Chapter 1

This story is based off my theory/headcanon about Drex. I have decided to start the story off in a flashback instead of current day. I hope you enjoy it!

Some day in 1995:

It was a peaceful night and Mr. Manchester and his son, Ray, were walking through the park talking.

"See isn't this nice?" Mr. Manchester said, "A little fresh air after spending a day in the lab."

"It'd be nice if we did this instead of going to the lab." Ray mumbled, but loud enough for his father to hear.

Carl sighed, "Ray, I'm sorry, we've talked about this, we need to test your powers and figure out how it hasn't worked correctly on anybody else."

"Ya," Ray replied, "for 6 years! I'm getting real tired of it!"

"I know you are but-" Before Carl finished they heard screams coming from the road behind the trees...and they saw smoke. They both looked at each other and ran towards the smoke.

They got to the house and there were already multiple people surrounding the house. They saw two people in front fall to the ground, coughing and covered in smoke. They must have been in the house.

A man ran up to the couple, "I just called 911" he said, "they're on their way!"

"Wait!" the woman coughed, "MY BABY, my son *cough cough* he's still in there!"

"DREX!" the man coughed/screamed out.

People around them started murmuring in worriness, the house was already halfway up in flames! Ray looked to his father, then back to the house.

"Ray...don't!" His father warned.

Ray ignored him and started to run towards the house, but his father grabbed his arm. "Ray." His father warned again.

"Dad! If I have powers then I might as well use them for good!" Ray whispered to him so no one would hear them. Then before Carl could say anything, Ray ripped his arm from his dad's grip and ran past the crying parents and into the house.

Ray knew he could still feel pain, so he covered his nose with his arm so as to not inhale any smoke. It was hot and hard for Ray to see or think, but it was late at night, so his first thought was that the kid could be in his bedroom. So he immediately went to find a staircase. He remembered the name the father yelled, "Drex!" Ray yelled through his arm, "Drex where are you?!" Ray found the stairs and ran up it and went through the first door he found. Closet. "Nope." Ray said to himself as he went to the next door. Bathroom. "Agh!" Ray said fustraightingly. Just then he heard a whimper come from a door at the end of the hallway. "Drex?!" Ray yelled as he went through the door. There was a large lump under the covers of the bed, Ray saw that the fire was already consuming the room. Ray ran to the bed and threw the covers off the bed to reveal a boy no older than 10 years old, "Hey kid we gotta go!" Ray said, trying not to scare the kid.

There were tears in the kid's eyes, "Where's my mom and dad?" he cried.

Ray coughed, "They're outside and worried about you! I'm here to save you, the fire will consume us both if we don't get out of here." Ray told the boy reassuringly.

The boy looked tired and coughed a bit, "O-Ok-k..." he whimpered out.

Ray was happy that the boy gave in quickly. He picked the boy up bridal-style, "cover your mouth!" Ray told the boy, who did what he was told. Ray thought he heard sirens in the distance past the sound of flames cracking. "Finally!' Ray thought.

Outside, Carl was starting to pace. He knew his son would be fine, but if his powers got exposed then there would be a lot of explaining to do to everyone. The sirens in the distance were getting closer. People were comforting the crying couple.

Just then, "He made it!" someone in the crowd shouted.

Ray came running out of the firey house, boy in arms. He ran straight to the couple and delivered their child to them.

"Mom! Dad!" Drex cried and hugged his parents.

"Drex!" His mom cried and she and her husband hugged back just has the fire department pulled up. Ray returned to his father and they stepped back with the rest of the crowd to let the fire department do their job.

"Are you alright?" Carl asked concerned.

Ray coughed, "Yes, i'll be fine in a minute" he wiped some ash from his face.

Carl nodded as he let Ray cough for a few seconds until his powers kicked in and he stopped. He sighed, "Good job."

Ray turned to him and smirked. "Thanks."

A couple ambulances had arrived and a couple paramedics went up to Drex and his family. Ray saw someone talking to another paramedic, who looked at Ray. He walked up to Ray, but Ray swatted him away and assured him that he was fine. The paramedic sighed and finally gave in and walked away.

The fire department was still putting the fire out as paramedics were coming towards Carl and Ray with Drex in the gurney and his parents, who were able to walk, walking next to the gurney. They stopped in front of them and Drex sat up. "Drex what do you say?" the mom said.

"Thank you for saving me…" Drex whispered out and let out a cough.

Ray smiled, "Your welcome!"

The mom put her hands in Ray's, "Thank you for saving our son, we couldn't be more thankful. What is your name?"

"My name is Ray, and this is my dad Carl."

"It's good to meet you" the father said, "you've probably already met Drex, but I'm Jack and this is my wife, Sandy." They both shook hands with Ray and Carl.

"The pleasure is ours" Carl replied.

There was an awkward silence for a moment until the paramedic spoke up, "Oh, hey Ray, you said was your name? Are you sure you're ok, you don't need to go to the hospital?"

"Yes," Ray and Carl answered at the same time. They looked at each other, then back to the paramedic.

"Uh yes," Ray said this time, "Yes I am fine."

The paramedic nodded and rolled the gurney to the ambulance with Jack and Sandy following behind.

A few minutes later, the crowd was decreasing as the fire department was successfully putting out the fire. The news truck pulled up and Ray and Carl decided it was time for them to leave themselves so they didn't have to deal with an interview. Ray walked away proudly, proud of the good deed he just did. "Wow." Ray thought, "Saving people is actually fun!"

What did you think of the first chapter? I will write the next chapter in present day as soon as I can. Well considering we're still in quarantine, it won't be long….