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While they loved and supported Fiona, Mike and Diane Sonu had been having this discussion for several weeks now and had finally come to a conclusion they both agreed on. Fiona was a fire evolved. She was afraid of fire. They had just recently seen a documentary that scared them. Explosive evolveds had the tendency to -- self-destruct -- or even accidently destroy others. They loved Fiona, and they did not, did not want her or anyone around her hurt. They wanted the best help for her possible.

So they did the best thing they knew to do, they called the contact person for the National Supers Agency, the one that could tell them where the nearest training school for her was. It so happened that there was a school that was about an hour's drive from where they lived that did take in young evolveds to be trained. Fiona would be interviewed at her house by a trainer, and then he would move her location from her current school to the new one. He'd make sure she had the necessary transportation there and back as well.

It was going to make some long, long days for Fiona, but something had to be done. She'd already gone four years without any sort of training, and that was dangerous. She needed help.

Today was the day of that interview. A young man named Andrew McFadden would be coming to the house to speak with her.

As a matter of fact, he was here, now knocking at the door, now being invited in, now being left to speak with Fiona alone.

Andy grinned at the teenager after introductions were made, "Ya got some trustin' parents, kid. So, fire is it? Man, I got powers like that. Kinda scary, ain't it?" He asked.

Andy chuckled a bit at her stomach. "Are ya hungry then? Don't let me stopping ya from getting something to eat," he laughed. "Wouldn't want to accidently set the place on fire, would ya?"

"Gotten used to it? How long have you been practising with them?" Andy asked curiously.

"Hmmm," Photon tapped his chin in thought. "And have you never had the urge to try something larger? Your body never tried to get beyond that? No loss of control?" He was studying Fiona, but did so in a way that wasn't immediatly obvious. He wasn't completely focused on her, had looked her into the eyes when he or she spoke, but his eyes did wander around the room ocasionally, taking in a vase there, or a carpet or painting there. He did turn back and gave his full attention whenever Fiona would speak.

Andy shook his head, "The worse thing ya can do is hold back. But your sayin' that if you had a safe place you might try something more?" He asked, "I bet if you did that, ya wouldn't feel so outta control at times." No one had said anything to him that indicated that she ever felt out of control, but Andy knew how it was, and what might go unsaid. He assumed, seeing her concern, that she'd at least worried about losing control. "Do you want that?"

Andy chuckled, "Indeed there is, my dear. That is why I'm here. I'm from an agency that helps train young evolveds to keep their powers under control. And, if you choose, perhaps more than that. You would like that then? When d'ya wanna start?"

Andy too looked excited at the idea. This was going to be fantastic!!

Andy laughed and nodded, "Very well, how about now? We're only a half hour drive from a facility. I won't be your trainer, but today I have all the time in the world. I see if I can't getta hold of someone special," he winked, "A fire evolved too, that I think you might like to meet. M'be she'll help train ya up some too."


OOC: Which reminds me, when I approved your character, I meant to put a disclaimer on the approval. We have a person that was going to be a villain, but we've decided to make a hero instead, that has fire abilities that manifest the same way you said Fiona's would, or very similar. We had her created quite some time before you sent your character in, but I forgot to let you know. I think she'll like FireSnare...who might be a boy and not a girl, but... eh. . .I dunno, I have to recheck.

Andy laughed again, "Yeah, tellin' your folks might be a good idea. Come on!"

When Fiona had come back from telling her friends, Andy was on the phone with his. He smiled and waved to her to follow him and hopped into the car.

The training facilities were in the basement of an insurance company. Go figure. Andy waved her in, monologuing about safety procautions that must be followed and how secrecy was important. yadda, yadda. All that official stuff.

Then he took a breath, "Jackie should be here soon. So, do you need a flame, or are you a spontaneous starter?" He'd already fished a firelighter out of his pocket, and was waving the newspaper he'd picked up on their way in front of it.

Andy turned on the lighter with a smirk, "So what sort of---Ahhh! JACKIE!!" The flame Andy had made had gotten huge and turned into a whip in front of him, moving as if to smack him, but stopping right before it did.

"Who's Jackie? And you're an idiot! You're just going to offer flame to some kid who doesn't know what she's doing?" A woman superhero that was just beginning to be known stepped down from the doorway. Firesnare, the lady that could expand and contract fire, and control it in it's contracted form.

"You burnt out the lighter." Andy whined.

"But not you. Be grateful." She turned to Fiona and nodded, moving the contracted fire toward her, "I'm sorry. You are Fiona?"