BLAINE STORK - SOMEWHERE ALONG I-77 SOUTH CAROLINA
Blaine had almost been driving non stop and he was getting tired again. He'd sometimes pull into some hotel parking lot and take a nap for a few hours before driving again. He pulled off the highway and headed for the town of Winnsboro. He wasn't far from the town when two yellow balls of light struck the road in front of him. He slammed on his brakes and his car skidded to a halt. He got out looking into the sky where they originated. He saw two beings lower themselves to the ground.
"So you guys are special too, eh?"
"Yeah, I guess you could say that." One of them said.
"So are you like kid down the street special or JC Penney special?"
The twins narrowed their eyes at Blaine. Without warning, one of them lunged at Blaine. Blaine clapped his hands together and slammed them to the ground. A wall of cement shot up to protect Blaine from the attack. It wasn't as strong as he had thought. One of the twins was able to burst through it almost as if it wasn't there. Blaine fell back in surprise but he was lucky that he did because as he fell the attacker over shot him.
Blaine got back to his feet and backed up to keep both opponents in his line of sight. The one in the air pointed at him and the tip of his finger began to glow. A beam of light shot from the finger and sliced through the ground where Blaine once stood.
Blaine clapped his hands together and slammed them to the ground. He pulled out a large staff. One of the twins appeared behind him and kicked Blaine in the back, sending him skidding across the ground.
"Damn, that'll hurt tomorrow."
"No it won't." One twin said.
"Because we're going to kill you tonight."
One of them grabbed Blaine by the throat and held him in the air. Blaine grabbed his arm and to his surprise, he found out that it wasn't normal flesh and bone. He could feel the inner workings of the arm.
"Yeah you guys are definitely special."
Blaine caused the arm to shatter. The twin stumbled back.
"What the hell did you do?"
"Obviously shattered your arm."
"You'll pay for that." The other said lunging at him.
"Do you remember me?" A voice said.
The twins turned around to see Chris McGrath standing next to his car.
"Good, we'll get to kill two birds at once."
"Doubt it."
Chris snapped his fingers and blew into the spark. A fireball shot out and everyone leapt out of the way. Both twins hovered in the air. They looked at each other and nodded. They both knew they had an even lesser of a chance to win now with the new arrival.
Both of them took off towards the north.
Blaine extended his hand out. "I'm Blaine."
"Chris." He said shaking it.
"How did you know?"
"For one it's in the middle of the night and normally people don't put up fireworks this late. Once I knew it was those two I had to help out. They attacked me a few days ago and ran then too. They need to be stopped."
"Yeah but I have no idea where they are headed. We'll have to wait for them to attack again." Blaine said.
Chris nodded. "So where are you headed?"
"Athens, Ohio."
"Family, up there?"
"Nope, just a random area I chose. Plus I hear that the girls at Ohio University are crazy."
Chris just shrugged. "I wouldn't know."
"What about you?"
"I was headed home. But I really want to stop these guys. They know where I live and I really don't want them showin' up again."
"Fair enough. Well, if you want to tag along you can."
"I'll take you up on that. You lead the way."
Blaine nodded and smiled. The two new friends hopped into their cars and headed north.
DUSTIN ZOFCHAK AND AARIKA HARRIS – ATHENS, OHIO
Dustin sat with Aarika in the food court at the mall. Dustin walked with slight limp from the injuries that were caused by those two mysterious twins that he fought the other night. Aarika was able to tend to his wounds. It was in fact a weird night for Dustin. First he gets into a fight where he had to use his ability and then he has a girlfriend. What's next, a black president?
"How long have you been able to do these things?"
"Since I got kicked out of my old school."
"You see, I later realized that it was my fist that burned the guy. An energy ball had formed just as my fist hit him and it left a burn mark."
Aarika nodded. "What is it called again?"
"According to this doctor I met while I was in New York, he said it was called Ki manipulation. I can focus my life energy into a physical form of energy."
"I did notice something else when you were in my bed the other night."
Dustin lifted an eyebrow.
"I saw two small marks on your neck. What are they from?"
"I'm not completely sure. I just remember being in a cab in New York and then next think I know I see a guy with horn rimmed glasses. He has something to do with it."
LIZ DOWLER AND ALEX MERRIELL – ATHENS, OHIO
Liz and Alex sat at Liz's grandfather's house. Liz had told her grandfather about Alex and how he saved her. Her grandfather was intrigued by his ability, terrakinesis.
"You're ability is terrakinesis, the ability to move Earth and other aspects of it." He said.
Alex nodded.
"These twins that attacked me had some sort of ability too. They shot energy from their hands.
"Must be some sort of Ki manipulation or something. I know someone around her has something like that. I can feel his energy when he uses it. The other night, there was something going on because I could feel that person's energy skyrocket. Something big is going to happen."
Liz heard Alex mutter something under his breath.
"What did you say?"
"Nothing really. It's just I heard my uncle say something while I was in New York and it didn't make any sense to me until I saved you."
"And what is that?"
"Save the Cheerleader, save the world."
