Hidden Power

Raine
Shifting a little more, I had actually manage to sit up. Not that I was fully wake, I took in my surroundings. Great. We had been captured and put in to some kind of cage. Glancing around I noticed that there was another boy sitting in the corner. I sat there and watched him for a minute, wondering wether or not he was sleep or awake.

Suddenly he moved, he had pulled out a knife out of his shoe, and was wide awake. Next thing I know I hear Dust say “Who the hell are you?”. I mentally found myself agreeing with him. Who the heck was this guy and how the heck did he get here in the first place. His replay to Dust was “Me? Oh I’m just the kid that’s about you save your sorry ass. Gimme a hand, will ya?”. Before I even thought about it the words they left my mouth, “What do you want him to do?” . His answer, “I need him to hold the cage while I cut through it.”

After he said that. Dust and him ended up going back and forth. Next thing I know, Dust is next the bars holding them, he then turned back to me and asked me if I was okay. I nodded, even though I did not feel okay. Everything hurt, not only that but I was a little freaked out. He seemed to notice that something was wrong, but he did not say anything else about it. Hearing them talk again I found myself paying attention.

Dust had asked how we were going to get out of here, ride a car, maybe even a helicopter. After that one he stopped, he suddenly seemed tired and he looked like he was in a little bit of pain. Without thinking I reached out and touched his shoulder. He turned back and looked at me. I gave that are you okay look. He nodded and went back to focusing on holding the bar. Sighing I could not help but let the worry wash over me. I really hope that he wasn't lying to me…

As Trudy's eyes flickered open, she smiled to herself and carefully slipped out of Claude's embrace. She paused and watched him snoozing for a moment. He looked just darling. Almost human even. She stroked his cheek absently and then started collecting her clothes together. A strange concept that was. Human. It would take a lot of thinking to understand.

"Oh Claudie! Wakey wakey!" Trudy called, pulling on her dress.

"You won't get me pink chuiuaua!"

"Come on sleepy head. You should go check if baby is up while mummy makes you some breaky, hmm?" With a little laugh, Trudy fluttered her lashes in front of him, leaned in for a kiss and then bounded off to the kitchen.

"Back I say back!" he mumbled sleepily

Trudy looked around the kitchen and wrinkled her nose. There wasn't much to eat. They had some vegetables left so she got some water boiling and then tipped those in. Sometimes the only way to wake Claude up was the smell of food. There was a little dried meat too, just needed chopping.

"No, stop eating my homework!"

Trudy heard footsteps and turned with a ready smile for Claude but was surprised to find Nikki standing awkwardly in front of the curtain instead. Trudy twirled past her and back into the bedroom. "Claude!"

"What's that about eating my nose?"

"It's going in the soup if you don't get up!" Tru whined.

Finally he woke up, his nose smelling the food, "Oh hey you wicked thing, I think we might have woken dead last night." Trudy giggled and then shot a look back at Nikki and put a shushing finger to her lips.

"Get dressed," she said before darting back to her soup and giving it a stir. She added spices, more dried meat and spooned some out. "Want to try?" she asked Nikki.

"Uh... okay." Nikki gave the broth a dubious look but took a small sip.

"Figures she'd not be part of my nightmare. I swear that dog will die!"

"Now, now, Claude," Trudi chasticed. "You'll feel better after we eat." She gave him a little smile. "Set the table please? Pleeeeeeaaaase." Turning to face them, Trudy let out a disaproving squeal when she was that Claude was naked. "Heeeey! You're supposed to get dressed! Bedroom. Now!"

"Oh what... ooop's." Glancing over at Nikki he whispered threatenly, 'Forget you saw that.'"

"Out!" Trudy cried before giving Nikki an apologetic smile and then bursting into a fit of giggles.

"Hey, Tru, so what we talked about last night. Let's go host a little jailbreak." he yelled from the room.

JEREMY ^DUST^

I groaned loudly. "Are you done yet?" I hissed. Every bone in my body seemed to hate me at the moment and I officially hated every bone in my body.

