Snippet #1843053

Statix had, within the short duration of silence and tense glances from face to face, come to the final conclusion that these people were idiots. Simpletons. Nobody had any clue what the other was capable of, and yet they each considered themselves to be the superior force--well, with the exception of that brat Kiku, that is. But really. Nobody wanted to make the first move because they were all at least smart enough to wait and gauge the actions of the others. He knew, with a bit of distaste, that he was doing just the same as the other two--the silent one and that foreigner Airm. So, surpressing an agitated sigh, Statix straightened his posture. The one who was silent had crossed his arms and looked like he was proud and ready to be openly defiant. And Statix was just not in the mood to deal with defiant ants, especially useless ones.

He connected his hands behind his back, considering the situation. He wasn't worried, but he could feel himself losing his temper the longer he remained in this room. He still hadn't decided whether or not he wanted to show off his powers in front of these idiots or if he wanted to keep them guessing. Those quotes had it wrong. Ignorance wasn't bliss; it was fear. And Statix knew all about fear.

Before he could do anything, however, the alarms were blaring. Even he jumped from surprise, nearly falling from the sudden shock of the noise. It was so sudden, so loud. Timeless had never been so loud.. It had always been silent, echoic, tense. He squeezed his eyes shut from the oncoming headache, but opened them almost immediately after. He couldn't lose base just because of some annoying noise. He had to concentrate here. He wasn't alone. He was dealing with three power-holding strangers. But that stupid blaring sound just wouldn't stop resonating off the walls of his eardrums, causing his temper to strike up another notch. He saw Airm's mouth move, but wasn't close enough to hear the words over the alarms. Then Kiku dropped to the ground and looked like he was literately on the verge of death. Statix couldn't help but make a mental note of that, along with the headphones. Kiku's powers were connected to hearing. He was weak to obnoxious or over-bearing sounds. Good to know.

He turned to face the door as Airm gave the silent one a look to get him to move away from it. But, as the other boy moved, he ended up knocking down a shelf in his clumsy fatigue. The shelf landed too close to Statix, just grazing the sleeve of his shirt. He looked at the fallen shelf with an offended gaze, then up at the smirking idiot who'd nearly crushed him. Okay, so maybe that was a bit of an over-exaggeration, but he was still pissed. He shoved Airm out of the way--caring less if Kiku was conscious or not--and took it upon himself to open the door. The second he opened it, he saw a mass of armed scientists marching their way. He made a quick, split-second decision, then suddenly slammed the door shut and locked it, standing to block it. Okay, so now what? There's too much going on! His head was pounding, there was a shelf laying scattered on the ground, Kiku was dead weight, Airm had his hands full, and the silent one was just an arrogant idiot. There were people with who-knows-what sort of weapons heading right this way.

First thing's first... Statix glanced up at the walls. There was a single alarm in the room and--there it was. The security camera that had been watching them the entire time. That's how the scientists knew where they were. Great. He planned to scold himself later for not catching that. But, for now, he supposed there was no helping it. He would have to use his powers. He was sick of the chaos. Without so much as a warning, Statix brought up his hand and aimed it at the alarm in the room. A bright bolt of energy shot straight from his hand and, in a flash, the alarm had burst into pieces, glass scattering onto the ground as it fizzled out and died. He glanced at the security camera, gave it a slight smirk, and did the same to it. A momentary silence fell over the room. He didn't bother hiding his content sigh.

"Much better," he said aloud. "Now, there are a few adults"--what a foreign word to say--"coming right this way with weapons. Nothing big. No guns. Easy prey. Just a warning." He looked at the other three in the room, his gaze sweeping carelessly over Kiku. He didn't bother hiding his disgust that Airm would even bother helping such a pathetic creature. Humans like Kiku didn't deserve to survive. They deserved to be squashed like the useless bugs that they were. Kiku wasn't even a worthy pawn in the game. Statix clasped his hands together and opened the door, stepping aside out of the line of sight of the scientists that were coming down the hall, nearing them. "So, get a move on or I'll move you."