Captain Marvel: My Mother (BOOK I)

Chapter 31

" When I was a boy and I would see scary things in the news, my mother would say to me, " Look for the helpers. You will always find people who are helping." To this day, especially in times of "disaster", I remember my mother's words and I am always comforted by realizing that there are still so many helpers - so many caring people in this world. "

- Fred Rogers

(Rouen, France: 9:30 PM)

The Kree-Lizard hybrid boy ended up stargazing in the evening after eating and doing some chores. He stood beside his telescope and pointed at the stars forming the Big and Little Dipper. He was all alone which his mother was busily talking to the elders in the mansion. Pointing his telescope on the bright twinkling dots, he felt trembling which he heard some rustling on the trees and bushes around. Then, he saw some shadows of some beings wandering around. He became afraid, quickly entered in his room, and closed the door and the curtains.

The boy immediately turned on the lights and covered himself in a thick blanket to hide. Despite of his tall monstrous appearance, he was like an innocent child who easily became afraid to see scary things. Suddenly, an elderly blonde half-Kree woman came inside the room and noticed her son which she sat beside him and got concerned.

" Kid, what's wrong? " she curiously asked.

" Shadows...sounds....scary...." he answered.

" What? SCP-682 has been haunting you aside from the MTF, Kree, and Lizards? " Carol raised her voice. " Can you tell me what's going on? "

" H-Hollow, the deadly Inhuman...."

" I don't understand. Who is he? "

" The one who tried to stalk and murder me. "

Carol finally understood of what her son had said. She could have read the Kree-Lizard's written accounts from his journal which he had encountered the Inhuman during those years in Alaska. At this moment, the boy was still frightened to see and hear more shadows and threshold from the outside. The elderly half-Kree woman gently rubbed her son's back, calming him down and holding his hands by her right hand.

" Kid, you can tell me, " she calmly spoke. " Go ahead. "

(TWENTY YEARS AGO: ANCHORAGE, ALASKA)

Just around the downtown streets, the boy spent sweeping the compound grounds while the surviving children were playing tag and chasing at each other. He still busied himself not to think about those constant nightmares which he had been suffering. Focusing on removing the fallen orange leaves, he placed the outdoor broom beside the tree and took a black garbage back in gathering the large pile of leaves.

Finishing his work in the afternoon, he heard rustling of leaves from a distance and turned his head around. The Kree-Lizard boy became vigilant in noticing something aside from the running children.

" What am I hearing right now? " he curiously thought and paused his work. " Is anyone from the MTF or those enemies stalking at me? " 

Going closer to the source of that noise, he saw a shadow from the ground and followed it. The hybrid kept walking until the shadow disappeared.

" This is weird, " he sighed. " Am I the only one who could see it? " 

  He returned to the compound grounds and heard gossiping from the residents which he got curious of the conversation.

" Have you heard of what's happening around? " an elderly Chinese-American lady asked.