Jacob Smith's Story

Áine felt another punch to her jaw, and this time it actually hurt her, badly - meaning she needed some food. Well, that, or her body just wasn't so used to so many violent impacts in a row. That was probably why she was coughing up blood, too, her body was cleansing itself.

Suddenly, the grip disappeared on her arms, and she quickly spun around to see the guard on the floor, unconscious. "Th..thanks," she breathed out to Simon, smiling weakly at him, before sitting down, back facing the wall. She could feel the cuts healing already, but it didn't mean it hurt less.

She looked around at the mess around them. A few guards lay on the floor, but there were still around ten up and moving. And it seemed that Simon was the only one able to fend them off at the moment.

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"First, you have to be real friendly with her," Bartamus drawled, smoking his cigar. Jacob rolled his eyes as he glanced at the monitors, doing his favourite hobby - listening to others conversations. Bartamus was trying to give Frederick extremely amateur advice on how to get a girl, and Frederick was soaking it all in, listening like he had just been given the winning numbers to the lottery.

"Then, you have to-" the men were interrupted by the sound of the alarm piercing their ears. Jake shot a quick glance at the monitor, noticing that all the scientists were climbing into the cages, and the mutants were no where to be found. He cursed under his breath, before grabbing his stun gun and following the rest of them out.

He must have been a tad late, as by the time he got there, half of the guards were already tackling some mutant. He walked forward, and saw a mutant holding two batons, spinning them around. He didn't even bother with him, the other guards would take him out. There were two weak girls behind him, probably just after fighting off a guard, that he would get to and put back into the cages once the baton boy was distracted.

Aileen slowly opened her eyes. Shit, she must have passed out. Blood was running down her face and it felt like every bone in her body had been broken. She forced herself to sit up, but it just made her extremely dizzy. She groggily looked up to see Simon fighting and another hurt mutant sitting next to her. This situation was bad, it seemed like the only one still capable of fighting was Simon.

Aileen tried to stand up, she wanted to help Simon. Thanks to her good balance, she managed to get up and lean against the wall. That's when she noticed a guard standing in the other end of the hall, the opposite direction from where all the other guards came from. He was standing a bit behind Simon, but it didn't look like he was going to attack him. He also looked really young; he couldn't be more than 18 - 19 years old. How could he be a guard in a place like this? Aileen started to walk towards him, using the wall as support. She didn't notice the dead guard on the floor and she fell over him. When she crawled back up on her feet and looked up, the young guard was now looking directly in her direction. Aileen figured that maybe he wasn't going to attack mutants; maybe he was going to bring the hurt one's back into cages. "How can you just stand there?", she almost sounded drunk, but it was just because of the hits to her head. "Why are you here? Huh? Why do this?" She let go of the wall and took a few steps towards him. It was stupid to agonize a guard like this and usually she would never do it. But she wasn't thinking clearly at the moment and the bottled up hurt and anger was soon going to explode. She hissed at him like a cat and extended her claws, the blood streaming down her face and with one eye swollen. "Come on then! Attack me!"

((for some reason it wouldn't let me tag Àine))

There was a sudden smack, and Jacob turned to see a mutant walking towards him. What was she doing? He was a guard, but it wasn't like he was exactly a threat yet.
"How can you just stand there?" the mutant asked. He should probably know which mutant it was, but she was pretty roughed up. As soon as he noticed the furry skin, however, he knew it was Aileen.

She walked closer to him, and he felt something swell up in his chest. He took a step back, trying to remain calm.
"Why are you here? Huh? Why do this?" the girl hissed at him, almost like a threat. "Come on then! Attack me!"

Not sure what to do, as for as long as he had been there, there had been no escapes, he grabbed the stun gun from his belt. It was just then that he noticed the girl walking up behind the mutant.

Without a second of hesitation, he shot the stun gun.

