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[Basyle]

Hatrena

{M'kay, we'll see how our behemoth posts compare...*evil laugh*}
{Edit: Sorry about it looking so much like Christmas in my post..and sorry about the color fonts skipping out, dunno why it did that. :/}

Minutes after she'd been taken away from Ben's arms she'd been placed on a stretcher and rushed into the ambulance. All of Via's vitals were flat lines, but the EM C's that were working on her were convinced she wasn't dead.
"CLEAR" One of them shouted as they shocked her at the minimum voltage, her body shook. Nothing. They waited, breathing heavily and kept shocking her, hoping for anything.
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A peaceful warmth was all that surrounded Via. As she rubbed her eyes it was like she was waking up from a long nap. She looked around only to see a green meadow, speckled with sunflowers. In the distance there were mountains that seemed to glimmer in the sunlight with their purple and blue tones. The sky was a brilliant blue, and there wasn't a cloud in sight the sun shone brightly here, wherever here was. Via sat up and smiled, although she didn't know where she was. She looked down, and all the blood and wounds were gone, everything was perfect, not even any of her childhood scars remain. She seemed to be wearing some sort of billowy white sun dress.
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"CLEAR!!!" announced a worker as they shocked her on the next voltage level this time her body shaking more violently. Still nothing, "KEEP TRYING!!!" they shouted over the top of the other. The ambulance's sirens whirling as they pulled up to the school's medical wing. The stretcher was carefully but swiftly taken from the ambulance and into the medical wing where the Operating Room had been prepped.
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Via stretched out of reflex, but soon found out she need not worry about it. She stood up and walked around a bit, the ground beneath her feet was as soft as could be. She followed the babbling brook that ran down the middle of the meadow until she came to a peaceful lake, where the reflection of the mountains could be seen clearly as if looking into a mirror. Via looked in the lake and saw a multitude of fish swimming around and jumping from the water as if happy to see her. This made her smile, this place, wherever it was...was heaven to her. She went to the edge of the lake and looked down at her reflection only to see the reflection of a gentle old man beside hers.
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"Get to work on cleaning and closing that wound!! NURSE! Get the oxygen going!! STAT!!" Doctors ordered, people whirling around like busy bees trying to save the life of a student. This O.R. was like any other, save for the fact that the doctors could use abilities like healing, and telepathy.
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The old man's eyes sparkled like the moon on a clear night. His face was written with wrinkles as if each one told a story of it's own. The wind blew his silver hair gently about. This elderly man was tall about 5'8" and dressed in flowing robes of emerald green, with gold trimmings. "Hello, Viale." He greeted, his voice full of authority and kindness. It was like hearing a beautiful song playing softly.
Via's ears perked up and her eyes brightened. "Hello." She greeted with a slight bow.
This old man chuckled softly as his eyes crinkled upwards. "Do you know who I am Viale?" He asked gently.
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"ANYTHING?!" A doctor called out as they continued to shock her, the results the same as before. "NOTHING." Replied the team.
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"Are you God?" She asked meekly like a child.
"Oh, no child. God is much more than I. I am just a messenger from Heaven. You might call me an angel." He explained.
"Oh....So...I'm...dead? And this....this is Heaven?" Via asked, still a wee bit confused about the whole ordeal.
"Viale, this is not Heaven. " He started "This is merely the first place your soul leaped to after it left your body. This is what we call the place of thoughts. You see, this is where souls come when the body dies, but the soul is not yet ready to rest." He finished.
"So what you're saying is...i'm on stand-by?" She gathered.
"In a word, yes. But technically speaking, this is the place where God sends those souls that have come before their time. This simply put, is the time your soul spends waiting while on earth the doctors try to revive you. That time period is when God reviews your life to see if you have learned any lessons yet, and if you have He will allow you into heaven. And, if not you are sent back down to Earth and given the rest of your life to learn whatever lessons He sees fit. This is what some people refer to as 'near death experiences'." He elaborated.
"How long does this usually take? Not that I'm in a hurry or anything...I'm....just curious..." She said looking from the water to this jovial old man.
"Since you're only 18, it shouldn't take too long.."
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"No!!! I refuse to give up on this one!!" The doctor screamed over everyone else in the room, making the room as quiet as the grave. (AN: no pun intended)

"But doctor, we've worked on her for as long as the law permits...Any more and there will be brain damage, and definite amnesia..." A nurse spoke up defiantly.

"Not ONCE has there ever been a student before this year to die. Did any of you have to look into the eyes of those parents and tell them that their child was murdered by a man-eating crocodile?!" The doctor spat hatefully, his child being amongst those that were accidentally killed by Ben.

"But doctor, according to this patient's history her parents are deceased...." The nurse said quietly.

"So you're saying is that regardless of that fact, this girl doesn't deserve a second chance?! Who are you to decide people's fates! Now get ready to defib one more time, or I swear I'll have you all stripped of your medical licenses and fired!" He threatened as he re-washed his hands, re-masked his face and above all re-gained his calm.

The nurse refused to take part in what she deemed "so cruel". The other technicians all buzzed to action, their hearts moved by what the doctor had said. They cautiously powered the defibrillator up to the maximum setting. None of them had ever seen a need to go so high, but then again this could be a medical break through....
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Via and the kind old man chatted for a while but before long something started to happen.

