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When I arrived in Niigata Prefecture, Japan, many areas still looked as if a war had broken out. After a number of inquiries, I was guided to the Kashiwazaki Kariwa power plant. Apparently this Cormier was in charge of a security detail consisting of mostly Japanese military and a contingent of UN sanctioned superheroes. Something wasn’t right. Why would the UN send Supers? A disaster recovery team, perhaps. A delegation of nuclear experts to aid with the plant’s recovery, maybe.
I was barred from entering the site by the security detail. I mentioned my name. I mentioned Amaranth Star. It was no use. They wouldn’t let me past the gate. I could have flown past them and snuck in or something. Instead, I decided to return to Tokyo, rattled but not devastated by the quake. I took the appearance of a 32 year-old reporter, investigating the aftermath of the earthquake and the state of the nuclear power plant.
That night, I woke to a presence in my room. A presence that was familiar to me: A voice in my head made corporeal. The previous host to my symbiote was a villain named Argus. Not many of his memories have been accessible to me and I’ve always thought that a blessing.
But a notorious supervillain was standing by my bedside. One that my mother was supposed to have brought to justice only after a long and painful battle. A sudden movement, I thought, and I would be dead, and perhaps dozens of innocents who were sleeping in the adjacent rooms.
“I’m glad you’ve come,” he said. I can hear the words echoing in my mind even now. I stayed silent, watching for any opening to surprise him.
“You’ve come about your mother,” he continued. His voice began to tremble. His shoulders sagged, and moonlight glanced over his shoulder through the window. “I’m sorry. I’m so sorry.”
No doubt, you could imagine my surprise. But the most surprising thing was yet to come. Even now, I don’t know what to make of it.
“Your mother was here. At the epicenter of the . . . the quake.” He turned away. I remember that much. I think we were silent for a long time. He sat on the edge of the bed. He was dressed in a suit. He looked like a businessman, though snide remarks about the business world and villainy didn’t come to mind at the time.
“I don’t know how to say this,” he whispered. Maybe he didn’t whisper. Maybe I was hearing his thoughts. “I’m afraid it might be too much to take, especially right now, but I want you to understand that this is coming from someone you can trust. Someone who loves you. It’s coming from your father.”
I didn’t understand. My mom had been searching for dad for a long time. I never understood why. He was scum. He left us before I was born. Was this his messenger? Had he come to contact me after all this time?
No. I swallowed the lump in my throat but it came up again. Dad?
He nodded once. A slow, titanic nod, and my heart sank. I couldn’t even be angry. He was right in front of me but I wasn’t angry. I knew he had revealed himself for a purpose, and no lesser reason would have brought him to me. Mom.
“I wanted to tell you myself. Your mother led a containment force underground. There was a lead about an alien invasion. Considering . . . her experience with . . . . There was a portal to their homeworld. An entire base. She and a hundred other UNP agents found a way into the portal.” UNP? My mother never said she was registered as a UN Powers.
“We lost contact but . . . we’re still exploring the site. We’re sure the quake was caused by the portal’s destruction. We’re also sure the enemy planned an attack on Kashiwazaki Kariwa. We were lucky just to keep the plant from exploding. A few of us, including Amaranth Star were sent to support your mother initially, but we were diverted to the power plant when we heard about an odd device hidden near one of the reactors.”
He was silent again. There were only the sounds of Tokyo at two in the morning–and whispers.
I don’t know what time he left. One moment he was there and the next he wasn’t. I couldn’t sleep anymore. I went online to book a flight home. I decided to fly myself home instead.
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