Chapter 4

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Brianna looks at the shimmering wall tentivly and slowly walks towards it, her hand outstretched. But Harley grabs onto her hand and pulls it back.

"Brianna no, remember what our parents said, it burned to touch it". 

"They also said that everyone over the age of 15 was zapped out and yet you're here...and so am I, our parents had to leave Perdido Beach for the FAYZ to come up again...I don't think this is the same"

She shakes off his hand and slowly puts her hand on to the wall, and sure enough, there is no burning feeling, her hand doesn't hurt. There are shrieks coming from behind her and cries for parents. Brianna jumps onto the pedistal her Dad had just stood on and cupped her hands around her mouth.

"EVERYONE SHUT UP!!!" She shouts. Immediately the cries subside and all faces turn to her.

"Alright so apparently the FAYZ desided to have another goaround this time with us-"

"We're gonna die!" Shouts a little girl.

"No we are not going to die, because we know what happened to our parents, look all of us have heard the stories of the horrors that happened here. The way our parents acted" 

"What about their powers?" Shouts a boy

"Well at the moment I don't think any of us have any but we need to keep an eye out for that....this time is different than last.... Show of hands who here is 15?" 

Roughly half of the crowd raises their hands

" Alright and who's older than that?" Brianna raises her own hand but appears to be the only one" 

"Looks like you're the oldest Temple, just like your Dad" shouts Amber.

Brianna ignores her and continues talking. 

"We are not going into this blindly like our mom's and Dads...a chairmen group will immediately be voted on, as of rate now....ration food and go to your own homes" 

"What makes you think youre in charge Temple?"Shouts Kyle.

"By all means Kyle if you want to keep all 468 of us alive be my guest...my Dad told me how horrible it was to manage everybody and making sure they are doing their jobs, I am prepared for the challenge but if you want that load then you have it" 

He doesn't respond which tells Brianna that Kyle has changed his mind.

"Alright....get to your home's, any kids younger than the age of 7 are to go with an older person, I do not want to loose anyone alright" 

They immediately break off and go to their homes, young kids clinging onto older kids as they walk, even Amber and Kyle take two young kids to their house. Brianna hops down and takes Jack from Harley's hands.

"Do you actually have a Plan Bri? You know how much pressure was on your Mom and Dad, do you really want that load on your back as well"

"Well I don't really have much of a choice now do I? I'm the oldest here which means no matter what would have happened, the load would fall on me" 

They begin to walk down the streets, little kids looking at Brianna with tears in their eyes.

"I want my Mommy" says a little girl

"I know sweetheart, but I need you to be strong okay? I promise you'll see your mommy again" the little girl nods and runs into a house where a 13 year old boy is holding the door open for her.

"Do you think we'll have another uprising like Caine?" 

"I hope not....listen, tomorrow, I'm Gonna go check out the mining shaft to make sure...you know who isn't back"

"What about your uncle Pete?"

Brianna stops in her tracks, she hadn't thought about her Uncle Pete, he had powers no one could ever imagine, but we're stifled by his severe Autism, he had been the one who put up the FAYZ the first time. But he's dead, he died in the great battle along with the Gaiaphage. They both couldn't be back...could they?That night, Harley and Brianna stay in the same house together, she rocks the Baby Jack in a craddle she had found, there is a soft sound of Harley snoring in the bed behind her. For the rest of the day Brianna hadn't been able to stop looking at her hands. Could she have inherited her Fathers power to shoot bright green flames from her hands or something different. Just then Jack throws his sippy cup straight at Briannas head. Without thinking, she throws up her hands to cover her face, sending the cup shooting across the room. She stares at her hands. Glowing red residue still shines around her palms... Her face goes pale with fear as she hears Harley begin to stir.

"Bri....Hey you okay?"

"Huh? Oh yeah I'm fine" she says in the calmest voice that she can.

She can't tell Harley this, no one can know this. Imagine the outbreak that this would cause. If everyone found out she had Telekinesis.

The same power of her biological Uncle, Caine Soren.

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