Doors are for silly people

20 december

“We don’t have much time. I think she’s up to more trouble.”Keith said and hurried back to the school. Dawson stood on the branch for a while trying to make sense of what Keith had said, but he decided that it didn’t matter. He followed Keith with great ease even though he was stiff from the cold. All he hoped was that Keith was leading him to someplace warm…

                The children had finished their dinner and were now hurrying out to the couches again. The old man had been waiting for them and he gave them a great smile when they came rushing in. “Sit down everyone, have a cookie why don’t you.” He said to them and so they did except for little William who ran back to the kitchen to fetch his glass of milk. Caroline was in there and tiding up. William watched her for a while forgetting about his milk, she reached through the cabinets to put clean plates back where they belonged. William stared because he didn’t believe what he was seeing and at that moment Caroline, his mom, walked right through the wall. William gasped and then ran in panic into the living room where the old man was continuing his story.

                Dawson and Keith were making their way back to the school which turned out to be, embarrassingly enough, not very far. “Who is up to more trouble?” Dawson asked when they both landed on the roof of their house. “You really don’t remember.” Keith stated and then climbed down to a window and jumped in. Dawson frowned and did the same; at least it was warm in there. Maggie and Andrew had been waiting for Keith to return but they weren’t sure how to act when Dawson climbed in through the window after him. “He had nothing to do with it.” Keith said and shoved Dawson towards the fireplace. “Sit down; you’ve been out there for a while. I imagine you’re pretty cold.” Dawson sat down and soaked in the warmth until he felt nice and warm again then he turned around and seemed his old self again. “Now, tell me what has happened.” He said to them and Maggie started telling him about his strange behavior towards Danny and then how he had pushed Keith across the room. She told him that León and Caroline had gone after Keith thinking he was on his way to Riley. They hadn’t heard from them in while. Dawson’s reactions were subtle and composed, but he felt sick. He had sworn not to use his powers on anyone on this team. That was the number one rule. He then started listing all the people on the school and their powers; he came down to three or four that could have been capable of some form of mind control. He ruled out Danny, he had taken care of that possible threat as soon as he had met her. Keith had said that ‘she’ might be up to more trouble, and that left only one. He stood up and nodded at Keith. “We’re going to deal with this here and now.” He said and they both climbed out the window again.

“You’d think doors are more practical.” Maggie said to Andrew and they were once again left behind.