SHIVER

"I was talking to Omega. He seems like a nice guy." She noticed the innocent look and something told her better. She splashed him and waited. She felt like being mischevious and she started to freeze the water and it started icing over. She giggled playfully. "I saw that twitch." She created an ice slide for herself to sit on and gave him a challenging look. "Think you can take me pyro boy?" She laughed as the cold water made him shiver a little.

She slid next to where he was sitting on ice and said "come on you are the speedy pyro right? Pretend I'm the bad guy. Try and subdue me. I'm bored and this could be lots of fun."

@POOHEAD189

Ro'kun shuddered, tired muscles tensing up and he hugged himself. "Jeez Shiv. You know how to make an entrance, I'll give you that." he said through haggard breath. He grinned and reached out, opening his hand. A fierce fireball formed along his open palm and quickly melted her ice chair, sending her falling a foot to land on her butt. With quick reflexes, his fireball disappeared and his hand slipped away.

With surprising strength and deft movements, he placed his hand on the edge of the hot tub, and used it, even at that awkward angle, to lift himself out of the cold water. He stood on one hand, before pushing off and leaping to land behind shiver. His cool exit was made less so by how cold the water had been and how cold it was out of it, and he shuddered again. Ro'kun smacked his face, took a stance, and his muscles tensed. Flame engulfed his body life a fiery aura, before it whisked away into a steam cloud. He wiped a bit of moisture from his brow and smiled. "Well, I guess we could see who wins between Ice and fire. I'm hotter though, let's get that straight."

@Wick

SHIVER

Laughing she walked over to him and picked him up with one hand and made her ice slide fly up into the air and she teleported to the top of it and left him up there. She grinned at him and gave him a cute little wave and chuckled. She froze the pool over and built herself an ice castle on it. "Come on fire what are you going to do now?" She was having fun taunting him. She was more used to fire because of Wicked but she missed playing with her sister and the others like this.

@POOHEAD189

As she noticed people in the pool room yelling to her, Erin was surprised that the girl new her name. She couldn't deny her excitement at seeing the size of the pool. She was a Cali girl, so swimming was in her blood. She nodded to the girl, and dashed to her room, quickly changing into her only swimsuit.

She quickly returned to the pool room in her bikini, a black and white panda beanie on her head, just in time to see Shiver freezing the pool over. "Nice..." She muttered under her breath. She couldn't help but feel the slightest bit jealous that their powers were so much more outward than hers were. She moved to the frozen pool and stepped out onto the ice. Her barefoot didn't react to the cold, as her skin was impenetrable. She could feel a dull tingle, but nothing close to the cold a normal person would feel.

"I love ice -" Right as she spoke, she stepped forward, but slipped on the slick ice. She failed at catching her self and promptly slid right into Ro'Kun's legs, bringing him to him to the ice with her. "Eh... Sorry?" She said, trying to stand, but falling straight onto her butt again. "Name's Erin, by the way... or - y'know, Pixie." She said, not the slightest bit embarrassed.

@Wick @POOHEAD189

He blinked, bewildered. She'd manhandled him and whisked him away. Super strength, teleportation, and Ice? Damn. He shrugged. "Well...maybe this..." he said with a smile, burning up the ice slide and letting the falling structure surf him down gracefully before he landed nimbly on his feet. He then pointed his finger at her like a gun, and then shot off four small fire bullets that melted the castle towers around her until she stood at the center. He blew the smoke from his finger, before shooting a dozen times around her feet, leaving her floating on a small island in a growing sea. "I'm doing fine. How about you?"
He blinked again and felt something soft hit his legs. He looked down. "Well hi there." he laughed, and gave her a hand to help her up.
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@King Tai @Wick@POOHEAD189@SheriffLlama



Jess floated through the doors that lead to the area where the hot tub was and saw this wasn't to be an event that she'd have to carry. She was actually relieved because she actually found conversation difficult.

She'd been trained to be as efficient a combat asset as anyone could ever wish for but her handlers and squints had never seen fit to train her in public speaking. The skill of small talk also escaped her as did other learned social skills. It was this lack of skill that had made her easy to track when she ran away from Lively Island and why this place actually scared her.

