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Sonnet

She screamed in terror as the car suddenly pulled off, the cuffs cutting her wrists as she struggled desperately to get to Quin. Her animal side took over and she twisted into the form of an angry serval, her fur standing on end and making her seem three times her size.

She flung herself at the window with a hiss, her claws scraping uselessly at the glass as the car pulled far away from Quin, her green eyes desperate to help him. She fought madly in the back seat, her teeth scraping against the sound proof barrier as her kidnappers laughed in the front.

She soon tired herself and lay on her side across the seats, her lips lifted clear of her teeth in a frozen snarl as the car drove on and on. After what seemed like days, the car halted and a large hand pulled her from the car by the scruff. She gave her attacker a feral hiss as she unsheathed her claws, managing to slash a deep cut across his hand before she was bundled into a sack and into darkness.

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"I hear cats don't like water."

Sonnet's bound fists clenched as she stared into the large icy surface of a basin filled with freezing water, feeling her nails dig hard into her palms. One of her attackers grinned smugly and looked into her eyes, seeing the fear that she tried to hard to hide.

"Where are you and bird boy living?" Sonnet jerked suddenly at him, looking very much like she'd like to claw him to pieces, but fear of the water caused her to shrink back. She shook her head fiercely.

"Aw well. Too bad then," he sneered, before grabbing her by the hair on the back of her head and forcing her face towards the water. She screamed as the wound on her head opened again as her face and head was plunged into the water, her yells causing bubbles to rise to the surface before her lungs screamed for air. She struggled in the water, feeling the searing pain of her head as black spots swam over her eyes. She felt the life slowly slip out of her and the bubbles got fewer in between.

Then suddenly, with a jerk of pain her head was above water for a few seconds, before being slammed forcefully to the floor. Her teeth crunched down on her own tongue and blood sprayed from her mouth and onto the floor. The man grinded the side of her face against the rough floor and she felt a cut on her face open up again.

"There's more to come, you little freak," the man spat, pressing the side of her face harder against the floor until she felt the bone of her jaw bend and threaten to break under the force. She held back a whimper and bit down on her tongue harder to stop it from escaping.

Suddenly his grip was gone and she was pulled up and bound to the chair, blood flowing thickly from her mouth and dripping onto the floor as she stared at the man darkly.

"I'll ask you again..."

Ashlyn

"We have to go back!" Ashlyn yelled. "I followed up, listening to Evan's thoughts and he's unconsious. And I thought I heard...Quin."

"What?" Mikael asked. "You couldn't have."

"They must have him. We have to go back!" Ashlyn pleaded. Mikael looked deep in thought.

"I'll go after I get you safe. You need to rest," he said finally.

"Uh uh," Ashlyn shook her head. "You're not going anywhere without me. Not now, not ever."

"This is not the time to be stubborn," Mikael sighed, looking back at her.

"I'm not. You said so yourself. I don't want to leave you...I don't want you to leave me," Ashlyn said, quietly.

Mikael pursed his lips. "I know. You can't go, though. You're too weak and you will hardly be of any use."

"I can," Ashlyn replied, strongly. Looking in the mirror she realized she must not look like it. She had lost some weight, making her look even more fragile then before. Purple bruises from lack of sleep were under her eyes, while her cheeks looked hollow. Still, her eyes held a spark that said 'I'm not giving up!'

Growling, Mikael did a 360 and started head back. "You'd better stay close to me, then," he grumbled.

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Ashlyn felt with her mind for Quin. She thought she caught a flicker of him, but it was drowned out by another familiar mind.

"Sonnet," Ashlyn whispered. "Sonnet's in trouble."

She took off in the direction of the thought. She would get her out of here if it killed her.

Sonnet

The torture and beatings continued until Sonnet was near breaking point. She took a shaky breath and tried not to think about the others, seeking comfort in the fact that she was far away from them, and they could never try to rescue her.

She hung her head and looked at her shoes, feeling a numbness as the man yanked her chin upwards to look him straight in the eye.

"Your friend Mikael.... what's his weakness?"

"Don't know," Sonnet immediately retorted, trying to reenforce a sound of fearlessness in her voice but failed to do so. She was quickly dunked into the water again, this time for so long that when she was resurfaced water spewed out of her mouth in a mini river as she choked and spluttered for air. The man grabbed her by the throat and squeezed hard.

"You better start talkin'," he spat, and forced her head under the water again.

**Wait! I'm confused. Where's Sonnet?**

They took her away from the action, somewhere. Lol. Sorry about that Tiger.

**Ah! No problem. ^_^ My fault**

Ashlyn

"Where are you going?" Mikael asked, grabbing her arm.

