No one can know what I am

“I’m telling you, I don’t know what happened! I just turned sixteen and I'm lost in my thoughts” stated Jeriel, student of Argosy collegiate high; son of Jeimy Correa and Alexander Molina. “So what happens when you first start to notice changes if they are evine physically? Tell me everything you remember.” stated investigator Daniels. “Let me go!” exclaimed Jeriel “Tell me what you know or we’ll be forced to extract the answers from you. No one can save you now so might as well talk,”.” Demanded investigator Daniels. “Ok, I’ll tell you all I know but I’m not guaranteeing you that you’ll get what you’re looking for.” explained Jeriel. “That’s fine for now,  just tell me everything you know from when it first started till now.” Said Daniels.

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“It all started Sunday, April 26.” stated Jeriel. He was excited for his 16th birthday, sadly it would be another year that his dad wouldn’t be able to celebrate with him. He was sad and especially not surprised it’s been fifteen to sixteen years since he was last out. Jeriel was only a baby. He got up from his bed and started taking his time enjoying his day, finally came the time to party and have fun. He had invited everyone he could think of. To his surprise, everyone came and had the best time. His grandma even came from Puerto Rico to enjoy it. It was a black light party with glow in the dark decorations and more. When it was time to make his birthday wish, he asked for a change that would make him extraordinary and powerful, able to do anything. He then skipped along saying that nothing weird had happened. That night he went to bed excited, feeling as if he was a whole new person, changed and mature, able to confront any obstacle. 

It was 1:35. The house was still and calm. He got out of his bed to use the bathroom and then went to get a glass of water. When he came back. He started to drink, feeling satisfied. At that moment he stopped and looked around, thinking about painting his room, he wanted a change. As he put the glass down to go back to bed the house started to shake, rumbling as if in an earthquake of some sort he threw himself to the ground and went under his bed for protection. Books fell, the Glass on the nightstand shattered, His lamp exploded. It all stopped. Jeriel came out from under the bed and stood tall wondering what had happened. As he looked down he saw his hands were glowing “ZAPPPP!” lasers flowed from Jerry's hands. His wall was burnt to a crisp. He started to levitate and feel hot as if he was being drained of all his control and strength. “BOOOOMMMM”. A plethora of lights shined through the windows in Jeriel’s room. The explosion echoed throughout the quiet night, passing through Plymouth ave. He then gently landed on his bed and knocked out.

The next morning Jeriel woke up sluggish but weirdly powerful. He thought that last night was a dream. He got out of bed. He took out his clothes and went to take a shower. He left the water running in the shower. All of a sudden, he started to feel an ear piercing ringing and fell to the ground with his hand clutching his ears. All he wanted was for it to stop. He crawled to the bathroom sink using it for support. He got up and managed to look in the fogged mirror and saw that he was seeing double and his eye color was changing. Feeling dazed, he blacked out and started to drift away and fall, meeting face to face with the cold tiled floor. 

Minutes later, All Jeriel could think about when he woke us was how he could not be late to school. He rushed, there was no time to take a shower. He brushed his teeth and put on his uniform. He turned to the other side of the room and froze. He saw fragments that seemed to belong to the glass that shattered in his dream. “When did I get glass on my floor, and all these things fall?” He asked himself. He glanced at the clock realizing that he only had a few minutes till he had to be at school. He ran downstairs to the kitchen and greeted his mom with a quick kiss. “Jeriel, are you gonna eat breakfast?” asked his mom. “I can’t mom I’m gonna be late. I LoVe YoU!” he exclaimed. He ran as fast as he could and crossed the ave. 

