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It was night time, and the stars within the sky twinkled with an enchanting shimmer. The air was cool, and the town seemed to be calm, all except one building, lit up like a Christmas tree with flashing neon signs. It was a club, the doors guarded by two massive men. With a gander into said club, you’d see an amazing sight, at least when it came to men and their taste in women. Floating through the air was the sound of loud music, the pulsating beats causing the very atmosphere to vibrate in time with the music. The building was dark with the exception of flashing lights from above. The lights briefly illuminated the room with a spectrum of colors, before dimming and switching colors before lighting up again. Cigarette smoke and scented lotion filled the air, creating some sort of intoxicating scent of human indulgence. In the middle of this room, there was a stage, round and several feet up. In the middle of the stage there was one lone woman, dancing to the music. Her body moved to the beat effortlessly, the rapidly flashing lights dancing across her silken skin, as if attracted to it like bugs to bright lights. She had curled cream hair down to the middle of her back, and it bounced about with her without a single drop of effort. Her body swayed gracefully, every ounce of her dripping with alluring seduction.

Golden amber eyes opened, and lit up the dark room like the morning sun. Those eyes glinted like diamonds within the darkened room, the flashing lights catching every sparkle and glimmer they could produce. A smirk played upon natural golden lips. Finally, with a final beat of the current song, the lights stopped flashing, and for a moment the room was dark. After a moment of silence, the room echoed with a series of simultaneous clicks, all of the lights surrounding the circular stage that the woman was standing on lit up. She stood, her body clad in a tight crimson corset and a pair of matching panties. Long fishnet stockings ran up her legs, and upon delicate feet were six inch, bright red heels. Seated all around her were various men, all drooling like rabid dogs. Their eyes were totally fixated on the woman on stage. She took a moment to gaze out at all the men surrounding her, some of them she recognized as regulars, others seemed knew and heavily transfixed. A smile curled onto her golden lips, every single man in that building was totally engulfed in her beauty.

Her name was Dominoh Blue. But everyone just called her Dominoh.

Lifting her hands, she pressed them against the upper part of her chest, and slowly ran her hands down her body, making sure exaggerate every curve of her body. There was a hint of seduction in her eyes, hidden beneath an enchanting fire that caused those amber orbs to glow ever so brightly. It was though she had lit the stage on fire with those eyes, and the men were staring in awe at the flames. Her body swayed, despite the fact that there was no music to dance to. Her hands ran over her body, and every movement she made was driving the men absolutely crazy. Every caress, every slide over the curves, every inch of her body was driving them mad. Then, she moved her hands behind her back, and subtle movements signaled what she was doing; unlacing her corset with a precision only possible through experience. The laces were undone quickly, and as the corset fell it revealed a shiny bright red bra.

Golden speckles dotted her skin, causing her to glitter under the light. The men oh’d and ah’d at her barely covered body. Another song started up, and Dominoh began to dance again. Reaching out to a shining silver metal pole in the middle of the stage, Dominoh pulled herself over to it. Grasping onto it, she twirled herself around it. Throwing her legs up, Dominoh twisted her ankles around the pole, and released her hands from it, laying upside down along the pole, and slowly sliding down. Her acrobatic skills with that pole were unmatched, and the men hooted and hollered like crazy. Dollar bills were thrown onto the stage, along with a few flowers here and there. She continued, twisting and turning her body around that pole as if she were drawn to it like a magnet. Her beautiful body glittered in the light, bending around the pole, the men melting at the very sight of it. Finally, the song stopped, and Dominoh untangled herself from the pole with ease. Disappointment crossed the men’s faces, as the lights died out and the end of the night was signaled. After a little bit of coaxing, all the men got up and left, and Dominoh was left to collect her tips of the night. With about seventy dollars and five flowers gathered in her arms, Dominoh headed off of the stage and back to the dressing room.
The dressing room seemed like something you would see at a fashion show. There were no individual dressing rooms for the girls, simply a long corridor type room with one wall lined with mirrors, desks for makeup, and chairs. And along the opposite wall were racks of outfits that the girls wore. Each girl had her own desk, and that was about the extent of it. Dominoh strolled over to her desk, the clicking of her heels echoing throughout the nearly empty corridor. There were a few girls left, one of which was seated at the desk right next to Dominoh’s. Dominoh sat down, placing her flowers on the side of her desk. Staring into the mirror, she took a washrag and started to wipe away at her make up. The girl next to her stared at her for a few moments, jealousy showing in emerald eyes—but then there was also a curiosity and cockiness. While she was indeed jealous that Dominoh was the best dancer in the club and made the most money, she was too over confident to admit that Dominoh was better than her. And, also nosey, she was friendly towards Dominoh to try and get Dominoh to spill whatever beans she had—which never happened. But this girl, named Layla was persistent. Leaning over on her desk, she gazed at Dominoh, before speaking.

“Good show tonight Dom. I heard that King has invited you to dinner, must feel pretty special, King only invites special girls. When are you going?” She asked, curiously. It was true, King had indeed sent an invite out to Dominoh to join him for dinner.

Dominoh paused for a moment, her amber eyes shifting over to the girl for a mere second, before returning to the mirror; unbothered by what the girl had just said. She scoffed slightly, a smirk playing on her lips as she continued to wipe her face clean. “He did, a few nights ago actually. And I’m not going. I’d rather eat off of the street than to be in the company of that vile, vulgar man.” She said, distaste filling her words.

