Bloodbound

My name is Alec, I lived a great life in Vexen, but everything went downhill for everyone around me, even me. Some friends of mines died, or bad things just kept happening, either overused their powers or became addicts, I don’t know much about the world we’re living in but as far as I know the origin of this curse that started it all, was from some random “god” who cursed everyone but nobody really questions it out loud since you’d get talked to death by people who worship that go- well entity since nobody has actually seen him or her the one who gave us these powers but I personally call it curse, but one thing I don’t understand, literally just doesn’t make sense to me, it’s killing people but yet many see it as a gift, but we aren’t even supposed to have these powers it literally strains our bodies, and society is still enabling the use of it”

“God why am I even writing this down in a journal, Owen said it’d made me feel good but I don’t know isn’t it like a diary?” “Anyway, it’s time to call it a night I guess.”

The Dark sky above Vexen cracked with thunder, rain falling from the sky.

Then came the flash of purple lightning.

A girl landed in the alley like a bullet, very fast boosting her speed with her powers knees hitting the concrete, she spots one of the gang members and he barely turned before her hand lit up with purple lightning and blasted him off his feet. The others moved one stopped to try and attack

Big mistake, he threw a fireball, she dodged quickly and then she shot lightning which then electrocuted him, instantly taking him down, The rest escaped and one was down, and one was slow and kept trying to run, but she was faster. A purple lightning spawned in front of the gang member who ran before he could react the girl was right in front of him. She then kicks him and he falls backward, landing on the wet ground

She didn’t breathe heavily. Just stood there, eyes glowing faintly.

Staring making no sound, nose bleeding from the use of her abilities The use of abilities was normal.

So was killing others with it.

She looked down at the last one still breathing. She grabbed him by the collar and slammed him against the wall.

“Where’s Ember?”

He spat blood. “Mira, you’re still at this aren’t you? Just relax I know people who might know!”

Mira summons a spark of electricity out of her fingers and puts one finger near his neck, one shot from Mira is enough to take him down.

“I don’t want names of who is associated with her I want locations!”

“God damn it she’s located at the South Vexen old scrapyard now leave me alone…”

She dropped him before she could lose control of her emotions, she originally planned to kill him but decided not to do so.

She never killed unless she actually needed to but her emotions sometimes could

Cloud her judgment.

Ten years ago, the same kind of alley, small, dark. Same smell. Same silence.

She stood there too, the only difference was that she was smaller, Powerless.

Her parents Miranda and David fought like warriors till the very end, Lightning lit up the sky, white lightning. The three men they fought had firepower never seen before, it was almost like they were boosted.

The fire killed her mother first. Then her father. Their bodies collapsed in front of her, but were burnt to the point they couldn’t even be recognized.

Mira stared in disbelief, but instinctively raised a hand and summoned a single bolt of lightning.

It was red, the weakest. But it took the gang off guard for half a second, they never expected a child her age to even do that, since kids usually don’t have control of their abilities at that age, but what she did gave her enough time to run. That was all it bought her, it did nothing but that, nothing useful for her parents at least.

“Hey Alec”

“Mira, nobody told you to do what you did why are you calling me in the middle of the night, and you’re in a ton of pain, you keep

Using your power! How many times do I have to give painkillers and take care of the nosebleeds,” Alec said without looking up.

Mira stood in his apartment, nose bleeding uncontrollably, and very weakened.

“I don’t care.” She says

He sighed. “You’ll die before you even get to attack that gang leader, stop overusing your power—”

“I said I don’t care!, and her name is Ember she started this and I’ll finish it, she ordered the attack and promised those gangsters that drug, I honestly don’t get why everyone is obsessed with it.”

Alec his eyes opened wide, glowing faintly brown. He uses Telekinesis to get tissue, using it to wipe Mira’s nose, but while doing so he gets a tiny nosebleed.

He says “Ember’s not alone anymore. She’s got muscle. Real muscle at that time she was only hiring random gangsters off the damn street we both know this.” “So? I can manipulate something just like them, I’m strong too.”

He stares “Yeah, you also have trauma That’s driving you to do this in the first place let’s be realistic there’s only one of you, and many of them i suggest we group with our friends you can’t do this alone.” They stared at each other. Then she turned away. Later, both of them met under the freeway with their friend Owen. Irene. Owen sat on the ground, using his fire manipulation to start a campfire to heat himself and create a light source. Irene leaned against the wall, arms crossed, a constant smirk on her face. Her fire flared big, flashy, reckless. She couldn’t dodge attacks to save her life, everyone knew this though she was found a bit unlikeable by everyone

Mira yelled “The scrapyard!” she said. “We hit it tomorrow morning.” “You sure?” Owen asked. “That’s deep gang territory.” Mira says “Nice to hear that confirms the information I was given is true.” Irene generates fire on her palm. “Been wanting a fight.” “This isn’t a fight for fun or a game if you think it is!” Mira snapped. “We go in. We find Ember. We end her and destroy the entire phoenix gang.” Alec stood in the shadows, quiet. “I saw Ember once,” he said finally. “She’s hella messed up. Power is eating her from the inside. Problems breathing, Eyes bloodshot. And she still kept using her abilities AND the drug, she’s addicted to her gang has tons of supply of it .” “She dies either way from us or her own power,” Mira said. Everyone stares at each other Alec says “Well if we’re gonna do this we should at least disguise ourselves so they can’t identify us easily and if they do the moment they catch us on the streets it’s.. well… over.”

Mira stares “Wow really? Thanks for the info Captain Obvious, it’s pretty obvious if you didn’t know.”

Alec rolls his eyes “Anyways, we could use more help, what about Jessica That girl you know, would she be interested?”

Mira thinks. “No! Let’s not get her involved because this might be the death of us MIGHT let’s not get her involved, but I do recommend we all train with no painkillers either we need pain tolerance. If we get better control or new skills we’ll do good and some of you guys definitely need training” she says

Everyone then stares at Irene

“What are you guys looking at me for?”

“Let’s just start training,” Mira says

“Mira, just want you to know when it’s time to bail please bail, I don’t want any of us, dying, I don’t want you to die and knowing y-.”

Mira stares at Alec

“I won’t, I promise.”

To be continued”

Fun fact: Vexen is a place where gang violence is most common and active