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Just her first day in Atlanta had been one hell of an experiance. Ariana sat in her motel, one hand fishing french fries out of a McDonald's bag and the other clicking between windows on her laptop. She was reviewing news and the fotage she managed to get when the hospital was attacked, and since she had discovered that the attack was indeed done with a bullet. "[color=f9d66c]Why was it so large though?[/color]" she wondered with a tired sigh. It wasn't until she rewatched the news coverage that she noticed familiar faces. She blinked and sat up in the bed, squinting at Tamara in the video. "[color=f9d66c]Holy shit,[/color]" she muttered and looked around for her phone.

She found it, the case fluffy and white. First, she found Tamara as an old contact and tried to reach her. However, when she didn't get an answer, Ariana squinted her eyes at the phone in annoyance. Then she tried another number: Luke's. "[color=f9d66c]Pick up, anyone,[/color]" she pleaded quietly, gazing around the motel room.

Luke was freaking out today had started off good, with a smoke session to behold all smoke sessions and now it was going down hill vey fast. He was high and maybe that was part of way he was freaking out, he'd went to get Lucy but decided to just her sleep. She'd been through alot already going after Jace, her powers, loosing her job, being barred from her own apartment, the car accident, and basically being on the run, compared to him she had been hit with a train of problems.

"Fuck this dosen't make any sense." He knew Tamra was prone to have some anger especially with him but often it was either him, Jace, or someone else who provoked it. They weren't one of the people she shot at, and he doubted she'd even shoot them. He was already out the apartment, being that this was an emergency he stopped to only roll two blunts and put them in a game green pack that he put in his pocket before he dipped out. Tamara had taken her car, and Lucy's was pretty banged up, plus he didn't want her keys. He ended up catching a Lyft to the remnants of his apartment, going to his car which was luckily still parked and got in." I gotta go help her" He felt his phone buzzing and looked down to see Arianna's number and squinted." Arianna." He knew she'd graduated and finished college and was about to ignore it given the circumstances but with everything going on the past few days he decided to answer if anything i'd be good to hear a familar voice." Hello? Arianna was good" [i] Hopefully you got sumn to say cause ain't shit good on my end not at all [/i]

"[color=f9d66c]Oh good, you answered! Luke, hey, I'm in Atlanta right now and I'm looking into all this...[i]crazy[/i]. And I saw Tamara on the news, but she didn't pick up, so I was wondering if you know anything about what happened at the hospital?[/color]" she said quickly. Even when she was still in school, Ariana had always been a bit of a motormouth, but now she wanted information and she wanted it ASAP.

Luke chuckled a bit when Arianna said that, back when he was selling more heavilly he tended to be bad about picking up the phone from time to time depending on what he was doing and how high he was. "Oh your back in the A, you sure picked a bomb ass time." He said with sarcasm he started up his vehicle, and turned off the radio switching to the AUX he didn't want to hear any generic mumbling right now.  "All this shit you want my advice..stay away..everything is going to shit out here in the city..as a friend I'm being forreal, yo ass is always curious and trying to investigate well you heard abour curiosity killing the cat right? Tamara...went on a fucking shooting spree, there's about 20-30 people dead according to the news, as for the hospital I happened to be in it when that shit happened I literally saw my life flash before my eyes, people died all around me..." Luke's voice tapered off..and he sighed. "Look point is I know Tamara, you know Tamara there's no way she'd go on a fucking killing spree, if anything she'd shoot me or Jace! I gotta figure out what happened, I don't believe it, it dosen't make sense Arianna." He knew he probably sounded crazy but after seeing people with powers, people controlling the weather, and giant bullets in the streets of Atlanta he was willing to bet this wasn't the most asinine thing to happen this past month.

Ariana scowled and her brows furrowed as she listened. "[color=f9d66c]Hm.[/color]" Luckily for Luke, he didn't sound completely crazy to the young woman--she had been following incidients just like this since the Storm. "[color=f9d66c]I don't think you're crazy, Luke. I already know...things are going on, and that's why I wanted to talk to Tamara about what happened. What do you think happened exactly?[/color]" 

Luke thought Arianna would hang up on him, honestly it felt good to talk to a friend who wasn't directly involved in all this insanity, now he was remembering picking on her about her career but a journalist was something the city needed right now."You know things ar egoing on or you saw them on the news Arianna big difference.  And you think talking to her is gonna be easy, she just allegedy shot down 30 people and it's all over the internet, you know what's going on with her brother he's a wanted fugitive....for some prior crimes, and now he's connected to all these murders..and some maniac running around with super strength ripping cops in half like napkins it's a fucking mess..fuck. "Luke was upset even though him and Tamara weren't official he wanted to help her, he thought about calling Kieran but decided against it this wasn't the type of situation he felt his secretive friend could help him with. "I...well it's hard to explain..just...actually..where are you Arianna? Trying to link up?" Luke inquired he figured this called for a situation where he might need her specific talents.

