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Post by alicia on Apr 21, 2007 21:01:33 GMT -5
Alicia grinned when Vanden said that of course he would stay with her. "Good..good.." She said, mostly to herself. She walked a little closer to Michella and Terren wanting to at least say hello to them before all of this started. She was nervous mostly because of the teacher's last words to them as they went into the simulation. She was amazed by the forest and loved that they were all surrounded by trees. For some reason that she could not explain, she got a cold chill up her spine. She rubbed her hands on her upper arms, trying to sooth the goose bumps that had risen on the exposed skin. She didnt like that she was scared to be here, for she personally loved the woods. She liked to hear the birds sing and the wind whisper through the trees. She leaned her head to the side and listened intently, trying to hear a bird, or insect scurring across the ground at least. But the woods were eerily quiet, except for bushes rustling ever once in a while, Vanden's footsteps as he walked beside her, she heard Terren say something but she wasnt paying enough attention to make it out. "Does this feel wrong to you?" She asked as she jerked her attention back to Vanden. "I know its supposed to be training but something just doesnt feel right." She walked slower, and made her breath shallower, trying to make it easier to hear.
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Post by Marr-ee on Apr 21, 2007 21:05:18 GMT -5
Michella looked in all directions to find out where the sound was coming from, but couldn't tell where. Looking over at Alicia and Vanden, she wondered if they had heard the noise. SHe didn't get the chance to tell them, as a sharp object flew towards her body. Instantly she reacted and moved backwards falling into Terren. Looking over she saw the sharp blade land in one of the tree trunks and turned to Terren with a confused smile.
"Here it is..."
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Post by phpshift on Apr 21, 2007 21:13:20 GMT -5
Terren caught Michella so she couldn't fall. He grabbed the sharp object form the tree. "You OK?" he asked. What madman made this room? She could have been killed! He inspected the blade and scanned the area for more attackers. This was chaos already and they'd barely started. He saw something move in a nearby bush and raised the blade he had retrieved from the tree. He turned it to plastic so it would be easier to lift. He aimed it at the bush and threw it, turning it into steal in mid-flight. It hit something in the bush and a robot head rolled out. What are they teaching kids today? Terren thought.
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Post by canary on Apr 21, 2007 21:18:30 GMT -5
Vanden jumped at the noise of the blade, and jerked his head up. "What the hell was that?" He'd taken a combat stance, his fists up. He smiled unassuringly to Alicia. "Wrong..I'm not sure. But looks like we'll have to continue this discussion later." He was turning, looking carefully at his surroundings, studying the trees. "Hmm.." He clenched his knuckles tighter and some cracked. He silently cursed, wishing he had the assuredness of having decent powers. Pheromones won't work well against machines, which is what they usually fought in here.
He cringed at the head dropping. "Niiice. What next?"
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Post by Marr-ee on Apr 21, 2007 21:18:31 GMT -5
Michella got her feet planted on the ground securely, watching Terren go a pick up the metal blade that was thrown at them just moments before. She was amazed at it's sharpness.
"I know he said to protect each other, but I thought he was playing." She said watching Terren inspect the area that was around them and saw him notice something in the bushes. Before she knew it, seconds later after Terren threw the steal weapon, a robotic head rolled out.
"Oh, dear...." SCanning the area, she took a few steps away from Terren. She knew now that this was the start and it only would get better, yet harder.
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Post by alicia on Apr 21, 2007 21:19:49 GMT -5
Alicia's jaw dropped as she watched Michella fall back, and the blade hit the tree. "You have got to be kidding me!" She looked at Vanden in disbelief."They would actually put the students in direct physical harm??" She practically screamed the question, as she went to Michella. "Are you okay?" She asked looking her over making sure she hadnt been hit. As she was asking she saw the robot head rolling out from the bush. She gaped at it and hesitantly touched it. "Who thinks up these things?" She muttered to herself as she picked up the robot head. Sparks flew from the part that had been severed from the rest of the robot. She jerked back to avoid being burned, but was just barely caught by one. "Ouch!" Alicia put her burned finger to her mouth and sucked on it worriedly trying to get the sting out. She let go of the head and let it hit the ground. "Yes, I think this discussion should wait Vanden." She said as she shook her hand.
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Post by phpshift on Apr 21, 2007 21:25:03 GMT -5
Terren released Michella and let her stand, but he moved closer to her. This was much too dangerous, in his opinion, and he didn't want anything to happen to her. He was, of course, concerned about the other two and himself, but not as much honestly. He looked around and soon enough saw another blade flying toward him. Instinctively, he turned it to water. The fast splash stung his eyes. "Ah!" he screamed lightly, rubbing his face. It wasn't every day you got hit in the face witha blade shapped volley of water.
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Post by Marr-ee on Apr 21, 2007 21:28:59 GMT -5
Michella turned quickly after hearing him yell out suddenly, making her heart dropped and instantly she put one of her hands up to his face, seeing that the pain resided there. She gasped, seeing him struggle with it.
