We found a hotel on the side of the road. It was called the Federal Borneo International Hotel. When we got into the hotel, we saw it was made of gold. There were golden counter tops, golden colored furniture, golden chandlers, golden phones, and also goldfish. We walked up to the counter, but nobody was there. We rang the bell on the counter, then a guy came in from the back room; he looked like a zombie, with bloodshot eyes, crazy black hair that stuck out everywhere. The only thing that looked nice on him was his fancy black tuxedo. When he talked, it sounded like an old fashioned hissing voice. “How may I help ye?”
We all looked at each other, until Allison finally said, “We would like three rooms.” He looked at us for quite a while until he said, “Where are thy parents?” None of us said a word, when Bella said, “They are outside waiting for us to get rooms.” The guy looked at us suspiciously. Finally he said “Very well, the only problem is we only have one room left, so ye will have to sleep in one room.”
We said ok, and got the room key; we went outside to the room he gave us. When we got to the room, we noticed a strange smell coming from behind us, like burned rubber. We all turned around and we saw nothing, Bella said “Get inside.” We went inside without hesitation. While we were inside, Bella locked the door behind us. When I fell asleep, I had another dream; this time I wasn’t in a dungeon, I was outside of the dungeon. I saw forty-foot walls, tons of archers walking along the turrets and high castle walls. Two people walked between me, wearing what looked like Kevlar vests. I noticed they were also wearing oxygen helmets, so they must’ve been FBI. One of the FBI guys looked behind them; he had fear and anger in his eyes. That’s when the vision got blurry. I woke up to someone slamming on the door, hard. There were sirens outside. When the door gave way, two robots came in, like the ones we encountered on the bus. As soon they came in, they turned invisible. My sister was on the ground throwing fireballs, lightning, even water at them in order to slow them down, but nothing worked.
I saw Bella on the ground moaning; the door had been crushed into her, so I knew we were on our own. When I saw my sister being picked up by the throat, I got so mad and tense that I breathed fire at one of the robots. I got the other robot by surprise. I ran at him, picked him off the ground; I started beating him. I kept on beating him until I felt a hand on my shoulder. I looked up and saw my sister, her eyes filled with fear and a glistening of tears. I stop punching the robot. He wasn’t a robot any more, just a pile of chunks on the floor.
Bella got up, a stunned expression on her face, as she looked at the robot pieces.
“What the heck just happened while I was out?” I told her what happened when Allison was being choked and I breathed fire. We sat there for a bit until we heard sirens, and knew we should leave. We found a taxi to the nearest train station, where we bought tickets to Tennessee. We just sat in silence until I asked, “Why were you guys so frightened when I told you I could breathe fire?”
It took Bella a while to say, “A long time ago, there was a kid named Josh Adams. He was the same age as you; he had the same powers as you. Until one day he found his parents both dead. He found the person who did it, his uncle. He got so mad he started to breathe fire and burned his uncle to death. Later the townspeople where he lived on SUPER X found out and they came to his house to have him arrested. That day he turned evil. Everyone on SUPER X said that people who can breathe fire have evil inside of them. That’s why we were frightened.” It took me a while to take all of that in.
Finally I said, “So, that’s why that thing on the bus said that I might make a choice that could save both worlds or destroy them.” Bella looked even more frightened when I told them again what it said. When we finally got to Nashville, Tennessee, the first thing we did was find a place to eat, a McDonald’s across the street from a hotel. We checked in at the hotel. We got to our room...two beds, one bathroom, and a TV with thirty-one channels. We went across the street to the McDonald’s and sat, numb, eating chicken nuggets.
Allison told me, “You should really tell Bella about your dreams. She might be able to tell you what they mean.”
I didn’t give her an answer. We watched “SUPERMAN, The Movie,” then we slept, Bella in one bed, Allison in the other, me on the floor.
I had another dream. This time I was on a ship in the water. There was a big storm going on with red, green, and blue lighting. Somehow I knew I was on SUPER X. The ship was called SUPER NOVA, and for some reason, that name sent a chill up my spine. The image changed and I found myself in what looked like a cell. I saw a guy, probably in his mid-thirties, wearing what looked like a ripped up suit. I had a feeling he wasn’t captured for robbery. He looked like he hadn’t slept in days, had bags under his bloodshot eyes. His hair was all messed up, then I realized he was the man who had been at the first hotel, where I found out I have a different power.