"[color=f9d66c]I'm at some shitty motel--I forget the name,[/color]" she said as she shifted a bit where she sat. "[color=f9d66c]And I [i]know[/i] things are going on. I have--[/color]" She paused, glancing to her harddrive. That was also a lot to explain, so she just sighed. It was clear that he knew a lot that she didn't, especially since she hadn't been in Atlanta in months. "[color=f9d66c]Let's meet up. You can explain it, I can help put it together.[/color]"

"Shitty motel huh I told you to get ya money up Arianna" He joked remembering how he'd often tell her about how she might want to change her major or pick up another method to continue to stack money. "Alright perfect I'll be on the way over there..." He decided he'd meet up with her i'd give him some time to think about this whole situation and get Arianna's opinion on what to do. 

It wasn't long before he'd gotten her location and was pulling up to the front of the hotel, or motel rather considering how shitty it was. He'd stopped by the gas station to grab some soda's for him and Arianna and texted her to say he was outside. "Come on Arianna." He wasn't the most patient person not now, and right now he was pressed for time.

After hanging up, Ariana had closed her laptop and shoved her dirty laundry under the bed. She threw on a hat to hide the mess that was her hair, and when her phone dinged, she peered out the window. Sure enough, there was Luke. She hopped on and over the bed to open the door to the old friend. "[color=f9d66c]Luke, hey, c'mon in-- Or we could go somewhere else, I don't really care. This place is just trash,[/color]" she rambled, glancing down and kicking a bra away from the door. 

Luke saw the bra getting kicked away from the door and wasn't sure whether to be aroused or disgusted he decided he was both but more importantly focused on helping Tamara.  "Umm...how about you just hop in my whip and we go somewhere else." He didn't want to be rude but there was no way he was stepping into that motel. [i] At Least Arianna's still sexy as ever, only reason I'll ever let her slide being messy as fuck. [/i]  "Yeah the "place" is trash let's dip." He said and reached over to open up the door, he just wanted to get out of there.

"[color=f9d66c]Yeah, that's fair,[/color]" Ariana agreed. "[color=f9d66c]Two seconds.[/color]" And with that, she stepped away from the door to grab her laptop and phone. Both were dropped into a bookbag, and she eyed the harddrive. She could leave it here, but she didn't trust security, but who knows what trouble she could run into out there. Sighing, she grabbed it and dropped it into the bag, too. "[color=f9d66c]Okay, I'm all set,[/color]" she said as she quickly walked back, ducking out of the motel and locking the door behind her. "[color=f9d66c]Where we going?[/color]"

"Perfect" Luke was glad he didn't have to argue with her. He wasn't about to head in that motel. He was glad that she just came in the car.  "Perfect" He waited for her to get in the car, and pulled off taking one of the blunts out of his game green packet, and sparking it up.  "You still be smoking gas Arianna" He said as he drove for a couple minutes before he pulled into a secluded parking lot and turned off the car and rolled up the windows to hotbox. "Okay..so tell me this..what all info do you have about everything? What all do you think you know..cause I guarantee you don't know the half of it." He said as he took another big ass hit of the blunt and offered it to Arianna as he awaited her answer.

It had been a while since she smoked, but she was a bit of a yes woman. "[color=f9d66c]Thanks,[/color]" she said simply before taking the blunt. "[color=f9d66c]I know,[/color]" she began, pausing to take a hit-- and it [i]had[/i] been a while.She nearly coughed the smoke back up, but managed to hand it back cooly. [color=f9d66c]I know that there are people with [i]superpowers[/i] popping up all over the world, and I can bet that's what's causing all the chaos here in Atlanta. I mean, it can[i]not[/i] be a coincidence that all this starts happening after that Storm.[/color]" She wouldn't have been so open and straightfoward, but she sensed Luke wouldn't give her the time of day if she didn't offer something--he sounded wrapped up in it, anyway. "[color=f9d66c]What's the half I don't know?[/color]" she asked.

Luke heard her thoughts about how she hadn't smoked in a while but simply oblidged. He felt a bit guilty he didn't like pressuring anyone to smoke but he didn't want to smoke alone either and at least he hadn't "Cocerced" her. He laughed when she coughed." Huh baby lungs still "He said accepting the blunt back and taking a few more hits. "Yeah your half right, the other half is...well..I'll be blunt..no pun intended cause I slick need your help..."He figured he had nothing to loose with this Arianna wasn't someone he was too worried about. "I'm one of these people who has something happen to me with the storm too...." He said using his power to motion the blunt from his hand over to Arianna's lips after his last hit, and then released his mental hold over the blunt. " That shit..happened pretty soon after the super storm..and I think..someone else with powers.....got to Tamara some how."

