Duskaea and the Fatum Family

"You Are a Superhero"

Well, this is awkward. Beatrix, the blonde girl, invited me into their home. In there I saw her siblings, I assume.

"Hey, guys! Meet our cook, and let him introduce himself to us." she told her siblings, there were three of them.

One is like a ten-year old girl with black hair, another is the boy who is maybe also at my age like Beatrix, and the other has her hair dyed blue, and I think she's also at my age.

"Big sis, I assume you already know him? After all, you could read minds and stuff." the little girl said. Beatrix hushed her sister in a funny way.

"Don't say that. I mean, I already know, but I want to respect the guy." Beatrix actually said that. I guess that's nice.

"You do know I'm still here right?" I uttered with my arms crossed.

"Oh, sorry sir. That's just my thing. I can read or control the thoughts of others, but please you can properly introduce yourself to us." she replied with a smile.

"Fine. I'm---" I was intervened.

"Serus D. Desperia" a girl's voice uttered from upstairs.

She is stepping down now. At the moment she revealed herself, why would I be surprised. It was her.

"Grey! Why did you interrupt our guest?! He was already onto it." Beatrix yelled at Grey.

"Sorry, Serus. I suppose you already met our boyish Grey?" Beatrix asked, but I know she already knew it. I didn't even introduce where I study or where I live."

Yes, we actually became 'friends', big sis." Grey uttered to Beatrix.

"Wait, you just called her 'big sis'? I thought you were all quadruplets, except this little girl." I am filled with confusion.

"We'll explain that later. After all, you're the first normal human who came into our house, so why not tell right? Beatrix said.

"The word "normal" is quite insulting, but okay." I uttered.

"We'll introduce ourselves first before you start working. I am Beatrix N. Fatum as I told you earlier outside. I specialize at manipulating minds, projecting psychic energy, and can also create illusions. Basically, I almost specialize all mind powers. Done!" She introduced herself cheerfully.

"I'm the little girl you're talking about, and I'm also strong. I am Vita N. Fatum. My powers are all about weapons, only weapons, but I'm still strong!" The little girl is cute, but I still hate superheroes.

"Hello human, I am Mason N. Fatum. I'm not really proud in anything, but my powers specialize in soul manipulating, sealing, summoning, and projecting energy from those too. That's all." No wonder he is dull. I thought superheroes are always lively. I guess this guy's interesting.

"I'm Oceane N. Fatum. I think my powers is already obvious from my name, but I'll still say it cause why not? My powers focus on manipulating water and its matter phases. I could turn it to ice and water vapor." She has calm voice just like the sea. Why am I so interested in this?
"And you?" I looked at Grey, teasing her with a dumb question.

"You already know me." She replied.

"But not your powers." I answered back.

"Fine, I am Grey N. Fatum, and I don't possess any powers." She said.

"Wait, what?" I am thunderstruck. She has no powers. How can that be possible? They're family right, that means she also had their genes.

"Happy now?" She said sarcastically. She stomped her way upstairs.

"Let her be, I'll explain later what happened to her." Beatrix told me, and guided me to the kitchen.It is full of many useful equipment, even the expensive ones. I could even see a knife made out of gold. Literally.

"I can't believe I am going to say this, but you have a gorgeous kitchen." I can't believe I just praised a superhero's kitchen.

"Yep, my father bought these for my mother. She cherished this because of her love for cooking, and of course, I already tried her food. It's terrific!" she uttered.

"I guess my cooking will change those taste buds. I'm bad at cooking, but it's what I learned. I can't have things greater than that." I replied.

"Don't be like that, we didn't even tried your food yet. So, don't be bothered okay? I'm sure you'll be fine. I'll be going at my friend's house, see you later. Have fun with my siblings, they're fun to be with." I looked at Mason sitting on the bench, staring into nothingness.

"Yeah, 'fun'." I uttered while looking at him. Beatrix went out from the house, and started to walk her way to her friends' house. I will really like to mind my own business, but my guts tells me to try and talk to them. I tried talking to them one-by-one. I approached Vita first, since she's cute and pretty too.

"Hey Vita! What are you doing?" I approached her sitting on the couch.

"Playing." She said while focused on the screen, playing a PSP gadget.

"What game?" I asked.

"Tekken. It's really fun beating up bad guys, y'know." she replied.

"Yeah, I'll be back later." I shivered from that. How can ten-year old kids say that? I mean, she's a superhero, but that's just too much. I approached Oceane next.

She stood at their aquarium while playing with the fishes inside it. She's having fun in her own way, and it's quite calming too.

"Tranquil isn't it?" She asked me.

"Yes. I still can't believe that I'm calmed, even though I'm surrounded with people that I hate." I uttered.

"Maybe it's time to calm the storm then?" She said in a serene voice. That almost got me. She was so serene that I almost got the guts to like them.

"Yeah, no. I'll leave you to it." well, I'm not going to talk to her again.

It's like she's seducing me into liking superheroes, but I will never do that if I stayed away from her. I approached Mason. This guy's interesting, yet he's somehow terrifying to talk with. I mean, who will not be terrified to talk to a soul-keeper, right?

"Have you ever heard voices in your head telling you their dark secrets?" He started the talk.

"Uhm, no?" I answered.

"They're quite deafening, even though they're dead. Some of their secrets hold the truth about some people." he looked at me after uttering those words. I can't talk, he's terrifying to look at.

Those purple eyes of his are so tedious that he might do some harmful thing to me.

"But that doesn't mean it's already you, Serus. There are still other people on this world, so don't burden it." He said. I'm a little relieved.

"But one question though. Why do you hate us, or superheroes?" he actually asked it.

"I think you already know, since you talk to souls and stuff." I replied.

"That's weird." he says.

"What's weird?" I asked him.

"I did ask information about you, about why you hate us. The souls I'm talking to can read people's thoughts and memories, but they say something's odd about it." he said.

"O-okay. I'll just cook some ham for the dinner l-later." my body is chilling because of what he said.

"Well, a simple dish would be nice." Oceane says from the distance.I walked towards the kitchen. I grabbed some tomatoes, lettuce, and some slices of cheese, but I still can't find the ham.

"Do you guys have any ham?" I asked.

"There's no ham yet, big bro Serus." Vita yelled while she was at the living room. The living room is a bit far away from the kitchen, and I even asked that question in a real, low voice. I guess it's one of their powers, you know, enhanced hearing.

"I'll buy some at the nearby market." I told them."Don't mind it, Serus. I told Beatrix to buy some ham before going home." Mason said.

"Oh, I'll just wait here then."

"Why don't you go upstairs and talk to Grey? She might be waiting for you." Oceane uttered calmly.

"How do you know I was worried?" I asked.

"It's a girl thing, Serus. We somehow know how people feel about a situation, now go up, we'll call you when Beatrix came." she answered./