"It has been days and they still haven't come out of their house," Josh said to Mary as they were eating breakfast. The kids were upstairs in their room completing their chores up there. Mary sighed, "I still think you should go talk to them, they've calmed down by now," then whispering under her breath, "Probably." He looked at her with a dull face, hearing everything she said, and she just shrugged her shoulders. He put his hands over his face, groaning. Then put on his shoes and walked out the door. He walked to Carlos, knowing he should be the easiest one to talk to. He knocks on the door, waiting for anything to happen. Waiting for Carlos to give him a speech while opening the door, yet nothing happens. Josh shouted out. "I know you don't want to talk to me, but I came here to apologize for what I did." He had no reply, which was not like Carlos, Josh shouted again, "I'm going to come in, Carlos." Still not responding he pulled out a couple of gold and silver and painted keys putting each one in before one opened the door. The house was cluttered with things being placed everywhere, and he looked around shouting his name out. Still nothing so he went upstairs tripping over things left on the ground. As he went into the room he said to himself, "How does he have this much stuff in the house when he lives alone?" He looked around the messy room and checked the closet. He laughed to himself, thinking about Carlos, "Well at least you are not stuck in the closet this time." Some of the clothes were missing. Realizing what had happened, it dawned on him. Carlos ran out of the house, locking the door behind him. Running over to Nimuel's house, saying, "Please open up. I think Carlos left his house behind and…" He pushed out a sentence, closing his eyes, saying, "I really want to see how you are doing." Still, he didn't even skip a beat before pulling out his keys and unlocking the door. Nimuel's house was a full 180 from Carlos' house, and now stale. Everything was organized and clean. He saw a small layer of dust over everything. He walked into the kitchen, seeing that everything was put in order, he took his shoes off, placed them back by the door walking upstairs. Nimual hated anyone walking into his house without his shoes. Going into the bedroom, seeing clothes on the hanger on top of his bed, some were missing, he was gone. Walking down the stairs, putting his hands up, and walking out of the house. He last went to Ade's house, knocking on the door, shouting for him to open up. After not hearing anything, he unlocked the door, shouting out his name before hearing someone walking down the stairs. Ade looked at him, confused. "Josh, what are you doing in my house?" Josh sighed in reflection, saying, "I'm sorry for breaking into your house but Nimuel and Carlos are gone." Ade face sighted went to surprise to plain saying "Well you know that they are gone, may you please leave my house." Josh looked at him, "Well, we could talk about your mistakes." Ade calmly walked to the door, opening it. Josh groaned, trying to say something but he didn't know what to say. He left the house.
After closing the door, he watched as Josh walked back to his house before locking the door, looking down at his phone, saying to himself, "Guys, where did you go?"
Carlos, looking down, watched the busy car driving through the street from the apartment window, sighing. Nimuel looked at him while he was fixing up a laptop on the kitchen table. He found that laptop at a yard sale sold for a really low price. Carlos didn't like him buying technology when he could just borrow some from Robert. Nimuel asked, "Are you thinking about Josh right now?" Carlos nodded his head yes, turning his head, saying, "I think we should have left a note or something telling them that we were leaving." Nimuel groaned just thinking about Josh, "They would be fine without us for a little while, plus it's good to take a break from everything." Carlos pulled up the seat next to him, "So I see that you really didn't want to talk about it." Nimual nodded his head, "Well, let's talk about the laptop then. What are you doing with that old thing in any way?" Nimuel was thinking about the computer wiring, a spark then smoked and banged on the table, saying, "Trying to fix this thing so we have at least one working laptop since we didn't bring that many things with us." Carlos just smiled, saying, "I love hearing you talk about technology." Nimuel blushed slightly, grabbing his shoulder, saying, "Are you trying to flirt with me," Carlos shrugged his shoulders, saying, "What about it? Are you going to do something about it?" Then a ring from his phone, Carlos groaned, walking away from the table texting back, he moved one of his hands away from his face, turning back to him, "I'm sorry about that was someone... It's just not important." Nimuel rolled his eyes, saying, "Is that the waiter from the restaurant that you've been talking to for the last couple of days?" Carlos was thrown off by the question, "How did you know that…" He stopped himself. "Were you spying on me?" Nimuel got up from the table to meet his eyes level. "He was texting you while you were in the bathroom." Carlos threw his arm up, saying, "¿Para qué me molesto siquiera en intentarlo contigo?" Nimual snapped back, saying something also in Spanish"¿Qué significa eso!?" Carlos looked at him, shrugging his shoulders. Carlos, saying, "En realidad no querías hablar de los problemas reales a los que te enfrentas!" Nimual shouted back "¡No quiero hablar de ti, siempre quiero hablar de los problemas para que parezcas la superviviente!" "How dare you say that about me?" Nimual said, "Because I am angry at everyone right now!" Carlos scoffed, then got a call from Ade. He walked into the other room to take the call. Nimual sat back in his seat.