Ariana felt her cheeks warm when he laughed at her and she lightly shoved him, her lips pursing together in a pout. "[color=f9d66c]Shut up,[/color]" she grumbled, but was instantly listening again as he continued. Then her eyebrows raised and her eyes widened as he admitted to being one of the supers she's been investigating. She was ready to deny it, demand some proof, but he willingly showed off. The blunt was to her lips and she gasped, reaching up to hold it so it would drop after he released his hold over it. "[color=f9d66c]Oh my God, that's incredible,[/color]" she breathed. If it wasn't in her hand, she would've forgotten about the blunt, but she went ahead and sucked ddown a huge hit. "[color=f9d66c]If you think that,[/color]" she said, handing it over as she thought, "[color=lf9d66c]then I wanna help prove it. [i]But[/i], one, it.. could've been her, Luke. And two, proving it wasn't...[/color]" Her voice trailed off as her eyes flickered about, her mind searching for the right words. "[color=f9d66c]Well, proving it is going to take evidence. Are you okay with that?[/color]"

Luke was getting use to just revealing his powers, they were becoming a natural part of him, so soon other people around him would know. He wondered what his mama and the rest of his family would think about his abilities. " Yeah it's pretty dope, but for all the shit it's gotten me into it's almost not worth it..." He sighed he remembered watching Justice League and X Men, how things always went bad for them. He accepted the blunt and took a hit." You wanna help but how I need your help you've got the ideas and I've got the powers..I was thinking about just going to the police station to get her..but there's a bunch of cops not to mention I'm in a police report..I got attacked by some empowered dude and  lived to tell..the same man out there killing cops so I'm already...got too much expose..like when you say evidence what you mean? I can't just show up there and use my powers especially after what's been going on, sooner or later with how some of these dumb ass's are acting with their powers the Government is gonna come round us up on some x Men shit, and I'm trying to be able to lay low when that happens...so I dunno what to do but I can't let Tamara rot in prison fuck.."Luke poured out his feelings about everything that happened as he took two more hits from the blunt and passed it to Arianna.

"[color=f9d66c]It's fucked,[/color]" she muttered as she took the blunt. "[color=f9d66c]We'll figure it out, don't worry. And I think we need to start by finding the person who actually did it. They want someone in bars for what happened--we can't just bust her out. But if we give them the person who did it--with proof--they have to let her go.[/color]" She paused to take a hit, eyes flickering about as she thought. "[color=f9d66c]I don't know how we're going to get that proof--or even who did it. What do you know? Who would've done that to Tamara and [i]how[/i]?[/color]" As she spoke, she handed the blunt back to Luke in exchange for her laptop and shifted in the seat.  

Luke hit the blunt a couple more times, then rolled down the window and tossed out the roach. He reached in his glove compartment and took out some blunt spray pressing it down and spraying a couple times. " Your not getting what I'm saying, it's definently Tamara who did it.. I mean I seen the news...I see all the video's circulating..well unless it's a shape shifter but.." Luke paused he was high he didn't even pause to think about the possibility of that till he said it, now with all these powers anything was possible.  "Look so I can't just move things with my mind I can do this too, I can control people, mind control. If you don't believe me..I can make you do something..but point is if I can do it..what if someone else can do it or a different type of mind control, or a shape shifter or whateve power..I mean who knows what eveyone can do it's too many damn possibilities, but I know I need to go to the police station and read Tamara's mind....to see if I can find anything out problem is..I'm probably already on the cop's radar from getting beat up yesterday." He sighed at least he'd never got any heat from selling drugs, but now this situation was far worst.

Ariana had put her feet up on the dash as she clicked through her files, eyes squinting against the screen. Then she paused and looked over at Luke as he continued. "[color=f9d66c]I believe you, Luke,[/color]" she said. She had already seen some of what he could do and there were much wilder things going on. "[color=f9d66c]Shape shifter, another mind controller-- either way, it wasn't [i]really[/i] Tamara. I understand, okay?[/color]" She sat up straighter. "[color=f9d66c]Usually someone in jail gets, like, a visitor, right? But I don't know if that's the case after a slaughter like that.[/color]" She chewed on her lip, finger tapping against the keyboard. Then she sighed. "[color=f9d66c]Ugh, this is difficult-- Okay. You were the one who got beat up, right? Just...and I'll go in with you...go in and say you want to give a statement or something, yeah? I can play decoy and you can get to Tamara. I'd be down to bust her out, but that would put her in more trouble, I think.[/color]" She closed the laptop. "[color=f9d66c]And I'll look for any other...similar happenings until then.[/color]" 

Luke was glad that Arianna wasn't super judgemental about his powers or everything that happened, he wondered if he'd end up in an article she was writing or something but he hoped not. "Thanks Arianna" He was glad to have someone especially someone without powers who understood where he was coming from. "Not in jail, there's no visitors..well I mean you can schedule a visit but she's not really in jail yet..she got booked, and they didn't give her a bond because mass murder..yeah..there gonna throw the book at her, her court date is probably gonna be in a few days, something that violent with that much video evidence.."Busting her out might be too much you know..and I'm not exactly Superman yeah I've got powers but..it's not just cops down there..it's FBI agents..I doubt I can take all of them own,,I've only fought one person with my powers..and I got the shit beat out of me..soo...still..I was thinking of using my mind control to get in there...the problem is all the camera's will see me going on, getting cops to agree to do things they'd never fucking do, and then me walking out with Tamara, that's gonna ring lots of bells too many, ." Luke sighed this was a real bad situation.  "I can't think of anything else....we might have to just try your plan I can't let her get life in prison for this."

