Chapter 8

Chapter 8

Alexia let out a long, wide yawn.  She slowly got up and looked around, feeling like she had slept for days.  It took her a while to remember what happened before, but when she did, she felt the dried blood completely covering her arm.  She got up and swayed a little bit, probably from blood loss.  Too bad the scientists probably didn’t care about that, just as long as she didn’t actually pass out, they might get a little bit upset about that.  After managing to steady herself, she found herself some clothes.  She picked out a tight-fitting blue tee-shirt and some light colored blue jeans.  After grabbing her underwear, she stepped in the shower, being very careful of her still tender wound.

About 30 minutes later, Alexia was drying her hair when she suddenly gasped and put a hand to her head from pain.  She felt like her head was splitting open the headache was so bad .Colors swirled before her eyes, and she felt herself sway like she was going to fall.  The last thing she thought of before the colors around her started mixing into a huge swirl was that she thought it was very pretty.

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Alexia was back in the main room with all of the other kids. The white coat freaks were saying something about a new subject.  Alexia didn't really understand what they were saying, she wasn’t sure if she cared at that moment anyway.  She was too busy looking at an exact  replica of herself sitting next to the others on the couch.  ‘That can’t be a replica, that’s me!’ Alexia thought to herself.  That's when she realized that the whole thing must have been a dream. After she decided that’s what was going on, she finally tuned her mind back into what the scientists were saying.

"This is the newest test subject.  His room is on the other side of yours Alexia.  Make him feel as at home as you horrible children can.  Okay?  Oh, by the way, his name is Damon."  The head-white coat herself Ms. Jomen said.  Alexia knew she wasn't a Mrs. because there was no way anyone would want to marry anyone like her.  She was too much of a, well; Alexia wasn’t allowed to say what she was. But either way, she wasn’t a very nice person and there was no way that anyone would want to marry her, or even date her for that matter.

Next to Jomen stood a tall boy who looked to be about her and Cheater's age. He had blondish brown hair in the current long style and light brown eyes that shined.  Alexia thought that he had a smile that could possibly light up the sun.  Cheater was the caring one, so he introduced everyone.

As Cheater said Alexia's name, her replica smiled and Alexia saw the colors around her swirl again.  This time she knew that she was going to be back in her room when it was over, so it didn't scare her as much.  ‘It’s still the weirdest feeling possible though, but thank goodness it didn’t hurt as much this time.’ Alexia thought to herself as she drifted back into the colors.

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Alexia opened her eyes to find herself sitting on the floor of her room with one hand still on her head.  It didn't really hurt as much as the first time, it was more of a strange feeling that she couldn’t describe.  She sighed when her stomach started grumbling loudly, bringing huger pains with it.  It looked like she was going to have to think about this later, food was calling out to her instead.  She just couldn't seem to put the food on hold!

She grumpily went into the kitchen, still sleepy.  Between being tired and all of the other things that were going on, she just felt like she wanted to go back to bed. She sadly knew that she couldn’t though.  Rummaging in the fridge, Alexia pulled out some microwavable French fries and popped them in.  ‘Breakfast doesn't have to consist of breakfast food!’  Alexia thought with a small grin.

After her meal, Alexia thought that it would be best to talk to Cheater about her newest abnormality.  Yeah, that thing with the swirly colors is definitely not normal, if it was, she was a monkey’s uncle.  She walked out the door to her apartment just to run into Cheater's chest.

"OOFF!"  Cheater grunted.  He looked down at her and chuckled.  "I was just going to check on you.  I felt you wake up and I was worried.  There was something strange in your thoughts."  He said, looking worried.

‘Aww, how cute!’  Alexia thought, he was worried about her.  Oops, she really hoped that he didn't hear that!  ‘Darn mind reader.’  She thought grumpily.

"Yes Alexia, I did hear that and I am worried about you!  Dillenwater seems to have taken a special interest in you, which isn't too good for you."  He said sounding both serious and joking.  Alexia didn't think that it was possible for someone to do that, yet he had.  He just had to be strange!  Then she thought about where they were and what was going on around them and chuckled along with him.

Alexia dragged him into her apartment and went to get them some chips to snack on.  When she got back from the kitchen, he was lying on the couch with his head at one end and his feet at the other.  "Are you comfortable?"  She asked, lightly glaring at him, while laughing on the inside.

