A Life in New York

The trip was long and hardly bearable. The plane trip was chaos, there were crying children, chattering mothers, and what was worse her sister was babbling on her phone saying the same things over and over again.

"Oh no she didn't!" Elena said as she was on the phone, "no…OMG…oh no she didn't!"

"For Petes sake, STOP!" Alex said trying to stop her.

"Fine. Sorry my sister is making hang up again." Elena said, "No you hang up. No you. I did it last time! No you—"

"No, me!" Alex said as she took the phone and hung it up.

"What is it with you?!" Elena said frustrated.

"Sorry, I'm just…frustrated…because Mom and Dad didn't bother to tell us we were moving until the last second." Alex explained.

"I know what you mean, I had to break-up with my boyfriend because this." Elena said.

"You were dating someone else, again?" Alex asked.

"Yeah, shouldn't you know me by now?" Elena said.

Alex ignored her, got her laptop out, and focused on it.

"What game are you playing?" Elena asked.

"It's not a game; it's a camera from a satellite in space." Alex answered still having focus on her laptop.

"Whoa, they actually let you see one of those!" Elena said excitedly.

"Um…actually I kinda…hacked it." Alex said.

"How can you hack something like that?! More importantly, how can you hack anything?!" Elena said shocked.

"There are ways." Alex said.

"Dang, you're like a super genius girl or something." Elena said.

"Yeah, well I'm no Reed Richards." Alex said.

"That's for sure. By the way who's Reed Richards?" Elena asked.



"Reed Richards is one of the greatest minds in the world, how could you not know about that." Alex said.

"Maybe because I don't read science book every day." Elena said.

"You should still know him anyway! I mean he is Mr. Fantastic!" Alex said.

"Oh yeah him! He married Invisible Woman. I'm surprised they don't have any kids." Elena said.

Four hours had passed since they had left San Francisco and they were finally there, New York. Alex and Elena grew up in the city, but not in a city like this. The buildings were bigger than the ones in California, the population was bigger, and there were a lot more cars in the streets. Once they were out of the airport, their parents rented a car and they headed toward their new home.

"So, is our house going to be a house or an apartment?" Elena asked while they were in the car.

"It's going to be an apartment, but it's like a house inside a building." Sarah explained not making any sense.

"Like a penthouse?" Alex said.

"Yeah, exactly like a penthouse!" Sarah said.

"Ok, as long as I have my own room." Elena said in relief.

"What school are we going to?" Alex asked.

"New York City High School." Sarah answered.

"How long is this traffic gonna take?" Elena asked impatiently.

"I don't know, but it looks like you girls will need to learn to walk the streets of New York." Don said.

An hour had passed, the traffic finally cleared and now they walked into the building of their new home. The lobby was more peaceful than the city itself; it had a golden fountain in the middle of it, sofa couches that surrounded it and a popcorn stand. When Don and Sarah got the keys all of them headed up to the apartment. The apartment was connected to the elevator, so when the elevator doors opened they saw a huge living room with a window overlooking the city. The living room had long blue couches, a flat screen TV, and a kitchen off to the side. It also had a dining table next to the giant window. The kitchen was a bit smaller than the living room; it had an island in the middle, clear granite counter tops and a silver refrigerator.

"Wow Mom, Dad. I didn't know you guys could afford stuff like this." Alex said in shock.



"Yeah well the companies we work for decided to pay for it all when they heard that, we accepted their offer." Don said.

"Go Medical and Fashion companies." Elena said.

"Why don't you girls go start unpacking, ok?" Sarah suggested.

They did as they were told and went into the hall to their rooms. Alex's room, still filled with boxes, had a window that too overlooked the city; it was also bigger than the one in California. It had spiral stairs that led up to a small loft where she could do her studies, an enormous walking closet, and a clear blue cordless phone. For the next few hours Alex spent her time unpacking everything she needed. By the time it was dinner she had finished, but however Elena took a longer time with hers because she had many, uncountable, things to unpack.

"Hey El, it's time for dinner." Alex said as she approached her sister's door.

"Ok, hang on." Elena shouted back.

"What are you doing in there? Besides unpacking." Alex asked.

Elena didn't answer, so Alex decided to go and find out what she was doing. She went inside her room to find that it was already unpacked. It was a lot more girly than Alex's; it looked like you had just entered France in one room. It had a fancy white dresser with a red satin chair, a light pink bed with many laces and it had window doors that led to a balcony.

"If she's done unpacking then what is she doing that's so important?" Alex thought to herself. "El where are you?"

"I'm out here." Elena shouted back. Alex followed Elena's voice and found her on the balcony staring at something in the sky.

"What are you doing?" Alex asked.

"I saw something in the sky earlier, so I'm trying to catch it again." Elena said as she was still staring into the sky.

"What did it look like?" Alex asked.

"Actually, it looked like two things fighting. One was in some cloak or something and the other was on fire." Elena answered.

"Are you sure didn't hit your head anywhere? Because this sounds a little…made-up." Alex said.

"I didn't hit my head anywhere and it was real. I know it." Elena said.

"Well, c'mon it's time for dinner." Alex said not believing her.



