Flawed

Jay

After searching the man's mind, he was content that he posed no threat. Though he still didn't like him helping.

"I don't see why you want to help, you have no reason to tie you to these people," Jay argued. "Don't let yourself die needlessly." His blood was boiling, anger swelling inside him. This guy had to have some sort of other motivation.

"You ought to be careful with those emotions," Jaspar pointed out. "And I believe my motives are my own business. Now am I to assist you or not?"

"Or not," Jay grumled as he ran away from Jaspar through the underground settlement, looking for Aisling. The stench of smoke was heavy in the air. Somewhere, the fire had spread to the underground. Soon the entire place would be in flames.

Tyler

Tyler saw the girl land a block away. She went into a building, but the door she went in led directly down a downward stair case. He kept walking. His mind was full of different questions; Where did this lead? Who is this person?

But a moment after, he heard a scream, and from the sound of it, it was from the same girl. He stopped walking and started running. He opened the door and saw her at the bottom of the staircase. A strong light there, but with more heat than a regular light bulb.

More fire.

Something was up. A small town on fire, and not too far, this underground settlement? Something was up. Tyler didn't know or care much about the Shadows' actions, but it was strange to see them doing this assault on the area.

Tyler went down the stairs and got in front of the girl, lifted his arms forward, started calming the fire blocking the tunnel.

"Stay behind me", Tyler said to the stranger. She didn't seem to be a concern, but she didn't seem to have a reason to die. It was the first chance Tyler could do something nice for someone else, and he took it.

Tyler made the flame disappear, and kept moving forward. A larger fire was spreading from the area he came from. It looked like some gas pipe burst, or something leaked. He looked around, and found the center of the fire, and clenched his fist. The fires calmed down instantly, but some had already escaped from Tyler's grasp. He kept following it along.

Tyler looked and noticed a group of people running, and he turned back to the girl, and told her "Go get with the group".

"Thank you", she said back. He ignored her once again and got rid of the flame he was nearby. There was still more light in a couple different directions, definetely more fire. He didn't know exactly where to go first. Too much fire in too many different areas.

Tyler began grabbing the flames from where the group was running to, then the other fires from where the group came from. He tried to grab them and keep them up on the ceiling, without burning anything else or disrupting the structure. The last thing he needed was a cave in.

He held them as long as he could, but he couldn't hold fire from that far for too long. He carefully started moving the fires closer to himself, to try and extinguish them faster and easier.

He finally got them all rounded, and clenched one more fist. The fire he could see was gone. He couldn't feel more in the underground, but he knew they spread not too far from where the group was running from.

Whatever or whoever was causing this fire had probably not gone yet, and might be the best lead Tyler could get to help him find Annie. Tyler started running, with a new hope in his eye.

*It's modern times, Kitty, they would use guns, not bows and swords, or fight on the psychic plane. And Lauren, if Jay's a cardinal telepath he would also be capable of mind control. Also the people attacking the Flawed would just be regular soldiers, the Shadows are the elite of the elite, the option of last resort. Their are very few of them because the majority die in training.*

Aridos(Ari)-

Dizzy, Ari shook his head. Regaining his balance before charging after Idahlia. A pair of Shadows broke off from the main fight to circle her. Ari didn't hesitate. He sent telekinetic bursts at both soldiers. They screamed before collapsing to the ground.

Really, Ari thought wryly, fighting ordinary psychics was just no fun. It was just to easy to cause a heart attack, or kill them in some other way. Snarling, Ari jumped into the middle of the fight.

twelve hours later

Dawn rose on a somber scene. Covered in ash and blood, the Flawed left behind the remnants of their home. The assault had lasted for hours, in the end almost a third of the settlment had perished. They had gathered what supplies they could and driven to the meeting place, where the various Flawed settlements would trade information.

A thin layer of smoke covered the sky, in the distance other cars drove through hidden forest paths visible from the meeting site. Sighing, Ari sat down and leaned against a boulder. His head was pounding from using so much telekinesis, he groaned softly.

