Gifted or cursed?

The MCA???

    The earth was harsh underneath my knees and they were starting to hurt when a car pulled up next to where my house used to stand. I stood up and stared at the car for awhile before a man stepped out and smiled at me like I was his best friend or something. He started to walk toward me at a quick pace that made me suspicious and want to turn and run but I didn't want to move either. "I knew I would find you here, why aren't you at the hospital young lady". I looked at him with nothing but confusion in my eyes "Who the hell are you?". "Well that's no way to talk to an adult Ember, and especially someone who is about to help you out". He stopped in front of me with that creepy smile still on his face. "first of all how are you going to help me and second why would you want to help me?". "Well Ember I'm going to make sure you and your brother don't get separated and I'm hoping you will help me if I help you". "How am I going to help you? And how are you going to make sure me and my brother don't get separated?". "All in due time Ember, for now I need you to get in the car". I didn't like the idea of getting into a car with a strange, mysterious man that I have only just met and I don't even know his name but he knows mine. I should run away right? But he says he can help me stay with Lucas and I cant lose him too. I analyze his face looking at any hint of a lie or a reason to run and that was all I could see but I wanted to believe him so bad, I walked towards the car. I grabbed the handle and glanced over my shoulder to see the strange man right behind me. "You have made the right decision Ember". He smiles and tilts his head towards the car to tell me to get in. I look back at the car and my reflection in the window, I close my eyes and breath while a picture of my family flashes behind my eyelids. That memory was all it took for me to open the door and get in the car. As we drive away I stare back at the ashes of my house. I have to stay with Lucas no matter what it takes and I have to be strong for him too.
When I open my eyes I see the strange man in the front seat looking at me with a smile on his face. Does that man know how to do anything but smile it's creepy. "We're here Ember". I look out the window to see that we have stopped in front of a gate, the building behind the gate almost looked like a prison. I must have fell asleep on the way here. "Where are we exactly?". The gate opened and the man drove through without hesitation. "Well your new home of course". "Why does my new home look like a prison and where is my brother?". The gates closed behind us and a feeling of fear washed over me, I felt as if I was going to drown in it. I took a shaky breath to calm my self. "Well your brother is inside already, I'll tell you the rest later". We parked in front of the building and I jumped out the car in a hurry to see my brother. "I want to see my brother now!". I look around in hopes of getting an idea of where on earth I was at. "Ember please calm down, we are going to see your brother right now and after I will tell you everything you need to know". The man looks at me with a stern and serious face then turns and walks toward the entrance. I follow him without hesitation, I didn't care about the fear I felt I had to see Lucas. As we walk down the hall I decide it would be a good time to ask the man what his name is. "So what's your name?". The man looks at me with almost a shocked look on his face but he soon looks forward again. I was about to ask him again when he said "you can call me mr. Tike". I looked up at him, why is he being so formal we're probably going to be seeing each other everyday right? "Ok mr. Tike, as you know I'm Ember and you can call me, well, Ember". After that we walk in silence as he weaves me through a bunch of different hallways with all these rooms. The place it's self was grey and cold just like the mood it gave off. Mr. Tike finally stops in front of a room and I look through the window to see my brother sitting nervously alone on the other side of a table in the middle of the room. My hand immediately goes for the handle but it's locked I look at mr. Tike to see him grabbing something out of his pocket. It's an ID and he slides it over a screen that I hadn't noticed was right next to the handle of the door. I hear a ping and see a green light on the screen and I go for the handle again the door slides open with such ease, I see my brother look over at me with a mixture of happiness, shock, and sadness on his face. we run towards each other, ramming into one another as we hug. "Mom and dad didn't make it" Lucas says sobbing into my shoulder. "I know, I know" I whisper into his ear as I rub his arm to comfort him. We just sit there for a while embracing each other as mr. Tike watches us from the door, I let go of Lucas to look at him trying to hint to mr. Tike that me and my brother need a little alone time. Mr. Tike nods and slowly closes the door, it shuts without making a sound. When I turn back to Lucas he is looking up at me with red rimmed eyes. The room we were in was gray and dull like the rest of the building- the parts of the building I've seen so far anyway- there was a table and a couple of chairs but no windows, no way out except the door. "Ember what are we doing here? What is this place? Who are these people?" Lucas has a frightened look on his face. "Breath Lucas, everything is okay; we are here because that man you saw come in the room with me is going to help us and in return I'm going to help him and I don't know the answers to your other questions yet but I will soon, also his name is mr. Tike" Lucas calms down a little but I can see that he's still a little worried. I take Lucas' hand to help calm him "I won't let them separate us".
