Scarlet Angel94

The Elementals (Chemical elemental characters)

"She's going to get us caught, does she realize that?" Jaden seemed to be thinking out loud - he knew he was, and though he hated admitting it, Chloe was right about finding a way of leading the guy away, but he failed to tell them a detail about Clay. Not that at the moment he was to concerned about that. His worries lied with the their safety, and how Aria was faring.

He was actually very glad to see she had been able to control her powers - he remembered how many times he accidentally warped something because of the Iron concentration - and that meant if she'd done it once, she could do it again. He thought momentarily and then looked at Aura who was watching her sister closely. And then she exploded on him and he felt himself sigh as the girl finished her high-pitched rant. Aura had a surprisingly powerful set of lungs on her.

"I was trying to keep her calm, and help her focus on her powers....I didn't mean to come off as offensive or perverted - I apologize. And I also don't know what compelled you and her to walk into the cafe today....maybe we're...drawn together like magnets? Who knows...."

There was a pause as he pondered her questions and then felt himself shiver as he recounted the words of Clay when he'd told him more about his element. It was as Chloe walked back into the room and kept a pensive look on him that he looked at the two girls.

"As for my actions....I never knew anyone was out there with powers like mine....I thought I was the only one...as for my choices? Its imbued into me based upon my element. In Alchemy...you know what that is right? Well...it...states that Iron is the most common metal...it is in everything, living or not....and because of that the elemental using it would have its traits right? Well...there's a reason for my choice to protect the three of you and keep you safe...the Alchemical people called my element Fe....the automic lettering is such...but there was another name for my element."

The two girls stared at him as he looked at them. This dated back centuries, and he knew it because of Clay and because of his father's research into the Alchemical texts in the years prior to his birth and the things he left after Jacob Thurston was left dead on a street corner with unexplainable wounds and singes.

"My element was called Fe - The Guardian. I might be distant and indifferent....but I want to protect people, and its hard when you don't know what your really capable of...I'm sure you've felt that way most of your life like myself....right? Aura? Chloe?"

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"Thank me later!" with that he took off hearing the shouts of the person behind them as they bolted before diving behind a set of shrubs.

Aria was out cold, and admittedly he felt a little guilty as he looked at her and Chloe watched them as Aura shot death glares in his direction and he kept them down as someone ran by shouting into the night. As soon as they were gone he made them silently follow him through the tiny alleyway and then into a small back garden before he walked up to the backdoor of the large, old, brick Victorian house. There was a noise of someone shuffling, the sound of a few things breaking, and then the noise of a cat yelping as someone stepped on its tail and the person apologizing while they waited and Aura tried to keep her sister up. Jaden turned with a sigh and grabbed the tiny girl and pulled her into his arms while he saw the surprised and guarded expression from both girls while he waited for the door to open. In seconds, it swung open and there stood a man between his late thirties and early forties with a slightly scraggly beard - needing a good shave - a bit long hair, and askew circular wire frame glasses - dressed in a pair of night clothes, bedroom shoes, and a housecoat. he yawned and then looked at them.

"Hello what do you....MY GOD JADEN! WHAT HAPPENED?"

"We're being trailed....can you hide us for a bit?" the man nodded and swiftly they were taken into the shelter of the old home.

It was full of traditional nineteenth century decore and style, a warm fireplace lit in the living room and antique lights lining the walls and hallway where a rich oak stained staircase and waynescoating stood. The walls were plaster and original, a rung was at there feet and forward was another room, a dinning room and kitchen.

"Take a seat in the living room....I bring you all some tea and the first aid kit!" with that he was gone and Jaden moved to settled Aria on the sofa before he watched Aura settle next to her on the ground, Chloe sitting in a chair not far from her and Jaden settled himself before the fire to stretch out rather cat-like and then grab the poker to stoke the fireplace.

Why was he so eager to help these people? Was it because for the first time in forever, there was someone who actually knew what if felt like to be different? He sighed and moved to sit with his knees pulled to his chest for his head to rest on while he watched the three girls and waited for Clay to return with tea - don't ask him why - and a first aid kit. He supposed the twenty questions game was going to return now, and he took a deep breath.

"Questions?" he asked.

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"What? I was talking about the fact that in one single day I've run into four people who can use element based powers! I have nothing against Americans! I AM AMERICAN! I JUST LIVE HERE!" Jaden snapped as the person stared at him.

God, he didn't need this person running his mouth right now - and then the idiot began running his mouth about the tunnel, and then he began screaming out rape. Jaden took a deep breath wishing he could breathe fire momentarily and then he looked to Aria who still stood beside him and was currently staring wide eyed and red faced at the man. Jaden really disliked people who jumped around like that and didn't read the situation. He felt an expression of tired annoyance come onto his face and he looked at the person.

