CHAPTER NINETEEN
One week later …
I sat alone in Rubberman’s office, wearing my Beams costume, although my helmet currently sat in my lap instead of on my head. I leaned back in my chair, feeling exhausted, my eyes still aching from that sudden burst of energy I’d unleashed back when I fought Barriers. Normally, my eyes stopped hurting shortly after I used my energy beams, but sometimes, when I pushed past my limits, my eyes ached for a while afterward. That my eyes were still aching, even a week later, meant that I’d gone well beyond my limits that one time. I was surprised I could still see at all. Actually, when I thought about it, I was surprised that my lasers didn’t leave me blind every time I used them. Maybe that serum I drank back in science class had done more than just give me
