Freddy Freeman: Mysterious Connections

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Synopsis: Freddy Freeman is looking into recent events that occurred in Kahndaq including looking into their mysterious leader who shares a connection with. Undaunted by the fact that his "benefactors" are not sharing what knowledge they may have Freddy is relying on his own research skills and deductive reasoning to find what information he can about Teth-Adam as he looks to the past to help him in the present.

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“Freddy you’ve become obsessed with this. I don’t understand you were progressing so well with your original thesis why are you asking to take time off to do this side project."

He could hear them as clearly now as he did the first day. Dr. Dixon wasn’t pleased that he was taking time off to do additional work, but he thought it would be for the best that he take some time off before he went forward to finish his work which would go a long way into helping him finish up his thesis work which he felt he could probably easily parlay into dissertation, but the moment the announcement he had come he knew something change it was as if something inside of him was awakened again. He didn’t know when or how but someone else was connected. It wasn’t the first time that he had felt the connection, but this one was far stronger than the one before. He couldn’t put his finger upon it until he saw the announcement made by the one called Khem-Adam, Black Adam.

The very name resonated inside of him and he knew that this was changing things. The world as it should be as it was was changing and no good could come from it if it was not handled with the care it required, but as he was not receiving the answers that he thought he would receive when he changed forms he knew that he would have to seek the answers out himself. It was as if someone actively did not want him to know the truth of things and there was very little that he could do to draw the answers out if “they” were not ready to share the information with him.


It was not the first time that knowledge was withheld from him, but instead of getting angry and obstinate Freddy saw it as a challenge a challenge that needed to be overcame if he was to determine why he felt a connection with a man he never met. More than that with a man who had risen to power without so much as a peep from “them”. He knew that the man was different, on some level he knew that there paths were similar, but he also knew that they were meant to protect and defend, not rule. This was not what they were meant to do. There were far too many temptations there and it could potentially send the wrong message. They were to be the example, but not like this, but Freddy was a student which meant that he would do what he could to find out what was not being shared with him.

As he knew that this would plague he asked for a formal sabbatical so he could research some additional information. Unfortunately Freddy was unsure how long it would take him to uncover what he needed to find out so he wanted to make sure that there were no expectations for him to be back within the next month or so. It was going to take time. Which meant that he was going to have to return to New York to work as it was one of the places where he lived. He did most of his work in Chicago as that was where he decided to do his graduate work at the University of Chicago. He had considered London, but Chicago had won him over, not that he didn’t consult with many of the professors at the various universities in Great Britain, but Chicago was where had made his home for the last two years.

Thankfully he still maintained a residence in New York which is where he was as there were constant discussions going on in the UN about Khandaq. This wasn’t something that happened every day, but with the destabilization of the former government and the creation of the next it was something to behold something that would go down in the history books, but it also presented a danger for those that were like Freddy and this Khem-Adam. He was certain that someone would take notice and if they disagreed with what was done it could lead to a conflict that the world was not prepared for.

It weighed heavily on his mind, but while he kept himself aware of what was going on between the various governments of the world he knew that the best thing that he could do was to check into the books even more he would need to speak with the experts. Those that were familiar with Egypt’s past. That’s where Freddy believed that some of the answers lay. There had to be something out there and if it was anything like he was involved in he knew that only he would recognize the clues and be able to fashion them together to reveal the truth of things.

Given the work that he was doing for his graduate work it was easy to weave a tale together that he was looking into information for research that required him to interview various Egyptologists and archaeologists that would be able to provide him with a bit of information. He also used that to acquire information about the current ruler of the Republic of Khandaq as it had been referred to.

Unfortunately this meant that he was on the go. His apartment began filled with various recorded conversations along with journals that were on loan to him along with information about Khem-Adam which wasn’t easily obtainable. The world knew only what Khandaq let them know but Freddy slowly began to construct a timeline working backwards in attempt to determine when this Khem-Adam emerged.

Freddy had his work cut out for him looking through the various texts and tomes that could provide him with hint of a similar situation that he found himself in. Of course he knew when he exhausted all avenues of the normal he would have to go outside the box and consult the denizens of the world that he had been opened to him by accepting the offer of his benefactors. They held knowledge that had been forgotten and hidden from the rest of the world, swept away for everyone’s sake, but he had to draw some of this out if he was to unravel the mystery.

This would not be done in a day, a week or a month. It would take some time and he needed to have the time not a deadline upon which he had to return and continue his work. He was placing his academic life on hold, but this is what it meant to be the Chosen One, the champion. He had to place the world before anything he wanted as he needed to ensure its safety. This was far too important for him to dismiss.

If there is more for him to learn then he would learn it. He would seek it out and discover what this connection was, but he would not do it blindly. Taking too much time could be just as dangerous as rushing in, which is why he continued to press forward as expediently as he could. Freddy would gather what he could by whatever means that were at his disposal. If there were clues he would discover them and hopefully shed some light upon this matter.