"OW!" Screamed Via as she jumped straight up in the air. "What was THAT!?" She asked in a flustered tone. "I thought you weren't supposed to feel pain in Heaven....!!!"

"Ohohohoo, Viale, as I said before this isn't Heaven, this is far from it. From the looks of it, He is sending you back....I guess in Earth terms you could 'consider yourself lucky'. Oh...Oh no." The man's jovial expression turned to one of worry.

"Oh no what? What? What is it?!" Via said worrying also.

"It seems this whole time we've been talking the Earth surgeons have been working on you....which is roughly about 3 hours...." He said looking sad now.

"What does that mean?!" Via asked fretting that something might happen.

"It means you'll have severe brain damage...mostly severe amnesia. Chances are since you were clinically dead for 3 hours, you won't remember anything from before you were killed.." He explained.

"So...I'll still remember Seika, Ben, and Akihiko right?! Right?! I'll still know about my parents....and...my sister and everything and the carnival RIGHT!?" Via began to ramble, before she knew it she was crying.

"I'm afraid not...Viale. I'm so sorry..." He said gently as he placed his palm over her eyes, causing her to faint. He lay her down gently in the grass where she woke up and then said a silent prayer for her. "God, even though you are taking away her memories, please give to her the gift of strength....help her to unlock her true power..." He prayed as he vanished into the air.

The skies that were once blue, blackened and blocked out the sun. The purple mountain majesties shook and crumbled to the ground. The peaceful babbling brook evaporated into thin air, and the once green meadow turned from brown to black, instantly dying. Via began to glow a brilliant pure white as she jetted away from this island turned hell, and back to Earth. (The reason for this paradise turning to ash was that every soul that passes on creates its own ideal plain of existence for the time being. afterward it self destructs, more or less.)
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Back in the O.R. the doctor had shocked Via for the final time, her body jumped uncontrollably. "Dammit....Dammit all...." He said as he gripped his hair in his hands and cursed quietly to himself.

One of the technicians looked up at the clock, not wanting to call the time of death. All of them had been so moved by the doctor's speech that they really believed they could do this. The technician cleared his throat and swallowed hard. "Time...Time of death: 3:39 am, Tuesday morning." He read off as another technician jotted it down.
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[color=olive]As the room grew quiet everyone bowed their heads in a respectful manner. Not a sound was made, the room was so quiet they could literally hear a pin drop.

"....beep." The pulse monitor chirped.

Everyone's heads snapped upright. They all looked at each other as if in disbelief.

"...Beep..."

"Doctor! We've got something!!" the technicians yelled through the doors.

The doctor came back in and analyzed the pulse monitor.

"BEEP.....BEEP.....BEEP....BEEP"

"Quickly now! Get some oxygen!!" The doctor demanded.

This continued for a while, as Via's soul lined up with her body and sunk back down into it. Via's grayish skin begin to shine a brilliant white color that became blinding to look at. This only lasted about five minutes, which was time enough to get everything in order and get her moved to intensive care. She was still in a coma, and wasn't expected to come out of it but the head doctor thought otherwise stating "There's just something about this one...that's not like all the rest." Little did he know, how truly right he was.

Via's eyes remained closed and her body nearly motionless, save for the respirator that pumped her lungs for her automatically.
It was a curious thing, the doctors had noticed--before surgery they had noticed previous scars from years before, but after the surgery and the blinding light the scars and gigantic wound through Via's stomach had all vanished like it never happened. They chalked it up to her healing abilities kicking into over-drive.

For now, the rest was up to Via to wake up. All anyone could do now was hope and pray that she'd wake up before too much time had passed. The nurses left the room after administering some medication for patient nutrition. They closed the door behind them and turned off all the lights except the one at the head of Via's bed as to illuminate the patient should she wake up.(23)

(( Oh kay so the numbers in brackets are the sentences, please check my counting.From these numbers there are 19 paragraphs and one sentence. =] ))

[Basyle]

R N W

((OMG! My comp freezed and I lost the longest post I ever posted ever!!! So pissed!!!! But this will be a longer post with abit more detail. ^^ Enjoy everyone!))


Rain drops pitter pattered on the buildings and streets, the sky was gloomly and dark with thunder cracking and lightning flashing once every few seconds apart from eachother. Sirens whizzing in and out of her hearing as they went by. Seika walked towards a large crowd that was forming in the middle of a busy street. Red and blue lights danced around, as Seika drew closer pushing her way through the nosiy crowd of people trying to see what had happened.

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The police had taped the area and kept the people from trying to get around in. Seika could see that a car crashed upon the sidewalk in front of a small grocery store, it's hood dented and the windsheild cracked with blood on it. The driver sitting next to it, a mid-20 lad, his hands cut up and held his head. His shoulders shook like he was crying, answering the older looking officer's questions. 'an accident, his car swrved out of control...' she thought.

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Blood dirtied the front of the car, Seika getting sick seeing it knowing whose it was. Not a moment sooner she cought sight of the paramedics putting someone on a strecher, a girl of highschool age. It was Kiku, Seika didn't waste time ducking under the tape and heading straight for her yelling her name. An officer saw her and tried to stop her but she got out of his reach making it to her friend. "KIKU!" she yelled, warm tears falling softly.

