Chapter 10

The ride to the school was quiet and filled with tension between the two. They finally arrived and Angela parked in the same spot as the day before. As Alex opened the door and began to step out Angela caught him by the arm. Alex whirled around.

"Behave." She said in a concerned but strict tone.

"No worries mate." Replied Alex. He walked away and headed towards the school.

He walked down the sidewalk and turned to face the tinted glass door of the school. He took a deep breath and went in. As, soon as he stepped in the door frame he saw Cassie running down the hall. It wasn't just running it was a full on sprint down the hall. Then Alex saw why. Behind her were two of Nathan's thugs.

Cassie ran and hid behind Alex. She peeked from behind his arm.

The two guys stopped suddenly. They were gasping for breath. Alex just looked at them.

"We'll… get you.. When your little friend… isn't around." One of them said as he began to turn away.

Alex caught his shoulder and spun him around.

"If you do. I'll kill you." said Alex plainly. He took Cassie's arm and shrugged between the two. It's going to be a long day.

"I agree." said Cassie.

Alex sighed. "Why were they chasing you anyway?"

"Because of what we did this morning." She replied, still walking.

Alex stopped. "Don't lie."

Cassie looked back at him. "I'm not lying."

"Oh please. He didn't even see you this morning."

Cassie laughed. "Ok. Well I may have homeroom with Nathan, and I may have picked on him a bit." She said looking, uneasily, up at Alex.

"Well I thought it would be fun to narrate his thoughts to the class."

"He got mad over that?"

"Well, see, and then a substitute for another class walked in, Mrs. Scott. He was sorta checking her out. Lets just say I never stopped the narration and you, being a guy and all, have somewhat of an idea of what he was thinking of." She explained.

Alex stared at her. Then burst out into laughter. "That's priceless. I wish I had been there."

"Ha. Yea It was great until they started chasing me." She sighed. "But I need to be going back. The late bell is about to ring. As a matter of fact your going to be late."

"No I wont." He said his eyes getting brighter. Then the hallway went black.

Cassie waited for her eyes to adjust to the dim light and then she looked at him. He had just shut off all power to the school.

"I'm never late." He laughed as he kissed her forehead and headed to his homeroom.

Cassie watched him as he walked down the dark hallway. She soon lost sight of him and headed back the way she had come.

Alex had no problem seeing in the dark. As he walked down the hall he glanced into rooms to see what the students thought of their sudden power outage. Then he saw Andrew and Mark in one of the rooms. Two of the guys he had played basketball with yesterday. He was preoccupied with watching them and he wasn't watching where he was going.

Next thing he new someone grabbed him by the shoulders and pinned him against the lockers. Alex looked at the guy, stunned.

"G'Day Alex." Said the guy in a quiet voice.

"How does everybody know my name?!" Said Alex as he shocked the guy off of him.

He stumbled back into the middle of the hall. Then He was back beside Alex within a second. Then it all fell together. Alex knew who he was.

"Jacoby?" asked Alex.

"Ha. Who did you think it was?" Said Jacoby.

"I should've known you would follow me." Replied Alex as he began walking away.

"Hang on a tick." Said Jacoby. He materialized in front of Alex.

Alex stopped short. "Listen mate I have to go to class. It's bad enough I turned off their power for this long." He sighed. " I'll meet you on top of the awnings, out there, after school. Okay?" Said Alex as he ran towards his homeroom.

Jacoby intercepted him as he was turning into the room.

"Don't leave me waiting." said Jacoby.

"I know Mr. Impatient. Shove off." Said Alex. Jacoby vanished and Alex continued into his room.

He walked in quietly then stopped. All eyes were on him. He smiled and sat down slowly.

"G'day." He said as he looked over the new faces.

When the chatter started back and eyes returned to their own business Alex turned the power on. He concentrated and his eyes burned with electricity. The lights flickered back on and the students let out a unanimous groan as the teachers cheered.

A voice came over the intercom. "All students go to first block. We will ring bells from here on out." Said a woman's voice.

