Free Ascension (The Ascension Series) by A.L. Patterson

nodded.
    Clark placed his hand out and pointed his finger at Charles’s radio. With no one touching it, the radio began to tune to various stations.
    “Amazing,” John said.
    “Unbelievable!” Charles said as he sped down the road.
    John took a coin out of his pocket. He placed it in the palm of his hand and stared at it. A moment later, the coin leaped into the air and landed back into the palm of his hand.
    “Jesus !” John laughed.
    “Check this,” Charles said. “ I don’t remember how I got home. But I’m pretty sure I drove because my car was out front. But this morning I woke up and I was floating above my bed!”
    “We can float?” Sarah asked.
    “Well I can!” Charles answered.
    “This is so insane,” John said.
    “I’m like Magneto,” Charles laughed, “I’m the freakin’ Dark Phoenix.”
    “This came from that thing,” Clark told them.
    “ In the barn? I guess so,” John said. “I told you guys it was an alien spaceship.”
    “It wasn’t an alien spaceship,” Charles said. “Just some crazy magic rock.”
    “I want to know what it is,” Sarah suggested.
    “Me too,” Clark agreed.
    “I don’t want to go back there, guys,” John said. “Once was enough. You really want to press our luck?”
    “I’m with John,” Charles said. “Maybe later. For now we’ re going to hit up my crib.”
    “What for?” Clark asked.
    “Who knows when these powers are going to disappear. They could only last for the next few hours. We can test it out at my place,” Charles told him.
    Sarah called Chloe. She asked Chloe to come to Charles’s place along with Donny so they could experi ment with their new abilities. Chloe told Sarah that she and Donny would be there in thirty minutes.
    Charles was speeding down the street and going much faster than the speed limit. He even ran a red ligh t to no one’s surprise. No sooner did a police car turn on its blue lights and sped after Charles. 
    “Damn!” Charles said.
    “Dude, you’re going too fast,” John told him.
    “I can’t help it,” Charles said, “This is the newest model!”
    “Everybody─ just act normal,” Clark said.
    “Don’t worr y. I got a plan,” Charles told them.
    Charles pulled over to the side of the road and the cop car steered behind him. The police officer exited his vehicle and approached the driver side of Charles’s car. Charles pressed a button and the window shot down.
    “Mornin’ officer,” Charles said.
    “You were going 20 over the speed limit, young man.”
    “Oh, was I? My sincerest apologizes.”
    “License and registration.”
    Charles took out his license and grabbed the proper registration from a compartment between the front seats. He handed it to the officer who took one look at the license and glanced at Charles.
    “Charles Walsh─ son of Paul Walsh?” the officer asked.
    “You know it, sir,” Charles grinned with his hands on the wheel.
    While still standing by Charles’s car, the officer perused over the car’s registration papers. Charles looked at John and winked. Charles then looked directly into his rear-view mirror. He stared at the cop’s car and squinted. Suddenly, the patrol car switched gears and rammed right into the back of Charles’s car.
    “Ouch!” Sarah said after feeling the hit. Clark grabbed his neck.
    “What the hell was that!?” Charles asked the officer.
    The police officer ran into his car and switched the gear back into park.
    “You just hit me!” Charles yelled out.
    The police of ficer frantically got out of his car and returned to Charles’s window.
    “I’m so sorry, sir,” the officer said, his hands trembling as he handed Charles back his license and registration. “I don’t know what happened. I didn’t mean to.”
    “Yeah, yeah, yeah,” Charles said. “Perhaps I may need your license and registration.”
    “My deepest apologies, Mr. Walsh,” the officer said while trembling. “Forget about the speeding. You can leave if you