Zoe Find's Story

Mikhail

Mikhail sighed with happiness as he zipped up the SpiderMan jacket around him. After a long day and night of exposure, it was nice to be covered up again. And also nice to have pants that actually fit and covered his legs.

Mikhail followed Hallie's eyes after she asked her question. They led to Zoe, who was eating next to Zara. Her next question surprised him.

"Why? Does she like me?" he asked, half-jokingly, looking back at Hallie. A small voice in the back of his head wanted to ask: Don'tyou like me?, but he pushed it aside. "To be honest, though, it's not like I'm desperate for one," he explained, "The single life is pretty fun."

He looked at Zoe again. She seemed nice. Kind of fun, if a bit flustered. A good dancer. And cute. He wouldn't have to watch his emotions that much around her either. Still, he had only known her for, what, a day? There had been girls he had known for years that he still didn't ask out, even if he knew they liked him.

It wasn't a terrible idea, though. "Zoe's not bad though..." he shrugged, "I dunno. We'll see."

Zoe

"I see you've got eyes on my big bro,"

"Wha-what!" Zoe stammered. "Uh...not really heh..." Zoe said moving a bit away from the girl. Gosh, don't tell me she was something like an empath as well. Or maybe she was just that obvious. Zoe had concealed her emotions for such a long time, but she was slipping up by opening up. She didn't exactly like it that way sometimes, but other times it was good.

The Chinese man got back up, and began speaking cheerfully. Then he turned to Zoe, his expression growing dark and angry. He began threatening her, acting all tough, like many people she knew. He acted like he knew her, like he owned her. He used his size to his advantage and threatened her with his powers. Zoe stood up, looking him straight in his cold eyes. "Really, you grew up in the slums of China? You can create and control fire?" Zoe asked rhetorically. Her eyes were cold, unamused. "You don't scare or intimidate me. You don't even make me angry," Zoe said, letting him know that threatening her didn't do anything. She felt pain in her life before, and words didn't cut it. "Well, I suppose we've made a scene now because of you." Zoe said calming herself down a bit. "Unless you need anything else hot head, I'll keep eating," Zoe said taking a bite out of a pancake, not the toughest food in the world, but she wasn't trying to intimidate, she just wanted him to know that he wasn't scaring her.

Adrien

"Wow! That power sounds really cool!" Adrien exclaimed ignoring the little dagger contest going on behind him. "I'm sure with your power we'll find the school in minutes!" He said laughing. "Well, I have to go pack now, talk to you later," Adrien said making his way to his things, packing everything he was given. "Some of these people really need to lighten up" Adrien thought laughing. Maybe they could have a party when they came back!

((It's really good :D))

Zoe

"Good to know you're not a wuss. I like people who stand up for themselves. What's your name, Miss. Explosion?"

"Oh great, he likes my type," Zoe thought to herself. "The name's Zoe, and what exactly was your name again, hothead?" Zoe said returning the favor, giving him a nickname as well. He seemed different from his tough act earlier, but Zoe didn't let her guard down, for some reason she still didn't exactly trust him...he just reminded her of something...but she brushed it aside as he continued

"Nice power, by the way. Handy in a last chance situation, but useless in a common battle. It must be telekinesis, as when most telekinetics get angry, they can unleash certain explosive abilities, usually involving projectiles."

How much did this guy know about her? He probably got that from yesterdays fight. Not many people could observe like that, but it wasn't big information, so if he thought he just made a big feat he was wrong. "Correct, I'm a telekinetic," Zoe said, lifting a piece of her pancake to her mouth and taking a bite, blowing things up wasn't all she could do. "And I take it that you're a pyrokinetic," Zoe said remembering yesterdays fight. "That was a really smart move you did yesterday, using the blood as a track for your fire," Zoe said recalling his move from the battle. He then began drawing in his notepad, when he was done he tapped Zoe, and revealed a picture of her. It was really well done but a guitar was added. "I'm going to choke Feliciano," Zoe growled in her head.

"Sorry we got off on the wrong foot. I hope we can become friends, or even just acquaintances is okay-aru."

He didn't seem that bad, but Zoe was still on her toes. She didn't exactly trust him as far as she could throw him. But for now, she didn't mind if they didn't despise eachother. "Alright," Zoe said. She was beginning to get curious about this guy, she wanted to know what he reminded her of and why she didn't exactly trust him...she also had to learn Italian so she could understand what the hell Feliciano was always singing about.

