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Omega – Fun in the Sun

Jacen blinked, not expecting such a quick recovery from Sophia. It was amazing that any of them, including him, had any desire to play or run at all after what they’d all been through. He shook his head, Let the games begin…’.

He followed quickly, catching up the girl with relative ease as he passed Antonio and Shandra. Ant had gotten the short of the stick when it came to injuries, poor guy. Jacen decided to let the two have their ‘moment’, but still couldn’t resist one jest of playfulness.

He pulled his shirt off his shoulders as he passed them, tossing it back into Shandra’s face as he kept going for the water, laughing.

“Head’s up Red!”

As he reached the start of the water, he didn’t jump or slow down, just kept running through the water. Water resistance just didn’t work the same on him as with people who didn’t have aquatic super-powers. Jacen came to a stop next to Leion and his new posse, treading water next to the group.

“Fai’ai, What’s up?” he asked the assembled group, feeling the waves push them up and down in unison. It felt great to be in some real ocean, made him feel at home.

Staring this off on a relaxing note.

Forellen wasn’t sure how long she lazed on the bed before she pulled her arm from across her eyes. If she fell asleep now then she would be up at odd hours in the morning so with a yawn and a stretch she got out of bed and opened the window of her room to let in the sea breeze. She rooted through her suitcase until she located the object of her desire. A medium sized metal container that had the few things she couldn’t do without while on vacation. One such necessity was her tea. Forellen was very picky about her tea and wouldn’t touch American tea stating that it was bland. So because of that Forellen had her tea imported from home and she jealously guarded it. If she caught you dipping into it without permission then you spent the afternoon worshiping the porcelain deities. Certain people had permission to access it but not many did.

Tea in hand she padded out into the hall. Now that she was on vacation Forellen frowned at what she wanted to do now. ”Perhaps a nice cup of tea first then I’ll figure all that out later.” She mused to herself and looked down the hall at the sound of voices. Carlos and Narcissa. Forellen could easily identify their voices and a then a moment later silence. Curious Forellen padded up the hallway towards Narcissa’s room to find Carlos gone and the door closed.

Approaching the door with only a slight hesitation Forellen knocked on it. Narcissa was understandably unpredictable at the moment. While before she could probably let herself in without an issue, provided Narcissa was dressed for company of course, now it was wiser to knock first. Since Forellen was going to make herself tea she decided to see if Narcissa wanted any. ”Narcissa? I’m going to make some tea would you like some?” She asked after opening the door but a crack so she wasn’t shouting through it. While a lot of people had been walking on eggshells around their beloved, or not, leader Forellen strove to treat her as normally as possible after all Narcissa was her friend.

Alphas: The End of Darkness. Now, break out the aloe

After Evie reavealed herself, things in Limbo went a little nuts. To Hoshi, it seemed things got streightened out rather fast and soon they were back home. What had been two days in limbo was only a few hours at the mansion. Hoshi made a face as she realized they’d be sleeping in the simulated dorms again. Then the Professor announced that he was sending all the students on vactaion.
Hoshi was disapointed- as much as she missed her family in Colorado, she wasn’t ready to go home just yet. That was when the Professor told them that they’d be vacationing as teams, on his private island in california. Hoshi privetly wondered if the Professor had a mint hidden on the grounds somewhere. He sure seamed to have a lot of money to just toss around.


