Gifted Children

Chapter 9

Everyone woke up that morning to Markus making breakfast. 

"Morning everyone," Markus told the group.

"Hey, Markus. Why did you do this for us?" Nick asked as he came up to the kitchen.

"I guess this is just a "thank you" for letting me stay here with you guys," Markus told Nick.

"Thanks, Markus, this is so awesome of you to do for us!" Stella said as she followed the rest of the group to the kitchen.

After the group ate, they decided they would go to the abandoned skate park to practice their abilities.

When they got their, they all stayed in a group to see everyone else's abilities.

They all decided to draw cards that Zack had in his book bag, 1-7.

Markus got the number one card, Nick got number two, Zack got number 3, Stella got 4, Jake got 5, Jack got 6, Colin got the 7th card, and Isabelle got stuck with the last card, number 8.

Markus went to the middle of the skate park, in front of the rest of the group.

"Well, show us what you've got, Abernathy," Isabelle told him.

Markus looked at the group and smirked, at which point he leaped into the air and did a flip. He landed, breaking the concrete underneath him with his fist.  The group clapped, and Markus did a bow. Next, it was Nick. 

Nick, obviously ready to show off, started to use his ability to its fullest. He jumped, giving him a boost in the air with his flight, and as he came down he sent water in a complex pattern throughout the air. Once he landed, the group cheered, and he looked proud of himself. Isabelle gave him a little extra hug afterwards.

Zack went to the middle next, and got ready to demonstrate his ability. He lifted his hands, and white smoke enveloped his body. When the group could see him again, he had a sword made of the same white smoke that covered his body. He threw it up into the air, and when he was about to catch it, it fell into smoke once more. This earned more claps from the crowd, as well as an extra "Daaaaamnn" from his brother.

Stella high-fived Zack as she went to the middle. Isabelle could tell Stella was nervous, so she gave her a reassuring smile. Stella finally got up to it, and raised her hands from her sides. As she brought them further up, the ground started to tremble. Rocks began to lift, and vines began to rise up from the ground. Then, once she brought her hands back down, it all went back, as if nothing happened. The crowed whooped and hollered for her, and she bowed.

Jake bounded towards the middle, ready to try his ability out in front of everyone. He smiled toward them, and lifted his hands. Out of his fingertips cam large purple lightning bolts. They grew all around him, jolting in every direction. He stopped, but that didn't make the group stop hollering and clapping. 

Jack, after still cheering , went up to the middle as he watched the others do. He was ready to do what his brother did, maybe even better ::'')). He leaped into the air, giving a nice, "WHOOHOO" as he went into the air. A large cloud of white smoke covered him, and when he landed and the smoke left, there was a small blade in each of his hands made of the same cloudy substance. Everyone started basically screaming as Jack put on a show with his bowing. His brother sent out an unapologetic "LET'S GOOOOO" for his twin.

Colin fist bumped Jack as he walked up to the makeshift stage. Colin spent no time to waste and jumped up, higher than anyone had before, and got carried through the air by black smoke. He was thrown through the air, and landed straight on the ground with another puff of smoke. Everyone cheered for him, with Nick also jumping in the air for his friend. 

Isabelle was finally up. She was nervous, as she saw her friends did tremendously at their abilities, and she thought she would mess up. But, with Nick giving her a reassuring squeeze on her hand, she went up to the middle of the skate park. She got ready to jump, but then-

"PUT YOUR HANDS WHERE I CAN SEE THEM"

A man with a gun in his hands with a crowd of what looked like police officers burst through the alleyway. 

"Whoa, whoa, what the hell is happening?" Colin said  as he put his hands behind his head. 

"You kids think you're sly, huh? We saw everything that happened that night, and everything after that," the man told them. 

All of the sudden, the group heard Markus say something, but the man nor his colleagues seemed to here it.

"Hide your faces, put your hoods up."

They all did as Markus said, and calmly put their hoods up as they were forced on their knees. 

"What is happening? Why are you doing this?" Isabelle asked the group of menacing men.

"We're going to find out what the hell gave you those powerful abilities."

Then, Markus spoke again, the men not hearing it once more.

"On my count, use your abilities to get away form them."

Isabelle gave him a look that said "you have got to be kidding me".

"Trust me, we have to get away from them."

The friends all looked at each other, as if signaling that they were up to it.

"Alright," Markus started, "One....... two....... THREE!"