Status: This is my first offical published piece, so go easy on me

Manipulator

Chapter 19

I feel horrified. "Leader? What is this?"
A man almost as old as Grandfather steps forward. "We are Beschützer der Macht, the guardians of your kind." I should've guessed. An organization against us would lead to an organization for us.
"Are any of you Stromversorgung?" I ask. Many people raise their hands and I stand amazed. "What do you do?"
A snotty girl steps forward. "You show us first." She snaps. "Show us the Commander Hertz's power." I feel worried for a second, then force blue into my eyes. I choose not to change the scene, so that they consider I didn't do anything. I imagine wings on myself, and take to the skies. I begin to observe and turn the stage into a depression in a volcano, a ledge that hangs over the lagoon of fire. Everyone screams, and I get a smile. I turn the room into a tropical island, with coconuts and bananas; then quickly changed the scene back to the stage.
I sneer at the girl. "Is that good enough for you, madam?" I glare at her, and she backs down. This schoolboy walks over to me and he gazes at my eyes.
"I can duplicate your powers." He states plainly. My curiosity is increased.
"You're serious?" I ask. He nods and I feel very excited! "Do it!" I beg. He nods beaming and his eyes flash with blue lightning. I'm amazed, so that's why I see blue. He rises above me and I go into a volcano, but I know how my powers work. I stay calm, even when I feel the heat of the lava beneath me. He lowers and the scene fades. I feel strange, not being in control of that situation. I meet many different gifts; a Seer, a girl who can change her physical body into a WMD, and, my personal favorite, a manipulator like me. He can seep into the victim's mind and convince them that his choice is correct. I smile.
"You're all like the friends I could never find." I joke, and am rewarded with chuckles and snickers. I become serious, "Why would you want me as a leader, when I'm wanted by the people we fight?"
The male mani (short for manipulator) comes over and looks me in the eyes, this little eight year old, "Who better to lead us then what they want." He jumps up and down like he forgot something. "I'm Hayden! I forgot to tell you I'm Hayden!" I pick him up and kiss his nose. He wipes his face and I laugh at his dismay.
I look at my watch. "7:58," I yawn, "I need to go to bed." I look at the unmoving body of mass. "And you do too." The crowd disperses and I head back up the scary dark staircase. I travel to the den to see Ryan. He still lays in sleep, so I have no choice but to go to my room. As I close my door, I turn to see a masked man in a white cape and tux.
"Who are you?" I interrogate. He only smiles and jumps out the window. Lying on the sill is a red rose, with a paper attached: "I am the Kommandant"