The Asylum

Ada Graves

Mikael had calmed down and was now sitting on his bed. His desire to break free of this place showed clearly on his face.

"Imagine how I must feel." I said.

He looked up at me, confused. "Feel about what?"

"About almost getting free. About finding a way to break the tracker off my ankle. About finally having hope again." I said. "I've been here my entire life. I am entirely dependant on the Asylum. I don't even remember life outside of this hell hole. But now I have a chance to escape, and I would do anything to be free again."

Mikael nodded, and a smile crept across his face. "Then we're getting out of here." He stood up and grabbed my arm and began pulling me towards the door. He turned quickly and looked me in the eyes, which - though I hate to admit it - made me blush a little. "Don't burn me this time." he said.

He pushed open his door and pulled me into the hallway. "Take me to this elevator." he demanded.

Without thinking, a rare occurance for me, I took the lead and started down the hall to the elevator. I knew exactly what Mikael was thinking, and I was ready to go along with it.

Mikael

"Take me to the elevator." I demanded before following her down the hallway. First i needed to get rid of my ankle shocker, then i needed to bust out this Guff character i had heard so much about. I watched Ada as she walked ahead of me. She seemed nice enough and i got the impression that she liked me too. Still enough of that first freedom, then maybe i would have time for girls. Even if they were nice.
"Here we go." She said indicating a blank wall.
"Are you sure?" The wall slid back and she beamed with a satisfied smirk. "Ok, ok. No need to show off."
As the lift rose i heard a dull click and loked down to see my ankle wear now lying on the floor. Perfect, i thought placing my hand on the wall and watching with satisfaction as my skin returned to pristine metal condition. Now which room had the guard said he was in? 166 i think.
"Come on" i declared stepping boldly out of the lift. "We need to find room 166."

Mackenzie Guff

Mackenzie sighed as he calmed down again after the seemingly endless barrage of tests these scientists were still carrying out on him. He watched the latest scientist warily as he cleared away the instruments utilised this time. Mackenzie had never seen so many different medical tools until his time in the Asylum.
"Still no comfier accomodation vacant?" he asked, nodding down at the arm and leg restraints they still insisted on keeping him held down with.
"I'm afraid you're still not completely cured yet," the scientist begrudingly replied as he wiped some patches of Mackenzie's blood off his hands. "And so I'm afraid you can't be trusted without those restraints on just yet." Before Mackenzie had chance to reply the scientist looked down at his now clean hands and added "You really shouldn't struggle so much. I'd have thought you'd have learnt that after three weeks with us."
"Yeah, well all those tests, they mess with a guys mind you know? Makes it hard to learn new stuff," Mackenzie grinned.
"Subject D27 reports difficulty in understanding new information. There may be neurological issues to be taken into account" the scientist said matter-of-factly. Even now Mackenzie still hadn't worked out how he recorded these segments of information.
"Oh don't give me that crap," Mackenzie sighed, "Don't hide behind this idea that you're doing this for a good cause. You hate all us with powers."
"It still amazes me how you come up with this information D27. Anyone would think you have company in here." At this, the scientist glanced across at the wall Mackenzie had heard the advice from on his first day of residence here. "Tests complete, still no progress." The scientist turned to leave, unaware of what was waiting for him in the corridor outside.


*Some rescue attempt perhaps...? Or cud be nothing if u want to make this last a bit longer?*

Heron

"Okay, right about ... now!" said Aylen as the scientist stepped out into the corridor.

Trying desperately to forget her dizzying nausea, Heron stepped towards the startled man in white and shoved her hands right next to his face.

Please let this work, please let this work, please...

She shut her eyes as a burst of white light erupted inches from his eyes. His screams made her flinch away from him and she stumbled into someone who caught her by her upper arms.

Oh, God. I can't believe I just did that. I can't believe...

That I just blinded someone.

"What the hell..?"