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The paramedics asked her if she knew the girl and Seka could only nod her head yes. She held Kiku's bruised hand trying to get her to answier her. The officer that was trying to grab her before stopped next to her, the paramedics letting her know she knew her, they talked quickly about having him take her to the hospital where she could answer all the questions they needed about Kiku.

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At first she put up a fight, wanting to be at Kiku's side, but the officer calmed her down enough to reason with him. This officer was younger, perhaps new to the force, he had kind eyes and a warm presence, trusting him was easy and she agreed to let him take her to the hospital. Along the way the man made sure another squad car went to Kiku's parents house to bring them along as well. Seika kept quiet, only speaking to answer questions.

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The memory sped up to where she was sitting outside the operating room, holding Kiku's mothers' hands. All were praying for the girls life, Seika prayed harder wanting most desparately. Hours went by in a slow blur until the head doctor treating Kiku walked out, removing the face mask his face grim. "She's stable for now, but her wounds were great I don't think she'll make the night." his tone deeply saddened, like he wanted this young life to be spared by death and it hurt that he did everything he knew and it wasn't enough.

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Kiku's mother cried as her husband held in his arms, crying as well. Seika stood there by herself. The doctor allowed them to see her, though she was heavily medicated and probably wouldn't wake. They wanted her to feel no pain.

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Time picked up to where Seika was alone at Kiku's side. Her parents summoned by the older policeman that was questioning the driver at the scene, he wanted to tell them what had happened, the driver there as well to bed forgiveness. Seika wasn't mad at him, but herself for not being able to prevent the whole thing.

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"Kiku...I'm so sorry..." she said, a mere whsiper. "Your always there for me, and the one time I try to save you...I couldn't" she bit her lip, trying to hold back a new wave of tears that threatened to spill any moment. "I'm so very sorry!" holding Kiku's brusied hand gently, she let those tears fall as she hid her face on the white sheets.

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"Baka...what are you sorry...for?" a raspy voice asked and Seika looked up to see Kiku awake and grinning at her. "Kiku?" she asked, leaning on the bed to get closer."N-not your fault..." she said, grunting abit as she tried to move to get into a more comfortable postition. "don't blame yourself."Seika looked down shamefully, "But I saw this, and I tried to let you know.."

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"Baka...things happen for a reason..." she grunted again. "Seika, I'm not mad at you. I'm sorry that I wasn't careful and this is my fault. I wish that I wasn't causing you pain right now. Forgive me?" A tear fell down her bruised cheek and Seika wiped it away carefully.

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"Yeah I forgive you." she said, more tears sliding down her cheeks. Seika knew this conversation well but it was still painful."Tell them I love them.." Kiku meant her parents."Tell them yourself dork..." Seika said, trying to keep Kiku here longer, knwoing she was fading from this world."I can't...Seika...please..""I will."

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"Thank you..." those where Kiku's last words as she closed her eyes, her life faded from her body. Kiku's parents walking in, her mother rushing at her daughter's side, begging the girl to wake up, but it was too late. Seika kept crying, the room surrounding her fell into darkness, only she remained.

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A slender white figure appearing behind her. "Stop crying baka..." a femine voice said, Kiku's voice. Seika's head lifted and she looked about her, but seeig noone."Kiku?" she asked, sensing close. The figure drew closer to hug Seika from behind, her warmth could be felt like she was right there.

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"Seika, I'm so sorry for causing you so much pain." Kiku spoke, the tone sad. "Please don't continue this dark lonely path!""I know this, but it was so hard losing you..." Seika confessed."It's not your fault! So please live your life with no more fear! Your my dearest friend, I don't want to see you before your time!" she said with earnest.

"Kiku, I'm sorry." Seika said holding onto Kiku's grasp on her. "Your right, I've been selfish."
"That's good to hear." Kiku said, removing her arms from around Seika. "I can finally move on."
"Kiku?""Yea?""Sorry for your worry, I'll do better."
"I know you will, you've found someone to help with that."
"Yea." Seika agreed, standing up and turning around finally able to see her old friend.

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"See you on the other side." she said waving and walking away, her light fading. Seiak nodded agreeing and walked the other way, back into the real world that awaited her.

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[Basyle]

Basyle

Akihiko Kazuki

(( -cracks knuckles- Let's see what I can do. ))

Akihiko splashed around the pool happily doggy paddling along.He did happy little barks as he swam circles around Ben."Via has to kiss his butt! Via has to kiss his butt!" He sang in a sing-song voice while laughing.Via called him a cheater which brought a wide smile to his lips "I'm not a cheater, your powers just didn't suit the challenge." He stated laughing.He felt years younger, back to when he had first discovered his power started training to control it.

