[Center][hr][hr][img]http://txt-dynamic.cdn.1001fonts.net/txt/dHRmLjYwLjAyYjY5ZC5UV0ZrWld4cGJtVWdUR1YyYVc1bC4xAAA,/beyond-wonderland.regular.png[/img][img]https://i.imgur.com/hNYWbM0.png[/img][img]https://i.imgur.com/u14R554.png[/img] [sup][@Surtr] [/sup] [b][code]Street of Market Square[/code][/b][hr][hr][/center] Having been roused from her sleep, Madeline had quickly changed into her normal outfit, and went out and to the cafe for some breakfast, making sure to leave a note for her brother for when he woke up. As she walked through the market square, the dream she had seemed to be the only thing on her mind. "Awakened." Why did that bother her? Maddie hadn't watched any fantasy shows for a few days either, so what does it mean? Sighing in resignment, Maddie decided to keep her mind off the dream by turning her atention to the lotus symbol on her wrist. Ever since the massacre, any cut and wound Madeline got would heal easier. She didn't want to think it was real, that she could've drank too much, but with her leg being healed quicker that a month or so, it was said otherwise. However, there was a shadowy monster lurking. Stalking her from the alleyways, and keeping an eye on her every movement. She could feel something stalking her... a vague outline of Scott's frame, all because Samson burned him the other night. With a gulp, Madeline threw her hood over her head, and continued walking. Scott or whatever the beast was couldn't have survived the lumber mill burning down... Right? Tensed up, she picked up the pace in hopes of the feeling of being watched was just her paranoia. That same aura kept pursuing her, except much faster. Disappearing, and reappearing in completely different places. [i]Stay calm...stay calm...[/i] Madeline was almost running at that point. If her suspicion was true, then it was only a matter of time before the beast stalking her struck. As she was running, an orange light appeared in front of her. It started out as an orb, before it expanded a great deal... and Scott stepped out from behind her wielding his machete, and his new, considerably more intimidating, appearance. He looked at her, and to her right was an alleyway she could escape into... So she took that chance. Before Scott could attack, Madeline sprinted to the alleyway, in hopes that she could get the beast off her tail. She was in no condition to fight, so she hoped to find someone to help. But, Scott followed her into it, grinning as the thrill of the hunt overcame him. He charged after her with astonishing speeds, and held his cleaver tightly in both hands. Maddie was only able to run so far till she hit a dead end. Her face contorted in fear, she slowly turned around to face Scott, walking backwards into a corner. He maniacally laughed as he closed the distance and swung his blade at her midsection with no impunity and slashed her in the gut. Immediately the blue light appeared to heal her wounds, but she fell over with Scott grabbed her by the hair and pulled her to the ground. He was about to bring the blade down on her.... ... before he felt a beer bottle hitting him in the face and shattering on impact. He turned his head towards two people standing in the alleyway... her unlikely heroes. "Get the hell away from her, you son of a bitch!" Claire loudly shouted as she had another bottle ready to be chucked. Samson stood at her side, with his hands engulfed in flames. The flames were green... reflecting his courage, and desire to bring an end to this bastard. He pointed both hands at Scott, and fired an inferno of flames at Scott... that engulfed both of them, leaving Scott screaming in pain. Samson stopped as he said, "Shit!" The flames faded and... Maddie wasn't harmed even in the slightest. Claire looked at Samson, then to Maddie.... "... God, this shit is weird," Claire answered as she dove towards Maddie. Samson started slinging fireballs at Scott as Claire tried to move Maddie. Madeline tried her best to support herself as she and Claire tried to sneak around the distracted Scott. She tried to steady her breathing, as she held where the beast had struck her, yet her expression was still fearful. "Shit, are you okay?" Claire said as she tried to prop Maddie up on her shoulder, she noticed that her wounds were healing, but she didn't see the light. She tried to pull Maddie out of there. "I get the feeling that you're Maddie, yeah?" She asked. Scott went right for Samson, covering up his face with his blade. With took a few of the hits, but he saw Maddie escape from the corner of his eye. He turned away from Samson and rushed towards the two with his frenzied blade. Claire made the mistake of turning around, and noticed the deathly weapon going straight for her. So on instinct, Madeline shoved her out of the way to take the blow herself. Blood was sprayed everywhere, and Scott took a moment to whip the blood off on his arm, before he moved in for another slash. Claire thought the sight was sickly, and disgusting... there was only so much that Maddie could take. Scott prepared for another slash, but Samson ran up, and hopped on his back. "You're not going anywhere, big guy!" Samson roared as he pointed both hands at Scott's head, and fired an absolute torrent of flames. Scott yelled as he thrashed around, Claire didn't want to leave Samson behind like this, but he was buying them valuable time. Claire tried to carry Maddie off, she briefly looked back to see Scott toss Samson off his back, and he turned his attention on them. Claire tried to move fast as she could, before Scott threw the weapon at them... and it was going right for Claire It moved so fast that Claire could only loudly yelp as the blade cut through air so fast she could barely process it. The blade hit her... but it stopped on... [i]nothing[/i]. A blue aura had manifested and taken the cleaver. Visibly cracked at the point of impact. Claire's jaw dropped... had she... become a super like Dex and Samson? The cleaver hit the ground, and that pause of sheer shock had ended. Scott charged right for Claire, but got in front of the two, and created another funneling torrent of green flames that stopped Scott in his tracks. Claire grabbed Madeline again, and attempted to lift her up yet again - and found that she was easier to lift. Her aura manifested around her arm, and she was able to pick Maddie up like she was nothing. [i]Yup, I'm a super... I'd be happy right now if I wasn't presently being killed.