The girl gasped at Dominoh’s words, unable to believe that anyone would bad mouth Kind. He was after all the most powerful drug lord within this city, and a few surrounding, and he ruled it with an iron fist. Not to mention he was a total pimp, and took a fancy to the most beautiful of girls. While he was enchanting to the ladies, he was also not afraid to smack a girl up—or even worse, if she disobeyed him or ignored his advances. It was a brave, yet seemingly foolish thing for Dominoh to say such bad things about him, let alone to deny his invite to dinner.

“But aren’t you afraid of what he might do to you? King doesn’t like to be disrespected.”


Slamming down the rag, her face clean, Dominoh flashed a glare at the girl. “Afraid? Afraid of that big buffoon? No, I am not afraid of him! I’m not afraid of his big goons and silly little body guards. He can deal with the fact that I am not interested in him at all, and I would never want anything to do with him. And there is absolutely nothing in this world that he can do to change my mind.”

And with that Dominoh pulled her coat on, and scooped up her flowers, then boldly walked out of the club to head home for the night. Taking in a deep breath of the cool night air, Dominoh bravely headed down a nearby alley, it was the quickest way home—and probably one of the more dangerous considering where she was. The streets of this city were plagued with the scum of the earth. Every thief, pick pocket, drug addict, and generally bad person was upon those streets, prowling about for their next victim or fix. But Dominoh did not fear a single person on those streets, or so that’s what she made it seem like. She did not allow herself to show fear, knowing that it would only label her as a victim on the streets that required fearlessness to survive. She walked proudly, and with her head held high, a brave aura emanating from her body. She knew better than to show any signs of weakness while walking down those streets, and so she made sure that every fiber of her being screamed "don't ******** with me."

She clutched her flowers close to her, and she made sure that her coat was buttoned all the way. Her money was tucked away in her bra, a place no pickpocket could get to without first unbuttoning her coat--which could not be done without Dominoh noticing. With every click of her heels echoing out into the silence, she was closer to home, closer to safety. But something soon emerged into the midnight air, the sound of footsteps behind her. While aware of these footsteps, she did not allow herself to turn around, or to seem panicked at the noise. Many scumbags prowled about these alleys and it was a common occurrence for her to pass paths with one or two on her journey home. With King's heart fixed on Dominoh, most of the other scumbags knew to leave her alone or suffer King's wrath. No one touched a girl he was interested in--even if that girl wanted nothing to do with him.

That was perhaps the one and only benefit of having King so locked on her. Otherwise, he was nothing more than the countless men that visited the strip club nightly--just a piggish, filthy man who deserved nothing more than a passing glance.

The footsteps continued, and Dominoh started to feel a twinge of nervousness slither up her spine. It didn't happen very often that the people she passed or somehow crossed paths with stayed behind her for so long. Slipping one hand into her pocket, she pulled out a small little pocket mirror and a tube of lipstick. She paused, and so did the footsteps, and as she popped open the mirror, she started applying a small bit of lipstick. Moving the mirror cleverly, she got it to show her who was following her. It was hard to see in the dark alleyways, but from what she could tell it was two massive men. The light of the mirror caught something, and for a brief moment, one of the men's faces were lit up. Instantly she recognized him as one of King's men, and with a snap of her mirror Dominoh was off.

Her heels clicked loudly down the black alleyway, as she ran as fast as she could away from the two men. She could hear their footsteps following closely behind her. There was no way she was going to outrun them in these high heels. She paused for only a second to stop and tear the high heels off of her little feet. Now bare foot, she darted off much quicker than she had before--just barely being caught by the men when she had stopped. She put a good amount of distance between her in the men, when out of one side alley another man emerged right in front of her. Dominoh let out a scream of surprise, and her boquet of flowers dropped. She slid, and somehow managed to dart off to the side, just barely out of the man's grasp. Breathing rather heavily, Dominoh headed down a side alley that she was not familiar with. She knew it was not smart to head down a path she was not familiar, with, but in this instance she had no choice.

The footsteps behind her were much closer than she was comfortable with. What did they want with her now? Why couldn't they just leave her alone? She called out for help while she ran, hoping that perhaps someone---anyone would hear her. There had to be someone out there, right? Anyone who would just step in? Ahh. What was she thinking? No one out there would help her. No one in this world cared about the welfare of other's anymore--and she knew then that she was just wasting her breath calling for a hero that would not come. She continued running, darting around corners and taking as many turns as she could.

Then, she slid to a stop, and her heart dropped into her stomach.

She had hit a dead end. Her golden amber eyes fell upon a tall brick wall blocking her escape. She turned around quickly, before her eyes started to scan the small area she had trapped herself in. Quickly she hid behind some old trash cans, just as the three men stopped. They looked down the dead end way, and they headed down it. They searched quickly, stirring the trash cans as they went. Dominoh held her slender hand over her mouth, to keep herself quiet. Then, she heard footsteps moving away from the area. After a few moments of silence, she peered out. She saw nothing, and right as she was going to stand, a rough hand grabbed her from behind and slammed her hard against the nearest wall.

Dominoh let out a small squeak as she made contact with the wall. Her breath was knocked out her lungs with that impact, and for a moment she couldn't seem to catch her breath. Her amber eyes fell upon one of the men, standing in front of her, pinning her against the wall. The other two men turned the corner and started walking back down the alley towards Dominoh. She struggled, attempting to push the man off of her. Unfortunately for Dominoh, she was not stronger than the man pinning her down. He pinned her easily, and there wasn't much Dominoh could do about it. But that sure didn't stop her from trying.

