Natasha Richards's Story

Natasha ran up the stairs of an abandoned hotel, 3 men after, mercenaries, one of the steps gave way beneath her feet and she tripped and the mercs surrounded her. She could see no way out, so she screamed. A blue bubble formed around her and flew outwards, knocking the mercs over. She got herself back up and ran to the roof. She ran as fast as she could to the edge, jumping onto the other rooftop and running to the door leading to the stairwell, "BOOM!" She shouted and the door was blown apart, Natasha following the splinters down the stairs. She reached the bottom and then there was an explosion on the roof of a nearby building, she along with a few other curious people ran to see what was going on. When she reached the building, she noticed 3 people on the roof top, their were people in suits around the building, she'd encountered them before and wasn't willing to encounter them again.

Tasha noticed the ambulance and the 2 guys getting into it, they hadn't noticed a few more of the men emerging from the building, she had to help. She stepped in front of them and screamed, knocking them down. She stood her ground as both of them got up and screamed again, the other flying back into a window and the other against the wall. "I didn't think this through." She whispered to herself.

Natasha looked back, crowds had gathered around the crash site, luckily no one had noticed her using her ability. She started to run, down an alley. She was blocked off by a T.A.N.C vehicle, she stopped the turn but another vehicle closed in on her. I'll go back, stay in a large crowd. She screamed and another pink wave smashed against the truck, making it fly down the alleyway and into a wall. She ran back to the crowd, hiding herself in it. She watched as the ambulances left, she made the decision to follow them. They wouldn't attack a hospital, that'd be a PR disaster. She reassured herself as she got into a taxi.

Natasha paid the driver and ran into the hospital, it was full, so many people in one place. She looked around the entire first floor, somebody here had to be able to give her answers. She ran to the stairs, dancing around those in her way. She looked over a ledge and noticed one of the guys from earlier, he was getting into one of the ambulance. She pushed her way through, keeping her eyes on him. She ran down the stairs and followed him down a hall, he stopped at Room 5. "Hey, you were at the helicopter crash weren't you?" She asked as she approached him, a little cautiously. He must know something about what's going on. She reassured herself.

Nadi

The elevator was quite large. Bees of different shapes and sizes swarmed in, and hurt her with each wing beat. Slowly, the walls began to close in, and she opened her mouth to scream...

Salt water filled it, and she found herself in the middle of the ocean. A shark was coming towards her, but it was smiling. Sharks don't smile before they attack, right? She reached out her hand towards, and found that they were covered in barnacles. She tried to pry one off...

Glitter everywhere. Was she in the rainforest? The city? She couldn't even tell. The sun turned into a disco ball, and the clouds danced to Party Rock Anthem. She joined in, and the tiled floor turned into a massive game of DDR...

She was home. She called for her mother, and found her in the kitchen. The floor turned slippery, and she couldn't get near to her. Her mother turned around, and her face had no features. She ran around the house. Her dad was the same way. A cross loomed in front of her before toppling down...

She was dying. Sliced, cut open, diced, eviscerated, 1000 ways to die and then some, a freakish ride of Final Destination, but she managed to come back to life in time for the next death. Run over, shot, blown apart, hung, decapitated, knifed in the stomach, pushed through a meat processor, compressed in a garbage truck. The pain was excruciating, but quick, and strobe lights flickered throughout....

She looked in the mirror and couldn't see herself. Then she couldn't hear herself. And then she could feel herself....

And then she was falling....

Liam

Liam had jumped off the ambulance, still holding Nadi, and quickly and quietly followed after where they had taken the boy. He managed to sneak past effortlessly, Lilith in tow. As she had done, he too had thrown away his cellphone. He was too shy to do the same with Nadi's, and just hoped it was turned off. It was already nearly too much that he was holding two different girls....he could feel himself blushing again.

Not now. He edged into the hospital, and keeping about 5 yards distance, continued after the boy. After a few short detours and an emergency bathroom break (why did he have to drink so much water??) they found the room. A girl and a boy were waiting outside, and as he approached, two more neared. They all seemed to know each other, and Liam held back. After the newly arriving guy and girl entered the room, Liam shuffled so that they could see into the room. There was a window, but he wasn't sure if the light would give him a shadow or not, so he avoided it for not.

The kid from before looked pretty young. Probably not even a teenager. Nearly all of the children (well, to him anyways) were talking amongst themselves, except for one of the girls, who seemed to be holding back. He peered intensely at the boy--named Matt, from what he gathered--and furiously wondered how he knew his name...

In the meantime, Nadi was starting to stir...

Natasha waited for an answer but 2 more people appeared. "Do you know what's going on?" She asked them, not really caring if she didn't know them or not. "I'm Natasha Richards, by the way." She sighed and leaned against the wall. "No one knows whats going on here, do they?" She looked at the guy, he seemed to be the same age as Natasha. "Is he high or something?" She thought out loud, not even noticing she had said it, she was giving him a funny look.

