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 Posted: Thu Dec 03, 2009 10:57 am
"We'll find her." Ako said, no doubt in his voice. He wasn't going to leave unless he had his little sister with him. "And Garret, you should go with Annie. Help her pull the water from the air like before." Ako wasn't much of a strategist, but he knew a good pairing when he saw it.
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Posted: Thu Dec 03, 2009 4:46 pm
Garret nodded intensely, stressing he wanted to save Gidget. "No. We have to save her. We can't let her be a slave to that man." Gidget was his family. His new family. He didn't need his old family anymore, he had a new one. Garret couldn't worry about his past right now, his future was on the line. He was brought out of his thoughts by Ako. "You're right ako. That would be better." Garret started to make several more ice balls, this time a little larger. "Annie, could you work your magic on the inside of these?"
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Posted: Thu Dec 03, 2009 4:53 pm
"Yeah," Annie said. she pulled an ice ball out of the bag, closed her eyes and opened them again and handed one to Tansy, then she proceeded to do the same for the next few ice balls and handed the last to Ako. "Here, think of these as a present from Garret and I. Acid filled ice balls. They'll only last so long, but..." She shrugged. "It should help."
She realized happily, that she was finally gaining control over her power, she could thank Charles Ray for that, at least.
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Posted: Thu Dec 03, 2009 5:16 pm
((It's like y'all read the original version of my last post, even though I changed it before posting. Acid-filled ice balls.)) XD
As Garret took the moisture out of the air to form the ice, Ako could feel his own power increase a bit. The electricity would pass easier through the dry air, like static. He took the ice ball Garret handed him and bounced it in his hand a few times, testing its weight. He took a red handkerchief out of his pocket and wrapped it around the ball, hopefully insulating it against his own warmth. "Just remember, these guys are working out of fear. Give them a chance to run before you really hurt 'em."
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Posted: Thu Dec 03, 2009 5:25 pm
Annie nodded, "Focus on disarming, etc. etc." She smiled. "I don't think I'm scared of my powers going out of control anymore. Even, Charles Ray would be terrified of me right now. After all, out of compassion I didn't burn off his face. He showed me that he isn't worth such compassion, I have no reason not to hurt him now to protect my friends."
She was smiling largely, channeling her inner Scarlet O'Hara, a "proper" Southern Belle with a ruthless streak that none wanted to see.
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Posted: Fri Dec 04, 2009 11:49 am
Garret put a nervous hand on Annie's shoulder. "Don't think about it going out of control and it won't." He released her shoulder and said, "let's go before we get interrupted..."
[{ OOC Waiti why are they splitting up? We know Gidget is being held on the bottom floor.}]
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Posted: Fri Dec 04, 2009 11:59 am
((good point, though if they split up it'll cause confusion for the guards and they have twice the chance to get to her)).
Annie nodded and smiling she said, "Garret, I don't think you are necessarily the best one to instruct me about control. Remember your ice experiments? But, that's a thing of the past now." She was being overly optimistic and her optimism sounded fake even to her, but she knew that going up against someone who could invade her mind, she had to close any mental weaknesses she had at all.
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Posted: Fri Dec 04, 2009 4:42 pm
((It'll always be easier to hide two then four, and even thought they know that, they don't know how to get there.))
Tansy frowned somewhat as she turned to Ako. "Are you ready?" She said softly as she looked around unsure of what to do next. She was scared for gigdet's sake. And her mind was still wrapped around what Charles had said. What would she do if she went back to that place of darkness? They only reason she as scared was because she had no idea what was happening to her. But now she would know. But would that knowledge change anything? She'd like to think that it did. And if he could really known her fears...
"Lilith." She said softly as her eyes darted around the hallway.
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Posted: Fri Dec 04, 2009 8:40 pm
As the teens discuss their game plan, guards all around the facility are arming themselves in preparation for capture. They trade in their normal firearms for tranquilizer guns, and standard clubs for stun batons. On Charles' orders the foundry is guarded the heaviest. He knows they will be going after the girl. He can't help but grin as he watches the multiple security monitors from his office. They had revealed another fear to him without him even needing to touch them. It was a common fear they all shared.
He frowns at the sight of several of the monitors displaying nothing but snow. However, he notices that the majority of the cameras are in the emergency stairwell that connects all of the floor. He orders two squads to the stairwell. He doesn't figure they will do much good against the powers of Ako and Garret, but this will be a good way to test the mettle of these kids.
