The task and an encounter

Thread: Eliza's diary

We stood back to back against the shiny white walls of the captial's research facility. Josh held two pistols in each hand. The right against his cheek, pointing upwards, the left against his thigh, facing downwards. Neal wore his usual hooded jacket and jeans. Randal wore something unusual though. A tight fitted leather jacket and pants. I turned to Neal, Wouldn't wearing jeans would make it much more difficult to run during the escape phase of the plan? You see, Neal's ability comes in handy when you want to talk to him or another person. You just make your thought 'loud' and Neal will somehow pick it up and reply you.

Do I have a need to run? He smiled. I rolled my eyes and turned to Josh's direction. "So Eliza, just like we practiced yesterday. Are you ready for this?" I nodded my head. Neal and Randal nodded their head too. I focused hard as I held out both of my hands towards Josh. The plan was to levitate the four of us over the wall of the facility. I tried lifting Neal up, he levitated a little, but touched the ground again. "Come on Eliza, you can do it." Josh encouraged me. I shut my eyes and concentrated harder, but I lost it the moment I heard a loud thud on the ground. When I opened my eyes, Neal was on the ground rubbing his back.

Are you even ready for this dumbass? He shouted in my mind. "Sorry." I said as I pulled down the front of my cap, hoping that it would somehow hide my embarrassment. Josh placed his hand on my shoulder, smiled and said, "Try again." I suddenly felt a surge of energy flowing through my body. I felt better than I ever did! I can do this.

As I crawled through the ventilation tunnel, Neal's last few words kept ringing in my head before we had split up. When we get back, start training your abilities! Maybe I really should learn how to use these powers of mine. Josh tapped my shoulder as he crawled beside me. "We should drop here, this is most probably the place we're looking for." He whispered. We pulled out the metal grille above the room and jumped down. The room smelt horrible, like at the hospital where there were sick people all about.

The room that we were in was rather empty, only a desk with a computer, a shelf and a door leading to another room. Josh pointed at the door with his gun and signalled me to go in only after he had gone in. The door slid open and he crept in. The door slid close and there was silence. A few moments later, "Bloody hell! Eliza come in quick!" I rushed into the other room.

It was a very wide and long room, to my left and right were many cells. Each cell had a bed, sink, a mirror and a toilet. The cells were not made out of metal bars like those in normal prisons, but were seperated by a thick metal wall between them and had a kind of glass like material that was keeping the cell closed. There was a standing control panel at the side of each cell and right above it had holographic descriptions. I read the nearest one to me.

ID: 005895
Name: Freight Falkner.
Age: Presumbly 27.
Gender: Male.
Ability: Flight.
Threat: None detected.
Mental state: Normal.
Date caught: 107 days 15hours 23minutes before current time.

In it was a dishevelled blonde haired man who had a device strapped to his feet. As I passed each cell, I realized every single person in it had a device strapped to his or her feet. I turned to Josh. He looked at me and shook his head. "You're thinking of freeing them right? Well don't."

"Why not?"
"Because, it isn't the task that I want you to do and if we input a wrong code, we could alert security. And when they get us, we'll be like them." Josh said as he randomly pointed to one of the prisoners.
"But they could be mistreated-" I began to say but was interrupted by a person banging against the glass door.
"Hey girl! Do me a favour would you?" It was a man trapped in the same cell as the rest. But he stood out among the rest. He didn't look untidy and infact well kept, he had bright red hair and a rather tall and skinny body. Not as tall as Josh though. I walked over and read his description.

ID: 008527
Name: Lyzerg Ezzabell
Age: Presumbly 19.
Gender: Male.
Ability: -
Threat: A major threat. Even though abilities have not been discovered from subject ID:008527, he is wild and aggresive to all personnel especially higher ranks officials.
Advised to be taken: Never open up cell, unless asleep or you are a cleaner.
Mental State: Mad.
Date caught: 1day 12hours 47minutes before current time.

That was absolutely ridiculous. Especially the threat part, I couldn't help myself from laughing. Josh turned to see what the commotion was about and read the description. "Is this a joke?" He asked.

"No it isn't you retard. I just bit one of those official's finger when they caught me that's all, and they think I'm mad. I mean when you're caught you would want to defend yourself right?"
"Then why not use your ability?" I asked.
"Well that's why I asked you for a favour miss!"
"We are not freeing him!" Josh raised his voice.
"You don't have too. Just tell me the abilities of the people on my right and left."
"Oh? Hold on." I took a few steps left and right and faced him again.
"Umm they are, phasing and generation of force fields."

The boy who was presumbly Lyzerg (from the description) jumped up and down and shouted, "Oh thanks, it's really my lucky day! Thank you girl!" He stepped in front of the glass door as he sniggered and pushed himself through. "What!?" Josh exclaimed. "If you had that ability all along why didn't you escape?"

"I don't know?" He smiled. "What's your name and ability girl?"
"You can't read minds right?" I had to be wary.
"If I did I wouldn't need to ask!" Lyzerg said as he smacked his forehead, but it went through. "That felt weird." He said.
"Uhh, my name is Eliza, ability to levitate things I guess?"
"Sweet." He said as he made the device go through his foot.
"Alright I'll repay your favour one day."
"Why not now by telling us what exactly is your power?" Josh asked.
"Not you, her. You didn't help me." Lyzerg said as he pointed a finger and stuck out his tongue at him.
"Why you!" Josh shouted.
"Well I want to know too."

"The ability to copy people's ability. And I can use them for as long as I am around them."

"We have got to leave now. Time's almost up, I got what we need." Josh said as he waved a file at me.
"Eliza! See you again if fate allows it." Lyzerg said as he waved to me. I levitated Josh and myself up into the ventilation shaft once again and we made our escape.