Claire slowly knocked on the guest room door. "Sam?" She opened the door and she saw Sam sitting on her bed, looking out her window. "Hi" Sam weakily replied.
Claire closed the door behind her. "So how many powers do you have?" Claire asked, curiously.
"Just a few. I feel sometimes it may be too much" Sam replied, looking at Claire. "What's your power?" Claire felt the urge to rough an example of punching the window but it would seem rather idiotic. "I'm regenerate and i can't feel pain" Claire answered. "Look, burn my arm"
"What?! Are you insane?" Sam shuffled away slightly.
"No I'm being serious. Just burn it" Claire urged her. Without any hesitation, Claire held out her arm, Sam reluctantly burned her arm. Claire watched the fire serge from her sister's hand. As Sam pulled away, Claire lifted her arm. The burnt flesh was wearing away and Claire's arm looked as normal as it was. "And that didn't hurt?" Sam asked. Claire shook her head. The girls broke into silence. "I wouldn't be imagining this would happen" Sam said, looking back outside. "Me...having a sister, who can't feel pain and regenerates."
"I could say the same" Claire said. "You seem like the nicest sister anyone can have"
There was a knock on the door once more. "Claire? Samantha?" Nathan said, from the other side. "You can come in you know" Sam smiled. Nathan opened the door. "Can I speak to you for a second?" Nathan asked, looking at Sam. Samantha nodded. Claire left the room. Supposedly leaving, she stood outside the door listening in on the conversation. "I've talk with Claire's parents and we've all decided it's best if you stay with them here." Nathan started. He watched his daughters eyes widen. "And their going to enroll you in Claire's school, Costa Verde"
"Are you serious?! That's awesome! Thank you so much" Sam hugged Nathan was ease. "But am I ever going to see you again?"
"It's all down to your and the way you use your powers" Claire listened from inside the hallway. "Eavesdropping are we?" Noah said, which startled Claire. "No...I'm just- Yeah okay" Claire sighed.
"Well since you've been listening in on the conversation, can you go through with it?" Noah asked.
"Sure. I think it's going to be cool to have a younger sister aswell as a brother" Claire smiled, walking away from her father.
Knox and a man named Taylor walked into Arthur's office. "I want you both to find this girl" Arthur said, whilst turning around facing the two men. He then held up and photograph of Samantha. "You'll find her living with the Bennet Family" He added. "I want her here." Knox nodded and Taylor followed him out.
Arthur sat at his desk and looked at the picture of Sam. He then looked at a description of her powers. 'Empath' it had written. Arthur looked up and his face turned a pale color.
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It had been a week and Samantha was starting Costa Verde under the name 'Butler'. "Nervous?" Claire asked, whilst parking into the Student Parking Lot. "Sort of" Sam sighed, looking at the students walking past.
"Just act completely unextraordinary. That means no powers, no sign of powers, no nothing" Claire ordered her sister, whilst getting out of the car.
"Great (!)" Sam said, getting out of the car. The pair walked into the school together. Claire visibly directed Sam to her homeroom. The two walked onto the garden where many students sat on benches and on the grass, under trees before Homeroom. The girls walked past a group of boys, preferably the schools Soccer Team. One of them stared at her wildly. He looked mesmerized by Sam. "Don't look at them" Claire insisted. "You don't want to get involved with anyone here"
1.45pm
Physical Education was the last thing that Sam wanted to do on her first day of Costa Verde. She had already made good amount of friends. Although it wasn't much of a contact sport, Sam's class was playing Soccer for Phys Ed. Sam sat on the 'bench' and watched the girls play. One girl stood out more than the others. She focused more on her nails, that eventually someone would have to hit her 'accidentally'. Then she'd probably cry to the teacher. "Carly, focus on the game!" Coach Johnson yelled. "Okay Sam, your in Goal" Sam looked up, eyes widened in shock. "What? Coach, I don't think I can-"
"Don't worry about it. Give it a shot!" Coach patted her back as she got up. Sam totally regretted this now and stood on the Goal line. She remember what one of the girls told her. 'Watch out for Jessica Peterson! She's a tough player' It was now at the point where Jessica had the ball. Sam looked at her right and saw the Soccer Team doing warm ups. She saw that same guy again, doing his warm up. He looked at her, but the sound of Coach shouting took her straight from her gaze. Sam watched Jessica dribble the ball towards the 18-yard box. It was a point where Sam decided to cheat. She focused on Jessica's mind.
