Titans Reborn - Year One (IC) CLOSED

[AgniSpirit]

Jump City was a strange place. Though it had a considerably less amount of people than Jakarta, it held a sort of darkness that her home city could not even match. Maybe she was freaked out because she was a foreigner to not just a new city, but a new country. or maybe it was because of the infamy that the city has built up over the years that made her so wary. Either way, every time she moved through Jump City at night, she always felt a chill go up her spine whenever a person even glanced at her. Funny, she was more afraid of real people rather than the spirits that lurked through the concrete jungle.

And there were a good amount of spirits floating around Jump City. From unborn babies who couldn't find their way to the afterlife to revenge-seeking murder victims determined to haunt their attackers forever, Chai could see them all. Luckily for her, most spirits ignored her presence, unaware that she could see them. It wasn't like in Jakarta where all the spirits were aware of the power of the bomoh and constantly required her assistance in their hauntings or final wishes. It really was a nice change of pace, especially since she needed all her attention on her mission.

Suddenly sensing a nearby presence heading her way, Chailai looked up from her phone and saw the spirit of a little girl no older than five years old wearing a ragged Sunday dress burnt at the hem. Her short brown hair was also burnt at the edges. From their previous conversation, the girl had died in a house fire a while back and did not wish to leave the human world until her grieving mother finally found peace.

"Did you find anything?" Chai asked. The little girl shook her head. The blond frowned and sighed.

"Alright, thank you for trying." The spirit nodded, but did not leave her place.

"Don't worry, I'll go find your mother and give her your message. I promise." Chai finally said. The girl smiled and nodded again, floating away to go back to her mother's side while leaving the Indonesian girl to her thoughts. She didn't want to admit it in front of the spirit, but she was aggravated. A month had passed since she had arrived in Jump City and there was still no sign of her target. She didn't want to blame her help (it obviously wasn't their fault) but she was getting irritated by the lack of progress. Back home, it would only take her a few days to find someone, here it took forever. Maybe it was because she didn't know the area as well.

Deciding there was no point in complaining, Chai stood up and dusted off her pants. She had been sitting far too long in the park and it was starting to get late. She wanted to get back to her hotel room as fast as possible. Tomorrow, she should start looking for an apartment. It was obvious she'd be in Jump City longer than expected.

A collection of scratching noises surprised her as she looked down at the little jars that hung around her waist. Invisible to the normal human eye, her five pelesit spirits were in their cricket forms and scratching the walls of their glass containers. From the looks of it, they were warning her about something, but what?

Gunshots rang behind her and Chai spun around to see a war zone at the far end of the park. People were running away from a group of blue-armored individuals who were shooting at anything that moved. Before she could even utter a word of shock, a blast of light came towards her. She screamed as she instinctively summoned two spirits, creating a shield of spiritual energy before the laser could hit her. The blast hit her spirits square on, protecting her but still pushing her backwards into the grass.

She hit the ground hard and she let out a pained moan, rubbing her sore bottom when the tiny squeals of her spirits brought her attention back to the matter at hand. She looked up to see a lone armored man readying another blast from his cannon arm. Chai scrambled up and narrowly dodged the second blast as it scorched the area where she had just been sitting.

"Go!" She shouted as she sent out one of her pelesit spirits. The green, cricket-like spirit zoomed through the air and entered the armor of her attacker while Chai prayed it worked. If these damn things were robots, she had no idea what she'd do. But to her surprise, the armored man's head began shaking side to side uncontrollably as his arms began to flail about. The blond smiled at her success but soon shrieked when the armored man started shooting lasers again, this time without any sense of direction.

"Time to leave." She called to her other spirit still hanging by her side and she soon ran towards the closest exit out of the park. Running past the rusted iron gates, Chai made her way across the streets before turning back around. From a distance, she should see the armored man still possessed by her spirit, blasting away with no control. She made a hand gesture in the direction of the armored man, as if motioning it to come towards her. Immediately, her spirit flew out of his body and back to her side. Chai then turned back and started running again, not curious as to how her attacker was doing.

Running down the street for a few moments while ignoring the screams behind her, she spun a corner and came face to face with two armored individuals seemingly locked in combat. One of men, who was in the same armor as the guy who had attacked her, was charging at a man in black armor holding a sword. Deciding at that instant that the one in black armor was just in much trouble as she was, she quickly sent her spirit into the stampeding man. The effects of the possession were instantaneous as the armored man started swaying and changing direction, colliding with the brick wall on her left. He didn't seem fazed as he spun around ready to shoot his laser but looking around, as if confused.

