Power Struggle [NocturnalROACH X SileceneAlethea]

[SileceneAlethea]

Eying the new comers, he wasn't really sure what to think of them. He had never really felt comfortable around siphoners, but that was merely because of their general reputation among the clans, useful, but not many appreciated the idea of having their power drained out, even if the effects were temporary. Seeing the woman, Malakai managed a small smile, "That easy to tell?" He chuckled when the woman introduced as Mireena stepped towards him with her question, "Um... before you do anything though, be careful of the blood... it might have turned a little toxic in response to being attacked. Should be fine as long as you don't get any in any open cuts or anything..." He trailed off, feeling a little silly. She was a healer. Of course she knew what she was doing, but he still felt the need to warn her before hand.

On Burim's shoulder, that red head let out a soft groan, green hues beginning to crack open, her vision blurry. Mina was starting to wake, but she hadn't yet discovered her surroundings... or realized where she was, "My head..." She winced, "Kuro, I swear..." She trailed off, blinking again, realizing that the large brute she had called 'Kuro' wasn't 'Kuro' at all, her eyes widening, "Unhand me!"

[NocturnalROACH]

Mireena smiled a little when she heard Malakai’s first comment. “You’ve got blood all over, it’s not that hard to tell,” she said, playing along with Malakai. She was about to take Malakai’s hand when he made his second comment. That scared her a bit, but it also fascinated her. “Right,” she said, nodding to Malakai while slowly pulling her hands away. “Thanks for the information. I didn’t know you were toxic,” she said, her hands closing in on his again. She took a hold of his hand with care, then looking into Malakai’s eyes. “This might hurt a bit, but I’ll try to make it as painless as possible,” she said.

The thing about healing was that when you healed someone, all the pain, itches, and so on that you normally would have felt during the time you had the wound, would be compressed into the time it took healing the wound with powers. Luckily for Malakai, Mireena knew how to numb his face before she healed, but she wasn’t good enough to fully numb him, though. Not yet. The pain would be somewhat intense, but the numbing would help a whole lot.

The look on Casper’s face was one of true fear. ‘No, not her again,’ he thought, hoping that Sid would be able to siphon her before she thought of using her powers. She could easily burn everyone in the room to a crisp within a minute. Kayla’s thoughts were pretty much the same as Casper’s. Bracing herself for what might come, she pulled a rock out of her pocket. She always carried that very rock with her in case something was to happen. The rock wasn’t of much use now, though. She had nothing to shield herself with, and suddenly the oh-so-happy welcome of two new members could turn out to be a disaster.

The moment Sid saw that there was even the tiniest sign of consciousness in the girl, he stepped forward and laid a hand on her arm. “Whoop,” he said not long after, pulling his hand away from the arm of the red-haired woman. What followed his hand, surely was a strange sight. There was a strange, fiery orange coloured liquid that followed his palm. It seemed to defy the laws of gravity, but Sid didn’t mind that any longer. The liquid was infact Mina’s powers. Smiling to Mina, he held up a tiny glass jar. He opened the jar with one hand while controlling the liquid with his other hand. In a matter of seconds, he’d drained Mina of her powers and put her powers in the tiny glass jar. The speed he worked on was pretty fearsome to most, but to Sid, it was quite normal to work at that speed.

[SileceneAlethea]

"I like to keep people warned... Especially pretty ladies." Malakai teased a little, looking when she had taken her hand and returned his warning with one of her own. Wondering what she mean by that until she started actually healing him, wincing just a little, "Ah!" He breathed, seeming more amused than really hurt though, "I... it itches!" He laughed a little, holding still as he toughed it out, hearing the sounds going on over where Mina was at this point.

"LET ME GO!" Mina had woken up more thoroughly, feeling that man's hand touch her, and her entire form started flailing about like a wild cat, wanting to draw on her flames, which flickered about her pitifully, but where her power should have been, there was nothing. Flames fizzling out before they could even properly flicker to life. Those green eyes meeting Sid's with a sort of crushed look on her face as she realized that her powers had just been siphoned out. Looking at that tiny glass jar with a hateful look, "Siphoner." She spat, as if trying to insult him.

Popping up just beside Sid, Aubrey grinned, "Hi there, hot head!" He mused, looking to Sid, "Think that's going to be enough to keep her passive? She still looks pretty destructive even without her flames."

"Shut up you brat!" Mina snapped, glaring at everyone she could see, "All of you, just wait! Just you wait!"

