Zodiac

Adrianna

Bettina. that's who was approaching Adrianna. Adrianna turned her back to her.

"What are you doing?" asked Adrianna coolly.

"Er - Just seeing if everyone is okay, I guess..."

"I'm fine."

Bettina was silent.

"Are - Are you feeling better?" asked Bettina hesitantly.

"In what way?" replied Adrianna. She reminded herself that Bettina was in a position of power. She had seen Adrianna at her weakest.

After a moment's silence, Bettina answered. "Physically."

"I'm recovered."

Bettina let another moment pass. "... Mentally?"

Adrianna felt her jaw tighten slightly. "I don't know what you're talking about," she replied stiffly. She turned to face Bettina, warning written all over Adrianna's face.

"What do you mean?"

Bettina swallowed. "We've not stopped running for a while... That's hard on anyone."

Adrianna nodded. "We won't stop running. Traux won't ever stop looking."

"... Then what do we do?"

Adrianna met Bettina's eyes. An ounce of respect for the girl had grown in Adrianna. After all, Bettina had had the tact to avoid the subject of her seeing Adrianna - Well, she'd had tact.

"I'm not sure," said Adrianna finally. Bettina blinked. Adrianna understood. She'd never openly admitted ignorance like that. Ever.

Mikael

I walked downstairs dressed in some torn blue jeans, some work boots and a black shirt. I'm so hungry, i thought, i wonder where the food is. I wandered into the kitchen and found some steaks and potatoes and started cooking a meal for the others. The smell was calming and doing something with my hands gave me time to think about my continuing loss of control. None of the others lost control of their powers so why did i? Was i so different? Faulty even? Have i put everyone in danger just by being here? While i was thinking these thoughts i had stopped concentrating and slipped with the potato peeler which just buckled against my fore arm. God damn it, i thought, thats it im leaving. They'll be safer without me and maybe i can give them a head start. With that i served up the dinner called the others and headed for the back door letting my power begin to flow.

Name- Melony
Age_17
Constellation-Draco
Ability_Proykenis
Appearance- Black hair, tanned skin, dark brown eyes.
History-She is related to one of the Zodiacs(pm me if you want that to be you, I'll approve it and your next post can mention it.
Personality- Likes to use her powers to get what she wants. Gets bored easily, and has no patience for others.

*Again this is a character I plan on everyone to use.*

Kyle~

Mikael was leaving. Everyone was leaving Kyle realized. He felt sick. This was all his fault, he could have stopped this along time ago, and the worse part was that now that they had escaped they were in much more danger. When they were in the facility, all they had to worry about was Truask. Now they had to worry about Kyles father. He didn't want to eat. He pushed away his plate and and left the room. He couldn't bare to look at the others knowing that it was his father that had put them all in this situation.

Mike~~

I saw Mikael from my spot in yard as he left. After a few seconds he began to run at a great sped away, from us. Hes running away, i thought. Then i began to chase after him, though Mikael was very fast to a normal human to me he was running at a good passe. I was able to keep up with Mikael but not for long, after a minute of chase i was almost right on him but i could tell he knew i was there and he sped up. great i thought this will be harder then i though. I knew i had to get out of Mikael's sight if i was going to catch him, no matter how fast i went. I searched the area quickly looking for some way to hide myself, and i found a hill side near me. I ran to it then went onto the other side of it staying barley visible enough to see Mikael run. The i began to go as fast as i could, faster then Mikael. Finally i got even with him then went further ahead, following that i jumped off the hill over Mikael and was able to bring him down.

"what are you doing" i asked him angrily.

"leaving" was all he said, softly with his eyes away from me.

"yeah, i know that much, but why" i asked this time trying to calm down.

"because, i'm a danger to the rest." he said. "i can't control my powers, and when they go on sometimes i go berserk, like last night. I'm a monster and i can't help it" he said the last thin sadly as if he was about to cry.

"you can't think like that" i said. " if you think of yourself as a monster that is what yo will become. If you hate your powers you will never be able to control them. But you will let them control you. You will hate the world, think they hate yo, when all they do is try to help you. And i can not watch that happen. Not after Zoe."

"who" Mikael asked.