[/i] "We better get out of here, sister," Claire said as she looked at Madeline and tried pulling her off. "And [i]please[/i] tell me you're hangin' in there!" "I think I'll be fine..." Madeline answered, the light around her abdomen disappearing. "But yeah, we need to get out of here." She quickly said, standing herself upright. There was a huge green light behind them, as Samson created a huge burst of flames... it was the best he could do until he figures out how in the world this damn power works. Scott was screaming in pain as the flames overtook him, but... he pushed through it, despite the pain. He felt his master taking away the pain. Leaving him with only rage. He lunged through the fire and grabbed Samson by the neck with both hands. Samson couldn't even yell as he was slowly being strangled, he could only weakly produce flames. Claire gasped as she said, "... Think you can stand up on your own?" Claire asked. "Yeah." Madeline replied, lightly swinging one of her legs. "Atleast nothing's broken, hahah." [i]At least someone's making light of this.[/i] Claire answered as she lightly set Madeline down, and quickly ran for Samson. On the way she grabbed the blade that Scott had discarded - which would be [i]impossible[/i] for her to swing, let alone hold - without the usage of her abstraction. Her entire hand was surrounded with a light-blue aura as she charged Scott with the blade. He turned towards her, trying to put his hand up to guard - but it was too late for him to defend. The blade went right into Scott's thigh, impeding itself as it tore about leg muscle. He fell over to his knee, and dropped Samson who gasped for air. Claire pulled the blade out for another powerful swing, but Scott grabbed her wrist and squeezed tightly. He lifted Claire up into the air, and tossed her away. His master was telling him to flee... he couldn't win this fight. After he tossed her away, the orange light appeared with the spider legs made out of tar forming the edge of the portal. He grabbed his blade before he stepped back into it, and then the portal closed. "Yeah, run you little bitch!" Claire shouted as Scott made his getaway. Claire quickly maneuvered over to Samson, who was still choking for air. "Sammy... you okay?" After a minute more of choking, Samson replied with, "... Y-yeah." Then Samson focused on Maddie, "Are [i]you[/i] okay?" "Again, I'm alright." Madeline answered Samson, as she walked to the other two. "Whatever superpower I got from a few days ago lets me heal faster. So stab wounds are nothing." She chuckled again, dusting her hoodie off. "Okay, so..." Claire said as she helped Samson to his feet. "... I've manifested a gift, or something after nearly getting killed by that bastard." Samson said as he was easily lifted up by Claire, "And Scott is going after people... but, I wonder why...?" "Well, it's not some revenge plan at this rate.." Madeline said, trying to think of what Scott's intentions were. Holding her head, Maddie's thoughts seemingly transitioned into a flashback to one of the beast's more recent kills. The victim had strange symbols on their body like them, but the limbs the insignas were marked on were harvested, the corpse being left behind after. But what did it mean for her and the others? "I don't think he's [i]just[/i] going after people..." Maddie spoke up, turning to Claire and Samson. "I think the people Scott is after all have something he wants. " She said, pulling down her hoodie sleeve to show the lotus on her wrist. "Did you two find any strange "tattoos" on you after the corpse party?" Samson shrugged, as he said, "Nothing popped up on me." He flatly said. "Except for the power to do this." He snapped his fingers and produced the flame out of his fingertips... and noticed that it had turned white. Probably because he had calmed himself due to the danger leaving. "I don't see any tattoos," Claire also shrugged, but then Samson caught sight of something on her stomach and he pointed at it and said, "Claire, what's that on your stomach?" He asked, and avoiding saying something like 'Claire, lift your shirt!' like a weirdo. "Wha-" Claire knelt forward a bit and looked at her stomach, and noticed that there was something on it. She lifted it up a bit to reveal the large, circular, sun-like symbol on her stomach. "... The fuck?" She said. She looked between Samson and Madeline, before flatly stating, "I did [i]not[/i] get this. I woke up this morning, and didn't even see [i]this.[/i]" "Well, let's just...worry about this later..." Madeline shrugged, walking infront of Claire and Samson. "I don't know about you guys, but I wanna go get some breakfast already," She said, looking down at the blood stains on her hoodie. "And I really need a new hoodie." Samson slid off his jacket, and handed it to Maddie. "Take it." He requested. "Breakfast should be the last thing on the agenda right now...." Claire trailed off as she pulled her phone out of her pocket. "We need to tell..." She trailed off as she looked up at the girl. "... You're Maddie, right?" "Maybe later, but thank you though." Madeline said, taking Samson's jacket anyways. "Uh, yeah. How'd you guess?" She answered Claire, tilting her head in confusion. "Dexter told me about a girl that can heal with light..." Claire said, before she shrugged. "So I just took a guess." "Dex told me about you, too." Samson answered. "Either way... I think we need to regroup with Dexter," Claire said, "Scott's still out there...." "Right." Madeline nodded. Claire immediately whipped out her phone, and sent out a text message to Dexter. [b][center][quote][b]To:[/b] Virgin Dex [code]Yo Dex... I ran in2 ur friend n saved her from scott...[/code] [/quote][/center] [/b] She hit send, before sending another. [b][center][quote][b]To:[/b] Virgin Dex [code]We're heading back to the cafe... i have somethin to show u[/code] [/quote][/center] [/b] After she sent the text, she looked at the group, and said, "Let's go."