"Terren, What happened. Are you okay?" She looked at him quickly trying to find the source of his pain. SHe looked around her at the surrounding. Surely there would be more coming. Terren was doing good enough, but what every it was just hurt him. She looked at the other two seeing how they were doing.
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Post by alicia on Apr 21, 2007 21:30:37 GMT -5
Alicia was thinking furiously. 'How can I help anyone against this? I can't let my duplicates get hurt, or I will be hurt and that defeats the purpose!' She hung her head as she tried to think of a way to make it work. ' I just dont see a way through this. Anything else and maybe I could..But robots?' She grew angry. Helpless was never a word in her mental dictionary, and she didnt want to make it one now. 'Think Alicia! Think!' She watched Terren deal with one and wished that her power was that effective.
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Post by phpshift on Apr 21, 2007 21:33:28 GMT -5
"I'm alright," Terren said, rubbing the red mark on his forehead, "But I don't think I'd be half as attractive if I'd been hit with that blade." He laughed. Some of his long black hair hung down to his eyes. He brushed them back up into a standing position. Any lack of vision in this place could mean death. Was that really true? Could they really die in here? Terren thought back to Seaheart's Danger Room battle. He swallowed and looked around again. A robot emerged from the bushes, aiming some kind of weapon at Alicia.
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Post by canary on Apr 21, 2007 21:36:27 GMT -5
Vanden's eyes were wide as he looked at Terren. "Where the f** are these things?! We need to hit them before they hit us!" He practically screamed towards everyone. He turned to Alicia and nodded encouragingly, knowing she felt the same as him. Helpless. He wasn't sure if anyone had the powers to handle this, but he could use his martial arts to the best of his ability.
He barely thought as the robot came out of the bushes, aiming at Alicia. All that ran through his head was the need to protect her, the primal desire to attack. He emitted a guttural snarl and leaped at the creature, tackling it. It toppled over and he threw as many punches as he could muster to the thing, his hands smashing against the hard metal. He could tell he was bleeding, the blood pouring all over the robot, almost appearing as if it were the machines. He didn't stop punching until sparks flew out, and he toppled backwards. He was panting, and his knuckles had more than a few open cuts on them. "f**..."
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Post by alicia on Apr 21, 2007 21:41:01 GMT -5
Alicia followed Terren's gaze and gasped as she seen the robot about to attack her. Without thinking she created a duplicate a few feet from her and then, instead of bringing it back to her and having it melt back into her like she had always done, she sent herself to it, and forced herself into the duplicate. She ended up where she had sent the duplicate, quite a ways away from the robot. She quickly ducked behind a tree, and gasped as the blade just barely missed her face. She watched a few strands of her hair fall to the ground, and gasped at how close it had come to her. She looked up at the other three in her group with wide eyes. "I didnt know I could do that!" She leaned against the tree, but she made sure to keep an eye on the woods. "Wow."
She turned back around to where she had seen the robot about to attack. All she seen was Vanden standing over it panting and bleeding. "Oh my god! Vanden are you okay?" She yelled as she left the safety of the tree at her back and ran to him. "Oh your hands!"
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Post by Marr-ee on Apr 21, 2007 21:45:32 GMT -5
Michella was very much awake now. If only she were able to see what was coming, then she could alert the others. Looking up, she had an Idea. If she were able to teleport herself up, then she'd be the lookout for the group.
"Terren, I'll be back in a few... I need to do soemthing." She said as she looked up and teleported herself up to the treebranches, letting herself shrink as she did so after making sure that Terren didn't see her shrink.
She was no taller than five inches, and in the cover of the tree's, she was barely visible. Very good cover for her. SHe crouched down on the branch closest to the trunk and watched the area. A few feet away she could see a metal ball coming their way. She looked down seeing that none of them could see.
"WATCH OUT... METAL BALL... 12 O'CLOCK..." Michella yelled out but her being wasn't visible to anyone who didn't know her power.
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Post by phpshift on Apr 21, 2007 21:49:36 GMT -5
Terren looked down at the robot head and bodies. They made him feel uneasy, so he turned them to water. Where did they get the money to keep replacing these things? He turned and saw three more emerge from the bushes behind them. He looked back and made the blood on Vanden's hands cauterize. On returning his view ot the robots, he was suddenly hit in the chest with something, knocking him to the ground. He heard Michella yell and looked to his left to see a metal ball emerging as well. This was too much...
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Post by alicia on Apr 21, 2007 21:51:00 GMT -5
Alicia hit her knees as she made it to Vanden's side. "Vanden..." Alicia whispered as she reached out to his now bloody hands. She was afraid to touch them, for she didnt want to aggravate the wounds on his knuckles. "That must be painful.." She said, as she drew her hand back and began to worry at her fingernails, wondering what to do to make it better. She never saw Michella teleport and was slightly startled when she heard her voice coming from so far up. She heard her say "Metal ball." And she wondered what she could have meant by that when she seen it coming.
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