𝘪𝘯𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘪𝘣𝘭𝘦 - 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘢𝘤𝘦𝘭𝘭

𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘵 𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘪𝘯

Alayna woke up on the bathroom floor, her head pounding like a drum. Groaning, she rubbed her temples and forced herself to stand. The events of the previous day were a blur, but as she stumbled down the hallway to her bedroom, reality began to sink in. She found her phone on the charger, blinking with countless missed notifications.

Sitting on her bed, she tried to piece everything together. "Holy shit," she muttered, hoping it had all been a bad dream. To prove herself right, she made her way to the kitchen. The sight of pills scattered across the floor and the microwave, now a charred mess, confirmed it hadn't been a dream. "Shit. Shit. Shit." she whispered under her breath, panic rising.

Back in her room, she checked her phone. It was already 1 PM. She had missed all her classes and had about 100 missed calls from Nash and Tayo. Heart racing, she called Tayo back, but there was no answer. Desperate for some kind of update, she opened Instagram and immediately saw Chucky's latest post: a diss track aimed at Tayo. Her heart sank. "He's definitely going to kill him." she murmured, quickly dressing and heading over to Tayo's place.

As she pulled up to his block, she saw a group of his friends surrounding a delivery driver. "Not this shit again," she groaned, parking her car and getting out.

"Guys, what did I tell you about doing this to innocent people?" Alayna called out, striding over to them.

"I know you're my bredren's girl, but you need to stay out of it," Twosie said, his friends nodding in agreement.

"Stay out of it? Bitch, you must have forgot who you're talking to. I'm not just Tayo's girl." Alayna snapped, getting up in their faces.

She turned to the delivery driver and recognized him. "I know you... you accidentally slammed into me while I was out by the hospital," she said, her anger subsiding.

"He did what?" Tayo said, walking up and getting involved.

"Tayo, it was an accident," Alayna tried to explain.

"Nah," Tayo muttered, shoving the poor delivery driver into the truck and starting to stab him.

"TAYO, STOP!" Alayna screamed, trying to pull him off. The rest of the crew scattered, but Alayna stayed, trying to help. Suddenly, the world around her shifted. They were back where they had been five minutes earlier, before Tayo got involved. Time had rewound itself. Both the delivery driver and Alayna stared at each other, their eyes glowing yellow.

Twosie walked up to her again, repeating his earlier words, "I know you're my bredren's girl, but you need to stay out of it."

Alayna just looked at him. "Whatever," she replied, still in shock.

"I'm just doing my job," the delivery driver said calmly.

"Fuck your job," Skreamer snarled, slamming him into the truck again. Alayna tried to pry Skreamer off, but Tayo grabbed her by the waist and pulled her behind him.

Tayo stepped in front of the delivery driver. "Hey, 'low him, man." Tayo said to Skreamer, surprisingly calm. He looked at the delivery driver and said, "But that was your warning, yeah? Now you know. Next time step correct."

The delivery driver nodded, still looking scared. He glanced at Alayna one last time before driving off in a hurry.

"Yo Taze, dinner's on you, you know, since you wanna be giving away free food," Skreamer said annoyed.

Alayna watched the delivery driver's van disappear around the corner, her mind racing with what had just happened. She looked at Tayo, who was watching her with a mix of concern and curiosity.

"What was that about?" he asked, his eyes narrowing.

"I... I don't know," Alayna stammered, still trying to make sense of her new abilities. "I think... I think I might have powers."

Tayo's eyes widened in disbelief. "Powers? Like what?"

Alayna shook her head, unable to explain. "I don't know yet. But whatever it is, we need to figure it out. And fast."