Roman looked at the young woman as she started crying. His normally stone features slacken ever-so-slightly and he sighed. "Enyo, we don't know each other that well, but I promise you that asking for help is not a bother. It shows you are not above your teammates and that you are willing to rely on them."

He listened, much more empathetic as she spoke. "Your body is the only thing that is held at a superhuman standard, Enyo. Your powers and your partial goddess-hood do not require you to be immune to pain or emotion." He said, looking down at her, his eyes bridging the foot-high gap between them.

"The best thing you could do is prevent him from doing anything like this again. That could mean getting him sent to prison." He said. "You could go to the SFPD and show them your scars. Though, if you do, I'd advise you to conceal your identity. Not everyone is wholly fond of our team." He concluded. The high-tech watch on his left wrist buzzed, and he looked down at it. "It's my turn to patrol." He explained. "I have to go. You know that I'm more than willing to help you if you need it." He turned and began to walk away, but stopped halfway to the door, looking back to her. "Thank you for trusting me enough to open up."

@Wick

Enyo nodded to Velocity as he turned and left for patrols. She didn't know why she was crying. She would get hit in battle all the time and it never made her cry. Maybe because it was on a more personal level, she thought.

Enyo went to the Firestation and spoke with the chief. She then gave him the photos she had taken right after they happened. He could see the same ones on her as were in the pictures. She took them in there with a signed validation from the girl who took them in the medical bay at the hq.

Enyo decided to let the fire chief handle it. She had no idea how bad this was going to backfire.

@sheriffllama

Jesse left the scene of her latest encounter with the low life's that plague the city and cause the general suffering of humanity as a whole. She wished she could say Meta operated on a higher plane but her proof that they were no better lay all around her. They all acted like animals to whom logic was nothing but an annoying conscience that exposed their collective flaws but could be cast aside as they wanted or twisted to justify their cruelty.

She came to a halt at the apex of the Golden Gate's magnetic field and floated there effortlessly as she sensed the mass of the earth turning beneath her.

For Jessica this was the ultimate form of meditation, a chance to focus her will. This was her forge, a place that she used to exercise her mind for the power he wielded was of her self but an expression of her will on a primal force. Here like a powerlifter she increased her effect on the very core of the world. If the engineers who watched over the huge structure beneath her had the instruments sensitive enough to measure it they might have noticed it was undulating from the center out as she took up the weight in what might be called power repetitions.

~Strength is not a gift but a thing forged by will~ she chanted internally

Jesse wasn't like any of the others which she neither looked down on or envied but she knew that so far she was the most dedicated to her race's survival. She knew that she would one day reap the rewards of her dedication by becoming the most powerful Meta ever known. She didn't do anything without a long range plan even her choice of lovers would reflect her vision of the future.

Sure she wanted to experience love, lust an sex but from her recent observations of those she lived with she shouldn't hope for much. It was odd to her that they all pursued something that even they knew was flawed an doomed in all but the rarest case.

"And they that struggle neath so cruel a mistress as love would sacrifice all in pointless pursuit.
Cruel Aphrodite, Silver tongued Pietho, Innana and Ishtar how long have you tortured man" she asks aloud

@FunnyGuy



Why not make it Tactically tactile?.....damn...say that 5 times fast with telekinesis behind it...anyways, if you use your ability then it should all be fine. And aliens huh? if you find any and they have tech...be sure to bring it back to me. And if that suit works just fine, I'll let you keep it and upgrade it when I get the chance, to fit your skills and then some. Rey explained.

Rey had more plans and suits that were for something more advanced but until he got the plans and items back, he was going to have to work from scratch or at least look for the back up drive he kept the plans on...if he could find it and if it was not compromised.

"Upgrades would be amazing. And about the tech... I'll definitely bring some stuff for you to work on." Omega said as he looked around. "So where is it? Oh and I almost forgot! You've been here longer and Tia is the last person I want to ask. We're like oil and water. What's the name of our team or at least the organization?" Omega asked as he tried to think if he remembered it, just in case it was something he had forgotten.

Tia was riding with Miles and wondering about that position at the agency. She hated paperwork and she knew there would be quite a bit of it but there would also be a lot of media work to be done. She remembered seeing Wicked on tv nearly every day. Personal attacks had been made on Wicked because of the other supers, both attacks by human shooters and metahumans. In Wicked's case no one really worried because she was who she was. Tia wasn't sure she wanted to deal with that. If she did that wouldn't she just be wasting her powers?

She looked up. "Miles? How long til we get there?"

