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Jex began to laugh, but it sounded like a cough and he winced in pain. "Hey," he breathed out hoarsely, "None of this ... is your fault. I promise..." He tried to open his eyes and then clutched the bed sheets. "Aw, gees... I can't open my eyes... I look bad, don't I?" He turned his head to the side, swallowing hard. "It's not your fault... I understand.." The words were getting harder to say, and he couldn't communicate through his mind. Something felt blocked and it made his head hurt even more to focus on it. "You... Two... Okay?" He was meaning Christie and Ryan.

Kiki was standing in the corner quietly, staying out of the way. She then sensed something from the room behind her, and held her feather in her hand. Pushing off the wall, she walked out of Jex's room and to the one where the scary man and the little girl were. She stepped at the door frame, knocking on the door lightly. "Excuse me... I think I can help if you don't mind..."

 

When Jex began to laugh, Ryan was confused until he thought that none of this was his fault.
Ryan got up and ran his hands through his hair, smiling.
"Aw, gees... I can't open my eyes... I look bad, don't I?"
Ryan laughed a little. Jex laughing earlier lightened the mood so he joined in.
"You'll be fine. I think you're still pretty cute," he joked. He breathed in with a sigh of relief, and said, "I'm just glad you're okay."
"It's not your fault... I understand.."
Ryan smiled once more. He felt relieved. Ryan remained silent for a little while stroking his long black hair until Jex spoke again.
"You... Two... Okay?"
Jex was finding it hard to speak. Ryan replied, "Yeah, we're both fine. Everyone's okay. He's not going to harm us anymore." Ryan thought about telling Jex what happened, but he wanted to leave that for later when he was feeling better.

The nurse didn't know what to do. She never had a response like this before, and as the pink haired girl walked through the door, it felt like a weight lifted off her shoulders.
"If there's anything you can do, go for it!"
The girl looked over at Kiki.
"PLEASE MAKE IT STOP!" she cried.

 

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There it was. The moment of truth. He had imagined it, the ultimate battle between light and darkness! But before he could see a conclusion to this ultimate battle to defeat the chaos, he had to stop an incoming love tap. As Danni tried to punch him, he moved his head slightly to the left. He didn't even have to move that much, only a few inches and BAM! She hit the wall. He wasn't ready to give himself to her yet. She'd have to work harder. That kiss was only a gift after all.

Now that she had run off and the boss man was all upset and trying to get angry and what not, he requested some papers. Oh little did he know. Noah pulled out two written documents that were in his writing and research. "I have them done already. You see, I prepare for this. I might have been in the virtual world for 3 weeks, but I write papers when I'm asleep. Some sort of sleep walking effect you know. Well, I'll leave them at your office." He was talking to thin air at this point. Either way, he went to deliver the papers and went to go have some fun. How you ask? By playing a child's card game!

Noah reached into his pocket to find that his deck was gone though. That was right, he left it back in his room for safe keeping. It would be fine there. He would just have to find something e to do now that he couldn't play with himself. So, he went to the job board.

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Luna was hiding behind the wall as more people came and went. She was too scared to say anything, too scared to say hello. What would they think of her? Would they find her annoying and unwelcoming? Would they tease her because she was short and dressed differently? It was so hard to interact with people. She didn't know how to handle these things. At least her friends were getting along with everyone. The other 3 even went to join Moony and the little girl.

 

Jex smiled weakly, feeling fingers run through his hair. "I..." He tried to speak, and then the smile had faded. He begin hearing ringing in his ear, and all background noise started to disappear. He swallowed hard, not able to speak anymore to say what was happening.

A doctor in a lab coat came in with a few nurses close at hand. "Excuse me, but we need to take him in for surgery, now. We received the brain scans back. He is developing a blood clot on the left side of his head underneath the fractured part of his skull." The nurses gently directed Ryan out of the way, prepping the equipment for transferring the black haired teen to surgery.

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Kiki smiled kindly at the little girl and walked over to her, crouching to her height. She touched the little girl's forehead and immediately was overwhelmed with the gruesome memories. Her smile did not falter though as she looked into the little girl's eyes. I know it's scary, Rebecca... But it'll be okay! I'm just like you! You can't stop it, but you can block it. Think happy thoughts! What makes you happy, hm? Kiki smiled gently at the girl, tilting her head. "Tell me, please?"

 

As soon as Ryan saw Jex's smile fade, he knew something was wrong. He let go of his hair, and widened his eyes.
"Jex?"
Suddenly a doctor and a few nurses rushed in to help.
"Excuse me, but we need to take him in for surgery, now. We received the brain scans back. He is developing a blood clot on the left side of his head underneath the fractured part of his skull."
Ryan's heart just sank, and it felt like everything was taken away from him. A shiver went down his spine.
"What-what do you mean?" he stuttered. "Is he safe?" he asked as the doctors rushed out. He followed them briskly, and then was stopped by a window. He assumed Christie followed. "Is he going to be alright?" he asked her as he watched them get the equipment ready.

