Avants (Book 1#,Avants)

Chapter Eight

         "You're a disgrace to the family name."said Mr Evans.
       "Dad..."said Marley.
       "I'm not your dad,and you're not my daughter.You're abomination that I harbored all these years,"He hands the woman a black cylindrical bag,"this are things,you can take her away.I can't stand her being near me anymore."He gives her the bag and leaves.Young Marley shed tears as her father walks away from her.The caretaker takes her hand and take her to the foster home.
         "Rejection,it is such a painful thing to experience,especially by those closest to you."said Richard.
       "He just left and never came back.It was like I never mattered to him or existed."said Marley.
       "But you didn't stop loving him."said Richard.
        "No,I did.The moment he left,I stopped loving him."said Marley.
       "Then why did you go looking for him five years after that?"asked Richard.
      At a park,ten year old Marley stands behind a tree,seeing her father,with a woman and a five year old girl.
       "Heartbreaking isn't it?"
       "He replaced me."Trying not to weep,as she sees her father and his new family.
      Young Marley leaves the park,heartbroken."After that day you left the foster home."said Richard.
       "There was no point in staying."
       "And so your journey of survival begins."
       "It wasn't easy out there.The hatred,the condemnation,the discrimination and misjudgment."
       "But you endured and overcame all of it."
       "I didn't have a choice,it's either you survive or you get crushed."
       "Despite all the pain you've been through.You aren't completely lost to the darkness,there's still good in you,Marley."
       "How do you know that?"
      Young Marley in a forest,walking on the high ground.She sees a family of three down below her,they cower back in fear as a grizzly bear approaches them,growling.Marley stands beside a tree and unleashes a high frequency sound wave,so loud that it could break glass.The sound wave,startles the bear,scaring it away.
       "You saved that family,why?"
       "They needed help."
       "They never knew it was you."
       "They would be scared of me,if I showed my self."
       "Or they could see what I see,a good person.You're not an abomination,Marley.You were born this way for a reason,fate has a higher purpose for you.Show the world the what they fail to see in you,the real you."

***
      Caleb finds himself in his old room,seating on his old bed."Wow."uttered Caleb,loudly.
       "Relax Caleb..."said Richard.
       "This isn't really my room is it? This is a mental projection or my subconscious or whatever."said Caleb.
        "You have experience with a psychic?"asked Richard.
       "I once dated a telepath."He gets up from the bed,looking around his old room,reminiscing about the good old days.The room is medium size,containing a bed with a military colored bed sheet,an alarm clock on top of a desk beside the bed.There are toys,military themed lined up on a table at the other side of the room.A poster of a soldier on the wall."This brings back old memories."
       "You once wanted to be soldier,to serve your country.Well I'm giving you the chance to..."said Richard.
       "I'm in."said Caleb.
       "Excuse me."said Richard.
       "I said I'm in."said Caleb.
       "Okay."said Richard.

***
      In the meeting room,the minds of the five superhumans are brought back to the real world around them."What the hell."said Sarah.
       "That was surreal.,"Johnny stands up,"I'm in."
       "What."uttered Sarah.
       "Think about it,Sarah.What if we this is what we've been waiting for."said Johnny.
       "What are you talking about?"asked Sarah.
       "We once said,we would use our powers to help people as much we can.This could be it."said Johnny.
       "That was before U-Force,Johnny.When we were still young and gullible.When we still hope,when we still believed."said Sarah.
      Johnny gets up from his seat,"Well I still have hope and I still believe.I never stopped believing.I never stopped hoping.That's what mom would us to do.To keep on hoping and believing,which you didn't."
       "Johnny..."said Sarah.
       "U-Force failed,but that doesn't mean we failed.It shouldn't.If you not.We can't let innocent people get hurt or worse.And I know you wouldn't want that too."said Johnny.
      Sarah sighed,"Fine,I'm in."
       "I'm in too."said Marley.
       "You can definitely count me in.Anything to serve my country."said Marley.
       "What about you Jack?"asked Amelia.
      Johnny,Marley,Caleb and Sarah all look towards him,expecting an answer.Jack crossed his arms,"Yeah,yeah,I'm in.I accept the offer."
       "So,when do we start?"asked Caleb.
      Amelia's phone rings and she picks it up,"Hold on a second Mr Patel,"She then talks to the person on the other end,"Charleen,What is it? Uh huh.Okay,thank you for letting me know."She cuts off the phone call.
       "To answer your question Mr Patel.You start now."said Amelia.
       "Great."said Caleb.
       "Wait,like now,now.Like right now?"asked Sarah.
      Amelia takes her phone and calls Charleen,"Charleen get over here and take them to the dressing room.They'll need to wear more appropriate combat clothing."
       "Dressing room."said Johnny.
       "Combat clothing."said Caleb.
       "After that take them to the Avant Jet."said Amelia.