Runaway Elements (full)

Leu de Ardere- Leo:

Leo slicked back his hair and glared in the general direction the water had come from. The world was a blur in front of him, he could make out colors and shapes but little else. "Not that I need to see to focus on this." He thought with a smirk.

Unbeknownst to the others the temperature in the room had been rising slowly, but steadily for quite some time. Leo had been weaving his elements together, and piggybacking his fire on Arthur's flames so the other boy wouldn't notice him summoning his own.

Brick crumbled as the flames he was feeding expanded. The small fireball hidden in the chimney, had grown to a size where it could no longer stay hidden. The black flames seemed to snake around each other, feeding off of one another. This was no spur of the moment summoning. This was a summoning that had taken him an hour to form, and no measly burst of water was going to be able to put it out.

*What if elemental manipulations that have lasted longer, have stronger endurance and strength? Just so you guys know you should get out of the building before the bomb blows

Lidz ¬

Leo releases my arm, and I shoot a pained but grateful smile at Eve. My arm hurts like hell, but I grit my teeth. Eve rushes over to help me, but I shake my head, and stand up.
"Don't tell anyone about my arm," I mouth, pulling my sleeve down to cover my arm. They don't need to worry about it. I hurl a ball of light at Leo, but he dodges it, and throws a flame at me. It narrowly misses my head, but slightly catches my cheek. I curse, wiping my cheek. Wolf is moving in slowly behind Leo, and I try desperatly to distract Leo, so Wolf can do whatever he's planned.
"Why do you always have to follow Wolf?" I demanded, staring at him hard, "Why can't you just leave him alone?"
Wolf is inching closer.

*The fire-bomb Leo made is going to go off shortly, just so everyone knows.*

Lup Eoliene- Wolf:

"Why do you always have to follow Wolf?" Lidz demanded as Wolf circled behind his twin, "Why can't you just leave him alone?"

Leo cocked his head at the smaller girl, his vision almost completely returned. "Wolf is mine." Flat, implacable. Like a child staking a claim on a toy. Wolf could see Lidz was weirded out by Leo. She knew there was something very wrong with Leo, but it was eerie how very sane he seemed on the surface.

Something flashed across Lidz's face. "You'd never hurt him." Wolf had told them that, but the others hadn't believed him completely.

Silence, as if the question was too stupid for Leo to even answer.

"He's yours, so if you hurt him," Lidz continued, following the line of thought. "it'll hurt you."

A glimmer of interest in Leo's voice. "You're quite smart." He noted before whirling around and lashing out just as Wolf did. Fire met wind and consumed one another.

Arthur Thomastien

The smell of smoke woke me with a jolt. However, everything froze and I was the only one able to move about. Because my powers seem to rely on my physical strength, I knew I had a matter of five minutes to get away from Leo and into a different location. How to do that was hard, since Wolf had some kind of deathgrip when frozen by time. I squeezed out of Wolf's grip and started running down the stairs as quick as my feet can carry me. Once I was outside and away from the danger zone, I passed out again.

*OOC: Pardon the short post, I'm kinda pressed for time. Pardon the pun (heh heh).

Eve:
Arthur just dissapeared. Completely. Great. Now what are we supposed to do? And why did everything seem so... dry. There was barely any moisture in the air. And I knew, because I could sense water. Except, there wasn't any water to sense. The dryest spot was the chimney. Which made sense, since there was a fir burning in the fireplace. But it shouldn't be this dry.
"Something's up," I whisper to Storm.
"Yeah, I can feel it too," She says. I glance at Lidz. She doesn't seem to notice. Leo and Wolf are circling. Every once in awhile, they'll throw a bit of wind, or some flame at eachother. But they're matched blow for blow. Neither can best the other. But Wolf isn't alone. There's power in numbers.

Lidz ¬

I felt a bend in time, and quickly looked around for Arthur. He must of moved. Using time. Leo's comment still lingered with me, as I watched Wolf and Leo battle. I didn't know what to do ... fight or flight?
Fight.
I needed to help Wolf.