Tyson watched in horror as she was witnessing his horrible memories. He tried to blank them out of his head.
Rebecca was crying, hardly able to speak.
"My mom and my brother..."
She thought of them in her mind. Her brother chasing her, riding her bike with mom. She had to stop thinking about her father. She began to calm down, and the thoughts began to fade into the back of her mind. She sat on a seat, confused over what just happened. She was a telepathist.
Tyson was shocked. Never did she tell him about her powers. Maybe that's another reason why she was so silent. Before today, Tyson hated psychics with a passion, but maybe his family were almost entirely of them. His whole idea changed. His daughter was the most important thing in the world, and now he wanted to protect psychics from those who desired to have them terminated.
"Rebecca, I'm so sorry. I was only protecting you after what happened," he explained.
Rebecca looked down and sobbed. "You killed all those people," she said.
Tyson looked down at his blanket. "I know, and that was wrong. I felt so terrible after-"
Rebecca blankly stared at her father. "Mom and Ethan died. I know," she said plainly. "I understand."
The girl gave a small smile towards the pink haired girl.
"Thank you pink lady," she said.

 

With Colton rejecting care, the robot stood there, hardly phased with the attitude that had been thrown. Silently, the robot left the room, the cell doors locking securely behind him.

The unconscious girl was stirred from her deep slumber. Mai's good, uncovered eye fluttered open, realizing she was hearing Colton's voice. She looked to where she heard him, and smiled weakly under her oxygen mask. "Colton... You're here." Her voice was weak, but she sounded so happy and so relieved. She took in shuddering breaths as oxygen was forced into her lungs, closing her eye for a moment as Colton's emotions washed over her. He was mad at her, and scared for her at a the same time... She opened her eye again, moving her injured arm towards him, but couldn't reach. She winced in pain, gripping the bed sheet with the other hand, but forced herself to bite down the pain.

"I'm sorry," she whispered. "I'm so sorry this hurts you..." She swallowed the lump in her throat wishing she could sit up and hug him, but she couldn't. "I wanted you... To live. To have... Hope." Her eyes stung as tears begin to form. "No one will look... For me. You know that... Someone will be looking... For you. Someone loves you... And hasn't... Given up... On you." Tears began to roll down her cheeks, rolling down the side of the oxygen mask, but through all that, she smiled. It was weak, but she was determined. "Someone... Needs to care for you... In this place... Someone... Needs to give you hope..." She watched him from where she was at, tears hitting her pillow. "You need to live... I'll be okay..."

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"Maybe we can do both," Danni said with a shrug before standing up. She wasn't going to tell Brendan she was scared for Jex. She had a bad feeling forming inside her gut, but refused to acknowledge it. "If you don't mind tagging along." She stretched her arms above her head before lowering them, beginning to take off the wraps around her hands. "I hate hospitals."
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"Jex Dominic Ingrao. My granddaughter told me there were two teens in the hospital while she worked there at the same time, both of them in a strange coma. Someone, a telepathist I think, tried to manipulate her mind and tell her what she was witnessing was some sort of freak accident. We identified him as Errol Dan Ingrao."

Benjamin took a sip of the alcohol, swishing it around in the glass. "Anyways, the kids that were in the coma were Jex Dominic Ingrao and Rose Reyer... Rose was the first to wake up. Jex almost did not. Pity he didn't die..." Benjamin grew serious, setting down the glass as he interlaced his hands. "We had thought we wiped the entire Ingrao bloodline, before your daughter came to us... They have been the strongest family line of telekinetics and telepathists known to us. One of our own took into their hands to rid this world of their presence... Without my consent."

He pressed in lips in a thing line, watching Jason from where he sat. "I'm worried that the surviving family will want to seek for blood... Or worse, they have found others like them and are gathering and training them for war... Rose Reyer is not one with psychic gifts. She's normal. But she knows the remaining Ingrao family, what they're capable of, and if they are gathering more like them for a cause that will become out of hands to handle..."

Benjamin suddenly had a coughing fit, covering his mouth with a white handkerchief. "Damn this cough," he muttered when it was finally over. "Rose has been here for six weeks in isolation and refuses to speak about Jex and his family... I believe she needs a little... Persuasion you might say."

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"You're welcome! My name is Kiki!" The pink haired girl said with a grin, giving her a thumbs up before standing straight. All was fine now for the time being. "Wanna see a magic trick?" Kiki made her fingers into an O shape and then gently blew on it. Bubbles began to stream out as if she actually had the real formula on her. They were completely harmless, just floating around until they began to fall to the ground like regular bubbles.

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"We're not sure," the doctor said as he began a brisk pace with his staff down the winding pathways of the hospital. "Blood clots in the brain can be deadly; he needs the surgery or he could die. Surgery should be about five to six hours. Receiving heavy blows like this to the head... I'm surprised he woke up when he did. Usually patients with severe head injuries like this stay unconscious for a day or two. If he's a fighter, he should be fine."

