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Chapter 8 - The Man

I wish I could say we held our own against this guy, or that we escaped unscathed, but that's just not the case. After he sent Jocelyn flying I yelled after her. I wanted to go see if she was okay but I didn't want anything to happen to the girl. So me and the girl were standing there facing him, waiting for him to make a move... but he didn't. He just stood there. I looked over at the girl and decided to attempt to communicate with her telepathically. Maybe she's got powers like us. "Hey! You have to run!" I said. She looked at me and gave me a scared look. Pretty sure she heard me. "That would be a bad idea Sofia," the man said. I guess he heard me too. At least now I know her name. The man started to walk forward taking baby steps. "There's no where you can go where I can't find you. No one else has to get hurt Sofia... as long as you come with me," he said. Sofia looked at me and then at the man. "Let Akio go... and I will come with you." The man then closed his eyes and sighed. "Fine. It's a deal," he said. Who's Akio? Heck who are they? Neither question mattered though because at that very instant I read his mind... and he was lying. I decided to stop Sofia. I stood in front of her and faced the man. "He's lying. I read his mind," I said. The man then looked at me consumed with rage. Black electricity began to spark and travel up his arm, and his hand, as he made a circular motion with his wrist and fingers. "Who the hell are you anyway!?" As he finished that sentence he launched a bolt at me. I tried to dodge it but ended up getting hit by it and flung back about 12 yards through a brick wall. Yes through. Not into the wall... but through it. My chest felt like there was a hole in it. My body felt like pins and needles. I decided to turn my head and look out through the hole I just made. The man had Sofia by the arm and throat with electricity flowing around him in a way that looked familiar. That's when I realized he was about to teleport. He had the same powers as us. I tried to stand up but I couldn't. My whole body felt like it was broken. I looked around for something to throw or anything I could use... but there was nothing. He was about to escape with her. That's when out the corner of my eye... I saw Jocelyn running up to the man and tackling him. As she tackled him he dropped the girl and the electricity disappeared. We had a chance. I mustered the strength to stand up and walk towards the hole and come out of the building. Jocelyn was trying to hold him down but he shocked her and tossed her into the wall next to me. I looked off to the right and noticed that Sofia wasn't where he dropped her. She had ran. The man looked over and saw me standing in the hole. He then put his hand out, moved his arm back, and launched me back in the hole... right into a wall inside the building. Apparently he had telekinetic powers as well. I hit the wall and felt a tight pain in my shoulder and arm. I made a slight screamy sound because it hurt REALLY bad. I couldn't move it. I think it was broken. I stood up very slowly and walked to the hole again. I was in so much pain that I was feeling drowsy. The man was gone but Jocelyn was still lying there... lifeless. I walked up beside her holding my arm and kneeled down. I wanted to touch her but I wasn't sure as to what would happened if I did. I thought it would be like the bolt through the wall situation. But she needed help so I had to try something. So I grabbed her arm and tried to wake her up. Just as I grabbed her though something started happening. Electricity started crackling off of us and I could feel myself healing. My arm was reversing the damage and the cuts and bruises were going away. I wasn't feeling any pain anymore. It was like I was brand new. Just as the last of my cuts and stuff went away she jumped up. "Ah!" she yelped. I took my hand off of her and stood up. "Are you okay?" I said. She looked up at me and stood up too. "Yeah. Surprisingly I am," she said. She looked at a hole in her shirt and made a surprised face. "Jason, there was a hole in my stomach from the bolt he struck me with. But It's gone," she said. I looked at my arm. "I think I healed us when I touched you," I said. She smiled at me and said, "Awesome." That's when we heard a blast coming from around the corner of the building. We looked at each other and started running towards it. "Who the heck is this guy and why does he have our powers?" she asked. "You're guess is as good as mines. All I know is we can't let him take Sofia." "That girl?" Jocelyn asked. "How do you know her name?" "Long story," I said. We finally arrived at the back of the building where the man had Sofia floating in the air unable to move. "Maybe I should just kill you and Akio and take your friends instead. They feel more powerful than you will ever be," he said. Jocelyn jumped in my head. "So before we do anything... we need a plan." I thought about it. "Okay so we definitely can't fight him. He's insanely strong. But we don't need to. We just need to get Sofia and get outta here. So I'll distract him and try and lead him away. You get next to Sofia and wait for me and then we'll teleport out of here back to your mom's," I said. She looked down and then back up. "Alright. Let's do this." She went left and waited for my move. I didn't know how this was going to turn out but I had to try. I saw a rock and tossed it right at his head. Direct hit. He turned around and looked at me pretty angrily. That's when I knew I had to run. And he sure did chase me. He grabbed some metal and bent it around Sofia so she wouldn't escape and he started following me. Forgot to mention he's pretty strong too. I'm pretty sure he has super strength. He started running after me and launching bolts and different items with his telekinetic powers. At first I stayed ahead of him by dodging and weaving but what got me caught... is when he kneeled down like an Olympic runner, charged up with black electricity swirling around him, and started running at me at super speed. I was caught instantly. He ran up beside me like a blur and held me by my neck. "You'll make a good addition to my collection," he said. So I was stuck there unable to move and unable to breathe. I had to do something... so I thought back to when he made a lightning bolt, and instantly I had an idea. I decided to try it. I moved my fingers in a circle and started to rotate my wrist. Lo and behold... a bolt appeared. So I aimed straight at his chest and barely breathing I said, "Sorry... but I'm... not a collectible!" Then I zapped him and sent him flying. It felt good. I started running and coughing trying to breathe. I had gotten back towards Jocelyn and seen them waiting. I had noticed Sofia got her hands free. "Alright, let's go!" I said. Jocelyn grabbed my shoulder and pink electricity started to fly while Sofia was in the circle holding on to us. I could feel we were about to teleport but I could see something coming. It was the man. He was coming at full speed. "Uh... Jocelyn? We got company coming. We need to speed this up." Just as I said that the man bent down and started to charge up. He was about to use his super speed! That's when Sofia held out her arm and telekinetically pushed all the dust up around him which blinded him. That bought us the second we needed. I saw a white flash and realized we had teleported... but it wasn't to our mom's. It was a hospital. We were right outside of it. "Wait wait. Why are we here?" I asked. Jocelyn looked at me and then at Sofia. I realized it was a piece of the metal plate he wrapped around her stuck inside her. She was bleeding alot. "Let's get her inside," I said.