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2: Discovering Powers, Facing Catastrophes
Author: Juliana Arias
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While I was trying to take in the whole thing about the transformation I just experienced in my body, I looked at Sasha, her adorable blue eyes reflecting a perceptible mix of fear and amazement at what we were experiencing. I try to smile to reassure her, but I have to be honest with one thing; I also felt like her, scared and confused, since now I was left uncertain of knowing what was next with my life from now on.

“Sasha, little sister, everything is going to be okay. “Do you remember that news story we watched together last week on TV about how the US government was experimenting with new inhuman abilities on people that turned them into superheroes?” I said, trying to make my voice sound calm and convincing so that She can take this situation calmly.

The system in my head continued to count down, it was at 15% charge, and the female robotic voice kept giving me information about activation as if I had ordered it to do so.

“Survivor mode”, what the hell did that mean?

That didn't matter, now, what mattered most was checking my sister's leg, knowing her condition, knowing if she would be able to walk or not in case we needed her to do so.

I placed my hand on top of her wound that had dried blood on it, and soon, Sasha and I watched as a soft, warm light emanated from my fingers, healing her wound instantly. My eyes widened in surprise at having to be the one who produced this phenomenon in my sister's body.

“Sasha, have you seen that too? Tell me yes, please, I don't want to think that I'm going crazy," I said to my sister in amazement without taking my eyes off her wound, which was now completely healed, the dried blood had disappeared, and her leg felt as if it were, nothing would have happened.

“Wow! "This is incredible, are you a superhero now, Henry?" Sasha exclaimed in surprise, her eyes shining with admiration, forgetting for a moment that a couple of minutes ago, she was crying because her leg hurt a lot because of the wound. .

To be honest, I didn't have a clear answer to give Sasha. But the evidence was obvious, something magical has taken over my entire being, turning me into something I never imagined would ever be real. Just like Sasha, I was in a kind of state of shock, and decided it was time to explore; I concentrated, and then, with a slight movement of my hand, I generated a small ball of warm energy that floated above the palm of my hand. I could feel the soft warmth of her brush against my skin. A smile spread across my face, I look at my sister intently, she is completely amazed by what she saw.

“Incredible!” I muttered to myself without taking my eyes off her at the ball of energy that persisted in her position on my hand.

With another slight movement, the energy ball goes out, and I decide to get into the car when the worst happens; A small tremor of a magnitude of 4.5 on its scale began to be felt. The car was moving very strongly, and even though we were a little crowded inside my mother's car, as best I could, I became my sister's shield, she clung closer to my chest, and I hugged her so that don't be more scared than you already were because of the tremor.

The earth was moving with force, I could almost witness small cracks appearing in the street, announcing to me that an earthquake was going to occur.

In my head, the robotic female voice stopped the countdown to tell me what I should do right now to save my sister and me from a greater catastrophe:

“Levithat,” said the robotic female voice in my head.

I didn't really know what he was referring to, but after a couple of seconds I began to deduce it, I assumed that that was a word that I should say because it would help me a lot at this moment, and so I did.

“Levithat,” I said out loud, with strength and dominance so that having said this word would serve some purpose, and indeed, it did; The word served to suddenly make Sasha and I perceive how the car began to levitate in the air. Allowing us both to stop feeling the strong vibrations of the earth moving beneath our feet, and now, Sasha and I were witnessing the earth collapsing before our eyes, and only a huge, endless hole of earth remained.

The shaking stopped, and the car continued levitating in the air, but I was already much calmer and decided to look out to check that everything was going well because I hid in the middle of the protective hug that Sasha and I gave each other.

"Curse! This is crazy!" I screamed when my eyes realized that everything around us, everything we knew as a shopping center, had instantly disappeared, there was no longer any trace of it, since now, in its place, there was nothing more. a huge hole of earth that was falling more and more.

I just hoped and prayed to God that my mother had managed to get out in time before this, even before she and we had separated.

"Henry? What's happening? "Is everything okay?" Sasha asked curiously after separating from our embrace. She wanted to look out, but I stopped her from doing so, because the truth was that I didn't want that disturbing scene to remain in her mind. Before she could see everything that had happened behind her, I decided to put my hand over her eyes to not let her see anything, and with the strength of my hand, I made her move back so that she could adjust herself again instead.

“Sasha, let's do something, you're going to put your seatbelt on, I'm going to get into the driver's seat, start the car and drive until I find a safe place where we can spend the night, okay? But I need you to do something for me while I take care of this,” I told my sister, while I was helping her put on her seat belt because while I was talking to her, she listened to me. That was what I loved most about my sister; She was very obedient, no matter what, not even who was giving her the order.

She nodded without opposing my decision, and I continued:

"Please, don't go looking back, promise me that under no circumstances will you do it, you will always look forward until I tell you, do you think you can do it? Let's take it as a game if you want, if you stop doing What I'm telling you, you lose, got it?" I said as I finished making sure my sister's seat belt was securely fastened.

She nodded confidently, and I left her side to go to the driver's seat of the car. I start the car, and step on the accelerator as I realize that the car continues to levitate in the air while I drive.

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