So it was why she didn't introduce herself as she hovered about a foot of the tiles surrounding the Hot tub and looked at the frozen water.

~Well that is a pain~ She thinks as she attempts to solve the question of her next move.

Exhaling she deflates in disappointment having her previous plans blocked by ice.

Anger bubbles up causing alarms in the security watch room to chime in warning as they warn of a potential EMP building.

"Well this is another waste; I'm going flying" she said as she flew back through the doors and towards her room.

Her slick red one piece now an annoying reminder is shredded from her body as her normal fine control is discarded. Lucky for her pink flight suit it's made of tougher material as it enveloped her.

Moments later Drifter is 1,000 meters above the Head Quarters where she rolls over and goes flight neutral tumbling out of the sky in free fall. She assumes a ballistic head down profile reaching a speed of 180 kph (110 mph) in the 18 seconds she falls before flaring out and counter thrusting.

She is headed west out to sea moments later and only begins to relax once she's out of sight of land.

~Why am I worrying about people that I only share a genetic quirk with; it's not as if the could ever really grasp what it is to be me?~ She thinks as she accelerates to 600kph (375 mph) flying about 4 meters off the water leaving a rippling wake in her passing caused by her field.

She is a hot pink cruise missile to any casual observer obscured at times behind the wave tops one mistake and she'll strike the water so hard it'll break her into a sinking heap after her body ceases bouncing. She doesn't even weigh the risk as she burns up her frustration flying at wave top she only knows that she feels frustrated and has to cool down soon.

10 minutes and 100 kilometers (62 miles) later she feels her unexplained anger fading and feels better able to examine the causes.






Evergreen laughed listening to Rey when the fighting types came in and decided to rough house.

When the water starts freezing Amelia drags herself and her friend out before they're trapped in the frigid event.

" Well that's a sure sign my relaxation is over" she says to Rey

SHIVER

Shiver grinned and saw Erin arrive sliding on her ice. Ro'kun helped her up and she smiled. "Glad to see you made it?" Shiver looked back and saw that Glitch and Dr. Evergreen had gotten out of the hot tub. (@RumikooharaI totally forgot they were in there or I would have moved them to outside of that area.)
"Oops! I didn't mean to scare them off." She turned back to Ro'kun. "I guess you should unfreeze the hot tub fully. Tia will kick my ass if it breaks because I froze it."

@poohead189

He rubbed his hands together and nodded. "As the lady wishes." he said, then clapped his hands together. A ball of fire emitted around his hands, and then he pointed his palms at the frozen hot tub. Roaring fire flew from his fingertips and melted the ice. In fact, it began to steam from how hot it got. "Hey, looks good enough to use already." he announced, surprised.
@Wick

Jesse did a tight turn around a container ship surprising the bridge crew as she turned back towards the coast and when she hit it she turned south on the PCH cruising about 100 meters above the famous highway.

She slowed to about 160 kph (100 mph) an began to enjoy the scenery. Flowing beneath her and thinking this was a lovely coast and a busy one. She slowed here and there over the next few miles to admire homes and even a couple of businesses; it was calming her nerves.

But about 40 miles north of Santa Rosa she spotted a traffic jam so she accelerated to 250 kph (155 mph) an made a call on her head band.

" This is call sign Drifter Comms On" she said opening her channel to League HQ and reporting her position as she approached a cluster of flashing emergency vehicle lights.

Then as she floated down and observed the scene she saw two smashed cars on the road but all the firemen and CHIPS seemed to be more concerned with something over the side of the highway seaward.

Flying away from the coast she looked to see what the crews were so valiantly attempting.

There hanging on the rugged cliff face was a car with three bloodied people aboard as two roped off firemen tried to attach cables. It looked as if at any moment the damaged auto would plunge 30 meters into the water's below if they couldn't stabilize it.

So flying closer to the cliff Jess locked the car in place using her magnetic powers and asked a startled fireman

"Please excuse the intrusion sir but might I assist you?"