Storm:
"Something's up," Eve whispers to me.
"Yeah, I can feel it too," I whisper back. I'm trying to decide how to just hit Leo. It's going to be really hard, considering how dry it is. I can think on that later though. Right now, I need to help Wolf. No way he can do this on his own. They are completely and evenly matched.
I think I'm still too weak to do much. "Eve, do you have any other elemental powers beside water?"
"No," she whispers. That means her power is probably very strong, though she seems to do her best instinctively. It's so dry I don't know if she'll be able to bend at all. It's not safe for a water elemental to be this dry.
"Get out of here," I bend the words so only she can hear them. "It's not safe. I'll do what I can with sound, but there's no water to work with here."
Lidz jumps into the battle, doing the best she can. A ball of water starts to collect in front of Eve, not large enough to put out Leo's fireball, but impossible. Unless she fused the water from hydrogen and oxygen.
No, she must have found a source. It's not possible to draw water from nothing.

(OOC: Just so you know, the fusing elements thing it only for Water elementals. Only COMPLETE Water elementals. It makes them more powerful than half-elementals.)

*Wolf has a severe aversion to using his time element. He's used it a total of ONCE in his entire life, and the consequences were not pretty. He's refused to use it ever since, instead honing his wind element to the point where it is almost a strong as a 'pure' elemental.*

Lup Eoliene- Wolf:

They didn't have much time left, that fire-bomb was going to go off any second now. Wolf dropped to the floor as a gout of flame roared over his head. Sweeping his leg out he knocked Leo off his feet and sent him flying across the room with a gust of wind. Leo hit the wall hard enough to crack plaster and crumpled to the floor.

Growling Wolf grabbed Lidz by her arm and pulled her towards the exit. Storm and Eve were already turning to run after sending one last futile burst of water at the black fire-bomb. Outside he could hear sirens approaching. The fire department, no doubt alerted by the smoke alarms.

The four of them hit the stairs at a run, racing downwards. Behind them the fire-bomb expanded, consuming the entire top floor of the hotel.

Leu de Ardere- Leo:

Leo woke to a pounding migraine. Groaning he reached up and felt the back of his head, wincing at the goose egg that had sprouted from his collision with the wall. There was nothing left of the penthouse but charred remains, the roof top, the walls, the tasteful furniture had all gone up in smoke. Apperantly Wolf had decided to stop playing nice, finally.

He began to chuckle, his amusement soon turning into delighted laughter. The starry night sky unfolded above him. Suddenly there was a crunch as the stairwell door was knocked open. "Hey I think someone up here is still alive." The shouted call echoed down the stairs.

Standing Leo waited until the fireman emerged with his back turned. He never noticed Leo slip up behind him, or feel the elemental's fangs pierce his neck. Low on power, Leo needed to refuel and fast, before the others regrouped and came back for seconds.

The combination of blood and energy was highly addictive. How other elementals could stand not to drink it he had no clue. Like golden light poured down the throat until the tongue tingled with it, like the thing that wine tried and tried and failed to be, like caramel and spices and the first sip of darkly rich hot chocolate on a winter's day.

He didn't even notice when the fireman's struggles ceased, and his body began to grow stiff and cold. Dropping the corpse to the ground Leo paused and after a moments thought he threw out a hand, incinerating the body. After all, his mother had always taught him to clean up after he ate. Turning Leo began to walk down the stairs. A pity, but he would have to find a new place to sleep.

*I figure the group could run across Arthur fairly quickly.*

Vi:
I have no idea how I made the water, but I did. I knew it was futile, but I made it anyway. Wolf knocks Leo off his feet and we run. The top floor bursts into flames. Making water took a lot out of me, and I throw up, narrowly missing Storm's feet.
Once I'm done throwing up, I hear a groan a few feet away. It's Arthur! He's beginning to wake up.
"Can you walk?" I ask Arthur. He groans. I take that as a no.
"We've gotta get out of here before Leo comes after us," Lidz said. Wolf tosses him over his shoulder and carries him. We go back to Arthur's place, though we know we'll have to leave here as soon as we've regrouped.

Lup Eoliene- Wolf:

Arthur manages to sputter out directions and they change course. Leading the group away from his old house and deeper into the city. They wind up and down back alleys and side streets. Eventually making their way to a quiet culdesac. The houses all look alike, aside from minor differences like color.

They sneak through the back-yards to an uninhabited house. There's an old worn for-sale sign out front, and the lawn is overgrown. A place that hasn't been lived in for years.

*All I got. Awkward I know.*

Arthur Thomastein

We reached a familiar neighborhood. I almost choked on my emotions. After Wolf put me gently on the ground, I reached through a nearby bush and found a small necklace. I held it in my hand and said softly, "Home. I'm home again."
One of the girls asked did I really live in such an old neighborhood.
I answered calmly, "Yes. This is where I was raised. I've returned to the house of my childhood."

