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Kendra was sitting up on her side propped up by her elbow.  She waited as he rummaged through his back and pulled out his phone.  Kendra heard him say crap and say that he had to get going.  I'm wide awake and the dream is over. Kendra thought.  She couldn't hide the disappointment from her face.  Her pouty pink lips turned downward in a visible frown at the news that he was leaving.

Suddenly he was smiling again and asking if she wanted to come home with him.  He was sweet, but... She wasn't sure she was ready for all that.  She could hardly look him in the eye she was so enamored with him.  She wanted to know more about him, but she wasn't ready for that step yet.  She had never taken that step with any guy before. 

"I..... Should put a hitch in my get 'along." She said.  Kendra looked down at the sand tucked her hair behind her ear. 

Kendra stood up and brushed herself off.  She had to be getting back.  She had to get back to the mansion.  She wasn't sure what the rules were for being away from the mansion grounds.  She left without even taking her shoes.  She just woke up and ran here.  Kendra smiled at Max.  He was sweet.  She liked him, but baby steps.  Kendra took his phone out of his hand and programed her phone number into it.  "Give me a call when you're out of your meeting."  She said coyly and handed him back the phone.

He worked for Haven?  Kendra found herself constantly surprised by how little she knew about the mutant world.  She had heard of Haven but didn't know a single thing about the organization.  She planned on doing a few google searches on Haven when she got back. 

"Hey there. Sleep well?" 

Kendra shook her head as she walked up to him.  Her eyes were shrink wrapped in shimmery tears of relief.  Kendra broke out in a fit of laughter mixed with choked tears.  Her body crashed into his and she wrapped her arms tightly around his neck.  It was silly right?  She just met Max today, but the thought that he could have been killed by some mutant hating humans.....  It was to much for her.  She had a wave of relief washing over her.

Kendra grabbed him by his arms and held him at arms length.  Kendra's eyes moved over his face.  He was smiling.  Like he had it under control the whole time.  Kendra didn't see the fight or what he did to those guys. Truth be told.... She wouldn't honestly know how to feel if she saw Max basically waterboarding a guy.  Not that he didn't deserve a little punishment, but Kendra didn't like violence.  She had seen a lot of violence, and sometimes it was necessary she understood that.

"You had me so worried."  She said.  Kendra stood on her tippy toes and leaned in.  She pressed her lips against his tightly.  It was impulsive, but it felt right.  Kendra's arms tightened around his neck again and slowly she pulled her lips away.  Settling back down on the sand she exhaled a shaky breath.  Kendra's hair was hanging down in her face covering her eyes.  Her hair was masking the expression on her face.  she was looking down at his chest now, not daring to make eye contact.  Oh god.  I can't believe I just did that.  Oh my god.  What is he thinking? 

Kendra dared to steal a glance up. She carefully brushed the hair out of her eyes.  She looked at Max.  She was a whirlwind of emotions and feelings.  Her lip was quivering.  "I'm sorry.  I shouldn've...."  Her voice trailed off.  Her Georgia Belle accent was heaviest whenever she got excited or nervous.  It was most certainly thick right now.  Kendra waited with baited breath.  She waited for Max to say something.  Anything.

Kendra heard the voice behind her and she spun around and dropped the picture. The picture hit the edge of the table and then flipped down to the floor falling face down in the plush carpet. Kendra had been startled.  She was standing on the other side of the room from this new person in the room.  She saw the picture floating.  Way to go you can't even stay stealth when invisible.  Kendra said nothing.  She was going to play dumb . She didn't know who this woman was, but she seemed harmless.  Then again,  She couldn't see Kendra. 

Kendra took a step back.  She was on the other side of the rather large room.  It was a mansion all of the rooms were large, but this one, there was a good bit of distance between them.  Kendra noticed finally, the pizza boxes and messes strewn about the living room.  She hadn't been invited to a pizza party.  Finally Kendra finally spoke.  Her voice projected across the room and seemed to be coming from the back corner.  The back corner of the room was dark, but it was light enough to illuminate the fact that there was no one standing there. "Sorry I was just looking around the place, I'm  new here." 

Kendra didn't answer her question about the pizza party.  She figured it was a rhetorical question by one of the teachers here and she was in trouble for being out of her room to late.  She didn't know what the rules about curfew were here and honestly there should be some rules.  You couldn't just have mutants with potentially dangerous powers wandering around all hours of the night getting into mischief, yet here she was.  And sadly she had no way to shut her power down.  Rather than freak the poor woman out Kendra explained.  "I'm a dream walker.  I'm not really here, only kind of...."  Kendra didn't know how else to say it. She didn't even know if that would make sense to the woman.

