Chapter 6 - Call to Action
8:30pm

September 14th, 2014

Location: Town House

It's been three weeks since the accident and school has been cleared to resume. Jessica, Jacob, and Isaac sit in their living room discussing the subject.

"More than 200 student deaths and our stupid Dean is still making us go to school? Complete bulshit." said Jake as he cracked his knuckles.

"Jake. Its not cool to talk about them like that. Remember that could have been us too." said Jess in a serious tone.

Isaac sat in his desk chair twirling a pen while drinking a hot cup of coffee. Ever since the accident he had not been able to sit still, nor had been able to keep himself from drinking hot liquids and foods.

"Our President is a political prick, who is only trying to find someway to make up for that 2 million dollar net worth the school lost." said Isaac while twisting his cap to meet his eyes

Jessica had been the one most tormented by what had occurred. She couldn't believe that so many people died and more importantly how they survived

"Hey guys what if one of us would have died..." said the brunette while interlocking her fingers.

Jake said nothing, he continued his drawing. The words Jessica said purged Isaac's thoughts enough to think about

Her

"But it didn't happen. All three of us are here breathing meanwhile there's people out there who died. Not to mention there's 3 more of us that survived but who knows where the hell they are."

Isaac stood to his feet and shattered the cup of coffee he was drinking into pieces.

"Why didn't they just shut down that Fucking power plant like all the student body wanted to. People died...Trying to make a change!"

"Isaac." cried Jess

"How much better are we if we just sit down and let this continue and let this guy keep getting money in his pockets. No better I tell you. I was dead for 15 minutes according to the doctors, but my heart began beating again. We all have a purpose in this world!"

"Isaac!" cried Jessica again.

Isaac hadn't' looked at his hand. In it was a burning sensation much like the kind one gets when placing a hand over a fire, but much more dense and internal.

His hand had caught on fire.

The teen looked at his friends and saw Jake get up and grab him by that hand.

"What are you doing you're going to get burned!" yelled Isaac.

The moment he touched Isaac's hand he felt his skin steam and begin to melt off, but he felt no pain. Jessica stood in awe as Jacob's skin turned silver and glossy like a brand new car. Meanwhile Isaac tried hard to focus on his hand and extinguish the fire.

"You good?" asked Jake.

"Are you? Since when are you made out of metal?"

"I'd ask you the same question. I thought you burning up on the ambulance was just because you still had a flame on you or somethin'. I didn't know you could microwave yourself at will."

Jess slapped both of them and signaled them to sit down.

"Ok. So the both of you got some sort of abilities from the explosion. Jake, you can turn your skin to metal at will and Isaac your emotions allow you to manipulate flames?" said Jess.

"And." Jacob got up and stood in front of the wall. He focused on his forearm and in an instant the color of his pale white skin turned into a glossy silver.

Bam

He punched the wall and made such a hole that he managed to bust to the outside of the patio.

"What the freak! Jake! Do you know how hard it is to fix a damn wall!" yelled Isaac.

"Super strength too" he said smiling.

"Well then Izzy how about you? What are your talents."

Isaac gave his friends a puzzled look. After he made his vow in the hospital he knew he was going to have to tell his friends about his powers one day, unless they already knew. He arose out of his seat and focused. He let his feelings consume him, but in his mind only one thing had kept him breathing and that was the thought of Reyna. When Isaac opened his eyes he saw Jake and Jess nearly squinting.

"What?"

Jess pointed down and said, "Izzy your pants burned off"

Isaac grabbed the top portion of the lamp and tried to cover himself, but it burned off as well. Jacob ran outside the hole he made and grabbed the fire extinguisher.

"Hey man, we are two dudes its cool to run around naked, but I thought we had made it clear that we wouldn't do it in front of Jess!" cried Jacob as he shot Isaac with foomish liquid.

"Shut up idiot." said Jake while fixing his hair.

Just then Jess came out into the patio and threw some fresh clothes at Isaac and spoke in a happy voice.

"I called in a specialist!" she yelled as she went back into the house.

Jake and Isaac both looked at eachother in confusion as they heard the door knock.

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Chapter 6 - Call to Action
8:43pm

September 14th, 2014

Location: Town House

"Hello my name is Brandon J. Liam. Its a pleasure to meet your roommates Jessica." said the man in a charming tone.

Isaac gave Brandon a gripped handshake and so did Jake.

"Jess never told us she made a friend at the hospital." said Isaac while fixing on his Yankees cap.

"I guess not. Well Jess tells me she had something for me?" said Brandon while setting down his suitcase and sitting on the couch.

Both Isaac and Jake looked at Jess with an expression of You told him?

"Yo' Brandon we forgot to feed our pet turtle we will be right back." said Jake as he pulled Jess off the couch and into Isaac's room.

"Are you freaking insane! I just figured i'm a pyro user and Jake's a super metalic tin man and you bring this guy here to help? Enlighten me!" cried Isaac.

"He's a biology specialist! Maybe he can figure out what's wrong with you guys!" emphasized Jess as she crossed her arms.