"Let me go! Let me go you big buffoons! LET. ME. GO!"

She yelled at them at the very top of her lungs, her voice echoing out into the night's chilly air. She threw her fists at them, punching their chests and smacking their faces, kicking her legs violently. Angry, afraid, and too stubborn to admit defeat, Dominoh was not willing to give up. She was not going to let these men win and break her.

But unfortunately for Dominoh, with every punch she was throwing, she was becoming weaker. After dancing for so many hours, Dominoh had little energy to fight off these guys, and even less to keep struggling. With this thought stuck in her head, Dominoh felt panic rising up within her stomach. Her body began to tremble, and out of one last attempt, she screamed out for help as loudly as she could. Then, her mouth was covered by a coarse, rough hand.



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User Image - Blocked by "Display Image" Settings. Click to show. A few moments of peace graced Roo's presence before something caused her stomach to churn. She wasn't sure what it was, in all honesty, but something felt... Different.

Lifting one of her ash hands to her stomach, she rubbed it gently, attempting to calm it down out of it's sudden churn. An odd feeling washed over Roo in those moments, she felt.. Well, lighter. It was strange and made Roo feel rather uncomfortable considering the circumstances. Was she already starting to be affected by the lack of food for several days now? Perhaps it was because she hadn't had much water and was becoming light headed--no. This feeling was much different from dehydration. There was almost a calm that seemed to settle over her, and her tense body relaxed for the first time in a very long time. Apparently her body sensed something that she could not, though the voices in her mind seemed to be whispering amongst themselves. They knew something was up--though Roo could not hear exactly what they were saying, their whispers left to torment her.

She huffed out of frustration, feeling as though now was not the time to be having odd feelings. She just wanted to rest, she wanted to drift off into a deep sleep and never again awaken. She wanted nothing more than a painless death in a world filled with zombies. She didn't want to become one of them, nor did she want to rot away. She had a feeling in the pit of her stomach that she would not get her wish. It seemed too peaceful for it to happen to Roo. She would be left to rot and wallow in her own pity until the hunger consumed her. A sigh escaped her faded charcoal lips, and she lifted a hand to rub her eyes wearily. Being in the darkness for so long made her weary, all the time. Well, that and the hunger gnawing away at her guts, of course. And yet, despite the fatigue settling upon her heavy eyelids, she could not will herself to sleep. How could she sleep when the world was slowly rotting to it's end?

Thump...Thump...Th-thump.

Her heart randomly skipped a beat, and she felt a spark of life hit her chest like a brick. Her hand went directly from her face to her chest, resting there for a moment to calm the feeling that had just hit her. Why was her body acting so weird all of the sudden? Perhaps she really was close to death. With a sigh, she stood and walked slowly to the cold door that held her captive in that god forsaken room. Pressing her face against the cold metal, she fell silent for a few moments. Something was off---something was not the way it had been before. There was a disturbance in the stale, manufactured air. Every inch of her body told her so, and yet she had no luck in finding out what it was. After a few moments, she pulled away from the door, surprised she had not heard any scratching or moaning from passing zombies. It was...Eerily quiet.

A frown crossed her pale face, and she took a few backward steps before seating herself on the floor once more. Her eyes closed for a moment, and she lost herself within her mind.

"You obviously know something is up. Tell me."

Spinspinspin. The wheels are finally turning and you're finally starting to learn to read your body.

Clickclick goes the gears in the brain.

"Stop your riddles---I am not in the mood."

Look I'm flying!

Roo twitched, her sister's kind voice stinging at the back of her mind--sending a wave of pain through out her body. A flicker of anger showed in her face. Why were they so determined to pull up memories today? Of all days, why today? What was so...Different? A hiss was heard under her breath, and Roo's fists clenched for a moment, flashes of her sister penetrating her mind without any warning. Again, Roo fell into a temporary state of silence, and the world around her blacked out. Oddly enough, this episode was different from the others. The feelings were still there---still ever so present. She could feel her heart racing in her tightening chest, her mouth dried with an unknown feeling of anticipation. Goose bumps rushed over her ash skin, and the tips of her fingers twitched impatiently. Roo's head tilted downwards, her pink and white hair falling into her face. It hid her, for a brief moment. Shrouded in this half consious mix between worlds, Roo almost didn't notice when the lock on the door beeped.

...Almost.

As soon as the door was pulled open, the voices quieted and Roo was flung into conciousness with a quickness that was never before experienced. A tingling rush rampaged through out her body, giving her shivers that quaked her every extremity. Empty gray eyes shot open, and blurred vision settled upon a figure standing in the door way.

Her body tensed.

It had to be a damned zombie. One of them had obviously gotten smart enough to use the security cards. Her entire body shook with an intensity that could nearly resemble a seizure. Part of her body screamed to attack--but... Everything else held her back from doing that. Not a drop of fear hit her stomach, her heart did not skip out of worry. Concern did not fill her mind. In fact, a calming sense of peace settled over her in those moments. Perhaps she had already accepted her death. If she was to be viciously slaughtered, then so be it. Finally, she raised her head to stare at her assumed killer, and she blinked. As pink fell out of her eyes and her vision cleared, a familiar voice reached Roo's ears and about gave her a heart attack.

“Roo. . . Is that. . . .You?”

No.

No. No. NO!

