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Flaws

Being a flaw is a curse in this world.

By Raven Nope ;)Published 6 years ago 4 min read
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I'm running faster than I've ever run before. Zack is right beside me, as always. The police just found us. They've been after us for about 6 months since they found out we were flaws. What are flaws you may ask? We have special abilities. The police found out that we were flaws and we've been on the run ever since. The government thinks we are dangerous, we are not. But we don't have any influence these days.

I turn down an allyway. Zack is following close behind me. There are a lot of places to hide in a big city like this. But of course I've made a huge mistake. I led us both to a dead end. What am I doing!?! I turn to Zack to see him pointing at the fire escape. Good idea. That's what I like about Zack. I always get us into trouble, but he gets us out. He pulls down the ladder for me, and then teleports to the top. I quickly go up the ladder and pull it up.

The police enter the ally just as we both made it up. They don't see us. I know what I need to do. I focus all the energy I can into my hand. A ball of purple plasma forms into my hand. Zack looks at me with concern. He knows it's dangerous for me to do this when I'm tired but I know I need to do this. I quietly weld the ladder to the rest of the platform. There's no way they can pull it down now.

I'm still looking at my work when Zack pushes me against the wall. That's when I see the police are looking up. Luckily it is night and we are both wearing black. So they didn't see us. They quickly run out of the ally, thinking that when went a different way.

"Good thinking Zack", I whisper.

"Thanks, I think it's time to go home."

"I couldn't agree more", I say happily.

We both stand up and he grabs my hand. I start to notice the black smoke forming around us. I would much prefer to walk home, but that's not a good idea. Our friends are waiting for us anyway. They are probably worried out of their minds. I finally feel the motion sickness that means we are teleporting. I hate this feeling. It's like when you're on a coaster. I hate it. Just seconds later we are outside our sad little apartment. We are home.

We walk inside expecting to see our friends waiting, the only one waiting up for us was Shane. Shane has red hair and freckles. He's 17, the oldest one in our friend group. He is also a flaw. We all protect each other. It's nice to have people to help you.

"The others are sleeping, it's really late. What took you guys so long?" He asks.

"We ran into some cops", Zack says very nonchalantly.

"WHAT!!", Shane says, almost yelling, "Are you guys ok?"

"Yeah we are fine. It was only 2cops. We can handle that. They didn't follow us either. Zack teleported us out of there", I say quietly, I don't want want to wake Jack or Lilly up. They were up all last night. It's Shane's turn to keep watch, which is probably why he made them go to bed.

Just as I say that Zack yawns. I look at the clock. It reads 3:28. Holy crap it's late! Shane gets up and goes over to the kitchen. No surprise. He always eats. He pulls out leftovers.

"You guys want some leftovers?"

"No thank you, I'm just going to go to bed", I say.

Zack jumps over into the kitchen. He loves food. Everyone starts laughing. I go to my room. Well, it's not all mine. I share it with Lilly. I open the door quietly, not wanting to wake her. She is the youngest flaw here. She's so sweet. She's snoring softly in her bed. I smile to myself. I'm glad she went to bed. She used to refuse to sleep until I was at home and safe. I guess she was too tired to stay up.

I change into my PJs and slip under the covers of my bed. We didn't just go out for fun. We went out to get something important. We failed that mission. We really need this item too. That means me and Zack will have to go back tomorrow. Shane can't go because his flaw can't be used as a weapon like ours. And Jack and Lilly can't go because they are too young to put in danger. I guess me and Zack will be heading out again tomorrow.

I drift off to sleep while thinking of different plans to retrieve this important item. I guess it's not really an item, it's a flaw.

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Raven Nope ;)

Hello! I'm Raven! I like to write science fiction. I love to write and I'm so glad I found a website to post all my short stories!

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