Suddenly, Eva's captor left her behind, not forgetting to threaten her before leaving. As if she could do a thing to escape in a sunny car with her hands helplessly locked behind her back! She slumped back in her seat, glancing at the officers pointing their guns are her from outside. She was such a pitiful excuse for Gifted!

By the sounds of things, another of her kind had approached. But what did that matter? No one was going to be able to challenge all these officers at once and live. Either the newcomer would die or join her. There was no point in hoping to be rescued. None whatsoever.

The only relief was that the absence of the Warden meant she could allow her tears to flow down her cheeks without having to talk about it. At first, it was her intention to do so discretely, but tears quickly turned into sobs, which were accompanied by pitiful whimpering. She was going to end up in an even worse hell than she had been in back at home, and there was nothing she could do about it! Or perhaps she would be killed for not knowing enough to satisfy the Warden... in either case, her life was over.

Finn Lockhart
@Inertia@TheDarkTemplar@PhoebeCarlisle@Liocalset@Ace of flames01
Finn had been sitting on the couch when they had come to his door. He was in the living room watching T.V. and he'd heard the knock on the door. Lucy had come out of her room, dressed in sweats, her red hair pulled into a ponytail. They were both waiting for their parents to come home. He remembered the look on Lucy's face when she had turned to him. She'd seen the police officers through the window, standing here with that somber look that signaled the coming of bad news. He saw her face and he cautiously walked to her as she opened the door. "Are you Lucy Lockhart?" the first officer, Officer Jakobs, had asked his sister. His partner had cast Finn an apologetic look when he saw the confusion on his face.

Lucy and Finn had slept in their parent's bed that night. It was a big, white four poser bed, with curtains and everything. All Finn had noticed was that it smelled like them. The next day was the hardest. The triplets, Derek, George, and Alex, had walked into the kitchen expecting to find their dad at the stove cooking pancakes, and their mom making hot chocolate. That's how their mornings had always started. Instead they found their older siblings trying not to cry.

All Finn could think about were those two days. The last time the D.M.A. had taken someone he loved. He knew they couldn't have died in a car crash. He just could feel it in his gut. But now it was happening again. He was vaguely aware of Cole talking and himself nodding his head in agreement, but deep inside, he was reliving his worst memories. They flashed in front of him, filling him with fear for what might happen to his best friend. She's strong. Stronger then them that's for sure. She's probably giving them hell right now.

Jessica Thompson
@TheDarkTemplar
And hell was exactly what Jessica was giving. "I'm not scared of you. I mean sure you could kill me, but you won't. Because I'm valuable. I work with the Conclave. I know where tons of Gifted live, work, and even hang out. So you won't kill me. So I would really like those Goldfish and lemonade right about now. So be a dear and go fetch those will you?" Jessica said, oozing with condescension. She was working to push this girl's buttons, find out what made her tick. If she could exploit that before her kidnapper got back to begin the interrogation, she might even be able to get out of this pop stand. I'm going to get myself killed. I'm pushing this lady too hard. She's gonna snap. Oh no she won't. She's weak Jessica thought, fighting with herself. Been in captivity for barely an hour and I'm already losing it. Finn better get his ass here quick before I go full blown Norman Bates

John nodded to Cia when she told him about taking the bus over to where her friends were, and as they left that same young girl that had talked to him earlier stood and watched them go. John had waved goodbye to her, yet she didn't wave back and simply turned and walked off. He then stayed quiet for most of the way to the bar, thinking about the conversation he had with that young girl. I'm doing the right thing...I know it. He thought to himself as he held the new ice bag up to his head. When they arrived at the bar and Cia got off the bus, John followed, and as they approached the door he tore the bandage off of his eye and tossed the combination of gauze and patty meat to the side. He continued to try and rub his eye clean with his sleeve while Cia announced their arrival.

Once his eye was cleaned to his satisfaction, he noticed just how many people were in the bar. And one of them seemed quite angry, to no great surprise. "You know how to get us in?" Said the angry man, to which John simply lowered the bag of ice down from his head to rest at his side. "I can tell that's not all you want to say, you know..." John stated before glancing at Cia. "But I doubt your anger compares to her's." He added with a smirk, though you could tell in his eyes that he was nervous and even somewhat scared.

"But to your question; no, I don't know how to get you in just yet. But when Miss Cia here 'bargained' for information, 'we' came up with the plan to send me in to map the place out first. Security at the blacksite will be tight, but until now I've never really paid it all that much attention. There's that, and I need to locate your friend using my gift...I don't know where they're keeping her inside, or if she's even still there in that building." John explained, raising the bag of ice back up to his head. "But my gift needs my mind to be clear, and due to a certain someone I'm experiencing some pain all over my cranium...but I do feel as though I might be well enough to try. I'll need something to search for...specifically...I can locate Gifted, but I need to know something about them in order to tell them apart from the crowd. I know what she looks like, but that's not good enough...I should think...something or someone of importance to her might help me. I have telepathy, but with it I can only see images, visions, and memories. I need something to search for..."

Tagged; @TheDarkTemplar - Cole, @smarty0114 - Finn, @PhoebeCarlisle - Theo, @Liocalset - Car-tali, [@ArkmageddonCat[ - John.

