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Jamie walked alongside the others, in a way content. Except for the absense of Penny, this was the group he probaby felt most comfortable with. Each of them had earned his respect a dozen times over, and that put them high in his book.

Although that was nice, he was uncomfortable being in Penny's mind. The sanctity of one's mind was something that he had felt Penny always valued, as was shown when she had learned to block her mind. He shook off the feeling, telling himself that it was to save her, and he could apologize for being here later. He then paused suddenly.

"Jacen." He said very suddenly, causing him to turn. "If we find Lady Jade, are you sure Morgan and I shouldn't be the distraction? One on one you're probably the best, but Morgan is a great fighter, and I'm not horrible either. Especially if I don't feel like I can't hurt my opponent, like when I was fighting her outside of Penny's mind. Morgan and I should be a match for her, and I think you and Regina have the best chance of getting her out." Jamie said, with some difficulty. He hated being this honest.

"But then again, it's up to you three. Just my two cents."

Sonya blushed by Markus's sudden question. So surprised that she ran out of the room, excitedly. Someone asked me out! Finally, now I don't have to be worried about being single for the rest of my life. After she finally calmed down, she returned to the kitchen to find Markus gone. She quickly went up to his room, afraid that he thought she said no. She ran through the door. "YES, I WOULD LOVE TO GO TO DINNER WITH YOU TOMMORROW NIGHT!!" she yelled loud enough to make sure he could hear her. But when he screamed and fell out of his bed, she realized she may have over done it. "Um...sorry," she said, helping him back up. "Geez. Are you sure you don't have sonic scream powers like Sonic?"

Jacen still was a bit shaken by the sight of Penance's memories that he just saw a moment ago. He figured they'd shake even the hardiest of people. Jamie spoke up while Jacen was still lost in thought.

"Maybe you and Regina should go find Penance, and Morgan and I should handle Jade," he said.

"Duly noted," Jacen said, "But....honestly.....I'd....much rather like to think that if it came down to it, one loss would be alot better than two losses in combat. Would you not agree?" Jamie didn't say anything, just nodding his head. "Besides, like I said. I'm on this Jade's hitlist. It'll be easy for me to distract her...."

There was something on the wall that appeared instantly. Doors of some sort, like someone was leading them somewhere. Almost as if it was her cue, Jade showed up immediately and said something menacingly. "Aw look, Penance is trying to do something for herself. Too bad you are all going to die in her head."

".......Not if I have anything to say about that....," Jacen muttered before yelling at the others, "Get through those doors! It may lead to Penance!" Feeling rather couragous, and due to the fact that he was inside someone's mind, his arm wasn't injured at the moment.

"But, it may not," he heard someone retort.

"Listen," he said calmly, "I may not be in a leadership position, but Goddammit, this is an order. Take those doors! NOW!!"

Jade smiled evilly while Jacen was barking orders. "Come on, wench," Jacen said, charging up a massive set of blasts in his hands, "....I've got a present for you...."

Kidd wandered down the halls thinking to her self
wonder when classes start. who are our teaches?
does Mr. Summers teach as well as run the school?
do we go on missions like I've herd in the new?
she was looking at her feet glancing up now and than to see were she was. she really didn't want to leave foot prints it'd be to embarrassing to explain to all these students that she could keep her power in check all the time. she saw some students hurrying down the halls all talking about some one named penny or jenny.... something like that. she smiled to her self with a realization that comforted her a little more about this school. in every school they are ways gossipping about some one she walled on hoping to find a suitable room or at least a person willing to share.

(( hey, um... could some one please inter act with me plz))

OOC: There are quit ea few people in the kitchen, I believe. Have your character head there.

IC:

"Jacen... come on, let's make this easy on the both of us," Jade spoke with her hands looking like a ghost compared to what she had been doing in the Institute, "You have no idea how this place works. Let's just call this a victory for me, and I'll let you live and leave."

"Or, I can just do this," Jade conjured enough psychokinetic energy and directed it at Jacen's person. The funny thing about the mind was that things were only as real as they were imagined to be. Jade thought what she was conjuring was rediculously powerful, but did Jacen?

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"Come on guys, I know you're out there..." Penance whispered and pressed her face against the bars of her cage.

"Fine, you can play too," Jade rolled her misty eyes and threw another cloud burst of energy at Morgan. She was really grasping for straws at this point. She had no idea how to beat these people. Four of them... almost five of them. Penance was so easy to lock away. Her body was ideal for killing. Jade had no powers herself but to steal bodies. Outside of this body she was nothing... she couldn't survive on her own more than fifteen minutes without dissipating into the wind.

OOC: Does it hurt you? That's up to you. I don't think Jade is as powerful as Jade thinks.

Pietro angrilly broke away from both Wanda and Victoria's "words of wisdom". He wasn't going to have any of it, and he wasn't about to be lectured.

"This is bullshit!" he grunted to himself. "So what if she's pregnant? It's not my problem. Dad may have been a crazy b*****d, but he had it right when he told us that as mutants, we're not bound by human morality. And in case you didn't notice, I'm not human."

For a moment, he wanted to go over to Sasha, but found he couldn't. He growled at his weakness, and turned to run... only to find that he couldn't. In fact, everything was slower. It was as if he was watching the world go by at a snails pace. It was only after a few moments that he realized, much to his dismay, that he was simply viewing the world as it was normally.

"Cute Wanda. Give me my damn powers back," he said, turning to face her. Strangely, Wanda wasn't there anymore. No one was. He was all alone in the courtyard, nothing to constrain him... and yet, he couldn't run at all.

He was human. And a weak one at that, in more ways than one. He fell to his knees, shaking, and for the first time wondered what he was supposed to do.

OOC: Did we note the symbolism there? I'm trying to see if I can't get more sophisticated with my writing style, but I've never tried that before... feel free to laugh if its dumb.