RETURN
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CHAPTER 6Connor headed outside during the sixth graders' lunch period bag lunch in hand. He looked around for Alicia. Connor felt something warm against his legs. He looked down and saw the cat from earlier rubbing up against him. The cat backed away and looked up at Connor. It formed what looked like a smile across its face. The cat did something amazing then. It began to grow larger and larger, it's paws turned into human hands, and the golden fur on top of its head turned into long blonde hair. It transformed into Alicia.
Connor took a couple of steps back from her. "What the—"
Alicia snickered. "Connor, it's OK. I always do that."
"How? What are you?" More snickering came. Not from Alicia. But from the boy and girl she'd been talking to in the hall.
"Nice one, Alicia," said the boy.
"Yeah. That time was cool," the girl agreed.
Connor turned to Alicia. "What's going on?"
"It's cool, Connor. This is, Tyrone Carson, and this is his cousin, Ashley Rogers," said Alicia. "The three of us are… well, special."
"Special?" said Connor. "What kind of special."
"Come on," said Tyrone. He led the others to the other side of the school. No one was there. "Check it out." Tyrone held out his arms. The others stared intently. Tyrone's arms began to… grow. They started to stretch far and out. Connor's eyes grew wide. Tyrone reached up and was able to touch one of the school's side windows. He released a groan and pulled his arms back to normal. "That hurts."
"O… K. How'd you do that?" Connor asked.
"Wait a second," said Ashley. She looked at the school. Suddenly the entire schools, bricks, roof, and all were just gone! "I love this."
"What?! What did you just do?" Connor demanded.
"No, relax," said Ashley. The school appeared again in an instant. "See?"
"My cousin likes to screw with people's heads," said Tyrone.
"It was just an illusion," Alicia told Connor. "The school was never gone. She's always doing stuff like that."
"How can she? How can any of you do this stuff?" asked Connor.
"You're one to talk," said Alicia. "How'd you make that shot in gym?"
"I… uh, well, it's hard to explain."
"Try us," said Tyrone.
"Fine. I have developing super strength and senses," said Connor. "But it's not that great."
"Hey, cool," said Ashley. "Can we see? We did show you ours."
"True," said Alicia.
"Fine," Connor sighed. He sat his bag lunch down. Connor looked around. He saw a tree not too far from them. He suddenly ran towards it quickly. His speed was surprising to the other three kids. Connor ran up the tree, back flipped, and wobbly landed on his feet. He fell to his knees. "I told you it's not perfect."
"That was awesome," said Alicia.
"I don't get it, though," said Connor. "I know why I have my powers but what about the rest of you? Why are you so special?"
"We don't really know," said Ashley. "Only our families even know about the powers. We have to keep it a secret. But one day we all just met up and kind of made the "freaks" club."
"Oh. That reminds me. You can't tell anyone about me," said Connor.
"It's fine. But you can't tell about us, either," said Tyrone.
"I won't!" Connor agreed.
"OK. So we all keep our mouths shut," said Alicia. She turned to Connor. "Welcome to the "freaks" team." Connor half smiled.
After school that day Connor went outside and quickly spotted his father's car. Gunn was in the driver's seat again. Connor walked up and climbed into the backseat.
"Hey, spark. How was the first day?" Gunn asked him.
Connor replied, "Um, interested."
A/N: Did I mention that since Connor is twelve his powers aren't fully developed yet? Well, they aren't. Reviews are good!