Fortunately, Cole managed to not kill the agent who entered, albeit his veins blackened with anger yet again. He also gave a speech towards Finn, who's face distorted to a mix of anger and worry. "Must really care about here, huh?" he whispered. He also noticed that Finn was out of it, he was just nodding unmindfully and had a blank stare. Seth placed his right hand in-front of him and snapped his fingers twice in quick succession, "Earth to Finn, you alright?" he asked, then he began shaking him. Slowly at first but then accidentally shook him with his gift, shaking him really fast "Oh, uh oops, sorry about that. You okay now?"

The situation with the Agent of the DMA was surprising at best, Seth thought they were more careful and sneaky little rats with a strong front. Though this particular agent was rather compliant, almost too compliant to the point where Seth started doubting him, but kept his lid shut for now- but he knows that he will be watching this John fellow rather closely. He also raised an eyebrow to the odd request of said Agent, he then pats Finn's back and gently shoved him towards the agent, "Well, Finn would probably know of that 'something', they're quite close."

Tag:@smarty0114@TheDarkTemplar@Liocalset@Inertia

Ace heeded Cole's warning carefully. She knew very well what she was getting into and that she may not make it out alive but she sure as wasn't gonna go down with out a fight.

"Sounds like I'll really need to get that new lighter.... Maybe I should get 2 or 3... Okay. Can we hold off the invasion for an hour? I know a Gifted who supplies other Gifted with tools to aid in using their gifts. He is especially fond of those who are against the DMA. He's a little shady but he's reliable and keeps his mouth shut. He also gives out his products for a relatively cheap price. Anybody want to come with?" Ace asked looking at the others. She knew that the Gifted here had no reason to believe or trust her and were suspicious of her motives but she hoped that at least one of the Gifted believed that her reason for helping them was pure.

Trazi was barely down the street when she finally noticed all the cops, but what caught her attention was the Gifted. She didn't need to see the eyes to know that there was a Gifted in front of her or two really. Though she felt herself stiffen as one that wasn't in the back seat of the car, began to walk towards her.

"I'm not moving." She said rather sarcastically as she lifted her arms in the air and waited for the woman holding the gun to come closer. She had to think quick, she was in no mood to get shot. She was sure though that this person, and the fact that there was a ton of cops around, worked for the DMA. As they would never give a gun to a Gifted if they weren't an some sort of leash.

"You are a Gifted..... DMA?" She paused for a moment as the woman came close enough to just make out the difference of her eyes. "I can help, I know where a bunch of gifted are..... See I can sense other gifted, I can also tell when others are lying.... So I would avoid lying to me." She said coolly, not afraid of the gun pulled on her. She had many guns pulled on her when she ran the street, so this no different. Well other than there was cops around and no way out, that didn't involve getting shot or taken in.

She waited for the woman to either shoot her or become intrigued and take her offer of help. Trazi knew her gift would was desired by the DMA, and as far as she knew, no one else had the gift to tell who was lying or not telling the whole truth. But one she wasn't going to mention was her ability to tell who had a higher chance of having a Gifted child. She knew what would happen then and it would killer her, but luckily she could lie and she was rather good.

Finn Lockhart
@Inertia@TheDarkTemplar@PhoebeCarlisle@Liocalset@Ace of flames01@ArkmageddonCat@Cuccoruler
Finn snapped back to reality as Seth shook him back to Earth with his powers. He gave Seth a thankful look, grateful that someone had brought him back. He needed to be present for this. The Hunter that Cia had captured mentioned that he needed someone or something to help him get a lock on Jessica. Seth pushed him forward. He nodded at the Hunter. "I'm probably the closest person to her. She's my bestfriend. If I'm not the someone that would work then I don't know who is," he said, his tone devoid of emotion. He sized the Hunter up. This guy had had a hand in taking her. He'd helped. Every cell in his body was burning with the desire to slam a fist into the side of his head but he resisted. Instead he settled on a threat. "Hopefully, knowing that she's my bestfriend you're aware, if she dies, I will personally see to your death. Just because I'm being amicable now doesn't mean I don't know what role you played in all this. Now tell me what you need me to do," Finn said, glaring at John.

@smarty0114@ArkmageddonCat@Inertia@Ace of flames01@my Lalia

Noore may have been new to the DMA but she wasn't stupid. She crossed her arms as she sat once again in Pariah's chair, "Well you didn't come forward with names as soon as we started talking. I haven't been at this long but I'd guess that means your not the betraying type. Pariah might be able to get you to talk but from what I've seen of her. You'll just die before you say anything. I don't know if I were you I'd just tell Pariah everything when she gets back. If she let's you go then you could try to relocate your friends". Noore was congratulating herself on the inside but she knew that Pariah wouldn't let this girl go. "You said you wanted lemonade right? We don't have that but what about water?", Noore ran off somewhere and quickly came back with a glass of water with a straw in it. Noore held it up to Jessica's head so she could grab the straw with her lips. "And to think you insulted me while I'm here holding your water...what no apology?", Noore shook her head as she waited for Jessica to finish drinking.

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Cole nodded without a word after hearing John's explanation. "Alright then, you and Finn get to work on that. Cia, Seth, hold down the bar and make sure this guy doesn't try anything. If he does, you know what to do. Car-tali, you're coming with me to get those weapons with her. Alright everyone we have our jobs let's get to it. We leave as soon as everything is ready".

