[center][img]http://txt-dynamic.static.1001fonts.net/txt/dHRmLjcyLjI4NGE3NS5VMmxsYm01aElFaGhjblIzWld4cy4wAAAA/beyond-wonderland.regular.png[/img] [img]http://txt-dynamic.static.1001fonts.net/txt/dHRmLjY2LmU2OTNiMS5TbUY1SUVoMWJuUmxjaTFFWVhKc2FXNW4uMQ,,/living-hell.regular.png[/img] [i]Location[/i]: Sienna Hartwell's House[/center] [hr][hr] [quote=Jay]To: Siesie [color=f09fb4]where's ur house at again? i have a plan[/color] [/quote] [quote=Sienna]To: Jay (AKA capnflatass) [color=336699]lmfao how long have we been friends again? middle of New Verona, 24 Rainer St. its the blue house dont let dad see you[/color][/quote] Sienna rolled her eyes at the message and tossed hte phone back onto her bed. She flicked through some of the music on her digital clock by her bed to listen to, wondering what kind of stupid idea was formulating through her friends head. [i]Elsewhere[/i] in Verona, Jay was frantically scrolling through Google Maps, trying to find a picture of Sienna's house. It didn't exactly help that he was so tired he couldn't even imagine the place, and he didn't want to be thinking of the wrong house when he was wormholing to it. It would be like saying [i]Diagonally[/i] instead of [i]Diagon Alley[/i], and he'd end up somewhere like the girl's bathroom again. Once he'd found it, he took one last look at his locked bedroom door. It was easy to open, of course, even from the outside with just a bit of jiggery-pokery, and that Jay was going to leave the house and his fate to chance to save someone else's fun he was sure spoke wonders for his moral character. Given how absolutely [i]mortifying[/i] the lectures had been last night/this morning, he wondered why he was willing to subject himself to more if his dad opened the door and found he wasn't there. [i]Oh well,[/i] he thought – which wasn't much of one – and teleported straight into Sienna's bedroom, appearing near the window that had been visible on Google Maps. Moments later, a mobile telephone collided with his shoulder as Sienna shrieked out a [color=336699][b]"OH MY GOD-"[/b][/color] and kicked back at the covers in sheer panic. [b]"Sienna? What's wrong?!"[/b] called out the familiar voice of Chris from downstairs, the thud of his feet on the wooden floorboards starting to become louder as he walked up to the bedroom. Sienna lurched forward and grabbed the nearest part of Jay she could reach with one hand. In one smooth movement, she swung the door of her wardrobe open and violently shoved him in with the other, slamming it shut and locking the poor boy in a sea of sweaters, jeans and bras. And in good time, too; the door to Sienna's bedroom burst open and Chris looked in upon Sienna, out of breath and still in her pyjamas. [b]"What's w-"[/b] [color=336699][b]"LOOK WHAT I FOUND!"[/b][/color] cried out Sienna triumphantly, scooping up an old glue stick on the floor and brandishing it out at her surprised father. There were a couple of long, silent moments between the two of them whilst Sienna waved the gluestick around a little for emphasis, before Chris rubbed at the back of his neck. [b]"O-kay Sienna, I'm glad you found you-"[/b] [color=336699][b]"His name is Philip the Gluestick."[/b][/color] [b]"-your Philip. I'll-...I'll leave you to it. Have fun-...sticking stuff."[/b] Chris shut the door and immediately went downstairs to express doubts about Sienna's sanity to Jacob, whilst Sienna dropped Philip and wrenched open the wardrobe door. She jolted when she spotted Jay, as if throwing him in with her panties might have made him disappear as instantaneously as he arrived. Jay had somehow crammed his stupidly tall frame into the wardrobe, but it didn't look comfortable. Hence, almost as soon as Sienna opened the door, he was [i]out[/i] like a rocket, having already left a trail of devastation in his wake. There had been something of an avelanche in the wardrobe – something that he offered a sheepishly apologetic glance for but made no effort to fix. [color=f09fb4][b]"Yo,"[/b][/color] he said, taking off his hat and wringing it in his hands. [color=f09fb4][b]"Sorry, I didn't mean to, like, scare you or anything. Escapes are serious, urgent business, you know?"