@King tai



Shiver shook her head and called the cops via her comlink. "Ro'kun? Honestly bud, you gotta pay more attention. Were you looking for me or something?" She hugged him and looked at the trio of villains. They were a sad looking bunch. Shiver grinned at them as the cops arrived.

She looked over at Gadget, "So easy peasy right? You have to get to know the people in your area and you will get used to that the more you patrol. The docks usually has some kind of criminal activity almost every day/night."

"Gadget you coming back to the HQ with me or are you going to find the sandwich shop with the bottomless pit here?" Shiver grinned and winked at Ro'kun playfully.

@poohead189@gilgex




Enyo was just getting back from some down time at the salon. She knew it was silly because she was going to fight and mess it up but she spoiled herself with a mani pedi she started going on advice from her mother, Bellare. She said it was the biggest reason outside of friends and Enyo's father that she had stayed on Earth so long. They give the best foot massages during a pedicure. She was feeling pretty happy and her feet felt fantastic. She was wearing her favorite jeans and red high heals that were more comfortable than most would have thought. She had topped her day off with a large ice cream cone. She was having a great day just being a normal girl for once.

Her blissful day was about to change. Robert's car stopped right in front of her and he got out. Enyo felt fear instantly. "How could you do that? You are going to tell the chief that you made that up and faked the pictures!"

She shook her head, "No, I'm not." Enyo's ice cream fell to the ground as Robert hit her with the full force of his muscular body across the jaw. Enyo was dizzy and it felt like he had broken her jaw but he wasn't done with her yet. He hit her again knocking her to the ground.

"You got me fired! You're going to pay for that!" He kicked her in the back and several of her ribs broke. Her scream caused others to look over and at least one of them called the police. Enyo hit her comlink and said one thing before passing out from the pain. "Velocity, help..." she said coughing up blood.

@sheriffllama

@Wick@poohead189

Gadget thought about it for a while, and soon shook her head."I think I'm going to try, and get information to find the supply line of this drug dealer. Or at least his other buyers. Even if that isn't a part of my job I feel I'd be better with investigation. Then just running around fighting a bunch of people at random." She tilted her head to the right as she looked over at the drug dealer. Then looked over at Ro thinking it'd be a good idea to get to know more of her fellow heroes. "I will bring in the police tk take over, get the interviews from these scumbags. See if I can make my way into the investigation later. For now I want a sandwich, so lead the way Ro."

Roman was on his way back from his patrol when he heard Enyo's faint call for help through his comlink. He stopped on the middle of the freeway, shifting his direction and kicking off of the ground with all of his strength. A massive boom shattered the air, busting the windows of some of the cars around him, the force of his launch sending a couple cars into the ditches. Within two seconds, he was back in the city, and at Enyo's coordinates in twelve more seconds.

The fireman stood over Enyo, looking like he was going to strike. Enyo was unconscious, so he concluded exactly what this man had done. He skidded to a halt, the heat of his speed melting a patch of asphalt beneath his boots. The firefighter was about to kick Enyo, but Roman flashed forward, throwing the man several yards back.

The jerk jumped to his feet and marched towards him, a furious look on his face. "Don't try it." Roman said, but the firefighter ignored him.
"Stay out of my business!" He shouted at Roman, pulling one of his arms into a punch. When there was about three millimeters between the man's fist and Roman's jaw, the hero's left hand shot into the air, literally faster than the eye could see, stopping the hit with dead force. The firefighter's eyes widened as his attempt was foiled, while Roman's eyes flashed with electric sparks under his helmet. "Of course she brings her friends to fight her battles!" The Firefighter said. "She's too mentally weak to defend-" He had no time to finish his sentence as Roman's fist connected with the man's sternum, delivering about 110 pounds of force to his solar plexus and knocking every molecule of air from his lungs. The firefighter was in a world of hurt, while Roman had barely even moved his hand.

The force and speed of the hit sent the coward slamming against his truck, leaving a sizable dent in the aluminum chase of the vehicle. Roman walked to him, his eyes quickly literally blazing with lightning hot anger. He grabbed the firefighter by his she with one hand, turned, and slammed his body against the pavement, audibly crack two of the man's ribs. He charged his hand with a high amount of voltage, pressing it against the man's chest and arcing the energy through his body. The firefighter screamed in pain. "You feel that?" Roman said in deadly quiet tone. "I haven't even scratched the surface of what I could do to you, you pathetic excuse for a man." HE said, releasing the current of energy and momentarily ending his suffering. "Leave the city. If I ever find out that you've hit Enyo or another woman, I'll kill you myself." He said.

