Chapter One
"He won't talk to anyone,'' Ashley, manager of the orphanage, said to her new worker Leo.
Leo looked at the boy with greenish skin on the floor.
"Have you tried everything?" Leo asked.
"Yes,'' Ashley said,'' He won't speak. We think he's deaf or he can not talk.''
"Do you think this class will help?" Leo asked.
"Yes, it said in a book that karate helps loosen the mind or something like that," Ashley said.
"Okay, I'll do it."
"Good, you start tomorrow."
The next day
"I'm your new teacher Leo, I will be teaching you karate," Leo said to the nine kids that had signed up." Now, please tell me your names."
"Jack,'' A boy with brown hair said.
"Katie,'' A girl who was shorter then the others said.
"George,'' A tall blonde hair boy said.
"Fred,'' A boy with black, spiked hair said.
"Susie,'' A girl with short hair said.
"Kim,'' A girl with red hair said.
"Frank,'' A boy with no hair said.
"Elise," A girl with long blonde hair said.
"What's your name?" Leo asked, looking at Mortimer, who didn't answer. Sighing, Leo continued the lesson.
After the lesson
"Mortimer stay here,'' Leo said. Mortimer stopped, as the rest of the kids left.'' You need to practice on some of the exercises.'' Mortimer nodded.'' And if you need anything, you can come to me.'' Mortimer nodded again.'' Okay run along then.''
Motimer nodded and ran out the door.
Leo went to his office. It had been almost a month now and stil nothing. Ashley walked into the office, with a disgusted look on her face.
"Leo you don't mind another kid in your class?'' Ashley asked.
"No, not at all,'' Leo said,'' Where are they?"
Ashley opened the door and a girl with black hair, and blue eyes and skin walked in. She wore a torn up dark blue dress. Leo stared at her for a second, then smiled.
"What's your name?" Leo asked.
"She won't talk,'' Ashley said,'' The cops said she was on the streets for over a month. Her name is Kathy Black. The cops found a note in her pocket telling us about her. She's seven.''
"Okay.''
"Good, she starts your class tomorrow. You can show her around,'' Ashley said leaving the room.
"Lets go meet the others,'' Leo said.
Common room
"Look it's the toad,'' Fred said to Mort, who was sitting on the ground.
"You should go join your family at the pond,'' George said as more people laughed.
"Ya freak,'' Susie said.
"Now kids enough with the teasing,'' Leo said walking in with Kathy holding his hand.
"She has blue skin,'' Katie said.
Mort looked up at the new girl.
"Now Katie be nice,''Leo said,'' This is Kathy Black.'' Leo looked at everyone.'' Okay Kathy, stay here with the other kids.'' Kathy nodded and looked at Mort.
Leo smiled and left the room. Kathy sat down in front of Mortimer.
"Look, Toad has a new girlfriend,'' Kim said and Kathy looked at her.'' What are you staring at, freak?"
Kathy smiled, putting out her hand. Kim was about to say something when she felt her feet leave the ground, then drop. Kim got up and stared at the stil smiling Kathy.
"Why did you do that?" Fred asked walking over to Kim.
Kathy didn't answer. She turned back to Mort. She put out a hand. Mort stared at her hand for awhile, before taking her hand with a smile. Kathy frowned. Her eyes glowed blue. Leo walked in just as Kathys eyes went back to normal. Kathy pulled her hand away.
"She used something on me,'' Kim pointed to Kathy.
Leo looked at Kathy, who looked confused and shook her head. Leo just shrugged and left.
A week later
Kathy stood next to Mort. They were about to begin their karate lessons. Leo had never told them what they were going to do, so nearly everyone was excited.
"Today we are going to learn some kicks,'' Leo said doing a kick.'' Now you try.''
The class went really good. Leo was amazed at how good Kathy was at Kicking.
"Good job,'' Leo said,'' Tomorrow we'll do some real fighting.''
Many kids cheered, then everyone left. Leo was about to when he saw a a locket on the ground. He picked it up and opened it. There was a picture of a man and a woman. He closed it and looked at the front, where the letters K.B were written in black letters.' Must be Kathys,' Leo thought, walking to his office.
The next day
"Okay today we are fighting,'' Leo said.
"Who are we fighting?" Fred asked.
Leo took out a piece of paper and said,'' I've listed your names by how good you are. Fred vs Kathy, Frank vs George, Kim vs Susie, Jack vs Elise, and Katie vs Mortimer.''
"I'm against a girl?" Fred asked.
"Yes,'' Leo said,'' Fred, Kathy you're first.''
They walked onto the mat and faced each other.
"This is stupid,'' Fred muttered.
"Start now,'' Leo said.
Fred tried to punch Kathy, but she blocked and kicked him. He recovered fast and tried to kick her, but she grabed his foot and he fell down. He quickly got up. He tried to trip her, but she just jumped ove his foot. Fred was getting mad. Thinking, he pulled out his small knife, that he got for Christmas, and put it between two of his fingers, making sure Leo couldn't see. He went to punch Kathy, but used the knife and cut her cheek. Kathy took a few steps back, feeling her cut.
"Fred that was...'' Leo started, but was shocked to see the cut heal in a few seconds.
"That's not possible,'' Fred yelled,'' I can't fight her.''
"Okay,'' Leo said,'' Frank, George your turn.''
Kathy went back over to Mort, who just stared at the next fight. Frank and Georges fight went well, so did Kim and Susies, and Jack and Emilys. In Katie and Morts, she gave him a bloody nose.
"That's enough for today,'' Leo said and everyone left.
Kathy tried to take Mort to the nurse, but she wouldn't let them in. Said something about being on a break, so Kathy took Mort to the bathroom. Mort washed the blood off his face and Kathy made sure his nose wasn't broken. Kathy smiled and shook her head. They ran back to the Dorm room, where nearly all the kids teased them, but they ignored them. Sometimes Kathy would use her power and throw things at them. Soon it was night and there was a storm outside. Kathy was stil awake even though it was 12:00. There was a sound of thunder, making Kathy jump. Kathy quickly got out of her bed and ran over to Morts.
"Mort,'' Kathy whispered.
Mort opened his eyes and looked at her, then nodded his head. Kathy smiled and got in his bed. Mort made sure he wasn't touching her, but also made sure she had enough room. He turned over, so that he was facing Kathy, who smiled at him.
"Good night,'' Kathy whispered.
Mort just nodded and went back to bed. It took Kathy awhile to get to sleep. The storm lasted all night.