Zara

Zara smirked as Zoe inched away from her. Not really, huh? Didn't buy it one bit.

The Chinese guy started talking, introducing himself and apologizing for last night. Yao Ma.....hmm. Interesting. He and Zoe got into a short spat, but it was short-lived. They seemed to calm down after he drew a picture of her.

Jeez. Pyrokinetic. Telekinetic. Illusionist. Whatever the hell Mikhail had...all that compared to her ability to never get lost. She couldn't help feeling a tad bit overwhelmed by all these heavy-armor powers, but Adrien's cheery words stayed in her head and she grinned to herself. At least she could guarantee their return to the school without a map.

Mikhail had joined the group, dressed in clothes that fit him. He sat down in between her and Zoe, pulling up a plate of waffles. Zara playfully tugged one of his hoodie strings, making them uneven. He retaliated by resting his elbow on her head. "Seriously," he said, chewing his breakfast, "I could get used to this." Zara pushed him off, but he caught himself, balancing at an otherwise impossible angle. He took the opportunity to lean across Zoe at the picture Yao had drawn of her. "Only thing you need to add is pink on her cheeks," he commented, " 'Cause she's always blushing!"

If only he knew why Zara thought. It'd be interesting to see Mikhail with a girlfriend, seeing as he had always avoided it. She wondered if his gay rumors were true. It would certainly explain a lot, she thought evilly.

Mikhail

As he leaned across Zoe, he snatched a glance at her face. She really was cute.

He pulled back, lost in thought as he cut up his waffle. He didn't not like her...but he wasn't sure if he liked her in that way. And he didn't want to ask her out if he wasn't sure of his feelings for her. Not to mention he was still conflicted on his feelings for Hallie. It was true that he saw her as just a friend, much like he currently saw Zoe, but that kiss last night....that kiss was definitely something different. He had never felt that way when kissing someone before...

Was he secretly attracted to Hallie? He wasn't sure...they had only truly kissed once after all...and one kiss wasn't enough to seal your feelings for someone, right? Besides...he wasn't sure if he wanted to be with someone who would be affected by his every emotion. Say for some reason he was upset about something. He wouldn't want Hallie to become upset involuntarily because of him. Zoe seemed to be the safest choice.

He didn't know either girl very much though to be thinking too seriously about this. He didn't want to hurt Zoe's feelings in the event that she did like him, but he'd rather get to know her before asking her out. Then again...he could always get to know her after asking her out. It would definitely give him a good excuse to.

Ugh. He was thinking too much into it. For now, his action was inaction, and he resumed devouring his waffles.

James

Everyone was still eating while he stood, arms crossed and foot tapping. They did have a deadline, and no one seemed to care that the word "punishment" had been thrown around before they were abandoned out here. Stepping over, he leaned over everyone seated there saying, "Arian and I are going to head back and not be punished. If you would like to join us...by all means."

He glanced to Hallie, the only other standing up at the moment, and she nodded in agreement. She seemed dead tired. A bed was needed.

James smiled to Arian, holding out a hand. "Shall me, my lady?"


Hallie

She wasn't hungry or strong enough to sit around the plethora of emotions compiled over where everyone sat. Anger, worrying, curiosity, Mikhail's pain, indecision...Teenage hormones at their best.

James and Arian decided to start back and she fully agreed, imagining her bed and skipping whatever the school had scheduled next. She so was not in the mood.

Pausing to see if anyone else was going to follow, she fell back into her thoughts of last night. The kiss. It still bugged her, not knowing if she had initiated or if Mikhail's emotions had made her initiate. She eyed him, head tilted. He was nice looking and kind to her, a bit silly, but also he kept things hidden and drama was not a turn on. Plus, she totally did not have control over her power yet. Being with anyone would be more trouble than she wanted.

Perhaps she would never be with anyone. With a shrug and a sigh, she accepted it then and there, staring at her sneakers and folding her arms over her tank top. He would ask out Zoe. It was the logical move. Even if Mikhail did like Hallie, the frustrations with her ability would soon drive him in the opposite direction.

None of it mattered. Hallie yawned and wiped at her eyes. She needed a bed and then some hot chocolate. Her only cure for this headache that she knew of.