With those words, Roman knelt low to the man's face, rearing his fist back and brought it down with nearly 1,000 pounds of force. Instead of hitting the man, which would've destroyed his skull, Roman's fist shattered the concrete, just two inches from the man's head, leaving a four-inch wide hole in the street. He stood, ignoring the horrified look of passersby. He walked to Enyo, carefully and effortlessly picking her up into his arms.

Within in half a minute, Velocity had run Enyo to the HQ Compound, and into the medical wing. He sprinted through the main building until he found Evergreen. He put a hand on her shoulder and ran her back into the medical room. "She's got several broken ribs, severe bruising, possible internal bleeding, and I think her jaw is broken." He said in a perfectly level tone, despite his worry.

@Wick @RumikoOhara

Shiver felt like something was off. Call it instinct. The second Enyo's vitals hit the danger point she teleported out to her. She had a problem though Velocity was running so fast she couldn't actually get to Enyo whom he was carrying. She teleported straight to medical and while he ran to get Evergreen she grabbed Enyo's hand.

"Come on Yoyo. You are going to be fine. The doc is here an so is Velocity. Come on sis. "She squeezed Enyo's hand and wished she could heal others. She looked at Enyo closer and realized she was in civies. She still had her heels on.

Enyo was having trouble with Robert. She hadn't exactly told her that but she saw the bruises and the black eye. The demigoddess of war doesn't miss cues during a battle. She knew Enyo was having trouble hitting a human with her strength. Velocity and the doc arrived and she put her hands on Enyo and the fury in Shiver's eyes should have told Velocity to stop her. Before he could say anything she teleported out to find Robert.

Shiver went to the hospital where she knew he would be if Velocity had already gotten to him. He was handcuffed to a bed. She hit her comlink and said on an open channel to the whole team.

"Tia! He almost killed Enyo. That idiot human. She is more humane than they are. She refused to use her super strength against a human that she did not want to kill. He broke her jaw. He is here at the hospital. I'm going to make sure he can't hurt anyone ever again."

"SHIVER NO! You can't do that!" Tia practically jumped out of the car. "Omega! Jess! You gotta stop her! They'll shut us all down and Shiver will be a science experiment! Shiver turned off her comlink. Miles floor it!"

@king tai@rumikoohara@poohead189@funnyguy@sheriffllama

Shiver teleported Robert to the top of the goldengate bridge. She set him down, where was he going to go? His eyes got huge and frightened. After what Velocity did to him he looked pretty bad. She would have to thank him for that. She decided to torture him first. She shocked him several times, toying with him.

Roman swore as shiver teleported out of the medical bay. He knew exactly where she was going and exactly what she was going to do. He sprinted towards the hospital and arrived seconds after Shiver spoke to Tia over the comlink. He ran into the room, the entire hospital moving several dozen times slower than he was. While Shiver was suspended in his speed-warp, he wrapped his arm around her waist, and sprinted out.

He left California, running south on the ocean until he reached Mexico, about five minutes later. He set her down in the middle of a Mexican desert, returning to normal speed. He stood a few feet away from her. "Shiver, listen to me. Listen to me, as Roman, not as Velocity."
"What I did was already to much, and I'm going to suffer the consequences for it." He said. "If you kill him or hurt him more, you'll just make things worse." He looked her pleading in the eye. "Shiver, I'm part human and so are you. We might be superhumans but we have to forget the super sometimes and focus on the human. What I did was to defend Enyo, but now anything we do will be seen as hostile, rather than defensive. You know I'm the fastest person alive, but I can't catch you if you teleport now. I can't stop you. Only you can make this decision to be human ands let him live."

@Wick

Ro'Kun smiled at the sudden hug and hugged her back, before holding Shiver at arms length. "You know me, I get lost." She then gave him that playful look, and he winked. "Gadget you coming back to the HQ with me or are you going to find the sandwich shop with the bottomless pit here?" "Sure I can take Gadget with th-wwwhhhhhooooo is Gadget?" He asked, tilting his head. "Oh her! Hi." Ro'Kun gave a lopsided smile and wave. "Let's go grab something to eat while drama stuff happens elsewhere. You know the kind."
He led Gadget away from the drug bust, down the street and turned to the left, then right, then left again. "Hey, tell me something girly." he said finally, hands in his pockets. The muscled youth looked back at the pretty lady. "Are you new in town? Because I...still have no idea where I am."
He turned to see that he was right at the cusp of the river. The huge ass bridge was there too, he saw. He always thought it was cool looking. He wondered how they made such a huge thing. He then squinted. He saw two figures up top he thought. "What the hell...?" he whispered. @Gilgex@Wick

Shiver was glowing from the amount of electricity she was emitting. "How did you get to her before me? She called you didn't she. Of course she did." Shiver felt emotionally drained and said to him, "She knew I would kill him and you wouldn't. He deserves it! She is the sweetest person and she wouldn't hurt someone she doesn't have to. I saw the bruises. Her excuse for the black eye was laughable."

