05. Paralyzed

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It had been two months since Garrett's attack and his threats about retribution. Since then, Victoria had been pushing everybody to train even more, including herself in that group.

Today, Victoria was just silently aiming water at various targets as she was sending it flying, knocking back the dummies as she was spinning quickly.

Victoria spun around again, sending Heather and Linden both backwards and they were hitting the ground hard. Heather groaned as she rolled over and she looked at Victoria. "Sorry." Victoria said simply as she was holding out a hand to her, and Heather accepted the hand up.

"You seemed so focused and fluid, like water itself." Heather said and Victoria's eyes flashed with a smile, before she nodded slightly.

"I have been doing this for a while." She pointed out and summoned the water back to her, spinning it around in a swift motion as it was going back into a couple of empty Tupperware tote bins and it was falling into the bins again.

"How old are you?" Heather asked and Victoria glanced at her with lifted eyebrows at the words. "26?" Heather guessed and Victoria was shaking her head.

"29." Victoria replied and Heather was shaking her head in disbelief. "Anyways, what are you guys doing out here?" She asked.

"Those twins of yours, they have been fighting again." Linden admitted as he was standing up from the ground and Victoria's eyes flashed.

"Shit." Victoria said and quickly, she was running back to the house, with Linden and Heather on her heels.

Victoria ducked and threw her hands up to shield her eyes, to avoid the massive bolt of electricity and she was teleporting into the room.

Victoria saw that the twins were clearly screaming at each other, but it felt like she had gotten in her ears and she was shaking her head. Victoria saw a bolt of electricity that tore through the air as she disappeared into a stream of water.

Victoria pushed Tommy out of the way before the lightning crashed into her and Victoria shuddered, feeling the all too familiar paralysis taking over as the pain spread like wildfire.

"Mom!" Tommy shouted as Victoria was hitting the floor and she was shuddering and seizing, the powerful electricity running through her. "Mom!" He screamed, but she wasn't able to move or even speak. "Tyla, what the fuck did you do?!" He shouted at his sister, who looked terrified.

"I didn't mean to hurt her!" Tyla was swiftly running over and she was dropping down to rest next to Victoria, who was shaking. "We need Dad." Tyla said and Tommy looked up at her. "I don't have control, I could end up fully killing her instead!" She said and Tommy was shutting his eyes, before with a scream, he was disappearing into a tornado of water.

Tommy landed down in the middle of the gym in a community center, groaning as his back hit the ground and he coughed weakly in pain.

"Tommy?" Tommy groaned as he looked up and he saw that Connor had put the mop to the side. "Tommy, what the hell are you doing here?" Connor asked and Tommy wheezed, before he was rolling back up onto his feet with difficulty.

"Mom was hit, by a bolt, of electricity." He stammered out and Connor's eyes narrowed at the words. "Tyla hit her by mistake, she lost control. Jaime doesn't know how to absorb electricity and Tyla has no control over her abilities." Tommy said and he was shaking his head. "We need your help, Dad."

"Where is she?" Connor asked and Tommy looked relieved at the words, before Tommy grabbed onto his arm and he focused.

They were both crashing down onto the ground in front of the mansion and while Tommy landed flat on his back, Connor was luckily able to turn himself in the air to land on his feet instead of his back. "Is she still breathing?!" Connor shouted at Griff, who had heard the camera alerts going off as he was running out to the front.

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