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16. ONE PLAN FROM DAD
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2024-10-29 19:42:56I went up to my room and changed to my training suit. It was a suit that was compatible with the powers I possessed. When I was about to exit, the phone rang in my room. I went back to answer it.
“Hello”, I said.
“Hey, it’s me. Caught you at a bad time?” Ashton spoke over the phone.
“I was about to go for my training session. You're okay?”
“Kelsey put me in a hide-out place that she said was safe from Kyle. I don’t know why I have to hide from him, he’s my adopted father after all. Kelsey said there’s something really important that she’ll tell me later on tonight because she had to go to work. She only told me that Kyle’s not the person that I’ve always known him to be and then took off. Lina, I think I’m in more danger than I thought myself to be. I just feel that way”, he said.
I heard fright from his voice. I started getting anxious again, the feelin
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A Spark in the Dark Shadow 18. MEET THE PARENTS
I woke up to a cloud-covered day. It was a little windy but not the kind of conditions that kept you indoors for the whole day. I was supposed to be going to school today but due to the circumstances that we were facing, I couldn’t go.Ashton had spent the night in our home. His own parents would be arriving later on today. Being him wasn’t so great at the moment. He had found out that he was kidnapped when he was little, had his life in danger because of Kyle Simpson. Luckily, under Dr Watson’s roof, he was safe, for now.I took a shower and then went downstairs for some milk. I found them all up; Jay was in the kitchen making breakfast, my dad and Ashton were playing my 3-D game in the living room.“Morning Jay”, I greeted him while opening the fridge to help myself to a glass of milk.“Morning kid. How did you sleep?” he said with a smile.“Peacefully. You?”“Like a baby, but wit
A Spark in the Dark Shadow 19. REUNION, ACQUAINTANCE
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A Spark in the Dark Shadow 20. GRIEF ALMOST FORGOTTEN
I cried silently in the capsule for a mother that I never had. I thought of my dad teaching me how to ride a bike for the first time, with no mother watching. I thought of my dad tucking me to bed every night before he went to sleep, with no mother at his side. I thought of my dad taking me to school on my first day, with no mother kissing me goodbye or wishing me good luck. I thought of the first day when I saw the adolescent stage signs, with no mother to guide me through them.I wiped the tears from my eyes and I took control of myself. I sat quietly for some time before I heard someone enter my room. I kept quiet, keeping my thoughts silent as well. I didn’t want anyone to know that I was in here, I just wanted to drown in my own sorrows alone.“Lina, are you in here?” Ashton’s voice asked.I didn’t answer and I kept my thoughts really silent so that he wouldn’t easily pick on them. He stood in the room for some time and t
A Spark in the Dark Shadow 21. LATE NIGHT VISITOR 2
My dad got up to see who it was through Jack’s surveillance footage. We all awaited for him to tell us whether it was a dangerous intruder or not.I read from his mind that it was a female, Ashton did too.“It’s Kelsey”, Ashton said.“You’re sure it’s her?” my dad asked.“Yeah, she’s the only one that said she would come today. So I guess she managed to escape from Kyle’s search for her and me”, he said.My dad hit the button to let Kelsey in. We waited for a few seconds and then Kelsey came in through the door. She looked tired, like she was running for a long time. I presumed that she wanted to lose the people that were tracking her so she didn’t get to using her car.You’re right about that, Ashton thought.I looked at him and he was looking at Kelsey. I dropped my eyes back to my plate. I thought about how lucky Ashton was, having motherly
A Spark in the Dark Shadow 22. THOROUGH DISCUSSION
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A Spark in the Dark Shadow 23. DECISIONS TAKEN
Eventually, everyone in the house was asleep, except me and Ashton. I was lying on my bed, waiting for time to go by until the elders’ minds were all unconscious. When that happened, Ashton gilt-ed into my room. I already had Jack’s tablet in my room so I confiscated it from the desk and brought it to the bed. Ashton joined me on the bed. I briskly tapped my finger on the screen and Jack came on.“Hey kids, I thought you were asleep by now”, he said.“We would be, if we weren’t onto something”, Ashton said.“What is it? Do you need my help with something?” he asked.“Can I ask you something very quickly?” I said.“Shoot”, he said.“Can you control everything?”“Technically, yes”, he said braggingly.I rolled my eyes and said, “Everything? Including driving a car or flying an aircraft?”“Kid, I don&rsquo