Ariana couldn't help but laugh a bit. "[color=f9d66c]Luke, the problem wouldn't be getting you in and out. You could use your powers to make them wipe or hand over the fotage or whatever. I mean, the mind control is kinda fucked up, but we're pretty desperate, yeah? You could totally make a pit stop to the security room and get the cameras shut off.[/color]" She nodded, in that moment wishing she had some cool powers. "[color=f9d66c]The problem will start, though, when they realize she's gone and wanna come after her. [i]But[/i] I'll work on that--on getting evidence to prove she's innocent. Whoever used her is still out there--we just gotta find 'em,[/color]" she explained simply. 

"Hmm your right" Luke admitted he hadn't thought about this he was actually glad he'd went and gotten Arianna now they just had to make this work. "I wasn't even thinking about all that shit..damn so that's all I gotta do but still getting Tamara out her life is gonna be fucking impossible, i'd be hard enough with me and I have powers, she's just Tamara." Luke sighed he just wanted to at least get to read her mind and figure out what happened then he'd have something to go on from there." Alright at least if I talk to her and get into her head I can see what happened, I've recently been learning how to peek into people's memories so like I can see stuff people have done..I can figure out what happened." Alright let's go." Luke decided to spray a couple more times, and put his last blunt which was still in a game green pocket in the glove compartment before he pulled out the parking lot and headed to the police station." Aye if everything goes well we can grab something to eat whatever you want on me." He said as they pulled into the parking lot and he rolled up the windows, and got out the car and sighed." Alright I'll follow your lead." [i] I hope this works..I can't leave Tamara to rot. [/i]

Once they pulled up, Ariana hesitated. Now she regretted bringing the harddrive. She pursed her lips and pulled her bag up to shoulder it. She stepped out of the car and drew in a breath. "[color=f9d66c]My lead, huh? Well, okay,[/color]" she said, staring up at the police station. She never did trust her government--and maybe it tied into her interest in journalism--so now that she was actually confonting just the local police, it was a little scary. "[color=f9d66c]In we go, then. You're gonna have to get them to tell us where the camera room is and where the fotage is stored so we can get that out of the way first.[/color]" With that, she walked ahead.

Luke was glad he got to smoke earlier in the day before he got there, because if he'd smoked any sooner it would have been a bad idea to walk inside a police station. "Alright good idea..we don't need to get on camera damn this is fucked up." Luke followed her into the police station and saw police officers everywhere he could hear their thoughts about different cases and heard Arianna's own nervous thoughts and wished he could help her. [u][b][i]Don't be nervous Arianna..be calm.[/i][/b][/u] Luke thought to himself and was surprised when he heard his own voice in his head and felt the familar tingle when he pushed a thought into someone's head. [i] What the fuck did I just literally speak to her with my mind..and use mind control..I thought I had to speak outloud to do that..[/i] Luke was confused about what he'd just done but then he had another idea it was gonna be hard to just speak out-loud abot going to the security room anyway.  "Hey officer listen I really need your help." [i][b][u] It's ya boy Luke was popping fam, you finna direct us to the security room and then not remember taking us up there....cause we is not the high people you looking for [/u][/b][/i] "Remember what we talked about?" Luke said after directing his mental command.

The officer raised an eyebrow and nodded. " Oh yes come this way, my apologies My boy Luke." He said luckily out of ear shot of other cops, and Luke had to surpress a giggle this new aspect of his power was going to make being high so much fun. "Alright come on Arianna." He said managing a low snicker as the officer lead them towards the security room.

Ariana blinked at him and her brows furrowed together--part of her wanted to snap at him for being in her head, but she did appreciate the gesture. [i]Oh geeze, has he been reading my mind the whole time?[/i] she thought, pulling her hat down in embarressment. Though when Luke talked to the officer, she waited anxiously, tensing as she waited for the response aaaand-- She grinned from ear to ear and looked to Luke with a thumbs up. Already it was going well, and she stepped in line beside Luke as she looked around, eyeing the cameras that would have recorded them walking in already. 

[i] Not the whoooole time..honestly I was hoping you'd have some more PG-13 slash R rated thoughts but I guess I'll slide out your head since I just used some trigger words. [/i] Luke couldn't help but mess with his old friend this whole thing was funny getting high and mind controlling cops, except the situation wasn't that much of a joke since Tamara's life was st stake. It wasn't long before they got there, and the police officer let them in the door the three secuirty guards all got up but Luke put his power to the test again. [b]" Sit down, I'm a friendly black criminal not here to kill you or take your white women..now then get rid of all the footage..for the past two hours, umm..turn the cameras off..and..just bullshit..I mean that's all you cops do anyway..also let me and her get some of those donuts over there.. oh also we're your bosses so WORK fools."[/b] Luke instructed the security guards as he went over to the table seeing two boxes of dunkin donuts they'd been eating and grabbed a maple glazed donut and bit into it. 

