Solar

Chapter 5

There was a lot of sirens last night. I didn't sleep, how could I? But that wasn't the only reason. I was thinking about what Aras and Chase said. I can't leave these people. They are my family now, but I know what's coming. I was up doing my usual mourning thing when I had the worst idea ever. I'm not that desperate yet. I turn on the tv and it was still on the news. I was about to turn it when it showed a zoom in picture of me. It captures a glimpse of my face. Then it say, "Police have already started to look for people that look like this." Then it shows a cop being interviewed. "We are just trying to contain these people, who knows it could be contagious and more people could die." If I'm contagious, I could infect the wilcoxes. I was deep in thought when the reporter screamed. I look at the tv and see a boy, little older than me shoot ice out of his hands.
"We deserve to be free!" He screamed. I ran out the door triggering my super speed. Running past streets toward danger. This is probably stupid, but I'm doing it anyway. It's like the whole world is in slow mo. I see the guy shooting ice out of his hands at the reporter. I see people frozen all over the place. I run in front of the reporter and ignite in flames, aim my hands toward the ice and come out of super speed. The ice slams into my hands, but my hands aren't frozen. Their normal. Took the fire away. I ignite them immediately. The reporter looks in shock then runs away. The guy in front of me looks mad. "You need to stop." I said, sounding stupid. "Stop? I won't become a science experiment." He said. "You need to calm down this won't solve anything." I say. Thankfully he iced the camera before I got here. "No, I am gonna stop the people hunting us, for good. Get out of the way. I'm doing what's best for people like us." He said. "I'm not going anywhere." I said. He was quick. Raising his hands and shooting deadly looking icicles. I heated up the air in front of me a couple hundred degrees hotter. The icicles melted as soon as it hit it, splashing me in hot water. It was my turn. I made two big fire balls and lobbed them at him. I created more this time two in each hand and threw it at him. He dodge the first one, shot the second one, and then shot the other four with so much force, they came flying back at me. I dived out of the way and as soon as I got the chance fired two streams of flames out of my hands. He shot two streams right back. Our powers collided. Fire vs ice. He had a look of determination. I started losing it. The ice started inching toward me. It kept coming, I was using all my effort, but it wasn't enough. It's down to my hands now, fingers starting freeze. I thought about about my parents, their last look of fear. That's how mine is. I thought about Johnny, Rachael, my whole life. I'm young and about to die. I can't die not yet. There's still something I need to do. I'm not going to die today. I look at him and grinned. He looked confused. I started feeling hotter. Even with my powers I could feel the heat now.it just got hotter. There was a huge weight behind my eyes. There was a lot of heat behind it. My vision blurred, but I knew the ice was going away. I finally gave up and let the heat take over. My vision now blurred with flames, as my eyes caught on fire. But it didn't hurt. The fire shot out of my eyes too. I saw a glimpse of the guy, he had a look of fear. The flames were at his hands now, he was losing the battle and finally he stopped and was blown back by the force. I stopped exhausted. I walked over and checked his pulse. Still alive, that's good. I felt exhausted. My hands hurt. The nerves hot. Thinking about using my powers made him wanna puke, but i did anyway activating his super speed and sped home. As soon as i got there Sam looked at him and said, "Dude where have you been, you look bad, what happened to you?" He asked. "Sorry Johnny, I'm tired and will talk with you later." As he hurried away. Even talking exhausted him. I pushed his powers to the limit. But I still felt as if he had more. I fell face first on his bed and blacked out.
When I woke up I saw Johnny standing in front of me. "School is cancelled because more people died today because of that freak on tv. You probably couldn't make it to school anyway. I would ask you if you were drunk, but I know you too well. What happened?" He asked. "Long story." I said blowing it off. "Whatever, what do you want to do today?" He asked. "Don't know. Why don't we call Rachael and ask if she wants to do something with us." I said. "Great idea Sammy." He said. Sammy? Never mind. Johnny pulls out his phone. "Hey, me and Sammy wanted to go do something since school is out.....yeah we don't know yet, have any insight?" He asked. Sammy again? "Ok bye," He hangs up."She is on her way." "Hey, if you start calling me Sammy, I'll start calling you John." I said. "Wow, I'm hurt, Sammy." He said. I glare at him. My mom used to call me that. "Fine, fine. He complies. "So I'm thinking a movie, what do ya think?" He asks. "Sounds great." I say. "Man this whole thing is so crazy. I'm mean people dying left and right, super powers. I mean it's like I'm in a comic book." He says. "Yeah." I mumble. "You would tell me if something happens right?" He asks. "Of course." I say, even though I know that's not true. "Good." As he says that, I hear a knock. I jump up and practically run to the door, trying to get away from the conversation. I open the door to find the police standing there. Immediately I knew they weren't here for me. "Sam, something happened to mr. Wilcox." They say. "No, no. This can't be happening." I say. My vision blurs. No I'm losing control. My body starts to heat up. "Are you ok, Sam?" He asks. "No, I have to go." I say and rush past them. "Ow, man kid you need to cool of, what were you doing playing with the stove?" He yells. I run and as soon as they can't see me I super speed away. I end up in the forest. My eyes on fire now. Fire flickering on and off on my hands. No he can't die. I just saw him yesterday. He seemed fine. I feel cheated. I get this power and all that other people get is death. What if this happens to Johnny or Rachael or Mrs. Wilcox. She must be torn up. Johnny I just left him there. My eyes just keep getting hotter and finally I let it out. Fire coming out of my hand cutting though trees. It's so hot I can actually feel the heat. I stop after a few tantrums. I turn and run back to the house.