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Áine glanced around the room, before spotting Aileen taunting a guard. What was she doing? Áine wobbled to her feet, slowly walking up behind the girl. She noticed the guard, a young one at that, place a hand on his gun, before taking it out and aiming it at Aileen.

Without a second thought, Áine leaped in front of Aileen, pushing the girl out of the way at the same time. For anyone else, this would have knocked them out instantly, the effect of the stun gun putting them under. Áine just felt an extremely sharp pinch, and then she was suddenly extremely dizzy.

The whole world started tilting around her, until she eventually had to sit down, her back resting against the wall. She closed her eyes and breated out heavily, trying to get rid of the horrible headache.

Angel wasn't sure what to do. Everything was mass chaos and she felt like a useless little girl. If she tried mind controlling people, she would likely pass out, and be taken away. If she just stood here, she would be stunned and the same fate would happen. Instead, a guard on the other side of the room caught her attention. Alieen seemed to be taunting him, which was worrisome, as he did have a stun gun. Yet it was odd how he was so young. Sure enough, he pulled out the stunner and shot it, just as Áine jumped in front of it. Angel smiled and started heading that way, carefully avoiding the guards that surrounded the place, occasionally making the guards forget she was there. She ran to Áine to see if she was ok. She was clearly dizzy, but Angel was a little bit too. She narrowed her eyes at the young guard. Drop the stun gun She thought to him forcefully. She watched as he reluctantly lowered it.

Then something suddenly hit her, more like charged into her. Almost like getting run over by a car. She yelped feebly and skidded across the floor. She looked up at her attacker, a man in his thirties, holding a gun. An actual gun. Not a stunner. He must have knocked her over. He pointed the gun right toward her head with a menacing look on her eyes.

But that isn't the worst part.

She couldn't read his thoughts, let alone control them.

******

Zachary pressed the button on the chair next to him. A little beep called out and he gathered his thoughts. "Send backup, I'm on my way," he said before releasing the button and going to pick up his gun. Normally the guards just carried stunners, but he thought that was foolish. So he carried a gun. Besides, his shooting was sharp enough that he would never kill one. Just take out an arm or leg. It was great for calling threats though. Because hey, why not shoot? Just make another mutant! He grinned and shifted the gun in his hands, before leaving the control room and running off down the hall. Clearly his guards couldn't handle a couple of kids.

When he entered the train wreck that was the mutant's holding cells, he noticed a couple things. The fact that his dumb-ass guards couldn't take care of some pesky kids. That Jacob, one of the younger guards, was taking on two girls, and seemed to not be doing that bad. And lastly, an eight year old was staring Jacob down. What surprised him the most was whenever Jacob dropped his stun gun. Zachary's jaw dropped open for a second, but he quickly closed it and barreled toward the group, knocking over the littlest one. Perfect. He held the gun up, so it pointed to her head. "EVERYONE FREEZE OR I SHOOT! FREEZE OR I SHOOT THE EIGHT-YEAR-OLD!!!" he screamed as loud as he could. Most, if not all the guards stopped, and some of the mutants did. Time to get this situation under control.

Simon was just about to crack a skull when he heard someone scream. His leg was still moving until he heard about Angel. The guard fell to his feet regarless and Simon looked over to see Aileen standing before a guard and the other girl was down. He considered walking over to see if she was alright and maybe break the guards neck, but Angel probably wouldn't have liked that idea.

Simon yawned and bent his knees so that he was sitting on his heels.
'So we didn't escape, huh?' he thought to himself. He looked at the guards that he had fought and scared from attacking. They didn't look happy and all, but as much as they wanted to take him on personally and upclose they knew it probably wouldn't end well for them. That thought seemed to piss them off, that and it Simon didn't even look like it was all too hard for him.

Drop the stun gun.
Jacob was surprised for thinking this, but then noticed the little girl in front of him. Had she just.. hypnotised him?
He knew he shouldn't, but it now felt horrible, like it was wrong to continue to hold the stun gun. He dropped it onto the floor, before skidding it away from him with his foot. He hoped that one of the other guards would pick it up, maybe sort this thing out.