Natasha looked at 'Toby' and then to the other one, the one she assumed was his brother. "Tobias and?" She asked him, really doubting the name but it didn't matter. He then shouted at her, "That's just rude, oh And I wouldn't shout it mo, it might come back to hit you later." She followed them to the door and listened to the tap, "Hope whoever's in their doesn't have a history with the police, they might not let us in." She smiled to 'Toby'.

Matthew and Hunter were watching, when they heard crying from someone inside. Matthew burst in first, seeing Dr. T by a baby with two lab workers and a dead body. A dead kid. "Oh, Matthew, I....I am glad to see you. I heard about your parents. So sad. Perhaps you would like to sit down and rest?" he noted, looking at Matthew in the eyes. However, that's when Hunter noted "His heartbeat is still elevated, and jumped during certain moments. I am almost certain that means he is lying....".

Matthew used his powers and slammed Dr. T against the wall. For once, his power was working the way he wanted it to. "Now, tell me the truth....now....". "Fine, you want the truth? You mother was pregnant with a girl....". Hunter looked stunned. "As far as I can tell, he is....telling the truth...". The baby started to cry again. "Looks like your sister knows your here.....". Thats when Matthew looked Puzzled. "Wait, she couldn't have given birth, she wasn't even......" no started to comment, then remembering how she had been acting somewhat weird. "But, she couldn't have given birth already...." he noted, before turning his focus back on him. A blast of force knocked him against the wall again. "You....liar! Your trying to keep me occupied....". "Oh, but It isn't a lie. She gained a power, just like you. Forcefields. Who would have known....."

Thats when Matthew slammed him across the room, annoyed. "You have been lying to us the whole time though!, constantly spying on us!". The more complicated and confusing it got, the angrier he got. He could figure it all out of course, but it was giving him a headache. A worse then normal headache. Its like he was bombing him with things, on purposely making him angry, to his own dismay.

Thats when, from his hand, he shot some sort of red energy blast at Matthew, knocking him back, before leaving through the back door. Hunter quickly helped Matthew up, and Matthew, in a fit of rage, ran after him. Hunter followed, trying to stop him.

And at this point, Mercenaries, not T.A.N.C. however, began storming the place.

Just another fun hour in Hero Land!

Natasha stayed outside the room, not wanting to intrude. Next thing she knew Mercs were attacking the hospital. "Oh shit." She stuck her head into the room, "We've got a..." She stopped and looked at the baby girl. "We were drawn to a baby?" She looked at the door, the 2 younger guys were missing. "Where did they go? We've got a problem, mercs are raiding this place." She looked back down the corridor 3 of them were walking up. "Two seconds." She stood in the middle of the hall and screamed, a large pink wall of solid sound flew towards them. "Now we leave."

Lilith had managed to find some scrubs to pull on over her clothes, hopefully to avoid suspicion if she had to release Liam, like when he decided that he needed a toilet break. Visible again, avoiding attention for now, she took the chance to check over Nadi, to make sure she was okay. She seemed to be alright, aside from being sedated, of course.
Her gut twisted uneasily as they continued onwards, following the kid from earlier.

She stood somewhat awkwardly as she watched a small group gather and exchange words for a moment or two before the small kid opened the door, and all hell broke loose. There was crying and shouting and complete chaos. Before Lilith got a chance to inquire further, gunshots rang out, and despite feeling some pressure against her skin, she glanced down as a sharper pain penetrated the lower half of her abdomen, spotting several trickles of her own blood drip onto the floor, a bloody bullet falling to the ground not too far from where she stood. She reached up to press her hand against her stomach self-consciously, despite feeling the skin and muscle knit back together beneath her fingers. She could let go of his hand, by reappearing, she could let them get away safely; undoubtedly the general source of the blood would be shot at wildly, risking both Liam and Nadi. The odds were that if they got hurt, if they got shot, she could not help them. What was it again?... one percent. One percent that either would be a match to her blood type. But on the other hand, if they knew about her power, they might continue shooting, with an even clearer idea of where the others were. But as selfish as it seemed, she also didn't want to be left alone.

Instead she moved to face Liam, and sure enough, more rounds flew through the air where she'd been standing earlier.
"I think that we should probably--"
It sounded like a scream, but it was far too loud to be human... Some sort of sonic weapon, maybe? Well, it was directed in their direction... Lilith hissed in pain as the noise threatened to blow her eardrums, but instead found herself clinging onto Liam's hand for dear life, willing him and Nadi to stay okay. She subconsciously took a small step closer, feeling what she took to be Nadi against her chest. Looking around there were no more men, no more guns and bullets flying, so they should really... "Before we get shot at again, can I ask you a personal question?" The words were out of her mouth before she could stop them. "Tell me what blood type you are. If anything happens, you know, I think I might be able to help. Kind of. Maybe."
God, she hated getting flustered. But before her mouth could get any further away from her, the kid reappeared, along with another she didn't recognize. Not too far behind was another she recognized from earlier, holding a baby. She frowned with slight concern. A baby had no place here.
Matt was the kids name, judging by the concerned boy trailing after him.
Curiosity filled her again as she took a step after him, like Liam wanting to know how he knew their names.

