H.E.R.O. and H.I.V.E.

Danny Dapperly- HERO

Danny looked at Jerica's knife that she'd taken from her boot and realized what must have happened. It had curt her when she turned. He realized it must have happened when he grabbed her hand and knew it must have in part have been his fault.He moved quickly to catch her before she completely collapsed to the ground. Danny spoke aloud hoping she was at least far enough gone to not to hear him. "First you deny that my feelings are true then you slap me for powers I just learned about and have no ability to control. Next thing I know you're passing out and I'm having to help you. Also I didn't mean to read your mind I wanted to see your eyes," he brushed her hair away from her face with a sweep of his hand. "And they're just as beautiful as I imagined they would be."

Danny was unsure as to if it would work but he began to speak into her mind. I'm sorry I'm so so sorry this is all my fault. Look I'm going to take off your boot so please don't freak out okay. He slowly slid off her boot acknowledging the tone of her calves and seeing the cut. This may be slightly uncomfortable but my grandmother was a healer and she taught me words of mending. The cut was deep and it got some muscle and a few veins. He began to focus some of his energy and started speaking the words his grandmother taught him. Danny watched carefully as in his mind's eye he could see the veins mending themselves and the muscles sewing back together with little beams of light.

I'm sorry about all of this, Danny could only hope that she heard she was alive but unconscious. He barely knocked at the service when communicating with her. He was beginning to learn how to control this ridiculous telepathy a gift thrust upon him. Look I can send holograms of us to continue to participate in capture the flag while you rest. He lifted her up in his arms to Danny she felt as light as a feather. He leaped into the trees and began speaking with the branches. He was new to asking for favors from these trees; in his home town many used magic but tree talking was different with each tree. He whispered to it asking it to make a bed of branches so that Jerica could recover. I'm sorry once again Jerica. I'll keep watch and return you to the HIVE base once capture the flag is complete.

Jerica HIVE

I was having the strangest dream. I was outside of my body and I saw myself running through the halls of an old church. There was someone chasing me, I kept getting glances of someone, much bigger then me all dressed in black.

It was moving rather slow, but when it went to far away from me it shot through the walls and came out scarily near me.

A voice trying to comfort me rang out from somewhere in the church, but it only scared me more.

The beast caught up with me, and loomed over me. It's knife was buried in my chest when I woke up.

I was sitting on a tree branch near Danny, who looked at me with concern.

"I need to go," I said, preparing to jump.

Danny grabbed my hand, "You had a knife sticking out of your ankle 30 minutes ago."

I took my hand out of his. "Oh God. I can't do this. Just leave me alone Danny, find some other girl to do this with." I never wanted this to happen. I just wanted to toy with him. The only reason I made Paul stop was because I didn't want to clean up the body.

I jumped down 20 feet, I heard my ankle shatter slightly, but I couldn't feel it at all.

I ran back to my room, hoping I wouldn't have to see him again.

Renn Ariyal- HIVE

Renn watched the approaching dawn come from the tree top he was settled in. Over the last few hours the forest had erupted with the angry shouts as the HERO team attempted to track him down. They had only succeeded in running into the traps Renn had set behind him.

It was definetly starting to look like Renn was on his own. He got the feeling he wasn't going to be receiving back up any time soon. Not that Renn needed it, his father had called first year HERO's incompetent and Renn was well on his way to agreeing with him.

An indignant shout pierced the air nearby and Renn grinned. Someone must have wandered into the patch of poison ivy he'd led them too. He fought the urge to contain his laughter, knowing he would fall out of the tree if he gave in.

*Enough with the lovey-dovey can we get back to the action. No one else can think of anything to write.*

Tony Matthews: HERO

Tony paused in the middle of the forest, his search group going on ahead. His left foot froze in midair as hia eyes spotted the patch of three-leafed plants below. Whoa, close call.
He glanced around at the others but they were already too far into the patch, scratching away at their skin. One boy cried out and Tony couldn't help but hold in his laughter, stepping back from the patch and watching the others writhe in discomfort. They glanced at him, confused.
"You couldn't have warned us?" One growled.
He just shrugged, not wanting to start anything. Something delicately rustled a bit further into the woods and his ears perked up. No one else seemed to have heard it. He vanished and reappeared behind the poison ivy patch, using the shadows to his advantage. Crouching, his eyes scanned the area. A smile danced across his lips when he caught sight of flame-like hair. Just your luck, pony boy.
There was a pull at his stomach and the tree hiding the little red unicorn was drenched in a matter of seconds. Tony jumped up, laughing, as the boy dropped from the branches completely soaked.

