Chapter Two
The second power
Petrified, she didn't notice the crowds filing in around her. A shiver, the same one that had greeted her earlier, crept up her spine. She cast quick glances about, the usual hallway chatter filling her ears. Her knuckles were white, a death grip on the knob. Kids began to complain behind her.
"Sorry." She mumbled, brushing through the crowds of students from her class.
A dull ache was forming at her temples and she moaned, making way for the bathroom.
The door swung open as she used her shoulders to push it open, her fingers already searching through her purse for Motrin, Midol, or...something. Finding a bottle, she yanked it out, pressing her palm against the cap, anxious to try to sort her thoughts out. Popping two IB Profin into her mouth, she concentrated on slow easy breaths, leaning over the sink and gripping the edge as if she would fall over other wise.
After a short time, she noticed four pairs of eyes upon her. Four girls stared at her, intent, quizzical, and concerned. She recognized their faces. Jemina, Vanessa, Catty and Serena, all girls that she had a class or two with during the day.
"You ok, Kaye?" Jemina was the first to speak, taking a hesitant step forward.
"Yeah...you look..."Serena stopped mid sentence, mouth open.
"Na huh." She whispered, and then nodded a goodbye to her before patting her shoulder on the way out. The others fallowed, obviously as confused as Kaye was. Something about the disbelief in her voice worried Kaye.
Alone, she wet her hands, pressing her palms to her eyes, as if trying to recall what she had seen. But even now, the image was slipping her mind.
The first bell snapped her from her thoughts, and she stood, convincing herself that the lack of sleep had caused the illusion, before slipping out the door toward calculus.
By lunch, she still hadn't been able to shake the edgy feelings, but at least now the headache had faded to a dull pounding. Lost in thought, she didn't realize two trays slip next to her, fallowed by the joking faces of Bryan and Katie. Katie, her best friend, smiled weakly, shoving her fork into her mouth, as if stalling for time, choosing her words slowly.
Bryan, being the guy he was, avoided eye contact all together, and pretended to be looking for someone across the cafeteria.
"What?" Kaye said, quirking her brow in amusement. It wasn't every day your best buds behave this way.
"What?" She asked again, watching Katie take another slow bite.
"Bryan..." He jerked his attention back to her, and then he too became absorbed in the rubber school lunches.
"Katie..." She persisted, looking from one friend to another, then resting her gaze on the blonde haired girl.
"So what happened...exactly...?" Katie exploded, popping the question.
"Yeah, we heard you had a melt down right before class." Bryan pushed his tray away, resting his elbows on the table.
"Nothing. Just, um, mood swings." She lied. It was her turn to play dumb. Starring at her own food, she jammed her fork into her mouth, savoring the taste of mashed potatoes.
"Common, Kaye. Don't lie to us." Bryan slung his arm about her shoulder, giving it a tight squeeze. Katie ooched closer as well, poking her side.
"It was nothing." She kept up her charade. Earlier, she would've loved to tell them. But after replaying the moments over and over again in her mind, she decided that she didn't need her friends thinking she was insane.
I bet she's just going through pms.
"I am not!" Kaye snapped at Katie. Katie, on the other hand, looked confused.
"Not what?" Katie shook her head in bewilderment.
"Not going through pms." Kaye insisted, narrowing her eyes.
"I didn't..." Katie's brow furrowed, her face growing redder.
Oh, great. More girl talk about wonderful girl hormones.
"No ones asking you to stay." She turned back to Bryan, smirking. "If you don't want to hear about our hormones, just leave." She snickered, then stopped as he shook his head.
"I didn't say anything..." Bryan said slowly.
"What? But I heard you."
"He didn't say anything, Kaye." Katie gingerly touched her shoulder, timid.
"I must be going insane." She picked up her tray, standing.
She was sure had had clearly heard them say those things, but then they had said they didn't.
Dumping her trash, Kaye set off toward the parking lot, hoping she could sneak out without getting caught.
I wonder what Kaye saw...
There it was again. She looked over to a nearby table and saw Jemina, Vanessa, Catty and Serena, sitting there, huddled close together. There was no way she could have heard them with the distance that was between them, and everything else.
Does she know she had a premonition?
Stopping in her tracks, she knew she had heard them this time. Turning directions, Kaye sauntered over to their table. Vanessa was the first to see her. She tugged at Catty's shirt, who then turned around. Jemina and Serena turned too, looking up at Kaye.
"Hey Kaye. Do you need something?" There was something in Serena's voice that made her believe she was hiding something.
"What'd you call it?" Kaye asked, referring to the picture she had seen in her mind earlier. She was sure that's what they were talking about.
"What?" Vanessa asked, biting her lower lip.
"Was it a ...um...premonition?" Kaye adjusted her grip on her purse, eyes wide, waiting.
For a second, she thought they would tell her. But Jemina just shook her head; her black spiral curls catching the light.
"Sorry, um, I'm not sure what you're talking about..."
A moment later, she heard: Holy cow! She reads minds too! There's no other way! I didn't even say that out loud! Wait till Serena finds out her power has gone to Kaye too... It sounded like Jemina's voice, but Kaye had been looking right at her...and her lips hadn't moved. Surprised, she stepped back slowly, then turned, bolting out the door. Now she definitely knew she was going insane. She had to get home to figure this out.
(A couple of things to explain. One, the Atrox could only take the daughters powers because it was a Lunar Eclipse, a time when their powers are not guarded, and he just figured out how. Two, Tianna isn't in this. And three, review and tell me if it's worth finishing.)
