Citizen_Stu

((OOC: Good luck. You’ll be fine. I’m sure things will turn out better for the real Enid than they are for fictional Enid ))

Harris:

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“Harris…” Erik coughed… “Harris stop the… We have to go back… Penny… Oh God Penny…” He lapsed into unconsciousness and his head hit the metal floor of the train with a resounding thud.

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Harris ran into the car just in time to hear Erik’s last words and see him hit the deck. He had heard the fight from the driver’s cabin where he had hidden. At the time he had no idea what had happened to Penny. Now he felt alone. Penny was gone and Eric was out for the count. He was suddenly more scared then ever.

"No, no, no," He paced up and down. "So close, so close, we are almost out of here. I can't do this, I'm not a hero. I want to get out of here."

He bit his lip and looked at Erik on the floor. The words Penny had said came back to him. Make shore you life is worth saving.

"[censored]" He shouted as he came to a decision he would rather not take. It was probably the first time he had thought of someone else first for years.

He ran to the door of the car and smashed the glass covering the emergency stop button, which he then punched. There was a sudden jerk as the break slammed on. Harris was thrown off his feet and hit the ground. The train was still moving; it was slowing but still moving. Harris had not seen the end of the line sign.

Jack:

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The being who was once Adelbert Syn narrowed his eyes at Master Wonderful. Whatever you are smiling about, Connor MacBeth, you won't be once the machine starts.

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Adelbert gave the signal to start the sequence.

Jack had almost got his hand free when he heard a mechanical sound. He turned his head as much as the straps allowed him and saw a syringe slowly being extended towards his neck by a robotic arm. He started to panic and pulled his hand even harder. It felt like he was about to dislocate his thumb but suddenly his hand popped out. Then it was a simple matter of sliding his arm out from the strap around it. He was too late, the needle pushed into his skin. He grabbed it but the robotic arm held it firmly in place.

As the drug spread through his system Jack could feel his blood start to burn. His whole body went rigid. He almost bit his tongue of when his teeth clenched shut and he started to shake violently. Now his whole body felt like it was on fire. Voices started to flood into his mind.

“w-w-w-What is happening-g-g?”

“t-t-t-The new Superdine is reacting with his mutant DNA and other chemicals already present in his body in an unforeseen way-y-y?”

The voices were so loud, it hurt his head. They seemed to vibrate more then echo. Jacks skin started to tingle all over then started to go numb as he shook more violently.

“s-s-s-Shut it down-n-n.”

The machine suddenly stopped.

“h-h-h-He is trying to self teleport-t-t”

“t-t-t-That’s not possible. Our scans showed he could not-t-t.”

“i-i-i-It’s the drug-g-g.”

There was a blinding flash of light and suddenly Jack was out side the chamber but he could not control it. He was there for only a second then suddenly he was in the chamber again. Another flash and he was near Master Wonderful’s chamber.

The Anomolous pulled out their guns and fired but Jack was already gone with another flash of light. For a second he felt like he was inside one of the walls. Then he was on the floor between two groups of Anomolous. They turned and opened fire but he disappeared again and the bullets ripped through both groups of Anomolous. Before the bodies had even hit the floor Jack appeared behind another Anomolous and grabbed him. They both teleported and a second later the lost was imbedded in the wall, only his hand and half his face sticking out. The whole situation was chaos, he was moving to fast.

Suddenly he was on his knees near his chamber. The lost turned and aimed their guns.

“s-s-s-STOP-p-p!” One of the larger Anomolous shouted to the others with his mind.

Jack stayed on the floor with his head hung low and his body shaking. There was a flash and he disappeared for a second but reappeared exactly where he had been. He phased out a few times but always came back to the same spot. The flash that came with it had grown dimmer. His hair seemed a brighter shade of red and his eyes were bright like green fire.

“j-j-j-Jack, It is Jack isn’t it-t-t?” the voice in his head was trying to be calming. He could tell it was coming from the larger Anomolous even though it was not moving its lips. “j-j-j-Jack I understand you are confused about what is happening to you-u-u.”

Jack looked up. His eyes were wide and he was blinking faster and more rapidly then normal. His whole movement was jerky and skittish. Everything seems sharper to him. Colors were stronger. He was able to take in every single detail of everything he was seeing. He looked at his arm. He could see every single hair with such detail but he could not keep his mind focus. It kept jumping from thought to thought. His eyes darted around the room.

