Part 2, Chapter 9: Control

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New Bostin:

Outside Claire's House, 1:00 PM

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Seraphina was given the address to Claire's house by William in a brief phone call. Thanks to her ability, it did not take long to locate the building. Once she arrived, Seraphina promptly walked up to the door and knocked while calling out.

"Claire!" Seraphina called. "Open up!"

From inside, Claire did hear a voice, but she did not immediately recognize it. Looking through her peephole, Claire was astonished to find the magenta-haired girl, Seraphina, herself.

'What's up with these people showing up at my house?' Claire thought to herself remembering John's attempts to talk with her awhile back.

"What do you want, Seraphina?" She asked through the door.

"I just want to talk, let me in" Seraphina responded.

"Sorry! No can do!" Claire answered while she pulled her phone out of her pocket.

"Claire... I am willing to bet that strategy worked on John, but I am not afraid to tear this door off it's hinges" Seraphina threatened.

"..."

"Claire, I'll give you five seconds to open this door!" Seraphina began to count.

Claire was frantically looking for John's contact to call him.

"Five" Seraphina began to count down.

'Shit, shit!' Claire panicked.

"Four!"

'Pick up, pick up!'

"THREE!"

*Click*

"John!-" Claire was cut off by more counting.

"TWO, ONE!"

"John! Seraphina came to New Bostin to question me about the vision!" Claire was spilling her guts to John over the phone as fast as she could.

Yet to Claire's surprise, she was not speaking to a phone, but to her bare hand. Seraphina had frozen time so fast that she had no time to process the difference. She was already inside and was holding the phone out in front of her to show Claire John's contact as he was calling her name over-and-over out of confusion.

Seraphina had also frozen Claire's legs so she had no way of reaching her. Seraphina proceeded to then raise the phone to her ear to resume the conversation, just this time it was her on the line.

"Claire! Are you there!" John called.

"Hey, John! Don't worry, Claire is doing just fine over here" Seraphina responded.

"..."

"Sera, are you serious?" John began. "Did you actually fly to NEW BOSTIN?!"

"Yeah, neither of you were willing to give up your big  'secret' so I took matters into my own hands" Seraphina explained.

On the other end, John was simply shaking his head.

"I can't believe you" said John.

"Believe it." Seraphina hung up.

Seraphina turned her attention to Claire, unfreezing her.

"Now, don't make this difficult, just explain the vision" Seraphina demanded.

"..." Claire remained silent, thinking of what she could do to escape.

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