Alex got up quickly and vanished out into the hall; He continued to his locker. He popped open the door, without touching the combination lock, and grabbed his history book.

"Hey." said a voice from behind him.

Alex turned. It was Cassie. He let out a sigh. "Hey."

"Let's go to class." She said pulling on his arm.

Alex looked at her strangely but followed anyway. They walked in silence until they hit Coach McCollum's door.

"Hey. I've been meaning to ask you something for a while." Said Alex.

Cassie went to her seat and sat down with a sigh. "I'm only allowed to go to school because Angela set it up for me. Okay?"

"Then … Why didn't she…"

"She didn't use me for her experiment because I have a family. Plus I didn't want too." Interrupted Cassie. "The government then told her she would only be given one more pass. That's where you come in. Angela is putting her job in your hands."

Alex stood in front of her taking in every word carefully. "Okay…I guess.. That answers all my questions." he said as Coach McCollum walked in. Alex sat down quickly behind Cassie.

Cassie turned to him. "So. Your meeting Jacoby after school." She whispered.

Yea He thought.

"So, in your head, you think of him like an older brother. Am I Right?"

Yea, he's the first mutant I met that would help me. He is three years older than me so he was one year away from graduating when they made the law. He was forced to drop out. So me and him have kind of joined forces ever since then. I would stay with him when I needed a place to crash.

"That's cool." she whispered back. "So, he travels a lot too."

Yea, He can't teleport somewhere unless he's seen it before so he travels a lot. He's been to America but never Alabama. Only the west coast. so he had to find another way. It probably pissed him off... He's so impatient…. Why are you asking? Why don't you dig for it yourself?

"Well… I didn't feel like rummaging through your maze of past thoughts at the moment. Sorry." She said whispering over Coach McCollum's lecture. She turned away from Alex and faced forward.

Alex looked at her puzzled then his heart stopped.

"Alex?" Said coach McCollum.

Alex looked at him wide eyed. "What?"

He gave him a glare. "Nevermind. Caroline can you tell me what were the main causes of the American revolution? Since some of us were in another world."

Alex cowered back into his seat. Why didn't Cassie tell him?

"Because." she whispered back to him. "Oh. I can't believe Angela fell for the stomach virus! that's funny."

Alex just looked at her. Cassie raised an eyebrow and turned back around. "Nevermind." she said taking the hint.

The class soon ended and Alex took his time leaving the class. He was even slow walking down the hall. Cassie did the same. He soon made it to his locker and propped up against it.

Jacoby came out of nowhere beside Cassandra. Alex jumped.

"Crikey. You fucking scared me." Said Alex as he slapped Jacoby on the chest. Jacoby was quite a bit taller than Alex and a little stronger, as well. He had the same haircut as Alex only his hair was a sandy blonde with natural highlights streaming through. His eyes were a deep green and it always seemed as if he knew something he wasn't telling you.

Jacoby snapped to his side and put him in a headlock. "Really now? I figure you'd be used to it by now right?" He said laughingly; with a thick Aussie accent. He smiled beautifully at Cassie. She couldn't help but blush.

Alex sent a light shock to Jacoby and his arms snapped away suddenly. "That, however, no one gets used too." He said smiling and rubbing his forearm. He reached out and tousled Alex's hair.

Alex looked at him happily. His friend was back.

"Who might this little tacker be?" Asked Jacoby as he looked at Cassie.

"My name's Cassandra or Cassie for short." She said holding her hand out.

Jacoby embraced it. "Hi. I'm Jacoby." He said smiling at her.

Alex laughed. "Hell, she knew that before she even talked to me this morning."

"How so?" Asked Jacoby.

"She reads minds." Said Alex watching for Jacoby's reaction.

Jacoby tilted his head. "Really? That's pretty awesome, I would have to say."

"Sometimes." Replied Cassie listlessly.

The bell rang for Alex and Cassie to head to second block.

"Well, I'll see you after school." Said Jacoby. Then he vanished.

Alex walked away and Cassie yelled after him.

"Bye." she said.

"Bye." He replied. He walked towards gym class with one thought on his mind:

Nathan.