“w-w-w-We can help you-u-u. w-w-w-We are trying to make you stronger-r. n-n-n-No one will ever hurt you again-n-n” the Anomolous sounded like it was trying to talk a jumper off a roof.

“Open the chambers.” Jack said with some effort.

“j-j-j-Jack, Just think-k-k…..”

“Open the god dam chamber NOW!!!” Jack shouted at the top of his voice.

The large Anomolous gave the equivalent of a psychic nod to the Anomolous at the controls. He pressed a button and with a hiss of gas the chambers slowly opened.

“w-w-w-We can help you. You want Crystal, yes? We can give her to you-u-u. w-w-w-We have ways of changing the way people think-k-k.” The large Anomolous said.

Jack tilted his head to one side. The pain was starting to feel good. “You’re afraid.” His voice sounded strange. “You are trying to hide something from me.”

Suddenly he felt what they were trying to hide from him. With a flash of light he disappeared and reappeared almost on the same spot but he was now standing with his hand firmly holding the head of the lost who had been trying to sneak up on him. It was holding a device that looked like the one in Master Wonderful’s neck. Jack sent a pulse of pain so powerful into its head that it did not just blind it, its head literally exploded. Jacks clothes and face were covered with blood. The headless body dropped to the floor. The sealed chambers would have shielded the other from any psychic energy that was leaking out of Jack.

Criminals had often been killed by heroes pursuing them. This was often due to a mistake or because the hero had little choice but a hero had never (or rarely) killed in such a bloody and awful way. With out even turning around Jack spoke again. His breathing was deep and slow.

“Open their restraints.” He demanded

With out objection the control was pressed to open the lock on the straps. Jack fired a beam of energy at his comrades so powerful that if it had not been for healing it would have done them a lot of harm.

((OOC: I hope I did not hijack events to much. Jennifer came up with a good idea and I kind of ran wild with it. The others might not have been injected yet if you want because the chambers (could) start one after the other. Jack has had this strange reaction because of his mutant DNA and the chemicals in his body from past drug taking.))

Jack:

Jack was still. He couldn't move if he wanted to but he was not even struggling at this point. His eyes simply darted around the chamber as he looked for some kind of weakness, some way out.

"Come on Jack, think. What would MacGyver do?" He said to himself.

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Though Master Wonderful and Jack were positioned so that they could not see each other, they were both positioned so that they could see Paul, when he was brought in over the shoulder of one of the Eramites. Like the others, he was unconscious.

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"Paul. Paul. Wake up you dumb *beep*. Where the hell is Crystal?" Jack shouted as he started to struggled hard to free himself from the restraints again. He was trying particularly to pull his left hand out of it strap.

"Dam it, he wouldn't even hear me if he was awake." Jack said to himself as he stopped struggling again. One of the Eramites walked up to his chamber. Its face filled Jacks view as it looked in through the window. The glass fogged with it breath as it looked at him. Once it walked away he could see the lab again but everything was blurry.

He could make out the blur of movement, someone else being brought in. He hoped they were just moving Paul again but when the fog cleared he saw that was not the case.

"Oh no"

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.....another Eramite brought Crystal in, unconscious like the rest of them had been, and took her to the Anomolous.

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Jack started to pull on his left hand again trying to get it free. His wrist was starting to bleed as the restraint dug into it. He gritted his teeth through the pain. It seemed impossable to get his hand free but he was not going to let that stop him.

((OOC: Good idea. Here is mine: citizen_stu@hotmail.com ))

Harris:

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The Vahz stood in total shock before one shouted "SHOOT YOU FOOLS!"

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Once the path was clear Harris made a break for it. In blind panic he felt like he was running faster then he ever had in his life.

The train was only 30 meters away. He looked at the group attacking Erik and prayed to god none of them turned around to see him.

25 meters. His legs and lungs were starting to burn. He was out of shape.

20 meters. He could see the faint outline of Penny waiting by the door.

15 meters. He tripped on a lose floor tile and came crashing down to the ground. The pipe fell out of his hand and hit the floor with a loud metallic clang. One of the large zombies turned around and looked down at him. Just before its fists came crashing down on Harris he was able to get to his feet and start running again.

10 meters. He felt like he was going to collapse.

5 meters. Almost there.

With a last burst of speed he jumped through the open door of the train and ran for the controls with out saying a word to Penny. If it was not of the fear he would have collapsed out of breath on the floor. He looked at the control panel trying to remember what to do.