Heron opened her eyes as she heard a girl's voice - not Aylen's. She turned around to see the person who'd caught her was someone with curly, light brown hair and wide green eyes. Another person stood behind her, his arm slung over his eyes.

"Oh, I -er-" surprised, Heron stepped away and looked at the two new people.

"I'm Ada, that's Mikael. You are...?"

"Heron," she replied faintly, still unable to believe she'd blinded someone.

The one called Mikael prodded the groaning scientist with his foot. "What did you do to him? That flash really hurt."

"I..." blinded him...

"Heron!" she heard Ephraim shout. "Quick - get in before someone sees you!" Heron realised Aylen and Ephraim had gone inside the room. Heron could hear Aylen's voice as she talked with someone else.

Ada and Mikael's heads snapped up at the supposedly familiar voice and they followed Heron as she rushed inside, Mikael dragged the groaning scientist behind him into the room.

The door slammed shut with a chilling clang and then Heron turned to see the occupant of the room.

**Pretty bad, but at least everyone meets up!

*dw, wasn't as bad as this...*

Mackenzie Guff

"Forget something?" Mackenzie quipped before he noticed the scientist was no longer in any state to reply. "Sweet Jesus, a rescue attempt! For little old me?" Mackenzie faked meekness.
"Are you Guff?" asked a particularly tall boy with shaggy blonde hair as he propped the scientist against one wall.
"Yes indeed I...wait, you are here to rescue me right?" it hadn't occurred to Mackenzie until then that the Asylum might just have lowered the minimum age of its employees.
"Of course we are," a girl with short dark hair who kept glancing at her hands snapped. She quickly added, "Sorry...I didn't mean it to sound like that..." apologetically.
"Don't worry about it, just get me out of here," Mackenzie replied as the other boy stepped forward and began trying to undo the restraints. "So, where are we going? I take it you've not just come to bring me down to gen pop?"
"You make it sound like prison," the boy who had now successfully undone one of the restraints muttered.
"Well it's hardly a summer camp is it?" Mackenzie retorted. At that comment he noticed his saviours exchange an unsure glance. It didn't take Mackenzie long to figure out why. "Ah...you're wondering how I know what it's like outside as I've been locked in here the whole time?" There was silence. "I don't care you knowing, the guy in the room over there's kept me pretty informed," Mackenzie nodded towards the wall his advice arrived from. "Dunno how he does it though..."
Two of the restraints were successfully removed now and the boy had enlisted the help of the girls who hadn't spoken yet to help undo the others. And through it all none of them noticed what looked like a small badge pinned to the scientist's lapel. He hadn't been recording his 'findings' on Mackenzie, he'd been reporting them straight to one of Damrel's personal assistants; as was standard procedure in the Dangers Ward - although none of its 'patients' had ever worked this out. His eyes may have been irreperably damaged by the light burst Heron gave him, but the small mircophone in the scientist's button hadn't been and was happily sending this whole conversation straight to an exhausted assistant who nearly fell out of his chair in his haste to inform his superiors of this discovery.

Mikael

"So Gruff is it true what they say? Can you really turn stuff to dust?" I asked eagerly.
"Its not quite as simple as that but yes. I can age things indefinitely, some stuff to dust, some to rust, etc. More importantly what can you lot do? I mean pretty soon we are ging to have guards breathing down our necks and i don't want to kill anyone."
"Don't worry about it," I smirked laying my hand on the metal door and absorbing its perfect metallic sheen. "I got it covered."
"Hey your not the only one with a useful gift you know" chimed Ada with fake sweetness.
"Oh yeah, and what can you do?" Asked Gruff casually. I was beginning to like this guy.

Ada Graves

This Gruff guy was taking up too much time with conversation. Now we had met up with others it looked like I would have to get more than one out of their trackers.

"It doesn't matter what we can do right now, the only thing that matters is that none of you can do what you can do to its fullest power unless you follow me."

Gruff stared at me, confused, and Heron mirrored his expression. Aylen knew what I meant though, and was prepared to follow.