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"That is unusual and bizarre! You should just dump him off at the closest orphanage." A woman dressed in a poofy, purple and black dress that had rows of ruffles in in it reaching down to the floor."Marie!He is my precious child, how could I do that and George's first and only son." A young woman in a fitting white and light blue dress adorned in lace said putting down a tea cup.Akihiko was hiding behind a plant ease dropping on his mother's conversation with her best friend Marie."Alyssa, you must.I'm sure once George knows what kind of a son he has that he will no longer want such a child!" Marie said harshly with sharp breaths.Alyssa stared at the table that divided her from Marie and toyed with the tea cup she'd placed down."But it's his only son." Alyssa stated again "You can make another one!" Maire waved her arms around furiously."No we can't!He is unable to have anymore, we are lucky to have Akihiko!" Alyssa rasped falling into tears.Marie's face grew sad and she got p from her seat to comfort her friend."Adopt a better child, please." Marie said softly.

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Hot tears ran down Akihiko's face as he raced through the halls from the sun room."How dare she!How dare she!" He thought furiously holding back sobs.He was wiping tears from his face when he ran smack dab into his father who'd just came home form work."Akihiko, what is the matter?" He asked grabbing Akihiko and dropping the papers he was holding since he'd dropped most of them anyway.Akihiko just shook his head no and struggled to get away.His father put on an concerned face "Tell me." He said firmly, but sincerely."M-Madame Maire w-wants mommy t-to throw m-me away!" He sobbed and threw himself into his father's arms."What, why?!" his voice was hard.Akihiko tensed and just shook his head breaking free of his father's embrace and continued to run down the hall.

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George gathered his papers and made his way to the sun room figuring that is where his wife Alyssa and her friend Maire where, sharing tea like always.Wet tear stains could be seen on his black suit that now had wrinkles from Akihiko squeezing it."George." Marie said smiling then noticed the way his suit looked and gave a disgusted look then stared at Alyssa.Alyssa had trouble meeting her husband's gaze and often looked away.Marie had talked her into giving up Akihiko, maybe."Alyssa, Marie." George said looking from one to the other with a hard look."What is the matter with you, George?" Marie asked in a snobbish way."Akihiko was very upset.Mind telling me why?" He stared at Marie knowing it was her fault."No clue." She replied throwing her hands up into the air.he turned his gaze onto Alyssa who tilted her head to the side and looked at the ground "I'm not sure." She replied softly."He said Marie wanted him gone.Explain, NOW." He frowned and his body went tense, he was mad.

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Marie ended up explaining the incident of the day, Akihiko shifting into something else and failing ending up with odd ball parts.George still stared angrily as Maire rambled on "He is a freak of nature, George, you must rid your selves of him immediately before he gets to attached!" She pleaded.George had his arms crossed firmly and his body was still stiff "No." He said bluntly.For a few hours Marie and George had a long argument about Akihiko.In the end George removed Marie from his home telling her never to come back if she is going to be so negative of their child."George..." Alyssa said softly "She has a point." George shook his head "You bend to her will to easily.I don't want to hear anymore of this.I don't care if her is special from others.Would you toss him to the curb if he had a mental retardation or deformed body part?No you wouldn't because that is a normal abnormal thing.From now on make sure if you want to talk ill of someone make sure they don't hear." He scolded and went to his office to finish his paper work from work.

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"Aki?Akihiko, you in here?" Alyssa called in the play room."I'm not going!" He shouted through a thick blanket of mucus "Oh baby, your not going anywhere!" She said "Marie wants me gone and she always gets what she wants from you!" He said moving from his hiding spot to another since his mother was moving around the room trying to find him."Come here." She said softly "No!" He said harshly "Young man come here this instant, or so help me God I will go against your father and throw you in an orphanage!" She yelled a little to loud.Akihiko tried to test his shifting powers and changed mostly into a cat.He was still on two feet and had his human eyes but his skin was more hairy, he had a cat tail, cat ears, his feet were arched differently, and he was shorter.It was close enough for now, he bolted past his mother giving her a scare, and ran down the hall out side.He made it through the rest of the day avoiding his mother.His father eventually confronted his mother about her place and put her in check before making sure his views were clear and his voice was law.

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After a while Akihiko's father did some research and found someone who could help Akihiko learn to use his powers.He used the excuse to 'hide' it when he brought it up to his wife.Eventually Akihiko learned to use his shifting powers relatively well.Though he had to learn when his mother wasn't watching or around so it took a while for him to finally get to be taught properly.Eventually his second power came about and they mistook it for an eye problem.The doctors couldn't find a thing wrong with his eyes, in fact a few said his eyes might be a genetic defect that causes his eyes to be better then the average human eye.George got Akihiko to lie to his mother about his little eye mystery, saying that the doctors said it was nothing just that he might have been missing something in his diet.It worked and Akihiko never told another soul about his little eye 'tricks' until now.

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His training went on and on for years.At first Akihiko met with his teacher just so his teacher could get a feel for where Akihiko was at and since they didn't have much time it was all they could do.When he got older he was able to travel further away for longer periods of time and that is when his more dense training started.The first thing he had to do was study what he was shifting into, so he learned recon skills.Then he had to master simple shapes before changing into something, like a lamp. Then it got more complex when it came to animals, he had to learn habits what was good and bad for the animal and how they walked gradually adding on more things as time went on and he mastered animal shifts.Eventually his teacher passed away when Akihiko was still barely a journeyman in the 'trade'.He ended up finishing his training by doing thing he had been doing, observing-trying simple similar shapes-the actual shape-movement-speech.

