BellaRoma

Claudia "OW!! Kn-know what?" I stammered. "Oh..." "Yes," hissed Ruma. "That." "I won't tell anyone, I mean, if you don't want me to." I couldn't help but get the feeling ...

Claudia "Classic supervillain trick," I thought out loud. "Leave while we're occupied saving someone. Maybe one of us should've seen about using one of those tranquiliser darts on him." Hang ...

Claudia "That's fine, well no it really isn't but... but, how were we physically brought here? Candidates? What experiment? Your father? " I stammered. Brain meltdown much! You practically already ...

Claudia Too. Many. People... shouting -- I slunk towards the red postbox on the nearby street corner, and reached behind it for my black rucksack. I'd abandoned the badge-studded thing ...

Layla I try my hardest, but I always lose it as soon as a couple of people start talking. This includes Mercy (and I do wonder whether she realises that, ...

Mercy What is this - a flash mob, since I've been gone? I haven't gone anywhere! Whole conversations just keep happening without me! Like I say, I give Layla's name ...

Mercy So wait, was that how you knew my real name as well? Ghosts? I don't usually tell anyone my name because, well, this body isn't a hundred percent mine...

Mercy "Jeez!" My voice probably rose through a whole solfége scale of octaves in that one stupid word. At least, that was what it sounded like in retrospect. "How did ...

Mercy I'm fine. This is the point where I'm supposed to ask how you are, Cecilia. Isn't it?

Mercy "Um, I'm Layla... Sorry if I freaked you out there; I don't tend to make much noise. Does wonders for going unnoticed, though..." yes, the name thing was deliberate.

Claudia I still couldn't get over my unease around Summer. Nothing she'd said seemed to ring true, somehow. Oh, damn - she said she didn't set the fire.... For that ...

Hi, all! To you right now I'm probably just Miss gun-and-badge, but I'd like you to know that my real name is Grace Abernathy. I'm nineteen... yeah, I don't just ...

Claudia There was a thud, and a bluish glow that clearly wasn't from the fire. Suddenly a black-clad figure burst forth from the flames, and began running at Ruma with ...

Claudia "So, you just... appeared here?" I asked, digesting Ruma's tale. He nodded. I thought back to my musing on coincidences, believing that perhaps he wasn't here by mistake, either. ...

@TheSilverFox, were you talking about Jackie back there, or Helena (me)? Just so I know what I'm writing about...