He let his staff wheeled Jex into the operating room and stayed out in the hallway with Ryan for a bit. "You might want to prepare yourself though, just in case." The doctor gave him a sympathetic smile before rushing into the room, closing the door behind him. The curtain was then drawn over the windows soon afterwards, obscuring the view from the outside world.

 

Tobias followed Cynthia over to her small desk. "Shame about that, knowing someone living with powers would've been useful for this. Ah well, like you said, internet knows everything. There's nothing a quick google search can't solve" he said simply. "Hey Cynthia, serious question here, but have you ever had any siblings?" he questioned, looking at the gloves on his hands as though there was something fascinating about them.


Christie hadn't followed. As Jex had been taken away, she had wanted to follow but she felt it wasn't her place. Errol had told her to wait there, and wait there she would, she didn't want to make a mess of things anymore than she already had. Wordlessly, the girl began picking up the things she had launched at Ryan and placed them back where they belonged.


Lucas crossed his arms at Kye's teasing. "Someone most certainly does not need a hug" he said simply. Looking at Colton, he wondered how much longer the kid would survive. If he kept going the way he was, not long, and if he couldn't learn to let someone go when they were on the verge of death then he would last even less. Lucas had learned a long time ago not to become attached to people, and while he didn't fantasise about the idea of murdering innocent people to advance himself he didn't have much of a problem either. "She'll be fine. Lyle doesn't let his experiments die so easily, don't get so worked up over it" he called out to Colton, offering genuine words of reassurement. He didn't care if Colton died, but if their best chance of finding a way to counteract those with powers went and died because of a poor emotional state, Lucas would be very annoyed indeed.


"For science, of course", he sent back to Isabella. As Lyle asked why he had wanted to see him, Shane tried to send him the same memory that he had sent Isabella, but that didn't seem to be working. Apparently anti-telepathy was a common thing here. "A little under a year ago, there was a mass suicide. They say there was a pact made by many people and on one particularly grim evening they all killed themselves, each taking a bullet to the skull by their own doing, with the ringleader...a man by the name of Johnathan Ware, suffering a horrific mental injury due to the stress he was under from his wife's incurable disease and his own brain shutting down. There was only one survivor, and that was me. It...wasn't a suicide pact, it was my doing. I made them want to end their lives, and I struck down my father when he confronted me over it. Sir, I need help. I can control my powers, what I can't control is the darker side of my personality, and I need to understand why things work the way they do. I found out about you from a few people working for the government, and they were under the impression you were the best of the best. Can you help me?" Shane pleaded, no longer appearing calm but instead displaying the raw emotion that memory brought with it.​

 

"We're not sure. Blood clots in the brain can be deadly; he needs the surgery or he could die. Surgery should be about five to six hours. Receiving heavy blows like this to the head... I'm surprised he woke up when he did. Usually patients with severe head injuries like this stay unconscious for a day or two. If he's a fighter, he should be fine. You might want to prepare yourself though, just in case."
The doctor left him to begin the surgery on Jex and left Ryan alone in the hallway. He put his hands into his pockets and just looked at Jex through the window. His heart was racing, and that looming sense of doom was circulating around his body. Tears ran down his face.
"Please be okay, please be okay, please be okay," he said. The doctor drawn the curtains and then Jex was gone. Ryan stared at his black trainers among the pale white panels of the floor. The floor was clean and had no gum, dirt, or trash left behind.

Rebecca jumped up and down in joy as the bubbles moved around her. She completely forgot about what just happened for a while.
Tyson spoke up towards Kiki, "Thank you. I'm sorry for what happened before. I was angry and blinded."

 

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Mai blinked when Colton wiped away her tears with his cold, shaky hands. She felt sadness tug at her heart strings when she listened to Colton talk, watching him from where she laid. He didn't want her to die... She heard Lucas's voice, but kept silent, watching as Colton sat on his bed and shivered while trying to wrap a blanket around his fragile frame. "Colton..." she whispered, wishing she had the strength to get up and give him a hug. She smiled weakly, closing her eyes for a moment as she took in a shaky breath. "I will fight... If you will fight..." She opened her eyes, showing that she meant what she said. "Please... Just accept the care for now... Please... You need it... I want you to live... I want you to be-" Feeling a sudden pain from her stomach, Mai winced and gripped the bed sheets tightly. The poison from the biomechs still wracked her body, but it was doing the best it could to flush it out. Grunting as she pressed her head into her pillow, she waited for the pain to pass as her heart monitor beeped irregularity.