To his credit the man was only briefly startled
"Can you lift them up to the road and out of danger; Thomas and I can stabilize the car till you get them all up." the older of the two answered.

"If you and your partner can hook up I can lift you all at once up to the road" offers Jesse with a cheerful smile as if she were offering to help him carry a small box up a flight of sstair.

At first he was doubtful till she demonstrated she had already secured the car. He told her he'd need to clear it with his captain after which he and his partner hooked themselves to the wreck.

It wasn't as easy as Jess made it look with all the combined weight close to her maximum lift. Of course she didn't tell the two firemen it was a strain knowing in this case expediency out weighed probability as the car floated slowly upward till it passed through the the guardrail it had broken when it crashed.

Cheers and applause erupted spontaneously from the motorists who'd been drawn to watch the drama. The emergency crews on the road wasted no time rushing the car to see to the injured as ambulance stretchers rolled close ready to take each as the EMTs waved them over.

Journalists tried to rush the car and were rejected by the officers so denied that prize they turned on Jess who exhausted and trying to gather her strength sat on the hood of a patrol car unwrapping a protein bar.

SHIVER

Shiver teleported to the cliff and watched Jess bring the car up full of people. She smiled and clapped for her. She hung back a little. She didn't want to take any of Jess' thunder for her deed. She just wanted to observe. She had met Jess but they never seemed to actually be in the same place that much and she was curious about her.

Shiver turned back to the original accident and the paramedic was angrily trying to get passed the other drivers who were blocking the road to see the other car being brought up by a superhero. There was a man's life at stake and they weren't going to be able to save him if they couldn't get him to the hospital.

Shiver walked up and asked him, "Which hospital?" The upset man looked at her and hope shone in his eyes. "St Joseph's" Shiver smiled and said, "Get into the truck and hold on." While the paramedics and the victim were inside Shiver teleported the entire truck to the hospital bay. She didn't usually teleport such a large entity so it took a little more energy but it was worth it. The driver incredulously looked at her and said, "If you ever need a job I got one for you! Thank you!"

Shiver smiled and said, "Thanks but I have one already."

@Rumikoohara

@Wick



The news reporters were like some crazed pack of children demanding answers to all their questions shoving cameras and mics at Jess like weapons. She for her part tuned them out as if they didn't exist which for her was easy after practicing ignoring the squints and handlers all her life, plus these new protein bars were extra yummy.

Then while she was chewing happily Jessica was grabbed by one of the more aggressive reporters who was demanding she answer his question which was

"Why do you think of yourself as so superior to true humanity that you dress like you belong to some professional sports team; aren't you just like those who attacked the city?"

Jess looked up at the man and his Cameraman and said in an innocent tone
"I love Swenson's Blueberry energy bars"

Then she drifted upwards like a child's balloon wearing a cheerful smile till she was 60 meters off the ground and exploded into motion accelerating to over 300 kph in less than 100 meters which caught the two news choppers off guard.

A short while later Jess is perched atop one of the Golden Gate's towers trying to come to grips with her emotional state.

She was confused on so many levels by how much her life had changed, how alien it all seemed.

~Is this how meta all feel or am I broken?~

She thought as the winds whipped around her.

She had tried to change how she felt so as to better match society at large who believed she was human like them but logic always intruded. She knew she wasn't human and all joking aside about her strange conception she was still a Meta not a human.

She saw how her expression of this fact made people make assumption that she; Jessica viewed herself as a social superior, an overlord. It was a preposterous thought that she wanted to command anyone or that she claimed genetic regency. It was a fact though that Drifter was a weapon, one crafted from 10 year old Meta given no choice or control and it was still going on.

Sure the League treated her differently and allotted her a wider range of freedom but in the end she was still told everything. Clothing, Residence, Duty, Association and Command structure; she was surprised that they still had never assigned her a rank or told her to come to attention in the presence of higher ups.

INERTIA and SHIVER

Tia woke up with Miles arms around her and she turned over, smiled, then phased out of the bed and went to take a shower. She had work to do and no time to sleep in late. She let him sleep and she went to her office. She looked up at the TV hanging on the wall of her office and she saw Jess saving a car full of people and then after that she saw Shiver teleporting an ambulance out of the stopped traffice, presumably to a hospital. She smiled and made a mental note to tell them what a good job they are doing.

