2 One (1/2)

I tried everything. I tried reading everyone's minds. I got nothing. I tried moving things without touching them. I got nothing. I tried shape s.h.i.+fting. I got nothing. I didn't have any of my powers except for the weather manipulation. I was already fed up.

”f.u.c.k this,” I mumbled while climbing into the bed. I wrapped the covers around me before closing my eyes. I opened them again only to see that I was in the same room. I kept squeezing my eyes shut until I fell asleep.

I opened my eyes and looked around. I threw my feet over the side of the bed and sighed heavily. It didn't work. I groaned loudly before standing up and making my way towards the door to my bedroom. I opened the door only to come face to face with my mom.

I still wasn't used to seeing her.

”Carter, are you okay?” She asked with a frown on her face. I stared at her for a few minutes before speaking.

”I'm fine, mom!” I said except mom sounded more like a question. She stood there in silence for a few seconds before walking up to me. I froze as she slowly brought her hand up to my cheek and caressed it.

”Carter,” She started, ”You've grown into a beautiful young woman and I am so proud of you! I may not tell you this everyday because I'm always so busy and stressed but I love you very much,”

I smiled softly at her, ”I love you too,”

”Here,” She said while digging into the pocket of her jeans. I looked down as she pulled a small object out and held it in the palm of her hand. My eyes widened as I stared at the gold ring in her finger, ”This belonged to your father and it belongs to you now! It was his father's, then it was his, and now it is yours!”

I grabbed the familiar gold ring and twirled it around in my finger, ”Thank you,”

”This is like a crown to you,” She explained, ”Do not ever lose it! It is special and I will need you to hold onto this tightly,”

I don't know what happened or why I did it but I couldn't stop myself. I grabbed the golden ring out of her hand, slammed it on the dresser, and said exactly what was on my mind.

”How the f.u.c.k are you even alive?”

My mom squinted her eyes at me and stared at me in disbelief, ”Who the f.u.c.k do you think you are talking to? What do you mean why am I alive? Who do you think you are speaking to me this way? I don't know where you got this language from but it better f.u.c.king stop!” She exclaimed, ”You're lucky your little brother isn't here to hear this,”

”When the f.u.c.k did I get a little brother?” I yelled.

”Carter!” She yelled while walking towards me. I grabbed her by her wrist and brought her to the bed that sat in my room.

”Mom, this is gonna sound so crazy!” I started, ”But I'm from the future and in the future, you're dead! You're buried underground, you are good to the maggots. You are maggot food!”

”Cater, just what the h.e.l.l are you talking about?”

”Didn't I tell you it was gonna sound crazy?” I exclaimed before jumping up and pacing around the room, ”I thought I knew everything but it seems that my entire life has been a lie! For example, I didn't know that I was born in the f.u.c.king 1975 which means that I am f.u.c.king 44 in the future yet I looked like I'm in my very early 20s!”

”Carter—”

”Oscar and Tempest? Those two little f.u.c.king s.h.i.+ts!” I exclaimed, ”How dare they come here and pretend that they haven't been in my d.a.m.n head? I know Tempest can control the weather too! Oscar with his f.u.c.king superhuman strength then there's you!”

”Me?” She yelled back.

”Yes! Mysteria!” I screamed and the room got quiet. She looked down at the floor before slowly looking at me.

”How do you know that?” She asked, ”Obviously you know that I'm a mutant since we are living in Zims but I tend to separate my personal life from my career to protect my children so how did you know the name that I'm called?”

”I told you that I come from the future,”

She shook her head before storming over towards the door. I opened my mouth to say something but closed it because I had already said a little too much. She opened the door to my room but stopped as she headed out. She turned her head towards me slightly and spoke, ”You're 18! It's time for you to attend Zims Academy and you leave tomorrow,”

”What the h.e.l.l is that?” I yelled as the door slammed shut.

”You've got to be f.u.c.king kidding me,” I mumbled as I stood in front of Zims Academy. Turns out, Zims Academy is Martial Headquarters in the future. Would you look at that? You learn quite a lot when you're stuck in the past! In the future, it looks like a huge mansion and it is filled with plenty of people like me but here in the past it looks like a huge mansion filled with orphans.