Awakened

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She started circling him above her head, and then with a big surge of power, threw him into the air and he went flying so far, she wasn’t sure where he landed, but she was sure, he wasn’t going to come back after her.
The other man in the white lab coat started running down the street as he watched his colleague get launched into the air. Rachel knew she couldn’t let him get away, because she knew he’d be back to get her or even worse, steal other kids from their homes. She started running at lightning speed to catch up with him. Within one second she was standing there, in front of him as he rounded the bend. She started at him and then, all of a sudden he stopped running and laid down on the ground. Rachel didn’t know how she was doing this, but it was almost as if she was controlling his mind and his actions with her thoughts. She kept thinking about what she wanted to do to him, and watched it play out before her eyes. She watched him lift himself up into the air really high and then drop back down onto the hard pavement with a thud. She repeated this over and over until he lay there, in a puddle of blood with his tongue hanging out of his mouth.
The smell of his blood permeated the air, and she went over to him, and touched his blood with her fingertips. Then, she put her fingers to her nose and sniffed it slowly. The smell was like something she’d experienced before, in a past life. Something that she wanted to taste, but didn’t know why. She quickly stood up and ran away from the man when she heard the voice of her dad and Dr. Goldman running up the hill. She didn’t want them to see her standing over him or catch her and try to lock her away for good. She knew she had to get out of there and fast. She had to run away, but she didn’t know where she could go that would be safe for her now.
CHAPTER 16
Rachel ran at lightning speed down the streets of her neighborhood and into her town. She could already hear the chatter and the buzz around her about what had just happened. She pulled the hood of her hooded sweatshirt over her head and pulled the strings tightly around her neck in an attempt to hide her face from passersby. She knew it would only be a matter of time until people knew that she was the one who committed this crime, and she knew she had to get out of their quickly to avoid what she had coming to her. She was no longer safe in her town, or in her house. She couldn’t go back at this point. She knew her father; Dr. Goldman and probably the police at this point were all looking for her.
Just as the thought crossed her mind, she heard loud sirens coming down the street. It was the sirens of both the fire trucks and the police cars. The sound was louder than she’d ever heard before. It almost sounded to her like all the firemen and police of the surrounding counties were alerted to this event. She plugged her ears with her fingers as the cars started zooming by towards the scene of the crime. She had to think quickly and get out of their fast.
Then, it dawned on her that the only place she could escape to was to the swamps to find her grandmother. She knew she’d be safe down there since it was so far away from Pennsylvania, and she was sure this news wouldn’t travel down to that part of the country, at least for a while. She knew she had a few days until the FBI, police and others would be searching for her. She quickly reached into her pocket and pulled out her cell phone. She knew she’d be able to be tracked by it and quickly turned off the power. She knew she could only use it in serious emergencies or else, she’d be found.
She went into a local store and asked to use their phone. She dialed a cab company and then waited behind the store until they came. She couldn’t escape the loud sounds of the fire and police cars and they flew down the streets with their sirens and lights blaring. She stood there, with her back against the wall of the building, trying to hide from everyone and everything. Waiting for this cab felt like it was taking years, even though she knew it had only been three minutes since she called.
Then, as she stood there, watching the people walk by in confusion with all the chaos around them, the cab drove up and rolled down its window.
“You call a cab?” the cabbie said.
“Yes!” Rachel said. She was so grateful that the cab was here and she was finally going to make her big escape. She knew she was cutting it close as people started flocking into town to hear about what had happened. It was like a scene from a movie.
“Where to?” the cab driver asked.
“The train station,” Rachel said, hiding her head still to ensure the cabbie wouldn’t be able to track her down once the news broke. She didn’t want him to remember that he drove the criminal to the train station to make her get away.
The car started driving along towards the train station and as she rode in the back seat she couldn’t help but feel ashamed of what she just did. She didn’t know what had come over her to do such a thing. She realized it was a strength she never knew she had before and it was almost uncontrollable. Her mind was telling her body to do things she didn’t even know were possible.
“So, where you headed?” The cab driver asked.
