without
giving me a chance to retaliate.
I walked over to the table closes to the
water. The sun came down just perfect not to get into my eyes, but to give a
perfect back drop for the ducks swimming in the water. Silence returned
shortly with a couple of baskets of food.
“I used to come here all the time. I
don’t get to come to the city much anymore.” He took a fry and dipped it into
his ketchup.
“Why don’t you come here anymore?” I
knew as soon as the words were out what he was going to say.
“I haven’t been back since Fade
disappeared.” He tossed a fry into the water so that the ducks could fight over
it.
The basket of food contained a few
Buffalo wings and some fries. I dipped one of the wings in ranch and took a
bite, “not bad.”
“Yeah the food is good but I came for
the memories.” He played with a fry.
He told me a few stories about when he
was younger and I had the feeling that he was doing all of the talking, but I
really didn’t have anything to talk about. I grew up in a handful of orphanages,
end of story. Although that name was bugging me again. I seem to remember it
from when I was younger.
We went to a mall next, things were
slow; the halls were empty and so were the shops. It was the middle of the day
and most people our age were in class somewhere. We went to several shops. I
purchased a wardrobe that was more my taste. We went to a computer store and I
got the exact computer that I wanted.
I asked Silence about a cell phone but
he told me not to worry about it, Sam would give us all one. We found a store
where I could get an IPod and that is where I decided to quit spending the
money. I had already burnt through half of it.
We put everything into the car and left
Denver. The road to Eastcroft was empty. The sun was on its way down by the
time we were back on the interstate.
By the time we got back into town,
everyone had long gone to bed. Ryder helped me carry everything up to my bedroom
and I felt my face flash red when he got close as he went to leave. He must have
noticed it because he smiled but he didn't say anything.
I grabbed my new pajamas and went down
to the bathroom. I took a shower and sat in the living room trying to watch
TV. There wasn't anything that I wanted to watch, so after a few minutes of
mindless cartoons I switched off the TV, and went to bed.
I wasn't really tired but I figured I
would force myself to sleep so that I wouldn't waste most of the next day
sleeping. Even though I couldn’t use my abilities, I wanted to be out with the
others while they trained.
Chapter 14: Truth
I was able to tag along for combat
training whenever I wanted to or I could stay at the house. I really enjoyed
just hanging out at the field while everyone got more fluent with their
abilities. After everyone mastered taking down the wooden targets, several
last line agents volunteered to spare with the others.
I would hang back as the rest of the
group would enter powerful combat with a wide range of combatants. We were
introduced to some wild abilities that I couldn’t even understand.
I walked over and stood next to Ryder,
“It looks like everyone is really getting the hang of using their abilities.” An
explosion peppered us with dirt and grass.
“I really wish that we could be working
on your abilities." he smiled.
“Why are you training everyone in
martial arts?” I had seen most of the moves they were now fluently using in one
movie or another. I had always thought that the combat in those films was
nothing more than expensive choreography and didn’t really translate into
actual combat.
“We use martial arts to teach discipline
just as the creators had intended. In fact, some of the styles that we teach
were developed by Kinetic users like ourselves.” He took a few steps back, “Why
don’t we start your hand to hand training?” He held up his hands.
I had made excuses up until
giving me a chance to retaliate.
I walked over to the table closes to the
water. The sun came down just perfect not to get into my eyes, but to give a
perfect back drop for the ducks swimming in the water. Silence returned
shortly with a couple of baskets of food.
“I used to come here all the time. I
don’t get to come to the city much anymore.” He took a fry and dipped it into
his ketchup.
“Why don’t you come here anymore?” I
knew as soon as the words were out what he was going to say.
“I haven’t been back since Fade
disappeared.” He tossed a fry into the water so that the ducks could fight over
it.
The basket of food contained a few
Buffalo wings and some fries. I dipped one of the wings in ranch and took a
bite, “not bad.”
“Yeah the food is good but I came for
the memories.” He played with a fry.
He told me a few stories about when he
was younger and I had the feeling that he was doing all of the talking, but I
really didn’t have anything to talk about. I grew up in a handful of orphanages,
end of story. Although that name was bugging me again. I seem to remember it
from when I was younger.
We went to a mall next, things were
slow; the halls were empty and so were the shops. It was the middle of the day
and most people our age were in class somewhere. We went to several shops. I
purchased a wardrobe that was more my taste. We went to a computer store and I
got the exact computer that I wanted.
I asked Silence about a cell phone but
he told me not to worry about it, Sam would give us all one. We found a store
where I could get an IPod and that is where I decided to quit spending the
money. I had already burnt through half of it.
We put everything into the car and left
Denver. The road to Eastcroft was empty. The sun was on its way down by the
time we were back on the interstate.
By the time we got back into town,
everyone had long gone to bed. Ryder helped me carry everything up to my bedroom
and I felt my face flash red when he got close as he went to leave. He must have
noticed it because he smiled but he didn't say anything.
I grabbed my new pajamas and went down
to the bathroom. I took a shower and sat in the living room trying to watch
TV. There wasn't anything that I wanted to watch, so after a few minutes of
mindless cartoons I switched off the TV, and went to bed.
I wasn't really tired but I figured I
would force myself to sleep so that I wouldn't waste most of the next day
sleeping. Even though I couldn’t use my abilities, I wanted to be out with the
others while they trained.
Chapter 14: Truth
I was able to tag along for combat
training whenever I wanted to or I could stay at the house. I really enjoyed
just hanging out at the field while everyone got more fluent with their
abilities. After everyone mastered taking down the wooden targets, several
last line agents volunteered to spare with the others.
I would hang back as the rest of the
group would enter powerful combat with a wide range of combatants. We were
introduced to some wild abilities that I couldn’t even understand.
I walked over and stood next to Ryder,
“It looks like everyone is really getting the hang of using their abilities.” An
explosion peppered us with dirt and grass.
“I really wish that we could be working
on your abilities." he smiled.
“Why are you training everyone in
martial arts?” I had seen most of the moves they were now fluently using in one
movie or another. I had always thought that the combat in those films was
nothing more than expensive choreography and didn’t really translate into
actual combat.
“We use martial arts to teach discipline
just as the creators had intended. In fact, some of the styles that we teach
were developed by Kinetic users like ourselves.” He took a few steps back, “Why
don’t we start your hand to hand training?” He held up his hands.
I had made excuses up until
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