Smoking Power

Chapter 10

After a satisfying lunch, we all stare at the entrance of the Big Banana. I'm relieved to say that it is bigger than Yogurt Land.

"Ok, so should we just walk around or what?" Declan asks as we all continue to stare at the big banana.

"I guess so. Gareth didn't really explain how to find it exactly did he?" I ask rhetorically.

"How 'bout we get our tickets an' go from there?" Amber doesn't wait for a reply from us. She smiles at people while she manoeuvres around the crowded space towards the end of the long line.

We all line up and wait for a few minutes when Declan breaks the silence, "so how long is this going to take because I kind of need to visit the bathroom."

Amber and I sigh in unison. "Just hold on ok?" Amber tells him, more than asks him.

"Uh, I'm not so sure if I can." Declan does some weird hop on the spot, not bothering to hide the fact that he obviously was busting.

I look around the place, trying to see any toilets. A couple hundred meters away, I can see a block of public toilets. "I'll hold you're spot, go" I tell Declan while pointing to the toilets up ahead.

"Thanks so much." Declans words fade out as he begins his speed-walk towards the toilets.

"Boys." Amber mutters next to me.

I grin at her. Yep spot on for that one, Amber. I think to myself. The line doesn't seem to be getting any shorter, so I look up to check if Declan made it to the toilets. I wouldn't put anything past him.

"Hey Amber, who's that?" I nudge Amber with my arm and point to where Declan has been stopped on his 'mission' by a man, who looks like he belongs in a boxing ring, that's wearing an expensive looking tux.

We watch as the man, says something to Declan. His face looks angry and accusing so I'm pretty sure, they aren't talking about the weather. Declan looks shocked, before looking angry himself. He ends up looking really weird with him still holding on and getting ready to throw a punch.

"Let's check it out." I say quietly, making my way over to him. Knowing Declan, he probably managed to step on the other man or said something stupid and uncalled for. Trust Declan to get in a fight while making his way to the toilet.

"What's goin' on 'ere?" Amber asks, placing an arm on her hip, when we arrive next to Declan and the other man.

The man turns to Amber and cracks a creepy smile, revealing a row of yellow chipped teeth, "Amber Kessler, what a pleasure to meet you. I was hoping to see the bird shifter around here."

Amber looks shocked by the weird man knowing her name. "Who are ya?" She quickly recovers from the mans introduction and fires back her own question.

"I think you all know who I am." He simply replies.

I've got no clue who he is. He knows our names, well Ambers at least, he knows that we have powers. A spy maybe? Criminal on the loose? Creepy guy who's done to much research on us?

The man looks at me and let's out a cackle like laugh "Mckayla Holbrook. What a creative mind you have. But no, I don't fit into any of those categories."

What? How did he know what I was thinking? I'm so confused, is he a telepath?

I stop my crazy thoughts when shiny walls go up around us. It's an invisibility pocket. Kind of like the dome around the homestead. I look out of the walls which look like the walls of a giant bubble.

I watch the people passing by us. We can see them, but they can't see us. To them we'd look like something normal for this location, like a large tree or something. It's the laws of invisibility pockets, when created nobody can see in or hear what's happening in one, but to stop anybody bumping into us, the invisibility pocket takes in its surroundings and makes the outside look like something that would be here and people will know not to bump into. The only way to get out of the invisibility pocket is if the creator of the pocket let's them leave.