Looking up from the report that he was writing, Nick caught the irate glare of Deputy Direct Holly, aka Aunt Holly, and immediately went back to writing.
He was back in Los Angeles just 12 days after he left to Alaska on vacation and had a report about facing off against anomalies!
Thankfully while the vampires did destroy all of the visible vehicles, destroyed the towns emergency Satellite phones and killed the sled dogs, Nick found a way to send of help...He simply shut off the oil!
The whole reason Barrows Alaska sprouted up was because of the huge well of oil found in the vicinity, so when 'someone' took a pickaxe to pipe and completely stopped the flow of oil, people began investigating what was going on.
Of course in the verbal report Nick told this person wasn't identified and hinted that it could've been the vampires themselves, but Holly knew. She lived with Nick most of his entire life and could tell at a glance that her nephew was lying, she knew he was the one who destroyed the pipeline but decided to keep it to herself.
She was secretly proud that he was smart enough to be able to notify the outside world of their troubles, she didn't care that it came at the cost of tens of millions in lost oil and time wasted.
As the report was filled out in complete details, Nick quietly got up from his chair before attempting to slink away to his replace car.
"Where is it that you think your going?" Hearing the cold voice from behind, a sigh of resignation escaped Nick's mouth as he turned around.
Holly stood their with a peeved expression, her annoyance clear on her face.
"I think there's a case over in New York, I was gonna head over and check it out..." Nick was planning on seeing and possibly talking to his first superhero.
During his free time in Alaska Nick read a magazine from the Daily Bugle titled 'Who is this masked menace Spider-man!' Spider-Man was always Nick's favorite superhero as a kid, he wanted to meet him more than any other hero in this world!
"Today is the last day to watch Wendy and Kevin's play at their school, they will be Hansel and gretel. They specifically wanted you to come and watch them, even more so than her own parents." Despite this sounding jealous, there was the faintest smile on Holly's face
Wendy and Kevin were twins and Nick's cousins, although he and the twins consider each other siblings instead. Hearing the twins wanting him to stay and watch their school play, Nick felt his guilt weigh down on him.
'Ever since I transitioned into this alternate world I haven't talked to my family once besides Holly, I use to hang out every week...'
After finding out that he'd been cursed and that danger would always surround him, Nick basically cut himself off from his family to protect them. He rarely ever stayed In Los Angeles as just the idea of being in the same state as his family scared him.
Thinking about the twins hopefully expression, Nick let out a sigh.
"I got time to watch their play but I'll have to leave afterwords, theres pressing matters that need to be investigated"
"Good. I'll tell the twins you'll be watching, they'll put all their effort into tonight's showing." The cold expression on Hollys face melted, a warm smile bloomed forth.
Because she was his boss and the Deputy Direct of the NIA, Holly always kept a cold and ubiased attitudes when dealing with Nick. This was the first time in Months since Nick had seen her smile, the guilt of running away from his family soared even higher.
Nick just wanted to keep his family safe but he now realized he also need to keep his family happy.
***
Driving through the Los Angeles street in an all black SUV, Nick looked out at the street lamps illuminating the dark road.
"So what did you think, me and Kevin killed it during tonights performance" the hyperactive blond, Wendy, said as she was still in her Gretel costume.
Nick was sandwich in the back seat of the SUV, Wendy on one side and Kevin on the other. Aunt Holly was sitting in the passenger seat while her husband, Rick Williams, was driving them back to NIA Headquarters where Nick's car was parked.
Kevin, who was sitting to Nicks right, remained quite but a hopeful look appeared in his eye.
"It was great, you guys embodied Hansel and Gretel and your acting sucked me into the story. The practical affects looked good for it being a school play as well, the oven you pushed the witch in looked super realistic ."
Looking at the expression on the twins faces brighten, Nick felt the rush of warm familial love. He wasn't exaggerating too much either, the two really did a great performance and the set pieces and props looked surprisingly good for a high school play.
"Me and Kevin are doing everything we can to get into juilliard, its the best acting school in the US. From then on we'll become world renowned actors!" Listening to Wendy's naive goals of the future, Nick's face held a bitter smile.
The idea of having a future for himself didn't seem possible, with his strong body that he got from absorbing creatures Nick knew he would easily dominate any sport. Whether it was MMA or the Olympics, Nick would absolutely crush all others with his supernatural body alone, even if he had no talent.
Despite having such an easily attainable way to gain wealth and fame, the idea of actually doing it never crossed Nick's mind.
Firstly he viewed it as no different than cheating with enhancement drugs, but the biggest reason he didnt do it was the world ending threats that's this world seems to face every couple of years.
The idea of making money off cheating in sports against normal people was bad but Nick could live with it, the idea of getting rich cheating against normal people while aliens invade and kill tens of thousands when he could have saved people was horrible. He didnt want to live the rest of his life guilt ridden.
"Yeah Nick, Wendy and I have been applying for scholarships like crazy and weve already got a couple. Once we get out of highschoo-" *Bang* Kevin was cut off mid sentence as suddenly the world went into slow motion!
The SUV they were riding in was spiralling through the air and bouncing off the road. The car rolled half a dozen times until it came to a stop with its right side up!
All the windows were shattered, the airbags deployed and the door on Kevin's side was badly dented. Nick's mind was still trying to fully process what happened but it was the sound of Wendy screeching in pain that awoke him.
Ripping off his seatbelt Nick didn't even try to open Kevin's dented door, he stood up and slammed his hand his hands into it. The door exploded open and kicked off it's hinges, he unbuckled the unconscious Kevin and heafted him out of the vehicle all while Wendy screamed in pain.
Settling him down a couple feet away, Nick heard a door squeak open as a bloodied Holly threw herself out and managed to help Rick. Holly's arm looked swollen and was obviously broken, both her and Rick were covered in glass and bruises that one would expect from fast car accident.
"A-Are you guys okay!" Rushing over to them, Nick was barely able to reach them in time to stop them from falling over!
With one arm around Holly waist and the other around Rick's, Nick dragged the two next to Kevin. He was going to go back and get wendy when he felt a strong grip grasp his wrist.
She spoke in a barely audible slur, most of her teeth were missing and she was bleeding heavily from her gums.
"This... Wasn't an... Accident...." Holly croaked out to Nick's startled expression.
Without a moment of hesitation Nick got up and raced to the car, grabbing the backseat door and ripped it open. Wendy was sobbing in pain, she was covered in bruises and glass, her middle finger bone was jetting out of her flesh and was pouring blood.
"Shh shhh it's okay! I've got you, everything gonna be-" *brrrrrttt!*
Just as he managed to unbuckle Wendy from the car, the unmistakable sound of tires squealing to a stop was heard behind him.
Turning around Nick was about to call out the pedestrians who stopping to help him, but he froze in his tracks as he was greeted with a group of three black cars with their windows down and guns pointed at him! The front car had major damages to the hood!