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Erik quickly punched in the commands and set the train in motion. "Move it guys!"

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He couldn't remember what to do. His hands were shaking. The zombie had followed him and was now trying to climb through the doors of the train. Suddenly Harris remembered and punched one of the buttons. With the control on the platform and the train active the train started to move.

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Jack:

Jack watched as they took Master Wonderful out of the first chamber. He spotted something in the back of the hero’s neck. He had no idea if the same had been done to him or not when he was out for the count.

"What are you *beeps* doing?" He shouted. It was no good. The fact that he could hear nothing from the outside told him that the chamber was sound proof and they would not hear him. It must have been shielded too some how because he found he could not use any of his powers.

He couldn't see Master Wonderful anymore when they put him in to the adjacent chamber. It was only a small head sized window that allowed him to see the small amount of the lab he could. Since he was still a short distance from the window it meant it was not much. When no one was in his view he felt like he was totally alone again. He hated it; not knowing what was going on out side the chamber (apart form the very small area he could see) and not being able to move. He hated being helpless.

"What ya gonna do freak?" Timmy shouted and kicked him again.

That was the final straw. Jack didn't want to do nothing and hope it would all stop anymore. He wanted to hurt someone. Every part of his body hurt. He was into much pain to stand but he was able to force himself off the floor onto his knees. He had a look of such pure anger, pure hate on his face. The group of school children stepped back suddenly a little scared. Even Timmy did not look as confident as he had.

"You want to know what I am going to do?" He said as he pointed a shaking hand towards Timmy. Jack was almost laughing, he just didn't care anymore.

Timmy took another step back looking more worried. Jack had a look of pure painful concentration on his face. Suddenly Timmy grabbed his head in pain and screamed as Jack gritted his teeth and tightened his metal grip on him. Timmy's screams were horrible.

"No, Jack your killing him," someone screamed but he would not stop. Everything was starting to shake, getting faster and faster. There was an terrible humming noise that made him feel like his ear drums were about to burst. It was getting louder and louder........

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............suddenly Jack was awake. He had no idea where he was but the noise was deafening. He screamed out in pain, it felt like his head was going to explode. He wanted to hold his head but he could not move his arms.

Then suddenly the sound started to stop as it seemed to power down. The vibrating slowed, then stopped. Jack felt nauseas and dizzy as he fought to re-capture his breath and calm down. His eyes darted around the room he was in, it seemed like some kind of chamber. He couldn't move any part of his body. He was completely strapped down.

"Ok, ok....calm down Jack." He always did this. Whenever he was in bad situation by himself he could not stand the silence so he would talk to himself.

"Calm down. Ok. Your in some kind of chamber. You can't *beeping* move. *Beep* Think...think...what's the last thing you remember.....right.....I was trying to teleport crystal...something hit me.......someone......a Eramite. *beep* *beep* *beep* Right. Ok."

Then he noticed something. "Mother *beepers* took my Jacket."

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The resultant fight was vicious but brief, and surprise was the deciding factor. Jack might have been able to match the Eramite in a psyche-to-psyche fight: but his defenses were down, every particle of his being involved in trying to reach Crystal, and the blast hit him with full force.

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Jack fell to his knees. He knew he had already lost but he didn't care about his own fate. His last thought before the darkness took him was about Crystal. Then he fell onto his side, out cold.

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"Jacks a mutant, yucky, yucky mutant." The children chanted.

Jack lay on the ground rolled into a ball. The kick to his stomach had knocked the wind out of him, he was having trouble breathing. The child who had delivered the blow stood over him. His face was covered in freckles and his red hair was blowing in the wind. Despite being a mutant Jack was an easy target for the other children, he could not control his powers well.

"How do you like that. You mutants are what's wrong with this city," Timmy said repeating the words he had heard his father say time and time again. He gave another kick to make his point.

Jack was crying now and struggling for breath. Normally his friend James would come to his aid in situations like this but that had changed. Now James stood among the crowed. He was not joining in with the others. He just looked on Jack with pity then walked away. He did not want to defy his family who had told him he could not be friends with Jack anymore.

Jack life had become a living hell since the other children found out about his mutant powers. His friends had turned on him and although they would not say it his teachers were afraid of him. He wanted to die.

"Jacks a mutant, yucky, yucky mutant," the children chanted again.

Harris:

The events of the last few hours had really made Harris think.

