"What do you two want?"

I snarl at them, meeting my anger with calmness the boy answers me.

"I just want to know why two teenagers with the potential to become lv 3 espers infiltrated this school. Just what is your aim? And don't even bother to flee, Lane can kill or stop you before you even say utter 'how'"

Beside me I can feel Zoe tightening up and stepping in front of me, basically shouting back at them.

"We're normal teenagers that just want to live a normal life. Is that too much to understand for you two? What makes you think we follow some ulterior motive? Why do you think we have some evil plan to do something?"

Facing us the boy cracks an arrogant smile and gestures towards us.

"Girl, don't you think it's time to drop the act? We all know HALO send you here to do something, we just don't know what that is yet. So please just surrender now and confess. Oh and Zoe, you don't stand a chance. Lane is a lv 4 who will break you like a twig if you do anything. You cannot even scratch any of us two. If you tell us HALO's plans now we will forgive you. And simply hand you over to the military."

He shouldn't have said that. Zoe takes another step forward though still not breaking the contact of our hands.

"You dare!? You actually dare to say you know who we are? You dare to say we're from HALO only after seeing us for one week? Not even that, you saw us for maybe 5 days in total, and you dare saying you understand who we are?"

While shouting Zoe activates part of her power. Tremors run through the entire school as she gets ready to unleash literal hell upon these two and I sure wouldn't stop her now. I only frown because she normally was the one calmly thinking while I reacted out of emotion. I cannot make out her face but I was sure that she did not have her usual nice expression. The boy puts on a smug smile and holds up his hand seemingly ready to meet her with his own power. But before anyone can do anything the pink haired Lane stops him and walks in between us three. Whispering into the boy's ear she tells him something we can't quite understand. While they're busy talking I make the same preparation as Zoe and start undoing parts of my power. Both of us can control gravity up to a certain point. The reason I could not simply be in school is because I constantly use my power on my own body. I have been walking around with a body weight of around one ton for a long period of time. I had increased my own gravitational pull by a multitude.

And now I took all of it off. My body felt light as a feather as I get ready to defend myself. Zoe is more of a control type and uses her force to create objects with a pull. To an outsider it seems she is using psychokinetic force to move things around. It looked like both of the students are done talking as we brace for impact. But in the end Lane turns around towards us and simply smiles.

"I'm sorry, it seems you really are saying the truth. Although we have to report you to the higher ups it seems you really do not belong to HALO. It would benefit all of us if you just came with us quietly so you can be judged. I really don't want to use force here. But I will do it if you do not quietly come with us."

I shoot a look at Zoe who was standing beside me with open eyes and true hate in her expression, though it was still me who reacted frist.

"You bitch! You actually think you're qualified to judge us? And what if we don't fit into your values?! What then!?"

Looking at me with a troubled expression she puts her index finger on her lips as if she's thinking before answering.

"Well, it depends we will probably send you to a special school. We can't let you stay in this normal school though. It's too dangerous."

My face distorts with fury as she says that and even Zoe did not bother to calm me down. With a twitching eyelid I turn towards Zoe and see her slightly nodding.

"We just want to be left alone. We have lived with this power for the last 16 years. And nobody got hurt. Nobody! You will not take us into some school where we learn to control our powers."

With that said I jump towards the two interns.

They obviously did not expect my insane speed as I crash into the girl and almost fly off the building while holding her head with one hand. Both of us are diagonally to the floor before I take her head and smash it into the concrete. Sadly I don't even damage her and I can only see her put on a smug smile.

"It seems we will have to use force."

It was the boy that said that and he was directly behind me. In that instant my reflexes take over and I jump to the side. But my fear had already been taken care of. In the moment I turned around I saw a metal part - Most likely torn off a ventilation shaft - hit the boy square in the breast knocking him away from me and off the roof. In his back Zoe looked the way he disappeared in anger. Her long blonde hair flowed in the sky as if she was swimming, but I knew it was just a side effect of using her power on the surrounding area. Then I felt something hit me. And don't misunderstand, it was by no means a light hit. It felt as if I had been charged by a truck. Before I could regain my composure I had already flown around half of the roof hitting and spinning on the ground. Without a body strengthened by gravity I would've fallen unconscious right there.

It still hurt. With my reflexes I get up at what I had though unbeatably speed. But the moment I turned around the girl, Lane was in front of me, looking at me with pity in her eyes.

"Please don't fight, you seem strong and we don't want to hurt you, we can help you control your powers you know?"

Che. Extending one hand towards her I take one step back to create some distance between us.

"Fuck off and leave us alone!"

Then I increase the gravity of her body by 20. A normal person would've been lying on the ground just from that. Well, she simply vanished as the floor broke away under her feet.

Looking towards Zoe I see her tossing bricks and metal parts at the boy... He had somehow managed to get back up onto the roof and was throwing everything back at my best friend. Out of worry I shout towards my best friend.

"Zoe! We need to get out of here ASAP."

Without saying anything further I jump towards the boy. Surprise shows in his face as one of my boots hits his breast square on and I can feel at least one rib break.

"Where's Lane?"

It was his only question as he once again was thrown off the building.

"Alex? what do we do?"

Zoe's eyes where twisted with fear and worry as she headed towards me again.

"Zoe we need to go. Just get as far away from here as we possibly can-"

I can't finish the sentence as something gets thrown in between our feet, looking down I instantly shove Zoe away from me, just before the grenade explodes I turn away.

