The Power Inside

The Date Part 1

   After the awkward silence in the hospital room Therese had whisked me away to the terrible training room. I was afraid but I knew fear would be my weakness and I was not going to give in to it. So I walked in the training room with my head high and shoulders up too. As I walked in they were shooting bow and arrows at each other now in some whacked off way for playing a paintball game. Each person was shooting behind a little wall. The girls were obviously against the boys and the girls were holding up a pretty good fight. When one boy shot a girl was there to catch the arrows. The boys were struggling so I was laughing. Therese whirled on me and asked what was so funny. I caught my breath and said"First off guys in the human world would not be fighting with girls and second off they would not be losing as sorely as these guys are." At that the game stopped and all the boys glared at me and it was then I realized how loudly I had said that last statement. I felt completely embarrassed and I immediately apologized and the guys shrugged laughed and then continued on in the game. But you could tell their egos were hurt and the girls egos were boosted. Therese pushed me in the middle of the game right as I was about to speak to her.

    I glared at Therese but she was on the girls side and now it was boys and almost all girls against me. I yelled at them and told them they were being ridiculous but the just aimed their bows at me and I couldn't help but scream and make all the people in the room freeze and then while I was using that power I moved them all into funny positions and stepped back and took a picture. They were going to regret doing this to me. Then I unfroze them and they looked around confused and tried to find their weapons that I had conviently flown up and stashed on the ceiling. They moved out of their positions and I evilly laughed but I should've thought first because they just reimagined the bow and arrows in their hands. Shoot. I imagined I was in Puerto Rico with lemonade in my had chillin on a beach. But apparently they did too because the paintball range people were sitting in the chairs with lemonade. I imagined then to be state hopping and I went to Alaska, New York, Maryland, and then back to Texas where they were waiting for me at the door of the base with their arrows drawn. I made them think that they were going to hurt someone in their family they cared about instead of me. Their reactions were instant they put down their arrows and ran up to hug me but with people jostling around I lost my control of the illusion and I slipped back to myself.

   They all raised their arrows again and I took off like a lighting bolt. Into the Forrest and hid in a tree using no powers testing that out to see if that did anything and it did. Nobody could find me so I decided to come down the tree after about thirty minutes of hiding. I made a white flag appear in my hand and I raised it to show my surrender. They all laughed and Therese stepped forward "Though that is quite humorous we do not give up as Shuttlers and you will not start it now but we have been going at this for a while so come join us at the dinner hall." I shrugged and trudged my way up the hill to the base. I ate dinner in silence and everyone else talked really loud. Mike came and sat right next to me and I said "Are they usually this loud it is quite annoying." I raised my hand to my mouth and gasped"Oh my gosh and to top off the day I'm starting to sound Therese." Mike laughed and this laugh sounded genuine and his smile was at ease and he said"They aren't really that bad and yes we are always this loud." I sighed and said"Well I can practically say anything! Watch this." He tried to warn me not to do anything but he was too late"My name is Janessa Jenkins and I am an alcoholic. I have been ever since Mike here was so kind as to-" Mike elbowed me but the damage had been done. Everyone at the table grew quiet and stared at Mike and I like we were mildewed cheese. Mike laughed nervously and said"Sorry guys she's still on drugs from being stung" everyone around the table nodded and turned back to their conversations. I pivoted on Mike and said"What was that all about I was just having some fun!" He just shook his head and dragged me away from the table to where ever his next new place was to be.