“BEEEEPPPP...SKKKKIIIIR!” He almost got hit by a woman trying to also drop off her kids. “SOOORRRY!” stated Jeriel. He kept going. From a distance, he could see a car being lifted up in the air. And tried as hard as he could to control it. “CRASH!” The car had been totaled. Jeriel took a shortcut where he wouldn’t be noticed as much. Before he knew it, he was at school. Feeling vulnerable and clueless he meets face to face with Mr. Branco. He greeted him with a hand shake. “Good morning Jeriel, today’s gonna be a good day!” as if, Jeriel was not having a good day. He quickly fled to his home room, Ohio state. “Happy late birthday Jeriel!” proclaimed Ms. Smith. “Thanks Ms. Smith.” stated Jeriel. Following were others repeating what she had said. “Thanks everyone, wasn’t the party so much fun?” Everyone agreed. Jeriel sat down as quickly as he could and went on with the first period which was English Honors. Mr. Balasco was teaching the class and all was going well for the most part. “Alright you all know what to do. If you have any questions, just raise your hand. In just a few minutes Jeriel starts to feel weird again. “Mr. Balasco, can I please go to the Bathroom, it’s an emergency!” pleaded Jeriel. “Yes you may go, but please sign-” Jeriel ran out before his English teacher could finish. While he was walking down the hall he tried to be unnoticed as possible making sure no one would figure him out. With each step Jeriel would skip the other allowing himself to start to levitate just like the night before. He finally reached the bathroom and locked the door behind him. Hsi ears started to ring again. His life was over, he just wants to be normal again. Looking in the mirror he felt his eye set getting uneasy and unstable. He got a massive migraine and started to scream and cry. The two mirrors in front of him shattered in fractals, making it impossible to be ignored by others in his vicinity. He heard a knock at the door and he knew that it was all over. “Who’s in here, get out here this instant!” stated one of the staff. Jeriel didn’t know what to do. He panicked. 

He heard one the jiggling of the bathroom door knob and closed his eyes. “WHOOSH” When he opened his eyes he was in the downstairs bathroom in front of the office. Thankfully no one was in the office at the time so he wouldn’t be caught or asked questions, for now, he’s in the clear. But he had to escape and leave school in order to hide out. While he was about to exit. Someone was coming down the stairs, it was Elijah, one of Jeriel’s friends. She asked him what he was doing and that he would get into trouble. Jeriel hesitated but he felt that he could trust her with his secret and what’s been happening. He told her everything. From the night before till then and she couldn’t believe it. “Show me, prove it!” she demanded. “Ok Ok” he replied. He tried to elevate her and himself at the same time. She screamed. “Shhh, Elijah no one can know or i'm going to get taken away. He told her. “Ok but what are you going to do?” she asked. “I don’t know, all I can do is run and hide.” Jeriel said his goodbyes to Elijah but couldn’t reveal himself to anyone else any longer, he had to leave for good

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“How did you guys even find out about me in the first place?” asked Jeriel. “Your school called the police when you went missing and the footage from the school cameras caught you practicing your abilities and more. The police later, called in the FBI and the Government and we finally located and reached you.” stated Daniels. He knew he had messed up and exposed himself. He had forgotten about the Cameras, what could he do now. “You guys have to let me go, I’m not a danger to anyone!” He yelled. “You won’t be free until we get some answers about what you are and how you got this way. We will begin with extractions such as blood samples and will conduct a biopsy leading to a dissection of the brain if nothing is found. All will lead to the answers we need. Explained Investigator Daniels.

 “NO, NO, NO!” let me go, you can't do this!” yelled Jeriel with all his might. The high pitched frequencies belonging to Jeriel’s screams were enough to shatter the glass windows that separated Jeriel from the rest. He had a choice to make, escape or become a prisoner. He pressed all the agency works against the wall with malevolent forces that could never be described enough to be able to comprehend. Daniels came up behind him with a Glock 17 9mm handgun. While on the verge of shooting, Jeriel teleported behind him and used all his strength to break every bone in Daniels’s body. He was dead and Jeriel was now a fugitive and needed to escape the horrors of what he had done. Jeriel took Daniels’s weapon, shooting every agent in sit with no hesitation or miscalculations. He successfully escaped. He took a bus not knowing where the road would take him. Jeriel’s final destination was Los Angeles, California. Throughout the years he managed to acquire all he needed to survive. The moment he got to Los Angeles, he was planning to conjure a portal behind the“H” in the Hollywood Sign for which would take him to his own remote island where he would love alone, letting him go back and forth as he pleased. And that’s what he did. Jeriel lived his life in the shadows from then on fighting crime in and saving the world without recognition, one problem at a time. He never did reach out to any of his loved ones. In over 3 years his life had changed tremendously and will never be the same again. Maybe one day he will come out from the shadows and live a secret double life but who knows what the future holds. But there is still one question to be answered, where did his powers originally come from?