A Changed Life
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Chapter Three
A Freak?
Trinity had no idea what was happening. First she was reliving her past and now the building was shaking and seemed like it would become unstable any second. She felt a humungous energy circulating throughout her body and engulfing her mind. Something was happening to her. Something definitely not normal. The lights began to flicker and screams were echoing all around her. Her sight couldn't pick up anything besides the difference of the darkness and light and of course the movement of everyone running around. Everyone was in a panic and they ran in circles as they tried to escape from her.
Then something Trinity did not expect happened. She began to feel her muscles working again and she dragged herself over to the wall and used it to support her as she stood up. And then something she really did not expect happened. The lights on the ceiling began to explode and glass shattered everywhere. She could feel a few pieces of glass cut her arms and tear through her clothes as they fell from above and she knew she had to get out of there. Her legs took it upon themselves to start moving and she slowly made her way towards an exit. But as she looked over to the exit she could see someone closing the door as they just ran out. It seemed to be a custodian and she could hear the sound of a locking door. He locked it! She held her hand out towards the door as she continued walking on wobbly legs and pleaded for him to open it back up, but then she felt another surge of pain flow through her body. This time it was in her extended arm and then saw something released from her palm. It was blue and white and resembled a giant ball of energy. It scared her half to death and before she knew it the door had exploded.
She brought her arms up to cover her face as the explosion blew glass and metal across the hall and she fell to the floor in a frenzy. Her body froze in shock and her mind reeled for a possible conclusion of what just happened. Did she just do that? No, it couldn't have been. She was a human. She was normal. She didn't have that kind of power. It had to have been something else. Yes, and she had to keep moving before the ceiling collapsed on her. The building had seemed to be falling apart now since parts of the ceiling had been knocked out where the lights were and it wasn't just in the hallway, but in every other part of the building. It was miraculous.
"Have…to…get…out." She stretched out her hand to the wall and used it to hoist herself up and move fast. But as her fingers touched the wall another large throb of pain pulsated through the back of her neck and something strange happened. All of the metal objects attached to practically every single wall, as well as anything electrical she concluded began to shake and loosen itself from its plane. Doorknobs, metal hinges, fire alarms, telephones…everything. Trinity's eyes widened as she witnessed everything come loose and float in the air. It was frightening. She immediately removed her hand from the wall and moved it towards her side, until she saw everything behind her move as well.
"What the…?" She stared at all of the floating objects around her and breathed in heavily as she watched them float in whatever direction she moved her hand. Something was telling her that she was controlling these things. It was freaky. Suddenly a part of the ceiling came crashing down behind her and she screamed in fright. Everything that was floating just came crashing down to the floor and she knew she had to leave, now! Quickly she clenched her fists and used all of the energy she had left to sprint out of the hole where the door used to be.
The ceiling caved in behind her after every step she took and she jumped out the hole before the last part of the ceiling came down on top of her. She rolled away from the school as fast as she could and then halted and covered her head with her hands and curled up as debris went flying everywhere as the school collapsed behind her. Tears streamed down her cheeks as she realized what she had just done and she sobbed into her hands. Everything was breaking apart. Her family would probably blame her and disown her now that she was a…a…mutant.
"No…" she whispered as she sobbed on the ground. Her whole life had just changed. She never asked for it to, but it just did. Her friends, her family, and everyone else will hate her. They'll fear her and most likely try and hurt her. It wasn't fair. All of what happened in her life and now this. She hated herself. She hated everything about her. She just wanted to hide and cry as long as she could.
Suddenly her ears picked up the sound of sirens and she could see flashing lights not too far away. Oh no! They couldn't find her or else they'd blame her and lock her up in jail! She had to get home where it was safe. She had to leave now. Slowly, her body lifted itself as her mind screamed 'run' and she rose to her feet. It didn't feel as bad as it had before to stand. Her headache was almost gone, but the energy inside of her remained. Why, she didn't know. Her eyes averted themselves to the fallen building next to her and the brightness of the flames reflected in her eyes. She hoped everyone got out safely. If she knew that she was the cause of someone's death, she just wouldn't be able to forgive herself.
"You guys better be ok." And with that she began to run the opposite way of the flashing lights and towards her home.
She didn't know how long she was running for, but she could see the familiar places around her. A few blocks left and she'd be home. Hopefully her brother was ok and her parents had no idea of what was happening. Her father was at work as a banker and her mother was believe it or not, a newscast woman.
