Chapter 15

Mel's POV

Adelaide was back. We had three weeks left of school before Christmas break and Alto's mood had changed. He wasn't happy, but he knew Adelaide was alive and that had changed a lot of things. He was.. different. Worries in different way now.

Morgan sat down next to me in the loft. She and Brandon had started hanging out a lot. She had been avoiding answering questions about it and I'd let it go. In the loft, it's just Morgan, Brandon, Lorcan, Alto, Felix and me. We are going to watch the new Marvel's movie - boys choice today.

I put my arm around Morgan and place the popcorn into her lap. She leans into me and Lorcan pushes play on the movie.

Mid-movie the power goes out. The room turns pitch black and so does the rest of the school. Alto looks out the window: "Everything is out." He states taking a deep breath. The emergency lights come on and the red light fills the room. "Oh man." Felix says throwing himself back into the couch. Morgen shivers in my arms. She hates the dark. I tighten my arm around her and grab a handfull of popcorn.

The door slams open and four men with guns enter: "HANDS UP!" They yell and everything slows down. It's almost as if everything is happening in slow motion.

They tackle Alto at the window, pushing him down on the floor. Lorcan is thrown against the couch slamming into Felix. Morgan and I attack the shooter to the right. Her with her gift of manipulating water and I with putting pictures in his head, binding him. Brandon jumps the guy next to him. The guy is very big and Brandon struggles with staying on the right side of the gun.

Out of the corner in my eye, I see Alto turning blue. One of the men is strangeling him and he is bleeding from his chest. I scream. Lorcan and Felix is struggle with the fourth man, who is using his gift to throw things at them. Lorcan's lightning fills the room, threatening to attack their attacker. I hold my breath as the gun-man avoids the deadly stroke of lightning. I turn, run towards my brother, when Brandon is slammed into me. Makes me fly through the air. I say a hmfp sound when I hit the floor, and the air is pushed out of my lungs. Pain explodes behind my eyes and it feels like a rib has been crusted against the ice cold floor.. "ALTO!" I scream. "ADELAIDE! PLEASE!" I scream trying to get on my feet, struggling to breathe.

Adelaides POV

This is not the first time, Elliot has taken me to a meeting in the states. The fancy restaurant, back room and four other white men was the first clue. I am here as a guard. Usually bringing a little girl in a dress (the same as the other day), would make the rest of the group laugh. But, bringing a little savant girl says a lot about "her" powers, or so Elliot had said. And he had been right. The others had brought men. Men older than me, around 25 I guess. All of them had been in shock when Elliot and I walked in, arm in arm.

"Hello gentlemen." He had said. Proudly. "This is Adelaide." I had nodded, walked him to his seat and then stood behind him. Like the rest of the guards. I'd never felt more powerfull and proud - which I hated myself for. All these men had amazing a scary gifts - and I was around them. I was so special.. I was good. Well.. good was the wrong word, I was working for the bad guy after all. But I was powerfull. Maybe the guards were even more powerfull than the maters?

"Did you send in the team, mr. Noel?" A bald man asks Elliot Noel.

"Oh yes. The twins will be mine within the hour." he smils and the fear light out of me. I took at step back. "Or one might not make it. I'm not sure yet." Mr. Noel laughs. Like it is nothing. Killing his own grandchildren meant nothing. Just like killing his own daughter had meant nothing.

"ADELAIDE!" Mel's voice explodes in my head. Clearly Alto is in danger, The fear fills my body, leaving me without a breath. I feel ice cold and my heart stops. I am not going to loose him. I refuse.

I close my eyes, let myself fall into the deep.
I am in a dark room light up by red emergency light. Mel and Brandon is fighting to get up. One man with a gun has it pointet at them. I force myself through the barrierer throwing myself at him. With anger shooting outta me. I gap him and pull. Almost as if I'm throwing a ball. I scream and throw him into the dinner party at the fancy tunnel his body has created between me and the dinner party is closed and I turn around. I just 2.0'ed... I'd never done it like this. I was strong. Stronger than Elliot Noel and his stupid friends could ever imagine.
I focus on the room. Morgan is pressed against the wall, one man is raising a knife. Brandon screams her name telepathically and I run. As before, I hit the man with so much power he is thrown into the barrier with me, I scream as I throw him on the table in-front of Elliot Noel. For a second I look at the dinner party. The other guy is still motionless on the table, the white men are choked, their body guards are turning white and Elliot Noel is angry but choked. I hurry back through all the layers of the univers and into the Loft at the school - Alto is blue, gasping for air and hurt under a dark dressed big man. I scream and attack.

He moves in the last second, letting go of Alto. The man turns around and looks at me. "You." He whispers. Recognizing me. I fade and the confusion lights up in his face. He can no longer se me. As he turns around again and again, trying to find me, I pick up a knife and the second he turns around I stab him in the back. I push forward sending him, bleeding into the Elliot Noel party. Hurt.. but not dead. I turn around to the last guy who puts his gun down. And that's when the Net barges into the room.

"FBI GET DOWN" Vick screams, men dressed in dark blue and yellow FBI tags storms the room. The guy is arrested. I turn around to Alto, he can't see me. I'm not fully here. He sits up, touching his red neck looking around confused. Brandon and Morgan is holding each other. Lorcan is holding Mel and Felix is getting checked by a doctor. I'd almost lost him, my Alto. I'd almost lost my soulfinder. My heart races and I run towards him. The barriers small electric jumps hits me with a pain I've only experience when 2.0 hunting. I scream as I throw myself fully through, my skin is on fire as I crash again the floor a few feet from Alto.

I hear the guns load and look up: "HANDS UP!" Three guys scream at the same time: "WHO ARE YOU!" "HANDS UP!" They scream and their voice sounds weirdly close. I'am truly here. I can't help but smile. I made it. I made it out. "HANDS UP YOU PSYKO!" one screams, hitting my with the gun. I fall to the ground and thats when Alto breaks their formation.

"MOVE! She is mine! My soulfinder!" he screams pushing the FBI agents away.

I jump into his arms locking mine around his bruised neck. "Mel called." I whisper as he closes his arms around my waist. "I'm sorry I couldn't be here earlier." i whisper as the mist of sleep slowly takes me away.