THE UNSTOPPABLE MIST # 3

CITIZENSHIP DISORDER: CATALONIA

PART 2 OF 6

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The reason why Miguel Montero stopped having a dissociative disorder when he became the Mist, was not because the same powers healed him. Instead, it expanded his multiple personalities to several regions of Spain. The original Madrid personality was just one of them. Reason why his nemesis, Doctor Cibelius, could not identify the rest in the beginning. In the case of Catalonia, his alter ego was called Jordi Reus. He was fully aware of his Mist powers and his potential as a superhero but he couldn’t remember his Madrid personality, how he had achieved such powers and nothing about his previous life until that moment. Jordi lived in Barcelona. He spoke Catalan fluently and at the native level. He worked as a builder for urban construction sites. He had no family or girlfriend because of his nonexistent past. Nor did he have any friends. As cloudy as the Mist itself. All he knew was that he should use those powers for good. Not just for the sake of helping people. But, he thought that by fulfilling this task, the answers to all those questions and gaps in his memory would come to light. As in Madrid, Doctor Cibelius had his organized crime distributed in Catalonia with his base of operations in Barcelona. But it wasn’t these petty criminals who would cause him the greatest of problems.

It had to do with an alien named Centaur Nox who came from a distant galaxy referred to as Sentes III. He was exiled from his planet Anura for trying to unify the Alpha race (red face color) with the Omega race (yellow face color); being the first in the history of the planet with both features (orange) and both superpowers: positive zone repulsors (that could regroup molecules for constructs) and negative zone repulsors ( that could ungroup molecules for disintegration). His preaching for peace and the fact that he was not an Alpha or Omega, caused his exile. These qualities also prevented him from being accepted on his planet in his younger years. His exile by spaceship took him to Madrid where, even in human disguise, was treated poorly by its natives. He traveled to Barcelona in more humiliation where, however, the hospitality was completely the opposite. He was well received by a good family called by last name, Jaume. They fed him, took care of him and treated him like no one else have ever done in his life. Centaur Nox, who called himself Xavier Jaume in honor of his new family, integrated perfectly with the rest of the Catalans, assuming the language and traditions with relative ease.

But, to his surprise, one day he found that his entire family had been murdered after he came home from the supermarket. Those responsible were of Madrilenian origin (according to the crime scene evidence) but he didn't know that it was Cibelius' minions who sought to settle accounts with his brother and his gambling debts. Little did it matter to Centuar Nox and Xavier Jaume who, from that moment on, called himself by his third and ultimately last code name: The Barna Baron.

He shapeshifted to his alien form with an orange face and white suit. He also had many sharp red-and-yellow strips that emerged from his back as tentacles. It was indifferent to the Barna Baron who or why they had killed the only family that ever cared for him. His only concern was that the culprits were from Madrid and he wanted revenge. Not against the same mobsters who had executed the crime, but against any foreigner or Madrilenian in Barcelona at the time. Centaur Nox started a genocide in broad daylight with his razor-like back strips whilst floating in midair. He used his superior vision to recognize those who were not Catalans and, first, disintegrated them with negative repulsor rays expelled from his hands to then rebuild them genetically as Catalans with positive repulsor rays. And these genetic reconstructions were not only Catalans, but exact clones of the father, mother, brother and sister in the Jaume family. Which he also controlled with his powers to help him perpetuate his nationalist deconstruction. This caught the attention of our superhero.

The Mist confronted the Barna Baron, trying to defend the foreign victims in Barcelona. Soon the supervillain learned, in the same way he analyzed humans, that the Mist was really of Madrilenian origin and with a certain Catalan mixture that he could not quite identify. The battle was long and evenly fought but the Mist won in the end mixing his powers with those of his adversary; specifically, the repulsor rays he used against him to evaporate him into the atmosphere. This caused the clones of the Jaume family to disintegrate and that his fake Catalan heritage to ultimately fade. Despite the genocide, the Mist was praised by both foreigners and native Catalans who still couldn’t understand what had happened.

