Zoe Find's Story

Mikhail

Time stopped when he saw the teacher attack Zara.

For a moment, he wondered if he had imagined it. The absurdity of it was difficult to take in. But one look at Zara screaming at the woman, trying to free herself from the people holding her, confirmed that it had, indeed, happened.

Eyes wide, mouth tight-lipped, he felt his heart beat faster. His hands had white-knuckled into fists, and he felt the blood rush to his head.

A voice rang out in his head: No! Keep it under control! You can't do this!

But another voice, much louder, responded: She hit Zara! She attacked Zara! She hurt Zara!! For no reason!

No reason.

No reason.

Something in his mind cracked, and a new energy flowed through, overtaking his calm and control. He glared at the teacher, eyes flashing with anger, pain, and just a little bit of hate. How could she??

No reason. No reason at all.

Zara

Her string of insults was interrupted by a strong pull. Suddenly she felt heavier, like the Earth was pulling them closer to the center. She looked at Mikhail for an answer, and instead recoiled from what she saw.

His face....it was darker, sharper, angrier. She had never seen him angry before. She could never imagine it either. Here, though....how he looked. It wasn't so difficult to see this Mikhail slamming Trick against the locker.

It was then that she realized he was angry over her. Over how the teacher had kneed her. Angry that she had gotten hurt. Without his power, he had been irrational and violent. With his power, he was incredibly dangerous.

A nearby tree crushed in on itself, its remains a compressed pulpy mess. One by one, trees began to smash into the ground around them in a circle. No one ran. She didn't think you could. Mikhail had them all locked down. His sights on the teacher who had hit her, Zara saw the gravity strengthen on her, trying to crush her like the trees.

Zara finally tore her eyes away from the sight and back at Mikhail. He was shaking now, from anger, his fists looking like they'd explode from how tightly he had clenched them. His face was turning red from exertion, and his eyes.....oh, his eyes. They were the most frightening part. How could a pair of brown eyes, that usually looked so warm, look like this?

Zara knew she had to stop him. She struggled against the people holding her. "Let go!" she shrieked, and she kicked one in the crouch. That did the trick. "Misha!" she shouted, as she forced her way through the gravity towards him, "Stop! Please! I'm fine! It didn't hurt that much anyways!" He ignored her, and the ground around the teacher indented inwards, like a small crater. It was a wonder she wasn't crushed yet.

Zara threw her arms around him, burying her head in his shirt. "PLEASE!" she begged, this time in Polish, "Misha! Don't do this! This isn't you! Stop, before you do something you regret! Stop before you hurt everyone! Stop before you hurt yourself!"

That was what she was most worried about. If he killed the teacher, she knew that when he returned to normal, he'd never forgive himself. The teacher looked at breaking point right now. "You'll kill her," Zara breathed.

Finally, the gravity faded, and Mikhail's tense body relaxed. He went slack, and Zara struggled to keep him up. It seemed he had fainted, but then she realized he was crying. His arms went around her as he sobbed into her shoulder. "I'm so sorry," he managed to say in Polish, "I'm so..so sorry you had to see me like that. I don't know what came over me! I was just so angry, and mad, and upset that you got hurt, and....and.....Zara, I lost control! I'm so sorry!" the rest was incomprehensible, and she just held him, trying to comfort him. What else could she do?

This school was nuts.

Zoe

Zoe watched in shock as Mikhail snapped. It reminded her of when her powers got out of control. If the same thing was happening to him then he must have been losing control of his emotions. It made sense that he'd get angry though, she may have disliked Zara but that didn't mean she had to get hit...What was going on? This school was getting crazier, Mikhail, Hallie, and Zara were getting more suspicious, and she was completely out of the loop! She watched as they were restrained and moved along and thought about interrupting...but, she couldn't...she was just too selfish...