The second power
Petrified, she didn't notice the crowds filing in around her. A shiver, the same one that had greeted her earlier, crept up her spine. She cast quick glances about, the usual hallway chatter filling her ears. Her knuckles were white, a death grip on the knob. Kids began to complain behind her.
"Sorry." She mumbled, brushing through the crowds of students from her class.
A dull ache was forming at her temples and she moaned, making way for the bathroom.
The door swung open as she used her shoulders to push it open, her fingers already searching through her purse for Motrin, Midol, or...something. Finding a bottle, she yanked it out, pressing her palm against the cap, anxious to try to sort her thoughts out. Popping two IB Profin into her mouth, she concentrated on slow easy breaths, leaning over the sink and gripping the edge as if she would fall over other wise.
After a short time, she noticed four pairs of eyes upon her. Four girls stared at her, intent, quizzical, and concerned. She recognized their faces. Jemina, Vanessa, Catty and Serena, all girls that she had a class or two with during the day.
"You ok, Kaye?" Jemina was the first to speak, taking a hesitant step forward.
"Yeah...you look..."Serena stopped mid sentence, mouth open.
"Na huh." She whispered, and then nodded a goodbye to her before patting her shoulder on the way out. The others fallowed, obviously as confused as Kaye was. Something about the disbelief in her voice worried Kaye.
Alone, she wet her hands, pressing her palms to her eyes, as if trying to recall what she had seen. But even now, the image was slipping her mind.
The first bell snapped her from her thoughts, and she stood, convincing herself that the lack of sleep had caused the illusion, before slipping out the door toward calculus.
By lunch, she still hadn't been able to shake the edgy feelings, but at least now the headache had faded to a dull pounding. Lost in thought, she didn't realize two trays slip next to her, fallowed by the joking faces of Bryan and Katie. Katie, her best friend, smiled weakly, shoving her fork into her mouth, as if stalling for time, choosing her words slowly.
Bryan, being the guy he was, avoided eye contact all together, and pretended to be looking for someone across the cafeteria.
"What?" Kaye said, quirking her brow in amusement. It wasn't every day your best buds behave this way.
"What?" She asked again, watching Katie take another slow bite.
"Bryan..." He jerked his attention back to her, and then he too became absorbed in the rubber school lunches.
"Katie..." She persisted, looking from one friend to another, then resting her gaze on the blonde haired girl.
"So what happened...exactly...?" Katie exploded, popping the question.
"Yeah, we heard you had a melt down right before class." Bryan pushed his tray away, resting his elbows on the table.
"Nothing. Just, um, mood swings." She lied. It was her turn to play dumb. Starring at her own food, she jammed her fork into her mouth, savoring the taste of mashed potatoes.
"Common, Kaye. Don't lie to us." Bryan slung his arm about her shoulder, giving it a tight squeeze. Katie ooched closer as well, poking her side.
"It was nothing." She kept up her charade. Earlier, she would've loved to tell them. But after replaying the moments over and over again in her mind, she decided that she didn't need her friends thinking she was insane.
I bet she's just going through pms.
"I am not!" Kaye snapped at Katie. Katie, on the other hand, looked confused.
"Not what?" Katie shook her head in bewilderment.
"Not going through pms." Kaye insisted, narrowing her eyes.
"I didn't..." Katie's brow furrowed, her face growing redder.
Oh, great. More girl talk about wonderful girl hormones.
"No ones asking you to stay." She turned back to Bryan, smirking. "If you don't want to hear about our hormones, just leave." She snickered, then stopped as he shook his head.
"I didn't say anything..." Bryan said slowly.
"What? But I heard you."
"He didn't say anything, Kaye." Katie gingerly touched her shoulder, timid.
"I must be going insane." She picked up her tray, standing.
She was sure had had clearly heard them say those things, but then they had said they didn't.
Dumping her trash, Kaye set off toward the parking lot, hoping she could sneak out without getting caught.
I wonder what Kaye saw...
There it was again. She looked over to a nearby table and saw Jemina, Vanessa, Catty and Serena, sitting there, huddled close together. There was no way she could have heard them with the distance that was between them, and everything else.
Does she know she had a premonition?
Stopping in her tracks, she knew she had heard them this time. Turning directions, Kaye sauntered over to their table. Vanessa was the first to see her. She tugged at Catty's shirt, who then turned around. Jemina and Serena turned too, looking up at Kaye.
"Hey Kaye. Do you need something?" There was something in Serena's voice that made her believe she was hiding something.
"What'd you call it?" Kaye asked, referring to the picture she had seen in her mind earlier. She was sure that's what they were talking about.
"What?" Vanessa asked, biting her lower lip.
"Was it a ...um...premonition?" Kaye adjusted her grip on her purse, eyes wide, waiting.
For a second, she thought they would tell her. But Jemina just shook her head; her black spiral curls catching the light.
"Sorry, um, I'm not sure what you're talking about..."
A moment later, she heard: Holy cow! She reads minds too! There's no other way! I didn't even say that out loud! Wait till Serena finds out her power has gone to Kaye too... It sounded like Jemina's voice, but Kaye had been looking right at her...and her lips hadn't moved. Surprised, she stepped back slowly, then turned, bolting out the door. Now she definitely knew she was going insane. She had to get home to figure this out.
(A couple of things to explain. One, the Atrox could only take the daughters powers because it was a Lunar Eclipse, a time when their powers are not guarded, and he just figured out how. Two, Tianna isn't in this. And three, review and tell me if it's worth finishing.)