Annie was freezing her ass off. She had a sparkly dress she had been wanting to wear for ages, and when New Year's came around, it was practically dress code to wear one. Of course, the weather didn't exactly agree with her choices, so she was wrapped up in a warm pea coat and hauling some serious butt to make it to the door as fast as was possible in heels, when she saw it happen.
At first, she thought she had hallucinated; what could possibly be moving that fast? But there was a distinct noise to her left, and Annie knew she hadn't been imagining that. She wasn't entirely sure what she was expecting as she took a few hesitant steps in the darkness, but it wasn't Jaden.
Aanika stared at the boy with furrowed brows for a moment, still freezing, but momentarily distracted from it by the fact that a human being had just flown past her at lightning speed. How? She supposed she had heard stories of things like this before- people with powers- but seeing it in action was completely different. After a solid moment of gawking, she finally managed to ask, "Er... Are you okay?"