Elena followed Alex to the dining table to find pizza was for dinner.

"Sorry, I didn't get to cook anything fancy or anything because of all of this packing." Don said as he entered the room.

They sat down to eat their pizza and engage in different conversations.

"Your mother and I used to live in New York when we younger and we got married here too." Don said as he was taking his first bite.

"Yeah and then when we decided to adopt you girls we you could use a more peaceful life." Sarah said.

"So…what's the school like here?" Alex asked nervously.

"Well it's like your ordinary high school; you know…groups and stuff like that." Don explained.

"What your father means is that it's more focused on education." Sarah said.

"Wait there is gonna be tons of geeks there?" Elena asked.

"Yeah pretty much." Don said.

"But don't worry there's still an athletic department there too." Sarah said reassuring her, "Now listen; you have to walk to school, but together."

"But Mom what if someone sees me with her?" Elena said.

"Well that's going to be too bad then because I am not you girls walk these streets alone." Sarah said clearly.

"Fine." Elena said disappointed.

"Besides El we don't any of these people, so it doesn't matter." Alex pointed out.

"Well you girls better get some shut eye; you start school tomorrow." Don said.

"Ok, goodnight." They both said at once and headed off to bed.

Alex went to bed that night wondering if high school life would be any different for her. As she was sleeping she heard crashes outside her window and her sister's voice.

"C'mon get up Alex you're gonna miss it!" She said acting like a five year-old on Christmas morning.

"What is it?" Alex asked in a grumpy voice.

"Hurry, come with me, now!" Elena said in a rushed voice.



"Fine, but if it's something stupid again you're gonna wake-up with a few bruises." Alex threatened as she got up from bed.

Elena grabbed her by the arm and led her back to her balcony.

"Oh not this again." Alex said.

"No, really it's there this time." Elena said pointing to the two figures that she described.

"Don't worry El; it's just the Flaming Torch fighting Doom." Alex explained.

"Yeah I know that, but you never get to see this every day." Elena said.

"Not unless you live in New York. I'm going back to bed." Alex said as she was heading back inside.

Suddenly, a fire ball was heading in their direction. Luckily, Alex realized this at once and turned around and created an airfield that blew the fire ball in the other direction.

"Hurry, close the doors and shut the curtains!" Alex ordered once she realized what she had done.

Elena did this at once and quickly.

"Now just stay down and stay quiet." Alex said.

Her heart was beating harder than ever before now. Alex had never done something like this before ever since she discovered her powers.

"Ok, I think they're gone." Elena said peeking through the curtains, "Why did you do that?"

"I don't know…I just…reacted." Alex answered.

"Well, as long they didn't see us we're good." Elena said.

"Don't tell mom and dad." Alex said.

"Why?" Elena asked.

"Well because you know how'd they react? Remember when we got our powers? They totally freaked." Alex explained.

"Oh yeah that was not a happy day. Ok I won't tell mom and dad." Elena said.

"Do you promise?" Alex said.

"I promise." Elena said.



"Ok I'm going to bed, goodnight." Alex said as she left the room.

The next morning Alex got up, still very tired, from her annoying beeping alarm clock. She got up, got ready and headed down the hall to find, to her surprise, Elena watching TV.

"What are doing up?" Alex asked.

"I couldn't sleep since last night." Elena explained.

"Relax El, no one saw us." Alex tried to reassure her.

"Yeah, but what if someone did? What if it was someone that we didn't want to know we had superpowers?" Elena said nervously.

"Where are going with this?" Alex asked.

"I'm just saying, what if Doom saw us?" Elena said.

"Did you see him look our direction?" Alex asked nervously.

"Well I think that I saw him look at us for a split second while you did your airfield thing." Elena said almost trembling.

"OH MY GOD! Are you saying he knows?" Alex shouted.

"He might; there was a lot to see in one second." Elena said.

"If he did see we're going to have to lay low for awhile." Alex advised.

"We're already laying low. So do we have to go lower?" Elena asked.

"Possibly, I don't know. Let's just get ready for school." Alex said.

"Good Morning girls—Elena you're up early." Don said as he came into the room.

"Yeah…well I couldn't wait for my first day at my new school." Elena lied.

"So what do you two want for breakfast?" Don asked.

"I'll just have cereal." Alex said.

"Yeah, same here." Elena quickly said.

They rushed toward the pantry to go get their cereal boxes. Alex got Cheerios while Elena got Lucky Charms.

"Lucky Charms?" Alex said plainly.

"What? I need my sugar." Elena said.



They ate their breakfast and then headed out to into the city. New York was much different than California. For one thing they hadn't seen so many News Stands in their lives and there were defiantly not as many people. It was hard for Alex and Elena to stay together without getting lost at least two times.

"Let's take the bus." Elena said pointing at a bus stop.

"Yeah, but that might take longer than walking." Alex said.

"But my heels are killing me!" Elena complained.

"Maybe you should've thought of that before putting on high heels." Alex pointed out, "Fine."

They got on the bus and sat down in the two nearest available seats. The bus looked like what any city bus would look like. It had four blue seats in each row and it wasn't the cleanest place in the world. It had grim almost everywhere and they were bits of gum under each seat.