[/b][/color] 'Escapes' also seemed to be all he was good for nowadays, given that school was cancelled because of [i]murder[/i] and he was banned from heading down to the skate park, or any other park that could be used for skating, for the forseeable future. [color=336699][b]"Urgent, yes, but kind of pointless if the person you're trying to rescue dies of cardiac arrest when you arrive. Any other tricks up your sleeve? Are you going to pull out a hanky chain out of your ass or something?"[/b][/color] asked Sienna in horrified curiosity. She had never entertained the possibility of more than one person having a superpower, and thought she had a chance at becoming something like a superhero for Verona. As soon as the initial shock wore down, she started considering a superhero duo - something like Batman and Robin, except much more accident prone. Sienna shook her head. [color=336699][b]"It's fine, honest, but maybe a bit of a warning would help."[/b][/color] Out of sheer spite, Sienna snapped her fingers and, with a faint humming noise, an exact replica of herself popped into existence right next to her - right down to the pyjamas she was wearing. Jay blinked, though having seen so many strange things over the last few days – up to and including his ex-girlfriend summoning volcanos like something out of [i]Black & White[/i] – that was the sum of his surprise. [color=f09fb4][b]"Oh. You're one of us. I... may have totally forgotten that not everyone in town is, but good to know I didn't appear next to someone [i]normal[/i]."[/b][/color] When on earth did he start saying 'normal' like it was a dirty word? Jay wondered if the power was going to his head. Sienna couldn't begin to hide the disappointment in her body language. She sulked, shoulders slumping - her clone did the exact same thing. [colour=336699][b]"Fine. Pee on my parade."[/b][/color] she grumbled, before wheeling around to peer at her copy. [color=336699][b]"Right then, me, your job is to keep dad and dad from figuring out I'm gone. Think you can do that?"[/b][/color] The other Sienna rubbed the back of her head. "Won't they start to wonder why you're not making any clones anymore?" she asked. Sienna waved a hand dismissively. [color=336699][b]"Tell them I started my period, that might throw them off for a week or so."[/b][/color] she decided. [color=336699][b]"As for you, J-man, you need to catch me up with all the goings-on. In case you haven't noticed, I've been locked in my house ever since I started acting up. Chris and Jacob won't let me leave,"[/b][/color] whilst Sienna talked, she went to the pantavalanche and rummaged through the pile of clothes. [color=336699][b]"So I've been trying to get out ever since, or just annoy them until they let me out."[/b][/color] Sienna picked up a T-shirt and pulled off her pyjama top, getting changed. She briefly glanced over her shoulder. [color=336699][b]"You look [i]terrible,[/i] by the way. Want a painkiller or something?"[/b][/color] [color=f09fb4][b]"I'm good, I'm good. If I wanted that, I could go and ask my [i]dad[/i]-dad for some morphine,"[/b][/color] he answered, before rubbing at his chin contemplatively. Really, a lot had happened in two-and-a-bit days. Jay turned around to face the wall when Sienna started changing, but he didn't stop talking. [color=f09fb4][b]"There's at least... sixteen of us with superpowers, somehow related to the creepy eclipse, [i]and[/i] I think I heard that the other group was getting chased by someone, so make that possibly plus-one. Jade Taylor went mental and ruptured the earth around Wilcox's cabin and... Well, everyone's out for the count, I think. I'd tell you more, but I wanna see if we can get anyone else to..."[/b][/color] He laughed. [color=f09fb4][b]"Brainstorm. That would be a cool power name, right?"[/b][/color] [color=336699][b]"I'm already designing the costumes in my head."[/b][/color] replied Sienna eagerly, tugging on a pair of jeans. [color=336699][b]"God I hope we don't have to do any running, I've only got my heels upstairs, my sneakers are by the door."[/b][/color] she pulled on a pair of socks and then slammed her feet into her bright red heels; yes, it was a fashion nightmare, but she was in a hurry and didn't want to be complaining over blisters. [color=336699][b]"Hoooold on did you say everyone had superpowers? That's my superhero-team-idea out of the window. Also, out for the count? They're not-...they didn't [i]die[/i], d-did they?"