Chapter 2: Powers Revealed
Clyde was over the edge now that everything he had try to do to make his life better is ruined because of the humiliating prank that he was the target of as usual. He was so furious and so upset that his power begins to lash out uncontrollably, trees begin to creak, rocks begin to float and whiz off like comets and the grass was swaying partly away from him like Moses with the Red Sea.
He was tired of crying, he was tired of being hurt and feeling useless, he was sick of being the worst thing that people ever had the misfortune to be with. He want it all to stop and let it all go but couldn't due to his fear of hurting people that don't deserve the harm.
Clyde couldn't handle the stress enough as he cried aloud before kneeling on top of a small grassy hill as he just kneels there, silence in woe and hoping the anger and misery in his powers will die down hopefully soon. It however wasn't going to be easy for Clyde since he hears Stephanie and Mr Tyler approaching the poor boy.
Stephanie was the first to see Clyde on his knees at the hill before she slowly approaches and kneels beside him in deep concern.
"Clyde" She spoke out softly.
The blood-stained teenager made no movement or spoke a word but continues to be still and quiet, wishing that they would go away and leave him alone but even he knew it was going to be unlikely but he didn't want to risk hurting them with his powers going a bit haywire.
"Clyde, are you alright?" Mr Tyler asked worryingly.
Still no response before Stephanie begged: "Clyde, please speak to us; please"
"...Leave me alone" Clyde coldly and quietly responded.
Stephanie shifted a bit from that response as it breaks her heart to see her love being where he felt like back before this all began.
"Clyde, it's alright" Stephanie comforted.
"Leave me alone!" Clyde angrily repeated.
"No, I won't leave you; I love you Clyde" Stephanie refused.
"I don't want to see you...I don't want to see anybody, I want to be alone..." Clyde replied quietly and coldly again.
"We're not leaving you, Clyde; not like this" Mr Tyler refused.
"Clyde!"
Soon Clyde heard Luke and the boys approaching him and the others, this extremely worries Clyde more as he is afraid that his powers will go out of control from his suppressed anger and woe as Neil asked:
"Hey man, are you alright?"
"What the hell did you think he's feeling now, Neil? He feels hopeless" Luke argued.
"You don't know what I feel, Luke and nether do you guys, so just stop it" Clyde spitefully snapped whist feeling bad for being snappy for the others, he couldn't find anything else to do to get them away from him and his suppressed powers.
"Dude, why are you talking to us like that? We're your friends" Zeke responded.
"No, you're not my friends..." Clyde started, using the poisonous words from his abusive father. "You guys just want to look good in front of me so you won't have to look like assholes and then used me for your little jokes, that's the truth"
"The truth? The truth?! The truth is you are our friend, Clyde! Why the fuck would you think otherwise?!" Neil cried out.
"You just don't even give a shit, stop acting like you care!" Clyde cried.
"We don't fucking care!? You're my best friend, idiot!" Luke raged back.
"Luke, this is not helping" Stephanie protested.
"...What?" Clyde softly spoke.
"We hang out with you practically every fucking day since this shit with Bobby began! You think I ditched Bobby and helped you because you're nothing more but a fucking target for pranks?! Are you that fucking insecure?!" Luke raged more, wanting to finally get some common sense into Clyde.
"Luke's right, Clyde; do you honestly think we chose to be nice to you because Luke is friends with you? That's not what it was. When you gave me the vote to be school president and told me why you did; I felt like shit for what I was doing to you even when we found out about your life with your fucking lard ass of a dad, We still teased you and once we got to know you, we saw that you were a great person and honestly I wished we were friends beforehand" Neil spoke out.
"OK so yes, we were assholes to you for years but we were idiots, Clyde, we just joke around and be stupid to others because we thought it was funny but after getting to know you, we felt terrible especially how you lived your life" Rory replied.
Clyde looked around at the people who cared about him before he started to let out his tears and silently cried before Stephanie approached him
"It's alright Clyde, let it out"
"You guys are right, I'm so sorry, I'm an idiot. I'm sorry that I said those things to you and didn't believe you" Clyde sniffed through the tears.
"Dude, it's okay. You just need help, alright?" Luke comforted.
"I know it's pathetic that I'm crying" Clyde sobbed.
"It's OK Clyde, it's alright to cry like this" Mr Tyler assured the teenager.
"I just want this nightmare to end" Clyde sniffed.
"It will, we will help you together through this" Ian responded.
Luke soon approaches Clyde with his twin sister and said: "Clyde, you don't really believe Stephanie and I did this shitty thing to you"
"No, of course not; I was worried at first but now I know you didn't do this" Clyde shook his head.
"Then why did you tried to shun us away like that, Clyde?" Stephanie asked.
"I didn't want to shun you guys away because I was scared of...well..." Clyde started, thinking if he should confess about his power if they truly care about Clyde.
"What is it, man?" Luke asked.
"I was scared of hurting you guys" Clyde spoke out.
"Wait, what? Hurt us?" Neil chuckled a bit.
"What are you talking about, Clyde?" Mr Tyler asked.
"Guys if you are my best friends then can I show you a secret?" Clyde nervously questioned.
"What secret?" Stephanie asked in confusion.
