Surface R: Reunion

Part 02.1

::CODY::

Thomas and the packs crash to the ground.

"Ow! I meant gently!"

I don't notice him, because I'm busy gaping in astonishment at Sean, who only laughs more at Thomas's pain. He has a sense of humor! A kind of weird sense of humor, but at least he has one. "Sean, you're laughing." I announced.

Sean caught himself. He fixed me with intelligent eyes. "As bright as ever, are we?"

I sighed in relief. I thought he's gone crazy but if he's insulting my intelligence then he's all right. I beamed at him. He's less... bitter, less cold. And he was having fun with Rhys. If you can call it that. He could help with building things for us—I'm sure he'd fit right in! He can learn to stop glaring and be friendly and —

"Um—Cody?" Nina is waving a hand in front of my face.

I blinked, and force my gaze from Sean to look at her. "Huh?" She looks like she's going to start laughing but politely holds back.

"I said the meter gave you a twenty-eight rating when you were making when you were making stuff float around, and a thirty for producing Thomas's, uh, doppelganger, so I guess that's what makes it go off and producing images is probably harder."

I cocked my head to the side. "Doppelganger?"

"It's like a clone."

I shake my head. "No, only Meeko can make clones of himself."

"Never mind," Nina tucks the machine away again, before sitting next to me. "So Trey, you, Meeko—do you all have powers? I mean, if you can move stuff around and makes images, Meeko can produce more of himself, Trey does..."

"Fire." I supply casually.

"Right." Nina nods.

She's taking this very well—a lot better than Thomas, who is still staring moodily at the wall. Maybe he's scared of fire. Some avoided Trey at first for that reason till they saw that he was a really nice guy. Thomas and Sean have almost switched places, which I think would be pretty funny, except that it's not making Trey very happy.

"Can you tell me what sort of powers they have and how you guys control it?"

I nodded happily, cause I see even Sean looks interested. "Sure!" I smile. "So Lori can walk through anything solid, alive or not. Rhys mostly involves static so he can sometimes produce electricity and he gets to make lightning, it's more powerful if he does it outside. Meeko can multiply, but they disappear quickly after the task he has in mind for them to do is completed. Corrin can heal, obviously. That's why he's our main healer. But he can break bones, too. That's how he uses it for fighting. Lexie can sense when things are moving around and where they are, even from miles away. Kytes can control plants, he's in charge of our gardens."

Thomas glances up at the mention of Kytes and then looks away, eyes almost pained.

"And only people from your group—"

"Genesis batch," I supplied. Both Nina and Sean are confused for a second. "that's what we call our group; Trey, Rhys, Corrin, Meeko, Lori, Lexie, Kytes and me. We're the first in this area to survive up here. And Rhys said Genesis means beginning."