Chapter 1 Where did that kid come from?

"Do you have everything, Vicky?" a woman said, slamming her car trunk shut.

"Yeah, Nana, I do," Vicky said.

"I'm just making sure so we don't have to drive back for anything," Nana said.

" Why are you worrying I have this worrying is going to make me forget something,"

"I'm just making sure,"

"If I forget something I'm gonna hit you,"

"It's not my fault if you forget something,"

"Whatever. Do you have everything?"

"Yes, I checked like three times,"

"Anyway the two of y'all should get going. If you start driving now you should make it there by tomorrow afternoon," a dark skinned woman said.

"Ok, mom. Just making sure we have everything before we leave," Nana said.

"Where the hell are we even going again?" Vicky asked.

"Really, Victorina? We talked about this many times. We're moving to Ebott city, remember?" Nana said.

"Well, Nahdeira, since we're saying first names, how am I going to remember something I can't even pronounce?"

"Because you're going to spend the rest of your life there,"

"So?"

"Oh my Jesus,"

"You two better leave now. Traffic starts early and you guys know that," Their mom said.

"Ok," Nahdeira said.

Nahdeira came to her Mother's right side and hugged her.

"Give me a second. I'm joining the hug too,"

Victorina came to her Mother's right side.

"I love the both of you so much. You guys have been living here for years and it's hard for me to see you go but you two are grown and have paths you want to take. I just want you to know that no matter what I will always be here for you and you can call me anytime,"

She kissed both of their foreheads.

Nahdeira sniffed.

"I'll miss you,"

Tears were streaming down Victorina's face.

"You guys better get going,"

Their Mother was crying as well.

Nahdeira nodded and went to her car. Victorina hugged their mom one more time before heading to her car. Nahdeira started her car and backed out of the driveway. Victorina soon followed after her. Right before they drove down the street, they waved to their Mother goodbye.

The highway was kind of dark and empty. To Nahdeira's right was a sign.

NEXT REST AREA 5 MILES AWAY

'That's not too bad. I should call Vicky and talk to her about taking a rest,'

Nahdeira reached her hand to her passenger seat and was met with nothing. She glanced to her right and seen an empty seat.

"Where the hell is my purse?"

She looked again and saw her purse on the floor.

Nahdeira signed.

"When did it get on the floor?!"

Though quite irritated, she kept her eyes on the road. She looked in her mirrors and no one was behind her. She looked to her left and Victorina was next to her. The road was clear in front of her. With one hand on the wheel, she reached for her purse. Feeling the car swerve to the right, Nahdeira reached desperately for her purse. Looking up slightly to make sure she isn't swerving into a sign, Nahdeira finally got her purse. She looked forward the road was still clear, but she saw a bright light in the corner of her left eye. She glanced to her left and gasped.

Separating the lanes of the highway was just a patch of grass. Swerving over the grass was a semi-tractor trailer heading straight for Victorina's began to search for her phone in her purse but didn't find it. Something was suddenly vibrating. She glanced down at the ground and saw her phone screen lighting up.

"Son of a bitch!"

Nahdeira turned to her left and saw Victorina, with her phone to her ear, freaking out and slammed down on the gas. She shot forward but that didn't really do anything. The truck was getting closer and closer. Nahdeira could see her sister crying. She began to hyperventilate.

The truck was about to make contact with Victorina's car.

"NOOO!"

Nahdeira shot her hand, palm opened, towards her sister's car. Darkness suddenly surrounded Nahdeira.

'W-where am I? What's going on?'

The darkness disappeared. Nahdeira car was rocking side to side as if it just landed hard. She looked around and was surprised with what she saw. She was at a rest stop. It wasn't much just a bathroom and a few vending machines and that was it. Overcoming her shock she began to panic.

"Where's Vicky?"

Nahdeira hurriedly took off her seatbelt and got out of the car. She began to frantically search the parking lot. Her sister nowhere to be found. She looked down the street to try and make heads or tails of her not seeing her sister, Nahdeira began to sob.

"Wh-where is m-my si-sis- sister?"

A loud thud from behind her caught her attention. She turned around and saw her sister's car right beside hers. She stared for a few seconds before breaking into a run towards her sister.

"Vicky!"

Victorina barely had her door open and Nahdeira crushed her in a bear hug. Victorina returned the hug wholeheartedly

"What happened?" Victorina asked.

"I… I don't know. You were just about to get hit when suddenly everything went black then… then I was here,"

"That's what happened with me too,"

"Why did this happen? How did this happen?"

"I don't know but what I do know is that I'm going to get me some Skittles,"

"Really?! You just went through a traumatic experience and nearly lost your life and you want Skittles?"

"Yeah, I do. Do you have some change?"

"No, I don't have fucking change. Shit, I'm trying to figure out what just happened,"

"I would help too but I'm hungry and I want Skittles,"

Nahdeira shook her head and rolled her eyes.

Victorina shrugged and went to her car. She rummaged around in her purse, while Nahdeira was pacing.

"Why the fuck don't I have change?!" Victorina yelled.

She stopped looking in her purse and went to stand in front of the vending machine.

