Nephilim

45

Ryder's P.O.V.- The Next Day...

I groan jokingly, maneuvering through the streets with my parents by my side, "Training is impossible. I mean, using the powers is easy, but controlling how you want it, where you want it, hell even how powerful you need it to be, is like trying to..."

My dad laughs from behind me, watching everyone around us suspiciously, as if Sebastian is going to randomly pop up and kill all three of us in public, "Clearly it's so hard to do, you can't even explain why."

"I mean, it... have you ever done something on pure instinct? Maybe during a fight or something? And then after the fight is over, it takes forever to remember how it works or it is super complicated and hard to do? That's what it's like." A black SUV catches my eye as we walk.

"Maybe try to get someone to attack you. Learn from how you respond to it, and build from there." My mom offers, walking next to us. She also seems slightly lost in thought, also examining our surroundings. Again, broad daylight, surrounded by people.

We carry on our conversation moving through the crowds. We are hailing a cab when I notice the exact same SUV next to us again. Two blocks away from the first sighting in the opposite direction it was heading. Coincidence maybe? I shake it off, stepping into the cab that had just pulled up. We were going to the Compound to talk to Kirstin and the Avengers... which is honestly a sentence I never thought I would say, hear, or even think.

We drive for nearly twenty minutes and are still maybe ten away from the turnoff for the Compound. After the turn off it's another ten minutes and then praying that they have a security guard out that recognizes us. Except...

"Stop the car." I interrupt the conversation my parents were having, earning an annoyed groan from the driver.

"Why?" The driver questions. I ignore him, easily climbing out when the cab comes to a stop. A few feet back was another black SUV, two more behind it.

"Grab your weapons. I think we have some visitors. Let's stop them before we get to the Compound." It was actually my dad who said that he had gotten out as soon as I did. The doors of the first SUV open, revealing a large group of soldiers exiting the vehicle. Fun times. I think to myself, pulling out my blade to fight against the Hydra soldiers.

Thirty Minutes later...

I watch as two arrows go flying towards my parents, sinking into their respective shoulders. Something seems to drain out of the arrows into their system, "Mom! Dad!" I spin around, slicing through the soldier in front of me, quickly pulling back to stab another one. It was no use, I was surrounded and whatever they injected my parents with had left them useless.

They get closer to me, no matter how many I take out, even more appear. Cut off one head, two more shall take its place, or something. I continue to hack, stab, butcher and impale anybody who got close to me but was beginning to falter the more they got closer. Fuck it.

I send a blast out that sends everybody around me flying backward. At least three people bash into the side of each car, one went through the windshield and the others hit the ground. They quickly recover, causing me to move to send another blast out. Before I could, I feel something sink into my neck, causing my vision to blur and spin. The scene around me almost looked like a funhouse.

"What... what did you?" I groan dropping to the ground as the world around me shifts and bends.

"Shh... don't worry. You'll be the perfect soldier." Another twinge in my neck and everything fades to black.