Absorption Distortion

Chapter 13

After a long night of thinking, Alexander Eville came up with an idea, a way to keep Sarah with him. He realized within the first few days that what they had was something special in his eyes. The words of their conversation the day before played over in his head. Especially 'Our world'. He felt repulsion at the thought of Payton,  especially the more he dwelled on the situation. He sat up in bed in the middle of the night, the moonlight pooling into the room providing him with soft lighting. He looked over at Akiko who was turned facing the wall, her light snores breaking the silence in the room. Alex looked down at his hands. He thought about the student Michael Anderson, and the ability he took from him. He contemplated whether he had the strength to do it again, and clenched his fists tight. He wasn't one to question himself often, so he knew he had to be sure. He looked at his alarm clock beside his bed and wondered if he could use the ability he gained. He used his hand to swipe in the air and the alarm clock flew against the wall. The sound of the bang stopped Akiko snoring only for a few moments. Alex remained still until he heard he soft snores once again. He lowered his hand as he knew he couldn't do it now, the doors were locked until sunrise and the windows were surrounded in security bars. He looked down, feeling defeated and laid back down in bed effortlessly, leaving the blanket to remain over one leg and placing one hand under his head. He sighed, the image of Sarah's emerald green eyes and spirited smile brought a grin to his face which he fell asleep with.

