Multiverse Speed run
The blast was so strong and loud that the wave was tearing through the forests, heading straight for the city, the sound had long since reached the ears of the officials, along with the quaking effect
Helicopters flew across the city, heading towards the mountains. In the sky, K's powers seized, and he dropped, falling towards the penitentiary. A person in black caught him, before quickly kicking up the air, and springing them away from the scene
"Haha. You did better than I expected kid. His lookalike was gleaming in his head, ecstatic and jumping around in joy. I thought you were gonna chicken out"
"I didn't feel any satisfaction"
"You're more of a monster than I am if you wanted satisfaction. But hey, there are hundreds less problems in the world now"
"Yeah"
Continuous pats on his cheek stirred him from his sleep, he grimaced in pain, crawling into a ball
"You late bloomers.....relax, don't tense up"
His vision focused on the woman in front of him. "Where am I?" He tried to get up, but the woman pinned him down, shaking her head. "Relax dude, it's not like you have anyone you have to run back to"
"What?!"
"Oh, I suppose you don't know, but you've been out for a week. Your mom didn't make it, failure to pay medical bills or something like that, state carried both burdens of burying them for ya"
"N-no....."
"Yes. You're lucky no one actually saw you. Or you'd be a fugitive right now. So stop squirming and lay still dude"
"Clin. You're also a late bloomer, stop torturing the guy" a man walked into the room, holding a glass of water and a tablet. "Kid, don't mind this kid of mine, she can be a handful sometimes"
He set the objects on the table, "drink up once you've rested. We've got a lot to talk about"
Back at the penitentiary, forensics, police, special agents and government officials were examining the scene
"Sir. Come look at this. True curse elements are all over the bodies, as well as the destroyed infrastructure. And their corrosive potency is off the charts"
A forensic officer hurried over to a middle aged man in a black coat, handing him a tablet
"Check for the number of survivors. Have your team on damage assessment, also, check the radius of the blast wave. Every data that can narrow down the search, get to it"
He removed his coat, then walked towards the basalt, he touched it, tracing its rough surface until his fingers bumped against something, when he looked closer, he saw three fingers, and he stumbled back. "Forensics, to me right now!"
'What on earth is this?!'
Back with K, he finally got out of bed, outside that room, he found himself in a large mansion, the man was leaning against the staircase, smoking. "You're up." He waved him over, offering a sly smile
"Let's talk"
K walked over and stood beside the man. The man put out his cigarette, then turned to face him. "Name's John, you?"
"K Blackwood"
"Kay? K–A–Y?"
"Just K"
"Just K huh? Alright. Anyway, K, you like mt daughter?" The question flustered K, and he stumbled back in shock
"W-what?" He stammered, but John laughed instead.
"Relax, I just wanted to see how deep the broodings' gotten, and its not too deep, which is a relief"
K's eyes drifted downstairs, where Clin was watching TV, 'What's there to like? A pretty face with no personality?'
"What did you want to talk about?"
"You're the most wanted person in the entire country now" John watched his expression closely, "but. Since you're technically Curseless, you're in the currently untraceable"
He paused, "in due time, your disappearance, specific targeting and the fact that your apartment was destroyed just before the attack makes a pretty ugly trail" He let the information sink in, K's expression flickered, and the words that left his mouth caught John off guard
"I don't care"
"Right. Luckily, since you're a late bloomer, they can't really blame you too much, especially since you had just lost your father to a criminal, morally, its justifiable"
K looked away, pressing his lips together. Seeing this, John sighed wearily. "Clin. Take him to the mall, get him some clothes, I'll go clear up some tension with Detective Craig, can't have him sniffing up my business again"
"What? No way. Dad, he's a brooding bum"
"Change him then"
Before they could say more, the door swung open, and the man in the coat, Craig walked in, smoking a cigar. "John, let's chat"
John walked downstairs, and the took shook hands, Craig glanced up at the staircase, his eyes locking on the boy standing there. "Who's that? Clin's boyfriend or something?"
"One hell of a nuke is what I'd call him"
"You did a number on the compound kid. I should be handcuffing you right now" Craig laughed, before climbing up, John followed behind
"Interesting, I can't sense any C from him. If anything, he feels even less like a human and more like a moving statue. Must be trauma"
He patted K's cheek, and a sudden jolt of electricity ran through him. "Woah. You tryna kill me?"
"It wasn't intentional"
"John, Is he a late bloomer?"
John nodded, "awakened a week ago. I only found him because C levels were plummeting around the mountains, and when I went to check, there was that crazy explosion"
"Mh, the survivors say it was absolutely crazy, we had to wait an entire week because that thing was releasing radiation, it's a miracle anyone even survived. Not that its actually survival"
"Meaning?"
"They'll probably die in a few days"
K finally spoke up, interrupting the two men. "So, are you here to arrest me?"
Craig laughed, patting his shoulder. "Kid, even if we wanted to, do you think we have any infrastructure to hold you in. Its not like you won't just burn through standard metal, not to mention. Non of our electrical systems are surviving your lightning nature"
"Besides" Craig cleared his throat. "The system already failed you kid, consider it karma coming back to bite them" he looked at John, then Clin. "You two better take care of the kid, I'm leaving him in your hands, if a city gets wiped off the map, I won't be coming for the weapon, but the accessories"
John waved him off, then turned to Clin, giving her a thumbs up before leaving for his study. K watched Clin from where he was standing, following her movements with his eyes, from the living room, up the stairs, and right in his face, he never looked away
"Let's go. And stop staring, its creepy"
He didn't answer, but instead continued staring, from his view, lines followed Clin around, they shifted, increased and decreased with every step. He traced one of them, up until Clin's ear, and a thin trail of fire ignited, before vanishing immediately. Feeling the strange heat, Clin jumped, almost blasting K with an air bullet. "What are you doing creep?!"
He ignored her, and instead traced the line the bullet had followed, causing it to spark, releasing a current that ricochet across the room, frying the TV.
"Stop that!" He paused, looking away, Clin dragged him by the arm out the mansion and into a car. A driver was already waiting for them when they arrived. "Drive us to the mall. Be quick"