Chapter 260 - 260. Louis And Sammy's Grandfather

"Come on! You can make another lap! What are you a quitter?" Asher was currently shouting at Art who had run his last lap back and forth from one side of the lap pool to the other. Sammy had set them up to run through the shallow water. It had proved to be much tougher than they had expected since the water resistance was great at challenging their leg muscles. 

"Asher, don't get distracted from your high knees. If I have to come over there I swear!" Sammy had gone full drill instructor after the second set of circuits. She was currently practicing one of the sweeping arm blocks that Asher had shown her in the water so that she could gain resistance with the movements. 

Louis had it the hardest though. He was constantly lifting himself in and out of the water from the edge so that he could build more arm muscles. He wasn't allowed to kick off at all which made it even harder on him. It was obvious that his arms were becoming weak as the water that weighed his body down felt heavier and heavier each time. 

"I will not stoooopppp!!" Art pushed past Asher and slammed his hand on the end of the pool. 

"You took forever, I doubt I should have down that again." Louis slipped back in the to pool with exhaustion written all over his face

"It's not my fault Sammy said to do an extra lap." Art was doing his best to maintain an upright position. He knew if he gave in and bent over he would cramp up and not get the oxygen he needed. The elite home gym app had taught him proper breathing and stretching for these situations. 

"What? I just thought you would want to get stronger. I have been doing this every day since we got back from camp." Sammy shrugged off their tiredness and looked as if she was ready to go another round of training. 

"Are you secretly super strong?" Asher couldn't believe that Sammy wasn't showing she was tired at all. 

"Eh, she's super tired trying to keep up with you two. Watch this." Louis poked Sammy in the side and she completely lost balance and fell beneath the water while attempting to grab ahold of something. 

"She was almost shaking from her muscles being worked too much." Louis laughed a little while grabbing Sammy's hand and pulling her up. 

"Who needs a brother like you! You're evil!!!!" Sammy tried her best to hit Louis but her arm was like a wet noodle hitting a soft pillow. There was no damage. However, Louis still feigned a stumble since he knew if she was not successful she would get even angrier. 

"Hmmpf, next time you do that I will set your alarm for midnight, then one , then two, then three, and all the way until school starts." Sammy had done this once before to Louis but it had gone unsuccessful. But now, his super powers made it very tough for him to turn the alarm off or change the timers without zapping it to death. It was a very real threat to his sleep.

"On another note, you guys want a snack after stretching? I know you should rest before you jog home. Plus, I need to go over my history flash cards…" Louis was behind compared to everyone else since he had been spending the majority of his time learning to control his super power better. 

"If I ever say no to food you should expect a body snatcher has stolen me away." Art was never going to turn down a snack. Especially after burning off a ton of calories while being ordered to do exercises in the water. 

"Not it!" Sammy was quick on the draw leaving Louis to get out of the pool and have to rush to the kitchen. 

"So lame...My arms are too weak to even lift anything." Asher gave him a hand up after jumping out of the pool himself. 

"I can grab it with you." Louis looked thankful and the two headed inside Louis's house. 

"I thought Sammy would lose it when she got zapped before but she got over it so fast. Now I know that she can deal with it so I won't let her convince me to get out of the pool." Louis felt that he had discovered a hidden prize. 

"It will only help her if she is able to handle it. That makes me think though, how you will deal with your flinch reflex. If we all train with you we will have the advantage." Asher was sure that Louis hadn't thought of this. 

"Oh, it won't be a problem. I have been getting used to stuff like that since the random arches of lighting always surprise me depending on where and how strong they are on my body." Asher hadn't expected this but realized it made sense. 

"Ah, you're one of the boys from camp. You must live nearby. I'm glad this one and his sister are getting along and making other friends. They rarely invite anyone over you know." Louis's grandfather that had visited at camp came in to the kitchen. 

"Hello sir, I'm sorry I didn't introduce myself earlier. I am Asher Ronan. Louis, Sammy, and I are in the same class." Asher was surprised to see that the clouds that made up Louis's grandfathers' beard and hair were drifting around a little more freely than he saw previously. 

"My grandfather used to be a weather man, he has a super power called cloud shift. His hair is always clouds but he can completely change form to clouds if he wants. It is pretty cool because his clouds change with the weather. If there is lightning he even fires off lightning bolts like me!" Louis rarely got to introduce his grandfather like this and jumped at the chance. 

"That's actually really cool. I didn't realize there were super powers that could be so useful for telling the weather. I bet you were really popular." Asher wasn't holding back at all. He genuinely found that the super power would work very well with the job. 

"Hahaha, you flatter me too much. It wasn't always so grand you know. When I first got my super power I was a little older than necessary for the shot but I risked it. I ended up with a very dangerous power since on rough weather days I am just as dangerous as a storm." Asher could see how this would be a risk. If it was lightning and thunder outside the clouds on the grandfather's beard and head could zap a passerby. 

"But I learned to keep it controlled, I am pretty lucky to have a grandson with a similar super power. I will never regret adopting his father and aunt." The smile on his face was brighter than any sun Asher had seen. 

"Don't tell me you are going to tell that story again. Dad and aunt always get so embarrassed when you tell it...but they aren't around." It was funny seeing Louis act a little more childish and innocent around his grandfather than the normal serious and quiet attitude. 

"Of course I will tell it. We are the golden example of weather based and elemental super powers living safely. I will tell you Asher, my son and daughter were brother and sister both born with elemental powers and you know what their parents did when things go hard? They gave up! They had no steel in their bones to stand with their children since they were not super powered people." Louis looked a little sad but he had an eagerness in his eyes. 

"But how could I turn a blind eye to two children that were just like me? I took the risk and gained a power I was learning to live with, so what were two others that could walk with me and join my family? I'll tell you, Louis's father was a handful but that is what you get with someone who finds it so funny to make the whole back yard all foggy and hide from his chores."

"Add his sister to the mix and the next thing you know it is a snowy mist and you have two kids telling you the weather is too bad to go to school." Louis's grandfather was laughing loudly as he said this. He remembered the sneaky tricks he had been able to prove false with his clouds. 

"I never thought about how things were when kids were getting super powers and parents had to figure it out…" Asher spoke more out loud while thinking than meaning to actually say it. 

"Oh it was a common story on the news. But there were plenty of gamblers like me who stepped up to take them in. My neighbor was five years older than me and risked getting the evo shot. He gained some minor telekinesis but it was a world of help with his adopted son who could run super fast." Asher felt that he could listen to these stories all day. It looked like Louis could too. Before they could even start grabbing snacks Art and Sammy came in the back door looking for the missing pair.