Calamity Chapter 4: If Everyone is Not Special

Matt walked into the school bus as the kids inside stared at him. He hated when this happened… there was always some sort of unnerving feeling that something bad was approaching… Nonetheless, he sits down at the back of the bus, waiting to arrive at school. When he arrives, the sound of children talking fills the air. However, when he steps out of the bus, people look at him and start whispering to their peers.
Student 1: I heard he was experimented on by his mother
Student 2: Really? Is he even human?
Student 1: I don’t think so…
The whispering continues as he walks to his class, more whispers, more glares from the other students, he hates this place… Matt sits down at his seat and looks up as the teacher starts to speak. An hour and thirty minutes later, class was over… Matt packed his things and decided to take a stretch outside… He sat down behind the school and sighed… he stared into the sky above him and wondered to himself…
Matt: Sometimes I feel like there was more for me in this world…
His thoughts were interrupted by the sound of a girl yelling at him.
Green haired girl: There he is! Get him!
Matt looks up in panic and starts to run but is grabbed by a group of kids who drag him to the green haired girl…
Student 3: Alright, show him, Heather!
Heather puts on some brass knuckles and smiles sadistically as she punches Matt in the face, causing some of the people who were holding him to stumble back but continue to hold him still.
Heather: Pin him to the floor.
Everyone nods as they hold him onto the floor. Heather started to kick him while he was down as he tried to crawl away… in the distance, he saw a purple haired girl, who looked like she was homeless, and out of instinct, he yelled.
Matt: VIOLET! VIOLET HELP ME PLEASE!
The purple haired girl stared at the strange boy who was getting beat up…
Violet: Who is he…?
She shakes her head as she walks off, leaving Matt to fend for himself… why did he do that? Who is Violet? Matt couldn’t think about this long enough as he continued to get kicked by the other kids until Heather stomped on his chest and stared at him in the eyes.
Heather: Alright, freak, here’s the deal. You’re going to leave this school, get transferred to another where they actually accept you. You’re not welcome here and you never will be. Got it?
She digs her foot into his chest as Matt frantically nods.
Heather: Good… And if you show your face here again, we won’t just beat you up, we’ll KILL you.

Heather kicks Matt’s body away as she walks off, fanning herself off
Heather: Filthy Kingsmans… I should bring a knife next time…
Matt struggles to get up after that beating… It looks like school is over now… as he walks down the sidewalk, bruised and beaten, he thinks back to that Heather girl… even though she just beat the crap out of him and threatened his life, he feels like she was a close friend for some reason…
Matt: No that can’t be right…
He shakes his head as he opens the door to his house… there, Aella stood, holding a bat.
Aella: Matt… did you get into another fight again?
Matt: Yeah… Sorry mom…
Aella: You know what that means right? Punishment. Now.
Matt sighs as he takes off his jacket to the amusement of Aella, before hitting him with the bat and onto the floor. As she continued to beat him relentlessly, she yelled at him.
Aella: ARE YOU A BASTARD CHILD?!
Matt: NO!
Aella: ARE YOU A BASTARD CHILD!?
Matt: NO!
Aella: THEN WHAT ARE YOU?!
Matt: I’M A KINGSMAN! I’M A KINGSMAN!
After a while, Aella tosses the bat away and dusts off her hands. Matt gets up, even more beaten than before but wipes the blood off of his mouth…
Aella: Go wash yourself and get ready for dinner.
Matt: fine…
He walked upstairs, took a shower, and changed his clothing… As he sat down to eat with his mother, she glared at him from across the room.
Aella: So… why did you get into a fight?
Matt: Wha- are you saying that I’m the one who started it?
Aella: Well your entire existence starts fights…
Matt: No, I was jumped by the rich kid…
Aella: Oh that heather gal? She’s quite aggressive…
Matt: She said that if I came back the next day, she'd kill me…
Aella sips her drink and stares at Matt with a soft smile.
Aella: Then just suck it up. She’s probably just bluffing. You know how people can be…
Matt doesn’t answer as he continues eating… Aella hits the table in frustration.
Aella: Respond to me.
Matt: Okay fine… I’ll just… power through.
Aella: Good boy. Now finish your dinner and go to bed.
Matt nods as he finishes his meal and puts the plate in his sink. He walks up stairs and falls onto his bed.
Matt: ow…

