IMPERIAX

Chapter 4

Dedicated to @jadeyart01

Is this supposed to be Apocalypse, Jason thought to himself as he saw buildings crumbling down around him. People ran to shelters and moments later, the dust finally settled down. Jason could not believe what he saw. Standing face to face in the mass destruction was himself.

Only this time, it was a darker and Gothic version of him with all black attire and right beside his doppelganger was the Imperiax,  with the exact same features of his other version; all black.

Jason  didn't fear anything or anyone except for creepypastas and sometimes clowns. But this was something far more worse than a horror movie. His doppelganger put a hand on Jason's shoulder. "Beware" he smiled before everything around him got caught up in whirlwind and started fading away slowly before blackness consumed him.

He was forcibly woken up from his sleep by his 10 year-old sister, Jasmine , who was also blonde-haired. She was in the Crestville Junior High.
Stubborn,aggressive and a quick-witted kid. She wasn't so observant as her older brother but had almost the same features as him."Jason,Jason,Jason", she yelled his name.

Jason didn't want to get disturbed by her constant yelling, put his pillow over his head to drown out her voice.
"What do you want Jas?"
"Time for school knuckle head"
Their Mom, Rachel Thomas, yelled from downstairs. "Jasmine is your brother awake?"
"No Mom. He's still in bed",she replied banging her fists reapetedly on his pillow.

Jasmine finally got frustrated,cracked her knucles and resorted to  Plan B when Jason doesn't want to get up from bed.  Plan B was to get an entire bucket full of ice cold water and pour everything on him. It was signalled with the cracking of her knuckles. The second Jason heard the warning it was time to sprint.

He wasn't going to get drenched in ice water poured on him this time. Not this time, he thought as he jumped out of bed and dashed to his bathroom just as Jasmine entered with the bucket of water.

"Oh,Jason someone wants to meet you. His name is Mr Bucket and he's a really cool friend, "she giggled at her pun."Jasmine go away. I'm in the bathroom. Have a nice day and don't come back," he said sounding like Dave Burd. After a while Jasmine gave up and left his room. Finally,some privacy. He turned the knob of the shower to hot and the steam rose. Then he noticed something very unusual.

After he opened the cabinet of the mirror to take out the hair cream, he closed it back only for him to see the Imperiax staring back at him. He dropped the hair cream and jumped back in surprise. Then he summoned up some courage and put his hand on the mirror. The Imperiax did the same. 

For every action he did; funny faces, poses and gestures, it copied. Just as he was about to say a sentence, his phone buzzed indicating a text message. He checked the sender. It was Barry.

What you up to?

Nothing much

You ready for today?

You ready for today

Duh why won't I

There's your answer

So you getting used to your "powers"

Yh it ain't that hard so I am

OK man see you in school

Yh sure

He looked at the mirror only to see his reflection. Maybe some weird illusion, he thought.

After getting ready for school, he had a light breakfast of toast bread and orange juice. Moments later the school bus finally pulled up. “Jason the bus is here. Get down here or you'll be late.” “Be there Mom.” He kissed his mom on the cheek and rushed to the bus. Jason took a deep breath before stepping onto the bus.

The bus was like the combination of a madhouse and an asylum. Kids throwing paper planes up and down. The other big kids picking on the little ones. Spitballs flying here and there. Jason moved his head to the side just as an incoming spitball sailed right past his ear. He quickly located Barry sitting at a corner.

Without wasting time he shuffled over to where Barry was sitting. He was so relieved he made it past the walkway of terror. With the slingshots, big kids and paper planes, only few are able to get past the walkway. Then after what seemed like forever, the bus started moving.

Then Barry and Jason started talking about the Imperiax. Michael Walter, who was one of the big kids, went up to Jason and Barry and started teasing them.

“Would you look at that. The inseparable dweebs won't just quit talking about their future together.” He laughed at his joke in which no one else joined him although they all heard him. Someone cleared their throat at the front meaning it wasn't really funny.

“Haha very funny Michael”, Jason mocked him, “Maybe you should go talk about your future and how you'll graduate outta high school.”

The kids in the bus erupted into laughter after hearing this. Michael got pissed off and threatened Jason. “You mess with me you get Mr Knuckles,” he said showing Jason his fist. “And you don't want to get Mr Knuckles.Moron.” He went back to his seat arguing with his friends over why they didn't back him up when he said his joke.

Jason's eyes glowed a faint yellow before reverting back to normal. “You okay Jas? ” Barry asked. “Yh I'm fine.” “I'm fine”, he muttered to himself before resting his head on the uncomfortable seat and closing his eyes.

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