*Ouch... Renn was at the top of the tree at least thirty feet up, and he can't fly in human form.*

Renn Ariyal: HIVE

Renn tumbled through the air, wincing as branches scratched his skin as he hurtled past them. A heartbeat later he had taken his unicorn form and flared his wings. Coming to a safe landing instead of hitting the ground in a bone breaking crunch.

The boy who had knocked him out of the tree jumped up with a whoop then sqawked indignantly and ducked as Renn's horn sliced visciously through the above his head. The edges of the spiral horn were razor sharp and sliced off a lock of his hair.

Rearing, Renn lashed out with his hooves before turning. He gave the boy one last kick before cantering into the bush. This afternoon he was really going to learn how to use his wings, he decided as the sounds of pursuit echoed behind him. Everything would be so much easier if he knew how to fly.

Ei Chase

The clones tied the "flag", Circe, up and quickly transported her to Ei, who was still relaxing by the sea. They dumped Circe on the soft sand and bowed lowly to the original. Circe struggled on the ground, her face red from crying out against the duct tape covering her mouth.

"What is this," Ei asks with a disgusted look towards Circe.

"The flag," Clone Three stated with a low bow. "The one Two told us to get."

Clone One bows quickly and takes a seat next to Ei, her head in her lap.

"What do you expect me to do with her," Ei scoffs, rolling her eyes.

"I don't know, Two just gave her to us and ran off."

"And where did she go?"

"You know Two," Clone One sighs, "always doing stupid things."

Circe moans and groans on the ground, drawing all three sets of eyes towards her.

"Well, go find her One. Three, do something with this... thing."

One runs off and Three grabs Circe none too nicely around the waist, hauling her off and back towards campus.

Clone Two

It really was great to be outside of Ei's body, she was having so much fun just roaming the campus, that was when the other school wasn't trying to fight her. Suddenly there was a rustling in a bush and Two jumped back.

"Hello?"

No answer, but she went over to the bush and peeked behind it. There wasn't anybody behind it, but there was a red unicorn bleeding and panting lightly. Two's eyes widened and she quickly ran up to it.

"Oh look, you poor thing. What happened to you? How'd you make it on this island, you silly unicorn."

You're HIVE... I saw you earlier.

"Hive," Two questioned, "the school? Oh, yeah, I guess I am. Here, let me help you."

She went over to the unicorn and made an attempt to grab it but it just made a sound of protest so she backed off.

What's your name?

"Two."

Two? Like the number?

Two's face flushed as red as her hair. Two wasn't a human name...

"Did I say Two? I meant Two...ti... Tootie. Anyway, that's not important. I have a question... when you capture a.. "flag" where are you supposed to bring them?"

Jerica HIVE

I wanted to go to sleep, but I got turned around by a crash in the trees near me.

I started running to the sound, and Renn in his unicorn form ran into me. I could hear people crashing through the brush a little ways away. I gave him a nod, and he kept running.

I figured that he wanted me to slow them down. I could handle it. I felt the high tide coming in, and it was almost at it's peak. Suddenly I let the water flow across the island, making two seperate ones by a channel 40 feet across.

The shifters tried to jump across it, but they couldn't manage to. I brought more water across the river, making the water rise above me, into the clouds. I held it effortlessly.

I ran back, smiling at Renn's pursuers.

Renn Ariyal: HIVE

"Put them somewhere their teammates can't find them." Renn answered her, then laughed at her shocked expression as he shifted to human form. "Or if you're like me, chase them through the woods because you can't keep hold of them.

Tootie's face fell at his human appearance. "So you're just a human who can become a unicorn?"

Renn shook his head. "Other way around. Weir are a race of magical beasts that eventually learned to mimic human form."

The other red head perked up at that. "You're not human!?"

Renn grimaced. "Well, I'm half human. But it's the half I don't like." He opened his mouth to say more but Jerica came barrelling out of the brush with a triumphant grin. "I stalled them, but somehow I get the feeling our lead isn't going to last long."

Danny Dapperly- HERO

Danny descend from his tree top perch and as he landed upon the ground he could hear the song of the earth change, his mother had long ago taught him to listen to the songs of life. Someone had done something to disturb the island, he lowered his visor and moved quickly to the source of the disturbance. Where there should have been land he know found a wide expanse of river. "Curses," Danny whispered under his breath. He took this as the moment to regroup it wasn't his original plan but regroup for an assault seemed to be the only option. All telepaths lead your groups to my location I'll explain the plan from there.

