[hr][center][img]https://i.imgur.com/MzIHaGw.png[/img] [img]https://i.imgur.com/KzmdUGG.png[/img] [b][code]The Reid Farmhouse – Main House[/code][/b] [/center] [sub][@Atrophy][@He Who Walks Behind][@Prosaic][@FernStone][@Mike73][/sub] [hr] "... And I'll get us out of this," Britney started off, blankly looking at Penny, "I promise." Even though Penny had reservations, she still went along with what Britney said. Perhaps she knew that they had little other options here, even if she didn't want to admit it. She managed to unlock that telepathic link with her brother, and not only is his group alive, but he reunited with the barn group. That was excellent... but Penny brought up a great point. [i]Now what?[/i] "... That's a good question." Britney trailed off, because their viable options were very, [i]very[/i], slim as it stood. Justin wasn't going to get up for a little bit. All other options she could think of wouldn't work because they had no easy escape routes. So going outside, even for a second, was suicide put any other way. But there was another question. "... How did the barn meet up with the garage?" Britney asked with a raised eyebrow, coming up with an idea. Claire herself admitted that the odds weren't that high for them, but she was going to remain strong... or hope that her little barrier kept the bugs out. Just as a test, she activated her shield, and grabbed onto something - a vase. It felt like she wasn't even holding it at all. However, during her test, she heard the buzzing get a [i]little[/i] louder. She trusted Justin with the girl - trusted as in the girl [i]better[/i] know what would happen if she did anything to Justin - as she walked up to investigate. She saw a beetle flying around, and then she immediately crushed it barehanded. However, she noticed that there were a lot more bugs inside.... "Guys! They're in!" Claire shouted as loud as she could over the swarm. But, at that point, a pulse of inverted light came and time came to a complete stop afterwards. The insects that got through were suspended, and the group finally got a minute of breathing room. [hr][CENTER] [img]https://i.imgur.com/pzvcW5L.png[/img] [img]https://i.imgur.com/f4XE2MO.png[/img] [img]https://i.imgur.com/X7zKc5z.png[/img] [img]https://i.imgur.com/8XlJDkh.png[/img] [b][code]The Reid Farmhouse – Garage[/code][/b] [sub][@FernStone][@Prosaic][@Mike73][/sub][/center][hr] The hatch opened, and there wasn't even barely a second passing before Hagan climbed up. He turned around, and offered a hand to the next person oh so eloquently stating, "Get up here, you dumbasses!" He pulled the person up, and Lynette climbed up herself. Which she found amazing since that wasn't a feat she didn't think she was capable of, but maybe it was all adrenaline! She ditched the glyph down there because there wasn't just enough time to make such a rushed job. Everyone got up quickly, but not quick enough to avoid the barrage of insect that were coming in behind them. Lynette immediately, on pure reflex began drying a water glyph. "Shit!" Jordan shouted as she tripped over on her bad leg. She loudly hit the ground and groaned in pain as the swarm of insects descended upon her. However, the sigil on her back began glowing brightly. "Jord-" Kimberly tried to call out, but a massive wave of energy traveled outwards and from the wave came fourth inverted light. Suddenly, the swarm that were about to overtake her were halted in mid air. Everyone was understandably confused, but Lynette quickly finished drawing her glyph and ice came fourth from the symbol and quickly sealed the hatch shut. Dropping the air temperature enough so that it was completely unsustainable for most of the insects. "The fuck?" Hagan said to himself... but he didn't waste a second of time grabbing a baseball bat and then he wildly swung it towards the swarm of flying bugs that was suspended in mid air. It wasn't the most efficient method of wiping out a giant swarm of bugs, but many of them were splattered against the baseball bat. Kimberly was quick to pull Jordan away from the insects, as she tried to recover from her leg being injured. Her eyes were closed, and she was quietly sobbing in pain with her teeth tightly clenched. Everyone else did the best they could to get rid of the rest of the insects, and the hatch being sealed insured that nothing else would slip through the cracks. Another pulse came outwards back to Jordan, and time resumed. All the dead bugs fell to the ground, and all other changes directly happened afterwards. But at this point, everyone was safe. For the most part. They had enough breathing room to operate from under the swarm. "... Okay, what the fuck was that?" Hagan asked. "Jordan's abstraction, I believe," Lynette immediately answered. The whole duration of Jordan's freakout, she was glowing. Her aura shined brightly, but only to Lynette. "It's not rocket science, but Jordan can stop time." Jordan was still in a lot of pain, but with the help of Kimberly, she was able to sit on a pile of tools. Which took a ton of pain off of her leg. She didn't really understand most of the conversation, but when her name was mentioned, she couldn't help but pipe up, "I can stop [i]what?[/i]" "Time." Lynette said, "That was all you." "That's my..." Jordan thought out loud to herself, "... Abstraction?" It all made a bit more sense... the symbol of an hourglass on her back, but what is the link here? Her pondering came to a stop when Hagan oh so eloquently stated. "Okay, that's great, but what the fuck do [i]we[/i] do?" Hagan barked out with his arms crossed. "She can stop time, but we need to get the fuck outta here, and we gotta do it fast." Hmph. Hagan had a point. Despite his wording, they needed a plan to get the hell out of here before it was too late. Lynette had a few ideas, but all of them... well, bad. What she needed was more information on everyone's abstractions before she could come up with a plan. "Okay, we need a plan, and we need a good one." Lynette started off before she looked among the group. "What's everyone's abstractions, and does anyone have anything useful they'd like to let the group know?" Lynette asked.