Sanstad already had a group of his students looking for him. Harris was also sure despite what ever Penny said that her friend would come looking for her.

But who would come looking for him? Sure he was famous. Maybe the studio would want to know where he was but they would only care about his absence meaning a drop in ratings. Who would come looking for him because they wanted to?

Sarah? He doubted it. He had treated her like crap all this time and had never told her how talented she was. Morton and Sean? They would still be out on the assignment he had sent them on. He didn't even really know how they felt about him. Roberts? Unlikely, Harris could not help but think the guy was after his job.

The truth was he had treated everyone so bad that he did not think anyone would care what happened to him. Yet here were two people he had only met who were willing to help him when by rights they should hate him for everything he had done to them.

Harris:

Harris was still speechless. He had spent the last few years of his life not caring for anyone (excepted his wife), much less some one he had only just met a little over 24 hours ago or someone who had been the course of the trouble they found themselves in for that fact........ It made him think.

"Just make sure your life was worth saving," Penny's words rang through his head.

Penny started to explain the controls and Harris shook off these thoughts to listen.

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"This was meant for idiots to run, so it ought to be super-simple to do... well.... apart from the Vahz, I mean." She held her hand to her ear. "Lets test this before we go... can you hear me on the new radio unit? I can hear you fine... great, lets rock!"

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"Wait......I....." Harris sounded unconfident as he tried to find the words he was looking for but he knew he had to say it. If this went bad he would not get another chance. He cleared his throat and tried again, his voice still sounded quite and sad.

"Look...I know if it was not for you...both of you. I would be dead by now. I don't know if my life was worth saving yet, Penny." He gave a weak smile. "I know that this is all my fought...... I'm......... sorry."

He cleared his throat and when he spoke again his voice was back to normal, trying to hide his embarrassment of showing his feelings.

"Anyway, enough of this... lets get out of here." He said.

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Jack:

"You're heavier then you look Pinky," Jack said as he dragged Master Wonderful down the tunnel. Despite the extra weight he was still moving at a decent speed. No one seemed to be following them but a few stray shots from the fight nearly hit Jack. He ducted as they struck the roof and brought dust and debris down on his head. He kept running.

He was running as fast as he could, not to get away from the battle but to get to somewhere safe to teleport Crystal.......and Paul of course. After a little while more of running they seemed to be safe. Jack quickly dumped Master Wonderful on the floor. "Sorry Pinky."

Quickly he readied himself to perform the teleport. He closed his eyes and reached out with one hand, trying to find Crystal and Paul with his mind. His mind was racing to much. He couldn't think straight.

"[censored] I can't find her," He said out loud.

He closed his eyes again. He had to force his mind to be still. It was strain, his head was starting to hurt again. Then he found one of them. He didn't know which one but he had no time to wait. With an effort he started to pull. It already seemed that Crystal had over taken his teleportation skills with her earlier demonstration.

"Come on, come on, please work." He pleaded while he clenched his eyes shut. He was leaving himself open to attack but he didn't care.

Harris didn't know what to say. He couldn't look Penny in the eyes. He knew he was the course of all this. Why was she so willing to help he get out? He couldn't understand it but...... he wanted to get out.

"I........" He rubbed his forehead. "I........ There must be another way. Why are you willing to sacrifice your self? I don't understand."

Harris:

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Her face lost its joy after a moment, once she had the new unit in place, and she turned to Harris. "Harris... let me show you the illustration of the train controls..."

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There was something in the way she spoke, the look on her face. Being a reporter he was able to pick up on what people were thinking and feeling but he didn't need these skills to know something was wrong. He had seen that look before.

Harris looked at Erik, he seemed too busy with his notes to hear them talking. He turned back to Penny and grabbed her arm. He didn't do it in a forceful way, he just wanted to make shore he had the full focus of her attention.

"Penny....." It was the first time he had used her name, the first time he had thought of her as a person and not just a report subject. He was not sure if this was really worry for her safety or his own concern about getting out alive himself.

He kept his voice low so Erik would not hear. "I know that look...... Your not planning to come with us.......are you?"

Harris:

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"Harris you're a GENIUS!!!"

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"I am?" Harris asked with a surprised look on his face but Erik was already explaining the rest of his idea. Harris was able to follow most of it. Then GG explained the rest of the plan.

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"Ever done a report on the Black Line, Harris?"

