Rarity by Haley Elizabeth (epub e ink reader txt) 📕

your life?" Connie asked as they got out.
"A little bit of both." Electra said looking through the glass door at the cute guy behind the counter.
Are you guy's dating?
"Not yet. Connie said as if her and Ele had discussed it before. Ever since two weeks ago she's been coming here stuffing her face with pizza hoping he will ask her out!" Vannah couldn't help but smile at how normal it all felt three girls out worrying about cute boys and joking just like her Cass and Margo. Margo? A flash of red hair that wasn't Connie's caught her eye. Her breath caught and she stopped in the middle of the doorway. Looking again she exhaled. Not Margo just another gorgeous girl with a bad red dye job. Real bad as freinds she never would have said it to Margo but now the insult Made her smile. Margo tried so hard to convince people her's was real. Ha fake like the rest of her, Vannah thought going into the shop.

"Hey!" Electra said leaning on the counter.
"Two slices of pepperoni right?" The boy guessed returning her smile. And nothing for you Connie, what was it you called pizza again cellulite on crust?" Connie smirked. 'Hi I'm Josh he said looking at Vannah anything I can get for you?"
"Yes please I'll have the same as Electra." Add an order of garlic bread!" Electra said twirling an almost white curl.
"Anything for my favorite UGI." Vannahs eyes went big.
"Relax he's one of us Connie said motioning to a table so Electra could flirt alone.
"So he's a U.G.I.?"
"Not part of the society but yeah I cant remember what it is he can do. Connie seemed to ponder that for a moment.
"So there are people that are different like us living all over the place." Connie just nodded like it was no big thing.
"Especially in this town!"
"How can you tell them apart?" Vannah asked suddenly thinking of all the people she had walked past in life and had no idea. "A lot of U.G.I.'s cant tell most of us go through life thinking where all alone, but a few like Mr. Bayne and Josh they just know. They can feel it."
"And if we live in secret how did the mess find out about us?"
"From what Mr. Bayne say's a while back a U.G.I confided to a friend, a scientist coincidentally, I mean of course there's U.G.I.'s I'm sure who have told there human friends... "But not all of them go all mad scientist and start kidnapping innocent people." Vannah finished. "Connie was sliding over for Electra who was blushing.

"So-there's-this-get-together-on-Saturday-are you-in, Josh-is-hosting-he-has-some-big-announcement-to-make, Electra said this as one long word.

"Jeeze Ele breath!"

Connie said this while scrunching her nose up at the cheese dangling when Vannah took a bite.
"And get this Connie it's at The Red Wing!"
Connie brightened.
"Oh we have to go and before you ask newbie its a bar for U.G.I.'s she whispered the last part. Because a group of guys and a girl had just walked in. Two of the boys and the girl had thick shiny hair that resembled raven wings and eye's just as dark the girls hair feel in waves down her back. Connie seemed to recognize one of the them. She glared at the tall blond boy.

"Ugh! Can we get this to go?" She called to Joshua who was joking around with the boys. He came from around the counter and handed her a box. Before Ele could protest they were speeding out the door.

"I'm not sure if this is aloud but what the hell Connie!?!?" Vannah asked fastening her seat belt and staring back at the pizza shop where sure enough the blond boy was staring intensely at Connie.
"Grant Avery Ugh!!! Enough said." Connie pulled out of the lot.
"No not enough you ran out of there like you were on fire!" Connie and Ele exchanged glances. "What?" Ele answered it's funny you would use the word fire." Vannah still wasn't getting it. "It's what he does Vannah he can produce fire, Connie said going back past the welcome sign. Coming from this diretion Vannah hardly noticed the turning point. Connie was resuming crazy speed. She clicked on the radio annoyed further by half static half song. She gripped the staring Wheel.
"Maybe let me drive. Ele offered gently.
"Yeah because your looking kind of psycho!" Vannah added. Picturing Cruella Deville from a scene in 101 dalmatians. She started to laugh out loud but someone caught her eye a boy who was walking up the side of the road.

"Do you know him?" Vannah asked.

"No!" Connie said finally easing up off the gas and then stopping the car all together.

Ele rolled down her window. "This is a private road!" She informed the extremly good looking stranger.

He looked amused when he spoke "Relax Bayne know's Im coming. Both Connie and Ele looked unsure. "Call him if you don't beleive me!" He held out his phone, which Connie waved off dialing her own.

(Mr. Bayne are you expecting someone named......

"Luka." The guy offered. Connie waited for an answer and then unlocked the back door the boy smirked in a way that Vannah immediately liked before climbing in.

Welcome Back Ch 3.