Zoe

"I-I am not always blushing!" Zoe exclaimed as Mikhail leaned across her. She noticed him glancing at her, and she began wondering what Hallie told him while he was...on top of her. No, she couldn't focus on him yet! Now, she had to focus on getting back, she didn't have to be first, she just had to not be last. Adding two new people to the class wasn't something that Zoe was really enjoying though. Zara had already inquired about her feelings for Mikhail, and she did not get off on the right foot with hothead, what was his name again? Yao? Zoe wasn't really paying attention to his introductions. She was still getting used to this group, now she had more fun to deal with.

"Arian and I are going to head back and not be punished. If you would like to join us...by all means."

"Punishment!!" Zoe reminded herself. She had to go before everyone did because if they all went together then they'd have to decide who would enter last, and Zoe remembered the reacher saying that the last person to make it would suffer a punishment. Getting up Zoe began moving. She moved past the group of three that was waiting on everyone else, and went deeper in the forest. She didn't want to travel in a group, some Zoe time was in order and she could protect herself. She had enough power to take care of at least one beast, if she had to. Zoe checked her watch, "12: 25, not good," Zoe said. By her calculations it would take her ahout thirty minutes to make it there if she didn't get lost, if attacked by a beast, then at the most forty minutes. If she just walked, she probably wouldn't attract any beasts, she just hoped everyone else knew the same.

Zara

Punishment?! Did Adrien mention that? She couldn't remember...but she was new and she definitely didn't want to get punished! She wasn't even supposed to be out here!

"Count me in!" she shouted, jumping up. She grabbed her duffel bag and started to join James and the other two girls. She stopped, however, when she thought of Mikhail. She knew he was hopeless with directions, and though he was a fast runner, speed wouldn't do you much good if you were going in the wrong direction. She looked over at him, still eating his breakfast, waiting a tad bit impatiently. You'd think he'd hurry it up a bit...

As if reading her mind, Mikhail waved at her: "Go on," he said, "I'm almost done. I'll catch up to you guys."

Zara smiled. "Dasvidanya," she called back to him, and she turned to the other three. "Don't worry. So long as you're with me, we'll get back to the school in no time!" The way Zoe had gone wasn't incorrect, per say, but Zara knew a faster route. She pointed about southeast of Zoe's trail. "This way's faster...follow me!" she exclaimed as she started briskly into the forest.

Mikhail

Mikhail finished his waffles, smiling at Zara as she led James, Hallie and the other girl into the forest. He envied her sense of direction, and knew she'd get back in no time.

The Russian sighed a bit as he stood up and gathered his sleeping bag. He had purposely not joined their group, as Adrien, Circus, and the other two foreigners were still here. He wasn't exactly one for punishments, but the leader in him didn't want to shuffle it off onto someone else. No, he'd purposely arrive last--if he didn't end up lost--and take whatever these sadistic teachers had in store for him. Besides, it couldn't be that bad, right?

Leaning on his good leg, he looked at the remaining students. "Well? Shall we be off?" He didn't want to lose Zara's trail.

Adrien

"Sure, let's go!" Adrien cheered, getting to his feet smiling. He remembered Mikhail had a bad sense of direction, so it would be best if they could be close by to Zara, he remembered that her power helped her locate things and know the directions to get to said areas in the fastest possible way. Adrien looked around, "Who's gonna be last?" Adrien thought to himself. If they all ended up together at the end they'd probably have to decide who was going to be last. But judging from past experience someone would just pass the finish line, causing a chain reaction until one person was left behind...

Zoe

Zoe kept moving. She wondered to herself if she was going to make it without becoming the last person. She wondered if she was going the right way. Eventually, paranoia was getting to her. They made the punishment sound so deadly, which she wasn't so scared about, but she saw a glint in the teachers eyes that made her think it was going to be embarrassing as well, something she wasn't too fond of. So, with all of the building paranoia she decided to put herself to the test. It was going to be difficult, but she had to make sure she got in first place. Concentrating, Zoe used her powers to lift herself in the sky, once she was high enough, that she could see the school she began flying there at an above average speed. She didn't think any monsters would get her from up there, but she had to be cautious. She knew she was going to have to sleep after this.

((Short post is fixed!))

Hallie

She waved the others on, wanting to make sure the others were okay even if Zara had gone back. She returned to them moments later without giving a status update. Above, Hallie noticed Yao hopping over branches. At least he was good too.

