Midnight Mystery

Episode 7: Powers

November/ 12/ 2025                  Writer: RL

The other night Christian asked me if he wanted to train. I accepted his offer to train so when I get to the train area that is at the base, I see Christian stretching. "Hi Christian," I say.

Christian turns to me and asks, "So real quick question, how many valentine's day letters did you get?"

"What's valentine's day?" I ask.

"First question, do you even know what a holiday is," Christian says.

"No," I say.

"A holiday is a day you celebrate like Valentine Day," Christian says.

"Then what does Valentine Day celebrate," I say.

"Valentines Day celebrates love," Christian says with a smile on his face.

"Oh, so anyways, what are we going to train on," I said excitedly.

"Well, we will be training on some of your powers," Christian says.

"Why, my powers only allow me to read minds," I say confused.

"Well, I don't think you are using your powers to their full potential," Christian says.

" What do you mean?" I say.

"Well, I think that the blood that was in that tub before you crushed the tub and that drive," Christian says.

"Yay sorry," I say remembering back to the time I found out that the tub and the drive broke when that me and Rick where throw out the window of the Main Office of the factory we were at 3 months ago. I was hit on the back of my head a day later by Rick and gave the broken parts of the drive to Christian who said he be getting someone to fix it up. 

"It's fine, but I think the blood that was in the tub was yours," Christian says with a smile.

"WHAT, but how did they get my blood and why would they need it," I say.

"Well, I think someone added some chemicals to the blood so your powers would think that the vampire who drank your blood would you," Christian says.

"But that buff vampire who did drink one of those tubs could manipulating brass," I say.

"He wasn't manipulating the brass, he was using the brass like a puppet, kind of like what I can do for lighting if I try hard enough," Christian says.

"But I can't use brass as or like a puppet," I say.

"I believe that your powers kind of work like mine does," Christian says.

"What do you mean?" I ask.

"Well, my powers work also like this the older I get the more powerful I'll get along with getting new abilities with them," Christian says with a smile. "The exception is that you don't get a feel that you can do something new so kind of got to experiment try new things."

"Ok so then how should we experiment," I say with a smile.

"Well, we got a good hit at what you possibly can do so while start with this," Christian says as a block of dirt rises from the floor.

"So, what do you want me to do with the dirt?" I ask.

"Well first you should try picking it up," Christian says.

"Ok," I say, well going to grab the block of dirt but get stopped by Christian saying, "Without your hands."

"What, but then how do I pick it up," I ask.