The Years After

Chapter 12

    "It was frightening and cool at the same time!" Alex said, excited.

    "Are you all serious, this could mean my life!" I stated.

    "Yes, we saw it, I would say it was a lie if only one of us saw it, but all of us saw your eyes." Julissa explained.

    "It probably was a reflex, you could have been having the gene for a long time, but it activated with your reflex." Bryan said.

    This could mean anything. Me, with the Fire gene. I am one of the wanted, by the leader, and by the Rebels. I need to practice my gift, this also means that I am one of the Complete. It's now Alex and I.

   

    I went back to Diana's house, I could practice in the lake behind her house. No one really goes there it technically abandoned.

    I walked back to the Palace. Of course, my dad wasn't there probably in the City Hall. I don't really mind. There was a knock on the door. The maid headed towards it.

    "I'll open it Cindy." I told her, she nodded and went back to the kitchen. It was Nicole.

    "Hey, Nikki." I saluted her.

    "Hi Carlos." She said sobbing.

    "Jesus, are you feeling okay?  Come on in." I told her. She was dripping water, It was raining outside. I haven't noticed.

    "Thank you." She said.

    "Cindy, can you bring a blanket, there's a friend out here." I told Cindy.

   "What happened to you?" I asked her nicely.

    "There was a recruit for war, sent by the leader, they took Matt, Hunter was not home and I escaped." Nikki started crying in my arms. How do you comfort a girl? I asked myself. I just hugged her and set my. chin on her head. Cindy entered the living room.

    "Sir,  would you like to eat, how about your friend?" Cindy asked.

    "Don't call me Sir, Cindy, we're friends remember, call me Carlos." Cindy nodded and giggled to herself.

    "Are you hungry?" I asked Nicole.

    "Little Bit, what's in the Menu?" Nicole asked.

    "Chicken soup, Garlic Bread and Hot Chocolate, because of the cold." Cindyr explained.

    "Sounds good." Nicole and I answered at the same time.

    We ate together and watched a movie. She told me she felt home. She later fell asleep, I hadn't noticed that she was weak, her mind was strong but her body was weak.

    When I woke up she was already in the kitchen.

   "Do you always wake up this early?" I asked her.

    "Yes, I am a morning person." She answered.

    My phone rang,

   Message: Bryan (1): Meeting in Diana's house at three. We are going to help you practice your power by the lake.

    "Do you mind if I take you to my cousin's house?" I asked her.

    "No, of course I don't mind?" She answered.

   We walked towards Diana's house at two.

I talked to Nicole the whole way, her favorite stuff, her birthday, family, everything she was not shy and was really open, it felt nice talking to someone other than my family. But she kept on hiding from the Enforcers.

    "Why are you hiding?" I asked annoyed.

    "What if they're after me?  I feel paranoid being too close to them since they are already suspecting the Rebellion." She explained.

    We got to Diana's house at three, exactly.

    "Ooh, Carlos brought his girlfriend" Alex mocked.

    "She is not my girlfriend you annoying little rat!" I shouted at Alex, "guys this is Nicole." I introduced Nicole. "These are my cousins, the tall girl is Diana, you already know Hulk, the kid with glasses is Bryan, short skinny three year old is Alex and the short girl is Julissa." I introduced my cousins.

    "Hey Nicole" They answered.

    "Call me Nikki" She said smiling.

    "Ready to practice that Fire gene?" Diana asked me.

    "You have the Fire gene?" Nikki asked surprised.

    "I don't know, they say I do, when I had my accident, they said my eyes changed to the Fire color." I explained.

    "Me too, I have it!" Nikki said excited, "We can practice right now with your cousins."

    "Well Alex has it too." I told her.

    "Great we can practice together." Nikki proposed.

  

    Nikki, Alex and I practiced together for the rest of the evening. The others just stood there watching. They also practiced the powers they had. Nikki was awesome, it was like she learned how to use her powers since day one. The first 50 times it was sucky I could only feel the heat in my hands but no flame or anything. After what I thought was at least 2,000 tries, finally set a flame, not just a small one a large one.

     "Whoa!" Everyone stood astonished.

    "So this means I'm one of the unique." I asked Nikki.

    "Yes, you are one of the unique." Nikki answered.