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really need to start remembering I have super powers.”
    “Of
course,” Scarlett said. “I can’t believe I didn’t think of that – do you think
you can blow that up?”
    “I’ll
do my best. The door on the cell I was in was strengthened to withstand bombs,
but hopefully this flimsy thing won’t be a problem.”
    He
formed a small, spherical explosive in his hand and threw it at the door. It
just about dented it. He tried again, but this time he made the bomb bigger and
better and flung it with all his might.
    Kaboom!
Bits of wood and metal flew everywhere as the bomb exploded.
    “Blimey!”
Neelam said as she jumped back from the blast. She looked at the door to see it
was now obliterated and sunlight was flooding in through the gap. “Sunshine!”
she shouted.
    Realising
they had no time to waste, they all piled through the door into the world outside.
Dylan stared around at the large, concrete space – it looked like a car park
only there weren’t any cars. About 100 metres away, royal-blue boards formed a
wall around the edge of the grounds.
    “I
can’t see a way out,” he said.
    “Get
them” a man yelled. The group turned to see a group of at least 30 guards running
towards them. Several men were firing guns in a panic. “Goulden will have us
killed if they get away.”
    “Alex!”
Scarlett said. “Get us out of here.” She grabbed his hand and Dylan’s. “Quickly,
everyone link hands.”
    Alex
gulped and closed his eyes. He tried with all his might to wish them all out of
there – out of danger and to somewhere safe. He opened his eyes again and saw
they were standing in the middle of a busy road, where there was already a
splendid display of Christmas lights up ready for the forthcoming festive
season.
    “Oxford
Street?” Dylan said. “You brought us into the middle of central London?”
    “Sorry,”
Alex said. “It’s the only place down south I could think of.”
    “At
least we’re safe,” Scarlett said. “And on the plus side, everyone here is so
caught up with their busy day that no one has noticed that we just appeared out
of nowhere.”
    “I
wouldn’t be so sure,” Sasha said. She pointed at a bewildered-looking man in
his forties who was staring straight at them.
    “Don’t
worry,” Neelam said. “I’ll make him forget all about that.” She worked her mind
magic and the man suddenly forgot they existed and wandered away.
    “That’s
a handy trick,” Jay said.
    “What
now?” Andrew asked.
    “I
dunno,” Dylan said. “Go home or call our parents?” He looked at Oxford Circus
to their left. “There’s a tube station and payphone over there. I suppose we
head that way and go our separate ways?”
    “I
guess so,” Scarlett said. “Well, it’s certainly been an experience.”
    “Yeah.”
Dylan smiled. “It was nice meeting you.”
    “You
too.” She looked up through her jet-black fringe. How did she still look so
amazing after everything they had been through? “See you around.”
    And
with that she wandered off into the crowd, swiftly followed by the rest of the
newly super-powered teenagers.
    “Well
I guess that’s that over with,” Dylan thought as he made his way to the
Victoria line to take a tube towards home. As sad as he was to say goodbye to
the group, he was looking forward to seeing his family and getting back to
normality.

Chapter
10
     
    One month later
     
    Dylan
was sitting at home lazily flicking through the satellite TV channels when he
first heard the news.
    “We’re
just getting some information through of a terrible incident in north London…”
    “What?”
Dylan said in shock. He rested on the channel to hear more.
    “Just
over 30 minutes ago, a bus exploded on Baker Street in Enfield. No one has
claimed responsibility for the tragedy yet, but it is beginning to look like
the actions of terrorists.”
    His
mum, dad and Sophia had gone into Enfield Town after school to buy her some new
shoes. They’d caught the bus because his