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Chapter 60
Bubbles escaped his lips as invisible hands pressed on his throat. He sank deeper into the blue. Then his eyes opened at the orange and yellow fire in the water.He came up for air when he was sure the ghost was gone. But another explosion threw him, and his head hit a rock.He washed ashore. He spat out seawater, coughing and rolling onto his stomach. Sand clung to his arms. Waves crashed against his legs.He stood up and felt his navy blue uniform. He looked up at the green trees and the gulls above.Then he blinked.He heard voices.Two people ran over."Hey! Are you okay?!" the man shouted, pulling his arm.Melvin coughed. "Where am I?""Florida! You washed up after that fire on the water!"Florida. The word hurt his head."What's your address? Family? We'll call them," the woman said, wrapping a towel around him.Melvin held his head. His tag said MELVIN."I... I live..."He tried to picture it. A house. A big house. A woman.But when he tried to see the boy — the boy who lived t
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Irma fought. Sam made a water whip. He flogged one man. The whip wrapped another man's leg. He pulled. The man fell."They have guns!" Keisha yelled.The men aimed. Keisha spun and kicked. Fire flew in an arc. The men screamed, dropped guns, and ran as their clothes burned.The warehouse door was chaos now.Sam jumped from the catwalk. He used his water whip to swing down. He landed hard and knocked two men over with his legs."The office is at the back!" Teagan shouted. He looked at his phone. The red dot hadn't moved. Vince Grey was still inside.Irma kicked a guard trying to sneak up on Harley. He crashed into pallets."Go, Maks! We got the floor!" she yelled.Maks's side hurt. The stab wound throbbed. He had just had a blood transfusion. He bit his lip and hid it."Harley, portal us past smoke. Straight to Grey," he said.Harley's hands glowed blue. She ripped open a portal. It showed the dark hall to the office."Stay behind me, Teagan," Maks ordered.Teagan didn't listen. He was
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"You haven't been picking my calls or reading my texts." Maks said."I was busy training." Rex wiped his nose.Maks nodded. "Look, I know you're mad at me, you have every right to be but we're friends.""I don't know Maks. Real friends tell each other the truth."Maks’s jaw clenched, his shoulders instantly hiking up to his ears. The vulnerability from the hospital room vanished, replaced by that familiar, frustrating shield of anger."Oh, so that's it?" Maks snapped, stepping forward on the grass. "One secret and suddenly we aren't real friends? Rex, I was literally stabbed! I took a knife to the ribs and almost bled out on a kitchen table, and the first thing I do when I get out of the hospital is come here to find you, and you're treating me like I'm some kind of villain!"Rex didn't flinch. He just held his timer, his eyes completely cold as he looked at Maks's defensive posture. "I'm not treating you like a villain, Maks. I'm treating you like someone who doesn't trust me.""I wa
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"It doesn't matter." Harley said.He stared at her in shocked. "Harley, did you forget who helped you get closure?""I don't mix gratitude with guilt tripping. Stay." Maks frowned when she pushed his back down."Please." She said and he folded his armsDoreen glanced at the young man. "Rex."Rex waved. "Hi Mrs Anderson." He held her hands. "I'm so sorry. I got a scare that he's anaemic."Maks licked his lips before Rex walked in.Doreen frowned at Teagan. "What is he doing here?" Rex faced her. "I brought him."Maks sat up and he smiled. Then his smile faded at Rex."Mrs Anderson, I...I know what I did was awful and it caused you so much distress. I should never have used them, it was wrong of me. My parents would never approve of what I did. Maks...I wanted to thank you for saving my life.""You saved him? Why?" Doreen asked Maks.Maks glanced at Rex. "I didn't want him hurt. I agreed to go on that mission."Rex raised his hands. "Maks...you never told me you had powers." Doreen g
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Doreen drove and Maks moaned and Harley held his waist.Gabrielle ran the tests and then they got a donor.Maks was asleep, the drip doing its thing.Irma swallowed hard. Gabrielle stared at the crowd. "Maybe you should let Doreen stay with him tonight. The rest of you can go home. And Harley...I want you to keep my daughter with you, don't let her go home alone."Irma's eyes rounded. "But mom_""No buts." Gabrielle interrupted.Harley led her out with the others.Teagan walked for miles, his hands shoved deep into his pockets, the cold night air biting at his face. Every time he closed his eyes, he heard Doreen screaming at him to get out. He saw the blood on Maks's shirt. He saw the cold, bleeding grin on Vince Grey’s face. He truly was a curse to everyone he touched.He didn't have the mansion keys, he didn't want to go back to an empty, white prison anyway, and he couldn't call Harley.Before he even realized where his feet were taking him, he found himself standing under the por
Chapter 55
The gas wasn't knockout for long. It was just enough to make them stop fighting.Teagan woke up first to the hum of a low light. One bulb, swinging a little. Concrete floor, no windows. The smell of old oil.He was hanging upside down. Wrists zip-tied to a pipe above him. Blood rushing to his head.Maks was next to him, same position, shirt falling down to his chin, his wrapped knuckles now even bloodier from the crash. His head was bleeding again.Teagan stared at him."Great job, Maks."Maks blinked awake, upside down, and immediately groaned."Well I didn't know they were gonna use a PIT maneuver on me," he snapped. "And I'm not okay, thanks for asking."Teagan sighed. The anger drained out of him."I'm sorry. I was actually worried."Maks hung there, breathing hard, trying not to swing."You have a great way of showing it."For a second, neither said anything. Just the creak of the pipes.Then Teagan noticed it — Maks wasn't looking at him anymore. His eyes were moving fast. Left,
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