"Come on." I said.

I led the group quickly through the hall and managed to get everyone up the elevator by some miracle that we all fit in the tiny elevator. When we reached the top those who were still restrained by the trackers nearly shouted with joy when they came off.

"Be quiet!" Mikael scolded. "There are guards on this floor too! Let's get out of here."

The group climbed back into the elevator, but I paused. The room with the boy in it came back to my mind. He was injured, or tortured, and needed help. I couldn't just leave him.

"I'll meet you guys down there." I said before sprinting off down the hall.

I think I may have heard an "Ada, wait!" while I made my way down the hall, but I wasn't sure.

Soon enough I was in the doorway of the boys room. He was sitting up this time, leaning against the wall, but he still had a vacant expression on his face. He looked up when he heard me in the doorway.

"You came back." he whispered.

"I did." I said. I went to his bed to find he had no restraints whatsoever, he was just sitting there.

He must have noticed the odd expression on my face, "Drugs." he said. "They drug you up here to keep the powers in check."

"Ah, well can you walk?"

"Not sure."

I pulled him out of his bed and his legs immedeatly failed. I found myself with a guy who was much bigger than me using me for support. Though he was heavy, I eventually had him out in the hall and moving towards the elevator. We made it and Mikael was still holding it open for me.

"Who's that?" he asked.

The guy opened his mouth to answer, but we still didn't have time for conversation.

"He's a friend." I said.

I pushed him into the elevator and climbed in myself. While we rode back down to our floor, I contemplated where this plan was going. It would eventually go to escape, I hoped. But I wasn't sure exactly how that would be managed. I looked at Mikael through the dim light in the elevator, trying to get his plan from his eyes.

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Sorry it's so long. The guy from the test ward, I'll make a profile for him later.

*Just a quick point. Mackenzie's surname is Guff, not Gruff. Just so's ya no =)*

Heron

Heron looked all around her and studied everyone's faces. It was dark in the elevator and the pale lights around the buttons in the elevator was an eerie light green. It made the whites of everyone's eyes appear to glow. It was creepy.

Heron swallowed and looked at the floor, but she didn't like not being able to see anything. It was like a child waking to an unusual noise in the middle of the night; not wanting to see what had made that noise, yet unable to bear the images their mind came up with.

She glanced back up at their faces.

Aylen, the first one she had seen. She looked a little annoyed, as though she couldn't believe what she was being put through. She had a slight frown on her face and stared forwards, lost in her own thoughts. Heron then looked at Ephraim, the second person she'd seen. He too looked irritated, his green and blue eyes were narrowed. His mouth pinched. Next was Ada, who had her arm around the person she'd rescued. She looked as protective as a mother over her child and was looking at Mikeal, as though he had all the answers. Heron hoped he did. She had no idea how they were going to get out of this mess. She should have stayed sleeping. Looking at Mikeal, she saw he was thinking furiously, his eyebrows pulled into a tight frown. Then, at last, Heron looked at the boy they'd just rescued. he didn't look a boy, though, maybe the same age as her, maybe older. She liked his blue eyes. They were the only pair that appeared calm. Heron herself was sure she was far from calm. She felt a growing panic, though she wasn't quite sure why. There was plenty of reason for it once the elevator stopped, though.

The heavy, metal doors slid open to reveal a group of guards, standing with gun pointed at them, their expressions stern. Negotiation impossible, seemed stuck in their minds.

Not good.

What were they going to do now?

Ephraim

"Shit!" I exclaimed as soon as the elevator doors opened.
There were lots of guards standing opposite us.
The others looked shocked. I could make out a few more swear words.
Someone had to do something.
I would need water... Was there a bathroom close?
I was lucky. there was.
I formed a ball of water, electrifying it.
I knew it wouldn't help much.
But it was worth a try.
I flung my electrified water at the guards with all my might.

