The Push And Pull Of Magnets

Twenty Three // Magnetokinesis // Tristan Miller

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He was free, free from solitary. And soon to be Lake Grimstone.  Last time he had given those who stood in his way a warning a chance to back down. This time his rage would refuse such kindness. Magnetic metal was all around them, many couldn’t see it, especially the metal below their feet. Tristan snuck to one knee focused on the metal below and trying to bring it to the surface. And when they came crashing through the ground he used them to tear apart buildings. His face turned to the person who was so rudely and the male didn’t say a word letting his face show just how stupid they were for coming this way 

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“Does this look like bitching and moaning to you? We’re tearing down a town. Now I would say that a bit more then what you would do.” He grinned. Tristan couldn’t help but smirk as the woman was pinned to the ground. His face didn’t even flinch as she redirected the metal. “Now that’s Bees power. You thief, not even strong enough to have your own power, you have to copy everyone else. Pathetic!” The metal was still flying towards him but a right before it would have hit him, it warped around him giving him amour that didn’t even touch his body, so he blindly used his power to propel himself towards Jaz at speed, hoping he could give her the full impact before she got the magnetic item off

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Tristan watched as Zane basically boiled the men alive. Tristan didn’t take as much pleasure as Zane but he believed that these men deserved to die for imprisoning, and splitting him up from his mother. And boy there was no one who could hold a grudge like Tristan. “Theres cool and mildly disturbing, Zane.” He said with laughter which was so out of scene for what laid before them. 

Tristan knew that after crossing this line, there was no likely hood he could come back from it. But with Zane by his side his was striding over it. “ you want to see cool? Watch this.” He said rain sing his hand towards the door that was stopping them from entering. Realistically Tristan could have unlocked it easily but he was to busy trying to impress Zane. His hand glowed with magnetic energy and it was a white blue, with a feel a static electricity. A beam streamed out of Tristan’s hand and blew the door off it hinges. 

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“Oh I know him and his family all to well, their scum and I’m lucky I wasn’t raised with him.” Tristan was thankful that his mother moved away from the family when he was a baby. “ you think this is a temper tantrum? Bitch you can’t even imagine what happens when I lose my temper.” And he was just about to lose it. Tristan didn’t speak as she walked closer, his temper was to busy bubbling, his anger rising. As soon she poked him, which felt like a burly man had pushed him, he lost it. Tristan could feel the metal jewellery on her and produced a vicious grin “ Now this is a temper tantrum bitch.” He said amplifying the strength of the floor he had made magnetic, so much so it would send the woman crashing down to the floor. But Tristan wasn’t finished, the metal rose he had made, disassembled and the metal went flying to where she was. 

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Tristan wanted to make that promise to Harley, that he wouldn’t kill anyone but, he didn’t want to brake promises especially not to Harley. “ I can’t promise that Harley, when I lose my temper I don’t think clearly, all I see is red.” And it was true Tristan was at the mercy of his anger towards the government most of the time.  “ me and my mum have been through a lot, trust me you could never make it worse, because we’ve already had it rough.” He said think about the struggles he went through as a kid with his mother. “I have a plan, and if they come after me they better bring an army because I’m not being separated from her twice and that’s a promise. I have tricks up my sleeves, I’m practically magneto for fucks sake they never gonna reach my mum.” 

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Tris noded at Zanes offer “let’s just get out of here first, yeah?” Tristan didn’t want to get over confidant. Tristan could feel the magnetic forces that the generator was using to make electricity around the corner. “Just over there” he pointed to the building. On the 15th Tristan had used magnetic balls to help him fight. He took them out of his hand and rolled the around for a second, before letting them fly out of hand full force. Each ball finding the guards temple. All the anger Tristan had gathered was on the surface now and he wasn’t going to give these guards mercy. Both of the metal balls sunk thought the guards heads like it was going through hot butter. The metal let out a clash as the metal hit each other in the middle of the two slumped bodies. “ the next are yours.” 

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“It keeps away the residents who don’t want to stop us.” He shrugged. Tristan wasn’t awfully social, he liked his group of friends and found it hard to stray from them. But he had seen Wren around, and thanks to them being on the same side he’d gotten to know him a little at least. Tristan eyes locked on the gun Wren was carrying, they were dangerous. He hated them with a passion ever since the day he had fired one, to protect his mother. “Cools not the word I’d use.” He said magnetically crushing the barrel of all the guns even the one Wren was carrying. “ why use a gun to fight back? Use your power, the very thing they try and control.” 

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“Helps? This place takes sixteen year olds away from their mothers, kids don’t mean any harm at that age so what gives them the right?” Tristan part his anger bubbling. “We’re you there when it happened? No you only know what I told you. I was sixteen and it all happened because they wanted to control me, take me away from the only woman who’d ever love me. So yeah I killed him, I don’t regret. I’d make the same choice again and again because it was his life or my mothers. And don’t try some high horse shit because you’d do the same, and don’t deny it.” Thanks to all the different emotions Tristan had tears in his eyes. “Here’s the thing I did mean, so stop trying at act like your in my head. But I have more control now and if anyone tried to get close to me with a gun they’d get attached to a wall.” Tristan retorted. “Your only saying they care because that’s all you have, but you can come with me, my mums always wanted another son.”