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This was different, Pariah had never encountered a meta who willingly helped the DMA. She lowered her rifle just enough that the iron rights were no longer in her face. "You want to help kill your kind?", this whole situation was suspicious and Pariah was ,for the first time in a long time, unsure of what to do. If this meta had information and wasnt bullshitting her then she'd be very useful, hell maybe even a Warden one day though the thought of that irritated her slightly. She waved for another cop to come by and hand her a pair of handcuffs. At this rate she was going to be making more captures than kills. She waved them in front of Trazi before saying, If you want to help I need your name, date of birth, and I need you to put these on".

Cia smiled as she got closer to John. "Don't worry if he acts out I'll take care of him! He's my capture after all." Cia said as her chest touched his back a bit as her sweater sleeves went on his chest. Cia was being protective of John. If anything Cia trusted him the most because she believed that she had the most power over him. After Cia showed how protective she was of John she headed towards the back of the bar where she had kept a few things. Cia turned as the two left to go get weapons. "Bring me back two bowling balls while your at it! And you should get masks too!" Cia said to Cole and the others as they went to get weapons.

If they were going after Jessica tonight then she would need a few things other than the bowling balls. One of them was a box of two mannequin arms that she had used in the past when she went after the DMA in the past to help disguise herself. There was also an old mask in the box as well, it was a rather simple looking mask with white on one side and black on the other. The eyes were also different colors, each black and white that contrasted to the color on each side. She later came back with the box floating in front of her. She placed it on the counter and sat on a stool to watch John do his work. She had a frying pan next to her as well in-case he misbehaved.

Tag: @TheDarkTemplar@smarty0114

Ace felt a rush of relief when she heard Cole say that he and one other young man whom went by the name, Car-Taili, would come with her. Judging from Cole's personality and the way he spoke to the others, Ace automatically assumed that Cole was the leader of this brigade and without question obeyed by following him to his car. Ace decided that it would be better if she sat in the back and did according so and buckled the seat belt. She placed her hands on her lap and looked down at her feet. To be honest, she didn't enjoy the thought of having to go get supplies. Mainly because the place was located at the bad part of town where all the low down crooks, criminals, thugs, thieves, and drunken low lives liked to hang out. The people that lived there weren't the greatest of people either. In fact most people there were homeless.

"Um... We need to head to the shanty town that's a few miles east of here... And when we get their; I would just be quiet and not talk to anyone... I don't want to get into trouble or start any fights..." Ace replied hesitantly. When speaking to Cole; Ace felt intimidated, not only by the fact that he had higher authority over her but also by the fact that Ace had no idea of what Cole's gift might be, so Ace decided to keep quiet for the most part.

Tagged; @PhoebeCarlisle - Theo, @ArkmageddonCat - John. @Cuccoruler - Cia

As cole had asked him ever so lovingly to watch the agent, Seth just said, "Alright boss." She glanced at the girl who managed to catch the rather suspicious agent, he promptly walked up to her and held a hand out, "Hey, nice catch- big fish, amazing what you did!" he said, not knowing her arms weren't really there "My name is Seth, and yours?" he continued, thinking about her rather showy use of powers She really doesn't mind showing off to much of her powers infront of this guy huh.

Getting up with a stretch, the crack of his stagnant bones broke the tranquil air, he looked around at the rather gloomy bar, the place wasn't the same without its lively and frequent drunkards and well- gifted, the usual flirting and bated breaths, in watching and interacting with the ladies of the bar was the usual. But today, the creak of the floorboards with each footstep against the deafening silence rather perturbed Seth, he wasn't really the type of guy to embrace silence, so he decided to break the emptiness, "Well I'm feeling rather peckish." he said, attempting to shatter the piercing stillness, "Hm, well would you two- well rather three of you like something to eat or drink, yes even you shady agent, I'm not quite horrid enough starve someone- I'm gonna make something at the back, so if you wish I could get you something."

HAs soon as everyone was in the car Cole drove off out of the parking lot. He had heard what the girl had said and smirked slightly. "Good idea, don't want any undue attention before we get the weapons", Cole looked in the rear view mirror to see Ace look down with a look on her face which got him worried slightly. "You know I never got your name", he said waiting for a response. Besides the fact that he needed to get her name Cole wanted to ease whatever as bothering Ace through conversation.

Ace paused before responding, then hesitantly replied, "My name is Ace... At least... That was the name my parents gave me..." She looked up at the rear view mirror before she continued, "And you? What's your name?"
Though prior to responding to Cole's question she noted what he said about not causing trouble and pondered on it. She was still worried about the fact that the chance of a fight were high not because of her companions but because of the people that lived there. However, the only thing she could do now was wait and see what may happen.

"Cole Harland, and this silent guy over here is Car-tali. Ex-Warden", Cole shot Car-tali a look to remind him that even though they were working together that he was still suspicious of him.

Car-tali was still thinking of this plan and the possibility of defeat at the hands of Mallory. Then he heard Coles remark. "Cole I think it would be best if you don't go around mentioning that I am an Ex-Warden because as soon as you do to the wrong person were screwed. Oh and Ace I am pleased to meet you. So Cole do you have a plan when we get to your friend or are we going in guns blazing because chances are, that friend is being held by a Warden and there are going to be casualties unless were careful."

