Arc 3 - Home Sweet Home - Part 2

Once the old man left, I started using different powers of mine to break the glass, but all I did was make more powerful than it already. I repeated this for hours. The next day the old man appeared again and he took a seat this time in front of me.

“You know, you should really not try to bang the glass too much. Some of us need to sleep.” He said.

“I don’t care about any of you.”

“So, I have heard,” he continued. “I will cut to the chase, we need your DNA. We will get it whether you like it or not.”

“Why did you not take it when I was unconscious?” I asked him.

“We needed your permission,” he said while smiling.

I burst into laughter and said, “your jokes are funny, mate. I know you have taken my DNA, but why lie about it?”

“We did take your DNA, but we need more,” he said while standing up.

“Okay, why not kill me and end this pathetic existence of mine. We can both get what we want. I can die and you will get your weapo...” before I could finish, he interrupted me.

“You are our weapon too. We need you to work with us again.” He told me this while looking at a few papers in his hand. He then showed the papers to me, which had pictures of some people in it. “See these people, they are our test subjects. There are hundreds of them and we want you to lead them. We want you to work with us to keep the planet safe.”

“Hmm… Pass.” I replied to his proposal.

“I did not want to use brainwashing but it will do.” He said to me and left the room.

For hours, I did nothing but think of how to get out of this situation. I punched glass a few times again to see if it breaks but it was ineffective. Then at that moment, I started to think about the nanites. These nanites not only report back about my powers and my whereabouts but it can be used to destroy my organs too. Now that I think about it, as soon as I went to London when that woman, who turns out to be my biological mother, my healing factor kicked it as if it was repairing something. Could it be that they used nanites to weaken me and then used the explosion to make me unconscious? If that’s the case, then these lab rats won’t be able to do this if just remove the nanites. But I cannot remove it because if it somewhere in my brain cells, I could seriously hurt my brain and it could even kill me. While thinking about how to remove these nanites, I thought why not communicate with them? Using my technopathy, I decided to send them some commands but they are being blocked. But after a while, I did crack it a little and found out where the information is being sent.

These nanites are sending information about which power I use and how powerful it is. Once the information is sent to the computer, the scientists in here can see the data about me. However, the data is also sent to another computer, which is connected to the cylinder I am in. So, this means that if I create a new power right now, it will notify the computer and it will immediately block the power somehow. I don’t know it can do that.

I think it was night because all the scientists left me there and increased the chemicals to a point where the whole cylinder was full of these chemicals. Before the scientists left, the guards took over. Being in the chemicals means that it's keeping my powers busy, but it also means that they cannot see me and as the scientists are not here, these guards won’t be able to see the data that is being transferred to their computers.

I created a new power, intangibility. This power can allow me to go intangible and I was thinking that this power will flush out all the nanites but I was wrong. The nanites can adapt to any situation. They are techno-organic nanites. They are bonded to my cell on a molecular level. So, I decided that to safely remove these nanites, I will use my matter manipulation power to turn all these nanites into metal. Then I will create another power to remove it from my body. However, identifying all these nanites will take very long.

After two days, I finally managed to find out where all the nanites are in my body. I used my X-Ray vision and created another power that can allow me to see something as small as an atom. With these powers. I scanned my whole body for any extra atoms and cells. I found totals a million nanites. Each one I found, I turned into metal without being detected. After turning each one into metal, I was thinking about creating another power, that can allow my hand to work as a magnet and attract all the metal in my body. Sure, I would have less iron in my blood but it will be no problem after a while. I was about to remove these nanites from my body when that pathetic old man walked in and the chemicals started to lower down.

“It has been two nights since you stopped punching the glass,” he said.

“Well, it gets boring and there is no point in punching it.”

“Are you hungry?” He asked.

“I can go without food for weeks.” Have not tried this but I think I should be able to do so in theory. “Why did you ask, old man?”

“We want you to feel at home.”

“Home? Really?”

“So, have you made the decision yet?” He asked.

“What decision?” I asked him in return.

“Are you willing to work for us?”

“Hmm… NO!”

He faced the other way and started to move towards the door, while he was walking, he looked back and said, “I had high hopes for you.”

“I had high hopes for you too, old man.” He stopped and looked at me. I continued, “I was expecting you to kill me, but you decided not to kill me. Once I break out of this pathetic glass, you will die.” I said this while raising my voice. “I will kill you and everyone who worked here and I will kill everyone you people cared about.”

He replied, “you have never killed anyone. You don’t have the stomach for it.”

“It is not too late to start now,” I replied to his statement.

As soon as I said that he left. I was waiting for the scientists to leave, so I can start removing these nanites from my body. After a few dreadful hours, they finally left and the water filled the cylinder again. I started my work immediately. I turned intangible so the nanites can stand out and used my magnetic powers to attract it to my hand. While doing that, I heard a few sounds on the computer. I heard the same sound when I first used my X-Ray vision when I first came in. I think this is the sound the computer makes when a new power is added to the list and changes are made in the glass that's holding me.

The nanites were now in my hand. I decided not destroy them because it might send a signal to them and I do not want anyone knowing about this. So, I decided that I will create another power, electricity manipulation and use it together with my technopathy, so I might take control of the computer outside. But using electricity within a chamber full of liquid is stupid. So, I used my telekinesis and created a bubble around my hand, which had the nanites in it. I used my electricity powers to fry it. In the meantime, I created a device that will let me communicate with the computer outside. Using this in speed that is faster than the computer can process. Before the information about the nanites destruction was sent into the computer, I changed the command code and made it look like that the nanites are fine and in the new command I added another power to the list.

This device I created works like a communicator and using my technopathy, I can access other technology outside the glass without anyone noticing. Using the new device, which allowed me to communicate with the outside computer, I was able to see all the data about me. They did not have the full list of my powers and powers are only added when I have used it.

I now had infiltrated the organisation...