Our Unknown Powers

Chapter 5: Truth Is

We all gathered back onto the deserted road. From searching the truck that we ended up crashing we ended up with two half bottles of water, half of a candy cane with lint stuck to it, three mintos, and five empty canes of Dr. Pepper. We left the empty cans and the gross candy cane when we started walking towards the nuclear plant.

After about 10 steps of walking Danielle complained," How long do you think the plant is from here?"

"It is probably about four miles." Jake said. He then looked back down to the ground.

Since the time we got stuck in the locker room. I have learned so much about each other's personalities. Such as how Jake is a super shy guy, but is very intelligent. He also keeps very calm when things become stressful. On the other hand Penny, who is my best friend and I should know everything about her. I figured out that she doesn't like to be a leader at all. Also that she can break down under stress very easily. The person I have figured out the most is defiantly Vrock. He comes off as a bad boy with the way he looks and acts in front of people he just met. Although he is very kind hearted and likes to have his own space at times. The other three are harder to crack since two of them are just snotty.

The farther we went, the more we ended up splitting into groups. Everyone is still completely silent; we ended up forming into three groups: Jake and Andrew, Danielle and Jackie, and Vrock, Penny, and me.

Few minutes of silence past when finally Penny said to our group, "Do you guys want to play truth?"

I rolled my eyes at her," If we play nothing inappropriate because of Vrock over there." I pointed to my left where Vrock was walking by my side.

"What is this game about?" Vrock asked with a confused face on.

I opened my mouth to tell him, but Penny got to it first. "It's a girl's sleepover game." Vrock's face relaxes he knows what this is going to turn into. "You ask a question and they must tell the truth. Then the person that answered gets to choose who to ask. To win the person must decline to answer they win or if they decline the game continues.

Vrock pretends to rub a beard on his chin that he doesn't have. His hand fell back to his side and said," So this can go on forever?"

This time I beat Penny to it," Sometimes, but with girls it usually only lasts for a few questions. We can become pretty nasty."

He laughs and rests his two fingers on his chin. He stares at me and says with confidence," Bring it!"

"Alright then. Who wants to start? "Penny asked. She kept her mouth shut giving one of us an opportunity.

I looked over to Vrock to see if he would volunteer. He was already looking at me. I stared at him for a second and then said," Fine, I'll ask."

We are walking in a pretty good pace. I would say we have walked about a mile so far. For me this is a walk in the park because I ran the mile in Junior high and was planning on running cross country in high school. For Penny she was already starting to slow down. She isn't very big into sports, but she is still as skinny as a twig.

I kept on looking back and forth between Vrock and Penny even though i know which one i was going to choose. "Vrock." He turns his had to me so we were looking at each other. "I'll start you out easy. What is your favorite color?"

Vrock throws his arms up in the air and said," Come on give me a real question!"

I was trying to hold back my giggles so I could ask him another question. "Fine, where did you use to live and why did you move?"

He smiles and answers," Ok, I use to live in Toluca, Minnesota. My family and I traveled about three hours here because my dad had gotten a job at the plant." I nodded at him. I was gathering all the info he tells me. "Luckily my dad's first day to go to work was the next day after the plant exploded."