Getting A System In A Modern World

Chris couldn't help but blink multiple times in confusion when he heard what Silas said.

"People with superpowers? Phenomenals? What are you talking about, son?" Chris asked as he looked at his son strangely.

He felt that this was one of those tales spun by those conspiracy theorists. Imagine someone saying that the Earth is flat or that it's being supported by two elephants.

'People just can't help but have very wild imaginations.' Chris thought to himself.

Silas sighed when he saw his father's reaction. It wasn't weird to him as it's a reaction that he very much expected.

He knew that the way his father reacted is the same way he would have if someone told him the same thing.

Superpowers? Phenomenals? Coupled with the system's black technology... This isn't a sci-fi movie or novel.

Silas couldn't help but smile at his own thoughts. His smile vanished the best moment when he remembered the serious conversation he was having with his father.

He looked at his father who still looking at him with an expression that says "you must be joking."

Silas knew that he has no choice but to show his father something that would convince him. He knew that this wasn't something that he could bullshit his way through. He has to convince his father and to do that, he would have to prove evidence.

That was the only way. And what other evidence does he need other than his own self?

Silas let out an exhale and looked at his father one more time.

"Dad," Silas called out to him father and pointed his hand that the TV's remote control was now floating above it.

Chris: "...."

"Is my age already catching up with me or something? But I'm not that old. Am I hallucinating?" Chris asked himself as he rubbed his eyes.

He felt that he was seeing things but he could swore that he just saw the TV's remote control float above Silas' hand.

'Nah.. That's impossible.. right?'

He turned to look at Silas' hand and he saw the TV's remote control still floating above it. He wants to believe with all his soul that what he was seeing wasn't real but the evidence is right in front of him.

"Silas..." Chris' voice trailed off as so many thoughts occupied gis head.

When Silas heard his father call his name, he released his control over the TV's remote control and set it back on the table.

"Dad, do you believe me now?" Silas asked but his father remained silent.

The living area was silent as Chris tried to process what he just saw and the implications. The previous coziness in the living room was now being replaced with a solemn and slightly tensed atmosphere.

Chris turned to look at Silas with a complicated expression on his face. The truth was that he was feeling like shit inside.

He thought that he could forget about his past and do his best to become a better father for his children but his past always finds a way to hunt him.

It was now that it sank into him just how badly he neglected his family. He barely knew anything about their lives. His son is ....a Phenomenal. Since when? He completely has no idea.

"I... How?" Chris finally asked.

Silas didn't know what was going through his father's mind and he found it even harder to guess with the expression on his face.

He knew that his father was shocked by what he showed him but the expression on his face wasn't something some who's shocked would have.

About his father's question, he didn't exactly know how to reply. Should he tell him the whole truth or....

He immediately decided again it. He could see that just telling his father about the Phenomenals was already too much for him. There was no need to burden him with more information.

"I awakened my superpowers seven months ago if I remember correctly,' Silas replied to his father's question.

"I see..." Chris slowly nodded his head as he clenched his fists lightly.

He really felt like hitting himself in the face at this point. How could he be so callous? Something major as this happened to his son seven months ago and he was out there wasting himself on alcohol and wallowing in self-pity?

He felt even more shittier inside when he thought of this. He looked at Silas and he knew that this wasn't the time to be feeling down. He was still discussing something very important with his son. He let out a deep exhale as he forcefully control his emotions.

"Son, you were saying something about Lucas and his son," Chris said, returning the discussion to the original topic.

"Yes. Daniel is in San Francisco and he's out for revenge for what happened to his father and his family. The reason why I can't report him to the relevant authorities is because this case is way above their pay grade. It's because Daniel is also a Phenomenal and anything related to people like us isn't something the ordinary people can know about.

You don't have to worry. I have already taken care of your security. He won't be able to get close to anyone of you. That I have made sure of." Silas said, explaining the whole situation to his Dad.

"But that isn't the only what you wanted to discuss with me, is it?" Chris asked when he saw the look on Silas' face.

It was a look of someone who still has a lot to say.

"Yes, it wasn't the only thing. Dad, I want us to relocate. The whole family. The country isn't safe anymore. I don't mean to give you a scare but there's a way coming and we have to prepare ourselves for it." Silas said as he looked at his father intently, studying his expression and the slightest movement of his facial muscles.

He really wants to know what his father's reaction would be to what he just told. The war wasn't exactly a news. With all the things and tension currently in the air, it would be weird if a war doesn't break out any moment.

As it is right now, the world is in a very delicate balance and all that's needed is an incident, a justification for the next world war to start. And Silas wouldn't want his family to be on the losing side.

Chris didn't know how to react to Silas wanting them to move out from the States completely but he knew that there was a valid reason for it.

About the war that Silas talked aboutz he could already smell it and he also won't want his family to experience something like that. Since Silas wants them to move and talked about the war, then it means that he had already made preparation or he's doing so

"When do you want us to kesvd, son?"