She didn't answer his questions yet. She still had a few of her own. "Do you ever cause pain when you touch people? How about being psychic?"

"Uh...I...try not to hurt others.I can feel emotions around and things like that.I can feel if s-somethings bothering someone or making them feel happy." He wasn't sure if she was serious about this or just getting info from him and then going to just shoot him in the head like 'Haha,no I was ganna kill you anyway.'.

Her lip curled, as if she wasn't surprised. "How did they find out about you, anyway?"

He shrugged,wincing at the shooting pain in his shot shoulder. "Some doctor exam.They sorta realized that I was only crying because...well...kids next door where crying.They where sad and that made me sad,it hurt in my chest like I knew their saddness hurt them.I felt.it." His voice softened as he spoke,softer and softer till he couldn't really be heard.

Her jaw clenched and she hit the steering wheel with her palm, swearing. "I knew it. They really have taken over."

He jumped,quite literally,in shock. He hit the car door with a thump and he wince. He curled into himself a bit. "Sorry." He murmured,feeling anger and frustration waft off of her in waves that slammed into him like waves at a beach.He felt like a hermit crab in a monsoon with those emotions wafting out.

She rapped her fist on the steering wheel. "I need you to come to New Mexico with me."

"B-but...b-but.I have school,soccer.A-and then I sometimes work out i-in the back." He started trying to give reasons why he needed to stay. "O-Oh! M-Mr. and Mrs.Grace often need me t-to work as well!" He nodded to himself,as if that was a very very good reason.

She slammed on the breaks, spinning the wheel and swerving to the shoulder of the road. The Porsche rumbled over the gravel and stopped with a lurch. "We don't have time for this." She draped her forearm over the wheel. "Listen carefully. I'll use small words. If I take you back, you will die. Anyone you care about might also get hurt or die. The only way you can keep them safe is to never go back there."

He was shocked and stiff,teal eyes wide and a good bit scared. "I..don't have anyone I c-care for." he said stubbornly. "A-and what difference is my d-death?" This he raised his chin for but his eyes gave way that inside he didn't quite want to die.