Normani

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Normani was running like her life depended on it. Which technically .... it did.

She had been sleeping in a alley when she woke up to three men trying to sneak up on her. Using the jug of water she placed at the entrance of the alley as a distraction by making it explode,startling  them enough to give her a head start in getting the hell out of there. Unfortunately She cursed the fact that she decided to make a deserted alley in the warehouse district her temporary home for the night, because there was no one around to yell for help.

She had been running for the majority of the past few months so she had a good few hundred feet ahead of them, when she felt an explosion to her right knocking her off her feet. One of the men had thrown a fire ball so close to her it singed her hair. It missed her, but hit a garbage bin making it explode knocking her back and land on her ass. If  she wasn't so freaked that a man had just thrown a freaking fireball at her, she would have been kicking his ass for singing her hair. Jumping up and stumbling forward she realized that she had ripped her favorite pair of jeans, but decided to worry about that later if she was still alive.

She was extremely worried about the fact that the man clearly had abilities. She thought she was the only one, and honestly had only started running because she assumed the men only wanted to hassle her. Now she realized that they clearly had deadly intentions, and that scared her down to her bones. She was just a freaking homeless twenty year old! What the hell would they want with her!

She stopped her pondering when she realized they were gaining on her, and pushed her legs faster. She knew she had ten more blocks to go before she hit the main streets of Houston.

She'd never make it. 

It didn't help that it was late at night, and there was not a car in sight. Another fireball was thrown right where she was about to be and it the impact made her fly back into the closest wall. Just when she was about to resign herself to her fate, she heard a rumble. She watched two head lights approaching from the corner of building she had been running towards, and she knew she was screwed. Seeing two motorcycles heading towards her, right as the men reached her. Tears started pooling her eyes as she watched as one of the riders slowed and slid their bike to the right coming to a stop. The rider lifted her hand as a fireball of her own formed in her hand and threw it towards her. She expected her life to end so she closed her eyes, a few seconds later she heard screams and she realized the fireball wasn't aimed at her, but at the men chasing her.

It knocked the men back so hard it completely knocked one out. When the two other started to get up the rider lifted their hands and a gust of wind so powerful picked the men up, throwing them into the warehouse walls knocking them out.

Normani was scared, if the rider could take out those men she had no chance. The rider that caused all the destruction lifted their visor and she was surprised to find a beautiful girl around her age. She should have been terrified seeing such a powerful persons face, but she wasn't. The rider next to her lifted their visor and she saw another girl, just as beautiful as the first.

The second rider smiled and waved at her.

"My name is Demi and this is Lauren. I know you're confused and probably scared shit less, but we're are here to help you. Please trust us and come with us, I promise we'll explain everything to you, but right now we gotta get you out of here before those guys wake up. We had the element of surprise, but we wont for long." Demi said quickly.

Normani got up from the pavement confused, but when she heard one of the men groaning she gripped her back pack and ran towards the riders. She didn't know if taking this leap of faith to trust these girls was the right thing to do, but they had to be better than the goons chasing her. She climbed onto Demi's bike and hesitantly hugged Demi's waist.

"My name is..." she started

"Normani, yes we know. I am your guardian and we have been searching for you." replied Demi smiling.

Normani was shocked they knew her name, but didn't say anything. Her heart told her to trust these girls and that would be enough for now. Demi followed Lauren out of the warehouse district and they drove for an hour deeper into the city of Houston. Once they felt they were far enough away they stopped at a 24 hour diner.

They made their way inside and found a booth and sat quietly tucked away, facing the windows so they would be able to watch who entered the diner.  Once their waitress took their order they were quiet. The girls had taken off their helmets and Normani was able to truly look at them.

They were beautiful girls, and Normani was just starting to feel self conscious, when the red head named Demi reached her hand out and gently placed it on hers.

"Your beautiful honey don't think that way." said Demi softly.

Normani's eyes widened as she said, "you can read my mind?"

Demi giggled and nodded as the green eyed raven snorted.

"Trust me kid, its cool for a second but once you get to know her it gets really annoying." Lauren said smirking.

"Don't even start Lo! I said I was sorry let it go!" Demi shot back taking her hand back glaring at Lauren.

"Masturbating is a private thing, and listening to my thoughts while I do it is gross, and an invasion of privacy!" Lauren exclaimed.

"It's not like I did it on purpose! I was sleeping and your the one who was thinking too loud! Trust me I'd give anything to never be able to hear that you perve!" Demi shot back in irritation.

"whoa guys TMI ya know? And I'm not a kid." stated a laughing Normani.

Both girls realized they had been having their argument in front of the dark skinned beauty and turned red in embarrassment.

"Sorry," they both muttered.

"So you both knew my name. How?" Normani asked smiling. She should have been petrified of these girls, but watching them interact led her to believe they were harmless.... at least to her.

"Now that is a long story and since Demi knows it best I'll let her explain." said Lauren waving her hand signaling Demi to start talking.

"Alright well first of all, my name is Demetria Lovato and I'm your guardian...." Demi then started to explain everything like she had with Lauren. By the time she finished their food had arrived.

"Wow...." said Normani breathlessly.

"Yeah... It's a lot to take in I know." Lauren said as she bit into her avocado burger.

"So you in or not?" said Demi as she munched on her fries.

Normani was quiet for a moment.

A few months ago her life was relatively normal, and now she had to help save the world. Yeah it was a lot to take in. But she looked back at her life, and realized that this was it,  it explained why she was constantly running.

She grew up in foster care, and once she turned eighteen she was pushed out. Having moved into a studio apartment only to have men break in. She heard them talking about killing her, and she had ran and had been running since then. She assumed they were a gang or something, after her for thinking she saw something she hadn't, the police hadn't taken her seriously. Every time she felt safe again, men showed up looking for her, and she was tired of running alone. Yes it would be dangerous, but she wouldn't have to face it alone anymore.

After a minute of deliberating in her mind she nodded her head and said, "I'm in."

Both riders smiled at her relieved, Lauren was the first to speak.

"Alright Dem's where we headed next?" she asked while sipping her soda.

Demi closed her eyes and was quiet for a few minutes. When she opened them she smiled and said, San Antonio. Ally Brooke Hernandez air user."

Normani looked at Demi amazed, as Lauren rolled her eyes and lifted her hand calling, "CHECK!!"



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