The backyard looked like a battlefield. Scorched grass. Cracked dirt. And, right in the middle of it all, a large, awkward stone dome.316Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡneE2hIQv8S
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.316Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQv4FAcEG5F
“…Please tell me this isn’t what it looks like,” she said, her voice dangerously calm.316Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCE4GFmv11q
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.”316Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTyyDnRe39x
The twins stared at it, wide-eyed. The dome looked solid, like someone had sculpted a boulder and decided to make it a house.316Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtaOxQLBPSL
“Are they in there?” Brielle asked, whispering.316Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFizeJXs3Pj
“I dunno,” Giselle said. She stepped to it and gently tapped it with her knuckles. “Hello?”316Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡamOOBAmSEk
From inside, muffled voices could be heard.316Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCNqY9d2iNu
“HEY, get your butt out of my face!”316Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ96oCvcgyzg
“Well, get your face out of my butt!”316Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsqbSbcmvsL
Brielle snorted, then burst into laughter. Davis blinked in disbelief.316Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXsL1zyW6Sb
Their mom muttered something under her breath in Spanish. “Ay Dios mío…”316Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv19jt1qn94
Giselle leaned closer again. “Uhh… guys?”316Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1JyHKZ1V4H
BOOM.316Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYvmQzVWG7T
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.316Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWUtUtipXt3
Giselle was blown backwards with a startled squeal, flipping midair before landing in the grassy area with a WHUMP.316Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGkFT0ag7uL
Davis ducked and shielded Brielle with one arm. “GISELLE?!”316Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZDl5RHHfvR
“I’m fine!” she said laying on her back with a thumbs up.316Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvhgoppsAm2
Smoke and dust cleared. Standing in the middle of the wreckage were Adan and Julian—beaten, scraped, dirty, and absolutely grinning.316Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqBDC29GR3u
Their mom marched forward like a storm in human form.316Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmS2d05PHs8
“WHAT. IN. THE. WORLD. WERE. YOU. THINKING?!”316Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLnqOvVRHij
Both boys immediately stood straighter.316Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV4eD5os4KL
“You could’ve killed each other! Or yourselves! Or—” She looked around. “The house! You could have destroyed the house!””316Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡedstgomKB0
Adan raised a shaky hand. “In our defense… we didn’t plan the whole power thing.”316Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAC6t6FXQlj
She looked ready to explode. Then Julian started to laugh. Adan followed a moment later, wheezing as he leaned on his knees.316Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXiIY2SfMY2
“Bro…” Adan gasped, “We have powers.”316Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZbjri4OG66
“And we didn’t die!” Julian beamed.316Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKonHy07QmR
They gave each other a wobbly high five, barely standing.316Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtmZqXk6phV
“Estoy rodeada de locos,” their mom muttered, turning on her heel and walking back into the house. “Insane. All of you.”316Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPQQUu7D8s2
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.316Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKApyo9oBvF
“Ten out of ten explosion,” she said with a thumbs up.316Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOJOF2lEnTW
However, unknown to them, someone else had been watching.316Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1LRHFz27Vv
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.316Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhNJlODC0h2
He hated this.316Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw1a0sPW1Q0
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.316Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFrtLlem4We
And Darius?316Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl6KsnKXr1a
Nothing.316Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3zrgJHbiBq
Weak.316Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxqlXwFtiON
Just like the feeling he had when he lived with his mother.316Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaRZLCGD4ZU
He stepped back, pulled out his phone, and dialed.316Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡooWzpTax7Q
After a few rings, the voice of Dr. Fredrick Berithman crackled through. “Yes?”316Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm6m3wKpCqH
Darius began walking down the street, away from the backyard.316Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLh5cYYeLKu
“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.”316Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7L1Gvy4iIa
There was a pause.316Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM09woHLx82
“And the outcome?”316Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE16mKvg2hs
“They survived. They’re… stronger.”316Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsuo5kjKPoA
Another pause. Longer. Tighter.316Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVcsc6NJ1j7
Darius swallowed. “Why didn’t you make something for me?”316Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKmjVsFsGfs
His father was silent.316Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAfrUDHXE4u
Then, his voice returned. Cold. Sharp. “I will. When I return in two days. You’ll have everything you deserve.”316Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0LxpH9HVww
“And those dumb guys?”316Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMSgEDZZ0s9
Fredrick’s tone darkened. “We’ll deal with them. All of them. Eventually.”316Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS8C7CSZ0v6
Darius hung up. He didn’t smile.316Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYvTbCJna7j
He didn’t even look back.
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