Kendra had no idea if there were more dream walkers like her.  But when she filled out the paperwork that allowed her to stay in the mansion; she remembered someone saying "Ahhh so you're a dream walker"  As if they had seen one before.  Kendra stayed in the back corner of the room. 

Kendra wasn't a kid or a student.  She had long stopped fearing the teacher as a authoritative figure, but something still made her feel like she was about to get sent to the principals office for breaking curfew.  She didn't want to get the boot from the mansion when she had only just got here.  Even her luck wasn't that fantastically bad, and cataclysmically awful.

Kendra was in the library trying to discover a way to help her understand her powers. She was a dream walker. She couldn't control it. She would go to bed and find herself in a dream, only it wasn't a dream.  She would walk around the world as if she were still awake. Only she would be invisible to everyone around her. The only way someone could see her in her dream state was in a reflective surface like a mirror or a pond.  It was exhausting.  She could sleep ten hours and still feel like she barely slept.  She just wanted to get it under control. This book might help.  She flipped through another page.

Certain mutants can not control their abilities.  Some mutations are physical, mental, elemental.  Others may change the inflicted's appearance.  There is currently no definitive cure for mutation....

It was getting late. Kendra stood up and readjusted her bag on her shoulder.  She walked over to the librarian with her book.  She took the time to take one final look at Leon as she readied herself to leave.  "Just the one book please ma'am."  Kendra said as she handed the librarian the book.   She checked out her book and headed out of the library.  She was tired as ever.  Another night of wandering around in her dreams..... She headed up to the adult wing and pulled her key from her pocket.  Sliding it into the lock she turned the latch and opened her door.  Kendra set the book on the table by the door and peeled her shirt off over her head and tossed it casually on the floor. 

Pulling on a new shirt, a more comfortable shirt she slipped out of her jeans and boots.  Kendra put on a pair of shorts.  Kendra put on a pair of running shoes.  They were dirty and worn and had seen a lot of road.  Kendra crawled into her bed with a sigh and slipped under the covers.  She was so tired.  It wouldn't take her long to fall asleep.  20 minutes later she was sleeping. 

20 minutes later.....

She was asleep.  Looking down at her body she took a moment to note how peaceful her body looked.  She looked at the clock on the table.  9:42pm.  Well I guess I might as well explore.  She thought somewhat reluctantly.  She would do anything to get a peaceful night's sleep and just not have to dream walk.  She used to.  She used to sleep and have dreams about all kinds of things and never dream walked until she turned into a teenager.

Kendra left her room and made sure that the door was closed fully before heading out into the common rooms.  There were a few wandering around most have retired to their rooms for the evening.  She wandered around for quiet some time.  She quietly hummed a song she didn't know the words to as she looked at hanging pictures and awards locked away in trophy cases.... Nothing she hadn't seen already in her first few nights here. 

She was already bored.  That's when she thought she saw Leon..... She started to follow him.  He wouldn't be able to see her.  He wouldn't be so defensive if he didn't know she was around.  Perhaps it was wrong to spy on him, but what else was she going to do?  She'd just be wandering around until morning anyways trapped in a dream.  Stuck in a constant state of conscious awareness.  Might as well learn about the man she had practically made a fool out of herself in front of.  Kendra edged her way down the hallway and followed him careful not to make a sound. 

When she was filling out her paperwork to stay here at the mansion they asked her about her powers.  Her mutation determined where her room was located.  She figured the less dangerous mutations were kept separated from the more dangerous or uncontrollable ones.  She didn't know where the dangerous mutants slept, but she mused she was about to find out. 

Kendra crept around the edge of the hall and peered around the corner.  She could see Leon now.  What is he doing? Kendra wondered as she continued to watch him curiously.  Through no fault of his own he had peeked her interest.  Kendra was perhaps doing something reckless or dangerous, but she didn't care.  She had to know more about him.

Kendra watched Max flip and sail through the air. He was like a gosh darn ninja! Kendra took a step back and blinked herself off to the side. She was basically teleporting around but she called it blinking. She got out of the way in a split second and watched Max take out the much larger guys.  The leader got back up and tried to lung for Max.  Kendra blinked again this time right in front of the creep.  She tripped him and he face planted right in front of Max.  He landed at his feet. 

"What the hell is going on Bobby how is he doing that?!?!" 

Kendra was tempted to make herself known, but she didn't.  Kendra blinked herself again over to be standing beside Max.  She placed a hand on his shoulder and leaned into his ear.  She whispered to him.

