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Mrs. Smith saw the boy with purple hair. It reminded her of Trinity and took comfort that she would see her soon. She paused a moment and thought could that boy be a meta-human?. She got up and head the same direction. When she got there she saw the boy up and about.



Trinity listens to her sensei as he explained the difference between the source of their power. He pointed out how his ears are like hers, she held her ears and remembered that they weren't always like this, that they were a little pointy but normal. Did his ears do the same when the meteor hit or was he born like that from the start?

She observes the tattoo on his back, it was unlike anything she's seen before. As he completed his explanation something inside seemed more calm, even if Trinity wasn't upset to begin with. She wasn't sure how to explain it to her sensai, the polar contradictions she was feeling from the shadow sliding he was talking about. If this became more of an issue in her training she may need to tell him.

He points out that he could teach her everything he knows but beyond that it was up to her. She bows and says "I feel more confident that once I have your teachings down I can branch out on my own. But I have one more request, and that is you teach me how to fight."

The purple haired boy glanced around, tears still streaming from his eyes, blurring his vision. He thought he heard footsteps, but he was unsure if they were coming towards him or if it was one of the many nurses that inhabited the hospitals going about their rounds. Raising one arm the boy began to dab his eyes, trying in vain to stop the never ending flow of tears.

“W-Who’s there?” He called out, hoping for a response. Using the walls for support the young man began to stand, his legs shaking and trembling. As he surveyed the room he spotted a woman in her mid to late thirties. Raising an eyebrow his hands instinctively went up to protect himself. However, once he released the wall he came crashing to the ground once more.

His voice came out shaky and unsure, he was scared and it clearly showed in his voice and his features. “W-What do you w-want with me?” He croaked, his hands still in a weak defense in front of his face. Although the woman wore make up - and quite a bit of it - he could still see the worry lines that creased her face. He knew she was more than likely not going to hurt him but, he’d met people who were able to put up a front like that. Darn you Alabaster... Darn you to hell...

Teshoumaru's eyebrows raise quizzically as he asks, "Fight how? Do you mean training in martial arts, or how to use your shadow for lethal means? Because I can do both."

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Gidget slowly leans over the edge of the building Blitz and Annie are next to. The audio receptors inside her helmet enhance the sound in the immediate area surrounding them. Her eyes shift down to the atmosphere readout. There are two large electrical readings. She figures that one is Ako, and the other is Leviathan. She looks back down at the conversation in progress and hopes that Blitz says something else of use. If Leviathan was able to make a bomb, all Gidget figures she needs to do is get her hands on it for just a moment. Then she can come up with some means to reverse or counteract the effects of the bomb.

She tries to looks over a bit further when parts of the roof collapses under her weight and some small fragments fall to the street below.

Shaking his head Felix moved towards the woman that now held him. For some reason she felt safe, like she would protect him. “I-I don’t know...” He spoke his voice barely above a whisper. “I don’t know what you’re talking about. D-Did he kill someone again?” Biting his bottom lip he turned towards the woman, his arms wrapping around her as he began to cry ever so softly.

He usually knew whatever Alabaster knew, he usually felt everything he felt. But, this time, for some unknown reason he could not feel or see what his other half had seen. He was completely clueless. Closing his eyes he began to allow himself to drift into his own subconscious, he wanted to find Alabaster and figure out what was going on.

Once he was fully in his subconscious he noticed something very different, something strange. Where there used to be solid walkways they were not filled with potholes, whole sections of the road dropped off into nothingness. Something was clearly not up to par. “Alabaster?” the purple haired boy shouted into the nothingness, his voice sounding like it was a million miles away even though he had just spoke.

After several fruitless hours of searching Felix finally came back to the real world. “I can’t find him ma’am. I’m sorry... I think he’s gone.” His voice was once again cracking as if he was on the verge of bursting into tears once more. “But, not entirely, or else I wouldn’t be here.”

