City Noise
I felt like I was flying, I ran across the roof tops, a fimiliar tingling thumbing through me. My dirty blonde hair clung to my forehead and my eyes watering a bit from the wind rushing past my eyes.
I was moving at the speed of light, or as fast as anyone could. Since I had already built the momentum, I didn't hesitate when I leapt over the gaps between each building, sticking the landing almost every time. I felt a fimiliar rush as I landed on top of a apartment building.
The pouring rain was hitting my body hard, quickly soaking me, I ran my hand through my hair and wiped my face before taking a look around. Once I made sure no one was around I felt the tingling sensation that flooded through me vanished as my body reappeared.
Something I should tell you before I go on. I'm not a normal person, and I mean besides the fact I run across roof tops at 1 in the morning in the pouring rain, I'm "gifted" as some would call it though I prefer the term freak. It's a better name for someone who can turn themselves invisible.
After my body reappeared I took a moment to catch my breath before I walked over to the ledge and shut my eyes. Something else I should mention I can do more than turn myself invisible. The same energy, or whatever you want to call it, that I use to make myself invisible. It also enhances my natural abilities like speed, hearing, agility, and healing. It helped when I was running across rooftops or when I just wanted to listen to the noise of the city.
Which is what I was doing now.
With my eyes shut I let every sense but my hearing fade giving new life to the noises around me. I'm not quite sure how to explain what I hear when I do this. Mainly because I hear everything, the sound of the rain as it hits cars, roofs, and windows the humming of the neon signs of late night shops which have yet to close cars driving against the road.
Everything, and then I'd sound out the noises one by one until they was nothing. Just me on the roof alone.
It was utter bliss.
Something indescribable.
I wasn't sure how long I sat there, I never was, my senses would fade away and I'd just sit there, long after the sounds of the city had faded away, until something broke my concentration. This time it was a janitor, he opened the door to the roof, most likely coming up to smoke. I went invisible when I heard him opening the door. It wasn't until then that I realized how wet I was.
"You'll catch a cold."
I chuckled lightly to myself at the thought of my best friend's words. He was the only one who knew I came out here. They only one beside my dad that knew about my abilities.
I stepped back from the ledge and did my best to be quiet, as to not disturb the janitor who'd probably think I was a ghost.
The immersion of flight began to take hold again as I returned to leaping across rooftops one again.
Looking back, I wished I stayed on that rooftop a little longer because I didn't know then but that would be the last time I'd listen to the city's noises for a while