Enemies of Power

The Storm

"Can I meet with Remy after therapy today?" Virgil asked Patton. They were eating breakfast. Virgil was ready to go to school and they were now waiting for Logan to finish his morning routine. It was a couple days since Virgil started.

"Sure," Patton smiled. "I'm glad you made a friend with him."

"Did you know he said he has powers too? Emile does also. Did you know that?" Virgil asked. He was actually excited to go to therapy after school today.

"Yeah I did," Patton nodded and smiled at the teen.

"You ready Virgil?" Logan came out of his bedroom.

"Yeah, Let's go," He jumped up and grabbed his backpack.

"What's got him excited?" Logan asked. "These last couple days he's been dreading."

"He gets to meet up with Remy outside of therapy today," Patton said.

"Ah," Logan smiled. He followed Virgil to the door.

"Logan! Breakfast!" Patton put a plate in Logan's hand. "And remember Virgil I'm picking you up early for your appointment."

"Okay," Virgil replied and went out the door with Logan following behind.

All the way to school Virgil was bouncing his leg up and down. If I could just make it through school. The excitement Virgil had was wearing off faster the closer they got to school. Virgil used the excusal note less with each passing day but he was still a bit behind in his work.

They pulled into the parking lot and Virgil was about to get out.

"Here," Logan handed him a cube. Virgil looked at it weirdly. The black and purple cube had lots of little gadgets on it. "It's a fidget cube. I realize you might be anxious today. And this will help you."

"Thanks," Virgil started pushing some buttons. It was calming. They both got out of the car and Virgil put the cube in his pocket.

"It's a gift from Patton," Logan replied. "Especially since you can't bring your headphones." The school didn't allow headphones of any kind in the classrooms as it took away from the learning process.

"I will see you after school," Logan went to prepare his classes for the day and Virgil made his way to his first class.

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The day passed to slow for Virgil's liking. He wanted it just to end. He was thankful; however, that Patton and Logan gave him the cube to keep him from fidgeting too much. Lunch time was still hard for him and he usually went to Logan's classroom.

About an hour before school got over Virgil finally got called to go to the office so Patton could pick him up.

"You ready?" Patton asked. Virgil nodded and followed him out of the school.

"Yeah, Thanks for the cube by the way," Virgil said. They were almost to the car.

"The cube?" He looked at Virgil strangely. Something's not right, Virgil's eyes went wide. "Oh, yeah, No problem. I figured you'd like it."

"You're...you're not Patton!" Virgil started backing away. They were next to the vehicle. "Where's Patton!"

Virgil turned to run when the Patton imposter grabbed his arm.

"He's a little preoccupied at the moment."

"What does that mean? What did you do to him? What do you want from me?" Virgil saw shadows starting to deform. Oh no. Oh no. Oh no. Virgil felt his chest tighten. RUN. GET AWAY! He started struggling against the grip the man had on his arm.

"We just want to have a small chat." Patton's look-a-like deformed and in the place stood a man with half a snake face.

"LET ME GO!" The boy shouted. The shadows started getting darker.

"What should we do with him Dirk?" Someone said behind Virgil.

"We have to get out of here before someone sees something," Dirk responded. The other person grabbed onto his other arm and they started dragging him towards a different vehicle that was not too far away.

"NO!" Virgil struggled against his grip. But the men was too strong. His shoes were sliding against the pavement. The shadows started following them. Virgil tried with all his ability to get his abilities to listen to him. He wasn't sure how to control them but he hoped that it would work just this once. Dirk sensed what Virgil was trying to do.

"Get him in the car now!" He barked orders at his helper. Dirk walked to the trunk and grabbed something out of it.

"LET ME GO!" Virgil continued to struggle as the man tried to put him in the car. Shadows started to surround the two.

Dirk quickly came to the assistance with a cloth and some cuffs in his hand.

"Put this over his face. You have to hold it there for 3 to 5 minutes." Dirk then got the cuffs and put them on Virgil. All the shadows went back to normal.

"NO! LET ME-" The rest of Virgil's words were mumbled by the cloth. He continued to try and struggle against the men.

"What are the cuffs for?" The guy asked Dirk.

"They will restrict him from using his power. And his power is what's making him dangerous. Put him in the car. I hear police sirens."

Virgil felt his body slowly relaxing against his will. His vision was fading to black and he heard the roar of the car coming to life. In the distance he thought he heard police sirens but he couldn't be sure.

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The website below is where I got some information that I used in the chapter.

https://www.scienceabc.com/humans/movies/does-chloroform-knock-you-out-as-quickly-as-they-show-in-movies.html