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He eventually found other shape shifters here and there and got tips from them and got new shifts from them eventually learning you can shape into things you imagine, but it is relatively hard.He tried and tried multiple times to come up with an image then shift into it only to fail.Eventually a girl tutored him and taught him how or did her best to.She eventually died tragically.He picked up things here and there and was soon able to shift into a simple human.It took many practices and years until he finally got shifting into another human down pretty well.

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His parents did notice he was hardly around.It nearly split up the couple as one blamed the other and the other brought up an old argument time and time again.The day his parents died was a week before Christmas and they were out in a snow storm.Alyssa's old friend Marie had accused Akihiko to have been doing something illegal at a 'certain' place.In a desperate search to find their son at that place a raging snow storm blew in and eventually caused their deaths.Akihiko had been home the whole time, he arrived home from school a little late do to a 'detour' and his paranoid mother taking in what her friend had said forced George to take her to find Akihiko.

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Marie blamed Akihiko for their deaths and still spreads the rumor of it today.Of course he wasn't doing anything bad, to the extent of illegal.At the funeral of his parents he nearly killed Marie, he used restraint and she used it to slander him further.He went to an orphanage far away from where Marie was, but in a sick turn of events he has now ended up close to the wretched woman, though she luckily doesn't know.

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[Hatrena]

maskmaker88

“Ben Cage…” he answered, seeing now she had amnesia. “And I’m only part crocodile. We WERE friends… before you lost your memory.” He said nervously, hoping the subject of how she ended up at the hospital.

{@Baysle: You is silly, and I didn't realize mine was 19 paragraphs ._." }

"That's too bad....You seem like a really cool person, sorry I can't remember you..." She looked down at her lap sadly. "I know those nurses are trying to help me, but coming at me with a huge needle isn't the way to do it..." She rambled. "So where is this place? And why does everyone have superhero abilities? I thought that was only possible in comics..." She put her head in her hands and began to cry softly, hoping Ben wouldn't notice. "I'm...scared..."

[GRRRRKitteh]

Ben ran with Via before Caleb had time to even blink an eye lash, and just stood there looking dumbfounded while the Male nurse glared at him maliciously. Caleb backed alittle away from the now angry nurse. Waving his arms like a nervous fool, "Uh...yea...well um...bye!" he ran for it, the opposite way Ben and Via went, the nurse chasing after him, well untill Caleb sunk in the ground and headed in Ben's direction.

It didn't take long from him to catch up, but Via was on the ground holding her head with her hands, like she was about to cry. But before he could comfort her he gave Ben a dirty glare. "You big dufus...getting me in trouble like that..." he sighed and knelt and put a comforting arm around the girl.

"Hey, no crying. A pretty girl like you shouldn't hafta." he didn't know the current situation, but that kind of remakr usually made a girl feel a bit better, no matter the situation.

[Basyle]

maskmaker88

Ben was walking with his parents on a hiking trip in Madagascar. They had seen the lemurs, lions, and a few zebra. But Ben wanted to see the crocodiles most of all. He heard of one, Killer Croc as they called it. It was supposed to be the largest crocodile on Madagascar, and the third largest in the world. It was said to have eaten people, but no one dared to kill or catch it.

(5)

They were heading for a place that was made clear for camping when Ben said to his parents.“Mom, Dad, when can we see the crocodiles?”Ben’s mother smiled at him. “We can’t see them Benny, it would be dangerous.”“Aww, but mom!”“Listen to your mother Ben,” said his father. “It’s like they say, ‘Mother knows best’.”

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Ben grumbled, pouting at his dad. “Crocodiles are so cool.”“I know they are son,” said his father. “But they’re also dangerous. They could tear you to shreds in seconds.”Ben pouted more. He knew his dad was right, but he wouldn’t admit it. For so long, since he heard about this trip, Ben wanted to see what he could take from a crocodile. So for most of the day, he tried to steer their hike to the crocodile habitat, though it proved useless.

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The group began setting up camp, Ben’s father set the tents, his mother unpacked the food and sleeping bags, and, to his joy, Ben was to get the fire wood. The map showed that there was a small forest that was kept for campers was a kilometer from their campsite, so Ben volunteered. It took some convincing, and a lot of “PLEEEEEAAASSSEEEE!” ’s, but his parents finally caved and agreed.

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Ben decided to run as fast as he could to the forest. He thought if he got enough fire wood fast, he could sneak a peek at the crocodile habitat. Once he got there, he found a nice dead tree. He had to find a few pieces, as he wasn’t allowed to use an axe, but he was able to gather enough wood and pack it in his explorer pack.

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He made a right turn, when he should have turned left, to get to the crocodiles. Ben stared in awe as he looked down a steep hill that leads to a swamp. The reptiles were much bigger than the books or TV said. And their scales, oh their scales. So rough and hard, yet so colorful and protective. “Wish I had armor like that…” Ben whispered as he continued to stare.

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He wanted to go down there, wanted to pet one of the lizards and use his abilities, he would talk with them, learn from them. But he knew he was now running late with the wood, so it would have to wait. Ben turned around, placing his left foot in front of him. He raised his right foot… and slipped.