His eyes began to drift towards the door. He had clearly shocked the poor woman, it wasn’t his intention but, he somehow did. Raising his voice in hopes that she could hear him he began to call after her. “Ma’am, I’m s-s-sorry if I... S-Scared you, I didn’t mean to.” His eyes began to close as he sighed softly holding Lily tighter as he did.

Annie sighed looking down at her hand speckled with her black blood, she was half tempted to wipe her hand on her jeans but knew she couldn't do that, "Technically the term I use is meta-humans, but 'X-men s**t' is pretty accurate considering the situation. Like I said before I'm a sensor, I can tell people's true character fairly easy."

She held out her hand to Blitz and said, "But, no matter how hard I want to stop him I have my own limitations. My powers take a toll on my body if I use too much of it at one time." Sighing she continued, "I know we have to stop him. But how do your propose doing that? I'd die stopping him if I had to, but I feel at this moment in the game all I would do is end up getting myself killed for no reason. I'm kinda' against pointless death."

"Anyhow, if he is so smart you're an idiot for telling me all this," added Annie, when she heard the scatter of cement from an above roof hitting the street, looking up she noticed Gidget and added, "Great we have a visitor. Harmless, but a visitor none the less."

Knowing, Gidget could hear her she asked Blitz bluntly, "So, why do you think Leviathan wants me now? If he wants to kill me, I think I'm going to lay low... if you think he wants to 'convert' me to his side or use me as ransom or something, well..." She held out her wrists to Blitz, "...make me your prisoner. You should know that I was pegged as a bit of a genius as a kid, being close to him will allow me time to think of a plan."

Teshoumaru can't help but chuckle a little bit. He places a hand confidently on Trinity's shoulder and smiles. "I knew you had a strong spirit from the moment I laid eyes on you, but your heart runs deeper than I could have imagined. I wont lie to you, I had planned on doing both from the beginning. I wanted to see how committed you were, and you didn't disappoint."

"It will not be easy, and it will not be done overnight. In order to increase your reserve of key requires a strong body as well as a strong mind. I will not go easy on you. You want to be strong quickly, and I will give you your wish. Are you ready to begin?"

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Gidget audibly swears inside of her suit. Deciding that since she has been discovered, there is no need to stay on the roof. With a hop off of the roof, and a quick fire of her rocket boots, she lands a few feet behind Annie. She stands tall and crosses her depolarizes her visor to reveal her face. A sign of trust from her to the bad man's turncoat.

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Shane returns from his errands to be told that For the most part everything has turned out as well as could be hoped. He decides first to go and find Trinity's mother. No doubt the poor woman had a wealth of questions regarding the facility and what it can do for her daughter. After some directions from some bystanders in the medical section, he approaches Mrs. Smith with a pleasant smile. "Mrs. Smith? I am Shane Morrison, Gidget's older brother. I can't thank you enough for looking after her this morning. I'm sure you have a lot of questions, and I would like to answer them."

Lily rolled her eyes at his remark. I'm a homosapien. Though she was well awear of the technical term for human, hearing it she couldn't help but give a small giggle. Sure, it was childish, it was immature. But it was Lily after all. She shook her head and then sat fully up to attention after he said shape shifter.

She was looking at herself for a brief moment, only the voice that came out of her mouth wasn't her own, thank god, or she probably would of had the nurse admit her and place her in a straight jacket. Never had she seen someone do something that she had only seen in the movies. Though, as she pondered what he said, she not only realized that his appearance changed, but his personality too..

"Alright... " she said, meeting his gaze with question, sure seeing someone turn into a walking weapon was scary, but she had seen scarier in the past events of happening. So, Lily tried to find reason in this.. "You keep talking about him.. Who is him? Aren't you him? I didn't see anyone else run out of that park, Alabaster, just you. Then you changed into.. Well.. What you are now. So, are you going to tell me who he is?" she asked with more authority in her voice, she was sick and tired of playing games.