The door opened, and two different robots from the medical companion walked in, carrying trays with food on them. "Dinner is served," one said in their robotic voice as the doors closed behind them, sealing off the pair again. One approached Colton while the other approached Mai. The one that came up to Colton held up the tray for him to see. "Tonight's dinner is chicken noddle soup," (which was in a white, plastic bowl) "two pieces of buttered toast, saltine crackers, and a Ginger Ale Soda. Something light for your upset stomach." The robot then placed the tray on the bed by the boy and then stepped back, bowing to Colton. "Enjoy your meal." And with that, the robot wheeled out of the room, the door locking behind it as it went out. Everything was made out of plastic on the tray and arranged nicely. There was even a piece of parsley placed on top of the soup.

The other robot was in the process of raising Mai's hospital bed to help her sit up after the wave of pain was over. Her dinner was chicken broth with one piece of toast and some ginger ale soda. The robot took of Mai's face mask and replaced it with oxygen tubes for the time being. It then began to feed her the broth, one bite at a time in a steady, slow pace. She was having a hard time swallowing what was given to her and had to take long breaks in between spoonfuls.

Suddenly, with the tenth spoonful, Mai's face suddenly grew paler and she gagged. The robot was quick to respond, grabbing a bucket and placing it under Mai's chin. The girl heaved as contents spewed in the bucket with force. Three more episodes, and Mai was coughing, spitting out what was left in her mouth before collapsing back on the bed, grimacing in agony. Blood began to trickle out of her nose passed the oxygen tubes and the food robot placed a napkin under her nose while using the other hand to wipe away the red looking vile at the corner of her mouth. Her heart monitor was beating rather fast now, and Mai couldn't help but to moan as the waves of pain came over her. Silent tears fell down down her cheeks as her shoulders shook. She had reached her limit for the day. She couldn't even hold down food, and Colton was there, watching her suffer.. "I'm sorry..." she gasped out, closing her eyes tightly as the tears still came down. Fear was starting to take over the young girl's mind. What was Strain going to do with her if she didn't recover quickly?

The medical companion, PT-03, was prompt to come in, assessing Mai and her condition. The food robot placed the tray on the night stand in between the two beds and then exited out of the cells, taking the nasty puke bucket with him. "Your body is still flushing out the poison left in its system. I will give you a shot of ANTI-VENOM 009 to help your body fight against the poison." A needle came out of the robot's finger. "This will only hurt a bit." The robot then poked it into Mai's arm where it was exposed and free of bandages. She didn't even wince, she was already in so much pain. "You will be fine now." It then retracted the needle, turning to Colton. After a brief scan. the medical robot took a clear remote off the night stand by Mai's food and pressed the buttons.

"I am raising the temperature to keep you two warm. You can adjust the temperature as you like. The lowest it can go is 68 Degrees Fahrenheit. The highest it can go is 72 Degrees Fahrenheit. You can also change the scenery of the room. There are 20 different scenes to choose from." The robot then pressed a button that showed a picture frame icon and the outside world suddenly disappeared and they were at an ocean with the sound effects and everything. A click, they were watching a busy city, hearing car horns honks and people walking around, then suddenly a forest with the leaves rustling in the wind, a couple more clicks showed a mountain meadow, the dessert, an African Savannah, and other pictures. Then it suddenly disappeared, bringing the teens back to reality. "You may also choose the background noise. There are 25 different options." The robot pressed a music icon on the remote and the ambiance of the ocean disappeared, changing to soft string and piano music.

The robot then placed the remote on Colton's bed and then went over to Mai, who was shivering under her covers. The robot carefully laid her back a bit more, but kept her elevated. It then took the napkin from under Mai's noise, wiping the remaining blood away before replacing the oxygen tubes with the mask again. The robot then stood and walked out of the room without another word, locking the doors behind it.

Mai laid there with her eyes shut, taking in unstable breaths as her heart rate began to decrease. She still looked pale and extremely weak.

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Kytheria hummed out, watching what was happening from other side of the glass. Her ears were keenly attuned to what was being said in between patients and she tilted her head a bit when she heard a familiar name uttered from the sickly boy's mouth. Oh? He knew someone she knew... She kept her lips tightly together, knowing that the teens on the other side of the glass could see her and Lukey as well. She watched the girl react to the food that was given to her, and then giggled cynically. "Little mouse gets what was coming," she said, giggled half-heartily before she turned to Lukey. She gave him her look of that she knew something and needed to speak to him out of ear shot. Giving him more of a clue she knew something, she tapped the brim of her top hat twice on the right side. It was her silent signal to him that only he knew about. Three years of working together, they needed secret codes now and again. Riddles and nonsensical words could only cover up so much. She couldn't wait to tell her partner the things she picked up while eavesdropping on the two rats with powers.

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Strain listened to the boy's story, unmoved by any of it. It sounded like a horrible case of psychological disorders heightened by the strange powers that seemed to plague more and more young people these days. He wanted to find out why the numbers were growing. But back to Shane. Strain was not a psychologist; he hated getting into what ticked off people the most. He was more into the hard evidence and machinery that he placed in his work. "The question that you should be asking yourself, young man, is if you really want this... "help". I can't change the dark aspect of personalities. I am not a psychic, I'm a scientist. My purpose of my experiments is to create fighting machines that can withstand your kind. If you want someone to alter your personality completely and quickly, I suggest Vincent or Isabella... They have more craft in the ways of the psychic mind." His voice was dry, almost like Severus Snape if he was a crazy robotic scientist. He placed his hands behind his back, watching Shane closely. "Now, tell me... With that knowledge, do you still willingly want to be submitted under my experimentation?"

