Hidden Powers ✔️

Chapter 4

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"Joy... Joy.... Time to wake up..."

I felt someone shaking me and tugging on my arm. "Just 5 more minutes mom..." I smiled as I snuggle closer in the comforters.

"Joy, stop this and wake up. We're here." A deeper voice was heard. I then realized it was Henry talking and I opened my eyes slowly. I took notice at what he was wearing. He wore a gray shirt with a black leather jacket, dark pants and combat boots.

But I have to admit, this guy knows how to dress.

I sat up and glared at him. "So this isn't a dream. All this...," I said waving hands in the air, "...is real." Running my hands through my hair, I continued, "You know what, I was really happy with my boring life. On Earth. But instead, I'm going to a different planet I've never even heard of. And I have theses so called 'powers'.  I can't believe this, I didn't ev-"

"SHUT UP!" Henry shouted. "I didn't come all the way to Earth to hear some...brat talk about her life story. So just-be quiet."

And for the first time, I did not have anything snarky to snap back. I usually do, especially how I grew up and facing Abigail countless times. I hated that he made me feel this way within a few moments of just meeting him.

I twisted my lips to the side and narrowed my eyes at him. The frustration grew within me stronger and I could feel the heat in my chest spreading like a fire to my fingertips. "Excuse me? Did you just call me a brat?"

"Yes. I. Did. What you going to do about it?" He stood there all cocky and arms crossed. Reminded me of Ryan, the quarterback of the football team back at school.

I just stared at him, ready to wipe that smirk off his face. There were no rebuttals in my mind, just overwhelming emotions. I didn't realize how frustrated and angry I got until the pain in my palms caught my attention. I had been digging my nails into the palms of my hands. Unclenching my fists, I look at the steam being released from my hands.

"By the way, you got dry drool on your face." Henry snickers and points toward my face.
"What? Why are you staring at me like that?"

Don't do it. Don't do it. Joy...don't.

Taking in a deep breath through my nose and out through my mouth, I calmly stood up from the bed. I continued to hold eye contact without backing down.

"I don't know what's your problem, and even if you can do some weird stuff with water, I'll still kick your butt." I stood there, looking dead straight in his eyes. I wasn't going to let some water boy stand in my way of anything. "Now watch it, you're in my way."

He stood there like he didn't know what to do or what to say. I walked over to the bathroom and before closing the door, I glanced over my shoulder, "What, cat gotcha tongue?"

I looked around the bathroom and never took notice on how big it was! It was about the same size as my living room! The walls where white and the tiles were a rich, creamy color. The bathtub looked like a mini pool too. The sink was on the left side and a shower was right beside it. I looked over to my right and saw my clothes neatly folded on the chair. I thought about how nice of Henry was to do this. I shouldn't have said what I said earlier. But then again, he started it. I just laughed to myself and took a quick bath.

1 hour later

"About time... I thought you died. What took you so long?" Henry asked as I approached him. He sat at the control panel, guiding us towards whatever planet we're going to.