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Eliza suddenly didn't feel like eating. Despite food being presented to her by a shirtless guy wearing an apron. And under normal standards, she would have preferred chocolate covered strawberries. But she wasn't in Malibu anymore.
The PA system echoed in the cafeteria commencing the starting of their day. Eli was already out the door, and Eliza had no other need to wait any longer to ask her "trainer" what the hell happened to her. She bids goodbye to anyone else in the cafeteria before heading out back to the examination room from yesterday.
The walk from the cafeteria felt long with each step of hers feeling heavy. Her mind dreaded two things: Finding out that she might have some power and having to interact with the asshole trainer guy from yesterday. Upon reaching the door she hears a loud sigh from inside. She slowly enters the room to see her trainer at a desk intensely staring at something. When she gets closer Eliza realizes that it is the same type of pen in her room. Startled, she wanted to scream at him for trespassing but then came to a realization that all the pens in the facility could be the same.
"W-why are you staring at that pen?" Eliza stood next to the desk also taking a look at the writing utensil as if it held some dangerous secret.
The trainer had an agitated look on his face and ran a hand through his hair.
"Because you dumbass, you had to get the most complicated power didn't you? Why couldn't you get something more obvious like controlling water?" He spoke with more annoyance than anger.
But Eliza's eyes widened when she realized he was watching them, more likely they were being watched the whole time.
"You creep! Watching us like that! Ugh!" Eliza turned away embarrassed at the thought they could have been watching her when she was changing.
"Don't read into detail, we only see what we need to in order to help you guys with your powers. What I did see was that garbage display in your room. And I've been up studying what happened to you while most of the other guys got off easy with their water boy and electric gal." He motioned to the flurry of papers on the other side of the desk and a laptop. On the screen was a video of what happened last night in her room.
"Can you play that video perhaps?" Eliza stepped closer to the desk to get a better look.
Mr. Trainer Guy shakes his head and shifts the laptop closer. The video plays and the clip was more embarrassing than everything. It showed Eliza picking up the pen, standing there for a good 15 seconds with nothing happening and then dropping to the floor freaking out. Just wearing a towel no less.
She could feel her face turn red and looked to the trainer for a reaction.
He only concentrated back to the pen and cursed.
"And that's it! No light show no nothing. Maybe..." He picks up the pen and points it at Eliza.
"Okay what I want you to do is hold onto this pen for as long as you can. Even if it feels weird just hold onto it."
He hands her the pen which never before has she ever gotten an ominous tone from an inanimate object before.
She reaches out and clutches the pen in her hand. Instantly her eyes shut tight and the same feeling from the night before rushes over her body. Or out of her body in this case. Her consciousness became a feeling as it glided down her arm and into her hand. At this point, she didn't know if she was still holding onto the pen. But when she came to, the room revealed itself in a white blur and she was on the floor. She felt cold all around and small. Significantly small.
"Hello?" She shouts startling the trainer who knelt over her actual body that lay unconscious on the floor.
"Holy crap, you're the pen now!" The trainer stood over her, like a giant and picks her up.
It was the weirdest feeling ever. She was able to talk, hear, and see. She was able to slightly move too.
"This is my power? Going into pens?" Eliza's voice filled with disappointment as she was set down on the desk. She rolls around trying to get a feel for her new "body".
The trainer doesn't answer her as he types ferociously on the laptop.
"Okay this has been fun and all but... how do I go back?" Eliza rolls over to the edge of the desk to look at her real body strewn awkwardly on the floor.
