Root by LeeAnn McLennan

Author:LeeAnn McLennan [McLennan, LeeAnn]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Superheroes, High School, adventure, Action, Super Powers, Supervillains
Publisher: Not a Pipe Publishing
Published: 2018-07-17T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter 16

I burst into the warehouse, calling for Aunt Kate, Uncle Dan, anyone. I’d even take Six at this point. What I found made me smile despite my angst over Dad and Emma.

“Olivia?” Uncle Alex was sitting on one of the couches, holding a book. He looked good – healthy. His eyes, which had gone from calm to distraught in the months after Emma’s betrayal, were back to calm. The silent meditation retreat had helped restore some of his empathic balance.

I skidded to a stop in front of him, briefly pushing my worries to the side to make room for my happiness. He was the kind of person who made you feel better just by being in the room.

“Uncle Alex, you’re back!” I hugged him. “I’m so glad! When did you get here? Have you met Six? Did you hear about Emma?” My joy fled when I remembered why I was at the warehouse. “Oh no, I need to tell you –”

“Kate and Dan told me what’s going on.” Uncle Alex shook his head. “I leave you guys for a few weeks and everything goes to pot.” He smiled at me, but then stared. “Olivia, you’ve been crying and you’re broadcasting distress…” He pulled me down to sit next to him on the couch. “What’s wrong?”

I sniffled; it was so nice to receive sympathy instead of a lecture. I took a shuddering breath. “I had another vision.” I looked at Uncle Alex uncertainly. “Did they mention the visions?”

He nodded.

“Okay, so this one was the worst. Emma and the others, the ones she escaped with, Black Gaea, too…” I was messing this is up. I closed my eyes but only saw the destroyed buildings, so I opened them quickly. “Um, they blew up a building. I think a lot of people were killed. I don’t know where, though. I saw the name…Clarke Planetarium?”

“In Salt Lake City.” Uncle Alex wasn’t looking at me – instead he looked bleakly at the floor. “I took the boys there a few years ago.”

I felt guilt, then anger at Emma. Uncle Alex had looked okay when I came in, but now he looked shattered.

“Oh, okay.” I swallowed anxiously. “I think it just happened.”

The monitor in front of us blinked on, startling me. I saw a news station showing an overhead shot of a gutted and burning hole in the ground. “Yes, it’s all over the news.” Aunt Kate came up from behind us, carrying her iPad. “I wondered if it was of supernormal origin.” She sat down and dropped her iPad on the table. “How can Emma do these things?” She put her head in her hands and her shoulders slumped.

“I don’t know, Katie.” Uncle Alex paused, looking thoughtful, started to speak, then stopped. I got the feeling he was censoring himself. Instead, he just patted his sister on her shoulder.

Aunt Kate lifted her head, gave her brother a weak smile, and turned to me. “Can you describe the vision Ben sent you?”

I nodded. I’d expected they would ask and was already bracing myself for the task.

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