CHEERLEADERS VS. THE APOCALYPSE EIGHT I watched Marco the whole night to make sure he didn’t do anything stupid. Xandi might have trusted him, but I wasn’t so sure. Then again, I don’t trust many people. Probably better I’m not on the field having to make the same choices she is. I’d stall for a […]
For a while, things felt manageable again for the woman. The strength gave her confidence and confidence meant she could do so much more without feeling quite as tired or frustrated. It meant she felt worthwhile, and that little bit made miracles happen. Unfortunately, those kinds of feelings never seemed to last long. NANO REPORT:WC: […]
CHEERLEADERS VS THE APOCALYPSESEVEN After all the excitement, Marco sent Taylor a super mushy text. I zoomed in and read it. “Just thinking of you. Game done! We won!” He put his phone aside and attempted to sleep. Xandi went back to her place and stayed up for several hours researching possible future encounters with […]
Because of her new gift of strength, she was able to do a lot more things on her own. Not that anyone noticed or cared. Like usual, the good things she did all ended up being invisible. People only saw her when things were going badly, and it wasn’t fair in the slightest. Hash-tag Mom […]
CHEERLEADERS VS. THE APOCALYPSESIX “Any questions? Only a million of them!” Marco does a classic hand gesture of his brains exploding out of his head. “What the heck was that? How did you know? Who? What?!” Xandi waits for him to calm down a little. He takes a few deep breaths during this moment of […]
The first power to be discovered was the gift of physical strength. While she would have much rather shot lightning from her hands or controlled a mighty force like the wind, this gift would do. There were too many things she had to take care of that involved that strength for her to see it […]
21 – 17. Yeah Fighting Ducks! I don’t ask questions about mascots. Ever. I know I’ll never understand. What matters is the team one. For those who care: the game was close and intense. Lots of moments where I was biting my nails with anxiety. Xandi loves these kinds of events. Growing up, she was […]
The first time she dared to use her new power, she was alone. She didn’t want to accidentally hurt her family after all. As much as they frustrated her, belittled her, walked all over her, she loved them greatly and would do anything for them. They would not see her gifts until she understood them […]
I’ll skip forward to after school. Can’t say anything interesting happened during the day. Xandi attended her classes dutifully, and then she went to cheer practice. Afterward, once all the routines have been run through and plans for the evening game are in place, is when she approaches Marco with her proposal. He’s a part […]
It started as a tingle in her gut. A weird feeling that spread across her stomach and toward her fingertips. She didn’t quite know what it meant. Nerves? Too much anger? …something else? She could sense so much power within her, and yet…she couldn’t do anything with it.
The Cloudy Day Club 