Trixia:D: I am Number Four

Have you ever dreamed of having a power? Like controlling the weather or lifting objects using your mind? Well, for me, having those powers is extremely awesome. After reading the books I am Number and The Power of Six, I really wish I have those. Well, speaking of “I am Number Four” let me tell you how amazing its movie was.

Nine aliens together with their guardians went to Earth for their safety because their planet, Lorien, was destroyed by a race of powerful, tattooed monsters, the Mogadorians. Nine aliens that look like typical teenagers living a simple life. However, the Mogadorians learn about the nine Garde and come to Earth to find them. The Loriens can only be killed in sequence; from One to Nine. They caught Number One in Malaysia, Number Two in England, and Number Three in Kenya. All of them were killed. Number Four, known as John Smith (Alex Pettyfer) hiding and developing his Legacies in Florida, packed their stuffs and went to Paradise, Ohio with his Cepan, Henri (Timothy Olyphant) after his third scar appeared. He knows that he is next.

He met and became friends with Sam Goode (Callan McAuliffe) and a dog which he named Bernie Kosar. Sam was obsessed with “out of this world” stuffs because he believes that his father was abducted by aliens. John fell in love with a school photographer named Sarah Hart (Diana Agron) and her ex-boyfriend, Mark James (Jake Abel), which is a football player and the one who bullies Sam, threatened him. He was in the middle of his class when he developed his second Legacy, which is Lumen.

In their Halloween festival, John and Sarah went to a hay ride. Mark and his friends planned to attack them in the woods. They got Sarah and ambushed John. John fought back and struck his Lumen in front of his enemies’ eyes that caused them in sudden blindness. Sam saw what he did to Mark’s friends. John confessed to Sam that he is an alien and was sent to Earth to develop his Legacies.

Henri told John that their lives are in danger because many people find them suspicious and they need to pack their things up and move to their next destination for their safety. But John insists to stay. The Mogadorians continued their search for John, while being trailed by another Lorien, Number Six (Teresa Palmer) who is also trying to locate Number Four.

The Mogadorians located them because of the members of the website “They Walk Among Us”. They kidnapped Henri. John and Sam go to rescue him. They defended themselves against the evil force of the Mogadorians, yet they failed to save Henri after being stabbed. They brought with them a blue rock which serves as a tracking device for the remaining Garde. Sam remembered that his father also have that blue rock. So he went to his house to find the rock while John went to a party at Mark’s house to say goodbye to Sarah. Mark saw him and immediately called the police. While they were in the rooftop, Mark’s dad, who is a sheriff, tried to grab Sarah that caused to her to fall. John saved Sarah from falling and they went across the woods to their school.

The Commander (Kevin Durand) of the Mogadorians arrived at Mark’s house together with the two Mogs. He was confronted by Mark and his father, and after injuring the sheriff, he forced Mark to show him where John is hiding. Mark takes him to the school, which he knows is Sarah's hideout. There, they were attacked by the Mogs who brought with them two large, monstrous creatures, which are the Pikens. The three of them was saved by Number Six. They continued their fight against the Mogs and defeated them all including the Commander.

The next day, John, together with Number six, unite the blue rocks and they were able to discover where the remaining Garde can be located. Sam insists to go with them believing that his father is alive and able to find him while Sarah was left with Mark. John kissed Sarah goodbye. They continued their search for the living Garde for them to join forces and defend the Earth against the Mogadorians.

So, this is where it ends. I hope you enjoyed reading my “short” story about “I am Number Four”. Watch out for the Mogadorians because you don’t know what they can do to you. And maybe, just maybe, the living Garde is just right beside you developing his/her Legacies.

“NAMES AND PLACES HAVE BEEN CHANGED

TO PROTECT THE LORIEN SIX,

WHO REMAIN IN HIDING.

OTHER CIVILIZATIONS DO EXIST.

SOME OF THEM SEEK TO DESTROY YOU.”

-Pittacus Lore