To Save the World

Maisy

Maisy nodded thoughtfully. That made sense. She tried to think of something else to say as the silence stretched out but she had no idea of what was appropriate, of what people talked about, of how to act... she felt foolish and the smell of cooking was really getting to her.

Food wasn't a thing Maisy ever had to go without. She simply concentrated on what she want and she could materialize it. Absolutely anything at all so long as it existed somewhere across the world. A family might be about to sit down to a good plate of roast pork but in a single breath, Maisy could swipe it away. But somehow, that was different... this was different. They were actually cooking. No one had ever cooked for Maisy.

Marissa started passing the plates around and Maisy held her head up resolutely, steeling herself for the mental blow. You can't expect anything of them, they don't do it to isolate you, they don't do it to... she blinked. At first, Maisy couldn't understand. Marissa was standing in front of her and she was holding a plate. She was looking expectantly up at Maisy, a small frown creasing her brow. Does she want me to... no, couldn't be. Maisy blinked again and met the gaze, her face blank.

"Don't you want it?" Marissa asked, sounding just a touch annoyed. Maisy's eyes leaped greedily to the plate.

"What do I have to do to earn it?" she asked cautiously.

ANTONIUS:

"Sure. What kind of fun, did you have in mind?" Antonius asked

Nate seemed a bit grumpy.

Edward-

I struggled hard to remain my usual solemn self, but Audi was hitting below the belt by hugging me so that i had no choice but to feel happy. Grr!

The emotion burned, it was against my powers and my personality to feel this way. I hate her methods of torture!

"Sure what kind of fun?"

"What did you have planned again Natey?" Audi asked, releasing me and giving me the opportunity to sink back into my gloom.

[Audi Rosario]

Nathaniel turned back to the window, as grumpy as Edward, but sitting in the light instead of a dark corner. I groaned and spun around in my own chair to do something while I thought.

"How 'bout we go find Maisy? I'm tired of waiting around for some people," I glared at Nathaniel before continuing. "to give us plan ideas that might not even be thought up yet."

I head Antonius snicker and even Edward had to smile at that. Nathaniel's face was even more shadowed now, a definite aura of anger swarming around him. I smiled, quietly walking over to him and giving a slight hug.

"Don't be so mad! We'll be back as soon as possible, 'kay deary?" I sent out a pulse of happiness, something he might now be able to recognize.

I grabbed Antonius and Edward by the hand and started to walk towards the door. Nathaniel didn't object, give a smart remark, or say anything. I had to look back at him, worried. This must've been a new record for the longest silence ever in his book.

"Bye," I called, hoping for a reply, but not getting one.

That night, we booked a private jet and flew to New York. Maisy wouldn't know what hit her.

Jason

Jason laughed, "Earn it? You don't have to, Maisy. I mean sure, some people here might be suspicious of you, but that doesn't mean you're not going to get fed." He grinned, "We're the good guys, remember?"

He watched her take the plate and started eating, And if she's working for them? Well...like Kyle said, Nathaniel wouldn't send a spy. He held up his fork, making it glow a little, then watching it slowly vanish from the top down, only to reappear a moment later.

He glanced back to Maisy, "Why did you join, again?"

"I didn't get to choose my side."

"And why our side? When your father raised you for the other side?"

*GASP* What's going on? This is going to die! It's basically on life-support at a hospital! Where's Jaden and Anzius? Or Maybe or Kitty15 for that matter?

*Anzuis is banned from YWS for two weeks and I'm not sure about kitty15*

I'm here! I just haven't had anything to post yet.

Edward-

The private jet had a spot to my liking. A dark corner where I could be left alone. Yes Finally! I sat and brooded, my favorite past time, while Audi and Antonius were talking about Maisy. Her joining the other side did pose an important question.

Why?

Why the heck did she leave and go to Kyle’s team?

Audi sent an happy wave through the plane and I couldn’t help but feel my spirit lift. Why did she have to do that? Why am I asking so many questions? GAH! This is annoying.

“How long to New York?” I growled, fighting the pulse of happiness that Audi was sending.

“Patience is a virtue Edward,” said Antonius. Says him, he doesn’t have to deal with the ever annoying Audi Rosario. I banged my head on the wall beside me. Brood! Just let me sulk! This is torture!

Audi seemed to have read my mind and stopped sending waves of emotion. I sighed and grunted before moving a little into the light. If Audi didn’t get her way right now, I wouldn’t last on this plane.

……………………………

When we go looking for Maisy are we going to fight the good guys? If so… sweet!

*That was the plan! If only Kitty would post...*

[Audi Rosario]

"That's a good boy, Edward!" I giggled and messed up his hair, watching as he cringed his way into the brighter part of the plane.

He growled at me and it looked like he was about to bite my hand off, but I did the same... except with happiness. Antonius had to pull me back before a war broke out between us.

Just then, a voice came on over the intercom:

"Hello, and welcome to New York. We will be landing in just a few minutes please fasten your seat belts and be prepared for descent."

I looked over to Edward and sent a pulse of anything dark I could think of: hate, anger, rage, etc. I wasn't paying much attention to what I was sending as long as it was somewhat gloomy.

He looked over to me in confusion, wondering what I was being so kind--in his terms--for. "I want you to be ready when we find her,"

I paused before adding, "...in case there's a small glitch in the plan."

"The plan?"

"Yes, I'll calmly talk to her first," they both new what I meant by calm, "and if that doesn't work out we'll knock her out, bag her up, and take her home."

Edward's face broke out into a malicious grin.

Pshhhh, you only have to pm me to find me, guys. But then, I've been lurking around anyway, sort of hoping some of the others controlling good characters would post...

