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Post by Midnight on Nov 15, 2005 13:37:26 GMT -5
{Five Years ago in New York City}
A skinny 16-year-old boy scrambled through the narrow opening of an alleyway, tripping over trashcans and jumping to the ground to hit hard on his worn skateboard shoes. The lightning snapped towards him with a crackle, and he let out an energy pulse that cut it off and made it disappear. Chase Jordan jumped up on a chain link fence, climbing as fast as he could. Hitting the ground on the other side, he ran around a corner, and ducked in a doorway, hiding his wiry frame.
Not hearing his pursuers, he peeked around a corner, frightened blue eyes peering through the blond hair that hung over his eyes where it had fallen out of the tiny ponytail in the back. Zap! The electricity surged through the air, and Chase threw up his hands as if to stop it, letting out another energy field. The lighting disappeared into thin air again, and the chase was on.
The boy hit the alley in a run away from the shouts behind him, sliding around the corner of a brick building, and straight into a boy a lot bigger than him. He ducked away from the groping hands to crawl the other way on his hands and feet before managed to get back up and run in a different direction.
Crackle! The electricity surged toward him again, and he tried to throw up his energy field and... nothing. Oh no, not again. The electricity hit him, causing his body to convulse and quiver. He ended up on the ground, heaving and trembling. Two older guys, around eighteen were sauntering up to him. They were Jammers, he was from the Dragon gang.
One pulled him up by the shirt collar and he wriggled out of the loose t-shirt, almost managed to get away before the electricity hit him again. Now bare-chested, he dragged in air that he had lost from the silent screams. In the gang, it wasn't considered manly to scream, but sometimes it was needed, sometimes it was unavoidable. So the scream was without voice.
The same guy grabbed his shoulder roughly, yanking him up and throwing him against the wall, his back scratching on the brick. The other guy, grinning crookedly, walked up, hands outstretched. Chase struggled to get away, but he was not that good of a fighter. In despairation, he tried throwing out another energy field. Nothing. As the electricity surged through his body, he promised himself that he would learn to fight. He couldn't trust his powers.
A while later, after they had had their fun, their revenge, Chase lay on the ground, smoke coming up from his singed hair. His ears, nose, and mouth were bleeding, and his skin had cracked in other places. Blue eyes stared hollowly before he passed out completely. Humans didn't want him, and now it seemed clear that mutants didn't either.
((Other people can join, at least I think that is how it works.))
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Post by Health on Nov 15, 2005 18:36:15 GMT -5
*enter Eliza*
((What time period is this?))
"WHUMP!" went the first attacker as Eliza came out of the sky and landed on him. The her fist connected with the next guy's face and finally Eliza knocked her forehead against the leader's face knocking him out.
"Hey hun, need ah hand?" she asked turning towards the boy the gash that she had from butting head healing, and she offered her hand to him.
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Post by Midnight on Nov 16, 2005 0:48:05 GMT -5
((It is like four or five years ago... notice, Chase Jordan who is usually 20 is now 16... heh, I thought you might be bringing Magzie in... that would be an interesting how-they-met thing. But ok, Eliza))
The boy's eyes flickered, and he looked up at the girl. His body shook with fear, and he tried to edge himself back toward the wall. Having just been tortured, he was not trusting of anyone right now. A soft wimper escaped his cracked lips. He was a pathetic sight, his skin burnt and cracked in different places, his chest bare, and his hair singed. "Don't hurt me," he whispered, then grimaced at the pain. Another mutant, and he definatally could not create an energy field in his condition. "Please, don't hurt me."
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Post by Health on Nov 16, 2005 10:57:07 GMT -5
((LOL! what is it with everyone loving the random baddies that I throw in?"
"Ih am hardly gonna hurt you," Eliza said rolling her eyes and placing a hand on the guy's forehead and healing him, "There yah go!" she said cheerfully, "So what did those guys want with yah?"