He dozes off and eventually, Matt falls asleep. That night, he had a dream. A dream where a man in a grey coat talks to him… telling him about how powerful he truly is if he just tries to kill… but Matt refuses… he doesn’t want to… but he’s told about all the great things! People will fear him! People won’t bother him anymore! And best of all… maybe his mom will actually treat him like her son… That sold him. The next day, Matt woke up with a determined look on his face. He went into his mom’s room and carefully looted her drawers and found a small dagger. He smiles to himself as he puts it in his pocket and heads to school… he steps into the school as he hunts down Heather, taking out his dagger and showing it to the other students. They don’t even dare to try and fight back as he walks outside in the park and see’s Heather. She’s about to say something, but notices the dagger and immediately realizes what's going to happen to her. In a cold sweat, she got up and ran, but Matt only chased her, with a sadistic smile on his face… not only was this going to end his main threat, but also make a statement to the other students. Eventually, Matt caught up to her and grabbed her by the throat. He smiles as he took out the dagger and was ready to slit her throat but-
Familiar female voice: hey.
Matt stops and turns around… there’s a woman standing there. She had grey and yellow hair with a grey hoodie. She looks confused but also staring at him like she knew him.
Familiar female: What on earth are you doing? Everyone is waiting for you outside? Put that silly knife away and stop playing pretend.
Matt points the dagger at the woman, who gets taken aback.
Familiar female: hey! Is that any way to treat your aunt?
She scoffs
Familiar female: mortals have no respect for their elders…
Matt looks shocked and looks up.
Matt: Aunt? Who are you?
Familiar female: oh… I see. You’re actually falling for this illusion. Well then…
She cracks her knuckles and rushes at Matt.
Familiar female: Let me catch you up to speed!
And with that, the woman slapped Matt on the cheek so hard, the sound could be heard from across the school. Matt put his hand on his cheek as she stared at the woman in disbelief.
Familiar female: Snap out of it, Matt! All your friends are waiting! You’re not even in school anymore! You’re a grown man with an entire crew!
Matt: …crew?
Suddenly… his phone started to ring. Thats strange… he didn’t give anyone his phone number but… he picks up the phone

Matt: hello?
Familiar male voice: Hey, uh… Matt? Eren, Violet, Sis, and I kinda need your help… All 3 of them got arrested and I need someone who knows them in court. You think you can come here soon? … ah who am I kidding, of course you will! You’re our boss, after all!
Familiar female voice: Get me out of here! The pillows aren’t comfy!
Familiar male voice: Working on it, Eren! Hold on! But yeah… come here soon… please?
The phone hangs up, leaving Matt to just stand there. The woman in front of him continues to talk.
Familiar female: and what about your friend Heather? The richest and luckiest girl alive? At least that's what she calls herself… or maybe even Fox! You won’t believe this, but he almost died to save you!
Matt is starting to remember some things… but it looks like he needs one more big push…
Familiar female: And last of all!
“Are you really just going to abandon your daughters for a reality you don’t even like?”
Matt: …daughters…?
And then… something snaps. He remembers now. Memories of a reality he thought was just his imagination… but it was all true. He remembers the good times, the bad times, and even that time at the zoo… he looks up as a familiar gleam in his eyes was seen.
Matt: I remember now!
The woman looks pleased as she pointed to herself
Familiar female: you remember me too, right? Your aunt?
Matt: Uh… no… not really
Familiar female: What?!
Matt laughs a bit as he scratches the back of his head
Matt: Just kidding! Thanks for the help, Angel.
Angel, annoyed, regains her composure as she sighs.
Angel: Let's just get out of here…
???: NO.
Matt and Angel look up at the sound of another voice as they see the people around them glitching out and melting into static… the liquid static was flooding the floor as Angel grabs Matt and teleports him into higher ground. As they look up, they see the clouds forming into a humanoid being made of static, with soulless black eyes and screaming coming from inside its body.
Angel: What is that?!
Matt: …the thing that’s been controlling me… One Zero.
One Zero lets out a roar of anger as it slams a fist down on the two, but Matt, using Ares armor, deflects the fist away. Angel stares at him confused.
Angel: y-you can use your powers in your mind?!
Matt: What? Should I not be able to?

Angel thought to herself… if Ares had mastery over the soul… Matt might have better control over his mind… But then a loud crack is heard as the building they were standing on starts to float upward and towards One Zero. Multiple trees, debris, benches, everything, was floating up as the false world was breaking. One Zero grabs onto Matt and holds him in place. He tries to break free but the grip is too strong…
One Zero: don’t even bother, child… I have studied your power. I can contain you even at your one hundred percent…
One hundred percent…
One hundre-
Matt suddenly remembers something… and he starts to laugh. One Zero stares at him confused but Matt just smiles.
“You think one hundred percent is my limit?”
And suddenly, in a burst of power, One Zero’s arms are destroyed as a bright light shines from where Matt was. As the light dims down, both One Zero and Angel are in shock at what they see… it seems that Angel not only made him remember his current memories, but made him remember old ones too… Matt grips his fist as he floats in front of the giant abomination known as One Zero with a red aura surrounding him…
120% MATT KINGSMAN
Matt: Man… I haven’t used this in a while… but now that I remember…
He points his finger at One Zero confidently and yells out
Matt: I’m going to give you a F**K!
One zero chuckles as he replies.
One Zero: Excuse me?
With a smirk, Matt remembers what he’s fighting for… the people he cares about, the family he’s created, and most of all… himself. He draws back his and and calmly… he speaks
“Never”

Wait chapter 4?

Yeah you were having a breakdown during chapter 3. Want me to link it?

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Absolute cinema

damn no one like matt fr 😭 🙏