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Strength of Friendship
Jeremy looked around as a strange fog filled the lab.
'What on earth?' he wondered to himself, he had no way of know that the stuff that filled the computer room was Big Bang, he began to cough.
"Jeremy, what's going on?"Aelita asked.
"I... don't know" Jeremy replied between his coughs.
Odd came up from the scanner room to see a strange fog clearing from the room, he'd heard of Big Bang before and he knew what the stuff looked like and was very worried that his friend would now have some meda-human ability. They finished and Jeremy initiated the return to the past.
"Jeremy, do you think that strange smoke did anything to you?" Aelita asked for the third time.
"No, Aelita, for the third time I'm fine" Jeremy replied
'I hope he's right' Aelita thought and Jeremy was surprised by the fact that he heard that. He shook his head
'No way, I didn't just hear Aelita's thoughts' Jeremy thought.
Aelita looked at Jeremy with concern in her eyes, "Jeremy, what's wrong?" she asked
"you might be right, I think that smoke did something to me... if I'm not mistaken I just heard your thoughts" Jeremy said
Shock rang through Aelita, he'd just become telepathic. Then Odd knocked on the door. Jeremy walked to the door and opened it.
"Hey Jeremy, you know that stuff that was in the lab earlier, that stuff is called Big Bang and it can cause some strange stuff" Odd said
"How do you know that?" Jeremy asked
"I heard abut it on T.V., it's some pretty bad stuff and you were exposed" Odd replied 'I hope nothing seriously bad happens to Jeremy because of this' Odd thought, and Jeremy heard that too.
Jeremy ran past Odd out the door.
"Wow!" Odd looked at Aelita "Did I say something I shouldn't have?"
"I don't know Odd, but I think Jeremy might already be having effects from that 'Big Bang' stuff, he told me he could hear my thoughts, I think he is telepathic and he's having his mind filled with other people's thoughts" She said, "can you imagine how scary that must be"
"Yeah, I'd suspect that would be pretty scary" Odd replied
Jeremy ran past Yumi and Ulrich on his way into the park, going into the passage to get away from everyone.
"Geeze, what's with him?" Ulrich asked Yumi
"I don't know, but I don't like it" she looked towards the park "should we follow him?"
"No, this is something he needs to deal with, he'd ask if he needed our help" (a/n: I know that's harsh for Ulrich to say, but we can't have him following Jeremy, now can we?)
'I don't believe this' he thought, 'what's wrong with me?' he didn't know that Virgil was there from America and he and Richie had noticed Jeremy running towards the park. Virgil followed after the youngster, hoping against all hope that his suspicions weren't correct, that this boy hadn't been exposed to Big Bang.
'Gosh, don't let this boy become a Bang Baby' Virgil thought as he got to where the boy's trail stopped and noticed the boy went into a manhole. Virgil lifted the manhole cover and went down to try and find the boy. It didn't take him long.
"Hey, what's wrong?" Virgil asked Jeremy.
"Nothing" Jeremy replied
"Oh, really?" Virgil paused "'nothing' wouldn't make you run from those that only want to help you"
"They wouldn't, understand what's going on, no one would" Jeremy all but yelled.
"Humor me" Virgil retorted
"I can hear other people's thoughts... I was in a room by myself and my friends seem to think I was exposed to 'Big Bang', whatever that is, this is the first I've ever heard of it"
Virgil knew now that his worst fears for this boy were real, he was a Bang Baby mutant, telepathy wasn't a common Big Bang mutation but then again there was nothing common about this young man. Virgil wasn't sure what he should do, should he tell the principal that one of he had a Bang Baby on his campus, how would the principal react, Virgil didn't want to run the risk of causing more harm than good. He didn't even know if telepathy was Jeremy's only ability, being that they were just awakening other powers could follow, the suite, mental abilities.
"C'mon, I think I know someone who can help you" Virgil said "but first, what is your name?"
"Jeremy"
"Well, Jeremy, I'm Virgil, and there's someone else I want you to meet" Virgil said, "but first we need to get out of this place"
"Yeah, you've got a point" Jeremy laughed halfheartedly. He was frightened that he'd lose Aelita, and that's something he couldn't stand the thought of, he loved Aelita with all his heart and if there was anything he didn't want to do it was lose her.
Virgil looked at Jeremy and noticed that he seemed scared and worried.
"Hey man it's gonna be okay" Virgil said.
"I hope you're right" Jeremy muttered
"Listen, if you're worried about losing your friends, don't be, your true friends will be there with you no matter what"
"It's not just that, there is this girl that I like, a lot and she like me, and I'm afraid I'm going to lose her"
"If she truly likes you as much as you like her, she'll accept you for who you are, because it isn't these powers that define you, it's what's in your heart"
Jeremy smiled "Thanks Virgil ... "
"Hey, no problem" Virgil ruffled Jeremy's hair, "let's go".
To Be Continued...