every other person would ask ”who are you?”.

“Your Alter Ego”. He replied.

Upon hearing this, I rushed out of the bathroom not only cuz of the encounter I just had with my persona, but also cuz I've been in there for about twenty minutes which if you think of it, is a little weird. I was walking past everyone while lowering my gaze. They all found it weird but I wasn't really worried since I've always been weird to them.

I checked the time and realized it was only two hours left before we close for the day so I rushed off to class. While going I could hear Lisa mutter to some other guys “he's like totally such a weirdo”.

Professor Matthews has been telling us about this really powerful guy who's hell bent on destroying everything that exist in this world for the past forty minutes. Jordan on the other hand couldn't stop checking the time, it seemed to him like time was moving backwards. Moments where it really hurts to not have superpowers, a simple telekinesis would do the trick.

“kyle how long has it been?” he whispered from behind.

“forty minutes”.

“well it feels like forty one!” he muttered with frustration.

“He calls himself Ego”.

Just when I thought today couldn't get any worse, that's when I heard Professor Mathews say those words while showing us a picture he displayed on a big screen. The guy who just introduced himself as my alter ego actually goes by the name ‘Ego’ and not only that, he also happens to be an all powerful villain who's been existing since the previous generation of superheroes and who's main motive is destruction. Explains why he said those things to me back in the bathroom.

“Believe me guys this guy is total bad news”. He continued.

“How powerful is he exactly?” Jordan asked.

“He is said to be the most powerful superhuman to have ever existed till today”. He furthered. “he even proved to be a problem for the most powerful superhero the world has ever known, The Cosmic Glider, who fell in battle against him. The Cosmic Glider had powers that were out of this world, he has the power cosmic which makes his powers near limitless. But for some reason, Ego also possesses the power cosmic and he uses it more effectly than The Cosmic Glider, causing him to gain the upper hand during their battle. It was a battle that shock the entire core of the planet, causing Tsunamis to rise and earthquakes and volcanoes erupting”.

“so does that mean no one can defeat this guy?” Priya asked.

“I've got to be honest with you, unless someone finally achieves the power of flight, no one can”.

“So we are doomed?” I muttered.

“How does achieving flight makes any difference?” she asked again.

“It is said that a superhuman reaches his peak when he or she is able to achieve the power of flight without any medium. So as long as no one is able to achieve that, we're all doomed”.

“I will defeat him” everyone turned their attention towards the voice. It's none other than Jayna Merced, the deadliest female you could ever possibly encounter. Starting when she was five when she learnt she didn't possess superpowers, she swore never to let that bring her down since she wanted to become one of the most powerful superhero. She went to the comic store and got herself lots of martial arts and superhero comics and started training herself to be as skillful as other superhumans and right now, she is way above the level of an average human.

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Cereal for dinner, easy peasy lemon squeezy, as the Professor would say. It's been a long day, made lots of new discoveries. Now to sleep it off hoping to never remember it when I wake up.

I felt shivery and wondered ‘why is it so cold?’. It wasn't too long before it dawned on me that I was outside in the middle of an alley. I was with a hoodie and a pair of jeans. It felt really strange cuz I didn't remember putting them on.

I walked a few steps and suddenly found myself pinned to the ground. On top of me was a strange masked figure with a hoodie and on his back were two crossed katanas forming an X. My face was rubbing the wet ground, my two arms were held tightly by this person and he rested his knee on my legs. “State your business here!” the masked guy demanded.

“Business? I'm not a criminal, get off me” I lamented then kicked his legs, forcing him on his knees as he freed my hands. I quickly got up and faced him, he was already up and was just about to pull out his sword but hesitated.

“Kyle?!” he said.

I noticed a complete change in his voice, it sounded a lot girly this time. He reached to his mask and took it off, together with the hood.

“Jayna?!” I exclaimed.

I couldn't believe what I just saw, I never knew Jayna was an actual Vigilante. So cool!.

“What are you doing out here, it's three in the morning, I could have killed you?”. She leaned closer and said “next time, luck might not be on your side”.

“What did you say, It's three in the morning?” I suddenly grabbed my head in pain.

“Yeah, you shouldn't be out here, it's dangerous” she warned. “I've been doing this for quite a while. I thought you were one of the guys I was tailing, guess he got away” she noticed my sudden change in movement.

“Are you okay?” she asked worriedly.

“N-no no I don't-I don't think so, help me” felt like my brain was psychically being ripped out of my scull. The pain immediately brought me down to my knees, I made an earsplitting noise which gave numerous echoes through the alley. Glasses from street lights, windows and cars all shattered. The pain was unbearable, I was already hoping to die just to end the pain. Tiny red veins started stretching throughout my eyeballs, it gradually took over my eyes and all I could see was a color as red as blood. I rolled helplessly on the floor ripping of my sweater, Jayna tried to help but it became hopeless.

I suddenly stopped moving then gradually stood up and raised my gaze to stare at the moon. It was red but I couldn't stop staring.

“Hey are you okay?” she tried to get me to lower my gaze which I did and slowly stared at her. But when I saw her, I realized I wasn't the one looking at her, It was someone else. I could only see what the person was seeing.

I was trapped inside of a void that was beyond time and space. Like a room made of really strong glass and what lies beyond that glass was the real world.

The cloth I was putting on suddenly changed into a costume that seemed quite familiar to me. Jayna slowly took a few steps away realizing the change. The transformation was complete, revealing Ego in his human form. Tears dropped from Jayna's eyes as she realized that before her was the person who reminded her of the death of her parents. The person she had sworn vengeance on, the person she's patiently waited for so long. Now he's standing right in front of her.

She slowly pulled out her swords and kept an attractive stance that spelt “You are DEAD!”. She then uttered the words “you killed my parents. You die tonight!”. She roared with a fierce some voice and stalwartly charged towards him.