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"I can't say I have....." A thorght suddenly came to him. If the others said something he didn't hear it because he was lost in his own thought. He looked at Erik who was busy writing notes to check if his idea would work. Then he checked GG, she had her back to him while she looked out over the station.

Once he was sure neither of them was looking he checked his inside jacket pocket. It was still running, he had completely forgot about it. He had a small hidden camera in one of his jackets buttons. It was recording to a 160G hard drive hidden in his inner jacket pocket. It had been running since he had been at the campus and it still had a lot of free space.

He looked up again. The two heroes were still busy. He wasn't sure what to do. Surly there was no harm in leaving it on. He didn't have to tell them about it. He checked the lens. A little dirty but it should still have been able to pick up an image. He wiped it clean with a bit of his shirt.

It didn't realize at first that he was using both his hands. He flexed his hand. It seemed with accelerated healing he had also got accelerated atrophy but that seemed to he fading too.

He checked around himself and found a bit of broken pipe. Picking it up he swung it to check it weight. He didn't plan to get into the fight, he was no hero. But it was better then nothing.

"When do we go?" He asked.

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Jack:

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The thought that his words - "Get out now" - might be directed at her had simply not occurred to her. It hadn't dawned upon her that she could leave him. The words brought a thrill of fear on her - fear for Paul, and fear that the others might not get out in time. "Jack! Mr. Wonderful!" She called to them. "Go on, hurry!"

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"Not bloody likely." Jack shouted as he rolled up his sleeves. "I'm not leaving you here." To the others it would have sounded like he was talking about both of them but really he was thinking of Crystal.

"Get out of here. Take Master Wonderful, he needs help." One of them shouted at him.

Jack struggled with what to do but he knew they were right. "Alright...but the second we are clear I'm teleporting you to us." He shouted.

He ran to Master Wonderful and pulled him up by his arm, placing it over his shoulder. "Come on Captain Pink, we're getting out of here."

He turned to the other hero. "You......" Jack realized he did not know the guys name or just couldn't remember it. "........gadget boy, come on." He shouted.

Jack started to pull Master Wonderful away from the battle. He stopped to take one last look back then started to move again.

((OOC: I don't think I told you guys this yet but Jacks other powers are healing and Teleport. I was thinking since hurting others with his powers makes him better then healing others could course him pain. His teleport powers are not very strong at the moment.))

Jack:

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Master Wonderful doubled over, clutching his head, his face distorted in a sort of silent scream.

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"What did you do?" One of the other shouted at Jack.

"I wasn't aiming for him....I swear." Jack shouted.

Jack wouldn't say anything but he was worried. When his powers first manifested it self he was unable to control it and innocent people got hurt. What if its happening again he thought to himself. After all the headaches had been getting worse.

((OOC: I like the numbered grins. It shows off your charecter a little more. But of course Jack will think they are stupid :P))

Jack:

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Master Wonderful flashed Cofident Grin #3 (the "This is going to be fun smile.") and addressd the front Vahz. "Welcome the Butt Kick Cafe. I'm your maitred'. Today's special... knuckle sandwich."

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Standing at the back of the group Jack pinched the bridge of his nose and closed his eyes as he cringed. "Oh please. He didn't just say that did he?"

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His confidence faultered when he finally saw the seemingly endless number of the undead masses coming down the hall, causing his grin to change to Confident Grin #5 (the "Ah, nut bunnies." grin which actually doesn't look all that confident at all). "Um, I don't think I have a table big enough for you and your friends..."

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"Oh for the love of god....could this get anymore cheesy." Jack said as he got ready for a fight.

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Master Wonderful turned back to the others and said, "Ok, I'm going to agree with Crystal. We need to high tail it out of here."

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Quickly Jack clenched his fists and reached out to the minds of their attackers. His headache was getting really bad now. As he tried to force his power to work it got even worse, he started to feel dizzy. Then there was a sudden flash and a loud cracking sound.

Several of the attackers grabbed their heads and roared in pain (some seemed unafected) as Jacks headache was suddenly transferred to them; the pain must have hit them like a train. It was so painful they were blinded. Parts of Jacks mutant powers meant he could with stand headaches that would kill a normal person; they still hurt like hell for him though. After using the power his headaches eased off as it always did.

“That’s better.”

Harris:

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"There's an old black line terminal less than a mile from here," she said. "If it is still working... it should bring us almost to the surface."

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"Anything to get out of this dump sooner is fine by me." Harris said.

