For once in my life, I was actually tired at ten. Of course, I couldn't actually go to sleep- Danny and Danielle said they'd be back tonight and as much as I hesitated to trust complete strangers, I knew they were my best chances of getting things under control before school started. I think I'd be able to live with it if my family found out about this weird shit on accident, but I really didn't want the group of asshats they call my peers to know about any of this. I barely trusted them enough just to do my work around them without getting completely screwed over by them copying me.
They showed up exactly ten minutes past ten and when Danielle held out her hand for me to come, I shut my mind off and just went with it. While ignoring the rational thought that this was generally a bad idea, it had to be noted that thus far rational thought had gotten me almost nowhere when it came to this crap. Even though it hadn't led to anything good in the past, I was going to take a leaf out of David's book- when rational thought failed, just go with whatever the hell you had left.
We're not going to talk about how many times that philosophy got him in trouble.
I stayed on my guard as Danielle flew me out of the house with Danny right behind us. The things I would have given to be able to fly myself instead of feeling helpless. At least if I could fly on my own, I'd have half a chance of getting away in the event that these two really were a pair loony-toons. I really don't know why I trusted them so easily. I'd always has issues with trusting people, but for some reason I didn't question that Danny and Danielle were good people. I trusted them without a second thought, regardless of how impossibly stupid it seemed.
They didn't take me far, just to the roof of the ninth and tenth grade center right by my house. Honestly, we could have walked there in five minutes if we wanted to. At least I knew where I was and hadn't been taken to some unrecognizable place.
"Do you have any idea what you're capable of?" Danny asked. I shook my head. He gave me a distinct look of disbelief. All of this weird shit started just a few days ago, how the hell could I be expected to know what I was capable of? "We know you've managed to tap into at least some of your powers, whether you meant to or not."
"Yeah, some things have happened outside my control. Just because these powers made an appearance doesn't mean I actually know what all I can do. non sequintur," I said, slightly irritated. What Danny said was faulty logic and something that irked me.
Danny held his hands up in mock surrender. "Alright, we'll just start with the basics then." I heard Danielle snickering in the background as Danny, hesitantly, continued. "I'll be honest, trying to gain control over your powers will likely be a long, frustrating road." He paused. "It actually feels as hopeless as math sometimes."
I raised an eyebrow. "You're saying this to the girl who finds peace with math," I said. I never have fully understood why people thought math was so hard. The logic behind it was always easy for me to follow.
Danny just gave me a look that I couldn't quite decipher. "You're going to be a pain in the ass this whole time, aren't you?" he asked, annoyed.
"Damn straight," I replied with a smirk. Honestly, I was in unfamiliar territory where logic was failing to get me very far. If weren't able to at least piss someone off, then where would I be? If nothing else, it certainly was amusing.
Danny threw his hands up in the air, not finding my antics very amusing by the look on his face. "Why?" he asked seemingly no one. "Why does the one halfa we actually manage to find have to be intent on being a pain in the ass?"
"Can we just say life doesn't like you much and get on with this?" I asked, more to piss him off than anything.
"Fine," he said. His agitation showing. I smirked, glad to know I could get under his skin. Normally, I just did it for entertainment, but I also knew that getting under someone's skin was a good way to cause them to make a mistake. Really, I still didn't have a way of knowing whether these two could be trusted or not, so any back up plan was a good thing to have. I didn't know how the hell I'd fight them if they did turn on me, but at least I knew how to get under their skin. "You've transformed before, right?" I nodded. "Good. Try transforming now."
I did as I was told, hunting down the little space in my mind that had triggered the change last time. At first, I couldn't find it, but after searching for god knows how long, I finally found that odd space in my mind that seemed to connect to something unfamiliar. I gasped as I felt the rings form and travel across my body, trying to hide the discomfort the change was causing. I wasn't sure if I'd ever get used to that feeling.
I opened my eyes awaiting further instructions. Danny put his hand on the back of his neck. "I'll be honest, I didn't really expect you to pull that off on the first try." He cleared his throat. "Anyway..." he trailed off awkwardly.
"Have you tapped into your invisibility yet?" Danielle asked.
"Nope, but I could probably do it if I tried." It hadn't occurred to me that it might be possible for me to really be invisible. I'd spent the last several years mastering the art of being invisible to teachers and the worst of the school population though. It had been purely metaphorical before, but doing it for real couldn't be that different.
Danielle gave me a look that clearly said she didn't think I could do it. Her and Danny were going to find out real quick that issuing a challenge like that was the surest way to make me figure something out out of pure spite.
I didn't have to go looking too hard to find the place that held my invisibility, I was already familiar with it in a way and knew where to look. All it took was accessing the same place that had become the home of my little chameleon trick. From there, it felt like I had two paths; the one I'd been using for years and knew like the back of my hand and one I hadn't even known was there before. I figured the new path was the one I needed and mentally followed it until I felt something in my body change. As I looked down at myself, I was met with the satisfying fact that I'd done it.
"Damn," I heard both of them say, but only Danielle finished the thought. "This might not be as hard as we thought." She may think that now, but she doesn't realize that the only reason I pulled that off is that it felt like I'd already been doing it for years. I personally found it amazing that no one had noticed my intangibility acts all day. The Gods know I lost control enough times that anyone could have seen something today.
I still hadn't dropped the invisibility when I felt myself start to get light headed. Shit. This was not what I needed right now. I collasped, hitting roof of the building beneath me and felt my invisibility drop without being told to. I'm not entirely convinced the others knew what was happening before I blacked out.
THE MYSTICAL UPDATE HAS APPEARED. ^_^
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Invisible One