"People like you make me feel like I need to go to a confessional....and I say that because there's a Church right there!"

He felt Aria faintly laugh as the other person sputtered and he felt himself beginning to question his sanity - and the sanity of the four Elementals with him. He then looked at the person and took in a deep breath.

"Who the hell are you anyways?" the person then shot him a disgruntled look. All the while Jaden felt as if he should just snatch the person up - maybe tie him up? - and drag him to Clay's home.

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"Listen closely..." he got down to her ear and he felt the girl turn blood red before he smiled just a bit.

"I want you to startle him...flare up a bit and make a flame screen so we can get out of here without bloodshed...I may be a bit dark, but I have a low tolerance for a need to murder or harm someone...so please....miss Aria? Can you help me with this?"

Jaden felt the girl go red and shake before she stared at him and he looked at the wounds on her arms, saw her trembling, wide eyed stare at him and he smiled gently and placed an arm around her and she went frigidly still as he braced himself for potential failure, death, and or a mix of multiple outcomes all into one. His main objective for being so close to her was so that he could scoop her up and bolt when they got the chance. Yet he doubted that a certain older sister got that vibe because she was giving off a Hell hath fury upon thee energy that made him feel as if someone had walked over his grave.

"Just let her understand that I did this with the purest of intentions....I really don't want to fight the she-devil today."

His attention fell back to Aria and she glanced at him and momentarily their eyes met and he gave her a small reassuring smile before placing a hand atop her head as the person from the shadows became closer. The girl flushed and Aura raged while Chloe stared wide eyed at them as he looked into her eyes again with a gentle calmness. He felt a small flare of danger and gave her a look of reassurance once more before he spoke softly to the girl.

"You can do it Miss Aria...I have faith you can."

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"You people keep coming out of the woodwork....we're kind of busy so if you don't mind would you please just go the hell away?"

The person stood still and Jaden felt his eyes narrow as he looked onward and then felt the energy around Aria and Aura. He glanced back at the pixie-girl and gave her a small smile - she was quite the little firecracker wasn't she? Well, what did he expect from Hydrogen? His eyes settled on the person and he kept a calm tension within himself. Jaden didn't have to guess that it was dangerous for two of their kind - was that even a good term for this? - going head to head, and it made him tense as he kept his eyes locked on the man watching them from the shadows. His top priority at this instant was getting the three females and himself safely to Clay's home where they would be protected. Jade glanced at Chloe who was standing wide eyed at him much like Aura and he sighed as his focus returned to the person.

"This is bad...the tension is to heavy and that puts not only ourselves but other's at risk....Aria...she can make fire....I don't even want to think what....wait a minute..."

"Aria! I need you to come here....I have an idea okay?" his eyes locked onto her blue ones and instantly he was met with shock and anger from Aura.

He hated to resort to begging but he really didn't want to fight these people - and he was tired of the run around. However, he had much more important matters to handle.

"Please....miss Aria?"

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“That’s fine by me…my friend is just down the street and I’m sure he’ll be fine with me dropping by with some people who need help.” Blue eyes narrowed and he rolled his own dark gray ones as they walked down the street.

“I hate to break it too you Chloe….but….you go off on your own and that man will either kidnap or kill you. For now the four of us are sticking it out and we’re getting through this,” he stated.

Jaden didn’t like the fact that the three girls seemed so tense, but they really needed to do something. However, he had another problem following them. With a sharp hiss he turned on the person standing there and narrowed his eyes in a menacing way. His eyes going cruel and the iron bangle on his wrist taking form. Within seconds he had a whip made of his element in his hand and was deeply considering ending the person’s life as a means to gain more of the element. He took in a deep breath feeling his other piece of iron on him deeply thrumming and desiring to allow him to equip it to his teeth and nails.

The others were staring wide eyed at the transformation of the iron bangle and the faint energy of protective rage coming from the boy as he stood there and waited for the other to step out of the shadows. Jaden hissed and the person flinched while he looked them over in a very predatory state. Whatever had overcome him was more demon and less human. The person stared at him and Jaden felt his body prepare for a potential fight.

“Either you come out now and behave yourself….or I will slit your throat so fast you’ll be meeting your maker before you can beg for mercy.”

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Jaden glanced at them as Aura pointed this out and instantly stood. He had little time for fussing about what was happening – they were bad news and he knew that the girl was right. He grabbed Aura by the wrist – hearing her outraged statement and a slew of insults follow the action – and then grabbed Aria’s as well. Chloe stood and then he dragged them behind the counter of the coffee shop and ducked down.

“This place is a safe haven for the odd ones out – the person who owns it lets me stay here when I’m trying to avoid people learning the truth.

