Alex sighed and ran his fingers through his hair as the rest of the escapees talked about danger and escaping. They'd just ignored him. Oh well. He didn't quite make a very impressive entrance, after all, so it wasn't all too surprising that they'd ignore him. But, he told himself, that was because they hadn't seen his power yet! Surely if they saw how useful his newfound abilities were they'd notice him. And it was those abilities that would help them escape, of course. Now he just had to find a way to do those things - demonstrate his powers, and find a way out of the facility.

The other kids introduced themselves, and Alex tried to remember their names and faces. It was all moving a bit quickly for him, but he knew he'd have to keep up if he wanted to get out of here. They all had powers themselves as well. One of them could turn invisible, which was pretty cool. And another one formed some sort of light-lasso to strangle a guard. And then there was the asian kid, who appeared to be able to perform some sort of telekinesis. All of them were pretty cool powers, although Alex stoically remained convinced that his power was by far the coolest. All of them seemed competent, though, which made him feel better about this whole thing. I mean, obviously he could do this alone, but these guys seemed like they knew what they were doing, and they might need his help. So it only made sense if he stuck with them, at least for a while, and they escaped together. 

That was when the telekinesis kid began interrogating the guard. The process made Alex wince... it reminded him too much of his childhood tormentors. For a moment he considered stepping in, stopping this. But for all his bravado, he still felt uneasy interrupting such a scary kid, especially while he was doing something so violent. But this was necessary... right? I mean, these were bad people, and they'd done some pretty nasty stuff to Alex. So maybe that made things like this a little bit okay. But no matter how he shook it, the entire incident left a bad taste in his mouth.

Shaking his head to clear out the thoughts, Alex moved off after the assertive girl, Alina. Regardless of what he thought, they had to get out of here now. Surely more guards were coming, and these would be better equipped, better prepared. And more of them, too. Heart pounding, Alex jogged after Alina.