The United

THE GODDESSES

Me, Chelsea Berrios, alongside my classmates and friends Mateo, Elijah, Riley, Alexandra Y., Shaylee, Mia, Helen, Tatyana, Liam, Bryan, Shirley, Gabby D, and Dominick have been turned into mutants with unimaginable powers, and there was still many more to go. We all stood in what was left of our classroom, watching as this mysterious shadow man once again reached into his case and took out a golden syringe, it looked majestic. "Jolly Zheng" he says. Jolly looked up, immediately her cheeks flared up to a hot red color. He came closer. Jolly stuttered to say something, her vocal cords probably keeping quiet, cause they know... He put her straight black ponytail to the side, her face curled into an embarrassed expression as he inserted the needle into her neck, the fine liquid gold going into her bloodstream, changing everything her body can do. I learned after 14 kids changing that the body doesn't control the power, but the power controls the body. After the syringe was empty only with a bit of residue in the syringe, he took it out and Jolly held her stomach. "What kind of power is this?" Mateo said approaching Elijah. "Who knows, her stomach probably hurts from the serum" Elijah answered, his arms crossed over his chest. "I don't like this" Shaylee said, all our attention turning to her. "So you think a bunch of middle school kids can stop an out of world monster with psychic powers, real smart" Liam said, playing with electric shocks. "Well we have powers, why not" Shaylee said. "CAUSE HES STRONG!" Mateo whispered screamed. "Excuse Me" I heard the deep voice came from behind our little circle. "Sorry sir" Shirley says, scratching the back of her neck. "Good, now face forward as your friend presents her remarkable power" he said, the way he said that sentence sent chills down our spines, even Helen who had power to control ice. Jolly said in a whisper " I don't feel well." Jolly wasn't known to like the attention of crowds so she was of course embarrassed. " it will pass my child, I would advise you too go somewhere away from your friends..." he said. Jolly stood up, the ropes falling off and stood in the corner, holding her stomach as if all the stomach acid was about to come out of her. "If your going to uh puke... don't look to the left..." Mateo told Jolly. "Why" she said, and looking down at the dismembered body of Coach and that did it. She started puking, puking not like a badge color but more like greenish, Mateo looked away, holding his mouth and Elijah did too. The girls squirmed under the sight but I couldn't stop looking at all the different shades of green and yellow that poured out of her digestive system. After what felt like forever she stopped and her cheeks were the color of blood as she wiped some of the liquid off her mouth. "You okay jolly" Dominick said. "I feel empty" she said. "That's one of the effects of your powers" the shadow man responded. She looked at me and then gasped. "What's the matter" Dominick asked. " it's hitting her, the power is entering" he says. Jolly then breathes out a ring of what looked like fluffy white smoke. The smoke turned a yellowish brownish color in mid air and went back to her, circling around her body and changed her teal button down and tan slacks to a yellow brownish body suit with the same colored armor around the cuffs and chest and ankles. Her boots were a more yellow. She looked at herself and looked confused. "My child, have you ever wished that you could turn this desk" and put his gloved hand on the desk where Jordan was strapped next to "-into something you would want, you would need" he said. "Uh... I don't know" she says. "Well try it out, think of something and then touch this desk" he said. She thought, you could see her face twist into pure concentration. Then she touched the deal. It was like what's the word... magic. The desk transformed into a small white furred cat. "Meow" it said, its mouth opened in a small yawn, her fangs flashing. Jolly gave us the don't judge me stare as she picked up the cat. "A cat?" The shadow man said and Jolly's checks flared up. "Not just this... you can turn the air into toxic!" The shadow boomed, my heart skipping a beat at the sound of his voice. Jolly looked at her hands. "We call this atomic manipulation or... having gods hands". My mouth literally dropped. Did Jolly have the powers of the lord himself? To turn anything into anything she imagined with just one magic touch? Could she really kill us all with a tap of her skinny long finger? Jolly put the cat down and touched it softly on the back of its ear and it turned back into a boring wooden desk like it was before. Jolly single teared and went all the way to the back with Alex Yick and Gabby Diluca. He approached the case once more and took out what looked like a rainbow colored syringe. "Ariana Perez" he said a raspy like tone. I could see her frozen in fear, but also a breeze of hatred in her chocolate eyes as he approached her. He stuck it in her caramel skin, her face twisted in agony as it was put deeper in her skin. I hated to see Ariana like this, she was like my sister.... I had to crack my knuckles and look away to contain the hatred that spread throughout my bones. After he did so, he took it forcefully out and put it back. After the ropes fell off, she collapsed to the floor, she let out a loud wince. "Stand up girl!" He said in a loud voice and grabbed her by the back of the color and sat her up. The anger was overbearing, he put his hands on her... my best friend... before I could think, I shot out a blast of telekinetic energy at the shadow man. I heard gasps from around the room as the shadow man