Suddenly another voice entered his mind, Danny HIVE has one Renn escaped and they still have Circe.

His thoughts exploded with fury but he restrained himself, incompetence aside all those that can fly or travel across water by other means locate me for me to reestablish our plan.

Other HERO members arrived in their groups some looking extremely battered and some not having a scratch on them. I looked at them in the sunlight on the bank of the river I was failing as a leader I had let my emotions distract me now I wouldn't hesitate to strike with full force. "Okay my new plan is simple all those that can fly you're with me we attack those guarding Circe with full force." I swallowed deep before saying the next part but new it was necessary,"Use lethal force if you must casualties are something to be dealt with later." I looked for reactions some appeared shocked but there were very few murmurs of discontent. HIVE had played dirty and we no longer felt the need to restrain ourselves. "Now then anyone that has telekinesis or any other power over the elements please make a path across the river and follow as quickly as possible."

I then turned towards the lake and leaped over it in a single bound landing gracefully on the other side in a cloud caused by the wind I'd used to cushion my self. "Well let's hurry we haven't got all day."

Ei Chase

Two followed behind who she supposed to be her group. Three caught up with her not too long ago holding a still struggling Circe in her arms, One arrived not too long later.

"You're in trouble again, Two," she breathed when she finally caught up with her. "Ms. Ei is mad at you again. You're never getting out of her body after this."

"Wait," Jerica asked, confused, "there's three of you?"

One rolled her eyes and helped Three carry the body. Two apologized quickly for One's rudeness and kindly explained in a hush voice.

"There can be more than just three of us. Ms. Ei, our creator, has the power of body duplication. She's currently relaxing by the beach."

Ms. Ei, we need you...

Ei sat up quickly from her relaxed position in the sand and glared at the air, a creul smile playing on her lips.

"Two, why didn't you come back?"

I'm still playing the game, Ms. Ei. Capture the flag. Actually, we need your help.

"My help?"

Yes ma'am...

"I'll be right there."

Two tuned in just as the unicorn was finishing up a sentence. She didn't catch what he said exactly, but they were running again, so it only made sense to follow.

"Ms. Ei is on her way," Two whispers. The others just nod and keep moving forward. "Where are we going exactly? Are we going to hide?"

Danny Dapperly- HERO

Danny looked over to the other side of the shore and noticed Charlotte talking to a boy with long black hair. He needed some people he trusted for the attack and that Circe seemed to trust. Danny used tendrils of air and grabbed Charlotte as well as the boy across the river, he figured if Charlotte trusted the boy then he had to be safe.

Danny noticed the boys eyes and stifled a giggle; he had met some vampires in Alabama and the boy shared one resemblance, red eyes. "Charlotte I need your help to retrieve Circe, she seems to like you and it seems as though a familiar face would be nice for her. Fangs I'm taking you along because Charlotte seems to trust you." The boy didn't seem to appreciate his nickname and gave Danny a withering look.

The boy looked at Danny, "You told all those with telekinesis to make a bridge on the other side."

Danny looked at him, and disregarded his comment before returning his look to Charlotte. "I'm glad to have you on board and Fangs as well. I can tell he has some formidable skills and I'm glad to have him along. Now let's go save Circe."

Charlotte Drakes HERO

Char morphed into her wolf form and tried to find the familiar scent of her new friend. Not that she liked being the bloodhound of the group, but what else was she going to do?
Picking up Circe's scent, she bolted ahead, leaving Danny and Nemesis to play catch up. The world around her blurred like it always did when she ran in this form and she smiled inside as the wind that whipped against her fur scent her into euphoria. All that she was relying on now was her sense of smell and she had the ego to compliment that particular skill.
Her paws came to a sudden stop and her vision cleared. She realized she was close to HIVE campus and decided to stay wolf, sensing she would need that extra strength. Danny and Nemesis arrived soon after and didn't seem as out of breath as she would have hoped; She wanted to see at least one person suffer tonight, her teammates less than the villains.
They just waited, expectantly looking at her. Char sighed and focused again.I thought you were leader. The scent was stronger which meant Circe was closer. She trotted to the corner of the building and hesitated, listening first.
"What are we supposed to do with her now?" Someone whispered.
Charlotte glanced back at Danny and waited until she was sure he'd used that telepathic trick she'd heard so much about from that one guy who ended up leading her group. Telepath or no telepath, he would have been more useful as a communications contact.
She turned away, directing her thoughts to strategy before Danny started whispering the plan. Well, if he wants to do the hard part... Rolling her eyes as best as she could as a wolf, she listened closely.