 "Mhmmm." [i][u] "Okay I'm gonna go see what's poping in Tamara's head, stay here with the security guards text me if you see anything weird happen on the screens..enjoy the donuts..hopefully I can find out who did this to her." [/i][/u] He finished his donut and wiped his hands and headed towards the door to step out." Thanks Arianna." He said he'd really needed her help, sure he had powers but he was running on pure emotion before he linked up with her and his plan would have been lessed organized then this."
 
 Ariana sighed, making that pouty face at Luke again. Getting in her head, playing with the guards. [i]Keep the mind contrl to a minimal, would ya?[/i] she thought at him as he bit into a donut. Still, the plan was working out so far and he was growing comfortable with his powers, so that was good. She didn't exactly want to stay with the guards, but he was right--he needed someone in here watching the cameras for him. "[color=f9d66c]No problem, Luke. I wanna help,[/color]" she explained simply with a shrug. And, as he left, she sat on the desk and looked between the guards. "[color=f9d66c]You guys got any card games ooor..?[/color]"

About fifteen minutes later Luke shot Arianna a text. [i]Hey I've managed to get to Tamara right now but this is crazy..she's all in tears and stuff but...her mind is blank like the past 3-4 hours is blank, like when I look into your head or anyone else's I've mind controlled their memories are still there..it's so weird like it was her but not her...or..someone else took her memories I mean it's looking like there's another telepath..just be careful we have no idea who it could be[/i] "Listen Tamara..I believe you.. I know you saying it wasn't you, you think I just believe the cops, I had to pull so much to get in here."

"Luke you ain't seen it! I've seen all the news, I killed those people, am...am I crazy..I'm fucking crazy...oh my god..some of those people were teenagers..what if I shot a kid, good lawwd what if I shot a kid!!" Tamara was about to burst into tears, Luke wanted to help her, tell her it was all people with powers, but even with the camera's off they were still in a police station, and things could get crazy pretty quickly. He wanted to find out more, but with her memories being blank there wasn't much he could do.

In the hallway near Arianna..suddenly the sound of gun shots was heard, and yelling. More gun shots were heard, and screaming, then some loud banging noises. The security guards all jumped up when suddenly the door was ripped off the hinges and Jace stepped in with his helmet on, and dresesd in all black bullet holes from head to toe. "I had to kill a lot of stupid ass mother fuckers to get here..." One of the security guards fired a bullet at Jace that hit his chest and crunched off, he grabbed the bullet and tossed it into the guard's eye, then grabbed the door and tossed it at the other two guards then turned to Arianna and stepped towards her then frowned." Arianna......? What the fuck are you doing here?!" He was about to smush her but he remembered hanging out with her at parties and such back when she use to be around Luke and Tamara. [i]Fuck why is she here?!!! [/i]

Ariana had to pause the game of Uno to open Luke's text. She squinted at the screen, eyes narrowing in concern. She was hoping Tamara's mind could lead them right to their guy, but it looked like the work would be on her afterall. She adjusted her hat and was about to tap back a reply when she heard the first gunshot-- and then more. "[color=f9d66c]Oh God,[/color]" she gasped, looking around for a place to hide. But then in busted the perpetrator, helmet and all-- just like the guy from the news who kicked Luke's ass. 

She screamed when he stepped at her, but suddenly stopped and blinked at the sound of her own name. He knew her. "[color=f9d66c]Y-yeah-- I'm just,[/color]" she stammered, looking for an answer. "[color=f9d66c]I'm helping... a friend. What are are you doing here--why d-did you kill these people? Who are you?[/color]" 

"Helping a friend, first off don't just bullshit me I follow you on snapchat, AND Facebook so I know you not a motherfucking cop." Just as he said this one of the security guards tried to get up, and Jace walked over to him lifting his head and slamming him into the ground to knock him out then picked up the damaged door and tossed it into the security camera's. "Fucking pigs." He spoke in disgust about the cops then lifted off his helmet seeing the camera's were messed up. "It's Jace, and calm ya ass down I ain't kill the security guards..I mean ...as far the other cops in the station I ain't intentionally kill em but if they was in me way then they got smashed or sprayed shit gang shit, now I'm gonna need you to tell me what the fuck your here and maybe since we all use to kick it and smoke gas back when you went to STate I won't fucking kill you, and by chance you wouldn't happen to know where my sister is..I'm here to pick her up." Jace spoke the last part calmy as if he was going to getting his sister from an after-care program or from work.

"[color=f9d66c]Jace?! Oh my God--[/color]" she started, then stopped, realization setting it. He would've been the one who fought Luke and now he was killing cops and all for... "[color=f9d66c]Oh noooo,[/color]" she groaned, dropping her face into her hands and shaking her head. "[color=f9d66c]Jace, I'm here to get your sister out,[/color]" she explained, the dread lowering her voice. "[color=f9d66c]This is [i]bad[/i]. We were going to be in and out without a trace and it would've given us some time. But now you're here, wrecking the place--[/color]" She paused, her eyes narrowing as her mind raced. She looked between him and the broken camera screens. "[color=f9d66c]We're getting your sister out--I know she's innocent. But you can help in another way?[/color]" 

