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Chapter 2 - First Meet

We were probably going only 35 mph. The bus was approximately a mile away from the school when the bus tipped over to it's right side... the same side I was pushed on. As it tipped to the side all of the students fell from the left side to the right side and I knew alot of people probably got hurt. But the only thing I was focused on was what happened in front of me. When the bus tipped over Batch was falling onto me and as we were in the air I saw something appear in front of me. It looked like.... some sort of force field. I know that sounds crazy but it's true. It was a force field the size of a person and it was pretty narrow. It had these sparks of energy coming off of it. Honestly I would've thought it was cool if I wasn't freaking out in mid air. Anyway... it appeared right in front of me and he fell against it as the bus was coming down. Meanwhile Ty was forced against the window and flipped towards the ceiling into the seat in front of our seat. When the bus flipped the force field stayed up even as the bus was tipped over and sliding. So Batch was on top of the field looking down at me amazed... until we hit a pole while sliding. Once we hit the pole Batch's head hit the ceiling and mine hit the glass. Batch was out cold instantly. Only difference is... I was protected. The field that was holding Batch above me started to stretch and cover my head just as I hit the glass. Awesome. But why is this happening to me? At the time your answer would have been as good as mine. Once we stopped after hitting the pole I heard people yelling, calling out, and asking if everyone was okay. I pushed the field up and to the left so that Batch rolled over into the seat behind mines. The field dissapeared immediately after. I looked over and called out Ty's name. "Ty?" "Ty!" I said. I had heard nothing back. I rose up and looked over into the other seat. I seen that Ty was unconcious. He was laid out sort of like a lawn chair when its collapsed. The only thing I could think to do was call out for help. But we were just a bunch of teens on a bus. I had to get help. I pulled out my phone and got ready to call the police but it turns out the phone was broken. Guess it happened in the crash. I looked around the rest of the bus. Alot of the other students seemed okay but there was definitely something wrong with the driver. He was still strapped in his seat but he laid there lifeless. I looked towards the back of the bus and saw someone opening the emergency door. We were only a couple seats away from it so I decided to grab Ty and pull him out. I was just about to exit the emergency door with Ty when some random girl came up from the outside and decided to help. She was about 5"7 with dark red hair and deep blue eyes. She was wearing some sort of overcoat jacket that was sort of made of leather. I felt like I had seen her before but I just couldn't pinpoint where. She walked up holding a phone. "The police are on their way." She said. Her voice... was so familiar. She looked about my age. 17. She helped me grab Ty and we pulled him out. I went back in so I could help the others. Alot of the other students were crawling out either through the emergency windows or the front door. I also seen that some students had helped the bus driver get out. That's when I realized Batch was still unconscious. "There's someone over here that we have to get." I said. So I went and grabbed him and she came and helped. She gave me a concerned look after we picked him up. "What happened?" She asked. I looked at Batch. I didn't know what to say. "I..... I dont know." We headed back to the back with Batch and pulled him out. Everyone that was injured was mostly in the front of the bus. Everyone in the back had already gotten out. Luckily the police were pulling up just as we were exiting. We pulled Batch next to Ty on the sidewalk. I sat down on the curve. I still couldn't believe my eyes. I created an energy shield. How is that possible? Did I make the bus tip over? Am I the reason these guys got hurt? Am I the reason my friend got hurt? I looked up and realized she had been talking to me for the last 30 seconds. "Are you okay?" She asked. "Yeah I'm fine. I'm fine." I said. At least physically I was fine. The shield protected me. But mentally I was losing it. She looked up at the bus as policemen and firefighters grabbed students off of it. "It's insane." She said. "I was walking home when all of a sudden... I seen your bus tip over to the side. Nothing even hit it!" She looked down at me. "You sure you don't know what happened?" She asked. I felt like I did it. But I couldn't say that. It would sound crazy. "I have no clue." I said. I pulled out my phone. Still broken. "Can I use your phone please?" She pulled hers out and handed it to me. When she did, something happened. I heard a voice in my head. Her voice. She was talking but in her head. I was hearing her thoughts! "I feel like he knows something but he doesn't want to say it. Probably still in shock. Poor guy." She said. I had just heard what she was thinking. "I heard that!" I said. "What?" She said. I stood up. "I heard what you were thinking!" She looked around like I had lost it. A policeman came over and got ready to say something but I interrupted him. "I heard your thoughts! You said that I probably know something and that I'm probably still in shock which is why I won't say it!" She widened her eyes. "How do you know that???" "Because I read your thoughts!" I said. I couldn't control myself. I felt like I was crazy. The policeman stood there looking at me. That's when I heard his thoughts. "Wow, this kid is crazy." He said. Then.... I felt it. It all washed over me at once. I started hearing EVERYONE'S thoughts. It was painful. It felt like a needle entering my brain. I was hearing cops, students, bystanders, and even the nurses taking off with the students. All these voices at once. It was like being stabbed in the head. I knelt down and grabbed my head. The pain was immense. I started yelling because I couldn't handle it. I looked up and seen everyone grabbing their heads except the girl. What was this? What was going on? While still grabbing my head I turned and looked at her. She seemed fine. She ran to me and touched my back asking if I was okay. Once she touched me though I felt something. It felt like I had just drunk a energy drink. I looked around and seen electricity and sparks form around me and her. She looked around us and asked "What's going on?" "I don't know!" I yelled. It got even louder by the second. The louder it got the more my brain hurt. I felt like I was going to die. I closed my eyes and waited for it to go away and then... it did. I opened my eyes and looked around. We were no longer on the sidewalk where the bus crashed. We were at my house in my room. I looked up at her and she looked down at me. I'll never forget her face. She looked horrified. Did... we just teleport?