Ms. Cortez whirled around, eyeing James. "Now, you're going to open your mouth?" Ms. Cortez snapped getting irritated by the rash courage of these children. "You know what, you can get a punishment as well!" She yelled as other faculty restrained James as well. Then Zara began talking. She was learning, trying to get on her good side, Ms. Cortez liked that, it's what they were going to need to do. She was still a bit rusty but it was an improvement. "I suppose the boys gone through enough for today, but you're going to have to go through a harder punishment," She said glaring at the girl. "Now, let's move," she said leading the students down to the basement/torture chamber/dungeon. "Now, who wants to have their punishment first?" She asked staring at the three students. "Also, if anyone tries anything stupid like before, they will die. Are we clear?

Ms. Cortez started bawling out laughter after James's last statement. "Bite you? Oh, I'll do a lot worse," She said. Flipping him over with her foot she stomped down on where she threw the baseball earlier. She didn't put as much power into it though, she wanted something left to beat when she need to. "What next?" She asked herself, talking out loud to herself. She was in the mood for blood...yes blood taking a pocket knife out of her pocket she moved closer to James until she snapped out of it. Staring at the boy she put the knife away. She did a number on him didn't she? But she didn't want to show weakness. "O-okay kid you passed the test, congrats; our deal is set," Ms. Cortez said calling a Nurse to pick James up. She had to watch herself, she didn't want the school to fire her, and she knew what firing meant in this school. Once the Nurse came, Ms. Cortez told her what happened to James and watched as they left.

Then, she made her way back outside to bring in the next student. "Zara, you're up," she said looking at their expressions after they saw James getting took away in a wheel chair. She led Zara into the room and this time, allowed her to sit, then she restrained her arms and legs with metal braces connected to the chair. "Congratulations, due to James's bravery, you won't be getting sever, painful, or humiliating punishment; if you comply and answer all of my questions, are we clear?" Ms. Cortez said waiting for Zara's response. It would be funny to see James's effort put to a waste though, so she hoped that Zara actually wouldn't comply.

Once the Nurse brought James into the Nurse's Office she took out a clipboard to take notes on. "Would you like to rest before we start?" She asked eyeing James. He was probably still in pain, so she understood if he wanted to lie down for a bit.

Zoe

Zoe watched in secret as Mikhail and Hallie spoke. The drug was making him release things that he kept secret until now. This would be the perfect opportunity to hear information on what they were doing but Mikhail was also revealing personal information. Information he most probably didn't want her to hear. Her concealed sadness matching the incoming drizzle was irritating to her. She was just frustrated with everything and that was so annoying. Even her repetitive annoyance annoyed her. She had enough and respected Mikhail's privacy enough to leave, but something in the back of her head was telling her to stop, maybe curiosity or possibly jealousy; but she wasn't going to stay. So, she left; going into a different outside area of the school to just sit in the rain.

Arian had never gone through so much in so little of time. She wanted to take the blame. She wanted to help James, but no. He had to play hero all over again. Her insides felt raw as her nerves began to freeze. James was being crushed to the ground and she couldn't do anything about it. Now he was being wheeled away and she hadn't done anything.

She felt exactly how she did when her sister died. There was no controlling it anymore. Zooming through the area around her for the teacher's mind, she let herself slip away. She first found James' and helped him feel more at ease. She couldn't really help it. It was natural after the last couple days. Arian really cared for him.

She had to let go at some point though, and when she did, she was going for the kill. Her mind raced with thoughts of pain and terror. She knew it might not have been the right thing, but she didn't care enough to stop her urges.

Latching onto the teacher's mind, she squeezed every part of the woman's body. Running her into a wall and banging her head against the hard surface, Arian felt completely empowered. The hit was almost fatal, enough to make her faint. Arian couldn't stop there though. She filled the woman's mind with her worse fears, made her feel the harsh extremeties the students had endured.

Taking a deep breath, Arian's head burned with overuse. The power felt exhilarating.