"Yes, very."  Cheater said smugly.  He snuggled deeper into the cushions of the couch and grabbed the blanket that Alexia had placed at one end of the couch.  He pulled it on top of him and sighed contentedly.

"Well, I'm guessing that you're not going to move, are you?"  Alexia said, sighing.

"Nope, not even an inch."  He said smirking.

"Well, will you at least take off your shoes so you don't get your nasty feet on my couch?"

"Nope.  It's not like you can make me either.  Remember, I can anticipate your moves.  MIND-READER!"  He laughingly yelled the last word.  Alexia silently laughed as well.  He wouldn't be expecting this.  Cheater's eyes narrowed.  "You wouldn't."  He said seriously.

"Mmmhmm..." was Alexia's reply as she stepped to where his feet were.  As Cheater started to get up, she launched herself on top of him while letting out a battle cry.  Cheater was squirming, confused at her sudden outburst.  He hadn't been prepared for her to actually jump on him, which was what Alexia was counting on.  She flipped him over and sat on his back.  She also pulled his hands behind his back and tied them with a hair band.  She quickly stooped down to pull his shoes off and throw them in the direction of her front door.

“Now your feet are no longer on my couch.  That’s what you get for not taking good care of other people’s furniture.”  Alexia said with a grin.

After winning her battle, Alexia settled down into one of the living room's chairs.  After a while, Cheater managed to untie himself, all the while glaring at Alexia.  "Thanks, you couldn't even untie me?"  He asked, pretending to be hurt.

"Of course not!"  Alexia acted appalled.  "Then you might have put your shoes back on my couch!"  She laughed for a few seconds, then suddenly got serious.  In light of the battle over her couch, she had forgotten to tell Cheater about the dream and colors.  She quickly filled Cheater in on what had happened since she last saw him.  His expression was grimly excited when she finished.

"Well, it seems like you have a new power.  That’s kind of cool even though it might cause some problems.  I'm just not sure what it is yet.  But you definitely have a new power.  I have a theory about though."  He said glumly.

"Well?  What is it?  What's your theory?"  Alexia said excitedly.

"What?  Oh, I'm not going to tell you until I'm sure silly!"  Cheater said, going back to his happy self.

"Why not?" Alexia said with a whine. She didn't mean to whine but couldn't help it. It was HER life after all...

"Because I don't want you to know about it until I'm sure!  Deal with it!"  Cheater said, chuckling at her begging expression.  After a few more minutes of her begging, they got bored and started to watch TV. Cartoons were on and they decided to watch them. They laughed at the characters for a while until there was a knock on the door.  Alexia slowly walked over to the door and opened it.

Trixie stood in the doorway, staring glumly at them.  Alexia hadn't thought that Trixie could be glum, the girl was way too happy for a frown, it was kind of weird.  The frown looked horrible on the girl’s angelic little face, and Alexia hoped that she didn’t have to see a frown on her face again, it was just too sad.

"The lab dudes have an announcement.  They told me to come get you.  So, come on!"  Trixie said, slowly getting back to normal.  She grabbed each of their arms and dragged them out into the main room.  All the white coats were standing around in a row. Alexia shrugged and plopped down on one of the couches, Cheater and Trixie both moving to sit next to her.  Alexia felt a prick of déjà vu and realized that this was a lot like her swirly thing's vision.  She was sitting next to the same people, and the scientists were lined up the same way she saw them in her dream.  The scientists were even saying something about a new test subject, but Alexia was too caught up in thought to pay attention.  Then she saw Jomen step forward and knew that she needed to listen to her.

"This is the newest test subject.  His room is on the other side of yours Alexia.  Make him feel as at home as you horrible children can.  Okay?  Oh, by the way, his name is Damon." The head-white coat herself Ms. Jomen said yet again.  This is exactly what she had said in the dream!  She caught Cheater's eyes and he nodded, he knew too.  Alexia was starting to get kind of scared, she was starting to realize what it might mean to have seen this before.

