New Life by Lora Carlson (read e books online free TXT) 📕

me. I looked at my nails and cocked my hip. The rest of the giants walked up next to the first guy and smiled. I looked up and raised an eyebrow.

“What? Did you think that we were totally serious solders? Dude, that burns” Said the first guy.
I couldn’t help it, I smiled. He sounded way too much like Peter, the guy who got the Positive I was talking about. I squinted, brown messy hair, square jaw, straight nose and gray eyes...

“Peter?” I said skeptically. This giant could not be Peter. Peter was a lanky kid who couldn’t even pick me up, and I weigh like 10 pounds. Actually 100 but, same thing. He grinned.

“No way!!! Peter, that can’t be you. You're too....big”

“Woah, harsh little dudette, believe me when I say, Tyton city is rough. Especially if you have a mega powerful Ember like me and these guys” The three other guys wave. I glance at them. Peter walks over to them and points to a cappuccino colored guy with shaggy black hair.

“This is Marco, he can manipulate Earth” Marco winks at me.

“This is Jimmy. He’s an Electro. An Electro is someone who can-”

“-control any electricity around him” I finish with a smirk. I know a couple Electrons in Rats. Peter looks at me weirdly then turns to the last guy.

“This is Finn. His Ember is flying” Finn just nods at Ben and me.

“I'm impressed” Marco said abruptly, to break the awkward silence.

“Why?” I asked.

“It usually takes the fresh meat at least an half hour of waiting and shouting for help to actually try the wall”

We were all surprised when Finn asked: “Yeah, how did you get it so fast?”

“Well, we just stood there for a couple seconds then I looked at the wall closer and saw the crack in the door”

“How could you have seen it? It’s invisible to the naked eye” at this point Finn was all up in my face. Personal space bro, respect it.

“What is your Ember?” Jimmy asked from behind Finn, who wouldn’t break eye contact with me.

"I'm Telekinetic"

"Woah, dude, cool" Peter exclaimed.

"I'm a healer, if anybody cares" said Ben.

"So, if we're all done chit chatting I think we should get them inside" Jimmy said after we all just stared awkwardly at the ground. Peter and Finn just walked away so I followed them. Cause I’m pretty sure that's what they wanted us to do. With Peter and Finn in front and Jimmy and Marco behind we were escorted through the giant white (no surprise there) doors. It felt like we were prisoners and they were our guards. It was a weird feeling. The hallway we walked down was surprisingly dark. And creepy. There were not gas lanterns. Sadly. So it felt less like we were being led to a dungeon. And more like we were being led to our executions. I'm just kidding. We came to another set of doors and walked into Tyton city. It was not what I expected. For one thing, it was a lot smaller than I thought it would be. Tyton city was white (of course) and round. I walked into the center of the white tile floor and spun around slowly. There were six doors. Each door had a number above it. I walked to the first door and looked at it closely. There was no door handle, just a smooth surface. I backed up and looked around the door. The number one was just plain metal. Next to the door was a metal plate with a green button on it. I pressed it. A part of the wall slid up above the button and a security camera popped out. I electronic female voice said.

“Say your name”

“Um, Emma?”

“Say your full name” It commanded.

“Uh, Emma Moore?” Peter walked up behind me.

“Computer, she’s fresh meat, leave her alone” Peter said. The camera slid back into its compartment.

I just looked at it as Peter steered me away from the door.

“These doors lead to all the levels of Tyton City. We are headed to door number six.” Finn said coldly. Then he walked to the door with the number six on it and pressed the green button. The little camera popped out of the hidden compartment and the electronic voice said:

“Say your name”

“Finn Taylor”

“Welcome back, Mr. Taylor” the camera slides back into the compartment and the door slides open.

“Come on” Finn mumbles. I walk into the little room and stand between Peter and Marco. When Jimmy walks in the door slides close and lights blink on. It’s an elevator, I thought. Finn puts his thumb on a little green light and holds it there. A couple seconds later he pulls his hand away and shoves his hands in his pockets.

“Hold on tight” Peter whispers into my ear. I look at him and then suddenly were shooting downwards at break neck speed. We stop abruptly and shoot forwards. I fall back against Marco. He grabs my arms and holds me up. I look up at him and he grins at me. I stood up only to be knocked back down again by the force of the elevator shooting forwards. Then we stopped again. I stood up and looked around. No doors were opening and Finn looked agitated.

 

“This isn’t right” He said, pushing buttons on the panel.

 

“What direction are we supposed to be going?” I asked, feeling the walls.

 

“Down five levels and forward two” I can do this, easy as cake. I thought. So I put my hands on the walls and closed my eyes. I never was good at baking.

 

“Hang on” I warned. I pushed my Ember through my fingers and into the small room. I used my Ember to force the elevator down. I moved us five levels down then adjusted to push us two levels forward. I removed my hands from the wall and turned around.

 

“We’re here” I said weakly, then blacked out.

 

I woke up with a hand on my forhead. I looked at the hand, crossing my eyes.

 

"You shouldn't do that. Your eyes could get stuck." I looked towards the voice. Marco. I looked past the hand and at the face it was connected to. Ben. I sat up.

 

"Ow." I stated, rubbing my head. "What happened?"

 

"After you moved the elevator you blacked out. We had to carry you to the infirmary because I haven't mastered waking someone up" Ben said coldy. I swing my legs over the side of the cot. Marco and Ben are the only people in the room. It's small, with blue white walls and tiled floor. The cot I was on was really squishy and smelled like bleach. The lights on the ceiling were extremely bright. I squinted and licked my lips. Instantly they dried out. Ben was quietly consulting Marco about soomething. There wasn't a door to the room, it was just a curtain. I watched the shadows of people walking past. 

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Text: Lora C
Publication Date: 06-22-2012

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Dedication:
I have been thinking of this story for a couple of months so now i am writing it. I tried a couple days ago and then deleted it. on accident. It sucked.