Fiction Friday: Chapter 20

The angry men walked up to the first door, the one in front of Sierra's room and could see it had been damaged. Splintered wood bordered a narrow hole. "Who is in here?". The second man was the strong man. "The invisible girl," he said in a deep voice, "None of these are dangerous. That girl is in the safe."

The man used the barrel of his pistol to rap on the door. "Move to the back of the room and don't try to hide. We are relocating you.". The man then paused and thought about what he had said so far, "If you make trouble, I have permission to shoot you."

On the inside of the room Sierra considered her options. Turn invisible? Try to run? Try the plan? It seemed crazy. In her confusion, she obeyed. The door opened and she stood looking from the opposite side of the room. When they signaled, she walked into hallway, beside the strong man.

They moved down the hall to Savannah's room. The man rapped on the door, as he did before and gave the same warning.

Inside the room Savannah did not obey. She hoped Sierra would do her part. It seemed to be the only way. She move to one side of the door.

The man unlocked and started to open the second damaged door, Sierra lat out a wail and fell to the floor. She had seen a seizure just once, and trying to imitate it was very hard. She lurched back and forth hitting the walls. kicking. The men looked at each other and then to her. She probably went on longer than she needed to, but she wanted to make sure it worked.

When the men turned there attention back to the room, Savannah's room, they found it empty. The strong man tapped the headset in his ear, "We got one missing."

It had worked Savannah thought. When she took the breath as they stood outside the door, her body had vanished. She had her sister's power. While holding hands through the small hole, scared, she understood the power, she learned how to do what her sister could do.

She had controlled her fear long enough to walk, not run, from the men as her sister distracted them. She made it to the opposite end of the hall and walked down the stairs. She needed to get the feather and get it to her Mom and Dad. If they could take the right powers everything would work out.

This wasn't going to be easy.