Powers

Chapter 4

The three sisters were strapped down tightly to stretchers, each being wheeled into separate rooms. Sabrina was the first to be moved into a sterile white room with an adjacent chamber, ominously quiet. A doctor entered, his face hidden behind a surgical mask, carrying a tray with an alcohol pad and a needle. He approached Sabrina, who remained unconscious, her body still from whatever sedative they had used.

He rubbed the alcohol pad on her arm with deliberate slowness, then slowly pierced her skin with the needle. The syringe emptied its contents into her bloodstream, the cold liquid spreading under her skin.

"We wait until she wakes," the doctor murmured to the assistant beside him, his voice void of emotion.

In the next room, Megan was being transferred to a hospital bed. A nurse entered with a tray identical to the one used on Sabrina, but this time, the needle was larger, thicker, more ominous. As the nurse inserted it into Megan's arm, Megan's eyes snapped open, wild with fear.

"Where am I?!" Megan screamed, her voice sharp and panicked. "WHERE ARE MY SISTERS?!"

Doctors and nurses rushed to restrain her as she thrashed violently against her bindings. Suddenly, her eyes began to glow, pulsating with an unnatural energy. With a sharp cry, she released a blast of raw force from her body, sending a doctor crashing against the far wall.

"What the hell...?" Megan gasped, staring at her hands in disbelief.

Before she could react further, a doctor quickly jabbed a syringe into her neck. The sedative worked almost instantly. Megan's body slumped, unconscious once again.

"That's a feisty one," muttered the doctor. "Head to the other girl—she hasn't had her shot yet."

Two figures—one doctor and one nurse—exited the room and made their way toward Selena's chamber. Selena lay unmoving on the bed, still deep in unconsciousness. The nurse held her down cautiously while the doctor administered the shot. As soon as the needle punctured her skin, the lights in the room began flickering violently.

Selena's eyes shot open, her entire irises glowing an intense electric blue. Her body lifted off the bed, hovering in midair as sparks of electricity danced around her fingertips.

Suddenly, lightning shot from her hands, hitting both the doctor and nurse, throwing them across the room with a deafening crack. They hit the walls hard, lifeless, as Selena collapsed back onto the bed, her eyes closing once more.

A Couple Months Later

A doctor entered a high-tech lab, where monitors displayed live footage of the sisters in their separate cells. He approached another researcher, eyes scanning the data on the screens.

"How are the girls?" he asked.

"Better than expected," the other doctor replied, not looking up. "They're all progressing well—perhaps even beyond our projections."

"Good," the first doctor said with a grim smile, "that's what we need."

In Sabrina's chamber, doctors were conducting tests to evaluate her capabilities. They had removed her restraints, but armed guards stood by, just in case.

"Sabrina, we want you to try lifting this table," a doctor asked, gesturing toward a metal desk.

Sabrina hesitated. "I'll try." She extended her hand, focusing on the table, but nothing happened. She sighed in frustration.

"Useless," one doctor muttered quietly to another. "The weakest of the bunch."

Sabrina's head snapped up. Her eyes darkened with rage. "Weak?" she spat. "I'll show you weak."

With a scream of fury, she raised both arms and unleashed a force that shattered the glass separating her from the observation room. The impact threw the doctors back, slamming them into the walls, their bodies crumpling to the floor. Sabrina ripped off her remaining restraints and stepped out of the room, her breath heavy with fury.

In Megan's chamber, her chains clinked as she yanked on them. "Hey! Let me out of here, you cowards!" she yelled. One doctor glanced over at her and smirked, flipping her the middle finger.

"That's it," Megan growled. Her hands began to glow, heat radiating from her fingertips. She gripped one of the chains, melting it clean off, then proceeded to free herself entirely. With an explosive blast, she shattered the glass between her and the doctors, sending most of them flying across the room.

One doctor managed to escape, sprinting down the hallway, but Megan was right on his heels.

In Selena's room, she sat still, eerily calm, as a doctor watched her from across the room. The sudden commotion outside interrupted the silence, and the fleeing doctor from Megan's room burst through the door, panic written across his face.

"Help! One of the subjects—AHH!" His cry was cut short as Megan blasted him from behind, sending him crashing into Selena's chamber.

Megan stepped in, eyes glowing with energy. She quickly blasted the doctor in Selena's room before freeing her sister. "Selena, you okay?"

"I'm fine—LOOK OUT!" Selena reacted instinctively, shooting lightning from her hands and electrocuting another approaching doctor.

"Nice shot," Megan grinned.

"Thanks." Selena leaped off the bed, and the two sisters ran down the hallway, where they found Sabrina.

"Sabrina!" Selena shouted. They rushed to her, embracing her in a tight hug.

"Are you alright?" Megan asked, eyes wide with concern.

"Yeah," Sabrina replied, "but we need to get out of here."

Suddenly, alarms blared, and soldiers flooded the hallway, guns raised.

"How are we supposed to stop them?" Selena asked, panic creeping into her voice.

"I've got this," Sabrina said, rising into the air. She extended her arms, and with a powerful gesture, the walls on either side of the soldiers groaned and collapsed inward, crushing them under the immense weight.

Selena and Megan stared in awe. "Sabrina, how did you...?"

"I just focused on protecting you," Sabrina answered, her voice steady.

More soldiers stormed in, their guns aimed. Sabrina lifted her hands again, creating a shield to deflect their bullets.

"Put the shield down," Megan said.

"What? Why?"

"I have a plan."

Sabrina hesitated but lowered the shield. With a sharp motion, she pulled the guns from the soldiers' hands, disarming them. Megan's hands glowed fiercely as she clapped them together, sending a shockwave that knocked the soldiers to the ground.

"Come on, let's get out of here," Megan said, leading the way as they sprinted down the hall, desperate to escape.