Tia got news on a group of low level metas that were causing havoc in the streets in the south side of the city. She decided to send Omega and have him check it out. She sent him the coordinates and told him to observe and see what they were up to but to call before engaging. About three hours later his com started giving off emergency vitals dropping signals. Tia yelled for Shiver who immediately teleported to him. She threw the meta closest into the side of a building and froze the others that were close by. Shiver grabbed Omega's hand and teleported into the medical bay at HQ. They had been alerted by the same distress signal and were on standby with a gurney.

Shiver went in with the medical team. "Michael? Can you hear me?" She called to him. The nurse tried to butt in between her and Omega and Shiver pushed back and the nurse hit one of the nearby machines. "Lady don't piss me off! I'm in a mood right now. Just save him." The doctor looked at her and said, "I need you to wait so we can help him. Outside, now!" Shiver thought twice but she leaned forward and kissed Omega's forehead and whispered something to him.

Shiver went to Tia's office. "We have to assemble the team. There were at least 50 of them and they were fast and he walked into an ambush!"

Tia called everyone in and told them what happened. "Omega was on an observation only assignment and now he is in critical condition. All we know is our intel was wrong on this one and we need to take care of this now. There are upwards of 40 of them we believe. They were supposed to be low level metas but we dont think that now. Pixie you stay with Jess/Drifter. Miles and Ro'kun will pair up. I'll be with Shiver. Okay, everyone grab someone's hands. Shiver take us in." Shiver grabbed two hands and teleported them all to the site where she had found Omega.

@Rumikoohara@sheriffllama@poohead189@king tai

Ro'kun awoke, thick black hair in a huge mess and his body just getting used to movement again. That hot tub after he had gone at it with Shiver really relaxed his tired body. He felt all mellow and sluggish, putting his red suit on slowly after his shower, before making his way down the hall. Men ran past him, shouting about an emergency. He simply rubbed his eyes and used his 4th best power, selective hearing, to ignore it and continue to walk towards the kitchen. He had his fill of bacon and eggs, and somehow luckily wound up in the center of the HQ right by Shiver and Tia.

The more he was filled in, the more awake he got. "Oh shit." he said, and then yawned despite himself. "I'm taking this seriously I swear." he told them when he regained his posture, chuckling nervously. The young man stretched long, giving off a groan, before putting his hands on his hips and trying his best to focus. He was never good at focusing. So, 40 metas and- He then felt Shiver grab his hand. Should she buy him a drink first? When he vanished and appeared in front of a vast horse of metas, he had on a face that showed his next words clearly. "Oooooh I get it now." He looked over to Miles. Guess they were rolling together!

@Wick@POOHEAD189



After the night he had with Tia, he woke up feeling around only to feel the empty space she once was. Noticing Tia was no longer in bed, Taking a few moments, blinking, yawning and stretching, Miles got up looked around and got out of bed, putting his clothes on and checked the hallway seeing if anyone was near as he walked out the room and headed back to his room.

Getting his shower, thinking about what they were going to get involved with today, Miles heard the emergency call to meet up with the group, rushing along with everyone one else who was in haste, catching sight of Ro'kun and meeting the rest hearing out their next mission. 40 metas..tch...just means more ass to kick. Not that Miles was being cocky but this was a fresh way to start his morning, He looked over to Ro'kun who was seemingly still trying to wake up and grabbed onto his hand being teleported to the area. Ready to make a game out of this man? he smirked looking at Red Strike.

Erin was sitting on the couch in her Suite, halfway through a carton of chocolate ice cream when she heard the signal for help, informing her that Omega's vitals were well-bellow critical. She jumped off the couch as Tia called everyone in, setting her ice cream down on the couch. She dashed to her closet, but stopped halfway. She sprinted back to the couch and shoved the ice cream in the freezer, then continued to the closet to suit up. She practically jumped into her uniform and buckled her belt on her hips, grabbing her staff and collapsing it into baton-form and sliding into the holster.