[/b][/color] All of a sudden, the prospect of becoming SuperSienna didn't seem nearly as exciting as it did a few minutes before. She briefly checked herself in the mirror. Her clone looked up from the magazine she picked up off the floor and gave Sienna an uncertain thumbs up. [color=336699][b]"Yeah, don't you lie to yourself, I know it looks crap."[/b][/color] she sighed. [color=336699][b]"I don't know what I'm going to do, Jay, but I can't stay here if everyone's getting hurt. Chris and Jake will keep me locked up forever if they found out. Any idea where we're going?"[/b][/color] [color=f09fb4][b]"I don't mean dead! Out for the count, like in boxing,"[/b][/color] Jay said, hurrying to reassure her, though he held out an arm, waiting for her to take it so they could teleport somewhere else. [color=f09fb4][b]"Also, you look fine."[/b][/color] Of course, he didn't have any idea what 'fine' looked like, so it came out totally sincere, unlike the clone's opinion. [color=f09fb4][b]"Given that most of our classmates are in the clinic, I'd say there? Playing hide and seek with the nurses and doctors? Anywhere's better than being locked up in your own house."[/b][/color] The last bit was said with a certain sense of empathy to it, because Jay knew exactly what that was like – or he would, if he was doing what he was supposed to be doing. [color=f09fb4][b]"I wanna get to the bottom of this mystery. If I need to break into my dad's office and get the police records, I will."[/b][/color] [color=336699][b]"Clinic's a no-go, really; I'm not going from my own house to hiding in a broom closet."[/b][/color] responded Sienna flatly. [color=336699][b]"But the school's shut, right? At least, it should be, based on the fact Rachel-...y-yeah, you get the idea. Can't we use that for a while?"[/b][/color] Struck with the sudden realisation that she may be gone for longer than she anticipated, Sienna pulled out her old PE kit bag and started packing spare sets of clothes, socks and shoes. She also grabbed her phone and charger - which prompted an exasperated groan from Sienna II. [color=336699][b]"Aw, c'mon!"[/b][/color] she protested. [color=336699][b]"Hey, it's my phone to begin with, shush."[/b][/color] snapped Sienna, stuffing it into the bag. As an afterthought, she grabbed the box of painkillers and whatever plasters and antiseptic creams she could find. If everyone was nearly dead, then Sienna wanted to learn from their mistakes. Still, she highly doubted that a couple of asprins will block out any pain from...whatever might be thrown at her. [color=336699][b]"Well, all I really want to do is get out of the house. But hey, if you want to find the source of all this, then I'll be glad to tag along - from the sounds of it, I'm probably the only one able to come with you anyway."[/b][/color] Sienna turned around and peered at Jay (or, well, his back) with concern. Her voice softened. [color=336699][b]"Are-...you sure you're alright though? You look knackered."[/b][/color] [color=f09fb4][b]"I'll be [i]fine[/i]. If cars can run on empty, so can I,"[/b][/color] he said, though it [i]was[/i] touching that someone cared enough to notice. He shook his head to concentrate on the ideas. The school sounded good, but it [i]was[/i] a murder scene, and probably locked up at the moment. The clinic was where everyone was... and he had to ask [i]someone[/i] who had been in the other group what they thought. Maybe even Alice. [color=f09fb4][b]"We're going to the park, then,"[/b][/color] he decided, and wrapped an arm around Sienna's shoulders to take them both through a wormhole, landing them at a morose looking swing-set with a dull metal slide beside it. It was, arguably, the worst experience Sienna had ever lived through; she felt as if she just left all of her internal organs back in her bedroom. She barely had time to register what happened before it got very cold and dark and wet - the moment the pair of them had touched down at the park, Sienna fell flat on her face into the dew-covered grass. She let loose an incoherent gurgle as she tried to stop the world from spinning. [color=336699][b]"Lessnot do that again,"[/b][/color] suggested Sienna weakly.