Titan Part I: The Fallen Hero

Amanda

Amanda's POV
I was working in the lab when I heard the lab truck return. I watch them come in through a glass window. One of the soldiers was carrying an unusual baby.

"They found it. I never they would actually find it," I think to myself.

They strap the baby to the experiment chair where we did all of our tests. A guard tries to approach the baby with a gun, but the baby gets angry and throws the gun across the room. Then, the baby jumps on the guard's face.

"Arrgh! Get it off me! Get it off me!"

Finally, the baby releases the guard from its grip.

"You stupid baby alien!"

The guard runs up to the baby and is about to hit him. I got scared. Suddenly Dr. David Drake stops him.

"Now, now. We don't want to hurt the baby. We want to test his powers and abilities."

"What if he doesn't have any powers?"

"I find that unlikely but if he doesn't then we will dispose of him like the rest.

"Understood sir," the guard says.

During the next few weeks, they start zapping, shooting, and beating up James to test his abilities. A scientist brings in two test tubes. I glance at the test tubes very carefully.

One day I couldn't bear it any longer. I approach David.

"Do you have to be so cruel to him, David?"

"We're testing his physiology and see if he can be a weapon, Amanda."

"Shouldn't that be his choice? Not every alien is as powerful as Superman. Some are just like me and you."

"We have fought terrorism for years and years. I just want you to have faith in what we're doing here. We're trying to protect the innocent."

"You're right.

I look back at the baby. I could barely look.

"I only have one request. Let me raise the baby. I can help him find his humanity."

David thinks for a moment.

"Alright fine. We'll let you care for him in the morning to evening. Then, we start experimenting on him in the afternoon."

"Deal."