I was warned to avoid the man with a white hair. I assumed it was some metaphorical boogie man of sorts. I paid it no mind as I made myself through the city. The city offers protection as long as the mutant doesn't hurt the locals. I found a place by the beach and everyday I would take swimming lessons in the morning. Then I would help the orphans learn English. Afterwards I would go back to my apartment to practice my gift. I first practiced teleportation. I practiced sending an apple from one side of the room to another. Then I practiced freezing time and slowing time. I was tired so I fired up my laptop and saw a lecture on the multiverse theory. I was stoked. I imagined traveling to a world made of cotton candy or a world where there is no war. The bathroom door rattled and I picked up my baseball bat as I made my way to open it. On the other side was the storm of the century. It rained thunder and the winds blew mercilessly. The thunder stopped and it rained like someone had flipped a bucket. The force at which the raindrops fell actually hurt a little. I quickly shut the door and grabbed a mop to clean up the puddle.
After I was satisfied and I double checked before I wondered who this so called man with white hair was. I was holding the door knob as I asked this question. I opened the door to see a small café on the other side. A man was wiping a glass dry. He had his sleeves rolled up. There was a white rabbit on his forearm. I walked in and politely asked if there was anything that I could eat. He smiled, "Since you said please." He gave me a sandwich and a glass of cherry soda. I smiled, "Nice rabbit." He chuckled, "Not a rabbit my dear. This is a white hare." The phone rang and he stepped away to answer it. The quietness enveloped me as I chewed on my dinner. A thought creeped in 'White hare, White hair' I didn't know what to make of it till I saw the old lady I met at the pharmacy. The truth hit me like a wrecking ball. This was the one I was warned to watch out for. I ate my sandwich and hastily paid the bill. The man told me that I had nothing to be afraid of. I simply said that I am concerned about people who nab girls as they go home. He grinned, "My dear this neighborhood is run by Iron Boa. The leader's sister was kidnapped. The law was passed. If anyone is caught nabbing any girls the punishment is execution." He waved as I went back the way I came.
I walked back into my room and closed the door. I opened it again and I saw my bathroom again. I realized that if I focused hard enough I could get myself in trouble. I made a promise to avoid the café at all costs. I sat down to watch a video on space travel. I thought zero gravity was seriously cool. I imagined floating in space. The fact that I had to push the wall or floor to take off. I suddenly felt something bump into my butt. I realized I was floating like I was in space. I pushed off the wall and floated towards the bed. I was delightfully singing when there was a knock on the door. In my shock gravity kicked in and I fell towards the floor. I waved my hand and everything slowed down. I managed to land on my feet and put everything in order before I opened the door. It was Ford. He was wondering if I was a mutant and he invited me to the Crimson Peace. I said that I am not a mutant but I am willing to go. I want to attest that they are harmless. He happily took me to the location where a few dozen were gathered together. The leader was an elderly with battle scars.
The crowd was talking about something the group was divided into two. I got closer and realized it was about me. The Anti-mutant department had placed a bounty on my head. The Crimson Peace was told that if they hand me over then they will be declared neutral and harmless. The government is willing to give them a private island to live out their lives unencumbered. Anyone who goes in has full immunity. All they had to do was to hand me over. That is if I am a member. The side on my defense asked what if AMD finds one of them a threat in the future. She said to think about it. Why were they so hell bent finding me. What if it was the Iron fist project where they rule the world by replicating our gifts. They would wipe us out with a virus and no one would be wiser. With everyone's combined gift would make a deadly weapon. She also said that today it is one of us. Soon it will be the rest of us. The person that wants me imprisoned said that sacrificing one person for the sake of everyone is ok. One person is not worth it. Who cares if someone can freeze time. The elderly said, "The last time someone was able to freeze time was able to travel through time." This was the chain reaction that convinced everyone to shut up because they knew if someone with time travel abilities is controlled then the Mutants all over the world can be killed while they are still in their mother's womb.
So in conclusion some of the mutants agreed to protect me. The rest of the mutants agreed to kill me. Ford introduced me to Five the leader of the Crimson Peace. He asked me if I was here as a tourist? I said that I am here as a Hobo. I am traveling from place to place. Seeing the beauty of the world and enriching myself with age old knowledge. He seemed genuinely interested. He asked me if I was a mutant and I said no. He laughed, "There is nothing to be afraid of my dear. You are amongst your own kin. They are not going to harm you. No one will harm you." I said that I am still trying to figure out my gift. He asked me for a demonstration and I projected a map of the world showing Mutants and humans alike. Blue were humans and green were mutants. He named me Matte. The next one had teleportation abilities so he was named Nunnehi. I didn't mind since I am now safely protected by the blissfully ignorant. The AMD named their target Kash. As more people learn about the time travel perk more people started searching for me. I had a feeling it won't be long before they figure it out.
I heard of a category five hurricane that hit my city. It apparently destroyed any and all records of the events that occurred the day future boy came. I recall ignoring him as a rule. I realized that I went to the past and destroyed the data. So now they have no proof that it was me. The hurricane came the day after I left. I sat down to eat dinner and remembered the hurricane that flooded my bedroom. So I decided that I am going to play burglar and get everything but I am going to keep my gifts to a minimum so no scanner can detect it. I sat down after teaching an English class. Ford was waiting but I brushed him off as I said that I had chores to finish. Like laundry, the bills and groceries. So whatever he wanted can wait till tomorrow. He understood not to press on so I went to my apartment and locked all doors and windows. I changed into the outfit and went inside the bathroom. I locked it for good measure and opened the portal to the busted and broken house on the outskirts of the city. The winds were picking up as cars in the parking lot started going towards the ledge. I hope they have insurance because repairs are not going to happen.
I made it out and closed the portal and any and all traces so no one can detect it. I walked to the underground tunnels and found the path that leads to the AMD headquarters. I pretended to be part of the sanitation department and wore gloves and the necessary uniform. I quietly made my way to the server room and poured corrosive liquid and watched as some parts dissolved as sparks flew. Then I made it to the head of AMD and yanked the Harddisk from his CPU. Afterwards I slipped into the bathroom and slipped into the shadow world. I can get a better view of what I need to destroy. I got to see exactly where the secret records were. I simply used the darkness as a portal and yanked out the secret drives. Once I had all of them I simply took them to the smelting furnace that one of my neighbors had. He had left for the shelter but as always forgot to turn off the furnace even though there was no metal for him to melt. I threw them all out and then snuck back in to remove any trace of my gift that the sensor could pick up. I threw my uniform into the sanitizer as I got out and made it back to the tunnels. I saw that some paths were flooded and so I chose one of them. I dove into the water and imagined that I was inside my bathtub which I had filled with water. I closed my eyes and felt the water become warm and soon the bright lights were blinding. So I surfaced to see my bathroom once again. I walked out to see the teleporter was here. I asked him what he was doing here and he asked me how I got out of the bathroom because he checked a minute ago and I wasn't in. I can smell rust on him so I said that he is high so his eyesight can't be trusted. He blinked twice and went elsewhere. He is going to be a problem so I had better behave myself or I am going to end up with tubes in my body or six feet under.