just about as far from normal as you can get. I think that we need to
be careful." He looked at the back of his hand.
"Think about it Ronnie. Yeah we’re
different now, but everyone around us is different too, we can take this chance
to fit in, and maybe stop acting so, well for lack of a better word,
different. In being different we are now just a new group of students, kids,
people to join this community.”
"I see. That's an interesting way
of looking at it and you know what? I like it."
We left the room and went down stairs.
Sam was in the kitchen with his head in the fridge. He heard us walk into the
room so he closed the door and turned around.
"I have gathered some clothes for
all of you. It's nothing too stylish but it'll have to do until we have a
chance to go into the city." He pointed to the couch where some bags were
piled.
"Well, I call first shower." I
grabbed the bag marked Grace. The two bathrooms were at the back of the
house.
Inside the bathroom, the smell of
cleaner filled my nose and bright white tile blinded me. I looked into the
mirror and traced my face with my eyes. I held out my hands and I tried to use
my abilities. I closed my eyes and tried to go back to that desert that I had
seen back at the Aurora facility. I tried to force fire out of my hands but
nothing happened.
I got frustrated and let my arms fall to
my side. I figured that with some practice that I should be able to use my
abilities again, but if I couldn't I wondered if Sam would make me leave? I
started the water and got into the shower letting the water flow over my body,
washing the filth away.
He wasn't lying about the clothes not
being stylish. There was a pair of loose fit jeans, and a white shirt along
with a fresh set of underwear. I'm not the most fashionable person around, but
come on.
I picked the hoodie up off the ground
and sniffed it hoping that I would still be able to wear it, but I was wrong.
I gathered up all of the clothes off the floor, and decided that I should just
go ahead and have them burnt.
I left the bathroom clean, and Sandy
shot right in after me. Kenny looked pissed that he was beaten to the door. I
suspected that he let her win though. It was weird to see them like that, like
nothing ever happened.
"Feel better?" Sam sat in an
oversized recliner in the living room.
"Much." I said, “Is there
anything to eat?” I rubbed my stomach.
"There is some food in the
kitchen. I have to leave soon, but I wanted to hang out until you got done in
the shower. A few things that I wanted to let you know about; I will be a
guardian for all of you, but I won't live here. I live three houses down. I
will be checking up on you occasionally. I’m also there if any of you need
anything. We consider you adults until you prove otherwise."
"Sounds good to me."
The cabinets were full of instant foods
and nothing really hit the spot, but I picked something anyway. I made myself
some noodles with chicken flavoring.
I went up to my bedroom and laid out the
blanket. I got into bed and tried to find a comfortable spot, but the bed was
stiff and unused.
I looked up to the doorway, "That's
going to get creepy." I said to Ronnie who was standing in the door arms
crossed.
He was clean now.
"I don't mean it to be creepy. I
just worry.”
“I worry too, but I don’t sneak up on
people.”
He smiled and leaned on the doorway,
“How are you feeling?”
"Are you having any trouble using
your abilities?" I sat up on the bed.
He held out his hands and a bolt of
energy arched across his palms, "nope it's actually getting easier the
more I use them."
"Oh." I looked at my hands. I
concentrated on nothing else and thought only about the fire, but still nothing
happened.
"Maybe we can ask Sam." He
said, “I’m sure he’ll know what’s going on.”
"I don't know." I thought for
a moment, “Can we keep this between us for now?”
He nodded as he
be careful." He looked at the back of his hand.
"Think about it Ronnie. Yeah we’re
different now, but everyone around us is different too, we can take this chance
to fit in, and maybe stop acting so, well for lack of a better word,
different. In being different we are now just a new group of students, kids,
people to join this community.”
"I see. That's an interesting way
of looking at it and you know what? I like it."
We left the room and went down stairs.
Sam was in the kitchen with his head in the fridge. He heard us walk into the
room so he closed the door and turned around.
"I have gathered some clothes for
all of you. It's nothing too stylish but it'll have to do until we have a
chance to go into the city." He pointed to the couch where some bags were
piled.
"Well, I call first shower." I
grabbed the bag marked Grace. The two bathrooms were at the back of the
house.
Inside the bathroom, the smell of
cleaner filled my nose and bright white tile blinded me. I looked into the
mirror and traced my face with my eyes. I held out my hands and I tried to use
my abilities. I closed my eyes and tried to go back to that desert that I had
seen back at the Aurora facility. I tried to force fire out of my hands but
nothing happened.
I got frustrated and let my arms fall to
my side. I figured that with some practice that I should be able to use my
abilities again, but if I couldn't I wondered if Sam would make me leave? I
started the water and got into the shower letting the water flow over my body,
washing the filth away.
He wasn't lying about the clothes not
being stylish. There was a pair of loose fit jeans, and a white shirt along
with a fresh set of underwear. I'm not the most fashionable person around, but
come on.
I picked the hoodie up off the ground
and sniffed it hoping that I would still be able to wear it, but I was wrong.
I gathered up all of the clothes off the floor, and decided that I should just
go ahead and have them burnt.
I left the bathroom clean, and Sandy
shot right in after me. Kenny looked pissed that he was beaten to the door. I
suspected that he let her win though. It was weird to see them like that, like
nothing ever happened.
"Feel better?" Sam sat in an
oversized recliner in the living room.
"Much." I said, “Is there
anything to eat?” I rubbed my stomach.
"There is some food in the
kitchen. I have to leave soon, but I wanted to hang out until you got done in
the shower. A few things that I wanted to let you know about; I will be a
guardian for all of you, but I won't live here. I live three houses down. I
will be checking up on you occasionally. I’m also there if any of you need
anything. We consider you adults until you prove otherwise."
"Sounds good to me."
The cabinets were full of instant foods
and nothing really hit the spot, but I picked something anyway. I made myself
some noodles with chicken flavoring.
I went up to my bedroom and laid out the
blanket. I got into bed and tried to find a comfortable spot, but the bed was
stiff and unused.
I looked up to the doorway, "That's
going to get creepy." I said to Ronnie who was standing in the door arms
crossed.
He was clean now.
"I don't mean it to be creepy. I
just worry.”
“I worry too, but I don’t sneak up on
people.”
He smiled and leaned on the doorway,
“How are you feeling?”
"Are you having any trouble using
your abilities?" I sat up on the bed.
He held out his hands and a bolt of
energy arched across his palms, "nope it's actually getting easier the
more I use them."
"Oh." I looked at my hands. I
concentrated on nothing else and thought only about the fire, but still nothing
happened.
"Maybe we can ask Sam." He
said, “I’m sure he’ll know what’s going on.”
"I don't know." I thought for
a moment, “Can we keep this between us for now?”
He nodded as he
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