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The doctor approaches her slowly, almost afraid of what might happen if he touches her. Yet he swallows hard and says, "Absolutely incredible. Yes indeed. I have to say that this would be a most fitting way to destroy that madman. In a way you are allowing the souls of the people he killed to assist you in their revenge. I wonder though...For you to be able to touch the acid and not get burned, you would have to be made of acid. If you would please, spit in the table. Don't worry, I wont tell anyone that you acted unlady like just this once."

Once the shaken feeling had left, Lily violently shoved Shane off her, her brown eyes flaring in rage as she gawked at him. How dare he claim to know what she was going through, how dare he say something was wrong. She was perfectly normal. A low growl passed her lips as she looked at both the men.

"Don't tell me to take a deep breath, Shane. Where is your sister? Where is Annie, she's in danger! That whole ******** building is in danger!" she screamed at the man, her face turning red as she stressed her anger. She wanted to smack Shane for being so careless, there was a mad man running rampage on the city, and he was acting like it was no big deal. Sure, she'd heard all about Ray from eavesdropping, but if she was right, if her visions where correct, Ray had nothing on Leviathan. She growled again, turning away from them.

"I tell you where you can take me. She's the only one that can help me, and that is Annie. I don't care if she is pissed off at me, GET ME TO HER NOW!" then she looked over to Felix, still getting strange feelings from him. It wasn't safe for him to be here any longer, if he was a meta human, or whatever they call themselves now. Then he had to hide.. "And have someone take care of him." she said nudging over to the direction of Felix. She didn't fully trust him to go with her, not only that but he had told her his counter part had plans to sell her into Slavery.

Rod cracked his fingers, staring up at the hospital, his jaw line devoid of the five o' clock shadow he once had, now replaced with an almost pointed rivet of mutated flesh, himself almost dragon-esque, his human features distinguished by thick layers of scaly metal. Rod was shoeless, feet shifted into almost cat like paws, huge ripples of chrome muscle.
In fact, Rod felt more and more, every moment, like running upon all fours. Rod resisted this urge though, for the sake of doing what Lev wanted...
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Rod had asked questions, receiving only strange, cryptic answers. As usual, Lev had hushed him calmly, telling him that he knew, for a fact, that they wouldn't be expecting him.
Blitz didn't speak, only cursed himself mentally.
Lev knew something, or so he seemed to ebb such a feeling. If the man could harness the power of lightning, maybe he could read..
No, foolish. Blitz could speak telepathically. He would know if Lev could do so.
Wouldn't he?
Blitz became even more cautious of his words during the meeting, but for the most part, shut up and soaked in his role in the plan.
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Rod hitched his jacket slightly, pushing on the door to the facility.
It was locked.
Rod gave a grunt, then flicked the door off it's hinges with his finger, wandering into the bustling building, staring about in the open lobby..
The door smashed against the opposite wall near some elevators, and the few people within the lobby stared a moment, not in awe, but in confidence.
One man slung his hand forward, wind slamming into Rod.
Rod didn't budge, and as he began to smile, the air of confidence in the air seemed to drop, then fade completely.
"My turn."
With that, Rod slaughtered everyone in the lobby, and began down the next hall, kicking doors and walls in as he went, laughing his horrible laugh all the while..
Only to feel something so fast and powerful, the weight of it didn't seem to correlate until he had to step back, Rod catching the steaming object in the forehead.
It was a baseball, strung out and destroyed from hitting Rod, but damn..
It had hit hard.
At the end of the hall, a window lay open, and a man stood in front of it, buttons on his jacket, goggles on his face.
Eros held another baseball in his hand, tossing it back and forth.
Rod snorted, beginning forward, "Nice try."
"That was a test.." Eros smiled laxly, pocketing the baseball.
A steel ball bearing then slammed into Rod's face before he could even believe it, and Rod crumpled to the ground, holding his eye. "b*****d!" Rod screamed, rearing up, holding his destroyed cheek. A thick dent lay on his cheek running to his jaw line, slightly impairing his speech.
"So I'm told.."
Another ball bearing, and Rod did a back flip as it hit him in the sternum, causing him to clutch his chest, pulling himself into a doorway out of the hall.
Anything to get a breather.
Eros slowly tapped his finger on the wall, walking down the hall, whistling as he did. For the first time in a long time, Rod began to feel something he thought he'd never feel again.
Pain. Pain and fear.
"You know, I was bullied alot growing up." Eros's calm voice filled the hall, Rod listening, looking at his own chest, touching his smashed face. "That's what you are, a big bu-"
Rod smashed through the wall where he heard the little b*****d's tinny voice from behind, slamming his fist through it as if it were silly putty. "Come here!"
Eros was nearly caught off guard, slinging down the hall..
But Rod was on his tail, now galloping through the halls, a giant steel death panther and Icarus incarnate battling it out, tearing room to room apart on the first floor of the hospital..

