The Tamarians

Chapter 7

"Sir! Sir! Are you alright?!" Shouted Tanner as he shook Matthew awake. Matthew woke up and seen he was laying on the floor of his office. The last thing he had remembered was that he injected himself with the formula and then he passed out shortly after. Tanner found the injection on the floor and picked it up. "Sir , did you take the formula?" He asked. "Yeah I did. I had to because it's the only way I can protect Toshi..." said Matthew as he struggled to get up from the ground. "Here sir , let me help you." Said Tanner as he held out his hand to Matthew. Matthew took his hand and stood up but then suddenly his hand began to glow and then Tanner began to glow as well. Suddenly the glow left Tanner and then went into Matthew. "What the hell was that??" Asked Tanner. "I don't know." Said Matthew as he stared at his hands. Tanner then began to feel weak and he dropped on to his knees. "M-my power....its gone." Said Matthew as he tried freezing the ground. Matthew looked at his hand and then touched the ground and suddenly it began to freeze. "Y-you stole my power! Give it the hell back!" Shouted Tanner as he got up and grabbed Matthew by his shirt collar. Matthew grabbed Tanners arm and then suddenly it froze completely. "Fuck! So this it what it feels like!" Shouted Tanner. "I'm sorry! I don't know how to control it! I didn't know that was going to happen!" Said Matthew quickly. "Wait , you have another dosage of the formula right? Just give me that one and then I can get my powers back." Said Tanner. "No! That one's for Toshi! If I'm lucky it can heal his wounds completely!"
Said Matthew. "Bruh if I don't get my powers back fast then I can lose my arm forever. I'm sorry but we can get Toshi another dosage later." Said Tanner as he walked towards Matthew's desk. Matthew ran over to the desk and grabbed Tanner's good arm. "I'm sorry sir but I'm going to have to ask you to let me go. I love my job but I love my powers more." Said Tanner. "No! Leave that dosage alone! I don't even want your stupid power! If I could give it back I would!" Shouted Matthew. Suddenly Matthew began to glow and then the light left his body and went into Tanner's body. Tanners arm then immediately thawed out. "Oh shit , you did it! You gave me my powers back! I'm not fired tho right?" Asked Tanner. "No , this formula gave me the very power I needed to make this city great again. One of the main reasons this city started going downhill is because of powers but now that I can take people's powers away , I can take them away from citizens that aren't part of any kind of law enforcement." Said Matthew. "Bruh not all citizens with powers are evil though. My family as well as Travis's aren't part of law enforcement and we're good people." Said Tanner. "Your families will be exceptions , don't worry. First things first though I know a few people who don't deserve their abilities." Said Matthew. He and Tanner left and had a car to take them to the jail downtown that was made to imprison enhanced individuals. "Are they still here?" Matthew asked the guard that was watching over the cell blocks. "Yes sir. They're to be moved to the state prison tomorrow." Said the guard. Matthew took a glance into the cell and then turned to the guard. I want five minutes with them alone." He said. The guard looked at him confused for a moment but then nodded and stepped aside. The door opened and Matthew entered. In there were Slim , Tim and Jim who were all glaring at Matthew the moment he entered. "What the hell are you doing here?" Asked Slim. "I've come to see you off before you spend the next couple of decades in prison. You attacked the mayor so I'm pretty sure you know that you and your children won't be seeing the outside of a prison for quite some time." Said Matthew. "You came here just to gloat? You're lucky we're wearing these wristbands that suppresses our abilities. Then again I don't really need my powers to kick your ass mayor." Said Slim. "The reason why I came here is because I wanted to make a deal. You beat my husband up pretty badly and unless I can find someone with the ability to heal , he's looking at a long recovery rate. You got the power giving formula from the black market meaning you have connections. Do you know of anyone that possess a healing ability?" Asked Matthew. "And if I tell you , what's in it for me?" Asked Slim. "I'll make things more easier for for you in prison." Said Matthew. Slim looked at Matthew confused. "I'm the mayor , I have some kind of power even over the state prisons." Said Matthew. Slim looked at his children and sighed. "I don't want my kids to have to suffer so fine. The person you're looking for is named Miguel. He has the ability to heal anyone he touches. He lives two doors down from me." Said Slim. "Thank you. Now I'll keep my word." Said Matthew as he held out his hand. Slim shook Matthew's hand but then he suddenly began to glow. Matthew then quickly touched both Tim and Jim and took away their abilities as well. "What did you do to us?!" Asked a confused Slim. "I took away your powers. Now you'll be sent to a regular prison. Trust me regular ones are better than the enhanced ones." Said Matthew. He turned around and that's when Slim punched him. Matthew barely felt a thing due to Tim's super strength and durability and then with a flick of his finger , he sent Slim flying into the wall.