"Relax I know when to talk about certain things. You on the other hand, you need to know how to talk with inspiration in your voice. If you must know I do have a plan, the DMA guy, what's his name? John, we send him in first. They won't shoot their own, once he's in he'll cut the feeds to to security cams. With the guns we'll get, thanks to Ace, we can take out the guards watching the entrances. That's if we have suppressors, if not we ghost them all the same. We'll still have the advantage of them not knowing where we are they'll just know we're in. The details of once we're inside I'll explain back at base but right now just know it involves killing every DMA agent in there. Once we do that we spring Jessica, escape any pursuing DMA, hide out at the base, then go after Mallory"

"I planned on having surperssors on my weapons anyway and I can use my powers in stealth situations very commendably it was apart of my training. Besides I said there were going to be casualties on which side I didnt specify. You do understand that if we kill them we will be playing into thier game proving that the Gifted are dangerous."

"The MRF's been killing for years now, I don't think it matters anymore"

Ace quietly listened in to Car-Taili and Cole's conversation while looking out the window. They were close to their destination now. She finally replied, "We're getting close... from here on out we have to be quiet and not speak to anyone... The people here aren't exactly the friendliest of people to outsiders like us... To be honest, I try to avoid coming here as much as I can..."
Ace could see the first few buildings of the shantytown coming into view. "Oh boy... Here goes nothing..." She thought to herself trying to hide her nervousness as they pulled into the town.

Cole noticed the change in building appearance as well as they approached the shanty town. Hearing Ace talk about the people here as he looked at the area Cole couldn't help but feel like trouble was bound to happen. "I don't blame you for staying away from this place. Looks like the people here are more likely to kill us than help us. Alright when we get there everyone stay close and keep your head down. Bastards'll probably start a fight if you so much as look at them".

"I won't deny the fact that it has happened in the past, a few times actually. But that's not important right now. We're here." Ace replied grimly as she noticed an old, rust sign that said "Jack's Craft Shack- Home to all of your Gifted needs. (Now Hiring)". The car slowed to a halt in front of the old building that was practically falling apar, it was covered in graffit, vomit, trash, and blood stains. Ace shivered before unbuckling and stepped out of the car then looked up at the sign.
Ace sighed, "Jesus.... This place never changes... Well! Here we are, boys! This place has got nearly everything a Gifted could ask for! And it's fairly cheap too, not just that but the products are in good shape also."

"I hope you're right, the sooner we get out of here the better", Cole replied as he looked around the outside. There was a guy down the street who looked as if he was selling something but what it was exactly Cole didn't care to know. "Alright let's just get inside", Cole pushed open the door to Jack's Craft Shack and once inside he knew what this place was. It was the kind of place you'd get "gifted power amps" and other bullshit items. Of course that was for the unsuspecting customer. For those who knew this place for real they'd have almost everything you'd need. Hopefully for a cheap price.

"Hopefully they have what I want. Usually I get my stuff from DMA convoys but I suppose we dont have that luxury. So Ace how do you know this guy, you seem rather nice for this part of town."

Ace had a bitter look in her eyes in response to Car-Taili's question and hesitated before replying. "... This guy raised me for the past 6 years.... And was a better father figure than my real dad..." She said as she entered the store. Ace walked over to the counter and rung the bell on the counter.
"One minute!!!" A voice called from one of the nooks and crannies of the store's maze like structure. A few moments later a fairly muscular, middle aged man with a 5 o'clock shadow appeared from behind one of the many shelves. As soon as he caught sight of Ace his face lit up. "Ace! How yah doin' sweet heart? I haven't seen you in weeks! Why don't you ever stop by anymore?" He replied.
"You know why I don't visit this place." Ace said bitterly.
For a moment the man looked distraught but then noticed the 2 young men behind Ace and regained his composure and smiled. "I see you have made some friends. Well? Aren't you going to introduce me?"
Ace nodde. "Guys this is Jack, hence the name of the shop, he is the owner of this establishment and the guy who raised me and taught me how to use my gift. Jack this is Cole and Car-Tali, they are some acquaintances that are planning to raid the DMA to retrieve a friend of theirs."
"I see... Well then! What can I do yah for?"

Cole stepped up to the counter as he glanced at the multitude of shelves stocked with various equipment for both human and gifted. "All of this through legal means of course", he thought o himself before finally facing Jack. "I need an M4X rifle with suppressor attachment, armor piercing rounds, forward grip, holo sight, and extended mags. Gunna need a sidearm too, AR-k shotgun with forward grip and barrel mag...that's it"

"Hello, Jack I willl take a sc-20k assult rifle with tranquilizer darts and an integrated surpressor, extended barrel, and the M1911 with a surpressor as well. Some smoke granades should be useful I will take ten of those and a lighter. Armor piercing rounds just in case. Cole you should get a non lethal weapon given that this is a stealth operation. So ace what are you getting".