Arian flinched a little as James jumped up. "Hey now, you should be worrying about you." She eased him back down, laying his head on the pillow. " I don't really know what's going to happen so you should really rest." She held his hand tight and smiled. She was thankful he was still alive enough to worry about stupid things. Glancing over to Zara, she wondered what she was thinking, but didn't really have the energy to figure anything out. Staring back to James, she sighed, he was such an idiot for getting involved.

"Well James, you seem to be okay, minor bruising but okay. So here's an ice pack and I'll be right back," the Nurse said, heading to the medical cabinet that she didn't notice Zara running to. She rummaged through the cabinet for a while until she came back with a bottle of pills. "These are some pain medications for your injury, just take two a day and you should be better soon," she said handing him the pills. "Well, would you like to stay here longer or are you ready to go?" She asked noticing his collapse into the bed.

Zoe

Zoe sat in the rain, for once at this school her mind wasn't racing. She stared at the rain, watching as it increased in ferocity. Then, she was startled to see Hallie running past her, and then Mikhail following shortly. Zoe restrained herself at first, but what if they were planning to speak about the suspicious activity with the alarm? That was definitely enough for Zoe to follow from behind; at a distance. When Zoe finally caught up to them she hid behind one of the trees, listening carefully over the rain. What were they doing? Confessing their love. Startled she decided it would be best to think about it far away from them.

Silently, she ran through the woods, away from the two of them until she tripped over a tree root, falling and tumbling down a hill into some rock. She screamed out in pain, knowing that the two of them would be able to hear her right now. Inspecting herself, she noticed she hand several cuts on her legs and arms and a bruise on her hand. "Crap..." Zoe said about her physical pain. "Crap!" She now yelled about Mikhail and Hallie. So they did have feelings for each other! They were lying to her! Playing with her emotions, just like so many before them. She thought Mikhail was different. But why did she care? She did nothing to create a relationship. The fact of the matter was she lacked chemistry with him, it was obvious; and unfortunate but though she may have liked him, he didn't like her, that way at least. It didn't seem very much like he liked her as a friend either; lying to her, keeping secrets from her. She had enough of the two of them. In fact, she had enough of this school! But as of now, she was in no condition to run away, so she'd have to make her way back to school.

But where was she?

She tripped and stumbled through the forest, trying to find the school, but she was hopelessly lost. If she stayed there for too long she'd die...this was like the survival training but ten times worse. Wait! The mission reminded her of how she got back to the school, levitation! Lifting herself up as best as she could while her mind was racing she went as high as she could to see the school, and then moved out, eventually crashing onto the floor, earlier then expected because of the rain. Or possibly the ideas running through her mind. She then crawled over to the school, tracking through the mud. Eventually, she made it to the school and stumbled to her dorm. When she got in she collapsed to the floor, leaving herself to her thoughts.

What was wrong with her mind?
Why couldn't she hang out with people more than her thoughts?
Better yet, why wouldn't her mind shut up?

James

"Whoa," he sighed, slowly and awkwardly wrapping his arms around her. She was going to cry, he could tell and he slightly resented her for it. He simply wanted to sleep, but he couldn't ignore a crying girl ever. So, bending his head a bit, he found her gaze and asked, "What is it, Ari?"

He could have used the crystal, but that was invasive and hardly polite. So he waited, rubbing his thumb over her chin and smiling a bit. "Where's the smile? C'mon. I know its there. I've seen it and I miss it, so show me." His eyebrows rose, waiting.


Chandler

Laughing as the moonwalk ended, he twisted about to the door and shook his head. "Mind control, how...uh, wonderful? Sure." He tucked his hands back in his pockets and remembered his dorm number from the map he had been given. Dorm 3. He went to the door and knocked once. If he remembered correctly, his dorm mate was called Zoe.

