Snippet #1242042

Alexander sat at his desk completely bored. Filing paperwork and sending memos dragged at his mind and made him feel numb, normal, and Alex hated that feeling. To spice things up he changed the wall color in his office a few times and set illusions of dancing bears moving around his office. After about two hours of working Alexander gave up pretending to file the same piece of paper over and over again and decided to go out for a quick lunch. Ducking under his table for a second, Alexander threw an illusion over his desk that showed him sitting at his desk with a look of extreme concentration and working dilligently on paperwork with a big sign in front of him that said 'Busy, do not disturb unless it is a life or death issue' and then set up his stereo with a sound-track of papers shuffling and things being moved around, it wouldn't fool anybody who stayed in his office for longer than it took to read the sign but he figured he could squeeze out a good hour of relaxation before somebody caught on.

Making himself invisible, Alexander quietly crept out of his office and slid down the hallway, tucking himself against the wall whenever another person walked by. Alexander had a moment of panic when he got to the elevator and realized that it would look rather odd if the elevator opened by itself so he had to wait for another person to go down. When the elevator doors opened and a secretary from the floor above walked out Alexander breathed a silent thanks to whatever being was currently watching over him. The ride down the elevator was uneventful and as Alex stepped out of his office he smiled and dropped his invisibility, changing the look of his face and clothing to a random office drone as he walked down the street whistling and smiling. Halfway down the block towards his favorite sandwich shop, they accepted cash from him, Alexander felt a headache form. Frowning he shook his head slightly and kept walking, three steps later Alexander was floored by a more intense pain than any he had ever felt. Shrieking incoherently Alexander fell to the floor writing in pain, he completely lost control of his powers and random spots of light flashed around him, just before he blacked out Alexander felt his illusions drop completely revealing his drab grey suit, discolored hair, and the scar that ran across his mouth from cheek to cheek.

Alexander came to and looked about with bleary eyes, wondering what had happened. The last thing he remembered was pain and now he was in a room with a white ceiling dressed in a hospital gown. Reaching up to touch his head, Alexander felt linen cloth wrapped around his head and moving felt incredibly painful. Gritting his teeth, Alexander slowly sat up and looked at the other in the room, all of them in similar condition and dresses the same way.
*oh, this sucks..* Alexander thought to himself, hoping he hadn't pissed somebody off.