"I hope this is all worth it because I am not sure how long I can hide this" Clyde inhaled deeply before exhaling nervously.
The teenager took off the blood-stained prom king crown and goes to Stephanie before he asked: "Would you mind holding this on your hands like this?"
"Of course, I'll be honest that the blood makes me uneasy but sure" Stephanie nodded as she opens her hands up together and lets Clyde places the crown on her hands.
"Clyde, what is going on here? What are you planning on doing?" Mr Tyler questioned.
"You want to know what I am talking about, well I'm showing you right now" Clyde gulped as he walks further away from the group before he adds:
"Here goes..."
This is it, the big reveal; Clyde hopes that this will be worth it and that the others will not shun him or expose him in fear before he used his telekinesis to lift the crown slowly up from Stephanie's hands.
The prom queen jumped in total shock as the others let out gasps of surprise as well before they examine the floating crown in front of them.
"Dude...are you fucking kidding me?" Neil gasped in awe.
"Am I high right now? Tell me I'm not high right now" Ian spoke out quickly.
"This is actually happening, holy shit, this is actually happening now" Zeke gasped out.
"There's nothing holding it, no strings, nothing" Mr Tyler said in amazement.
"Amazing" Rory laughed out in awe as well.
"What is happening right now?" Luke asked in deep confusion.
"Clyde...Are you...?" Stephanie gasped.
"Doing this? Yes I am" Clyde nervously replied.
Soon he made the crown float to him before he got it to land gently on top of his head, finishing the power play before Neil and the gang exclaimed out in amazement and goes to Clyde.
"Holy shit! That was awesome!" Neil cheered.
"R-Really?" Clyde nervously chuckled.
"That was the most craziest thing I'd ever seen and it's so bullshit that it's so god damn cool at the same time" Ian excitingly laughed.
"Clyde, how do you do that? How do you make all of those things happen?" Luke asked in awe.
"Alright...you wanna know how? I'll tell you...Do you remember when you guys locked me in that abandoned warehouse, I managed to found a secret room where some kind of experiments were happening and I managed to consume a vial of liquid that strangely gave me these powers" Clyde explained.
"You mean that same warehouse that caught on fire a while ago?" Stephanie asked.
"Yes" Clyde nodded.
"So that red light in the warehouse was revealing a secret lab, Man, that is some cool shit, Wish I would have gone down there" Rory replied.
"That explains the strange things happening..." Luke gasped.
"When I learned I had the power, I practiced it and the more I use it, the more powerful I become and now I'm scared that I might lose control of it and hurt you guys" Clyde replied.
"Oh, you mean like Carrie White from that movie?" Neil asked before the boys and even Mr Tyler looks at Neil annoyingly before Neil nervously adds: "Whoops, sorry"
"So all this time, you had powers?" Stephanie gasped out.
"Just one power, Telekinesis" Clyde responded.
"The power to move things within the mind" Mr Tyler said in awe.
"Exactly" Clyde nodded before he looks on at the confused yet amazed expressions from the others before he said:
"Guys, I know now this has come to be a big shock to you all; I myself was very surprised the first time I realized I had the power of telekinesis but please I must ask all of you to keep this a secret for you. You guys are the first people I'd ever shown of my power, I haven't even told my mother because I don't want her to see me as a freak or a monster" Clyde begged.
"Dude, you're not a monster or a freak! You have telekinesis, you are awesome buddy" Neil cheered vigorously.
"So..does this mean-?" Clyde nervously asked.
"Clyde, you're our best friend, of course we'll keep it a secret" Zeke assured his friend to which Ian, Neil and Rory also agreed.
"Thank you guys" Clyde sincerely thanked, feeling some weight of fear within him lifted away from him.
"You're my best friend too and though it's going to be a while for me to be used to this as long as you play tricks on me, Of course I'll keep this secret for you" Luke said.
"Me too Clyde; Telekinesis or not, I know you're still the same person I know today" Mr Tyler assured Clyde.
Clyde then looks at Stephanie who was very quiet through all of this as he approaches her nervously and said:
"Stephanie, Like Mr Tyler said, I'm still myself even with telekinesis and I still love you. I just hope this doesn't make you afraid of me or freak you out because I would never hurt you or do anything bad to you with my power"
"Well...I'll level with you, I was not expecting this and I can't blame you for that because I'd always believe powers like telekinesis were just a myth, made for movies and stories but...while it will take me a while to get use to all of this, I still love you too Clyde and I know you would never hurt me" Stephanie reassured her boyfriend.
"I love you" Clyde happily replied.
"I love you too" Stephanie smiled and holds Clyde's blood-stained hand, not caring about the blood at all.
Clyde felt so happy that the friends around him accepted him for what he has revealed and despite tonight's disaster, Clyde was feeling a bit more better about the situation until he heard the police sirens coming closer to them.
"Is that a police siren?" Luke asked.
"It is" Neil asked.
"How did they find us here?" Stephanie asked.
"Principal Lowell" Mr Tyler spoke out loud.
It wasn't long before police cars surrounded the group as Clyde was getting a very bad feeling about this. It wasn't long before Principal Lowell furiously comes out of the car and points at the Montezs and snapped;
"Officers, these are the two students responsible for tonight's disaster!"
What happens next?
Stay tuned to find out!
