Everything Ends and Begins With Zero

Waking of the Birthday Boy

"Zero wake up your going to be late for school." Zero groaned as he pulled his covers back over his head. "Better pull those covers back off or I'm going to cancel your birthday party today young man", his mom yelled upstairs to him. That last part did the trick. Alright, alright I'm coming down. He did his usual routine of bathing, combing, and brushing. He then went downstairs to the dining room of the mansion. There he saw his Uncle Oliver and his husband Barry discussing something his adopted parents Kara El and Mon El.

"Mom, how'd you know I pulled the covers back over my head", Zero asked as he put wild berry flavored pop tarts in the toaster and poured himself a glass of grape juice. He always chose grape because he hated how citric drinks tasted after brushing his teeth. The thought of it always reminded him of the first time it happened. He thought he would never get the taste out of his mouth. "Four things" Barry started "One; she knows you well enough by raising you, two, parents were kids once too, and three ..." he paused a moment "woman's intuition". Zero rolled his eyes. "Uh huh, and what's number four?" he asked expecting something even weirder or half baked. "X-ray vision" they all said pointing the eyes. "I'll buy that last one." He said as he pulled his finished pop tarts out of the toaster as he then put them on a plate and brought his cup and plate over to sit next to his awkward but funny Uncle Barry.

"Oh by the way, uh, that reminds me" Zero started. The very thing he says before asking a question. His entire family picked up on that even if he denies it himself. "What is it?" asked his father. "It's just that I'm turning 14 today" Zero mentioned pausing before he spoke again. "Wouldn't my powers have developed long ago or shown signs of it by now. The latest they do in all kids is 10 and when it takes that long they only have one power and its weak. You guys and the rest of our family and friends can't keep protecting and watching over me 24/7. I just think you should teach me martial arts or something. Because unless you guys or someone is the family is given permission to enter some sort of contract with me since I'm not biologically your child. I'm not going to be able to defend myself against some one or some people who would use me to get to you guys."

"Don't worry about it you'll get something" Oliver said assuring him that it would be okay. "Oh and you better hurry or I won't take you to school on the motorcycle" Zero had a look on his face like he just won the lottery. He looked towards his mom and said "You said yes" "Only if you always promise to wear a helmet. Kara then turned to him and said in a scary tone "If anything happens to my baby. I WILL THROTTLE YOU. Do you understand?" She turned back to Zero "Now get going, you're going to be late" Zero gave a quick 'love you' to his parents and Uncle Oliver put his helmet on, got on the back of bike as his Uncle rode off towards his high school with him holding on tight.

As they arrived students were hurrying in while ones with powers like teleportation and superspeed were taking their time knowing full well they'd make it to class on time via their powers. "Have a fun day at school" Oliver said to Zero as he got off of the bike. "Uncle Ollie, this may be high school but this is Reddington High absolutely nothing happens here not even fights barely break out. It's the main reason why you guys enrolled me here remember ." "Yeah, but aren't you the one who saying things like 'expect the unexpected' and crap like that". That just made Zero roll his eyes and chuckle a bit. He never thought anyone paid attention to those things he said. "You just never know." He said as popped a wheelie and sped off into the streets, man Zero was glad no one at school saw that if his uncle didn't get in trouble for it he would have in some way. He walked towards the entrance as he thought to himself 'what could possibly ever happen here'