((This is the second to last chapter of this first fanfiction novel of this probably 2 part series! Y'all ready?))

SAM

Okay, I expected the darkness, and the lack of people, and the eerie silence, but I did not expect the coldness. Cold air crept in through my sweat jacket and I clung my arms to my sides. Astrid stood beside me, shivering. I put my arms out in front for a moment to create a few Sammy Suns, and then returned to my original position.

"So what are we waiting for?" Roger shuffled his feet impatiently, and I noticed he was shaking. A lot. Either the cold air was hitting him hard or he was scared.

"I guess that." Diana pointed ahead with her flashlight at the group of people approaching.

I pulled Astrid close to me. One- no, two- no, three lines of people were walking towards us. Astrid tried to wiggle away but I held her close, I needed support.

Drew walked in front, sided by her crew, and followed by a bunch of people I vaguely remembered from campus. Did they all have powers too?

"I told you not to mess with us."

"Your friend over there tried to rape Diana. He had it coming." Quinn's hands were in fists, and I noticed Diana had recoiled from her previously self-confidant stance.

"No matter." Drew brushed off Quinn's response. "We need to have consequences for these things."

I noticed Edilio rolling his eyes. We were all used to this kind of threatening. Living in the FAYZ with Caine, Penny, and the Human Crew taught you how to deal with these people.

"If you want a fight, we'll fight." Astrid stepped away from my grip, pushing herself to the front of the group. "We're not afraid of you, or your gang, or honestly anything at this point. I will not sit back and let you try to ruin our lives. I've dealt with a lot of inhumane and shitty people, but you are by far pissing me off the most."

Drew laughed. She tipped back her head and let out an elegant cackle, her long hair flipping out behind her in the night breeze. "Then let's fight."

Drew smiled her shark-like grin and Astrid collapsed to the floor in pain. A guy from the last row stepped forward, his hands to his head in concentration.

"HELP ME SAM!" Astrid was screaming, crying in pain on the floor and I turned my attention back to the asshole hurting her. I shot out a green bolt at the ground before his feet and he leapt backward. His shoes were smoking.

The rest of the group charged forward and began to fight. Quinn threw fists at Peter. Astrid and Diana took on Drew. Edilio and Roger were fighting together, making their way through the crowd. I noticed out of the corner of my eye Albert and Sanjit had pocketknives pointed out at a group of people. Lana was making her way through the crowds, hitting the people she could see with a mini baseball bat she had in her bag.

Dekka and I took on different sections of group. She would lift them off the ground and drop them, and then I would shoot at their feet, pushing them back.

For a while we were winning. Drew's gang was not used to a fight, and when we charged they fell. After a few minutes, some of them remembered they had powers and began to strike back. I stopped whoever I could, but soon our team was falling too. Diana had slices all up her arms and legs -Some kind of paper cut power?- And Lana ran over to help. Roger was curled up on the floor in pain like Astrid had been. Edilio tried to fight off a group that was pushing towards him and Roger. Albert was slicing at thin air as Jackson used his intangibility to avoid his jabs.

I was having the most problems with Raj. Every so often, my powers or Dekka's would shut off, and Drew's gang was starting to recover faster.

I yelled out as a few guys from my chemistry class charged forward. "SANJIT GET RAJ!"

"WHO'S THAT?" Sanjit shouted back.

"THE GUY IN THE TIE AND JACKET." Raj was standing off to the side, watching the fight, a smile on his lips. I couldn't wait till they cut it off of him.

The world around me started to get hazy.

I looked to my left, my right, hell, I even looked up. Everything was blurry, slow. I wanted to sleep.

My eyes grew heavy.

I stared ahead in concentration, and it looked like everyone else was falling asleep too.

Everyone else?

Where am I?

As quickly as the fight had started I fell asleep on the ground of the park.