Resistant • Jonathan Kent

vii. Manifested

The next day, Tiana was quickly running around the outside of her building and she was trying to burn energy, so that she didn't have the zoomies, for when she went to her appointment.

"Are you okay?" Cameron asked and Tiana was skidding to a stop in front of Cameron, who had landed on the ground when he spotted where she was.

"Trying to get some energy out, before I go to my appointment." Tiana admitted and she was shrugging her shoulders, before she was bouncing up and down on the soles of her feet. "I still don't know, if I should go."

"Tiana. It's your choice, I'm not going to make it for you..." Cameron looked up and he turned his head around, listening. "You might have to hold off on that particular appointment."

"Why?" Tiana asked and he looked back at her. "Cameron, what can you hear? What's happening?"

"Jonathan's powers... They have just manifested." Tiana's jaw dropped and in fact now, it nearly hit the ground at the words. "He is going to need help... I can't make your appointment."

"It's fine, Cam." Tiana said and he was shaking his head. "Go and help Jonathan, I can go to the appointment by myself." Tiana said quietly and he disappeared in a whoosh of air.

Tiana was silently sitting in the waiting room, filling out the forms and for the sake of having somebody's name on the forms for the employee's sake, she was writing down Cameron's name and then, she was simply changing the last name.

Tiana closed her eyes briefly, feeling uncertainty running through her bones at the decision, that was resting in front of her and she was shaking.

"Tiana Allen?" One of the nurses called out her name and Tiana sighed quietly and then she was getting up, before she gave her forms to the nurse. "Oh my. You are younger than the usual patients that we see..."

"I'm an orphan with no parents. I have another kid at home, because I made a stupid mistake and now, I'm here because I know that I can't have another one." Tiana shook her head. "I am a kid myself, okay? I need this procedure done and frankly, I really don't know what the hell else you want me to say." Tiana said and the nurse looked at her, before she was nodding at the words.

"All I need to know right now... Is if, there anybody else here with you?" Tiana sighed, before she shook her head. "Okay. I need you to follow me."

Tiana walked after her and she was sitting down in the chair. She was leaning her head back as she waited for the doctor, before she was looking at the ELT in her hand and then silently, she was tucking it quickly away into one of her pockets.

Cameron was watching from higher up in the sky as Jon was flying around, whooping as he really seemed excited to be there and to finally have powers of his own.

Cameron was carefully directing his hearing, away from Jon and he heard a familiar heartbeat, which was moving faster than normal.

Until Cameron was silently and carefully landing on the ground, just listening to what was happening to the heartbeat, which only appeared to be getting faster.

"Hey, Jonathan?" Jon was landing next to him at the words and Cameron sighed. "I'm missing something important, can you stay with Jordan and your mom?"

"How is she?" Jon asked and Cameron looked over at him. "I can't tell if you're angry at me about her, or if you're angry at me for her."

"She is going through a procedure right now, because she's afraid that you will keep her and... and this kid apart." Jon's eyes widened at the words. "Just like how you are keeping Liliana and her mother apart right now. Stay here with your family and try not to make things anything worse."