We're Different

Chapter 8

    "Chase, this is amazing!" Leo cried as the five of us entered the Lab. He was still oogiling over Chase's newly discovered ability. "You can move things with your mind! You're like a really cool magician. You know, if there was such a thing as a really cool magician."

I set down my bag and sat in the spinning chair at a desk near Mr. Davenport's main console.

"It doesn't make any sense," Chase rambled. "It was probably just a fluke. I mean, it's not like everything around me is going to start flying through the air." He moved his hand as he said that, and things flew to the left. I ducked and covered my head, hoping to not get hit by the impending objects. "Uh oh."

"I'm gonna go tell Mr. Davenport about this," Bree said, walking towards the elevator.

"What? No, wait!" Bree stopped in her tracks and looked towards Chase. "If this is a glitch, and Mr. Davenport finds out, he won't let me go to school anymore. Let me tap into his Cyberdesk and see if I can find anything." He started typing things into the high-tech desk when my phone buzzed. I looked down at it to see that Marcus had texted me.

'Hey.'

I smiled and unlocked my phone.

'Hello!'

'So I wanted to ask you something...'

My heart began racing.

'What is it?'

'Uh, you know what, this is more something I should ask you in person. If I can stay over, can I ask you then?'

'Yeah, sure.'

"Whoa, guys..." I put down my phone and walked over to Chase. I looked over the files he had dug up and my eyes went wide. "...this isn't a glitch. I can move objects by manipulating the energy around them. I've unlocked a hidden ability called molecular kinesis."

"That's so cool!" I cried, smiling and looking at the files closer.

"Chase, I'm going to need you to unlock you ability to use smaller words." I rolled my eyes and Chase moved on.

"According to this, we all have hidden abilities!"

"What?" Bree shoved Chase to the side a bit and looked over what he had brought up.

"What are they?" Adam stood next to me and looked at the screen.

"I don't know. Let me see." He began scrolling through the files, but an error message quickly came up and Chase gave up. "Oh no... It's shutting us out. Mr. Davenport must have put a security lock on it. I'm sorry guys, I guess we'll have to discover them on our own."

"Fine!" Bree groaned, walking over to the chain I had been sitting in.

"Ooh! Maybe my new ability is that I can speak Russian." I sighed as Adam began walking in stealth mode for some reason. "Testing... testing... Is this Russian?"

"Keep looking," I sighed. Adam simply gave up and stood up straight again. "Hey, we should go ask Mr. Davenport about having Marcus stay over now. We don't want it to be too late."

"Oh yeah!" Adam began walking towards the elevator. "Let's go!"

"Hey, Mr. Davenport." After I had gotten his attention, Adam actually asked him.

"Is it okay if Marcus spends the weekend here? His dad is away and he doesn't want to spend it with his not-dead-grandma." Mr. Davenport looked utterly confused.

"Just go with it," I sighed.

"No," Leo cried, "don't do it. Marcus is an evil, two-faced liar. Also, a Sagittarius. They're shifty."

"I'm a Sagittarius," Bree defended.

"I rest my case." The doorbell rang as Mr. Davenport gave his answer. I walked over to the door to answer it.

"You know, guys, this is really not a great weekend... for visitors. I got a lot of stuff..."

I opened the door to reveal Marcus standing there with overnight stuff.

"Marcus..." Chase's voice went to a guilty frequency. "What a surprise... We were just talking about you."

"Yeah, let me catch you up to speed," Leo said, making his way over to us. "You're two-faced and nobody likes you. Bye-bye!" Leo tried to shove him out the door, but Marcus shook him off.

"I love this little guy. He's so full of fire!" Marcus was clearly trying to hide his annoyance. He walked closer to Mr. Davenport. "Mr. Davenport, my father left before my grandma got there and I was all alone and this is the only place I feel safe, and... please don't make me leave!"

Mr. Davenport looked at all of us, and when he saw my pleading look, he caved.

"Yeah, okay, okay. You can stay."

Suddenly, something beeped and we all looked at Mr. Davenport. He looked down at his phone, and then his head shocked back up. Something was urgent.

"What is that?" Marcus asked.

"That, uh... that means it's... it's happy time. How about you stay here and be happy, and we'll be happy over there?" Chase grabbed me by the arm and him, Leo, Adam, Bree, and myself crowded around Mr. Davenport. "Guys that was the mission alert system. We have to go down to the Lab immediately. Leo, distract Marcus."

"What? No-no, no!"

"Uh, Marcus, we'll be right back," Bree spoke up. "We have to go... pick up a pizza."

"All of you?" He asked.

"It's an extra large," Adam said suspiciously. With the exception of Leo, we raced down to the Lab. I hoped nothing bad would happen, but at the same time I was excited.

This was going to be my first mission!