The Journal Of Returnee 3892

Chapter 4

Strange Happenings

I've been at the school for a couple months now and I have learned all sorts of new things about my powers. For one, I can control fire beyond just how large and where the fire is. I can control how hot it is and if it could burn something or not. As for the ice part I can make snow which is just small peices of ice. Also I can freeze people's feet to the ground or freeze their hands together, which was a lot of fun.

Maia still hasn't come over. I haven't met her mother, who I don't think trusts me. Maia has this diary she writes her visions in. It seems like she has a new diary every week. Sometimes I wonder if there's anything about my life in it.

Yesterday while Maia and I were walking she seemed to get nervous when I told her about my friend Jenn and her brother. I kept talking about them to see if she might hint or just tell me what might happen to them. She never told me though. She did ask me to get to the center's lobby early tomorrow so I could meet her mom. I'm kind of nervous about meeting an NTAC agent cause government people usually are strict. So, I'm hoping what Maia said about her is true.

When I walked downstairs I had about five minutes to till she got there. I went and sat down at the bench across from the front door. Thats when I saw my friend Jenn on the TV with a sign under her saying "Hooked on drugs?" Right then I knew that is what Maia was hiding. I knew I should probably talk to her about it so I could find out if there's more to it.

Maia and her mom walked into the lobby and saw me sitting on the bench. I introduced myself to Ms. Skouris and she did the same back. The first question she asked was how old I am. I answered 15, even though I'm not 15 till next week. She looked a little upset at that, and I could tell she didn't trust me. The rest of the chat was short and mostly just shop talk.

The walk to our classes was quiet for awhile when Maia said "Sorry about that, she just doesn't trust you cause your older than me. We'll have a talk about it tonight, I guarentee you." I laughed and asked if her mom would let her come over, but she said no. So we made plans that during our breaks we would go over to my dorm, since its right upstairs. With that we went our seprate ways to class.

I waited in the hallway that connected the lobby and the school section together. We went up to my floor and to my dorm room. I choose to play a videogame which I thought could be played randomly, so Maia couldn't predict all of my characer's moves. She did and won all but one game, which I think she let me win. I looked at my watch and gasped. Recess was over!

We rushed downstairs to find NTAC agents everywhere. One of them reconized Maia and shouted "There!" The next thing I knew all the agents guns were aimed at me! I was about to freeze everyones guns so they couldn't shoot but Maia whispered to me "Don't."

Maia's mom rushed over with her gun aimed at me and told Maia to come to her. Maia did as she was told and went over to her mom. She told her to tell everyone to put down their guns, but she wasn't lisnting.

Thats when someone came up behind me and told me to put my hands on my head. I did as I was ordered. I was hand cuffed and led to the same bench I had waited at this morning. I heard Maia talking to her mom trying to tell her what happened.

An Agent Baldwin came to question me. I told him what we had planned during recess. He told me that Maia's teacher got worried when she couldn't find Maia. She called Ms. Skouris, who brought the army of NTAC agents with her. They thought someone might have kidnapped her, perhaps for her knowledge of the future.

Once everything was sorted out and the cuffs were off I walked over to Maia and her mom to apoligize. I told Mrs. Skouris I felt terrible about what happened. She accepted my appoligy and said she was sorry if she sounded angry earlier. I was happy that she (sort of) accepted me now and maybe now she might let Maia come over...