"He's blind! Hurry up and finish him!" She shouted at the man in black armor.

[MysT3CH]

Having braced and readied himself for a third and hopefully final round with the 'Insectdriod', Dirge found himself standing upright and relaxing prior to blinking in disbelief beneath
his mask. Attentively, he watched as his opponent suddenly lost control and slammed into several cars and signs, causing them to sprawl into the street and further add to the chaotic scene. As it fired off a random series of shots in a panic, the vigilante*was forced to side-step a blast before tackling a middle aged woman out of the trajectory of another beam. Though she imediately clung to him out of fear, he was quick to discard her and push himself back onto his feet. It wasn't until a dark skinned girl looking to be about his age spoke, that he was able to put together what had just took place. Though angered at the result of her actions, Avis knew that she*was correct,*thus once again readied his blade.*

Once within a meter of the Insectdriod, Avis ducked, bobbed and weaved around it's frantic limbs before finally raising his arms. Activating the vibration function of his blade as he brought it down upon the hand canon, Dirge then continued to move. Juking and shuffling around it as he expertly sliced through it's joints as to leave it crippled but still active. With a sigh, Dirge continued to looked towards the girl, spotting his gun on the way, and began to move towards her. Brushing away the mass of questions littering his brain as he begun a angery tirade.

"The hell are you trying to do??!! Get someone killed?!!" He lowered his voice as he drew closer and holstered his pistol. Briefly pausing at a thought as he considered the girl before him, and whether or not she could be trusted. It was evident she had some sort of powers, but until he could decifer her motives, he would have to play it safe. Hence, it was only after a sigh, that he continued. "Dirge, thanks for the... save. But maybe next time, a little more restraint?" With his sword, Avis pointed to another of the attackers. Implying that it would be his next target. "Care to dance?" With his voice distorted by his mask's venting system, his words held a near robotic tone. While she wouldn't be able to see it, he smiled at her as he bowed and offered his free hand in a gentlemanly way.*

[AgniSpirit]

Chai was taken aback by the other armored man's sudden angry shout. Sure, she hadn't expected the possession of the blue armored man to cause so much damage but at least she was able to make an opening! "I was obviously helping you out." She replied just as angrily while he walked towards her, grabbing his gun off the ground as he got closer. She readied herself for another argument but instead, she heard the robotic voice in a much softer and less irritated tone give her a thanks and what she assumed was his name. "No problem." She replied in an unsure tone, "I'm... Sihir. And for the record, I don't have any control over anyone when their possessed." After her response, she followed the masked man's sword as he pointed to a new blue armored enemy coming towards them.

"Care to dance?" His question made her blink in surprise once more. Earlier, Chai was wondering if this man was a robot or a human, but from the way he moved and acted made her leaned towards her first choice. Considering her options, she smiled and took his hand. "Alright, but allow me to start." She said as she twirled under his arm with her free hand stretched out. After a half-turn, she flicked her hand towards the attacker and sent one of her spirits towards the enemy before it could pull out a weapon. Immediately, the blue armored man began convulsing wildly. She faced the armored gentleman with a flirty smirk. "Your move Dirge."

[XxSkittlezxX]

Ali, who had previously been a panicked mess, had managed to calm herself as it seemed things would slowly fall into place. She had quickly faded into the background from the disagreement the two in a conscious effort to remain neutral. However, Ali gave Red X a look of curiosi as he deemed them mediocre. Her abilities were being compared to "party tricks" while he ran about chasing "bad guys". She didn't feel as though she were the bigger entertainer. Besides, she had thought that surely he could have understood where the two were coming from.

But, the most perplexing was his last comment: "That being said, don't expect me to be taking my mask off for you anytime soon.". In a flash, he sliced through his own trap and Ali was released.

Ali was startled but glad to be rid of the contraption. "Neat set," she commented dryly as she rubbed at her skin, where she'd been pinned. It hadn't hurt, really, but there was no denying that it wasn't exactly comfortable. Finally, she looked back up to Red X and become as blunt as she ever did. "So where does this put us?" she questioned, unsure of how to take Red X and if all was well. Maybe they couldn't be a team just yet, but at least acquaintances could be helpful.