song for the chapter - your love by little mix

A few weeks later

"Jocelyn, dream beam on your left!"

I quickly jumped and rolled to the right on the mat. These past few weeks have been filled with training with both Ray and Henry. Sometimes Charlotte would make us use the digital training simulator but most of the time, it was hand-to-hand combat. Right now, lasers were our enemy. They didn't hurt much but they were enough to sting.

A deep breath escaped my lips as I dodged the shot, rolling back onto my feet. I saw Henry flip over a laser of his own, almost tripping over his own feet. A pinch in my shoulder brought me back to my senses. I quickly stood back up did a front handspring, missing at least three attacks.

I heard Henry yell at Ray from behind me, something about moving faster. I looked to my left and found the key that disabled the simulator. Now, I had to get close enough to turn it off. Charlotte and Jasper watched from the desk, both with wide eyes.

"I've got it! Now one of you slowpokes cover me!" I shouted back at the two arguing superheros.

I jumped up on the couch and flipped off, dodging another two attacks. Ray groaned, "I wanted to find it this time!"

A hiss escaped my lips as I got hit in the hip by a laser. "Ray Manchester, let's go!"

He groaned again before moving to avoid more oncoming attacks. I needed the two boys to block the lasers from me, even just a little bit, so I could get closer to the simulator. It was a huge floating ball that was right by the tube pad.

Henry jumped in front of me, deflecting three lasers with the devices on his hands. I mumbled a thanks under my breath before running from behind him. The simulator recognized my presence and flew across the room above Jasper and Charlotte.

"Seriously?" I grunted and shoved my hands at my side. Sighing, I brushed my hair away from my eyes and hopped over the back of the couch. Ray slid across the floor and deflected two more lasers before falling on the ground in a mop of sweat. I laughed at his condition but quickly missed a laser coming towards me.

"I'm ending this." Henry yanked the key out of my hand and pushed himself over the table, landing by the control desk. He tried to use his hypermotility to move around the lasers, but he was too close to avoid them and get the key in.

As I pulled myself up, I heard the simulator beep. Once you reached a certain time limit, it upped the level which meant different and faster attacks. We had hit level 5 which was the one Ray and Henry had yet to beat. The red lasers on this level stunned you for ten seconds and by then, the boys were exhausted so they gave up.

"Go!" Ray shouted and hopped up from the floor. Henry ducked from the oncoming lasers before rolling out of the way.

"I swear, boys and their egos," I huffed and walked over to Henry. He looked at me, confused before I took the key from his hand and ducked just as a red laser hit him in the chest.

"Jocelyn!" He groaned from his spot, now on the floor.

"Try me, Hart." I rolled my eyes at him, turning back towards the simulator.

"Joce, move!" Ray shouted.

I turned around to see three lasers, two red, one green, headed towards me. My hands flew up and I focused on the air around me. I heard the simulator release more attacks but the ones moving toward me had stopped. My hands as well as the lasers were covered in a blue glowing light. Ray watched me with wide eyes as I tossed my hands to the side, the lasers fizzling out into nothing.

I moved quickly, jumping onto the back of the couch and pushing myself off to grab the simulator. I shoved the key in the controls and turned it, satisfied with the sound of it shutting down. I let go, landing inches from Henry's side as the simulator moved back to its docking station before it was tucked away.

"Whoa, where'd you learn that?" Ray pointed where I tossed the lasers.

I held my hand out the the blond sidekick, tugging him off the ground. "A while ago. I caught a basketball before it broke my nose."

Jasper stood up from his seat, "Oh yeah! I remember that."

I nodded in response, "I talked to Schwoz about it. He said it's called Telekinesis or something. I think that's it."

Ray nodded, "Cool. Now if you don't mind me, I'm going to go shower in this victory."

Henry rolled his eyes at his boss, "Showering won't wash away the pain of your failure, Ray."

"I can try!" Ray glared pointedly at us before stomping out of the room like a little kid.

"Alright, we're headed back up to Junk-N-Stuff. See you guys!" Jasper waved as he pulled Charlotte to the elevator.

"Wait, Char I thought you weren't working today?" I turned to face her.

"Oh, she's not. We're giving you two time to make-out," Jasper blurted.

Henry and I both turned red, yelling at our friends in unison. Both of them waved, not before Jasper winked at Henry and Charlotte gave me a thumbs up.

"They're a mess," Henry commented.

I rolled my eyes at him, "Oh shut up, I know you want to make-out too."

Henry turned even redder, if possible, "Okay well you're wearing skin tight workout clothes, it's hard not to want to kiss you."

I took a step closer to him so our chests were almost touching, "Then do it."

"But you know what Ray said about kissing at-" Henry bit his lip and turned back towards the doorway where Ray had walked out before turning back to me, "Screw it."

And with that, Henry's lips were on mine, and I was as happy as I could be.