Sun and Shadow

Chapter 8

"Hi Callie" Jude barely got out before his sister wrapped him in a giant hug. "Were you standing here waiting for me?" he asks her laughing.

"What? I can't be excited to see my little brother?" she said trying to sound innocent.

Jude just gave her the look. Raising an eyebrow she started laughing. "Okay, okay. Maybe I was a little worried about you and maybe I was waiting for you to get back, but I'm your sister so it's allowed" she explained.

"No one else felt it was necessary to hover Callie" Jude said as they walked in the house only to see everyone sitting there in the kitchen, obviously waiting for him. Jude looked surprised when they all welcomed him home.

"We took turns" Callie confessed. "Mama wouldn't let all of us out there at one time."

Jude looked at Lena and Stef who didn't even look guilty about it. "What?" Lena said coming to give him a hug. "We just want to know how your first day went honey."

Jude just shook his head and walked in and saw them all sitting at the island waiting for them. Jesus was bouncing in his chair and Brandon was almost as bad. "Sit down and tell!" Mariana demanded and the others were all nodding.

"Now calm down" Stef called out over the group. "Give him a minute to breathe. It's just a school day after all."

"Are you kidding?" Jesus yells. "Jude is going to super high. We want to hear what he did and everything!"

Jude just snickered. "It wasn't all that exciting Jesus" Jude told him. "We just did placement, got our schedules, made some friends and dealt with a bully, sort of."

"What do you mean a bully?" Lena asked concerned.

"It's no worry mama. The Principal took her out and they were dealing with her" Jude assured his mother.

"Her?" Mariana said surprised. "The bully was a girl?"

"Wait. I want to hear about placement!" Jesus interrupted.

"What about your classes?" Brandon added

"STOP!" Callie yelled over everyone. They all got quiet and looked at her in surprise. "Jude, why don't you just tell us how the day went? That should cover everything" she suggested.

Lena nodded gratefully at Callie. "I think that is a great idea Callie" she looked at everyone. "Jude, can you just walk you through the day?"

Jude just smiled at his family enjoying their excitement. "That's probably the best idea" he agreed. "Well I arrived at school and we had to do Orientation and a more intense campus tour. It was great, we saw a bunch of new stuff and learned a lot including not revealing other students' identities but I did get to meet some new friends. Since I can't tell you their names, I will just you letters. There's 'A2', she is a shapeshifter, but low power. She can only change some parts of her appearance like hair and eye color. Not a big power, but she is really cool. 'A1', well her dad is a healer but she didn't inherit his full power but she can block anyone's pain. She wants to work with medical rescue. Then there is 'W', he is a computer path. It's like a mind reader, but he can read computers and technology. Really cool and he is Level 3" Jude told them.

"What about you?" Jesus asked excitedly.

Jude smiled shyly. "I was ranked as a Level 5" Jude said softly.

"Whoa!" Jesus said in awe. "So you are like Sentinel? Stronger than the Commander and Jetstream?" The rest of the family was shocked, especially Callie.

"Yeah" Jude mumbled "but the really cool part is that I'm not the only one."

"What do you mean?" Mariana asked. "I thought Layla said the last Level 5 was Will."