Teratoid (One Direction FanFic)*ON HOLD*

We Can Do It

*Zayn's POV*

I heard the door open and I was still stuck on the ceiling. I couldn't get down no matter what I tried.

"Zayn, you in here mate?"Liam yelled.

"I'm in here!"I yelled back. I heard footsteps clumping down the hallway and my door pushed open to a surprised Liam.

"I thought you said you were in here?"He said to himself.

"I am in here."Liam's head snapped upwards, his eyes searched the ceiling until they found me. I had crouched back into a corner and I couldn't get down.

"You can fly Zayn!"

"Yah, well I didn't ask to."

"I just ripped a door out of the doorframe, cracked my granite countertops in my kitchen and ripped the handle off my fridge. We're all going through something."

"Why is it happening to us?"He sighed and traced his toe across the carpet.

"I think it has something to do with the smoke."That acidic, burning feeling filled my lungs as I thought about that smoke. We'd all breathed it in.

"Does that mean the others aren't normal anymore either?"I asked.

"That is the theory yes. Now, think heavy thoughts Zayn."I concentrated hard on putting my feet back on the ground. I closed my eyes and clenched my fists as I prepared to hit the ground with a smack, but instead I felt my socked feet hit it first. I opened my eyes and I was standing on the ground.

"You did it Zayn! Now, let's go to Harry and Louis."

*Louis' POV*

Liam walked in as Harry was coughing up some smoke and I was giving my gills a closer look.

"Guys, are you there?"Liam yelled knocking on the bathroom door. He opened it and saw my gills first.

"I knew it had to have happened to all of us."He said stepping closer and taking a good hard look at them."Looks like you can breathe underwater Lou."I rubbed the back of my neck and just stared into the mirror at them. Harry covered his mouth as he coughed out more smoke. He seemed to be done spewing flames for now.

"You can breathe fire can't you Harry."He nodded and Liam smiled.

"Zayn can fly and I seem to have a sort of super strength."He said."We haven't gone to see Niall yet though."

"Let me grab a scarf to cover these things and we'll be off."I said running off to my room to get one. I wondered what Niall had been gifted with that the rest of us hadn't.

*Niall's POV*

I couldn't stop and I couldn't make it stop. I stood in the middle of my living room because the minute I stepped close to an outlet I started to suck power from it and that scared me. Even though I liked the feeling of electrical power flowing through my fingers and up my arms, I didn't want to. I figured out how to control the release of the energy but I couldn't figure out how to stop absorbing the energy.

"Niall, what are you doing?"Liam asked throwing open my front door. I looked at him and then the rest of them. I took a step towards them and energy from the nearest outlet jumped to my fingertips. I smiled as the energy coursed through my body, enjoying it until I remembered who I was in front of.

"Um, ow?"I said as the energy continued to be absorbed into my body through my fingers and Liam shook his head.

"It's OK Niall, we're all going through something."Zayn squeezed his eyes shut and began to float off the ground. He smiled swimming through the air.

"This is a lot more fun now that I've figured out how to do this."He said and I stared at him.

"Oh no, everybody back up."Harry said and everyone cleared a path as he opened his mouth and orange flames spewed out a couple feet in front of him. He smacked his fist against his chest a couple times and smoke billowed out.

"I'm good."Louis unwrapped his scarf and flaps of skin on either side of his neck were moving up and down. He breathed in deeply as you would after swimming when coming up for air. It took me a couple minutes to figure out they were gills.

"Lou."I said staring at his neck and he waved me off.

"I know they're there."He said."Calm down, it’s fine."

"You mean, I'm not the only one?"

"No, Niall we're all mutated."We're all mutated.

"What about Ella?"I asked and all their eyes widened.

"Shit, Ella."Liam whispered.

*Ella's POV*

I was unpacking, until I could my arm anymore. I had totally disappeared. The only thing left of me was some floating clothes. I have to say though; I made being invisible look good. I closed my eyes and concentrated on being visible again and it happened. I could see myself standing in the full length mirror. The doorbell rang and I skipped over to get it.

"Ella, are you OK?"Liam asked grabbing me by my shoulders and I winced under his bone cracking grip. It hurt and I could feel the amount if pressure on my skin rising as he waited for my answer.

"Ouch, Liam let go of me!"I yelled hot tears springing to my eyes. He released his grip and I pulled up my sleeve to reveal bruises in the shape of hand prints, his hand prints.

"Oh my God, I'm so sorry Ella!"He kissed his fingertips and gently ran his fingers over the bruises."All better?"His eyes looked hopeful and I knew he didn't mean to hurt me.

"All better."I said patting his shoulder reassuringly."I'm fine except I just turned invisible."Everyone looked at me. There was an awkward moment of silence.

"Oh yes!"Harry yelled."I knew she was like us. Cough it up Lou."Louis grumbled reaching into his pocket and pulling out a crumpled fiver. Harry fist pumped and danced around before stopping, leaning over and coughing roughly as if trying to hold something in.

"Is he OK?"I asked and Louis answered me.

"He's fine, he can breathe fire and he coughs up smoke after fire breathing. He's trying to perfect holding it in so we can carry about normally as a band and such."I nodded and turned towards him.

"It's OK love, let it out."I said rubbing his back. He let out a wheeze like cough and a cloud of black smoke.

"Oh, it burns to hold it in."He said his voice raspy. Louis un-wrapped his scarf and I noticed his gills right away.

"So, I'm guessing this mutant thing has happened to all of us."I said and they nodded."Cool, so what do we do?"

"The fans can't know."Liam said."They could never accept this, they accept a lot, but not this."

"Well, we'll have to keep it a secret then."

"That’s easier said than done."

"We can do it, I know we can."