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Power surges through my hand and a flash of blue light blinds me. I stumble back. Alarms are blurring and everything is dark.
“Don’t touch her!” I hear James warn someone.
“I’ve got her,” Theo’s voice soothes as his arms wrap around me. “It’s okay Jose, you’re safe,”
Alarms continue to scream incessantly and I realise what it s, I’ve heard it on TV before. It’s the sound of someone flatlining. Mason’s heart has stopped. Theo had told me this had happened to him but I thought he meant for just a second, this feels like too long
“Mason,” I gasp, panic gripping me.
“Give him a minute,” Theo says softly. My vision suddenly returns and I see Mason sprawled out on the mat, completely still.
“Why is he not waking up? You were awake by the time my vision returned,” I say, my voice trembling. Tense seconds tick by as we all watch Mason.
“40 seconds,” James calls.
“Brain function active,” Sarah adds.
“Prepare for defib,” James instructs and Sarah quickly moves closer to Mason with the defibrillator. Theo’s arms tighten around me and he burys his face against my neck.
“One minute,” James announces.
“Wait,” Theo startles. “Josie touch him again, I landed on your feet, we were touching when I woke up,” he pulls down to kneel next to Mason. Without hesitation, I place my hands on Mason’s body and sag in relief when he gasps and his heart monitor begins to beep in sync with my own.
“Fuck,” Mason groans, curling into the fetal position.
“You’re okay Mace, you’re going to be fine,” Theo reassures him, rubbing his back.
“Theo, your fucking girlfriend just killed me,” Mason grunts and Theo laughs. The others all start to chuckle too, probably in relief, but I’m mortified.
“No more!” I whisper. “We are not doing this again,” I say louder when no one responds.
“Yes, we are,” Luke protests. “There’s no way I’m never touching you again, so we either do it here and now whilst we have people here that can help, or I’ll do it when you are least expecting it,”
The look of determination in his eyes tells me it’s the truth. One way or another he will trigger The Spark. I suppose he has a point, it’s better to do this now with a defibrillator on hand.
“More fool you,” Mason says as he struggles to his feet, “zero out of ten, I do not recommend,” he sags into the chair in the corner, looking pale and a little worse for wear.
“His stats are good,” Sarah assures when she sees me watching him in concern.
“Fine,” I huff in defeat.
“Me next,” Luke grins and pulls off his t–shirt.
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“This time I suggest you both lay on the mats and then hold hands, try not to break the contact and we will see if that works,” James says as he studies the monitors. He doesn’t mask the excitement in his voice.
I take my place next to Luke on the mat, I decide I won’t be the one to touch him, if he wants to kill himself so badly he can be the one to make contact. James gives us the green light to begin. I lay motionless, focusing on my breathing. Luke grabs my hand and I feel the jolt shoot up my arm. I squeeze my eyes shut in an attempt to shield them from the bright light, but this is useless as the light seems to come from within me. The light seems. impossibly brighter this time and there’s a ringing in my cars, this is new. It’s so loud I can’t hear what is happening in the room. I don’t know if Luke’s heart has stopped. Seconds pass and the sound fades. I hear the erratic beat of Luke’s heart and my vision returns.
“Are you okay?” I ask, sitting up to check on Luke, “No,“1
“he groans, “I think I’m going to need mouth to mouth,”
“You’re going to get fist to mouth if you don’t start taking this seriously,” I huff, but I can’t stop the smile on my
face.
“I’m fine, Goddess, I promise,” he pushes himself into a sitting position. He looks a little pale and tired but otherwise okay.
That went much smoother, let’s do the same with Axel now,” James says cheerfully.
“This is getting more intense each time, the flash I see is getting brighter and this time there was a loud ringing in my ears,” I tell him, concerned.
James nods in understanding, “I think I have an explanation for that, since you first triggered The Spark with Theo, have either of you noticed a rapid progression in your gifts?”
Theo admits he’s noticed he’s now much stronger and faster and has managed to take down Axel in combat training, something he’s never managed before. Luke tells him about my swift power development. James then explains the readings of our brain activity and how it’s increasing with each Spark. He thinks it’s a power share, and that it’s only going to get stronger.
“This is awesome,” Theo exclaims excitedly.
“It makes sense, the Spark bond is supposed to be the most powerful out of any other bond group” Luke comments, the cogs in his geek brain activated.
Axel has an excited smile but remains quiet. Mason decides to test his telekinesis strength by making Theo float a few inches off of the ground, then he gives me a wedgy, with his mind. I retaliate on instinct, and without much effort, I tip him off his chair, with my freaking mind! Mason looks at me in shock and I blow him a kiss, with my middle finger. Then I readjust my shorts.
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“Oh I think Mason has finally met his match, she’s not even had any training.” Luke laughs.
“We will see,” Mason grunts.
Deacon starts typing away furiously on his phone and I wonder what he’s up to now.
“I’m rearranging your timetables, the five of you will need private tutoring to get any new or enhanced powers under control. I’d also prefer we didn’t discuss this with any other students, until we know you are safe to be around them,” Deacon says as if he just read my mind. My guys begin to protest but I decide to test a theory. I focus on Deacon and think at him hard.
“Can you hear me, D?‘ I think at him. His eyes flick to me before he continues with his heated discussion.
‘Oh my god, you can can’t you!‘ I mentally exclaim. When he doesn’t react I give him a suspicious look. I’m not
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sure if he’s purposely ignoring me or if I’m wrong about his gift.
“Are you going to be attending these special training sessions with us? Because I noticed you don’t have a room in our apartment,” Theo says to Deacon, his arms folded over his chest and his tone bitter.
“No, why would I? I’m not one of her bonds,”
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