Mikael

The doors opened and we ended up facing a wall of guards. Almost instantly a ball of electrified water sent some of them flying, stunning the others momentarily.
"It's clobbering time." I laughed barreling into a guard and smashing his nose with a pristine steel fist. I heard several tings followed by the rattle of gunfire. I looked down to see several metal slugs, now tiny metal pancakes lying on the floor. The look of absolute fear made me laugh.
"Now you've made me angry. You won't like me when i'm angry." I heard Guff laugh from behind me. I ran at a the beginnings of a organised group of guards and began lashing out, reveling in the feeling of the power as the flew down the corridor. This is what i was born for. I was a god amongst men. I dived onto one of the downed men and began pummeling his head, watching his face become a red mess.
"Who's powerful know?" I shouted. "I warned you. When i get out one of your family is going to go missing. Lets see how you like it then!"
"Mikael!" Someone shouted. "Mikael stop! Your killing him." Suddenly i was lifted off my feet and flew across the room. I lokked down to see a layer of metal skin torn from my back and a fearful looking Guff stood at the end of the corridor surrounded by collapsed guards while the others busily subdued another wave of guards.

Mackenzie Guff

"Hey, it's the welcome party!" Mackenzie joked when he saw what was waiting for them outside the elvator, but it didn't seem that anyone else had heard him. Probably for the best, he thought, That sounded terrible. There wasn't long to verify as a couple of his fellow escapees quickly exploded out of the elevator, showcasing their unique powers in quick succession.
Finally Mackenzie got a chance to see some other people's powers in action and he was pretty impressed. One boy, the one who had freed Mackenzie, had managed to bring up water from somewhere - it looked a little yellow so Mackenzie didn't dwell on it too long - and electrify it before hurling it at one section of the horde of guards between them and their point of call; and the other boy simply hurled himself full force into the nearest guards yelling a great quote before doing so. Mackenzie made the most of the gap the second boy had made and jumped at a couple more unsuspecting guards. The first one he tackled wasn't as unprepared as Mackenzie thought he might be and he quickly knocked Mackenzie away from him. Luckily for Mackenzie he stumbled straight into another guard's weapon, which he quickly destroyed. Before the guard could exclaim or ask what had happened to his beloved rifle Mac quickly headbutted him and moved onto the next nearest guard. A couple more gun-grabs and some elbows to the temple (there was only so many headbutts anyone could handle giving in such a short space of time) later there was a number of semi-conscious guards lying on the floor around Mackenzie. Glancing down he noticed one guard who was more conscious than the others reaching for his pistol. Mackenzie casually stepped on the guard's hand, held one hand up and, refusing to let that other boy have all the fun, started a quote of his own.
"Feeling lucky p..."
"Mikael!" Mac glanced up as Ada's cry cut through all the carnage. "Mikael stop! Your killing him." He looked over at where she was staring and quickly clocked the boy who'd made the quote before really laying into one particular guard not far from Mac. Now it looked like he was made of metal, but Mackenie didn't hesitate long before sticking an arm out and dragging the newly-christened Mikael off the guard. Better hope my guards are just unconscious Mac thought. It was only then that the magnitude of who he'd just annoyed hit Mackenzie - Mikael didn't seem that far from killing people who got on his wrong side.
"Hey man, I just did what the lady said..." Mackenzie started in his slightly twisted justification but Mikael quickly replied and interrupted him.
"Don't worry, those guys just really p*** me off. Everything about this damn place does!" He shouted that last part at the ceiling before diving at another group of guards who looked like they were really regretting their job decisions now. Mackenzie, hoping he hadn't just set Mikael up to go beserk on twice as many people, had to duck suddenly to avoid another flying ball of electrified toilet-water.
"My bad!" came the cry from further down the corridor.
"Don't worry," Mackenzie yelled back as he delivered another elbow to a new guard's temple. "It's not the first time someone's thrown something like that at me," he added, to himself, before bringing another guard down with a right hook.