"Zoe?" he called inside, smiling and hoping she was cute. He had never shared rooms with a girl, it could be fun. Unless she was annoying. Annoying girls were...annoying. He knocked again. "Hello?" This time he tried the knob and the door opened, unlocked. Feeling invited then, he peered inside, seeing a girl on the floor as if splattered there, mud on her clothes here and there. One eyebrow raised and he laughed. "What happened to you?"

Chandler

The girl on the floor didn't respond to him and although he probably should rest, or see if she was truly okay, he decided to back away slowly. If she needed space, he would give it to her. Though he wondered if she was just some dramatic teenage girl.

He whistled a little, James suddenly appearing and slamming himself into another room. Whatever was eating him probably wasn't worth investigating, but he did get a glance into the room. With the image in his sights, he concentrated for a moment and opened his eyes to find James lying in bed half-dead it seemed and two figures on the opposite bed...barely clothed.

"Oh...uh..." he laughed a little and put a thumb behind his back, the boy with the greenish hair noticing his presence. "I'll be out of your hair."

He vanished again, but hadn't figured out where he was heading until a dark room enveloped him. The only illumination was from a laptop a few steps away, someone leaning toward it lazily with their back to him. Grinning at the advantageous position, he crept forward on his tip toes and glanced at the video playing. Some sort of compilation of skateboard wipe-outs. Idiots really. But Chandler put on a smile. "Funny stuff?"

Zoe

Zoe stayed on the floor. She didn't want to get up at all, and hated the thought of it. But the thought of dying of hypothermia here in this school wasn't pleasing to her. But before she could get up someone knocked on the door, calling her name. The voice wasn't familiar at all...then the door opened and the person came in saying hello. Zoe kept face on the ground, maybe if he thought she was dead he would leave. Then he started laughing at her sorry state, asking what happened. She grimaced, hoping he would leave, she didn't know who he was but at the moment she wasn't in the mood to make friends especially with the mystery surrounding Mikhail, Hallie, and Zara. Eventually, the guy left probably thinking she was dead. Mission accomplished.

"Alright, let's have a shower," Zoe said, rising from the floor stumbling in her wet, muddy clothes she moved towards the bathroom. Once she made it she discarded the disgusting clothes, now appalled by them. She twisted the knobs of the bath, making sure that it was warm. Once it reached peak warmness she plunged herself into the water, transferring the cold into warmth and she relaxed as she cleansed herself.

Adrien

Adrien roamed the halls. He felt as though something was off...as though a new presence was here for him to befriend. Looking around he relied on his gut and all completely by luck he heard a new voice coming from Mikhail's room. "Frieeend," he thought in his mind happily. Running over to the door he knocked several times. "Anyone in here?" He called out. "A new student perhaps?" He asked happily. If there was someone new here he would be so happy, but if there wasn't he would be disappointed. But too bad, they were in the middle of a conversation and he wasn't invited! Barely anyone had been talking to him lately and everything has been so serious. He had to change that.

Chandler

He smiled a bit toward Adrien. He seemed like a good kid, a bit naive maybe, but that wasn't a bad thing. Throwing an arm around the kid's shoulders, Chandler caught Arian's eyes on him and winked. "A tour does sound good. So let's get on with it. Before James comes back. Or the dead chick."

Turning, he led them further down the halls, pondering what he had gathered so far. He wasn't a truly worrisome guy, but this place...this place worried him. His fingers picked absently on the scarf around Adrien's shoulders, thoughts sporadic. Without thinking, he vanished from the group, reappearing quite a few hallways down, though he himself wasn't sure where he was. The decor was only slightly different. The doors had names on them. The staff? One said Eve. Realizing he had teleported finally, he wondered if he should wait for the others. He shrugged though.

Knock, Knock...

"Hey! Are you a teacher? I know it's late, but I'm a little turned around," he lied. He just wanted to see what the people here were like. Perhaps if he found the teachers were nice, he would be more relaxed.

