Chapter 9: Powers
"Oh my gosh!" Alexis yelled. I quickly landed back to the ground and sat back down.
"What?" Xavier asked looking at her.
"Can I do that?" Alexis asked standing up.
"That's all you want to know?" I asked, looking at her.
"Yea," she said. I smiled and laughed.
"I don't know. Let us try," I said, standing up also.
"Xavier I want you behind her incase she falls," I said before Xavier moved behind Alexis.
"You have to focus all of your unbridled joy. And from that you will get the gift of flight," I said, my feet floating inches about the ground.
"Alright I'll try," she said and closed her eyes. Soon she was hovering about the ground at about the same height as me.
"Open your eyes," I said. Alexis opened her eyes and screamed. She fell back and into Xavier's arms.
"You did it!" I said smiling. Soon Alexis was laughing and Xavier was smiling also.
"Mommy can I go try outside?" Alexis asked standing up.
"No!" I yelled.
"Why not?" Alexis asked.
"Alexis people out there will try to hurt you because you're different," I said, trying to explain things to her.
"They didn't try to hut you," Alexis told me.
"Someone did. Besides I can think of two people that would try to hurt you if they know who you are," I said taking her hands.
"But then who will I show?" she asked looking up at me. Her deep red eyes were fixed on my emerald eyes waiting for an answer.
"You can show Aunty Rachel, Uncle Garfield, Aunty Karen, and Uncle Victor," I said before she smiled.
"Can they come over for dinner tonight?" Alexis asked floating slightly from Xavier's lap.
"Honey Victor and Karen are out of town, but they'll be back in a couple weeks. Then we can all get together and show them. But until then, why don't you go in mommy and daddy's room and practice flying," I said before she rushed off laughing.
A couple weeks later:
"Hi!" Alexis said as they walked in with John holding Karen's hand. John quickly let go of Karen and went running upstairs to play with Alexis.
"Come on in," I said as they walked over to the living room.
"Alexis learned a new trick," I said as they sat down on the couch.
"She learned she hated meat?" Garfield asked, he's still a meat virgin.
"No," Xavier said and Garfield pouted lightly.
"She learned how to fly," I said and then all stared in shock.
"So it was passed on to her?" Karen asked being the first to speak.
"I guess so, but that's not the only thing," I said. They all waited for me to say something so I added,
"She learned how to use starbolts," I said and there was a pause before Karen asked,
"Where did she learn this?"
"In school," Xavier answered before I could.
"This can't be good," Garfield said.
"Well after my meeting, her principal called and told me that Alexis had hurt a boy that was picking on her. She shot him with a red starbolt," I said and then all stared at me again.
"Do you think that will happen to John?" Karen asked, looking at Victor.
"What about out kid? Will she be green?" Rachel asked, looking down at her stomach. A quick panic arouse and I quickly said,
"I don't know, but John might get your powers."
"I don't know about your kid. She could be green with your powers, or not green with Garfield's powers," I said looking at Rachel and Garfield. I really didn't know what to tell them, I didn't have all the answers.
"Why are her starbolts red?" Victor asked.
"It might be because of Robin," I said and Xavier looked at me.
"What about Robin?" he asked. There was a slight pause before,
"Well the next morning after we split…" I said and then told them the story again.
"He wanted to know and was willing to kill Alexis. He really wanted Alexis dead," I said. I could tell Xavier was pissed, his fists were clutched together and his knuckles were white.
"He wanted me dead?" Alexis asked from behind us. We all turned around and saw Alexis standing there with silent tears running down her cheeks and John next to her.
"Oh no," I said as Xavier rushed over to Alexis and got her. John walked over and sat between his parents.
"Mommy why did Robin want to kill me?" Alexis asked looking up at me from Xavier's lap. I wanted to hold her, but with a huge lump in my stomach it was a little bit hard.
"He wanted to know about daddy, and he was willing to do anything. The red gases he tried to kill you with might have done something to effect the color of your starbolts," I said, looking down at her.
"I'll be right back," Xavier said, putting Alexis in his seat. He walked into our room and came back out with a gun tucking under his shirt.
"Xavier no!" I yelled getting up. I ran out the door and stopped him.
"Xavier please don't do this," I begged him.
"He hurt you and Alexis. I'm not letting him hurt my family again," Xavier said pulling away from my grasp.
"Xavier I don't want you to go to jail, or to die because of that bastard. Please don't go," I begged him again.
"I'm sorry, but it's a chance I'm willing to take for my family," Xavier said before he kissed me and drove away on his motorcycle. I walked slowly back into the house and shut the door.
"Alexis it's time for bed," I said as I took Alexis's hand.
"I'll be right back," I said and then left. I came back down about 20 minutes later and Karen was gone.
"I told her to take John home," Victor said before I could ask.
"Where is Xavier going?" Garfield asked me as I sat down.
"To kill Robin, and I'm going after him."
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"Richard what's going on?" the gun fired and a dead body fell to the floor.
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That is something that will happen in the next chapter. It won't be like that, but that's going to happen. The next chapter will come soon cuz like I already have everything typed up. Thanks to everybody that reviewed! The next chapter is for you all!! Please review for this chapter and the next chapter will be for you also!
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