***Time warp-two weeks later***

Hoshi sleepily lifted her head from the seat in front of her when she heard doors slamming. With a deep jaw popping yawn, Hoshi streached and grabbed her bag from under her feet. Her suitcase was already on the steps, unloaded by the tour guide people. She hadn’t meant to fall asleep on the jeep ride to the small manison, but she’d had another nightmare. Hoshi had not slept well since returning to the manison. She hadn’t said anything about it before because of everyone who’d gone to limbo, she seemed to be one of the few who’d escaped with only minor wounds. Hoshi breathed in the scent of the ocean deeply. Strangly, it reminded her of Japan.
Hoshi began wondering through the condo looking for the perfect room, thinking back. The first night she’d been back at themansion she’d curled up in a tiny dragon ball of exaustion and had fallen right back into limbo. In her dreams, she was back in Belasco’s trophy room, looking at the wall of trophies. She always tried to look away, but couldn’t . mounted on the wall were the heads of her family. She’d had several verarations of the dream, but considering that was the only part of the dream she ever remembered, she didn’t say anything. Hoshi decided to ask her teammates if she should talk to one of the adults about it.
Hoshi smilled as she passed Forellen asking the omgea team leader to tea. While Forellen waited for her friend’s response, Hoshi greeted her. “Hey Forellen. How’s your leg doing today?” she asked, pausing in the hallway. She pointed to the metal container in Forellen’s hand. “you like tea? I’ll have to preform a Japanese tea ceromony for you sometime.” She crooked a smile at Forellen, waiting for a reply. As Forellen answered, Hoshi let out another jaw popping yawn. “Sorry bout that, I didn’t sleep well last night. “ she said to Forellen. When Forellen turned her attention back to Narcissa Hoshi continued her hunt of the perfect room.
Two minutes later she found it. It was the same size as her room at home, and had the same bay window seat. The furniture was made of some light colored wood, though what it was exactly hoshi wasn’t sure. The predoment color in the room was a deep red, with soft grey accents. Hoshi heasitated in the door way- it was red, so maybe it was intended for an omega? Hoshi shrugged after a minute. If someone hadn’t claimed by now, their loss. Hoshi opened all the windows in her room and began unpacking-until she found the pink and white bikini she'd just bought. it was her first bikini, and she was nervous about wearing it. Hoshi pulled a punked out skirt and fishnet top on over her bikini. Tossing on a pair of sunglasses and a floppy hat, she joined the other teens on the beach. "Hey, does anyone want to start a vollyball game?" she shouted to the people in the water.

Omega: Catalina - If you just call me

Kerrigan rode with the rest of the group to the condo they would be sharing for vacation, the redhead in silent awe at the beauty of the scenery. The water was a shade of blue that she was not sure she had seen before, the sand of the beach warm and inviting. Without much word, she had starting lugging her one suitcase through the sand, moving it without much difficulty. Narcissa had barely spoken to anyone since coming back from Limbo, not even her, and while it was making her a little worried, she knew better than to push the blonde on something that she didn't want to do or talk about. She saw the blonde shove her way ahead of the pack and disappear into a room, locking the door. The redhead didn't really take any offense to it -- she understood that things were weird for the time being, and when Carlos came to the door, pausing, the redhead gave him a slight glance, placing her hand gently on his shoulder before setting off to find a different room for herself.

Letting herself into a room, she wasn't sure of someone else would come in or not, but she left her things in her suitcase. If, for some reason, Cissa wanted her to be there, she wanted to make sure she was ready to move. Some might call it a "whipped" relationship, but Kerrigan knew that everything was more out of concern for each other. The redhead and the blonde always had a bit of an interesting relationship; one that was not easily understood by third parties. They would see; however, that she was anything but whipped, and rather than waiting around at the blonde's beck and call, she was ready to hit the beach.

Changing into a black bikini, she threw on a white button-up shirt as a cover, tossing her messy curls around momentarily before sliding a pair of aviators on. Her feet slid into a wait of gold, grecian sandals as she glanced out the window of the room she found herself in, seeing some of their team already starting to frolic in the sand and surf. A shirtless Jack couldn't help but catch her eye, the redhead biting gently down on her lower lip as she quickly turned her gaze back to the task at hand. There was something about him that annoyed her to no end, but at the same time she found herself wanting to impress him, wanting to make sure that he only spoke to and looked at her.

There came the soft sounds of arguing from the hallway, the two voices most familiar to her sounding so angry at one another. Whenever things were on the rocks between Carlos and Cissa, she felt something inside her break ever so slightly. It was a pain that would never show on the surface, but those that knew her well would be able to tell the mental distance she put between herself and the world around her. Still, she was never deaf to a friend's call. A voice came through her comma device, ever so softly, and Kerrigan was instantly on the move towards the door.

"Kerrigan… Where are you?"

"I'm on my way," she said in response, grabbing her large tote bag she had brought wit her, already packed with a towel, her latest reading conquest and some sunscreen lotion. Redheads and the sun were not the best bedfellows.

