Dreams of an Absolution

The Ghost (Episode 6)

Nobody had said a word afterwards. Once everyone had finished their pizza, they left the establishment. None of them were talking to Lucas because they were creeped out by his words.

It was already dark outside so they were about to head home. Timothy said, "I'm sorry that things didn't go as planned Lucas." Lucas replied, "It is alright Timothy. It wasn't your fault. My perspective of life will never change no matter how much you try sadly." Timothy, Jessica, and Brian all felt bad.

Suddenly, all four of them heard a loud scream. A group of criminals dressed in all black bodysuits were attacking some civilians right by the area they were standing on the main city block, stealing their stuff.

Before anyone could say anything, Brian immediately ran over to stop the group of criminals, yelling, "Hey! What the hell are y'all doing?!" Lucas and Jessica were both stunned while Timothy was completely frozen in fear. Brian wasn't afraid to risk his life to save the people. He didn't even think. He just ran into action. One of the criminals saw Brian running towards him. He pulled out his weapon, and began charging at Brian with a knife in his hand. Seeing this, Brian slowed himself down swiftly enough to stop and quickly set something onto ground. Whatever he had set down had generated from his hand, and immediately after placing it, he jumped back as fast as possible. But the criminal was still running towards him. He didn't see what Brian placed onto the ground. Once the criminal ran closer and closer, the thing created a minor explosion, sending the thug flying back.

Jessica and Timothy were in shock as they just witnessed their friend knock down a criminal on his own. Brian yelled to his friends, "You guys need to get out of here and call the cops! I got this!" All of the commotion caught the attention of the other criminals as they were robbing a group of citizens, and they all began charging at Brian with their knives out. But Brian didn't run away or back down. With a determined look on his face, he planted his feet, threw off his glasses, and began running towards the charging criminals without fear. Timothy instantly began tearing up, not being able to say a word. He wanted to help his friend, but his legs wouldn't move. He was too afraid. All of the villains had the numbers advantage on Brian, and Timothy knew this would end badly.

Jessica, tightening her fist, thought to herself, "I can't watch my one of my bestfriends get stabbed protecting us, I have to do something." And without further thought, she began running towards the charging criminals behind Brian. Timothy, breathing heavily, thought to himself, "I got to stop them! They're gonna get hurt! Why can't I say anything!? WHY AM I SO AFRAID?!?!?" Lucas, seeing this all unfold, left him with a disturbed expression.

Glancing at Timothy, he saw the image of his mother's terrified expression. His left hand began twitching. Turning his head, seeing Brian and Jessica running towards the threat, made him vision his mother holding onto his father to protect him. His right hand began shaking too. Within the seconds of all this happening, all Lucas saw was flashes from his loving mother to the kindness of his new friends despite his actions.

All these thoughts rapidly flashing in his head, his light blue eyes began glowing green and his hair started floating. The night sky began glowing the same color as Lucas's eyes as the clouds began rotating in a spiral motion around the area. Suddenly, the ground began to shake violently as two of the tall, vacant city buildings surrounding them began glowing the same blueish green aura. Lucas's arm began rising as the clouds began rotating faster and the violent shaking grew more extreme. Timothy, Brian, Jessica, the criminals, and all the nearby citizens were now all looking on in utter shock. The violence of the shaking ground revealed to be the two massive city buildings breaking and rising out of the ground. His immense power was the cause of the rise. The clouds began rotating even faster as the green glow of the night sky brightened creepily. Once the buildings had fully risen into the air, Lucas smiled ear to ear and said with a distorted ghoulish voice, "There is a voice that doesn't use words. Listen..."

Everything then went quiet as Lucas was about to brutally crush the huge buildings down onto the horrified, small group of criminals. Right as he was about to send them crashing down, he looked over at Timothy and saw him shaking on the ground, terrified and as pale as a ghost. The sight of his scared friend changed Lucas's menacing expression to sadness. Upon realization, Lucas's eyes changed back to normal and he slowly deactivated his powers, letting the buildings down slowly to prevent collateral damage.

Afterwards, all of the criminals dropped the items they stole from the citizens and ran for their lives. At that moment, everyone there was completely horrified and paranoid of Lucas's presence.