"Do you know why Enyo and I don't have 'names' like Velocity and Omega? It's because we are the same people all the time. We don't switch to a meta/super then back to ourselves. Tia uses one. She also is the leader. Poor thing. I wouldn't want to be the permanent leader of this group."

"Well I guess they will all think I'm losing it like my mom did. I guess I'm in for it now. I'm going to tell you why she chose you. She has been watching you since she got here and she trusts you, obviously. I think she is falling for you Roman. I don't know if she recognizes it yet. But to anyone paying attention, she is. Don't hurt her."

Shiver turned her comlink on to about 50 messages from Tia. She hit delete and said, "The asshole is safe, Roman stopped me."

"Thank the Gods!" Tia said. "Now get your ass to me NOW!" Roman could hear Tia over coms and his chuckle made Shiver grin as she teleported out to Tia who had already checked on Enyo. Enyo was in her room in the HQ. She was packing.

@sheriffllama

@SheriffLlama@Wick



Evergreen was startled by the new Meta and his speed.

"Poor dear not to worry for I have you now" says Amelia gently as she reached out and touches Enyo's face.

The room takes on a crisp quality reminiscent of spring rain as Evergreen's power probes the young woman's body seeking to define her injuries while blunting her pain.

Suddenly Amelia jerks away catching her breath as she sensed a familiarity within Enyo that brought back memories she'd long buried in the mists of her past.

" Kampa föður míns ég veit að þú sem blóð mitt" says Evergreen in a tongue she's not spoken in a century.

She practically lunges at Enyo as hatred and love struggle in her expression. She pours into Enyo a Niagara level cascade of healing energy desperate to take away her pain.

In moments all of the young woman's wounds vanish new an old as she remade fresh an whole.

Then once Amelia senses Enyo's condition she pulls away and flees the room in silent tears.

Roman listened patiently as Shiver spoke, surprised by her words of Enyo's liking him. Sure he wasn't exactly a romantic of any kind, but he was sure he would've noticed it by now. He sighed as the comlinks chattered and Shiver ported away.

When he went back to the HQ, almost thirty minutes after parting ways with Shiver, he learned that Enyo had been healed and was back to normal. He flashed to her room, stepping in unannounced. He looked down at her to see her packing her bags. He sighed again, exhaustion nipping at his mind. He stood beside her as she folded her clothes into her bag.

"If you're leaving, I just want you to know I'd prefer if you didn't." He said calmly, beginning to help her fold the clothes. "You're a grown woman, so I can't stop you." He said, focusing on the clothes that he was folding instead of making eye contact with her. "I understand how you feel right now... I feel the same way, if not a bit more frustrated..." He said, hinting towards the deeper meaning of their newfound trust in each other.

@Wick

@POOHEAD189

Julia followed Ro'kun not really knowing where they were going. She pulled out a smartphone the company provided her, and she pulled up her map application. Because as soon as they reached the riverbank she figured out they were lost. It only was confirmed when Ro said, "Hey, tell me something girly. Are you new in town? Because I...still have no idea where I am." Julia started to chuckle softly, and smiled. It was kinda adorable how a guy that was probably in this city longer than she was, got lost so fast. Nor was really prepared by compensating that shortcoming that with technology. Thankfully a friend inside the company had gotten her the phone in her hand as a going away present. So that way they could keep in touch. "Brand new to the city I'm afraid. I come from Seattle. What was the restaurant you were looking for? I can put it into my phone, and find it in a snap. Or if you don't know I can look up good a good sandwich place." She got up beside Ro'kun to see the sight he was looking out at. It took her breath away, and soon she pulled up the camera app on her phone. "Hey do you wanna take a selfie with me? Would be the first photo on this bad boy." She chuckled softly due to asking that question she felt awkward.

Jess was done with power expansion exercises and decided that she needed to do fine control exercises and pick up something on the way home.

QThe people inside Bobbie's Best were stunned when a girl clad in a form fitting pink suit with charcoal gray legs floated into the little Guitar shop.

"Hey aren't you that Drifter babe; ya it is her that Drifter babe.
Wass up Drifter babe?" says an odd young man wearing metal in all sorts of places on his body.

Then an older man steps up a little nervously and asks
"Is there something wrong, do we need to evacuate?