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Post by Midnight on Nov 16, 2005 12:00:20 GMT -5
((Eh, you give them so much personality! Since Chase seems to know her, I was kinda wondering how. That boy confuses me sometime )) Chase gasped as a strange, cold feeling flowed through him and left him shivering. The pain was gone. He looked up gratefully at his rescuer. "Thanks... whatever you did." Pulling himself to his feet, he searched on the dirty ground until he found his wadded-up t-shirt and pulled it on, fingering a rip in the collar before looking back at the younger girl. "They were Jammers, I'm a Dragon. Does that tell you anything?" Scrubbing his blond hair back from his face, he glanced around, getting his bearings, before walking off in a direction, motioning her to follow. "We better get out of Jammer territory. After that, all we have to do is go through a park, and then another couple blocks to reach Dragon territory. I'll get you something from our candy shop." The candy shops were central bases for each gang territory. If one gang wanted to get another real mad, they would bust up their candy shop.
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Post by Health on Nov 16, 2005 15:09:44 GMT -5
"Did you say candy?" Eliza said her large eyes lighting up and smiling exposing her two front teeth missing. Obviously this girl was pretty young, by the pink rabbit barettes in her hair and barely reaching five foot. But suddenly out of nowhere a ginger streak pounced on Eliza knocking her over.
"Magzie! You're back!" Eliza cried happily holding up a female ginger tabby. The cat had strangely intelligent green/grey eyes that seemed to look Chase up and down before the cat began rubbing against Eliza's face and purring.
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Post by Midnight on Nov 17, 2005 1:16:16 GMT -5
((Haha, I guess that is how it happens Soon, you will be so wrapped up in her that you will have to take her on as another character )) "Come on, kid. It isn't safe around here. Grab your cat and let's go." Chase took one of the girl's hands in his. His own hands were thin, but had an iron grip when needed. He was strong and quick, just not the best at fighting, which he planned to remedy. Snatching an anttenae off of a car, he held it in his other hand like a weapon, almost as deadly as a knife when used properly.
He started to jog, not fast so that the girl could keep up. His blue eyes darted everywhere, on the lookout for more Jammers. Hearing feet shuffling, he pressed up against a rough brick wall, pulling the girl with him. A begger passed, and he let out his breath, then continued on. Coming to the park in the middle, he actually picked up the younger girl and started running. "Afraid of zip guns!" he explained through breaths. Putting her down on the other side of the open area, he continued at a slower pace. "We're ok now," he said, then asked, "What's a little girl like you doing out here? Doesn't your mommy know it ain't safe to go outside?" Little girls who looked cared for could be either captured by pimps or by overly-confident gang members that wanted ransom.
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Post by Health on Nov 17, 2005 6:37:18 GMT -5
"My mum's kinda gone," Eliza said looking around at her surroundings, "Ah none of tha gangs anh pimps touch me cause Ih'm tha only healah that will help them. Ih'm kinda neutral on both sides. Plus if Ih was in any trouble Magzie would jump in anh protect me," Eliza grinned as Magzie looking a little ruffled jumped from her arms and walked around exploring the place.
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Post by Midnight on Nov 17, 2005 11:31:40 GMT -5
"A cat?" Chase looked slightly skeptical. "What would she do, scratch their eyes out?" Spotting the candy store, he pulled her over that way. "Where do you live then? And what do you eat? And who takes care of you?"
Opening the candy store door set off a little bell hanging above it, and a well-fed man behind the counter turned around.
"Chase Jordan! What will it be today?" he asked with a smile.
"Whatever she wants, Chief," Chase replied, motioning to the little girl. "Umm... what's your name, kid?"
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Post by Health on Nov 17, 2005 12:22:11 GMT -5
"Magzie takes care of me, she's a good fighter, honest! Eliza, like the girl from the bible," she said before running off to explore the store. Meanwhile Magzie looked up at Chase with skeptical eyes before turning flicking her tail and walking off.
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Post by Midnight on Nov 17, 2005 14:54:03 GMT -5
Chase ran a hand through his hair, staring back at the cat, blue eyes to green/gray before she walked off. Something about that cat unnerved him, and he felt foolish for matching it's stare, as if she had been threatening him. "From the Bible? I don't read much," Chase said to Eliza as he walked around the store, looking up the shelves at the different treats.