There was no way in hell, that had just happened. She seemed to recoil for a moment, as if punched in the face. Her body tremored with an imaginary impact. She was thrown right into a state of shock, as her fogged eyes met with firey eyes that belonged to only one person in that planet. She stayed silent for a few moments, unable to pull herself out of the state of shock she was in. Denial set in quickly. She had to be hallucinating. She had to be seeing things. Pan was not standing in front of her. ...Pan could not be out in this hell hole. She had to be safe.. Far, far away.

Her heart took control of her mind and shut it the hell up for a few seconds. Forced by nothing but pure instinct, her cracked voice uttered a singular word, a word that held more importance to her than any other word.

"P-Pan?"

Her voice faltered beneath the weight of the word itself and the meaning it held--and yet, a warmth crept beneath the shock and floated into the air like the smell of cinnamon. Her mind snapped in those moments, and she realized that she was not hallucinating. This was real. It had to be real. Tears hit her eyes, and she nodded. "Yes. It's me."

What came next was enough to send Roo right into a frenzy.

“What. . . What have they done to you?”

She cringed at those words, having temporarily forgotten of her appearance. Pan had never seen her sister in this state, and Roo had always silently hoped it would remain that way. She was ashamed of something she could not help, and the hurt showed on her dead face. She looked away for a moment, before her body was thrown back slightly by the impact of her sister slamming into her. The embrace was...Tormenting to say the least. Roo felt every inch of her body tremor with her sister, as she sobbed into Roo's shoulder. Hot tears hit Roo's skin, and it ignited a fury within her that could not be quelched. There was not a single reason on Earth, that made it okay for Pan to be hurt. Hearing her sister's heartfelt sobs sent Roo into a frenzy of emotions. The voices faded until she did not feel them, her sister warding them away with her love. And for those brief seconds, Roo felt sane.

Her cold arms wrapped around her sister, and Roo felt a warmth fill her body. Life was breathed right back into her, as did her fury. Her sister's soft weeping made Roo so angry. She wanted to slaughter anyone and everything that had ever hurt her. She never wanted Pan to feel this way again.

“We’re gonna fly out of here Roo Belle.”

Roo's body violently convulsed once, with those words. Her arms trembled, and she gasped, as if having been punched in the stomach. Her head whipped to the side, as pain crossed her face. With those words, came a flurry of memories, and feelings. She could still hear Pan's laughter as a child, and it tore Roo apart. She never thought she would have to deal with the sorrow of failing to be sane again. Never would she have to face her family because they were safe, and far away, and yet there Pan was, crying into her arms. Despite how concerned Roo was, she was also relieved to see her sister. A happiness rose within her that she could not contain.

Soft sobs escaped Roo's dry throat, as tears started to stream down her own cheeks. The clouds in her dead eyes seemed to swirl and twist, as if a storm of life had just awakend within her.

Then, reality hit.

She was thrown into the realization that she had to explain to her sister what had happened to her. All the years of torture and experimentation. She had to spill the beans--for there was no other explanation for her appearance. Her sobbing ceased almost immideatly and Roo's entire body became cold. She pulled away from her sister, gazing into those tear filled, blazing eyes. A gentle warmth filled Roo's face as she gazed lovingly at her younger sister. And then, Roo's clouded eyes gazed away from Pan. She cleared her dry throat, and pain crossed Roo's face. Etched within every crease and pore, there was hurt.

"I was the first." she started, her eyes diverting from her sister. "I have the disease..." she continued, not entirely sure how to go about telling her sister that she was technically one of them. "I... I am just like them in appearance. I have their disease, it runs rampant through my body. I have had it for years now. That is why I look like them. Though, I am not mindless as you can see. A part of me, no matter of how miniscule it may be, is immune to the disease. I am not driven mad by hunger, nor am I crazed enough to cannibalise humans. Though, there is no garuntee that this...This immunity, will last within me forever." she said softly. Shame and fear riddled every word that fell from Roo's cracked lips.

"That is why you were never allowed to see me. I was being tested on, and they wanted no one to know. Dad saw me once... I didn't know how I looked then. He just...Walked away. I haven't seen him since. I understand now, of course, why that is. I am...A monster."

Her voice cracked under the pressure of that last word, and Roo's cold defences broke down to reveal a vulnerable, broken girl.

She took a moment, drawing in a deep breath to calm herself down. Now was most certainly not the time to panic. The quaking of her body slowed until it was nothing more than an occasional twitch. The clouds swirling in her fogged eyes stopped, falling still and dead. The adrenaline rushing through her veins slowed, and for a short amount of time, Roo was able to think clearly. She cleared her throat, and looked at Pan. "Now tell me how you got here. You shouldn't have risked coming here with those things running rampant out there, Pan. It isn't safe out there, especially for someone alone. And where are mom and dad? Tell me they aren't with you or out there. Are they safe?"




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___________________ Twenty | Dezzara | She trades favors, and does many other things. | Female the majority of the time.
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___________________What character is/Represents: She has become a mere whisper of words; hushed tones are the only that speak of her. She's known as the owl of Dezzara, often only seen by weary travelers or lost souls when she finds opportunity for a trade. She's become a sort of legend, though there is no question of her existence through out Underland. She is spoken of in secret places; stories of her rattle through out the darkness of night. Her power has become known; and often is a source of fear. Mysterious, and always wandering, shifting, and moving; she is often sought out for her ever famous favors. But she will not help out just anyone.
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Don't you ever feel like you're destined for something bigger than your skin?



