"Of course I want to protect my sister. Above all else. But I also want to protect my friends. And right now, at a time like this, shouldn't we all be friends?" Oliver said. He ignored the other questions. She was right...

> ((Sorry if I'm coming off as harsh. Heat of the moment stuff. XD)) > > "I wasn't thinking about it fully until now," she says. She shakes her head. "But you don't see the weakness. You just want to protect your sister. If they threatened to hurt her, how fast would you turn on us? If she was captured, how many of us would you turn over to get her back?" Ice knows she sounds harsh, but she just wants him to see the reality of them staying put and fighting. He needs to learn the difference between surviving and actually fighting. "How will she get captured if we're holed up in a safe house, only leaving to hunt, attack them, and salvage? How many of us will they have to go through before they get to the kids, and how many of them will the kids go through before they catch them?"

Ice grits her teeth, clenches her fists and counts to ten. She takes a deep, shaky breath, and says, "Fine. Do whatever. I'll be fine with whatever you all choose." She leans back against a tree, sulking, but as soon as her back touches the tree, it suddenly gets covered with ice. She leaps away, realizing it's the tree that the guy is in. --- Suddenly, the tree gets icy and Gideon slips. He falls down from the branch and lands directly in the middle of the ground. His head slams against the ground and he lets out a gasp of pain.

Sam and the other Blades raised their guns when they heard movement. She felt a headache start to come in and lowered her gun for some reason. But the others raised still had their guns raised and pointing at a direction where they heard the movement. Sam felt kind of grumpy since they still didn't let her have more guns like the others which was really no fair. Right when she was about to say 'Lets go back no one is here', the new Blade shot at a tree accidentally pulling the trigger. Which made a noise echo in the forest and made Samantha curse under her breath. "Rick seriously......Now I'm sure some of them heard it. Everyone go in different directions and kill if you find one." She said looking at all 5 of the Blades before they all ran silently in different directions while their guns still raised. Sam knew some of them wont survive but she hoped they will.

Haru jumped at the sound of the gunshot and the boy that fell out of the tree. "That's not good." She said looking around. "Haru's making a point. If we can't settle our problems now we will all die also icy trees are icy." Aki said as she stepped out of the bush with Haru right behind her.

Oliver smiled at her comment about the tree before spinning around with a few glowing stones. "Was the explosion really that loud?" He said. Everyone is here... "And you would be?"

When the gunshot rang through the air Melanie jumped and said "This is going to be a problem." she created a knife with the same technique she used earlier and almost crumpled to the ground, she stood up though, _I'm fine._

Ice whips around, looking toward the sound of the gun. "Anyone else hear that?" --- Gideon looks at Oliver and nods to him. His mouth does not move, but words can be heard among the ground. **_My name is Gideon._**

"I heard that" Oliver said. It was quite a bit away. "First things first though." He added looking at Gideon. "How did you do that? What's your powers? And what are you doing?"

"I heard it." Haru said storm clouds started to build up around her. She was scared.

> "I heard that" Oliver said. It was quite a bit away. "First things first though." He added looking at Gideon. "How did you do that? What's your powers? And what are you doing?" Gideon stays silent, but he obeys with what Oliver has asked of him. He carefully draws off his shirt and it is now noticeable of two buckles across his chest. He unbuckles them and steps back. A pair of large, black wings now shoot out from back behind him and show off his eighteen foot wingspan. He looks at Oliver. **_I have no powers, but my telepathy. I am silently more reflexive than the average human. These wings are my curse._**

Oliver inspects his wings. "They can't be that much of a curse" he says. He sees he has a bow. "You have a bow and arrows? You remind me of a guy I once knew in New York" he says. (Sorry :P I had to)

((Of course you did and now I have to)) Gideon nods, holding out his metal bow and arrows. He also draws out a pair of knives. **_I made the bow and arrows myself and I got the knives from a friend. A woman that your friend might have known. She also lives in New York. Her name... well no one really knew her real name. But I knew her as 'Captain'._** He smiles at Oliver. --- "Oliver, you may want to wrap up," Ice says. She's worried about the Blades finding them.

Oliver nods. "He mentioned her a few times. It's a real shame what happened to him" he said sorrowfully. (A little teaser) Oliver hears Ice. "You're right. Look, Aki, Haru, are you coming or not. We're heading to a safe house"

((Oh, that's not fair... :P Also, after this, Gideon won't be talking much. He's supposed to be a mute.)) Ice nods and her entire forearms become covered in ice. She says, "Hey, new guy, stay by me." Gideon looks at her and nods and sheathes his knives before walking back to stand by her. He draws his bow, notches an arrow in it, and raises it to his eye, scanning the area for any Blades. His wings curl down by his sides, almost to where the tips are brushing the forest floor. He scans around. Those Blades would have to be close.

Samantha felt a headache kick in once again making her groan. She put her hands to her head when she felt a thought invade her mind: It was the newbie-Rick- running and tripping on a stem of a tree which made him- Sam saw nothing else but she knew it was another gunshot when she heard another one echo in the forest. She cringed a bit when she heard it then murmured "Yup, Rick is sincerely going to get us all killed." Shuttering from the thought, she stood up and ran to find her teammates.

"Yea we'll come with." Haru said before Aki could say anything. She was done with her sister making choices for her.

He turns to Maxwell. "What about you?"

Philip slipped his mask on and hid himself. "Just tell me which one, and I'll lead you there. And Gideon," he said, throwing the kid some Tylenol for his headache, "can you track people with your telepathy or do I need to be visible for this?" --- Justin looked up as he heard the shot. "They're getting close. We need to leave. Come one, Midnight. I'll lead you to one of my friend's safe houses. I'm sure he won't mind. Mr. Hitler here can follow if he wants." --- Dr. Patel looked up from his computer screen as the radio on the desk reported shots fired. "What the hell?" he said in a slightly British accent. "I ordered all patrols to return to base." He picked up the radio and called the squadron. "Ok, who's the guy that violated my orders. Report in." --- Susan was surprised when the off duty man she had just brought a drink to was more intent on talking to someone over the radio that talking to the woman across from him. *Something's happening.* she thought before touching the man's arm to get his attention. "Something wrong, Sugar?" "Nothing to concern yourself with." he said. "Now how 'bout you go get yourself a drink and tell me about yourself."

Samantha almost jumped when she heard her caller go off on her ear and pressed the button. She took a while then finally spoke, "The newbie. Rick." She said his name but was still running but very quietly. *Oh no. Rick is a dead man for sure*, she thought as she found only 4 of the teammates and was missing Rick. So she said into the caller, "And the problem is, now we can't find him. And we are sure that the Outcasts here have heard it." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Midnight tensed up when she heard gun shots go off and nodded her head, "Lets go then." She had a straight face on but her eyes were filled with fear.