The explosion and shockwave burn my back as I take the biggest part of the hit. Blasting through a ventilation shaft fifteen feet away I fall on the ground. Although it might sound bad I still get up relatively quickly and search for Zoe. Quickly I can make her out only a few feet away from where the blast had happened. She looks around disorientated and I can clearly make out red blood staining her hair. Before I can shout a warning the ground behind her starts cracking and the pink haired girl jumps through the ceiling behind Zoe. As she grabs my best friend from behind a multitude of people in military uniforms come running up the stairs.

"On the ground now!!"

Che. I look towards the hole Lane had made but I can't make out a lot through the dust enveloping the second floor. But since I can hear screams from below I suspect the ceiling had collapsed onto someone. I didn't think it could get any worse but at that moment the boy flew over the edge of the roof and mustered the soldiers and me with cold eyes he simply started speaking to them in a casual manner.

"You shouldn't mess with this right now. Just go back or get annihilated."

The soldiers on their hand raised their weapons and aimed at all of us making it feel like a Mexican standoff. Everything was silent except the screams coming from below. Then a laugh strained the nothingness. It was the laugh of a small girl enjoying herself watching a funny comedy. A small girl's sadistic laugh sending shivers down my spine.

Then something impacted in the middle of all of us. I instantly shielded my eyes and face from the rubble flying around. The soldiers weren't that lucky and got blown back down the stairs. Some even flew off the building. I was sure that they would survive though.

The moment I took my hand off my eyes I saw a woman in her early 20ties. She wore a white medieval looking dress and had an alluring smile. Her hair had a similar color to mine, almost absolute blackness, though hers was considerably longer. She completely ignored me and instead focused entirely on Lane holding Zoe from behind. My best friend didn't have the same body as I did so it was dangerous for her to try to break out from a grip that could probably break your neck in a matter of seconds. She clearly showed her stress and there was blood seeping out of her hair and down her face.

"Hello Lane. Who is this new toy you have there?"

Her voice was filled with insanity. It sounded sweet but terrible at the same time and I instantly had to think about a mother pretending to care for her little child but only wanted to get rid of it instead. Lane though looked back to her in hatred.

"Why are you here ? Go back to hell or wherever you came from"

Maiden? Never heard of her before. The takes a look at Lane and tilts her head sideways.

"Awww did you grow up little one? Is that one of your friends?"

Asking that she points at Zoe and I involuntarily let out a silent scream.

"Or is the boy one? I would rather say the boy"

Smiling evilly she extends her hand towards the other intern student who instantly turns pale

"Please no. I beg of you! Please spare me!"

I didn't think that would happen, I was genuinely surprised at the fear the boy showed. But he soon realized that pleading for his life wouldn't work as such he decided to flee, turning around he tries to jump over the destroyed railing to fling himself down the building. About half way he stumbles, to be precise he stumbles because he was missing a leg. Then I noticed it and saw a deep despair in the boy eyes. A cold uncomfortable feeling, his left leg was covered in ice freezing it on the spot.

His eyes widen in fear as he realizes what is going to happen to him.

"Please... N....n...ooo"

His whole body starts freezing over until he is covered by a thin seeming sheet of ice, turning back towards Lane the smiles like a loving parent.

"See Lane? you don't need these people. You don't need anyone"

Lanes face distorts with fury as she literary throws my best friend behind her like a doll. Zoe hits her head on the ground and slumps down on the floor. Fear cuts through my back as I see her lifeless body stumble around the floor.

"Zoe!!"

Shouting out I lunge towards her ignoring everything that is happening around me.

"Nononononono Zoe please."

Tears form in the corners of my eyes as I inspect her head. Blood was clearly flowing out of a wound just behind her ear. Behind me chaos unfolds as Lane starts throwing some kind of energy ball towards the and she answers it with a ball glowing with fire.

"A...Alex?"

Zoe's frail voice lets me once more ignore everything around me. As I look towards her.

"Zoe calm down, everything will be alright, I'll get you to a hospital."

Tears of joy run down my cheeks as I smile towards my best friend wiping some blood away from her eyes.

"I know you will take care of me."

Still crying I hug her and rest her head on my shoulder.

"I just want you to know one thing....."

Zoe's voice is still very much a whisper. Barely audible.

"What is it Zoe?"

I ask her while still blending out the fight around me. Both Lane and the maiden have started to channel their respective energy above their head. Lanes ball has the color of light blue. The maidens the color of a golden sun. But all of that doesn't interest me anymore as Zoe looks me into the face with shrouded eyes.

"You know I love you right? Yes... I said it, I love you and I don't care anymore what my parents would say for that matter."

Without letting me process what she had just said she presses her lips on mine and kisses me passionately. Tears still flow down my cheeks as my feelings for her start to flow up and I hug her tightly. pressing her against myself.

"I love you too."

It's the only thing I can say after she takes her lips off mine.

"I know. Alex, let's go away. Let us just live away from all of our powers. Please, let us just flee this madness."

Her plead reaches me. In that moment I realize that I would do everything for her, give up everything for her. Everything and even more. I start smiling

"Of course Zoe, let's ju-"

Before I can finish my sentence I see fear in Zoe's eyes. And mirrored in them I saw the threat of a blue light flying towards the both of us. Cutting me off from doing anything the energy first explodes on my back and burns itself deep into my skin. Screaming I feel blast surrounding me and my new found love. Shockwaves tear on my ears as I feel my and Zoe's hand get separated. Then I get the weird feeling of floating. My eyes long blinded by pain and the flash produced by the explosion. Another shockwave throws me to the side and I can feel multiple bones in my body break. While turning in mid air I feel my head hit something hard.

Then everything turns black and I feel nothing anymore.