skidded a little, letting go of Ariana in the process. That's when it finally hit me at what I just did. My lips started shaking and all the blood drained from my face as his blank face looked directly in my direction. I felt cold. I bit at my nails furiously as he floated toward me slowly. I heard the slow sobs from Riley, maybe she was thinking he might hurt me? "Who do you think you are?" He asked, his voice filled with poison. I didn't answer. "That wasn't a rhetorical question." He said, a hint of hatred in his voice. "I'm Chelsea Berrios" I answered, my eyes peering at him. He chuckled darkly and said "your a smart ass aren't you huh" and then I felt all the air slip from my lungs as I started levitating from the ground. "NO DONT HURT HER!" Riley and Ariana screamed at the same time. A force wrapped around my neck and squeezed hard, I could feel all the blood rush to my face, the pressure was intense, my heart palpitations were quick, it hurt my chest. "Let her go" I heard Mateo say, his hands on fire. Elijah went to his side, his skin peeling to his blue color. " I forget, you three are linked" the shadow man said and he released me. I gasped as my ventilation went back to normal. I breathed shakily as my heart beat against my chest like a drum. After I calmed down, the shadow man said one word. "Fool". I gulped and Elijah and Mateo helped me up. "Now, lets get back to it" he said and looked at Ariana. Her hatred was more pronounced, her eyebrows furrowed angrily. She got up and said " I don't feel anything." "Mmmmm, lets see about this." He takes out something from his suitcase. It was smaller then the syringes, it had a dark green color too it with little black spots scattered. "This... this is lethal injection." He says. I gasped. He wasn't, he wasn't, he wasn't going too... he floated toward Ariana. " GET THAT AWAY FROM ME, YOU AINT KILLING ME MOTHER FUCKER!" Ariana bursted out, kicking the syringe out of his gloved hands. He catches it in a instant. And he zoomed toward her and stuck it in. She started kicking in him and yelling NO as the toxic liquid went into her system. "Ariana..." I said, my words sounding tasteless. Mateo and Elijah had there hands on me. " Chelsea, maybe it's uh... part of her powers, maybe the toxic helps her" Mateo said. "Yeah, you right" I answer, I saw him drop the syringe, the glass shattering. She layed there, ready for something to happen, but she wasn't choking, coughing... dying. She was fine. The shadow man started laughing, it was that laugh that made you feel sick to your stomach, ad nauseam, to the point of nausea it means in Latin. "See... you really think I would kill you... something that's important..." Ariana lowly growled like a wolf. "You were going to Kill Chelsea" she spat out, you could feel the poison on each word. He was silent after that and then just said blandly " immunity to anything lethal and toxic and you can control the chemicals." She stood up and cracked her neck. He then took out a small necklace, it had a wolf craved from something crystal with sapphires for eyes. It looked majestic. "Here" he said coldly. She snatches it and puts it around her neck, lifting her brown hair so she can clip it. The eyes started glowing a sky blue. The crystal wolf itself glowed a white color. Ariana's eyes lit up the same color as the sapphires, a ring of blue forming around her dark eyes. Then she lurched forward and something like blue light poured out if her mouth. The blue light shifted into a shape of a wolf. The wolf stood defensively in front of Ariana, growling at the shadow man. "This is your spirit animal, as long as you wear the necklace, you can summon him and take his wolf like qualities to be yours." Ariana looked at the wolf, who was growling lowly. "I summon you back" Ariana said, putting the charm in front. The wolf turned back into blue light and got absorbed by the necklace. The sapphire eyes were dark again and the light that once rimmed around Ariana's eyes were gone. "You can not demonstrate this power but as you grow... your powers will evolve and they'll get stronger and stronger and you too will get stronger." " YOUR A POKÉMON!" Dominick shouted and a few chuckles were heard. Ariana laughed herself and then turned her lips into a straight line as she turned to the shadow man. " I wouldn't advise you to try this one but... it's reality warping... you can alter an event in reality." Ariana's eyes lit up. She turned toward us and it was like she was shooting a message toward us... but what was it. "Guys, she's saying that if she can change reality, she can change this from ever happening" Liam whispered. I gasped. We looked at her and shrugged. She nodded and turned toward the shadow man. "Anything else" Ariana asked. "One" he says, pointing a finger. "Hold out both hands and point it to Shaylee." Ariana gulped and did. Something orange wrapped around Ariana's hand and then it was visible on Shaylee. Shaylee winced as she went to her knees. Ariana moved her hands down forcefully and the ground broke beneath Shaylee and Shaylee fell through the hole which lead to the basement of the school. You could see Shaylee stand up shaky from the fall and looked up. Ariana covered her mouth. " a stronger kind of telekinesis I call it, stronger then your best friends" he says, pointing to me. Ariana gulped and went over to me, hugging me. Shaylee got up by raising the earth from below. She jumped out of the hole and fixed it with her rocks. Ariana's embrace was the first time I actually felt safe in this whole process... I felt hope. I hugged her back and I knew there was one thing about this class. We loved each other, all equal, all UNITED.