"Almost."

I sighed and tried to shift into a more comfortable position. Okay, so I really wasn't okay. The next person to ask would get a truthful answer followed by a long string of rants. Maybe. Or maybe I would lie again, depended on who asked. I risked a glance at Raine over my shoulder. She looked absolutely exhausted. I offered a grin and chuckled slightly. "So...you don't mind that I licked your hand earlier?"

"Ummm..." the kid with the knife who thought he could save our sorry bahookies mumbled.

I rolled my eyes. "Keep cutting," I muttered. "I had no ill intentions with it or anything..."

Raine

I had sat on the other side of the cage, which was not that big, and watched as Dust and the other kid sawed away at the cage. We had been sitting their for a while and I knew that we would be here a little bit longer, simply because Dust had proceeded to make himself comfortable.

Looking and watching, I now realized that Dust had been lying to me. He seemed uncomfortable and in some sort of pain. Suddenly Dust turned around, he was grinning. He seemed to be trying to get me to smile or something, the thing was, I was way to tired to do much. Next thing I know, he is asking me about whether or not I minded that he licked my hand, I was about to say something when I heard a “Ummm..” muttered from the other kid.

I glimpsed at Dust face, he rolled his eyes and muttered back “Keep Cutting… I had no ill intentions with it or anything.”. I smiled and put my head at the base of his neck. He jumped at the sudden contact, then relaxed.

I smiled and murmured “It was fine, I understood and I know that you did not mean anything by it.”. I saw the other kid staring at us. Automatically I knew what he was thinking. I glared from the corner of my eye and stated, “We are not going out, he is like my brother after all…”

I felt like screaming at those two. They were so engrossed in each other that they hadn't realized I'd finished cutting almost as soon as I had begun. They obviously didn't know what a mono-layer forcefield was. With it, the knife can slide through Osmium, the most dense metal, with ease.
"Hey, you two, I know that your really enjoying each others company, but I cut through the cage like, ten minutes ago, and I don't feel like sticking round here any longer."
They looked at each other like deer in a cars headlight for a second until Dust opened his mouth. By this time he had already dropped the piece of plastic he had been so fervently holding on to for the last ten minutes.
"Thanks for telling us, Geek boy, but how do you think were going to escape?"
I had a plan, but it all depended on one thing. Well two things.
"What are the smallest things you two can turn into?"

General Laruzelski

My mobile phone rang as I sat in the back of the 3rd Hummer, a cigarette hanging from my lips; its tip burning slowly. I flipped it open and answered.

"Laruzelski, here," I stated through the phone, taking my cigarette from my lips and twiddling with it playfully. The smoke filled the back of the car, but it didn't seem to be bothering any of the three Spec Ops men I was with, just the GO driver.

"General," the voice replied, "those kids and that guest you captured earlier are cutting through the reinforced plastic and we're still about 2 miles from a safe destination. What do you suggest, General?"

"Use your initiative, Harold," I sneered, "but if those nappy wearing little pricks get out and start runnin' free, I'll consider your state pension terminated and I'll blow up your Mom's house to the darlin' Lord in heaven who is sure as hell gonna be waiting attentively to shit it right back down to hell again. Don't think you'll get off lightly either, 'cause I'll burn your corpse until you look like a piss-stained bit'a roadkill off the freeway, understand?"

"Yes, General."

The line went dead.

JEREMY ^DUST^

I sighed. What was the smallest thing I could turn in to? "Umm... a lynx? A bobcat maybe..." I glanced nervously at Raine. The geek was probably looking for something much smaller than that, but hey. I couldn't control what I could shift into. Raine could probably shift into a mouse, which would probably be a little more along the lines of what geeky wanted to hear.

"A bobcat?" He arched his eyebrow.

"Big cats only man. That's the smallest big cat I can think of right now." If it wasn't small enough I was sorta toast, but at least Raine would get out alright. Brother... quick descision there Raine. If only you knew... I smirked and shook my head. How brotherly would she find me if she knew my past, what I had done?