A Spark in the Dark Shadow 24. BEFORE DOOMSDAY
After breakfast everyone else went about their businesses. My dad, Jay and Kelsey went down to the lab. Mr and Mrs McKenzie went to the living room to relax while watching TV. I went upstairs to get into my practice gear. I needed it before spending the whole day in my capsule.Mind if I join you? Ashton asked as I exited the house to the backyard.No, you’re welcome to.I waited for him to get there and then practice kicked off. We started off with the normal moves for fighting skills and we perfected all our faults. After that we went on to using our super powers. He had the opposite of what I had, I was fire and he was ice. We were compatible and made the perfect team.As time went by, we realised that we had an audience: my dad, Jay, Kelsey and Ashton’s parents were watching. My dad and Kelsey started coaching us. They were telling us how to move to avoid an attack from the other. They thought of it as just practice. We t
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After processing all they were told, my friends took to this whole thing like a fish to water. They accepted my being without any restrictions, Ashton as well. Our friendship grew even stronger without any prohibitions in our lives. We were able to have a prosperous senior year, prepared ourselves accordingly for the final exams. Although we were on the peak of exams commencing, there was always a tradition of having our matric dance before the exams started. Matric dance is like prom dance for other countries, we called it differently because it only happened when we were in our senior year, matric class. We had so much fun on the dance, no conflicts whatsoever, even though some of our classmates got inebriated during the party. Isabel had even tried her luck again with Ashton, where she ended up making a fool of herself in front of all our classmates. Although she was a bit tipsy, I hope she forgot abot the issue so the embarassment wouldn't follow her for th
A Spark in the Dark Shadow 31. COMING OUT
Mya managed to gain conciousness as she was taken to one of the nurse rooms in the school. I explained she wasn't exposed to any fire or smoke, it was just shock that rendered her unconscious. So they took her for a check up in the nurse's office and let her rest. I explained what had happened to Ashton and that's how we found ourselves waiting for Jay and my dad after giving them a call about the incident. Most parents were called as the school was now disrupted by the incident that had happened.My dad and Jay arrived in one car as they were together at work when we called."Lina, what happened exactly?" My dad questioned the moment he got to us.We went to a distant area to discuss the issue, that's when I told them everything that had happened and how I had acted to help in the situation. To say they were flabbergasted was putting it lightly, they didn't even say anything for a while. They seemed to be pondering how to address the predicament we found oursel
A Spark in the Dark Shadow 30. FIRE INCIDENT
Composure was the new gnome in our lives, since having Ashton back in our daily lives seemed to be the main cure that got everyone hyped up all over again. Even Mya and Brendan seemed to be over the moon with how things turned out, turns out they were tired of having a more 'brooding Lina' day in and day out. It certainly felt great to have some calm in our lives again, not having to think of what to do to keep yourself busy from thinking about depressing events in our lives.The dangerous life we had been scared of more than half a year ago seemed to be a distant memory now. Having those kinds of dangers removed from our lives was relief that allowed us to have a normal life, apart from what we had to deal with in our private lives. Kyle Simpson had made us all keep our guards up at all times, more precautions were being taken so we wouldn't find ourselves in that kind of situation again.Ashton and his family had secured a big house with a large compound that allowed
A Spark in the Dark Shadow 29. STILL TOGETHER
Being outdoors became a necessity since it was the spring season and everything looked alive, except for me. It was almost half year since Ashton had left with his parents for their home in Cape Town. I managed to fulfil the promise we made to each other the night before he left but it was rather hard at times to fulfil it.I said goodbye to Ashton when they left the house because I didn't have the solidity to get him to the airport without breaking down. We had not been together for long, I was hoping for more time together but life has its ways of depriving us of the things we really want in life. We would keep the promise to each other, always keeping in contact even though we couldn't meet much.I spent most of my time outside the house with my friends, Mya and Brendan. Jack was always with me and my friends were smitten with him. Mya and Brendan knew how I was feeling ever since Ashton had left and they tried to keep my mind always occupied with someth