Ari glanced up to see Idahlia talking with several people from another settlement, she was pointing over at him. Probably explaining who he was. Patiently, Ari waited as the group walked over to him.

*This should bring the two groups together, also I would like the casualties in this first assault against the flawed to be fairly high.*

Jaspar

Or not. He frowned and saw no reason then to help these people. They didn't want his help, they didn't want anything from him but then... what? He supposed there were probably children in the settlement. He thought he might like to have children and he didn't want any to die. And the girl. He thought he might like to have the girl. That seemed to make enough sense.

Having lost sight of the boy, Jaspar made his way through the strange town on his own. He was quite determined to find the girl but was distracted by the sound of cries for help. They were a woman's cries. He thought he'd like to have a woman for himself but not this one so why did he feel the need to help her? He pitied her but still didn't understand. A Flawed woman would not help his race continue, she would give only flawed children and yet...

"Help! Oh please somebody help me!" Jaspar followed the sound of the voice. He heard footsteps as well and looking around saw another man whose fists were clenched and strange flames hovered around him but were seemingly strangled to death. The man let out a sigh and looked up at the building where the woman huddled on the roof looking terrified. Jaspar realised that the fire must have come from there.

"The... the stairs have burned down," the woman said. "I can't get down." Jaspar approached and came to stand by the man. He looked at him flatly. Another Flawed perhaps. How interesting. Their emotions must tie them to one another, yes interesting. It might be nice to study how these emotions worked.

"I could bring her," Jaspar mused. "Would that be desired?" The man eyed him strangely and shrugged.

"Do what you want," he said which seemed an odd response. He turned and began walking away. Jaspar frowned.

"Please, please don't leave me!" the woman called. Jaspar used his levitation to fetch her down but was too distracted to pay heed to her thanks. He followed after the strange man though a part of his mind still nagged that he should look for the girl.

Aisling

Quickly leaving the man who could control flames, Aisling searched through the underground settlement. Anyone she found she directed out and old to head to the meeting place. She wondered where her only superior had gone to. He would never be gone during an incident like this. And he certainly would have known if something bad was happening.

"Ailsing!" a teenage boy shouted, running towards her. He was probably around sixteen. "What's happening?"

"Charlie, there's no time to explain right now," Aisling said. She pressed a key into the palm of his hand. "Take one of the trucks. Get as many people out as you can. Don't worry about supplies. People are our first priority."

Charlie nodded and ran off. Aisling had one more important thing to do before she too could evacuate. She ran to her quarters.

Under her bed was a small box. She pulled it out and rummaged through it. She grabbed out a small cell phone and a tiny remote. Aisling hated to carry the cell phone, but this was an emergency.

She pressed a small button on the center of the remote. It would activate a destruction system that would end in blowing the entrances to the underground settlement. Anyone left inside would be trapped and anyone outside wouldn't be able to get in.

Now she had five minutes to get out. From her quarters, it usually took seven minutes to get to the nearest exit.

"Here's to hoping I make it out," Aisling said to herself as she got up and sprinted towards the nearest exit. Sirens were blaring through the underground settlement now. Aisling hoped everyone would get out.

Tyler

Tyler saw some young woman sprinting. She wasn't just running or afraid, she obviously knew that something was going to happen.

Tyler was fine to help, but it looked like everyone was out already, so he clenched his hands. He got rid of about half the flames, but some of the fire spread right back to where it came from. He didn't wait to see what would happen; Tyler ran right up behind the young woman.

He was at a very slight distance away from her after about five or six minutes of running, when suddenly, he heard something above him start cracking. Behind him, there already was a cave in. He saw rocks tumble from above him, and finally saw an exit she was running to, but it was half covered, from the looks of it. Tyler stopped running. The exit was about to cave in any second. The woman kept running, but she just didn't make it. The light at the end of the tunnel was gone, and all who was left was Tyler and this girl.

He walked over. The girl was yelling for help through the walls. Tyler didn't have much contact with others, but from the looks of it, they were the only ones left, and they were stuck inside the cave. Tyler thought it was right for him to say hello first.

