Thirteen Minds

Chapter 3: Abduction

Serena's POV
"Kya...how the hell did I do that?" I asked stunned.

"I don't know...it's...it's just like your dream..." Kya stated slowly. "Can you move anything else?"

"I'll try." I said nervously. I turned around towards my nightstand and looked at my stainless steal water bottle. I closed my eyes and pictured it floating.

Kya gasped.

I slowly opened my eyes. As soon as I did, I was greeted with an image of my floating water bottle right in front of me.

"It has to be at least 5 feet off of your nightstand." Kya said behind me as she slowly walked over to the water bottle. She swiped her hands over, under, and near the sides of the bottle to make sure I wasn't faking my new found power. "Is this a trick?" Kya asked me.

"No I swear. I promise I had no idea I could do this, it was just a dream." I told her. "What am I going to do? What am I going to tell my parents?"

"I don't think you should tell your parents yet. I think you should fully understand your new powers before you tell anyone. This will be our little secret."

I nodded my head. I'm so scared that people won't understand me if they figure out what I can do. Kya is my best friend, so of course she will support me. But what are my parents going to say? What are they going to do to me if they find out? My parents are very...

"Serena! Kya! It's 9:30 and getting late. It's time to take Kya home." My mom yelled from downstairs, breaking my train of thought.

Kya and I looked over at my clock on my bedside table to see that it is 9:32pm.

"We will talk about this later, I promise." I told Kya.

With that, Kya and I made our way down my hardwood stairs, out my front door, and into my family's Honda Civic.

Around five minutes later, we arrived at Kya's house. Her and I exited my family's car and walked to her front door.

"Please don't tell anyone about our discovery today. I don't want people to look at me differently. I hope you don't either." I told her quietly before she entered her house.

"Trust me, you are my best friend. I would never look at you differently. I love you Serena." Kya assured me.

"Thank you Kya. I love you too." I said as I hugged her.

After our small conversation we said goodbye. I hopped into the car with my mom and we drove back to my house. When we arrived, my mom and I walked into the house and said goodnight to each other. I walked up to my room, changed into my pyjamas and climbed into bed. I decided that I needed some rest, so I closed my eyes and fell into a peaceful sleep.

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The Next Day

I woke up this morning to my mom shaking me awake. She could see the confusion on my face as to why she was waking me up, and she told me that my alarm didn't go off this morning.

Since today is Saturday, I have 2 hours of dance training. My mom usually drives me before she goes to work, but since my alarm didn't go off she told me I have to walk.

My mom kissed me on the forehead and said goodbye. I grabbed my iPhone 6 and checked my social media.

Soon after I was woken up, I got out of bed and got ready for the day. I brushed my teeth in the bathroom attached to my room, pulled my hair into a ponytail, got dressed, went downstairs, and ate some breakfast.

It's 9:23 now and my dance starts at 10:00am. Since it takes me around 25 minutes to walk to my studio, I get my shoes on and leave my house.

I arrived at my studio at around 9:50am. At around 12:05pm I finished my dance training. I had a weird craving for ice cream, so I texted Kya telling her to meet me at the local ice cream shop.

When I got to the ice cream parlour, I went to the front counter and ordered a bowl of rocky road.

I sat down at a booth near the large viewing window to wait for Kya. She had told me that she would be at the shop around 12:45pm so I had about a half an hour to kill.

I looked around the small ice cream parlour and noticed that nobody else was here. The person working behind the counter had made her way into the back of the parlour so it was just me. I decided that it would be fun to try out my new superpowers with my ice cream.

I looked at my spoon and pictured it levitating. It soon lifted off the table and landed in my ice cream bowl. I pictured the spoon picking up a scoop of ice cream out of the bowl and levitating towards my mouth. It did exactly what I pictured. I did this for about 15 minutes before a man and a child walked in.

After they ordered their ice cream, they went and sat at a table across from mine. I grabbed my spoon and brought a scoop to my mouth in an attempt to look normal.

Around 5 minutes later the man sitting at the other table got up and talked to the lady behind the counter. Soon after their conversation finished, the worker left the cash register and made her way to the back of the ice cream shop. The man then walked over to the girl he was with, whispered something to her, and then she walked out of the parlour.

Shortly after, the man walks over to my table. I become rigid. "Why is this man walking over here? Run...RUN!" I think to myself. He walks over to me and sits down.

"Can I help you with something?" I asked him.

"I know what you can do." He stated.

"W-what do y-you mean?" I asked nervously.

"I know what you can do with your mind." He said as he stood up and walked over to my side of the table. He sat down next to me and put his arm around my shoulders. I slowly moved my chair back and tried to get up and run. I knew this situation wasn't right.

As soon as I tried to make a run for the front door, the man took out a piece of cloth from his pocked and slaps it over my mouth. He traps me within his arms so I can't escape. I'm breathing hard, kicking, screaming, trying to break free, but nothing is working. My screams are muffled by the cloth over my mouth. My vision starts to become cloudy and I start to fade in and out of consciousness.

Then, everything goes black.