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Erik

Erik looked as Lloyd left and gave Meredith a concerned look when she left. Erik looked back to the rest of the kids and saw how most were looking at Zero from time to time, and Erik smiled without saying a word. "Come on." Erik said the the remaining kids in the rooms. "Guards!" Erik called out and multiple guards came into the room. "Escort these Kids back to their rooms please." Each guard stood behind the Kids and singled them to to move out of the room. Erik left with the group, and shut the door once to the burnt meeting room once everyone had left, then he went to the desk monitors and saw were Lloyd had flooded Kiaras room. Erik glared at Lloyds back for a second, and said nothing. Suppose this gives him sort of false since of power... Erik knew well negative and positive reinforcement tromps Negative or positive punishment any day, and anyone who used the latter was only fulfilling pleasures of their own rather then really teaching someone something. Lloyd had used hoses on her, and sprinklers before, and some good that did to her attitude. This however was out of line... Flooding her room. Its a health hazard he thought. But it would differently fulfill intentions... He didn't want to teach Kiara, but strike fear into her...

Erik looked back to his computer, and thought to himself, 'a fear she will one day overcome.'

James

James didnt like what Lloyds anger, and honestly it was somewhat new to him. James knew he was cold, and that Lloyd didnt particularly like James power and lack of control over his power. Yet, Lloyd was never mean to James. Still, James never gave reason for Lloyd to hate him.

James went back to his room without any resistance. James never was out of line before today. It might have been because James never wanted things. His room was the way it was since the first day he moved their. He had a bed, a dresser, toilet and shower, and his one desk and chair. James felt that he had everything he ever really needed, and that was life. James's power helped to entertain him, and he never had time to worry about how his treatments wore bad, or if his life wasnt good enough or not, because of his power. He was to busy with controlling it.

Sure James had a few extra things, but he never asked for them. He had a music player built into his wall because Erik felt that the boy lacked culture, and needed to experience such things. Erik would download more and more of his music into the device, but James never really often listened to it... Music made his illusions go wild...

James saw something that didnt belong in his bare room. A Package laid on his bed, and it was quiet large. James starred at it for a few seconds, wondering if it was some sort of sick punishment for before. He didnt move until the vault doors shut behind him. He walked up to the package, wrapped in paper and read the writing on it. "Happy birthday James, welcome to the family - Erik"

James laughed to him self and said "huh... that's a little ironic." James began to slow tear the paper and jumped when the walls of his room ripped just like the paper did. Water started to seep through. It was another illusion. James looked down to his gift and could peek into it seeing blue peek out of it. He looked back and forth between the gift and the wall and saw they mirrored each other. James said "Player" and the music player on the wall turned on. "Shuffle." James said. The sounds of Mumford and Sons began to play. James ripped the wrapping completely off, and as he did the walls of his room ripped away, the room flooded from all sides and was now a sea. James's room became the picture Erik had left him, and James floated on a ship through the storms in his vast sea of dreams.