Being gifted...[ON HOLD]

You are gifted....

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RECAP:

We follow him into the room. But...something is off. What is it?

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Date:...

Place:....

Zak's POV

We follow Andria into the room and the door closes behind us. We are greeted by three bean bags and a couch. The other tall guy and I put Nick down on the couch. The fact that the couch was already here for Nick means Quinn already knew about his injury and got the room ready for our arrival. It means we were being watched the whole time. I feel terribly deceived right now. How SICK could you GET? We could've died in there. If they KNEW where we were, why didn't they help us? What is WRONG with them??!

I make my way to a bean bag and sit down. Might as well do what they say until I think of some other way of getting out of here. I am NOT giving up. I can't. Not now. Not when someone needs me.

I look up to face Quinn. Wait... what the hell? What is WRONG with that window? It is now showing night at the Taj Mahal. The lights and scenery is really beautiful. It seems so realistic. But it can't be. That wouldn't make sense. The last time we were here it showed broad daylight. How could it be night time already? Oh and the last time we were here it was also showing a whole different CONTINENT!! Yep. It is definitely not real.

Quinn's voice echoes through the room. "Alright. Let's see. Where should we start? Let's start with you. I am sure all of you have a lot of questions." He looks at us for a reply. When he doesn't get anything besides four very angry and frustrated expressions, he continues talking. "Alright then. Let me answer the questions I already KNOW you have to save you the trouble."

He takes a seat on his desk- completely ignoring the chair- and continues. "Hmm... okay so. Let me start by clearing some misunderstanding up. I am not as dim-witted and dense as you think I am. Moreover, I am also not the type of person to "kidnap" someone and then go to sleep while they are perfectly capable to leave the room." He waits for us to digest what he said. I break eye contact with him and look away. How could I have been so stupid? Why didn't I think of that?

After smirking at our embarrassed faces he continues. "You guys were undoubtedly set up. We had to give you one chance to take a run for it." He shrugs. "We didn't want you to think that you didn't get even one chance to experience the thrill of escaping." He pauses and smiles. "However, some things didn't go the way we planned them to. Due to a mistake in the system...which happened for the first time in its history... the room that you were supposed to be led to was swapped with a Level 5 training room. We were told to take you out immediately but I insisted otherwise. If you were going to be MY team... you would have to go through much worse anyway. So why not now? What could a little DEATH threat do? Plus, I would get a chance to see how well you guys would do on the field." He pauses again. His TEAM?? What field? Did he just say a LITTLE death threat? Is he in his mind??

"And in case you guys were wondering what I observed while watching you, let me tell you that there was only ONE thing going through my mind.

You. Guys. Suck.

You call that TEAMWORK? Fighting like little kids when your life is in danger?" he glares at Andria and the tall guy. "Cracking jokes?" he looks at Nick. "Not helping?" he looks at me. I glare back at him. HE is the one talking about HELPING? Who gave him the right? Does he even know the DEFINITION of helping??! "You guys were absolutely PATHETIC! This is going to have to change." Change---my foot!!

"Anyway...let's move on. Okay so let me guess. You guys probably don't believe that you guys have super powers of any kind. Right?" he looks at us for a reply. "Right. So why don't you guys explain to me some of things that have just happened. Hmm...let's start with Xavier walking on the hot beam." So that's his name. "Just so you know, the heat of the beam was so great that if a metal beam spend that much time on it...it would have melted." He pauses for our reaction. We all turn to look at Xavier. How DID he do that?

"Umm...I have always liked fire since I was little. I have been immune to burns to some degree as well. However, this is the first time something like this has happened." He explains to us.

"That is because the place you are in right now is the proper and safe place for your powers. Thus, this is the place your powers will show the most. To keep them hidden from the world and even to you, a seal was put to your powers so you wouldn't be able to experience them until you were good and ready." Quinn replies very smugly. However, we still don't look convinced.

"So what? Maybe he is just gifted in some way." Andria contradicts.

Quinn smile in response. "He IS gifted. And so are you." She looks confused. "Andria, take off your shoes and take a look at your feet. And show them to everybody as well." Andria looks confused at first but then realization and shock fills her expression. She slowly takes off her shoes.

No WAY! Her feet are as good as new. There are no more burn marks. "How do you feel Andria? Do your feet hurt?"

"Umm...no." She answers under her breath.

"You are a smart girl, Andria. You know that the burn you had would take at least 10 days to fully heal. So, how would you explain this?"Quinn smiles. Looking at Andria's speechless face he moves on. "And as for the last and most unexplainable thing to happen today--- Nick's...um...how would you say it....yes...talent." Nick looks at him confused and then turns to give us questioning glances. We look away.

What Nick did was TRUELY astonishing. I thought I imagined it. But now I know it really happened. "Nick, if you remember... a while before you fainted, you saw about a million sharp metal spikes showering down towards the four of you. Right?" Nick nods in reply. "Well... you then closed your eyes and concentrated. After grasping enough power you slashed your hand in the air and released a wind so powerful that it sent back all the spikes on your side of the room." Nick's eyes widen in surprise. Silence covers us. No one is able to look at each other. Everyone is in jeopardy.

There is proof...but it could be false. Should we believe it? Could we REALLY have powers? Could it be true? NO. Of course not.... but what about what just happened?

"I believe you." Someone broke the silence with three very dangerous words.

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