[ 10:47 AM ]
i grin at my phone, it floating in front of my face.
"telekinesis," i whisper to myself, moving the phone where i will it. "i did it when i slammed my door closed but i wasn't anywhere near it."
"dom, i'll say it again, she beats you in superpowers," alex claims, staring at me in awe.
"can you please tell him i can do some type of force field shit!" dom asks of me.
"what force field shit?" i joke not taking my eyes off my device.
"that's fucked up," dom says, shaking his head at me.
alex laughs.
"he did do it," i tell alex, the phone falling once i break eye contact with it. "fuck!" i curse.
"wait so he actually did a force field?" alex questions.
"yeah, it was blue and, well, a force field," i answer.
"told you!" dom yells, rubbing the information in alex's face.
"yeah yeah, but how can i continue without focusing on my fucking object?"
"focus," dom says and moves to sit behind me. he doesn't leave much space and it's like i can feel him calling to me. a vibrant, buzzing sensation pulls to him as it feels he's pulling to me. "you've done so much than i've figured out about myself. try again. just, do it. it's apart of us, so it's got to feel right at some point... right?"
i take a deep breath.
he's right.
for some reason we got these powers and used them. so i'm assuming we have to master them.
my body starts to vibrate and tingle. it goes numb, nothing else on my mind but me and this phone.
it starts rising, shaking and falling a few centimeters every now and then.
"steady," he states softly.
"movies make this shit seem easy," i claim.
"movies are dramatized! this... this is real," he whispers in my ear. his energy starts to make the phone rise a bit higher. "alex, have you found anything?"
"no. no one openly speaks about powers, having powers, special abilities, moving things with their mind, force fields, nothing."
"no way we're the only two," i firmly say again, snapping my head toward him.
we're probably a group of people with powers. we probably have to find each other.
"what if you are?" alex asks, looking between dom and i. "theirs no tweets, no forums, no reddits, instagram posts, no videos. nothing legitimate anyway."
"dom?" i question, looking at him.
if we're the only two, we'll have way more trouble come our way.
if we're the only two, what would any of that mean?
"look," he points out, grinning at me. he gazes above my head so i follow, landing my eyes on my phone still levitating in the air.
"how?" i mutter to myself and realize that the energy, that was numbing and tingling, didn't leave me.
i pushed it into my subconscious.
"you're amazing," dom praises.
his lips are mere millimeters away from my ear that i could sense the cool air brushing against my skin.
the coolness sends a shiver through my body down into the core of my stomach. it's so strong i lose focus of my phone and it comes falling down.
dom reaches out and catches it with ease, flashing me with a child-like grin i'm supposed to hate.
"here you go," he says handing me my phone. i take it, not wanting to think about what just happened.
"i'm not understanding. why would dom and i be the only people? out of seven billion fuckers?" i ask.
"but what if you are?" alex repeats. "i mean no blogs, vlogs, documentaries. you know america likes the unknown shit, someone would've tried to capitalize."
"what if someone spoke out and the government kidnapped them?" i suggest.
"and they mind controlled them to use them as weapons!" alex joins.
"you two sound like tin-hatters. none of that would happen."
"dom, you two have powers, anything is possible now!"
"i can't wrap my head around this shit!" dominic yells.
i look at him.
"the only two with powers? why? what for? what would be the reason? then we would have the questions like were we created? injected with something?" i question.
"none of what happened since yesterday makes sense," dominic states, shaking his head.
"i think i found something that might," alex says, looking up from his phone nervously. "there's been over 5000 cases of people, since yesterday, dropping dead. and get this, bleeding from their eyes, nose, mouth, and ears. essentially everywhere you have a major hole."
dominic and i eyes lock eyes.
"max and her mom went through the exact same thing. what is it?" he asks.
"they're saying it's a new virus strain."
"i was right!" i boast.
"some sort of new thing they've never seen before. they know it's transmitted through touch and cough. it seems that healthier individuals upon contraction have up to five hours and weaker immune systems, three."
"well we've been around it. all of us. your mom. alex got coughed on," dominic states. "it's been longer than five hours. maybe we're immune?"
"maybe," i shrug. "new viruses, superpowers... the world is ending." i rub my face, stressed.
"maybe you two are supposed to stop it?" alex suggests.
"how nigga? we're not geniuses to come up with some cure. she can shoot orbs and move things with her mind. i can force field and fuck with lights. how? explain."
"i was just suggesting david."
"you don't have to call out my government middle name."
"you don't have to be a dick and call me out!"
Incoming Facetime Call... reeves 🌻
i stand.
"while you two sort through your differences, i'll be in the kitchen," i tell them, though they ignore me, too consumed by their petty argument.
i walk a few to the kitchen and answer, a tired low eyed reeves popping up and filling my screen. her hairs a mess and she looks more pale than normal.
"why did you blow my phone up?" she asks and then yawns. "ah fayll asleep," she says during her yawn. "i ate a lot."
she chuckles.
"my mother is dead."
her smile disappears from her face and it's exchanged with confusion.
"what?"
"and i have powers."
"wait, what are you talking about?"
"it's a long story. i need you to believe it. and i need you to stay inside, like a self quarantine."
"why?"
"there's a new virus that's really deadly. i don't need anything happening to you."
"well i have work today."
"cancel. this shit is going to get real."
"i can't just cancel. ray what the hell is going on? you're scaring me. where even are you? are you okay?"
"i'm perfect reeves," i tell her, getting irritated. "when have i tried to fuck you over? stay. home. i've seen this first hand, it's not pretty!"
"i can't call out. alexys called out already so i have to go in. i gotta get ready. i love you!"
"reeves! wait-" she hangs up, vanishing off my screen. i sigh to myself, taking a moment.
"everything good over there?" dominic asks.
"yeah. i'm gonna go though," i say, pocketing my phone and heading to the front door.
"wait! where are you going?" dom asks, standing.
"to a bigger playground," i tell him, irritation and a bit of depression setting in.
if reeves isn't immune...
"well i'm coming!"
"dom-"
"you were the one that said we should do this together."
i sigh again, it turning into a groan by the end of everything.
i did say that.
"fine. come on. alex?"
might as well the whole gang tags along.
"nah, i'm gonna stay and do more research. you guys go ahead."
i nod and we leave out.
(A/N: i try to not have authors notes during the stories because i feel it takes away from the story. like a break in character. but what's going on in the world is a break in character in a way. a man, a part of my community, was wrongfully murdered. it's time for uncomfortable conversations, and a dismantle of the system that oppress my people. if you're non-black the only thing i'm going to say is "it's not enough to be not racist, it's time to be anti-racist") p.s. sorry it's a filler !