Solar

Chapter 4

I stayed up and watched the news till three in the mourning. Johnny may have been interested in this, but not that interested, he went to sleep at ten. I wake up at 7:30. When I see mr. Wilcox already up and in a suit, I panic. Since our school is damaged, we had to go to a different school for a while. It's thirty minutes away. Well, no breakfast. "Hey mr. Wilcox can you take me and Johnny to school?" I ask. "I'm sorry Sam, but I can't. I'll be late, you should have woken up sooner." He answers. Darn it. I get ready in five minutes running all over the house. Johnny already left, how could he leave me? I get out the door and start running, I look behind me and see a police car a block away. I am getting so angry, that my hands start getting hot. Not now. Then all of a sudden I start getting faster. I stop 30 feet from where I was. I look back, "Wow." I say. I run towards the school. Then I stop right behind Johnny. He must have walked too. How am I going to explain this. He looks behind, "Hey, where did you come from? I had a head start on you!" He says. "You sound like a kid. I guess I'm just a fast runner." I say. That was a weird feeling. I can't believe I can do that. That's gonna make getting around a lot easier. I go throughout my day thinking about what happened. When me and Johnny come home, they're already people there talking to mr.Wilcox. When one guy turns towards me there's the towns police symbol. Oh no. "Johnny, Sam, your home." Mr. Wilcox says." What's going on here?" Johnny asks. "The police just wanted to ask Sam some questions." Mr. Wilcox with a weird look on his face. "What kind of questions?" I ask. "About the bank robbery." He answers. My heart drops to my stomach. "Come on Johnny, let's go." Mr. Wilcox says. "But, this is good stuff.." Johnny complains. "Come on." Mr. Wilcox says. As soon as they leave the police officer says, "Hi Sam, my name is Jack and this is my partner Micky. We just have a few questions for you." "Nice to meet you. Um, did I do something officer?" I ask nervously. "Of coarse not, we're just asking some questions." He answers. "Ok, go ahead." I say. "The people who were held against their will said that someone saved them. At first I didn't believe them, but when I saw the crook knocked out with fire marks all around and no one to be found, I started to believe them. We brought in a sketch artist for them and this is how it turned out." He says, then hands me a picture that looks a lot like me. "Hmm, looks a lot like me." I say, trying to sound innocent. "Yeah that's what I said, and that's why we're here." He says. "Wait a second, are you here because you think I'm this guy? No way, I mean I wish I could have helped these people, but sir I am no hero." I say sounding convincing. "Ok, just making sure. Just one more thing, the people there said he had fire coming out of his hands," I swallow, "And you see, there has been a new law for the ones who have these mutations, if you see this guy, you call us." He hands me a card with a number on it. "Sure do." I say smiling. That was close one.

I've been practicing all week just trying to get my powers down and I've gotten pretty good. They came out with something lately to help find the mutants, they say all the ones who have mutations could die if they don't get this. I don't believe them though. It's a power detecter when there a mutant nearby it Bings the closer you get the more it Bings when their about 20 feet away it will show their power level. They made a system that rates ur power 1-5. 5 being really powerful, 1 being not having much power. So that's gonna make my life a lot harder for me but i think I have an idea. I've been thinking and maybe I should help the mutants I mean I am one, help them escape the grasp of the authorities. Right now I just trying to stay hidden myself. "Come on dude lets go!" Johnny says. "Ok, ok I'm coming." I say. Our school is fixed now so we can go back to our school. "Good to be back." Johnny says as he takes a whiff of the air. "Yeah, it is." I say remembering what happened here. "Well gotta go dude." Johnny says. "You going to class?" I ask knowing there is other motive. "What French class is worth it you'll see when you go second period." He slaps my arm and walks faster than I've ever seen him walk. "He's got issues." I say to myself. "Hey I haven't heard from you in a while." Someone says. I turn around and see Rachael. "Well it's been compacted this month." I say. "Well we have a lot of catching up to do then, I'll see you and Johnny at lunch right?" She asks. "Yeah sure see ya there." I answer. I see the schools officer take a kid to his office with one of those detectors. That kid must have been a mutant. People are calling us solar freaks, I like mutant though. I walk quickly away from there before he notices that the kid is not the only signal he's picking up.

