Part Three: "The years go by and time just seems
to fly, but the memories remain."
The saying, time goes by when you're having fun,
was only partially true with Lexis' life. Age five was a strange age for her,
but as the years went on, she discovered that she had...powers. These 'powers'
could not be explained by normal doctors, let alone special ones. Five years
had passed since Lexis' powers had come out and they were very useful at times.
Time manipulation, as her parents called it, was the one that was her 'happy
place' where she could go and just play around for hours, even days or years.
Even though she was just goofing around, she always knew her way back to a
certain spot where she would go back into reality exactly the same way she went
out. She could also pause time, which only lasted a mere ten minutes, but it
was slowly increasing in time. She could also talk through her mind to others,
even if they did not have power. This is how she wakes her mom up in the
morning. She can also manipulate things within someone's mind, like thoughts,
memories, or simple things like what some is having for breakfast. Her weirdest
power was the ability to take other powers. She only realized this after she
talked to a plant and it talked back. Then that power went away after a week,
which was weird to Lexis. Even more oddly, she could understand more things,
like her intelligence had somehow increased, but that did not seem reasonable
to conclude. Somehow others knew about her powers because an unexpected phone
call came on an oddly warm January morning.
Ring, ring, ring, ring, ring...
"Hello, Siege residency," Lexis said in a groggy
morning voice.
"Hello, My name is Nick Fury. May I speak to
Mrs. Siege?" The man's voice was rough but nice and caring sounding, if you can
have that.
"Please hold while I get her." Lexis was not
concerned with this phone call, but when telling her mother, she definitely was
concerned.
"Did you tell him I was sleeping!?"
"But you were not sleeping. Why would I tell him
such a thing?" Lexis did not know what to do now, but walk down the stairs
after her mother and flop on a couch.
"Hello, this is Mrs. Siege. How may I help you?"
Shelby's voice was calm and concentrated on the voice on the other side.
Lexis could not tell what the man was saying, so
she gave up trying to figure it out. It is too early for this crap to be
happening... "My name is Nick Fury, I work for S.H.I.E.L.D. We have
recently found out that your daughter, Lexis, has some things that are special
about her. Can you please explain them to me?"
"Umm...I am afraid that I do not think me
explaining it will be the best option. Do you have a doctor on staff
at...S.H.I.E.L.D.?"
A muffled sound came from the phone, "yes we do.
Are you asking me if she can come and be looked at by our physician?"
"That is precisely what I think needs to happen.
Where are you located?"
"I can have a helicopter at you house in an
hour. Is that enough time?"
Shelby paused, but then said, "yes, I believe
that is enough time. Thank you."
"Your welcome. See you soon." He hung up before
any answer could be returned.
"Looks like it will be your first time on a
helicopter."
Lexis just looked at her and then gave her the
biggest smile ever, "really?! A helicopter?! Oh my gosh, mom! This is so
awesome!" She ran and gave her a hug and then ran to her room.
"Kids...," Shelby said as she walked up the
stairs.