The boy named Damon stood next to her.  He looked just like Alexia thought in her dream.  Cheater sent her another look and got up.  He was the caring one, so he introduced everyone just like he did in her dream.  When Cheater introduced Alexia, Damon walked over to her and smiled.  He turned to everyone.

The lab people left in such a speed that it seemed the place might be on fire, of course it was just because they were so afraid of the children in from of them.  For good reason of course, the children could definitely hurt them if they wanted.  But they were just kids, they didn’t want to hurt people.

"Um... Hi, my name is Damon, and the evil people that just left brought me from another place like this in Ohio...Oh, and my power is shape shifting.  I can change into any living thing that I want to at will.  I can’t do people though, they are too complex because I can’t do their voices like I can do animal sounds."  Damon sounded really nervous, like it was important that we all liked him.  Alexia wondered why and decided that he must not have had any friends at his old lab/school.

Everyone told him their powers as well, since they hadn't done that when they had first introduced themselves.  Alexia decided to tell everyone everything when they got to her.

"Well," she started out slowly.  "I started with telekinesis, but then they experimented on me.  Now I have my telekinesis, I can control fire, and I just found out that I have a new power that Cheater thinks he knows what is but won't tell me!"  Alexia said, getting into the old argument.  She was still really worked up that Cheater wouldn’t tell her what he thought her new power was.

"Ok, ok.  I'll tell you!  But only because your being such a baby about it.  I'm pretty sure... that you are psychic."  He mumbled.

"Psychic as in like seeing the future?  That’s so cool!"  Alexia gasped.

"Yeah, but your 'visions' are much more detailed.  I mean, you knew just about all of the stuff that happened just now."  Cheater said, getting somewhat excited.  He got excited really easy, Alexia noted to herself. He sent her a funny look and she grinned back at him. He must have heard her.  He ignored Alexia’s thought and went on, "I just really hope that you don't get that weird look on your face, that's really not attractive."

"Hey, even if I get that weird look, you know that it would look awesome on me!"  Alexia said, lightly punching him.  She did punch him enough to hurt though.

"Ouch!  What was that for?  I didn’t do anything."  Cheater said, rubbing his shoulder where she hit him.

"That's for saying that I wouldn't be attractive in even one circumstance.  You should know to you never tell a girl that!  That's like trying to guess her weight!  I thought that was something in the guy rule book!"  Alexia gasped, as if she were amazed he hadn't read the guy book.

"Oh really, well, how much do you weigh?"  Cheater said, getting a serious look on his face.

"I should kill you!"  Alexia said, standing up.

"Now guys, as much as I would love to see Alexia kick Cheater's butt, shouldn't someone show Damon to his room?"  Jared said, always the calm one to break up fights.  Alexia had noticed that pretty quickly once she got to the school.

"Yeah, I guess I'll do it."  Alexia said sadly.  She had really been looking forward to beating Cheater up, it sounded like fun.  "Let's go.  They said that your room was next to mine, and since Cheater's is on the right side of me, yours must be on the left.  Here it is."  Alexia opened the door to a brightly lit green room.  The furniture was all green, and the room was yet another replica of hers, except for the color of course.  She showed him where everything would be.

"Thanks for the help.  I'm glad you were the one to show me."  Damon said, smiling his bright smile.  His teeth were so white, Alexia noticed.

"Oh, um, you're welcome.  I'm glad I got to show you too."  Alexia said, suddenly shy.

"Oh, well, goodnight then."  Damon said.  He walked her to the door and stood outside it.

"'Night."  Alexia replied sleepily.

"See you in the morning."

"Mmmhmm..." Alexia said, almost asleep already.  She waved to Damon and went into her own apartment.  She took a quick shower  She got into her pajamas, and brushed her teeth.  When she was ready for bed, she sat her iPod on the docking station that she brought from home and turned up a playlist that always helped her fall asleep.

The playlist did just what it was supposed to, and Alexia fell asleep a few minutes later.

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A/N

Hey guys, im soooo sorry that i havent uploaded u in a while. Ive had school, and all soorts of other stuff.... I just wanted to dedicate this to all of my fans... Even those of you who read this but never clicked the fan button. I am just so happy that you have even looked at this. So, thanks.

But mainly, this chapter goes out to two of my friends from school.

Steven Jeffery & Dyanna Thompson<3 , this one was for you!