4: Night Sight
Ryder's POV
I followed Samuel into the other room. Gray was sat in there, reading some kind of book on quantum physics. "Hey kids," he says, before looking down again.
Samuel and I sat on the bed and he gets out an album. "How old are you?" he asked.
"12, 13 next month." I said. "You?"
"I turned 13 last month," he replied, before opening the front cover of the album. "It's nice to have someone my age around for once."
"Are there no other children?" I questioned.
"There are, but they're quite a bit younger than us,"
The first few pages were filled with pictures of people I didn't know. Samuel introduced me to them, telling me their names and their vigilante names.
"Do you have a special name?" I said.
"I do, actually." he said, and flicked a few pages on, where I saw people I met that day. His finger slid down the page to a picture of him.
'Samuel Hargrave'
'Night Sight'
"Night Sight," he announced.
"That sounds sick," I said. "Why though?"
"I can see in the dark," he said, grinning. "I mean I thought it was in the name, you know?"
I chuckled, "Okay yeah, but I just wanted to be sure. And that's so cool,"
He chuckled too and moved on, showing me everyone on that page.
'Rick Hargrave' 'Omnissio' "He can read minds and memories if he holds onto someone,"
'Blake Hargrave' 'Blaze' "He can control and produce fire with his hands,"
"You have two brothers?" I asked.
"Yeah, Rick is the oldest, he's 26. Blake is 21. I'm the youngest. Do you have any siblings?"
"Yeah I have a sister. She's 18. We're not really close though. She's always in hospital and stuff." I said.
"Is she okay?"
"She has a kidney condition. She had a transplant 2 years ago but that didn't really solve things so she has treatment every two days. The doctors say this is the end of the line," I said, lowering my voice.
Samuel's eyes softened. "I'm sorry, I didn't realize-"
"It's okay, I barely know her, it doesn't really bother me," I lied.
Samuel moved on, sensing that I was uncomfortable and showed me the others.
"Texas Garcia. He doesn't have any other names. Incredible at fencing. Roman Covali. He's called Anti-glont, which means bullet proof in Romanian. Bullets don't penetrate his skin. Sierra Krieger. Sierra's other name is Tractatori, which means manipulator in latin. Nobody really calls her that though. She's very good at getting her way She has powers that help her convince people to believe what she says. Gray Smith," He moves on and Gray looks up from the other side of the room. "He doesn't have any other names. Gray is basically unbeatable. He always has a plan. I hope I grow up to be like him," Samuel says, making Gray smile from the other side of the room before returning to his work. "Jared Renner. Sharp Silver. Master at using any bladed weapon. He's especially good at torturing people till they give the answers we want. Josephine Wilson. Flare. She's basically incredibly fast. Like she do so many things in the blink of an eye. Combat isn't her thing but because she's fast she can just run around people and axe them in the neck. Taylor Faulkner. Grizzler. Taylor is Texas' cousin. Taylor is basically like Hulk, but instead of turning into a big green monster, he turns into huge grizzly bear. If you make him like super angry while he's in his Grizzley form, he turns into an even bigger bear. It's sick to watch, but also very scary. Reeve Castor. Steel. He lost an arm, so one of them is metal. He's incredibly strong."
At around one, everyone seemed to settle down and get to bed. Sierra said I could sleep in the bunk under Samuel. She slept on the bed next to our bunk, so that I could call her if I needed her.
"Sleep well. Tomorrow, we'll go to the airport. We have our own Jet. At the airport we can buy you stuff. You need clothes and other things, so we can get some of it tomorrow."
"Okay. Thanks again, for all this," I said. She smiled.
"No problem my love. Good night,"
"Night," I replied.
Samuel peered over the edge of the bunk. "Good night," he whispered.
"G'night," I said, before getting the best night of sleep I'd had in years.
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