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The anger bubbling inside of me pops and disappears We have found another er

Crayton steps forward and offers his hand ‘We’ve been looking for you, Eight We’ve traveled a long distance I’ht stands and shakes Crayton’s hand He’s tall, and every muscle in his upper body and sto for years, surviving alone in the mountains

Ella stands as well ‘I’ht says He looks into her eyes ‘What do you mean, you’re Number Ten? There’re only nine of us Who told you you’re Number Ten?’

All of a sudden, Ella shrinks down to beco quite like having your identity being questioned by a fores Ella, and then, just as quickly, she transforht responds by growing five feet taller to tower over her ‘That all you got, Ten?’

Deter to grow another few years, but nothing happens After a few seconds, she shrugs, ‘I guess so’

Crayton turns to Eight ‘I’ll fill you in later, but there was another ship that left Lorien after yours Ella and I were on that ship She was just a baby at the time’

‘Is that it, or is there a Nu back down to his regular height His voice is husky, but also kind For the first tireen By the look on Marina’s face, she is noticing all of this too I can’t help but smile as she nervously tucks her hair behind her ears

‘Ella’s the last,’ Crayton answers ‘This is Six, and this is Marina, Nu else we should know about?’ Crayton asks

In response, Eight expands into a two-headed giraffe, towering twenty feet above us this time I try to suppress acy,’ the head on the left says

The head on the right lowers to the water and takes a drink before looking up and adding, ‘As’

‘Oh, yeah? Like what?’ Marina asks

Eight turns back into a boy and skips along the surface of the pool as if it were solid ice When he circles back to us, he begins to sprint before skidding to a stop, sending a wave of water towards Marina

But Marina is not going to get shown up by the new guy Without flinching, she lifts her hands and stops the water ht with her telekinesis He in turn blows the wave high into the air like a geyser Not to be left out of whatever ga, I take control of the wind and I use it to push the geyser across the pool until a wall of ht on three sides

‘What else ya got?’ I shout, ht disappears from where I’ve trapped hied rocks above the pool He disappears again and shows up inches fro I reflexively throw a fist into his ribs He grunts and stu?’ Marina yells

‘Sorry,’ I say ‘It was a reflex’

‘I deserved it,’ says Eight, shrugging off Marina’s protectiveness

‘So you can teleport?’ Marina asks ‘That is very cool’

He suddenly appears at her side and casually leans an ars hiht s on Crayton’s shoulders, balancing with exaggerated ars ‘Soht is our jester, all of a sudden