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Post by Nurse Steggy on Apr 28, 2011 17:34:00 GMT -5
"Thanks," Mockingbird said the Crystal.
Crystal thought she was cool too. Hm...maybe this wasn't so bad. Maybe...she could have friends and still be a hero. She walked over to the table and sat down. She listened to Shockwave's question.
"Well...I guess," she said. "I'm not big time or anything. If any trouble comes by, I usually try and fix it. I can't go everywhere. I mainly stick around my alley way...but this might be better."
She smiled at Shockwave, a slight flush crossing her cheeks. She'd never really been close to anyone. The fourteen year old girl looked down at her lap. She was acting like a little kid again. She was tentative to raise her gaze.
"No I'm only grateful to Shockwave. I'm only greatful...but why do I like being around him? And Jolt. And Crystal. Huh...this is a confusing day."
Mockingbird folded her hands in her lap and looked around. She looked at Jolt and his brother. They were two seperate personalities, but they cared and worked with each other. How did they manage it?
"Who are you anyway? Where did you come from? Are you a hero too? What was that light thing you mentioned ealier?" Mockingbird asked. "Team Light I think you called it."
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Post by domofudge on Apr 28, 2011 18:14:48 GMT -5
"I-i guess we could give you two our names", Shockwave stuttered "but first names only! I'm Alex, and this is my brother Zach. We moved here about a week ago from Gotham". He gulped and looked away; he was wondering whether or not it was such a good idea to bring the girls here if he was going to be interrogated.
Jolt looked up again, a look of delight, pride and cockiness appeared on his face. "Well ladies, me and my bro are part of a band of superheroes the organization called The Light is making! You see, some heroes nowadays are being totally lame so they're gathering up a bunch of new heroes to do some real good and set those bad-heroes straight!" Unfortunately, Jolt's happy rant was anything but true. The Light had hired the boys in hopes of creating a team that could counteract Young Justice; a group that would slowly grow overtime. They didn't tell the boys that ofcourse.
"They say that even some members of the Justice League have started to turn to evil." Shockwave mentioned in a near emotionless tone, glancing at the menu. He had asked the waitress to give them more time to decide, it seemed like the girls had plenty to discuss.
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Post by kristy101xd on Apr 28, 2011 18:34:07 GMT -5
Crystal got out a pen from the her backpack that once was on the floor. She reached for a napkin, taking one out from the pile. She started scribbling away on it.
"Alex and Zach, got it," Crystal mumbled as she wrote their names down on the napkin, drawing stick figures besides their names that looked somewhat like them, but not really. She also added Mockingbird to the napkin, again failing at drawing a stick figure. She looked up from the napkin, sure she was getting looks.
"I, um, have really bad memory. If I don't write this down and I never see you guys again, then at least I have this as evidence that I got to meet you. Which, to be honest, if I never saw you guys again my heart might explode. I'm serious, you do not know how long I haven't talked to somebody . I thought I was going to go crazy! Well, crazier," Crystal tried to explain herself, but was getting off topic. She tended to talk more than think and she happened to be doing so right now.
She went back to her notes, not looking up from the napkin until a good three minutes. When she did look up, she held an expression that was unreadable.
"Your team seems pretty interesting. How do you become a member of it, anyways? Is there a battle to the death or something?" Crystal asked.
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Post by Nurse Steggy on Apr 28, 2011 19:21:44 GMT -5
"I'm Melanie," the brunette said. "But you can call me Lanie. I'm from Buffalo, NY, but when I ran away I wanted to get far away."
She sat there and listened intently to Jolt. Maybe she should consider joining up. She tapped her finger and said, "I can believe it...not everyone is as they seem though..."
"I learned that the hard way," she thought to herself.
"I can mimic people," she said in short. "And it's okay, I've got nothing better to do then remember. I haven't been more...I guess welcomed in quite some time."
She looked at Zach and Alex, waiting for their answer. The girl had to admit, she was intrigued. She wanted to know more and they made her feel...more secure. They actually were friendly and nice to her. It wasn't something she'd expected from anyone. Her brown eyes were set on Alex. She was patiently awaiting their answer...maybe she would join up with them.