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Danni had taken Brendan on his offer and had changed into a jean jacket, a white t-shirt, and some jeans. She joined him in his car soon afterwards, sighing out heavily. "Let's go," she said softly, looking outside. The rain had stopped and the sun was peaking out a bit more. She wondered if Jex was really okay or not. Errol had left him there alone, so he must have been fine. But she still couldn't get a hold of her cousin through her mind. Something was blocking it, but she didn't know what.

A short time later, they were at the hospital. As soon as Danni walked in, she was greeted by that ominous hospital smell. She herself had never been hospitalized for anything; it was always for other people close and dear to her. Walking quickly, she made her way passed various people, trying to ignore the chaos she felt in the air and her feelings of anxiety swelling inside of her. She approached the information desk, hands in her jean pockets. "Excuse me, I'm looking for a Jex Dominic Ingrao. He's my cousin," she interjected, knowing that the nurse would ask if she was family or not.

The lady peered at Danni over the rim of her glasses before typing up the name. She then took them off, looking at Danni. "He's in surgery right now. Would you like to wait for him in the lobby?"

"Surgery?" Danni's heart fell. Errol told her nothing about surgery. "What do you mean? What's wrong with him?"

The lady looked at the file again, reading it over quickly. "He received multiple blows to the head. One of the blows fractured his skull and a blood clot started to form underneath. They're trying to stop it now."

Danni stood there, dumbfounded by the news. Jex... He was fine yesterday. This couldn't be happening. He already went through so much. This couldn't be real. She slammed her fist on the counter, making the woman jump. "Who did this to him?" she seethed between her teeth, eyes filled with rage.

"I can't say," the woman said, keeping a tight lip.

"Tell me!" Danni demanded, her voice raising in volume. "God dammit, I need to know! TELL ME!"

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Benjamin smirked. "Yes, I will take you to her." He grabbed for his cane and stood up, using it to walk across the room. "Mind you though, we need to keep her alive and able to speak... We might miss something important otherwise."

The old man soon led Jason to the private prison cells. Most of them were emptied and only used to hold people with bounties or ruthless members of Raven Sun gone rogue temporarily. He led him to the one entirely out of metal and opened the cell door with a password and his eye.
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Rose was pacing back and forth when the doors opened and stopped. Her eyes widened when she saw who it was and then glared. "What did you do to Jex?" she spat, clenching her fist.

Benjamin chuckled, moving out of the way for Jason to come in. "My dear, is that how you greet anyone? Demanding answers right when they walk through the door." Though he was curious why the girl spat out such thing.

"You did something to him, didn't you?" she said, going on a defense mode. "What did you do to him?"
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"That's none of your concern," Benjamin said. He was going to act like he knew what was going on. If he played dumb, then the girl might be dumb enough to give up the information he desired without harming her. "Now, are you ready to tell us everything you know about this friend of yours?"

Rose grind her teeth, standing rigid with her hands by her side. "Over my dead body," she venomously spoke.​

Benjamin shrugged his shoulders. "Suite yourself, my dear. I told you that we will not go easy on you the more you fight. Meet my close friend, Jason." He gestured to the muscular male, smirking all the while. "He has a way of getting what he wants from anyone. Jason, feel free to do as you wish." Benjamin then sat on a cushioned chair not too far away, keeping his cane close at hand.

Rose's eyes flashed with fear for a moment, and then she boldly looked at Jason. She was ready for a fight if she needed to. She was never going to give up her friends, ever. ​

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Ryan suddenly heard an interruption to the silence. Someone was shouting from the halls, and she sounded angry. Readying his fist, he began to walk down the hallway. It could be one of the people who are after them. He had to protect Jex. However, as he walked further in, he saw a girl he knew from the mansion, but never quite knew her name. She looked very flustered. She must be worried about Jex. He dropped his fist and went up to her.
"Hey," he said plainly without much emotion behind it.

 

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Ken turned his attention towards the photo that Molly had pointed to. Carter. That was the name that was alongside the photo. “Is he a friend of yours?” Ken asked. At glance he couldn’t tell how they were connected, if they were, so it didn’t hurt to ask.

Taking the envelope from Alex, Leif opened it and looked at the contents. Sure enough it had everything that he needed to know. The missing’s name, last location, details that could be helpful in finding them, things like that. He continued to look over it for a few seconds before putting the contents back in the envelope and handing it back to Alex. “Not interested.”

