2 When Teachers Bend Metal

I was beginning to think maybe this was a bad idea, as Mr. Trench seemed to be picking up the pace and leading me down a few narrow halls. I thought maybe he just want to talk to me about what happened and maybe he knew something that could help!

These thoughts abandoned me as soon as he pulled the gun out from his coat and pointed it at me. I immediately put my hands up, hoping to god he didn't pull the trigger! "Why?" I ask. Shaking with fear.

"You don't need to know" scowled Mr. Trench as he walked closer and closer. He was now inches away from my chest, and still closing in. I did the first thing that came to my mind and I swat the gun out of his hands and shove him as hard as I could. Only, to find out that he didn't move. I tried again to shove him, but he still wouldn't move. He then cocked his head back in a fit of laughter "HAHAHAHA, you think you have the strength to move me?"

"Um... Yes?"

"Wrong!!!" He screamed.

Punching me with force of a truck, I go flying back down the hall, hitting the concrete, holding my ribs from the impact. Mr. Trench leans down and picks up his gun, crushing it as he stands up. "Dammit" he yells " that was my favourite Pistol" he turns to face me "well I guess I can do it the old fashioned way!" He then proceeds to pull a pipe clean, from the concrete wall. Stunned as I was, I managed to break out of it and yell for help "Somebody... Please... Help!".

What came next was something I couldn't explain, I saw a blur race past me and slam into Mr. Trench sending him sailing backwards into the wall, leaving a huge crack in the concrete. The blur slowed down, turning towards me and I saw him. "Mick?"

"Come on it's not safe here, we have to leave NOW!"

"Wait! Hold up! Time out!" I say while making a time out gesture.

"WHAT JUST HAPPENED!!!"

"I'll explain on the way, do you know how to use your powers yet?"

"What?!"

"I'll take that as a no" Mick stated.

I start to hear Mr. Trench getting back up, when Mick suddenly blurs out of sight and I feel a hand holding the back of my neck and head. "What are doing" I ask, assuming it's Mick.

"Holding your neck so you don't get whiplash!"

"Excuse M..."

Suddenly I feel wind ripping at my clothes for a few seconds, then it all stops just as quickly as it started. "I feel like I am going to throw up!" I say as running to the nearest garbage bin. As I threw up thoughts were racing through my mind, giving questions that I needed answers to and some question I didn't want to know the answers to.

After my massive second lunch, I manage to look around. I realise with a start that we are in the park! "How did we get here?" I ask Mick. "Well I ran us here. So we could talk, you know. About all of... this" he says while gesturing to everything. "You mean why our teacher can crush a gun in his hand and you can run 5 blocks in 2 seconds!" I exclaim.

"Ok, ok. I haven't been totally honest with you" he says shrugging and rubbing the back of his neck. "You remember it was my birthday about 3 months back right?"

"Yeah?"

"Well as soon as I turned 16 I started realising I didn't get tired when I jogged and I started to realise that I could run at ridiculous speeds"

"Ah... Ha?"

"Anyway, all those jogs in the mornings were actually me running around the city four or five times!"

"Ok, so let me get this straight. You mean to say you have super speed?"

"Yes!"

"Ok, I have lost my mind. I'm in a coma and I am dreaming up these scenarios to keep me sane!"

"Hey, your not in a coma! This is real!"

"I'm not panicking, your PANICKING!!!"

"Have you noticed anything unusual today? Something that doesn't add up?"

"Well..."

"What?!"

"WOULD U JUST SHUT UP AND LISTEN!!! Just before I almost got killed by Mr. Trench, when we were playing coin dare."

"Yeah?"

"When I was really mad?"

"Yeah?"

"Well, the coin kind of... stopped in mid air and didn't move!"

"I... I've never gone that fast before, maybe we have different powers to each other!"

"Ya-think?!"

"Well I'm no expert on thi-"

Mick's rage was cut short upon hearing a sharp female voice resonating from behind him.

"Quit your bitching you two and come with me!"

We turn to look at the source of the voice and I see a girl standing there staring at us with deep red eyes and arms crossed. I mentally took note that she was wearing a long sleeve purple shirt, with leather pants and black heels. Her blonde hair was tied back into a ponytail, but a few strands of it managed to come loose, which she either didn't mind or didn't care about.

"Who are you?!" We both shout at her.

"Someone that gives a damn if you guys die! Now if you want to live follow me"

"Aaaaaand, what if we don't?"

"Then good luck fighting Trench without knowing how to beat him!"

Me and Mick exchange looks, silently agreeing on going with her. "Ok, we'll go" I say.

"Good, then hang on!"

"Hang on? Onto what?" Mick questioned.

I suddenly felt myself getting lighter and upon looking down I see glowing red mist surrounding my legs. My feet start to loosen their grip on the ground, and within a few seconds I could feel myself becoming completely weightless.

"What the hell is this?!" Mick shouted. "Why it's my power.... Micheal Quick" she replied.

"Dude, that's your last name?" I say with laughter rising up from my chest. "Yeah, bit ironic considering my... wait a sec! How did you know my NAME!"

"I've been watching you two for the past year, waiting for you guys to unlock your powers."

"Well that's not creepy at all! I can run fast and Jackson here can... wait what can you do again bro?"

"I told you I don't know!"

"Don't worry" the girl said "we'll find out when we get to the camp" she said "among other things" she said in a seemingly quieter voice.

"What was that?" I replied

"NOTHING!"

She shouted as we rose higher and higher into the sky.

"Camp? What camp? And why am I feeling dizzy" Mick shouted.

"Don't mind him" I say "He talks too fast for his own good. Anyway, what's your power" I asked.

Through the clouds, I manage to catch a glimpse of her face. And I could have sworn I saw her blush.

"Telekinesis, I can move stuff with my mind" she answered.

"Wow, thats pretty cool. Wish I could do this"

"OH LOOK!!! WE'RE HERE!!!" She yelled. I was about to ask why she was so nervous, but my breath was taken away by the sheer sight of the the incoming camp.