Mother: A New Age

Chapter 1

   It was late in the evening and Twinspeak was quiet. It was one of the few smaller towns, closer to a village than a town, that remained after so many years of industrialization. It was never too busy and the streets were never built up. Everything was in order, as all things should be, because of the corrupted government. The town was protected to stay small as a living monument of the past, but ever since the government was taken over, threats of the small town being turned into a corrupted city were high.
    “Sup loser!” a snobby kid would yell as he threw a paper ball at young Abner. It was a middle school and Abner dreaded it. Abner would stay silent as the paper ball hit him square in the forehead. All the kids would laugh at him as the bell would ring its sweet chimes of freedom for the students. The kids start to leave in a stampede, except for Abner and the snobby boy. The two head up, to the rooftop of the school. “So, are you ready for it?” The snob kid said. This boy was named Morgan. Abner remains silent as he knows what is coming. Morgan swings his arm from the side, landing a direct punch to Abners face. The young boy falls to the ground as he looks up in fear, unable to fight back. The snobbish and fat child starts to pummel on Abner as he starts to cry out in pain. “I hope you suffer, people like you don’t deserve happiness,” Morgan stated as he spit on Abner. Abner didn’t respond and layed there, bruised. The hefty kid leaves.
     It was a corrupted world, in a world where psi were spread throughout the land. Humans with a special ability of psychokinesis and telepathic powers. This planet has been saved three times prior to three heroes of legend. These three were only feeble boys who used their gifts to help save Earth. Years after the monsters arrived to the surface, a race who was trapped underground after going to war with humans, the government was overthrown by a terrorist group. Once they were in, PSI became scarce. Their intentions and why they did what they did is still unclear. They seeked out the PSI users as they slowly disappeared one by one. Abner was one of these select few, born with a tremendous gift, getting these genes from his father. After the breakout, his father was discovered and taken from him at the age of three. All Abner has left from his father is the sweater he wears to this day. Morgan, the heavily built child, is the son of the leader to the terrorist group. Abner slipped up and used his psi, luckily no one else saw, but Morgan. Fearing these powers, he threatened Abner that he would rat him out to his father unless he did what he told him. Morgan would take this to his advantage to hurt him every day after a day of bullying. Abner could not fight back.
    Abner walked home, everyday, after these abusements. His only happiness during these days was the walk to and from, as he gets to see nature. He didn’t live inside of the town, but down a dirt road path a little down from town. He enjoyed listening to the birds chirp as they sang their melodies with the flowers all around him blooming. He approached his home and opened the door as his mother, Suzanne, cooked dinner. She would turn to him but quickly lose her smile as she saw the bruises on her son's face. She ran over to him, holding him in her arms, crying, tears rolling down her face. Abner would begin to cry, his mother meant everything to him. After his fathers captivity, all he had left was her. The woman, a single mother, who had taken care of him and protected him. Every morning he would eat cereal just to leave the warm meals for his mother or cook her food, even if he was sick. He held on to her, “I'm so sorry mommy...i don't want you to worry. But I'll be okay, I'll be strong, just for you.” His mother simply cries but smiles, “Abner my love, you have done nothing wrong. Just know that I worry because I love you. I am your mother.” They sat there in sadness, not letting go, as the two sobbed.
   Abner had a hard time sleeping that night. He was tired of the abuse, he was tired of the sadness in his mothers eyes. He wished that there was someone who could help him. He began to pray. He prayed for a special someone, a hero, to help him and his mother. Later that next day, his prayer would be answered.