Panic started to arise in all of us. "Everybody keep calm!" Aidan said. "This gives us more time to think and figure out what Seeker wants with us. He said he was a 'nice guy' but I don't believe it. Why else would he have a band of thugs? And everybody has heard of the R&R's. They're a bunch of bad guys. i think he wants to use our so-called powers to help him get money or something. But if we get over our fears, he won't have any leverage against us. All our families are dead..."
A thought popped in my head. "That’s right! All of our families’ are dead. And we're all scared of the thing that killed our parents!"
Peter spoke up. "Yeah, but how does that help us? So all our families are dead from some sort of elemental reason. Darkness, plants, fire, water, electricity, rocks, how does that all fit?"
"We could get to know each other better. It's the only thing that we can do right now." Darcel said. Everybody looked at him in surprise. "What?" Everybody looked away.
"Nothing." We murmured.
"Well," Aidan said. "I was born in New York." Everybody else nodded. "Me too, same here."
So we were all born and assumed to be raised in New York. Is it a coincidence or was it another clue. "Does anyone have any paper and a pen?" I asked. Everyone shook their head as they checked their pockets.
"Holy crap! When did we put on these outfits? I wasn't wearing them a second ago." Darcel said. We all looked down at our clothes. We all wore the same things. Grey socks, grey lace-up shoes, grey pants, grey shirt, and grey undergarments. We also had black stitching on our clothes.
"My tag says Inquirer 3" Aidan said. Her tag fits her description. She's the one who keeps trying to figure things out. My bet is that she'll get us out of here.
"My tag says Leader 1" I'm the leader? That can't be right. I freeze in crises. I'm the girl who wanders the streets late at night trying to find scraps of food without being caught. Leader? No. Sneak? Yes. So why does my tag say leader?
Peter began to talk "I'm Able 5. What is Able supposed to mean? Able to do what?"
"Maybe it’s an acronym." I said that just to humor him. He seems to be one of those annoying hot guys. The best kind.
"I'm Bloomer 2." Aloe said. "Bloomer. Does that have to do with a flower or something? The only flower I'm afraid of is a rose. They have those thorns that hurt me." I was stumped on that one. No one else's tag had to do with their fear.
"Damage 6. Damage? What harm could I do?" Aquaria. My mind flashed back to earlier today. Something is wrong with Aquaria. I decided to keep my distance from now on.
"Extra 4. What so now I'm just some 'Extra'? What is that supposed to mean? Well, Darcel is the type of person who would be standing in a corner, and you know, dealing drugs and stuff.
What is all of this supposed to mean? And how are all these weird things happening. I didn't put these drab clothes on. What's happening?