Jack chuckled a bit then replied, "I'll do you boys one better since your friends with Ace. Come here I got something you boys'll really like." Jack gestured a hand to follow him then he led Cole and Car-Tali to a back room with a lock on the door. He then took out a key that was in his back pocket and unlocked the door. He opened the door and inside was a room filled with all kinds of weapons and ammunition, so much so that the room could be easily be assumed to be an arsenal. Jack smiled and replied, "Pick whatever yah like! I got all the toys! I like you boys so anything you want'll be 75% off, just don't go tellin nobody about the discount of course!"
Ace rolled her eyes and made her way to a display case containing various lighters and pocket knives. She opened the display case and picked up a few lighters and examined them and occaisonally fliping the lighter switch to see if they work. After a few minutes she had already chose 3 and made her way around the store picking up 2 bowling balls for Cia who had requested them earlier, then made her way over to the masks section, which was a wall covered in all kinds of masks.
Back in the Gun Room, Jack was smiling as he watched the boys carefully inspected the weaponry. He finally replied quietly so Ace couldn't hear, "Hey... I just wanna thank you guys for lookin' after the squirt. Ya see... The kid had a rough childhood after her parents found out she was a Gifted.... The treated her so badly that she became cold and distant to others... So I'm really happy to see her makin' friends again.... And I know it's a bit much but could you 2 watch over her? I don't want her tah get hurt an' I can't protect her forever so yah mind protectin' her in my place?" He had a concerned look in his eye expressing that he really did care for Ace.

Cole hadn't found an M4X but he did notice a Bullpup Full Auto Rifle on a rack. Looking it over he noticed it had a suppressor already attached, "I think I have an idea who the previous owner was", Cole let out a single chuckle ad he picked up the Bullpup. You could say it was a better choice than the M4X as it felt right when Cole held it. The iron sights had to go however, holo sights was the only way Cole went with gun sights. Cole slung the strap over his shoulder and began to look for a sidearm when Jack started talking to him and Car-tali. What he said made Cole think about his childhood. "Dark times I'm not trying to remember", he thought before answering Jack "Don't worry, she's in good hands". As soon as he answered Cole glanced at what he realized was the perfect sidearm. 4-round burst pistol with extended mag and red dot sight. Cole picked up the gun and looked down the sight before once again speaking to Jack, "Good hands and good guns". It was a corny joke but then again, Cole wasn't a funny person. "Alright so we need to get suppressors on all of these plus the other guns for the rest of the grouop. Plus the masks, hey Jack you got any masks?"

Car-tali heard Jack and missed Samantha immensely he then wondered what crazy story she had, because he certantly has one for her. Simmutaniously Cartali and Cole said that she's in good hands. Car-tali found his gun but he also found something better a phasr rifle and a five seven with an integrated surpressor and modified barrel. The guns felt perfect in his hands and the weight was uncanny. Car-tali grabbed one of the duffel bags and stuffed the sc-20k the phasr, about 30 smoke granedes and a multitude of ammo into it. The five seven he put into the back of his pants. "OK do we have everything we need."

Jack nodded, "Alright. If that's everything I'll show you where the masks are." After everyone left the room; Jack close and locked the door back up. He gestured his hand for Cole and Car-Tali to follow then led them to the wall of masks where Ace was, whom was currently wearing a mask that was shapped like a skull. The sight of a scrawny little girl, that was roughly around 5'4", wearing a big skull mask was a truely a ridiculous sight to behold and a humerous one at that. Ace noticed the others arrive and replied, "Oh hey. I found this mask! I was thinking about getting it. What do you think?"

Car-tali looked at Ace and decied that the mask looked intimidating enough. "Its perfect". he continued onto the masks and picked out a regular solid black mask that just goes over the mouth and nose. "Usually I don't need a mask but working with people I dont know i'm going to need everything I can get. By the way Ace and Cole, thanks for not trying to kill me when you found out what I was."

Cole smirked at the sight of Ace and her mask. "Not bad, but this one here this one is nice", Cole picked up a mask with a sort of skull design as well. It was a base black with red scattered across as if blood had been splattered across the face. "Alright, let's just get everyone else's", Cole looked around the store and picked up whichever ones looked good but didn't obscure vision. Once he had enough he brought it all to the counter, "How much for all this?"

Jack had followed Cole and Car-Tali back to the counter. "keep'em. consider your promise the 2 of you made me as you payement."
"Promise? What promise?" Ace asked as she approached the counter. She now had a different mask on that looked like a white cat with red whiskers and a yellow sun on the forehead.
"Oh nothing. Don't worry about it, kiddo." Jack replied as he ruffled Ace's hair.
Ace on the other hand was not convinced and look at Jack with a suspicious look but decided to say nothing more. Ace unlike the others had made no promise to Jack so she pulled out a twenty dollar bill and handed it to Jack as payment for the lighters and her mask. "Take it. I know that you haven't got many customers for a long time now; you're gonna need to get food somehow, right?" Ace replied, though she didn't express it; she worried about Jack and cared about his well being. She then turned to Cole and Car-Tali, "ready to go?"

"I'm ready, Cole are you".

"Yeah let's go, we still gotta tell the others about the plan", Cole began to walk towards the exit but stopped before he reached the door "Take care of yourself Jack, and thanks". Cole exited the store just in time to see a few shady characters eyeing his car. One wave of the guns and they scattered back into whatever hole they crawled out of. "Goddammit let's get out of here"

Ace nodded and followed the others out to the car. She glanced back at Jack and nodded as if to signal 'good bye, see you soon' then continued to followed the others. Ace reentered the car and buckled her seat belt. She sighed and murmered as she looked out the window, "don't worry... I'll be back soon...."

