Northwest Suburbs Chicago, Illinois

Alexander Pavlis

Wow, I can't believe my life has come to this…I'm just sitting here, just getting ready to hit the sack. I don't think any other teenager has as hard of time getting the energy to go and wash your face, and brush your teeth, and pee and blah blah blah. Going to bed though is the hardest part, just sitting there in silence 'till you pass out

Waking up the next day is a little hard; I have a class at five. Spots still haven't away. These spots are all over me and the doctors say they will eventually go away with sunlight.

God I hate school. It's really just nothing to me. I'm going to go to the comic book store and head back home and go to class. New X-men title came out today, amazing. Going to school was as normal, no traffic and get there just in time.

Harper College, Palatine, Illinois

Going to school to be a fireman is probably the most boring thing EVER. I walk in and I guess there's presentations, I def don't have anything to present. Guess were going outside now

Chad is the only person I know, I sit next to him so I kind of just follow his lead. These too suck-ups in my class got the fire department to bring a truck for us to look at for their presentation. Were outside walking to the truck. Some-things wrong.

"Hey Fag, what's up", "what a pussy", "hahaha gay? Ew sick."

Did that asshole REALLY just spit at me!! And did they just call me gay!? What the hell!?

"What do you want?"

There was three of them they were around me, surrounded me.

"Your disgusting, you know that…"

Are you kidding me?! I'm defiantly scared, I clenched my fists, I couldn't take them, and I know I cant!

One sneaks behind me and bashes me in the back of the neck. I fall on my knees. Screaming in pain another's kicks me in the stomach, than the head. I don't know what to do!

"STOP!!!!!!"

Chad? He was telling them to stop and even through one off me?

"What are you doing? He's gay, deserves it!"

My fists clench again and a tingly feeling sparked through my hand. Almost like when you wake up your hands from falling asleep. I look down, little white sparks of electricity swarming around my hand. My spots, my spots were glowing white!

"What the f*%k is that?! Kenny, get him!"

Another blow, to the back this time. It hurts so bad, I felt the tingle again. But it was getting more intense. I clenched harder. The feeling is getting greater! I look up to yell help. AND. AND Something happened, a strike! Something! WHAT?!?

I look around me and smoke is kind of clearing people are getting up, and what, Chad is inside a huge dented fire truck?

"That was intense…"

Chad walks over to me, He's huge, he is like BULKED up, what?

"You ok?

"Yeah, I'm cool"

Kenny aka the kid with the BAT comes at me. I duck and clench my fists and grab his legs. It worked, I was electrocuting him. I tripped him and got this intense feeling in me. I jumped up and back-flipped over one of the bigots and used his head to push off and land. As I pushed off I gave a little ZAP. I looked over and Chad was fighter the main guy, wow, finished him off good. GOD he's huge!! How did he get that huge!!

"Thanks man…."

" What's going on?!"

What's going on?! I called down lighting to strike a kid? What is happening to me? The sky is dark now, like a storm is coming. There were people at the top of the ladder when Chad flew into it!

"Oh my GO-"

"I'm on it!"

Chad jumps into action and pushes the truck so that the ladder isn't in the tree anymore. I can feel like lightning above us. Its gonna strike. For some reason I know where it's going. It's raining now, gonna come down hard soon..

"Chad get them outa there!! The Lightning!"

"Huh..?"

He knew what I meant and sprung again into action, telling the guys to jump and his now 7 ft tall body can catch. I know I can get the lightning outa the picture. I clench my fists and let go but I still hold on to the charge, a sparking force field generates around me…getting used to this maybe?

"Nice." "Hey give me a lift!"

Chad set his hands close together on the ground. I set into them and put my hands on his shoulders

"1…."

"…2…"

"…3!!!"

We both scream three and I fly! Clouds surround me, I squeeze my body really tight and all the electricity surrounds me, flowing with me, around me. I let go, not gently, with a BANG. I'm thrusted down into a cop car. Am I smoking? Oh my god. Chad runs to me. I'm in bad shape, he knows I'm not gonna make it by the time the ambulance gets there. My leg, its burning/tingling. The sunlight's on it, I look down at my leg and the part in the light is HEALED. Chad looked at me and than looked up. He put his arms underneath me

"..1…2....3!!!"

He through me as hard as he could, I was passed the storm clouds and still going, I reach full sunlight and I feel like I shed new SKIN. The burning sensations healed me. My skin glowing in the light…

Plainfeild, Illinois

Donnie Sloma & Foster Mom

"I'm calling the POLICE!!!"

Is she REALLY calling the POLICE?!? Oh my god, what am I going to do?! I can't go back home! Why is she treating me like a prisoner!

"Your really messed up DJ, I try so hard for you!"

What is she talking about! She's just screaming and I don't want to be here anymore…The door is pounding and it feels like my head is pounding with it…I need to get out of here..

The END