Heroes Chapter 13

She was leaning against the wall, trying to hold herself up. Dexter put a hand on her shoulder. "What happened? Maybe we can help." She slowly lowered her hands, and looked at him. She looked between us, and I saw a glimmer of hope in her eyes. She said, "Come in here." We entered the bedroom and she closed her door. She got her chair that was in front of the dresser-probably a make-up station- and sat it in front of the bed. We sat on the bed and she said, "You have to swear to me, that you will not tell anybody about this. Okay?" Dexter said, "Promise." I followed up, "Cross-my-heart."

She took a deep breath, as if stalling to find more courage. She started, "Remember when I tried to explain how my powers worked?" We nodded. "Well, I don't even understand them all the way. When I was thirteen, I found out what I could do when some guys jumped me and drug me into an alley. When I was fourteen, I learned how to control people, and get them to do what I want them to. I didn't use it much, because, to be completly honest, it creeped me out.

Anyway, I needed to test it out for a second. I tried to do something small, like change someone's mind." She bit her lip. She sighed and said, "I tested it on Dad. I just wanted to try to convince him to give back my phone or whatever." Her eyes were getting watery. "Mom came into the kitchen at the wrong time." She was choking back tears. "I watched as.....my Dad, my father.....ate my Mom." She was crying again. "The more I tried to stop him......the worse he got! Some neighbors called the police and......" She couldn't even finish.

I was fighting back tears myself. I gave a quick glance to Dexter, he brushed his eyes. I said, "I'm sorry, Jessie. Is there anything we can do?" She was still sobbing a little, but this time she got a look of determination. "I'm going to save my father. Even if it puts me in that sentence. I don't care. I'm going to go and save my father"

I looked at Dexter, and he smiled. He said, "Actually, I do have something that can get us to your dad in almost no time."

He lead us quietly into the lab, since its still the middle of the night. He lead us to a huge room through one of the doors. Jessie said, "Dex. You said that none of the vehicles we have works to begin with, and even then we can't drive all the way to North Bridge Falls." Dexter looked back at us and smiled mischieviously. "Who said anything about driving?" He turned on the lights and revealed a Helicopter. It had two propellors sticking out of the top, and it had thrusters on the bottom of it. It looked like something you would see in those futuristic movies that have a setting on other worlds with giant people.

I looked at Dexter. He said, "If you're going to travel, why not in style, right?" Jessie smiled and said, "Let's go."