Rachel looked up at him and saw that he was staring at her through the rearview mirror. His large brown eyes looking back at her made her feel a bit nervous. She didn’t know how to answer that question, after all she was a fugitive and she didn’t want anyone to know who she was or where she was going. Not even the most unassuming of people, like her cab driver.
“I’m going to visit my grandmother,” Rachel said. That was the truth, after all.
“That’s nice of you. No school today?” he asked.
“I’m taking the day off!” Rachel answered.
“Oh, well then. Do your parents know what you’re doing?” he asked, in a concerned tone. “They might punish you for skipping school.”
“Don’t worry about me, please, Sir. I am fine. My parents don’t care. Everything is just fine!” Rachel replied, getting upset at his nosiness.
“Maybe I should be driving you to school instead of the train station!” the cab driver said.
“Sir, please just take me to the station,” Rachel yelled. “I don’t have time for this.”
“You know cutting school is an offense!” the cab driver said.
Rachel couldn’t help but think that killing two people was a bigger offense and she’d better get out of there quickly before they found her. She figured the police didn’t care if she was cutting school.
“Listen. I don’t really want to talk anymore. Can you please just drive?” Rachel asked. “I’m not trying to be rude, I’m just not in the mood.”
“I can, but people call me Dr. Billy. I’m not really a doctor but my friends like to talk to me about anything. They say I can cure people of anything. So if there something you need help with my child?” the cab driver asked.
Rachel didn’t quite know what to make of this conversation. It was getting weirder and weirder by the minute and they were still a far ride from the train station. She wished at that moment she had called a different cab company, or gotten a different cab driver. The last thing she needed was a therapy session from this cabbie. She knew she was in for it though, since she wouldn’t let him turn around and drive her to school.
“I’m ok!” Rachel said. “Thanks, though.”
“I have a girl your age, you know. She’s going through a lot now with her friends and boys. I help her though everything. Trust me, there’s not a situation I can’t help someone with. So, try me! I’m all ears,” the cab driver insisted.
Rachel didn’t know what to say to this guy. He was clearly not taking no for an answer and desperately wanted to talk to her. She thought this was little creepy but decided she’d indulge him in some of her problems. Why not? She had nothing to lose.
“Well, if you insist,” Rachel said, as she took a deep breath to begin her story. “I am a senior in high school, and have been away for two years, but the thing is, I completely forgot what happened the past two years. I’m suffering from amnesia, I completely ruined my relationship with Brian, there’s a guy named Rob who’s come back from my unknown past saying that he is my boyfriend, my mom is in the hospital because of the stress I caused her, my sister is away at college, my brother is acting a bit strange, I have supernatural strength that I didn’t know I had. Oh, and my friends all ganged up on me last night. I think that pretty much sums up what I’m going through right now. No wait, there’s one more thing! My dad is making me see a shrink because I’m so crazy.” Rachel stopped talking, and looked at the driver’s eyes in the rear view mirror. She could see his eyes growing big and bright as if he’d just heard the craziest story of his life. “So, now that you know my story. What advice do you have for me?”
Rachel waited for the cabbie to answer her, but he was dumbfounded. It seemed as if he didn’t know what to say back. She waited for a minute and then said, “Well, Dr. Billy, it looks like I’ve stumped you!” Rachel said.
“I’m not stumped, I’m just trying to process everything you said. Boy, you really are going through a lot. Now, I see why you took the day off of school. It must be hard for you to wake up and face each day with all of this going on. I wish I could help you, but I’m afraid you need a real professional to help you with these issues. These stretch far beyond any problems my children have had and anything I’ve heard of for that matter. I’m sorry, really I am,” the cab driver said.
Rachel slunk back into her seat as she heard him speak. She knew she was in way over her head now. As if the problems she was facing weren’t enough now she was a criminal, a true criminal running from the law. She carefully omitted those details in her list of problems to the cabbie. She couldn’t imagine his response if she’d added that one in. He would probably have crashed the car.
“Do you mind if I turned on the radio?” the cab driver asked.
“Nope,” Rachel replied.
The cab driver turned on the radio and started tuning to different stations.
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