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[sup][sup][@Junkmail][@Spoopy Scary][/sup][/sup]
[b][code]The Festival.[/code][/b]
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Seemingly on cue, some kid runs up speaking Spanish and she had no choice but to raise an eyebrow. The kid was skin and bones! However, she didn't really have the time or energy to really give him a good look up and down. She had to focus, she glanced around and everything was going crazy. While she tried to stay strong... she was not Adam or, hell, even Drake. She wasn't used to the crazy shit that Metahumans could do - all she did was haul-

In an instant one of the mutants attacked them - or Matthew - effortlessly lifting her friend up and throwing him across the room. "Mattie!" Amanda shouted as she shot her hand out, on reflex attempting to summon a mighty gust of wind that'd give the monster a bad time.

The only problem was that she didn't have it.

Oh, the woes of having an affinity with a power. Once the shock wore off she gained the ability to think straight and she remembered which power she had. Okay, Amanda was definitely not a fighter but she definitely had other ideas. The girl planted her weight down on the ground before throwing herself shoulder first at the monster. She flew a little bit through the air and she let her momentum and super strength handle the rest as she felt the raw impact of her shoulder hitting the monster. While she was a lot tougher, that still hurt like hell for a second. But she did exactly as she planned; at full force, the thing was sent skidding across the beach kicking a dust storm.

However, Amanda didn't want to stick around for the dust to settle. She quickly ran over to Matthew... the viscera and gore made her sick to her stomach. She would have gagged if the Blackmore didn't have other, better, ideas. She grabbed Matthew by his underarm in a rush and effortlessly carried him over to Israel as she quickly said,

"... Okaydon'tscreamwe'regettingoutofherebye!" 

After grabbing him by the arm Amanda immediately took flight. She had the strength to carry them to safety, so she was going to. Thank Nakala that she was so willing to share her power with her! They flew over all the chaos but... Mattie ended up getting a lot heavier. She glanced down and noticed that his skin was turning stone-like and her eyes shot open as her heart rate went up.

"Fuck fuck fuck!"

The string of swears left her lips as Matthew slipped out of her hands, and she began to lower her altitude as she desperately tried to hold onto Matthew. Eventually, it was a losing battle as she never had the best grip on him in the first place - and not a thing in the world mattered now, not all the monsters below them, or the people getting killed. She had a thought that it'd be easier to grab Matthew if she didn't have Israel... No, no, she'd never do that. If Daddy was still alive he'd chide her for even the thought. 

Then he slipped.

"Matthew!" Amanda screamed at the top of her lungs as she couldn't help but hold out her hand. She watched as he hit the ground and landed on a food stand. Fuck. Damn it. She could have saved him, she could have kept him safe! Fuck. She couldn't tell if he was dead or not, but she couldn't help but turn her head towards Israel. "I'm gonna put you down for a sec, okay?" Amanda couldn't care if he was okay with it or not.

She just wanted to make sure Matthew was alive.


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[sup][sup][@Junkmail][@eclecticwitch][/sup][/sup]
[b][code]Charity Beach Festival.[/code][/b]
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"I got this, Dragon. You know the drill, get them out of here and if I don't come to find you, scrape my ass off the pavement gently please."

Drake scoffed - or half-scoffed - he had little interest in evacuating the area. They needed to take out the monsters as fast as possible so they can escape - or EMTs can get in and pick up the pieces. But, if his superior said to do something; then he has no choice. Well, good thing he had his frog form equipped or else this would be a bit harder. He was surprised that Henry handed Bobbi a gun, but he hopped over to the girl as he said

"Hop on my back," Drake started off. "We're getting out of-"

Not too far away - about twenty feet Drake gauged - someone fell from the fucking sky into a stand. This was all crazy, Drake could see that, but he also saw some... activity coming from the stand. He just had to investigate just to make sure the person was alive. With Bobbi on his back, he said.

"Alright I'm going to investigate this; then we're outta here," Drake said in between hops.

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[sup][sup][@Defacto][/sup][/sup]
[b][code]Festival[/code][/b]
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After her meeting with Ava - whom she knew she'd be meeting again - Kashmira drifted over towards the beach, phone in hand. Balloon in the other hand, she saw how crazy the beach was and figured that she'd stay on the boardwalk and watch from the distance. She merely watched the stage from the sidelines as chit-chatted with Rashmika as the music began.

[i]"Oh, American music,"[/i] Rashmika mused. [i]"It's obnoxious."[/i]

[i]"I like some of it,"[/i] Kashmira added on. 