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Post by domofudge on Apr 28, 2011 20:30:12 GMT -5
"A runaway? Sweet! The Light'd love to recruit you! In fact, we're on a mission right now. Turns out that The Light's been working on new organisms that can help power hospitals, but in order to do so we need to obtain some good ol' Kryptonite. Superman ain't so happy about this; so we kind of have to do it as super-spy as possible!" Jolt announced, possibly a little too loud; this earned his an elbow in the ribs and a hush from his brother. "I'm sure The Light would like to have you too, Crystal." Alex smiled softly. Just as the waitress was beginning to approach the table, both boys looked up and let out a simultaneous request. "So... You girls in?"
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Post by kristy101xd on Apr 28, 2011 20:45:44 GMT -5
Crystal looked over at who she now knew as Lanie, her smile vanishing. She wouldn't have expect the girl to be a run away as well. She wanted to take comfort in knowing somebody else who somewhat felt the way she did, but she couldn't. It made her think of her home. Lanie seemed to want to get away from her home, so maybe they couldn't relate.
Crystal missed her small family that consisted of just herself and her parents. She longed to just see them again, just for a minute. Who was she kidding, though? They probably would just send her to a lab, anyways. They didn't love her like she loved them, or so she thought.
She brought her train of thought to the offer. Should she take it? She was lonely and that would solve that problem, but could she really be of any help to them? She barely knew how to control her powers.
"I guess. Why not?" Crystal answered, a fake smile showing on her face.
"Oh, my name is Sandy by the way. Sandy Ev-" she stopped herself. "Just call me Crystal. I absolutely hate my first name."
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Post by Nurse Steggy on Apr 29, 2011 5:25:11 GMT -5
Crystal was wrong. Lanie loved her family...but she couldn't go back. She missed her parents, Kerri and Kyle, but most of all her deceased brother Jakob. She felt responsible for Jakob's death, and not to mention Amos would be after her if she ever came back.
Lanie wished she could turn back the clock and stop herself from meeting them. If they'd never met maybe...maybe...maybe it would've never happened in the first place! She felt lonely on the inside, but rejected people out of fear. Not too many people had been kind to her the past couple years.
She turned her caramel colored eyes and said, "Sure...though I'm going to warn you now....I'm horrifically claustrophobic. And there might be someone after me...I don't know for sure though."
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Post by domofudge on Apr 29, 2011 17:22:24 GMT -5
Jolt gave Mockingbird a reassuring smile. "It's alright", he told her "we gotcha. Plus, my brother suffers from I'm-a-killjoy-itis, caused by-OOF!" Jolt was elbowed in the ribs once again by his much more mature brother. Rubbing his side, he looked up and chuckled. "Looks like someones PMSing." This earned him another punch.
"Well...We're glad to have you on the team. You can join us on our next mission after we eat." Shockwave said shyly, then turning towards the waitress. Unfortunately, it would probably be at that mission the girls would realize that Shockwave and Jolt weren't the heroes they thought they were.
In fact, this could only end up with a whole lot of trouble.
((OOC: Do you two want to have them interact more by playing out the restaurant thing or just skip to after the meal?))
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Post by kristy101xd on Apr 29, 2011 17:52:40 GMT -5
((I think we should skip to after the meal because we've had a while to have conversation))
Crystal had to stop herself from laughing at the two boy's bickering.She didn't really know where joining their team (if she was accepted that is) would take her. For some reason, she didn't really care. Anything is better than where she is right now. If she got more training in or even help with her powers, maybe she would feel less like a monster. She didn't want past events repeating again, it was already hard enough having to deal with them in the first place.
Crystal folded the napkin she wrote on as she placed it in one of the pockets of her backpack. She liked these people. She didn't know them very well and she sure as hell wouldn't tell them her thoughts in and out, but she really did enjoy their company.
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Post by Nurse Steggy on Apr 29, 2011 19:09:20 GMT -5
(I'm okay with that.)
Mockingbird let out a short laugh. She smiled at Jolt and actually felt reassured. Her smile faded a bit and she looked at them seriously. The brunette fidgeted in her seat. Her eyes watered and said, "This person who may be after me....I think he killed my brother."
She bit her lip after saying it. She shouldn't have said that! Lanie felt her stomach sink. God...she got them involved now. She was very scared now. Her dark eyes showed it, but her face remained unchanged. She sighed and looked at the other three.