(4)

Time froze for him as he looked to his left foot, seeing it sliding in a small lump of animal droppings. Ben tossed the wood in the air and rolled down the hill. Each thump of his body matching his heart rate. He knew what those things would do to him, he’d die by the jaws of his most beloved creatures. How ironic.

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Ben landed in the murky waters with a loud splash. He coughed as the mud and grim entered his lungs and blinded his eyes. Ben felt around for the grass, hoping he could climb back up the hill, but he only felt more water.

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As his vision began to clear, Ben could see the dry mud leading to the grassy hill. It would be his ticket home. He could tell his parents he fell in a puddle; it did rain the day before. Ben crawled to the mud, slipping on the underwater muck every now and then.

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His palms squeezed a handful of grass as he climbed closer to his salvation. But, when he had his second hand on the grass, he heard a snap. This was followed by an excruciating amount of pain that shot through his left leg. Ben turned his head to see his left leg, from the shin down, was within the jaws of a large crocodile.

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The lizard jerked its head to the right, snapping Ben’s leg, and forcing him back into the muddy waters. Ben screamed in agony as he choked on more dirty water, his leg being swallowed and finally tearing off. He wanted to cry, but the water took all his tears.
Ben clawed at the stump where his leg once was, trying with all his might to keep from fainting. He crawled as fast as he could to where he hoped land was, but again, snap, pain, jerk. His right leg did not come off, rather, it was bleeding from missing a large chunk. Ben clawed his way to a rough surface. Screaming as his legs pulsed with horrible pain.

(7)

He assumed he was on land, as the crocodile stopped attacking. It gave him time to rub his eyes. Sure, his legs were in pain, but his power put him through constant pain when taking parts. It helped him deal with it, for now. But the problem he had now was getting back to his parents.

(4)

Ben rubbed the last of the muck from his eyes, happy he could finally see after all that. Though seeing his legs, he wished he was blind. The left one was gone, nothing but a bloody thigh. The other one was covered in bite marks, as well as missing half a calf. Ben wanted to vomit, wanted to scream some more, but it would both do him no good, and alert nearby crocodiles.

(5)

He looked to his left and saw the grassy hill, it was only three meters from him, he could LIVE. Ben slowly dragged himself across the rough surface, wanting to stay as far from the water as possible. The ‘log’ seemed to stretch far enough for him to crawl to shore.
Ben was but a meter from salvation when the ‘log’ growled. Ben turned around to see two giant reptilian eyes staring back at him. It was him, it was Killer Croc. Its large yellow eyes pierced his soul, studied him like a specimen, and hypnotized him.

(6)

The monster of a reptile opened its great jaws, showing fresh blood on its teeth. Ben couldn’t move, he couldn’t breathe. He wanted to shout for help, but his breath was caught in his throat. The only thought that came to him was. ‘Use your powers’

(4)

As the Croc moved closed, Ben slammed his palms onto its back, and used his powers. The reptile roared in pain as it seemed to bubble, being sucked into Ben’s hands. Ben felt little pinches in his body, but ignored them. Soon, the mighty Killer Croc was gone, Ben had absorbed its entire being. He almost felt proud of himself, ridding the safari of the croc, but his pride was soon replaced with pain.
(5)

Ben began to bleed from his pores as he felt millions of tiny knives tearing through hid flesh. His muscles tore and stretched, and his bones cracked. He let out a pain filled scream as his teeth fell out, and his gums bled as razor sharp fangs tore their way to air. The pain subsided for a little as blood stopped coming out his skin. But now, he had no skin, instead, he had green scales. Ben fell unconscious when his legs began to burn. The last thing he heard was the crocodiles’ growls.

(7)

Ben slowly opened his eyes to find them covered in mud. He rubbed his eyes, and stared hatefully at his hands. Last night he had seen himself, but where was he? Ben looked around him, he wasn’t at that carnival, but he wasn’t in the swamp. He stood on shaky legs, trying to understand where he was. He had long accepted that his legs were better because of the absorption, but so were his freakish features.

(5)

He was in the mud, that much was clear, but it had been raining a lot in Madagascar, he could be anywhere. He saw a sign, it said. “Next camp 1 KM.” Of course, he was in the woods that were for wood cutting. Ben ran, pretty fast, to his parents’ camp. He knew they wouldn’t recognize him, but he knew how to show them he was him.

(4)

Ben stopped when he saw the empty campsite. They most likely left to find him. He turned around and headed to the safari station, they HAD to be there. And they were. Ben saw his mom’s car parked in a different spot then last time, meaning they went looking for him and came back.

(4)

He approached the station, seeing his mom sitting on a chair crying, and his dad on the phone, yelling. This was obviously the wrong time for a four hundred pound crocodile/human to come in and say he’s their son. No, he needed to communicate in a way they only knew. Ben smiled when he got an idea.

(4)

He began to write in the mud, making numbers. He made sure to do this in front of the station door, so his parents would see it. After finishing it, Ben knocked on the door and ran away. The door swung open to reveal his father. Ben’s dad looked left and right, then looked down. He nearly jumped when he saw the numbers in the mud. “Honey! I know where Ben is!” he shouted.

