The backyard looked like a battlefield. Scorched grass. Cracked dirt. And, right in the middle of it all, a large, awkward stone dome.351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrOjND4sQS0
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.351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOaiSfOGsDm
“…Please tell me this isn’t what it looks like,” she said, her voice dangerously calm.351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWaBkRuM2cq
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.”351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8tBtN0gVCq
The twins stared at it, wide-eyed. The dome looked solid, like someone had sculpted a boulder and decided to make it a house.351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq1Y2Nd8DYl
“Are they in there?” Brielle asked, whispering.351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5SWYPhl227
“I dunno,” Giselle said. She stepped to it and gently tapped it with her knuckles. “Hello?”351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaUBsd8Z7pz
From inside, muffled voices could be heard.351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLpOvQ7Eu8J
“HEY, get your butt out of my face!”351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVKuNnGYM81
“Well, get your face out of my butt!”351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4jXS04iRpF
Brielle snorted, then burst into laughter. Davis blinked in disbelief.351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm4vGqLiEr4
Their mom muttered something under her breath in Spanish. “Ay Dios mío…”351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVXBxt5lZaV
Giselle leaned closer again. “Uhh… guys?”351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSGeLiVaefL
BOOM.351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf4K3eZZkvo
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.351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpUJffl8OW2
Giselle was blown backwards with a startled squeal, flipping midair before landing in the grassy area with a WHUMP.351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsEkihZs0io
Davis ducked and shielded Brielle with one arm. “GISELLE?!”351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgKmrX029pC
“I’m fine!” she said laying on her back with a thumbs up.351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdQf3Z5ZHxa
Smoke and dust cleared. Standing in the middle of the wreckage were Adan and Julian—beaten, scraped, dirty, and absolutely grinning.351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgGLtaPgOAn
Their mom marched forward like a storm in human form.351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeGLuikvVHL
“WHAT. IN. THE. WORLD. WERE. YOU. THINKING?!”351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbcbzIPvAaP
Both boys immediately stood straighter.351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKiB6MRye3i
“You could’ve killed each other! Or yourselves! Or—” She looked around. “The house! You could have destroyed the house!””351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWLAKH0qHl0
Adan raised a shaky hand. “In our defense… we didn’t plan the whole power thing.”351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFKXdQzg3jt
She looked ready to explode. Then Julian started to laugh. Adan followed a moment later, wheezing as he leaned on his knees.351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBXu127qJ4c
“Bro…” Adan gasped, “We have powers.”351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGwz3Hzgj2E
“And we didn’t die!” Julian beamed.351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8KEQtOnvVe
They gave each other a wobbly high five, barely standing.351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd0GpzldUHs
“Estoy rodeada de locos,” their mom muttered, turning on her heel and walking back into the house. “Insane. All of you.”351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXqUvKVL8qb
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.351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSazi0bP4V2
“Ten out of ten explosion,” she said with a thumbs up.351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsnUf5JTTGL
However, unknown to them, someone else had been watching.351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeGRp42jyT5
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.351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe9zLVK3QKo
He hated this.351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡalgjX2wTSp
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.351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfNGp33KAUT
And Darius?351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSo4NdJRS4S
Nothing.351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlsB5pvxKhD
Weak.351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL14hyCZs0T
Just like the feeling he had when he lived with his mother.351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyzDnbHAttH
He stepped back, pulled out his phone, and dialed.351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgMWigoyfFQ
After a few rings, the voice of Dr. Fredrick Berithman crackled through. “Yes?”351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw2RQZX4ml9
Darius began walking down the street, away from the backyard.351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡce6k6YxM7K
“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.”351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwv5oJO6DYr
There was a pause.351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡInOhVICMjQ
“And the outcome?”351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYsr18gSjF1
“They survived. They’re… stronger.”351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJsvFBuunGV
Another pause. Longer. Tighter.351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3sD7vi211U
Darius swallowed. “Why didn’t you make something for me?”351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRBHweZ7RcH
His father was silent.351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1OVx9IWChY
Then, his voice returned. Cold. Sharp. “I will. When I return in two days. You’ll have everything you deserve.”351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8HHZdC4yrN
“And those dumb guys?”351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSAUpHNu8aE
Fredrick’s tone darkened. “We’ll deal with them. All of them. Eventually.”351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl48IYBBXXQ
Darius hung up. He didn’t smile.351Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS1MiWp4od5
He didn’t even look back.
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