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"Phoenix!"

Isaac jumped at the sudden cry. Another giveaway? He was surprised that the SWAT team hadn't discovered them by now, with all that had been happening. Understandably, Phoenix looked very aggravated at this new development, and Isaac could feel the temperature of the room soar as her temper rose.

"Son of a bitch!" Phoenix roared and shot to her feet. Someone else was failing at the subtlety thing. They had to be blown soon. That was when she heard the fizzle and click of a radio. Phoenix's eyes dilated and her heart sped up. "Everyone, move now!" she screamed and spread her wings out wide forcing them towards the window that was her many entrance.

Isaac barely had time to react to Phoenix's warning. Acting instinctively, he drew all moisture in the room around himself in a protective ball, freezing it into rock hard ice just before a massive explosion rocked the basement apartment. The shock wave from the blast was enough to shatter the ice, but because of the shield, Isaac was largely unhurt from the incident. He remelted the ice, manipulating the liquid into a thin layer on his body. It was time to fight.

"Move now!" Phoenix turned and carefully aimed over the others heads with her uninjured arm and a tiny focused ball of flames grew in her palm. When she released it it slammed into the window with enough force to allow for a quicker exit. "Isaac, cool off the ground or it'll burn you!"

"I know," Isaac replied, freezing the scorched concrete as he leapt nimbly out of what was once the window. The cement cracked under the stress of the temperature change, but the young man hardly had time to notice as his body was hit by two laser sights.

"Hands up, freak," one SWAT officer warned him. "We'll shoot!"

Isaac moved swiftly and surgically, first flooding the men's guns with water, then freezing the liquid rapidly. The expanding material pushed the weapons apart from the inside, rendering them useless. Another wave of officers quickly rushed in, but was pushed back by a large wave of snow. Keeping aware of his surroundings, he rushed off to find Phoenix.

Isaac found Phoenix in the midst of the battle, fending of several SWAT members single-handedly. "Phoenix!" he cried as he reached her, taking out some SWAT of his own. "Watch my back will ya? I can get us some cover, but it will take concentration."