Chronos Shift

Our Powers

 “Did everyone sleep okay?” Arronn asks with a concerned tone in his face, with a signature smile that forms a dimple on both of his cheeks.

 “Well, I did.” Alex, right beside him, drapes his arm over his shoulder. Grinning and smirking, and his eyes like a tiger who just hunted for his prey.

 “You dirty gays!” Charlotte throws a pillow at Alex and the room erupts with laughter, as Alex retaliates by throwing a pillow back, only to hit Tara behind her, knocking her back on the bed.

 “Oh s**t…” Alex’s forming into a crouched stance as Tara scowls at Alex.

 “Alex you lil…” She shoots up from her bed, clutching a pillow.

 “Gotta run!” Alex darts from the bed, almost dragging Arronn with him.

 Great thing for Alex, the room is gigantic. Think apartment big but make it bigger. It’s THAT big. And that’s just the bedroom. From what I remember, the door at the far end where Tara slams her whole weight on, leads to a vast living room. The same features as this one, oak floors gleaming from the lights, a mix of beige and black carpets underneath every furniture, and no windows. The only difference is that this bedroom only houses beds, no night stands, no house plants, nothing but beds of the same color pattern. Giving the whole room a modern look those aesthetic Youtubers are to die for.

 “Ha!” Tara corners Alex, she c***s the pillow.

 Whirr!

 A blue, translucent spherical field with shields revolving around appears. “No fair!” Tara cries out.

 “Hehe, love you baby.” Alex gazes at Arronn, blowing a kiss. And as far as cheesiness goes with this two, Arronn’s fiery, ultramarine hands catches the proverbial kiss. His smile as far as his mouth would allow it.

 “Umm…babe.” Alex’s voice shaky. We all turn to him, a crouching and hands pushing on the force field Alex. We rush to his side, everyone asking him if he’s okay. I glance to Arronn who’s glowing eyes wide and slowly look at his hands, and mouth agape.

 “Make it stop!” Arronn pleads.

 “Close your eyes and think about stopping it!” Mike instructs.

 Arronn follows. The force field vanishes, and Arronn’s eyes flutters open. He rushes to his boyfriend’s side and hugs him.

 “I’m sorry. I’m sorry. I’m sorry.”

 “It’s fine, hey, at least you have powers now!” Alex beams.

 “I could’ve hurt you…”

 “You could never hurt me.” He lifts Arronn’s head that nestle on his neck, smiling at him and plating a quick kiss on his lips.

 “Ugh, get a room.” Lucia jokes, in a hushed tone.

 Everyone laughs, as well as the couple.

 “Hey, hey, hey.” Demi mutters, still can’t get over the fact she looks and acts like a grade-schooler.

 Everyone peers at little Demi, with a smile present on their faces as they await for her reply.

 “Can you tell me more about your…ummm…powers?”

 Oh yeah, mom only told the history

 “Sure,” an idea springs to my head, “I’ll just show you.”

 Closing my eyes, I hear whispers.

 “Impetus~” A harsh, loud growl.

 “Custodio~” A soft, melodic aria.

 “Perversio~” A warped, jumbled moan.

 Opening my eyes, everyone’s eyes widen and jaws drop, a mix of oohs and ahhs buzzing from their mouths.

 I curl my hand to fist, and abruptly open it. Revealing an orb flaring with red.

 “This is Impetus,” I let the orb float, “if I have feelings where I need to attack someone, I can morph this into anything that can hurt.

 The images forming in my head, manifests on the orb. Spiked bat, lasers that left a burn mark on the wall, and a gun.

 “Woaaah!” Everyone mutters.

 “Next, Custodio.” The orb changing to a different color, blue this time.

 “I can make anything used to protect.”

 A circular shield forms strapped on my arm, then an aura of blue pulsating from my body, then I raise my hand to Blake who becomes a translucent, blue figure where he gasps in amazement as well as the others. “Demi, try to hit Blake with your book.”

 “I might hurt him!”

 “He won’t.” Mike smirks.

 Demi nods hesitantly and winds up her book, then she swings her arms. Blake raises his arms to block, only for the book to pass through, taking with it Demi who falls to the floor.

 “Oof!” Demi falls on her butt.

 Instead of laughing, everyone tries to help her up. She’s become our little sister, and it’s really cute.

 “Then, Perversio.” The orb now turning green. “I can warp anything, matter, time, space.”

 I crush the orb on my hand, and everything turns the color green with the exception of Mike who smiles at me, with everyone sitting idly, not moving  a muscle. I walk to the other corner of the room and the green filter dissipates.  

 Everyone mumbles as to where I am only, their heads swinging side to side until Lucia finds me, she nods slowly with eyes closed.

 “Cool!” Demi claps her hands and we all swoon from her cuteness.

 “Wait, how come I can only do shields, and you almost everything?” Arronn with a frown on his face.

 “That, I don’t know.”

 “Yeah, I can only control time with my Dogma.” Mike adds, with a defeated expression.

 Oh yeah, why me?

 The room falls silent, a faint ringing in my ears. I try to break the silence. “You all wanna eat?”

 “KFC!” The whole class shouts.

 I choke on the saliva that trail down my esophagus as I look at Mike who has a salacious grin on his face. My whole body clenches and a creeping wave of embarrassment forms a pit on my stomach.

 “K–KFC it is then…,” my voice trailing, “let’s head up.”

 Everyone rushes to the door we all come in, still awaiting for Mike and I to do the knock thing. This time, I do the knocking. “Main House.”

 Whirr! Zoom! Whoosh!

 The door opens and we’re back on our actual face, behind the sweeping staircase. Hollie volunteers of calling KFC and asks everyone to write down their order in a piece of paper I rip from my bag slumped at the foot of the stairs.

 “Okay so one…”

 Hollie speaks without a stutter or a mumble, confidence exuding from her voice and posture. After which, she places down her phone and announces to wait for 20 minutes. While that was happening, everyone probe my house, some climbing up the stairs, some into the kitchen, and some to the living room. With Mike, Arronn, and I seated at the foot of the staircase.

 “How does it feel to have a Dogma?” I ask.

 “It feels weird, but I’m scared I might hurt someone, like Alex awhile ago.”  

 “Well, the training my mom did to us helped us control our powers.”

 “Tr–training?” His teeth chattering from the word.

 “Don’t worry, having a Dogma makes you less tired from a wide range of activities.” I wink at Mike, a wide grin appearing on his face.

 So that’s why I couldn’t walk last month

 Arronn sees our blatant flirting and shivers from feigned disgust, the three of us sharing a laugh.

 “I know you have a great heart, so use those powers for good.” I sound like a wise old man in his prime scolding a young’in.

 “Of course, now, I can finally protect those who I love,” he gazes upwards, “right mom, dad?” he smiles.

 We hug him. “We’re also your family, okay?”

 Ding!

 “I’ll get it!” Arronn breaks free from our hug and skips to the door.

 “KF–”

 “Arronn? Everything okay?”

 “Move, and this little s**t dies.”

 Fuck.