Jack awoke with a start sweating and breathing heavily. It was the fifth night in a row that he had that nightmare. He was being chained down to a table, then he would get stabbed in the chest. But the nightmare did not end there. After he got stabbed in the chest he would be in some other reality there were demons, angels, gods, and other deities. He could not understand why he had this dream.

He wondered, what was the cause? He had never seen anything that he dreamt of... He would get lost in thought on what could ever cause it. But he could never come up with anything that made sense. He never had an obsession with ancient mythology. But that's many of the things he saw. All he could find out was that he had a fear of death. He got up with a groan knowing that he had school. He went to the bathroom, took a shower, got dressed, and headed outside. The cold air stung his face but felt refreshing. He began his walk to what he thought to be an ordinary day at school. The walk to school was uneventful as usual as he reached the school he saw the flicker of a shadow running in the trees. Already knowing who it was he sprinted toward the school. But it was too late.

The shadows swooped down onto him and in an instant, everything went black. When he woke up all he saw was darkness. At first, he feared he had gone blind, but his fear was laid to rest when he felt a bag over his head. He heard the sound of the fabric moving as he turned his head he had the bag off his head. His hands and feet were bound. He was confused as to why they had captured him, but he knew who the clan was. They were part of the government, they had a power that was not on the power chart. But the funny thing was they were all in their teens.

Which meant the government was finally moving over to the next generation. Lost in his thought, he did not notice that the bag had been removed from his head. Still lost in thought when suddenly he was slapped to his face. Looking up he saw who had slapped him, a girl wearing a uniform. She had a stern look on her face, a look that told him he was a piece of scum.

He would have waved his hand if he wasn’t bound. He wasn't scared which, the girl did not like. He was curious as why she was angry. Why does his lack of fear anger her? While lost in thought again, she spoke her voice, stern but smooth. He again was lost in thought and she slapped him again.

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He looked back, this time angry she spoke again. This time he listened to what she was saying. “I am Liesa, and we need to have a talk about one of your friends Darren,” she said. Watching him trying to move his hand, she kicked him in the side.

This time he was not curious or angry, he was enraged. He could feel his blood boil. They were from the government, they should know he was a mute. She kicked him again. Liesa “Your just making this hard on yourself, your pieces of fucking shit!” she said threateningly.

A thought seemed to cross her mind. She looked at a stocky boy and ordered him to check the files to see if I had family they could use to their advantage. He nodded, reaching into a bag and pulled out a holographic device, and looked through the files., “His birthday is tomorrow,” he said chuckling. He then froze. “Well shit”,he said “He’s a fucking mute Liesa,” he said. “You gotta be fucking kidding me!” she said, she looked at him, hauled him up untied his hands, reached into the bag and pulled out a piece of paper and a pencil, and handed it to him. He said he was on Mars, and look back up Liesa. “Well fuck, we went to the wrong planet.” She looked at him, apologized, untied him, and sent him on his way. Jack still angry, plugged in his headphones and walked into the school.

As soon as he walked into the school he went to the office, got a tardy slip, and went to class. He walked into class sat down and looked to the front of the classroom. Instead of the teacher standing upfront, there was a group of students. They were new by the looks of it, and one of the kids had been talking until he walked in. She looked at him angrily and then continued talking again.

He did not listen to their conversation because honestly, he couldn't give two flying fucks. He was too busy thinking about what his power would be. Because tomorrow was his 15 birthday. Still lost in thought, he heard his friend's voice in his head. “Dude where were you James, the government team ask me about Darren,” I told them that he was on mars. “Smart move, that will give Darren enough time to escape,” said Blake. At least until he tries to sell more of those upgrades said Jack, ya Darren is kind of a dipshit ain't he said James,

after they were done talking the bell rang and they said their goodbyes and headed to their next class the day pass by in a blur for James

And before James knew it school was over he went home ate dinner and went to bed dreaming of what his power would be.