his eyes are void of any emotion.

all he wants is soraya dead, for something that she's never done.

he throws both balls in her direction. i watch her stop and shield the guy she's with, a red bubble surrounding her as the electric balls land near her, blowing up the ground.

is it everyone?

"stop standing there and do something!" dominic orders walking past me toward soraya.

"like what?!" i question.

i don't know what i can do!

i jog to catch up with dominic who's full on sprinting now.

bullets whisp past my head. i stop and duck, looking around. bullets land on the ground around me and i turn to go back noticing dominic is dodging bullets in which ever direction he runs.

"you or alex- she won't even bother a shot in hopes not to harm a hair on your little heads."

i see soraya and her friend pushing right.

i'm sorry for this.

"dom! the bullets! they aren't going to connect!" i tell him.

he looks at me and nods.

he starts running, not phased by the bullets.

i do the same.

something silver flies toward us from our right.

i kneel, covering my head. my bubble comes back, as the silver balls connect with the ground beside us.

bubble?

i'm a superhero.

force field.

i stand and continue running after dom.

my eyes are on his back, my muscles pumping in ways they haven't in a while. despite the circumstances, this is probably the most fun i've had since forever.

dominic's back begins to rise before my very eyes.

i skid to a stop and watch him rise higher and higher.

i look around, locating soraya and see her hand raised toward dominic.

what apple showed me!

telekinesis.

i take a deep breath and raise my hand. the familiar sensation from those memories creep in and i try to do what soraya is doing.

a pulling motion tugs on my arm and dominic moves down a bit.

i look at soraya as she looks at me.

"REALLY?!" she yells at me.

whether or not she can see me, i wink at her.

her hand falters and dominic freefalls for a second. i think about catching him and he slows down. i bring him down to the ground gently.

he looks at me.

"what the hell?!" he yells at me.

"i'm not the one who put you up there!" i yell back.

he looks in soraya's direction and she's gone. we look ahead and see her and the guy moving right.

dominic starts until bullets spray in front of his feet.

alex!

i look around. soraya?

alex can you hear me?

"h-how?" i whisper to myself.

"come on!" dominic yells, grabbing my hand and pulling me.

alex!

i can hear you! i can hear you!

am i trippin' or are you on our side?

what is going on?!

no time to explain.

do you have a plan?

find a way to knock dominic out and take him far away from here.

that's never going to work.

it's a work in progress!

lead the way boss.

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