I made it. I made it to the past. I had been walking around the city. It looked so different then what I was used to. Walking around in chains and being forced to work. I shook it off. My parents told me that they used to live here and in a house not too far from a 5-star restaurant called Midnight. I asked around for directions but they were not very helpful. I got lost very easily. It took some time but I made it. They said their house number was 230. I looked across the roads until I found it. Wait what was I doing? I can't just go up to them and say, "Hi, I'm your daughter from the future and here to save you from an untimely death, because you died saving me." I paced as I thought about what to do. I decided to throw caution to the wind. I knocked on the door. My dad opened the door a few minutes later. I held back the urge to hug him. "Hi, I need to tell you something. Is your wife home," I asked. "Yes, Astrid a young lady wants to tell us something," my dad said. That was easier than I thought it would be. I was welcomed in. I sat down and waited for mom to come down. "So what did you want to talk about," mom asked me. "Well this might be hard to believe but I'm your daughter from the future and I'm here to warn the world about something that might end the entire human race," I said. "Y-you're our daughter," Dad asked. "Yeah, Lillian Lockheart. I'm 18," I said. My mother hugged me. I hugged back. "So what is gonna happen," My father asked. "An alien invasion," I said. "But aliens are not real," mom said. "Well a lot of people think that but this is also impossible," I said as I showed my powers. "H-how," my dad asked. "In 2037 a rare breed of humans exposed to much time in the field or underground gets a genetic change allowing them to harness the kindness within into powers," I said. "This is amazing. You said time underground what about miners," Mom asked. "Well miners never got the ability because there wasn't enough kindness in them," I said. "The level of kindness also matters." my mom marveled at the fact. I nodded. "I'm just wondering if there is a Blake family around," I asked. "I believe there is. Down the road. 259, "my mother said. I nodded and headed that way. I took a deep breath. I knew Brian wouldn't be there but his father looked very similar and that was more than enough for me. I went down the road and I found the house pretty quickly. It looked like all the other houses here. Old, big, homey. Anyway, I decided to think about an excuse to come in. I decided that the best excuse would be a reporter. Most people just jump at a chance to be interviewed and be on T.V. At least that's what I was told or was gonna be told. Time travel is hard to understand or even try to if you ask me. My dad was the one who understood after he learned about my abilities. It's fun knowing I could harness everything. I know I got to see my parents but it's not the same knowledge that they don't really know who you are and what you were doing here. I miss them but if I want to see them again I have to do this. I walked up to the door and knocked. A few minutes later he opened the door. A splitting image of Brain was looking at me. I held back my urge to hug someone who made my life better than I thought was possible. "Hi is this the Blake residence," I asked my voice wavering a bit. "Yes I'm William Blake," He said. Yup, that's Mr.Blake alright. It's weird how I never saw how similar the two looked. Most likely cause we barely saw each other. The only time we ever saw each is when we met our parents to introduce ourselves. Even then he was wearing a pair of goggles and I couldn't really see his face. I didn't know what to think. "Um hi I'm a reporter and I was wondering if you give a statement on how it is to live in this area," I said coming up with the truest sounding statement. "Oh well just a few minutes then you can come inside," He said closing the door in my face. Well, this version of my boyfriend's dad was a bit weird but I guess that's where Brian got his goofy side from and it makes so much sense. Tears spring into my eyes as I rub the ring Brian gave me as his death runs through my head. I won't let that happen again. I wipe my tears away and compose myself just as Mr.Blake opened the door again. I noticed he had changed his shirt and the house smelled a little like beer, blood, puke with air freshener just trying to cover the smell. This is not what I remember when I used to visit the Blake house. It didn't feel the same. I stepped in as he closed the door. I took out my phone. "That looks really advanced," He commented. "I lied. I'm from the future and I'm your son's girlfriend," I said bluntly. "What," he asked. "You heard me. I'm not from this time," I said. "Why are you here," He asked. "Your son died protecting me, but I'll make sure it doesn't happen again," I said. "Where is your wife," I asked, raising my brow. "Which one are you talking about," He asked. He had more than one wife. Wow, I was finding out more than I wanted. Now that I thought about maybe the scars aren't from the aliens. What if he was a---- what's the word that mom used. "Abuser," I said out loud. "You can't prove that," he said. "Well yeah, I was just thinking about something my mother told me," I said not wanting to mess up my relationship with him now or it proves fruitless in the future. I looked down as I swiped pass by pictures of Brian and I. my tears coming back full force. I wiped them before Mr.Blake could see them. I looked at the multiple pictures of women throughout the house. Many of the women were repeated in multiple frames. I was very worried. Was my future father-in-law marrying multiple women? Was I wrong to fall for my boyfriend? Was I finding out too much or was this just the tip of the iceberg? I needed to find more about the past than I thought. I needed to warn people now if we ever had a chance to defeat them in the future. I unlocked the door and ran out I took a deep breath. I was the only one who could stop this invasion and I can't do it without other humans like me. I remember dad saying if I focus enough I trace other life signatures that are like mine. I began to focus. I soon collapsed because of all the life I felt almost everyone had the gene then why did it take until 2037 to find them? The amount of kindness always matters, and then that's when it hit me. The amount of kindness. In the future section, 5 had the most number of people with these powers. I knew why. People did fake kindness. Meanwhile here we are true kindness and an urge to help others in pain cause sooner or later that could be us who need help. Oh god. No wonder they attacked us. They wanted to see the true amount of kindness. I messed up big time. As I was about to press the reverse button on my bracelet a hand was in my shoulder. "Hey are you ok," a soft voice asked me. I looked up into the eyes of a young boy about my age with shaggy brown hair and sky blue eyes. "I'm fine thanks anyway. I was just overwhelmed," I said. "Yeah, that house gives me the creeps. Mr.Blake has had almost 6 marriages," He said rubbing the back of his neck after helping me up. So I was right, Mr.Blake was remarrying. I smiled my thanks to- wait I never got his name. "I'm sorry I never got your name," I asked him. "Oh sorry, my name is Dylan. Dylan Smith," he said. "Lillian Lockheart but just call me Lilly," I said. I waved to him and decided to spend a night in a hotel. I know what you all must be thinking, why aren't I staying with my parents? Well to answer that, I don't trust them completely in this timeline. I went to the closest hotel and booked a room. I knew I had 5 years to convince the entire world to prepare to fight or maybe to get more people to unlock their abilities. If I used my powers by myself yeah I could do it no problem but I didn't know how that's what dad was gonna teach me plus it would take too much out of me. We would need about 10 people to stop them without losing years off our life or dying right there and then. I began to try and sense for stronger signatures of power. After a few minutes, I found 4 around the area I was in. That was only half of the number of people we were needed to stop this invasion. It's not like those 4 would even believe me. If I even tried to convince them to join this crazy idea of saving the human race. I lay back and I screamed into a pillow. This wasn't gonna be easy. I wanted to go back. I almost did but I didn't and I can't if I don't stop this no one will. I'm the only one who can do it then so be it. I'll enlist everyone I can. It's not like I'm the only one who will be standing in the end. If we want to save our home then we gotta fight like it our last day because for some it will be. I decided to sleep off the excitement.