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9. FIRST ASK
School was dragging for the rest of the week as I was still planning on going to the mall with Jack during the weekend. I invited Mya and Brendan to come with me but they said that they already had plans. I wanted them to come so that they would meet Jack so I didn’t tell them about him. When the time came, they would get to know him.
On that Friday, during lunch time, Ashton called me, mentally. I didn’t look up but he knew that I heard him.
Lina, he called.
Yeah? I answered.
There’s something I want to ask you, but I’d rather do it verbally, he said.
What is it?
Can’t say. Meet me by the parking lot in two minutes, in my car, he ended.
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A Spark in the Dark Shadow 10. DAY OUT
That night, I watched movies on my laptop until the wee hours of the morning. I told Jack about the addition to our outing to the mall. He was pretty much excited that Ashton was joining us. I told my dad and Jay about my plans for the weekend and who I was going to be with. They didn’t say much about it, I knew that they would be working all day in the lab and I’d be out of their hair.I slept for a few hours and woke up midmorning. I tidied up my room and then went downstairs to help myself to some breakfast. I wanted something to make me feel energetic since I was to practise earlier that day, before going out. I found my dad in the kitchen.“You slept late last night”, he commented.“Umm, yeah. I was just watching some movies and I got too carried away with them. So I slept around two in the morning.”“Honey, you know that you need enough rest or else you&
A Spark in the Dark Shadow 11. CONTINUED DAY OUT
I drove off in the direction of the Mall, with Jack. It wasn’t a very long drive but I wasn’t in a rush so I drove under the speed limit. We talked about my school with Jack, I was telling him about how it was. I described everything clearly for him so that he could try to picture it. He asked about my friends and I told him about Mya and Brendan. “Kid, don’t tell me that you only have two friends at school”, he said with a disapproving tone. “I do have two friends only. Some students tolerate me but some really look at me like I’m some kind of disturbing bug, although I’ve never talked to them. That’s one of the reasons why I always wear hoodies and keep my head down.” He considered that and took a moment going over what I had just said. I didn’t know what he was thinking about, it was annoying that I couldn’t read his mind. For all I knew, I don’t think he had a mind since he was just a computer. He was way better than a normal computer because he could rea
A Spark in the Dark Shadow 12. KNOWING EACH OTHER
We watched the movie while playing around with the snacks that we had bought, and also Jack making us laugh about some of the scenes in the movie he made to be pretty funny. It was a great movie and we watched it till the very end of it. I enjoyed every moment of it, even Ashton seemed to have enjoyed it too. I had no doubt that Jack had a great time as well.We went out of the cinema when the movie had reached its end. We were quiet for a while and we looked for a quiet restaurant that we would sit in. We found one around the corner, almost on your way out in the direction of the parking lots.All the way from the cinema to that restaurant, I was feeling uneasy. I felt like we were being followed but I couldn’t be sure by who. I kept on looking behind my back to see who was following us but I just saw a lot of people walking about their business, I didn’t see anyone who seemed out of place there. When we got to the restaurant, I felt better and relaxed.
A Spark in the Dark Shadow 13. INFORMATION ACQUIRED
Ashton started asking questions about my family."So you live with your dad and uncle?" he asked.Even though Jay wasn't technically my uncle, this was the best way to inrtroduce him to people around me. "Yes, I live with both.""May i ask what happened to your mom?" he inquired further.Truthfully, i hated answering those questions concerning family, but I made an exception of giving answers to him."She died while giving birth to me", i paused. "I never got to know her."He kept quiet as he felt the gravity of pain in the information I had offered him."I'm sorry", he said after a moment of silence."It's okay. It was a long time ago and it doesn't as much anymore. I have my dad who tries by all means to fill whatever void is there and I'm grateful for that."I smiled to assure him that I meant what I had just said. He let it go and smiled back at me.I then asked "What about you?"He hesitate
A Spark in the Dark Shadow 14. MATTER IN MOTION
I dashed downstairs and found Maggie still in the kitchen with Jack. They noticed me but paid me no attention. I decided to use that opportunity of them not looking at me and dashed to the hidden elevators to the lab. I got to the lab and found my dad and Jay finishing off what they were installing in the capsule. They paid me no attention as well so I used that opportunity to get to the lab computer. Ever since we found out how dangerous this situation was, I had decided to use the computer in the lab because it was the only one around the house that was so deeply encrypted that it was highly impossible to trace its location and activity.I went straight to the website and got the number that I wanted. I took the phone situated next to the computer and dialled the number on the screen of the computer. It rang twice and a female voice answered.“Hello”, the voice said.“Hi, is this the McKenzie residence?” I asked.My question brou
A Spark in the Dark Shadow 15. GROUND GETTING UNSTEADY
He was kind of whispering when he said that. I wondered what was going on but I didn’t question it immediately.“Hey, What’s up?” I asked.“So sorry for calling you so late. I just wanted to say goodnight”, he was still whispering.That made me question him about his safety.“Are you ok? Why are you whispering?”“Well, it turns out you were right when we were at the mall”, he said.“About what?”“We were being followed. They saw me with you, Kyle’s people. So now, they saw you and are probably going to try tracking you down. They bugged my phone in case I contacted you. So I went out of the house and I’m calling you with Kelsey’s phone”, he said.“So, what are you going to do? What am I supposed to do? Why would they want anything to do with me? I mean, it's not like they know anything about me.”“I don
A Spark in the Dark Shadow 16. ONE PLAN FROM DAD
I went up to my room and changed to my training suit. It was a suit that was compatible with the powers I possessed. When I was about to exit, the phone rang in my room. I went back to answer it.“Hello”, I said.“Hey, it’s me. Caught you at a bad time?” Ashton spoke over the phone.“I was about to go for my training session. You're okay?”“Kelsey put me in a hide-out place that she said was safe from Kyle. I don’t know why I have to hide from him, he’s my adopted father after all. Kelsey said there’s something really important that she’ll tell me later on tonight because she had to go to work. She only told me that Kyle’s not the person that I’ve always known him to be and then took off. Lina, I think I’m in more danger than I thought myself to be. I just feel that way”, he said.I heard fright from his voice. I started getting anxious again, the feelin
A Spark in the Dark Shadow 17. LATE NIGHT VISITOR 1
We ate dinner quietly and had a game of checkers after that. We shared a lot of jokes and laughed a lot. I felt really light-hearted during that night and even when I retired to my room, I was feeling high spirited.When I got to my room, I thought of taking a shower before going to sleep. When I grabbed pyjamas from the closet, I heard a thought that was calling out for me from outside.Lina, are you there? I recognised it as Ashton’s.I was amazed that I took a second frozen in my position and then went straight to my window. I yanked it out of the way. I looked out of it and thought back.Yeah, I’m here. Where are you?I just got to your house and I can see you now. I’m coming in right now so close that window, he thought.I did as he said and went back to my bed. I put the pyjamas on the pillow and sat on the edge of the bed.He gilt-ed into my room and I wasn’t amazed that much t
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