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Disappearing Act

Chapter 2

Today was the day that Brad was supposed to go home to his family. Mary and I got up earlier than usual so we could say good bye to Brad before he left to go home. Home, home seemed so foreign to me now, something so far away, and so out of reach. Brad was lucky, he's been at the Lincoln Home for two months and now he gets to leave. We were all happy for him, but we also envied him. The rest of us were left at the home with no future and no family.

Mary and I walked down to the dining room and grabbed some breakfast. We were about to sit down when we heard two nurses whispering to each other.

"Mr. Marvin won't tell me what's going on. Brad was such a good boy; he wouldn't just run off the day he was to go home." Said a nurse with rosy cheeks. The other nurse shook her head and muttered, "What happens when his parents arrive? What will we do? Do we just tell them that their son has disappeared?"

Mary and I froze where we stood. We didn't move or speak until the two nurses had walked away. Neither of us seemed to be able to come to terms with the fact that Brad was gone. The only thing I could think of was that he was supposed to go home today. Brad wouldn't just run away without a good reason.

Mary and I ate our breakfast in silence. When all the others came in we whispered to them what we heard from the nurses. Isabelle of course, didn't care, but everyone else was worried. Derek and Blake seemed to be the most worried out of everyone. Derek tried to hide that he was worried, but I could see it radiating off of him.

While I finished eating my breakfast I thought about Derek. He was so rude to everyone but Blake. He hardly ever spoke and when he did, his words were cruel and full of disgust. The only time if ever looked at anyone, it was more of a glare. The only time I've seen him be kind was when he was talking with Blake outside when no one was around. Derek was a mystery and a jerk. On my first day at the home I asked him where the girl's hall was and he just grunted and walked away. Of course that made me angry. I ended up throwing a desk that weighed much more than me across the room. Mr. Marvin wasn't happy with me.

I went up to my room with Mary once we had finished eating to get ready for classes. I looked in the mirror and saw my mother. I didn't literally see my mother; I just look exactly like her, pale skin, freckles, strawberry blonde hair, tall, and skinny. The only major difference was that I had blue eyes, lots of muscle, and a tiny nose while she had green eyes, not a lot of muscle, and a normal nose. Everything else was pretty much the same.

As I looked into my reflection anger started to grow inside of me. I tried to keep it down, but it was too much for me yet again. I didn't want to hurt Mary so I ran down the girl's hall and out the back door and into the back yard. There were alarms and fences everywhere at the home. That just seemed to make me more and more angry. I felt like I was being treated like an animal, caged and not trusted.

My breathing began to turn into a loud growl. I closed my eyes and tried to keep my breathing steady, but it was no use. The adrenaline rushed through my veins. The muscles in my body seemed to expand. I sprinted forward; I ran right at the basketball hoop. I through my arms around it and picked it up and threw it across the yard. It wasn't some small plastic little kid hoop, it was a big metal basketball hoop.

I was trying so hard not to scream out in anger. I used all my strength to keep me from throwing anything else, but it was no use. I was down on my knees holding on to tuffs of grass. I could still feel my muscles expanding, it hurt like hell. I stood up and growled when I heard something running towards me from behind. Before I could turn around someone had tackled me. I tried to throw them off of me, but they were too strong. The two people lifted me and pinned me against the stone wall hissing at me to be quiet.

A familiar voice started to whisper into my ear saying, "Try to relax, you don't want the nurses or anyone seeing you like this. If they see you they'll lock you up." I quickly turned my head around to see who was trying to tell me what to do. It was Blake and Derek.

"Get the hell off of me" I hissed. My anger had gone down some, but it was still there. Adrenaline was still rushing through me, my muscles were still growing, and everything still hurt.

"Blake, their gone; let go of her, she needs to let it out. Trust me." Derek was speaking now. There was a glint of sympathy in his eyes that disappeared quickly. Blake nodded was releasing his grip on me when I threw him off of me. He landed next to the basketball hoop in a pile of dirt.

I growled at him then turned my attention to Derek who was getting ready to charge me. I readied myself right in time. Derek lunged at me, but I was faster. I jumped to the side threw myself against him. Derek quickly threw me off of him; I landed in a heap against the stone wall.

I stood up ready for a fight when my muscles started to expand again, but this time with more force. I immediately crumpled back onto the ground. I stopped growling and started to whimper in pain. I curled myself into a ball and tried to make my muscles stop. The pain just got worse and worse with every second.

I heard Blake mutter "Shit, is she changing?" I opened me eyes wide to see that Blake was leaning over me with Derek standing off to the side. I knew they could see that I was terrified about what was happening to me. Blake took a step back when I started kicking my legs a bit. Derek's expression didn't change, "Her body's trying to change, but it's not going to happen yet. Run inside quietly and get some water and a towel."

Blake ran off to get the stuff while I lay on the ground whimpering and gasping for air. Derek started to turn away when I threw my arms out towards him. He saw the look of despair in my eyes and how scared I was. He hesitated then kept walking away. I lowered my arms and the pain over to took me again. I looked back over at Derek hoping he would come back when I saw that he was putting the basketball hoop back. I looked down at my arms and saw something moving beneath my skin. My muscles were moving and expanding so quickly that I could see it.

Blake came back and draped a wet towel over my forehead and put a bottle of water down next to me. When it finally seemed like it was over, I had one last muscle spasm and ended up throwing up in the bushes. Blake looked pained when he saw me lying on the ground, but Derek showed no emotion at all. Once I had regained my strength I sipped some water and stood up. I quickly walked inside without even looking at Blake or Derek.

When I arrived in my room Mary told me that Brad's parents had come and are talking with Mr. Marvin in his office. Mary looked over at me and said, "You look like you just wrestled a gorilla." I grunted in response and took a shower.

As I was in the shower Blake and Derek spoke outside in private.

"Derek, what happened to her?" Blake had been hounding Derek with questions ever since he saw what happened to me. Derek stared down at his hands and muttered, "I don't know…I've never heard of someone like us getting so close to changing then going back to normal…"

Derek and Blake talked about me for hours. I would never have been able to guess what I had in store for myself…

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