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Post by Lady Elenriel on Oct 1, 2008 23:25:23 GMT -5
Calista looked at Krystal in concern. "Will you be alright?" she asked her. "I can go with you," she said, though she had a hunch that the girl probably wanted to be alone. "But I won't stop you," she added in a softer voice, figuring it would be best if the girl got some rest anyways-making a mental note to check on her later.
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Post by Smeagollum on Oct 2, 2008 1:47:56 GMT -5
Melody happily took the pizza and water, quickly scarfing the food down as she watched the events before her unfold. Getting up, Melody strolled over to Krystal, sprinting the second half of the way. "Hey," she introduced herself, "is there anyway I can help?"
Xavier continued to separate the thoughts in Storm's mind. From being controlling her longer, Jack had a stronger hold on Storm than he had on Melody or has on Magneto. However, after around 10 to 15 minutes, Xavier had finally secluded Jack in Storm's mind and, taking a quick breath to regain strength, worked to remove the last trace of mind control.
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Post by Lady Elenriel on Oct 2, 2008 2:46:43 GMT -5
Calista watched Krystal leave for a brief moment longer, happy to see that at least Melody would be with her. She then glanced at Jack and noticed Ben questioning him. It did not take her long to guess what had happened. Anger filled her then as she walked up to Jack. Standing beside Ben, she glared at the man, contempt for him gleaming in her blue eyes. "Leave her alone," she said, her voice hard.
Darius watched the Professor a bit longer until he saw Krystal leave and Melody race up to her. He then glanced over at Jack and saw both Ben and Calista questioning him. How he wished that everyone was freed-then there would be nothing to stop him from draining the man.
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Post by Lady Elenriel on Oct 2, 2008 22:10:03 GMT -5
Calista stood shocked as Ben pounded Jack and then was pulled from him, though she could understand his anger. She then glared at Jack, knowing that the man was trying to mess with her mind. "Because all you do is mess with people's minds," she replied hotly-Jack's words striking a cord with her as she knew that she had probably been annoying to Krystal these past how many hours. She turned from him then, knowing that Nightcrawler was right. She would get nowhere arguing with Jack-and the last thing she needed was to give him the opportunity to discern her secrets without being mind-controlled by him. Darius gave Jack a cold stare before turning his back on him as well. "What did he say to you?" Darius asked her as she walked over to where he stood. He hated to see the troubled expression on her face, and seeing her so distressed when he knew she was exhausted made him forget the tension between them earlier. In fact after what both Calista and Krystal had been through today, he was amazed that both could still stand. “I swear if he tries to hurt you I’ll-” "It was nothing of importance," Calista replied quietly with a gentle smile. “Though I thank you for your concern,” she replied. “I won’t have him troubling you,” Darius told her softly, before he glanced over at Jack. “It will be better for us all when he is gone.” he muttered and turned his attention back to her. Calista could only nod. “Yes, but before any of us can decide what to do with him, we have to be sure that our friends are safe.” She sighed then. “And what can we do with him? The X-Men don’t kill, at least not on purpose, and though I am sure all of us are about ready to strangle him-would that even be right?” Darius sighed then, not knowing how to answer her. He could not believe this. Jack was still managing to cause problems for them-even when he tied up.
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Post by Smeagollum on Oct 2, 2008 23:46:04 GMT -5
"I'm good," Melody smiled, ".. actually, when I think about it, I am awesome. I just.. um.. saw you stomp off, and I was wondering if I could help."
Storm fell back onto the ground and quickly jumped up, hugging Xavier out of the joy of being free. She looked around, finally putting all of her comprehension to work and looked back at the group, "I think it will be best if we all listen to Nightcrawler and stay away from Jack."
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Post by Lady Elenriel on Oct 3, 2008 2:40:57 GMT -5
Calista smiled, glad to see Storm freed. She merely nodded at her words, not planning on talking with him again any time soon.
Darius nodded in acknowledgement as well, glad to see Storm freed. With that he walked over to the prone form of Magneto and carried him over to the Professor, letting him decide when he wanted to try to free the last mind trapped under Jack's control.
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Post by Lady Elenriel on Oct 5, 2008 1:02:47 GMT -5
Calista nodded slowly. "Thanks." she told Ben, knowing that he was just trying to cheer her. "Do you think the Professor would allow it though?" she asked, referring to Ben saying that he was going to kill Jack when this was through. "I know he is one of the biggest scum on this earth, and in my opinion deserves to die." She sighed then. "But then again, who am I to judge? I've done enough things that some could say the same for me." she added more to herself. "Just be careful, Ben." she told him. "Killing can sometimes have a way of coming back to haunt a person-even if the person killed is the most detestable person in the world."