"I-I thought I heard Sonnet," she said confused. "I know I did...she's hurt...Mikael something wrong."

He hugged her lightly. "Everything's wrong," he whispered.

Ashlyn nodded and felt for Quin now. Sonnet was too far for her to feel now. She would find her later. "Quin's in trouble. He's surrounded and totally freaked out."

Mikael nodded and looked around. "Where?" He asked.

Ashlyn started to speak but she felt another presence near her. "Wait! Evan...he's knocked out, but starting to come around. We can't leave him here," Ashlyn bit her lip.

"Yeah, we can. We don't even know him, Ashlyn. We came to help Quin and Sonnet, and right now, they're in trouble," Mikael told her.

She shook her head. "I'm not leaving this guy. Regardless if I we like him or not, we've got to help him," Ashlyn sighed. "This means we're going to split up. Yeah, I don't like the idea, but we've got to do it."

"No way," Mikael growled.

Ashlyn shook her head. "We've got too. I'll go after Quin and you find Evan. He's south from us and not far from where...from where I was kept."

"Ashlyn, no," Mikael replied now, angrily. "We're not splitting up. You're too weak to go off saving someone."

Ashlyn narrowed her eyes. "I am not weak, Mikael. I am a big girl and I can take care of myself," she replied, hands on her hips.

"I know you're not weak. But who knows what you've went through these past days, and it's taken it's toll," Mikael said.

Ashlyn took a deep breath. "Look, we don't have time for this. I'm going to find Quin. I never wanted to split up, but I really will be okay," Ashlyn smiled. "Quin's not helpless either. He's a good guy, he'll help out."

Without waiting for him to answer, she took off.

Evan

The world came rushing back to Evan as he regained conciousness. Someone was standing over him, their shoes were right in Evan's line of sight. But were they shoes of the enemy? Or of a friend?

As far as Evan knew he didn't have any friends left in the world, besides maybe April but she was speeding away from the scene in his shiny red car. So Evan had only one clue about who was over him.

Thinking only very little, Evan grabbed the ankles of the person over him and pulled them to the ground. The guy yelled and dropped a gun that hit Evan on the shoulder. Evan stood up and held the guy down on the ground with his foot.

"What the hell are you doing?!"

It was Quin.

"Sorry, man." Evan said, bending down to help him up.

"Freeze," someone yelled. Evan stopped and looked around to see himself surrounded by large men with guns.

"Hello, boys." Evan smirked, and let his body tune into his fire element. "Come to join the party?"

I thought Quin was not near Evan...Dang. That just messed up my post. ^_^

Oh, I thought he was still around Evan. =/ sorry

April~~~

The red car was speeding off, colors morphed into the scene like you might watch a bender make a smoothie.

"Wheres Evan?" April rasped her legs starting have feeling again.

Ashlyn and Mikael didn't answer, and she repeated her question but with a stronger voice.

"Where's Evan?"

They still didn't hear her and April shot up like a plant that had just been watered, her eyes fell back to where they were speeding away from and focused in.

Evan

"See you guys later!" April shot through the window and the Asphalt welcomed her with cold hardness, her body rolled and scraped but April couldn't feel pain anyway.

"It'll have to do," April wiped her jaw as she looked up at an over grown yards dandelion. April wisked her hand and grew the plant upwards, it go thicker and thicker til it was the size of a great oak.

"Thanks big guy," She whispered as she was picked up by the giant plant and placed on the white snow top. The plant then picked up speed, making April's body press against the long white tips, some flurried behind her to be forgotten in the wind.

She began to laugh like a mad woman.

Mikael

Although i knew Ashlyn was right it still pained me to watch her go. After all the fear and worry, finding her alive and kicking was the best thing i could imagine. Still the sooner i got Evan the sooner i could go and look for her.
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I rounded the corner to see Evan and Quin facing a group of armed and mean looking men.
"Hey! Who started the party without me?" I smirked lifting a handful of charged dice from my pocket. When i arrived the group of men began to look less sure of themselves.
"Lets dance pretty boy." I laughed hurling the dice at the confused men. As soon as they detonated and a few men went down all hell broke loose.
Fun time, i thought grinning.

Ashlyn

Rather than just watch everyone else have all the fun, Ashlynjoined in. She focused on the minds of two men. Ashlyn's gut just told her to read their minds.

They were petty and horridous thoughts, but...something caugth her attention. They know where Sonnet was! Ashlyn didn't want to think about the other thingsabout her in there. Though she was sure she had been tortured.

"Mikael!" She yelled. He turned to look at her quickly.

"When did you get here?" He asked. Ashlyn smiled.

"Guess we weren't too far apart after all," she told him. "Now, I need you to cover me. One of these guys knows where Sonnet is."

