As I saw my reflection in the mirror, it cracked and shattered. Pieces of the mirror fell on the floor, and as more and more pieces fell they broke even more. I tried my best to cover my face so no one could see what I was hiding. But then I heard a scream from down the hall.

"ALEX! Wait I'm sorry please don't leave me alone."

I looked back and saw Val running to me with tears in his eyes. I know what I did next was insanely risky to do, but I lifted my mask and a bright flash of light engulfed the hall. The next thing I knew I was back in my house still holding my mask and still somewhat in shock after what happened. I reached for my phone and searched for Val's contact to track him, it looked like he was still hiding in the guest house.

Okay, it's time to come clean. For one yes my name is Alex Cruz but I'm not a normal kid. I was born with something special about me that I have been forced to hide all my life. I was born with strong psychic-like powers. when I was born my eye would not open for the first month of my life. When I finally did open my eyes I almost gave my parents a heart attack. My eyes were bright magenta bleeding into a light purple. No one knew why my eyes were this odd color but whenever I opened my eyes I was able to use massive amounts of psychic power. This included telepathy, telekinesis, teleportation, and more. I never really wanted to have these powers because I can't be a normal person, I would always have this secret about myself.

When I was younger my powers caused me great pain and stress. Every day I would come home with a headache and mental fatigue. I remember that when I was younger these headaches would end in me passing out and having weird dreams. These dreams would start in pitch black. Then I saw what I could only be the universe forming right before my eyes. I would see many stars, planets, and life forms. But all these dreams would end the same. I would be at the foot of a large palace being engulfed by a black sludge. Then a woman dressed in all white would appear. She would say "Alex wake up" and then kiss my forehead. After that, I would wake up in a cold sweat and start crying. So my parent searched for something that my powers couldn't affect and we found the mask, oddly I wasn't able to do anything to a plastic white mask, so it was perfect. I would be wearing it for a long time so my head was wrapped in bandages and the mask was bonded to me so it wouldn't randomly fall off. I was able to create an image of a face on the mask and bandages so nothing would look out of the ordinary. I erased the memories that anyone had about my powers before the mask was fully bonded to me. But the bonds that keep my mask on have been weakening which is good because that means that my powers are weakening but I need to find a way to keep my friends, family, and myself safe before then.

I remember the day I had to whip my parent's memory. it was right before my dad died.

"Alex, remember that your father and I will always love you. Never forget that this is for you, but we will always love you."

From there with tears in my eyes I whipped their memories.

I wish someone knew about my powers so I wouldn't be alone. See the reason that monsters attack the city might be because of me. I think that once I lifted my mask the creatures felt my ora and started looking for me. But there is a high chance that they will never find me because just like how we call Valentino, Val to hide that he is from the Alvarez family I wiped any memories of everyone that knew about my powers, and that's how I keep them safe. I would never want to hurt anyone but my power should never be used without being necessary. Just like when Valentino and I almost died, I thought I hurt them by using my powers but thankfully no one got hurt and no one remembers. This is odd because I thought my powers weakened too much to do that again.

"Hopefully, I can fix my mask before anyone sees me."

The front door creaks open and someone walks in.

"Hey, Alex are you here?"