Jake put his finger on his chin and said, "I think Jess just brought him over because she wants to get in his pants."

Isaac and Jess both proceeded to smack Jake right across the face.

"This isn't the time for sex jokes tin brian!" yelled Isaac.

"He's right! We could be asking Brandon questions on what he knows about radiation!" said Jessica.

The three friends decided to go ahead and tell Brandon what had occurred. The started off by asking Brandon if he knew about the nuclear explosion at NYSU. He gave the friends a no shit look and they proceeded to explain what occurred to them. At first Brandon seemed puzzled by what they had told him, but when Isaac and Jake told him they had developed abilities from the explosion he became more interested than a 3 year old discovering candy.

"You must show me!" cried Brandon.

"Well I guess I'll go first" said Jake as he stood from the couch and removed his shirt.

He exhaled air and his skin began to change from being pale and white into a metallic iron. His hair remained the same kind of goldish blonde as well as his sea-water blue eyes.

"Incredible. Your skin has completely become some kind of metal. By my guess your skin has become graphene or some kind of titanium. Or maybe it's some new metal that was made in the explosion!" said Brandon while typing on his tablet.

"You think metal brain over here is fascinating? Look at me man." Isaac extended his hand and in his palm ignited a vibrant red and orange flame.

Brandon spent hours asking Jake and Isaac questions about their abilities and the explosion. Isaac hesitated to talk about her but contributed into talking about how his emotions were the center of his power. Jake emphasized how he was completely drunk before the explosion and how that might have done something to him.

"One more question." said Brandon

Jake and Isaac both looked at him anxiously expecting the question.

"Jessica. How come you were the only one that did not experience some kind of change?"

Jess had been sitting in the kitchen fixing herself a bowl of fruit. She went into the living room with her bowl and sat down before she answered.

"I don't know either. I think it is because Jake covered me from the blast, but at the same time I was exposed too."

Brandon typed in his tablet again.

"I find it incredible that they didn't find anything extraordinary in your dna or blood when you guys were tested. But...Didn't you guys say that there were 3 more survivors."

The friends exchanged looks.

"They dissapeared right after we were found." said Jake.

"Coincidence?" said Isaac.

"We believe in no coincidences in science friend." said Brandon while staring blantly at the tv.

Isaac got to his feet and dug his hands into his pockets like he always did when he was pensive.

"Hey Brandon we need to keep this here alright. No one can know about us and our powers."

Brandon nodded and continued to type on his tablet.

Jessica had finished eating when she looked at her glass of horchata and noticed the water was shaking. The entire house began to shake. Almost indistinctly Jake rose from his seat and became metal. Isaac burned his clothes again and ignited. Only her and Brandon froze.

The rumbling continued for a good minute, but nothing in house seemed to tip over other than Jake's soccer trophy.

The shaking stopped

"God damn it. How was fire supposed to help me during an earthquake!" cried Isaac as he had burned his favorite button-up shirt.

"Guys look." said Jess as she raised the volume on the tv.

"This is NBC news here with Greg Snow. (people shouting) We are here on 37th and Maine where what has been classified to be an earthquake has shaken the Ford building. There are civilians trapped on the upper floors and a fire has erupted due to a gas tank explosion. The closure of the bridge has detained firefighters it may take hours for these 40 residents to receive help.."

Jake and Isaac exchanged looks and Brandon continued typing in his tablet.

"Isaac can you consume fire the same way you can ignite it?" asked Jess breaking the ice. She had a crazy idea in mind because her hands clenched to her sides.

Isaac looked at her in confusion. He knew he could make fire but other than free falling in a fire pit of a nuclear explosion. Brandon stood up and pulled out a cigarette lighter from his pocket "I've got an idea." He said as he ran into Izzy and Jake's room.

"Hey why's he in our room?" said Jake while scratching his skin. Of which was back to pale white

Brandon emerged with a can of body spray and pointed it in the direction of Isaac.

"Are you ready?" he asked

Isaac looked at him with a puzzled look and asked with a stern look "Ready for what exactly? The smell of old spice?"

Brandon lit his lighter and began to spray a gigantic fume of fire. He didn't flinch. The fire wrapped itself around him and slowly infused into his body like a sponge absorbing water.

Jake and Jess looked in awe as their friend was invulnerable to fire.

His eyes loomed maroon red

"Well now what?" said Isaac while digging his hands into his jeans pockets.

"Isaac you can save those people!" said Jess

"In case you haven't noticed I can't go out in my briefs! My body burns up all of my clothes the minute I ignite remember!"

Brandon stared at Isaac.

"What man? Stop staring at me like that it's freaking me out!" said Isaac while trying to fix his hat.

"I may have a solution for that clothing issue. And I like that name Heatzone. What do you think!"

"That's great man. I hope you can solve that in the car. We have a building of people to save!" said Jake.

Jessica tossed Jacob his car keys and Isaac grabbed a red Jacket from his room.

"Heatzone I can get used to that. Well this is better than writing that damn history paper! Let's go."

A/N

Next Chapter is going to be super long! I will also be posting chapter 8 along with it. Thanks for the read!

-Isma