Chapter 2 'Despite everything
A few days later the guys finally caught on that we needed to know what happened to us whether we wanted to know or not. Personally I really didn't want to know in fear of of finding out what had happened to us and what would happen to us from now on...but like they say 'curiosity kills the cat' and this might be maybe unfortunate too but I act too much like a cat sometimes...but when we got there the hole we traveled down into during the barn party had coincidentally collapsed in and some police guy told us we weren't allowed to stick around so that was the end of that little adventure.
When we were there in the forest near that whole time I felt like a magnetic pull, something making me get the constant nudge at the back of my mind to turn back around and look closer even though I knew there was nothing left worth seeing.
Afterwards we all started to develop our powers and came to the theory that we had something similar too something we googled called telekinesis which is some kind of super power; We could manipulate objects, create forces and we even so strong that we could fly...which we had no idea how to do or use properly and more importantly in this case what we should use our new found powers for and being the reckless young rebels we were...it's safe to say we basically used it to fuck around with; at least at first we did.
Andrew...wasn't handling his knew found power as...well not how anyone one of us would of expected him too. We were all in the same car driving down a long road on a rainy day and some redneck driver behind us wouldn't stop beeping his horn at us, me and the boys were annoyed but brushed it off but Andrew...pushed the car off the road as some sort of joke, he thought it was funny but soon looked like he regretted it later when we found out he almost killed the driver when he crashed the car into a small lake a bit away from the stretch of road we were on.
Later that night it was...quite, no one quite knew what to say and Matt decided to drive everyone home, Steve first since he was the closest, then Andrew, then it was supposed to be me but I wasn't sure about leaving Andrew alone after what happened just yet so I decided I would stop by and visit his mum, I knew about her condition and tried to help out where I could.
So I said goodbye to Matt and assures him I would be able to get home okay, and if I had trouble then I could always use my super powers to handle it.
As me and Andrew slowly walked up to the house Andrew quietly spoke out in the evening darkness "You didn't come just because of mom did you?" I couldn't really answer that question so instead I said "Are you okay?" It was a vague question but he knew what I meant and he replied "I didn't mean...I, I know I shouldn't of done that but...what's the point in having this power if we can't use it to make a difference!" He started to raise his voice a bit and I flinched slightly at it, although I knew he wasn't yelling at me, yelling always just made me feel...uncomfortable. He noticed me flinch a bit and sobbed out an I'm sorry, I think, and embraced me and he started silently crying into my shoulder. I was a bit surprised but I returned the hug and tried to whisper soothing things to him to help him calm down like a mother would to a child that had just fallen over and had a small shock from it.
When Andrew had calmed himself down and recomposed himself he mumbled out another "sorry" then more clearly but sheepishly said "thanks, I needed to get that out I guess..." He was now standing over me and gazing down into my eyes giving me 'that look' that guys give you when their trying to look serious and sincere at the same time. 'I never realized how tall he was...or his...beautiful blue eyes' that's when he leaned down and ever so slowly kissed me. I couldn't register what was happening and he so didn't know what he was doing which was kind of cute in its own little way but I didn't feel anything, no sparks as you might say which made me feel instantly guilty, I felt like I had lead him on in some way which I hadn't but come on I didn't exactly say 'no' either.
I put my hands up to his chest and he placed his arms on the sides of my arms attempting to deepen the kiss but I gently pushed away. He stop and looked at me and I must of looked guilty because I certainly felt it and I didn't even think I was blushing which I somehow think made things worse. He abruptly walked, well half ran up the rest of the way to the house and I didn't speak to him again until the night everything changed again for the second time in my life. 'Lucky me...you don't know the half of it!'
(Fast forwarding)
He killed Steve. I know he did. Me and Matt know it but neither of us want to say it out loud. He was our childhood friend and his cousin and we could never imagine he would do this but he has and now we can't accept it. I can't accept it. Steve's gone. Dead. Maybe it was an accident but whatever it was, it's gone too far. Matt stopped using his powers completely; he doesn't want anything to do with it. He stopped talking to Andrew too which can't be good. I stopped talking to him as well but not on purpose, we just don't talk anymore.
To be honest I'm a little scared of what might happen if I do approach him.
All of our powers, they were very similar but when we got stronger they started to differentiate more and gain strong points with in our powers. Steve could manipulated objects best, Matt is...a pretty good flyer now and Andrews pretty good at everything but practically lifting up and carrying objects like his camera around which he is now officially crazy obsessed with and me I seem to be the greatest at deflecting objects and making them bounce off of me which is an interesting skill to say the least.
(Forwarding to when Andrew escapes from hospital in the movie when him and Matt 'and now Raine' reveal themselves to the world)
So it's safe to say that everything's gone to hell. There are at least twenty if not then more cop cars surrounding us: me, Matt and Andrew; all of us are scraped up in some way or form...I don't even know how Andrew is still alive.
Now here we are in front of god knows how many innocent bystanders and police, fire brigade, news reporters and anyone else that is just trying to do there job even though 'they don't seem to care about the fact that their putting their lives at risk at all...' I'm on the cold concrete coughing up blood and I don't even want to dare try looking back at how twisted my leg must be since its giving me so much unbearable pain; I'm trying to convince Andrew to well not blow up the city, at least not tonight, at least not at all more like! Matt's wrecked too...he's begging his cousin to stop. "Andrew think about what your doing! What will happen after you end up killing all of these people? Can you really live with yourself if you do this?!" I plead. "What do you care! You don't feel guilty do you?! After I...No! It's too late now! And you left me! Both of you left me!" He screamed in agony. I cried out "I'm sorry I was wrong! But it's never too late to change things! Please stop this we-" but Andrew wasn't listening to anyone anymore, neither me nor Matt " I am the apex predator!" He started yelling in preparation for building up his power and somehow through all of it I heard Matt cry out "I'm sorry!" I caught eyes with him and gasped at the realization of what he was about to do and before I could even open my mouth to scream the spear from the statue behind Andrew plunge through him and into the ground leaving him dangling in the air...
My breath caught in my throat before I let out an almighty scream that filled the air making it seem like it was the only sound in the world. I started to crawl towards Andrew, I could feel every muscle in my body ripping as I used the last of my energy to move and as I did so the ground started cracking below me and a strange bright light started illuminating from my body. I panicked and looked to Matt who was staring at me with a tear streaked face in horror. It was then that I decided to look down at myself. I was fading...literally. 'What's happening to me!' This was what I was always afraid of ever since I gained these powers, something happening that I had no control over! I couldn't stop it! I didn't know what to do but I did know that Matt would blame himself and I didn't want him to live his life with this huge burdening heavy thought on his back that this was somehow all his fault so the last thing I made sure to do before I disappeared completely was too look Matt straight in the eye with a determined face and smile as sweetly as I could as him and say "none of this was your fault, live your life for us but more importantly for yourself!" I never got to see if he understood me or not but I think I saw his mouth begin to twitch into a smile, in a kind of way that could be compared to a soldier saluting another, despite everything.