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“You don’t know that I’m better. Because I’m not, I’m worse then all of them when I lose my temper. I’m angry, so fucking angry.” Tristan was struggling to keep his emotions hidden, the anger was obviously not directed at Courtney but it was  coming through with every sailable. “It’s there fault, all of it this whole mess that’s my life, is their fucking fault. If they hadn’t come to my house, I wouldn’t have had to make the choices I did. My head and my heart wouldn’t be torn.” His head was telling him this was the only way and the government had it coming. But his heart knows it’s wrong and wants to protect some of the town. But also aches to be back home wherever that maybe. “ I want to find it, and trust me when I say I’ve tried, but their not going to let me out, not with the way I came in.” 

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“You’re right I do!” But did he? Did he really, he would have gone to prison if he hadn’t gone here.  So did the male have a right? Probably not. “ This isn’t about others, this about the government. If it wasn’t for them this place wouldn’t exist. Me and my mother wouldn’t have had to go on the run. There wouldn’t have been any reason to defend my mothers life. That man would still be alive. It’s them Harley.” Tristan three back. “ it tears me up inside that you’re so blind that you can’t see they’re what’s wrong. All they want to do is control, they don’t care. Not really.” 

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“It’s the day they will learn, that should have never underestimate our determination to be free.” Tristan knew he didn’t deserve to be free, that this was his prison sentence for killing a man. Tristan had been warming his power up for a while and was prepared. Because what governments would leave their generator unguarded? 

“I guess that’s the plus side, people can get married in an instant. I wouldn’t want to wait either if I found someone I love as much as you and Bee love each other. “I would say as long as you’re quite. But that’s like pigs flying so I’ll learn to tune you two out.” Tris was understanding, he’d always felt like an outsider but with Zane he felt included like he was part of a disfuncional family 

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“Firework works, I’ll use it next time I try and explain how easy it is to stop the generator here.” He rolled his eyes laughing. ““What Like our own 4th of July? Power liberation day?” He added to Zanes idea. 

““We shall” he said walking in the right direction. ““There will be guards there, a lot I assume.” But he wasn’t worried not when Zane was by his side.  “Vegas? Isn’t that a bit shot gun wedding?” Tristan wouldn’t have His there but this was Zane and Bee. ““I don’t even know where I’d need dropping off. And if the cops see me I’ll most likely end up in jail.” 

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Tristan didn’t want to hurt Courtney, didn’t want to hurt anyone if he didn’t have to but he was goal driven. And his goal was to be with his mother. “I don’t recommend getting in anyone’s way Court. Some are out here just to harm.” Tristan’s relationship with Courtney was tricky, she was Landon’s girl, but he wanted to protect her. He wanted her away from his cousin but that wasn’t going to happen she was to in love with Landon. “I want to go home, be with my mother. I don’t see any other way. If you can tell me one please do.” He begged for another option

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“There’s only two types who would walk in this chaos. Those causing it and those who plan to stop it.” And since she wasn’t joining in he assumed the latter of the two. Tristan let out a short snort at her comment “actually I can, but then again there are people who believe powers like ours don’t exist. So who’s to say what we believe is actually true.” He retorted instantly. “Debatable. He’s self-centred, egotistical coward  of a human. And would never do what’s required to set us all free.” Tristan option on his cousin was very set and there was no changing his mind. “That” he pointed to exactly where she had “is just the beginning. I intend on being free of this place, and whatever is in my way I won’t hesitate to bend.” The gourd shook for a little at Tristan uprooted the lamps from there place in the ground “pluck...” one of the lamps smashed into the middle of the path rerooting itself in the ground “force...” the other lamp welding dwindled away letting Tristan reform it into a rose head that was held together by magnetic fields he had made “reshape till I’m no longer here.” Tristan had made roses on a smaller scale but he figured he had to leave some kind of beauty behind. “ It’s a shame you’re on that side, a real shame.”

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Tristan instantly let go of his cold demeanour when his eyes landed on Zane. “It keeps the scared way, but I guess it could also attract those who try to be heros.” Tristan levelled with Zane. “Now you just read my mind because that’s where I was heading. It should be like popping a blackhead. And if your helping it’ll be even easier.” Tristan beamed 

“Yeah, I can imagine.” Zane snorted and shook his head. “You had to go with the blackhead analogy, didn’t you?” Zane rolled his eyes and smacked a hand on Tristan’s back. “Come on, let’s go find the main electrical panels.” Zane had no idea where they would be, but he figured that they’d find it eventually.

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“What? There’s nothing wrong with that analogy. Tell me a better one?” Tristan challenge his best friend. There wasn’t many people Tristan was comfortable around that almost all his guard was down and wither Zane liked it or not he was one of them. “Find? Pfft the use a generator, a generator uses magnets to work. It’s practically a beam of light to me.” Tristan said as if Zane could see the world like he could. Tristan lead they way “ So after this you and Bee, are getting married out there?”