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my mouth just moments ago was stronger than before now.
I looked around. We were just around the back of the White House. Shit. I’d tried to teleport us to the other side of the world and this is as far as we’d got.
“What the hell do you think you’re doing?”
I turned around and saw Stone opposite me. His voice was booming. Beside him, Cassie, Ember, Vortex, and some of the other Resistance members I was less familiar with. They didn’t look impressed. Mostly, they looked confused.
“We can’t fight them,” I said.
“Bullshit we can’t fight them,” Stone said. “They attacked us. They—they did something to Roadrunner. We have to go back for her.”
I looked up at the building. It’d gone surprisingly quiet inside, which made me wonder if anyone knew we were actually out here. On the street at the other side of the building, I could still hear the crowd chanting Adam’s name. “I want to go back. But—”
“But what?” Stone barked. He walked toward me. “You’re too chickenshit to go back in there?”
“You have to look at what’s happening, Stone,” I shouted, my impatience getting the better of me. “Adam can take powers away. He took Roadrunner’s powers away. He almost took mine away. If he takes all our powers away, then there is no Resistance left.”
“So what do you propose we do, genius? Sit around and wait for him to catch us? Leave Roadrunner in there to…”
He didn’t finish what he was saying. I knew what he was implying, though.
“Look,” I said, taking a few deep breaths to compose myself—and hopefully compose the others. “We need a plan. A proper plan. But we can’t fight back if we don’t have our powers. It’s as simple as that.”
Stone shook his head, but he didn’t seem to have an argument this time.
“Kyle’s right.”
Vortex stepped forward.
“I don’t want to agree with him, but I believe he’s right.”
“I agree,” Ember said.
I wasn’t expecting that. Ember usually sided with Stone on these things. So to have his support made me feel a lot more positive that we were making the right move.
“Walking away isn’t the right answer. But we aren’t walking away for good. Just for now. And then we’ll be back. We’ll take him down. Together.”
I nodded, then looked at Cassie.
She stared into my eyes. I got the feeling she wanted to say something. Hell, I got the strangest feeling she wanted to disagree . That was the thing with Cassie. She had the same powers as Daniel and me. She just didn’t believe in herself as much. All those years in suspended animation had eaten away at her, made her rusty. I believed in her. But she just didn’t believe in herself.
And sometimes, that stopped her believing in me.
“Cassie?”
She opened her mouth.
Then a massive explosion rocked this side of the White House.
We flew back. I felt my footing falling but bounced off the ground and into the air, regaining my composure.
“What the hell was that?” Stone said.
We hovered together opposite the source of the explosion.
I didn’t have to answer Stone for him to see what’d caused it.
Adam’s followers were hovering outside the building. Some of them were holding those electromagnetic guns.
And they were getting ready to fire.
I wanted to shoot us away but I saw there was no time to dodge them. I’d have to take some of them down, make it easier for us to escape.
I jolted forward through the air and landed beneath the guy furthest to the left. I swung him around by his ankle, throwing him into his friend.
Three of them fired at me.
I pushed back against the bullets and threw them through the gaping hole in the wall. I saw more of Adam’s followers emerging, and some of those electromagnetic bullets hit them.
Before I knew it, there was an electromagnetic firework display. And I knew it was only a matter of time before I was caught in the crosshairs.
“We have to drop back!” I called.
I fought off a few more of
I looked around. We were just around the back of the White House. Shit. I’d tried to teleport us to the other side of the world and this is as far as we’d got.
“What the hell do you think you’re doing?”
I turned around and saw Stone opposite me. His voice was booming. Beside him, Cassie, Ember, Vortex, and some of the other Resistance members I was less familiar with. They didn’t look impressed. Mostly, they looked confused.
“We can’t fight them,” I said.
“Bullshit we can’t fight them,” Stone said. “They attacked us. They—they did something to Roadrunner. We have to go back for her.”
I looked up at the building. It’d gone surprisingly quiet inside, which made me wonder if anyone knew we were actually out here. On the street at the other side of the building, I could still hear the crowd chanting Adam’s name. “I want to go back. But—”
“But what?” Stone barked. He walked toward me. “You’re too chickenshit to go back in there?”
“You have to look at what’s happening, Stone,” I shouted, my impatience getting the better of me. “Adam can take powers away. He took Roadrunner’s powers away. He almost took mine away. If he takes all our powers away, then there is no Resistance left.”
“So what do you propose we do, genius? Sit around and wait for him to catch us? Leave Roadrunner in there to…”
He didn’t finish what he was saying. I knew what he was implying, though.
“Look,” I said, taking a few deep breaths to compose myself—and hopefully compose the others. “We need a plan. A proper plan. But we can’t fight back if we don’t have our powers. It’s as simple as that.”
Stone shook his head, but he didn’t seem to have an argument this time.
“Kyle’s right.”
Vortex stepped forward.
“I don’t want to agree with him, but I believe he’s right.”
“I agree,” Ember said.
I wasn’t expecting that. Ember usually sided with Stone on these things. So to have his support made me feel a lot more positive that we were making the right move.
“Walking away isn’t the right answer. But we aren’t walking away for good. Just for now. And then we’ll be back. We’ll take him down. Together.”
I nodded, then looked at Cassie.
She stared into my eyes. I got the feeling she wanted to say something. Hell, I got the strangest feeling she wanted to disagree . That was the thing with Cassie. She had the same powers as Daniel and me. She just didn’t believe in herself as much. All those years in suspended animation had eaten away at her, made her rusty. I believed in her. But she just didn’t believe in herself.
And sometimes, that stopped her believing in me.
“Cassie?”
She opened her mouth.
Then a massive explosion rocked this side of the White House.
We flew back. I felt my footing falling but bounced off the ground and into the air, regaining my composure.
“What the hell was that?” Stone said.
We hovered together opposite the source of the explosion.
I didn’t have to answer Stone for him to see what’d caused it.
Adam’s followers were hovering outside the building. Some of them were holding those electromagnetic guns.
And they were getting ready to fire.
I wanted to shoot us away but I saw there was no time to dodge them. I’d have to take some of them down, make it easier for us to escape.
I jolted forward through the air and landed beneath the guy furthest to the left. I swung him around by his ankle, throwing him into his friend.
Three of them fired at me.
I pushed back against the bullets and threw them through the gaping hole in the wall. I saw more of Adam’s followers emerging, and some of those electromagnetic bullets hit them.
Before I knew it, there was an electromagnetic firework display. And I knew it was only a matter of time before I was caught in the crosshairs.
“We have to drop back!” I called.
I fought off a few more of
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