Chapter
6
Luke
returned a few hours later, he was told by the doorman that his father wanted
to see him in his office straight away,
"Incineration"
President Homestead said to his son as
he sat down, General Alcatech and Crystal stood near the President's desk
"is one thing that is not permitted outside of work, you of all people
should know that" he went on
"If
you would just let me explain" Luke started but his father cut him off
"I've
heard the story from Crystal and I'm still furious"
"Even
in a life or death situation you are not permitted to use incineration unless
on the job, I'm sorry Luke but action must be taken" General Alcatech told
him
"What
my punishment then"
"You
have to wear The Cuff for one week" Alcatech told him, he removed a black
leather like cuff from his pocket and placed it on Luke wrist, it automatically
gripped itself,
"You
know what this means don't you son" President Homestead asked his son
"Yes,
it means I can't use my power for as long as I wear it, it stops any gifted
from using their powers" Luke replied to his father
"It
will be removed this time next Sunday" Alcatech said before leaving the
room
"Here
take this" President Homestead handed Luke a laser gun "you will need
to protect yourself with something whilst unable to use your powers"
"Thank
you father. It won't happen again I promise" Luke gave his father a little
bow in return his father bowed his head. Luke left the room, Crystal followed,
"I
wasn't expecting him to give you The Cuff" Crystal told him as they walked
up the stairs "anyway I don't get why there is a ban on incineration
outside of work"
"Remember
the story of Marcus Abnum" Luke said
"Yes"
"Well
it's true"
"What,
you mean the Blacknorth Estate was actually real and incinerated" Crystal
looked shocked
"Yes,
it happened 25 years ago, the year I was born. Since then incineration has had
to be done under supervision from General Alcatech and I'm no exception"
Luke looked at his sister as she took in the story she thought was a dark
fairytale,
"What
happened to Marcus" she asked
"Currently
lock in one of the high security cells wearing one of these" Luke held up
his cuff "I need you to do me a favour" Luke asked changing the subject,
"Sure
what"
"I
need you to get me an electric force shield for Friday, I can't cancel on
Antonia and with this cuff I can't protect myself if she lose control" he
asked
"Ok,
but I'm going to have to come with you, I can't sigh it out and then be seen
around the house without it" Crystal told her brother
"Ok
then get two just in case, I'll give Antonia a message so she knows you will be
there this Friday. See you later" Luke walked through the next door and
into his room.
Back
in the city Antonia and Maybelle sat in Antonia's kitchen making dinner,
"You
got attacked by a Voxhall, are you ok" Maybelle asked after Antonia had
told her what had happened that afternoon,
"I'm
fine, Luke saved the day. It was so amazing seeing him in action" Antonia
into the nearest chair,
"You
are so smitten with him" Maybelle expressed
"I
am not" Antonia replied
"Yes
you are, I haven't seen you like this since your crush on Tony Nicks in eighth
year at school"
"Ok
yes, yes I am smitten, he's just so and he almost kissed me today" Antonia
told Maybelle who stopped what she was doing
"No
way, what happened, why didn't you kiss" she sat next to her friend
"That
stupid Voxhall attacked didn't it"
"How
did Luke defeat the Voxhall anyway, I heard they're quite difficult to kill"
"It
started to get the better of Luke, I panicked and accidentally turned it to
ice" Antonia told her
"You
what, what happened next"
"Well
Luke was going to defrost it but his sister shot an arrow through it"
"Crystal
turned up, did she see you and I thought she was a gun person" Maybelle
asked a lot of questions
"Yes
she saw me and before you start she already knows, she saw me the day I met
Luke and I have no idea why she had a bow and arrow instead of a gun" they
sat there in silence for a few minutes,
"Luke
took the blame for the Voxhall's disappearance, I have no idea how much trouble
he's in" Antonia finally said
"Really,
wow he's such a nice guy, you're a lucky lady" Maybelle said, Antonia
looked at her and smiled.
Friday
arrived, Antonia headed straight to the warehouse after work, she didn't even
stop to look for Fifi like she usually does. When she got there Luke and
Crystal told her about Luke's punishment,
"So
you've have to wear this cuff thing all week because of me" Antonia said
after they had finished explaining about The Cuff
"Yes
I have to wear it but it's not your fault, I'm fine with taking the blame, as
long as you don't get exposed" Luke put his hand on her cheek and smiled
at her "don't feel bad it's not your fault"
"Ok,
do you think they will put one of those cuff things on me if they found out
about my power" she asked
"I
don't know, I hope not" They looked at each other "so let's get
started, so remember what I said last week, keep calm if you start to panic
then you're going to lose control, me and Crystal have these shield's I told
you about in my message to protect ourselves, so when you're ready" Luke
turned on his shield and so did Crystal who stood near the wall to observe.
Antonia stood in the middle of the warehouse and began to create lightning
balls. Her eyes as she had found out formed lightning bolts across them
whenever she used her lightning. She then created actual lightning bolts that
hit the floor around her. Luke pointed at his shield and Antonia through lighting
at him from her hands that hit the shield,
"Wow
these work amazingly" Luke said looking at his shield that had no damage whatsoever. He walked over to Antonia and looked at the scorch marks on the
floor, some were lighter than others,
"Wow
as well as getting your lighting under control really, really soon, you also
have the voltage controlled as well"
"Well
you're a great teacher, also I've always found the lighting part of my powers
the easiest" they flirted with each other,
"Ok
let's move onto storms shall we" Luke walked back to where he had been
stood before and Antonia brewed up a storm,
"Great,
now I'm going to get wet" Crystal said as the thunder started. Rain
started to pour in the warehouse, it started off light and got heavier and
heavier. When she stopped they were all up to their ankles in water,
"Ok,
so how are we going to get rid of this water" Luke asked remembering he
couldn't use his power,
"I
could freeze it and try melting it that way, but I'm not sure if I could with
so much water" Antonia replied, she looked at Luke
"You're
right, the surface area is too big, you could lose control" Luke agreed.
There was a beeping sound and the water disappeared. They looked at each other
then at Crystal,
"I bought a couple of extra things just in case including a flood disapparator"
she told them, Luke and Antonia both smiled at her.
Luke and Crystal arrived home after
dropping Antonia off at Jewel Bar,
"You
should have joined her you know, you would have got to see a whole new side to
Antonia" Crystal told Luke who had turned down Antonia's invite to join
Maybelle and herself for a drink,
"I
know, but the amount of trouble I'm in and the possibility of Fifi hanging
around, which she probably wouldn't she probably thinks Jewel Bar is beneath
her, it wasn't a good idea tonight, I told her another time though and anyway
you turned her down too"
"Yes
but I have to have this equipment signed back in by ten o'clock and if I went
for a drink I'd lose track of time and get in trouble myself"
"Yeah
I think there's been enough trouble around here for a while" Luke laugh
"Where
have you two been" Seraphina asked coming down the stairs. Luke and
Crystal started at their mother
"Trying
out normal weapons and gadgets, thought I'd better give them ago and learn how
to use them seeing as I can't use my Power this week" Luke told her
"Ok,
well off you go, better get the equipment logged back in" she told her
children who whet off towards the house armoury, Seraphina watched them,
suspicious about what Luke had been up to,
"I
know he's up to something and I will find out" she said to herself
"Everything
alright my love" President Homestead said as he stood in the doorway to
the living room
"Yes
darling everything's fine" she lied
"Come,
that Earthling show Silent Witness is about to start" President Homestead
held out his hand which is wife took.
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