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"I hate it."
A plump C.O looked up from his desk, bagel half in half out of his face. "Mhats maat?" His words muffled and choked, himself still trying to shovel food into his mouth. Lev looked up, his eyes wide, a strange smile creeping to his lips.
"I hate it. And i hate you."
The Dashworth factory corporation had gone on for a good 20 years. A fine run for a business centered around computer hardware and design, but nothing big, not a juggernaut. No Microsoft to be sure.
Leviathan Cortez pushed himself calmly to his feet, others beginning to swivel their chairs, beady eyes once glazed to flashing screens now blinking, aware of something strange occuring. The executives room was a large, low ceiling square, holding over 42 cubicles, including three offices and two lounge areas. Electricity could literally be heard in the air, humming and vibrant, alive and flowing into so much hardware. The lights even seemed to breath, sighing in their own current.
So aggravating..
"I hate your fat a** Mr. Fernmark." Lev was an imposing man at 6'8, but Mr. Fernmark was head honcho for a reason. The bagel was even set aside Lev noticed slyly, the grin widening. Fernmark stood, waddling over to Lev, having to look up to get eye to eye.
The room had grown silent, and yet 67 people were on staff today, not a breath passing one's lips.
This was quality entertainment to be sure.
"Your fired Cortez. Get the hell out of my sight." Fernmark smiled, thinking to himself, 'That'll show this p***k. Wanted to find a way to fire him and here it is, the big gun show gone'.
Lev spit on Fernmark's shoe, then proceeded to knee him in the stomach. Fermark guffawed, and an entire room gasped in unison, someone yelling out, a few others rushing forward.
The lights flickered once, twice, out.
The darkness was thick, confused screams and muffled curses at work now lost clamored and lifted the black air into even more din chaos.
Chk-chk-chk-chk-CHK-CHK-CHK-CHK-CHK..
The only light source silenced the room for the second and final time this evening, Leviathan Cortez completely illuminated, his skeleton a blinding azure, his flesh almost aflame.
"I hate all of you as well."
Lightning filled the room.
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Lev wandered out into the rain, letting it slap his face, his hands. He was steaming, and his throat was awful parched. "I guess it's time i move on.." Lev thought, walking on into the darkness, leading on into the nothing down the road.
The headaches had began the night of the meteor shower, only becoming more frequent, more rapid. Lev had to let it out, this anger, this build up of energy.
"What a fine way to kick the hay this evenin'!"Fire engines passed him along with police cars, screeching and raising hell, but it was all for nothing, the Dashworth building already three stories down, ash cindering into the flash of rain, the electrical fire still raging, still burning.
Still killing.
"It's time we move on to bigger things Lev." Lev said to himself, rubbing at his neck as the rain slammed over him, beating into his brains a tempo."Time to be numero uno."
Lev's laugh crippled the night, rising against the rain like the column of smoke behind him.

Lily Stinson

Lily smirked as she heard his question, she really didn't know how to answer it, but he was right, her mother hated all her activities. Everything she did was wrong and ill mannered for a girl of her stature to be doing. I wish you'd just accept the fact I'm not a princess. she thought to herself as she walked behind Ako, letting the doors fall closed behind her.

As she did, she noticed a fire truck siren roaring near by, it was a little too close for comfort, she hated when 'accidents' like these struck near her, it made her want to hunt down the siren and try to fight the fire with her bare hands. She sighed as she puffed a big sigh, causing her bangs to blow out of her face once again. "My mother thinks I should be pretty in pink. She wants me to be a pretty princess, and that's just not who I am. I didn't ask to be born female." she huffed as she walked to the counter to make her unhealthy order.

"Yes, I'll have a coffee black, and your biggest chocolate chip cookie." she said with a grin, pulling a small handful of bills out of her pocket. "Oh, and whatever Iron Giant is going to have too." she said with a wink as she put a 20 on the counter, knowing it would most likely cover the price.

As Lily waited for Ako to answer, she looked out the glass doors once again, she could see the flashy lights going around a nearby corner. A police car, this only added to her concern. What was going on out there? She averted her brown eyes back to Ako, wondering if he would have any idea what has been going on with all the recent chaos in the city.

Gidget chases Tansy toward the window and shouts, "Tansy wait!" She bites her bottom lip and goes running into the kitchen. "Garret, Shane, Tansy just jumped out the window saying something about a fire at the...oh what was it...Danish building."

With technical swiftness, Shane pulls out a pocket PDA and within seconds has the location of the fire. One of the many gifts he has received from the organization he works for. He rolls his eyes and looks at Gidget, Dashworth building, goober. What does she hope to do on her own? Damnit, Gidget you're coming with me. Garret, take my cell phone and dial the first number on the contact list when you make it to the scene. I hate to do this to you, but I need you to be my eyes and ears. Do whatever you can to get there as quickly as possible. I'm sorry...c'mon Gidget."

Gidget looks at Garret quickly saying, "Be careful Garret." She turns and follows after Shane to wherever it is he was taking her.

As Annie walked out of the building she heard sirens through the pounding rain. "Seriously," she muttered under her breath, her accent heavy, "It's raining."

As she stepped into the rain, she glanced down the street to where there were a dozen coffee shops and then her eyes followed the sound of the sirens to the smoke. She heard a group of students talking- two girls and two guys, maybe a double date?- "Did you hear? First that building owned by Charles Ray comes down and now the Dashworth building..." "Terrorist, it could be terrorist." "God, don't be so melodramatic."

