The men after waiting for hours to pass looked at their watches as they became more and more impatient, as they reached their wits end exhausting all the card games they knew it was like fate heard their pleas to free them from boredom when the ground began to move and a hand shot out from the earth. The body they buried had clawed it's way back up after breaking it's restraints, Jason emerged from his grave with a ferocious look in his eyes which pleased the henchmen. He felt an overwhelming power he didn't have before and lunged at the men who laughed and smiled in joy as they dodged and shoved Jason around.
"Nice Nice!"
"Come on newblood, show us what you got!"
"Come at me!"
They yelled as they used their inhuman strength to evade and strike at Jason who was fuelled by desperation as he had been replaying the final words of the man who threatened his only family. Despite his cold attitude towards the girls at Eden they all practically raised him and were raised alongside him, he wouldn't let anyone harm them.
He managed to land a hit on one of the men only to be sent flying by another crashing into a tree, the impact should have killed him but Jason shuck off the attack and stood back up, his new found strength and healing factor kicking in allowing him to rush back into the battle. For the next few hours the men played with Jason until the rush wore off and he eventually tired himself out allowing the men to restrain him once more after getting in a good few hits, again the last thing Jason remembered before the men left him in the rain was one of the men telling him, "We'll come to find shortly, Mr Valentino has given you a gift, a rebirth and you'd do well to pay him back."
After waking up once more Jason headed in the direction the men left in their car and eventually found himself at the outskirts of Dogtown, he was confused, scared and angry a himself for not taking Uncle Ray's advice.
"Jesus Chris! Jason!" a Eden gangster called Thomas, who was somewhat close to Jason yelled when he showed up on his doorstep after going missing two days ago, the whole of Eden had been in uproar after he vanished, Raymond was threatening was with the Marcello family who were just as furious at the sudden murder of one of their captains, in only two days the gangs were at each others throats, both believing the other backstabbed their members.
Jason leaned on his friend who helped him inside, Thomas clumsily stitched up Jason's face however it wasn't much help since it had been left in dirt it had already begun to partially rot from infection, something not even the healing factor could stop. With his jaw half exposed he had no choice but to try write down an explanation as to what happened despite his poor handwriting which wasn't helped by his still injured hands.
Thomas put his head in his palms as he read what Jason wrote, the Valentino family were a big deal in the mafia world especially overseas, it was hard to believe someone had access to a drug capable of drawing out mutant abilities but after hearing who it came from he had no doubt that what Jason said was true not that he doubted him much to begin with.
"Shit, what the hell did you get into." he looked at Jason who sheepishly looked back barely able to meet Thomas' gaze.
"I-I don't know what to do." he said as tears rolled down his face, for the first time he was scared that he might cause the deaths of those he held dear and it was an uncomfortable reality of the path he chose.
Thomas went an grabbed two beers from his fridge, one for him and another for his young friend. "You gotta follow the road you chose to travel, that seems to be the only option you have buddy." he then placed his hand on Jason's should and after taking a long sip he said with a sigh, "But you don't gotta walk it alone alright, I'll stay by your side all the way just like always but this time we do things together, that solo shit stays in the past alright. Like you said you was given a chance to be reborn so why not do things different yeah."
The two shared the first of many drinks in silence and the next morning they went to Eden entering through the back door to avoid watchful eyes, as soon as Jason entered the girls upon noticing him beamed with relief and quickly crowded him holding onto him and crying as they gently inspected his damaged body and torn up face which he had tried to cover with a bandana prompting a flurry of questions.
Raymond exited his room initially furious at the commotion amidst such a tension filled period however as he saw Jason his heart dropped and he rushed downstairs hugging him tightly forgetting his own strength but as he realised and panicked thinking he had crushed the boy he felt it, the aura that had begun to leak out of Jason, similar to his own but much weaker it was clear that Jason had awakened his mutated abilities, how strong he would become and whether he possessed a unique trait was unknown to Ray who could usually evaluate most mutants but it was clear that from the lack of strength behind his aura that it was awakened unnaturally which was a cause for concern. Despite his worries he was more relieved and wanted to savour the moment he had with his precious boy while the occasion allowed it.