Winters Family Psi Chronicles 1: Transformation Read Free Page B

it’s going to take a long time to rebuild some of these areas. Of course, we’ve got some really weird stuff happening too. If you watch the news, you’ll see the stories. There’s a lot of people with special abilities popping up.”
    “Special abilities?” he said.
    “Yes, it’s simply amazing! People are discovering that they’re psychic. One of my neighbors is having a great time playing with his new talent. He can lift small objects and make them float around. It’s remarkable! He’s not alone either. There are lots of people on the news who can do the same thing! There’s a bunch of people who claim they can see what’s going on from far away. They call it remote-viewing. Others who say they can heal with a touch of their hand.”
    Jeremy wasn’t sure what to make of all this. It would be difficult to believe if it hadn’t been his mother he was conversing with. Of course, there were potential side effects to whatever phenomenon had caused everyone to lose consciousness. It was conceivable that one of these maladies could affect the mind. He would make a point of watching the news to verify the strange story that his mother had just told him.
    “Do you have any of these special abilities?” Jeremy asked warily.
    “I’m afraid not,” Kate said wistfully. “But you never know. It may take awhile for some people.”
    “Maybe,” Jeremy said.
    “Oh! I just realized that you probably want to reach Skylar. You should check up on him and make sure he’s all right,” she said.
    “Good idea. Thanks for calling, Mom,” he said.
    “I love you.”
    “Love you, too.”
    Jeremy disconnected the call and immediately punched in his friend’s number. The phone rang until his answering machine picked up. He tried again several more times then decided to drive over to Skylar’s house. He emerged from his house with trepidation as he was unsure if the storm had inflicted any damage to his property. He breathed a sigh of relief when he discovered all was well. He slipped behind the wheel of his green Toyota Rav4 and pulled out of the driveway. His gaze fixed on a fallen tree in his neighbor’s yard several houses away. Several scorch marks had struck both the tree and the house but hadn’t resulted in a fire. Jeremy took the freeway to his friend’s house even though they both lived in Bothell. It was a little faster and he didn’t want to see any more damaged homes. It only took about ten minutes to reach Skylar’s neighborhood which had received plenty of lightning damage. Concern for his friend and guilt for not immediately thinking to check on him stabbed in Jeremy’s mind. He’d already lost his father and sister to tragedy, he didn’t need to lose his closest friend as well.
    He slowed his vehicle as fear began to build over what he would find. Suddenly, a vivid image of Skylar kneeling in his living room clutching his head in both hands as if in agony flashed in Jeremy’s mind. Jeremy took a deep, calming breath. Abruptly, he saw himself knocking on his friend’s front door. The scene swiftly vanished and Jeremy halted his vehicle. An instant later, he saw himself standing in front of Skylar’s front door from a position to the side. He reached out and checked the doorknob to find it unlocked. Jeremy opened the door and stepped inside. The scene vanished again and Jeremy’s skull ached. He waited for awhile to see if the visions would return but nothing happened. Jeremy finally moved his SUV forward and discovered his friend’s brown house and moderately-sized yard were both undamaged. He parked his vehicle, rushed over to the front door, and knocked on it. No one answered the door. Jeremy worried that his friend was still unconscious from the electric storm.
    He knocked again and rang the bell several times. Still, Skylar failed to respond. Jeremy reached out to try the knob and was only half-surprised that it turned easily in his hand. He swung the door open and stepped inside.
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