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Post by Smeagollum on Oct 5, 2008 1:03:31 GMT -5
Melody paused for a second. She wasn't too sure on what she wanted to do, but she did know what she needed to do. Looking back towards the group for a false sense of encouragement, Melody soon glanced back at Krystal and mumbled, "all right," with her conscience telling her to do the opposite as she walked away, finding a spot to sit down and watch the final person get freed.
Xavier watched Magneto for a moment before searching through his find, separating the thoughts as he had done prior with both Melody and Storm.
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Post by Lady Elenriel on Oct 5, 2008 1:28:56 GMT -5
"I've nearly killed someone, and trust me, it is not a good feeling," she whispered. "I just don't want you to feel that guilt," she said quietly. "Jack is not worth it." With that she turned her attention back to watch the Professor free Magneto. A part of her wanted to check on how Krystal was, but she figured that the rest would do her good-and she reasoned that the girl probably would not want to deal with her anymore.
Darius watched as the Professor worked on freeing Magneto. Once the mutant was free, they could then decide what to do with Jack.
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Post by Smeagollum on Oct 5, 2008 1:34:55 GMT -5
The thoughts in Magneto's head were separated in a short while, and Xavier slowly moved out all of the impressions of Jack from his friend's head. Once the last thought was removed, Xavier sat back and took a deep breath, from relief of the final person being freed and the ability to rest.
Magneto's eyes wandered, piecing together the scenery and working to remember why, exactly, he was there.
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Post by Smeagollum on Oct 5, 2008 2:03:29 GMT -5
The bushes softly ruffled from behind the place Dan and Tess were sitting. Austin had been standing in the background, watching the whole scene pour out, and, now it was time for him to take action with the talk of killing Jack becoming more fervent.
Pressing his hand over Dan's mouth, Austin dragged Dan from sitting to laying flat on ground. "Now," Austin whispered, explaining the situation to Dan and showing the gun, "I don't want to hurt you, but I need to get Jack out. So, just listen, okay?"
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Post by Lady Elenriel on Oct 5, 2008 2:04:41 GMT -5
"I don't know." Calista replied sadly. "That has been the thought I have been wrestling with for some time now," she added quietly. "If he were sent to prision he will just find a way to escape-and we all know how dangerous he is when he is free." she remarked. Calista then turned her attention to Tess as the girl came up to them.
Darius watched Magneto intently, it was clear that he was freed, though he seemed not to remember how he got there. He waited to see if Magneto would speak to the Professor, not having any inkling to exchange words with the mutant.
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Post by Smeagollum on Oct 5, 2008 2:21:15 GMT -5
Xavier was about ready to speak to Magneto before his attention quickly turn to Tess screaming. Taking in all of the information, Xavier moved towards Austin with kindness and humbleness. "Now, this boy has nothing to do with any of this," Xavier smooth-talked Austin, "let him go."
Xavier's thoughts formed in Austin's mind, and it began to swim through all of the different instructions that Austin was being told: "If it is over a minute, shoot him", "Let the boy go", "Shoot him". Austin placed his hand on his pounding head and closed his eyes before shooting Dan in the shoulder.
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Post by Lady Elenriel on Oct 5, 2008 2:33:18 GMT -5
Calista was about to answer Tess, when she heard the girl scream and her eyes at once riveted to Austin holding Dan down, a gun in his hand. Suddenly the gun went off as Dan was shot in the shoulder. “No!” Calista cried unable to contain her fury. “He has done you no harm!” she shouted in rage as flew with all the speed she could muster and tackled Austin, trying to wrestle the gun from him. “Darius, go help him!” she screamed. Darius quickly raced to Dan, and knelt beside the boy. “You’ll be fine,” he said as he put a hand on the wound and began to drain himself to help heal the wound.
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Post by Lady Elenriel on Oct 5, 2008 2:51:59 GMT -5
Calista froze at Jack's words, and lessened her pressure against Austin, distracted by what the man just said. She did not know if Jack was telling the truth or not, but she could not risk Krystal's life. Darius continued to heal Dan, cursing mentally that he had not moved faster to protect him. He tensed as he heard Jack's words and glanced quickly at Calista, knowing that Jack could be lying at them so that he could escape. The two locked eyes for a brief moment, neither knowing what to do.
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