As Erin arrived at Tia's, she waited for order, then was instructed to pair up with Drifter. She nodded and stepped to Jess' side. When they all joined hands, Erin looked around for a moment. "So... do I need to go get my bike- WOAH!" She was cut off mid-sentence when Shiver teleported them all into the city in front of a large horde of Meta-humans. "Okay, so we're teleporting there. Nice."

She reached to her belt and brought out her staff. With a dramatic flick of her wrist, she extended the ends to full-length. She looked forward, her jaw dropping. "Holy - swizzle sticks." She muttered. "That's a lot of people." She looked over to the others. "Yeah I'm kind of new at this, so does anyone got a plan?"

@Wick @POOHEAD189 @King Tai @RumikoOhara

@SheriffLlama



Jesse was focusing all of her senses on a simple shoe box that held metal filings and twelve stainless steel disks. She was practicing Precision spatial awareness as she had been taught by her handlers careful not to surrender to her swirling emotional state.

It wasn't a difficult thing to control but an issue uncommon to her. She'd never cared what the Squints or Handlers thought of her or the rest of humanity. But here she was struggling with urges that her training never prepared her for and though she'd suppressed it knew it must soon be addressed.

When her comms band chirped Jess was so edgy she nearly fried it with a localized pinpoint micro-EMP. It then demanded her presence along with her fellow meta and it's urgency signaled a scramble so she grabbed a laptop bag she'd converted into mission bag with 12 zip cuffs, a medium first aid kit and light but strong nylon and metal fiber net (6.5'x3').

Her new pink flight suit glowed glossily in the lights of the assembly area. She knew she should be in the League's colors but couldn't help but equate it with an ugly bridesmaid dress. Sure she knew it was all just in her head but she didn't want the distraction in a mission.

Tia again assigned her a groundling to work with and there wasn't time to familiarize Pixie with the duo rig which meant mobility limitations.

Then just as she was about to make introduction they were all teleported.

~Dam it's Scrambled Eggs~ thinks Drifter as she locks on every scrap of iron based metal within 30 meters

"Bugger I hope you know your craft" says Jess as she weaves fine but strong metal fibers strategically into Pixie's garment.

INERTIA and SHIVER

The instant they materialized Tia was blasting and Shiver came out firing ice darts. Inertia drew back and shoved both hands forward freezing a large group at once. Shiver then darted them taking no no mercy.

Shiver ran into the fray of fighters and One of them blasted her with dark matter. It burned her and she punched the man hard enough that he flew back into the light pole and then fell to the ground unconscious. She froze him solid and moved onto the next. Shiver was furious and when she was furious she fought like a demon. Ice was flying like hell had frozen over and if she didn't freeze them in some way they were beaten to a pulp. She was also teleporting to surprise them and to get close, she needed to get this aggression out. She needed them to feel what they did to Omega. She was going to make them pay.

Inertia kept an eye on Shiver as she blasted and froze her victims. She hadn't seen her in action in quite a long while. Wicked had trained her well. She was literally an ice storm with a right cross and a ton of strength to go with it. Inertia had to chase hers down. They knew she couldn't fly or teleport. She did have some pretty kick ass acrobatics though and she could phase and come out of nowhere. Tia slid into the side of a building near where Miles was at. One of the metas was right in front of her. He had gotten behind Miles while he was fighting another meta. Tia stepped out of the wall and phased her hand through his back and squeezed his heart til it stopped. The man's body shook and flopped while she did this. His initial scream made Miles turn and see what she was doing. Inertia wasn't going to analyze the shocked look on his face. She didn't want to think about it. She winked at him and took off after the next one.

The way that Tia saw it was simple. They were outnumbered. This is war, take no prisoners.

@King Tai

@Wick



Miles started off with a couple of shots to a few metas to not only provide cover but to make room for fighting. He couldn't fly but turning invisible, he was able to get a few sneak attacks in on 6 others before making himself visible again, blasting a rock-like meta (Thing look-a-like). The stone meta, was blasted back from the increased optic force, slamming him through a wall. With a smirk, Miles heard someone scream behind him as he turned noticing Tia crushing a meta's heart from using his phasing and a bit of shock was on his face when she winked at him.

