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World 8 - Brave New World
Wayward Daughter- Queen Of Angst
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Re: World 8 - Brave New World
He carried onwards, walking through the opposite door and up another flight of stairs, leaving that man trapped behind him. Laurie was close. He could feel her. So near now..... when he broke through the next doorway, she was there. He rushed to her side, beginning to break her free of how she'd been tied up and held captive. Again, he didn't notice the captor hidden in the same room, not til he was attacking him.
Wayward Daughter- Queen Of Angst
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Re: World 8 - Brave New World
All of a sudden, though, he was finding his limbs jolting around uncontrollably. Then he saw the other man in the room, invisible previously, and realised it must be his doing. If only he could regain control of himself... he thought it, and he'd done it. Then he moved to trap that man as he'd trapped the other, but it only lasted for a minute before he used his own jolting to break himself free.
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Re: World 8 - Brave New World
The man moved towards him, and instinctively Alex turned himself crystalline again. He tensed awaiting an attack. But the man vanished instead.... Alex was sure he'd just turned invisible, not left. His eyes scanned the area, despite himself, and he listened carefully for the slightest noise. When he heard something - a footstep - his arms flew outwards. He didn't even know what he was doing. He just stared at the spray of crystal shards and sharp wooden pieces which appeared from his fingertips. These flew through the air and collided into the other's body.
Wayward Daughter- Queen Of Angst
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Re: World 8 - Brave New World
The man collapsed immediately. His body slid to the floor, but Alex paid him no attention, returning to freeing Laurie again. He'd just about released her from her ties when he felt a thick fist colliding with his skull.
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Re: World 8 - Brave New World
Reflexively, Alex rolled to the floor, trying to get away from the impact and the other man. He could recognise him. It was the same one as before, the one he'd left behind in the room where he'd injected himself with that formula. He must have teleported in. The man ran at him, and he tried to dodge, tried to trap his movements like before. He was too quick though. The punch connected, and Alex was sent flying.
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Re: World 8 - Brave New World
Awkwardly, he regained his feet, and transformed into crystal to shield himself from another punch, followed by a blast of fire. That just reflected off his new skin. Luckily, it didn't hit anything flammable and the room didn't catch fire. The man threw another punch, but Alex could withstand them now, and his own seemed to make more of an impact when he retaliated. He tried throwing those shards at his opponent, but the man just raised a hand and deflected them.
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Re: World 8 - Brave New World
Automatically, Alex threw those same shards once more, but the man just deflected them again, and he barely dodged them as they flew back at him. He didn't know if he'd be immune to the effects of his own abilities or not. He didn't know what to throw at this guy next, either.... what could he do, if he just threw everything back without it touching him? He didn't get much chance to think, as the next second, he was falling sideways to try to avoid yet another of those superstrengthened punches, barely escaping. He threw his hands outwards, trying some sort of block, and suddenly the man faltered.
Wayward Daughter- Queen Of Angst
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Re: World 8 - Brave New World
He stumbled backwards, seeming to be struggling for breath, in visible pain. He raised an arm, aimed weakly at Alex. For a second, Alex felt blinding pain racing through his entire body. He felt afire. But then that faded, vanished. He opened his eyes, and his former assailant was a corpse before him. He had no idea what he'd just done.
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Re: World 8 - Brave New World
Eventually he forced his eyes away from the man's corpse. He walked away, heading over to Laurie. She headed over to him too, but a glimpse of something caught her eye.
I think you dropped something earlier, she murmured, crossing over to one of the areas where they'd been fighting before. She knelt to pick up what had caught her notice. When she turned back, her expression was questioning, hopeful and disbelieving all at once. Wordlessly, she showed what she'd found to Alex.
I think you dropped something earlier, she murmured, crossing over to one of the areas where they'd been fighting before. She knelt to pick up what had caught her notice. When she turned back, her expression was questioning, hopeful and disbelieving all at once. Wordlessly, she showed what she'd found to Alex.
