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L slowly recuperated and opened his eyes slowly only to see all the chaos coming at the hands of a man and his control over the others. Looking around slowly, he noticed himself in the lap of the girl from before as he groaned and pulled away gently, causing him to slip out of her lap and back onto the ground on his side. He didn't care about what was going on so much as the others, he couldn't figure out what was going on and attempting to comprehend only made his head hurt again as he moved to a new seat.

Moving back into his awkward seating position, he brought his head to rest on his knees with a sigh. He wiped his tear-stained cheeks on the cloth of his clothes and brought his hand up, biting down on it hard. "niaga reven...niaga reven..." he whispered before resting his head back down and moving his palm from his mouth to cup them over his ears at the mayhem occurring around him. "Cease this pointless toil...enough...my head is full to split and enough has transpired...please..."

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Draconis tried to flatten himself against the wall as Gerard stalked in, flanked by the new, more intimidating guards. Wow. They were really serious about this, weren't they? Escaping seemed futile, if not completely impossible. Dawn's cuteness seemed out of place next to the horrible doctor, and then he gasped audibly as she suddenly fell over, unconscious. That was not good. How did he do that!? The remote... from what he could see from here, there was probably a button for each of them... ah! Microchips! He traced the scar on the back of his skull idly as he tried to figure out how the remote was working. Obviously it had a link to the microchip in their brains, but where? It probably sent an electrical shock of one of their lobes, but...

Oh, my God. She looks like a zombie! he thought in terror as pseudo-Dawn rose. Alright, this level of science he'd never even thought existed, much less seen demonstrated. And... hmm, 102. Who was that? Oh, the girl next to him. Alex... Allen... Alice! Oh, poor girl. He watched with horror as pseudo-Dawn attacked Alice, wondering how else this doctor could control them. He could pit them against each other. At the end of the day, they could ultimately be made into slaves.

Suddenly feeling violated for the chip in his brain, Draconis watched the fight carry on, his grey eyes darting between them frantically. Gerard... he didn't look too well. From his somewhat surprised expression, Draconis figured he was either scared (which wasn't likely), or something hadn't gone completely according to plan. Had the doctor lost control of his patients? The thought almost made him smirk evilly, but then he remembered there were other people around, so he restrained. Hm. Maybe this doctor didn't have as much control as he thought? Still, this turn of events made the blond boy an iota more uncomfortable than before. If all else failed, Gerard could simply order them to kill each other and start from scratch with more unsuspecting teenagers.

Oh, hell. This would not do at all. And-- holy crap! The lights bursted! That vortex did not look very inviting. Nope, not one bit. And now there was no light! The dark did not bid so well with Draconis, especially when it was dark and in a place he wasn't comfortable with. In the dark his depth perception was zero, and he lost his balance, falling to the side and landing hard on his hip. "Ah!" he exclaimed rather loudly. Oh, that was gonna bruise fast. When was this fight going to end?

You've made your point! he mentally screamed at Gerard. We get it! We've got powers! Now get off your coward rear end and fix it!

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Felicia's eyes adjusted well to the dark from her life on the streets and being locked up in her own home. She sat up and peered around at the chaos around her. Damnit! She stumbled out of her seat and moved in a crouch across the room, her grey eyes darting about. She heard a strange thud and an audible 'Ah!' and recognized Draconis' voice. Her eyes widened slightly; had he been hurt? Felicia turned her head in the direction she had heard his voice, wishing her left eye wasn't damaged. She quickly crept forward with her arms outstretched, feeling about quickly yet gently until she felt a form laying on the ground. Her breath caught and her hands pulled back as she squatted down, concern in her voice. "Draconis? Is that you? Are you hurt?" She asked, hearing more crashes and cursing coming from behind her.

Charlie had watched the non-microchip-induced fighting between the other kids with some amusement. Not that she wanted it to continue, but it proved that everyone was just as freaked out as she was. She wasn't a complete failure. Besides, the way the kid with the laptop that had been broken talked was just plain funny. She couldn't help sniggering from time to time at what he said. That said, she also felt a little left out because no one was paying attention to her. Not that that wasn't par for the course for her, but still. It almost made her want to do something...reckless.

Then the doors flew open and the rat b*****d himself and a bunch of new guards stomped in. Just looking at the man made her want to both vomit and get up and punch him for treating the kids the way he did. Then he called for Alice and Dawn. A sinking feeling emerged in the pit of her stomach. What was he going to do to them? Charlie watched as the events unfolded, the news of the microchip infuriating her further. The fight between Alice and Dawn began to get increasingly violent and Charlie saw Jack react before she knew what he was reacting to. He hit the floor and she heard Alice scream. Then the lights went out. Blinded for a few moments, Charlie's rage snapped. Sure she had hurt people herself, but never like this. Never in such magnitude or on purpose. The people Charlie had hurt were simply in the wrong place at the wrong time. This ws something else entirely. She saw that it was killing Alice to do this to Dawn, and that Jack was a casualty. All Charlie wanted was to stop the mad scientist before anyone else had to go through Alice's pain. Almost before she realized what she was doing, she was up and sprinting at Gerard, hoping to get at least one hit in before the guards took her down.

