It was still dark when Angela heard someone knocking on the door. Her groggy thoughts weren't as suspicious as they should have been. Their host walked out of her bedroom wiping sleep from her eyes and muttering something in another language. Angela blinked rapidly and stretched. The fire was gone and the only light came from the old woman's half ajar bedroom door.

The woman opened the front door and was immediately kicked backward through the molding drywall. She didn't move. Three figures in dark clothing entered and Angela vaulted over the side of the chair, landing on padded feet. She held her breath with her back pressed up against the chair.

Hide Matt. Please, don't let them find you. They could shoot you faster than you could paralyze them. I can't do this alone. Find somewhere to hide until you have an opportunity... she thought.

Footsteps crisscrossed the house and she peered over the chair. Someone was moving in her direction slowly. She pulled her hand back like she was drawing an arrow and launched the nearest attacker inside the fireplace, shoving him until he resembled a pretzel. The others shouted and tried to find her in the dark but she was faster. She and Matt immobilized the last attacker at once.

"That was too easy, there should have been more of them." he said. Matt flattened against the wall and snuck a glance out the door before quickly ducking back in.

"Like I said, definitely more," he whispered with exasperation. Angela darted across the open space and knelt down beside the kind stranger who had rented them a room. She realized she had never actually asked for the money. There was no pulse in her neck. Frantically, she checked her wrist to be sure. One look at her twisted back told her she was not mistaken. The murderers had followed them across the globe. But they didn't use any telekinesis, or at least as far as she could tell in the dark. Either that was some weak drywall or they were dealing with a new type of power. She crumbled off a piece of the wall in her hand. Looks like their adversaries were ordinary.

"We need to leave," Matt said.

She nodded and shoved back any guilt she may have felt over the fate that had met this woman. The only back door available was a window in the kitchen. They both sent a blast of energy through it and glass shattered noisily. As soon as they flew out the window the bullets rained down from every direction. Matt deflected them while Angela tried to remember which direction they should be headed.

"Looks like those freaks had better things to do than chase us in person! These are just their henchmen, they can't chase us unless they have a plane," Angela yelled. "But how the hell did they know we were here?"

Matt flipped in midair to dodge a bullet he hadn't intercepted and sent the rest flying back at their shooters. The amount of fire coming their way dropped significantly.

"I'm starting to think maybe your friend on the phone had something to do with it."

Angela's heart dropped so far she nearly fell out of the sky. That was impossible. If the killers knew because of her they must have forced the information out of her. Maybe all the noise in the background was her being interrogated and all she could ask was where they were. Before she could argue with Matt he shot forward and took a risky dive.

"We need to outrun them! If they have a plane we need to get the hell out of here to where they can't follow us!"

"Matt, do you even know where you're going?" Angela asked.

"Of course I-"

Then everything slowed down. Time seemed to stop as she heard his scream. One bullet slipping past his invisible shield was all it took to break concentration. Then one brushed past Angela's shoe. The other grazed the top of her hand. Soon she was spinning wildly out of control, trying to fly anywhere but down.


Finished rewatching. Hope you guys are having a great Halloween month! I'm going back and fixing some of the inconsistencies and other stuff while writing new content. As long as I don't feel guilty about getting behind in publishing this is very fun :) Promise Andrew is going to show up in 2 or 3 chapters. Thinking this will be novella length? Another chapter should be out before tuesday, maybe today if I procrastinate on my homework a little more ;)