When she found the other group, they were almost to the school. Mikhail was struggling with his leg and Hallie automatically sucked some of the pain into her, losing her breath momentarily and wincing.

"Doing okay?" she asked, walking along beside him. "We were debating what the punishment is, though...looks like Zoe will b last."

Mikhail

Mikhail smiled at Hallie's company. His leg had stopped hurting as much and the Italian he was carrying grew lighter.

"Doing fine, I suppose," he said, "Zoe last? Well, not if I can help it. Hopefully the punishment isn't that bad...I don't want my life to be totally miserable after all."

He slowed down his pace a little. Hallie's arrival made him think some more about what she said this morning. Or rather, why she said it. It was odd for a girl to suggest he ask someone other than themselves out. Even more odd, the fact Hallie was being so direct about it. He had maybe one, or two girls ask bluntly to be his girlfriend, one of which wasn't even on his side. He indulged in the memory somewhat...It had been an English girl, with long red hair and a thick Manchester accent. Big hoo-hahs, but an even bigger attitude. He had been trying to get some info from her about an underground cyber-crime ring based in London. They flirted, kissed, very nearly went all the way, and was probably the only girl he had ever seriously considered getting into a relationship with, even if it meant leaving the MID for good. Fortunately, for the both of them really, it never progressed farther. She had suspicions he was a spy, and those were confirmed shortly after he rejected her. She probably would have killed him if he had given her the chance. She was pretty deadly with a knife.

Mikhail shook his head, scattering the memories. He hadn't thought about her in a year, at least. Wouldn't do him much good to think about her too much now. "By the way," he asked Hallie, "I was wondering....about this morning? With Zoe? What was that all about?"

((Sorry I'm late :P))

Zoe

As Zoe was flying she noticed everyone was getting ahead of her! "Not going to happen!" She muttered under her breath. She then began picking up speed by shooting telekinetic blasts out of her held back hands. She decided to go way faster because she noticed some people ran and nothing happened, so there wasn't much to worry about. "I can't get in last," Zoe yelled increasing her speed ten fold. Zoe began going as fast as she could reaching the school in no time, the problem was, she couldn't stop. She decided to stick a crash landing and went towards the ground, falling and rolling on the ground, tracking dirt and rockes with her. She had a few cuts, but they weren't too deep. She was a few feet away from the school. Zoe brought her watch to her face. "12:53, close one," Zoe said turning back to see the others approaching steadily, but they were missing Yao, Mikhail, Adrien, Hallie, Feliciano, and Circus, so even if this group past her, she'd make it in time. "Mikhail better not decided to take the punishment," Zoe thought, knowing he'd be the kind of guy to do that. As she started walking, she fell again. "Crap, sprained ankle!" She thought. Zoe picked up a stick that looked sturdy enough to be a kind of make shift cane and limped over to the gate of the school, when it opened at 1:00 she would be able to make it in. She looked at her watch again seeing it was 12:56, the others were getting closer quickly. She then carressed her ankle, seeing it swell.

Adrien

Adrien took the lead that Mikhail gave him and directed them on Zara's trail. Eventually, Zara came back, talked to Mikhail and left, then Hallie came and began talking to Mikhail. "Man, Mikhail's popular," Adrien thought to himself. He had a feeling they person that would make it last would be him, one of the two sleeping guys, Mikhail, Zoe, or Yao. He knew that Zara's group was definitely going to be safe, unless they were brutally attacked by a vicious beast, but it seemed they only came out when they had the spray on.

Hallie

"What about it?"

Mikhail's emotions were less than even as they usually were, thoughts clearly swirling in that head of his. Hallie did her best to ignore the flyaway emotions smacking into her.

"She likes you. Just thought I'd tell you. Help her out and such. No big deal. So..."

She gave him an odd, confused look.

Mikhail

"Mm." he murmured to what Hallie said. So Zoe did like him...."Looks like you unknowingly played match-maker with that Dare," Mikhail joked. Still...as he had told her before, he wasn't sure. "Well, plenty of girls have liked me," he said with a shrug, "Particularly one girl I knew named April. But that doesn't mean I've asked them out. I guess I'll just have to see what happens, if anything happens. Who knows. Maybe lust is more appropriate for her feelings..." she did get a good luck at his privates, after all.