[NocturnalROACH]

Mireena smiled even more. “I’m not that pretty,” she mumbled as she healed. Healing required a lot of concentration. This concentration broke once Mina started yelling, causing the healing to stop, too. She frowned and looked around to find the source of all the noise. Sighing, she looked at Mina. “Shut up for God’s sake!” she yelled at her, sounding angry. Her face still looked calm, though. Her voice and her facial expression weren’t matching at all.

Casper chose not to close in on Mina. Even without her powers, she seemed like a venomous snake ready to strike at any time. He backed slowly off until he was close to Mireena and Malakai. At least he felt a little bit safer at this distance.

Once Kayla saw that Mina had been siphoned, she hurried to the others. Standing on the other side of Sid, she looked at Mina. “Not so tough now, are you?” she asked with a grin on her face. She liked to see this dangerous person in such a helpless situation. It felt good knowing that they now owned an important piece of another clan. They’d definitely come searching for her, but they’d hide her well.

Sid almost laughed at the so-called insult that Mina had just thrown in his face. What other siphoners would take as an insult, he took as a compliment. He was proud to be a siphoner, proud to be cursed on by so many who had gotten their powers stolen. It was what he was known for in this clan. They’d want to benefit the most out of Mina being held captive, so he’d make sure that she wouldn’t be able to use her powers during her stay.

[SileceneAlethea]

If there was anything that woman hated more, it was taunting. Emerald hues narrowed dangerously, her lip curling back in a animalistic snarl towards Kayla, swiping at her with those sharpened red painted nails on her hand, though, Kayla was too far away for her to be caught by them, “I'll be damned before I become some kind of crop for you to benefit from!” She hissed, knowing full well what happened to those captured from opposing clans.

They would often sit in captivity, their power harvested on a regular basis to keep them from being dangerous to the clan members who tended to them. The mere idea of such happening to her nearly drove Mina over the edge, having stopped struggling by this point, having figured out that she wasn't going to be squirming out of Burim's grasp any time soon- that man's hold like steel even though he barely held onto her. The expression on her pretty face being one of pure venom.

She wouldn't forgive them for this.

Not if she had her way.

Glaring at the albino, having spotted him at this point. Malakai Thornson.... this was all his fault. Had she not been chasing him down, she would have never ended up captured.

Malakai winced a little when the woman had started working on healing him, “Aaa- ah!” He breathed, the healing skin on his face itching like crazy, wanting nothing more to scratch it, and when Mireena had been interrupted, he almost did scratch at it, having to restrain himself. Feeling Mina's hateful glare on him, he glanced her way, grinning a little, “Got a problem?” He teased, the red head making a rude gesture with her hand in response.

Aubrey, still next to Sid, but on the opposite side of Kayla, seemed quite entertained, looking over his shoulder towards Casper, bouncing over towards the male, “Not scared, are you, Casper? Worse she can do at this point is claw you, maybe.” He grinned a bit, looking towards Kayla and calling towards her, “Can I go ahead and show Casper and Malakai where they'll be sleeping while they're here? Or do you want to come with?”

[NocturnalROACH]

Kayla smiled like a child who’d just caught a big fish by herself. “Well, too bad for you, ‘cuz that’s what’s gonna happen to you,” she said, teasing Mina. She rested her elbow on Sid’s shoulder, looking at him. “Good job, Sid,” she said and high-fived the man. They seemed to be quite good friends. The black-haired girl cleared her throat and looked around to see if everyone in the group were doing all right, which it seemed like they did.

Casper looked skeptically at the furious woman in front of him. “I’m not closing in on her,” he said to Aubrey. “Not now, not ever. You may still be too young to know, but all women are kind of dangerous. This one in particular, though.” He looked at the younger male and shrugged. Casper had learned his lesson to be careful around women, and especially those with powers. “Claws or fire, she’s just as dangerous either way.”


Kayla listened to the little conversation Aubrey and Casper had. Maybe Aubrey and Casper would be good friends. They seemed to be doing well for now, at least. Upon hearing Aubrey’s question, she turned to him while smiling. “You know me. I want to come with the newcomers. It’s always good to make more friends, right?” she said, then she turned to Sid and Burim. “Sid, Burim, could you take this serpent right here to the cells? Make sure she’s kept a close eye on,” Kayla said to them. Both Sid and Burim nodded, and it didn’t take long before they had disappeared down a hallway together.

Kayla then turned to Malakai and Mireena. She walked over to them in a few steps. “So, Malakai, I got the name right, no? Anyways, Malakai, are you all healed up now? Ready to take the tour?” she said to him with a wink.

[SileceneAlethea]

Glad when that healing process was over, he gingerly touched his nose, feeling the skin healed back smoothly once more, nothing feeling broken or disfigured like it had before, sighing, "Thanks, Mireena." He smiled to her, nodding towards Kayla when she had come walking over with her question. He was healed, and Mina was out of sight. As far as he was concerned, he was doing quite wonderfully.