"Naw don't call me God, I'm alright with Daddy tho." He snickered he was just here to get his sister out, so far the whole turning his life to Jesus and not smoking wasn't doing him well since he was irritated, stressed, and Tamara got booked for 30 murder charges. "Your here to get Tamara out." Jace couldn't help but start laughing wondering how Arianna of all people was going to get his sister out of jail. "Jesus I'm in tears, first off...we cool but let's get sum straight you is not no good repoter, and you know that damn well..name one big story..you've done since you graduated....I'll cut it short not a single fucking one and you think your gonna get my sister out of this? Even OJ's lawyer prolly couldn't help her right now. Help in what way, the way I'm finna help is I'm gonna tear this place apart, I'm grabbing my sister and were getting the fuck out the country,  I know damn well she ain't do this, I know who did! You prolly still on his dick too..but I ain't here to preach I'm getting Tam, then I'm killing Luke for mind fucking my sister, then I'm out if you can speed up the process do so, I'd really like to not have to hulk smash you so like my boy Captain Planet use to be saying back in the day the choice is yours so spit it out foo." He said getting irritated fast.

Ariana blinked and shrunk back as Jace went off--he was something else. "[color=f9d66c]My thinkpiece on salad diversity went vi--[/color]" she tried to interupt, but Jace went on and she looked away, pouting. Though he did say something helpful, even if she was pretty afraid for Luke in that moment. "[color=f9d66c]Wait, wait, Jace, who did it? You don't understand-- I'm not [i]only[/i] trying to break her out. I want to prove she's innocent, too. But I gotta know who made her do it. Breaking her out like the hulk or whatever isn't going to help her, Jace, let me prove she's innocent.[/color]" She was quick to switch her "we" to "I" because she had a feeling drawing attention to Luke in that moment was the last thing she needed to do.

"Man fuck yo salad, Arianna you don't get it this ain't bout no mother fucking meal, you know what I'm saying  none of the shit you write, has writtten or iz going write is muthafucking important so I'm not leaving Tamara's life in ya hands jesus that's like retiring Stephen Curry, and letting some special ed kid hit the court instead, ther'es levels to this shit." He was frustrated he was getting tired of this feeling like Tamara's life was in the balance and he wasn't trying to deal with her fake reporter friend. "It's fucking Luke fuck you mean, you ain't going belive me not that I give a damn you see the shit I can do, Luke can do shit too but he fucks with your head, him and Tamara been beefing, he prolly fucked with her and made her do that shit fucked up her whole life..and you know damn well Luke hates Mcdonalds, so honestly it just makes mafucking sense trust me I ain't smoked no weed in 11 hours I've had plenty of time to think logically as fuck." He sighed he was getting irritated with wasting time. "Look tho you claiming you wanna help her, then why you in the security room, that means you was with someone else who else you pulled up to the station wit don't lie to me girl or I'll smack yo ass into the afterlife."

Oh, that was bad. And admittedly, Luke's mind control did make her wonder, but she knew better. He wouldn't be putting himself in the position he's in to break a girl out who had put in jail. But considering Jace's...logic, she wasn't sure she could convince him of that, so her mind raced to figure out a correct answer to his demand. "[color=f9d66c]Jace, listen. It wasn't Luke--he wouldn't do that to Tamara, even with his freaky powers.[/color]" She swallowed and licked her lips. She was hoping to buy Luke more time, but now she wasn't sure she could. "[color=f9d66c]I'm here with a friend,[/color]" she stated slowly, eyes wandering as she struggled. "[color=f9d66c]And...I mean, if it is Luke, let me get the proof. The police won't let Tamara go if they don't have the guy who actually did it, right? Just--just leave Luke alone for now and I'll get proof that'll, like, actually put him behind bars.[/color]"


Jace sighed he wasn't trying to hear this, he wanted to get his sister and get going but now he had to deal with Arianna. If it wasn't for Arianna being a friend of Tamara's he'd just snap her neck or kill her or just knock her out. "Hmm interesting so you know Luke has powers, you use to be Luke's friend and now your just conventinetly at the police station where I'm here to get my sister, and your defending Luke, all this shit A proves my point of you being a brainless dick rider who can't get no motherfucking job cause your a shit reporter, and two I feel like you fucking here with "my boy" Luke, so in short Bitch ya lying, I'm finna beat ya ass, then I'm gonna find my sister, and we're out, you ever pop percocet before? Cause you going need a whole bottle after I'm done rearraging ya limbs stupid ho." He was furious and wasn't ready to listen to Arianna as he took a step forward.

As he was about to get closer to Arianna he was suddenly launched through the roof by an invisible force as Luke rushed in. "Arianna!!!!!!" He rushed over to her and hugged her then looked around seeing the damage." Are you okay?! What the fuck did that crazy ass motherfucker do to you I heard his thoughts we gotta go..Tamara's got no memory but the last thing she remembers is talking to some crazy ass kid who lived with her neighors boss." 