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"Look Danni she didn't know anything, trust me. I know everything she knows now. It might come in handy, I know know advanced levels of medicine and life saving as well as karate. But as for what happened to Jex she has no clue. However from the sounds of it Ryan here was there, I am sure he doesn't mind filling us in on the details, right?"
Ryan sighed and put his hands in his pockets.
"Well, I wanted to meet Jex at the mall so I can talk to him outside the mansion, but when I arrived, a man who was trying to kill me before showed up and placed a gun behind me-"
He stopped feeling tears being created in his eyes.
"He...was going to kill me, but I asked Jex for help because he was the only one I knew I could leave a message to. I-"
Ryan frowned and looked down at the spotless white tiles below them.
"I told him how I felt about him just in case I died, and-"
He felt his throat crawling from the emotions that he experienced from this experience.
"A girl called Kiki saved me, and we fled to a tea shop. The man was going to leave as there was so much attention at that point but-"
He looked back up at Danni with teary eyes.
"Jex went after him to find out more, and he got himself hurt..."
Ryan looked over to the rain hitting the grass outside and watched the tree branches swaying from side to side from the wind. He didn't want to look at Danni or Brenden because he was ashamed.
"I couldn't help because Christie stopped me. Jex must have told her to stop me from interfering."
He laid his head on the window and felt its cold surface on his now teared up face.
"I'm sorry..."

 

Tobias gazed at the gloves, but continued listening to Cynthia. He may not have looked as though he was listening, but he was doing so very closely. "As long as I can remember, I've never seen you actually hang 'round anybody except Jason. You isolate yourself, I figured you were an only child but eh I was a little curious. Thing is, Cynth, you're not the only one who has run into people with powers. I mean, we do it a fair bit because of our job, but even before I was a part of Raven Sun I did" the boy stated. Gesturing towards one of his gloves, he glanced quickly at his temporary partner. "Probably haven't even thought of where I got these or why I use them, have ya? Must seem pretty stupid using regular claws, nothing special about them, when we're against people with psychic powers in an age where guns and other firearms dominate combat, right?" he said. With a light chuckle, he pressed the button on them and the claws stuck out. The boy stepped over to Cynthia and held up one of the clawed gloves for her to see, right in front of her face. At the bottom were two letters; an A and a G, right next to each other.

"Adam Greipr. I'd be surprised if you knew his name, not many did. He was always the favourite of our family. I'd get kicked and beaten, he'd get praised and rewarded. He was the assassin of our family, not me. I hated him for it, kinda still do. One day he really got under my skin, he said some things that pissed me off quite a lot and we got into a fight. You've never seen me use knives, have you? If you think I'm good with these things, you should see me with those, though I can see why you'd find it hard to think I can get any better. Nah, I used knives against my brother, he used these things. He was trying to kill me, I could see it in his eyes. He saw me as a dissappointment, as a waste of space, and he hated me for it...he thought that if I was gone he'd have even more priviliges, arrogant prick. Except his arrogance made him cocky, and I stabbed him right in the gut. Cut his heart clean out and held it in front of him as he died" Tobias stated grimly.

"One thing I hadn't known about him was he'd had powers. The guy had telekinesis, which explained why he was so good with killing people. But that got me wondering why he hadn't used it against me, why he'd lost and not used his trump card. The idiot had cared. Not enough to show it, but on some level he wanted me to live, he couldn't go through with killing me. The feeling wasn't mutual, and he died because of his stupidity. Never get attached to people, the moment you do is the moment you've signed your own death warrant. May as well hand yourself over to some psychotic psychic guy and let him have his way" he finished. However, there wasn't a frown or even a look of seriousness on his face. Rather there was a smile, as though he were happy or found something amusing. "See you later, kid" he said quietly to himself, echoing his brother's dying words.


Lucas showed no visible reaction to anything he'd heard Colton say, nor had he shown any reaction to anything Shane had said. Both had his mind working faster though, had his interest peaked for certain. Shane was exactly as Lucas imagined most of those with powers to be; a killer. He'd murdered plenty of people and had gotten away with it, but that was going to change. Sooner or later, Lucas would find a time where Shane wasn't a subject there, where he was out in the open, and then he would die.

Colton, however, had mentioned a name. Errol. Had Lucas not known the name, he would've been investigating it due to it being the first piece of information he himself had heard from the boy, the first name person he'd mentioned that he knew outside of their little lab. The investigator did know that name though. Errol was on Raven Sun's watchlist, he was sure of it, and that made Colton's mistake even more important. Kye was signalling him, signalling she'd caught onto something. Undoubtedly it would be the mention of Errol. Stepping over to her, he grabbed her arm lightly and gently pulled her to the side, far enough away that if they kept their voices down people shouldn't be able to hear. "Errol's on your watchlist, and I did hear the boy mentioning his name. I need you to tell me everything you know about him, and I need you to do it now" Lucas instructed.


