SPECTRAMy heart began beating faster for a split moment, but it calmed down almost immediately. I stared down at Rick who was on the other side of the stands. He wore the Jersey of the opposing team and he was with one of the boys from the other night. Rick stood up and tapped his friend, whispering something I couldn't exactly hear amidst the noise. The friend stood up too. He glanced my way with a stern look, but I didn't mind. If they dared cause a scene in this crowded place, I'd beat them both easily. Besides me, Mira whooped in joy as a guy on Dad's team hit the net with a goal. The crowd was agog and Rick looked away then to the cause of the shouting. “Did you see that??” Ai Fei shouted from her side of the stands, putting her hands around her mouth in a bid to drown the noise out enough for me to hear. I nodded in affirmation, even though I'd not seen the action due to my staredown with Rick. I glanced at the goal playback on the huge screen, and sure, the goal was magnifice

SPECTRA Mira surrendered into my embrace as we kissed, roaming and looking at every corner of her mouth. She clung to me in a very fast fashion, wrapping her thigh around my waist. When we finally disengaged, we were both breathing heavily and short of words. Her eyes were still glazed with passion, and her body was awake in response to my touch. We stared at each other, not saying anything and as if a spell was broken, Mira looked at me very sharply. I stared right back at her, too stunned to speak. She blushed and ran out of the room and banged her door closed as she went into hers. I shook my head and smiled, slumping to the beanbag by my bed. I had mixed feelings; guilty pleasure. While she wasn't a child of my dad's or mom's, and technically we were not related in any biological way. Heck, I wasn't even from this dimension anyway. But you are now, a thought came. I sighed. Yeah, her Dad was married to my Mom. So we were siblings, however by way of marriage. Why does it have

SPECTRA“Hey, Spectra! Over here!” Familiar voices yelled the moment I got on the bus. Kalidor, Ai Fei, Silyn, and Benjamin were seated at the extreme, waving me over. I smiled and scanned through the sea of faces, faintly recognizing some; others, not so much. “I was just telling Kalidor how much of an exciting game he missed on Tuesday,” Ai Fei said with a cheerful smile. She tapped the empty seat beside her, motioning for me to come sit down. Kalidor and the others exchanged knowing glances amongst themselves but said nothing.“What?” Ai Fei asked, laughing. “Oh, nothing!” Silyn responded with a cheeky smile plastered on her face. “Did we say anything was up?” Kalidor chimed in with a smirk. I smiled and shook my head. Sure, they could think of anything they wanted. Who cared? Mira would. Maybe smoke too, that annoying, persistent voice I'd come to hate whispered. I shook my head and turned my thoughts to the conversation they were having. “So, away from the games. Who has see

SPECTRAI stood there dumbfounded, staring at her. She looked at me with her eyes widened like she'd just seen a ghost. “Spectra?” Smoke pestered, wearing a curious look on her face. “Oh, it's um, it's just a talk show I'm listening to,” I managed to say. She didn't look like she believed a word I said.“Hello? Eva Marcel on tonight's show?” I spluttered, turning my ears to reveal an earpiece situated in my ear. Nothing was playing in it, but I hoped she would buy it.She looked disbelievingly at me for a second, and then she took the earpod from me and put it in her ears. I closed my eyes tight because I knew any moment from now she'd uncover the lie to its very root. But when I opened it, she was listening to something. I tapped the other piece on my left ear and crazily enough, an actual talk show was going on. It took me only a second to recognize the voice speaking. It was Eva, my machine assistant. It had split its voice to sound like three distinct speakers and it seemed lik

Rick looked at the others. With trepidation, he picked up the phone. “Have you found him?” The hoarse voice called from the other end. “Yes,” Rick responded swiftly, eager to please. “Very good,” The Man responded. “But you know the plan right?”“Yes Sir!” Rick replied instantly. “Good. Find out if it's here. I don't want no stories,” he warned. Rick and the boys nodded amongst themselves. They had to find it and find him. They couldn't afford to fail.—— ——SPECTRA“Where exactly is Treasure Ridge?” Kalidor muttered beside me. I scanned the houses for any sign of the name labeled at the door. “There!” Brucy pointed to a house at the far right. Kalidor, Benjamin, Brucy, and I trudged with our luggage to the cabin. The night had fallen, but the whole place still looked lit due to the lights provided by the camp. We got into the cabin. The lights were on and two boys were there already. Why did I not find it surprising that Daniel, the randy boy from the bus was part of our cabin? H