[center][img]https://i.imgur.com/ILijVCw.png[/img][img]https://i.imgur.com/SLQtFtW.png[/img] [img]https://i.imgur.com/Sl8AYes.png[/img] [img]https://i.imgur.com/NieOvUT.png[/img][img]https://i.imgur.com/wcQpXM3.png[/img][img]https://i.imgur.com/Ubo4mXz.png[/img][hr][hr][/center] The creature that was on top of Jaden was knocked to the ground by a giant fucking ladybug. At this point, Jaden couldn't be weirded out by the weird shit that this town seems to house. He didn't know to thank the thing - mostly because he had no idea if the fuckin' thing could understand him. He turned his attention towards the freaks. These things were... familiar. He didn't know why, but Jaden wasn't going to overthink this. They needed to get the Foxtrot Uniform Charlie Kilo out of here ASAP. However, the monsters were piling on one of the people. Because Jaden was distracted with the whole preventing himself from getting murdered thing; he couldn't tell. What he could tell was that she was screwed, and he didn't have the firepower to get them off. A massive scream erupted from the pile followed by a massive shockwave that sent everything flying. Jaden, out of sheer instinct, Jaden put both of his hands up and created a barrier. He managed to withstand the onslaught which destroyed the shield instantly, but he still fell over. Fortunately, all the monsters were knocked over. What in the fuck was- [b]That was her abstraction, telekinetic in nature.[/b] The Familial Reflection appeared for a second and answered his question... not that it was any use. Didn't she just shoot fire? Was she a Collective like Ja- [b]No.[/b] [i]Thank you.[/i] Jaden thought as he got up to his feet. The creatures were nowhere near him... and he heard what he thought one of the monsters shout for the group to come this way. He thought it was one of them because it was freakish, but it was carrying a member of their group and others were following. The sigil of the Chameleon illuminated as Jaden slowly vanished into thin air. The keenest eye could see him follow after the group but the creatures didn't notice him. Kaitlyn was sent flying herself and the blast - while not as effective as a baseline human - hit her like a truck. She was sent flying, rolling across the ground as she was covered in scrapes and bruises. She lifted her head as her ears were ringing and her vision blurry. She lifted her body for a second as she saw all the monsters were sent flying too. Maybe this was a good sign... however, she was sent far away from help as one of the versions of Amelia decided to attack her. It grabbed her with one of its weird spindly hands and lifted her - choking her violently. However, Kaitlyn still had her abstraction at her fingertips as the wave on her neck illuminated and a shark made out of water appeared from the creature's feet and chomped down on the freak. Katie was realized from its grasp and fell onto her feet. The water disappeared as the thing was still alive, but Katie stuck her hand out and a geyser of water appeared and sent the thing into a wall to its death. Before the force hit her, Rita threw her rock at one of the creatures only for it to shatter on impact and do absolutely nothing. What was weird was that the monsters were being burned and attacked by... nothing? Rita couldn't see a damn thing because she was a Blind. When the blast from Kayla hit she was fortunately on the outskirts of it so she wasn't instantaneously killed. However, it still sent her flying into a wall that hurt like, well, a fuckin' wall. She looked up and saw strange shapes closing in on her - but her vision was blurry, rapidly fading. Of course, the shapes that were approaching Rita were the creatures. Katie realized that she had to save the girl, she clapped her hands together as the wave on her neck illuminated. A massive geyser of water appeared at Rita's feet that was strong enough to launch her into the air and woke her up. It knocked her out of reach of the monsters and the water faded away, but she was about thirty feet in the air. With another exertion of her ability a waterspout appeared and carried Rita over to her. Rita screamed at the top of her lungs the whole time and stopped when she landed on her behind right at Katie's feet. All that spinning didn't help her at fucking all and she was still blurry. All she could see was the chubby girl lift her to her feet. [i]Don't suppose you can carry both of us, fattie.[/i] Rita thought to herself as Katie put herself under Rita's arm. A wave appeared at their feet and carried them after the group and Rita's question was answered. The wave died out as their feet touched the ground as another wave of water appeared and carried the two after the group. As Archie led them to the warehouse Jaden realized that the place had some tactical advantage. They might be able to hold them off here... but his vision was dark and he found it very hard to see. It was like Jaden was one of them four-eyes without their glasses. The creatures were approaching from all sides and Jaden wondered if it would be really smart to re-appear. Maybe he should just strike out on his own... but, strength in numbers. He would rather fight a hundred monsters with these guys, than without them. However... a ray of hope appeared out of complete nowhere. A ring of spinning purple light appeared and it quickly became obvious that it was a portal. On the other side, they could see street lights and a [url=https://66.media.tumblr.com/018f17d1cc62a12f9780b97658c4d780/tumblr_o1fcwr8CGf1qlnbuco1_500.jpg]mousy girl[/url] stuck her hand through the portal. "Guys, this way!" She shouted, "C'mon! We don't have much time!"