Page 79 of Blinded By The Sun
I don’t have time to say anything else as he snaps his finger and I’m brought back to the now.
I lift myself out of the tub and take in gulps of air. “Oh, shit!” I hear both Adriano and Boston scream out.
There are sounds of thunder and lightning strikes. I shake my head, trying to concentrate. Everything is too damned bright, and I can’t function. I feel like I can’t breathe as I step out of the tub trying to stop this random panic attack.
“Alex! Get your ass in here! What the fuck is wrong with him!” Adriano screams.
“Why does he look like that? What is in your damned water? His hair is blonder than it is black! What did you do?”
“Turn off the lights! Turn it the fuck off!” I scream out but this can’t be me because my voice sounds deeper like I’m underwater.
Son…
“What the fuck?” I say, not sure what’s going on with me.”
Relax…My father’s voice comes inside of my head.Breathe or else you’ll cause more than a power shortage. You’ll burn out the entire city.
“What are you talking about? Shut up! ShutUP!”I scream out this time sounding like thunder and then when I open my eyes, everything goes dark. The frigid air vent cuts off. Everything seems so quiet now.
“Holy Shit.” I hear Alex say as he stares at me in awe. “He’s a fucking god, and he doesn’t even know it. He’s a replica of Zeus.”
“Who is?” Adriano says.
“Zeus isn’t real.” Boston says. “What is real, is that the power is out of the entire block.”
Tank walks in. “This fucker blew out the grid.”
“In this area?” Alex asks.
“No, the entire city.”
“You better fix this, Ciro.” Alex says as he glares at me. “I didn’t cause this much shit when I became me.”
Tank shakes his head. “You’re not a god, bitch, you’re just pretty much immortal.”
“Can somebody tell me what’s going on!” I yell.
“He must’ve made you just like him.” Alex says. “Did you have some revelation in your time down?”
“Yeah… I saw him. My father. He asked me if I wanted to stay there or come back. I made the decision to come back.”
“Damn. And that’s what you got for choosing love? Fucking nuts.” Tank says.
“So, nobody’s going to explain to the rest of us what the hell is going on?” Boston asks.
“We will but for now, Ciro needs to not look like he’s made from thunder from head to toe. Ciro shut your eyes and find your center.” Alex says.
I shut my eyes and do as he says. The first person that pops up in my head is King, my wife. Her beautiful big eyes and the smile that makes a man not afraid to say he would do anything for her. I sigh and I feel my body calm. I usually run hot but how I was feeling a moment ago was insane.
“Where is your center?” Alex’s oddly soothing voice asks.
“Kingsley,” I reply and the second after I say that, I feel the room shifting and I know that I’ve passed out.
I swear I hear her voice calling for me, but I can’t open my eyes. My eyelids are heavy as ever and for the first time in my life, I feel like I need to nap. I just need to rest a bit and recuperate so I can go back to my center. The woman that turned my life upside down… for the good and never the bad.
