Laura was standing looking dead on at Louis who had managed to come in directly behind her. She had no words or reaction as Sammy and Jackson barely managed to come in third and fourth. She didn’t even react to Art and Jane who were arguing about who beat him to the finish line. Then there was Cara and Asher who finished second to last and last but just started av the others in wonder. 

“What? Didn’t think I would be right behind you? Just wait a little longer. I will be first soon.” There was a slight flurry of lightning as Louis forced his super powers back under complete control. Laura couldn’t even respond. She had been so caught up and purposefully made everyone race to see just how much truth Jane had told her. Yet, here she was. Just close enough followed by Louis to know that her first place and speed, in general, was under threat. 

“Now you are going to need someone to carry you home!” Sammy had come to a rough and tumble stop leaving a slight scrape on her elbow. But that was not enough to stop her from standing up and yelling at Louis who was trying to act tough. “You put all that lightning in you your leg muscles to run but now you can’t even move them because of the cramps. I told you that you should take it slow and figure everything out first.” 

Since Sammy went up to Louis and forced his arm around her shoulder everyone saw the weight from him fall on her. It was clear that Louis was doing everything possible to remain balanced on his two feet. “Can’t you just let me look cool in front of her for another minute?” Louis thought his whisper was missed by Laura as he leaned on Sammy and Jackson came to help too. But Laura had barely heard it and couldn’t hold herself still. 

She was gone in just a soft flurry of dust before she appeared by their bags to gulp down water and pretend she hadn’t heard a single word. “Sammy, come over here and let me put a bandage on that scrape. You can’t lecture Louis if you went too far yourself.” Cara was not having it. She had been one of the people left behind but she was still more in charge than anyone else. 

“And you two stop arguing. Jane, you will be tired after you shift back. Art, you know you have a headache coming on. I know what you are like when you try to force yourself to control too much at once.” Asher followed Cara’s lead and pushed toward Jane and Art who appeared to be setting up for a second race. 

“Sorry bro. I just don’t want to be the loser here. Jane needs to admit that I got faster.” 

“Asher, you know that I am faster than Art. Just let it be.” The slight growl in Janes’ tone made her stop and realize that she had let her anger get to her. She immediately started to slow her breathing and calm herself. In just a few minutes she had started to shift back to her normal form. 

“Don’t think that we didn’t see you jump over the park in two leaps. That was insane.” Asher was certain that Jackson had not overexerted himself but also felt it was best to check with him. 

“I didn’t want to lose so I tried to jump as far as possible. But it was not as far as I thought. I think I should try and do some of these things more often. I still can’t seem to control the strength I put in to things too well.” This was clear because Jackson had thought it would take double the amount of jumps to get across the park. 

The biggest issue when it came to controlling his strength came from the lack of training. It was getting used to a whole new body. Since Jackson needed to constantly go through the things he was used to he was always finding something he was not used to anymore. The small weeks he would pull out with his whole body weight were now easily pulled out in one flick of a finger. But things that he wasn’t able to do like moving the large barrel of rainwater for watering plants was the same as being able to pick up a watering can. 

“I bet that we can find some solo work outs that will help you train your max. I saw some that sprinters and long jumpers do for track and field. I kind of think they would fit you.” Jackson was still holding up Louis but he gave a thumbs up with his other hand. 

“By the way, Louis. If I see you use that move again without you having better control of your lightning I will curse you. And I’m not joking. I will do everything that I think might curse you.” The serious tone that was so radically different from the way that Asher had just spoken to Jackson made Louis feel like he was just splashed with ice water. “But you did good. I can’t say I would have done it any differently.” Asher walked away with a small smirk. He had long known Louis’s reasons for training in such a way. 

“I know you told me that Louis was training to be able to move his body better using lightning but you didn’t say he had gotten that far! I just told Laura that Louis was not as slow as she thought but that was way farther from what I had thought. I think he just broke her. Look. She is still sitting over there pretending to drink water.” Jane had started to bandage Sammy’s elbow. 

“What did you think I meant? He tried to use it the first time and we were evenly matched when it came to my wind and his lightning. The second time he challenged me he rand circles around me. The third time I was pretty sure he was going to shoot in the freaking sky with the amount of lightning he used. He didn’t go all out though. The fourth time he did. That was the other day when he was moving with a little limp. I was pretty sure no one noticed it but that was because he had gone too far. He moved and bruised his hip. But I think if he had actually let everything loose then he would burn his one body.” Sammy had a few fears. But this was a new one. One that she believed that Louis would make real if he did not slow down. 

“I’m sure Asher has already spoken with him judging by the look on Louis’s face just now. But I will say something to him too. Maybe Laura can make him slow down too. She still looks shocked.” Jane took a deep breath and she finished with the bandage and helped Sammy stand again. 

“The next time you two rush ahead of me like that i will have to pay you back in combat training.” Cara was feeling a little annoyed to be slow. However, she still knew that she had a massive advantage in her endurance compared to everyone. 

“The next time I use mind violently like that should be when I have no choice. I don’t want to be a raging tornado. I want to be a spring breeze.” There was no way that Sammy wanted to be a hero known for the brutal winds she conjured. Instead, she wanted to be known for a gentle and calm winds that she could control over years of training. 

“Good. It doesn’t suit you to go wild like that. If you got angry I swear things would get messy. Almost the same as when I scream.” Cara had never screamed in front of anyone after she learned the effect it had. Just the same as Sammy never let her emotions bleed in to the wind around her. 

“You know. Maybe I got lucky with my super power. My anger makes me a little wold but at least I can be stopped. I don’t really know how I would go about stopping the wind or the sound. To be honest, though, you two should train together. Sounds is just the air being pushed a certain way right? Maybe there are some hidden combos there.” The random thought that Jane had was like a bomb going off for Cara and Sammy. 

The two didn’t hesitate to rush in to conversation over it as Jane realized she had just started something that could spell trouble. She could only imagine the bigger challenge that Sammy and Cara would make as partners. Training would get a lot more complicated as they swapped partners and trained for more combinations. The only person that might just escape all of it was Asher due to his luck.. Jane thought for just a second that she might be able to steal away a little luck for the next training day.