Gifted

Chapter Twenty-six Cecelia and Emily

Cecelia
I wake up to an alarm... But not the "get up" alarm. A blaring, painful sound, that wrenched me out of my dreams. My head is spinning, my vision is blurry, and I already have a headache. Then I hear the report. It's Mrs. Kimmel's voice, but it sounds more frantic. It goes like this:
"Students, you should all be out of bed. We are under attack by US army. Now, before you freak out, no we did not commit a crime. People have simply found out that we exist. And that we have our special powers. So we must evacuate. You must all pack up all your belongings. You will need to order up:
-10 pairs of your uniform
- 3 pairs of your boots
- 2 bars of soap
- 5 full water bottles (plastic)
- A backpack that is light and expands to fit whatever you need, but it will always stay 1 pound.
- 1 fire resistant and heated sleeping bag
- 1 bottle of bug repellent
- 50 bags of dehydrated food
- Personal Undergarments
- A trackbook ( It's a phone like thing that tracks your health, where you are, and you start by signing up and then you are immediately tracked. The teachers all have these, and they can see where everyone is. )
- Toiletries
- Other personal belongings
- Fire resistant spray

Emily
After that announcement, I quickly order all the required things from the list and put them all in the bag. I ordered it all blue, my favorite color. It has several black streaks and I'm guessing it's made out of special fabrics. It surprisingly expands to fit all the things inside, but remains very light! I rush outside and try to find Cecelia. So many people are in the hallways running in every direction, not knowing what to do. They are all freaking out, I am too. I see her at the end of the hallway near the air tower, and run over to her. She is as panicked as I am, and we decide to both sprint together to the meeting place, near the mess hall. Lots of people are there already, and we can all hear the speakers turn on:
"Please follow the teachers, this is an emergency! We will be going into a portal to another world. HURRY!!!!!!!!" Ms Kimmel screams at the top of her lungs.
We all follow the herd of students, who are all screaming as well.

The space between me and other bodies is small as the crowd runs, following the teachers to the portal. I grasp Emily's hand, not wanting to get lost in this crowd. When the movement slows down, I see we've formed a sort of queue to go through the portal. I stand next to Emily. We will go through together. I can hear the sounds of explosions behind us. I can also hear shrieks and screams. Some come from me, and some don't. That's when I think, will I die here? Is this the last time I'll see Emily? Or Zayne? Or Julia? Or Taj? What will happen to me? What will I do? All of a sudden, I look up and I see it infront of us. The portal. It's frame is a golden-bronze, that seems to swirl in circles. Inside the frame is a purple, clear see through substance. It looks gooey, ew. But I have no time to think about this anymore because we are up. Our bags are checked and then, we are there, in front of the portal.