Yo, guys, I have to finish this story by November. NaNoWriMo is coming! I'm SO excited! This'll be my first year, and I'm determined to win. DETERMINED. Hence I must finish this, else I not work on it for thirty days...
Anyway...
ENJOY!
Chapter 25
Tyler
Uncle Jay easily dodges the first shot. But that one must have been a distraction, because before I know it there are ten people in trench coats surrounding Myles, Kate, Ethan, Uncle Jay, Jaeson, Destiny, Claire, and me. All of them are pointing their weapons at us.
"We're here for the raikou," they say simultaneously.
"Um, who?" Claire says, pretending to not know.
"Him," one says, pointing to Ethan, who pales a bit.
Suddenly there's an arm around my throat. Stupidly, I yell, "Help!"
"No!" Claire gasps as she sees me. "Put him down!"
"And why should we, little lady?" one trench-coated person asks, aiming the gun at my sister, who flinches.
"You're mean," Destiny says randomly. "Why?"
"Because we like money, kid, and John Pratt supplies plenty," another explains, pointing her gun at Destiny's forehead.
Jaeson steps forward and locks cold, expressionless eyes with the girl. "Shock him." When no one responds, Jaeson clarifies, "Tyler. Shock the hell out of him."
Claire
"U-um I-I," Tyler stutters.
"You can," Jaeson states. "That man is the one who kidnapped your father, you know. Channel that strong emotion. Feel it."
Tyler's eyes grow wide, and waves of emotion flood through them one at a time. Sadness, hopelessness, and finally anger.
"CHUUU!" he suddenly screeches, and weak waves of electricity leak out of him.
The guy holding Tyler laughs. "You weakling. At least your father put up at least a little of a fight."
"SCREW YOOOOOUUUU!" Tyler yells, and this time electricity explodesout of him.
I decide to take this moment and scream. Scream at the top of my lungs and feel the adrenaline that comes with anger rush up through me.
The tree nearest to me suddenly grows a branch straight out until it is right above us. I unleash another blood-curtling cry, and this time the branch grows straight into the forehead of one behind me. He flops to the ground, unconscious.
At that same moment the guy holding Tyler falls over, almost dragging my brother with him as he fell.
"My turn," Jaeson announces, and his eyes glow a harsh red for less than a moment. Suddenly the girl in front of him slumps to the ground. Jaeson smirks.
Destiny steps forward now, and whispers something. Her eyes flash so fast I can't determine the color. Two people slump immediately. Destiny's face, usually so happy, was not. It wasn't quite Jaeson's, cold and expressionless, but you could tell she was quite unhappy.
The last ones are scared. Very, very scared. You can tell by the slight shaking in their boots. But still they stand their ground, guns up.
One starts stepping forward. He motions for the others to follow, to close us in, but no one does. He walks right up to Myles, who ducks the gun and punches him in the face.
The guy falls backward. Myles mutters to himself, "Weak."
Kate steps forward, towards a girl. "Don't move!" she warns. "I-I'll shoot!"
Kate's eyes also flash the color red, but it's softer. The person in front of her closes her eyes, falling asleep.
Suddenly sparks leaf off of Ethan and land on someone, who instantly faints. Uncle Jay sighs, closing his eyes, and the last two fall. He had used the same attack, psychic, but I guess he doesn't like the red flash. I wouldn't.
The girl Kate forced asleep screams. "Myles? What are you doing?" Kate demands.
"It's my ability," Myles explains. "Bad dreams."
"Can't you control it?" Kate asks.
"Maybe..." he admits. "Yes, I can."
"You did that on purpose, then?" Kate asks, giving him a look.
"She deserved it," Myles declares, staring at the ground with anger in his face. "They all do."
"Pratt! No!" the girl suddenly screams.
Everyone who can use psychic (well, everyone but me, Tyler, and Ethan) looks over at her and then looks away.
"I've been scarred," Myles whimpers.
"You are not the only one," Kate retorts. "Now stop the bad dreams."
"On it," he responds. In moments the girl stops tossing.
"Myles..." Jaeson says, a warning in his voice.
"Hey! People dream about their worst fears. I can't control what they're afraid of," Myles responds.
"Alright," Jaeson says finally. "Destiny, are you alright?"
"That was gross," she mumbles. "Yes, I'm fine."
"Good," Jaeson says, and shoots Myles one last glare.
"So how did you get out?" I ask. "My dad said you were kidnapped."
"Well..." he begins.
One escape story and several memory-leafing-throughs later...
"So. These goons know just about nothing," I recap.
"That's right," Uncle Jay sighs. "But they knew the layout of the place, as they've all been there many times. I could probably make a blueprint."
"So how are we going to do this?" I wonder.
"Well," Uncle Jay starts, "I have no idea."
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