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You should have known. You should have seen it. You should have been able to tell what he was or rather, what he could do. His hair gave it away. The colours that constantly changed from red to white to purple to blue. You should have known. But he was careful. He hid his magic well. His ability was rare; the ability to control the elements was one of the most sought after gifts, not that you could take it but you could certainly use people with the ability for experimentation. He never let you see him use his power.
The first time he used his powers in front of you was when you were out with the boys. You were all hanging out on the beach, the waves just right and the sun high in the sky. It wasn’t crowded a few families and groups of friends spread out along the large expanse of sand. You had been in the water, mucking around with Luke, when a huge wave came out of nowhere knocking you both off your feet. Luke was able to regain his footing seeing as he was far taller than the water he stood in but you managed to get swept up in the current. Your lithe body submerged in water as the wave tossed you about. Your mouth and nose began to fill with the salty water. The force of the water mixing with the dizziness in your head rendered you incapable of fighting, trying to find the surface. And right as the darkness began to blur your eyes, right as the water became too much, right as you gave up, you were laying on the sand. The warm sun in your eyes and on your skin. Michael was leaning over you, dripping wet. His hair that had been a platinum blonde when you got there was now a dark blue as his chest heaved as he looked down at you.
“You’re alright. I’ve got you.” Came his muffled voice as he lifted you up, patting your back a few times as you began to cough up sea water. It was then that you noticed not only were you no longer in the ocean but you were all the way in the parking lot on the ground beside your car, the boys crouched down around you.
“Mike?” You coughed, leaning heavily against his chest in a heap. You felt weak. “You saved me?” You whispered, lips barely grazing his collarbone as you spoke.
“Of course. I wasn’t going to let anything happen to you.” He promised, holding you as close to him as possible.
“Michael. You can’t swim.“ You added as an afterthought. He tensed and everything fell into place for you. The way he had moved you out of the way right before the lightning struck that tree. The way he burnt himself on the stove on time but you never saw the burn nor the scars it most certainly should have left. He was a bender. And he’d just exposed himself to save you. You pushed yourself up as best as you could looking at all of them in shock.
“You can’t tell anyone.” It was Ashton that spoke up. “He’s been so careful. You can’t- You can’t tell.” Michael hushed him, smoothing back your hair as he looked at you lovingly.
“I won’t. I promise. I would never. I just- How? Why did you keep this from me?” You questioned, finding his eyes with your own.
“I was afraid. People fear benders because of what we can do. I didn’t even know if you knew benders existed. I didn’t want you to be afraid of me. I didn’t, I don’t, want you to leave.” He was worried. He was worried you wouldn’t accept something he couldn’t help.
“Mike, you need to get out of here.” You spoke, scrambling to your feet as they all followed. He had a hurt look of understanding on his face. “No, not like that. What if someone saw you?” The panicked look was gone replaced with one of fear as he looked at the boys. No sooner had the look been shared did you notice two men in black suits walking up to you. Had the looks on their faces not given them away, the fact that they were wearing suits on the beach would have. “Get in the car. All of you. Get in.” You shoved them as your adrenaline began to pump, any kind of tiredness or fatigue leaving your body for the few minutes of energy you needed. “Start the car.” You handed Ash the keys.
“Babe.” Michael started but you dragged him down, lips pressing to his before you shoved him back.
“I love you but you’re not the only one keeping secrets.” You practically shoved him in the car, whirling around in time to smile politely at the two men.
“Hello ma’am.” The greasier of the two greeted. “We would like to talk to your boyfriend for just a moment.” He stated, looking over your shoulder at Mike who was pressed between Calum and Luke. Ashton was drumming his fingers on the steering wheel as they all waited with bated breaths, completely unsure of what you were doing.
“What for?” Your voice was soft, sweet like summer rain.
“We noticed he had an unique talent and we’d just to ask him for a demonstration of how it works.” The second smiled and if the first one made you set your teeth on edge this one made you want to vomit. You knew by demonstration they were going to take him away and you knew that you would never see again nor would you ever find where they had decided to take him.
“I’m sorry. You must be mistaken. My boyfriend doesn’t have any unique talents as you put it. I mean he’s a great singer and can shred pretty hard on guitar but that’s all I know of.” You lied through your teeth hoping they would leave well enough alone.
“Well, why don’t we ask him.” He started to reach around you to grab open the car door. You sighed through your teeth.
“You might not want to do that.” You warned and he scoffed putting his hand on the handle. Your hand came up at the last second grabbing the skin revealed between his hand his glove. He let out a pained scream as you focused on his face, chanting the word ‘pain’ in your head. You turned to the other man, grabbing his arm as he came at you. He began to scream and the pain soon became too much as they slumped to the ground unconscious. You practically threw yourself into the front seat of the car shouting a ‘go’ to Ashton who didn’t hesitate to slam the car in reverse.
“What was that?” Michael exclaimed a few minutes later and you turned in your seat, you eyes glowing a light shade of violet as you gave him a sheepish smile.
“I’m a telepath of sorts. I have the power of pain manipulation.” You spoke, blinking away your colorful eyes.
“So we’re both rare supernatural beings that were hiding the fact that we were supernatural from the other?” He asked, a laugh bubbling on his lips. You however let yours spill over.
“You two actually are made for each other.” Calum muttered as Mike leaned forward, pressing a kiss against your lips as his hair went back to his platinum blonde colour.
“Well, we’re never going to be able to stop running now.” Luke spoke into the quiet a few minutes later.
“I know somewhere we can go. I know someone who can do some great things with invisibility.”