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

turned to the set of tables and cleared every thought from her mind. Sarah placed the index and middle finger of her right hand up to her temple and concentrated. The tables began moving abruptly. They shook for a moment until Sarah concentrated a little harder. Then the tables began to stack on top of one another. Sarah stopped focusing after stacking four tables.
    “You’re great,” Clark smiled to her.
    Chloe then took a turn by focusing just as hard. She looked at the same tables and mentally moved them back into their original places.
    “Yes!” Donny said as he hugged her.
    Donny and John then looked to the tennis court and spotted a cart of a hundred tennis balls. Donny rubbed his palms together and John swept his hair back. They looked at one another and then back at the cart of tennis balls. They concentrated and the cart began to move. They concentrated a little harder and the cart tipped overs. The tennis balls from the cart jumped into the air and swooped at them. As the balls shot at the six of them, John and Donny stretched their arms out.
    Afraid the balls might hit him, Donny closed his eyes. With his arms still outstretched, he opened his eyes and discovered the balls were suspended in the air. The tennis balls had stopped just a few inches away from them in mid-air. John laughed with his arms still lifted.
    “Look!” John said, “ It’s unreal!”
    The others jeered as John and Donny let their arms down. The balls immediately fell onto the ground.
    “Think of the possibilities,” Chloe said.
    “ This is the power of God,” Donny said. “Charles is right. This is the most amazing thing I’ve ever seen… or done!”
    “Now it’s my turn,” Clark said. Clark turned back toward the pool and they followed him.
    “You can’t lift the water!” Charles said, “I already did that!”
    “I’m not about to lift the water!” Clark told him.
    “Then what ya ‘bout to do?” Charles asked.
    “What I’m about to do is gonna be pretty damn cool if it works. And if it doesn’t work I’m gonna look like a complete ass.”
    Clark cleared his mind and took a deep breath. They others looked at him with deep anticipation. He turned around and saw Sarah. She nodded. “She believes in me,” Clark thought, “so I can do it.” He put one foot out in front of the other and stepped onto the pool. He lifted his other foot and placed it on top of the pool as well. He looked down and discovered himself standing on the base of the water.
    “You can walk on water!” Charles laughed with surprise. “Jesus, Mary, and Joseph!”
    Clark turned around and winked at them. He slowly took another step and then another. He walked on top of the water to the center of the pool. Then he turned around and walked back. With each step, he felt an exhilarating surge; a force of immense power within him.
    “I can’t believe it,” Clark said as he stepped off of the pool and back onto the ground.
    “What do we do with this?” Donny asked.
    “We do whatever we want,” Charles said. “Anything your heart desires. I think I may use it to pick up chicks.”
    “They’ll think you’re a freak,” Donny said.
    “Hey, isn’t that what they already think about you?” Charles laughed.
    “Don’t talk to him like that,” Chloe snapped.
    “Cool it, sweetheart. I was just kidding,” Charles joked while raising his hands.
    “L eave him alone, Charles,” Clark said.
    “D on’t worry about it,” Donny assured them. “And I think what we’ve got are the powers of telekinesis.”
    “Sounds familiar,” John said. “Like out of a sci-fi story.”
    “Psychokinetic,” Chloe chimed in. “The ability to control the movement of any object with one’s mind.”
    “Are these any exceptions?” Sarah asked.
    “I don’t know,” Chloe said. “We’d have to just try everything and find out.”
    T hey spent the remainder of the day at Charles’s place. The six of them continued to be marveled at their amazing feats.