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Synopsis: While on the training passing through Metropolis Freddy considers his next course of action as he's nearing the end of his list of people to contact in the states while reminding himself that it's possible that he may not get any of the answers that he's looking for, but it doesn't mean that he can turn away from this.
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This was not done on whim. This is no flight of fancy, this is part of what it means to be the “Chosen One” the one that would guard all the secrets and ensure that there is no shift in balance. People would probably chuckle at me well out right laugh their asses off if they heard me speak of forces of evil or dark presences. The world doesn’t work that way, at least not for those that cannot perceive anything more than the mundane, but the truth of the matter is that there is good and there is evil, light and dark do matter and yes there are gray areas. I think might be in one of those areas at the moment where nothing is strictly black and white. Perhaps that is why the Lords of Magic do not answer my inquiry about who Teth-Adam is and why I feel this connection to him.

There is no other word to explain what I feel. It was not the only connection that I feel either. The idea that there would be more that there is more makes this a more pressing matter. I feel that there is something that I should be doing, but before I can proceed forward I need to understand and to understand I must ask the necessary questions to help create the desired picture. At the moment all I have are pieces of a puzzle hints and clues that bring me closer to where I need to be.

I may not acquire all the answers that I desire, but I know that there is so much more to the story. So much more that I need to understand. There needs to be flashes of memory that are not my own to guide me. This I have not shared with anyone. To have visions of people and places is one thing, but to have memories that are not my own is something completely different. I know they are more than dreams and they are not images of things yet to come. The images that unfold in the depths of my mind are of things that have already come to pass.

Some are serene while others are worrisome. They will not allow me to ignore them. They bring a chill to my soul and tell me that this is something that I must know, that I must understand. I cannot change what has happened in the past, but I can prevent things that are yet to come. That is why I am on my way to Metropolis but it is not my final destination. It is not where I will stay for the next few days given the events that have transpired. The goal was to speak with Dr. Helena Sandsmark. She was one of the foremost authorities in archaeology and was one of several people that I still need to speak with. Unfortunately she had a turn of bad luck and that was putting it mildly.

She had been attacked and it was bad, reports that came out indicated that she had been critically injured and assistants had been murdered. It was enough to almost make me want to stay in Metropolis for a little longer, but the fact that there was no one else at the museum that I could speak with meant that I needed to move on to Gotham. That was the next stop along the way. I had gone down to DC to speak with a few experts in the area. I had already talked with a few individuals in New York. I was almost done on this side of the world and once I collected and reviewed the information I would continue on to London and begin to speak with a few experts there and after that I would have no choice but to continue on to Egypt.

I wanted to be prepared, but what we want and what we get don’t always align. Sometimes you had to go with what you got. I can’t say that I liked the feeling I was having at the moment. It was the worst one, not knowing. Not knowing if I was going about this the wrong way. Not knowing if this should be something that I should interfere with. There were so many unknowns and there was so little information, but then there was that feeling. It was all that I had to go on, but I would push forward, because it was the one thing I was certain about.

With Dr. Sandsmark unavailable I would need to turn my attention to my next lead, Carter Hall. If there was someone that I could get some information from it would probably be him. The information that I had collected indicated that he was a leading authority on ancient Egypt. I had come across the name more than once in various circles, but this was the first time that I actually reached out to him.

Thankfully, I was able to reach him through email to let him know that I would be passing through Gotham over the next several days and I was hoping that I would get a chance to speak with him if at all possible. It was regarding some of my post grad work. It wasn’t exactly a lie as it is work and I am a graduate student and it could easily be figured into part of my actual thesis work, but there is only so much that I can share. I doubt there would be a huge break through, but if he can point me in desired direction it would be most appreciated.

I was still an hour out, but there was a part of me that wanted to step of the train now stay in Metropolis for a bit, but no rest for the wicked I guess. I felt like I was always moving, but I had to try and catch up, because there was no staying ahead of the curve on this. I was behind before I even knew there was something to be concerned about, but now that there is I need to make up for as much time that I could. As there are no guidebooks and the normal resources that I might have available to me aren’t I need to work as hard and as fast as I can before this bad feeling that I have becomes worse and rather than consider the idea that it was possible I’ve already embraced it because the last thing I can afford to do is become comfortable.

Comfortable will get me killed and I don’t know about anyone else I was not on board with that. I plan on being around for a very long time, but what we plan for and what happens is actually two entirely different things and I wasn’t always a hope for the best and plan for the worst type of person. I could keep all my wits about me, but I had to remember what I had been taught. I had to focus on the training and remember that any and everything was possible. I had to be on point at all times even if it meant shaking things up a little. Nobody ever got ahead by playing it nice all the time. Sometimes you had to get a little dirty and after all the, I had seen in my short life sometimes it got a little bloody, but if that’s what it takes to keep the world safe then so bit.

Keeping it real was what kept me alive. I wasn’t empowered by saints. I was empowered by beings that was every bit as flawed and great as man and made no excuses about it. They made mistakes. They made bad choices. They walked dark paths but they believed me and I believe in them because for all the mistakes there were good things, there was greatness and if I can capture 1percent of that then I’m doing alright.