Restless spirits

"Why didn't you tell us you had that power?!",shouted Laurel

"I told you I didn't know about it myself!",Mick shouted back. "We had our power tests and mine was super-strength! I didn't know I could teleport too! How was I supposed to know I had two powers?!"

"Alright Mick calm down", said Derek,"Laurel is just too excited"

"And Mick...the powers you have now are what we need to reach somewhere safe. Do you think you could figure out how your powers work without Eva's guidance?",asked Natalie

Mick nodded

"But don't worry", Natalie smiled. "We are all going to put in all out efforts to help you gain control of your teleportation powers"

"Thanks",said Mick

"So what triggered it?",asked Zane

"I-i don't really know",said Mick.

"I kept hearing this humming sound...a loud noise and then you all were crowded above me and I wanted to get away from the havoc and the noise and I felt myself disappear and then for a second there was blackness and then I found myself standing there"

"Were you thinking about that particular place?"

"Umm..I was looking at it and I reached there",said Mick. "Do you think I need to have to see where I am going to reach there?"

"I don't know....",said Natalie. "Maybe you just need to think about that place clearly"

"How do you know so much about teleportation powers Natalie?",asked Laurel.

"I-uh...I read about it somewhere",said Natalie immediately

Laurel nodded though not completely satisfied.

"Hey what about food and supplies we will be needing while Mick is being trained?",asked Derek

"Good question",said Zane. "There is a forest nearby with a river"

"And how do you know that?",asked Derek

"I can hear it",said Zane

"Oh looks like your powers are finally surfacing",said Bennett

Zane chuckled nervously.

"So, let's find that forest",said Scarlett, " The rest of us will follow and find a good place to set up tents"

"You have tents?",asked Derek.

"Yeah",said Scarlett embarrassingly. "I-uh...I always wanted to go out camping with my family but I never got the chance and I had several tents in my van if we ever wanted to go camping"

All of them stood in silence absorbing what she had said. Laurel finally said,"Okay...let's get to it"

They all took all the supplies from the van and since the van was no longer useful Scarlett decided to abandon it but Helen volunteered to levitate the van and take it with them if they ever needed it for "protection purposes".

They all started walking towards the forest as Zane kept directing.

They finally stopped when they saw a giant dense forest. They all found a nice place to put up the tents.

And it was decided that Bennett , Zane , Laurel and Emily would go into the forest to search for food and water while the others helped with the tents.

Just as they approached the forest, Bennett shouted,"HALT!"

"What's the matter? Why did you halt us?",asked Laurel annoyingly

"I am...I am getting strong death vibes from this forest actually",said Bennett

"What kind of death vibes?",asked Zane

"I can feel the spirits here...they are restless . There was a war here....some kind of brutal killing. They are warning me against entering....",said Bennett

"But....what do we do then?", asked Emily

"We go in",said Laurel. "come on! We are gonna die either way! Plus we have powers which is a huge advantage!"

"Yeah that's true",said Emily.

They saw a sign a placard outside the forest, stuck on a tree. On it was written, F.O.D and below it was written D.E.

"What FOD and DE?",asked Zane

"Don't know.... probably just someone messing around",said Laurel walking towards the forest. "We should go inside if we want to come out before dark"

Bennett sighed and followed Laurel, Emily and Zane into the forest.

The forest felt nice to Zane. It felt like his natural habitat. Zane wanted to change into a wolf and run in the woods with breeze soothing his face and and his legs needed stretching too.

As soon as they entered the woods Bennett shuddered.

"What's up now?",asked Emily

"I-uh-I felt something....I don't know what",said Bennett confusingly. "This forest....it's a tragic place....This is not right...I don't feel so well"

"Hey hey hey Bennett!", shouted Laurel. "Look at me! You are fine! Okay? It's just...it's been a difficult day, just hold on a little longer, let's get food and water for our friends and then we will rest!"

Bennett nodded,"Yes...yes you are right I guess"

They all walked for about ten minutes until Laurel sighed,"Alright guys hold up! We have been walking and walking and walking. How do we know we are walking in the right direction?"

"We don't ",said Emily

"We do!",argued Zane. "I am telling you I can hear the sound of the-"

Zane got silent.

"What? What happened?",asked Laurel

"I....I stopped hearing it..I mean the sound of the waterfall stopped",said Zane

"What do you mean it stopped?!", shrieked Emily. "We are in the middle of forest and the only lead we had on water just....STOPPED?!"

"Yes. Yes wait",shouted Zane racking his brain. "I can't even hear water drops! It has completely stopped. As if....as if it was never really there!"

"Do you think you heard someone peeing and thought it was some waterfall?",asked Laurel annoyingly

"Yeah ofcourse",said Zane. "Someone has been peeing for the past thirty minutes and the pee was so dense that I thought it was a waterfall and I lef y'all here. That's what you mean to say?"

Laurel didn't answer.

"Bennett you have been awfully quiet",said Emily noticing Bennett's silence

"Yeah Bennett enlighten us with some advice", said Laurel

Bennett looked creepier than usual, his eyes were darker and he had an aura of darkness around him.

Zane frowned for a moment then his confused expression changed to horror.

"GET AWAY FROM HIM!",shouted Zane

"Why what happened?!", asked Emily, panicking

"He....he smells of wanting to kill us", whispered Zane.

"Wait you can smell people's emotions? Creep",said Laurel

"This is not the time for jokes Laurel ! He smells of deception",said Zane

"Bennett is it true?",asked Emily fearfully

Bennett gave a creepy smile and said,"How rude of you to interrupt my thinking Zane"

"And what were you thinking about?",asked Laurel, "please tell me you came up with an extremely good idea of collecting water and food"

"Actually, I was just thinking about three different painless ways to kill you .... painfully actually, painless is not really my style", said Bennett with a spine-chilling voice

"Bennett we are already scared you don't need to prank us right now",said Emily

"What is prank?",asked Bennett, looking genuinely confused, in a hoarse voice.

"Guys",said Laurel, "I don't think he is pranking us...I think he is kinda speaking the truth"

"Where is Bennett?!", shouted Emily

"Bennett is sleeping and I am a spirit.He is a powerful boy. I got hold of his body, I possessed him. And now I shall invite my friends and take control of your vessels too! We have been denied the right for so long.",said the spirit inside Bennett. "You should have listened to this boy when he told you not to enter the forest"

"But why possess him? Why not any of us",asked Emily

"This boy has what we needed to get possess him. But for the rest of you. You will have to get killed"

"But...but what is this forest?",asked Laurel casually

"So you didn't read the sign outside the forest after all....",laughed Bennett.

"It said FOD and DE for God's sake! ", shouted Laurel infuriatingly. "Forgive us for not understanding those very obvious words"

They all looked at Laurel.

"You understood the meaning of the sign but you still entered?",asked Bennett.

Laurel heaved a sigh and said,"You all need sense of humour.....that's all"

Zane made a annoying face and said,"No we didn't know the meaning! Now tell us!"

"Hahaha foolish boy",laughed Bennett. "It meant Forest Of Deception. Donot Enter. You all just walked here to get slaughtered"