"Don't hurt them."  She said.  Her voice was soft.  She knew that Max was capable of flight and he seemed more than capable of handling himself.  These guys were stubborn already the other two were getting up looking more than angry.  It was lucky for them that they were alone on the beach or this would have become quite the spectacle.  She didn't like bullies, but she didn't want Max to lower himself to actually hurting them worse than bruising a few egos that were in desperate need of deflation.

"Who's there?"  One of them called out and pulled out a knife.  Kendra saw the knife...... She was about to blink again and take the knife away, but suddenly she was sitting in her bed.  There was a banging at her bedroom door.  Kendra was a notoriously light sleeper.  Someone had banged on her door in the mansion and it woke her up.  No! She cried.  Kendra shot up in her bed.  She was scared.  Oh my god Max!  She can't believe she was pulled from her dream she just left him there with three men and a knife.  Kendra grabbed her jacket off the table and ripped open the door.  She didn't even wait to see what the person wanted on the other side of the door.  She shoved past them.  "Hey I needed to ask you something!"  Someone called after her.  Kendra was terrified.  She was hurrying down the hall.

"Please be ok!"  She cried out hysterically to herself as she burst out the front door of the mansion.  She was at a dead sprint now.  She was running back to the beach.  Only it would take her some time to get here.  I hope I'm not to late!

Max charged. Kendra was horrified.  The whole thing played out almost in slow motion she felt sick to her stomach. Why?  Why are people like this?  Kendra felt her skin get hot with anger.  She saw this play out before.  It always ended badly.  Kendra didn't listen to Max.  She didn't stand back and watch.  She charged too only she couldn't be seen.  Kendra ran past Max and at the three guys.  She wasn't a fighter.  She had never been in a fight in her life.  Her teeth were showing.  Her lip was curled up in a snarl. 

Kendra snatched the phone out of the man's hand and chucked it in the ocean.  She couldn't stand bullies.  It was bullies that caused her to shrink away from the world her whole life.  Bullies like her father.  The phone splashed in the ocean.  The picture would never see the light of day.  "What the hell?"  The guy cried.  Kendra pulled his shirt up and over his head so that he couldn't see.  His friends didn't know what to do.... Kendra shoved him down in the sand.....

First there was a feeling spreading around her. There was a slight weightless feeling and then she was lifting off the ground. Kendra's eyes lit up. Her voice hitched in her throat and her voice cracked with excitement. "I'm flying!" She was completely amazed by it. Her power was never something that she considered amazing by any means. It was mostly just lonely. During the day she spent most of her time being ignored and blending into the background.   Most people didn't really notice her. Her power just felt like an extension of that.  Just one more way for her to feel isolated. Max could fly. Who wouldn't want to fly?!?!?

Kendra wasn't worried about being seen. She couldn't be seen. Anyone who noticed though, would see Max flying over the ocean. "This is amazing." Kendra said. It was more blurted out in a fit of laughter. Kendra felt her hair flying in the wind and the spray of the ocean on her toes. Her hand squeezed Max's tighter. She would have loved to get some pictures from this high but the thought never even crossed her mind. She was so utterly lost in the moment. She could only imagine what it was like. To be able to fly around at will. She always felt somewhat trapped. Growing up in an abusive home, a single father who blamed her for her mother's death. She would have loved to be able to just open her window and fly away. The best she could do was dream herself away, but she was still there. She was still in that house.

"Take me somewhere!" Kendra said still laughing. She didn't care where they went. She just didn't want to touch back down on the ground yet. She felt free, she felt safe.

Suddenly the sandcastle didn't seem so impressive. He wasn't just a normal human. He was a mutant like her.  Max had an amazing power. She didn't know much about gravity or it's effects, but she was impressed. Though she was saddened. It was already well past noon. She knew her time was going to be short. She couldn't stay asleep forever. For the first time in awhile she didn't feel alone. She had met a few in the mansion that she liked. Ghost was really nice, and she had talked to a few other mutants. But she hadn't made a friend. Max, was her first real friend she had made since she came here, since she left her drunk abusive father behind. He was her first friend and her time with him was ticking away like Cinderella's time at the ball. Eventually this amazing dream was going to turn into a pumpkin and she'd wake up.

Reality would come crashing back down on her head and she'd wake up alone in her bed. She was determined to enjoy the time she had. Kendra saw in the distance a boat on the water. She didn't want Max to get spotted. "Max! Look out for the boat." She didn't know if he was open about his powers to the world, but why would he hide them? They were fantastic. She had already decided. That tomorrow night, when she went to sleep she would come back to this beach at the same time looking for Max again.