Jaydah was being pulled so quickly through the corridors and around corners that she wasn't able to see the furious Jax swimming after her in a rage. All she could do in those moments was scream, her voice rattling through the water so loudly the water was actually vibrating. Her powerful little lungs boomed with a desperation and fear never displayed before those moments. She would have fought against the tentacle wrapped around her body, but her captor was pulling her through the water so quickly, it was actually pushing against her; making moving near impossible for the small girl. For a period of time that seemed to stretch on for Jaydah, she was pulled through the corridors by the massive creature; going deeper into the tower than she would have ever wished to travel--even if Jax would have accompanied her.

The core of the tower was the destination of the glowing octopus that was ripping through the water at an ungodly speed. They finally reached it after traveling through all the long corridors that eventually lead to a massive room. The room opened up as though there was simply a massive hole in the middle of the tower. In those moments the octopus pulled her closer; two more tentacles wrapping around her to secure her as she started to struggle. She flailed her arms and kicked her legs, but under the pressure of the tightening tentacles; Jaydah found herself quickly weakening. But that certainly wasn't enough to stop her from trying. She struggled against the tight grip of the tentacles, feeling each of her movements being restricted. She could feel the cold suction cups pull at her skin as she moved; causing a bit of pain. During her struggle Jaydah had not even noticed the dimming of the lights in Atlantis, she didn't notice the spike in the emotional levels around her. Her empathy was incredibly strong in the water, but her distress distracted her so much that she didn't notice the strong ball of rage headed right towards them; that emotional charge being Jax in all his fury.

It was only when Jax reached the massive core of the tower that Jaydah's empathy kicked in. It hit her hard and fast, like a brick wall slamming into her body at the speed of a meteor shooting through space. Those liquid black eyes terrified Jaydah and offered her hope at the same time. That black abyss offered Jaydah the knowledge that he had blinked out; all of his control was gone and s**t was about to go down. Those moon silver eyes had fallen into an eclipse of rage and there was nothing left but that abysmal black. She could see the fury etched into his facial features; the heated water bubbling around his body. His powers moved him without him having to exert any actual physical effort, pushing him closer with the heated bubbles that were forming around him.

Her body jerked as the octopus holding her threw out a tentacle at Jax, about to wrap around him and capture him just as it had captured her. But as it's one tentacle went to enclose upon Jax, its suckers started to shred apart in the water around Jax. His telekinesis was shredding it apart, and the octopus let out a screech, recoiling its tentacle quickly out of pain. Three more tentacles were thrown out at Jax as the octopus tried to take him down swiftly rather than crush him slowly. The octopus' tactic worked and they slammed into Jax, hard. She heard the reverberating smack as Jax's face hit the floor; his body slamming down with him. She cringed, pain radiating through her body as her empathy kicked into high gear.

"Jax!"

She screamed out of worry and concern, throwing out one had as if to reach for him, though he was too far for her to even dream to reach him. In those moments she didn't care about the octopus holding her captor, she didn't care about the government attempting to tear the first shred of happiness either she or Jax had managed to get for a long time. She didn't care about the pain radiating through out her little body, nor the near fatal situation she was in. She didn't care at all of the danger she was in. She was worried for Jax, he was all she cared about. She wanted to burst free of the tentacles holding her captive and to rush over to his side and to make sure he was okay. She wanted to hug him and never ever let him go again. She wanted to cry on his shoulder and scream at him how he shouldn't be so reckless, especially in dangerous situations. She wanted to lecture him and tell him to never ever risk himself like that again.

She barely saw the flurry of bubbles that filled the water as Jax's hands shot out and grabbed hold of two of the tentacles. He gripped onto them tightly, and as the octopus tried to pull away she saw a bright light before she heard a series of snaps.

CRACK!

Jaydah cringed at the sound, wishing she could have freed her arms to use her hands to cover her ears in those moments. The sound alone sent shivers down her spine, and a rush of warm water ran over her as the electric arcs shot out from Jax's body. The arcs of lightning traveled from Jax's body right into the body of the octopus holding her captor. With that, arose two problems. Jaydah's empathy was sent into a spiral and the pain caused by that alone was enough to temporarily debilitate young Jaydah. The second flaw arose from Jax's uncontrollable rage; and the rash thoughts that came with it. As soon as the electricity traveled from his body to the octopus', it also traveled through Jaydah's body through the tentacles of the octopus.

She felt a sharp stinging penetrating her body where the tentacles gripped her. The strongest pain of them all arose from right across her upper chest; as that's where the peak of the charge had hit. It burned her delicate skin, sending crimson blood into the water as she jerked and twitched with the shocks traveling through her body. With no where to go, the shocks kept circulating through out her body with the aid of her confused empathy attempting to sort through what was happening. One final charge was let off and Jaydah let out a soft cry as the pain surged through her body. The octopus' scrambling to get away from Jax didn't help either, its strong suckers starting to tear and scrape away her skin as she was pulled with the octopus.

Finally, in one final and desperate attempt to free itself from Jax's rage the octopus released Jaydah and scrambled up several of the balconies before heading down a corridor. That left little Jaydah limp like a ragdoll, floating lifelessly through the darkening pink water that was becoming quickly tainted by the blood pouring from the massive burn that ran across her chest. The burn was deep and severe, nearly having torn through the muscle. The shocks of electricity that had been transferred to her body were still shocking her; showing themselves in smaller arcs dancing around her body. Slowly the arcs started to die in intensity and eventually it stopped; the empathy driven cycle finally fixing itself and allowing the electricity to pass from her body.

"..Jaydah?"

