Versus Mutations Pt. 2

Six

2:32pm.

Heading to the ferry, Mack and Harris were walking down the streets of Bay City. The nerdy boy had plenty on his mind at the moment. How was he going to keep this from her? He hasn't kept a secret since he was 13 and Spyder made him cover up the fact that he pulled a prank on tbe vice principal. That didn't last long because he couldn't handle the pressure. And if he couldn't keep that on the down low, how could he possibly hide this?

"Are you okay?" Mackenzie asked, pulling Harris from his mental world.

He looked up at her and smiled.

"Yeah, yeah I'm good," Harris tried to convince her. She raised an eyebrow at him, which only made it harder for him to keep it up, "I'm serious."

"Harris, I might not have known you for that long, but you are terrible at lying," Mack stated as she giggled a little. Harris sighed, "you've been acting weird since you talked to my dad what's up?"

The male brains of the bunch hesitated. He stopped walking. Kenzie became confused.

"It's about you and Ryan," Harris started, "and...well, Liam didn't want me to tell you."

"Tell me what?" Mack asked.

Harris sat down on the edge of the sidewalk, with the young blonde joining him by sitting next to him.

"Yes, I'm bad at keeping secrets," Harris agreed on her previous point, "but it's only because I don't like lying unless I feel it's right. This...this isn't right."

"You can tell me," Mack responded, "I've handled a lot."

"Yeah but, this isn't dimension saving or guardian related," Harris said, "it's a family thing."

Kenzie shifted so she could face him more.

"Liam did anything to protect you and he would never want to hurt you," Harris spoke, "that's why he told me not to tell you, but you deserve to know."

"You're scaring me..." Mackenzie said in worry.

Harris hated to upset her. Unfortunately, life makes you have to reveal the hard truths.

"When Seth was looking for all the test subjects, one of them was pregnant," he explained, "she went into labor that night and needed medical attention."

"Oh my god, is she okay?" Mack asked.

"Yeah, her baby is okay and so is she," Harros reassured her. Kenzie let out a breath of relief, "her husband had to deliver her. Liam went there to help that night."

"That's my dad," Kenz praised her father, "even in the craziest situations he jumps in to help. Probably where I get it from."

Harris smiled a little before going on.

"You do. And that's why I like you so much," he admitted. Mack mentally beamed, thinking certain thoughts while Harris continued, "but anyway, the parents couldn't keep the child because Harper would go after her and try to hurt her. So, the dad asked Liam to take care of her."

Mackenzie's eyes widened a little.

"Wait what are you...what are you saying?" She queried.

Harris looked directly at her. He wasn't sure if he could face her entirely with this news, but he took the chance.

"The parents gave up their child to keep her safe, like Ryan's parents did...sorta," Harris progressed. His best bud's story was a little more layered than that, "and that baby...was you."

Blinking twice, the teenage superpowered human put the story together.

"Wait a minute," she began asking. Harris was nervous, "wait a minute, wait a minute...you're saying I'm...I-I'm adopted?"