"Speak of the devil..." he said as they neared the school. Zoe had crashed onto the ground near the gate. It looked like she was hurt...sprained ankle by the looks of it. What was up with these leg injuries?

He checked his watch. 12:58. She was almost at the gate, but Zara and her group, along with Adrien and the others were close behind. Mikhail contemplated flinging the guy he was holding over the gate, but he'd probably upset his roommate.

Two minutes passed by, and finally the gate opened. Zara went through quickly, as did the others. Mikhail tossed the (still sleeping!) Italian through the gate, softening his landing, and walked up to the gate. He planted himself firmly by the open door, strengthening his gravity in case someone wanted to force him through. He wasn't budging until everyone had gotten past safely. "Ladies first," he said to both Hallie and Zoe, grinning. "And don't even think of changing my mind about this."

Zoe

Zoe wanted to go, but she couldn't just leave Mikhail to let him get the blame. There was no budging him though, physically or mentally, it was proving to be tough. Zoe tried to convince him to go in, but it didn't work. Finally, she gave up and made her way through the gate. "Don't get killed by this punishment, okay," Zoe said giving a slight comforting smile.

Adrien

Adrien ran through the gate along with the others. "Finally! No more forest!" He cheered loudly, ready to just go in his room and relax.

Mikhail

Hallie left. Finally.

Sighing exasperatingly, he crossed the gate. The last person. His leg started trembling with pain, and he tried his best to ignore it. The splint was loosening, though. If he didn't get some sort of medical attention, his leg would be screwed up forever.

His stomach grumbled. He hadn't had breakfast. Should he wait here? Or should he try and find the cafeteria? Remembering the last time he had tried to find a place on his own, he decided against it. He still hadn't checked his iPod. It was probably waterlogged. He didn't feel like observing the damage now.

He slid down to the ground, arranging himself so his leg wouldn't hurt as much. Where was the teacher? Or whoever was supposed to administer the punishment...he hoped he had been right in thinking they'd get him medical attention first.

Hallie's words continued to replay in his head. They hurt, truthfully. He had never thought of his actions in that manner. Did his teammates see him that way, but were too polite to tell him? Was it really selfish to constantly take the blame, to hold the burden? Was he really isolating himself by doing this?

He felt a prickling sensation near his eyes, and he knew that tears were forming. From pain, from anger, from frustration....He blinked them away. He blew out his mouth, leaning against the gate, head tilted upwards. He whistled the Grenadiers, half-heartedly, as he awaited some sort of authority figure.

Zara

Zara glared somewhat at James. "I have a name," she retorted as she joined their table. She was still feeling guilty about Mikhail, but the food was tempting. Her appetite was lacking, though, mostly from guilt, and partially because she ate a lot of pancakes. She took a bread roll and broke it up, nibbling on the pieces. She giggled a bit at James's jokes.

"My name's Zara," she volunteered. "What are yours? And what do you do? I can find things...I don't really think it's that special, but it convinced the school. And both of you got a good demo earlier. Also, where do we stay? I didn't get a dorm yet...do we get roommates?"

Hallie

James was jolted by Zara's outburst, but firm lipped, he took it without complaint, seeming even bored at the end, but Hallie could sense his unease. Simultaneously however, she felt Zara's anger.

Backing away from the group, Hallie held her head and found a chair at a row of computers. Her back to them, she listened, but barely, Zara's fuming more tangible than she liked. But she was able to keep her head relatively clear. She was coming down just as quick as she had erupted, which was nice. Man, she was nothing like Mikhail. If they were friends, Hallie wasn't sure she could hang out with Mikhail anymore.

James spoke.

"You can say that. Whatever. But I know what I saw. I was trying to get some information on this place and they have files. On all of us. And that's what yours said! Don't deny it, pretty Polish. I don't care where you're from. I know what I saw."

Hallie peeked around her white locks, surprised by James' persistence. Perhaps what he said was true, despite the irrationality of it all. But then again...Hallie's eyes slid to Mikhail, his calm demeanor, stance, the way he carried himself as a leader and how he put himself in the line of fire for others...

It made sense. He must be one too.

Standing up slowly, she squinted at the pair. It did make sense...

She rolled her eyes and shook her head. Even if it was true, it really didn't matter to her. James was just stirring up more trouble than anyone needed. Hallie let out a soft huff and stormed out of the library.

