Dazed Signs

Runaway

The alarm went continuous, Millie slowly crawling out from her bed. Today is Sunday, she has lots of time to doing stuff she likes, Millie changes her clothes and goes outside. That feeling comes again, the red strings inside people appear, she looks carefully at it. Millie can feel the flow, it likes those veins connected to her. She bites her lips, then the veins start to c***k. Millie panics:

- What is happening? I didn't do anything, did I?

The blood veins spurt out slowly, the man painfully stops walking and hugs his body. The man moaning in hurt:

- Someone please help me! My heart doesn't feel right!

- Mister, are you okay? - Millie dashes toward the man.

- I can't feel my hand, I can't control it! - The man cried.

She doesn't know what to do, Millie looks around and calling for help. People walk over and surrounding the man. Suddenly, someone behind Millie whispers to her:

- You can control it. Takes deep breathes and focus on the veins you can see. - The voice said.

- Focus? Focus Millie, the veins...

She sees the veins flowing through the body, she closes her eyes and imagines the flows. Open her eyes in astound, the veins are starting to links up again. The man breathes in relief:

- Thank you so much! I'm okay now.

- You're welcome. - Millie smiles even she doesn't know what just happen.

She quickly turns to find the person who just helps her to calm down. She notices a girl walking away from the crowd. Millie run toward her and pulled the girl's arm, she quickly moves away as Millie nearly touches her. Millie opens her eyes wide:

- Hey I just wanna thank you and also I have many questions to ask.

- It's just a little advice. I have to go now so I can't talk for long, what's your question? - The girl asks.

- Do you also have abilities like me? The sign thing and weird sight?

- I don't understand, I'm not like you. In all situations, we have to stay calm right? I have just been told to stay calm lately.

- No, you're said that I have to focus on the veins I can see, right? That's means you know something due to this red poppy sign.

The girl smiles and bows at Millie, she turns her body around and disappears. Millie froze, she looks around and run to find her. What kind of power is that? Millie closes her eyes and once again feels the connection, she looks and thinks carefully, she feels the girl's blood, Millie smiles and runs quickly in that direction. She jumps through the gates and falls right in front of the girl's face. Millie said:

- Found you! I think we should have a talk.

- I know you can find me. You sure are powerful. Okay, I'll talk with you about this. - The girl replied.

- I'm Millie, sixteen years old. 

- Call me Quinn, I'm the same age as you. - The girl smiles.

- So what do you know about this sign of mine. I didn't understand or know anything about it.

- You have a sign of red poppy, stand for remembrance, consolation, and blood. You are just new to this kind of thing so that's why you don't know how to control your own power. You are strong, Millie, but you have to learn about your power, or else the power can hurt people around you. - Quinn said.

Millie looks at her sign, stand for blood?  Red poppies are the symbol of death, because of the flowers' blood-red color. Also, the red poppy flower symbolizes warmth, happiness, and sleep. Quinn holds Millie's hand:

- Come, let me show you this place. I'm sure you'll know more about these signs.

- Where are we going, why is this place so dark? - Millie asks.

The girls walk into a small alley at the end of the main street. This place is just like a secret club, the girls meet the guards. Quinn whispers:

- Zip your mouth and act normal.

- Okay...act normal... - Millie awkwardly replies.

- What do you girls doing here? - The guards ask.

- We're here for the battle, I have tickets. - Quinn answers.

- Both of you are above level F? - The guards look at us.

We nod and they let us in. Millie turns her head and softly smile, Quinn, hit her on the hand:

- This is the first time I have been here. This place is not special, it's just a place for people like us understanding their powers and knows more about others. - Quinn said.

- I see. But they look tense. Are you sure this place is legal?

Quinn ignores the question and pulls Millie to a table. She stares at all the people who are having fun talking and chatting. Suddenly a loud 'bang' noise from the crowd. All the people turn to the sound, they spread out and in the middle. A boy sits on the floor, in front of a big man. The man shouts:

- Are you blind? Look where you're going, you're ruining my shirt!

- I'm so sorry, sir, I didn't do it on purpose. - The boy mumbles.

- So what do you gonna do about it? Say sorry, that's it?

The man pushes the boy, he falls on the floor and trying to sit back up. Millie really scared of this place.