Adventures: a Monstercat Fanfic

Chapter 33

"So... love is what?" I asked, staring up at the ceiling, "Is it a feeling, or something you just know, or a chemical reaction that takes place in the brain, or what?"

I was sitting with Thera in her and Varien's house,  a few weeks after Monstercat's fifth anniversary. Gabe's words from the night of the anniversary had haunted me... literally haunted me, for the next few weeks. In that time, I found myself wanting to kick him in the face, and give him a hug. Usually, my instinct was to push people who fell in love with me away (hence the reason why I wanted to kick Gabe in the face) because love leads to mistakes. That was how I had thought for the last... fourteen years of my life. All of the years of my life. I needed to talk to someone to sort out my confusion, and I had decided that Thera would be the right person to go to. 

After hearing my question, Thera was quiet for a moment, then replied,

"Love is... I guess an unbreakable bond between people. Like Varien and I. When it comes to people with powers, things usually come a little bit easier. Love for us, we know when we see it. Like, right away. And for most people with powers who end up in a relationship, they find that being around the other person will... strengthen them, I guess. Gabe and you do have an interesting relationship, but I'm not sure if it's close enough to be love... because someone... possibly you... is keeping it that way."

"Woah, woah, woah, woah, wait," I said, holding up my hand, "I'm keeping it in the 'friend-zone'? Why are you saying that it's me?"

Thera was silent, then said,

"You're holding something back."

"Like what?" I asked, crossing my arms. She closed her eyes, and quietly said,

"You know my power. I can tell anything about anyone. I know everything about everyone. And... you were adopted. I know that about you. And I know that you feel that your birth parents were foolish, because they were in love. And you feel like you're a mistake. You feel that love makes mistakes, so you try to push away outside love. So that you can avoid making mistakes. You need to let go of that. Love isn't all that bad. It doesn't always lead to terrible things."

I quietly looked down at my hands, then said,

"I'll try to let go of that. It won't be easy, but I'll try."

Thera smiled, then exclaimed,

"On another note, while we were talking, I was running a scan of your energy to see how strong you've gotten! And now you're at... fifty atomic bombs' worth of energy! And counting! May the gods help us all..." 

"So... I could decimate the entire world if I wanted to?" I asked, flexing my fingers, "Sweet."

Thera gave me a startled look, and said,

"Please don't. Decimating the world is a really impolite thing to do. Besides, you wouldn't be able to destroy the entire world. Maybe a good solid chunk the size of Europe, perhaps. But not the whole planet. Fortunately."

I laughed, then suddenly, the door to the house was slammed open, and someone stormed in.

"Hello?" Thera called out, "Who's-"

"Me," Karma's voice replied. She stepped into the room, an extremely annoyed look on her face, and sat down on the couch.

"The clones came," she said, in an extremely sweet, yet also extremely annoyed, voice, "And I fought them. Five of them. I'm still not sure if one of the clones was Trivecta's clone, or Trivecta himself. Wait... did I kill Trivecta?"

She leaned back against the couch, eyes wide, and whispered,

"I think I killed Trivecta."

"He's alive," Thera said, "I don't think anyone knows about the clones yet. We should actually... probably go and tell people."