her strangeness,” he said. “He was probably high.”
“His eyes weren’t red. Besides, I can tell if someone’s high. It’s a clue. You can be really stubborn sometimes, you know that?”
“You say that like it’s a bad thing.” He lowered his voice. “Still, I have to admit there’s something strange going on with this guy. I’ve been waiting till I was sure we were alone…”
“Spill,” she ordered.
“He has P.E. second period, like me,” the guy said. “His class was running track. I was on the bleachers, and, of course, I was focused laser sharp on him. You should see him run. He’s a machine.”
“What do you mean a machine…like a cyborg?”
“He’s not a cyborg. You watch too much TV.”
“Don’t give me shit,” she said sarcastically. “Even I know that a cyborg is more probable than time travel. Besides, I’m not ready to discount anything after last night.”
“Point made,” Ipod said. “Sorry, just fast, human fast.”
So they knew. I wondered what had happened last night. I hoped it wasn’t my fault. Sometimes energies can collide and trigger strange effects. I needed to be more careful.
Ipod spoke again. “Anyway, Rush Rove was shoving this kid around. I don’t know him…some freshman geek. Rove was threatening him with something. I couldn’t hear anything, but the kid looked like I feel when I see my father walking towards me. Anyway, Rove smacked the kid to the ground, just as the coach blew the whistle for people to line up for the 600-yard dash.”
“He is such a tool,” she said. “Somebody needs to—”
“Somebody did. Rove swaggered over and got in position. New Guy picked the lane beside him on his right. You could see Rove was annoyed, probably because the new guy’s so tall, and Rove doesn’t like anyone faster running beside him. But it was too late to change lanes.
“At first, New Guy kept pace with Rove, who was giving it everything he had. The new guy looked like he wasn’t even breaking a sweat. You know how you run with your arms bent like this?”
“Yeah, so?”
“New Guy was three feet away and a little ahead of Rove. They got going really fast. And as they rounded a turn, New Guy whips his left arm down with the palm facing Rove, not touching him or anything. And at that exact moment, Rove’s legs went flying out from under him. I couldn’t believe it.”
“No shit!” Lex said, “What gives?”
“No clue, but the second New Guy’s arm went down, Rove was airborne. New Guy bent his arm back up and just kept on running as if nothing happened. He never even looked back. Rove didn’t know what hit him.”
I couldn’t help grinning. Reflective gravity could be really useful sometimes.
“Cool,” Lex said. “How do you think he did it?”
“No clue, but the movement was so synchronized and isolated it couldn’t have been coincidence. And the way Rove fell wasn’t like what happens when you trip. New Guy might be living his life as a high school kid, but there’s something unusual about him. A.J. was right.”
“Well, at least he used his power for good,” she said. “Shoving it to Rush Rove…gotta like him for that. Anyone suspect anything?”
“There’s no way I could know that, but I don’t think so. Logically, what could he have done? I’m only thinking outside the box here because of A.J. Otherwise I’d never have connected the two things, no matter how isolated his arm movement was. Rove fell flat on his face. He got a bloody nose and looked like he was going to cry. It was really satisfying to see him brought down a notch…a gift for the geek world. Rove reminds me of the Hammer.”
“No doubt. I don’t suppose you got it on your phone.”
“Unfortunately, no.”
“YouTube’s loss,” she said.
“I know! While Rove was whining to the coach, the new guy went over to the geek, high-fived him, and they walked to the gym laughing their asses off. It didn’t take rocket science to put two and
“His eyes weren’t red. Besides, I can tell if someone’s high. It’s a clue. You can be really stubborn sometimes, you know that?”
“You say that like it’s a bad thing.” He lowered his voice. “Still, I have to admit there’s something strange going on with this guy. I’ve been waiting till I was sure we were alone…”
“Spill,” she ordered.
“He has P.E. second period, like me,” the guy said. “His class was running track. I was on the bleachers, and, of course, I was focused laser sharp on him. You should see him run. He’s a machine.”
“What do you mean a machine…like a cyborg?”
“He’s not a cyborg. You watch too much TV.”
“Don’t give me shit,” she said sarcastically. “Even I know that a cyborg is more probable than time travel. Besides, I’m not ready to discount anything after last night.”
“Point made,” Ipod said. “Sorry, just fast, human fast.”
So they knew. I wondered what had happened last night. I hoped it wasn’t my fault. Sometimes energies can collide and trigger strange effects. I needed to be more careful.
Ipod spoke again. “Anyway, Rush Rove was shoving this kid around. I don’t know him…some freshman geek. Rove was threatening him with something. I couldn’t hear anything, but the kid looked like I feel when I see my father walking towards me. Anyway, Rove smacked the kid to the ground, just as the coach blew the whistle for people to line up for the 600-yard dash.”
“He is such a tool,” she said. “Somebody needs to—”
“Somebody did. Rove swaggered over and got in position. New Guy picked the lane beside him on his right. You could see Rove was annoyed, probably because the new guy’s so tall, and Rove doesn’t like anyone faster running beside him. But it was too late to change lanes.
“At first, New Guy kept pace with Rove, who was giving it everything he had. The new guy looked like he wasn’t even breaking a sweat. You know how you run with your arms bent like this?”
“Yeah, so?”
“New Guy was three feet away and a little ahead of Rove. They got going really fast. And as they rounded a turn, New Guy whips his left arm down with the palm facing Rove, not touching him or anything. And at that exact moment, Rove’s legs went flying out from under him. I couldn’t believe it.”
“No shit!” Lex said, “What gives?”
“No clue, but the second New Guy’s arm went down, Rove was airborne. New Guy bent his arm back up and just kept on running as if nothing happened. He never even looked back. Rove didn’t know what hit him.”
I couldn’t help grinning. Reflective gravity could be really useful sometimes.
“Cool,” Lex said. “How do you think he did it?”
“No clue, but the movement was so synchronized and isolated it couldn’t have been coincidence. And the way Rove fell wasn’t like what happens when you trip. New Guy might be living his life as a high school kid, but there’s something unusual about him. A.J. was right.”
“Well, at least he used his power for good,” she said. “Shoving it to Rush Rove…gotta like him for that. Anyone suspect anything?”
“There’s no way I could know that, but I don’t think so. Logically, what could he have done? I’m only thinking outside the box here because of A.J. Otherwise I’d never have connected the two things, no matter how isolated his arm movement was. Rove fell flat on his face. He got a bloody nose and looked like he was going to cry. It was really satisfying to see him brought down a notch…a gift for the geek world. Rove reminds me of the Hammer.”
“No doubt. I don’t suppose you got it on your phone.”
“Unfortunately, no.”
“YouTube’s loss,” she said.
“I know! While Rove was whining to the coach, the new guy went over to the geek, high-fived him, and they walked to the gym laughing their asses off. It didn’t take rocket science to put two and
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