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"The bosses have ruined alot of peoples lives haven't they?" Lilly sighed, so this plant thing didn't make her any more special then any one else here... When Victor called up to her she couldn't help but smile. "You're alright, what are you working on? If you don't mind me askin?"

The place was huge, she didn't even want to calculate how large this place was, let alone figure out how many were down there. It was alot to take in. "So this is the place huh?" she sighed, "Sorry, stupid question number twelve..." she kneaded her forehead, she had a lot on her mind. "What next?" she sighed.

"Stop time..." it was a brilliant idea, stop the bosses in their tracks... "Wait...who..." She looked to Jack in shock, "You took on speed?" so he was stronger then he looked.

At the cold burst of air, Lilly held her arms closer, she wished she wore a jacket... To see the two new colleagues, she had to tilt her head up a little more. "Like wise, nice to meet you," she said, almost timidly. "I've heard..a lot about you, as silly as that sounds." She still couldn't believe she was seriously here. In a hidden cavern, with the resistance. She was going to need some time to fully grasp this. "Alright, so theres Victor... Mr. Gregory here...and Lex,"she repeated the names to commit them to memory.

She could tell they were all close, when she looked at Jack she could see the smile in his eyes. "So who else is here?" She notices she was the only female so far, she hoped there wasn't anything to worry about. "And thank you for giving me a place to stay...Wicked Woman's out to get me..."

Lilly jumped when Harley appeared out of nowhere. "Jesus!" she cried. "You scared me half to death!"

"Don't ask stupid questions Harley, I know you've been following us since we got to the stadium." Jack said. Lilly gaped, she didn't even notice the girl. "I saw you out of the corner of my eye in the garage."

"Wait did she see..." marcus she cut herself off and watched Harley jump from Mr. Gregory's shoulders. She had to laugh at Harley's comment, gosh atleast she wasn't the only girl here. "Well I'll trust you on that, i dont even know what i have in here..." she sighed mentioning her bag.

"Are we ready to eat then friends?" Lilly turned to Jack, her smile still on from laughing, it was then she saw his. She flinched slightly, praying he didn't see, last thing she needed was him upset with her or hurt. It wasn't like his face was horribly deformed...It was more like the Cheshire Cat from Alice in Wonderland...just a little out of place. Lilly nodded and follwed the group toward the center of the cavern.

Lilly didn't dare ask every ones back grounds, knowing it would lead to her telling hers. It was still to fresh in her mind, to close to be history...to upsetting to talk about. "So whats to eat?" she sighed.

Lilly gaped at the man, "Atlantis...like the real Atlantis?" she felt stupid just after saying so. "Sorry, i'm just still getting used to this,"

She accepted the bowl and spoon and waited till every one got a bowl. As soon as they all started eating, she too partook in her food. Cracker Jack wasn't kidding, the stew was fantastic. Much better then Marcus' cooking that was for sure. She just floated along, she didn't know where she would stay...she was a little iffy on possibly being roommates with Harley. Strange... didn't know what to think about the idea. And the idea that she would be helping them all out was even a stranger thing to think about...shed have to work on these genetic powers she had... and had to be careful about touching people...her gloves looked strange enough...

Lilly had never felt more comfortable, ever. It was like she was fully accepted into anything before, while at work she was incharge, while at home she had no one to compete with. Being an only child was lonley, and with two sets of parents afer a brutal divorce she had repeled any and all family attachments.

Yet here she was, eating dinner like a part of the gang with the resistance...atleast they made the transition from one life to another easier on her. She found herself talking about the lab and what they worked on with Victor, offering to help him with his project, she had enough scientific back ground to put in some useful hands...she just had to be careful.

She tried to keep herself in check, she couldn't fully trust any one here, not just yet...she couldn't get to attached... She already knew the pain of getting to close to fast, and she wasn't going to go through that again. Atleast her new disorder would help her to that end. "Hey," she said finally. "I'm...exhausted. Where might I be staying?"

After grabbing her bag and slinging it over her shoulder, Lilly excused herself and followed after Cracker Jack. It was like a maze to find the room, "I hope I'm able to find my way around here, its like a labyrinth..." she commented softly as they continued up the steps. Sher herself couldn't help but smile at Jack's code phrase, and she was smiling even before the door slid into the wall. She looked into the room, her mouth falling agape. For rebels they sure lived well, a T.V. sat by the wall, a queen size bed on the other side of the T.V. from the small table and chairs. It was like a motel room, small quiet, and protected.

"Whoa..." she couldn't hold in her astonishment. "Are all the rooms like this?" she gaped.

"Please try to get some sleep, because tomorrow will be a busy day," he commented. She dropped her bag on the bed and turned toward him.

"Oh? Whats tomorrow?" she shook her head, "Never mind, don't tell me." she shifted weight on her feet and looked up at Jack, "Thank you, for taking me in, I guess you didn't really have a choice, but it means alot...and i'm sorry about...him." she couldn't even say his name without feeling the sting of guilt, she associated with him, which could have made her as guilty as him or even worse...dead. "So thankyou,"

By the time he'd left, Lilly turned to the bed, and while walking toward the welcoming pillows she stripped off her tall heal boots, her gloves and collapsed on the bed. She didn't want to sleep in the same clothes she'd been in all weekend...so she pushed herself up and looked to the bag. It was about time she found exactly what she'd packed.