"there was another person at the place before you came, i was one of the first ones here, before they made the zodiacs, as they call us, they were making them random. Only one made it out of the first batch, and her name was Zoe. She got the power to control air, and when she got mad sometimes the air flow in someone was cut off, she was able to stop though. She never really hated herself though, she taught me what i was telling you, after i accidentally killed a real guard in the halo chamber. I was hating myself sinking in the abyss, but she saved me. But then...then she died, from herself though. She had gotten made at a guard and cut of his air, but never put it back.And she was so sad, no one knew why so we could not help her. The one day i went to her room to try again to find her dead, a suicide note in her hand." I said. "she said that, she was a monster, a danger to us, and that she would not want to hurt us. I don't want you to do the same, without at least me trying to save you. Now if you still want to leave i will not stop you. But please don't"
Mikael starred at the ground for a moment then came up with a small smile. "okay, i'll come back" he said.
"good" i said an offered my hand. Mikael took it and i pulled him up. And we began too move out, but before we could take a step a ring of flame surrounded us and a dark figure stood on a hill top hidden by the sun.

Sabine~
I went over to Kyle who wouldn't look at me. I knew it was because of his father. He thought it was his fault that this all happened.

But I wasn't really mad at anyone for what had happened. It was so much better to be away from the lab where all Truax was doing was using us as puppets for his mission. I felt like I had a life now, I could do what I wanted to.

"What's wrong?" I asked him. It felt like the wrong question to ask, but I didn't feel like I could go any deeper.

He began to form the word "nothing" but stopped himself. I was glad. This wasn't really the time to get vague and un-responsive. We needed to know more about each other if any of us were ever going to succeed in anything.

"Can I tell you something..." He asked me.

"Of course." I sat next to him, ready to absorb anything he was willing to tell me.

Kyle~

"I was six years old when the super soldier program began. There were several different titles back then. My older sister was part of the Olympian project. I was the second Zodiac created. This happened when I was ten. My father son discovered that a particular gene structure was needed for success. He compiled a list and had myself, and other hunt them down and bring them to the facility. I helped kidnap ,Haily,Adriana, and Spinner,Ryan, Tony,and...you. I watched as my father tested you all and tested your abilities, and then began sending you on missions. Your missions were easy. On top of kidnap my father had me hunt down rouges and kill them.

Sabine remained quiet.

"My father didn't create us for the military, but for his own personal gain. Now that we've escaped he sees us as defective. That snake kid wasn't sent to bring us back he was sent to kill us. I know this because I once had the same job. He will continue to send soldiers into we're are eliminated. So now you know, I kidnapped you from your home and I'm why you're here and not just being an average girl somewhere else. Becuase I brought you here they tested you until you went blind. So go on hate me, but know that you could never hate me as much as I hate myself."


Kyle didn't look at her. Whatever chances he had with her before were gone.

Sabine~
All I could do was sit while waves of shock took their toll on my emotions. But it was too late to do anything. Lashing out at him would be irrational and crying would be a waste.

"You're very brave." I whispered. I stood up and as tears began to threaten their dominance I walked away. I needed to get away from it all. From our cold reality and our mere existence.

All I could do was sit rolled up in a ball and bite my lip, thinking about how things could have gone differently. Why did it have to be us.

The twisted fate.

I wanted to blame Kyle for everything. He could have let himself be his father's son.

Why didn't he? He chose our path of desperation. Whose side was he on anyway?

Emily
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There I stood. Crying. The little girl and the other girl had walked away, thank goodness. I wanted to be alone. All I wanted was to be alone, and cry, and whine, and bawl a little more like a toddler who stubbed her toe.

I had always been a little on the naieve side. I had always thought that my dad would snap out of everything and we'd just go back to the life we had before. What was I thinking?... I was thinking like a five year old, that the world peace was real. That everyone was friends with everyone else.

I needed to catch on to reality. I needed to find the truth for myself, and commit it to memory.

I climbed the nearest tree until I could feel its branches bend before my weight. The tears I had overcome still stained my cheeks. I thought about what that girl had said to me. But she was wrong. It was SHE who didn't know how bad everyone had it. She wasn't the only one who had suffered in this world. Everyone had. Some more than others. Maybe she was one of those people. But I had still suffered the loss of my best friends: my parents. I felt like nothing. And everything. And nothing again.