(7)

Ben’s mom ran out the door and looked left and right. “Where’s my baby!?” she asked. His father pointed to the message. Ben’s mom looked confused. “It says… 13-5-5-20 13-5 1-20 20-8-5 3-1-13-19-9-20-5 1-20 597-8-20 16-13, 2-5-14…”
“Yes,” said his dad. “But in numeric it says “Meet me at the campsite at eight pm, Ben”.”

(6)

Ben smiled from his hiding spot in the bushes. He and his dad use to send each other ‘secret messages’ in games of hide and seek, since they were both really good. His dad used a system he still didn’t understand, but he used numbers. It was their way of communicating.

(4)

8 pm, campsite.

Ben squatted in the bushes as he saw his parents’ car pull up close. His mom held a large flashlight. Ben tossed a rock near them, gaining their attention. His parents got closer until he whispered. “Turn off the light…”

(4)

Ben’s parents jumped at his voice and how gruff it was, but complied. “Benjamin?” said his mother. “Where are you?”
“Mom… dad… I need to tell you something.” Ben said in a sad voice.
“What is it son?” asked his father, trying to find where he was.
“For a while now I’ve kept a secret from you two. I’m… a mutant…”
Ben’s parents froze, stopping their search. His father looked left and right, asking. “W-what do you mean?”

(7)

Ben took in a deep breath and spoke. “I have the ability to take the physical and biological parts of animals…”
Ben’s mother swallowed a lump in her throat, shining the flashlight where Ben’s ‘voice’ was coming from. “Ben… w-what happened?”
Ben stood, showing his form to his parents. The light shone on his face, exposing his teeth and scales. His mother let out a horrified scream, dropping the flashlight and breaking into a run. His father tried to grab her, making her slip in the mud.
“Mom!” Ben shouted, running towards her.
His mother screamed again, trying to run away from him.

(9)

Time skip.

Ben waited outside the station window, listening in on his parents’ conversation about him.
“That…THING is not my baby, it’s a monster!” shouted his mom.
“HE’S our son!” responded his father. “He’s kept this secret from us and for it you want to abandon him?!”
“That thing ate our son, he just took his memories!”
“How can you be so heartless?! He’s our child-”
“Our child is DEAD! That thing killed him, and now you believe his lies!?”
“Your being irrational.”

( 8 )

“No! I’m the only one making any sense here. First you tell me my son’s a freak, and now you expect me to except him as that monster!? NO! I’m making perfect sense when I say we need to leave that thing to its fate. It needs to be locked up and studied. Or better yet, it needs to die-”
“Don’t you DARE say such things about your own flesh and blood!”
“Jonathan Cage, if you refuse to leave that monster here, then I refuse to stay your wife!”

(7)

“Listen to yourself! You’d divorce me because our son looks different?!”
“I told you, it’s NOT our son!”
“Damnit, we’ve done a blood test, we’ve asked him questions only HE would know. He is our son!”
“Then I refuse to raise him!” yelled his mom, storming outside to face him. “You!”
“M-mom I-”
“I’m not your mother, and you know it. I don’t know what you are, but you’re not my son.”

( 8 )

“But I am!” Ben cried, tears welling up in his eyes. “I have all my memories.”

“Oh? And you’re sure you’re not just a confused monster who THINKS he’s my son? When my son used his… power, how are you sure the crocodile didn’t take over? How do you know you’re not just Killer Croc with a bad memory?”

(5)

Ben’s heart sunk as he heard that. Was she right? Was he merely the Killer Croc, confused and blind to his identity? He wasn’t able to answer, as she tore the wedding ring from her finger and threw it at Ben’s father. She hopped into their car and drove off.
That was the last time he saw her in real life.

(6)

Time skip.

Ben and his father arrived in Africa like planned. Two days ago his mother left on a plane home. His father stayed with him, but he had no money to support him. That’s why Ben was required to live in the storm drain tunnels under the city

(4)

His father got a job as a butcher at a meat shop. It was perfect; Ben was always fed the leftovers at the shop, as well as the unwanted parts. Ben found it fun to surprise a few people by coming up a few times. They would call him Killer Croc and chase him around. It was like hide and seek.
They never caught him, never. He was too fast, too smart for them to catch him.

(6)

Ben’s dad now walked the street, a plastic bag of meat in his hands. He went into an ally and up to a storm drain. He knocked on it a few times, before smiling as it lifted up to reveal a wet and muddy Ben.
“I got you some more food son.” He whispered.
“Thanks dad.” Ben smiled, grabbing the bag and tossing it below him. “I had a fun game today.”

(6)

Ben’s father sighed, wiping some sweat from his brow. “I really wish you’d stop riling the towns people up like that.”
Ben just smiled in return, grabbing the drain cover and crouching to place it back. He looked at his father from the drain and said. “But then I’d get board.”
Yes, Ben truly loved it there, no matter how much he wanted to, he never cried about their situation.

(6)

One day, the owner of the meat shop found out about Ben. He was just like most people. He believed Ben was Killer Croc. So what did he do? Fire Ben’s dad? Threaten to? No, he did something much worse.