NIKKI

"No, stop eating my homework!" I sat up, what the heck... that sounded like Claude, since when does Claude have to do homework? I remembered what i had heard last night, i shuddered getting out of bed. I hoped i could get out of here soon, i don't think i could stand to listen to that all night again. I went out into the little kitchen area, where i saw Trudy. She smiled then went into the bedroom.
"Claude!"
What's that about eating my nose?" He must be dreaming, because i don't think Trudy would eat his nose.
"It's going in the soup if you don't get up!" Trudy warned, in a whiny tone.
"Oh hey you wicked thing, I think we might have woken dead last night." I shuddered, so gross.

Get dressed," She came back into the kitchen, i looked away from the bedroom, if Claude was undressed i didn't want to see it. She turned around, holding the spoon out to me "Want to try?"
"Uh... okay." She wouldn't give me anything that would hurt me, would she? I took a small sip, it was actually pretty good.
"Figures she'd not be part of my nightmare. I swear that dog will die!" I turned and looked up at Claude, but froze. He was bare naked, standing right next to me.
"Now, now, Claude, you'll feel better after we eat. Set the table please? Please." She turned and squealed, looking at Claude. "Hey! You're supposed to get dressed! Bedroom. Now!"
"Oh what... oop's." He looked down at me, then in a threatening tone said "Forget you saw that." I muttered to myself as Trudy yelled at him.
"Trust me I'm trying to."
"Out!" Trudy gave me an apologetic look, then started laughing. I didn't think it was funny, i was scarred for life.
"Hey, Tru, so what we talked about last night. Let's go host a little jailbreak." Claude yelled from their room.

Raine

I had been about to go into a deep sleep when suddenly the kid next to us spoke, which woke me up. He was asking what the smallest thing I turn into was. I actually had to think for a minute, right as I was about to say something, Dust replied “A bobcat.”. The other kid stared at him, his eyebrow raised and questioning. “ "Big cats only man. That's the smallest big cat I can think of right now.", Dust stated. Sighing the other kid then looked at me. Smiling slightly I said, “A mouse.”.

I turned to look back at Dust, he was giving me this really strange look. Next thing I know he is smirking and shaking his head, almost like he was concerned with something. I gave him a slight smile. I wanted to try and at least cheer him up somehow. He gave me a slight smile back. Satisfied with that I turned to face the other kid, “Now before we go on, I have three questions. One: What is your name, Two: What is your plan?, and three: Can you fly?”

I know it was weird to ask if he could fly, but it made a big difference if he could. Not only that but we needed a plan B. If he could fly, then he might be able to carry Dust, while I change into some kind of bird and fly with them. It wasn’t much, but I sure that it would help some.

Three questions. Just three. Can't give much away in those three, at least, not things I don't want them to know.
"O.k. I'm Kyran Power, but I go by the name The Power Outage. Yes I can fly, and my plan involves getting out of here by carrying you two."
"What about after that?" Asked Raine. She seemed to have woken up fully now. I looked at her eyes and saw that they were relentless, but tinged by something, a memory, something that could stop her. Great I thought I'm stuck with a jerk with a secret and an relentless chicka with a secret that could stop her from carrying on. Worst of all, they were Shapeshifters. Shapeshifters killed my father
"You'll see, but if you had a brain, you would have already worked most of it out. I'll give you a clue, it has something to do with my name."
"Charming" That was Dust.
I stepped out of the cage smirked. The general thought so much of himself he forgot to install an alarm. I scanned that room and soon found were our belongings had been stashed. I went over and collected my sunny G's and Katana's. It felt so good to have them back in my hands again.
"You two, morph time. We'll come back for the rest of the stuff later. Hop on my back when I'm finished. And Raine?"
"Yes?"
"Don't morph into anything that can fly. We need to stick to the plan."
They both did as they were told, albeit with a lot of grunting.
As soon as they were on my back, I concentrated hard. After a few seconds, the power to the whole building was sucked dry and channeled into me. The building was pitch black.