Cia looked up as Seth approached her. "Thank you! It was nothing really, I just had to hit him with a frying pan and then point knives at him!" Cia said sounding rather cheerful about what she had done, of course she tried not to let many people know about the other side of her personailty when she could.

She then raised a foot to shake his hand. She never wore actual shoes, instead she wore toe shoes that allowed her to use each toe to pick things up when necessary, she often used her feet as hands. The mannequin arms were still in the box on the counter along with her mask. She hadn't taken them out to put them on either.

"And If your making food would mind making something with mashed potatoes?" Cia said, she had been craving mashed potatoes lately, though it was one of the messier foods for her to eat since she had no hands and she pretty much had to eat with her face. She never used her feet for eating as it was highly unsanitary.

"Noore! The hell are you doing? I told you not to talk to her!", Pariah barked as she sat Eva down in another chair and tied her up. Noore yelped upon hearing Pariah's voice and quickly got out of her seat. "She woke up and I didn't know what to do and I just-"

"Save it, watch this one and try not to talk to her until I finish with your little conversation buddy", once Noore had gone over to watch Eva, Pariah sat down in front of Jessica. With a smug look on her face she asked, "That was a nasty punch you gave me. It finally stopped bleeding", Pariah pointed to her bloody ear before sitting bck in her seat. "Though I think I got you worse than you did me", she glanced over to where Noore was to see her partner watching Eva like a hawk. No doubt that if Pariah wasn't here Noore would be talking Eva up as well. "Remember when we fought? I said I had another power? As much as it be fun for me to use it on you I'll give you a chance to not have that put on you. So tell me, where are the others? Better yet, give me the names and addresses of all the Conclave bases you know". Pariah was hoping so bad that Jessica would resist. She hadn't had a good reason to use her stare for some time. 

Jessica Thompson
@TheDarkTemplar
Jessica looked up at Pariah. This is it. Do or die. I just have to hold out as long as I can. Hopefully that length of time is shorter than it takes for Finn to get here. Jessica smiled at Pariah. "You want addresses and names? Alright. Alice Brighton. She had a safe haven out of her apartment until she was killed yesterday. Joshua Lancaster was also a member. He was killed in the riots as well. He and Alice were going to be get married next week. Lewis Alexander was killed there too. And Simone Foster. And Neil Cassidy. And Harriet Case. So if you want an address why don't you head over to the corner of Go Fuck Yourself St, and 45th," Jessica spat at her interrogator, her eyes narrowed with anger. "You're a Gifted who kills other Gifted. I'd rather die than be a traitor. So kill me if you will, but I won't be giving you any information," Jessica continued, looking straight into Pariah's eyes, challenging her to do her worst.

John gave a subtle nod to Cole, turning to Finn. "Okay, so...you're not gonna like where this plan goes...but the key is trust. John started, then was caught completely off guard as Cia came up behind him. He blushed somewhat and froze up a little when her chest touched his back and her sleeves went on his chest, but it was unclear as to whether this was caused by nerves, embarrassment, or...something else. After all, even he wasn't sure what to feel...as she did threaten to kill him only an hour earlier. "H-Hold on...I wasn't c-captured! I wanted t-to help! I...I-I...fuuuck..." He said as Cia walked away, though not in as confident a tone as before.

John then regained his composure and turned back to Finn. "...As I was saying, we need trust for this to work..." John said as he slowly took his two batons out and gently set them aside. "You need to trust me for this to work...so...here goes! You know I am an agent of the D.M.A., but you do not know that I never wanted to be. I obeyed them out of fear...they held my life in their hands...told me to kill and capture...but I hated it. I made a vow to only kill Gifted who possessed lethal abilities...and I proceeded to spare, and even give aide to, those Gifted who did not fall under my criteria. But, in truth, I lied to them more than just to protect innocent Gifted...currently, the D.M.A. thinks that I am only a Type 4...a Tracker...but I'm more, I am a Telepath. My power works by allowing me to see fractions of other people's memories and visions, and I can use this ability to scan the minds of nearby people to find a Gifted among them. I will need to tap into the memories you share with the one called Jessica...and I'll need you to show me everything, because I will only retain a small fraction of it all...and I'll need every bit I can get to find her in there." John explained, then looked over to see Cia had returned with a box and was now sitting on one of the stools in front of the counter, watching him. He turned back to Finn, and this time his voice seemed to be softer. "Look...you have no reason to trust me...but let me tell you this; the D.M.A. can, and will, kill me for helping you. And you will most definitely kill me if I refuse to help you. So the way I see it, I'm going to die either way...so why not die doing the right thing?"

"If you're ready to trust me, and if you ignore how cheezy this is about to sound, we can begin..." John stated simply, extending his hands. "Just grab my hands and let your memories flow freely...and, uh...you might feel a bit of a kick..."

Finn was wary of trusting this man. He didn't know how much he wanted him to see either. Remember. This is for Jessica. It doesn't matter what else happens. Finn sighed before stepping forward and extending his hands. "I don't know how much you'll see, but if I hear that you have breathed a word of it to anyone, then I will set you on fire," Finn said, his eyes narrowed to attempt to intimidate John. Finally, he grabbed his hands and began to open up his mind, though he attempted to block out anything about his family.

