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Chapter 23

Sparks jumped from the walls toward Naomi. She countered with raised shadows to keep from being shocked, "I didn't do anything wrong! I'm just his friend!" Her phone was going haywire where it lay on the floor while the young, blond curly haired and blue eyed girl advanced on Naomi.

"A likely story!" Her voice was sharp and bitter sounding. "If I ever see or even hear about you talking to my Hart again I'll fry you like, like, like a french fry!" She yelled loudly, a large bolt of electricity surged from her, through the floor and up Naomi's legs. Her limbs went all tingly and she fell to her knees. "Do you understand?"

"Tori, that's no way to treat Naomi!" Storm came to stand between the other girl and Naomi, "You'll apologize now."

She crossed her arms and humphed, the electricity died down to a few stray sparks in the girl's hair. "Fine, I'm sorry for shocking you." Naomi could see the girl wasn't even the least bit sorry. She glared at Naomi then flipped her hair and walked away. The curls were pulled up into pigtails while another half of the hair hung down her back.

Naomi sat there on the floor, "Wait!" Sparky paused, Storm looked down at the girl wondering if she was a glutton for punishment. "Who told you that I was spending time with Hart?"

She frowned again, "Like I would tell you." She spun her head again and vanished around the corner.

Storm dropped down to Naomi's level on the floor. "Are you alright?"

"Her power... it went through my defenses." Naomi stated she started rubbing her legs to get the feeling back into them.

"When you tried to defend her power, energy paralyzed your shadow so it wouldn't have to worry about it." Storm helped her to her feet. Storm sighed, "I suggest you keep your distance from Tori and Hart until he can sort it out with her."

"Does Hart like all this attention from her?" Naomi asked and leaned on the wall while her legs filled with pins and needles.

"I'm not sure," Storm replied. "Some days I've seen the two of them in each others company having a good time. Other days Hart just runs away from her." Storm shook her head, "They are an odd pair." She looked at the girl concerned, "Are you sure you'll alright?"

She looked down at her shadow, "Lets check." She raised an arm, the shadow copied as it normally should, she looked across the room at a lamp sitting on a small table that had miraculously survived Sparky. She pushed her arm out toward the lamp, her shadow shot off the ground and struck the light bulb, the tinkling of glass on the floor and wooden table was the reply as Naomi's shadow returned to resting in a circle around her. "Yeah, seems like everything's alright. Sorry I'll clean that up."

"No trouble." Storm replied, she bent and picked up the fried cellphone.

"Man, Uncle Hank gave me that..." Naomi sighed and went to take the electronic device from Storm.

"Circuit should be able to fix it." The headmaster said, "He's our resident techie, as he calls himself. He has a great talent for reviving things Sparky breaks." Storm offered to take it to him.

"Where's he at?" Naomi asked, "I'll take it myself."

"The room above the garage, he likes his privacy, and doesn't like people to touch his things." Storm gave her the phone. "Good luck." With that she walked away to find another of the student Naomi assumed. She headed outside and walked toward the garage. One of the garage doors started to open as she walked toward it. A car honked, she turned to see Hart pulling up in a black vehicle, she gave a half smiled and waved as he pulled in to park, she walked into the garage.

"Hey Naomi, what's shaking?" He asked, then looked her aura over, "Cautious of something?"

"Of you," Naomi stated, he blinked and stared in shock, "and Sparky."

"Oh Naomi I'm so sorry. She didn't hurt you did she? I just knew she'd be... overly energetic today. Why did she go after you?" Hart asked all in one breath.

"She paralyzed my legs for a few seconds, and my shadow, yes she is energetic, and very jealous when it comes to you evidently. She said someone told her you've been spending a lot of time with me."

Hart sighed, "It was probably Chameleon. You know how much she loves to make chaos in the house." He ran a hand through his hair. "I'll go find her and talk to her, maybe she'll... chill a little."

"If not you can always ask Bobbie to put her on ice for a few hours." Naomi stated and walked toward the stairs she noticed along the back wall, "I'll see you later maybe."

Hart waved vaguely over his shoulder and walked toward the house. Naomi went up the stairs and knocked on the door.

"It's open." Came the reply within, "Just watch where you step."

She slowly opened the door, the first thing she noticed was the sound. The room buzzed with the sounds of devices. She looked at the ground to see several small things jittering across the floor and taking off in many different direction. "Hello?" She called, slightly confused.

"Walk in just a little further." Came the reply. She did so, she saw the back of someone bent over a long table, his black hair spiked up and hands busy with something. Naomi stood there waiting, finally he turned around, he pulled a pair of glasses up from his eyes. "You must be Naomi, that girl who did the weird thing to the lawn." She blinked, "I saw it though the window." He replied before she asked. "What can I do you for?"

Naomi was still a little surprised at his eyes, from a distance they would seem normal, but as she got closer they appeared to adjust like the aperture of a camera, "I had a run in with Sparky..." she began.

"Ah, the enemy to all electronic devices," He held out a hand, "What she fry?" Naomi handed him the phone, "That is a shame, this is one of the newer ones right?" Naomi nodded, she watched as he pulled it apart then saw his eyes shifting, the 'iris' of them became smaller. "Hmm..."

"So you can see everything in it?"

"Huh?" He looked up again his eyes readjusting, "Oh, my power. The eyes just help, I find the flow of energy in stuff and can reopen damaged areas. I also have a knack for hacking, creating electronic devices and hot-wiring cars. The last came from my previous life of crime and car jacking." He said it all with a sense of pride to it. He returned to looking at the phone, "Hmm... she really did a number on your phone." He looked up again, "I can have it fixed in an hour."

"That's all it takes?"

He grinned and leaned back in his wheeling chair, "What can I say, I'm just that good." He picked up an odd looking tool, dropped the glasses back over his eyes and started working on the phone, "You can show yourself out and I'll bring you your phone when I'm done. As long as you aren't around Sparky; my eyes are hard enough to keep in working order with out her trying to short them out."

"I'll probably be in one of the dance halls with Curse."

He looked at her over his shoulder, "Really? I've always liked what I've heard about that girl, she can do what I can in a sense, give life to previously inanimate objects. Never met her really, I don't get out of this room much. I look forward to it then."

Naomi did as she'd been told and showed herself out, careful to not step on the little skittering things.

"Getting to know new people?" Naomi looked up from watching her steps down from Circuit's room to see a very tired, and rather beat up looking Rune sitting up against one of the walls. "That's always good, I suppose."