Arian was feeling a little sketched out about going through the halls like they were. She had had enough of staff in the school and didn't think the path they were going down was the right one. She did like the fact that some of the students had contact with the teacher. Wondering how that came about, Arian stayed close to the group, not wanting to be too noticed. Most of the group probably didn't trust her much even with her saving some of their asses.

Eyeing Chandler, Arian wondered what his story was. He seemed to turn up out of nowhere which made her a little nervous...

Adrien

Adrien looked around at the massive library. it was so abundant, so breathtaking, so exquisite, so...boring. "Well, the library definitely wasn't my first pick..." Adrien said leaning on one of the bookshelves. "But it could work if we did some exploring," he said, a smile creeping up his face. The place was archaic, there had to be some pretty cool stuff lying around. "What do you think?" He asked everyone, getting a bit distracted by the couple on the ceiling.

Zoe

Once Zoe was done with her bath she wrapped herself in a towel and went out of the bathroom, telekinetically cleaning up the mud she left on the floor. So many things were rushing through Zoe's head, but one thing struck her the most in particular; her suspicions. They were running rampant, Mikhail's hand, Mikhail and Hallie's relationship, why Zara so desperately wanted to know her family history...how unpleasant it was, to have so many things on your mind...Zoe fell into an impulse, she had to search Mikhail's room; just to see if there was anything suspicious in there. She silently went out of her room, she had heard all of them outside leave earlier on so she just hoped none of them came back she telekinetically turned his doorknob, that way even if it was locked she would be strong enough to break it. Once the door was opened she rushed inside, luckily no one was there. She then began looking around, hoping to find some evidence.

Arian walked into the library and almost died. She loved reading. She loved books. She loved libraries. Not worrying about anyone around her, she waltzed up to one of the shelves and sighed. The section she had arrived at included historic novels along with conspiracy theories; her favorites.

Reaching to the top shelf, not carrying about her tattoo exposure, Arian stretched to grab a book entitled "Killing Lincoln". Knocking over a few others, she finally acheived her goal with a smile. She started to thumb through the pages, wondering how this school had recieved a best seller so soon...Then again there was probably a lot she didn't know about the school.

Mikhail

Mikhail laughed at Hallie's quick self-burial into the bed covers. "You mean my hair?" he asked, shutting the door behind him, "I don't know. You tell me!" He bounded to the bed and, with an evil smile, pulled the blankets clean off. He didn't let Hallie stay cold for too long, though, slipping next to her on the bed and bringing the blankets with him. He wrapped them around Hallie as they had been before he tore them off, and started tickling her as he did so. For a moment, he thought he heard slight footsteps, but he ignored it. He was also too focused on tickling to realize that some of his things had been shifted around, and not by Zara or Chandler. Perhaps if he had been a bit more attentive, he would have realized there was a third person in the bedroom...

Zara

Manufactured?? "WHAT?" Zara blurted out, jumping back from the bed. It was clear she didn't know that part.

Had Misha been keeping this from her? Why didn't he tell her? He said he would, a small voice in her head reminded her, but the fact that she heard this from James and not Misha drowned it out. She hardly heard his next few words, just picking out "escape" and "less and less."

"Manufactured?" Zara asked, "In a lab?? By who? And how would the school know? Was it by them?" Her voice was rising and rising, and at one point even she could tell she was being loud. Fuming, she forced herself to calm down, and she clenched her eyes shut. Oh, she'd have a lot to tell Misha in the morning. Why, she'd tell him now, but she still had questions for James.

"Whatever," she said, temporarily brushing off the topic, even though she was still confused and angry about it, "That wasn't what I meant. I mean, what do you already know about us?" Her tone was irritated, and somewhat angry, but also darker. She didn't want James to avoid the question, and she would resort to desperate measures if she needed to. Even if he had helped them out earlier, he was still very much a liability.

And then she remembered that slip of paper she had given him. Where was it? If she couldn't get the crystal, then at least she'd need that paper with the url.

