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Anatoly's attention, focused on the Rose in front, was distracted long enough for the Rose on his side to slam him in the gut and temple with kinetic punches. Before he went flying, however, Anatoly saw...Heal 3.

((Blazer Drive will have to go on a brief hiatus, as I am leaving for a week. Check back on Sunday and, failing that, Monday, for updates and stuff.))

Anatoly landed hard, not moving as he stared at the sticker. Flashes of everything that had happened so far crossed through his mind. Then it clicked. What he lacked in stickers better than Ice 1, he more than made up in intelligence and intuition.

"They can activate each others' stickers!" he called out at his allies, shoving himself to his feet unsteadily.

While all this was going on, there was a redhead walking around contemplating on what to do with her free day. "Let's see, college is about to start soon. Guess I should be spending my time relaxing and resting before the big rush." Yeah. Right. Sarah, while appreciating the fact that she had one whole day to herself, was completely and utterly bored. "What to do, what to do..." And really, there wasn't much to do. Even a fight would be good right now. Dude, what the hell you gotta do to see some action around here?

Sarah suddenly heard a cry. Something about stickers? They better not be bullies pickin' a fight with some younger kids. She smirked. If these were bullies, then they'd better be ready to get their asses kicked. Of course, Sarah should have known that the voice didn't sound young at all, and that the fight might have been a gang war (meaning punches would not work against guns). But this was Sarah. Bored to tears and anxious for something to do.

As she ran over to the cause of the yell, she found a group of people standing around looking angry. Yeah...maybe this wasn't the best idea in the world. "Uhh, hi?" Stupid Sarah. Real stupid. "You know what, maybe I should just get going, eh? I didn't see anything, and I certainly didn't hear anything about whatever you guys were fighting over. Nope. Not at all. I mean, if these are some nerdy anime geeks cryin' over some stickers, then that's not my problem, is it?" s**t! Their faces - they've gotten worse. It really seemed to be the wrong thing to say. "Uhh...uh...parley?"

Sarah scoffed. "What, and suffer from paranoia of one of you guys finding me? No thanks, I'd rather deal with this now and know just what I've gotten myself into." She leisurely reached into her pocket to finger her butterfly knife. "So you wanna explain what's going on here?"

Zane quickly threw up two ice shields in front of Sarah, to block the punch, then threw himself to the floor and conjured up his own shields. It had worked for someone else needing to dodge the purple balls, so he hoped that it would work for him, too. Zane sighed, and hoped that no one else would wander in. He had wandered in, of course, but it turned out that he was a Blazer, and thus able to help fight. Ordinary people who wandered in would get themselves hurt, or, more likely, killed.

Anatoly backed up against a wall and took several deep breaths, gathering his energy and refocusing his mind.

Nathan didn't need to say another word. She immediately tried to help him out by giving him support. He wasn't gonna be able to run. Could she lift him up? Possibly; he didn't seem to be that much heavier than her. Could she run very far while carrying him? Absolutely not. Hopefully it's not gonna have to come to that.

"You really think they're (the Roses) in the mood for making compromises?" she motioned to Nathan's feet. "From the look of your feet, it seems that those people don't really want to compromise."

Nathan rolled away, dragging Sarah out of the path as he went - he still had strenghth, just loss of the use of his feet. "C'mon, it's time to go," he told her. "Get me to my car, it's just outside, if we can make a run for it we might be able to get some proper help."