The Darkest Time

Surprise

Ryan and I spent a few hours talking about life before we both conked out. When I woke up, Ryan was already up, staring at my face.  

"Whatcha doin?" I asked him. 

"Looking at my beautiful girlfriend." Was Ryan's response. 

I cringed, "Stop being cringey."

"You love me being cringey, Sasha." He smirked.

"Whatever." I got out of bed, noticing Layla wasn't in hers. "Where's Layla."

"Gathering food and getting the car set-up. I told her I would wake you up but you looked so peaceful." I rolled my eyes and went to the bathroom to get changed. 

I took off my pajama's and put on ripped jeans, an oversized 'NASA' hoodie, and sneakers. I also put my hair into a ponytail. I also did my hygiene stuff. 

When I came out of the bathroom, I saw Layla and Ryan. 

"Let's go!" We got into the Yugo, and just started driving. We were just going to be looking for some place safe. 

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After driving for an hour. We found an abandoned house. There weren't any other houses nearby and it was hard to see from the streets. 

We chose to see what was inside the house. We stayed close to each other. I entered the house and felt for anything electrical. I found lights and used my abilities and turned them on. I also felt someone's presence in the house. And it wasn't my friends.

"Someone's here." Me saying that put them on guard as well.  

I started walking through the house. When I walked into the dining room, there was a table and a chair. A person was sitting in the chair.

I looked at the person and gasped, "Clancy Gray." We knew he was an orange who was never cured. He was the slip-kid. Kids at the mall told us that.

"In the flesh. Hello, Sasha. Ryan. Layla." 

"What are you doing here? How did you find us?"

"I'm here looking for an old friend. But I thought I'd stop on the way to find the special psi everyone's been looking for." My eyes widened. 

"What are you talking about?" Layla asked. I started panicking. 

"You guys don't know? Sash-" I cut him off, "Stop." 

I could feel Layla and Ryan gaze move to me. 

"Sasha's special." Ryan grabbed my arm so that I was facing him. "What's he talking about?"

"It's nothing." Clancy heard me whisper and started laughing. 

"Nothing. Being one of a kind and having ALL psi powers is nothing." Layla looked at me. 

"You're THE psi. How could you not tell us." Layla asked. I couldn't meet their gaze. 

"I didn't want it to change your view of me." Ryan put his finger under my chin and lifted my head to meet his gaze. 

"Nothing could change our view of you. Layla's your bestfriend. I'm your boyfriend. I love you for fuck's sake." When he said the f word, I knew he was serious. I mumbled an 'I'm sorry' and he kissed me. 

I heard Clancy scoff. "Listen. I'm on a schedule here. I want Sasha to come with me. The most powerful psi's working together." He got up from his chair and moved in front of the table closer to us.

"No." Was my response. He didn't like that. I saw him use his telepathy so I used mine. Every orange has a specific power. Mine being shielding minds.

He couldn't get into Layla, Ryan, or my mind. He stopped trying to use his powers. 

"Protective. I'll get what I want." I took of my gloves and made a fireball in my hand . 

"Wanna bet." He looked scared and I threw on the floor in front of him. 

"You win today, Sasha. But I'll win soon." He started to leave. 

"You wish. Someone will stop you." He stopped when I said that but still left.