Decay - The Matter Maelstrom

Zero || Prologue

1962

"Why are you doing this?" The young man, who intrudced himself as Charles Xavier, says as he walks towards us, his friends right behind him.

"Not all humans will accept us." Sebastian explains, he has never met a telepath as powerful as the man standing in front of him and I'm sure the idea of bringing Xavier with us makes him excited. "I'm only getting rid of the humans that hate us, that's what we are doing." He points at me and then at Amelia.

"You're only in three." The man next to Charles says, skeptical.

"I don't need more people when I have her, Decay." At his words I feel the familiar buzzing feeling in my head, how long has it been since I last was in control of my own body and mind? I can't even remember. "Show them what you can do." I nod at his words.

I look around and smirk when I see an innocent little lizard, I can see the atoms that form its body, how they're all connected to each other in such magnificent ways.

I snap my fingers and the atoms move further and further away from each other until the lizard becomes gas, disappearing into the air.

"That's..." Charles stutters in seeing how powerful I am, I shrug my shoulders.

"Cool, am I right?" I smirk, "I could kill all of you with a snap my fingers."

I can see Amelia's angry glance at me, she has always been jealous of what I can do, especially because of the attention Sebastian reserves to me because of it.

But she doesn't know that Sebastian is focused on me because he has to be constantly inside my mind to make sure that the idea of abandoning them and running away never reaches my mind.

He needs to control me all day, everyday.

"Are you with us or against us?" Amelia asks, roots coming out of the floor thanks to her mutation.

"We will never be with you." Charles says and I'm almost disappointed in his answer, having a telepath with us could be really helpful.

"Great, so you need to die." Sebastian nods towards them and in less than five seconds me and Amelia are on them, I could kill them quickly but Sebastian's orders are clear in my mind.

Kill them slowly, let them suffer.

"I'm sorry." I say as I bring Charles down, laying him on the ground, I place my knee on his stomach and wrap my hand around his neck, "You really are my type on paper, it's such a shame that you have to...Die."

I gasp as I feel my mind empty, Sebastian's voice is nowhere to be heard.

You aren't this, Lauren. I can hear Charles' voice in my head, it's so soft compared to Sebastian's.

"How do you know my name?" I say as I tighten my grip on his neck.

I'm inside your mind, Lauren, even if I don't know if it's really yours anymore.

I feel tears rising to my eyes, "What are you doing to me?"

Making you remember who you really are.

I can see them again, oh is been so long since I last saw them in my memories, their faces are always blurred.

They're hugging me as they tell me that it's okay, everything will be okay.

"You are not a monster, Lauren, you're our daughter...We will always love you." Is this how her voice sounded? It's so soft and calming.

I slowly let go of Charles' throat, he starts breathing again, moving his fingers away from his temple.

My hands are shaking as I try to grasp the memory I just saw.

Where did it go? Why can't I see it anymore?

My eyes move frantically, trying to see them again. But the only thing I see around me are people fighting against each other.

The buzzing is back in my head.

No, no! I say as I place my hands over my ears, I had the control over my mind!

Give it back!

The air doesn't reach my lungs no matter how deep my breaths are.

"Lauren." Charles says, pushing my knee off his stomach.

"Where are they?! Where are my parents?!" I yell at him, wrapping my fists around the collar of his shirt. I see Charles opening his mouth to say something but before he can talk I feel pain on the back of my head: something hard just hit me at full speed.

I can see the piece of metal fall next to me as my eyes roll in the back of my head in pain.

"Erik!" Charles shouts as my eyes close and I fall down.

The buzzing stops as my head hits the concrete.

A smile forms on my face even though I can feel the blood coming out of my head.

Peace.