America

(short post is terrible >.<)

(I was going to post first RAWGLFLARGL! Meh, anyways, just remember, don't be overpowered/invincible. Lone Wolf will likely lead to death. :3)

Carter had taken their parents apparent delay to get home tonight as a chance to sneak out. He had already snuck out in the past without anyone knowing. He had snuck out, barefoot so he would make less noise, with some fake rounds and The Rifle. He was practicing outside in the woods, by himself, knocking off cans from far away. He had been practicing for a long time, with both his dad and himself at night.

That's when something ticked him off. Some sort of anger was heading towards the house. Or thirst. Or hunger. His Empathy could sense it. He began to run back towards the house, when he could hear someone entering. However, that's when some sort of branch or root picked him up, restrained both his hands and legs, and wrapped around his neck in a way to prevent talking.

"Wel well well, if it isn't Carter Monroe. That's a rather big rifle you got there.....". That's when the roots forced his shirt off and his chest began to glow red. "If you don't mind, il be taking your powers now. Which will kill you...." Carter tried to squirm free. "...so lets get this over with". As his hand got closer to Carter's chest, the glow increased, and Carter was in pain. However, he managed to use his Telekinesis enough to scream for help by moving the branch/root.

(Ta Bleep!)

Anne was enjoying a nice walk in the woods near her house with her trusted instrument, Luna-Pie. She loved the guitar, and going out in the woods was her way of dealing with the fact that her paretns hadn't returned yet. She knew something must have happened, they always called, or something.

After relaxing and making a nice song in a grove, she felt something, like a push, and she knew Carter was somehow involved. He was always involved, but he had more control over his power, and knocking her down when sitting was something he would call 'Child-ish'. Now her parents were missing and something was happening with Carter.

She made her way to where she felt the energy, and stopped before entering an area where she saw Carter and a man, who was controling the vines somehow, "Does he have powers like us?" She thought to herself, before she noticed the glow coming from her brother's chest, and the man talked about how he was going to take his poer and that Carter would die. This sent an instinct to her brain, and she started to strum her guitar while walking into the area with the man. He looked at her, and moved his hands, as if in a manner to move the vines, but was stopped halfway through by something. Her song.

"I don't know who you are, or what you are doing here, but you will never lay a hand on Carter." She said loudly, all the while tuning her music to continue to stun the man. "Carter," She aimed at her brother, "I can only keep him stunned as long as I am playing and maybe a couple minutes afterwards. Use your power to escape and run and find the others, I'll hold him off." She had a plan, once he escaped, she would play her sound to hurt him, and the reason she didn't play it now was the fact she couldn't control who got effected by that sound, so she had to make sure her baby brother was safe.

"Oh God, Zo, I'm so glad your home!" Elise had tear streaks down her face as she hugged her sister. "I was watching Carter and he went up to his room and I went to get him to see what he wanted for dinner and," at this point she let out a sob. "He's not in his room, Zoey! Mom and dad left me here to watch him!" Elise was sobbing openly now, fingering the neclace she wore. "Mom and dad are going to kill me!"

Elise began muttering to herself, and a raven landed on the windowsill. She went over to him, whispered something, and the bird flew off. "Zoey what am I going to do!?" She sobbed, grabbing a waterbottle and taking a long drink to calm down. She always had a waterbottle with her, it was an easy way to calm down since she refused to take her medication.

Elise waited at the windowsill, and the raven returned shortly. Gasping, Elise grabbed Zoey. "Something's wrong! He said he saw Carter and Anne talking to a stranger, and he was threatening them..." she grabbed her sisters arm, pointing toward the stairs. "Go upstairs," she ordered in her paranoid way. "Hide hide hide!" She whisper/shouted, pointing more frantically toward the stairs. "I'll wait for them to come home,"

Elise told the raven to get some help, and stent a flock of birds to attack the stranger before hiding downstairs and babbling to herself midnlessly, trying to calm down.

Carter found himself freed, picking up Dad's rifle, as his shirt lowered covering where the glowing used to be. However, the music she was playing seemed to be wearing off on him, as he slowly started to move more and more. "Nice try, but I recently got an Adaptive Power.....makes certain effects wear off or become less effective on me over time......". He began walking towards Carter, who stumbled back, and slipped and falling in mud. He quickly ran behind his sister, as he then said "You think I will be the only one looking for you? I have made sure that I would be the best option for you......well, maybe life in a FBI jail might be better depending on your motives.....".