As some of the students were foolish enough to take on the Doctor, L took the moment to scurry under a table and cringe in the fetal position. In the darkness, he could barely see anything, but when he could tell the people he'd been focusing on when they moved. The girl who attacked him and the girl who comforted him both ran and tried to attack the doctor, this was not a good move and he could tell...if he didn't do something, they could get hurt. Wait--why would he care if the girl who attacked him got hurt?! She was a b***h who deserved what she got...but...the fact that Hel stood up for her and defended her from his retaliation...he couldn't ignore it. For some odd reason beyond his recognition, he was from under the table and as he ran by, he took a hold of Thorn's arm and the mean girl with the same powers as his. "Waaiiiit! You can't!!! You'll get hurt too!" he said as he yanked them both back and pinned them down with his eyes shut tight. He didn't know what swept over him, he should've saved himself and only himself...but the way he was making those girls behave...he couldn't let it happen to them too. "He'll attach strings to your heads too! He'll make you both hurtie!!! Turn you into zombiez of the darkness!!!"

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Hal collapsed with Brynn, panting. L's power had felt like hot knives in her back, and she was glad to be rid of it. Truth be told, she hadn't even considered what might happen when she threw herself between them - only that she didn't want two of her friends fighting. Not when they had so much else to be fighting for.
Softly, Brynn murmured, "You... remind me of the only person I've ever called friend..."
As Hal looked up, dumbfounded, the doors banged open and Doctor Gerard burst in. Hal's skin prickled. She really didn't like this guy. She hadn't thought it would be so bad at White Ridge - after all, everything was being provided for them, and even though they were experiments, at least they got cool powers. But her recent experiences had taught her that cooping up a bunch of superpowered teenage delinquents together was a bad idea. And now he was talking about controlling them...!
Dr. Gerard summoned Dawn and Alice up to him. Hal knew enough about how Dawn thought to see that she was over the moon. Then Gerard pulled out a remote control. A chill rushed down Hal's spine. That can't be good.
It wasn't.
Dawn attacked Alice with her power, and Alice fought back, the same way Hal had seen her doing - was it only hours ago? It felt like years. Hal was both horrified and indignant. This is different even than Brynn and L fighting. They at least chose to do that... this is power being used for power's sake, against Dawn's will. This is to prove the Doctor's power over us. Because he created us. And at that, Hal felt a burning anger start to grow inside her.
She was distracted when Brynn shoved her way aside to get to Dawn. "Brynn, wait!" Hal called desperately, not wanting her to get caught up in the flurry of broken glass. Brynn might have the power of pain, but she couldn't use it to protect herself.
Rai came over and started to apologize, but Hal wasn't really listening. She scanned the scene, trying to find a way to stop it, get her friends out... something.
Rai was still there, and Hal realized he was waiting for an answer. "Yeah, we can-" She stopped. Friends. Maybe that was it.
Hal suddenly turned her full attention to Rai. "Even if that control is meant to control all of us," she said breathlessly, "maybe it can't control more than a few at once. Maybe if we all try to use our powers at once to hurt him, some of us will get through. Tell the others!"
Hal turned back to glare at Doctor Gerard. She felt fairly sure that he wouldn't make her a telepath without protecting himself from the same powers. But since all of this was going on at once - woops, there go the lights - he probably wouldn't be paying attention to that little detail.
Mindful of how she'd messed up with Rai and Felicia, Hal sent her powers out cautiously. If I can get some of the combinations for the locks and that control of his, maybe I can get us out of here.

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Draconis felt hands on him for a split second, causing him to slam himself against the wall to get away from them. Some might have thought it was just because it surprised him, but it was for a whole other reason completely. When he learned it was Felicia from her voice, he calmed down a little. "Yeah, it's me," he yelled above the chaos, squinting to try and see her form in the dark. Obviously his attempts were futile, but he thought he'd give it a go. "I just fell over. I'm fine," he assured, sweeping his hair over his shoulder to out of the way. Deciding that this spot was probably safest, he sat against the wall, ready in case debris from something decided to fly at them. "Are you okay?" It seemed polite to ask, he thought. Obviously the situation was very much NOT okay, but he was mostly making sure she wasn't pouring blood or something equally life-threatening.

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He snorted. "You can say that ag--" When a hand was pressed to his chest, he made a very odd, breathy noise as if in pain. Hell! Would this chick just stop touching him!? His heartbeat skyrocketed and he cold-sweated, taking the keys from her hand with his own shaky one. Once done, he gently nudged her hand away, shoving the keys into his front pocket. Really, he couldn't be upset with her; she had no knowledge of his touching fear, but still. He felt a tad more irritable afterwards, and answered, "Yeah, maybe I can lock that 'doctor' in a safe or something." It was no more than the man deserved.

Lord, he wished he knew what was happening. Who was hurt? Were the guards involved? Could they see them? Was there any chance for escape? Now that he had keys, he figured he could lock himself somewhere, or UNlock something and get out, but didn't think it a very smart option if he wasn't going to get far after leaving the cafeteria. Sighing, he nervously toyed with his ponytail, waiting for some semblance of control to take over the situation.

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