I sit in the room with Lucas for a while longer explaining everything, well everything I could explain. Suddenly mr. Tike walks in with two men behind him, the two behind mr. Tike are wearing weird uniforms, they were wearing protective gear as if we were going to hurt them. Mr. Tike nods his head in our direction "grab the boy". Lucas squeezes onto my arm as I step in front of him. "What's going on you said we wouldn't be separated". The men begin to walk towards us and I push my brother into the corner and stand in front of him. "Calm down Ember it's only for a little while, I need to talk to you alone I'll explain everything and you will see your brother again". I quickly turn to my brother "I love you and I'll see you later okay and then I'll be able to explain everything". Lucas nods slowly with fear still in his eyes I give him one last hug and let the men walk my brother out the room and down the hall. Mr. Tike closes the door and motions for me to take a seat "okay I want to know everything mr. Tike". He sits across from in silence for a moment then begins to speak. "This is the MCA, short for Mutant Control Agency" he stops speaking so that I can process what he said. "The Mutant Control Agency? Mutant? What?". Mr. Tike looks at me with an annoyed expression on his face "yes mutants exist and we believe you are a mutant we are going to test you and your brother, that's where he is heading now" he stops again so that I can process everything once again. "Me a mutant? What? This can't be happening? Mutants? No way, I must be dreaming". Mr. Tike is looking at me again with an annoyed expression "you aren't dreaming mrs. Rosario, now I have a deal to make with you if it is confirmed that you are a mutant after testing". I stare into mr. Tike's eyes with a hint of irritation on my face. What's up with all the mystery, why can't he tell me what the deal is now? "What if I'm not a mutant? Or if my brother isn't? What if we both are or if only one is? What's going to happen, I won't let us be separated!". Mr. Tike, still looking at me, is now noticeably irritated " please stop yelling and don't worry I will tell you the answers to your questions after testing". I breathed an irritated "fine" and stood up from the table "I want to get this over with as soon as possible, is this testing stuff scary? Is it gonna hurt?". Mr. Tike stands up and heads for the door "It may hurt but you'll live" he slightly turns his head sideways so that I can get a glimpse of his creepy smile once again. He motions for me to follow him down the hall. I was scared, so scared. I decided to take a deep breath so that I can breath out all my fear; I have to leave fear behind, for Lucas, I can't be separated from the only family I have left. The pain would be unbearable, Lucas is the only one keeping me going right now. I follow him down the hallway leaving my fear behind.
The room mr. Tike took me too was made of steel; there was a door- also made of steel- and a mirror, it probably one of those two sided mirrors where they can see me one the other side but I can't see them. A chair sat in the middle of the room; the stand next to the chair had a needle with some kind of liquid in it. Mr. Tike shut the door behind me and I was left alone in the room so I headed for the chair. I stare at the needle a little frightened of what it had inside. I start wrapping my hands around my wrists to check my pulse, I do that when I'm nervous, scared or thinking; I don't know why but the feeling of a heart beat or blood running through someone's veins calms me down. After sitting alone for a while checking my own pulse like an idiot a man who looks like a doctor walks in. "What's the needle for? What are you gonna do to me?" The man looks at me with an almost kind expression. "Ember I need you to calm down so that I can explain everything" I nod and stare into his eyes as he begins to speak. "Adrenaline is what triggers a mutants unique ability, the body is trying to protect its self. So when you go through a life threatening experience your brain naturally releases adrenaline and it forces you to reveal your powers so you can protect yourself". I feel a wave of fear wash over me "your not going to try to kill me are you?". The doctor grabs the needle and begins to speak again. "No, we are going to give you a shot of adrenaline. That's what the needle is for". "Ok" I say trying to hide the fear in my voice. He must have heard it because he begins to speak again "this shot goes in your neck, it'll hurt a little but I need you to stay completely still. It'll be over soon and I guess I should tell you my name huh" he gives me a smile that looks genuine. "That would be nice, I think it would help calm my nerves" I sit back in the chair trying to prepare myself. The doctor comes a little closer so that he can get a good angle of my neck "my name is Dr. jones but since we're so close you can call me Bret". I take a deep breath to calm my nerves "ok, nice to meet you Bret I'm Ember obviously". Bret puts a hand on my shoulder trying to comfort me I think; Bret seems nice, unlike everyone else I've meet here. Everyone I've met here is creepy and strange, mr. Tike for example. "Are you ready Ember" Bret looks down at me and waits for me to respond. I take a moment to relax a little more and I look up at Bret "I think, ready as I'll ever be I guess". I turn away from Bret and close my eyes bracing myself for the worst. As the needle breaks through my skin it causes me to take a sharp breath; I squeeze onto the chair trying to handle the pain without moving. Suddenly the pain disappears so I open my eyes to see Bret quickly leaving the room as if he's scared of something. I look around the room for a moment and decide to jump out of the chair. "Nothings happening, I guess I'm not a mutant!" I feel a wave of relief for a moment before I feel my heart beat jump. It's starts to beat at a million miles an hour and I feel this surge of energy or electricity rush through me. Next thing I know I'm hot, like really hot, I feel like I'm burning. I let out a scream and along with it a shot of fire bursts out of my hands and I feel angry like I need to destroy everything. I start flinging fire everywhere taking my anger out on the walls and the chair. The memories of my family fly through my brain one by one making me angrier but sad at the same time; I take my emotions and release them out into the air with my flames, screaming in pain. I feel the loss of my parents and my insides begin to hurt, almost as if my body was going to explode. My hair begins to burn and it becomes a bunch of flames bursting out of my head; my clothes are starting to burn but I don't care I just keep releasing all of my fear, anger, and pain onto the walls of the room. I feel invincible like I'm a god. I focus on releasing all of my emotions, it feels like I have a never ending pot of power inside me like I could keep going forever. I keep hitting the walls with everything I have, burst after burst; I didn't even know what I was hitting I just needed to release everything I was feeling on the inside. I feel my body begin to go limp and my bursts begin to get weaker; I drop to the floor feeling weak, tired and helpless. I realize that I have burned off my clothes so I use the rest of my strength to curl up into a ball to hide my body. The floor is warm and I turn to look at the door of the room noticing that I have turned the room almost completely black with burn marks. After a moment Bret rushes in with a blanket to cover me; he picks me up with the blanket completely wrapped around my body and holds me close to his chest. I listen to his breathing and heart beat as he begins to leave the room I feel my eyes close and I doze off with no strength left in me to try and force myself to stay awake.