"Skittlllllleessss, why won't you come to me?"

"Vicky leave the vending machine alone and let it live its life,"

She took a few steps back from the machine.

"Come to me!" Victorina made a 'come here' motion with her hand.

Metal scraping on the ground was heard.

Nahdeira's head shot to the direction the sound came from.

"What did you just do?"

"How am I supposed to know? I'm just as surprised as you are,"

"I think you moved it,"

"Really? That would be awesome. I won't have to get up to do anything,"

"I love how being lazy is the first thing that came to mind,"

"Girl, don't even play, you're lazier than I am,"

"That doesn't matter right now, what does matter are these odd events that happened just now,"

"Maybe we have powers,"

"From where? Where would they come from and why are they making themselves known now?"

"I don't know but I still want those Skittles,"

"I wonder if I can do the same thing. Tell me exactly what you did,"

" I said 'come to me' then did a 'come here' hand motion,"

Nahdeira nodded. She looked at the vending machine, raised her hand in front of her, and repeated what Victorina did.

"Come to me!"

The same noise greeted them.

Nahdeira looked at her hand, then to the machine, then to her sister.

"I think we should do it at the same time,"

"Ok you count,"

"1

….

2

….

3!"

"Come to me," They said simultaneously.

The vending machine moved forward so fast it tipped over and landed on the front, smashing the mouths were wide turn to each other then ran to their cars. Before she started her car, Nahdeira made sure to grab her phone from off the ground. Victorina called Nahdeira.

"So how much longer before we're there?" she asked nervously.

'I hope there weren't any cameras,' Victorina thought.

"We still have a pretty long way to go. If we do a bit of speeding, we might still make it mid-afternoon,"

"Ok, I'll be right behind you,"

And right behind her, she was. Her car damn near fused together due to how close she was.

A little while ago, they turned off on Exit 23, Ebott City.

Nahdeira looked to her right and saw a mountain in the distance. She grabbed her phone and called Victorina.

"Did you see the mountain?"

"Yeah, what about it?"

"Do you want to climb it?"

"Why?"

"We could not only explore our new home but also try to figure out this powers situation,"

"Mmmmm. I guess but if I see a snake I'm going to kill you,"

"Why did you have to jinx us?"

It didn't take that long to get to the foot of the mountain. They parked and got out of their cars.

"Make sure to grab your purse and phone,"

"Ok,"

"This should be good for us. Sitting for so many hours really hurt my butt,"

"I promise you I will kill you if I see a snake,"

"If you keep mentioning it we're going to see one. Now let's go,"

They began their journey up the mountain. They saw bright flowers, tall trees, and little scampering animals.

"It's beautiful up here,"

Victorina nodded in agreement.

"What do you think we should do to test our powers?"

"We could try and move a rock,"

"Good idea. You go first,"

The rock, in particular, wasn't too big nor too small. Victorina stood a fair bit away from the rock. She raised her hand and narrowed her eyes.

"Come to me!"

The rock moved forward.

"You should try again bu-"

"I got this,"

"Ok then,"

She closed her eyes then took a deep breath and let it out. She opened her eyes again and stretched out her hand.

'I'm determined to move this rock,'

This time around Victorina didn't say anything she just made the hand motion.

"Ahhh!" Victorina screamed as she ducked under the airborne rock.

It hit a tree some feet behind her.

"Whoa, that was amazing. What did you do differently?" Nahdeira asked coming to her sister's side.

"Well, I said to myself that I was determined to move the rock then it flew,"

"Let me try,"

She walked towards the rock, that is now upside down against the tree, and stopped when she was about the same distance Victorin was when she did it.

She raised her hand.

"Get ready to move rock because I am determined to make it happen,"

She too did the hand motion and the rock was sent flying again. Nahdeira jumped out of the way. The rock hit another tree.

"We have powers!" Victorina said.

"Shut up you asshole. What if someone hears you?"

Suddenly the snapping of a twig was heard was heard. The girls froze. Nahdeira glared at Victorina. The sound came from their right. They stood still for a few seconds before moving towards it.

"Should we really go towards the sound?" Victorina whispered.

"No, but if someone was watching what we did…. We could be in big trouble," Nahdeira whispered back.

There was a trail of smashed grass and bent flowers . The prints in the grass seemed small. Nahdeira's eyebrow furrowed together. Victorina crunched up her face.

"Is there a kid here or something?"

Another branch snapping was heard. They stopped immediately. In front of them was a clearing with a huge gaping hole in the middle. A child walked out of the bushes not too far from them. The child slow began to walk towards the hole. Everything was fine until the kid tripped on a vine and fell into the hole. Nahdeira bolted out from their hiding spot and looked down the hole.

"D-did we just see a kid accidentally fall to their death?" Nahdeira asked.

Victorina didn't say anything.

Nahdeira was inspecting the hole when she heard Victorina scream.

"It's a bee!"

Victorina reversed away from the bee, swatting her hands at it. Because she wasn't looking where she was going, she bumped into Nahdeira causing her to lose her balance and fall in. Victorina, not aware of what she did, continued to reverse and fell into the hole too.