Carter began to feel something else though.....something suffocating........ "....and don't think I don't know what your powers are. What your feeling now, is the concentrated sadness of all my previous victims....toxic, isn't it? For someone with Empathy, feeling this for the first time would be quite painful.....and it might make it hard to breath.....". Carter couldn't help but feel as if he was suffocating, but still breathing. The stranger began moving towards them faster now. "So you see, you can not beat me. I shall become all powerful. I shall not only absorb new powers, but I shall increase the power of my existing ones.....".

Carter, then, managed to raise the Rifle at him and fire it. Now, the round wasn't lethal, but it would hurt, a lot. He yelled, in anger "Your first on my list shrimp!". It was enough to momentarily stop and distract him. "RUN!!!". Carter ran inside, and quickly went for the garage, looking for the live rounds. As he ran back out, an energy blast hit him back inside, and he saw the Stranger escape and above human speed, as sirens approached the house. He ran over to Anne, asking "Whats going on? Where is mom and dad? What did he mean by what he said!?". But Carter already knew what he had meant. He wasn't stupid. He just didn't want to believe it. He could hear the FBI surrounding the house, Carter could feel their aggression, their emotions, their nature. He knew how the police felt, he had felt their emotions while on job. FBI was similar.

"How bad am I in trouble this time, sis?"

Elise hugged her brother tightly, kissing his head several times. "Go upstairs and find Zoey. I sent out some birds which should keep that guy and the FBI busy for a minute. Pack only what is vitally important. We'll take the tunnle out," she pushed him upstairs. The tunnle was an old civil war tunnle that the underground railroad had used to help slaves escape to the north. Elise had explored it thouroughly and knew exactly where it lead and where the safe rooms were.

Grabbing a family portrait from downstairs and a few, massivly important things as well (canned foods, a first aid kit, flashlights and water bottles), she ran upstairs and threw it in a backpack with her knife and some spare clothes. Thinking of Anne as well, she gathered things for her, too. Finding Zoey and Carter confused and scared but ready, she lead them to the tunnl, leaving a note she knew Anne would understand.

[i] Anne, went to see grandma. Shouldn't have been there long by the time you get there. C, Z & E [i]

This was an old code they had worked out when both the girls were young. Giving it to a small sparrow, she let him go before pushing her other two siblings into the tunnle and hiding it's door. Grabbing Carter by the hand and pulling him along, she ran as fast as she could, every few feet turning to check on Zoey. She passed up 3 safe rooms before pulling an exhausted Carter into the 4th and letting the other two catch their breath. Elise rubbed her foggy blue eyes and sighed.

"Carter," she gasped. "Who the hell did you piss off!?"

(Errrr, 1, YOu cant say what someone elses Character does Nat, thats God-Modding, just warning you, and second, an underground Tunnel is about the last place they should be. Considering all the tree roots down there. Also, due to the altercation they just had, all the tree roots and such moving would have already causeed the at least Partial collapse of the tunnels :3

Also, the FBI are litterally around the corner. Like, litterally, about to see them, in like, a second

Also, if your going to talk to them, you should at least add you went outside first before you immediately talk to them to prevent confusion (or making people think teleportation))

(All right, i'm done now.....i think)

[Oh geez. What happened when I disappeared? o.o]

(Well I am not sure what Naz is doing. There isn't even supposed to be any tunnels. At all. Ever. Not a single one. SO band, your going to post, some sort of reaction to cops being here would be nice. It would ALSO be nice if we didn't instantly run from them and assume them being against us, considering they have made no actual agreesive move against us? The multiple safe rooms also didn't make sense, but I was being nice.....so, Band, your going to post. Now. Right Now. To keep this moving. Go post. Now)

(I AM NOT CRAZY!!!!! On a side note, Pizza is the new pie. But anyways, im fiiiiiiine.... *murder stare* ...lets just keep this going xD)

(^^ Not at the moment you aren't. Well, no, I think you just proved me wrong. <3 I'm off to bed, don't y'all get too carried away while I'm sleeping)