Within seconds she was in front of Narcissa's door, seeing Forellen already there, soon followed by Hoshi. The redhead have her fellow Omega and friend a smile, tossing her curls over her shoulder as she leaned gently against the doorframe. The white-haired girl had already cracked the door slightly, though the redhead made not attempt to move inside for the time being. Kerrigan was too aware of Cissa's current mood to just barge in. Instead, she opted for the softer option, which included waiting to be told to come in and then move on from there depending on the situation. She had already made up her mind - whatever Cissa needed from her was what she would give. Period.

"Cissa, it's me. You rang?"

Alphas: Solar therapy
Since they got home Alek had not spoke to hardly anyone. He had closed up almost entirely. The only thing kept him from becoming air tight was the telepaths. He knew they would always be able to hear what he said and their were many nights that he had conversations in his head, in which he knew he really wasn't both parties as it had seemed at first. He had started to think his brush with death had actually caused him to go crazy. It was then the telepaths that had been trying to open him up came out into the light.

They had started to implant the joys of this vacation into his mind. Knowing it would do him well, knowing how dead set against it he was. It wasn't because he was stubborn, it was because he didn't feel up to it. But eventually the memories that were brought into fruition started to make sense. It would feel like home, he would be more comfortable there than he would here.

So it was no surprise that he had found his way to the beach, after dropping his luggage in his room. He was laying in the sun like he had always done back home. Sunglasses covering his face, his hand brushing down his body, rubbing over the scar that had been left below his shoulder where the rod had gone through that had put him in this... rut.

The sun was welcoming against his cold body. He wondered if this kind of comfort was similar to how Cissa welcomed the sun. For Alek... he was always cold, and the warmth was something he sought after in many ways that he wasn't sure how to explain. It was always their and he always wanted it like a fat kid wanted food.

He looked over to his sad and grabbed his water bottle. He pulled himself up, and pushed his glasses off his face and onto his head. He held the water, channeling his powers through it freezing it. It reminded him of when he first came to the school. A tiny lankly kid. A kid who thought he knew everything and deserved it all just because the world revolved around him. He came a long way since then. He remembered that initial fascination with Narcissa he had... At first it was just a clash of powers. He saw his powers as a polar opposite. It would be a lie had he said he didn't think so to this day, but he knew the only way the theory would be testable is if they were the same level, and that would take years. And each year Alek trained, Cissa got a year of training to.

Alek stared down again, his thoughts turning to Bella. He wanted to talk to her, but he couldn't find the time. He couldn't seem to figure out when the time would be right. He was scared... he was worried, he wasn't sure what would come of it. He knew he had hurt her, but then he also understood she didn't understand him either. But that was life... but it made things so complicated.

Alpha: Rooftops

Evie sat on the window ledge and became dissatisfied with her view. She looked around at the roof above to determine her path. The roof on this level was rather low so it wouldn't give her trouble. She put her feet up on the ledge and extended her arms to see if she could grab the roof edge. Her finger tips were maybe two inches too short. Not bothering to look down (she knew the drop would hurt despite healing if she missed but she was going to miss), she powered her legs and jumped reaching the roof ledge with her hands. She swung her legs up over and pulled herself onto the warm shingles.

Now this was the view she was looking for. Her eyes took in everything around them. She could see the world down to details that many wished they could dream of. Details that could put somebody less-trained's mind into overload registered in hers and it calmed her.

She hadn't had time to focus since leaving Limbo. Things felt disconnected still. Trapped in her own head. Part of her thought that she would just jump back in and it would all be the same. For her life didn't move on those two months she was away. It was like she was caught in stasis. For everybody else, things moved on. The part that she wasn't ready for, even if she knew it was a big possibility, was that Reik wouldn't be there for her when she finally returned. For that she was angry. Not at him, but at whoever it was that screwed with her powers and angry at herself for not handling things better.

He was the first person she really attached herself to and that made her feeling vulnerable. She hated that feeling. The breeze from the ocean kicked up around her and made her realize that tears were forming in her eyes as the cool struck the water on her face.