His hands were glowing as he touched the laptop; his eyes glowed before everything went white. His eyes adjusted to the environment he looked around, seeing nothing but a dark blue background with everyone with an internet-like video game screen. He pushed past all of that, going to the laptop he was working on earlier, seeing the iCloud of everything the computer had on it. Then hearing a voice calling to him, "Do you want to talk about what just happened?" He turned over, seeing the digital version of himself. He groaned, trying to push from out of his space. "I thought I silenced you a while ago," his other self floated around him, giggling, "We both know I'm in your mind." Nimual ignored him and went back to his work as his other self kept making sounds. He shouted out, "Why can't you just shut up for five minutes?" His self stopped tilting his head, looking like a confused lost child himself, then saying, "Because you kept avoiding the real problem you are dealing with." That made Nimual think, "You have no idea what you are talking about." The other self spun around him as they floated in the air. "You could lie to yourself all you want, but it wants to change a thing." Nimual pushed him away, shaking his head, remembering what Josh said, "I had enough of this." He looked at himself, both hearing a voice calling out to him, "Nimual, are you there?" Nimual closed his eyes as everything went white before opening them.
Seeing Carlos, he checked the time, 3:45; he had been out for 2 hours. "I saw you working on something but after a while I just came to make sure everything was okay." Nimual got up, stretching himself, saying, "Thank you. What did Ade want to talk to you about?" Carlos sighed, "Nothing, Josh just told him that we weren't home." Nimual, rubbing his eyes, "That it's?" Carlos just shakes his head. "Yes," he then opened the window as the cold breeze blew itself into the living room and kitchen. Carlos waved to Nimual, " I'm about to head out, I will be back before you sleep." Put his Nimual hand to his temple, saying, "You know you are not supposed to use your abilities after the recent news." Carlos smiled, replying, "I will be fine Isbella and Finley are in the hospital and leaving to face charges and they know won't do anything all that was put on Josh Kid." Falling out of the window and flying through the sky. Nimual walked up to the window, groaning before closing it.
Carlos flew through the sky, dodging buildings, smiling, and seeing people below. He spun through the air before landing on top of a building, watching the sun set. He leaned back, saying, "I love just relaxing with the abilities I was created with." He groaned, thinking about how they all used to watch the sunset years ago, but that time was now over, just like the sun set. And the night rises from the day, lighting starts to turn on, lighting up the city. He jumped off the building, feeling in between buildings, about to go back home, before seeing a pizza shop named ´Pie Six.' He stopped looking at the building, and his stomach growled at him. He floated mid-air, thinking about whether he should go or he should go eat. He floated down, seeing people looking at him and kids pointing at him in amazement. Some people moved away from him, shielding their kids from his gaze like he would turn them into stone if he looked at them. He found it amusing, something like he could turn people into stone with a quick look. He smiled, walking into the building, and the host smiled back before directing him to a table in the middle of the restaurant. He sat looking over the menu of pizzas, calzones, and pastas. The waiter came up to him, saying, "What would you like to drink today sir?" Carlos replied with a "Coke. Someone else spoke, "And I take a glass of your finest wine. Carlos looked away from a waiter's gaze to meet the man now sitting across from him.