There was a loud crash in another part of the building and a wall was kicked open as Jace stepped in." Luke yo bitch ass motherfucker, you going blast me?! YOU GOING BLAST ME! YOU STUPID FUCK!!!!! I will kill you!!! Enough is Enough you stupid shit." Jace marched over to Luke and punched a hole in his chest, then pushed him forward turning to Arianna and laughing before grabbing her by her head and ripping it off laughing turning to Luke who was in tears, and got up to launch a teleknatic blast only for Jace to lunch forward kicking his foot through Luke's skull." STUPID BITCH!!! BURN IN HELL !!!!!!!!!!"

In reality...Luke was ushering Arianna out of the room as Jace was rummaging around through the hallways tearing apart the police station and he was breathing heavilly." Fuck...that was close..something about his power lets it interfere with my mind power..but I..fucked with his head he's practically finna bust a nut with excitement now that he thinks he killed us, we gotta go if he breaks Tamara out it's on him, but I damn sure don't want to tangle with Jace right now come on, it won't be long before there's hella cops here!" He said breathing heavilly as he'd managed to force an illusion into Jace's head the most streneous task he'd used his powers for yet.

"[color=f9d66c]Oh my God, Luke, he thinks you're the one who did that to Tamara,[/color]" she spilled as they left the station. Then she hesitated despite being high on the adrenaline and fear and just coming down from the weed. That did not go as planned at all, but they would at least be able to pin the break out on Jace after that. And now they were back at square one--almost. She wondered who the "crazy ass kid" was, but she figured she'd need to tend to Luke first, and getting the fuck outta there. "[color=f9d66c]Do you need me to drive?[/color]" she said, putting a hand on his arm to help him to the car. 


"Yeah I realized that, he's also fucked up in the head, something's wrong with him, like he's always been pissed and fighting but it's like his powers are fucking with his head somehow, like I don't know how to explain it but I when I read your mind I can sort of see not just what your thinking but how your thinknig when I read his mind he'll be rational...then..all of a sudden his thoughts are off the fritz...they get way more intense..or when he's killing people they just go down like he dosen't care..it's crazy.. "Luke sighed he didn't know how to really explain this as he handed Arianna the keys. Plus it wasn't like Jace was willing to sit down and let him examine his mind, but it was if the strength of his emotions and thoughts were going up and down either intentionally or beyond his control. "Yeah drive let's get out of here, fuck it took so much out of me to do that..it was like using a painting app but with my mind I literally had to make up a scenario, day dream it out while making Jace see the day dream..but it was easy cause I played into his savage ass imagination but come on let's go..I'm fucking starving.." He was glad he had some information both about what was wrong with his friend's head, and about what happened to tamara.

"[color=f9d66c]I didn't even get a donut,[/color]" Ariana realized sadly before getting into the car. She started the car as she listened to Luke, nodding. "[color=f9d66c]Well you saved me, I think, whatever you did. I knew Jace was aggressive as a kid, but-- I think he was actually gonna kill me,[/color]" she said, her tone still sad. She was distressed, admittedly, with the chaos going on and it being caused by people like Jace. She wished it was more like the movies, where the supers used their powers to wear stupid costumes and save the day. "[color=f9d66c]Oh well,[/color]" she sighed, putting the car in drive. "[color=f9d66c]Let's get some food and figure this out.[/color]" 

Luke couldn't help but laugh as she mentioned the donut, probably the only thing funny about that. "Yeah well I only got one, and between Tamara's crying and Jace's rage my high was blown too." He sighed he felt bad that Tamara of all people got put in this position, she'd nearly gotten killed yesterday, a car accident, then been powered into killing people, and now her super psycho brother was busting her out of jail.  " I mean I really wanna say Jace wouldn't do that I mean yall use to be cool..but ya know without my powers Jace would have killed me yesterday. "Luke was saddened by the fact that his friend of 3 years had gone so crazy.  "Alright what do you want to eat?" He said as he went into the glove compartment to retrieve one of the numerous marijuana soda's he kept stashed away for when he was stressed, and popped open the cap for the "Sour Diesel Soda" and chugged some down, before using his power to move one of them over to Arianna's side." Drink up if you want, it'll make this shit easier to deal with" He thought as he sat back in his seat.

"[color=f9d66c]Not McDonald's,[/color]" Ariana said simply and shook her head at the offer. "[color=f9d66c]Thanks, but I need to think and put all this together...[/color]" It was lucky that Luke was able to get something out of Tamara, and it point them in the direction of a potential suspect. They were one step closer to clearng her name--and it'd be much easier if Jace had stayed out of it. "[color=f9d66c]You know. Jace was fucking crazy, but he had the same goal as us. Maybe he'll come around or something,[/color]" she suggested hopefully. Even she had changed her goal a bit: she came to Atlanta looking for a big story, but here she was, driving away after nearling helping someone bust out of prison. Despite the chaos, it brought a small, sad smile to her face as she pulled up to a steak house. "[color=f9d66c]On you, right?[/color]" she reminded him with a shit-eating grin.