Zoe

Zoe could hear Mikhail and Hallie coming down the hall to his dorm. Cursing under her breath she didn't know what to do! If she ran outside, she would get caught. If she stayed inside, she would get caught. Panicking, she ran into one of the closets in the room; backing up against the wall. She moved some clothes that were in there around her so just in case Mikhail or Hallie opened the closet they wouldn't see her. This could work to her advantage, she would be able to hear their conversation and hopefully gain information. Then something donned on her-she was still only in her towel. She had to fight her innerself not to panic and luckily she stayed quiet. She would have to wait until they fell asleep or something to escape...oh this was gonna be a long day. Once again, she made sure to conceal her emotions the best that she could, hoping Hallie wouldn't be paying attention and try to sense if there were any other presences.

Adrien

"Of course a lot of cool stuff happens in this school!" Adrien said excitedly. "Well, mostly it's just hanging out with the other students that make it awesome, but they also have delicious food, and the dorm rooms are really comfortable!" Adrien said happily searching around the older parts of the library. He lifted a book; something about genetic theories or something and he frowned slightly. How did they come to be exactly? How did they get their powers? He wondered to himself for a moment but he shrugged it off; his powers are what kept him alive so why would he question them. Returning to his smiling self he turned back to Chandler. "You're going to love it here as long as you don't break any rules," he said remembering the punishments the school gave.

Chandler

Adrien was so enthusiastic. It was great. Chandler could see the two of them becoming really good friends...until the kid mentioned punishments. The reality of where they were crashed down on Chandler once again and he cursed himself for ever believing he would find something useful here.

"Punishments?" he asked, stopping at once and playing with the edge of his shirt. "This place is like prison, isn't it?"

Before Adrien could respond, Arian and another kid arrived. Chandler hadn't learned his name yet, but was surprised when Arian introduced him. Was this kid new today too?

"Chandler," he replied, shaking Danny's hand and giving a smile. "You too." Arian ducked out at that point, which caught Chandler's concern at once. Something was going on here and everyone was on edge but trying to hide it. Were they being watched? Was that why everyone put on smiles? Adrien's mention of punishments was off-putting and messing with his mind. He shook out of it and plastered on his own smile. "I assume you have a power," he said, laughing a bit and vanishing to reappear on Danny's side. "Care to share?"


James

Zara freaked. She didn't know? Well he must have gotten that information from Mikhail or Hallie. How much were those two keeping from Zara, and why? James wasn't sure how to organize all this in his head with the pains fading in and out. Zara continued as he crossed to the bathroom and grabbed for more pain pills, popping them and swallowing without water. He felt horribly sick suddenly.

"About you guys?" he asked, leaning against the wall. "Not entirely much, I mean, you're a spy," he said, crystal in hand and warming slightly. "Hired young, trained young. You can find things, you hate gender roles or something, your power isn't reaching its full potential. You need to calm down or you'll explode one day...that's you."

He smiled a little and sat back down on the bed. "Any more questions, sweetheart?" Rubbing his temples, he half-hoped no.


Hallie

His hair looked the same actually, but she didn't respond before he tore the blankets off. She cried out from the cold and laughed as he replaced himself on the mattress beside her, only to break out a tickle fight. She was distracted by his elation. It consumed her entirely as she laughed and allowed her own happiness to fill her up. Finally though she pushed him away, sticking out her tongue and slipping off the bed on the other side to escape. Her abs were killing her from all the laughing, she had to stop.

Mikhail seemed ready to attack again though, so she grabbed at his roommate's pillow and started to use it as a makeshift shield. Backing away she giggled, "Don't come any closer Misha."

Her back collided with the closet door.

She felt it, the third wavelength, a faint line drifting somewhere behind her and trying to be discreet. Hallie's smile slackened just as Mikhail was upon her. She ducked out of the way, shoving the pillow in his face and turning to the closet door at once. "There someone in there."

