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[b][u]January 1st, 10:15 AM
Abandoned Building, Gotham City[/u][/b][/center]

Finishing up arranging herself the best she can, Jean looked at her reflection in the broken mirror. She had gotten used to looking at mirrors like this one. Without wasting much more time on self-reflecting, she turned away from the mirror and began walking out of the bathroom. 

The entire apartment building she was currently in was scheduled to be demolished in a week, and according to a sign outside the building, it was done to make space for some new branch of some company. Corporate powers at play, it seemed. Figuring this was a good place to take shelter at for a few days, Jean settled down there a couple of days ago, staying out of trouble and keeping to herself the best she could. She had broken into one apartment yesterday, in order to ensure she has a bit of money. She could've easily gone for more, as many were out celebrating the new year, but one apartment gave her what she considered to be more than enough.

Walking to her bag, she started looking through the things she had taken, trying to estimate how much each item might be worth, only to hear an unfamiliar sound come from the direction of the building's entrance. It was quickly followed by some talking. Moving next to the apartment door, Jean slightly opened it. There were a few people that entered the building, all of them with hard hats, and a couple seemed to be looking over some construction plans. Most likely the new owners of the lot, along with some of the construction crew. Knowing there was still a week before the actual demolition, all she needed to do was stay quiet, and they would likely leave before anything could happen.

As she gently closed the door, Jean suddenly heard a louder call. Taking a couple of steps back from the door, the entrance to the apartment was suddenly pushed wide open, with a couple of men coming inside. They both looked over Jean, before looking over the bag that laid on the ground and the makeshift bed that consisted of a large, worn out blanket, and a pillow that also looked like its in poor quality. One of the men seemed to wonder what to do, while the other said nothing and simply exited the apartment. Jean looked at the one who remained, and stayed as still as she could. Maybe if it looked like she was completely innocent, then they would just kick her out without any further trouble.

The man that left the apartment before came back, followed by one of the construction workers who had the plans at hand. It became it was a woman, and she certainly did not like seeing Jean [b]"Yes? What is this?"[/b] She looked over Jean as she asked, before raising her hand, preventing the others from answering [b]"I'll tell you what it is. It's a rat. One that most certainly was sent to find any problems in the building, so our construction won't begin in time. And then the damned meta-supporters would be able to get their papers straight in order to put in their request to make the lot into a shelter for the poor. Well I won't let them. This is my future exclusive building. Take the rat somewhere else, and make sure no one hears from her again. Oh, and toss the bag to make sure no evidence of any faults get left behind."[/b]

After the woman finished speaking, she quickly left the apartment, clearly thinking she is too busy to stick around. The two guys just looked at each other for a moment, before the first one started stepping towards the bag, clearly intending to follow the orders, while the other one started walking towards Jean. 

[color=#1589FF]"Please! I'm no rat! I'm just homeless! I took shelter here because I thought it would be safe for a night or two!"[/color] She called to the two. They stopped for a moment, with the one who approached her shaking his head slightly "Sorry miss. Orders are orders" he told her, before taking another step to get close enough to grab her. She didn't want to use her powers, and yet she knew she couldn't stop both at the same time without using them. Putting her right hand behind her back, she took a couple of steps back, distancing herself from the guy in front of her, while looking at the area around the bag. Finding the best potential, her hand would glow for a moment. 

A loose nail in the floor would suddenly drop out of its place, and the bag put enough pressure on the floor to make that collapse under it, falling to what was likely a half basement. With a bag-sized hole now in the floor, the man who went to check the bag bent down, trying to reach the bag, while the man who was coming to Jean just looked confused at the whole scenario "Rotting building" He muttered under his breath, before making another approach towards Jean. The girl took another step backwards, and this time, she stepped on an actual bit of floor that had rotted away, and her leg went straight through it, trapping her in the spot.

[color=#1589FF]"Ah!"[/color] She called out, before looking at the guy who now managed to grab a proper holding of her arm "Sorry miss" He said again. Without thinking about it too much, Jean used her power again, this time causing a couple of ceiling nails to come loose and drop out of their place. The man, clearly shocked at the sudden glow of her hand, let go and stepped back "She's a Meta!" He shouted out loud, but didnt have time to make a run for it, as the ceiling came apart, and began collapsing onto the apartment. Jean cursed herself as rubble started to come into the apartment from above, and did her best to defend herself against it. The two men, in the meanwhile, appeared to disappear under the falling rubble, and Jean herself wondered if she would get buried under the same rubble.

This was as far away from staying hidden as she could get, without a shred of doubt.