"Name's Tyler, and I'm stuck here because I tried to keep a crowd of people from burning to death while they run. Why're you stuck here?"

*Guys if you look at my last post, the attack stopped, all the Flawed camps are meeting up at Spire Rock.*

Relax, we're just catching up to your time stamp. We need all our characters to find a reason for coming to Spire Rock because as of right now it wouldn't be in character for Jaspar to do so unless invited.

Jaspar

It seemed that all the Flawed were in a panic and they were all running toward one entrance or another. The strange man had vanished in the crowd so Jaspar decided to just get himself out and leave. He'd helped out, he was tired, he was hungry and he was irritated about a good night's sleep lost. Irritated? No, wait. That wasn't the right word. Of course he wasn't irritated, he didn't feel anything, he was just... something. It was one of those urges again, like with the girl. He thought he might like to see her again and began looking around the huddled group of Flawed for her familiar face.

A hand grabbed him roughly from behind. Craning his neck to try and see, Jaspar caught a glimpse of blue hair.

"Oh it's you." He wriggled free of Jay's hold and turned around. "And what service-"

"Where is she?" Jay demanded. Jaspar cocked his head.

"How would I know? You're the one who went chasing after her." The boy didn't seem to be listening, he looked lost and upset.

"She wouldn't do that to us, she had a way out, she must have had a way out!"

"Hey, why don't you calm down," Jaspar suggested. "You want a way back in? Get me some tools and I'll make you a weapon, a digging machine would probably work." He shrugged. He knew it would work. The plans for making it were already settling in his head.

Aisling

"I'm Aisling, the second in command of this settlement," she introduced herself. "I've never seen you around before."

Tyler nodded. "Yeah, I travel around. I came across the trading town above burning and thought I should help."

"Thank you," Aisling said.

"So what exactly happened?" Tyler asked.

Aisling gestured to the rock pile in front of her. "I didn't make it," she said. "I activated a system we have in place to protect the underground settlement. We have a lot of records and a lot of important plans down here. We don't want them in the wrong hands."

"I see."

Aisling sat on a rather large rock that had fallen from the ceiling. "And now we're stuck down here with them."

Jay

"A machine?" he asked Jaspar. "You don't have any plans."

"They are all in my mind," he said. "Just show me to some tools."

Jay scratched his head. "Well, that's the thing. It seems as if most everything has been burned. Though, some other settlements may have tools. We should meet at Spire Rock. If our camp was attacked then the others likely were as well."

A young boy, Charlie, appeared nearby. "Jay, Aisling gave me the keys to the van. She said to go to Spire Rock."

Jay grabbed the keys and looked back to Jaspar. "To Spire Rock it is, then."

Tyler~

"So we're essentially stuck here, or else your team loses?"

Aisling nodded.

He faced a dirt wall and punched it as hard as I could. He thought that not only was he going to die and not be able to keep looking for Annie, but he's going to die for a cause he doesn't care about. He wasted his time and his life, and for what? A few kids and strangers?

Tyler powerfully punched the wall again and again. Fire sparked out with the punches. He made some indents in the dirt wall from his fists.

"Are you o.k.?" Aisling asked politely.

"DO I LOOK O.K.?!?!?" Tyler shouted. Tyler tried to calm himself down. He had no right to be impolite to her.

He thought it might be better to explain himself. "Look, the only reason I'm here in the first place is because I'm looking for my sister. She disappeared 2 or 3 years ago and I've been looking for her non-stop. I don't have any stake in this whole silence crap, I wasn't even a part of it. I grew up on a farm all my life, away from any town or trouble, with only her. She's the only thing in my life, and she disappeared without a trace."

Tyler could see some sympathy from Aisling. She seemed to understand. Tyler took a seat on the ground, and relaxed. It felt better to talk to someone.

name- Aisha

age- 15

gender-Female

appearance- Long dark brown hair, pretty brown eyes, small petite nose, Arabian descent. Tall, thin

history- She was outcasted by the group of Avari's she was traveling with because her powers were too strong and they were often the victims of it. She lived on her own for a couple off months before coming accross the rebel camp.

personality- Sarcastic but Sweet. She doesn't mean to hurt with her powers it's just the way they work. She loves children even though she still is one. Is very lonely and has no one left in the world.

abilities- (list psychic abilities, no more then 3, and you can only have 1 Cardinal ability.)