"These people are the only people who can help me," I said to the wind, determind. "So what if all it'll cost me is to lay back? That's nothing compared to what it could. I want to find the truth. And I'm going to."

And with that, I jumped off the tree. The whole thirty feet. When I landed, I knew I had broken every bone in my body (even the ones in my ears). It hurt in such a way I could never describe. And then I was healed. Walking back to the house, powers in hand, I zipped my lips.

Listen, and you'll learn. Speak, and you'll drown out the knowledge.

Sorry about the absence everyone! I'm starting to get a little more settled location wise now and I'll try really hard to be here more often.

Hailey

Holding the group together was an impossible task and one that everyone seemed to play some part in: every time someone fled from the house, another followed them. I had yet to move from my position slumped against the wall. My legs hurt from running and my chest hurt from breathing. My hair and skin were filthy, clogged with dirt and I hadn't helped. Everyone had played their part in the battle, even sweet, dear little Bettina. Everyone except me.

My power didn't lend itself to being useful. It showed me only the darkness of other minds. Poor Adrianna. She suffered alone and I had shared perhaps her worst moment, her most dreaded memory and she hated me because of it. I'd felt it in her voice. She couldn't talk to me, couldn't stand to be near me because of what I could do.

But I couldn't despair because Mike had begged me not to and... he'd been gone a long time. I stood quickly - where was Mike? With Mikael. But where, where in this dreadful place? In trouble.

It didn't matter that no more words came to me for a picture was there instead, an image of a hill and a figure and fire and two of my friends. I left in a hurry, for the first time not bothering to be afraid that I could do nothing. It didn't matter. I had to try and at the worst, my body was a shield that I would throw before Mike. He was different to the other guys...

They were just up ahead of me and the fire was all around, the smoke clogged my eyes and lungs, it tugged at my hair.

"Mike!" I shouted, seeing him through the flames, separated from me. "Mikael!" They were both standing there, facing a dark and dreadful girl.

Mikael

As the flames surrounded me and Mike i noticed a figure on the hill not too far away. "Mike what the hell is going on?" i asked letting my power begin to flow.
"Stay calm ok? Just do as i say and we will be fine" he replied suprising me with his dull tone
"Mike come on what do i hit? Where do i run?" i asked begin to worry what i might do to might if i lost control in this closed space.

Ryan~~

I looked around, it was still light out, maybe around noon. I was walking through the hills around the town when i first saw the smoke. It came out maniacally from a burning ring that was spreading around three figures. I quickly ran forward toward the figures determined to save them from the near death.

Mike~~

I heard Hailey's cries from afar but ignored them for now and turned to Mikael. "okay, in this smoke it will be harder for your powers to work with out pre set aim right" i asked

"yeah, i need a clear spot to strike, or i have a very bad chance" He answered back

"okay then" i though for a moment. It was hard when i was almost choking on the smoke holding down my coughs but i got the idea. I knew i was almost out of poison, it takes a while to come back after use, but i knew i had plenty of slow downs left because i never used it and it would be perfect for now. "okay, i got it, just wait for my call and then strike." i said and charged at the blurred figure, with my eyes open minimally.

The figure that i saw was a girl who eyes were trained on the fire, while i crept behind her. I was about to jump on her as i neared her, i only had a few feet top go but then i snapped a twig and her attention turned to me. She pointed both her hands at me and fire burst out of them, i was able to jump out of the way in time to save my life, but it had hit my foot. The pain rushed through it but i pushed myself up, knowing i had to do it to save not just me but the others from her. She had obviously under estimated me because now she had her back to me again as i hobbled to her. I was just about to slash again though when her fist crashed into my stomach. I fell backwards and rolled down the hill, only being stopped by a pair of legs.

I looked up and saw Ryan, the only one from the Zodiacs to escape and stay out, who was also my best friend.

"mike" He said. "you got out, awesome, did anyone else come with you."

"yeah, all of us did, but we got in a few messes" i said. "like right now, there is this fire breathing girl attacking us"

Ryan came off with a shocked but happy expression, i knew as his fighting face, before the battle started. "how can i help" he said.