The evil teacher, Ms. Cortez, tapped her foot impatiently waiting for her slave to return. Eventually, she decided to turn on the security cameras watching the school to try and find her slave. "There he is!" She snapped, seeing him just standing there whistling. She stomped over to his location so she could give him his next punishment. "What the heck are you doing here?" She hissed, eyeing him. "Well, no matter, I'll just have to give you harder punishments..." she said, thinking of what to torture him with. First, she gave him a few remedial jobs, like filing papers, or sending letters, which he completed without many problems, she decided she'd give him a job that would give her revenge for his foolishness. A demon-esque grin conjured itself on her face, "Well, we're going to be having an assembly tonight at 9:00 P.M and seeing as I don't want too go in front of all those stupid children and talk for hours, I'll have you do it," she said, getting to the next part without hesitation, "Now, for your uniform..." she said, swiftly moving, ripping off the maid outfit, and pulling down his underwear. She took out a piece of duct tape big enough to cover up his privates. "Now, that is your uniform," she said looking at his shocked reaction, "Have fun taking it off at the end of the day," she said glaring at him. She handed him a piece of paper, "This is what you'll say at the assembly, it's pretty much just talking about how excellent you all did at your survival training and stuff, that'll be your last task for me, so when the assembly's done you can leave and...take off your outfit," she said giggling at the last part and leaving Mikhail so she could return to her room.

Adrien

Adrien was kind of disappointed to see his roommate was Yao. "Uh, hey," he said, wondering what the guy was going to be like. His panda was cute to say the least...throughout the room there was an awkward silence that Adrien just couldn't stand.

Zoe

Zoe had decided to go back to her room and sleep. She began having nightmares, images of her past flashing before her eyes, and possibly visions of the future. Obviously it was just her idea of what it was going to be like, but it wasn't a pretty sight. Zoe jolted up gasping. Once she calmed down she sighed. "This school sucks," she thought sadly.

"Hello, students. Everyone please make your way to the auditorium. There will be an assembly on how your survival class. Stepping in for Ms. Cortez to make the speech, is Mikhail Petrov, who was punished for coming back last."

Adrien

Adrien jumped with joy, finally he could escape the most awkward silence that he was surrounded with while rooming with Yao. Adrien took out his map and led Yao with him to the auditorium. He sat down, waiting for Mikhail to show up.

Zoe

Zoe got up slowly and made her way to the auditorium. She wasn't exactly happy with having to get up and sit for announcements about what she went through, but she was curious. Was Mikhail's punishment really as simple as making a speech? She had no clue but she wanted to find out. Sitting down in the back she rested until the assembly would start.

Mikhail

Are you fucking kidding me??

He looked down at the duct tape plastered over his groin. It hurt already. He didn't dare touch it, but when he walked, it moved and tugged, which wasn't pleasant. He didn't even want to think about taking it off.

He should sue the teacher. Not just for this, but she had also undressed him personally! And taken off his underpants! Then again, suing would just give him attention with law enforcement and he'd end up in trouble.

Well, there was only one way to go about this.

He stopped by his room (a feat that he thought was quite miraculous, though perhaps it was his distracted mind that unconsciously led him in the right direction) and grabbed a few things. He ran into Zara, whose eyes widened at his "uniform", but he clamped a hand over her mouth before she could shout. He whispered a few things to her hurriedly, and a twinkle lit in her eyes as she nodded, taking his things and leading him to the auditorium. She entered first, and he went around the back. He waited until everyone was present, before walking out.

The gasps were pretty loud. He ignored them and just smiled devilishly, strutting out onto the stage as if he were in regular clothes. Besides, his body was in pretty good shape. Softening six pack, but the outlines were still there. He walked to the microphone.

"Hello hello," he said. He had long tossed the "speech" and was going to wing it. "So, I'm here to tell everyone how wonderful you all did at your survival camp. This is a message from the school, but since I was actually with you guys, I know that we all did a fantastic job. So how about a round of applause for all of you?" He clapped loudly before continuing on. "And, even though we nearly got eaten by beasts, burned and frozen to death, we still made out all right. I think we learned some great survival skills, as well as lessons of trust, pride, and humility, to name a few." He smiled at the memory of the Truth or Dare game. This punishment itself was kinda similar to it....

"So I'm going to keep this short," he said, "Since I'm sure you all have better things to do, and end it with a hearty congratulation to all of you." He beamed at them, and paused. When it seemed they thought he was over, he added. "Oh, and in case you were wondering about my attire, I'd like to add a few words to that as well."