Annie raised an eyebrow overhearing the conversation and spoke up, "Do you know if anyone is in there?"

They looked at her strange, "How the Hell should I know?"

"Right," said Annie walking off. After a split second she decided to follow the sound of the sirens, her pace was almost a light jog as she pushed past the few people braving the rain on the street. She turned the corner, noticing the smoke getting worse, she sped up, practically jogging, ducking her head from the rain, when she hit solid muscle. "Oh my God!" Annie said, "Ouch... that hurt like the dickens..." She glanced up and up... how tall was he? Over six and a half feet at least...

She quickly said as she began to push herself up, "So, sorry sir... I was rushin' and... I'm just an idiot. Are you okay, sir?"

Garret pocketed the cell as Shane brushed past him with Gidget. He went into the bathroom and searched the medicine cabinet. He found just what he wanted but only it wasn't one of those plastic cases. A mini first aid kit. He checked in it and found the basic medical necessities: Gauze, bandaids, a little tube of iodine, some tweezers and a suture. Satisfied with his find, he jogged to the window with a fire esape and opened the window.

He made his way down the fire escape as quickly as he could, taking the stairs down in jumps. He reached bottom of the fire-escape and ran down the sidewalk keeping an eye out for Annie. He fingered the cell phone as he dodged a biker and couple holding hands. They reminded him of his parents. He pushed it aside and tried to focus on the now. He spotted Annie and ran quicker to catch up with her, only to see as he got closer that she ran into a very tall man. Garret looked up and saw the smoke rising. 'Oh no! I have to hurry.' He was closing the gap between him and the fire. And Tansy. He hoped that whatever she was doing, she would make it through alright. Without being seen.

Tansy sighed as she watched the man begin placed on a stretcher from around the corner. She had placed him close enough to the hospital without being spotted to get him in right away. Although a few people had staid behind to look for who had dropped him off. She nodded to herself as she jumped back into the air and flew back to the burning building, coming from behind as to not be spotted again. She landed on the roof of a building not to far away and mentally searched once more. She didn't feel anything, nor did she hear a voice crying for help. She relaxed. If there had been anyone left inside... try would be gone by now...

She stood in the rain, her hair plastered to her face, as she watched another two floors of the tall building collapse. She turned from it, starting to walk away when she heard someone cry out from the street. "He's going to jump!" "Get the stretcher!" "There's no time!" And a gasp from the crowd. Tansy ran back to the edge jump as the man jumped from the window. her eyes widened as she took a few steps back and jumped off. She dove to catch up with him, and grabbed onto his arm. Time was running out. She pulled him to her chest as she adjusted her wings to swoop along the road. She landed a few feet away from the crowd. "Sir.. Sir are you okay?"

Lily Stinson

Lily sighed as she looked at her coffee and muffin. She knew her mother wouldn't agree with what she was about to say next, but the girl had to do something, it this guy thought something was wrong, and it sounded a little crazy, but she had already seen what he could do. So really, what was crazy anymore? If there is a God, don't let my mother know about what is going to happen next.

"It's hot, but that is beside the point. If something is wrong, and it's someone like.. you... Then we should really go and see? What would be the harm? If it is a normal fire, then no harm no fowl, and if it is something more, then I don't want to be responsible for it happening again. Come'n!" she said almost to quick for understanding, but before long she rose up on her feet and ran out the doors.

It wasn't moments she was up the street three cars, a bubble gum pink Pocket Bike: AS-PB-26 was locked up nice and tight in the free space. It had along with the pink paint a sweet series of purple bubbles, defiantly a chicks bike, the only reason she had it painted the way it was so people would know that it was a chicks bikes. All her bikes but one was this way. She looked down the street to see if Ako was coming or not.

As she waited for him, she bit her lip. Her mind crossing over to what she was about to do. She was going towards something so dangerous her mother wouldn't think twice about bringing her home and making her live a life of constant supervision. Saying she is far to immature to be on her own. She could hear the sirens close by, even hear the shouts of working men trying to save those inside the burning building.

Lily Stinson

Lily idly let her fingers drift over the handle bars of her bike, sighing, he did have a point. But this was grand theft Auto, it was a crime. Realizing this, she began to look around rather alertly, biting her lip even harder, and here her mother thought she was bad. "This is GTA! Are you kidding me!?" she asked as she tossed her hands to her side to make her point.

Thought she had to admit, if he was right, then he would have to stop the guy. There was no way she was going to miss this. She groaned, tossing her shoulders back and stepped closer, hearing the bike roar to life. Her eyes widen as she looked around, feeling as if the owner of the bike would be coming to claim it soon.

"You have never ridden a motorcycle before. What makes you think I am going to let you wreck something prettier then your face?" she joked, she couldn't let him drive for the first time in the rain, that was suicide, there was a reason parents hated seeing their children ride these things, they are death traps. "Don't argue it with me. I've been riding since I was fourteen. I can get us there quicker and safer then you." she said again, trying to get her point across, no way did she want to get on the bike with someone who had made it clear earlier he had never ridden a bike before.

However, her comments where going on deaf ears it felt like. All she could hear was the thunder and drumming rain. She couldn't even hear herself, much less him hear her. So, shaking her head she climbed on the back of the bike, tossing all fears aside. whats the worse that can happen, right? Stop being such a coward now, Lily, it's not a big deal, he's ridden ATVs... They are similar.. Four wheels instead of two, but yea.. she thought to herself trying to be reassuring. A failed attempt.