Nemesis Crystalheart HERO

Nemesis wasn't very pleased at all for being called Fangs. To him, that was worse than being called a vampire. He looked at a branch, then made it fall from the tree. Renn wasn't anywhere Nemesis could find. It's like he meant to hide from me. Question is: why is he hiding from me? He shattered a boulder, then made the pieces surround him and Charlotte in a circle of floating rocks. He never intented to be underestimated by the HIVE students. However, he never took the time to study either one of the HIVE students, so he had to rely on guesswork and gamble a little.
A HIVE student snuck up behind Nemesis, almost like the former was unaware of the latter's capabilities.
Nemesis carelessly tossed a rock over his shoulder, hitting the HIVE student on the head. He faintly smirked. Sneaking up on him wouldn't be easy, since he was basically in his own element.
*Could be any HIVE student.*

*I'm confused, HIVE didn't break the rules unless you count Renn taking Beast form but he was kind of forced into it. It was either that or go splat.*

Renn Ariyal- HIVE

"What I wouldn't give to be allowed to use my powers." Renn muttered sourly. "I'd light the lot of them up like christmas trees."

Jerica's brow shot up in surprise. "I've seen you use your fire before but you're really that strong?"

"I'd be even stronger if my powers weren't sealed away." Renn declared arrogantly, then a thought crossed his mind and a wicked grin spread across his face as he realized where they were.

"Come on." He told the girl's reaching out and grabbing Two's, he still thought of her as Tootie, hand. The others followed him down a well hidden forest path that led to a quiet glade. A small waterfall poured between a pair of cliffs, falling into a deep pool. The water shone silver, and it wasn't a trick of the light.

Renn laughed and plunged his hands into the water, before he glanced back at Jerica. "Why don't you try manipulating this water girl?" This is water that has been repeatedly purified by my horn. The purity is something like 99.9999%." A grin spread across his face at the confused look on the faces of the girls. "The liquid which innitiates corrosion most in the world isn't acid, Aqua Regia, or anything like that... It's pure water."

"But it's not hurting you or this glade." One pointed out from where she and Three perched on top of Circe like an oddly shaped sofa.

He rolled his eyes in exasperation. "That's because it can't harm other pure substances. Since I've kind of been living here, this entire glade is purified. But anything else... Well, let's just say they'd be in for a painful surprise. There's a cave behind the waterfall where we can stash Circe, we'll make our stand here."

*I should also point out that this water can only be created through Renn's horn or some other unnatural way. Unnatural meaning, something that wouldn't normally happy even in the wacky world our characters live in.*

*I've made a second character but he won't come into play until after capture the flag is over... probably.*

Name- Prize Gryphon
Age- 17
Gender- Male
School- HIVE
Appearance- Human form: http://media.photobucket.com/image/whit ... o.jpg?o=54

Griffin form: http://media.photobucket.com/image/whit ... l.jpg?o=21

History- Prize is a pure blooded and Weir and Renn's best, some would say only, friend. The two boys were even born on the same day and have been inseperable almost from birth. Like Renn he was ostrasized by the other Weir children and grew up with a strong me vs. the world mentality.

Unlike Renn, Prize has been changing shape since he was 9. He was an early bloomer so to speak. When Renn was forced to flee to the human world Prize made his own prepartions and followed after him, enrolling in HIVE the same day school started so he missed the assembly. It was either hang with Renn in the human world or be slowly driven crazy by his bratty little sisters.

When he got to the human world Prize was told he would need a last name so he chose the very unimaginative moniker of Gryphon.

Personality- Impulsive and hot headed, with a wicked sense of humor. Prize's favorite stunt is dive bombing onto peoples unsuspecting heads from up in the air. He has a strong sense of loyalty to his friends, and zero loyalty to anyone else.

Powers- Prize hates the fact that he was born with the rather wimpy ability of empathy. But it's so powerful that he not only senses emotions but can force others to feel what he wants and easily drive people insane. He also has the power of premonition allowing him to catch glimpses of the future, which gives him a heightened awareness of his opponent's next move in a fight.

Abilities- Prize is visciously fast and surprisingly strong, from years of picking up and carrying Renn during there adventures because Renn couldn't shift. He's not so good in the thinking department. It's not that he's stupid, he's just used to letting Renn do the thinking.

Other- Prize has a Weir's thinly veiled contempt for the human race, but he's still up for love. It's just that the girls will have to work at making him realize they're not wastes of space.