She pointed to the two motionless men, the ones that were still under her control.

Oh my god guys, so sorry I haven't posted in ages. I feel really bad, just been busy with school and everything. Okay, here goes.

Quin

Before Quin could process what was going on two small bangs where heard around him and two of the men thudded to the floor. He looked up, it was Mikael and Ashlyn, they had come for us.

"It's fun time!" snarled Mikael.

Quin let a smile broaden across his face as the other mens guns dropped to the floor. Go Ashyln, he thought.

"Come on Evan" he laughed, and then shifted, flying a high into the air.

Suddenly the situation turned light hearted, they had the advantage, it was almost fun. He got ten metres or so into the air and dived back down again, his signature move. Aiming for one of the readily armed men. His power wasn't like the others, it was about strength, about what you could do with your claws, your teeth, about tearing flesh. The man didn't see him, and by the time he would have Quin had already torn his retinas out of their sockets.

The man screamed and fell the the floor, he cried out an eagle call in victory, he hoped somewhere Sonnet would hear.

All around him the men where falling senseless to the ground, dropping their weapons. Ashyln, Mikael and Evan where looking very pleased with themselves.

He swooped down to Ashlyn, landing gently on her shoulder. He tried not to dig his talons in but he felt her flinch anyway.

I'm going to get Sonnet, he sent to her, trying to get the message across. I'll see you guys soon, just follow my thoughts okay. He sent, before leaping back into the air and into the sky. He didn't wait for a reply.

He was going to find Sonnet, no matter what it took.

Evan

Everything got better after the reinforcements arrived. Evan helped the others in bringing a few men down. He didn't even use his powers a whole lot, just good old hand to hand combat. It felt fantastic.

Evan let a whoop out into the air and noticed the soft laughter of April beside him. "Having fun?" she asked.

Without thinking, he turned to her and scooped her up into a big bear hug. "Look who's all up and going!" he exclaimed. She certainly had improved in appearance since he had put her into the car.

"Where'd Quin go?" Mikael asked, breaking up the reunion.

Ashlyn was quiet for a minute before sharing her knowledge. "He went to get Sonnet," she said.

"Well what are we waiting for?" I asked. "We've still got my car don't we?"

Sonnet

Sonnet lay limply against the ropes that binded her on the chair, her spirit finally broken. Her left palm faced the roof and now bore horrific burns on it from where the man had forced a hot cuboid of fire-heated metal on to it, demanding she give him information about Tarragon. Flaps of burnt skin hung from it, revealing the raw flesh underneath as she held her breath to avoid the smell of burnt flesh in the air. The man watched her from further down the warehouse, taking a long drag on his cigarette as he sat, watching her from atop an old wooden crate.

"I could kill them, y'know." He waved his mobile phone and Sonnet's stomach lurched horribly. "Just one little call," he dialed one number, the beep loud in Sonnet's ears, "And they're all dead. Shot dead because some stupid little girl wouldn't speak up."

Sonnet's anger flickered but she had given up all hope of getting out. She looked at her Converses and refused to show any sort of emotion, though her bottom lip was starting to quiver. She shuddered as he began to speak again, the sound of beeps growing louder in her ears.

"Say goodbye to your little friends," he sneered, speaking into the phone as Sonnet's head head snapped up.

"No!"

"It's me. Kill them, all of them. They're useless anyway," The man sneered, looking straight at Sonnet as she writhed against the ropes and felt them burn her skin. She found herself begging for their lives but already the phone was snapped shut and hot tears trailed down her face and the most horrible, indescribable feeling flooded through her. Finally, they had broken her. The man's laughs were the last thing she heard before she just couldn't listen any longer.

She didn't know how long passed, but soon she was awoken from a painful darkness by someone slapping her on the back of the head sharply. Her unusually dull eyes opened, gazing up at her attacker who had now brought some of his fellows with him. A sudden hatred surged through her, making her wounds throb even worse. These men had taken everything A feral snarl rose in her throat and her back arched in pain as she tried to shift. But her shattered body didn't even have enough strength to heal, and she cried out in frustration. The men laughed and laughed, and the more they did, the more she fought in the chair.

Soon, their laughter stalled as her cries turned into terrible cat-screams as she shifted, the action jerky and disjointed, not like how Quin shifted. Soon a serval was in the chair, her teeth bared and her fur standing on end. Without hesitation she shot forwards, her long slender legs propelling her into the air as she unsheathed her claws, bringing them down upon the closest man. She shuddered as she felt them tear through the flesh and scrape against the bone, bringing them across his eyes and feeling them slice through the soft cornea and deep into the eye.

The man fell with a pain filled yell.