The backyard looked like a battlefield. Scorched grass. Cracked dirt. And, right in the middle of it all, a large, awkward stone dome.318Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuMAm8D9eEo
Davis was the first to spot it as he jogged back after letting everyone know what was happening.. He stopped dead in his tracks, panting. Behind him came Brielle, then Giselle, and finally their mom—whose eyes locked onto the dome with an expression that could kill.318Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIEyqItMf52
“…Please tell me this isn’t what it looks like,” she said, her voice dangerously calm.318Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKdiTcc8Mqn
Davis wiped sweat from his forehead. “I mean… if it looks like a weird rock-egg thing that screams ‘Adan and Julian did something dumb’? Then probably yeah.”318Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOv0vpd14v0
The twins stared at it, wide-eyed. The dome looked solid, like someone had sculpted a boulder and decided to make it a house.318Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7F1cQK1z0B
“Are they in there?” Brielle asked, whispering.318Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡurc0qamF2r
“I dunno,” Giselle said. She stepped to it and gently tapped it with her knuckles. “Hello?”318Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9eKrbyOJSL
From inside, muffled voices could be heard.318Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuAjzmKAxaO
“HEY, get your butt out of my face!”318Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgeAgUdE3W2
“Well, get your face out of my butt!”318Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqyjSh250kC
Brielle snorted, then burst into laughter. Davis blinked in disbelief.318Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs5cLtDLNj3
Their mom muttered something under her breath in Spanish. “Ay Dios mío…”318Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVjl2mvExl0
Giselle leaned closer again. “Uhh… guys?”318Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1ml4dkrP6Y
BOOM.318Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRG7sGMdyuY
The dome exploded. Not like a regular explosion—more like the entire thing flexed outward in an instant, shattering into dust and stone fragments that blasted into the yard like mini meteors.318Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8XSbZrKIbO
Giselle was blown backwards with a startled squeal, flipping midair before landing in the grassy area with a WHUMP.318Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpY6ILVrYcj
Davis ducked and shielded Brielle with one arm. “GISELLE?!”318Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNmQXF5krAF
“I’m fine!” she said laying on her back with a thumbs up.318Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkpJ5rXPSlA
Smoke and dust cleared. Standing in the middle of the wreckage were Adan and Julian—beaten, scraped, dirty, and absolutely grinning.318Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAjJzOq63Rm
Their mom marched forward like a storm in human form.318Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFD9LkxxE3D
“WHAT. IN. THE. WORLD. WERE. YOU. THINKING?!”318Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXGLHspbVXj
Both boys immediately stood straighter.318Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSdoFWfZAf5
“You could’ve killed each other! Or yourselves! Or—” She looked around. “The house! You could have destroyed the house!””318Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWUIzmYNOF2
Adan raised a shaky hand. “In our defense… we didn’t plan the whole power thing.”318Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK50H5OWgIt
She looked ready to explode. Then Julian started to laugh. Adan followed a moment later, wheezing as he leaned on his knees.318Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBiShvbBgka
“Bro…” Adan gasped, “We have powers.”318Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHj1NfWjbmA
“And we didn’t die!” Julian beamed.318Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9a4v0IsAjI
They gave each other a wobbly high five, barely standing.318Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlaZ2twDNXn
“Estoy rodeada de locos,” their mom muttered, turning on her heel and walking back into the house. “Insane. All of you.”318Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFA7MOYTe7G
The backyard finally settled into a weird kind of silence. Brielle helped pull Giselle up, who immediately shook dust from her hair like a wet cat.318Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIOaWwXoTGo
“Ten out of ten explosion,” she said with a thumbs up.318Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL8hvNiewXa
However, unknown to them, someone else had been watching.318Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaPRVvg94PF
From behind the neighbor’s fence, hidden in the shadows of a tree, stood Darius Berithman. His arms were crossed. His eyes locked onto Adan and Julian—still laughing, still celebrating.318Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6ReeVNv51n
He hated this.318Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQDwebCV7Md
That Adan guy. That idiot. That clumsy, clueless idiot with his suit, his powers, his jokes. Wind, water, fire, stone. All of it. Julian with his freaky portals, suddenly matching Adan like he wasn’t even trying.318Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ4VI5Zg6TA
And Darius?318Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMZAipQUMEP
Nothing.318Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaeqQHVIT17
Weak.318Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh77R89kMML
Just like the feeling he had when he lived with his mother.318Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUVQvdndHGg
He stepped back, pulled out his phone, and dialed.318Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpbOYQ1p8zA
After a few rings, the voice of Dr. Fredrick Berithman crackled through. “Yes?”318Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcdf0NZF9kz
Darius began walking down the street, away from the backyard.318Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ095wJrXII6
“What the hell,” he said. “Davis’s little friends had an accident. They got hit by the experiments. I don’t know what exactly though.”318Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcm0smiloCx
There was a pause.318Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcGcUpCLvhC
“And the outcome?”318Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk6eVRY3qzJ
“They survived. They’re… stronger.”318Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡExLMbNJVBE
Another pause. Longer. Tighter.318Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaSqsBoM9eN
Darius swallowed. “Why didn’t you make something for me?”318Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAPrkLsmA4T
His father was silent.318Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfrBrGzDjUV
Then, his voice returned. Cold. Sharp. “I will. When I return in two days. You’ll have everything you deserve.”318Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTZe4a7uRqC
“And those dumb guys?”318Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvjFvANVqlr
Fredrick’s tone darkened. “We’ll deal with them. All of them. Eventually.”318Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8MHyrMaS5L
Darius hung up. He didn’t smile.318Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqXPmiE5aIN
He didn’t even look back.
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