She could hear Jax's concerned voice travel through the water, his tone wrapping itself around
her like a blanket of worry. She however could not respond, no matter how badly she wished she could. She struggled; still in her conscious mind but unable to move. She wanted to scream, she willed herself to try and move her lips, to sound her voice and let him know she was alive. She wanted to open her eyes and see that abysmal liquid black fade from his eyes as the stars and moon shine returned to color his beautiful orbs. She wanted to sob from the pain and make him hold her close despite it. She wanted him to rub her temples to push the stinging headache she had away, and she wanted him to tell her stories to take her mind off of the pain.

She wanted to simply wipe the blood from his nose and fix everything. She could feel the pain from his nose in her own, and it made her want to crinkle it, but she couldn't even do that. It was frustrating and terrifying at the same time. She just laid there, sprawled out like a fragile, broken doll. Her limbs floated limply, her chest barely moving as she drew in weak breaths. As she floated there in the water, blood oozing from her burn; she almost looked lifeless. She looked dead, her glow having been eclipsed completely. The pain burning within her chest was enough to make the toughest of men cry, and yet all she wanted to do was hug Jax.

As the pain persisted despite the natural healing powers of the water, Jaydah found herself getting weary, and quickly. Her grip on conciousness was fading. She was starting to sleep into a deep darkness...




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Can you remember the last thing you tasted? What about the last scent to dance around your nostrils, or the last sensation to grace your finger tips? Can you still recall the last time you looked in a mirror and what exactly you saw?

What if these simple, normally trivial bits of your every day life became the last memories you would conciously register? Would you be content knowing that the last person you saw face to face could be someone you were just randomly walking passed on a sidewalk? Would you be okay with your life simply ceasing in nearly all aspects, without the absolute end of death? Could you handle days, weeks, months, and possibly years trapped inside a prison created out of your own body? Locked in a sort of sleep like conciousness with absolutely no sense of time, for what seems to be endless?

Here at Chromohope, we are currently working on an alternative to the traditional treatment of the ever feared Coma. We are currently engineering a brain stimulation process to help awaken the brain out of the Comatose state, to help restore the patient to a normal, functioning way of life; rather than to lay in a hospital bed for an undetermined amount of time.

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Chromahope was founded just last year, from the original founder of Genetisistics, Nathaniel Ramsay. After the tragic fall of Genetisistics, Nathaniel decided to turn his broad mind and vast intelligence in an entirely different direction. He created the Chromahope foundation to help assist patients who have been stuck in a Comatose state, with hopes to finally create a treatment or cure for the dreaded Coma. With a recent break through, Chromahope is now offering this experimental treatment to a select few patients with several requirements in mind. We're trying to get rid of as many variables as we possibly can to ensure the most exact test results possible. We have selected a total of eight patients to undergo several months of this experimental treatment to see how well they respond. If the brain stimulation treatment is effective we will work on making it more available to the general public and to expand it so most all variables of the Coma is treatable. We here at Chromahope wish you all the very best!
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Could you ever imagine losing everything in a split second? Whether caused from some sort of physical trauma, a disease, some odd sickness, or a series of unlucky events, the coma is perhaps one of the most feared states of being. When your body becomes its own torturous prison, and you're stuck inside the absences of your mind; anyone could lose it. The coma is perhaps one of the most well known medical mysteries out there today, and despite how much doctors have studied it they are still baffled by it. Some people can be in a coma for twenty years and simply wake up one day and resume normal function while in other cases it takes only days for the patient to lose all brain function and activity.

What would you do if you were somehow concious but you couldn't move, or speak? You couldn't open your eyes and show your terrified loved ones that you were indeed still in there, and that you were still very much alive. What if all you could do for days, weeks, months, years, or even the rest of your lifetime was just think? You wouldn't be able to tell when it was day or night, you wouldn't have a grasp of time, and every second would seem endless.
In most cases; one wouldn't compare themselves nor their life to a water droplet. It is too simple, too fragile to relatable to the complex day to day changes of a normal human life. And yet, it is in that simplicity that we find the most similarities.

Like a water droplet you travel through your life, most of the time the ride is smooth; like sliding down a flat rock or off of the smooth skin of a brave face. But there are rocky moments; as you're stumbling down the rough and jagged tree bark that has become your life. And then, for some, there is one single moment. A moment of body shattering trauma.

You feel it reverberate through your body in one furious shock; and you break under the pressure. Bits of you fly everywhere, as you splash to the ground. And then; before you have time to collect yourself there is nothing but darkness. All the sounds that previously engulfed your being; all the sights that lit up your life melt away in a cold, numbing shadow. It sets over you like a heavy blanket of sand; cold and ever shifting but never releasing you. You can't swim out of it, you can't fight your way through it, you simply lay there and let it settle over you. Your breathing slows to only a dulled yet necessary inhale every now and then.
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Pull me out of the water; cold and blue. Open my eyes to see that it's you.



Home. It was the very first word that the scientist man had taught her when he'd stumbled into her world. She had been the first to find the man in his odd suit, swimming the dark depths of their underwater paradise. She had watched him from the darkness at first; until one of the predator fish ran into him; knocking off his facial protection mask. It was in those moments that Nalah had decided to show herself to the man. She sensed something about him-- a sort of kindness, a warmth. It drew her to him, and as she swam ever so fluidly towards him, she wondered what exactly he would do. She did not expect the reaction she received when her figure was finally revealed to him in the dark waters. He simply stared at her; shock etched into his kind face. She tilted her head, her vibrantly bright blue eyes staring right back into his green ones. Finally he collected himself, and with one push of courage he spoke.

