Chapter 17(Guns)

I begin turning white and my hair begins turning silver. My breath is raspy and my vision is blurring. I begin hearing a ringing sound...

What is going on?

The ringing sound stops after some minutes and then I raise my head slowly, and there are tears in my eyes.

Tears?

How come?

"Skylar," I say unconsciously filled with unexplainable emotions and a chill breeze blows past us.

Her eyes become wider and she is taken aback for some seconds.

She frowns and then she folds her hand against her chest.

"Now we are even." She tells me and then I become confused. I stare at my palms and I try to connect my messed-up thoughts. Why does she feel so familiar?

From the way things are, I am suspecting that Kovex knew this girl before he died, I am supposed to react this way because I inherited his powers and memories. Even though, I still can't remember how she was related to Kovex, if I can recall my subconscious told me that as I increase in the level of his power I will unlock some of his memories.

My subconscious appears in front of me and there is this big grin on its face.

"Congratulations, Kovex, you have reached level two." It asserts and my eyes widen. No wonder I felt that she was familiar, I have unlocked some of his memories!

"Who is she?" I ask breathing heavily with my finger pointing at her.

Its grin gets wider and it uses its hands to cover a part of its face.

"I won't tell you who she is."

My eyebrows furrow and I ball my hands into fists.

I step closer to it.

"Tell me who she is now," I demand with my patience running low as each second passes by.

"Kekeke, I don't want to ruin the fun, you'll have to find out about who she is yourself." It pauses, "or you can ask her."

I shift from gaze from it and stare at her, I want to ask her who she was to Kovex but I decide against it when I see that she won't answer me.

Tsk.

I know that there is a familiarity between them, that is why my subconscious told me I should not leave her here in the first place.

Sigh. This gets more frustrating and confusing.

I come closer to her and then I hold her hand. She is slightly uncomfortable when my hand slides into hers, and I can see her cheeks turn red as tomatoes.

I shudder and I shift my gaze away from her, it's so embarrassing holding her hand. But I need to make contact with her when I am using the Xera link.

I close my eyes and then open it. I look around and I see that we are back in my neighbourhood in the present.

It is easier for me to use the Xera link than last time, I thought about home and in the blink of an eye we were here already, but I still expended a lot of XO just by coming here.

We are standing in front of our house and my hand is still in Skylar's hand. When she notices that my hand has been in hers for too long she removes it with the speed of light and rubs it gently.

I turn to her and she tries to avoid my gaze...what is going on?

Twice she tried to kill me now all of a sudden she is behaving like a normal girl around me. Something smells fishy about this.

I narrow my eyes at her and then I let out a sigh giving up, I am clueless as to why she is acting this way.

I gaze at my house again, my parents might be in there. They were usually home and closed from work by this time of the day. I stare at the garage to confirm this, and I see my father's red Toyota car parked inside it.

My dad is a civil engineer and my mom is an accountant. They don't usually work for long hours, they make sure that they are home on time so that we can spend time together. I have not been at home for two weeks now, I wonder how they have been coping without me.

I make a hoodie and a face cap for Skylar with my ability.

"Use it to hide your face so that nobody will see you," I tell her and give it to her. Another commotion can start here if someone sees her like this.

I walk slowly to my house, but I stop at the short iron fence separating my house from the walkway. I have one big problem, I don't know how to explain to my parents about all this, how I have superpowers, where I was all this time and who Skylar is. What if they are terrified about the things I'll tell them? What if they are even terrified of me?

What if they don't want to see me again?

I slowly walk to the porch with Skylar following me from behind and my heart is pounding against my chest.

'Who are you?' My dad's words replay in my mind and I can still remember how angry and scared he was.

Tsk. What will happen when they see me again? Will my dad try to shoot me again? Will my mom look at me with a fear-stricken face?

I start to breathe heavily and a bead of sweat begins to form on my forehead.

I reach for the doorknob and I twist it. The door creaks open and I walk into my house after taking a deep breath.

It is the same as usual, it smells the same, the artificial flowers that decorate the hallway are still there, and the armchair by a corner is still there. Nothing has changed. But there is something weird about it, it is awfully quiet.

Even if I have not been at home for two weeks, I know that my parents can't let this house be this quiet, either my dad is listening to reggae or classical music on his mp3 player or my mom is humming to the songs of Celine Dion while doing house chores. Maybe because of my sudden absence, they have been busy finding out about my whereabouts or they are sad about my sudden disappearance.

I walk into the living room and Skylar follows me...this feeling...something is odd here.

I turn to Skylar and my eyebrow furrows, "It's a trap."

As soon as these words leave my mouth, I hear the clocking sound of different guns and before I can say 'Jack Robinson,' we are surrounded by the police with their guns pointing at us.

"Shit."