Psyche

I was barely surviving when I turned thirteen. I was nothing and no one, a street rat with no home or family. With puberty came power, only not like others. I could move things with my mind and later I could make them disappear and appear somewhere else. They called it psychic powers, telekinesis and teleportation. At first I took small things like food or clothing.

I appeared on the ledge and glanced around the solid wall using the tiny fiber camera. I could see the security cameras and the sensors clearly. I focused on the small area beside the inner window. I disappeared and appeared inside beside the window. I used the camera to peek into the other room. I watched the two guards before looking at the monitor.

I concentrated on the room beyond and the sweep of the camera. I disappeared and appeared in a warm dimly lit bedroom. I moved back and under the camera as I started looking around. I saw the large jewelry case I had come for and looked up at the camera again.

“There is an alarm and zap field around the case.”

I jerked and looked at the bed, the girl had not moved but it was her that had spoken. I almost jumped away but hesitated as she shifted as if in her sleep, “take me with you?”

I looked at her and then up at the camera again, “why?”

“They are keeping me here.”

I disappeared and appeared beside the case to look at everything before going back. I grinned, “where do you want to go?”

I could see her slitted eyes, “out.”

I looked at the case and pulled. The huge fancy diamond necklace dropped into my hand. I thought about the girl and looked at the camera. I carefully timed it before reaching out and pulling her to me. She was wide eyed as she flew to me but I just pulled her against me and disappeared. I appeared in a smelly alley in the middle of the worst part of the slums.

I set her down as she sniffed and smiled and started walking. The girl ran to catch up, “I need to make a call.”

I looked at her and then stopped to peek around the corner at the street. I walked out and headed across the street. She kept up and stayed beside me as I went into the large apartment complex. None of the slides worked so I glanced around and pulled her against me before porting up to my apartment. It was small but nicely furnished with a lot of expensive electronics.

I brought the small vid phone from the couch and handed it to her before heading towards the kitchen. Using my power always made me hungry. A couple of minutes later she walked in and smiled, “my dad is sending someone.”

I nodded and pushed a cup of hot chocolate towards her. I finished the large bowl of cereal as she drank her chocolate. When the banging started on my door I frowned. I looked at the girl to see her face white. I gestured and she stepped close before I disappeared. I appeared in another apartment identical to the other one. I crossed to the array of computer screens and sat.

The girl walked up behind me as I flipped through screens until the other apartment appeared. I looked at the group of black suited men searching my apartment before looking at the girl angrily, “your father’s men?”

She shook her head, “they look like the men that took me.”

I turned to another computer and opened a program. I entered a command and turned to look at the men as they grabbed their heads and dropped to the floor. I smiled, “serves you right assholes.”

The girl touched my shoulder, “what did you do?”

I looked at her, “I used sonics.”

She grinned, “good!”

She looked at the screen as another group of men stopped at the door, “those are from my father.”

I looked at the weapons they were carrying and frowned. I glanced at the girl, “how did they find you?”

She looked at me, “the phone?”

I looked at the other men on the floor, “than how did the others find you?”

She kept looking at the screen and whispered, “I do not know.”

I sighed and took her hand before disappearing. I appeared beside an array of electronics in a large warehouse. A skinny white haired man turned and I smiled, “I need a wide spectrum jammer.”

He nodded and turned to flip a few switches before looking at me. I gestured to the girl, “she has a tracker.”

He looked at her before picking up a wand and walking to us. He moved it up and down her body before smiling, “radio sonic crystals.”

I looked at him and he shrugged before turning to bring up a screen, “they are like an invisible powder. They look like this and the more there are, the stronger the signal.”

I looked at the screen closely before looking at the girl. I thought of the crystals on and possibly inside her before pulling. I held up my hand as a pile of extremely fine powder appeared. The man laughed and turned to pick up a small dust vacuum. He sucked everything from my hand before grinning, “anything else?”

I hesitated and then brought out the necklace, “Can you check this too?”

He used the wand on the necklace and shook his head, “it is clean.”

I nodded, “how much do I owe you?”

He grinned, “five hundred.”

I tossed a credit chit and he caught it and turned away. I took the girl’s hand and disappeared. We appeared in my other apartment and I looked at the computer screen. I sighed and turned to shut the sonic blast off in the other apartment. I turned and had her use my comp to show me where she lived. I used a look down sat and zoomed in on the huge estate.

I got a fix before standing and taking her hand. We disappeared and appeared beside huge, wide stairs. I let her hand go, “you should be safe now.”

She looked at me and smiled, “thank you.”

I nodded and looked at the door as it was opened. A tall butler stepped out and she stepped away. I disappeared and appeared in my apartment. It took a few days to get back into my life and get the necklace back to its owner. It was another week before I heard the light timid knock. I was relaxing and listening to soft music.

I shut everything off and stood, I was tempted to teleport away but moved to the door at the second knock. I opened the door to see the girl and a tall well dressed man. She smiled, “I found you.”

I glanced from her to the man, “why?”

She looked at the man, “my father wanted to thank you.”

I looked at her father and he smiled, “Samantha told me what you did and I wanted to tell you how much it meant to me.”

I shrugged, “I do not like slavers.”

He glanced at his daughter before looking at me, “it was a… past associate.”

He gestured into my apartment and I stepped back to let them in. Samantha walked in and looked around but her father looked at me after I closed the door. He hesitated and then took a breath, “have you ever thought to join the others like you?”

I glanced at the girl and back at him, “like me? There are others that can do what I can?”

He blinked and then smiled, “a few yes.”

That made me think and he cleared his throat, “I could make inquires for you.”

I glanced at Samantha and she grinned, “I checked and they help people too.”

I turned as I thought about others like me. I finally turned back to Samantha and her father, “I would appreciate your help.”

After they left I was alone to think…