"Do you have a name?"

His words fell to unfamiliar ears, and she was confused by this language. She'd never heard anything spoken in the human tongue, and so she was instantly thrown into a world of confusion and question. She tilted her head; much like a puppy would when in question to it's owner. He recognized her confusion and nodded, smiling slightly to himself. He then reverted to ancient techniques of communication, hoping she would at least understand what he meant--even if she didn't understand the words themselves. He pointed to himself, "Nicolai Malcovitch." he said, nodding reassuringly. He then pointed to her, and tilted his head slightly as if to question what she tilted herself. The mermaid floated there; still unsure of what he meant. She did not respond verbally, but did show she didn't understand by shaking her head slightly. He frowned in disappointment. Perhaps their race didn't have a name. And so he pointed back at her and thought for a second. "Nalah Lyn." he said kindly, deciding to name her. Then he tried one more time. "Nicolai Malcovitch." he said softly, before pointing to her, "Nalah Lyn." he said. Her gills fluttered excitedly and she smiled, letting out a squeal as she did a quick flip in the water; to signal happiness. She still wasn't entirely sure what he was getting at but it made her happy.

He stayed there for a day, and he already started to teach her the English language. With a newfound sense of trust, Nahla led him through out her city; the city of her people. She showed him curious creatures and amazing things. When that day was over he left, but he gave her a medal that he always kept with him--to signal that he would return. And he did. He came back several times--and enough that he'd taught Nalah to have a decent hold on the English language. Of course she couldn't form complex sentences nor was her vocabulary anything to brag about, but she showed remarkable intelligence and was learning quickly. Then he simply stopped coming. Nalah waited for him, for days. She sat up towards the hole in the cavern he'd first come from, but he never returned. And soon odd machines and other humans entered the sacred waters. But they were not welcomed. She and the other's sensed the evil within them, and attacked; defending their home. She felt betrayed, and scared. Her people retreated from their home, fearful of the machines and humans attempting to come in. They swam deep into the cavern at the bottom of their largest building. It went for miles, and after several days travel they were in the deepest part of their home. They would stay there, gathering powers to start a war with the humans. But that would take a while.

Nahla and a few others stayed back to wait for Nicolai and to make sure nothing invaded their home. She had hope the man of science would return and offer them comfort and safety. But with every passing day, that hope was fading. The kind mermaid swam through her city, picking the brilliantly glowing fruit from their lush, vivid trees. She gathered them in a small cloth pouch she had, before swimming up to one of the towers closest to the cavern entrance to their city. She would watch, to make sure no one of ill will would invade their home. She perched herself comfortably, lifting one of the fruits to her lips to take a bite. Nothing would get past her.
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Don't you ever feel like you're destined for something bigger than your skin?



Lost within a world of darkness, a haunting feeling rushed over Jaydah's motionless body. A near stinging cold was biting at her fingertips and her toes. She could feel the tingle penetrate her extremites, attacking it with a phantom pain-like sensation. It was like her entire body was falling asleep; pins and needles stabbing her skin mercilessly. A faint sensation broke her focus on the tingling. A warmth perched itself upon her shoulder, but only for a moment before retracting back. She could tell the gentle touch had belonged to Jax. Happiness and sorrow hit Jaydah all at once at that realization. She was always happy in his presence, but she could feel the worry through his touch. She felt guilty that she was in such a state; she felt horrible for making him worry. She wasn't even concerned about her own well being at that point, all she wanted to do was comfort Jax.

She could hear the faint echos of Jax's denial float through her mind like a sneaky little whisper. His voice fluttered about like a fearful butterfly; fleeing from its predator. It didn't matter how hard she focused on the sound, her attempts at singling out the sound were in vain. She coudn't make out the majority of his words and was instead lost within a plethora of broken mumbles and fragmented sounds. These shattered utterances filled her dark, abysmal world with a sort of chaotic calm. The left over emotions floating about her mind kept her thoughts from focusing solely on Jax. For each moment of silence there would be a following moment of chaos. It seemed as though her empathy were attempting to keep up with the calming silence that had surrounded the two by throwing in such noisy emotions.

Her body had become so focused on her rampaging empathy that she didn't even feel the burning metal; tearing itself through her skin like melted butter. She felt her body pull slightly as Jax pulled the smoldering metal away; throwing it into the water. She could feel the slight movements that Jax made through the water; but she couldn't actually put together what he was doing. Her state of mind was very scattered; she wasn't exactly all there. While bits of her understood what was going on, most of her was so lost within the emotional abyss her empathy had created. She felt like she would imagine a person in a coma would feel like; so lost within their own unconcious they can't make out the true sounds and feelings of reality. She sensed them, she simply didn't have enough of her focus to put things together.

There was a pressure on her body; and another rush of that warm comfort as Jax touched her again. She felt his strong hands press against her chest; causing a brief flash of pain before it was quickly drown out by her empathy. The warmth around her increased as he pulled her into his chest, his arms wrapping themselves around her in protective cucoon. She could feel the gentle caress of their skin as they immobilzed themselves; floating in the water. His skin was soft; much softer than she'd ever taken the time to notice. Every little movement he made sparked a moment of friction between the contacting skin on their bodies; and for that mere second she felt okay. But as the movement ceased, the feeling faded. Having Jax there wasn't enough, she needed to feel his presence. She needed the caress of his skin against her's, she needed the tight constriction of a hug; the repetitive movement of a hand rubbing her back. She wanted to feel every little line in the palm of his hand as she ran the tips of her fingers across it. She wanted to feel him; because with that touch came the rush of relief; of hope.

