The Monsters Within

Chapter 5

The god seemed to be uninterested in me and had his focus on Lukas, "Is it you going around spreading all these lies, young lad?"
Lukas kneeled before the god, hands trembling and knees shaking, "My lord, of you'd please just listen. I know that I should not tell her, but I truly believe she's the One! She could be the one to save all worlds and defeat Gantour. That is what we were hoping to find in the next century, is it not, my lord?"
Now it's my turn to scream--I mean talk, "What does 'the One' mean and why do you think I am it? I've done nothing except live my life!"
"That's also a lie and you know it!" bellowed Lukas, "I've seen you do things nobody has been able to achieve throughout the whole Five Galaxies! I even activated them for you! Explain to me you are not different!"
He had me there, but there was still one thing I didn't understand, "You are the one who started this, this nightmare? Why? How?"
Lukas gave me and the god a look as if he knew he had dug himself into a hole and he would dig it deeper by explaining everything, yet, he continued, "You don't know what I am. No one does. I am an Injerhim, a devilish, cunning superhuman that can detect certain abilities or emotions within someone or something. You know Albert Einstein, he was one of us. That's how he knew the nuclear bomb would be so destructive. Anyway, basically when we were children on the playground, when I pinned you to the ground, I saw this...dim light inside of you, I don't know how to explain it. You just seemed to have a grayish glow around you. Only I could see it. I'm one of the last of my kind in America. If only you gods would do something about it!"
"Hey!" snapped the god, "I told you, son, I--"
   "Wait a minute, did you just call him son?" I asked surprisingly.
   "Caroline," said Lukas, "I'd like you to meet my father, Jesatoné. Father, this is Caroline, my...crush."