"C'mon Jared, faster!"
"I'm going as fast as I can, Evan!" Evan is holding Jared's hand and dragging him down the sidewalk. The two are on their way to Alana's house where her and Zoe are hanging out. As they arrive on the doorstep, Evan repeatedly knocks on the door while Jared bends over to catch his breath.
Alana opens the door, surprised by Evan and Jared. "Hey guys! Come in, we're just watching tv!"
"Sup." Zoe is sitting on the couch watching tv with a bowl of popcorn. She doesn't make eye contact with Jared nor Evan, but at least she acknowledges them.
"N-no time for tv! I n-need help from you guys!" Jared sits on the couch and begins eating Zoe's popcorn. She holds the bowl away out of Jared's reach.
"There's always time for tv, Evan." Zoe leans left to right trying to see the television past Evan.
"Connor's been k-kidnapped!" Everyone goes silent, even Jared who already knew.
"What...?" Alana cups her hands over her mouth.
"H-he was taken, and- and he told me to ask you g-guys for help."
"Wait." Zoe puts the popcorn on the table and Jared immediately picks it up. "How'd you communicate with him?"
Evan stands completely still, unsure of how to explain this to Zoe.
"Evan's got superpowers." Jared says through a mouthful of popcorn.
"That's impossible." Alana walks over and finally takes the popcorn bowl from Jared and Zoe. She goes to speak again, but Zoe stops her.
"Prove it."
Evan tugs on his shirt collar, then shuts his eyes tight trying to concentrate.
"He couldn't even if he wanted to," Jared interrupts Evan's focus. "He doesn't know how."
"Y-Yes I do, Jared!"
"Fine, then prove it."
"I'm t-trying!" Evan stands in the center of the room and Alana turns the tv off. Evan scrunches his face, trying with all his might to make anything happen.
"Evan it's fine, give it up."
"T-That's not very encouraging Jar- AGH!"
The same thing from earlier happens. Evan stumbles back into the wall, his eyes glow white, and he mentally disappears from the room.
This time when Evan arrives in the endless white world, he immediately searches for Connor. After about ten seconds, Connor appears right in front of Evan.
"Evan! I've only got a minute, I know where I am. They left the door open this morning, I'm in the storage room at the abandoned supermarket. Shit- Evan I've gotta go.
"C-Connor, please-"
"Evan, I love you. I'm gonna be fine."
And just like that, Connor disappears and Evan comes back to reality.
Evan opens his eyes to Alana holding an ice pack on his head and fanning him. Zoe's next to Evan on the floor and Jared hasn't moved in inch. He kept telling the girls it was fine, but they didn't listen.
"Evan! Thank goodness!" Evan goes to sit up, but Alana pushes him down. "Jared said it was ok but-"
"He's at t-the supermarket!" Evan forces Alana to let him sit up.
"Um... what?" Zoe gives Evan a concerned look.
"Connor! C-Connor's there! We- We gotta go!"
"Evan slow down!" Jared stands up and walks over to Evan. "We can't just waltz in there, we need at least a plan or something!"
"I'm n-not waiting here while C-Connor is in d-danger! I'm going w-with or without you guys! I'm s-sorry!" Jared grabs Evan arm, but Evan breaks free. He runs towards the door, but just before he gets there a wall of bricks shoots up from the ground. Evan falls backwards to the floor.
Evan turns around. Alana is standing with one hand on her hip and the other out in front of her.
"...A-Alana?" Evan pulls himself to his feet.
"ALANA?" Jared's eyes go wide.
"Alana! Why did you do that?!" Zoe crosses her arms.
"You saw him, Zoe. It's fine."
"He could've just- I don't know, put contacts in!"
Zoe and Alana continues bickering as Evan stares at the brick wall. He reaches his hand out to touch it, but his fingers move right through it.
"Hi, um, excuse me, what the hell?" Jared had taken off his glasses and cleaned them just to make sure he wasn't seeing things.
"It's- it's an illusion." Evan said quietly from the doorway.
"Yeah..." Alana rubs her arm. "Zoe too."
"Alana!"
"WHY AM I THE ONLY LAME ONE!" Jared crosses his arms.
"W-What's... What is Z-Zoe's?"
"Telekinesis." Jared opens his mouth, but Zoe interrupts. "And don't ask me to do it because I won't."
"T-This is perfect! We've g-gotta go, come on!"
"Evan, maybe Jared's right." Zoe says.
"W-what?"
"We have no idea what it's gonna be like in there Evan!" Jared says.
"I'm g-going right n-now." Evan opens the door.
"Evan, stop!" Jared reaches towards Evan's arm.
"No!" Vines come through the open front door and wrap around Jared's ankle. They pull him off his feet and Jared grunts.
"Really Evan?!"
"It w-wasn't on purpose, but I'm n-not sorry." Evan crosses his arms. "Never mind I am sorry I'm sorry Jared I didn't mean to!"
"Woah." Zoe picks up the vine on the ground, but it slithers back to the dirt.
"Well, I'm g-going." Evan runs out to the car, then turns back around. "I c-can't drive."
Jared, Alana, and Zoe all look at each other. Then Alana sighs.
"I'll drive."
