Where Did I Come From?
Ethan wasn't angry and Naomi instinctively knew what he meant when she saw him with that.
"Where did you get that from!?" Naomi shouted, losing her cool for the first time.
Ethan smiled, he was glad that her clueless exterior had been broken.
Her husband struggled to breathe because his hand was over his nose and mouth.
Ethan removed and that allowed him to breathe but he didn't leave his vicinity.
"Naomi, you have lied to me for years…" Ethan said and Naomi realized it was too late to act coy anymore.
"What is wrong? You have always been good at running your mouth," Ethan said and this was true, Naomi always had an answer to everything but now, words seemed to fail her. Although it could be because her husband could be in potential danger so her words held a lot more power in them than if she was alone, life depended on her.
"I can explain Ethan," Naomi said but Ethan just chuckled.
"So this was the big secret that Percepta was hiding…" Ethan said; he turned to face Naomi but her husband wasn't going to let someone hurt his wife.
This was a selfless act going by logic alone because it was his duty to protect his wife but he chose the worst possible person.
Naomi wasn't paying attention to her husband or she would have stopped him from doing something so stupid and that stupid thing was attacking Ethan from his blind spot.
He tried to jam a knife he had on him into Ethan's neck but the knife instead snapped into two.
Ethan cocked his head back, and everyone knew what was about to happen.
Ethan's eyes burned red, and lasers shot forth, taking off the hand that had attempted to harm him. He screamed in pain as his knees buckled.
Ethan's eyes were still red implying he wasn't done.
"STOP IT ETHAN! I WILL TELL YOU EVERYTHING!" Naomi pleaded; it was ironic.
This course of action would imply she did care about her husband so why was she so loose and flirtatious with Ethan?
She hoped her words reached him and they did, his eyes cooled down, returning to his default eye colour. He appeared right in front of Naomi and she was quite dazed.
She had never seen Ethan this pissed off and this night showed her he was willing to do anything to get his answers, this included killing her husband.
"Have you seen what is inside the drive?" Naomi asked, regaining her composure as she tried to get control of the situation.
Ethan didn't answer because he saw through it, she wanted to know just how much he knew so she could manipulate the information.
"I will begin counting…" Ethan said, voice cold. Naomi gulped, even what she knew was limited.
She was the Vice-President but she had no idea how her company was run nor did she have any real say.
Ethan could tell if she was lying because now, he was wary unlike before when he didn't even deem her a threat. Naomi was aware of this and so far, Ethan has been impervious to her attempts to get him into bed.
"The drive contains secrets of Percepta and their links to the Underworld Four Kings," Naomi said bluntly and the disgust in Ethan's face was evident.
The evil he has been fighting, Percepta had links to them? Everything suddenly made sense but this wasn't the information that Ethan was looking for.
"Where did I come from?" Ethan asked, and this was what confused Naomi.
"What do you mean where you came from?" Naomi asked with a raised brow.
She was doing all this to protect her husband but she knew that Ethan wouldn't kill her.
Her death would put far too much attention on him and even he wouldn't go scot-free despite his status as the strongest superhero.
"WHERE THE FUCK DID I COME FROM!?" Ethan barked but this was where Naomi's knowledge ended, she had no idea what he was talking about.
Ethan kissed his teeth in irritation, he had no interest in these so-called Kings but now, he did.
They had information about how he came to be and why he had the powers he did.
Ethan was the strongest because he showed the potential to continuously evolve, and with the prospect of evolution, this eliminated whatever cap he had.
Naomi had confirmed what he already knew but who gave him the drive?
They went through great trouble in the past to make sure this never comes to light yet here it was, biting them right in the ass but Naomi was glad that it was Ethan.
He just needed to calm down, she could convince him but she wondered what he meant by asking where he came from.
Right now, her husband needed care and she rushed to his aid, dialing 911 to come and get him but luckily, his hand was severed and not incinerated so Naomi knew that it was possible to reattach it. Naomi had the means to go to the hospital run by superhuman individuals as she had the means to pay for the bills.
Her husband was as good as fixed so in a sense, this was a flesh wound in the bigger picture but the look in Ethan's eyes, Naomi was genuinely scared.
-
Edward arrived in a secluded place, he walked cautiously behind the man that came to get him, Edward was surprised that this man wasn't more careful, it was strange that he had no security.
What if Edward decided to pounce on him and take his life?
But as they walked, they found themselves in a dimly lit room and the moment they entered, the man that Edward followed got on one knee.
Edward was confused by this and he looked ahead but couldn't see anyone however the light suddenly came on.
"What is going on?" Edward blurted out because the man that was before them was identical to the man that had come to pick him up; Edward's eyes glanced down to get a second look at the man on his knees but he had taken a different form.
"Shapeshifting!?" Edward thought, they had played him as part of the reason Edward even agreed to follow him was because he had come alone but finding out he was never there, to begin with, told the young superhero that this man was as dangerous as his reputation.