John figures out that he’s a Mutant

“I’m a Mutant,” John continued whispering to himself.

“John, did you say something?” Lara asked.

“I think I might be a Mutant.”

“Mutant,” she became afraid of John.

“I don’t know what power I have, but I think I can mess with a person’s mind.”

Upon hearing this, she pulls out her phone and quickly dials a number. John suddenly has a bad feeling he grabs her phone. She is trying to get it, but he is too tall for her to reach.

“Who were you trying to call?” John asked.

“I was trying to call my mom,” Lara replied quickly.

“It looks like you were dialing a different number.”

“You don’t know that. I have her phone number memorized.”

“Then the number should have shown up in your list of contacts.” The number doesn’t have a name above it.

She didn’t answer, yet she was still trying to get her phone. John wondered who she was trying to call. An image came to his mind of a commercial stating that to call for any dangerous Mutant and that her parents always told her that all Mutants are dangerous. At that moment, Lara kneed him between his legs. Fell to his knees and dropped the phone. She grabbed her phone and quickly moved away from John. He knew that he only had seconds before she redialed the number. An idea quickly formed in his mind. Concentrating on the image that he saw before. It appeared as before. With one thought the image disappeared. Her finger immediately stopped moving.

“What did you do?” She yelled for an answer. “I have a photographic memory, so I cannot forget.”

“I have erased that memory,” John said while getting back on her feet.

“Erased a memory? H… how?” she stammered.

“I can control a person’s memories. That is my power.” John started to walk to Lara. She was too frightened to move. As he got closer, he held out one hand toward her and the other was placed over his crotch.

“Someone help!” She screamed.

When he reached her, his hand was placed on her head. Before he reached her, another idea came to him. He didn’t care if the idea was good or bad. He felt betrayed because of a friend that didn’t want to help. She would rather place him in prison. The anger that he felt wouldn’t stop until she was punished. Focusing on her memories he starts erasing everything. To her most recent memories to the day she was born. She will become nothing so that she will become a blank canvas. He is also seeing the images of her memory disappearing one by one. Somewhere John can hear a person screaming. It doesn’t matter to him. He soon finishes his job.

Lara is now an empty shell. She sat against the wall staring into space. Her breathing was long and calm. John comprehended what he did and that it worked. She is exactly how he thought she would be. This excited him to no end. Without warning, a loud banging emanated from the door.

“What is with all the yelling and screaming?” A man said through the door.

John quickly walks to the door with a plan already in mind. He slightly opens the door. Making sure that the other person couldn’t see Lara.

“Sorry,” John said in a cheerful tone. “My girlfriend and I were doing a little role-playing.”

“Can you keep it down otherwise people are going to get the wrong idea?”

“Yes, I’ll do that. Can you stand in front of the door to make sure no one else bothers us?”

“No, do I look like your bodyguard?”

John thought for a moment. Then focus on the man. John realized that the man that was standing in front of him was the same one earlier today. He created a memory where John was paying the man to be his bodyguard.

“You are my bodyguard,” John said.”That is why I’m paying you.”

“Sorry boss,” the man’s speech and posture change in an instant. “I will stand and watch as you requested.”

Without another word, John closed the door. He stared at the dead eye’s Lara who appeared to not move a muscle. He wonders if he could restore part of Lara to a point where she can be loyal to him. Placing a hand on her head.

First, he restored her memory to where she started to learn how to talk. She called out to John saying “Dada”. He merely smiled and patted her on the head. Her face became a dopest grin. He figures that he somehow imprinted himself as her father.

Next, he took the place of her father and began teaching her various things. It only took a few seconds in the real world, but in her mind, it had been several years. When she saw him again, this time she called him her “Daddy”. She was so happy that she wouldn’t sit still. John had to act like a parent to tell her to sit still.

Following that, he started to teach her loyalty to him. In her mind, she learned that her Daddy is the most powerful Mutant and everyone should worship him. Her mission was to find people that could be useful to him. To help her with the mission he gave her fake memories to use. In her memory, the fake one worked so well that she became the fake person, Lara.

Finally, he brought her mental age to her current age. In her mind, he was the one that raised her from birth and he became her teacher. In the last detail, he made sure that she was only loyal to him. John wasn’t sure how well it works. He will have to see if she will respond to her new name.

Removing his hand from Lara’s head. He waited to see how she would react. She took a few moments to look around the room before making eye contact with him.

“Lara,” he called out. She didn’t respond but was giving him an annoyed look.

“Candy,” he called out in a more authoritative tone. Using the new name that he gave her.

“Daddy,” her voice became in a higher pitch voice. She was trying to act younger than she already is. “Who is this Lara girl? Is it a sister that I don’t know about?”

John had an evil smile on his face.