When Finn grabbed John's hands, there was a sudden jolt followed by a loss of consciousness. To anyone else, they both simply appeared to be standing in place and suffering from paralysis, as neither of them moved saved for a few bouts of minor trembling.

Finn was suddenly watching as he walked over to Jessica. He knew where he was. This was the day they first met. Smiles were exhanged along with hand shakes. Finally, Finn asked a question. So can I call you Jess? The past Jessica fixed him with a steely glare. "Never, ever call me Jess," she said. Finn turned to find John standing next to him. Watching. Watching his life.

John seemed to have been watching the memory with a rather aloof behavior, but when Finn turned to look at him he snapped out of it and looked back. "Ugh...I'm not used to this...I can feel it sliping into my mind...but it's not enough. We must go deeper. Any two people can meet each other, but I need something that's more unique...something I can retain..." John explained.

Finn nodded at what John said and suddenly the world around them started to fade. And then suddenly Finn saw himself laying on the ground with a woman holding a gun to his head. Suddenly a flash of blonde hair appeared and knocked the woman away. She began slamming her fists into the woman until she finally stopped fighting. She stood up and walked over to Finn, helping him up. "You owe me one Rookie," she said. Finn turned to John and spoke. "That's the first time she saved my life. That unique enough for you?"

"Yeah...that'll narrow it down...but some D.M.A. agents will experience the same thing...a lot of us will work in teams from time to time...but this is good. We're beginning to get somewhere..." John said, just before there was a flash of light. John turned to look, and suddenly rain began to fall, followed by another few flashes of light. John knew what was happening and turned to Finn. "Oh no...brace yourself!"

Finn felt a kick as light flashed. John warned him to brace himself for whatever was about to happen. Light flashed in front of him suddenly and all Finn could think was that they'd been betrayed and now John was invading his mind. But when the light cleared, he was somewhere he didn't recognise. He turned to John and asked, "What the hell is going on?"

"It's a just a bit of a side effect; we're about to experience one of my memories..." John told Finn, then held out his hand to touch the rain, but the rain seemed to be passing right through the both of them.Suddenly there was a voice that John seemed to recognize, as he immediately spun around to look. There were two men standing outside on a portch, and they seemed to be speaking to a couple standing just inside the door. One of the two men was John, and the other man was the D.M.A. Officer that John reported to at the time.

"May we come inside?" Asked the Officer.

"We do not have a child, why are you here?" Demanded the man who stood inside.

"Wrong answer." Stated the Officer, just before pushing the couple aside to enter the house. "We know you have a child, and we know that it is a Gifted. Now tell us where the child is!"

"This is a violation of our rights! We-"

"Oh shut up! You're harboring a criminal, you have no rights!" The Officer interrupted, then turned to John. "Search the house and find the child! I'll deal with these two..."

John nodded, and headed off to search through the house. Soon after he left the company of the others, yelling and screaming could be heard, mixing with the sounds of a struggle taking place. John eventually found the child, a young girl of about 13 or 14...she was curled up in a cabinet under the sink of a second floor bathroom.

Suddenly, as if taken aback by the memory, John breathlessly stuttered out a statement. "Wait...I know her...she's the girl that spoke to me at the orphanage..."

In the memory, John asked the young girl what her name was. "M-Mayumi..." She answered in a quivering tone.

"...I'm not going to hurt you Mayumi." John replied, turning his head when he heard his name being called from downstairs. "Don't move...stay here until I come back for you" He then got up and ran downstairs to meet up with the D.M.A. Officer, who had been cut by a knife and was bleeding quite badly. The two parents, however, were lying dead on the ground.

"Did you find the child?" Asked the Officer as he walked over to John, holding his wound.

John seemed to think for a moment before answering, staring at the Officer's wounds. "Yes, sir. She's incapacitated upstairs, waiting to die." He said darkly, looking down to see a bloodied kitchen knife laying by his foot.

"Good job, let's not keep her waiting, shall we?" The Officer said and began walking towards the stairs, but didn't get very far before falling to the ground with a knife in his back.

Grabbing for his radio, John called in to report that the Gifted was terminated, but the Officer had been killed in the process. Then as he proceeded to the stairs himself, the memory faded away into nothingness.

"So that was her name...Mayumi...I wonder if she recognized me at the orphanage..." John muttered to himself as he turned to look at Finn. "If you don't have anything else to show me...then let's end this..." He said in a soft voice.

Finn was looking at John with a different look. He could see the pain in his eyes at what he'd just seen. Something tugged inside of him. A thought that came from the more compassionate side of his brain. "I'm going to show you one more thing. A time where I shared something with Jessica," Finn said. He opened up his brain and suddenly, in a flash of light, he and John were standing in his and Jessica's living room. He and Jessica were sitting on the couch and Finn was speaking. he was relaying to Jessica the story of his parents, and how they had died. He turned to John. "I don't know if this will help but this is the night I told Jessica about my parent's deaths," Finn said. "Now let's go."

John simply nodded at Finn, and then everything faded to black. After a few seconds both of them would open their eyes and regain consciousness. John stretched a little and yawned, as the whole experience was fairly tiring, then walked over to the bar counter.

"Now comes the part of my plan that you're not gonna like..." He started, leaning against the bar counter. "I'm gonna need one of you to go in with me as a captive. I've been out for too long, and I'm sure that the Warden that took Jessica, named Pariah, is sure to think something is up if I come back empty-handed. But don't worry, I can take your things in with me. Any takers?"