Alex wakes up to the sun on his face, he looked at the alarm clock on the beside table but remembered he threw it and sat up in his bed, putting on his glasses. He looked across and Akiko isn't in her bed. He stands up and puts his white shoes on. He looks down at the floor and the broken alarm clock is gone. Walking out the room, Alex looks down the hall. He can see two people in blue scrubs talking among themselves down one end. He proceeds to walk in the opposite direction and passes the main office area. He looks through the window to see two of the ladies behind the desk busy looking at a computer, facing away from the main area. Alex eyes the area over, taking notice of the woman's ID card on her waist and walks into the main games room. Searching the room, Alex notices a brown haired man with glasses sitting by himself and approaches him. "May I join you?" He inquired. The man nodded, taking a sip from his tea cup and looking out the window. He puts his arm over the back of his chair, exposing some necklaces which Alex observes as different religious symbols. "Alexander Eville," he greets, "Warren Phillips," he says, turning his head only slightly to Alex and nodding. "You look like the kind of man who doesn't want to be held in a facility," Warren smirked and looked over at Alex in response, his eyes peer over his glasses. He turns his head towards Alex, lifting his head back to look through his glasses. He lets out a laugh. "And how exactly do you plan to do that?" Warren questioned. Eville sat back in his chair and looked outside, he kept his gaze away from Warren as he asked, "How long have you been here Warren Phillips?" He questions, he doesn't wait for him to answer before saying, "Days? Weeks? Months?" he turns back to him and leans forward, "And how long do they plan to keep you here? Weeks? Months?... Years?" Warren turns his body towards Alex, he has his attention now and Alex knows it. He smiles at his new companion and whispers, "I need to know who has what abilities here," Warren sits back and takes a deep breath. Was he about to give away information in order to get him out of the Fernbrooke Facility he already spent half the year in? It was a risky move of Alex to reveal to a person he just met fractious behavior, but he had actually noticed Warren a few times. Mostly staring outside, however it was enough for Alex to assume he wanted out. Warren push himself forward in the chair and leaned back against it sunken in the chair. He looks up at Alex and smiles, "I think I can help you Mr. Eville," He quickly rebuts, "Professor. Eville," Warren acknowledges with a nod. They decided to meet in the courtyard in an hour so they'd have a little more privacy. Alex waited impatiently in his room. Putting his trust into another person with abilities who had been here longer could fraught his whole plan. He put his faith in the fact that Warren didn't want to be here either and walked outside as the 60 minutes went by. Alex walked over to the far bench, seeing Warrens sitting there already but his long brown hair covers his face. He quickly shakes it back behind his head as he sees Alex approaching. "Hey," Alex greets, Warren nods, "Lets get to it," They discussed Drake and Stevens, both of them with powerful strength protect the Council and the order of peace among specials and humans. He knew of Sarah with her alternate reality creation ability, but he was more than curious what abilities the elders may have, especially Payton. Warren points to the four guys playing their daily card game, all well over 50 and laughing among themselves. Two of them holding cigars while one of them deals cards and the other pours the rest drinks. "Harry, pouring the drink, well he used to be Harriet," Alex looks at him confused, "Yeah when I first joined, she was Harriet, a week later she was Harry and has been ever since. He/She can change her gender. I think she realized she was better looking as a man," he jokes, laughing to himself and bring a smirk on Alex's face. "Frank, the old guy can breathe underwater," Alex laughs, "Like a fish?" Warrens laughs with him, "Yeah something like that. Just don't bother trying to drown him if that's what your thinking," their comradery gains momentum throughout the conversation. "Bill and Quinn," he gestures to the other two guys, "Bill..." he thinks for a moment about how to explain, "Well Bill see's dead people, and Quinn..." he pauses for a moment and grabs his lips thinking, "Oh, he can change the colour of objects," he shrugs, and adds, "Not really ability worth hiding from the world in my opinion," he rolls his eyes at the thought of Quinn. Alex smiles and turns to him, "Ok, and the Elders?" "There's some I don't know about. Like Payton and Sarah Church, they run this place. I'm not sure on their abilities, they've never used them from what I've been told..." Alex didn't bother to share the information he knew about Sarah. "There's Elder Ben, the story teller, he can see bring books and your memories to life with his eyes. Watched Gone with the wind play out on stage he saw once. Was pretty cool," he nods in kudos to Elder Ben. "But there's this Elder kid, Luke and his older sister Lucy have just joined them. I'm not sure about them," Eville wasn't sure either, but he knew they had to have some great ability seeing as they were on the council, "There's that asian key maker guy... Keith.." he thinks, not sure of the name, "Ken," Alex certifies. "Oh yeah, Ken," he taps his head, recalling such a simple name. "What about that African woman?" He grins, "Oh Elder Meeka?" Alex nodded as Warren smiled bigger, "She's amazing, she digs me, I can tell," he says trying to show off his confidence, but all it shows is his lack of it. "She explained it to me one day, she's like the great big cats of Africa, invisible stealth and strength like a lion," he used his hands like claws and got lost in a train of thought. It wasn't until Alex coughed to break the awkwardness that he stopped and continued, "Well there's Elder Smith with them, he controls computers I think. No wait, TVs. Maybe just technology in general," he shrugs, not really sure. "Hmm. Okay, good," Alex replies nodding, using the new information to conjure up a plan of attack. "Oh and that Fairy girl. Fae I think her name is," Alex rubbed his chin, the stubble only starting to grow back as he hasn't had access to a shaver in over a week. Warren allows him a few moments of silence to think, taking the opportunity to enjoy the outside sun. Alex head twitches involuntary and he sits back in the chair and looks at Warren, "You never told me what you could do?" Warrens laughed and looks at him, wearing Eville's signature reading glasses, with a different pair of glasses on Alex's face. "You really don't remember?" Alex looked at him confused, 'Remember?' he thought, 'Wait are they my glasses? then what are these' he squinted in Warren's direction, finding his vision hard to see clearly without his prescription glasses. He pulled the glasses off his face, "Are they mine?" he says perplexed. Warren laughs, "I knew you'd say that," Alex shakes his head, and rubs the brim of his nose. He hadn't noticed before but Warren's legs had changed position, but he never saw him move his legs. It was only a small change but he looked at Warren's, "Feeling a bit of memory loss perhaps?" he asked with a grin. "Did you?" Warren nodded, "I can erase anyone's memory. Like 30 seconds ago, last night," he leans forward and whispers to Alex, "Your entire lifetime," he smiles, holding out his glasses. They switch back as Alex grins, "I need you to do something for me," Warren nods willingly.