Nggh. I open my eyes, but then quickly shut them. The room is too bright, and my head feels fuzzy and sore. I try to remember what I'm doing here, but I can't concentrate. My head is pounding now and I still have no idea what's going on. Aargh. I jump off the bed, not caring about the pain, and curl into a ball on the floor. Memories start flitting around my head like moths trapped in a glass case, and everything's screaming or maybe it's just me and... something inside of me just snaps. I feel a great wave of energy rush over me. The sound of glass shattering fills the air. Slowly, I look up. There's a window on the other side of the room. Well, was. Now it's lying in pieces on the floor. But strangely, there is a perfect, clean circle of debris around where I was lying, as if the glass had showered everything but me.
"What's going on?." I say out loud. I stand up and walk over to the window. It looks over a woody forest. The bright midday light plays over lush green oaks. There's a large jacaranda tree right next to my window. I have a fleeting glimpse of an old memory. My old room? But then it's gone.
"Hello, young lady. I assume you are Emmi?" I twirl around. A tall man with wearing a doctor's white coat is standing in the doorway. Suddenly, he moves towards me with an intense expression on his face and I don't really know what happens but suddenly the wall around where he is standing is peppered with shards of glass, making a perfect outline of his body. He smiles, satisfied.
"I realise that you may have questions. But I can help to answer them. Come with me." He tells me.
Why? I think.
"So you can understand what is going on."
I stare at him.
"I didn't say that out loud..." I mutter.
But I walk over to the doorway and follow the strange man out into the hall.
YOU ARE READING
Gyfted
FantasyA group of teens wake up to discover that genetic experimentation has granted them supernatural powers, known as gyfts.