The girl seemed to think that the cat took care of her, and yet she seemed well taken care of. Maybe she was a little confused in the head. Chase wondered how bad it would be to just let her go, or how much obligation he would have to go to if he wanted to find her somewhere to stay.
Pulling down a box of Wonka Nerds, he headed to the counter to pay, munching on them on the way. There were only about ten bucks in his pocket, but if by some chance the little girl managed to exceed that, the storekeeper knew his gang and would let him pay later.
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Post by Health on Nov 17, 2005 15:06:07 GMT -5
"Found what I wanted!" Eliza said coming up to the counter with a lollipop as big as her head and in her other hand she carried a Kit Kat Bar, "And this is for Magzie it's her favorite candy!" she chirped placing them on the counter before struggling to look over the counter herself to give the saleman a charming smile.
"Alright kid, give us the healer or else," a voice spoke up behind them.
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Post by Midnight on Nov 17, 2005 15:24:07 GMT -5
"Chocolate for cats? Doesn't that kill them..." Chase began before a voice sounded behind him. He cringed visibly, and turned to face...[fill in the blank]
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Post by Health on Nov 17, 2005 15:33:42 GMT -5
"The name's Fargo, my boss got wind that your gang was draggin around the healer and we want her, seems the boss's son needs a playmate," he said as Eliza wimpered and hid behind Chase.
"Ih donna wanna go with any gang," Eliza whispered to Chase.
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Post by Midnight on Nov 17, 2005 15:42:22 GMT -5
Chase could see his future flashing before his eyes. Skinny kid stands up to big Fargo, skinny kid gets crushed trying to save a little girl who probably wouldn't care less once she was a playmate to whoever this kid was, end of him. Grudgingly, he stood solid before the man. Gangsters. A bit different from gangs. The gangs were filled with kids who did stupid stuff and got themselves hurt, but also had fun and got money. Gangsters were for adults, were ruthless, eccentric, deadly, and involved in a lot of different things. The police went after gangs, they were paid away from gangsters. "My gang ain't dragging around the 'healer', it was just me," Chase said coldly, attempting to separate his gang from him so that none of them would get hurt. "Seems like she doesn't want to go with you either." He thought of the car anttenae in his hand, compared it to the guns, and decided that it would not help. "If your cat can actually do anything," Chase whispered back, "I'd suggest she start doing it, otherwise I'm about to get killed." He was not beyond asking a cat for help if it meant his life. He wondered again why on earth he was doing this instead of just handing the girl over.
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Post by Health on Nov 17, 2005 16:03:41 GMT -5
Suddenly there was a hiss and a growl from the shelf, Magzie came flying off the shelf landing on Chase's head before the cat lept from his head aiming it's claws at Fargo. But in mid-air the cat suddenly transformed into a woman who neatly ran her elbows into Fargo's throat, flipped backwards, landing gracefully, before she aimed a few choice kicks at Fargo's face enough to knocked him out.
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Post by Midnight on Nov 17, 2005 16:07:52 GMT -5
Naturally, Chase's jaw dropped at the display. "There is getting to be too dang many mutants around here," he finally said. "Hey babe, are you a babe or a cat?" Chase asked. He then laughed softly at the content of the question while admiring her handywork. "Can you teach me to do that?"
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Post by Health on Nov 17, 2005 16:10:33 GMT -5
"Depends sexy, how flexible are you?" Magzie said giving Fargo's body a nudge with her foot before she walked over to Eliza who instantly locked her arms around Magzie's waist.
"See Ih told yah she protects me!" Eliza said sticking her tongue out at Chase.
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Post by Midnight on Nov 17, 2005 16:12:47 GMT -5
"For you, hon, I can be flexible," Chase declared, almost ignoring Eliza. "Kid, why didn't you tell me your cat was actually a woman?"
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Post by Health on Nov 17, 2005 16:24:23 GMT -5
"Cause she wants tah be sneaky!" Eliza laughed as Magzie picked her up.
"I found her alone on the streets and couldn't get rid of her after I fed her," Magzie said her eyes sparkling as Eliza played with her ginger hair. She was young, but at the point where she could be between 16 and twenty, and she had a confidence around her that heightened her beauty.
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