"Not this time mom. You can't find out now." She hurried down a few more blocks and a relieved smile rose to her face as she caught sight of her house. Her pace slowed a little as she was growing tired and she just lightened it down to a brisk walk. She had to know if Amanda and Kyle were alright. As she reached her house, she jogged across the lawn and arrived at the front door. Her hand latched onto the doorknob and she went to turn it, but it was locked! Their door was never locked. Well, Kyle must have gotten home safely. She lifted the mat on the porch and grabbed a silver key that was hidden underneath. She entered it into the lock and turned it, unlocking the door. She hid the key under the mat again and entered the house.
Upon entering, she saw Kyle on the staircase with a frightened expression on his face. Trinity sighed and closed the door behind her. She had a lot of explaining to do. Explaining what she didn't know. As she grew closer to him, he backed away. She halted and knitted her brows, obviously hurt at his action. But after what happened at the school, he had a right to be afraid.
"I'm sorry. I didn't mean to scare you. I didn't mean to do anything. I have no idea what I did at school." Kyle trembled as he gripped onto the railing and he stared at her with wide teary eyes. His sister was a mutant!
"Of course you did. You should know. You're a mutant and those were your powers!" Trinity winced as she heard the venom in his voice. He was angry and scared and had no other way of expressing himself. He just couldn't believe that he had a mutant for a sister! No, he couldn't even say that. She wasn't even his real sister! She wasn't human either. They weren't the same race. There was no way they could ever be related in any way.
"Kyle…I have no idea what happened back there. I just had another one of my headaches and then the images…" She stopped speaking as she began to fall into a thinking mode. There was no stopping them. They just emerged from within her mind and took over her system. What had made her remember those horrible times? Why would someone or something do that to her? She was suddenly brought out of her thoughts as Kyle began to whisper something to himself. He was repeating something under his breath until he raised his voice louder and she had understood what he was saying.
"This is not happening. This is not happening. This is not happening." Trinity sighed and moved a bit closer to him, but he jumped and backed away.
"Don't come near me! How do I know that you won't use your powers on me?!" Ouch. That hurt. Tears sprung to Trinity's eyes as she listened to him speak and she couldn't believe that was how he felt. He thought she would actually hurt him.
"Kyle. You're my brother, I wou-"I am not your brother! Just…stay away from me!" He began to run up the rest of the stairs and head towards his room.
"Kyle!" She held her hand out to him and began to run after him until she heard someone at the door. Before her eyes, she saw her parent's barge into the house with worried looks on their faces. They had heard about the incident. Diane came running and wrapped her arms around Trinity as soon as she saw her. Then she brought her at arm's length and gazed at the blood staining her skin.
"Oh sweetheart! You're bleeding. I heard about the school collapsing and the kids…" Trinity hugged her and tried to ignore what she was saying. She didn't want to know what she had done or what her mother had heard of. It's not like she could tell them that the whole thing was her fault. They would never forgive her. They'd send her back to the agency or kick her out. She didn't want any of that.
"Where's Kyle? Is he ok?" Tom asked and he ran up the stairs calling Kyle's name. After a few seconds Kyle emerged from his room and hugged his father. They began talking and Tom had Kyle come down so he could explain what he was talking about to the rest of the family.
"It was all her! Trinity leveled the school. She's a mutant!" Kyle yelled while pointing at Trinity. Trinity backed away from him as he started pointing at her and accusing her and she began to break out in a cold sweat. The nervous feeling she gets when she's in the spotlight began to show and she gulped as she saw her parent's reaction. Their faces were of disbelief and curiousness. They weren't sure whether to believe him or not. Trinity didn't blame them for it sounded awkward and definitely out of the question, but then when did their son ever show this much emotion towards something? It was a question that she knew would soon come to her. They would expect an answer from her.
"What? Kyle, that is absurd! Your sister is not a mutant." Diane tried to reassure her son, but Kyle shook his head and took a few steps back from Trinity.
"No! She's not my sister! She's a freak! She used her powers to bring down the school. I almost got killed because of her!" Trinity squeezed her eyes shut and tried to ignore his words, but they just repeated themselves in her head. She couldn't stand this anymore! Something weird had happened and it was because of her. That didn't make her a mutant, did it? There had to be an explanation.
