I'm Faster

12

It was the worst pain I've ever experienced. It felt as if I was betrayed by my own power. I couldn't fully talk yet so I just mumbled and made grunts when they asked me questions. Neither could I stand so they had to sit me up or walk me to my room. I couldn't remember where or who I was for a day. They said they went easy on me that time and the next time they won't. I'll do whatever they want just so I won't have to go through that pain again. I'm also not gonna leave these innocent people behind. If I go, they go. I owe them that much. The room they gave me was tiny. It had a small cot, and a sheet of a blanket. Where the fuck was I supposed to go to the bathroom?! The bed was stiff and something poked my back when I moved. I sat there thinking about what things might happen to me. Whether the Avengers were looking for me or not. Probably shouldn't have been an ass to Nick Fury. Then again I'm not gonna say sorry. They kept prying at something I didn't want to talk about.

They woke me up six hours later. They came yelling and shoving at me saying. "You've had your six hours now get up!" After hassling me they took me over to this showering station. "Get in and scrub!" I walked in and unclothed myself having my back face them. There was a bar of soap and a scrubber. It was probably used but I wanted to avoid the electroshock as much as possible. I looked up and noticed I wasn't alone. Royal, Jackie, and Daniel were in the showers as well. Do they hate me for helping them? There were two new mutants I haven't seen before. I looked inside their heads to check out who they were.
The tall lean guy can heal wounds with the touch of his hands. His name is Theo, light brown hair cut nicely.
The girl can shoot laser beams from her palms. She had short blonde hair and her name is Irene.
We all had the same thing on our minds: We have to get the hell out of here. I was done scrubbing when they started shouting at us to get out. I grabbed a towel from the guard and wrapped it around my body. They shoved me into a room and ordered us to change. There was a pile of clothes on the bed. A plain grey shirt, sweat pants, a sports bra and underwear, with a pair of socks and running shoes. I quickly changed and knocked on the door. They opened it and shoved me down the hall. Down the hall I came face to face with an old looking man and a chair. He grabbed me by the arm and sat me down. Then to my surprise he started to cut my hair.
"What the hell, old man?!"
"Orders. Hair long, I cut. Not good for war." He made a show of it by tugging on my hair. Once it was above chin length he shoved me off the chair. My hair was practically gone. The guards took me down another hall and pushed towards a set of double doors. Through the doors was a gym. I groaned internally. There were two guys standing in the middle of the room. I guess I was the first one here. The two men were Valentín and this tall brooding guy with a metal arm. His name is Bucky.
"Ružový! I'm so glad you could join us!," Valentín laughed.
I didn't say anything I just stood there waiting. After several minutes later everyone was in the room.
"The man next to me is going to teach you guys how to defend yourselves and use your powers. You will address him as, Sir. He will let me know if any of you step out of line." Without saying another word he strutted out of the room. We stood there waiting.
"Start at the punching bags," Bucky ordered.
That's it? We walked over to the bags and began our training. I used my Captain America strength and had at it. I missed that red, white, and blue sap. (Punch). Are they even looking for me? (Punch punch). Why haven't they found me yet. (Punch). Why aren't they working faster? (Punch). Why me?! (Punch). That's when the chain on the punching bag broke. The bag ripped open and flew across the room. Everyone stopped to look at me. I looked at Bucky and saw a hint of surprise in his eyes. "Keep working! Ružový, go work on the weights!"
I walked over and sat down. The weight was too light so I put more on it. And more. Plus some more. It was at two hundred after I was done. I did as much as I could before Bucky came over and told me to stop.
"What's wrong, Sir?"
"Take a lap around the gym!"
I did as I was told and got up. I quickly scanned his mind to see what I did wrong. The reason why he yelled at me was because he didn't want Valentín to see me doing such a good job. The sooner I become skilled the sooner I get placed into the war. He wasn't this ruthless man I pegged him to be. He didn't want anyone to deal with the same pain as he once did. With that in mind I slowed my running pace. Just a nice simple jog. Bucky was watching me closely, he kept looking at my hair thinking about how he's never seen hair color like that before.
After a bunch of excruciating hours of training they finally let us go. To eat lunch that is. A group of guards escorted us to the cafeteria. More like a small room with one table and six chairs. We got our trays, like back in grade school, and waited to be served by the people there. We got a piece of bread, soup, a juice box, and a pack of crackers. I ate what I could of the terrible stuff. None of us spoke or looked at each other. We were all scared of what would happen if we did. Most of us were in pain after that brutal session. I kept seeing Royal stretching his back and looking at his bloody knuckles. That's when I saw Theo gently place his hand on Royal's. It was really quick that I almost didn't see it. After that small touch you could see Royal's face relax and his knuckles looked healthier. Then he moved to his hand to Jackie. He made it look like he was gonna ask her something but he just placed his hand on hers for a quick second. She looked relieved. Theo was about to help out Irene when I noticed one of the guards look our way. I placed my hands on top of theirs to stop them. With a rush, I was automatically granted their gifts.
"Hey! Hands to ourselves!," the guard shouted at me.
I threw my hands up and placed them back to my sides. The group looked at me and looked away. Irene and Theo were thanking me with their thoughts. This is what we have to do. We have to start trusting one another. Helping each other out and protect one another in order for us to get out of this shit hole.
"My name is Delana," I whispered so quietly I thought they didn't hear me. But they all looked up at me in response.
"Royal."
"Theo."
"Jackie."
"Daniel."
"Irene," she let out a shaky breath. I smiled at each of them. This is a start.

Current Status:
Take powers
Block abilities/Sense them/Suppress them
Captain America's abilities
Create illusions
Pietro and Wanda Maximoff's powers
Create smoke
Electricity
Darkness manipulation
Camouflage
Healer
Laser beams