The Games Heroes Play by Joshua Debenedetto Read Free Book Online Page B
Authors: Joshua Debenedetto
to grow. That’s it! Jay thought in excitement. They got larger and larger, thoughts of advanced tactical maneuvers. That must be what he’s studying. Jay looked forward to taking that class. The pictures were almost as big as they had been when it was just a small stream.
GET OUT OF MY HEAD!!! Jay almost stumbled backwards. The words suddenly jumped out of the picture where the tactical maneuvers previously had been. With his concentrating on the pictures, he had not noticed until now that the boy was no longer looking at his work, but instead was looking right back at him, scowling angrily.
“Jay! It is rude to ignore someone who is talking to you, and even ruder to move into someone’s mind uninvited ,” Lieutenant Johnson declared in a strict tone.
“I’m sorry, I wasn’t thinking, it won’t happen again.” Jay was embarrassed to have been caught in his experiment.
“This is your first day, and as such your first offense. These actions will be reprimanded if you are caught doing them again in the future.” Jay noticed she was not really angry with him, but rather was enforcing the rules that she was required to enforce. Nevertheless, Jay was sorry that he gave her a reason to become strict with him.
“I understand ,” Was all Jay could say. He turned to look at the boy in the study room, but the boy was looking down at his work again. Lieutenant Johnson had turned to Zahrah to answer one of her questions, so Jay tried for a moment to send a mental message to the boy apologizing. The boy was either not reading Jay’s mind or was ignoring it, and Jay realized he can only read others thoughts, not force his own into another’s head. I guess I’ve found a limitation on this ability, he thought.
Jay made sure to pay closer attention to Lieutenant Johnson for the remainder of the tour. Before long the tour was over, and they were in the section of the school designated to the dormitories.
“…and here we have the dormitories, which are divided by gender first, then by class, and lastly by ability. Jay, this is your room – male, first year, Prometheus. It is getting late, and classes begin in the morning, so you’d better go in and find an open bed. Your resident leader is Duke; he is a fifth year student. He is the one with the beard in the bed by the door. He will tell you what you need to do next. Your belongings should be waiting for you inside.”
“Thank you, Lieutenant Johnson; it was nice to meet you. You too Zahrah .”
“And you, Jay ,” Zahrah responded. The two of them walked off down the hall, and with their fast pace it was not long before they were out of sight. With a deep breath Jay opened the door and stepped through. The room was full of first year students. So here they all are , Jay thought to himself. He had wondered why he had not seen many his age around the school. Jay turned to the bed by the door, but there was nobody there. He looked around, but nobody he could see had a beard. Duke must be out. I guess I’m on my own for a while . Jay began looking for an open bed. He quickly realized there was only one left, and it was on the top bunk next to the entrance to the bathroom. Jay moved over to it and climbed up onto the bed. He wondered where his things were – they were nowhere in sight. Jay lay back on the empty bed to relax.
It did not take him long to realize why nobody wanted this bed. Every time the bathroom door opened, a light that was just inside shone out onto him. He really hoped there would not be many late night bathroom trips.
CHAPTER 5
JAY AWOKE THE next morning still lying in the same spot where he had first laid down. The bed was still bare, and he was still in the same clothes he had worn the night before. The only difference was that his things were now sitting at the foot of his bed. He looked around, and noticed that the rest of the boys were
GET OUT OF MY HEAD!!! Jay almost stumbled backwards. The words suddenly jumped out of the picture where the tactical maneuvers previously had been. With his concentrating on the pictures, he had not noticed until now that the boy was no longer looking at his work, but instead was looking right back at him, scowling angrily.
“Jay! It is rude to ignore someone who is talking to you, and even ruder to move into someone’s mind uninvited ,” Lieutenant Johnson declared in a strict tone.
“I’m sorry, I wasn’t thinking, it won’t happen again.” Jay was embarrassed to have been caught in his experiment.
“This is your first day, and as such your first offense. These actions will be reprimanded if you are caught doing them again in the future.” Jay noticed she was not really angry with him, but rather was enforcing the rules that she was required to enforce. Nevertheless, Jay was sorry that he gave her a reason to become strict with him.
“I understand ,” Was all Jay could say. He turned to look at the boy in the study room, but the boy was looking down at his work again. Lieutenant Johnson had turned to Zahrah to answer one of her questions, so Jay tried for a moment to send a mental message to the boy apologizing. The boy was either not reading Jay’s mind or was ignoring it, and Jay realized he can only read others thoughts, not force his own into another’s head. I guess I’ve found a limitation on this ability, he thought.
Jay made sure to pay closer attention to Lieutenant Johnson for the remainder of the tour. Before long the tour was over, and they were in the section of the school designated to the dormitories.
“…and here we have the dormitories, which are divided by gender first, then by class, and lastly by ability. Jay, this is your room – male, first year, Prometheus. It is getting late, and classes begin in the morning, so you’d better go in and find an open bed. Your resident leader is Duke; he is a fifth year student. He is the one with the beard in the bed by the door. He will tell you what you need to do next. Your belongings should be waiting for you inside.”
“Thank you, Lieutenant Johnson; it was nice to meet you. You too Zahrah .”
“And you, Jay ,” Zahrah responded. The two of them walked off down the hall, and with their fast pace it was not long before they were out of sight. With a deep breath Jay opened the door and stepped through. The room was full of first year students. So here they all are , Jay thought to himself. He had wondered why he had not seen many his age around the school. Jay turned to the bed by the door, but there was nobody there. He looked around, but nobody he could see had a beard. Duke must be out. I guess I’m on my own for a while . Jay began looking for an open bed. He quickly realized there was only one left, and it was on the top bunk next to the entrance to the bathroom. Jay moved over to it and climbed up onto the bed. He wondered where his things were – they were nowhere in sight. Jay lay back on the empty bed to relax.
It did not take him long to realize why nobody wanted this bed. Every time the bathroom door opened, a light that was just inside shone out onto him. He really hoped there would not be many late night bathroom trips.
CHAPTER 5
JAY AWOKE THE next morning still lying in the same spot where he had first laid down. The bed was still bare, and he was still in the same clothes he had worn the night before. The only difference was that his things were now sitting at the foot of his bed. He looked around, and noticed that the rest of the boys were