School was exhausting trying to avoid the officer and on top of that Rachael is also interested in the solar freak stuff. So that's just great. It's about 8:30 pm when mr. Wilcox says, "Hey can you go out and get us some supply's from the store?" "Sure." I head out the door. Immediately I realize that I had made a bad decision I see a cop car a block away patrolling the area looking for mutants. It's too late to go back. The lights on the police car go on, they've got my signal. I turn around and run. I feel me getting fast, I'm getting the hang of my powers. I see the houses fly by me as I run. I stop when I see another patrol. Their both coming towards me. I have to get out before the lights hit my face. I run through a fence. It seems I'm attracting a lot of attention. My radiation signal must be strong. I hear a helicopter. What! Why so much for one solar freak. I run faster but the helicopter's light is not far behind. The light found me but it can't see my face from down there. I still got three police cars behind me. This super speed thing is handy. The helicopter open fires on me. I dodge the bullets all around. When I look at one as it flys by me, I see it's a dart. That makes more sense.
They want me alive, to "cure" me. I slip and a dart hits me before I can regain balance. No! I have to keep going but the dart works fast I'm getting dizzy. I stop at a ware house and blow the door off accidentally, I'm losing control of my powers. I get inside, pick up the door and slam it back in to where it use to be. I'm surprised when it crushes beneath my finger tips. I have no time to think about it I smash it into the door hole and shoot the outline of the door with fire. Then I black out. I wake up not knowing where I am. I hear a voice but I don't know where it is. The dart's affect is still wearing out. "Good your awake." Someone says. I look up to see a boy about the same age as me, maybe a little older. "Where am I?" I ask. "Don't worry, your safe with us." He says. "Us?" I ask. "Come on, let me show you something." He says. I get up and walk with him. "You didn't answer my question, where am I?" I ask. "Your where you should be." He say as he opens a door to a mess hall full of people. "I am here to help." He says. They're all like you and me. Us solar enhanced need to stick together." He says. "I don't understand, how did you find me, and who are you?" I ask, my mind spinning. "My name is Chase we listen in on the police radios, we heard a level 4 was found it was only a matter of time before they got you. Your welcome by the way." He explains. "I had it under control." I say defensively. "Yeah you looked like it too when you were passed out." He shoots back. I can't think of anything to say back. "When did this form?" I say finally. "As soon as the news announced that we need to go the study facility's and get 'cured'." He answers. "Why am I here." I ask the question weighing down on my mind. "The proper question is why weren't you here before? Dude your a level 4, we need all the help we can get to fight back." He says. "Wait fight back?" I say sensing something. "We are the future, the normal people are jealous and they hate what they can't control. They know it too." He says. "You didn't answer me, how are you fighting back?" I ask with firmness. All he does is smile. "Follow me, I want you to meet somebody." He says, the same weird smile on his face. He leads me into a room were there is a bunch of equipment that looks like they use for training. He leads me up to a guy sparing with other guy. "Hey Aras, this is Sam." He says. The guy, Aras, steps of the mat. "So your Sam." He says shaking my hand, it's seems, cold. "Um, yeah." Not sure what to say. "Well we have a lot to talk about." He says. "Aras runs the place." Chase explains. "Oh, well I would love to talk to you, but I really need to get going." I say as I turn away. "Back to your normal adopted family?" Aras asks. How does he...."Sam, we've been watching you, you are the first level 4 we've found in awhile, so we did some digging. We can help you control your powers Sam. If you stay with your family Sam, they will get hurt. By you or the cops, either way you can't stop it unless you spare them the pain. There is something bigger than us happening." He says. I'm fuming now, but I know it's true. "Sleep on it, but just know the longer you wait the more at risk they are." He says. Chase takes my arm and lead me out. I run to the store faster than I usually would but I'm in a hurry. I race back to my house. I walk in, "Hey, sorry the line was long." I say but they don't look at me, their eyes are stuck on the tv. Johnny waves me over to look. I look at the screen. I see what looks like a little line of blue moving fast and taking all sorts of curves, and I recognize it immediately. "This was taken an hour ago when the police were trailing a level 4 mutant." It's me.