Polynatural-Book 1

Chapter 30

PARKER'S POV 

"Wohooo!" I yell as the wind whips past my face.

"Enjoying yourself?" The Boss half chuckles towards me.

It's a weird feeling air boarding through the forest. My senses are disorientated. My sight feels like i'm just taking a brisk stroll, but my other senses feel like I'm going over 100 mph. I can feel my lips being pulled back and my gums airing dry. I look towards The Boss, wondering if he is enjoying this as much as I am. His face reads only of seriousness and concentration as he weaves through the forest. Right, this is about Lacey...I press the blue button on my goggles and speed up.  

"STOP!" The Boss yells as we reach our destination.

I skid my board to a stop. "Where is she?" I say impatiently.

The Boss furrows his eyebrows and looks around. He then looks down at his GPS tracking watch and then back up again, confused.

"Where is she?" I repeat.

The Boss continues to look around, I follow suit.

"If she's not in the perimeters...not in the air, then I presume she's underground..." mumbles The Boss.

"She's where?"

"Underground...Well we came here for nothing then, we won't be able to get her...unless...Parker, I'm not sure what your abilities are but do you have anything that could help?"

"Well...There is something that might work, but I haven't used it in awhile."

"Explain further?"

"Well, like you know, I'm Polynatural. I have two abilities, copy cat and theft. Well, that's what I call them. Basically, I can mimic abilities, only the ones that I have seen,  and I steal someone's ability. Not actually take it away from them.I can store a specific ability in my repertoire and use it whenever. However, I can only "steal" and hold onto one ability...And the ability I'm holding onto right now is of sentimental value."

"What do you mean?"

"I'm holding onto my father's ability. I know it might sound stupid or whatever, but it's the only connection to him that I have left...and...I haven't used it since he's been gone."

"I'm sorry..."

"...yeah...but I'll use it....for Lacey..."

"Which ability of your father's are you going to use?"

"Molecular manipulation."

"Hmm...so you're planning on changing the molecule patterns and combinations? To what element?"

"Yeah I guess so...I'm thinking water? I'm not sure if I could do earth to air."

"Hmm, that could possibly work. I don't know how deep she is underground. It'll be difficult to hold our breaths if it is very deep. I can change the temperature of any object. If you change it to water I'll heat it up until it turns to steam. Therefore, all the water will be in the state of a gas rather than a liquid."

"Okay, I'm ready when you are."

I get off of the air board and kneel to the ground. Calmly, I breathe in and out, letting each breath flow through my body. I place my hand onto the ground and begin to focus on the molecules which consist the earth. I can feel the small vibrations of the molecules that are moving past each other.

"This might take awhile..." I say in a low tone towards The Boss.

I then focus all my energy into breaking the bonds between the atoms and changing them to 2 hydrogen atoms and 1 oxygen atom. I watch as a square feet of water begins to appear and then quickly disappear to steam. A small dent is left in the ground.