Zara

She narrowed her eyes again. "Was a spy," she corrected, "I'm not anymore. Quit that business." So he knew that. Probably knew about Mikhail too. She could stop fooling around with him about that. "I'd like it a lot if you didn't tell anyone, though," she said, "Or at least didn't talk about it. Not that I expect you to listen to me, but know that I can find you, no matter how hard you hide.." She didn't know what to make of the "full potential" part, but figured that since she had only just discovered it, it was highly likely. She found it odd that he didn't mention her family, or the scar on her back. Maybe he was being tactful. Or he was only reading the stuff on the surface. Well, it wasn't any of his business, really, but she wasn't afraid of it. "As for the gender roles, that comes from a fairly long and unpleasant history with a traditional ultra-orthodox Jewish family that treats women like crap and reacts to spouts of rebellion with physical abuse," she decided to inform him, "Not that you'd care," she added a bit sarcastically, "You'd find out eventually, I'm sure, sweetheart."

She crossed her arms, not leaning against the bed anymore. James was being pretty helpful, unlike Zoe from earlier. "I have one more question, at the moment anyways," Zara said, "What about Misha? What do you know about him?" She thought of his dead team-members. Did James know about that? And his hand? What about his mother? She needed to know.

Mikhail

He raised an eyebrow. "Someone in the closet? Could it be the bogeyman?" he teased slightly, but his happiness turned to suspicion. Maybe it was Zara? Or another student? His roommate, maybe? Or...perhaps....someone else...sent specifically for him? He stepped protectively in front of Hallie, and reached for the handle. He pulled open the closet and....

Didn't see anyone. At least, not at first. It looked a bit messier than he last left it. He wondered if maybe Hallie was paranoid, but the nature of her power begged to differ. If she said someone was in the closet, then someone was probably in the closet. "Yo, Circus?" he called, moving some of the hangers, "You back in the closet? You know, I kinda had my suspicions in the beginning, so there's no need for that..." He grabbed an oddly placed sweater and nearly dropped it at the sudden face that was now revealed. "Zoe??" Mikhail asked incredulously, "How...what are you doing in here?"

Adrien

"No, of course not; I mean the punishments are like, really crazy but it's not like a prison or anything..." Adrien said laughing to himself. He then turned around to see Arian and some new kid called Danny come in. Arian then left, probably busy with all of the problems that everyone was going through for some reason. Two new kids in one day! It reminded Adrien of the survival mission they had a day or two ago when Yao and Zara came; Adrien wondered where exactly Yao was at the moment but shrugged it off, turning to Danny. "Hey Danny, I'm Adrien," he said beaming with enthusiasm. He looked over to Chandler; sensing his discomfort with the whole punishment thing. He put his arm on Chandlers shoulder "Don't get so high strung like the others, okay?" Adrien said, but he had a feeling that eventually both of them would.

Danny had time stopping powers? That was awesome! "That's so cool!" He exclaimed. Chandler then told Adrien to show his power and sure, it wasn't as cool as time freezing or teleporting, but it still got him pretty far in life. "Okay," he said and thought of what he should make...he then decided on what he would make and focused for a second...when he was done there was a cookie; one for each of them. "I make illusions," Adrien said taking a bite out of the cookie. "But now that I've been practicing my power a lot, I can make them real," he said finishing the cookie.

Zoe

All Zoe heard was Mikhail and Hallie giggling. Of course the one time that they weren't going to talk about their serious plans was when she was eavesdropping. But it was almost definitely confirmed now that the two of them were dating; not to say that they were hiding it, they probably made a whole scene in front of everyone else. Then, Hallie bumped into the door, obviously feeling Zoe's presence. Zoe cursed under her breath, knowing that she was going to get caught. She shuffled closer to the back, bumping into the wall, while doing so, when Mikhail opened the door. He lifted one of the articles of clothes concealing her face and was pretty shocked to see her.