He had started to notice something strange. His broken hand was starting to feel better. In fact he could wiggle his fingers and it didn't hurt. It was definitely getting better and quickly since it had happened.

"Say….… this green glowing thing you blasted me with, will it help my hand heal?" He didn't want to let them know his hand was already better in case the answer was no. If no was the answer then something very strange was happening and that worried him.

((OOC: Sorry I didn't have time to spell check this properly. Postings going to be a bit slower from me for a few days, I got my parents over visiting from England. I'll post for Harris later.))

Jack:
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Crystal gave him a smile. She did smile a lot. But she looked puzzled also, as she thought about her answer. Finally she responded, "I think you are wrong you know." At his look of surprise she added, "If I am a mutant... and I guess I am... I know a lot of things will change. But... not everyone will hate me. Some will... others won't." She shrugged. "Really not any different you know... some people hate me now, because I am a woman, or because of the color of my skin, or because I am too outgoing to suit them... people will be people. Some will be jerks... others will be cool. And I think..." She thought about this hard, "I think I will be all right." She looked back at him. "You know, I worry about you sometimes."

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"You do? I'm fine.....really," Jack said while he rubbed his forehead. "I just have a negative look on things I guess. The constant headaches and occasional black outs that come with my powers don't help."

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"You know..." Paul stated out of no-where as they walked. "Doctor Sanstad is a mutant... No one I know of ever gives him crap. Not like he'd take it either but hey."

Paul shrugged and looked at Jake. "Look man... Life sucks at times. Just grab a helmet and go with it is what I say. I'm not the best liked guy on campus and hell I was totally shunned when I showed off my brain to others my age, but you know what? Screw them. All that is important is that you enjoy life, and try to make it better for yourself and those you love."

With that he gave a quick hug from behind to Crystal as they moved. It was brief embrace, but tight enough to show true emotion.

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Jack listened to the words of encouragement from Crystal but when similar words came from Paul he didn't simple because.....it was Paul. The fact that he hugged Crystal didn't make him feel any better. He knew they were together and he had no chance (that he knew of) but it still made him angry.

Paul then walked of to talk to Master Wonderful.

"Idiot," Jack said under his breath.

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Crystal smiled at Paul as he darted back, then looked sideways at Jack. "It is just... you know you... you always seem so sad... like everyone hates you... and everyone doesn't hate you." She smiled at him in her usual caring way. "We like you, Paul and Dr Sanstad and I... all of us. You have friends - we're your friends. You're not alone." Her eyes were concerned. "And I don't want you to feel like you are. I want to... make it all better for you somehow."

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Jack smiled. She seemed to really mean it and he picked up on something else she had almost said...at least he thought he did. He was about to speak when he heard himself being called, "Angst Boy."

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"I'm Crystal,' she said, looking back. "This is Paul," she smiled at him, "And this is Jack," she smiled at him too.

Then she paused. There was a terrible racket coming from nearby. "And - and someone - is thinking at me," her brows furrowed.

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"What?" Jack asked, puzzled.

Crystal looked like she was trying to think hard. Then she ran off running down the tunnels shouting for them to follow. Jack ran after with the others.

Jack:

The sewers smelt bad. Jack could smell it from just crouching over the open man hole cover and now he had to go in there. Jack liked the doc, he'd put up with a lot of crap from Jack and was still willing to teach him. Although he didn't care much about another chance Jack liked the Doc for giving him one. That was why he was willing to go into the sewer now. Plus there was Crystal. Jack didn't trust Paul to be able to look after her.

Jack looked up from his crouched position up at Master Wonderful. "After you pretty boy."

Once inside the sewers Jack tried to catch up with Crystal as she led the way. He walked along beside her with his hands in his pockets.

"So........ You’re a mutant too now." He said feeling rather stupid.

"Well.....better get ready for the rest of the world to hate you for what you are. People always hate what is different, what is strange to them. Even if it is better."

He guessed from the look on her face this might not have been the smartest thing to say.

"I'm sorry. I really should think before I open my mouth, force of habit. I guess I've just too many negative experiences as a mutant. Gives you kind of a down wards look on things when you've been through what I have. I'm sure you'll be fine, someone as smart and good looking as you."

He smiled at her hoping she would return it.

The Campus:

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"You didn't hurt a single student. I can attest to that. I left several med-packs and everyone was accounted for. Those bags are for the Vahz... guess they have to tag the cadavers like a normal corpse."