Annie nodded, snatching a pair of gloves from a box nearby on a lower shelf and scooping a fair bit of the powder and pocketed it before standing up and facing the doctor. "Actually my father would probably be proud of my rash actions. I used to think things through too much according to him. Before I go, how is my little Chimera the mouse doing?"

Trinity listened to her sensei's advice and cringed at the thought of self mutilation to get out of smaller shadows and made a mental note of it. He pointed out about going over shaping her shadow into something physical.

She felt that whatever was next she need to learn it and learn it fast. She was glad that the first lesson was able to come to her easier when her mind was cleared. It was also very important because now she has a better sense of what the shadow she was controlling.

"I'm willing to try now. I was able to shape some sort of shadow creature yesterday...I managed to protect the red head with the acid rain."


Mrs. Smith heard the destruction happening. Although the limo wasn't touched she decided to take an extra measure of crouching to the floor of the car hoping she wouldn't be seen. She was afraid that the man that took her daughter earlier was after her. She needed to make sure she wouldn't get caught for Trinity's sake, it would endanger her emotionally if her mother's life was on the line.

Teshoumaru's eyebrows raise in astonishment. "Kage-chan, it is impossible to shape a creature out of a shadow. What you actually did was summon a denizen of the shadow realm into ours. That is an incredibly high skill feat. It is no wonder that you became so quickly exhausted. But I digress, we will touch more on that later."

"To shape a shadow is simple in theory, but it requires a clear mind and a shadow to pull from. You must be in direct contact with the shadow you intend to shape. You can form it into whatever your mind can come up with, but with certain stipulations. The easiest way of course is to use your own shadow, but it's space is fairly limited. You consume more ki when shaping a small shadow into something large. However, if you are standing within a large shadow you have more to work with, and consume less ki in the process."

"Let's play a game. I will make a shape, and you will copy it. Then you will make a different shape, and I will copy it. We will continue like this until you either cannot make an exact copy. This will allow me to see what you are currently capable of, and how to proceed from there. Alright, we'll start with something simple."

He moves around the room and moves a few objects around and adjusts the lighting so that they both have larger shadows to work with. He crosses his arms in front of his chest and stands with his feet shoulder width apart. The shadow beneath him starts to wiggle and bulge. It becomes a 3x3 cube.

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The blood expert in front of Annie nearly jumps out of his skin when she busts through the door. He spins around and shouts, his whole body shaking, "Jesus, Mary, and Joseph don't do that!"

He is young, around Shane's age. His hair is long, dark, and stringy. His eyes are sunken and dark, signs of chronic insomnia. He rubs his bloodshot eyes and takes a deep breath, trying to calm himself. "I take it you are the acid queen? Shane told me about you. Follow me, and please...no yelling. I have a bitching headache."

He opens a door and directs her to a blood draw chair. "I hope you aren't squeamish."

Teshoumaru stifles a laugh when his student's stomach begins to growl. It reminds him of his sister, who would adamantly refuse to do anything before fixing the source of the growling.

When she asks about her mother, he realizes that he hasn't heard anything about it since he made his phone call earlier. "I'm sorry but I haven't. Shane Morrison was leaving to pick her up, I believe he also mentioned finding someone else at the hospital. I'm sure they will be back momentarily. In the meantime, would you like to get something to eat? You replenish ki quicker when you are well fed."

He chuckles softly, "Oh no, you still can. The problem is that it makes the hunger worse. Stamina plays a large part in proper execution of your shadow powers. If you don't have enough stamina, you have to exhaust more ki to use your shadow."

After they gather a few trays of food, Teshoumaru leads Trinity to the empty side of a table. Shortly there is a ruckus from the entrance. Teshoumaru can't help but smile at who is causing it. Again someone else with the fire of his sister.

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Gidget is brought into the cafeteria by two large men holding each of her arms. She has the expression of an exasperated kitten, and is kicking her legs to try and free herself of their grip. Her face and clothes are filthy, covered in machine grease and grime.

The men plop her down in the seat next to Teshoumaru and ask, "We are sorry to trouble you sir, but could you please watch after her? The director of biology warned us that if she gets into her work, she wont eat. Since it is past lunch, we felt it would be time to bring her in."

Gidget mutters under her breath, but is instantly pepped up when she realizes who she is sitting by. "Trinity! I'm so happy that you're safe. How are you liking Valhalla?"