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Resistance.
Cassie.
It might take it out of me if I fought back. Hell, it might render my powers completely useless.
But I wasn’t giving up.
I had to fight.
Otherwise, the Resistance would fall.
I held my breath and looked back up at Adam. “You’re not taking them away that easily.”
I put every ounce of focus onto all of my love, and all of my anger.
Then I let out a cry.
I wasn’t sure it was working at first. I didn’t know if I was getting anywhere.
Not until I saw the light slam back into my body, felt it wind me right in the stomach.
Not until Adam tumbled back.
I stood up, then. The electromagnetic grip on me had loosened.
I looked back at the Resistance. I saw the rocks spreading across Stone’s skin, and the flames on Ember’s hands.
I knew right then that they were free of their electromagnetic powers.
But only for now.
I teleported over to them and stood with them. I put my arm around Cassie.
“You okay?” she asked.
“I’m okay. It’s just—”
“We need to fight these idiots,” Stone said, his voice booming. He was fully covered in rocks now.
Opposite, I saw the electromagnetic energy charging from the guns of Adam’s people.
Behind them, I saw Adam getting back to his feet.
“We can’t,” I said.
Stone turned and glared at me. “What?”
I looked down at Roadrunner as she kneeled there. I looked at the rest of the Resistance, too. So many of them were down. So many of them were wounded.
And those electromagnetic weapons were so, so close to being back to charge.
“We can’t fight,” I said.
“Of course we can goddamned fight.”
“If we fight, we risk losing. And if we lose, we lose our powers. We lose… we lose who we are. What we are.”
I heard Adam chuckle. He was standing right by the open wall at the opposite side of Mr. Parsons’ old office. Outside, on the grounds, which had totally been overthrown, masses of people stayed and watched. “See, you are weak, really. When your powers are at risk, you are weak. Because what are you without your powers, really? You are just normal people. You aren’t special snowflakes. Which is why it’s time for someone else to police the world. Someone that the people really believe in.”
I was about to argue when I heard the chants from outside. They made my skin crawl.
“Adam!”
“Adam!”
“Adam!”
I looked around at the Resistance. I wanted to fight. I wanted to take down Adam and restore order.
But then I looked at Roadrunner, at the stupor she was in, the grief she was in, and I didn’t want to become that.
“Well, tough,” Stone said, cracking his fists. “If you want my powers, you’re gonna have to pull ’em from me yourself.”
Adam’s smile twitched. “Maybe I will.”
He nodded at the people in front of him.
They pulled their electromagnetic triggers.
I felt time slow down then. Or rather, I unconsciously slowed it down myself.
I ran to Stone.
Then I grabbed Cassie, then Ember, then Vortex.
I grabbed a few other Resistance members too, got them all as close together as possible as the electromagnetic bullets hurtled towards us.
I turned around and started to run for Roadrunner when I realized the bullets were too close.
If I went for Roadrunner, the electromagnetic bullets would hit the Resistance, and everything would be over.
If I didn’t…
I swallowed a lump in my throat. I felt a tear building in my eye.
“Sorry,” I muttered. “Sorry.”
Then I stepped up to the group of Resistance I’d managed to bundle together, and I teleported us outside the building, my powers still too weak right now to fully teleport any further.
There was only one thing we could do right now.
Run.
15
W hen I teleported as many of the Resistance as I possibly could away from the White House, we didn’t get as far as I’d have liked.
I landed on my right side, my face smacking against the concrete. I winced and rolled over. My head stung, and that taste of blood that’d filled
Cassie.
It might take it out of me if I fought back. Hell, it might render my powers completely useless.
But I wasn’t giving up.
I had to fight.
Otherwise, the Resistance would fall.
I held my breath and looked back up at Adam. “You’re not taking them away that easily.”
I put every ounce of focus onto all of my love, and all of my anger.
Then I let out a cry.
I wasn’t sure it was working at first. I didn’t know if I was getting anywhere.
Not until I saw the light slam back into my body, felt it wind me right in the stomach.
Not until Adam tumbled back.
I stood up, then. The electromagnetic grip on me had loosened.
I looked back at the Resistance. I saw the rocks spreading across Stone’s skin, and the flames on Ember’s hands.
I knew right then that they were free of their electromagnetic powers.
But only for now.
I teleported over to them and stood with them. I put my arm around Cassie.
“You okay?” she asked.
“I’m okay. It’s just—”
“We need to fight these idiots,” Stone said, his voice booming. He was fully covered in rocks now.
Opposite, I saw the electromagnetic energy charging from the guns of Adam’s people.
Behind them, I saw Adam getting back to his feet.
“We can’t,” I said.
Stone turned and glared at me. “What?”
I looked down at Roadrunner as she kneeled there. I looked at the rest of the Resistance, too. So many of them were down. So many of them were wounded.
And those electromagnetic weapons were so, so close to being back to charge.
“We can’t fight,” I said.
“Of course we can goddamned fight.”
“If we fight, we risk losing. And if we lose, we lose our powers. We lose… we lose who we are. What we are.”
I heard Adam chuckle. He was standing right by the open wall at the opposite side of Mr. Parsons’ old office. Outside, on the grounds, which had totally been overthrown, masses of people stayed and watched. “See, you are weak, really. When your powers are at risk, you are weak. Because what are you without your powers, really? You are just normal people. You aren’t special snowflakes. Which is why it’s time for someone else to police the world. Someone that the people really believe in.”
I was about to argue when I heard the chants from outside. They made my skin crawl.
“Adam!”
“Adam!”
“Adam!”
I looked around at the Resistance. I wanted to fight. I wanted to take down Adam and restore order.
But then I looked at Roadrunner, at the stupor she was in, the grief she was in, and I didn’t want to become that.
“Well, tough,” Stone said, cracking his fists. “If you want my powers, you’re gonna have to pull ’em from me yourself.”
Adam’s smile twitched. “Maybe I will.”
He nodded at the people in front of him.
They pulled their electromagnetic triggers.
I felt time slow down then. Or rather, I unconsciously slowed it down myself.
I ran to Stone.
Then I grabbed Cassie, then Ember, then Vortex.
I grabbed a few other Resistance members too, got them all as close together as possible as the electromagnetic bullets hurtled towards us.
I turned around and started to run for Roadrunner when I realized the bullets were too close.
If I went for Roadrunner, the electromagnetic bullets would hit the Resistance, and everything would be over.
If I didn’t…
I swallowed a lump in my throat. I felt a tear building in my eye.
“Sorry,” I muttered. “Sorry.”
Then I stepped up to the group of Resistance I’d managed to bundle together, and I teleported us outside the building, my powers still too weak right now to fully teleport any further.
There was only one thing we could do right now.
Run.
15
W hen I teleported as many of the Resistance as I possibly could away from the White House, we didn’t get as far as I’d have liked.
I landed on my right side, my face smacking against the concrete. I winced and rolled over. My head stung, and that taste of blood that’d filled
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