Neil
and Bryan spent a couple hours playing games together, gloating when
they won, and calling the other a cheap bastard when they lost. It was
about 8 o’clock by the time Alex came home and joined in on the beer
drinking. It was only a Thursday evening, but no one had any classes
until at least noon the next day, so Thursdays were officially changed
to Thirsty Thursday. The rule was, if you didn’t go to bed without
proving that you were drunk, you had to do the dishes for the whole
weekend. No one had broken the rule in about two months.
The
three enjoyed several beers and they each partially enjoyed a glass of
cheap, pre-made Long Island Iced-tea out of a jug they bought at the
store. As he drank, Neil’s tongue began to loosen. He told Bryan and
Alex about the dream and about the weird things that happened to him
that day.
“Holy shit Hitchenator, you’re turning into Spider-man!” Neil hated the name Hitchenator, but was too drunk to care.
“No,
you idiot. Spider-man got bit by a radioactive spider.” Exclaimed
Alex, as if Bryan’s comment was meant to be taken seriously, “I think
Neil would have told us if that happened. Maybe you’re starting to get
schizophrenia and you’re just imagining shit. You should get yourself
checked out.”
“I’m
not crazy, seriously. The shampoo bottle and the water fountain I was
alone for, but the clock thing everyone saw. There’s no way that part
was a coincidence. I almost felt like…like I made it happen.” Even as
he said it, Neil realized how ridiculous it sounded. How could he
possibly make something like that happen?
“Haven’t you seen A Beautiful Mind?
It can seem perfectly real and still be a hallucination. Seriously
man, that’s not a good sign. You should really talk to a doctor if you
really think you somehow made all that stuff happen with your mind or
something.” Alex said, and Bryan nodded in agreement.
Neil
started to feel frustrated. Of course he wasn’t crazy. Why wouldn’t
they agree with him? His temper started to rise at the thought of his
best friends not believing what he was saying. If they wouldn’t believe
him, who would? All of that talk, and perhaps all of the alcohol, was
starting to give him a headache. He thought back to that dream again,
the one that felt so real…
“I
said I’m NOT CRAZY!” Neil slammed his beer bottle down on the coffee
table, and as he did, he was startled by a deafening sound in front of
him. He looked up, and saw the source of the noise. The screen on the
TV in front of him was completely shattered, and smoke rose from the
back of the set.
Superhuman
Nature is Brandon Overall's first novel. It was written and published
during his first deployment to Afghanistan as a 2nd Lieutenant in late
2013.
Neil
Hitchens was a senior ROTC Cadet in college. He was just weeks away
from graduating and becoming an Officer in the United States Army, until
a strange dream set off a chain of events that would twist his life
into something he could have never prepared for.
In
the days following his dream, several strange happenings occurred that
he began to suspect were the result of his own actions. Before long, he
discovered that he had the ability to control the world around him with
his mind.
What
started out as an unpredictable ability quickly evolved into an
extraordinary power that had the capacity to change the world. It didn't
take long for the government to find out what Neil could do.
They
knew having such limitless potential on the side of the US Military
could give them limitless political influence, and they would stop at
nothing to get Neil to do their bidding. They would find out what
happens when you back a dangerous animal into a corner.
Neil
spent his whole life believing he would amount to greatness, but he
never expected how greatness could corrupt even the most innocent of
minds.
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Genre – Science Fiction
Rating – PG-13
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