The Wiseman Revelation (The Wiseman Series Book 2) by Hightower R. C

Author:Hightower, R. C. [Hightower, R. C.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Wasteland Press
Published: 2015-08-09T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter Thirteen

After their nap, Langston fixed Jade’s Xbox, and they saved humanity from the zombie apocalypse for two hours. They ordered grilled chicken pitas and hummus, and watched The Terminator and The Princess Bride. While the closing credits were rolling, Jade set up an obstacle course of sorts. She lined up gummy bears and an assortment of cups on the living room table.

“Okay,” she said. “Time for target practice.” She pointed to each gummy bear-cup combo in turn. “Pineapple, there. Raspberry, there. Strawberry, there. And orange and lemon, there and there.”

Langston concentrated on the clear, pineapple bear and thought, “Up.”

The bear levitated off the table and migrated toward a bright blue coffee cup, hovered, and then dropped inside.

Jade clapped. “Yay!”

After Langston successfully put all the bears in their respective cups, Jade set up a row of nail polish bottles. “Zigzag them between the bottles.”

Langston handled them singly without difficulty, but when he tried to zigzag three at once, he lost control. Jade watched anxiously with her fists jammed to her mouth, calling out “Whoa!” and “Careful!” when a bear went awry.

Langston stacked the bears into a pyramid where they wobbled and toppled over.

“I’m starting to get a headache.” He’d overextended his fledgling skills the last couple of days. “Wanna get out of here for a little while?”

“I wouldn’t say no to some ice cream,” Jade said. “I like that place down the street. Udderly Creams?”

“I’ve seen the sign, but I’ve never been.” Langston searched for his shoes. “Got a favorite flavor?”

“My favorites are cherry chocolate and pistachio. They make good rainbow sherbet, too.”

“I like cookies ‘n’ cream.”

Jade smiled. “I like that one, too. Oh, and salted caramel.”

“Sounds like you just like ice cream.”

She giggled. Since the rain had let up, they walked to Udderly Creams and took their double scoop cones with them on a cool evening stroll around the city.

“So, how long have you been able to, you know?” Jade wiggled the gloved fingers of her free hand.

“The telekinesis? I noticed it the day after my birthday.”

She licked her pistachio ice cream. “What happened?”

“I reached for my keys on a table and they slid over to me.”

“You didn’t freak out?”

“It was one of those moments when you know something happened, but you don’t want to deal with it. So, yeah, I freaked out, but I just pushed it to the back of my mind until it happened again.”

“Did it scare you?”

Langston nodded. “It still does. Things happen out of my control, like your furniture or my mom’s mirror.” They stopped at a corner and waited for a car to drive by before crossing the street. “I even slammed the door once when my advisor was talking to me.”

“He didn’t say anything?”

“He said I needed to call maintenance.”

“Hmm.” Jade adjusted her scarf and bit her waffle cone. “What are you going to do about it?”

“The door?”

“Your powers. Are you going to become some sort of undercover superhero like Spiderman?”

Langston laughed. “I haven’t thought that far ahead. I need to get complete control of it.

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