Hacker (cover by @-Erchomai )

11. Jade

 "So, that's what happened." We were driving back to my house. Alli was staring at me in shock, "You're telling me that you were kidnapped. Ava, the girl Jason cheated with, rescued you and you're carrying a gun. And we aren't going to the police."

"Yes, that is exactly what I am telling you," I wasn't annoyed. I was confused, myself. "Look Alli, I don't want to talk about this. Tonight, you are sleeping over and you are also going to get over Jason."

"And how would I do that, Jade?" she asked.

"Simple, you're going to realize that you're to good for him. Then, you'll move on with you're life and find a new boyfriend. You always do," I said pulling into the garage. 

"It's not that simple, Jade," she smiled. Good, smiling is good.  I opened my door and got out. She grabbed her bag and followed me inside. 

"Well Alli, I have no experience with these things. So, please educate me on the subject," I pulled a frozen pizza out of the freezer and stuck it in the oven.

"Wait, you're telling me that you've never had a boyfriend," she looked shocked.

"I have told you a lot of things today, haven't I? And yes, I have never had a boyfriend in my life," I shrugged, "I just never worry about it."

Her eyes got wide, "But, you're seventeen." I sighed and set a timer for the pizza. "Alli, Alli, Alli, even if I wanted a boyfriend, all the boys in our school are jerks." She smiled. "Well Kyle and Sean aren't jerks."

"Well first, Kyle is totally in love with you. Second, Sean is just an old friend," I shrugged her questions off. "Well first, Kyle doesn't like me. Second, Sean is not just an old friend," she grinned at me.

"Well first," I continued, "Kyle does like you, he told me so. And second, this isn't about me. This is about your idiot ex." Her smile disappeared. Nice going Jade. 

"I'm just mad. I mean what did I do wrong? I doubt it's my fault. The worst thing is, he probably planned this," her eyes flashed bright blue, "What better way to pick on the freak, then by breaking her heart. Ugh!"

"Um... Alli you might want to calm down," I said.

"Why?"

"Because, you're kind of on fire."

"What? How is that supposed to calm me down! And why are you just sitting there?" I laughed, "It's perfectly normal Alli. It happened to my older sister, Maya."

"What?" I could tell she was freaking out. She obviously wasn't as used to these things as I was, "Just calm down Alli." The timer went off, so I went to take it out of the oven. She followed. She was taking deep breathes. The flames slowly put themselves out.

"Jade, how is this normal?" 

"Well, everyone has a special talent, really. It's just that other people have talents like, cooking, or singing, or art. Ours are just different," I said cutting the pizza and pulling out plates.

"What's yours Jade?" I handed her, her plate and we sat down at the table. I sighed, "So you know how in movies people can like, control other people's brains. I can kinda do that, only I can alter memories. The downside is that it forces me to relive my old memories." I heard a knock at the door, so I went to get it. Alli followed. I opened the door and there stood Ava. "Quickly, get in here," I pulled her inside, understanding that it must be important, or she wouldn't have broken cover.

"What's she doing here?" Alli glowered at Ava. 

"Look Alli, I know you don't like me, but I might have important information for Jade. So, please stop glaring, this is life or death." Alli seemed to soften a little bit. "Alright what's so important that you had to break cover," I asked.

"Do you remember the day that your parents died?" she asked.

"Yeah, why?" I was confused. What did this have anything to do with anything?

"Did they show you pictures of the car?" How did she know?

"Yeah." 

"Was there anything off about the outside?" Now I'm really confused. I quickly disappeared into my head. 

The brain is like a computer, only it has unlimited storage space. When I look for memories, almost a green holographic keyboard will pop out in front of me, along with a screen. No one can see it except me. On the screen there are my most recent memories. At the top of the screen, there is a search bar. I click on it and type in the keywords car crash, parents, death, pictures. I quickly found the memory that I was looking for. Suddenly I was absorbed into the flashback.

I played the memory over, and then I found the picture of the car. Yes, there was as odd symbol on it, scratched into the side.Then, I hit play again. I played the memory through. I noticed something, the man. In the picture he had a symbol on his jacket. The same symbol was on Ava's jacket. Oh no. I think I know what she's trying to tell me.

HAI!!! I'M BACK!!!!!! SO, THIS CHAPTER IS A LOT LONGER THEN THE OTHERS!!!!! IT TOOK ME FOREVER!!!!!! AAAAAAGGGGGGHHHHHHHHH!!!! SO, I'M GOING TO GO PUNCH THE WORLD IN THE FACE, THEN GIVE IT A HUG BECAUSE I PROBABLY SHOULDN'T BE PUNCHING IT. OKAY SO, BAIIIIIIII