He caught Zara's eye, and she nodded. A split second later, a song blasted through the auditorium. Mikhail immediately started pelvic thrusting to it, using the mike stand, and at the chorus, flung out his hand towards the audience and shouted: "I'M SEXY AND I KNOW IT!"

The song still playing, he slammed the mike stand down and jumped off the stage into the audience. He walked up the aisle, head high and grinning from ear to ear. At some seats he stopped and hiked his leg up, pelvic thrusting to whoever was sitting there. With James he resisted the strong urge to, but instead stuck his behind out towards him and pointed. "Kiss this, Jimbo," he said, and sauntered out of the auditorium. Sure, some may call it punishment. But Mikhail was proud of his body, and if he was going to be practically naked in front of everybody, then hell, he's going to find some way to make it work for him.

Zoe

Zoe sat, drifting, almost into sleep in the auditorium. Then, Mikhail came in. Her eyes popped open wondering what the hell he was doing now. He was acting as if nothing was wrong with what he was..."wearing" if that should even be the correct term. Then he began dancing...she noticed he'd stop occasionally to pelvic thrust his taped privates in someones face. Zoe sunk down in her seat a bit, who knows what she would do if he started doing that to her. She hoped he wouldn't see her and luckily, he didn't. Which was kind of surprising, because for such a big school, there weren't many students...

Once he was gone and the music stopped Zoe sighed. "God, he's such an idiot," Zoe thought in her head. But she couldn't resist liking him...maybe it was because she was lusting over him, or maybe he was the first male in her life who wasn't a sleazy pig who only desired sex. He liked her for her personality, though he probably only liked her as an acquaintance. It was odd...but though they only knew each other for a while, Zoe just couldn't resist him.

After a while, Zoe started going to her room quietly. Her head was pounding, and luckily she brought a lot of medicine with her to the school just in case. She got headaches a lot when she used her powers, especially when she exerted them. On the way to her dorm though she saw Hallie on the floor, some vomit was on the floor in front of the white haired girl. Zoe made her way over to her and put her hand on Hallie's back. "Are you okay?" Zoe asked concerned for the girl, if it was anyone else like Feliciano or something, she wouldn't care but Hallie helped her so she might as well return the favor. "I have some medicine in my dorm, I know there's stuff for headaches, and I'm pretty sure I have stomach medicine,so let's go before you make more of a mess" Zoe said, her concern was slightly lowering, she wanted to repay a kind of debt she thought she owed Hallie.

James

Taking Arian's hand, they took off out of the auditorium, into the cool air of the corridors, zipping this way and that until the dorms loomed ahead. He was chuckling, about to call a joke back to Arian about Mikhail's "performance" size-wise...until he heard shouts or pain. Skidding a bit, so that Arian nearly fell onto him (which he didnt mind at all), he saw the ajar door and crept over, two and two coming together in his head. The crystal against his chest warmed and revealed what he had guessed.

"Nice," he whispered when he saw the scene through the crack in the door. He waved Arian to look, smiling. It appeared Zara, between Mikhail's bare legs and all, was working some "magic" that had Mikhail in a fit. James knew the truth but the look on Arian's face was priceless. "Shall we say hello? I mean, it sounds like he needs help. We could provide" snicker "such help."


Hallie

Zoe's offer felt like a life preserver being thrown to her on the jostling waves of a stormy sea. Hallie focused on the idea of medication and allowed the other girl to guide her to the dorms, all the while trying to ignore the turmoil going on within the girl's head. Did her brain ever shut off?

James and Arian were in the middle of the hall when they reached it, elated and disgusted at the same time, Hallie couldnt tell who was feeling which. Zoe seemed put off by their presence and then Hallie noticed the door they stood before, James laughing lightly. Then she heard the yelps.

James explained, "Zara's assisting Mikhail with his...outfit."

From where she stood, Hallie could see a bit inside and saw why James was snickering like he was. What a child. Though Mikhail did seem to be in pain. Without thinking, she allowed a bit of the pain seep into her. It was involuntary and she buckled, holding her stomach and feeling as though someone had taken a needle to her...well yea...

She nudged Zoe, but couldnt form words, eyes watering. She hoped she understood she needed help reaching medication. Now.