The Gifted

[Savi]

Aqua finally opened her eyes when she didn't feel pain, but some one dragging her. She saw two guys and she instantly started to shake in fear. "Who are you? Where am I? What am I doing here?" She realized that maybe they were part of them. Her eyes widened in fear and she started to back away slowly. She pushed her ratty hair out of her face and looked at the two men. She felt so small. She started a small fire next to the one that was not the one named Kyo. She instantly sat on the floor and curled into a ball saying "please don't hurt me. Take what you want. Just please don't hurt me."

[Ebrithil]

Saren's first indicator that his day would end badly was the sirens. He had barely made it half a block towards the two gifted in the street before they began to blare. Instantly Saren's paranoia level increased ten fold. Reaching out even further with his mind Saren sensed a great many gifted all with thoughts of eqaulity, peace, and more than a little frustration and fear. Saren knew about such groups. Several gifted had tried such a protest in his own small town only to be attacked by a mob. in the violence that had insued the 16 gifted involved were all jailed, several had receavied life threatening injuries, but none of the humans had been charged. You didn't have to be psychic to tell that this situation was about to turn sour quick. Pittying the protestors Saren quickly made for a near by abandoned building, having lost sight of the two gifted he had hoped to ask directions from.

Best perk of being psyhic? Instant door key thanks to telekinesis. pressing his hand to the lock and focusing for a moment the lock click and Saren quickly slipped inside. Moving over to a window Saren looked out side to find the situation rapidly deteriorating. as he had suspected the police seemed to have begun blocking of all the streets around the protest. Even worse was the sight of a mob attempting to attack a young women in the middle of the street. Before Saren could even think to help a young guy rushs out and safely removes her from the mob before dissappering back into the building one block down on the other side of the street.
Wonderful. First day in town and not only does he get trapped in the slums due to the protestors and the riot police he also narrowly avoids an angry mob. Sighing he shakes his head.
"what the hell do I do now?" he asks himself. This seemed to be a sort of hurry up and wait scenario.
With a little luck this could all blow over. That the moment of course that he notices the riot police slowly wdging towards the crowd.
"This is not good..." he mutters quite obviously to himself.
"Maybe I can calm them all down?... No, I would probably be more likely to accidently put them in a coma..."
Doom to merely watch, rather than risk making the situation worse Saren stares on with ever growing concern. Just then he spots a hooded figure heading towards the crowd.
"No no no no no. You can't be serious..." any person with even mild psychic abilities, or even sight, could tell this guy ment business in a bad way. like break your knees with a bat and spit your eye kind business. And thats when he heard the first shot. Moments later the hooded fogure became unhooded and through a fire ball right at the riot police... from ten feet in the air. At least the man had style.
After that the shit began to hit than fan in a serious way with guns and fire flying.
"Maybe they won't notice me?" Ya, cause luck has been so good this far.
Worst first day ever.

[Wolverbells]

Jade watched as Kyo began to walk out. Her heart was beating faster than she'd ever thought was possible as she thought of the possible danger. The screams of a girl pierced her ears not even before she was out the door and she jumped back as Kyo ran inside with what was probably the source of it. "You've got some lungs." Jade muttered, watching as the mob of angry pedestrians walked past. "Jerks" was all she said, not wanting to use a more vile word. She took another look at the girl and walked over to her. "Sweet cheeks, no ones going to be hurting you here. Trust me. Plus, I think you could fend yourself off. These boys won't hurt ya." She rolled her eyes and turned to the Psion. "There you are." She mused. She was about to take his mask but the sound of gun shots filled the air, along with people's shouts and screaming. "I guess we're staying put" Jade spoke in a solem voice. Being nervous took a role on her. She let her hair down and began running her hand through it absentmindedly. "We should stay here until sun rise. That, or around midnight, there's another bus coming through here. Ill take you to the station and you guys can leave from there." She sighed and leaned on a wall, letting herself fall slowly down to the floor as she clutched her bag close to her chest. She had made up her mind not to leave to school. Alvarez would have to understand her situation right now. She'd have to start late if possible.

[3Dog]

Kyo watched Aqua curl up into the fetal position on the cold, dank floor and fought back his feelings of disdain. They needed to focus and hide any feelings of weakness, because they were now in the belly of the beast. The sounds of the war between the police and the protesters shook the air itself, chaos and pandemonium wrecking the already devastated streets of the slum.
"We're sitting ducks in here." said Kyo, turning around and resting his forehead against the door, failing to gather his thoughts as they slipped out of his mind like cupped water in the hands. "We have to at least attempt an esca-"
He immediately stopped talking and his eyes snapped open, the voices of the police piquing his interest and inspiring hope. Whatever was going on out there, the riot police were clearly in a state of confusion and disorder.
"Now's our chance! They're getting their asses kicked, come on!" he said, flinging the door open and beckoning them over as he run past the street most of the fighting was taking place on and ducked through a narrow maze of alleyways, searching desperately for the quickest exit.

[Savi]

Aqua's eyes snap open at the sound of "exit". She hopped up, determined to get the hell out of dodge. She got up and followed the guy that dragged her in the house. She mentally faced palm when she realized she just showed weakness. She pushed her hair out of her face and continued running. She just had to get out of there, even though she didn't trust these people. She stumbled a bit when she was running. Yeah, she was a bit clumsy. She started to sweat, but continued running.