Maisy

"Why not your side?" Maisy asked quietly. "I mean you all chose it right, so there's got to be something good about it...." she realised she wasn't making a very strong point and worriedly raised her eyes to meet his. She hesitated. "They didn't treat me too good, you know." Maisy shifted uncomfortably, biting her lip. "He wasn't my real father, just... the only man who cared enough to take me in... just..." Maisy looked down again. She didn't cry because her father had told her it was impolite to cry. But her face turned to stone as she retreated inside.

He didn't let me leave the house for six years! But he was kind to you... But he made me sit in the dark and he beat me... He fed and clothed you. Only for six years. Then he got so caught up in my training that I'd have starved if not for my ability! Six years is a long time... he cared for you... how can you betray-

"And you didn't think he did it only for your power?" Jason asked. Maisy blinked, raising her head again as she brushed the inner torment away.

"I had no powers then. I had no reason to believe he didn't do it out of the kindness of his heart until a little over a year ago."

"Your father has no heart," Jason said. Maisy didn't think. She made no solid decision to react but she found her hands on his shirt, holding his collar, lifting him up. She gritted her teeth and let go, retreating to the corner, wanting so badly to cry and rage and storm. He is my father...

Edward-
The plane landed and what met us when we got off was somewhat unexpected. I saw the girl from days before. The one who had killed the crowd of people and followed me into the alley.

“Larella, you came.” Audi sent off another wave of happiness and I bit my lip, trying not to show any reaction.

“You two know each other?” I asked.

Audi looked back at me and then to Larella. “This is Larella. She has the element of spirit. Larella, this is Edward…”

“I know, I heard you talk to him through his cell phone,” Larella said.

“You know each other?” Audi asked a bit surprised.

“They met in an alley,” said Antonius. I growled.

“Antonius! Don’t read my thoughts!”

He just shrugged. Audi smiled cruelly. “Well, since everyone but Nathaniel is here… I say we continue and find our little lost lamb.”

[Audi Rosario]

New York was one big elevator who was filled to macimum capacity--we would be standing in the corner. More like: scrunched up, squished together, almost flatened even. A wide lady would be directly in front of us, acting as if we weren't there. I wanted so badly to send out fear and hatred and anything else to stir up that elevator. To make more space for the air to flow, but of course that would send everything into chaos.

Edward, Antonius, Larella, and I stood in a group. Tight, clique-like. Even if there was an ariel shot of the entire crowd we stood in the middle of, it would be obvious were weren't a part of them.

"That's it," I grinned, waving my hand off at the building.

Edward nodded--knowing the plan--as did Antonius and Larella. They all disappeared onto a different direction, me standing in front of the door. I stepped ever closer, causually, nonchalantly, and other ly.

Then: knock, knock. "Oh, Maisy?" I called into the door. Then, without a missed beat, an earshattering loud crack came from the back. Antonius. Edward was probably already inside with Larella.

My turn. I took a deep breath, opened the door a crack, and sent out the biggest pulse of fear I could manage into the building. I then stepped inside, calling out once more, "Oh, Maisy!"

Maisy

Terrified, Maisy bolted to her feet, shoving the plate of food onto the table and backing away into the kitchen

"Is there another way out?" she asked frantically. Already the kitchen was astir with movement, everyone scared and some not even sure why.

"That's Audi isn't it?" Leal demanded. "This was all a trap!"

"No, no, I swear it wasn't, I-"

"Oh, Maisy?" the voice was closer this time and a tremendous crash alerted us to the fact that someone else had just broken the back door down.

"What's going on?" Drake demanded, shielding Sylvia carefully. Everyone seemed to be looking at Maisy. She stopped searching for exits and stilled her breathing as she'd learned how to, attempting to fight off some of Audi's power.

"They've come for me," she whimpered. "And... we need a door."

"Leal, make us an exit," Jason ordered. "And Maisy you had better decide quickly if you're coming with us or going with them.

"You," Maisy said. "Please." Leal snorted but her own sense of self preservation was much stronger than her hatred and distrust of Maisy so she called fire to her hands and blasted the wall away in an inferno.

[Audi Rosario]

"Deary, we miss you!" I called out, giggling. "Even Nathaniel is acting so much more depressed than usual. Isn't that right, Edward?"

From far off I could hear a snickering reply, a defininate yes. The building looked like a regular New York office with hanging ferns, a front desk, and--if anyone was in this particular room--maybe even a secretary. Maisy's aura stood out from the rest of the group she was within.

"Ready or not, here we come!"

I darted around a corner and came face to face with a blast of heat. Maybe the kitchen exploded, I thought with a grin. Through a partly open door, I caught Maisy's eye.

"I see you!" I called out, laughing again and bursting into the room.

Antonius was standing, arms crossed, on the other side of a hold in the... wall? Oh well, I smiled and waved like we just happened to cross each other at the mall. I could feel Edward and Larella above us, but moving somewhere. The whole room was filled to the brim with emotions, an over filled cup of milk, about to tip over. Maybe someone would pass out?

I looked to Maisy with soft eyes and pouted, although I was sure a smirk was still present, then said, "Miss me?"

Maisy

"N...n...not a chance," Maisy stammered defiantly. Audi pouted some more and the sound of snickering came from the hole in the wall.

"She's a slippery little thing," Antonius remarked. "Should we call the others down for some fun?"

"No," Audi decided. "Leave them up there." Her eyes bored into Maisy who squirmed back, feeling the others behind her. They were kind to me...

"If... if I come back, you'll just leave?" Maisy asked hopefully. Audi raised a brow and surveyed the group with interest.

"Say, our Maisy's gone soft," Antonius scoffed. "She wants us to let these guys go."

"Don't, d...d...don't do that," Maisy begged.

"You like them better than me," Audi said with her poutiest face yet.