*oh, i had an idea how we cud end this fight: everyone gets back in the elevator, then aylen cud create some fire that wud set off the sprinklers and then ephriam cud electrify the water as it hits the remaining guards. What do you think?*

Name: Donnovan James McKay (Goes by DJ)

Age: 18

Gender: Male

What you are: Prisoner

Special Gift: Shape Shifting (a few of his aliases also have 'special abilities'

Appearance: Rather tall (around 6'2") with a muscular build. Short black hair and bright blue eyes. His hair is usually spiked. (This is how he looks when he is in his true form, but he changes his appearances often.)

Personality: DJ is extraordinarily calm. He doesn't overreact or worry often. He is intelligent but has a bit of a superiority complex.

History: Doesn't remember much from outside of the Asylum, most of his energy and will to survive has been beaten out of him from being in the test ward.

Other: Up for love.

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I'm rushed for time, I'll post for Ada and DJ later. Ada can control fire, feel free to have her set off the sprinklers or whatever.

Name: Donnovan James McKay (Goes by DJ)

Age: 18

Gender: Male

What you are: Prisoner

Special Gift: Shape Shifting (a few of his aliases also have 'special abilities'

Appearance: Rather tall (around 6'2") with a muscular build. Short black hair and bright blue eyes. His hair is usually spiked. (This is how he looks when he is in his true form, but he changes his appearances often.)

Personality: DJ is extraordinarily calm. He doesn't overreact or worry often. He is intelligent but has a bit of a superiority complex.

History: Doesn't remember much from outside of the Asylum, most of his energy and will to survive has been beaten out of him from being in the test ward.

Other: Up for love.

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I'm rushed for time, I'll post for Ada and DJ later. Ada can control fire, feel free to have her set off the sprinklers or whatever.

DJ McKay

As the battle ensued I just sat back in the elevator and watched. I had no clue that there was even close to this amount of guards in the Asylum. Or at least not there on a regular basis. The only time I had seen so many was when I was captured, and recaptured.

"Are you okay?" My rescuer said, her face was close to mine and she was staring straight into my eyes as if they would give away my entire life story.

"I remember you." I said.

She looked at me oddly for a moment before responding. "We were both in the dangers ward a long time ago."

"You escaped from the dangers ward?" I asked. That would have been an astonishing feat by any person, but especially from a level five danger as I had been. She would have had to have been level five to have known me there.

"No, they let me go." she said. "Now are you okay or not?"

I smiled at her. "Healing up nicely."

Before the conversation could continue any further, the battle became apparant again.

"Back in the elevator!" someone was yelling.

It seemed as if the who ordeal would be getting much more interesting.

Ada Graves

Mikael pushed me back towards the elevator, and eventually back inside.

"What are we doing?" I demanded.

Guff was soon right up by me. "You control fire?" he said.

"Yes, why should that matter right now?"

"Set off the sprinklers." he said. He then turned to Ephraim, "Electrify the water when the sprinklers start."

I didn't protest much more, the guards were closing in with tranquilizers and tazers. I quickly found the tiny metal sprinklers hanging on the ceiling and shot a streak of fire towards it, only burning a few guards on the way.

Ephraim then let his electricity free on the guards. They all shuddered and fell to the ground, just as if we had tazered them all.

"Let's go!" Mikael said.

Everyone jumped out of the elevator and I - with the assistance of Heron - brought the newest member of our group along with us.

"So what's your name?" Heron asked him as we made our way through the halls.

"Donnovan James McKay, known to all as DJ." he said in a sing-song voice.

"I'm Heron." Heron said.

I felt DJ's eyes shift to me. "I'm Ada."

Suddenly my vision fell away and I saw more guards running toward us, only we weren't in the halls of the Asylum anymore, we were running across the grounds toward a fence that blocked the Asylum off from society, and a great forest that stood on the other side. The vision stopped before I could see if we made it.

"Mikael!" I yelled. "I know where we should be going!"

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Another long one...sorry =(