Brooklyn, NYC, NY

Matthieu looked at Jynx in surprise. He hadn't expected this for the day. A complete stranger just offered to let him stay at her place. As he fought off lewd thoughts in his mind, he considered accepting for a moment. Before he said anything, a dirty smile crept across his face, but he simply shook his head and smiled normally. "Thanks for the offer," he said. "But I think I might have to pass you up on that one. I can't go around relying on others to help me. I prefer to help others. Besides, I don't mind the cold. And I should have things set up so that I can have the heat turned back on in a week or two anyway." He scratched the back of his head laughing and silently cursing at himself.

"Well shit...stay with me if you want to Jo, I'm heading to a storehouse my family still owns. We could hideout their till it gets dark, I rather have you safe than out alone." Robert said standing beside Jo, she looked stressed and tired mostly emotional. Turning and motioning Jo towards him as he began to Jog down the street to their right. Nothing could save the two but quick feet and a quick mind, Almega was after them all of them and only in numbers could they win. Alone Robert could only servive for only awhile before he would fall, in a good game of chess you need pieces and placement. His pieces where spread thin, and with Jo he could make it far enough, "Come on" Robert spoke again as he made his way off.

Jo hesitated a moment before following Robert. She didn't care about going home anymore. Her mom wouldn't call the cops, she didn't trust them. Eventually, she'd go back. But as long as Almega was on her tail, none of her friends or family were safe. Maybe Kan's idea about being alone was right, but she knew better than to try and go it alone. Robert was strong. His powers were more developed than hers were. And as long as he was ok with having her around, Jo was gonna stick close to him.

"This is messed up. This is so messed up." Jo's phone was vibrating so crazily that it was about to slide out of her pocket. "Hold on a sec." Stopping suddenly, she pulled it out and started to turn it off. Then a thought struck her. "Hey! Robert. I heard somewhere that you can track a person by the pings their cell makes. So... Almega's a big company and all that.. they might be using that to track us too." She sighed and slid the now-black phone into her pocket. "I know it sounds crazy. But I don't know how they found us. They cut off contact years ago. My last name changed when my parents split up. I don't know what's going on. They're too good."

Stopping and looking to Jo as she asked him to hold on, Robert wondered what would make her stop when Almega would be coming after them soon. What ever it was it must have been important, glaring at Jo, Robert listened "Hey! Robert. I heard somewhere that you can track a person by the pings their cell makes. So... Almega's a big company and all that.. they might be using that to track us too." Robert had already thought of Almega using the cell phone companies to track down their location, although he thought it was impractical for all Almega had to do was look up billing information for the many families expenses. It still was a possibility, and in following Jo's assumption Robert took the battery out of his phone and stuffed it into his pocket.

" That's a pretty good catch you've made, one less way of Almega finding us" Robert spoke with a smile still trying to comfort Jo. Hearing of her parents spliting up brought about sealed memories within Robert, the days of which his mother and father were alive. Shrugging he threw these thoughts to the side concentrating on what would come next for the both of them. "If we play this smart we should have somewhere to lay low for the day" Robert said continuing is movement toward the storehouse, the last place Almega would look for it had no connection at all with Roberts family investments. He knew it was safe their, and keeping Jo safe enough was fine for the boy, since he brought her into it.

"If we play this smart we should have somewhere to lay low for the day" Jo nodded and followed Robert. "Where are we going exactly?" The day was chillier than she'd expected and she was still in basketball shorts and a tank top. Not exactly the warmest thing she could have picked out. Even if she was warm from running, her legs were covered in goosebumps. Her arms were getting bumpy, too.

"Damn Almega... why are they doing this now?" A traffic light halted them at an intersection and Jo leaned against a light pole. "They've had years since the med trial and now they wanna mess with us, after we went and got lives?" She sighed and ran her fingers through her hair again. Jo was definitely going to miss gymnastics training. Her coach was going to be livid.

"They've had years since the med trial and now they wanna mess with us, after we went and got lives?"

Stoping at the intersection, looking to Jo as she lent against the light pole " From what I've gathered I have a small idea... other than that we are heading to a storehouse on this coming block." Robert said shooting his eyes toward her, his face was serious all of his planing went to hell within hours. Almega struck to early catching him off guard, maybe it was because he gathered the others in one spot with him or something. Roberts brain was rattled with thoughts on what to do next, from Almega's attack he would have to make some phone calls to cover up all the action and killing from earlier connections and money is what got Robert this far.
Peering up as the light turned red waving at Jo as he crossed the street, walking up to a empty storehouse with dim lighting on the inside.

Pressing his body against the door, wrapping his fingers around the knob pushing his telekinetic force through to the other side of the door, unlocking the door by turning the locks on the other side. With a gentle tap he stylishly pushes the door open leading Jo in as he flipped the lights on and closed the door.The inside of the storehouse was empty... but then again it was a hideout. "Well welcome to my second home, I promise you Almega won't be able to find us here." Robert spoke smiling at Jo hoping she felt a little better about their terrible situation. Stomping lightly and concentrating as he lifted some of the floorboards up revealing a latter, "down their is a little underground apartment."

Jo looked around while hugging her arms close to her body. It looked safe, but at the same time, the little paranoid Jo in the back of her head was screaming at her for going to a creepy building with a boy she barely knew.

"Well welcome to my second home, I promise you Almega won't be able to find us here." Jo nodded and smiled at Robert. Paranoid Jo was squashed. Robert didn't seem dangerous. Well, he could kill people by thinking at them, but he didn't seem the type to kill random people. Almega was another story. They were attacking without being provoked.

"Apartment? Wow, you've got pretty much everything, don't ya?" Jo chuckled as she slid down, grabbing the ladder and descending to the bottom quickly. A thought had been bugging her. If she'd just gone with the Amega agents instead of running. Robert wouldn't have killed anyone. Even if they were Almega, they were people. Jo's stomach twisted into knots inside her. She was responsible for their deaths. What if they had families? Children? What if their cat wasn't getting fed? "Shit.." She mumbled to herself.

Peering out the window as Jo slid down the latter, tapping his index finger against the glass remembering the pattern and than entering the same pattern into a small keypad. "Apartment? Wow, you've got pretty much everything, don't ya?" With a smile Robert spoke as he jumped down into the underground area, "No I don't have a flying car or dog for that matter" he said laughing slightly turning to another door sighing as he placed his palm against the finger print scanner, wincing a little as a needle drew his blood. After that pain staking process was over the steel door flew open, and addressing her once more with a smile and bow "Welcome to me casa!" leading Jo inside he closed the door. Robert wondered if she was surprised by his enhanced security compared to what he had at home, well if his home was invaded by investigators most of the files and work on his electronics would be erased. The inside was decorated exactly like the mansion just much smaller in size, the same T.V and cable channels remained although the sofa was much smaller.

"Well this is where I stayed until I thought it was safe to move out, a family friend made the place I just watched." Robert told Jo as he headed into the kitchen grabbing to ice cold boodles of water from the fridge, and tossing one to her. Relaxing a little as he looked to her thinking a "friend" something I've never had. Robert knew this himself, maybe if things got better Jo could become a great friend even something more if that chance ever arose but none the less a friend was something Robert needed. They kept you alive and safe when you where acting out of line, they protected you and laughing Robert sat on the sofa keeping his thoughts locked away.