listen closely

6

{Will}

I stop in front of the door and make Shelby and Callum visible.
"Ok, Callum first." Scott hands me a piece of paper that I make visible and show to Callum. Callum shifts and scans his eye, then shifts again and scans his eye again. "Shelby, go." Shelby puts her hand against a pad, her eyes glow. The pad lights up and the door clicks. Shelby, Liam, and I walk into the room, Em looks up at us.
"Ok Em, we're getting out of here." Shelby walks up to her and puts her hand on Em's forehead.
"Em, take this." She opens her mouth and Shelby puts a small tablet on her tongue. "Ok, let's get out of here."

"Are you sure you don't want me to carry her for-"
"We're almost there," I say, "It's fine."
"Watch out!" Scott stops us as a guard walks by.
"Guys, can you hurry up?" Lizzie asks, "We need you guys up here as soon as possible."
"We'll be right up." We rush down the hall and above ground.
"We need to be visible again." I say
"Give Em to Shelby, she can fly her out of here," Scott says, "We can deal with the rest." Lizzie and Callum appear next to us.
"They're coming." Lizzie says
"Shelby, get Em out of here, as soon as your magic is back then teleport back to the house." Shelby spreads her wings and flies up quickly.
"Hey Scott," A Stormers appears and smiles, "Funny seeing you here." Scott freezes. "Oh come on, you do remember me, right? Because I haven't forgotten you..."
"Callum, get Scott-" Scott holds out his hand, his eyes glow.
"Oh, did I strike a nerve?" The girl laughs.
"Guys, get out of here." Scott says
"What? No-"
"Call off you little minions and let it just be us," Scott says, "You like that right?"

Em sits up slowly.
"Hey, how're you feeling?" I ask
"I can't remember anything," She says, "Why can't I remember anything?"
"You're tired," I say, "You don't remember much when you're tired. You need to rest."
"I'm tired of sleeping..." She says
"That's... ok..." I spin around in my chair, "Is there anything you do remember?"
"My name is Emily, I'm telekinetic... a lot of things I don't feel like talking about..." She says, "It's all starting to come back."
"That's good." Lizzie walks in.
"We need a meeting." She says, "Get out here as soon as possible." She steps out.
"Are you ok walking?" Em nods and stands up. We walk out into the main room.
"What's going on?" Liam asks
"The Stormers now have all of the important memories that Em had so we have to move a little faster," Lizzie says, "I think this is what we've been preparing for."

"You're leaving your side wide open," I say, "Your dominant hand produces more powerful magic so it's better to learn how to hold a sword with your non-dominant hand so you can protect your open spots with magic."
"Nerd." Em mumbles, "If they have all my memories, then they no every place in the cove. Every hidden passage and back up supply area-"
"Chase went back and alerted everyone, it's fine." Lizzie says
"Someone just died," Em says, "And another..."
"How?" Liam asks
"Uh... they were in dark territory..." She sighs and lays down. Shelby puts the sword in her other hand and swings it.
"Ok, no swinging at someone who's not paying attention." Lizzie says
"Sorry." Shelby says
"Activate the magic in your hand and grip the sword like this," I adjust Shelby's hand, the blade starts glowing. "There."
"Why are we using swords and bows and stuff?" Shelby asks
"We like to keep our world separate from the human world," Liam says, "We have magic, we don't need really dangerous human stuff."
"And yet you have glowing, magical swords." She swings the sword.
"Woah, ok, that can cut through furniture so not in the house." I say
"Sorry," Shelby puts the sword down gently. "Do we just sit and wait until something happens now?"
"You can help me frost the cookies." Lizzie offers, "I was planning on making them little stars."
"I'm going to the cove," Em says, "They need help over there and I can make sure nothing bad happens."
"Can I go with you?" Shelby asks
"No," Em says, "Sorry." She disappears. We all sit silently for a minute.
"Why is nothing happening?" I ask, "A war is about to break out and there's nothing."
"Give it a minute." Callum says. Liam spins his chair around and Shelby swings her sword slowly. Lizzie's timer goes off.
"What does that mean?" Shelby perks up.
"It means the cookies are done." Lizzie says
"Oh..." The alarm starts going off. We all get up and rush into the other room.