[Willard]

Quickly stamping the small flames out with his shoes, Zenith too gazed at the girl below, then up at Kyo and the others.

"So much for our options," he muttered softly before taking off after the group.

The sounds of warfare were rife throughout the streets, some panicked, screaming youths bumping into eachother as they tried to escape the chaos. Ahead, a man was torching the MP's alive, although it was not quite enough to kill them. Instead, it looked as though backup was arriving from further down the road, infantry already disembarking from their Units to join in the fray. It was almost inspiring the way both Humans and Gifted of the slums alike fought back, but their valor was clearly giving way to the military's brute force...

Unsheathing his fixed blade knife from behind his back, Zenith began preperation for a force field to protect the group if need be. However, a sinking feeling told him that there may be more than just rioters and the MPs to contend with.

[Yael Stellarand]

The Man landed gracefully on the ground and took a deep breath as he observed his surroundings. A large number of the riot police was incapacitated on this end,but knowing CPD they probably secured the perimeter in a couple of spots. The Man was thinking about ways in which he could approach the situation in a way that still met his mission objective and still have a little bit of fun. The Man's reflection was cut short by a large boom. The Man looked in the direction of the sound only to be hit with a energy bolt. Rocks and dust scattered everywhere and the few remaining Gifted who were nearby when The Man first started his assault quickly began running for their lives. As the area cleared The Man glared at the assault vehicle with a ferocious intensity, his eyes changing to a bright gold. The coat he was wearing was destroyed in the process revealing The Man's true appearance. His well toned muscular body revealed and covered with a collection of scars each one with a story to tell, some darker than others. "That fuckin hurt." The Man snarled before disappearing using telekinetic force to move his body at an unimaginable speed. The next moment he reappeared in front of the targeting receptical of the tank that shot him and in an instant released enough telekinetic force from above crushing the tank and whoever was inside of it. The Man hopped back several yards before clapping his hands, at that moment, a collection of wreckage was pulled together creating a giant wall that was ment to block the rest of the renforcements. For a while at least.

The Man looked in the near by rubble for a suitable replacement for his coat. While there is a low chance that the Government would allow any media coverage of this shit-show he couldn't take any chances that would both compromise his identity nor his mission, for now. The Man looked on the ground and found the UGLF flag from earlier, despite its torn condition he wrapped the flag around his lower face and shoulder. At this point he looked like a battle damaged war hero with an extravagant cape arching behind him in the wind surrounded by smoke and fire. The Man hopped on the highest piece of rubble that he could find and yelled."If you are looking to escape this hell-hole head to the east! I'll crush anything that gets in our way!" He looked down at his hand and smiled,it was curled up into a tight fist. Not a fist one would use to protect the weak, but one that basked and carnage and found meaning through chaos.

The Man slid down his makeshift podium and began walking towards the east side of town where he figured thats where the weakest fortification would be, he had no intel on the matter just his instinct. The Man did not need to look back to know that the remnants of the protest were begining to follow him like a wolf leading a pack of dogs through the depths of hell. . .

[Savi]

Aqua stopped and notice a guy standing near the riot. She looked at the man fighting off the riot, but thought better as to going after him. She, instead, went over to the boy behind the riot. She looked over at the mob of people and decided to get him with the destraction. She jogged over to him and said in a hushed tone "come on. We need to get outa here." She grabbed his wrist and hoped he got the message. She started to run, dragging him with her.

[Wolverbells]

Jade sat with her eyes closed, thinking of what was best to do when the sound of Kyo shouting startled her. "What the hell..." She shot up and sprinted right out of the door after Kyo and the girl. She could see the people fighting against the soldiers and instinctively wanted to go help them, but it was for the best of her family. She made her way around the people, and through the rubble after the group. Luckily, she'd never had issues running long distances, so she could keep this up for a few miles. The sudden stop of Aqua made Jade stop and turn as well. Her eyes widened as she gasped. "What are you doing?!" She hissed at her. Jade ran towards her and smacked her hand off of the man. "You can't go around grabbing people like that! Not around here! Especially people like him!" Jude's voice was as cold as ice as she scolded Aqua while they began running back to the group. "If you want to be a hero, be prepared to face the consequences by yourself." Jade looked ahead of her and sped up, catching up to Kyo and Zenith in a second. "Coming up four way, turn right!" She shouted at them, knowing they'd want to get on a bus as soon as possible.

[3Dog]

Kyo slowed down his dash and turned right sharply, listening carefully so that he was able to follow Jade's instructions for the next direction. Unfortunately, before they could get to that point, he broke his run completely and flung his arm out to the side, an indication for the others to stop. They had almost reached the exit but, predictably, the riot police had got there before them and had their guns trained on them. Their complete motionless was startling.
"Gifted?" came the voice of the leader from the other side as he walked towards them, the others in tow.
"No." lied Kyo unconvincingly.
"No?" repeated the leader, looking around at his fellow guards as he laughed. "You hear that boys? He says no. Alright then, kid... Prove it."
The leader raised his gun and locked the laser dot sight right in the centre of Zenith's forehead, pulling the trigger with sadistic glee.