Blurred dots dance around my vision. I hear ringing and voices, blurred voices. Slowly every thing comes into clearer focus.
"What in Newton's sake did you do!" A shrill voice sang out. " "I punched him." I hear from close by. " It felt good!"
"What?" The mystery voice said. "Why! Don't do that!"
"But it felt good!" The voice belonged to Karen. This time her voice seemed energized, and exited. I try to sit up but all what happens is a moan pores out of my mouth drawing silence from the mystery human and Karen.
"You finally are awake, sit up!" I hear Karen say. I attempt to sit up with no luck. I feel arms around me help me up. Sitting up helps my vision. Still foggy though. A short girl with black long hair helps me up. The bottom of her hair is a soft blue and the top black. Her skin was light brown and her eyes were browner. They showed support and sympathy.
"Karen, his skull is cracked! How hard did you punch him!" "Not hard enough, obviously."
"Karen!" She said with disappointment. "June!" Karen replied mockingly. I look up her hand was on her hip and June was glaring at her. "Lets go to the medical center, Karen. We should get him fixed, and you from the looks of it." Karen rolls her eyes and starts walking down a hall. The hall was dark and long. A good half mile to the light. "Can you stand?" A sweet voice said to me. June held my arm waiting for an answer. "I-i don't know." It hurt to talk. I look around. The thing I was sitting on was clear but not glass. Hazy but not foggy, solid but not. I look up to see darkness spread like ink splattered with stars. I felt like I was in the clouds. The walls were moving but we are completely still.
"Clouds, the surroundings are made of clouds, cool huh." I flash her a confused look as I spin to drink up the embrace of the fog. In the clouds, I am in the clouds, standing in what is only water vapor. Defying the rules of physics. I feel my complexion shift into a more confused look. This June could apparently tell. "Karen did not explain anything, You know, Karen weirdo, serious , sarcastic, her? Ring a bell? She will warm up to you, trust me, if not I will make her."
"I know who she is..." I reply. June smirk and I look away. "Did she explain anything? Anything about this." She gestures around the space. "No." I sate plainly.
A glint is in her eye, "Well, I suppose I must make do then." She grabs me by the arm and ushers me ford. " A log time ago, and I mean a long time ago, not the 80's or the 70's but when humans came to be there was a girl. Small tiny little thing, the first baby girl ever. Cuter the the cutest chicken," She gets interrupted with a grunt and she groans. Karen appears out of the air and my jaw drops. "A chicken June, a chicken, and that is not how the story goes."
"I still want to tell it!" June wines. "And I still want to die." Karen jabs back. "That is not something you should do." She said wide eyed. "Same goes to you, June" There was silence for a moment when June realizes what was intended. " Your stupid mind thing sucks" was all that comes. " Don't worry June, I do not want to die. You are still worried about that?"
June gives her a hateful glare then a small faint "Yes" comes form her mouth. "Sorry you saw that Jack." comes no later. "Karen continue the story for us, am I right Karen," a sigh comes from Karen. We continue down the hallway then Karen begins to speak "As I was saying the story begins like this, A long time ago there was a planet that was born in the inner section of the solar system, Earth is what most people are familiar with, The crust was only melted rock and more melted rock. That is when a girl rose from the deepest pit. First her face formed, then her torso, limbs, then brain and organs. From then she gained live. She walked with the stride of a warrior but the grace of a Queen. With her every step the world cooled. Water was able to form, Land masses were created. Her name was Natural. She reflected earths state. She was life, she was everything. As life began she stood off at the sides watching every thing happen. She was so happy everything was perfect. Then the Humans came and she faded. Her life force was weak from the impact of the Dinosaurs. She ran trying to find away to rid the humans. Only she can help the Earth it was already in pain. She wanted Earth to live, it was her home. Only she had the power to help the plants grow faster, to make the air quality better, to make life better, to summon elements. She knew in her heart that the only way to keep Earth alive was to give others her power but she also new as the human mind developed that they can grow corrupt. Natural never wanted the minds of the innocent go bad because if her. Because so she wrote in stone, Every four moon cycles one strong child shall be chosen to be gifted with burden. Every four moon cycles a strong headed child will be burdened beyond extent by the gift. Burdened by the gift of helping, of showing , and living, They will feel pain when the world is in pain. They will have the ability to control that is good, that is bad, that is weak, that is strong. They will control everything needed . They will help progress the world and will continue to in till the last breath. They will have minds that are never corrupted they will have one or two spectaculars and control everything but not to this extent as if it was you spectacular , for I, Natural, will chose until the world itself, dies." Later on she faded into the Earth. Never to be seen by humans. She kept her word though. After four moon cycles the first child with gift was born. They ability to summon elements. His name, well we never got his name, lost to history. When his parent found the child playing with floating rocks they threw him of a cliff. The child was killed on impact. Another four moon cycles another boy was born. He controls fire. Fire at the time was unknown he too was killed. Fast ford a year and the fist girl was born with the gift. The gift of creatures. She was one when her parents never came back from a hunt. The group that she lived with resented her and left her to die. A mammoth found her in a cave. She lived another 12 years before she died exposure. By this time 36 children were born, about 4 make it to toddler hood and one to teenage years. Natural saw a pattern, if the tribe, or group of people that the child was born to, died, the child would live longer. She started off killing the parents, grandmother, grandfather, sisters, brothers." Karen's voice quivered and continued on. "Once the ages of civilization came along the gifted lived longer, and longer. The Witch Burning included the people who contain the gift. Later on we began to catch on with the pattern. In order to save the baby's family we began to collect the Gifted and worked undercover to help the Earth. Isaac Newton was taken and raised to become the Father of Gravity. He knew about it but needed to cover up his tracks so he came up with a plan. His plan was to wait till he was older to hide the fact that he knew what gravity is. We work undercover to help society scientifically. You, me, June, we were born with minds that Natural thought was strong and nearly impossible to corrupt. She test us by ways we don't even realize. My Spectacular has everything that does with human body, Brain, organ systems. June can do anything with creatures. She can talk to the creatures, heal them, control them. What she can not do Is bend the mind. I can, I can always tell what is on your mind, I can control you, kill you, do anything I want. I simply chose not to. It is not right for me to do that without your consent, and this is what I mean about the corruption of the mind. The Gift that I have does not mess with my morals, it only strengthens them. Jack, If you feel as if this will weaken your mind, strength, and your ability to choose then turn back. Go. Leave. We will find you and wipe your mind and pull you from your gift. Now is the only chance you will ever get. If you stay you become one of us, hidden but consent. So tell me will you stay or will you go?" Karen gives me a blank stare and her hand was on her arm. She radiated passion and strength. What does she think me as. A hero? A person who will leave everything behind, What did she leave. I bet she has a family that is longing to see her, friends that wish to hang out. At the same time I want to stay. A feeling in my chest, wanting, needing. Almost as if I stay I will diminish this feeling.
"I have no clue. My father is down there, my friends are down there. You want me to stay? Why would I? What do I have here? There is no point!" Karen interferes" I never said that I want you to stay. Only that it would be beneficial if you did. There is a difference, a big one at that." I look at June. Her eyebrows are raised and her lips are thinned, she looked like she did not believe what one of us said.
"Can I tell you later?" Is all I can muster.