It was quite vicious but then again, this is an all out war against the enemy. He turned around with the stony meta getting back up and nearly hitting him but after his swift dodging, Miles had enough of this guy getting up acting like his blasts were nothing to him. With a serious expression, Miles jumped up and grabbed the guy by the head, holding on to him, lighting his eyes up as his shot his beam through the stone meta's eyes burning them out of his head, blinding him and finishing him with a point blank blast that blow the guy's head off. Miles turned and noticed the new girl Pixie fuck up as many as you can without getting yourself killed. Go wild on them. shouting out while he turned to Red Strike Shall we see who can take out the most? Seems we need to surpass Shiver.

@SheriffLlama@POOHEAD189

"Holy - swizzle sticks." he heard the new girl say. He agreed wholeheartedly. As soon as they entered the fray, Shiver and Tia starting fucking up every meta they could graphically. Ro'Kun actually stood there in awe for a moment, muscled arms crossed as he watched. He looked to be halfway between being dumbfounded and admiring them for how much ass they kicked. He blinked and turned his head to see Miles similarly enamored by them, but taking their cue and melting someone's head inside out.

Ro'kun decided to say just how he felt about the situation. "This is...this is bananas" he declared. He shook his head, getting himself out of his sleepiness and his surprise. As soon as his dark hair stopped whipping back and forth, he had gone from docile lazy guy into Red Strike. "Shall we see who can take out the most? Seems we need to surpass Shiver." he heard.

He nodded. "Hell yeah. Not gonna let some Ice maiden mess up my high score!" he yelled. Suddenly he spun his arms, using the momentum of the twist to turn his lower body as well, sending his legs into a devastating roundhouse kick that knocked one beastial looking Meta across the street and past the buildings surrounding them. That was a homerun if anyone had ever seen one. He coudn't admire his handiwork however. Another meta with claws for hands slashed at him. He dodged and ducked, slipped past his guard and sent a dozen punches into the Meta's stomach in the span of 2 seconds, before kneeing his face and slamming him into the ground. With a fierce roar, he spun, cupping his hands together and gathering his fire. A huge roaring flame erupted from his palms and tore through half a dozen metas, burning them to a crisp.
@King Tai@SheriffLlama@Wick

Erin Dawson - AKA "Pixie"

Erin watched, rather perplexed, as Jess weaved metal fibers into her suit. She looked the girl in the eye, casting out a telepathic signal and jumping her partner's mind. "By the way, I'm telepathic. She said mentally. She was assaulted by what she perceived were battle strategies. She shivered - Jess' mind was weird. Linked to Jess' mind, Erin felt suddenly more aware of her space - as if she was perceiving every movement in her surroundings. This awareness told her that someone was coming behind her - fast.

She dropped into a crouch, bringing her leg outwards to swipe the ankles of the oncoming meta. She knocked the man to the ground and struck him hard with her staff. The second person to charge was far more alarming than the first - much bigger, as well. The second meta-human was at least seven-feet-tall, and his skin looked like scales. She swung her staff up at his jaw, connecting a solid blow, but not seeming to do any kind of damage.

"That's not good." She announced.

"C'mon, pipsueak." He said. The giant meta's fist delivered a solid hit to her shoulder, sending her flying across the pavement. Erin jumped up with a fitting flare, and sprinted towards the man. He took a second swing, but she rolled on the pavement, coming up behind his back and striking him hard in the calf with her staff. As the man's knee buckled and he knelt down, he swung low at her legs. She performed a dramatic front flip over his arm, and used his bent knee as a step. She jumped off his knee, swing her legs around his neck and using the staff like a garrote. He grabbed at her, but she maneuvered away from his hands as she slowly took him down. The giant man fell unconscious as she strangled him down, rolling off of his back and to the ground as he hit the pavement with a loud thud.

"Who's the pipsqueak now?" She said to the unconscious meta.

As Erin rose to her feet, she looked at Jess. "How's that for knowing my trade?"

@RumikoOhara