Zoe didn't know how she was going to react...she was going to have to lie, and sell it really well. Forcing a confused emotion through herself she began talking. "I...I don't know," Zoe said beginning her lie; she decided she was going to add truth to it; making it harder to decipher. "I got caught in the rain; and I wasn't feeling well...so I took a shower..." Zoe said, putting pauses where she had to, making it more believable. "Then, when I finished my shower, I wrapped up in my towel, went outside...and...and I fell unconscious...when I woke up; I was here." Zoe stated; she had her bases covered, fake emotions for Zara, and believable story for Mikhail. "But...but how did I end up here?" Zoe asked faintly. Then, to make it even more believable for Mikhail she added in this tidbit; pretending that she just realized she was only in her towel she forced a blush; "Do you mind if I get changed?" Zoe asked grasping more of Mikhail's clothes and pulling them towards her.

Zara

Zara let what James had said about Hallie sink in before nodding her head. "So she's a lot like Mikhail," she said. "Well, so long as they're happy with each other, it should turn out all right." She smiled at James, "Thanks for your help, Jim," she punched him lightly in the arm as well, "But don't think I'm going to go soft on you. If you go back on your promise, you're going to have a bad time."

She left the room. In the hallway, she eyed Mikhail's closed door before walking away from it. If the two were in there, they were most likely sleeping or something. It wouldn't do to hover.

She headed back towards the library. Along the way, she saw Arian in the hall, looking a little less composed and pretty than usual. Though that wasn't saying much.

Zara was in a relatively good mood, so she decided to be civil. "How's it going, roomie?" she asked, taking the usual bite out of her voice. She could hear some voices coming from the library, one of which she didn't recognize. It was too young to be a professor. "Did we get another new student?"

Mikhail

Zoe's story was....odd, but he wasn't going to question her while she was so exposed. "Of course," he said to her question, "Here, we'll...uh, give you some space..." He nudged Hallie towards the bathroom, hand on her back. If Zoe was lying, then Hallie would know it. He didn't know how Zoe could end up in his room without knowing it, unless she too was a teleporter? "Do you buy it?" he asked Hallie when they were out of earshot, "I'm not sure myself. Even if she's lying, why would she hide in my room, in the closet of all places? Unless...." Was Zoe suspicious of him? Did she know? But how? Hallie couldn't have told her, she was practically with him the whole day. He didn't think James would either, since he rarely talked to her. Was she suspicious of her own accord? Had he been that obvious? He took a breath and slowed down his thoughts for Hallie. He didn't want to rile her up.

James

Zara punched his arm...in a friendly way? Okay, whatever. She left, not fully satisfied he thought, but simultaneously he didn't care. Flopping back down, he tried to find sleep again. He shut off the lamp and squeezed his eyes shut. The meds were kicking in and helping him relax a lot. He allowed the blue crystal to slip from his hand and his breathing slowed. Sleep...yes...


Hallie

In the bathroom, Mikhail's emotions were spinning and Hallie held her breath, closing her eyes and ignoring the cold she was feeling again. "I don't know," she admitted, tired and getting a headache. "I don't think so, she's all tense and her...emotions are moving pretty unnaturally even if they're trying to be calm."

She plopped down on the toilet and held her head in her cold fingers. A shiver ran down her back and she flinched. "She's not telling everything...I don't know what she's doing. Why...ugh, never mind." Zoe was just being annoying to her at this point. She was tired. It was nighttime. Sleep was needed.

"I don't feel good," she murmured. Her hands went to her stomach, a rolling lurch erupting in her abdomen. Was she that sick? What had happened? Out in the rain...did she eat something bad? Was it an effect of the flowers? Mikhail seemed fine, except for the hair but that was from the medicine, right? She covered her face, suddenly feeling clammy.


Chandler

Epic indeed, Chandler had to agree. They were epic. Before he agreed verbally though he heard voices outsides and smiled, vanishing and appearing beside Zara, finding Arian there as well. "Hey girlies!" he laughed and kicked open the library door. "Care to join?"