I thought, through the intense pain for a moment then got it. "i need you to carry me." i said

"huh" He said "why"

"because i can't run, and i need to hit her, plus with your speed and strength it will be easier."

"okay" Ryan said and bent over so i could climb onto his back. No matter how strange it looked though he did it and charged forward. This time we went silently and i was able to plunge my nails into the girls back. She seemed immune to it at first but that was because it took a bit for the effect. She seemed to finally notice my hit and when she turned i had no time to pull out my hand before she swung her body at such a speed that it through me and Ryan off the hill.

"Now" i screamed down to Mikael, in the air. Then a second later Mikael charged through the smoke, at the girl. She would have easily dodged the attempt but now could not. Because of the venom her legs were going numb slowly. Mikael charged the girl and she was sent flying back. But not for long. She gripped a tree branch with both hands then shot her self back at Mikael hitting him with large force. Then she turned to her legs and seemed to hit them with intense heat. Then she got up and ran, my venom had failed.

Drake~

Of all the people to get paired with it had to be Melony. Well he thought at least she was useful. She had four Zodiacs busy. Three were missing from the house leaving only four. He surrounded the house with snakes. Thousands slithered up to the house. He sent his anaconda sized snake crashing into the side of the house. It wrapped around the one known as Spinner and crushed him, dropping him to the ground The smaller snakes pored through the opening.

Adrianna

Adrianna jumped onto a table desperately. Snakes. Everywhere. They were all trapped. Adrianna knew they should have kept in the open. Inside a house, they were trapped.

Adrianna knew from experience her power was limited to human brainwaves... She couldn't -

Adrianna stopped. These snakes were moving uniformly. They divided into divisions, attacked simultaneously. Someone was controlling them... A human. Someone she could deal with...

Adrianna gave a mighty leap and jumped from the table to the kitchen counter. She crashed into Sabine.

"Out of my way!" roared Adrianna.

Adrianna smashed the window that was behind the sink. She leaped out of the house and landed with a thump on the ground outside. The air smelled like rain and smoke. Adrianna glanced up to see a huge fire at the top of a hill not far from the house. Although surprised, Adrianna didn't let the fire bother her. She had more important matters to deal with.

She ran around to the other side of the house. Adrianna caught a glimpse of a a boy, not much older than she, standing at the edge of the wood. The snakes seemed to be flowing out of the woods, around him, and into the house.

Got you, thought Adrianna smugly. She stepped forward, not bothering with staying hidden. She needed eye contact.

The boy turned to her. His face stretched into a slow, vicious smile. Adrianna felt her skin prickle. He was arrogant. Arrogance only comes with knowledge or superiority. Which was it?

Mikael

I stood up roaring in anger at the girl who had hit me. I tried to attack her again with the same result, then i remembered something i had been told long ago. "When your power is at full strength nothing on earth can stop you." Nothing can stop you. With that i let out a blood curdling roar and removed every barrier and safety precaution i had put in place. I felt my body begin to change bones snapped and grew, muscles swelled and i felt my teeth lengthen in my mouth as my body turned me into the perfect predator. With a blood curdling roar i sprang at the girl, grabbing her legs and smashing against the tree until i heard something snap and she stopped resisting. The i smelt him, no not him, it. I smelt reptilian blood in a human body. Snake boy was back. I stood and loped of to hunt down the filthy thing i could smell.

Ryan~~

I was about to attack again when suddenly another charged past me and into the enemy. I saw him attack with such of that when he left the tree snapped that he left the girl on. I went back to Mike who was trying to get out some pain killing venom for the burn he had but only got a few drops.
"mike, that girls still alive, barley though" I said. "what should we do, kill her, or just leave her here."

"let me see first" Mike said to me and with my help limped over. He looked at the body scanning it over then turned back to me. "well, i don't think i can really kill her with put my venom's. And you probably won't be able to kill her if Mikael couldn't. So i got an idea." He then crawled over to the knocked over to the tree and with a push got it down the hill, where it stopped near the lake and i got his idea. After that we followed down, me carrying the girl how we slipped onto the tree do that she would not fall off. Then we left and began to make our way back to the home, with Hailey now with us, she was injured to, a few bad burns from trying to get in, but it would be treat able.