"I've never told anyone that..."she muttered.
She brushed a piece of hair out of her face. She swallowed and blinked. Now she was nervous that he would be coming for her. Jeez, she's gotta stop scaring herself.
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Post by domofudge on Apr 29, 2011 19:40:28 GMT -5
The boys sat there in an awkward silence until they spoke up, simultaneously giving her words of encouragement.
"We'll be here for you. The both of you."
After a well earned meal, the teens guided the girls to a set of coordinates that were given to them by The Light. It let them to a pretty dark looking facility; it was a building that seemed to be hiding something, hiding who knows what. Alex, otherwise known as Shockwave, took out his phone.
"We got a new message. We need to obtain a case that's locked up in some safe here containing syringes full of a newly created chemical compound and deliver it back to headquarters..." The syringes in mind carried a dangerous liquid that temporarily allowed a person super human strength in exchange for freakish disfigurement in the persons figure.
Technically, they were given a mission to steal illegal, mutating drugs. Not that the boys knew.
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Post by Nurse Steggy on Apr 29, 2011 19:51:16 GMT -5
"All right," Lanie nodded. "That sounds simple enough...a little too simple, but still."
She mentally scolded herself. Dang, she was so cynical! She ground her heel into the ground and smiled. Lanie hoped that she'd be able to stay with them. She wanted to know what a team was like. She guessed it was kind of like this. The girl looked at Alex and Zach.
"That's all?" she asked. "Sorry if I'm a bit cynical...I just don't trust a lot of people."
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Post by kristy101xd on Apr 30, 2011 11:16:47 GMT -5
Crystal depanded on herself. She fought for herself, found a place to sleep for herself every painfully cold night, and she did so many other things just for herself. She was the only one person she had to take care of. She figured it was because she did live alone now, but it mainly was because she kept up a walll from the bad in her life. She could easily show people a smile, bt she rarely ever showed tears.
"I don't need you to be there for me. I can handle myself, but thanks....I guess," Crystal said in a low voice. She understood she had to be a tad bit more open if she was going to join a team, yet as of right now she wasn't going to. She wasn't nowhere near ready to open up.
She Nodded her head to show she understood what they had to do, pushing her petty thoughts to the side so she could focus on their goal.
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Post by domofudge on Apr 30, 2011 12:01:11 GMT -5
"I agree," Shockwave responded "I think there's more depth to this mission." Shockwave approached the building's fence and looked up, he stopped the group and sighed. "Just great, looks like this place has higher security than we thought," In fact, it seemed that this dingy building could possibly be hiding more than what they imagined. "Jolt, we can touch it but don't let the girls do so until I can figure out how to shut the power." His brother nodded in understanding and responded; he touched the fence and noticed a spark of electricity jolt through his hand. The fence was electric, luckily the boys had electrical abilities themselves so they weren't as effected by shocks as most people.
"Looks like we might need to split up the group. I'll try and find an alternate way in, you try to hack security." Jolt groaned, he was an impatient teen, he hated going the long way. Shockwave looked at Crystal and rested a hand on her shoulder.
"Hey, if you need anything to talk about, tell us. We're a team. Now be careful, I've already spotted six cameras, and I'm the building seems to be the kind that might also have laser or motion sensors. The case should be located in the south sector on the third floor. I'll be on the second floor hacking cameras and such, it might take me a while, I'm not the best at hacking." He whispered; it was true, while Alex was fairly intelligent, he couldn't call himself as computer savvy as The Boy Wonder. This was going to take a while.
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Post by Nurse Steggy on Apr 30, 2011 12:20:32 GMT -5
Mockingbird nodded listening to Alex. Great, security cameras and what not. Her least favorite things in the world. She looked at Crystal and said, "I'll follow you?"
It was more of a question than a statment, but oh well. She put her mask back on over her face. She looked at Crystal, waiting for her to say or move. Mockingbird was putting her faith in these three people, and hopefully this wouldn't go horribly wrong.
Her biggest fear now was losing one of them. She hoped that no one would get hurt. She silently prayed to whatever deity would listen to her and sighed. She looked around, thinking about places to hide incase of security guards.
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