The UPSIDEDOWN Love / Henry Creel / 001 / Peter Ballard

002: savior

I changed in my robe. I looked like a crazy in a mental hospital. Since Peter left I was only laying in my bed staring at the ceiling. But what did Brenner mean by me having powers. I do not have any powers. If I did I would already know about them. Or maybe not? I was focused on the ceiling when someone opened the door. It was Peter.

"Hey" he said smiling and sat next to me. He held my hand.
"Hi" I said looking up at him.
"I was send there to test your powers." He says and i slightly squeeze his hand.
"I don't have any powers." I said and he placed his hand under my chin.
"You do. You just don't know it yet." He said smiling at me. Again. I wonder why was he so kind to me. I think it was only to get my "power shit" or whatever is it called.
"Why are you so kind to me?" I finally asked him because I was curious about his answer.
"Because I believe in you." He said. His words didn't seem fake, in fact, they seemed real and honest. Maybe he wasn't bad. But I didn't trust him anyway. He stood up and held out his hand for me.

"Come on. I'll show you what you're capable of." He said calmly and I took his hand. We went out of my room to a room with a rainbow painted on the wall.
"This is the rainbow room. Children are playing here by using their abilities." He says as I look around and see children playing chess, drawing and some other games. Peter sits in front of a box with glass and some numbers in it. From 1 to 5.

I sit beside him and he takes a little red puck and hands it to me.
"What is this?" I asked as I took the puck from his hand. He looks at the glass box.
"There are numbers between one and five. You let the puck fall from the top of the box to the number you lead it to. It should be the first practice on your telekinesis." He says and i look at the numbers.
"Which number did you pick?" He asked when he saw me looking at the numbers.
"Number 1" I said and he smiled. He gently put his soft hand on mine and lifted it to the top of the glass box.

"You let the puck fall from here. It will land on 1, you just need to focus on the puck and the number." He says and lets go of my hand, gently brushing his finger tips against my skin. I let the puck fall. I was focusing on it while it was falling but it fell in number 3.
"You see? It's not working." I say looking at Peter and he giggles.
"That's not how it works, sweetheart. You have to practice." He says and he hands me another red puck.
"Breathe, clear your mind and you will succeed." He whispered to my ear. To be honest it made me shiver but it made me feel safe at the same time.

I listened to what he said. I didn't think about anything, only my powers. I let the puck fall. It was falling around three, then around two but it finally fell to number 1. I smiled and looked at Peter who was already looking at me, smiling proudly.
"I knew you can do it, Seven." He said smiling as he caressed my back. I felt really proud of myself but at the same time, I was so confused if all this is even real because is kind of unbelievable.

"I think it's enough for today. I don't want to make u tired, you'll have harder lessons." Peter said and stood up.
"You should go back to your room and rest." He added smiling. I stood up next to him.
"Why are you only with me? Other children need you too. You're an orderly not my personal security." I said and Peter chuckled.
"I just like being around you, you're special." He said, winked and left the rainbow room. I stood there confused looking at the other children in the room playing.

Every child had their hair shaved, only i didn't.
I didn't know why but I was glad that I still had my hair. I looked around the room just to see three kids staring at me. Not kindly. I gave them the "what's your problem" look and they stood up and started walking to me. The kid that was in the middle was the tallest and I think he was the leader. I looked on his wrist. 002. It's 002. I've never seen him before. Neither his aggressive looking group. When they were close enough to me, 002 spoke up.
"You're so dumb that you need Mr Ballard to help you." He said as his gang laughed.
"That's isn't your problem. Don't you have yours to solve mine?" I said confidently, I'm not the type of person to be scared.

He looked at the camera and it cracked. He looked at the children and shouted.
"Everyone go outside the rainbow room!"
I looked around myself to see everyone leaving. Now it was only me, 002 and his annoying two friends.
"I'm not the one to mess with, Seven." He said, gritting his teeth and looking at my wrist.
"I didn't start this." I said and I was thrown to the wall. I felt a really big bang in the back of my head. I fell to the floor and touched my head. I looked at my hand and it was covered in blood. They really smashed me into the wall.

When I looked up I saw them coming to me. 002's nose was bleeding as he was looking at me. He didn't say anything, neither did I. I didn't really have time to. I was slammed against the ceiling, hitting my back and falling on the floor again, almost breaking my legs. I was in so much pain but I didn't scream or anything because I wanted to prove them that I'm not weak. 002 wanted to slam me again somewhere but suddenly he started floating, choking. His gang looked scared as they looked at the door. I looked too. There was Peter reaching his arms out pointing it at 002 while his nose was bleeding. He looked so angry. His hand was shaking. I've never seen him like this. He was pissed, upset and looked like he could kill someone. I never knew he had powers. 002 started to choke really badly. I know what he did but I didn't want to get Peter in trouble so I shouted at him.
"Peter stop please!" I shouted but he didn't listen to me. He was too focused on killing 002.
I stood up and ran up to him. I hugged him crying, causing him to stop. He put him arm down and 002 fell on the floor, trying to breathe.

After I let go of the hug I looked around and 002 and his gang were nowhere around. They must've been scared to death and run away.
I looked back at Peter. He wiped the blood off the blood from his nose and looked at me.
"Thank you. Thank you so much." I thanked Peter. I was really scared, if he wouldn't save me I would be probably dead or very seriously injured.
"I'm so sorry. I shouldn't have left and leave you here. I'm so sorry sweetheart. This is all my fault." He said with pain in his voice. I felt that he was really worried about me so I hugged him again.
"It's not your fault. You saved me." I said as he caressed my back.
"I promise I'll always be by your side from now on." He said with now anger in his voice. Not towards me but towards the kids that were trying to hurt me. With him I would feel safe everywhere.