Out of nowhere, Zachary, a guard Jacob recognised, ran over the little eight year old that had been prodding at his brain. It made him creeped out to be around her. He knew that dropping the stun gun hadn't been of his own will, or he would have knocked the girl out. And if she could get inside it, could she see memories too? Of his mum, his siblings, Jessica..

He quickly blocked the thoughts out, focusing on what was happening.
"EVERYONE FREEZE OR I SHOOT! FREEZE OR I SHOOT THE EIGHT-YEAR-OLD!!!
Jacob froze in his spot, knowing that Zachary hadn't meant him, but feeling obliged to stay still the same. Even if she was a mutation, she was still only an eight year old girl, and he certainly didn't want her dead. Maybe it was just because she reminded him of Lucy, but that was besides the point.

He thought about trying to calm Zachary down, but decided against it, knowing he would probably just end up doing more damage.

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Angel rushed over to her, asking if she was okay, to which Áine nodded. She was surprised at what happened next - though it was probably an illusion set up by her dizzy mind, as it appeared that Angel had stared at the young guard and made him then drop his stun gun. He kicked it to the side, just as a larger and more scary looking male ran over and knocked Angel down.

"EVERYONE FREEZE OR I SHOOT! FREEZE OR I SHOOT THE EIGHT-YEAR-OLD!!!
Áine literally froze in her place, stopped breathing altogether. There was no way that she would let Angel get shot. She felt like jumping on top of Angel, knowing very well that the gun would hurt like hell, but wouldn't be fatal. But the chances of her pushing Angel out of the way before the man shot were too slim to risk - if he did shoot before Angel had moved.. Áine couldn't even think about it.

The flames were quickly eating up the oxygen in the relatively small room, Tom was fire proof(ish) but certainly not asphyxiation-proof. He rushed, thinking about which doors to open before actually opening them. Then something hit him, holy crab-cakes, there's a five alarm fire waiting to happen. He stumbled over the flaming bodies filling the cafeteria quickly, his black scaled legs rendering the fire's heat to a miraculous warm tingle. He opened the last door to quite a scene: a white wolf standing off to the side, two "normal people," a young guard, and another guard holding an eight year old. Thinking back, Thompson remembered something being said behind the door a little before opening up. Shit, he thought. He contemplated just closing the door, but before he knew it, he was already asking "Ok, could somebody PLEASE fill me in on what's going on?!" Oui, now I've done it he was already chastising himself. He took one black scaled and taloned arm and wiped his forehead of a coldsweat.

"The hell-?" Zach mused, feeling a sharp pain on the back of his neck. it made him dizzy and hurt like crap. He collapsed to the ground with an oomf! A few seconds later someone kicked at his head and he winced as his nose cracked and it filled with blood. He groaned and blacked out, pain overtaking him.
*****
Angel frowned, freezing at the man's yells. Why couldn't she read his thoughts? She was practically useless! She bit her lip nervously, feeling tears well up in her eyes. She couldn't be shot. She couldn't! But she felt so useless right now, like a little girl. You have to be strong, though. She sniffled and blinked away the tears that filled her eyes. She wasn't a little girl anymore. Suddenly, the man fell over, collapsed to the ground. She scrambled back so he wouldn't fall on her. Then she stood up, watching as Maxx smashes his head down. She smiled to her. Maxx was nice. "Y'all look like a bunch of loonies, let's get the hell out of here."

Angel scrambled up, looking around for the bag of food she had collected from the kitchen and swung it over her back. Following the rest of the group towards the exit.
*****
"Damn..." Zach mumbles, rubbing the back of his neck and finding two sizable welts. He groaned inwardly and went to pick up his gun, which of course wasn't there. Snarling, he jumps up, dusting himself off ad dabbing at his bloody nose. He turns to Jacob. "Looks like we've got some mutants to catch." he says, before heading towards the weapons room.