*I thought of a good way to advance the plot. But if this isn't the direction you guys want to go in I can just delete it.*

Leu de Ardere- Leo:

When the limo pulled up at the corner Leo opened the door and jumped in, seating himeself across from his so called 'handler'. Alison Withridge wore her dark blonde hair in a bun, her crisp business suit was ironed within an inch of it's life. She was the epitome of a professional businesswoman.

"And an ice queen." Leo thought sardonically. "But an ice queen I have to live with." When Leo had become a teenager it didn't take him long to realise that if he took the route of a typical serial killer, it was only a matter of time before he ended up behind bars or dead. So Leo had sought out PIA, the Paranormal. Investigative. Agency. It was the government's answer to the hidden magical world, and all the things that went bump in the night. An agency designed to capture, control, and exploit those with extraordinary abilities. Although they called regulating the population.

An organisation normally staffed by humans with a high mortality rate. PIA had jumped at his offer to join when Leo shown himself. Despite his questionable moral integrity they needed him desperately. So PIA had given Leo exactly what he was looking for. A liscence to kill.

Leo leaned back in the plush leather seats as the limo drove around. Waiting for Alison to ask him for the information. Finally she rolled her eyes and glared at him as she spoke. "Alright Leo, let's cut the bullshit today. I'm not in the mood. You said there was a group of paras in this city when you called, why don't you elaborate."

He shrugged and answered her, pretending indifference. "They're elementals like me. At least five of them, maybe more. I thought you should know Aly. Elemental's are one of the rarer magical races after all."

"One, don't call me Aly. Two, why are you bringing this to our attention? I've worked with you for years Leo, you're a psychopath. Despite the fact the agency prefers live captures you kill everything you're sent after. Why are these so different? And don't tell me it's because of some bogus racial loyalty. You and I both know you aren't capable of that kind of emotion."

Leo leaned forward to brace his arms on his knees. "Suffice it say, Aly. That I'm not done playing with them yet. Toys like this are rare after all, and they won't grow back after they're dead." He laughed softly as Alison shivered involuntarily.

Stepping out of the car as it rolled to a stop he leaned in for a last word as he closed the door. "I'll leave the next move to you Aly. Even if the agency doesn't approve of my games there's no way they would pass up the oppurtunity to subdue multiple elementals."

*I figure they could maybe get caught and taken to a facility, or escape and go on the run?*

Arthur Thomastien
His childhood home

I got up with a jolt and said, "I bet my uncle's still keeping the place clean." I zipped in the house and hollered, "Uncle Jeremy, I'm home!"
Uncle Jeremy hollered back, "Razi, my little nefew! Welcome home, Razi."
I said, "I have some guests here. Mind if they stay here for a while?"
Uncle Jeremy said kindly, "Of course not, Razi. They can stay for as long as they want. Just don't try to set off the smoke alarm just like you did last time you were here."
Wolf asked, "Why does he call you Razi instead of using your real name?"
I answered, "It was my last name Uncle had trouble with. Auntie and Uncle are my mother's siblings. They call me Razi as my African name and the name stuck in their minds. I was kind of treated like dirt here until I was six."
The others asked why.
"Because I look like a white man when it's my father who's white."

*Argh!!! I came up with a great idea for a storybook, but I'm too busy prepping for college to squeeze in time to make enough points. Frustrating.*

Lup Eoliene- Wolf:

Wolf snorted at Arthur's revelation and dropped into one of the living room chairs with a sigh of relief. "Now that is something I can relate to." He murmured.

Raising an eyebrow in question the other boy waited for Wolf to elaborate.

He rolled his eyes in answer. "You'd be surprised just how many modern day people still consider gypsies to be bands of thieves and bums."

*All I got I'm not all that awake right now.*

OOC: sylverdawn, are you a crazy vampire- werewolf thingy? you're only ever up at night xD

Lidz ¬

I nodded at Wolf.
"It's true, they used to do it at my school. Everytime they walked past a caravan where the Gypsies were, they would swear and hollor abuse at them," I shrugged, "It wasn't fair, they didn't know them, they just stereotyped them. But I didn't." I shook my head and sighed, "I'm glad I didn't- I'm sure once they got to know you- or any other gypsies- they'd change their mind," I coloured red, realising my words had a double meaning, "But I'm sure you'd scare most people away with a phycotic brother," I smiled warmly at him, "Besides," I watched a Limo roll out of view past the window, "You aren't that bad," I laughed.
Then a window smashed, and all I could see was black.