LA IMPLACABLE NIEBLA # 3

TRASTORNO DE NACIONALIDAD: CATALUÑA

PARTE 2 DE 6

El motivo por el cual Miguel Montero dejó de sufrir el trastorno disociativo al transformarse en la Niebla, no era porque el mismo poder lo curaba. Más bien exponenciaba sus múltiples personalidades a varias regiones de España. La personalidad madrileña original era tan sólo una de ellas. Razón por la cual su némesis, el Doctor Cibelius, no pudo identificar al resto hasta el final. En el caso de Cataluña, su alter ego se llamaba Jordi Reus. Era completamente consciente de sus poderes de la Niebla y su potencial como superhéroe pero no recordaba su personalidad madrileña, cómo había conseguido dichos poderes y nada acerca de su vida anterior hasta ese momento. Vivía en Barcelona. Hablaba catalán fluidamente y a nivel nativo. Trabajaba como constructor de obras urbanas. No tenía familia o novia por su pasado inexistente. Ni siquiera tenía amigos. Tan nublado como la misma Niebla que era. Lo único que sabía era que debía emplear esos poderes para el bien. No sólo por el hecho de ayudar a la gente. Pero creía que cumpliendo dicha tarea, saldrían a la luz las respuestas a todas esas incógnitas y lagunas de su memoria. Como en Madrid, el Doctor Cibelius tenía sus mafias distribuidas en Cataluña con su base de operaciones en Barcelona. Pero no eran estos criminales de poca monta quien le ocasionaría el mayor de sus problemas.

Más bien tenía que ver con un alienígena llamado Centaur Nox que venía una galaxia lejana referida como Sentes III. Fue exiliado de su planeta Anura por intentar unificar la raza Alfa (semblante color rojo) con la raza Omega (semblante color amarillo); siendo el primero en la historia del planeta con ambos rasgos (naranja) y poderes: repulsores de zona positiva (reagrupar moléculas para construir) y repulsores de zona negativa (desagrupar moléculas para desintegrar). Su predicación por la paz y el hecho que no fuese Alfa u Omega, causaron su exilio. Estas cualidades también le impedían ser aceptado en su planeta desde que era pequeño. Su exilio por nave espacial le condujo a Madrid donde, incluso bajo el disfraz terrícola, consiguió que todo el mundo lo tratase mal. Viajó a Barcelona cada vez más humillado donde, sin embargo, su recibimiento fue completamente lo contrario. Conoció una buena familia de apellido Jaume. Lo alimentaron, lo cuidaron y lo trataron como nunca lo había hecho nadie en toda su vida. El propio Centaur Nox, que se hacía llamar Xavier Jaume en honor a su nueva familia, se integraba perfectamente con el resto de catalanes, asumiendo la lengua y las tradiciones con relativa facilidad. 

Pero, para sorpresa de éste, se encontró un día que toda su familia había sido asesinada una tarde que venía de hacer la compra. Los responsables eran de origen madrileño (según estudiaba la escena del crimen) pero no sabía que se trataba de los esbirros de Cibelius que buscaban saldar cuentas con su hermano de familia y sus deudas ludópatas. Poco podía importarle igualmente a Centuar Nox y Xavier Jaume que, desde ese momento, se autodenominaba con su tercer y último mote: El Barón Barna.

Se transfiguraba a su forma alienígena con rosto naranja y traje blanco. También disponía de cintas rojiblancas afiladas que salían de su columna como tentáculos. Le resultaba indiferente al Barón quién o por qué habían matado a la única familia que lo había acogido. Su única obsesión era que tenía que ver con madrileños y quería venganza. No contra los mismos mafiosos que habían ejecutado el crimen, sino contra cualquier extranjero o madrileño en Barcelona en aquel momento. Centaur Nox empezó un genocidio en plena luz del día utilizando sus cintas afiladas mientras flotaba en pleno aire. Usaba su visión superior para reconocer aquellos que no eran catalanes y, primero, los desintegraba con rayos repulsores negativos de sus manos para volverlos a reconstruir genéticamente como catalanes con repulsores positivos. Y éstos no eran sólo catalanes, sino clones exactos y por montones del padre, madre, hermano y hermana de la familia Jaume. Que encima controlaba bajo su poder para ayudarle a perpetuar su deconstrucción nacionalista. Esto llamaba la atención de nuestro superhéroe.

La Niebla se enfrentó al Barón Barna, intentando defender las víctimas extranjeras en Barcelona. Pronto el supervillano se enteró, de la misma manera que analizaba a los humanos, que la Niebla era realmente de origen madrileño con un matiz catalán que no lograba discrepar. La batalla fue larga y reñida pero la Niebla venció al final mezclando sus poderes con las de su adversario; concretamente, los repulsores que utilizaba en su contra para evaporarlo hacia la atmósfera. Esto provocaba que los clones de la familia Jaume se desintegrasen y muriesen en definitiva sus orígenes extranjeros. Pese al genocidio, la Niebla fue alabada tanto por los mismos como por los catalanes autóctonos que seguían sin comprender lo sucedido.