Vibrant *ON HOLD*

Training

"We'll talk about this later." Liam says, jogging off.

I run after him. Nicole will be there right?

Once we get there, I realize that I am alone. Again.

A man appears across the room. He is very old.

"Hello Louis." He says.

"Hi." I say, timidly

"I am your trainer." He says, "I can do what you can."

"Ok" I answer

"Think of a pencil." He says

"Ok" I repeat.

"Now draw it in the air."

"Do you have to draw them?" I ask

"No, but I used to. Now draw!"

I do, and a pencil appears.

"Very good." He says

The he disappears again.

I leave, going out the door. I'm back in a room with everybody else.

Weird, that was weird.

I shrug it off and decide to look for Nicole. I spot her on the other side of the room.

I walk over. Why is such a beautiful girl alone all the time?

She grins.

Oh, did she hear that?

"Yes, I did." She says in my head.

"Is that your power?" I ask, once we're both sitting on the floor.

"One of them." Nicole answers.

"Ok, you really need to explain what's going on here!" I say

"Follow me." She says

She leads me outside. We walk around the yard. The facility is in the woods.

"I can kiss people and copy their power." She says, breaking our silence.

"Oh." I say, "Is that why you kissed the boys?"

"Yes."

I feel relieved. She was never interested in them.

We start walking in the woods when she speaks again.

"Stop." Nicole says

"Why?" I ask

"The forcefield, it's right there. They have people with that power set up on the roof. It's so we can't get out." She answers

"Are they always there?" I ask

"Yes"

"Must get tired."

She laughs. Oh her laugh!

"Yes, they disappear after awhile."

"Really?" I ask, "Where do they go?"

"I don't know, but I think they get so tired that they die." She answers

"Morbid." I say, "How do they keep it up then?"

"The ability to make a forcefield is pretty common. That and mind reading." She says

"Is my power common? What about the boys?"

"The boys are all pretty common. You however..." Her voice trails off

"Me what?"

"There's only one other like you, and its your trainer." Nicole says.

"What about you?" I ask

She's silent.

"Nicole?"

She looks at me with tears in her eyes.

"In the only one. I'm a freak even amongst freaks!" She sobs

I move to comfort her. She stiffens, then relaxes, sobbing freely into my shoulder.

Somehow, she ends up in my lap, me almost cradling her.

"I'm sorry" She says

"It's fine." I say, but truly her tears bothered me. I could tell she was strong, and I've only known her for two days, so it must be so awful if it makes HER cry.

"C'mon, let's go." She says

We're walking back when, all of a sudden, she freezes. I follow her example, and stop.

I hear a girl scream.

Then everything is black.