'Shoot top left corner' She heard Jessica think. There was sudden break of silence, the girls watched, the BOY looked on as did Coach and Jessica took a firm, strong shot. Samantha leaped to her height and stretched her arms out. She felt the ball smack against the Goalie gloves she was wearing and felt a strong snap in her wrist. Remarkably she landed on feet as if she just performed a Cartwheel. She felt the pain from her wrist accelerate. She pulled of the Goalie Glove and saw that her wrist had snapped backwards. With no hesitation she pushed it forward and noticed how her wrist was now back to normal. Before anyone could see, she got up. A teacher walked up to Coach Johnson and started to come towards Sam. Sam stood straight up and felt again nervous. "Samantha Butler?" The woman asked her. Sam nodded. "Yes Ma'am"
"You're Claire Butler's sister right?" The Coach asked, Sam nodded. "Well I'm Coach Davids of the Cheerleading Squad" Samantha's head shot up. "I think you look like the next new addition to the school's Cheerleading Squad." Coach Davids added.
"Oh I don't think-" Sam was cut off.
"Well anyone who can pull of a Cartwheel without injuring after a soccer player nails a shot, should come down to tryouts after this lesson" She explained.
"Okay" Sam answered, unintentionally.
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Without telling her sister, Sam walked into the gym where the current Cheerleaders watched the tryouts. Sam spotted Claire standing with the girls. Claire spotted her and started to come over to her. "What are you doing here?" Claire asked her.
"I got asked to come down here and tryout." Sam replied.
"Well whatever you do try not to be different" Claire insisted and walked back to the cheerleaders. Sam reluctantly walked towards the other tryouts.
"You're gonna have to work hard to survive this one" A girl said to Sam as she stood with them.
"What?" Sam asked, confused.
"You're Claire Butler's sister right? Carly over there..." The girl looked towards the preppy blonde who was laughing and joking with the other girls. "...Is Debbie's sister. Debbie was head cheerleader and she got suspended after the Cops found her drinking on school campus because of your sister. You got nerve"
Sam looked puzzled and interested. "Alright! Girls, have we got anybody who can do this?" A Brunette girl who seemed to the stand-in Head Cheerleader, she pointed out a cheerleader who did floor routine right in front of them. "Any of those who can't...leave" The Brunette added. Sam looked at the girls surrounding her, many of which started to walk off. "Any girls that can't perform a Back Tuck of 'the tower'....leave." As more of the girls started to leave, Sam became instantly uncomfortable. Claire watched her sister brave the tryout. "Okay Butler..." The Brunette said, as she glared at Sam and then turned her head to Claire. "Let's see you on the floor" She muttered with a squeak in her voice, she then shoved past Sam. The remaining couple of girls stood to a side. The cocky Cheerleaders laughed and snickered as Sam stood at the beginning of the long stretched Floor mat. She then looked at Claire. 'Do what you can. Don't listen to them' She heard her sister think. Without any further hesitation, Sam started to run then she began into a handstand which merged into a number of Back Flips. She then with courage performed a Backflip twist and ended with a back handspring 360. She then looked back at the other girls, who were whispering to each other and then she looked to Claire who was smiling.
At the Bennet house, the door opened. Sam and Claire walked in. "We're home" Claire yelled.
"Where have you been?" Sandra asked, "You were meant to be back an hour ago"
"Well, it would've been strange to hear but...now we have two Cheerleaders in house" Claire said, looking back at Sam then Sandra.
"Well that's is great. Making the Squad on your first day" Sandra answered.
"Yeah, it wasn't exactly how imagined my first day at a new school would be. But now it's official, i'm a cheerleader" Sam put her stuff on the couch and sat a stool from the counter. "How did you do that?" Claire asked, whilst looking in the Fridge.
"How did I do what?"
"Those moves and the Dance routine you had to do after" Claire added, pouring two glasses of orange juice.
"I just went to Gymnastics and Dance lessons. James paid for them and I just went and did it. But I think I made a new enemy..." Sam said, taking a sip of the juice which Claire earlier gave to her. "Carly" Claire chuckled.
"Debbie's younger sister. No surprise there" Claire shook her head in dismay. "She's just a distraction, ignore her"
"And bad at Soccer" Sam said. "That reminds me, I was put in Goal today and the weirdest thing happened. I saved a shot but my wrist snapped backwards and I just pushed it, it was normal again. It was like I could do what you do."
Claire then turned her head to the living room. "Where's Dad?"
"He's left"
"Again?!
