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elevator to get here,” Drew said.
    “Ah, probably not as far as you think,” I said as I walked up to them.
    “I swear Eddie is making this damn thing go so slow on purpose. He’s trying to mess with me,” Samantha said, frustrated.
    “Oh, come on. He can’t control how fast the elevator is going,” Drew said, leaning back against the wall.
    Samantha grumbled something under her breath.
    I laughed at her annoyance. “You know he just messes with you because he likes you.”
    “Oh, shut up, Kane Andrews,” Samantha snapped at me. “There’s nobody that I find more annoying than Eddie.”
    “He didn’t ask how you felt, Samantha,” Drew said. “But thanks for the update.”
    Samantha stood there fuming.
    The elevator dinged, and the doors slid open. “You know, you should be a little more grateful, Samantha,” I said as the three of us stepped in. I had a grin on my face. “If it wasn’t for Eddie and his electricity powers keeping this place up and running, we wouldn’t be able to use the elevators.”
    “Oh, wow, you mean we wouldn’t be able to use the tiny metal boxes that take us up and down all day long without ever being serviced?” She pressed the button to take us to the ground floor. “Let me roll out a parade for him.”
    Drew and I laughed as I pressed the 3 button. “He really gets under your skin, doesn’t he?” Drew asked, astonished.
    Samantha groaned as she rubbed her temples. “He’s such a headache. As are the both of you.”
    “I’d hate to see how you talk about us behind our backs,” Drew said.
    I nodded in agreement.
    “What’s with the third floor?” Drew asked as the elevator began to slow.
    “Selena brought back someone that you and I need to ask a couple of questions,” I said.
    “A Super?” Drew asked.
    I nodded. “Yeah, that’s what she told me.”
    “Nice. It’s been a while since I’ve used these things,” Drew said. He squeezed his fists and stretched his arms out. Purple electricity surged through his arms, popping away from his skin.
    “Watch where you point those things,” Samantha said.
    The doors opened, and Drew shut his electricity off.
    “We’ll catch up with you later,” I said as I stepped off the elevator.
    “Be safe,” Samantha said as Drew joined me.
    “We will,” I said.
    The doors began to close. “That elevator felt really wobbly,” Drew said, loud enough for Samantha to hear.
    “Asshole!” she shouted as the doors shut.
    Drew and I began walking down the hallway towards where the Super was being held. “How do you activate your Eximus energy like that?” I asked Drew.
    Drew shrugged. “How do you fly?”
    I thought about it for a moment. “I don’t really know. I just do.”
    “Exactly,” Drew said. “Do you think Eddie is really as bad as Samantha makes him out to be?”
    I shook my head and scoffed. “Of course not. Eddie’s fine. Samantha just got off on the wrong foot, and she’s too proud to admit she’s wrong about him.”
    “Yeah, that’s what I thought. I love the guy. If it weren’t for him, we wouldn’t have air conditioning or Xbox.” Drew glanced at me. “You should come by and play with us some time. We usually play Fifa before bed.”
    I laughed. “I’m a little too busy to play Xbox. But I’m glad you guys are having fun. It’s nice to take your mind off things.”
    Drew sighed. “Yeah, it is.”
    His mood changed fast, and I wanted to ask him if something was wrong. We had reached the room where the Super was being held, though, so any questions for Drew would have to wait.
    “You know what to do,” I said to Drew before I opened the door. “If he gets carried away—”
    Before I could finish my sentence, Drew activated the Eximus receptors embedded in his arms. His electricity buzzed through the air, sending unpleasant memories of my time as a captive of the STF to the forefront of my mind. I pushed them back down and locked eyes with Drew, then nodded and raised my eyebrows,