Shane wasn't sure how to react. He'd been sure Lyle would have a way to help him, but unless he wanted his powers gone there wasn't anything he could do. Did he want his powers gone? He wasn't sure. They had caused great pain, and he had no doubt they would again but did he truly want them just completely gone? People would be safer if they were but...they were as much a part of him as any aspect of his personality. "I was certain you would know but...I guess you don't. I suppose i'll just have to get help elsewhere" he replied. A bore and useless to me. I suppose you're my best shot then, Isabella, Shane sent to the telepath. However, he heard a cough from behind him.

Turning around to see what the noise was, he saw Colton, watching him. The boy wandered over to Colton and crouched down on the other side of his prison. "You know, if you wanted to say hi you could have just said it rather than stalking me with your eyes" he said in a joking tone. "Are you sure you should be awake like that? You look just a little sick, and your eyes show tiredness, shouldn't you be resting than simply sitting up? In either case, my name's Shane. Shane Ware, newest addition to this little circus of freaks we've got going here" Shane said, introducing himself. ​

 

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"Huh?" Kiki looked up from blowing her bubbles for Rachel to her father, raised eyebrow in confusion. "You don't have to say sorry to me," the pink haired girl said with a small smile as she tilted her head. "Ryan, Jex, and Christie are the ones that need to hear it the most. I don't." Kiki turned back to the little girl, blowing more imaginary bubbles to keep her happy in this dismal place. The girl heard someone shouting in the lobby and looked at the door momentarily. She could feel the strong emotions of anger immitting from the lobby down the hallway, back to her. "And probably Jex's cousin," Kiki said softly with a little frown.

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Molly hesitated, wondering how to explain this without words... Suddenly remembering something, the little girl's eyes brightened as she reached for her dress pocket. She carefully pulled out a folded photograph, taking it out of its folds to show the teenage boy the contents. She held it up for him to see, smiling. There was a blonde hair woman, her mom, standing behind her two children with a tired smile on her face while a younger Molly and a younger Carter stood in front. Carter was tickling Molly while Molly was trying to squirm away. The little girl stood there expectantly, hoping that the man would get what she was trying to say.

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PT-03 came back to the room along with the two food service robots again on its heels. One food service robot began to clean up the spilled food while the other gave Colton a whole new tray of food. After the second robot placed the food tray down, it went over to Mai's and took the food, getting a silent command that the girl would not be able to eat tonight. As soon as the mess was cleaned up and things were taken care of, the robots left without a word, locking the door behind them.

PT-03 dispensed new medication and held out the small tray for Colton to take the pills in the cup as well as a type of liquid syrup. "I have dispensed the medications you have rejected earlier. You will need them to get better. I have also brought you some cherry flavored medicine to help with that cough. You will be better in no time."

Mai's eyes had fluttered open when her breathing was reduced to somewhat normal under the oxygen mask. She saw the scenery around her and gasped in awe. She could see flowers of all different types and hear the birds singing back and forth. It had been so long since she had seen anything like this. She smiled under her oxygen mask, fighting to keep her eyes open and focus on the beauty she could see. "Thank you," she whispered and sent as a thought to Colton, smiling as much as her weakened body would allow her to. The pain was gradually fading away as a warmth ran through her veins. The anti-venom was doing its magic on her.

She heard a voice of another male. It sounded unfamiliar to her... She looked to where it was coming from and saw the boy talking to Colton through blurred vision. He didn't look like a scientist or someone from the government... In fact, he looked around her age, maybe older. Freaks. She heard that word. Mai was too tired to respond and she was afraid of talking to him through the mind. Why did he come here? How did he get here?

OOC: WHERE DID YA COME FROM COTTON EYED JOE?! -shot-

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Kytheria nodded her head, smirking as she did so. "A double-powered, can do both weird mind trick methods. Family thought was completely exterminated by rogue Raven. Popped up a few years ago. Little Nephew is also alive... Hard to track, hard to find. But with death they will soon dine..." Kye giggled at the thought, folding her arms across her chest as she stared at the sick boy sitting behind the clear prison and chatting away with the strange boy. "Careful, careful," Kye muttered lowly. "Bite the hand that feeds you and you will see..." She then looked back at Lukey, tilting her head. "Methinks the Errol is from same city as sicky boy. Lots of sightings, lots of powers," she made a quiet explosion noise, making her hands pop out like fire works and then trickle down like embers. "Fall in shadows in one way or another... Friend should know." She raised an eyebrow at Lucas, indicating that she was referring to the recent kidnapping that had happened. She was invited to go, but could not. Now it was time to watch the fall out. "Dark shadows hides deadly monsters... Bad deeds will attract mind benders... Moth to fire, same, same."

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Strain watched as the boy walked away, unsatisfied with his answer. Well, one less emergency to worry about. He observed as Shane talked to Colton, keeping a cold eye on the pair. Conspiracy and a plan to escape was the last thing they needed. Shane was a boy who wanted quick results. If he didn't get what he wanted or even see something he didn't like, Strain was sure there was going to be an uprising of some kind. What idiots they were. Strain pressed an earpiece in his ear, reaching Isabella's walkie-talkie. "He's all yours," he said as he looked over to Mai, clearly exhausted from the day. "Watch him carefully... He might rattle some cages."