The waiter looked unsure about what to do, but Carlos just shook his head and nodded, saying, "I will let you decide what you are going to eat." Carlos smiled before looking at the man, confused. He sat back in his chair before leaning towards Carlos, saying, "Sorry about my entry like this, my name is Raza but you could call me Ra for short. My date was supposed to come, but they never did and when I saw you alone, I thought that your date also flaked out on you." Carlos was taken back about how the person was. He was so relaxed, even in his voice, it was light and soft to hear. Carlos put down his menu. "I don't have a date with me Ra," he didn't skip a beat, saying, "What about your friends that I saw you hanging out with on the news?" Carlos didn't know how to respond to that question. Ra then said, "Oh, I'm sorry, is something wrong?" Carlos put back up his menu, saying, "Our friendships have been estranged lately and I am not sure about what to do." Carlos looked over to see a reaction, saying, "Oh…. that was a ton of information to think about," There was a quiet before," I thought it over and I believe it takes time for a relationship to be healthy and to grow you have to fix the problem head-on." Carlos' eyes light up, then Ra said that, smiling and now blushing but trying to hide it, "Thank you Ra." The waiter came back, placing down the drinks, saying, "Have we decided what we are going to be eating tonight?" He was around late 20s, early thirties, his hair was long and curly black, light brown eyes, long and well built for a waiter in Carlos opinion. They both replied at the same time, "A cheese and sausage pizza." They both started to laugh, and the waiter left, rolling his eyes. Carlos said, "Can you read my mind or something?" Ra sat up, saying, "I wish I could read minds that would be so cool." Ra stopped looking at Carlos, "You should read my mind to know what to think." Carlos looked at him, replying with " I can't read my mind either, it doesn't even seem like a good ability to have." Ra raised his eyebrows, saying, "Can you turn my wine into water?" Carlos just shook his head yes, but said, "Why did you order wine if you won't drink it?" Ra shrugged his shoulders, saying, "I thought you might like someone you drink every so often." Carl smirked, saying, "I never really drink that often, only on really special events like birthdays." He put his hand over the wine glass, turning it to water, and they both toasted their glass. They went on talking about anything they could think up until the food came and after. Ra even paid for the bill, saying, "It was the least I could do for crashing your alone time." They were heading out before Ra, saying, " Are you going to take me out on a real date soon?" Carlos' face went red, unsure what to say. Ra got closer to Carlos. He started to walk away before grabbing his hand, pulling him in to kiss him. Carlos was shaken before he closed his eyes. They pulled away from each other before kissing again. Carlos smiled, making a pen and paper, writing his name down, "Here's my number so we can go on a real date." Carlos skipped away before flying up into the sky. Raza's smile disappeared as he watched Carlos leave to stiffen his body, fixing his clothes, then, looking behind him, the waiter walked up to him.
The waiter snapped and changed his outfit into a long-sleeved black shirt and gray sweatpants. He sighed, "Was kissing him really needed, we just need him to trust you." Raza snapped back, "It was needed for our mission at large; he would not trust me even more because of that old mighty king." The guy laughed, putting his hand on Raza's shoulder, "I guess….." The guy snapped open a portal, walking towards it. "Let's get out of here Eve is making dinner." The man makes a ball of fire in his hand and has a big smile on his face. Raza looks at him, "Michael, you fool, Alex told you we need to make sure we are not known." The man smirked, "I know I just love to see your reaction." Raza just rolled his eyes, looking at his silver watch at 8:53pm. "We only have another seven minutes before they come back to their senses." They looked around at the frozen time; people around them were stuck in the same place, and the whole city block. The man tried to wrap his arms around Raza before being stopped. The man smirked, "I love when you get all about mission, mission, mission." Raza groaned," Why did I have to be put on this mission with you? Please may the gods kill you both, I do." They walked through the portal, closing it behind them. The people looked around, dazed as phones buzzed and rang as people started to check them.
Carlos entered through the living room window, seeing a couch, walking through 'Mean Girls," and looking up from the TV, "I thought you would be out longer." Carlos replied, "Well, I just want to come back home early." Nimual moved over, saying, "Do you want to finish Mean Girls with me?" Carlos sat down, "Yeah, do you think our life will be normal?" Nimual says, "Being normal is lame; it's more fun here with you." Nimual held his hand as Carlos grabbed it. They did a handshake, saying at the same time, "Friend forever." They hugged, and Carlos said, "Oh, I love this part." Carlos lay back on the gentle eyes, yawning. He touched the pillows gently, smiling and saying, "Human."
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