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Chapter 2 - Chapter 2: The Awakening

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The part where Zatanna dies is the saddest for me, what's yours?

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|Washington, DC

|December 23, 2007, 1:30 PM EST

The Cadmus Lab or Project Cadmus is a building with fifty-three sublevels. On the last sublevel there was an abandoned vault where the body of a sixteen-year-old boy was found. This boy, who was wearing a black full-body suit and a purple pendant with a magic rune, was the Scarlet Projector, who, despite all attempts, could not be controlled. This led to the project being abandoned and the scientists in charge disappearing.

At present the body was discarded as unusable, but suddenly a red orb of light that flickered was heading towards that body, when the orb entered the body the subject's eyes suddenly opened and a Scarlet Red light came out of his eyes

That moment came with a great sigh followed by great gasps of air, the subject looked around and tried to hit the capsule where he was trying to escape, until the last blow he gave came out with a pulse of red and black energy that destroyed the glass and with that the young man's body fell to the floor, managing to avoid hitting his face by stopping the fall with his arms and knees, with heavy breathing, trying to see where he was

"(What is this place? Where are the others?)" He says looking to the sides trying to stand up but his body was very weak "(What happened to me? We weren't all supposed to be in the Titans Tower as I ended up in some kind of basement or warehouse)" I thought while leaning on the wooden boxes or the abandoned objects in the facilities.

The subject began to walk trying to stay standing with each step he took with a lot of thoughts in his head "(it doesn't matter how many times I go through this reincarnation or was it transmigration? It doesn't matter anymore, this is already the sixth or seventh time this happens to me, I just hope that this time there are no Paradooms)" he thinks while after several difficult steps but managed to get to the warehouse door "(well it's time to see where I am)", he thinks as he approaches the door and tries to open it but fails "(well no more super strength and I guess controlling the gravitational fields don't exist anymore)" he says as he tries to open the door in other ways that he remembers from the powers he has, but none of those powers worked, "(that means I have another new power, well I'll find someone who isn't crazy and can teach me how to use it)" he leans on the door with his hands in frustration.

As time went by, the guy looked for something that could help him open the door, he found levers, pieces of metal with which he tried to force the door, but it didn't work, he even found a blowtorch that he couldn't use because his fingers were still weak and he had no energy, in the end the young man got so angry that he hit the metal door without realizing that his hand began to be surrounded by red energy

As time went by, the guy looked for something that could help him open the door, he found levers, pieces of metal with which he tried to force the door, but it didn't work, he even found a blowtorch that he couldn't use because his fingers...

When his hand bathed in that energy hit the metal, the door dented and the red energy disappeared "but what...?" He whispered surprised by what happened, when he realized, that red energy was his power "(this energy can mean two things, either I am linked to red and can generate connections with animals or this is pure chaos magic, I sincerely hope it is the first, but on the other hand magic~)" he thought with a somewhat nervous and tense smile

The young man sighs trying to calm his nerves "(I must calm him down, remember what Zatanna said, magic and emotions can affect the release of magic and it can be very dangerous not to have good control over emotions)" he says to himself before sitting in a meditation pose and being able to try to channel the source of his new power.

The young man closes his eyes, intending to clear his mind, after having done that for at least three different lives it becomes easier for him to achieve this goal, after meditating for several minutes and controlling his breathing he managed to clear his mind completely, then he proceeded to find the source of this new power, he could feel a heartbeat, a heartbeat that grew stronger as he got closer to the source and then he saw an explosion of power, then came space, the stars, from which a shadow was formed in the space of an old weight scale in the middle of the stars, where at each end there were two colored crystals, on the right side there were yellow crystals, while on the left there were red crystals.

As the young man continued to search deeper for the origin of his power, the red crystals lit up so brightly that the boy woke up and realized that he was floating in the room with red energy surrounding his body.