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"Only with a lot more tags." Jack said with his hands in his pockets.

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"Look, while we're talking here Doc S is in some deep doo-doo. We gotta get to him!"

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"The docs in trouble?" Before his question could be answered a very brightly dressed hero landed right next to them. Jack dropped into fighting stance but quickly realized it was not an attack. He almost laughed, the guy was wearing Pink. Paul seemed to like the costume.

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"You have got to get me the name of tailor man. But we had an attack by the Vahz here! Look I was just saying we need to get into the sewers and try to find Doctor Sanstad, Girl Genius, and Harris... If they're going after the Doc's family as well I have no clue what to do... He doesn't give the info about his family out to ANYONE."

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"Well then..... Count me in. I suggest we find out some how and go and help them." Jack said stating the obvious.

"Maybe Pretty in Pink here can help us?" Jack said pointing to the new hero.

The Sewers:

Everything happened so fast that Harris did not have time to object. Erik fired some kind of radiation at him which freaked him out when he started glowing green. Then he was being carried at top speed down the tunnels and then the next thing he knew he was in a burning room.

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"De-Cloak Penny! We need you to lead us OUT of here!"

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"You could warn me before you do somethng like that."

The Sewers:

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"Yah, I can get you out... just a question... Can Steven hear me? If so, then I will just remind you of our little deal once I get you out of here."

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With out thinking Harris took his hand off the mike.

"Now listen here you. That was a very expensive camera you broken and I don't........."

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"Uh oh... tell me, how long ago did you fight THESE guys?"

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The best server for role-playing seems to be Virtue. There are a couple of threads on the Virtue fourm you might want to take a look at and of course here is always a good place to meet role-players (I'm one too).

Virtue Role Playing Supergroup List
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((OOC: The husband of Amy Harris and the reporter/presenter for Behind the Mask is Steven Harris, not J. Jonah Jameson.))

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"What are you talking about?" Crystal's voice flared up. "Do you have any idea what's been going on? We've been held hostage by the Vahzilok for eight hours,"

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"Sorry, I didn't mean that to come out how it sounded." He said to Crystal but he still looked unhapply at Paul.

Crystal didn't seem to be hearing what he was saying. She was looking at horror at the campus.

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"Did I do that?" Her voice was barely a whisper. Then she caught her breath with a gasp. "Oh God - "

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Jack took another look around the smashed windows of the building. He didn't see the body bags at first.

"What? You been running around smashing windows?" He asked, not sure what was going on yet.

Then he saw the body bags.

"Oh [censored]," he said and looked back at Crystal. "What did you do?"

The Sewers

Harris rolled his eyes when he heard the voice on the other end of the mike.

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Erik looked over at Harris and whispered, "Hey, what's your feeling about this guy? I can't really read people well."

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He covered his mike with his hand. "I know this guy. I interviewed him a few days aoo...plus he assaulted me when I found out........"

Harris trailed off remembering what Experiment 2.0 had told him he would do if he ever told anyone about his secret identity.

".....I mean.....yes....I know this guy."

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The Campus:

"Crystal," Jack said in surprise as she nearly ran into him. Jack was wearing faded jeans, a brown T-Shirt and a leather jacket. He spoke with an English accent (several students had joked that he sounded a little like Spike from Buffy the Vampire Slayer on TV).

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"Oh - " She stopped, "Hello Jack."

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He was happy to see her as he always was. He smiled at her then looked puzzled when he saw that she was looking a little worse for wear. She looked like she had dyed her hair too but before he could say anything she asked him.....

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"Are you all right? I didn't see you in the lab, did the Vahzilok bother you at all?"

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"I wasn't feeling well so I......Wait........Vahzilok? What are you talking about? They have been here? Bloody hell, I missed all the action. Are you alright?"

Then Jack spotted some one behind her. He leaned to the side to look past her. It was Paul. Jacks jaw tightened. Jack slowly straightened up. The jealousy he felt made him momentarily forget what Crystal had just said.

"Ah, I see………. You two love birds gone to see a late night show have you? I think you missed the curtain call mate." He said in a slightly mocking tone aimed at Paul. He didn't think how Crystal might react to this. He didn’t think before he spoke sometimes.

((OOC: Wow. This turned in to a longer post then I thought it would be :P))

The Sewers:

Harris put the head set on but kept his hand over the mike. He was going to leave it up to Erik to talk. It was just Harris's journalistic curiosity that made him want to hear what was going on.