"Kyle, calm down. We need to know exactly what happened. Can one of you please explain what happened, to your mother and me?" Trinity had to let it out. She had to tell them the truth. She couldn't let Kyle twist anything. With him in his state he surely would exaggerate to make her look bad. She had to do it.
"I will." She stuck her hands in her pockets and fidgeted around while everyone stared at her expectantly. "It was the end of fourth period and I was having another one of my headaches. This one was really bad though. The bell rang and I got up to leave but a really bad pain shot through my body and I felt like I was paralyzed. I fell to the floor in the middle of the hallway and everyone was staring at me. Someone helped me to pick me up, but he said something about my eyes and dropped me. I didn't know what he was talking about. And then…then…" she gulped while staring at her parents and she gathered all of the courage she could to say the rest of her sentence. This would decide their final decision of what to do with her. She had to do this. "…he called me a mutant." She could hear her mother intake a deep breath and her father move around nervously. Was she speaking the truth? Was Kyle telling the truth? They couldn't tell.
"Yeah, and then she screamed and the lights started to go out! And then they exploded and the school started to collapse!" Kyle added. Diane and Tom looked at Trinity for confirmation and she could do nothing but nod her head. She could feel the tears well up in her eyes and she brought her hand up to her forehead. How could she do all of that with one little headache? How? She just hoped she didn't kill anyone. That would be horrible. She glanced up at her parents as she heard her father clear his throat and she waited for him to speak. This was about three minutes later.
"So, you're a…mutant?" Trinity didn't know an answer to that. How could she answer it? It was such a straightforward question. She could tell they wanted to get to the point. She just ended up shrugging and shaking her head. She wasn't sure.
"I don't know. I don't know anything right now."
"You are! Dad, she is! I swear it. I saw her powers with my own two eyes!" Kyle quickly added. Trinity glanced up at Kyle with pain evident in her eyes. Her own brother who she had lived with for three years was stabbing her in her back. He was breaking her heart. And her parents were quietly conversing with themselves about what to do with her. She couldn't take all of these accusations anymore. Her own family was beginning to slowly ease into Kyle's direction of belief and soon they would all hate her and call her a freak. She couldn't live with that again. Not this time.
Without a word, she turned around and fled from the house through the front door. She ignored the calls directed towards her from Diane and Tom and kept running towards the end of her neighborhood. She felt like having nothing to do with them anymore. The uncertainty of her parents and the insecurity of her brother just tore her apart. Never had she had this type of heartbreak. She had always dealt with cruel people, but having a nice family whom you loved turn on you was different. It was unbearable. This was how everyone would act, even Amanda. They didn't want a person who could be a mutant around. All mutants were dangerous, right?
Trinity now allowed the tears to fall freely from the confinements of her azure orbs. She didn't want any of them to see her cry before so she had held them in as best as she could. She wanted them to know that she was hurt, but still strong. For the first time, she could be strong. But it didn't last too long now that she was on her way to an unknown place with nothing but the clothes on her back and her treasured ring. She didn't need anything else. She needed nothing.
As she reached the end of the street she halted and turned around to gaze upon her old neighborhood. Her old life. Her finger wisped away a tear as it rolled down her cheek and she crumpled it in a fist. No more of this. No more tears would be wasted on these people. They were a mistake. A dreadful mistake. They were the loving and caring and kind and perfect family…until now.
Trinity closed her eyes as she felt another round of tears make their way up to surface and she sniffed while turning around and trudging down the street. She would not look back again. Her pace would not falter and she would definitely never return. What was the use of going back if her heart would just be toyed around with again? Why would she ever even consider doing such a thing? She wouldn't. It was not a possibility anymore. It was gone. They were gone. She was gone.
She continued on down the road towards her desired destination. Anywhere. She didn't know exactly where she was going or where she'd end up, but all she knew was that she needed to get away. Get away from everyone. She didn't need anyone, but herself. At least that is what she thought. And so she changed her pace into a jog and hurried along the road opposite of the waning sun. She would head east. Sunrises always were better than sunsets, right? She nodded to herself and kept walking.
A/N: Whew! Finally done. Anyways, I am glad to see how many reviews I had received for my last chapter. Thank you so much! Of course I will answer you each individually as it should be done. I'll be sure to write faster, for your sakes as well. Thanks to everyone for reading and please review! Till next chapter…
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