𝓣𝓱𝓮 𝓕𝓵𝓪𝓶𝓮

SIX

Inside, we head into the basement, while the used to be unnoticed cuts on both of Arktivice's legs are healed by my touch. By the time we get down to the HQ, as I have decided to call it, her legs are fully healed.

"Alina, you have some explaining to do!", Sierra exclaims as soon as she sits down. I take Akira out of my pocket, and since I forgot to let her 'unpack', I set her on the floor, and she unfolds into her egg-chair self. I sit in her, and she makes a sound like joints popping and yawns.

"Alright, what'd I miss?", she says excitedly, forgetting to be her formal self, that she used to be.

Chuckling I say,"Welcome back then! Sorry about you being in your packing state for so long, but how is the news?"

"Good, are those two staring at me?", she asks, and immediately Sierra and Arktivice look away, with a slight blush on their cheeks, making me laugh harder than I had a few seconds before. Oh man, their faces turn a full on crimson, causing me to laugh so hard my stomach hurts, and they join in. We all are on the ground by the time the laughing fit is over, and are smiling until I remember what we were coming down here to talk about.

"Ahem, sorry to go back to a not so happy note, but I think we may have a problem on our hands. If she-", I point to Arktivice, "found us because she was drawn here, that means she was drawn to me. If this is so, then we may need a lot more rooms in here. In response to these words, the newly seated Arktivice and Sierra exchange a look of uncertainty, confusion, and exhilaration.

"Arktivice, what power or powers do you have?"

"Umm, so far shapeshifting and plant growth."

"Alright, and Sierra, you can move the earth, so I have some practice for you too to do, I need you two to help me think of a plan to expand this place. If we can make this place large enough for every single person that has superpowers, maybe we'll be able to sort this situation out."

They both look at me, and reality smacks me in the face, they both still need more training and Arktivice needs rest, lots of it.

"But first, Arktivice, why don't you come with Sierra and I, and I'll take my money so we can buy as much bedding and stuff as possible for the people that will be coming."

"Okay well what are we waiting for, lets go!"

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Once everyone has gotten washed up and ready to go, I get ready to go myself.

"Akira has made me a fake I.D. that says I am 16, Sierra, you are going to be 11, because you are, and I believe you, Arktivice, I believe you are 12? So you will be 14 ok, just in case anyone asks. The story is we are 3 kids that were told by our parents to buy whatever we want, using their money. That should keep anyone from suspecting that we are by ourselves here. Got it?"

They both nod and I grab their hands. I let myself float above the ground, to see if they will float along with me, and they do. I float higher and higher until we are above the clouds, and shoot through the sky. With the air flowing through my hair, I almost feel invincible. Then something I don't expect happens, A plane a few miles away from us is on the same altitude, forcing us to go above another line of clouds in a brief second or two.

Arktivice shapeshifts into a bird and flies on my right, as we soar through the clouds. She is a magnificent peregrine falcon probably twice the size of a normal falcon, and twice as fast. With Sierra giggling as we fly, I notice Arktivice going into a dive, and following where she's going, I see an outlet mall for Macy's, Best Buy and other furniture stores. She transforms into a small pigeon, and lands on a nearby fence. As she walks towards the back of the Best Buy she transforms back into herself and waves at me. I shoot down to the ground but make a soft landing, and I can see from Sierra's face that that was the most adrenaline she's ever had.

"So, when we go in, act like yourselves, and whatever you do, don't lose control of your powers", I say looking straight at Sierra. She looks back at me with a confident smile and replies with an okay. We walk out from behind the Best Buy, and walk straight past it and into the Macy's, looking perfectly normal.

"Hello, Is there anything I can help you kids with?" The store's greeter says, smiling a tired smile.

"Nothing really, thank you!", I say to be friendly. We all stick together in the massive store, and look for bedding, so we can get out of here. We walk up and down each aisle, with a cart, left out in one of the aisles, and put as many packages of bedding in the cart as we can. Then, we pile pillows into another cart. By the time we are done and at the register, I think of a different story.

"Hello, looks like you've got a lot of bedding and pillows, what are you going to do with those?", the cashier asks with an amused smile.

"Oh, our mom and dad told us that we could go out with some money and buy some stuff for our tree house! We're making a huge blanket fort inside, and we wanted to get as much stuff as possible", I say, surprised at how easily I can lie. Smiling the cashier looks at me, and replies, "Kids and your imaginations. Well, all of this will be $3,000."

Arktivice and Sierra's mouths drop open, while I am used to these types of numbers before. I easily pull out 3 packs of 100 $100, and hand them to her. Now her jaw dropped.

"What can I say, I get a really good allowance, I say grinning at her. After a second she collects herself, and puts everything in bags so we can leave. We go back the way we came, and head back home to get everything ready.