@smarty0114

The moment Jessica's spit touched Pariah rage came over her. "YOU'RE GOING TO FUCKING GOING TO REGRET THAT!", Pariah kicked Jessica's chair causing it to fall backwards. Before the chair could even bounce for a second time Pariah had already grabbed Jessica by the shirt and lifted the chair upright again. Overcome with rage, Pariah threw two punches in rapid succession before looking Jessica dead in the eye with a look of madness in her. "I'm not going to kill you yet, I want you to suffer first!", Pariah had activated her terror stare as she locked her gaze with Jessica, in a moment she would see her worst fears come to life. Jessica would see visions of her family, all standing before a firing squad who riddled them with bullets before their lifeless bodies hit the ground. She'd see Finn being tortured by the DMA with his body severely mutilated as he lay on a torture bed. All these and more entered her mind, each one intensified to an extreme point. Pariah held Jessica in this state for a moment longer before releasing her. Once again grabbing Jessica, this time by her lower jaw, Pariah looked her dead in the eye before saying in a low and hateful tone, "I took you down without a problem. I will do the same to your friends and family. Now I can take my time hunting them down, but I'd like to get it done with quick so save us both some time and tell me where they are!", Pariah let Jessica go but by throwing her head back. She looked over to Noore who had been watching Eva but was now staring at Pariah in terror. Pariah looked to Eva as if to tell her that this would be her fate if she didn't cooperate.

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Cole, Ace, and Car-tali had just arrived back at the bar. The trunk was loaded with duffle bags that were filled with guns and masks. "Tali, grab those two bags would ya?", Cole asked as he grabbed another set. The weapons flanked with a muffke as they moved around in the bags. "Just like the old days, armed to the teeth and on the war path", he thought to himself as he carried the heavy bags into the bar. Apparently he arrived just a moment too late as he only heard John asking for takers. "What's this about?", he asked before looking to Seth "He find the place or what?". As he listened for a reply Cole rested the duffle bags by a long table. Opening it he placed all the weapons and masks he and his team had gotten from Jack. Cole picked up his Bullpup and machine pistol, after loading them all he holstered the sidearm and slung the rifle strap over his shoulder.

Eva watched in horror as another captive was tortured.

She wasn't going to resist questioning. She had no reason to. There was no one in this world who she cared about, and she had never so much as spoken to another Gifted person before today. For the last couple of years, she had been in hiding, a recluse. There was no one for her to protect.

But as she sat, tied up and helpless in a lit room, she worried that she would be asked to answer questions she knew nothing about. The Warden had mentioned giving her information - but Eva knew nothing except how her own abilities worked! Was she going to be hurt for that? Tears welled up in the corners of her eyes, tears she was just barely able to hold back. What had she done to deserve this fate? Once the Warden found out how little she knew, was she going to die?

Tagged; @TheDarkTemplar - Cole, @smarty0114 - Finn, @PhoebeCarlisle - Theo, @ArkmageddonCat] - John, @Cuccoruler - Cia

As his hands were shook by her feet, he noticed that she indeed did not have arms to which Seth raised an interested eyebrow but quickly dismissed the thought. Seth thought that her powers are pretty strong- being able to incapicitate a field agent of the DMA. He simply nodded to Cia's request of mashes potatoes-"Not too hard." he muttered, he then glanced at the two but they were in some sort of trance, Seth decided not to bother them.

Walking behind the counter and into the back of the bar, he opened the refridgerator and pulled out some potatoes and glancing left and right he used his gift to quickly cut up the potatoes. He began boiling the water and added salt and then placed the cut potatoes into the mix. He then melted butter and milk in a seperate pan and with a beater he placed the mix of butter and milk into the potatoes. After a few minutes with the potato turning tender- he placed it on a plate. Fpr himself he just reheated two tacos for himself.

Walking back out, he placed the mashed potato onto a table infront of Cia and plunged a spoon into the dish. "Well, enjoy." he said to Cia with a smile and walked backed to the microwave to grab his tacos. After doing so he went back to the paralyzed couple- well rather John and Finn. They had apparently snapped out of it and John walked over to the counter, and asked for a rather bold proclamation- to have someone be living bait and go with him to rescue Jessica. "Seems rather fishy, but I'd do it- I don't think the DMA knows my Gift and with it I can escape as easily" he offered, taking bites out of his taco, "Though I'd like to wait for Cole to see his take on it."

Cia looked at the mashed potatoes with a smile on her face. "This looks delicious!" Cia said with glee she then grabbed the spoon with her teeth and put it to the side. Spoons were useless to her and she rarely used her powers to eat. Then without warning Cia put her face into the mashed potatoes and started to eat them. "This is good!" She said as she lifted her head out of the mashed potatoes alot of it was sticking to her face. Watching Cia eat was certainly a site to behold, one that everyone at the orphanage had become accustomed to.

Once Cia heard John asking for volunteers to go in with him Cia stopped eating for a moment. "Yeah, I would rather not go in with you, I'm trying to keep my own identity hidden. After all I do help run an orphanage, if they know who I am they will know that the kids are gifted too." Cia explained. She felt that she would be better as back up anyways. Not to mention it was rather easy to find an armless girl.