Ultimate Power
Copyright© 2025 by Pars001
Chapter 13
I opened my door a while later, finding a plate of food there awaiting me. I smirked as I thought that, even upset with me, he thought of me.
I brought it in and watched in amazement as it vanished in almost no time. Damn I thought, hadn’t thought that I was that hungry.
I was going to have to go at it hard with the last five. They had been at it far longer than probably, the last five had time all together.
Back in the bunker, the seventh man had activated a device as soon as he shut his door. He bowed to the other four holograms that appeared.
“Leader, I gathered all I could, though with as little as was left it wasn’t much,” the man said. He then laid out the few things that he had gathered from where the sixth had died.
The leader reached out feeling each thing that was there, then shook his head in frustration. “This has all the earmarks of an older member of the protective core. How many are still alive?”
The second looked away, then turned back. “From what I have seen, there are only ten left of the old core. I have located all but one, he appears to have disappeared. It feels very much like a presence wipe that we developed.”
The leader’s eyes went large as he thought of my dad. Shit the leader thought, if he was against us, no wonder we had already lost more than half.
This was going to be far more difficult than it had ever been. The leader scanned the things before the one that was at the bunker, then stopped.
The leader turned toward the second, “This has a youth about it that shows an almost unstoppable power. I can feel the life force of an older agent, if it is him, then we are now in a desperate situation.”
The other two and the one at the bunker had looks of genuine concern on their faces. “Sir? If it is an agent, then they have no power,” they then stopped as the leader held up a hand.
“This agent knows all who we are, what we know and all the powers we have and how to counter them. He also signed an NDA though he did not leave under good conditions at all.” He turned to his second again: “I want to know everything about him, financials, family, everything. We have to find something that we can control him with.”
The other three, with him, saluted as they all started to look into everything about my father. The leader looked at them working, a feeling of deep dread infused him.
I walked into the living room, seeing that my father was on a shortwave radio. At least I think it was. I hadn’t really seen a real one in some time.
Dad turned as I was walking in rubbing my eyes. “You ready to train some more? These last ones are going to be a hell of a lot harder for sure.”
I yawned, then looked at him with a tired look. “Sorry dad still feel drained, that last fight was a lot harder than I thought it would be.” I apologized when I yawned again, looking sheepish.
Dad smiled as he nodded his head, then a moment later my face twisted to anger. “So, you gonna talk to me or am I going to stop all this right now?” I crossed my arms over my chest as I stared at him intensely.
Dad made a reply then shut the short wave off. He sighed, then pointed to a seat, “If you, and I am to survive, then I guess I need to explain.”
I nodded as I noticed that dad had the most serious look on his face that he ever had. “Good, I’m through being kept in the dark.”
Dad nodded as he started into his story. “I was in the telepathic and telekinetic corp. Many called it the Psi Corps. I am ashamed that I ever took part in that,” he said, lowering his head.
He pulled a book hidden on the mantle. My mouth dropped open as I recognized almost all in a picture. I had met them many times though I knew that half of them were dead now.
“I was second in command, though that changed when the leader died and you were born. I had hoped that my exposure to all that was done there wouldn’t affect you and your mom. I was out then, though the things I saw weighed heavy on me. Then you were hurt, and she left and all there was, was you and me,” he said.
I was nodding, not really knowing what to say. I shook my head for a few moments, then I asked him, “So all this with me, is from back then?”
Dad shook his head, no, “No, I don’t think so. That’s unless what you were doused with, activated something that was dormant in you. I don’t have even half of what would be required to find out.”
“So you know of the Ultimates, that I am fighting? These last four that are after me?” I asked.
“I was there when the ten were,” here, he sighed heavily. “When they were created, most of their pain was blocked so that they didn’t scream every moment they were awake.”
Dad’s head was hung lower as now tears were falling from his eyes. “Many of them became my friends, then the orders that they received started to slowly change them. They started to look upon those of us with no power as much lower beings. We had a few ways to keep them in line to punish them, though they outgrew most of them.”
I held dad as the memories started to flood his mind, mostly the bad. He fell asleep in my arms as I felt the anger slowly start to build within me.
I shook my head as even as a blind person, I could see the betrayal that dad felt. I also knew that I had killed one of the original ten. That meant that the last four were going to be far worse.
I put dad to bed, then I flashed out as I started to push my power as hard as I could. I destroyed all the rocks I could in a rock quarry, though the strain was low.
I had flashed across the country, destroying several quarries when I felt her. I dropped to the ground, dropping all the power I had to nothing when she stopped a few miles from me.
She had drifted toward where I was as I tried to hide more from sight. I had to find out more before I took on the last four, especially the leader.
I could feel that this one was indeed far more powerful than the sixth I had battled. I was barely able to “hear” what she was thinking to her leader as he shook her head.
Leader, she thought, it appears that the wild user is trying to increase their power. The destruction I have seen indicates that they are trying to increase. Where I am, it feels very fresh though I am feeling nothing. Is it possible that they have instant transport?
The leader and the other two jerked at this. It is possible, it also might be why we can not pinpoint them for long. Return to your base, number three, we can’t risk two of you near each other. Number four go to this area and run your energy scan.
Both number three and four stated their ascent, then all got quiet. I vanished as soon as the third left, feeling her stop, then continue on.
I needed to tell dad as soon as I could, this was a big thing. Dad, unfortunately, was still out when I appeared in his room. I sighed as I sunk onto the mattress beside him.
It was several hours later that I felt dad roll over and stare at me. “Are you OK?” he asked.
I just nodded as I thought about what I needed to tell him. “I met the third one, a female, she seemed to think that I was using instant transport.”
Dad sat there for a few moments, deep in thought about this. “They all have different types of energy and scans. I’m not surprised that she thought of this.”
I stared at Dad a moment, then nodded my head. After all that I had learned, I was starting to not be surprised.
I waited for whatever dad thought we should do next. “As I said before, we are going to have to get you stronger as they have had decades to prepare. The four that are left were the strongest of all of them.”
I nodded, then thought before I asked, “is the fact that the third was a female mean anything specific?”
“Ah, so I see that you noticed,” dad started. “Two of the last four are indeed female. It was found that none of the males were able to grow beyond the strength of the numbers two and three. Their minds were stronger and far more crueler than their male counterparts.”
“So, they’re going to be far more difficult?” I asked.
“Difficult? No, damn near impossible. The two females are far more paranoid than the males ever were or will be. These two are going to take a hell of a lot more power than you have at the moment,” Dad said as he brought out several folders.
I just looked at him, then the several inches thick folders. “Uh, what are these?” I asked.
“In order to defeat your enemy, you have to know your enemy. A happy happenstance that they, at the moment, do not have. Now, before that happens and the last four get a measure of your metal, you need to study them,” dad said, pushing the thick files toward me.
For a few moments I could only stare at him, then the files. Finally, I nodded and started to go through each one. I found that the females were far worse than I thought they were.
Well, I thought that ‘til I went through the leaders file, the thickest of all. I gasped a bit as I read through the many atrocities that the man had perpetuated. It didn’t take long for any doubt that I had about the man being good to fade.
I looked at my dad when I finished, and he backed away a bit at the pure rolling rage I had on my face. I gritted my teeth as I whispered, “When I am done they are all going to pay. You don’t do this to good people and think that you are beyond the law. I swear to you, dad, all of them are going to pay in a way that ‘til they die they will suffer.”
I also remember that there were three other bitches that had blinded me that needed to be punished as well. I thought of the rich leader of all of them and my resolve tightened.