[i]"It's all so... obnoxious,"[/i] Rashmika answered. [i]"And I get looks at work when I have our songs on."[/i]

Kashmira smirked into the phone's camera. [i]"Sister like you were the one to ever care about what people think."[/i] She chuckled.

[i]"It's just irritating when they get to play their Chinese mus-" [/i]Suddenly, after tuning out the popstar for so long she announced that it was time to release the balloons. She started counting down.

"Five..."

[i]"Oh, it's time,"[/i] Kashmira said.

"Four..."

[i]"Sure you aren't going to tell me what you wrote?"[/i] Rashmika said.

"Three..."

[i]"Nope, my secret!"[/i] Kashmira said.

"Two..."

"A pity..."

"… One! Let your dreams fly high Charity Beach!"

Kashmira let go of her balloon, even though she found the whole festival... silly, she couldn't help but participate in it. Merely out of excitement of American culture. However, on the note she had a legitimate wish written down - something that she wanted to happen more than anything. There was a reason why she hadn't told her own twin, the one person she told almost everything. Because she was apart of the issue, and would only chide her. She understood that, despite being twins, they had some drastically different viewpoints and personalities - she was colder. The girl watched the balloon fly high and could only help but crack a smile at all the baloons in the air. 

It was written in Gujarati, naturally.

[i]Forgive Hanumanta.[/i]

Kashmira was right about all the balloons looking beautiful, and she couldn't help but stare upwards at all the multicolored balloons. It wasn't long before she lost her dark-green balloon but that was okay. Perhaps that was the point? Yeah, and it was a dream that she wanted to see come true, more than anything-

"Holy shit people, there's a fucking monster running around! Get the fuck out!" 

That was when Kashmira put her head down and looked at the crowd of people... she saw monsters tearing people apart and she couldn't help but cup her mouth with her hand. Kashmira couldn't believe her eyes, and she was looking around and realized that they were everywhere. What in the world was going on?

[i]"Sister!"[/i] Rashmika shouted, [i]"Are you okay?! What is going on?!"[/i]

Kashmira didn't answer, as she was busy darting around and witnessing all the carnage - her heart raced as her chest started feeling really funny. She never felt like this since... Ahmedabad. Running through the streets as that molten monster tore the place into pieces, wondering if her family was still alive. If she was going to die. Suddenly, she was brought back to the present as she looked at Rashmika through the phone, who was staring at her worryingly. 

[i]"I must go!"[/i] Kashmira said as she quickly realized that trying to maintain a facetime conversation now of all time was a recipe for disaster.

[i]"Wait!"[/i] Rashmika tried to stop her so she could get in some last words of encouragement. [i]"Stay strong, sister. Shiva will protect you!"[/i]

Giving her a final affirming nod, Kashmira hit the end call button on her phone. She was going to see her sister again, she had to ensure that. She was going to see [i]all[/i] of her family again. Kashmira turned around and noticed one mutant creeping towards her... she looked at him and he didn't look too different. He was a caucasian man with curly black hair, but sharp teeth and bloodshot red eyes. Those elongated limbs weren't all normal either... but she couldn't help but feel something familar about all of this.

As the mutant crept towards her she took steps back until her back hit the railing. She looked over her shoulder at all the sand underneath her - and got an idea. Sand wasn't something that she readily knew how to manipulate like she could regular stone - but if she got down to it; sand was basically stone that was broken down. It was just too ... loose for her taste. Since she was on a boardwalk with no solid stone in reach, she had to make due. She put both of her hands out and closed her eyes as she brought two waves of sand from the beach all the way to the boardwalk and threw it directly into the monster. It sent him flying backward - but Kashmira had more sense than wait until he got back up.

The small girl was already hauling ass. Where? She wanted to be anywhere but here! Of course, she didn't realize that she could be running right into a monster. When she made it to the outskirts, she was bumped into by a man far larger and sturdier than her. She was knocked to her hands and knees and her ears were ringing. To avoid getting trampled she had to do some quick thinking; the sidewalk she was touching was lifted up into the air. With her with it - it was shaking at first, but the girl managed to recover and her feet touched the ground and she kept hauling ass.

Once she got to the parking area she was treated to the sight of one of those things flipping over a car before the woman comes out with a pistol shooting. Kashmira immediately dropped to her hands and knees in hopes no bullets would hit her. When she saw that the creature wasn't halted by the bullets she had to do something; she slammed both her hands against the asphalt and some street came flipping up. It tripped the beast and it hit the ground skidding directly at Meadow's feet.

Kashmira gave herself a pat on the back... but her "nurse instincts", as she called them, compelled her to run over to the woman. "Ma'am! Are you okay? Did you hit your head?!" Kashmira had to shout over the chaos.