17. Too Late
Autumn is asleep at her desk when Jongin and Sehun arrive at school. Sehun makes his way over to her and takes his seat. Jongin sits in his own. The plan Yixing and Xiumin came up with the night before rings in his head.
*Flashback*
"After school, invite Autumn over," Xiumin says.
"But we already tried to invite her over," Sehun protests, "She said no."
"If she says no, tell her you know who she is. Call her by her name. We'll be there also, point to us and say we've been watching her brothers all day and if she puts up any resistance or acts dumb, tell her we've been watching her 'brothers' all day," Yixing explains.
Xiumin smirks, "And if she doesn't come calmly, we'll hurt them."
*End of Flashback*
The teacher tells them to start getting into their groups, so Jongin gets up and walks to the back. Sofia, or Autumn, is handing Sehun a stack of papers.
"You guys don't have to worry about the project anymore," she says, "I finished it last night."
Both of them are surprised.
"That was... Unexpected," Sehun says slowly, "Thanks."
"No problem," she shrugs and waves her hand. Three of the papers fly off the top of the small stack.
She pales and Jongin frowns. Her skin seemed to be translucent, almost as if a light was shining through it.
"Um, sorry, I'll get those," she says sheepishly, then bends down. On contact, one of the papers burst into flames.
"FIRE!" one student screams.
The alarms begin to go off. Everyone is rushed out of the building. While they were supposed to stay with their class, Autumn rushes over to her 'brothers'. They converse briefly and she seems panicked.
"Sehun, she just made a paper burst into flames," Jongin whispers, "Do you think she has a power?"
"Duh," Sehun drones, then looks around. Jongin follows his eyes until they stop on Xiumin and Yixing. Sehun waves them over.
"What's wrong," Xiumin asks.
"She has powers," Sehun drops, both of their eyes become big.
"What?"
"She has powers," Jongin replies, "And it doesn't seem like she can control them. We need one of the cuffs."
"Here," Xiumin pulls a metal bracelet out of his pocket. It had beautiful different designs etched into the metal.
"Put it on her wrist when you're taking her," Yixing says. Both of the older boys leave as Autumn comes back.
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The end of the day arrives quickly and the boys hurry out in order to catch Autumn before she met up with her 'brothers'. Jongin knew that one was Luhan, he the other one was probably the time control boy. The one that would bring back Kyungsoo.
They see her exiting.
"Sofia, wait!" Sehun shouts, then runs to catch up with her as she turns around.
"What's up?" she asks.
"You should come over to our house today. I saw some stuff on the project we should work on as a group," Sehun states coolly.
"Luke, I already told you, my older brother won't let me," she sighs and starts to walk away. Sehun grabs her wrist and she stops in surprise.
"Luke, let go," she snaps.
Sehun smirks and her face becomes panicked.
"I don't think so Autumn," he whispers, Jongin can see her swallow in fear.
"When'd you figure it out?" she asks breathily, her body shaking.
"Actually, you had us fooled," Sehun states, "Yixing figured it out after he saw your scar."
"My scar?"
"You have a hand shaped scar on the back of your neck," Jongin informs.
Her free hand instinctively goes up to feel the back of her neck.
"Listen closely," Sehun says, then points, "You're going to come with us and get in that car. If you resist, well, it would be terrible if something happened to your 'brothers'."
She glances across the courtyard. He follows her gaze and sees them watching the scene, fearful looks on their faces. He looks back down at her and sees her hanging her head.
"Okay, I'll go," she whispers, "But please," she begs, "Don't hurt them."
"Jongin, put the cuff on her," Sehun orders, Jongin places it around her left wrist.
"Nice and easy. I'm going to let go, if you run, those two boys are going to get it."
He releases her arm and slowly, them trailing, she walks over to the car. As she opens the car door, she disappears into thin air. The cuff clatters when it hits the ground.
"What the hell? I thought her power was fire!" Sehun exclaims, Xiumin and Yixing run over.
"Why didn't you put the cuff on her?" Xiumin yells.
"We did!" Sehun shouts back.
"Was it directly touching her skin?" Yixing asks, picking the metal cuff up. Jongin bows his head and shakes it.
"It's fine Jongin," Yixing sighs, "Just follow Luhan and Zitao."
Xiumin smacks Yixing in the arm. They weren't supposed to say their names. Jongin nods and disappears.
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As Autumn is opening the car door, there is only one thought on her mind.
I need to warn Kris.
Unconsciously, she imagines where he is. There is a brief whooshing sound and she is standing in front of the restaurant that he works at.
"Holy shit," she murmurs, realization of what her power was dawning on her. She shakes the thought away and runs inside. Luckily, the hostess was Luna, Kris's girlfriend.
"How can I help you Sofia?" she asks kindly.
"Um, I need to talk to Blake. It's really important," Autumn answers. Luna nods and walks away. Kris greets her a few minutes later.
"What's wrong?" he asks.
She swallows, "They know who I am, Kris, they know who we are. They're coming for us."
His eyes widen and he grabs her hand and runs out the door.
"We have to get home fast and grab our things," he tells her.
"Kris wait, I have something else to tell you!"
He stops, still holding her hand, "What?"
"It'd be easier to show you."
She imagines their apartment and Kris's gasp told her it worked.
"Autumn, you can teleport?" he asks, staring at her.
She nods and rushes to her room with no explanation. A few seconds later, Luhan and Zitao run through the door.
"Autumn, thank God you're okay," Luhan breaths, wrapping his arms around her.
Zitao joins the hug, "I was worried!"
"Guys, grab your stuff! We can have a moment later!"
They obey and are about to run out the door, but Kris stops them.
"Autumn can teleport us out."
"She can?"
"My power is mimicking the powers and abilities of other people," Autumn informs, "Now let's go."
She reaches for them, but is thrown back into the wall. Her head cracks against it and she slumps to the floor.
"Too late," Jongin smirks as he grabs her body and teleports them away. She blacks out before they can reach the location.
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