"Might as well get it done and over with, eh?" Malakai mused, Aubrey having dragged Casper over a bit closer so that he wasn't lurking around the back away from the crowd, the boy hanging on the other's arm, "Well then, let's go!" He announced with a tone of excitement, as if he could barely wait.

Then again, Aubrey seemed like that about almost everything. The newcomers just keeping him in a hyper lively mood worthy of his element.

[NocturnalROACH]

Mireena nodded smiling to Malakai. “You’re welcome,” she said. She knew that she’d done her work and that she was no longer needed among the newcomers, so she made her leave quickly.

Kayla sighed. “Well, the tour isn’t all that bad,” she said to Malakai before Aubrey walked over to them. She looked Casper, trying to make out his age. He looked like he was the oldest one of the four, but his shy behavior pointed the other way. She rarely saw any shy people at all in this clan. She sighed, looking at the youngest male. He was always so full of energy. Kayla herself was more of a calm and relaxed person, so she didn’t really get where Aubrey got all his energy from. Smiling at Aubrey, she answered. “Sure, little spark.”

Casper looked quite shocked when Aubrey dragged him into the group. Casper himself wasn’t a person who was fond of getting too much attention, but the other ones didn’t really seem to mind, so he felt less uncomfortable. He studied Malakai carefully from the bottom up, now finally getting a good look at his face. The healer had done well, that was for sure. Upon hearing Aubrey’s announcement, he looked at the group. So they were four in total. It was a comfortable number.

[SileceneAlethea]

Grinning, Aubrey had taken the lead, tugging Casper along right with him, leaving Malakai to tag along at the rear with Kayla. He was curious about Casper, considering the male had been right there with him ever since that poorly timed meeting in the alley way... though, things seemed to have shifted him closer to Kayla. She was a pretty woman, and Malakai had found it easy to talk with her.

Taking in his new surroundings as Aubrey showed them around, the boy being an excellent guide considering his vibrant and lively nature, "That area," He pointed towards a large building, "Is where you can find most of the entertainment. That's where I like to stay generally." He grinned, turning those wild yellow hues towards Casper, "They have arcades in there, and I'm the reigning camp on the pac-man machine~" He purred proudly, "Those old-school games are hard!" He rambled on, already walking towards their next destination.

The albino chuckling as he repositioned his glasses on his nose, glancing towards Kayla, "So, will I be seeing you around here often?" There was a sort of teasing nature around him, but from his expression it was evident enough that he wanted a serious answer. Considering he was to go into a type of training with Casper, he had somewhat suspected that getting chances to see Kayla would be slim.

Ahead, Aubrey had announced that they had reached their lodging area. It was almost set up like a apartment, from what Malakai could see, and he smiled a little, Aubrey glancing towards Kayla, "Care to fill them in one where the newcomers sleep?"

[NocturnalROACH]

Kayla was walking alongside Malakai, not really paying attention to anything that Aubrey said. She was lost in her own thoughts with a distant look as Aubrey guided the newcomers around. After a while, she gathered her thoughts and went back into reality. Looking at Malakai, she thought of how they should handle him. The best thing to do would be to isolate him from everyone as long as he didn’t know how to control his powers, but then again, they’d totally block him off from everyone else. He needed to interact with the members of the clan, or else he’d be looked on as nothing but danger. She couldn’t help it but smile when Aubrey told them about the entertainment building. She knew very well that he enjoyed going there.

Looking at the albino when he asked his question, she had to think. She wasn’t sure whether she’d see them a lot or not. She rarely saw newcomers after their first arrival, but she was sure she’d pay extra attention to this couple. Not only did they have rare powers, but they also seemed to have the will to become better. “I think I might check on you every now and then, so I’ll probably be seeing you from time to time,” she said, smiling to Malakai. She cleared her throat and looked at Aubrey. “Of course,” she said, smiling. “You’ll be sleeping together in groups of four. We haven’t got a lot of space here, so I’m sorry it s gotta be this way for the recruits,” she said. She was going to tell them about the ranking system, but that’d have to wait for later. “Each apartment shares a bathroom, and each four’s got their own bedrooms. You share a kitchen with 2 other apartments, and the kitchen is down the hall that way,” she said and pointed. “We’ve also got a cantina if you don’t feel like making any food,” she said, smiling. “And Aubrey, do you know what bedrooms are free now? We do have room for them, right?” she asked, smiling at Aubrey. She wanted to keep the mood as light as possible.