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The second she'd mentioned it, he'd suspected that he knew what he'd lost. And he was right. In her hands now was a small black box, fallen open when it'd fallen from his pocket in the fight, the light in the room bouncing off the metal and stones. This hadn't been how he'd pictured this...... but he took the box back from her, and sank down on one knee.
Laurie, will you marry me?
Laurie, will you marry me?
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Wayward Daughter- Queen Of Angst
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Laurie gasped, eyes wide. She'd seen the ring, true, but she hadn't really suspected.... she thought she'd misunderstood, somehow. And now she didn't know what to say.
She stayed in that silence, awkwardly, for a few moments, until in a flash Alex understood what she must be thinking. She must have always imagined her sisters at her side when she got married.
We'll save Lee and Lola and then we'll get married, he added softly.
She stayed in that silence, awkwardly, for a few moments, until in a flash Alex understood what she must be thinking. She must have always imagined her sisters at her side when she got married.
We'll save Lee and Lola and then we'll get married, he added softly.
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Re: World 8 - Brave New World
The offer made fresh tears leak from her eyes, and she looked away awkwardly. He hadn't said anything of how he was going to save them. But somehow, she believed him, still. Slowly she nodded.
I will, she answered.
I will, she answered.
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Wayward Daughter- Queen Of Angst
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Oh my God awww
Wayward Daughter- Queen Of Angst
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Re: World 8 - Brave New World
(Kinda perfect? Now I need to remember my other SLs here and which one comes first/next)
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(Very perfect )
Wayward Daughter- Queen Of Angst
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(Do you happen to know what's my next SL here? )
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Re: World 8 - Brave New World
When I returned to work the next day, it was to find that we were in chaos. There'd been a massive surge in EH crimes. It seemed that a large country-wide gang had all spontaneously manifested, and were using their abilities predictably. We didn't know where half of them were, or how to counter them.
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Re: World 8 - Brave New World
Wayward Daughter wrote:In the NC base, the phone rang. They were quite busy at the time, and the reception was a bit understaffed, so the machine was left to get it. A feminine voice, sounding almost as if she was pleading, spoke.
Please... I don't really know, but.... well.... when I met one of your agents a while ago, she gave me this number... and I know I said no thanks, then, but now.... I think I need help.... I....
The call suddenly died, a dialling tone ringing.
I also eventually learned that they'd received a mysterious phone call over a month ago, while I'd been away on my honeymoon, just before all of this chaos had began. All attempts to trace it had so far failed. I overheard some of the other agents discussing it, and I'd asked if I could hear it. I was stunned then. I thought I could recognise the voice.
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I've met her, I admitted. I'm the agent she mentions...
Who is she? one of the others asked sharply.
Her name's Tonia McHugh.... she refused all offers of help or training though, after a friend of hers mentioned bad experiences with the old company. I only just managed to persuade her to take a card.
Who is she? one of the others asked sharply.
Her name's Tonia McHugh.... she refused all offers of help or training though, after a friend of hers mentioned bad experiences with the old company. I only just managed to persuade her to take a card.
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Re: World 8 - Brave New World
With her name now in hand, the agents began a search for Tonia. They didn't find her, however. They couldn't. Her apartment was empty when they checked, and she hadn't been in work for weeks. After asking the name of the friend of hers I'd mentioned - Valerie Thomas - we learned that she too had vanished in a similar manner.
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Re: World 8 - Brave New World
Eventually, the agents decided to get a clairvoyant reading of their locations. The message was alarming enough to need investigation. It didn't take long to locate them, both in the same place, an apartment complex in Manhattan. A team was teleported into the building.
They only just managed to get back.
They only just managed to get back.
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The second they appeared inside, they found themselves under fire. Half the team were thrown telekinetically in every direction, while most of the rest became trapped in slowly crushing forcefields which they only just managed to escape from. The air was full of smoke. Strangling vines grew from one of the walls, tangling the limbs of anyone who wasn't wary enough.
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One of the agent managed to burn the vines away, but within seconds, his fire had roared madly out of his control. Panicking, he backed away. Others were succumbing to the venomous smokey gas, and most were still recovering from the initial attacks. Almost everything they could throw at their assailants, their targets, was being deflected. They couldn't even see them.