"What was I so stupid," She muttered to herself wondering why she let herself get into that position in the first place. Life was easier when she didn't allow love in, just loyalty, "I wish I never-"

She caught herself before she finished her sentence and made herself laugh after remembering the night that had started the whole thing: their prom. And then she ran through every moment after that, the good and the bad. Wiping the tears from her face she muttered, "No, I'm glad it happened. I would change those memories for anything. I'm being stupid now."

She stood up and looked at those of her team around the various areas outside. She didn't know a lot of them. But that was the fun of life, wasn't it? New experiences. She knew that the odds were in her favor to live longer than most here. She knew there would be much more heartache and love lost in the future. Part of her always hoped it would return, but she couldn't wait for it today. That wasn't her. That wasn't how she lived.

And letting it consume her would do no good. It isn't anybody else's fault things happened this way. Blaming it on some unknown bad guy was pointless. This is life. Life doesn't always work out the way people want it to. Under her breath she said, "I love you, Reik... and I hope someday we have what we did before. But I can't hold onto it or I'm no longer the person you knew from day one."

Listening she heard voices she wanted to hear about two levels down. She swung back down to her window and then looked to the second level room directly below. She heard Bella's sing song voice coming from the one open window. Judging her distance above, she determined that she probably wouldn't injure herself too badly.

"And for stupid stunt number one," She jumped out of her window and landed on the balcony on her own two feet. Minor damage to her ankles which would heal in a minute or two. Tapping on the sliding glass door first (not to be rude), she slid it open and grinned.

"Looking for me love?" She practically tackled her in-law cousin and then punched Gideon in the shoulder, "Hello friend."

Omega - On the Road Again

Something in Carlos shifted back and forth at Narcissa outburst. It broke down and as he left the only indication was the cold air about him growing heavy. In his room he contemplated what it was and settled for disappointment and something else. That something else was compulsive and brain racking. He got up after the long while he spent sitting on the bed with his thoughts and came out his door. He didn't spare a glance at Forellen, or Hoshi, he simply went on his way far colder then ever. If anyone could read him at this point the only thing to be said was he was moving with purpose. He had taken a pill which should have helped him think clearly but his thoughts were still racing. He made his way outside, to his rented bike. He slipped the helmet on and swung his leg over as he started it. The engine caught someones attention. He thought it was probably Scott, but it didn't matter.

The back tire squealed as he peeled out leaving a white cloud of smoke and the smell of burning rubber as he sped off towards the highway. His thoughts seemed to line up. And the picture he was looking for was much clear once he focused on the complex task of controlling the two wheeled vehicle. At the slow safe pace they came here, he hadn't notice how curvy the road was. And at these higher speed approaching the suicidal range of safety it was fun, or should be. He knew he should enjoy it, or should be. He wove with what little cars could get in his way. And little by little corrected his drift on the sharper turns. It wasn't too surprising to him how quickly his balance adjusted to the new dimensions of the bike, He was one of the more agile students.

The bike shuddered and it wasn't too unfamiliar. He detoured of his chosen course, and pulled into a gas station mini mart. He looked at the pump blankly for a moment before moving to fill his gas tank with premium. He looked at the double doors feeling somewhat lost. Another time he might have fancied something to eat but lately he hasn't been eating much. He also didn't sleep at all for the past six days but unlike usual he remained fresh and alert. They were the subtle changes that spooked everyone. His only guess was the massive feeding on Demon Souls he allowed himself to partake in. He pushed the thought aside as the nozzle clicked and he put it back on the pump. He took his receit and remounted the bike.

He took off far gentler then when he left the condo. And his riding along the highway was more calm and fluid then erratic and aggressive. He was thinking on the hardest things for him to grasp at the moment and didn't avoid the heavy decisions attached to them. It wasn't all that hard with his heart more then silent for the time being. He was almost hoping he would never go back to normal. He didn't feel much but his own thoughts, and for every reason without feeling he was free. On the inside he knew it was an illusion. Something that wasn't meant to last. But he was going to use it for as long as he could to sort his thoughts out. And he was goign to enjoy his ride for as long as possible not even sure he'd return to the condo.