Broken words fell to her ears again; fluttering their way to the very back of her mind until they fell into the faint buzzing that was echoing within the confines of her mind. His shattered vowels had culminated together; repeating themselves until they'd formed a sort of ******** of fragmented sounds. And while she could not make out the words he was saying; she could hear the sorrow in his voice. She could hear his hope fading and she could feel the pain through his touch. Her heart ached with the feelings flowing through his fingertips; only sending her further down into her state of unconcious conciousness.

What seemed to be hours passed; and Jaydah was lost in this sort of constant babbling. Her mind was slipping away, each moment longer sending her deeper and deeper into the crevaces of her mind. She was losing grip on reality; the sensations were dulling and she was starting to let go.

Then she heard it. She heard it in the deepest corners of her mind; pulling her out of the darkness that had been previously pulling her in. She could hear the sound of Jax humming an ever familiar song; one of her favorites in fact. There were no words for her mind to try and unravel, no complex vowels mashed together to attempt and decipher. It was just the melody of him humming in that ever comforting voice of his. The notes of the song rustled through her mind like a million moving leaves; all in unison. It were if a wave had rushed over her; rescuing her from losing herself; even if it were only temporary. The song alone was enough to keep little Jaydah clinging to her minimal conciousness. It kept her fighting and holding on to hope; hope that she would awaken.

Emotions were still invading her body with every passing moment that Jax's fingertips were pressed against her body. Every little twinge of skin to skin contact was enough to get through to her whatever it was he was feeling in those moments. Anger, guilt, sorrow; it was all being passed onto Jaydah. Her empathy was so lost within itself that it could no longer properly decipher the emotions it was being bombarded with. Confusion ensued, causing the emotions to begin to build up even further than they already had. With so many different emotions present; her body didn't know how to react.

More movement was noticed as Jax pulled them up to a balcony. The water rushed against her increasingly cold skin; and then they were stopped. The humming had stopped; and a feeling of dread had risen above all the other emotions to make itself known to Jaydah. She felt a knot twisting in her stomach; a sort of lurching bubbling within her gut. By the time Jaydah had deciphered the emotion; she was thrown off by another feeling. Warmth graced her cheek, and not just the typical warmth of Jax's hand. This warmth was far different. It was... Adoring. It was the kind of warmth that sent Jaydah's weakened heart right through the clouds; her stomach bursting into a bunch of bustling butterflies.

Sound reached her dark world one final time. The sound was distorted at first; falling into the mass of buzzing into the back of her head just as the other sounds had. But the ending had somehow reached her. While fuzzy and a little hard to make out, she still managed to understand.

"I'll protect you."

Those three words struck a painful chord in Jaydah's soul, pulling at her heartstrings more than anything he'd ever said before had. It was perhaps so painful to hear because she could feel herself slipping. She could feel herself losing touch of reality; falling out of the grace of life. She was cold, and nearly numbed; and all she could focus on was the immense feelings of guilt and fear. She didn't want to leave him; she didn't want to let him down or make him think he'd let her down. She so desperately wanted to open her eyes and to hold him, to wipe any tears that may have fallen down his cheeks, or at least to wipe under his eyes; even if the tears hadn't yet fallen. She wanted to kiss him on the nose, on the forehead, on his cheeks, just all over his face. She wanted to shower him with affection and all kinds of cheesey girl love. But it didn't matter what she wanted.

Panic. It was the last thing she felt before suddenly everything just blacked out. All the emotions were gone; all the sounds and feelings had simply disappeared. Her world fell silent and empty, and her body fell completely limp. She went ice cold, and her heart beat stopped. Her pulse ceased; and the blood stopped rushing through her veins; freefloating purposeless.

Jax released her body in those moments, drifting away in his sorrow. Her body float lifelessly in the water, completely still. Instead of getting what she had wanted, Jaydah instead got what she needed. Her body shut itself down; her empathy controlling it all. Her empathy needed to reboot itself in a sense, and in order to do so her body needed to shut itself down first. Her body needed to stop feeling; it needed to stop attempting to figure out the emotions that were being transferred to her through Jax's fingertips. He had released her; starting the process.

All of the built up emotions started to seperate; dispersing themselves through out her body. As the broken down emotions reached the ends of her extremities they formed small, colorful whisps of smoke. With a quick little spark from her fingertips the little whisps of colored light floated out of her body. After a second or so passed, the little whispy lights flickered out; disappearing in the cold waters of Atlantis. With no body to harbor them; the lights simply faded into nothing. The process was quick and silent, and within mere moments all of the little lights had left her body and gone. With the emotions gone, her empathy was able to sort itself out, and within a short while her body was waking up. Her heart beat resumed its normal pattern, beating youthfully in her chest. The blood started moving through her veins; returning that ever warm peachy pink glow.

Her skin warmed up and she drew in a slow, silent breath. The darkness that had shrouded her mind lifted; the fog clearing from ther thoughts and concious. Brilliant blue eyes were revealed from beneath thick eyelashes fluttering in the same unision as a bird's feathers ruffling through the wind in its flight. Pain hit her chest; and a soft squeak escaped her lips. Her hand rose to her chest; laying gently upon her burn. She cringed; warmth still radiated freshly from her burn, biting at the palm of her hand. She turned her head slowly to see Jax drifting into the distance; still unaware of her ressurection.

"Jax?" she spoke, her gentle voice weak, but still there. She was alive; hurt, but still alive.




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