up there?”
“We’re not. There’s another one about three doors down in the wall.”
“Let’s go.” We ran around the corner and smack dab into the arms of a security guard.
“Where do you think you’re going, you little bitch?” he asked.
I glanced at Em. “What do I do?” I mouthed to her.
Em thrusted her hand through the man’s back and out of his chest. Of course, he didn’t feel anything until she reached up and touched my head and an electrical current slid through my arms and sent the man into convulsive tremors.
His grip loosened around my arm, his eyes rolled back into his head and his mouth began to foam. Foamy spittle bounced from his lips and hit me in the face while I kept my eyes and mouth closed.
When he was slumped, Em removed her fingers from my head and pulled her arm out from his midsection and we watched him hit the ground with one huge thud.
“What in the heck just happened?” I asked, a surge of strength flowing through my body’s cells.
“No time to explain. Let’s go.” She grabbed my hand again and we ran toward the vent. “Open it,” she demanded.
No latches. I searched for a way to open it. In each corner, there were tiny screws. “I need a screwdriver.”
“Your implant thrives around metal, Jade. You’ve accepted us, now you need to use our abilities.”
“How?”
“If we had more time, I’d let you figure this out on your own.” Em’s hands encircled my head again and I rested my hands on the vent with my fingers inside the slits.
The vent began to rumble and the screws unscrewed and flew out onto the floor. The vent easily moved from its place and, in seconds flat, we were crawling through the small space.
When we dropped out of the vent into the room where Aric was, I stopped and gawked at the ship that I remembered from my dream—the ship that had hit my parents’ car and changed everyone’s lives on that horrible day.
It was smaller than I remembered. A metallic silver in color, round at the front with a fishtail-shaped back. I could see the area where the ship had been destroyed in the crash.
“Will it fly?” I asked.
“No.”
My implant was going crazy, vibrating my spine and sending electricity through my inner body toward my fingertips. “Em! Something’s wrong with the implant.”
Em stood next to me staring at the ship, her eyes wide, and her mouth agape. A slight smile twitching the outer corners of her lips.
“Em! Do you hear me?”
“You’re fine, Jade. The implant can feel home. I can feel home. We’re connecting with the metal from the ship.”
“What do I do?”
“Let it connect.” Her eyes had still not left the ship.
“Let it connect! Easy for her to say, this is normal stuff for her.” I searched for Aric, walking toward the entrance of the piece of equipment that had killed my parents.
“Aric? Are you in there?”
I stepped inside, the vibrating through my body growing fierce. “Aric, answer me, please.”
It was dark and cold and when I touched the wall, it almost felt like a slab of ice. Goosebumps lined my arms and my body shivered almost in sync with the vibration from the implant. “Aric?”
He stepped out in front of me, his body larger than I remembered it being an hour before. His chiseled arms and stocky chest were thrusted outward. When he spoke, it was a whisper. “I can feel them, Jade.”
“Feel who?”
“My mother and father.” He grabbed my hand and escorted me through the short hallways into three other compartments. When he stopped, he pointed. “I was sitting here with my mother when our ship was sucked into your atmosphere. She was playing a game with me.”
My fingers wrapped around his hand tighter. My eyes glanced from his face to the two bucket chairs that sat in the corner with a small table in front of the chairs.
“The ship started to twist and turn. We made our way to the command room where my father was sitting.” Aric pulled me through three more doors, into a
“We’re not. There’s another one about three doors down in the wall.”
“Let’s go.” We ran around the corner and smack dab into the arms of a security guard.
“Where do you think you’re going, you little bitch?” he asked.
I glanced at Em. “What do I do?” I mouthed to her.
Em thrusted her hand through the man’s back and out of his chest. Of course, he didn’t feel anything until she reached up and touched my head and an electrical current slid through my arms and sent the man into convulsive tremors.
His grip loosened around my arm, his eyes rolled back into his head and his mouth began to foam. Foamy spittle bounced from his lips and hit me in the face while I kept my eyes and mouth closed.
When he was slumped, Em removed her fingers from my head and pulled her arm out from his midsection and we watched him hit the ground with one huge thud.
“What in the heck just happened?” I asked, a surge of strength flowing through my body’s cells.
“No time to explain. Let’s go.” She grabbed my hand again and we ran toward the vent. “Open it,” she demanded.
No latches. I searched for a way to open it. In each corner, there were tiny screws. “I need a screwdriver.”
“Your implant thrives around metal, Jade. You’ve accepted us, now you need to use our abilities.”
“How?”
“If we had more time, I’d let you figure this out on your own.” Em’s hands encircled my head again and I rested my hands on the vent with my fingers inside the slits.
The vent began to rumble and the screws unscrewed and flew out onto the floor. The vent easily moved from its place and, in seconds flat, we were crawling through the small space.
When we dropped out of the vent into the room where Aric was, I stopped and gawked at the ship that I remembered from my dream—the ship that had hit my parents’ car and changed everyone’s lives on that horrible day.
It was smaller than I remembered. A metallic silver in color, round at the front with a fishtail-shaped back. I could see the area where the ship had been destroyed in the crash.
“Will it fly?” I asked.
“No.”
My implant was going crazy, vibrating my spine and sending electricity through my inner body toward my fingertips. “Em! Something’s wrong with the implant.”
Em stood next to me staring at the ship, her eyes wide, and her mouth agape. A slight smile twitching the outer corners of her lips.
“Em! Do you hear me?”
“You’re fine, Jade. The implant can feel home. I can feel home. We’re connecting with the metal from the ship.”
“What do I do?”
“Let it connect.” Her eyes had still not left the ship.
“Let it connect! Easy for her to say, this is normal stuff for her.” I searched for Aric, walking toward the entrance of the piece of equipment that had killed my parents.
“Aric? Are you in there?”
I stepped inside, the vibrating through my body growing fierce. “Aric, answer me, please.”
It was dark and cold and when I touched the wall, it almost felt like a slab of ice. Goosebumps lined my arms and my body shivered almost in sync with the vibration from the implant. “Aric?”
He stepped out in front of me, his body larger than I remembered it being an hour before. His chiseled arms and stocky chest were thrusted outward. When he spoke, it was a whisper. “I can feel them, Jade.”
“Feel who?”
“My mother and father.” He grabbed my hand and escorted me through the short hallways into three other compartments. When he stopped, he pointed. “I was sitting here with my mother when our ship was sucked into your atmosphere. She was playing a game with me.”
My fingers wrapped around his hand tighter. My eyes glanced from his face to the two bucket chairs that sat in the corner with a small table in front of the chairs.
“The ship started to twist and turn. We made our way to the command room where my father was sitting.” Aric pulled me through three more doors, into a
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