Claire's POV

Someone stood in front of me, so I looked all the way up and realized it was Cari.

She held out her hand.

I handed her back her V-com.

"I'm sorry I took your V-com, Cari…"

"It's fine." She muttered.

"I miss him…" Tears stung my eyes. My throat was dry as cotton and my black turtleneck was choking me and my denim blue flared jeans were feeling tighter around my waist and I felt as if I might pass out I was so upset.

Cari sat next to me and held me close, playing with my dark brown hair. "I do too…"

Just then Marc and his gang showed up. Perfect.

"Hey, um, Claire, about what I said—"

I stood up and was face-to-face with him. "What? Have more to say about Jeffery? Huh? Do you?"

"N-no! I'm sorry about what I said. I lost someone too, but he wasn't in the army. He died of pneumonia when I was six…" he lowered his head, and his gang left, waving and bidding us a farewell.

"Oh…I'm sorry about that…"

"Well, I just wanted to say I was sorry, Claire."

I watched him until he disappeared down the sidewalk.

"Well, that was sad. Pneumonia? Geez…" Cari whispered to herself.

"Yeah…"

Chris, Cathy, Sam and Danny caught up with us.

"Are you ok?" Sam asked, resting a hand on my shoulder.

"Yeah, I'm fine." I sniffled and wiped my eyes.

A bright light shot through the sky, and all the other's V-com's beeped wildly.

"What was that?"

"A ship…" I murmured. "They've found me…" I ran as fast as I could towards the crash.

-At the crash-

Chris pulled out the A-scanner and it said that the meteorite had a powerful substance inside of it. I had a hunch that the meteorite contained gillexoid. I put my hand on the meteorite.

"Don't' touch that!"

Chris pulled me away from it and gasped.

"What?"

"Where are you?"

"I'm right in front of you!"

"No you're—you are! You're invisible!"

The others gasped. And so did I.

"Whoa…this is so cool!" I ran around in circles.

The others gasped again.

"Claire, you're—you're—!"

"I'm what?"

"BRIGHT YELLOW!"

Cari was right. I was somehow…glowing.

I looked down at my trembling hands and screamed.

-At school the next day-

We were walking down the hallway to science when my V-com beeped.

"Hello?"

"Hey, it's Charlie. I have news about the meteorite."

"What about it? What did you find out?"

"It contained gillexoid."

"I knew it!"

"You did? How?"

"I—don't know…"

"Claire! You're telepathic and you have telekinesis because of that thing! You have—powers!" He cried.

"Really? Gillexoid? Doesn't that shorten your life-line?"

"Yes."

"Goodie…"

"You have three days left until you disappear forever!"

I closed my V-com and leaned against the wall.

"What is it?" Cathy asked.

"I'm going to disappear forever in three days."