A Spark in the Dark Shadow 28. HOME SAFE
I woke up to a dimly lit room, again. I felt relaxed, perfectly recovered. I turned my head to my left side and found Ashton sleeping in the chair next to my bed, it really looked uncomfortable. I looked to my right side and found the room empty, except for Jack’s tab on the cyber-desk. I got up from the bed and walked to the desk. I took Jack’s tablet and tapped twice on the screen. Jack came around.“Hey kid! You’re up”, he said.His voice broke the quietness in the room. Ashton awoke with a start and quickly got to his feet. He got a head rush and quickly fell back on the chair. I got to him quickly with Jack still in my hand. I laughed at what had happened and kneeled next to his chair. I only realised then that I was in my pyjamas. Who could have put them on?“You’re okay?” I asked.He recovered and looked at me with tired eyes.“Yeah, I’m good. Just got startled by Jack’s voice
A Spark in the Dark Shadow 27. BATTLE END
My molecular kinesis came in handy to seal the door on its doorframe before Kyle erupted from the room. Ashton was already in his defensive position from Quinn and Stuart. They both moved and Quinn stood facing me while Stuart faced Ashton. Kyle stood by the door while Roman yanked it from its position to let them both out. It seemed Roman had gotten some strength powers as he got the door off the hinges without much effort. Kyle and Roman bolted from the room, with Kyle leading and Roman protecting him from behind.“Now I finally get my chance to squash the precious Ashton Turner, oops, my apologies, Ashton McKenzie”, Stuart said with smugness.“Well, at least you know my real name. Too bad you’re just as bad as your creator, I would have liked you a bit”, Ashton said to him, some sarcasm dripping from his tone.Be careful, Lina. These two have the super strength that you have and that’s their strongest point. So le
A Spark in the Dark Shadow 26. BATTLE BEGINS
After the communication with my dad, we offloaded the supplies we had brought. Jack gave us a quick orientation on how all the weapons worked. We got armed and battle ready. Carl gave us earpieces so that he could have communication with us since he would be leading us throughout the mission.He told us where to head as we exited the building. We gilt-ed from the facility and appeared on the surface over the building. I got on Ashton’s back and he used his super speed, ran as fast as he could heading in the direction that Carl had pointed us to. He gave us his spyware so that he could see where we were heading. We got near the ocean and we stopped.“Ok Carl. We have reached the ocean boundaries. Where do we go from here?” I asked.“Look to your right side. There are some cave-features that are facing the ocean. Get to them quickly”, he ordered.We managed to get there in record time by running, well Ashton ran while I was on
A Spark in the Dark Shadow 25.TRIP SUCCESS
I found him in the attic sitting on one of the seats that the room provided. I sank into the seat next to his and relaxed in it. The attic had glass walls, the lights were off. The moon lit up the room dimly but it was enough for now.He turned when I sat next to him and looked at me with intense eyes. He looked at me like a blind man seeing the sun for the first time, like I was a reward handed to him on a silver platter.“Lina, I know that we haven’t known each other for that long. I also know that all this is a little premature but I can’t help it. I know that from the look of things, we won’t get to spend more time together. I want you to know this; I love you. It sounds crazy but I can’t seem to stay away from you nowadays. It might be because we are now trapped under the same roof or because we are in the same situation but I feel something really strong”, he said.He moved from his chair and came to kneel next to me. He
A Spark in the Dark Shadow 24. BEFORE DOOMSDAY
After breakfast everyone else went about their businesses. My dad, Jay and Kelsey went down to the lab. Mr and Mrs McKenzie went to the living room to relax while watching TV. I went upstairs to get into my practice gear. I needed it before spending the whole day in my capsule.Mind if I join you? Ashton asked as I exited the house to the backyard.No, you’re welcome to.I waited for him to get there and then practice kicked off. We started off with the normal moves for fighting skills and we perfected all our faults. After that we went on to using our super powers. He had the opposite of what I had, I was fire and he was ice. We were compatible and made the perfect team.As time went by, we realised that we had an audience: my dad, Jay, Kelsey and Ashton’s parents were watching. My dad and Kelsey started coaching us. They were telling us how to move to avoid an attack from the other. They thought of it as just practice. We t
