Tyrone Johnson (Continuation of First Chapter)
... Then came the pain...
...Then came the experiments...
...Then came the poking and prodding to awaken the MUTANT inside...
...Everything in Tyrone's mind craved the sweet release of Death...
But Death never came and nightmares were all that remained as Dr. Cecilia and her colleagues tried one experiment after another to awaken his latent Mutant Potential.
Tyrone lost count of the number of times he would black out, enter his darkness-filled mind, and be tortured by Jessica's and Xandra's death on repeat...
Their deaths could have been avoided if he let his Mutant powers run amok or at least that's what the Shadow inside his mind would whisper whenever he passes out from the pain.
However, try as he might to manifest his Mutant abilities, there was always something holding Tyrone back.
To Tyrone, his Mutant power was an enigma...but the enigma was slowly being understood with the experiments and Tyrone figured out one aspect of his mutant ability...
It fed on fear and since it was not strong enough to project itself outside of his body, Tyrone felt that his abilities fed on his fear.
A mutant ability that was equally as toxic to the mutant as it was to everyone else was not a mutant ability worth manifesting.
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"AAAAARRRRRRGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHH"
Tyrone shouted as he pulled out of the comfort of his mind and into reality – a reality where several tubes were attached to his body, sending liquids and nutrition directly to his stomach.
Today was the final day to awaken his Mutant Powers and that meant the experiments would be as equally desperate as Dr. Cecilia was feeling.
"Don't stop!" Dr. Cecilia shouted angrily "Push more necrosis fluid into his body... we need him to either die or manifest his mutant abilities..."
The Doctors hesitated "The Necrosis fluid will target his nerves first... it will kill all sensation of pain so he won't be able to manifest at all..."
"Before it kills his nerves, it will jolt him with pain unlike any other... if he doesn't manifest at that time then he never will!" Dr. Cecilia stated, moving the Doctor aside and pushing a few buttons on the nearby console.
"AAAAARRRRRRGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHH"
"AAAAARRRRRRGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHH"
Tyrone felt something gnawing through his flesh, searching for anywhere that could be further damaged to make him feel even one percent more pain.
Usually, it was around this time that Tyrone's mind would retreat to its Darkness-Haven but that didn't occur this time...
Tyrone felt every inch of the pain and marveled in the slow comforting embrace of Death approaching.
Tyrone's life flashed before his eyes...
His time with Tandy... Billy dying... his father was killed in the courtroom... Jessica and Xandra dying... his mother's letter...
Everything could be reviewed with amazing clarity near the end of his life... a type of clarity he wished he had just a few days before...
Tyrone thought back to a happy time... A couple of days ago when Jessica was still in his arms, lying on the bed together as Xandra complained but still cleaned the floor of his room.
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FanfictionTyrone Johnson had everything: a bright future, a wonderful girlfriend, supportive parents. At least, that was until the day his mutant brother, Billy, was unjustly murdered by the Police. Tyrone's life was sent into a spiral of running from the l...
