Through the Dark

That afternoon, Tuukka called in a meeting at my house.
So we surrounded my dining table, conversing about the person we all hate the most: Kari. I was sitting on the side of the dining table, facing the window; Tuukka was to my right, on the end of the table, facing the kitchen; Pekka was across from me with his back to the window; Mitty was on the other end of the table across from Tuukka, with her back facing the kitchen.
"So are we gonna save your friends first or take down Kari first?" Mitty asked, having her elbows on the table.
"Well, in order to take down Kari, we need to save the others," Tuukka answered with a frown.
"Remember how that went last time?" Pekka raised his eyebrows at his friend. "And that was with telepathy!"
"Yea, it went like that because telepathy was being used," the leader pointed out. "If we use a different way, maybe we wouldn't be so vulnerable to the mind."
"We are all vulnerable to the mind, Tuukka--Kari can control us any moment." The blond man's eyes were wide.
Tuukka just letted out a moan with his hands covering his face; he began sliding down from his chair.
"I think we should just take Kari down, you know, the one who's causing all of this," Mitty suggested a bit harshly.
"Whoa whoa whoa, wait. Wait." Tuukka straightened up with a deep breath, composing himself; he then turned to me. "Corey."
"Yea?" I answered, gazing a him.
"Do you remember the last time us two went to his HQs...and that I was having those 'headaches.'"
"Yea..." I nodded my head, remembering the event vividly in my mind.
"Do you know why I had that headache?"
I stared at Pekka and Mitty, who were giving us odd looks. I then made a connect of why Tuukka had those headaches back there since he didn't tell me why directly. "Because...of Kari?"
"Yes, because Kari was trying to control me." He nodded. "But I wonder, why did I experience that...but not...you?"
Now everyone was staring at me with shocked looks.
"Because he didn't try to take over me?" I shrugged.
"He wanted you to come with him, remember? He did want you," Tuukka said, pointing at me with a grave stare.
I gazed at my lap. "Well..." I began remembering something else that happened there. "...actually, I think they, I mean, him, he tried to take over me, but couldn't." I looked back up. "I felt the ground coming out at me and then he said that it wasn't working."
"He didn't specify on 'it'?" Pekka asked.
"It's obvious, Pekka, he wanted to take over him!" Tuukka told him, extending his hand at me. "Why else would he be fine, yet experienced something we never experienced before in this case?"
"He actually said that he wanted to control me, but I was different," I blurted out as the past was becoming more clearly in my mind.
"Told you." The leader shrugged at his friend.
Pekka just looked away from him with narrowed eyes.
"So are you telling us that you can't be controlled?" Mitty asked me.
"I believe so--I can't be controlled!" I actually felt very proud of myself that I had that very vital ability.
"Are those one of your powers?" Tuukka questioned.
"To not be controlled?" I shot him an odd look. "No, I never knew I was able to do that!"
"But didn't Kari give you your powers?" Pekka pointed out.
"Yea..."
"So why did you give you the ability that could practically fail him?"
"Maybe he did it obliviously?" Mitty suggested.
"Who cares about why Kari gave Corey that ability, let's just use it to our advantage as best as we can, okay?" Tuukka cuts in.
"Alright, but how are we gonna use him to 'our advantage'?" the blond man asked.
"Corey can confront Kari without the fear of being controlled."
"And what are we gonna do?" Mitty throws her hands out in questioning.
"We can make way for the him by fighting the others..."
"But we're gonna be controlled," Pekka said in a mocking tone.
"Some of us are gonna have to sacrifice sooner or later--at least we know how to get out of his control, right?" Tuukka raised his eyebrows.
Pekka didn't seem too please of the plan.
"And what is Corey gonna do to Kari?" Mitty asked the leader.
"He's gonna use his powers, it's the only way to defeat a guy with powers." He gazed at me with a sly look. "Right, Corey?"
I looked at him with an anxious look because of the way he was looking at me. "Wha?"
"You're gonna use your powers for this right?"
"Uh, yea, I guess..." My eyes darted to the ground, trying to not feel so embarrassed about the thought of my powers.
"You seem uncertain about that, Crow..." I heard Tuukka say.
I letted out a sigh. "I just don't like using them," I mumbled.
"You don't like using your powers?"
I shook my head at my lap. "No."
"Why, what's so bad about your powers?" I heard Pekka pipe in. "I mean, I have angel wings as mine practically!"
'At least people still know you're you.' "It's complicated, okay?" I looked back up, giving them a look saying 'drop the topic or else.'
"We're your friends, you can tell us anything without being afraid." Mitty shrugged. "Don't be afraid."
I just shook my head while looking up, just thinking about the powers so that I won't tell them then regret it later on.
"Don't worry, guys," I heard Mitty say softly to the two other guys, "he'll break--he'll tell us. Just give it time. For now, we can use him for what we know him for."

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