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Around four o'clock the event staff herded (or attempted to herd) everyone towards the beach. The stage was fully set up with various fancy lights, and it was almost time for everyone to release the balloons. Everyone who had a balloon was anticipating the great moment where they let their wishes and aspirations fly high! Around this point, various fancy lights on the stage were set up and there was static feedback as Astrid Storm, pop star extraordinaire, walked up to the stage. Wearing black sunglasses, a baggy grey sweater, skinny jeans, and huge platform boots.

"Charity beach, make some noise!" Astrid shouted at the top of her lungs as the crowd yelled. Astrid, or Sylvia, looked over her shoulder at the Valos family backstage and Johnny gave her the thumbs up. "I came here to this sunny city for the beach festival! So before I get started I want you all to, on my count, let go of the balloons!"
Some people popped the pink pill as Sylvia put three fingers up.

"Three…" Sylvia said as everyone looked up… some people prematurely let go of their balloons and her face went flat. "Two…"

The man in the hoodie was in the center of the crowd… he couldn't hold it anymore. He fell over, stumbling to his knees as he held both sides of his head as pain overcame him. He didn't know what the hell was going on – Happiness was supposed to make him feel good, not like this! He looked down at his hands and noticed something wrong… his hands were covered in tumorous growths that had weird keratin-like material over them. He was covered in blood as he began to…. Change. He grasped his stomach as it explosively expanded until it was three times of his original size.

"… Three! Let your dreams fly high Charity Beach!" Sylvia shouted at the top of her lungs as she laughed like a maniac. Everyone released their balloons that were on the beach, and the people that were downtown also released their balloons. There were so many balloons that, soon enough, they began to blot out the sky. A techno bassline slowly began to pick up as Sylvia dramatically stood still with the mic to her mouth and her eyes were closed. The bassline quickly became loud dubstep so loud that it shook the very beach, and Sylvia jumped up and landed with her legs shoulder width apart as she sang.

[i]"My people it's time, finally time to climb out the ocean. Eyes finally open, we can look at the pity all around and leave it all on the ground! We'll brave the dark, and we'll brave the sea, will you brave it for you and me?"[/i]

That was when fireworks shot off the stage as Astrid held her mic in the air. The man had already transformed into an inhuman monstrosity that was a huge tumorous blob with a massive club like hand that was made out of hardened stone-like bone. The beasts legs were tiny but he used his arm as a movement tool [i]and[/i] as a weapon. He just felt rage… there were screams but they were drowned out by the music. The man hit the nearest person so hard that he was launched across the beach and was sent into the group of people. Blood was everywhere as he wasn't alone… various people throughout the festival who took the pink pill began to transform into horrible monsters of various shapes and sizes. All while everyone was distracted.

It wasn't long before chaos broke out as everyone noticed what was going on. 

[i]"… So let's burn this city to ashes, and let's see what the serpent fears-"[/i] Astrid continued to sing until she noticed the tumorous beach rampaging across the crowds of people. She had to lift up her sunglasses because she had nary a clue what the [i]fuck[/i] was heading towards her. "Holy shit people, there's a fucking monster running around! Get the fuck out!" She screamed into the mic as she took steps back.


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The best part about being siblings with a famous singer is that they got to sit backstage! Even though Johnny's encounter with Pretty in Pink was a fluke, he couldn't help but crack a smile as Sylvia was killing it. Well, her style of music wasn't Johnny's style but she had a great voice! Though, he glances around the corner looking for Pretty in Pink… he had a feeling he'd find her snooping around the bitch, and she'd learn the true meaning of bitchslapped. However, things quickly went off the rails when Sylvia stopped and started screaming about a monster.

Immediately, Johnny dashed out with his revolver in hand and Gabe and Jaska were right behind him. His eyes landed upon the giant, tumor-monster, and it was heading right towards them. Johnny could read its emotions… it was fucking angry. Its bright red aura was the most intense Johnny has ever seen! That meant it would make Johnny awfully strong...

It grabbed a woman by the stomach and tossed her straight at Sylvia – However, Johnny got in front and created a barrier that took the appearance of pulsing lights between them. The woman merely bounced off, leaving a bloody stain and a small crack, as Johnny dropped the shield. While he didn't rely on his power, he knew it was useful in situations like this. He wondered if his ol' peashooter would do any more than bounce off the thing. Gabe took his side as her hands started glowing with a red light.

The thing was still heading towards them, and Johnny realized something as he pulled out a pair of sunglasses and put them on. "We got no stake in this," Johnny started off, "Let's get this thing off our trail and we're out!" He twirled his pistol in his hands… as confident as he was in his shot, the last thing he wanted to do was miss and have a [i]real[/i] scandal on his hands.

However, he didn't know that the whole festival was [i]crawling[/i] with them.


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There was an ear-piercing scream coming from the festival as Drake immediately whipped his head towards it. He raised his eyebrow as he stared at the thing that was revealed when the crowds cleared. It was like a human being horribly warped by [i]something[/i] until it was completely [i]wrong[/i] by all intents and purposes. It was a being that was covered in tumors, as its arms were extended behind what was natural… twisted, like the thing was some kind of horrific spider. Drake looked at the being as it tore through the crowds, and assessed the situation. As much as his lightning form would allow him to easily dispatch the thing, it was too dangerous and there were too many people running around for him to properly use it.

So, he had to fall back on a different form… his mouth grew a mouth of sharp, needle-like, teeth and his skin took the texture of a frog as his skin turned black with blue spots. Of course, it was hard to see from underneath his armor, he had bulbous fingers and toes. His eyes were wide as he turned to Bobbi… not thinking that she would be just a [i]little[/i] freaked out by the transformation. "Get out of here – find somewhere safe to hide!" Drake said as he took a few steps towards the beast that was wildly destroying the festival. He pressed his earpiece as he said, "Command, this is Agent Dragon, there's been a manifestation – a bad one – and he's tearing up the festival!" 

"Agent Dragon, it's been reported that several people have mutated throughout the festival! Your orders are to escort all civilians out of there, more Agents are on the way!" 

Hmph. Drake was confident that everyone would be able to escape themselves, but he had to act now. The thing was about to kill people! He hopped high up into the air onto a stand as the monster raised it's hand up to crush someone… Drake stuck his tongue out and it attached itself to the beast's fist and yanked it towards him. It was enough of an opening for the man to get up and run off, and Drake released the thing's fist as it turned its attention towards him.

"Hey, Henry!" Drake shouted towards Henry, before he grinned, "You comin'?"