"Right right..okay..a meal like this you should be putting out afterwards." Luke teased as they got out the car, his breathing was back to normal and honestly he was in the mood for something good. He always had expensive taste so it didn't really bother him like she said he certainly wasn't eating Mcdonalds, especially since two of them had been eradicated in the past three days. He walked over to a trash can and dropped the empty marijuana soda bottle in the can. "Jace is fucking crazy..but yeah he definently still loves his sister..so at least he's not a complete monster..I guess..he still needs someone to beat the shit out of him and beat some sense into him."He promptly decided still not over the fact that Jace beat his ass, and also the fact that he was happy killing him and Arianna in the illusion he'd sent into his head.

 He opened the door for her, and within minutes a waitress lead them to a booth and left them with menu's. "Hmm" He thought wondering what to order as the marijuana edible started to kick in. "Question Arianna..what all did you come to Atlanta for I mean yeah you came for a story, but what did you wanna find, what did you or should I say do you want to do?" He decided since the situation with Tamara was somewhat resolved they could talk about other things for now.
 
 Ariana blinked at his question, looking up from the menu. "[color=f9d66c]Oh,[/color]" she said, looking around. "[color=f9d66c]I...pretty much already have a story,[/color]" she admitted, shrugging her book bag off to rest it next to her. "[color=f9d66c]I came here to find proof, though, and as much evidence as I can. People with powers have been supposedly been popping up every since the Storm, ya know? If I can prove it, I'll hit it big![/color] She paused, wondering how that may have sounded to Luke--he was a perfect subject if she wanted to ask someone to demonstrate, but, "[color=f9d66c]I wasn't sure how I'd go about it, but now that we're tracking down who ever fucked with Tamara's mind...I think I'm onto something.[/color]" She wouldn't mind exposing a criminal.
 
 "That's what I Was worried about you have a story about me..Tamara, and Jace...what's gonna happen if you make a story about us? I'm pretty sure I'll loose my job the next day and now I'm not talking about selling,plus I'm sure some men in suits that are part of some American three letter agency will drop by to take me away." He stopped as the waitress came by to bring the drinks, and Luke took a sip of his lemonade. "I'm just saying just think before you start rushing into making a story, after what happened at the hospital I'm pretty sure most of the coutnry has an inkling that this powers shit isn't bullshit, I know lots of people in Atlanta are convinced I can hear it in their thoughts.  Just wanna let you know you could potentially ruin people's lives, end people's careers, get people's parents locked up or their children taken away, destroy everything so many people have worked for over something that happened to them that they couldn't control.." Luke could definently feel the marijuana soda hitting him but he was sure he'd feel this way without all the THC coursing through him. 
 
 Ariana frowned a bit as he spoke. Admittedly, she hadn't considered all of that. Of course she suspected people wouldn't want others to know about their powers, but the prospect of ruining other people's lives... She didn't want to do that. "[color=f9d66c]Luke, you're right, but...[/color]" Her voice trailed off and she sighed. "[color=f9d66c]If they're not exposed, there's nothing else to explain why Tamara shot up a McDonald's. There's no serious research being done to reverse it--to maybe help Jace--[/color]" She stopped and chewed on her lip, eyes flickering about the menu as she looked for words. "[color=f9d66c]I think it'll be good for people to know. It'll protect innocent people. The truth needs to be out there.[/color]" She nodded, feeling less comfortable but still confident in her goal. She flinched when the waitress was suddenly standing there and she laughed nervously. "[color=f9d66c]Hey, yeah, I'll take the ribs--the full slab, yes,[/color]" she started.
 
 "Dam you finna eat all that whew...Jesus, I'll just get the 8 ounce sirloin with a side of steamed broccoli's, and some fries, oh and uhh another lemonade too." Luke definently had a love for lemonade. "He just shook his head as their orders were taken down and laughed. "I see both sides of the coin, I'm just letting you know, your gonna ruin lots of people's lives, and I'd personally like to quit my job, I dunno if you noticed but I don't sell drugs anymore, I still smoke them, but I'm trying to live a different life now I've gotten plenty of money from doing what I did, now I just wanna enjoy life and live. "But alas your right the truth to an extrent has to be out there..cause if everything';s in the dark noting like what happened to Tamara can come to light." He sighed they both had points.

Ariana sipped at her soda and nodded in agreement. No matter what they chose to do, it would not be a black and white choice: there was too much uncertainty and grey area between the Empowered and the storm. So all she could do was follow her heart. It was something out of a classic story with the journalists fighting for the hard proof. She sighed happily--despite it all, she was feeling pretty cool. "[color=f9d66c]Yeah... Well. What are you thinking you'll do then? What are you in school for again?[/color]" she asked curiously. 

Luke was just happy to be relaxing and enjoying life for once in the past few weeks, well he'd have plenty of fun so far but now he just needed to chill, he was just so worried about Tamara. "I'll just work on openig up my own business, I mean me and Tamara....had always talked about going to law school, a law business would be dope, but I've been interested in entertainment bsiness as well, but I'm in school for communication."

The rest of the lunch date went rather smooth with Luke and Arianna, and overall he was glad to have one of his former friends back in his life who understood his powers. Later that day he'd heard the news that Tamara had been sprung from jail or rather kidnapped, although some sources didn't believe it. It was a whole mess that Tamara, Jace, and Devon had gotten into the past year, the Williams Family was messed up and Luke just wanted to help them.