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fell to the ground,
lifeless and limp. Ash was sent into the air as his body
landed.
    I stared in awe. I had really just
seen that. The man put the gun back in his pocket and stared at
Nick for a few seconds. Then, he looked back. At me.
    “You know, Joshua,” he said.
“People like me can tell when you’re here.” He laughed as he walked
in my direction. "Don't worry. I won't have to introduce myself to
you. Fact is... we've already met."
    Before I could even think of
something, the man lifted his hand towards me and a huge force
pushed me back. Before I knew it, I was flying back in the endless
fog of ash. I landed on the ground with a huge thud. But I was now
back on my bedroom floor. I jolted up in fear, feeling the sweat
drip down my face. I was back to my life. But I knew it wouldn’t be
that long until it all happened again.
     
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    Nick
     
    The boy who had broke into my
place not too long ago sat across from me on the bed, looking at me
with utter fascination. He didn’t say anything, he just stared like
a schoolgirl.
    “How can you do that?” he asked,
still googly eyed. I eyed at him.
    “ Stop changing the subject,” I
snapped. “What the hell are you doing breaking in here?”
    He kind of looked around and back
at the window. A long, low sigh seeped through his lips as he
looked back at me.
    “ If I told you, you wouldn’t
believe me.” He started clicking his teeth together, looking at me
nervously. I scoffed.
    “ Kid, I just made fire disappear in
front of your eyes. Anything you tell me, it’s very unlikely I
won’t believe you.” The kid sat up and ran his fingers through his
hair.
    “ Well,” he started, “it all started
last night. It was a football game and halftime had just started.
The cheerleaders ran out into the field and started to-”
    “ How the hell does this have to do
with anything? I’m asking why you broke into my motel room. I
didn’t ask about your stupid football game.”
    “ If you just give me a-”
    I grabbed his shirt collar and
created fire in the palm of my hand, shoving it very close to his
face. He stared at it, instantly becoming scared.
    “ You better tell me in the next
twenty seconds, or I’m gonna burn your face off. Now, start
talking.” I threw him away from me, making him fall onto the
bed.
    “ Umm...” he stuttered. “I don’t
really... I don’t know where to start.”
    “ Start with the
question I’ve asked you before. Why are
you here?” The fire in my hand grew bigger
and hotter. The kid started to back away from it.
    “ This kid... he was pissing me off.
So I.... I somehow shot electricity from my hand. It hit him. My
friends saw. They... they flipped out. I ran away. I didn’t go
home. I came here, needing... needing a place to stay.” He didn’t
take his eyes off of the flame. I closed my hand, making it
disappear.
    “ Hmm. Interesting. Are there others
like you?” I asked. The kid quickly shook his head, staring at my
hands as if there were flames in them.
    “ Not that I know of...” he said.
“Hell. I only found out about it today.” I studied him.
    “ Can you control it?” I asked. He
nodded his head.
    “ Kind of. I literally just learned
how to maybe ten minutes ago.” I started to run my fingers through
my hair. I needed him to prove it. That’s the only way I could kind
of trust him.
    “ I need you to prove it.” He shot a
looked at me.
    “ Prove it? You can shoot fire from
your hands. I can shoot electricity. Why do I need to prove it?” He
stood back up, but tried to stay away from me a little.
    “ I don’t ‘shoot
it from my hands’,” I said. “I can create it.” I lifted my hands
towards the wall and made a small circle of fire spread across it.
The kid yelped, backing away from it. I quickly made it vanish,
leaving a burn mark on the wall. “There’s a difference , kid.”
    “ Look. I’m
asking you with as much