"So lets get past the awkward introductions!" He gave Vannah and Ele a wicked but sexy smile. The last of the nervous tremors left Vannah's hands. "Like I said I'm Luka and you are?" "I'm Vannah and this is Electra."

"And I'm Connie. ,she said flipping her hair. Vannah watched the guy out the corner off her eye he had dark curly hair pulled back and eye's that she couldn't decide rather or not they were black or blue, his skin was a creamy brown. She blushed when he caught her looking.

"Luka!"  Warren yelled from the porch the moment they pulled up.

"Hey man"! Luka gretted him and they play punched at each other as if they did it all the time.

"I cant believe your back Warren exclaimed.

"Believe it!" Luka said as Mr. Bayne embraced him in a fatherly way. Then Mick stepped forward and there was nothing welcoming about his stance. There was no explanation needed for Vannah to know that he wasn't happy with the arrival at all. The enery between the two guys was thick with anger atleast on Micks behalf Luka didn't seem to care and considering the bags he was carrying it seemed that Mick  needed to get over whatever it was fast. Things didn't come to a boil until later on that evening after Vannah had gone to bed she was just so tired ,she blamed it on stress.   

"(Water embraced Vannah, choking her. Her lungs were on fire and her limbs weren't working. She kicked. (AIR I NEED AIR) she was panicked. She could see the outline of the sun above her, she was that close to the surface she kicked uselessly her legs seemed to be soaking up the water they were weighing her down I'm a mermaid she thought I cant drown! I'M A MERMAID!!! she screamed bubbles rushed out of her mouth and the water began to spin and she became just that a mermaid.)

Vannah's eyes popped open scanning the unfamiliar room. "Mama?" she whispered and then started to cry. a loud bang from downstairs stopped her sobs she jumped up moonlight flashing across her face as she ran to her door. "TRAITOR!!!" She heard Mick yell there was another bang. She and Connie almost collided both reaching the steps at the same time. They scrambled down them, went through the kitchen and into the living room. "Still all testosterone I see!" Luka said lounging back in the recliner as if Mick's Hercules form had no effect on him. The loud bang had obviously come from Mick who had punched a hole in the wall to his left. "And I see you still cant take anything seriously, you selfish.... "Mick! stop it! Connie yelled what is going on between you two?" "You should ask him." Mick said pacing. "Well?" Connie asked her green eyes wide and accusing. "Simple Mick here is living in a past he only half knows about and I think he should move on, and I'm right too Luka. added cockily, You don't see me defacing any property. Mick looked ready to lunge at him. Instead clasping his fingers together he started toward the kitchen and burst out into the back yard with Vannah right behind him.

"At first her attention strayed from Mick as she took in the yard it was like she had stepped into paradise both sides of the yard were filled with the most spectacular colors that even stood out in the dark there was an ivory fountain spewing water the mist caressed Vannah. "So can you talk without yelling she asked sitting next to Mick on the matching ivory bench.

He bit his lips and trembled trying to keep his voice under control. "I heard you call Mick a traitor, whats that about?" Mick looked uncertain, like he had never really talked about it before. He sighed before speaking.

"It was just over a year ago  Luka and I were on our first mission. We were  eager to prove ourselves, At the time we weren't called Unit 2 there was only only one Unit. The separation hadn't happened yet. The other's, they went about things differently. The shape shifters broke into the mess in the form of vicious animals demolishing the humans with there powers. I was digusted by it and an argument started between me and Terell the mission leader. Luka was siding with him and while we were all distracted by the disagreement we were ambushed by guards. I broke away from the fight. I tried to get Luka to come with me while so many guards were distracted and he refused. Luka continued to attack like he was enjoying it. I was determined to finish the mission. I went off alone! And I never heard from Luka or saw him again until today. He left me there stranded and alone except for Electra she was the mission at the time. When I finally got back to the cabin I expected to find Luka but he hadn't returned. both he, the others and Baron the other head of house had disappeared!" We haven't even known rather Luka was dead or alive until now. And  There were rumors flying about Unit 1 and how they left town to persue another mess lab and that we were Unit two we excepted the title but how it happened was just wrong. You know?" Mick hadn't looked up the entire time he was speaking but now he was staring at eyes that had lost all evidence of green and were shining like sapphires.


Vannah didn't know what to say. She had just come to know betrayal herself and wondered if the bitter taste would stay in her mouth forever. She looked at Mick his eyes were now dark as storm clouds but his face had softened. Why had she followed him she couldn't help herself with all she was going through. What could she could do for Mick? The sound of the door made them both jump. Luka's silhouette was lit up in