"I can't to drive." Elena said.

Thirty minutes past and Alex took a look at her watch.

"Oh no were going to be late to school, c'mon let's get off the bus." Alex said as she started to get off the bus. Elena followed her and said, "And how do we get to school on time without transportation?"

"We run." Alex said with a grin.

"No you said we had to lay low." Elena whispered.

"Not if were seen." Alex said glaring at her.

"Fine, hold my hand." Elena said holding out her hand. Alex did this immediately and they were no longer visible to the public.

"Ok, now hang on." Alex whispered. Then all of the sudden a gust of wind went by and she started running at least more than one-hundred miles an hour. They soon arrived at school. Before going inside they went behind a tree to go visible again.

"I hate it when you do that. It always messes up my hair." Elena said while trying fix her hair.

"Hey, it got us to school on time didn't it? And in one minute flat." Alex said as she was walking into the school.

Classes were just as dull as the ones back home. Science wasn't as bad though the teacher tried to make it fun.



"Hello Class how was your weekend?" Mrs. Skylark would say at the beginning of each class, "Alright now today were going to learn the basics of Unisia. Can anyone tell me what inertia is?"

Alex raised her hand up immediately.

"Yes, Ms.Bennet." She said.

"Inertia is the resistance of an object that has to change its state of motion." Alex answered.

"Correct and very well educated answer." Mrs. Skylark commented.

She went on and on how people deal with inertia until the bell rang for lunch.

"So what do you think is for lunch?" Alex asked.

"I don't know probably something that's fresh." Elena said.

"Yeah, maybe it's—"

Alex had bumped into a boy and dropped everything she was holding.

"I'm so sorry." Alex said as she bent down to get her stuff.

"Oh no, the fault was mine. I wasn't watching where I was going." Said the boy as he was bending down to help her. The boy had almond colored eyes with short dark blonde hair with brown highlights and sun kissed skin, "I'm Kyle by the way. Kyle Hawkins."

"I'm Alex. Alex Bennet and this is my sister, Elena." Alex said as she got up.

"Are you guys new here?" Kyle asked.

"Yeah we just transferred here from San Francisco, California." Alex explained.

"So, you want to sit with us?" He asked.

"Sure." Elena said before Alex could say anything.

They followed Kyle to the cafeteria where there were many circular tables. From the looks of it, it looked like any high school lunch. They got their lunches and headed towards a table in the back of the cafeteria.

"This is my cousin, Kia." He said pointing at a girl with brown hair and pale skin, "My friends, Dylan and Nick." He pointed at a boy with curly brown hair with tan skin and a boy with black hair and dark skin, "Guys this is Alex and Elena, they're new here."

"So how do you like New York so far?" Kia asked.



"It's interesting. I've never seen so many buildings in my life." Alex said.

"Yeah, New York's filled with so many surprises that it's not even surprising anymore." Dylan said.

"Yeah, I mean you got all these superheroes running around and not to mention super villains. You'll get used to it." Nick said.

"So where do you live?" Kyle asked.

"We live in those new apartments on Main Street." Elena said.

They talked throughout lunch and the rest of the day. Alex had a feeling that there would be finally something else they had in common, the same friends. After school they decided to walk home since there was no rush.

"So, do you want to go shopping?" Elena asked.

"But we have homework." Alex pointed out.

"Alex…poor, poor Alex. You need to learn how to have fun." Elena said.

"Isn't doing experiments fun?" Alex asked.

"Alex, I'm gonna say this once and for all, You-Need-Help." Elena said.

"What just because I like to go to the library instead of a party I need help." Alex said.

"I' m just saying you could use a little fun in your life." Elena said.

"I guess you're right. Maybe I could start putting hair down. What do think?" Alex turned around to ask Elena, but she was gone, "El, where are you?"

"ALEX, HELP!" She heard Elena say above her. When she looked up she saw Doom holding Elena against her will.

"Hold on El! I'll call for help!" Alex said as she got out her phone, but Doom struck his electricity at her phone and destroyed it, "Hey, that hurt!"

"Why don't you go and run off with your little friends." Doom said coldly.

"Fine, I'll go." Alex said before walking off. "Ok, just hang tight El. I'll go get help." There was also another thing they could both do; they could speak to each other in their minds.

"Ok, but hurry I have no idea where he is taking me." Elena said in her mind.

After he left Alex ran to the nearest pay phone to call the police.



"Hello, this New York City police department—" Said a woman on the phone.

"Yes, I need help my—"

"Sorry were not here right now just leave message after the beep." Said the woman on the phone.

"Dang it!" Alex said annoyed and worried at the same time as she slammed the phone. "Maybe I could save her. He's probably not too far from here, but how do I catch up to him?"

As she was thinking her mind got caught on an idea: using her power to fly.

"Maybe I can fly so fast that no one can see me." She thought to herself.

Alex started testing that theory by concentrating really hard air. Soon she found herself off the ground and flying. Then she zoomed up in the air to find her sister.

Haha Cliffhanger! Anyway thanks for reading!

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