The teens can hear rapid footfalls coming from the stairway above them. At the same time a guard passes by the door they are standing in front of and looks into the stairwell. He spots the teens and turns to the right to wave the rest of his squad towards the door.
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Posted: Sat Dec 05, 2009 7:45 am
Annie saw the guard and swore under her breath, a habit she had gotten from growing up with her usually gruff father. She snapped, "Ako, Tansy, get out of here and look for Gidget. Garrett and I will work on stalling these guards."
Annie narrowed her brown eyes as the air around her started to heat up, and she yanked the door that the guard passed to face them head on. She smiled sweetly at the guard and said in an exaggerated Southern accent, "Howdy, I'm Annie... and I like to play with water." At that she threw one of the acidic ice balls at the first guard and he began to scream in pain as the acid began to eat at his shoulder and clothes where it hit.
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Posted: Sat Dec 05, 2009 10:48 am
"Right. Comeon." She tugged on Ako's hand as she started down the stairs. "Good luck!" She called back up to the other pair as she quickly made her way down the winding steps. They had to find the pink haired girl. Who knows hat he would make her do next.
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Posted: Sun Dec 06, 2009 8:02 pm
Ako ran down the steps two and three at a time, barely keeping his balance as his foot caught the edge of a step. His composure never faltered, and he almost flew down the next flight of stairs. His mind was elsewhere, letting his limbs move quickly, without thought getting in the way.
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Posted: Mon Dec 07, 2009 1:13 pm
Garret reacted quickly by shooting ice spikes at the gaurds, pinning them to the wall. He then swooped Annie up in his arms and jumped up onto the hand railinng, sliding down it and timing it carefully to hop over to the next railing. "Hang on!"
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Posted: Mon Dec 07, 2009 2:47 pm
The guard hit with the acid ball thrashes and howls as he frantically tears at his clothing to get it off. The guard hit with the ice spikes is pinned to the wall by the shoulders. Their two partners round the corner just as Garret makes his daring leap over the hand railing. They curse quite audibly as they meet up with the other squad coming down the stairs. Two of the six guards stay behind to look after their fallen partners, the other four charge down the steps.
Hand radio's begin to squawk all around the facility. Guards armed with riot shields and stun batons start making their way up the stairs from the 10th floor, just missing Ako and Tansy. They are moving in two by two formations, with the guards in the rear using their shields as large steel umbrellas over their partners in the front.
Meanwhile, in the 11th floor, Charles Ray makes his entry through the elevator into the center of the facility where Gidget is being kept. Ray approaches one of the technicians and growls, "Has she finished it yet?" The tech nods his head quickly in response to Charles' rather threatening question.
"Yes sir, the first seventy-eight models in the series were all glitched with what we call `mercy` sensors. Model A-0079 has no such sensor from what we can tell. She has made it to your specifications, and extraordinarily quickly I might add. However, it hasn't been test run yet and still holds the chance of-"
An enormous heat builds and the techs hands are crushed by invisible weights. His fingers are gnarled and disfigured, looking as though they had been crunched by someone very large. He squeals and falls to his knees.
Charles spits at the man, "I don't give a damn what you think. You, get it started right now and send it to intercept that southern dog. Let's see how smug she is when her little acid balls don't do any good against it."
Gidget can hear everything that is happening in the facility. So many signals crowding her mind. The tears haven't stopped since she woke up. She has built so many things in the last few hours, even though she hasn't laid a finger on a single screwdriver. She didn't love these like she has everything else she has ever built. They made her sick to complete them. Then they started making her build the Alpha's.
She had always wanted to build something like the Alpha's, but not the way they wanted them. She tried to make them like she wanted, but they were just destroyed. Then she had a brainstorm with number 79. All it would need to work the way she wanted way a trigger. She prays that it tripped before it kills her friends.
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Posted: Mon Dec 07, 2009 5:01 pm
Annie held onto Garret as they slid down the hand railing. She had been surprised by his quick movement and even more surprised by how efficiently they were doing against the guards. She glanced over her shoulder seeing the large group of guards coming at them and she swore under her breath.
Closing her eyes she opened them, spraying a fine mist of acid towards the guards behind them. She watched in amazement as the shields were slowly corroding- even steel couldn't stand against her power forever. She smiled, surprised to find she actually enjoyed using her power against those who were trying to hurt her friends and her.
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