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Danni was about to protest when Brendan took her away from the counter. She wanted results, she wanted answers. But neither were going to come to her so easily. She had to take the hard route and be patient... Something she wasn't keenly skilled at. She saw Ryan, the boy that was all mopey over Jex for some reason. Errol told her not to worry about it and so she didn't. But now she had to face him. Well, she was bound to meet him eventually since Errol had told her he was a telekinetic. Now was not the best time though, but Danni kept her mouth shut, looking at the boy with her fierce green eyes.

When he was finished explaining, Danni ended up with more questions than answers. Her little patience she had was wearing thin. "Sorry? Sorry doesn't cut it. Sorry-" she stopped herself, clenching her fist as she jerked her head to look to the floor. "Look, I don't know why you're so special to my cousin, or... Whatever is going on... But didn't you have some guy shoot you three weeks ago?" she asked, being very critical. "Hello! Common sense!" Danni tapped her forehead a few times. "Why do you think Miss Justice and her daughter stayed put? They almost got killed too-"

She stopped herself, again. This wasn't helping anything. She was just bitching and trying to place the blame on something that just couldn't be. She exasperated, shaking her head. "Well, he must care enough for you not to let your sorry ass get hurt or get in the way... Where's Christie?" Danni asked, suddenly realized a mentioned party member was missing. "Who is this Kiki anyways?"

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Rose hissed when the blade glazed across her cheek, wincing as she turned her head to the side, pressing her hand on the cut. She still stood her ground though. If men like this were after Jex, they weren't going to be nice and drop by to say hi and give him flowers. She then turned back to him, glaring at the man. She was not going to give her answer so easily, even if she was threatened with some salt. She only shuddered a bit as the salt was thrown in the air, but she stood her ground. "No," she said flatly. "I'm not going to tell you where he is or anything about him. Not now, not ever." Rose was stubborn, true to her word. If she was going to die because of this, fine. At least she could say she never betrayed a friend. ​

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Ryan stopped in thought when he realized that it was only three weeks ago. He thought it was longer. It felt like months, not weeks in that room. He closed his eyes and blamed himself.
"It's my fault. I was an idiot. I just-"
Ryan felt cold and a shiver went down his back.
"I just felt alone. I've had everything taken away and those three weeks felt like months," he told her. He looked back outside the window and stared at the tree. "I needed him, and I think he needed me," he added. He remembered how he looked like when he said he was unsure. "He looked so sad," he said.
"Well, he must care enough for you not to let your sorry ass get hurt or get in the way... Where's Christie? Who is this Kiki anyways?"

Ryan pointed towards the door of the room they were in previously to show where Christie was.
"And Kiki, she's a telepath like us, and she saved me from the man who was trying to kill me. I don't know where she is though," he said. He remembered Errol telling him to watch over her. He's going to be annoyed...

"You don't have to say sorry to me. Ryan, Jex, and Christie are the ones that need to hear it the most. I don't..." She stood and looked like she heard something. "And probably Jex's cousin"
Tyson sighed. Jex's cousin was probably close by and with how Kiki was reacting, it wasn't good.
"Well, I backslapped you so I'm sorry"
Rebecca was preoccupied with the bubbles so she didn't hear the conversation.
"I have knowledge about who are after you. I can help. That doesn't make up for what I've done, but it's a start," he said.

Alex scoffed at Leif's dismissal.
"Well then. I guess the kid and I have to find him then," he said, annoyed that he had to look after this girl. He walked over to her and the imaginary animals around her.
"Do you want to help me find him?" he asked while kneeling down and holding up the lost boy's photo. He tried to say it in a soft higher pitched tone than usual. "He needs help"

 

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Ken had stood there as Molly pulled out a picture and showed it to him. He inspected it, trying to decipher what she was trying to tell him when his eyes landed on what he assume to be younger versions of both Molly and Carter. "So he's your brother then?" That would explain how they were connected as well as why she was looking at his picture in particular. "Hmm, what me to look for him for you?"

 

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Molly shrugged her shoulders. Jean, Errol, and even her mother were looking for answers right now on his disappearance. She remembered about the brash boy that had confronted her mother and she wondered how he was doing. Her mother told her that he was gone, just like Carter. Why were so many people disappearing suddenly? It bothered the four year old. She hoped her mom wouldn't be the next to disappear... She then looked to the other members of the academy, watching them silently.

She saw Luna behind the pillar and giggled, skipping over to her. She smiled up at her and offered her a hand. She knew what it was like to be shy, but these people were somewhat nice. They weren't going to bite or be mean. And if they were mean, Molly might have a word or two for them in her own way. She then looked at Alex, and the photograph he was holding up. It was another boy. He looked older than Carter. Molly then looked to Luna, seeing what she thought about it.

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