Child of Silence

Disclaimer: I don't own these characters nor am
I making any money from this. Please do not
sue me.


Forward

I want too thank my parents for all there love.
My sister for her support, and my aunts and Uncles
For helping me write this.


Prologue

How did this all begin? I've often wondered that myself.
I know where everyone enters this little drama, but I've
yet to decide where the actual beginning is. You could say
it was long before I was born, when the flash occurred. The
flash, as I'm sure you know, was the name for the bright
lights the world saw in 1967. scientist spent 5 years
trying to figure out the what, why, and how. They came
up with squat. Since there was no immediate adverse
effects or evidence thereof it was eventually relegated
to 'Just one of those things.'

Then, in 1977 a ten year old boy held up a collapsed roof
of a building. Matthew Bright was the child's name. He was
the first of the 113 'Specials' they found in the U.S. more
were found all over the world even 98 here in Japan. All
totaled 1000 people were born world wide with powers and
abilities beyond mortal men. The same number it's been in
children born every ten years since then. Most of the
nations rounded them up in a small towns for 'Observation'
of course.  Then the first generation's parents fought this
and stopped the governments from taking their kids. Now
the governments just provide a day care for the kids and a
chance at a higher education. They were monitored of course,
and files were kept but it was a small price to pay to
stay with their families.

My father was born in a later generation in 1976. They
almost missed him because grandpa was about to take him
on a training journey. Luckily Grandma saw he could float
and kept him with her instead. Grandpa still trained him
in martial arts but the suits were never far behind till
he was 16. By then Father knew how to get out of most of
Grandpa's  crazy schemes. Though he did end up in Jusenkyo
some how. I think that was the end of the last shred of
trust between the two.

As far as the government was concerned my father was a
low power. Only able to float 20 ft in the air. But Doctor
Ikari, the lady in charge of the Japan 'Specials' knew
better. It seems the doctor in charge of the U.S.
'Specials' Doctor Welles if memory serves me had told a
select few about 'Poet'. John Simmons or 'Poet'
as the others called him was different in that the power
that created us Specials is in him, making him a natural
failsafe if the others go rogue. Father was like that,
except the power manifested itself in him as the ability
to snuff out the spark of life in anyone. Doc Ikari nick
named him 'Silence' because of this. None of the others
new about this until Akira went Rogue

Poor Akira, guy was saving the world at the age of 12.
He could bench press 4 tons, fly and was amazingly hard to
hurt. Had a girlfriend and was in the UN as a peace
officer by the age of 16. Dad knew him pretty well. They
hung out a lot when they were younger. I once asked my
father why he hung out with them. Since he knew what he
may one day have to do. He told me that he wanted to be
able to keep their memory alive, to be able to remember
the good times he had with them instead of only knowing
them in their final moments.

As I'm sure you know, Akira's girlfriend was killed by a
drunk driver while he was stopping a ship from sinking. Her
death just sent him over the edge. He started ranting and
raving about how the world needed to be safer. He started
to destroy anything unsafe including plants, trains, cars,
tall buildings etc.. Five of Japans best were getting
trounced by him and they had just called in Officer Bright
and Flagg when Father appeared on the scene. The other
'Specials' were still in the way, so he charged in through
flying cars and debris and grabbed Akira by the throat.
A moment later there was an explosion without sound as
Akira shuddered then fell over dead.

At the time the government managed to keep his identity
a secret. That didn't last long but it did give him time
to prepare. That's when he left for China, starting a
series of events leading to his shape changing curse, his
eventual meeting with mom and  his time in Nerima.

If you haven't guessed it by now my Name is Akira Saotome
I am the son of Ranma Saotome and the current keeper of
half of the silence. This book is about my dad Ranma Saotome, I
write it to clear up the misconceptions about him. He
wasn't a cold blooded killer, nor was he a womanizer.
He was a man, trying to live by code of honor long since
abandoned by the world, given the power to bring death to
anyone and faced with the responsibility to use it on his
friends if the need ever arose. This is my father's story.

-End

"Then I'll tell the truth. We're allowed to do that in
emergencies. We can't plan for everything, you know."

- Colonel Graff, "Ender's Game"