The young man lowers his body to the ground, the scarlet energy dissipates and only he remains in the room that looks more like an abandoned warehouse, then he begins to process what he saw "(that place and those crystals are the same as the Balance of Fate, with the Lords of Chaos and Order, but that place was the same as the Cartoon Network and HBO version, Young Justice)" the young man realizes that he is on Earth-16 in the DC world, which means that he is also in a young world "Troublesome" he whispers before realizing something "(wait a second the Lords of Chaos crystals are the ones that intensified, that means that the source of my power comes from them... GREAT I HAVE SCARLET WITCH'S POWERS)" he thinks with a smile before getting up and summoning a fraction of his new power and playing with the energy a bit.

After managing to activate his power he decides to try to use it to open the doors in front of him, he launches an energy attack at the door until it melts, the young man goes out and an alarm begins to sound, that was the signal for the young man to run or rather levitate.

The young man advanced until he noticed a sign on the wall near an elevator "(Cadmus?, How Cadmus project? Klarion should have been the person who allowed me to access Chaos magic, to obtain my powers ... HOW DISGUSTING)" he thought before destroying the elevator doors and takes the elevator tunnel to try to reach the surface, that plan was working until he reached the thirty-fifth floor, since the elevator began to go down, so the young man opened the door on the thirty-third floor.

When the young man entered the floor he saw how the elevator continued to go down, the young man determined to see what he could find in these facilities continued his way trying to avoid being seen by the G-Trolls who passed by with G-Gnomes on their shoulders, on one occasion with his power the young man took the G-Gnome from one of the Genomorph's shoulders and using his powers, because as Wanda remembers he could access people's minds with his powers, so the young man tried to force his mind into the Genomorph network.

Inside the Genomorph Network

The young man managed to enter the mental network of the genomorphs, his mind was taken to a black space with different red dots that connect with red energy lines, where the young man was was the area that connects the mind of the G-Gnome from which he forced his way into the mental network, now he must look for the mind that he is sure will help him escape "Dubbilex hears me?" That message traveled through the entire network in a pulse of red light, a few seconds passed until he received a response "Who are you? How did you manage to enter our network?" Dubbilex's questions were a balm for the young man's mind knowing that this Genomorph or DNAlien as they call it in this reality will help him in his escape.

"Who am I? You can call me Sebastian, Sebastian Pierce and how did I get into your network? That's because of my powers that forced my way into the mind of one of these little psychics, by the way, do you call them Genomorphs or DNAliens?" There was no answer for a while which made the now called Sebastian nervous "They call us Genomorphs and the one you have captured is a G-Gnome, you must be the Scarlet Project that Dr. Desmond must be talking about" that statement helped the young man a lot to be able to better identify himself with the species he has in his hands "Scarlet Project? Dubbilex tell me what this project is about" "I regret to inform you brother Sebastian but I do not know exactly what your creation consists of, but I can inform you that you must escape now, Dr. Desmond is sending the G-Trolls for you."

Dubbilex calling him brother sounded strange to him, but then he thought that they must have used the genetic material of the Genomorphs to be able to create his current body, which sounded understandable to him and he was happy that Dubbilex, a Genomorph who wants to achieve the liberation of the Genomorphs from Cadmus at all costs is great "I am currently on the thirty-third floor, is there any project going on on this floor?" Dubbilex took a while to respond, probably listening to the orders of that crazy Desmond or guiding the other Genomorphs so that he could buy more time.

"According to some older G-Gnomes, that's where the DNAngels project is located, genetically created clones combining the DNA of three members of the league other than Superman to bring them" that information impressed Sebastian for two reasons, the first is that it means that the trio of girls that appeared in the Superboy comics when he went to Hawaii are real and two because it turns out that Dubbilex might not be the oldest genomorph in Cadmus "I understand Dubbilex, I need you to buy me more time, I don't plan on leaving those clones here, I'm going to take them too."

"Understood brother Sebastian, good luck" with that last sentence Sebastian stopped using his powers and left the genomorphs' telepathic network.

Outside the Genomorphic Network

Sebastian stopped releasing his power on the G-Gnome's horns and let go "I'm sorry little one, you can go now" he said leaving the G-Gnome on the ground, he took a few steps and sent a telepathic message to Sebastian before continuing on his way "Well excuse me Miss G-Gnome", with that Sebastian continued his journey through the thirty-third floor to find three clones that will be very helpful in his escape and will be perfect heroines in this crazy world.

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