Jesse smiled and touches the floor with her feet to show she's not here in a power capacity
"Actually I am her to pick an acoustical instrument and hope you can help me"

"S..S..Sure

Whatever you want

I'm Fat Bobbie, I own the place any brand you looking for in particular? "

"I'm not seeking a brand but a type.

I require an all steel instrument. As far as strings gears an all parts connected to the strings." she asks with a smile before seeing an instrument that fits the bill.

She springs towards it as if she were leaping in the moon and people stare in awe as the guitar floats off the rack then hovers in the air.

What happens next is beyond their wildest imagining as the guitar begins playing a soft Latin tune as if played by ghostly hands. Forever all minutes Jesse puts the guitar through it's paces playing softly the rapidly, powerfully and gently. When she's done the people there applaud and stare at her in amazement.

"How'd you do that?"asks Fat Bobbie.

Jessica explains to him her talent for magnetics and how to her the instrument was also resonating magnetically as well as acoustically and it is good practice for her fine control skill along with an amusing pastime.

He and the other four musicians chat to her about her skill and beg her to drop by an play with them for about 45 minutes.

So a little later Drifter LA ds back at base followed by an old guitar case that holds her find which she was delighted to find is 20 years older than she

Ro'Kun's eyes widened and he nodded. "Yeah yeah sandwich place." he said, actually jumping from foot to foot. "I'm fricken starving."
He glanced back at the bridge once more though, and saw the two objects having just...vanished. Shiver? He'd figure it out later. The view was sure nice up here though. Really nice. His attention was drawn back to the new girl again when she asked him if he wanted to take a pic with her. "Selfie? Oh yeah, that's what the kids are callin' it." he joked, and nodded. "Sure." He gave an 'I'm too cool for this shit' smile and flexed right beside Gadget. In honesty, Ro'kun wasn't arrogant in the slightest, but he loved joking about it. People assumed he was like that because girls sometimes hovered around him and the fact he had super strength. He was just glad his athletic body was proportionate, and his neck wasn't tree trunk thick. Gadget seemed pretty cool so far, and didn't make assumptions, thankfully.
@Gilgex@Wick

Enyo felt worn out. She stopped packing and turned to look at Roman. "Thank you. He no doubt would have killed me had you not come. Shiver would have killed him outright. And also thank you for stopping Shiver."

"She and I know each other better than anyone else does. Our mothers were best friends. While we were kids Shiver was brought to my mom on the mountain and Wicked left her there for more than two years. Wicked was having trouble dealing with some things and she didn't want to hit Shiver again. I guess she had gotten distracted during training and Shiver had walked in at the wrong time. She had gotten really hurt. So she and I grew up together really close."

Enyo looked sad. "Roman, how can I fight for the humans and not hurt them if they attack me? I'm a goddess of war! I fight with and against Ares! I can take down armies! So how did I let one human nearly kill me?" Her voice lowered in confusion. "It's not even that I liked him. He seemed nice at first but that was only til he hit me. I removed myself from the equation and that didn't even work."

She was agitated and she said, "When I saw him today I felt fear. Do you know why?" She pulled at her hair as it got caught on something. "I was afraid I would lose control and kill him this time. I was afraid of myself and so I let him nearly kill me."

"I know what Shiver told you. She is kind of a big mouth sometimes. I don't want to leave. I just don't know how to not kill humans if they attack me and I can't just let them kill me." Enyo had been pacing and stopped in front of him. "Any suggestions?" Enyo looked up at him with emotion in her eyes and she was hoping that might have the answer for her and that he might feel the same way about her, at least a little.

@sheriffllama

For the first time in a few months Cal flicked on his com. He had a look of content from spending time with his family before he was told to come back 'home'. He chuckled as he lightly tapped the com...he wasn't talking to anyone in particular, but he did not know how many new people were there. "Hey peeps! You guys miss me? I'm almost home." he grinned wondering who would reply first...if anyone. He looked at his red converse to make sure they were tied this time before he took off running.

He came to a sudden stop outside the entrance and waved to the guards. "Hey guys. I brought you cookies...Amber's famous sour cream triple chocolate chip cookies." he grinned and tossed a bag of cookies to them. With a two finger salute he ran in and headed straight for the kitchen. Without nothing his surroundings he began digging through for food like a starving bear.

@BlackPanther



Jesse floated into the lounge area then kitchen still followed by her guitar. Stainless flatware left to do her bidding fetching, cutting and pouring till she had a sumo Caliber snack.

Once her small repast is completed she decides to notice another of the local Meta an says in a soft English accented tone
"Hello, I am Jessica call sign Drifter nice to meet you."