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The Hospital:

Although the reaper was still held firmly by the throat it laughed.

"What are you going to do now......Mr Hero." It asked in a mocking tone.

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The Campus:

Jack Striker (aka: Stright Jacket) reached the door the med building on campus and took one last quick look around to make shore no one was near by. It didn’t take him long to pick the lock, he had got it down to a fine art. In a few second he had the door open and was inside.

He took a small torch out of the pocket of his leather jacket and turned it on. It lit up the hallway in front of him. The light hurt his eyes. His headache was already getting worse, which was why he was here. He needed supplies.

Once inside the storage rooms it was a simple matter of picking the locks on the cabinets and looking through the bottles of various drugs till he found the stuff he needed. He’d been letting himself into the building for a little late night “shopping” for the past few months and no one had figured it was him or bothered to improve the security.

Jack was a mutant as well as a student in Dr Sanstad’s class. From an early age Jack had suffered from painful headaches and blackouts. No one could figure out what was coursing them or do anything to ease his pain. Shortly after his eight birthday he started to manifest mutant powers and discovered he could project his pain onto others, thus relieving himself of the pain in the process. However it was only temporary, the pain always came back shortly after. With the supplies he was picking up tonight he could take a little of the edge off….for a while.

He had a negative out look on life. Years of anti-mutant bullying will do that to a guy. When his mutant abilities had first surfaced he couldn’t control them. The other children feared him because of this but it didn’t stop them bullying him. Even his friends turned on him, saying their fathers said mutant were no good.

Slowly, over time he taught himself to control and focus his abilities. He took revenge on the children who had made his life a misery. One was seriously hurt. He didn’t regret doing it, he was happy he did. However he decided the best way to stay out of trouble (and jail) was to use his powers to become a super hero.

Now at age nineteen he had a reputation on campus as a trouble maker, although he had never been court doing anything. Most people knew about his mutant abilities but no one new he was playing hero every night. Playing hero, that was all it was to him, playing. He didn’t care about the people he saved. He only cared about hurting people. The people breaking the law of course but that was all he cared about, making himself feel better. Most people hated him anyway because he was a mutant; because he was better then them. That’s how he thought about it at least.

He’d skipped out of Dr Sanstad’s class early today. Most of the other students had stayed to work late. Jack didn’t care anyway he was sure Dr Sanstad was close to kicking him out of the class. The only thing that would make him want to stay was Crystal but she only had eyes for another student…………..called Paul.

Thinking of Paul made Jacks headache worse. He didn’t like Paul at all. Jack picked up the bottles he needed and stashed them in his pocket. He would mix them up when he got home.

As he walked back across campus he started to notice all the broken windows in the buildings. He stopped realizing just how many had been smashed. He looked puzzled, too many for simple vandals. He looked around. The med building, the art building, the gym and even the theatre.

The windows of the theatre were smashed just like the rest of the buildings but the door was wide open too. He thought about it for a moment. He thought about walking home and ignoring the whole thing, it wasn’t his problem.

“Might as well.” He said to himself as he headed for the theatre.

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Penny looked interested. "Really? You got this far down without getting yourself killed? You're SURE you don't have superpowers?" She joked, then frowned at him. "I never saw that report... did I just miss it?"

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"Well.....I didn't come down here myself per-say. We hired some freelance heroes to come down here and get the footage for us."

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"Um Penny? could you fix this little guy up before we head out? I don't know how much damage it can take but I'm sure I may have fried it when dealing with... Adam."

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After a few moment of tinkering GG got the thing working again.

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"These things are shielded to glory.... you just blew all the breakers... If we do this, and this, and that...." She handed it to him. "Try it now."

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Harris felt left out not having a head set of his own and he didn't like being left in the dark. The two heroes were obviously trying to talk to someone they could hear.

"Whats going on?" He asked but they were to busy to reply to him.

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"Hello? O.K. can anyone read this? This Doctor Sanstad, Or Mighty Bio-Man, Girl Genius, and Harris..." Pausing Erik raised an eyebrow and then looked at Harris.

"What the heck is your full name anyway man? I feel like an evil teacher calling you by your last name all the time."

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Harris couldn't belive it. What was his name? He felt a little bit of the anger he would usaully have felt at this point but he pushed it away. He still needed to get out of here alive.

"Steven......Steven Harris."