(4)

Ben couldn’t remember the fine details, but he remembered people accusing his father of murdering a little girl in the butcher shop. His dad was sent to a psychiatric hospital. Ben tried to visit, but they always chased him away.

(3)

Ben ran through the streets of the town, behind him was a crowd of people, all shouting at him. He smiled as he came upon a manhole cover. He lifted the metal circle and hopped into the dirty water. He knew what he was stepping in, but he always went the extra mile to remain the champ of his little games of ‘hide and seek’. It wasn’t like he was naïve, he knew they would hurt, or even kill him if he was caught, but he didn’t want to hide all the time, afraid. So he made it a game, he appears every now and then, they chase him, he hides, they lose and give up and leave, and he becomes that much better at the game.

(6)

It was so simple, yet so flawed.
He walked down the mucky halls of the sewers, his hand covering his nose. He may spend his hiding time there, but it didn’t make it any less smelly. He stopped when he saw a light come from a manhole up ahead. “So, their coming down here eh?”

(5)

Ben turned around to go the other way, only to stop when another manhole was opened. From the light came a small silver cylinder. The cylinder splashed into the water, and began to let out a white gas.

(3)

Ben ran the other way, going past the other open hole. Suddenly, another hole opened up, and from it, another cylinder came and released white gas. Ben had no choice but exit through the manhole in the middle of the two gases. He climbed the latter and jumped out of the hole. Just as he was about to run, he saw a man holding a gun to his stomach.

(5)

“Your father killed my daughter,” the man said angrily. “Now I’m repaying him.” He pulled the trigger, which released a small dart into Ben’s stomach. Ben felt the world go blurry as he lost sight and fell.

(4)

Everything was darkness, there was no sound, no light, just the utter darkness. Then, a crackled voice spoke, its tone filled with malice and death. “Tick tock Croc, let’s have some fun.”

(3)

Ben shoved Sekia away from him. He ran as fast as he could into the forest where he could escape. He tore the trees that got in the way down, trying desperately to find a way out as tears began to drip down his cheeks. He was too close to reliving the entire night of hell, and someone else could have seen him for the monster he was.

(4)

((Not my best work, but i like it non the less.))

(( 32 paragraphs and one sentence. Mask made the longest ._. ))
(( @Hatrena: From my counting using seven sentences makes a paragraph you made 19 =] while counting I only counted those I thought were true sentences. Sorry but I don't think "beep...beep.beep... [etc.]" would be a sentence x_X if you want to count every little thing, which is why I would want you guys to count as well to just double check everything.Not like this is important then boosting egos xD ))))

[Hatrena]

{-cries- NOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!! NOT MY TROPHY!!! D: -Mask takes away my trophy for longest post- D:< Dammit mask! Imma getchoo!}

[GRRRRKitteh]

((-facepalms self- Are you serious...=_=))

[Hatrena]

R N W

((-facepalms self- Are you serious...=_=))

{Deadly. But---CONFETTI!}

{At least we still have Self-Potato....}

[GRRRRKitteh]

Hatrena

R N W

((-facepalms self- Are you serious...=_=))

{Deadly. But---CONFETTI!}

{At least we still have Self-Potato....}

((O.o huh? *lost*))

[Hatrena]

{ Self Potato: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s2XymdmLQhE XD}

[Dawning the Mask]

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[Dawning the Mask]

“I had to get her out of there; they were going to stick her with needles.” Ben said, frowning at his crying friend. “But now their gonna be looking for us….” Ben smacked his head in realization. “Crap, they probably think I took her away to EAT her or something. Perfect, just freakin perfect.”

((I'm planning a big post for the mind trip, maybe not as long as the previous one, but a good one none the less))

[Hatrena]

Caleb's gesture of kindness helped, but it still couldn't take away the fact that Via had just woken up to a bunch of angry sedative-wielding nurses and on top of that she couldn't even remember a single thing. "Thanks...But...I...." She couldn't talk anymore. She broke down into tears. "I know you guys know me, but I don't know you...and I don't know where I AM!!!" She yelled out.

The male nurses' ears perked up. He had heard someone yell, and on a hunch he thought it was Viale Thompson. Sure enough when he found where they were he hid in a bush, unnoticed.
He carefully got the sedative out and prepped it, then used his powers of Camouflaging and Telekinesis to fly an invisible needle over and stick Viale with it.

Via was about to say something when she felt something stick her arm. "OW!" She yelped in pain as she started to swoon. Before long the sedative took effect and Via fell backwards out cold on the grassy floor.

"Listen up!" The male nurse said stepping from the bushes. "You two won't be in any trouble if you help me take her back to where she belongs, the hospital wing. She woke up with severe amnesia and then she ran away because she literally knows nothing right now. She doesn't know where she is, she doesn't know who we are, and she doesn't know why anyone has powers. So, please I promise we won't hurt her, we're going to try and help her amnesia....but.." The nurse caught himself, he'd already said too much. "C'mon. This way." He started to lead them.

[Dawning the Mask]

Ben eyed the nurse carefully. “Can I stay with her? Instead of getting showed away?” Ben asked. He knew the guy was right, but he didn’t want Via getting stuck with a needle again, so he would comply if he could guard her.