Addicted

22 december

“Oh, no you don’t.” Dawson said to her and pushed her back mentally. “This should be settled without that.” She had been taken by surprise; he could see that she hadn’t expected him to be able to fight back this time. “I want to us talk. I will listen to whatever you have to say and do my best to make everything right.” He said and sat down on the scrawny little table. The girl was still looking hostile, but the glow in her eyes was fading. “Sit down with me Emma, and tell me why you are so angry.” He moved over so that she could sit down. She hesitated and looked around for another way out; Dawson was successfully blocking the door. “Did Riley set you up to this?” He asked after a while. The girl surprised him by laughing. “Riley? He couldn’t make me do anything.” She said still laughing. “Also… You should have come alone.” Keith threw himself on Dawson and they tumbled down on the floor, his eyes had a grayish tint and he was laughing along with the girl. Dawson could keep Keith away as long as he was holding Keith’s own power, but he needed to take Emma’s. Dawson pushed Keith away so he slammed into the other wall, making the entire shed tremble, and then he drew on Emma’s power. He smiled then. It was not unlike Danny’s power, he found that he could control both Emma and Keith without trouble; they didn’t have the slightest chance of avoiding him. It felt… good. He wanted to find out just how many he could keep on the leash. It was almost perverse but this was probably the greats feeling he had ever felt. How had Emma kept this as secret from him? He walked towards the school with Emma and Keith obediently following him.

                “This was not the best moment of your uncle Dawson’s life he would come to regret it up until this day. Caroline, Danny and Riley were on their way to find Emma after Caroline had told them what she had done to León and they met Dawson outside the gymnasium…”

“Dawson! You’re okay.” Caroline said when she saw him walking towards them. “And you found that-“ She stopped mid sentence and her face went blank. Danny looked at Riley then and saw that he was the same. They all had that eerie grey tint to their eye’s… and then she felt something. Someone was trying to get into her head, she was sure of it. Learn from your experience… She thought and pushed as hard as she could towards that odd felling. “Release them” Dawson stumble from the impact and that was all that was needed, they were free. “D… don’t let her get away.” He said to Danny. “Emma..” Danny sent out a command to the Asian girl and she stopped dead in her tracks. “Now, please tell me what is going on.” Her legs trembled and she lowered herself to the ground to not fall over.

                “It was all a big mistake. Emma had gotten tired of being the ghost, of not being noticed so she decided to do something about it, but she hadn’t expected it to feel so good to use her powers on others. She had lost control, like Dawson, and hadn’t been able to stop. The next few days were spent helping Emma get back to normal. They had almost forgotten about the tournament, almost.