Chương 18: Memories
( Knock, Knock)
Sheila " Doug, honey come out, breakfast is done"
Doug "...."
Sheila "Doug ? Can you hear me ?"
Doug ".... "
Sheila " Okay, I am coming in you better be dec... *Scream* Doug ! Doug ! wake up, Philip call an ambulance Doug is..."
( Hospital)
I wake up to an unfamiliar ceiling, for the second time in my lifetime, and suddenly start to see flashes of memories, they feel foreign yet strangely famaliar.
I start feeling a headache creeping in on me, so I close my eyes again and delve straight into my mindscape.
I enter my mindscape and see how it looks,
In one word, it's a mess.
I start looking around and see random objects strewn about on the ground and all around me, some look like books, some others look like computer parts or even random knick knacks from my room.
I start walking until I reach a house, this one seems different to the one I knew before from my previous life, I stretch out my hand to open the door, when it suddenly opens.
I start to get annoyed and mutter " I swear someone is messing with me, every damn time I try to open a door..." my mini rant went on for a bit, while I was walking inside the house, the corridor seemed that it stretched on forever, until it was swallowed by darkness.
I walk for a long while, and I notice that strange patterns and symbols are starting to appear on the walls, they almost seem like the patterns you see on computer chips or circuit boards inside electronics.
I finally reach the end of the corridor, which seems to be blocked by a barrier that has intricate patterns all over it. I walk up to the barrier and reach out my hand, and surprisingly, my hand sinks right into the barrier.
I sack up and step through the barrier and find myself infront of the red door, but this time the door seems a little different, more of those strange patterns are all over the door and the door opened right away when I touched it.
I sigh and say "Finally, it's about damn time. "
It's been difficult trying to live another person's life especially when you have no memories of said person's life or loved ones. The Spider serum was the final push, that I needed to fix the cluster fuck that is my mind.
During my time training at the temple, I found that my progress with my powers was somewhat slow . It was like I didn't have full access to my powers. I found it quite strange, as my prowess as a sorcerer seemed to improve day by day, while my own meta-human(mutant) powers seemed to lag behind.
I push the door slowly and find myself in a room, that has some strange circuit markings all over it, I also find a giant computer screen, that takes up most of the room, I approach the screen and find myself standing in front of it.
I start looking for a button or something to turn it on, when suddenly it turns on by itself, scenes of people I never met and a childhood different than mine start playing on the screen, I watch as the scenes change one by one, my first day at school, my first friend, my first crush,my first kiss, my first girlfriend all the things a normal kid goes through until he becomes a young adult.
As I am seeing these scenes playing I start remembering them too, it almost seemed like they were being downloaded to my brain, the scenes stop playing, until it finally reaches the day before I awakened in this world.
The screen goes black again, and I finally think it's over, but then a face appears on the screen, the face looks similar to my own, but it's pupils are black and the face seems to be made from the same circuit markings, that surrounded the room.
A slight smile appears on its face, before the face dissappears.
I find myself standing in front of the monitor, thinking about what just happened.
A sad smile appears on my face, and I think ' It feels really strange to have two sets of memories, I can clearly remember Doug' s original memories as If they happened to me personally, but they don't seem to have an affect on my personality or thought process. I guess this means, that the old Doug is dead or perhaps it's more accurate to say he merged with me, but I am still the main Ego'.
As I am contemplating my existence, something new pops up on the screen this time its just a terminal window with what seems like computer code written on it.
I stare at the codes and try to understand what they are supposed to mean, a few seconds pass by and I am starting to see a pattern.
They seem to be descriptions of height, weight, eye colour and even some stuff I don't understand.
They look like genetic information, but translated into computer code !
My breathing quickens over the implications of what this could mean, I start looking for some sort of input mechanism I could access, but there isn't anything like a keyboard or a mouse I can use. I try and see if the screen works like some sort of computer touch screen display, but all that I can do is just scroll up and down.
I even try and use voice commands, but it doesn't work either.
I start thinking about what this is and why it even exists ' I don't remember Cypher having something similar to this in the comics, is this like an evolved ability or is it just a result of the merger when I transmigratted ?'