Nadi

The sound of gunshots rattled her brain, and she murkily returned to consciousness. Her vision made everything seem like it was underwater, and she kept blinking her eyes. At one point, a bullet headed straight towards her, but when she moved to block it, she was shocked to find that she couldn't see her hand.

Nadi opened her mouth, but a scream that wasn't her own filled the air. It was painful, loud, shrill....Nadi felt like her head was going to explode. Even worse, though, was the feeling of something closing in around her. Bodies that she couldn't see were piling against her, suffocating her, smothering her. Her throat closed up and her invisible eyes widened as she began to panic. She tried to move, but her own sluggish muscles and the grip of Liam (of which she was oblivious to) made such efforts fruitless, which only fueled her growing hysteria. Her breath quickened, her body went stiff, and she was physically paralyzed, similar to the drug-induced state she was in previously, except this time her mind was more than active. Her eyes flitted back and forth, confused, disoriented, and most of all, completely terrified. She had to consciously think about breathing, and every ounce in her body wanted to burst from whatever was restraining her. She couldn't discern the bullets from each other, and certainly couldn't hear, or understand, the words Lilith was speaking to Liam. She could hardly feel the stinging pain of the bullets as they shot into her. Her mind was in full panic-mode, and the flood of sensual information provided no time or space for comprehension.

Suddenly, a calm, and Nadi found movement in her hand. She instinctively clutched desperately, if a bit retroactively, at the invisible thing holding her. Unbeknownst to her, this hold had an extra element involved....

Liam

Blood type?

Liam wasn't sure he had heard right. His ears were still ringing from the screech earlier, and the past bullets didn't make things easier. It was a miracle he hadn't gotten shot yet. He wondered if that was due in part to Nadi, and later Lilith, absorbing them. It was a wonder none went through the girls and into him, as both were quite slim....

Blood type....After piecing together the rest of Lilith's question, it seemed that was, in fact, what she was asking. He wasn't sure exactly why, but he deduced that her power could be transferred via blood, or at least some of it, namely the healing properties. It would make sense after all, since blood transfusions and---

Stop. Breathe. Answer the question.

Okay.

"AB," he spoke, "Plus. It....it isn't very....very common.....but.....but....." He never managed to finish his sentence. It seemed that Nadi had regained consciousness, since he felt her hand grab at his arm. He wouldn't have thought twice about it if he hadn't suddenly felt an odd draining sensation. By the time he realized what it might be, he could already feel the invisibility flickering, and his own breath growing shallow. Nadi was growing heavier and heavier, and it was as if his weight had doubled. Or that he had grown weaker.

Weaker....

!!

"Nadi, stop!" Liam said hoarsely. His voice sounded different from his usual quiet tone. This one had a raspy quality, and rattled. Death rattle. Was she sucking the life out of him? Could she do that? He coughed, and staggered forward. They regained visibility for a brief second, in front of the group of children they had initially been trailing. Even though he recovered, he knew the invisibility wouldn't be as strong as before. He could see the faint outline of Nadi's eyes, and Lilith's dark clothes were greying in. Coughing and wheezing, he tried to find a way to release Nadi's death hold on him without revealing her. The physical and mental strain took its toll, and they began to flash in and out, like an odd strobe-light effect, until finally, out of desperation and at the horror of briefly seeing his hand withering away, he wrenched his arm away from the girl, causing her to tumble to the floor, and himself to lose his own balance. He fell hard onto the ground, landing on his back. He was out of breath, and struggled to breathe. His body convulsed involuntarily, and his eyes were wide and slowly grew duller as white blotches seemed to invade his vision.

Was this what it was like to die?

Natasha looked at 'Toby' with an unamused expression. "That is an amazing disguise." She sarcastically remarked and rolled her eyes. She gritted her teeth when he pouted. "Is their a problem? Tobias." She smiled before walking off, rolling her eyes and brushing a few strands of hair behind her ear.
She looked at her phone, no new messages or anything. "Thanks for caring." She whispered to the phone. She decided to run up the stairs, she had a weird feeling about it but she decided to go up anyway. She ran up to the roof and looked over the edge...

Natasha ran back down the stairs to tell the others about what she saw outside but when she got down a mysterious sword man made them all vanish and Natasha was standing in the hall, only one man was in the hall way. "What the hell just happened? Are the men still here?" She asked him, his face made her feel scared. "The men, the mercs that attacked here. Are there any still left?" Do I trust him? I mean, are the others even still here? She thought then turned around and looked over the edge, T.A.N.C men were running up the stairs. "Who are they? Are they to help us?" She asked turning around to look at the Killer but he was right behind her. "Scream for me." He growled and he grabbed her by the hair and pulled her away from the stairs. Natasha focused hard on not using her powers and screamed, her eyes turning pink for a for the duration of the scream as she contained her powers.