Powerless

34. The Magic We Created. (Roman)

To say I wasn't completely petrified was a total lie. I never left his side. I was terrified and he was freezing. That's what the said nearly took him. He was so cold, his body shut down. So, they had heaters all over the room. Electric blankets were placed over him. I just sat there beside him antsy and overly fidgeting. I mean what do you expect? HE DIED! 

He died and then he came back.

He came back...

All I could hear was the constant beeping of the heart monitor, a reminder he was alive, and ticking of the clock above the wall. The clock that had just recently defrosted. During that whole scene, we never saw what was happening. We never noticed the IV bag turning to ice. The clock had frozen over fogging the glass up. Everything felt like it had been flash frozen. 

"Like I said... things just happen around you." I'm not naive... I figured out what it was. Power mimicry... The ability to copy and use another's power. His was linked through touch. I touch him. I held his hand... He was freezing himself because he had no control... He's a coma. I just... I just don't know how to help him.

I took his hand in mine and just smiled. He looked like he was sleeping. Part of me wanted to believe that was all it was. But after what happened... I don't think I can. I held his hand tightly and thought about everything we had been through.

I remembered when we were younger. There was this time that I was freaking out because I kept burning things. Either I would burn my pop sticks or I would freeze my juice box. I once made my cup of water spill all over my picture I was painting. I was practically in tears. I remember Cassidy coming over with this bright smile. He took the picture and hung it up to dry. He cleaned the area for me as I just sat there crying and he sat next to me with a new sheet. 

'Try again.' He told me. 'I'll help you.' I never thought anything of it. We were kids. So small. We didn't understand anything. But he sat there next to me and every time something would start to happen I would look over to see him smile and it would stop. The pop sticks stopped burning. The juice didn't freeze. I was so happy. 

Then he started to close off. He would have all these appointments. I thought maybe he just... didn't like me anymore. And as a kid, it hurt, so I pulled away. When he got the mask... God! Now that I know what it was for it makes me so mad. When he got the mask he pulled away completely.

That was it. He came out as being powerless and I... I guess I ended our friendship because I was scared. Even back then, I couldn't lose him. The idea of him getting hurt was enough to keep me up at night. And I had a power that could hurt him... I just didn't want to risk it.

Maybe if I had...

Maybe if I tried...

If I had stayed...

I couldn't stop the tears from falling again. I was this close to losing him forever. I still am... I don't... I crawled up into the bed with him and laid my head on his chest. If he's going to leave... He's taking me with him... but if he wakes up. I want to be the first face he sees. 

I closed my eyes and buried myself into him as I listened to the steady beeps in the background. I smiled as I melted into warmth coming off of his blankets and the slight buzz of energy filled my ears. I wonder if he can still feel it... the energy around him. I wonder...

I wrapped my arms around him as I sat up, pulling him into my lap and brushing his hair back. I laid my head against his and melted into the energy of the room. I felt the air rush around us. I felt the water ripple with excitement. I felt the heat flair with anticipation. I felt the room burst with life as I just sat there holding him. 

I looked around in awe at the explosion on lights in the air. Green... gold... and red... It just swirled around the room like our personal light show. I was enthralled. This soft hum filled the area and I smiled feeling the familiar electrical charge spark through the air. My eyes went wide seeing that soft green balls of light fill the room mixing and merging with the lights that surround us already.

This intense pressure began to bear down on me and I couldn't help but smile. The room exploded with lights and energy so strong even the machines started to go haywire. The heart monitor began to beep irregularly as if singing a song. I couldn't put my finger on what it was but the feeling I was getting was nothing but happiness. 

I gripped his hand tighter as I searched for something... anything that would tell me he felt this. Nothing... It broke my heart. He was just... lost. I closed my eyes and laid my head against his letting the tears fall again. 

I felt someone weakly grab my hand and I opened my eyes to see a small smile. Caz was... He was smiling. He...

"Well, don't just lay there..." My eyes went wide with shock as he slowly turned to look at me, opening his eyes with a bright smile. "...Now's the time when you're supposed to tell me you love me, right?" He started to laugh but I couldn't speak. He's alive. He's awake. He's... I pulled him in for a kiss and felt him tense up in my embrace. He slowly relaxed as I pulled away crying.

"I love you..." He smiled sadly as he looked towards the door. "You scared the out of me. I thought you were going to leave me."

"How could I ever think of doing that to you?"