The next day, Evangel taught Horizon teleportation. "Not many people
know how to use teleportation, but it is very useful, especially when
you're in danger. It's an easy escape."
"You can teleport?"
In an instant, Evangel disappeared. Horizon felt hands on her waist, and his voice was in her ear. "You better believe it." She pushed him away playfully. "So why don't you use it to get out of here?"
"There's a barrier the Oracle put on the apartment's perimeters. I found that out the first time I tried to escape. You can teleport inside the apartment and outside the apartment, but you can't teleport from the inside to the outside. It works in other places, but not here. It's a downer."
"I bet. I just want to get out of here, to run away."
"We'll get out of here someday, I just know it. Now, go ahead. I told you how to teleport, now try it." He walked back across the room to his bed and sat down on it, watching her. She closed her eyes and thought, "Where should I go? Wait, I'll just let my heart choose. It doesn't matter where I go." She felt a rushing sensation. She was just nothingness for the moment as she moved to her place. Then she opened her eyes and found Evangel looking down into her eyes. Shit. She was sitting in his lap!
Horizon was so embarrassed, her cheeks blossomed red as she scooted off Evangel's lap. "I-I'm terribly sorry, I did not mean to wind up -"
"It's alright, really, it's not a problem. At least you've learned to teleport."
By the end of the week, she could manipulate time, energy, and matter as quickly as she could snap a finger. Evangel was quite impressed. "That's all I can teach you. You can learn things very well. I've never seen anything like it. I told you that your powers could be more powerful than anyone else's..."
"And I didn't believe you, but wow! I feel great."
"I'm proud of you."
"Thank you. So I guess now we can just hang out, right?"
"Yeah, until we're freed."
"Whenever that may be."
"Hey, don't get so down. I know we'll get out soon."
"At least someone has a positive outlook for this."
"It will happen. But for now, we can rest easy."
"You can teleport?"
In an instant, Evangel disappeared. Horizon felt hands on her waist, and his voice was in her ear. "You better believe it." She pushed him away playfully. "So why don't you use it to get out of here?"
"There's a barrier the Oracle put on the apartment's perimeters. I found that out the first time I tried to escape. You can teleport inside the apartment and outside the apartment, but you can't teleport from the inside to the outside. It works in other places, but not here. It's a downer."
"I bet. I just want to get out of here, to run away."
"We'll get out of here someday, I just know it. Now, go ahead. I told you how to teleport, now try it." He walked back across the room to his bed and sat down on it, watching her. She closed her eyes and thought, "Where should I go? Wait, I'll just let my heart choose. It doesn't matter where I go." She felt a rushing sensation. She was just nothingness for the moment as she moved to her place. Then she opened her eyes and found Evangel looking down into her eyes. Shit. She was sitting in his lap!
Horizon was so embarrassed, her cheeks blossomed red as she scooted off Evangel's lap. "I-I'm terribly sorry, I did not mean to wind up -"
"It's alright, really, it's not a problem. At least you've learned to teleport."
By the end of the week, she could manipulate time, energy, and matter as quickly as she could snap a finger. Evangel was quite impressed. "That's all I can teach you. You can learn things very well. I've never seen anything like it. I told you that your powers could be more powerful than anyone else's..."
"And I didn't believe you, but wow! I feel great."
"I'm proud of you."
"Thank you. So I guess now we can just hang out, right?"
"Yeah, until we're freed."
"Whenever that may be."
"Hey, don't get so down. I know we'll get out soon."
"At least someone has a positive outlook for this."
"It will happen. But for now, we can rest easy."