Psionic blast-Ability to overload another's mind causing pain, memory loss, lack of consciousness, vegetative state or death after having created a psionic link into that individual's mind. Power: 9.3

Psychic weapons-Ability to force another into a nightmare or dreamlike state where either they are faced with their happiest memory or their worst fear. Power: 8.9

Classical elements-Ability to control or manipulate the elements. When she is angry the weather is horrid, thunderstorms lighting bolts, when she is sad it rains, when she is calm it snows, when she is happy its sunny spring day and when she is embarrased it's a summery day.

other- Up for friendship, maybe love if a 15-16 year old boy comes her way...

Jaspar

The van was hot and stuffy which made for an unpleasant journey but fortunately their destination wasn't far away. Jaspar hadn't been to Spire Rock before and it looked pretty ordinary to him except for the gathering flock of refugees. He stared. There were more than he would have ever expected, so many Flawed in the world, so many who could die at any minute or go mad because of those futile emotions. What a poor and pitiful race they were.

"My tools-" Jaspar began but closed his mouth at a sharp nod from Jay. The boy didn't need reminding, he seemed to care very deeply for the girl. Mae he felt something for her. That was mildly worrying. Those with emotions could care for a person more than he could, it was perhaps their only advantage over him.

"I'll introduce you to someone from the closest settlement as I doubt a teleporter can be spared to take you further. They'll be needed to gather food supplies for all these people," Jay decided. Jaspar was surprised by how thoroughly he'd thought this through and followed the younger man to a girl with long, black hair and a blank face. She could have been just an ordinary person for all the emotion her face gave away until she smiled wearily at their approach.

"Jay, I'm very glad you made it out, what can I help you with?" Jaspar was taken aback by how bubbly and friendly her voice was in the face of all this destruction but there was something else in her eyes. Something distant and cold.

"We need tools, Idahlia. Aisling is trapped in the settlement but this man claims he can make us a machine." The girl nodded slowly.

"Yes, that could be managed but there might still be soldiers around. I'll come with you but we'll need someone else for protection, there's a very powerful man who helped us out." Jaspar followed her pointing hand to see a man who was more boy than man, very much of a similar age to Jay and Idahlia. He wasn't surprised. The most powerful Flawed died young so it was only to be expected that their more powerful members would be young. They made their way across to the boy.

*Lauren since Jay's father was killed by Shadows, is it alright if he knew Ari as a child. Perhaps sensed he was Flawed?*

Aridos(Ari)-

Sighing, Ari glanced up, lips quirking in a smile as Idahlia came over to him. The two boys followed behind her like a pair of ducklings. He shoved strands of auburn hair out of his eyes. "So Idahlia, what is it you need so badly? I doubt you trust me yet, after all we only met last night."

I don't think Ari is allowed to call Jaspar a boy lol. He's 21!

Sylverdawn, yeah that sounds fine. Also, Jay is 18 or 19 if I recall. He's not quite a boy either.

Aisling

"You know, if we ever get out of this you could stay with my settlement. We will have to be finding a new settlement now anyways, and we can help you search for your sister. The Flawed must stick together," Aisling said.

Tyler didn't say anything, as if he was mulling over the idea in his head. Aisling leaned back against the rock and closed her eyes. She thought about how difficult it would be to try and move the rocks with her telekenisis. She was powerful, but she doubted powerful enough to get through the amount of rock that currently blocked them in.

Jay

He froze at the sight of the man. He knew him. Though they were only boys at the time. He was...he was one of the Shadows. One who helped take Jay's father away.

"What are you doing, Aridos," Jay growled. "Were you behind these attacks? Did you turn in all these innocent people like you did my father?"

*feel free to accept or deny that charge. Jay is just angry with anyone who was a Shadow. Perhaps they were friends then he believed Ari turned Jay's father in. Doesn't matter.*