I think we can use the seller to get out onto the street and then I know where we can go that’s safe to lay low for now,” he stated.
The three females wanted to either protest or something of the sorts, but they said nothing as he cast a withering glower in their direction and moved back a bit as the man from outside came in and began searching for them. He walked around from where he’d spotted the four of them and then looked at the bar. He walked over and looked around it to find nothing. Prior to him getting there Jaden had revealed a false floor area that lead down to the seller with a rather handy escape route. At current they were all hiding just under the man’s feet and were waiting for him to walk away again before moving.

Once the sound of footsteps began Jaden silently ushered them from the small stairs and the trapdoor to a tunnel and began to lead them out of the seller. From there Jaden intended to take them to someone he’d met during his first month in England – a middle aged man who seemed to know far too much about them, but was safe to trust. Jaden knew the man: Clay Ashner – would hide them until they were safe for the time being. It was as he turned a corner and began to walk further down the line that he heard and felt the sensation that the people following him were still tense.

“Aria….I want you to know….I believe there’s a chance for us to be more than devils….and also….once we’re safe we can talk rationally about who we are…but….I…suppose….I should apologize for making you feel distressed….my intentions aren’t to hurt people….but….maybe….you can show me different? Miss Aria?” the girl flushed as she looked at him.

Jaden paused as they made it to the exit of the tunnel – a heavy, early century door stood in there way and he took in a deep breath as he looked at Aura who was still glaring and constantly looking between the slightly happy and flushed expression on her little sister’s face, and the green eyed woman named Chloe. He nodded to them and pushed the door open and they came out into the open night several streets down from the small coffee shop. Jaden helped the girls out – with a begrugeoned face from Aura – and a flush from Aria. Chloe thanked him softly and soon they were heading down the street and towards an old brick Victorian house that his friend had. However, he could tell that Aria, the little pixie of a girl, had a question she wanted to ask him.

“Well…here goes….”

"Is everything alright Miss Aira?" he felt a little odd as the girl looked up at him.

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He watched the two girls closely - Chloe not speaking, only watching - and felt a small flicker of emotion for the two. How could he not? He might have been detatched, but he wasn't heartless to the point of harming someone like her sister - Aura assumed he was.

"I have no intention of hurting her....I have met one person like me before I came here....and he was....burning like hellfire and cold like ice. My intentions do not include unhinging your little sister...."

Aura went on the defense when he sat up straight and looked at Aria who was wiping her eyes as he kept an intense gaze upon her. He owed explanations, and he suspected that with someone like them it was needed by now.

"I am the element of Iron - I accepted who I am by trying to keep someone I cared for safe and ended up puncturing the lung of one of the guys who attacked me and her....she called me a monster.....and a week later...I was a citizen of England. As for the answer to what I am.....there's nothing human about us."

The women stared at him as he looked down at the worn, yet polished wooden floor and tried to keep himself levelheaded as he listened to their calm breaths, the deadening silence as he looked at them again though he felt some reassurance in the fact that Aria was glancing at him.

"I could be an angel, a savior to people...a normal person on the street...a creature of ancient lore that maskquerades in the flesh of a mortal...or I could be a demon wearing a mask of lies and illusions. I'm a monster, a demon, the things that humans hate....Aria..." she flinched and looked at him.

"Your right...the love you have for humans....will kill you - so you need to harden yourself to the reality we face. There's nothing that can be done to stop it or change it. Elemental powers aren't supposed to be real...and we aren't supposed to exist in this world....we're....devils."

It was as those words left his mouth that a sharp slap resounded and a sting was left upon his right cheek. Cold air, the smell of fresh cool air and the sensation of his throat tightening before the air returned and he kept his eyes downcast with his bangs hiding them.

"We're....devils but....can we be more? I'd like to know..."

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The shocks are afoot it would seem....lets hope those powers stay on the elemental periodic table and don't reach for anything to do with electricity....otherwise this might get a little messy O.O

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"Well, that's interesting....I can sense what you are....and my power really isn't developed...just....intergrated. I've adapted it to my own body enough to where my control is better."

the girls gawked at him and he felt as if this was about to become a one sided response. With a sigh he ran a hand through his hair and moved to flop down in the cushy arm chair and open the book in his hands - The Tempest by William Shakespeare.

"I don't exactly hate you....I dislike how you act....so peaceful....calm...normal. It's discouraging to think I'm the only one who chooses to keep clear of human beings...."

The girl, Aria he noted wouldn't make eye contact with him and he felt himself frown ever so slightly while he eyed the two sisters and the woman with those too green eyes. They were just as unsure as he was, and that made for bad outcomes. Yes, he could fight with his powers, but he had just gotten it to where he could equip it. His eyes landed to the pixie of a girl and felt a little warmth spread through him and he shifted slightly. She was pretty in a otherworldly way he supposed. His mind dared to wander and he refused it before looking at them again.

"Guess what I am....tell me what you think I am."