My mind keeps going in circles about what this could mean, and how it could benefit me, but it seems like this is going to take further study as it seems I can't just figure it out on the spot. I give up for now and decide to exit my mindscape.
' Time to face the music I guess' I think to myself.
I sigh and close my eyes and exit my mindscape, I open my eyes and find myself still in a hospital bed.
This time I see my Mom and Dad, outside of the room I am in, talking to what I presume is a doctor.
My Mom notices that I woke up and hurriedly shakes my Dad, she comes in to the room followed by my Dad and the doctor, she hugs me and says " Doug, thank God you're okay".
"You gave us quite the scare there young man, thankfully it seems like it's nothing serious" the doctor says.
" Doctor, it's not exactly normal for a teenager to suddenly pass out without a reason" My father says in a worried tone.
" Well, his blood work and all the tests we ran all came back negative, even his CT scans all came out clear, it seems like it was likely due to exhaustion or low blood pressure, although he was a little dehydrated nothing else seems to be wrong, although I do recommend keeping him under observation for the night, at least to make sure that everything is alright. " the doctor says.
" I am alright mom, it was just a fainting spell, I haven't been getting much sleep and I probably burnt out" I say trying to assuage her worries.
"Are you sure doctor, he didn't wake up no matter how much I tried. " she says ignoring what I said.
' Thank god I used a spell right after I woke up, to clean off all the dried blood that was all over me, I don't think she would have let me out of her sight, if she had found me passed out with dried blood all over me instead' I think nervously.
This goes on for a bit, I keep trying to reassure my parents and hugs and tears are exchanged, mostly my mom, we eventually start talking and having light hearted conversations to lighten the mood.
I no longer have to measure my words or try not to give them the impression, that I don't know what they're talking about, it honestly feels liberating, my mom even starts talking about the first time I ever went to a hospital.
It was when I was little and broke my arm, it was my first time learning how to ride a bike , she made fun of how much dad was panicking , he was even more scared than I was, but kept trying to calm me down, even though he was the one that was freaking out the most.
We shared a few more laughs and stories and I felt as if a weight has been lifted of my shoulders, my parents seemed to have sensed the change and were happy to see my mood improve . They eventually left me to rest for a while and went home themselves to get some sleep.
I was finally alone again, and waited for a while until a nurse came to check on me, after she left I got off my bed and casted an illusion over the bed to make it seem I didn't go anywhere.
I look for my watch and find it in a small cabin in my hospital room, and put it on.
" Hey, Sophie sorry for not listening, I admit I was an idiot" I say.
*Silence *
" Come on, don't be like that, I promise I won't do something like that again, I'll even buy you some brand new fancy Supercomputers and server farms" I say while trying to placate her.
" Huff ! you were already going to do it anyway"
She finally answers.
" I already said, I was sorry ! Geez I was like 75% sure it was gonna work, anyways I am going to head out and test some of my new powers, find me a good place to test my powers, also check and see if there are any blood samples left from the blood they took" I say.
"They took two vials of blood for the tests, there is still a vial left" she says.
I enter the mirror dimension and with Sophie's help I quickly find the room that they use to keep the patients' blood samples.
I quickly destroy the blood sample and then head out to a warehouse to test out my powers, I already feel much more powerful than I though I would , it almost feels as if strength is going to explode out of my body, I already broke several doors in the mirror dimension, while I was in the hospital and looking for my blood, even magic seems to be faster and flows better when casted.
I wonder if I can call myself SpiderCypher I think out loud.
" That's a terrible name" Sophie immediately retorts.
"I was just kidding, you know, you don't have to be so mean." I say in a sullen tone.
"Sure, you were" She says in a sarcastic tone.
"Troublesome A. I woman..." I mutter in a low voice.
(Chapter End)
_______________________________________________Next time, we're going to find out what powers Cypher gained stay tuned, for more. I wasn't really happy with how this chapter turned out, so please be gentle. Let me know what you think in the comments and what his new powers should be, nothing too Op, but something hopefully useful and cool. He's already getting the standard spider powers, but with a twist.
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