She didn't give much care to the contents of the bag, simply dumped it over on to the spred and looked them over. She nearly died. She had taken the bag she was going to take to her associats wedding, and laying accross the bed was the evergreen sleek dress that she would have worn as the brides maide. There was a large mens button up shirt that she'd used as a night gown once before, some spare undergarments, a notebook, and her research on the plantlife she'd worked on and her science notes. She had...practicaly nothing. She'd left her phone at Marcus' appartment, so her two sets of parents were not likely to find her... These thoughts raced through her mind as she changed from her green tank and black slacks to the button up shirt.

It was then she looked at the mirror on the other side of the room, and she couldn't even recognise herself any more with her bright red hair. Her skin was tanner then it had been before, her facial features sleek and smooth and seductive. She stood and stared at the reflection of the siren that looked back at her. There had to be something wrong, this wasn't the girl she was, she was the one who always wore conservative clothing, she'd even argued about the design of the brides maides dresses...

She couldn't sleep, not now, not after feeling completely reborn, lilke a completely different person. She practiced her new art, controling the plants. She could conjure vines from her fingertips, she could will seeds to materialise in her palm, and with a simple toss she could will them to grow in and on anything...she'd have to replace that dresser she used to experiment on. The room seemed completely transformed, Vines clung to the ceiling, fragrant blossoms hung from the vines and decorated the dim space. The dresser had a different plan in each drawer, and Lilly honestly couldn't stop from smiling, she'd become addicted with these plants even more then she was in the first place.

She took the time to take out her files and research the names and the important informations about each plant...the one that she felt akin to was the Lillith Vine, the distinct vine that climbed from the rug up the foot board of her bed. The blossoms were a deep red, a brush of their petels or leaves and youd be left with a heavy rash. Should you injest or have continual contact with the enzymes in the Lillith Vine...it could be fatal.

The thought simply boggled her. She was the Lillith Vine, she was poisonus to every one who touched her. She was a danger to every one... But she had the DNA structure of each of the plants she'd conjured in her research, if she could find an attidote...or a vaccination...she wouldn't hurt her new friends. "Sorry Victor..." she muttered to herself, "I have to work on something for myself first i guess..." well one good thing came out of this epiphany, Lilly thought. She'd found her new name. No longer was she Lilly LeFleur, she was now Lillith Vine. Lillith...it had a pleasent ring to it.

It took a long while before she was able to relax enough to fall asleep.


((wow that was like...alot lol sorry))

She had never awoken from such a horrible night mare in her life.

It seemed to have started like any normal day at the lab, Lilly walked in, pulled on her lab coat, greeted her friends and got to work. She was inspecting the Lillith vine that day, and the Sahlwood Nector Blossom and the Moncsleaf, all highly poisonous. They had been brought in from foreign lands by Wicked Woman, she hadn't said from where, only that they were to be studied and that a highly toxic serum be created from their chlorophorm.

Lilly stirred, watching the momories echo through her. She mumbled in her sleep, 'Don't don't do it...'

Wicked Woman had come in to inspect that day, Lilly herself had given the tour. She explained the subtle differances between each plant, being such a nerd...Wicked Woman wasn't impressed. She kept asking about the serum. Lilly's lab hadn't been able to successfuly make a serum from even the most gentle plant. The chlorophorm from each plant had an acidity that made it horribly difficult to work with and cultivate. The boss hadn't been to pleased, but she said to toast a fantastic job, and she poured them a tea, a tea she said her other lab had been working on quite closely.

"Don't. Don't do it..." Lilly muttered in her sleep. She started to sweat, toss and turn in her sleep. "Don't do it..." her voice grew louder. "No, don't don't do it!"

They drank the tea, how foolish they were, if something had come from one of Wicked Womans labs it was most deffinatly not safe for human consumption. Lilly doubled over. It felt as if she were burning, flaming from the inside out. In her pain she fell into the bush of Lillith Vine. She lay weak and in silent agony and watched as Wicked Woman called out to a group of fire resistant uniformed workers with mechanical torches. Lilly screamed silently as they began to burn everything that she lived for. She could hear the plants howling in pain, the high pitch thrumming in her ears.

"Watch out! She'll kill you!"

Some how she was able to stand, pushed through the poison, Wicked Woman watched in minute shock, and it didn't take long for her to come bounding after Lilly into the flames. She ran, not fast enough...there was a heavy object pushing her into the tile...Wicked Woman had tossed a desk onto her, the action should have crushed her spine. Lilly wept from the pain, and slowly faded into darkness, with Wicked Woman standing over her with one of her men. 'Burn her...make sure she dies...'

"NO!" Lilly sat up abruptly, sweating, panting, crying. She hadn't remembered this...she should be dead, how on earth was she still alive. She remembered the desk, she should have been paralyzed, the flaming torch...she should be burnt to a crisp. The poisonous tea...falling into the Lillith Vine...There was no way that Lilly could still be alive. No way. She sat there the covers kicked off and cried into her knees. She had no idea waht time it was, and she honestly didn't care. She was shaking, how the hell could she still be here? And her friends were all dead?

She didn't know what time it was, was it early in the morning? Was it late a night? Was it mid day?