[color=LightSeaGreen][CENTER][h1][b] Elle Miller [/b][/h1][/CENTER][/color]
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[indent] From where Elle was standing within the wrecked cafe, the fight outside between Henry and the golem was a flurry of concrete and metal. The radios blasting trashy bass, the groans of the golem, and the sound of the monster’s destruction created a dissonance harsh enough to make Elle’s ears ring. Elle visibly shrank into her shoulders. She had to turn her eyes away from the chaos and squint just to give her six senses a break.

Those outside fighting this thing were brave. They were actually holding their own. Elle wasn’t even sure who was outside, but she knew Henry was there. That was enough to give the town some hope in keeping this monster from wrecking their shit. There had to be others, of course. Who had the idea to turn the radio on? Who was fast enough to get between so many cars without getting caught in the shrapnel of sidewalk and aluminum?

As Elle caught sight of the civilians leaving out of the backdoor, she could also see that Helen and Willow still remained. Her hand was still stretched outwards. Right… She’d asked Helen if there was any chance they could help Henry and whoever else was out there. So, was there?

Then Helen took her hand.

Elle stared at her friend for a few moments. Her ears had stopped ringing by now. Some of the radios outside had been smashed to bits. It must have been enough to piss off the golem and distract it. At least whoever outside figured out a weakness already. If they couldn’t figure out something to help Henry with their abilities alone, they could always continue to distract the monster with the power of shitty beats.

Elle took a deep breath and nodded. [color=LightSeaGreen] “Yea, let’s see what we can do.”[/color] That said, Elle moved over to the leftover frame of Mooncash’s window to get another look at the fight outside.

[color=LightSeaGreen] “Holy shit, that’s Titus!”[/color] Even the giant football player had come to tussle with the Rock Monster. Elle looked at Helen with a confident spark in her eyes and a mischievous grin. [color=LightSeaGreen] “Henry and Titus will keep that thing busy. Let’s see if anyone else needs help to get out of here.”[/color]

Elle looked over at Willow, who looked like she was lost. Elle lost the grin, but she didn’t lose her confidence in her friends. [color=LightSeaGreen] “Hey, Willow! Snap out of it, okay? You can phase through anything. There’s no way you’re going to get hurt here.”[/color] Elle suddenly paused, as if she realized she might be a little too harsh on her friend. [color=LightSeaGreen] “Uh… I mean, if you want to go home that’s totally okay. I don’t blame you. We might have these powers but it’s not like we’ve been trained to use them in any way. Especially against something like… like that.”[/color] Elle looked back out at the street and noticed that at some point a fire had been lit at the base of the golem. She sighed and shook her head, then turned back to Willow. [color=LightSeaGreen] “I think that if you stayed you could look for other people that might be trapped. Or… or you and Helen could start as many radios as possible like the others did outside. Maybe go for the speakers in the shops near it, since someone has hit up all of the cars close to the rock.  It seems like the monster can’t keep it together if there’s enough vibration. You just have to phase into the shops and stick around long enough to turn up the volume.”[/color]

Elle pressed her lips together and thought for a second before speaking again. [color=LightSeaGreen] “I also… I want to know if anyone is controlling this thing. It looks like it formed from underground, so it’s either a mutant that can become like the earth, or a mutant is nearby in contact with the ground to control it. If that’s the case, they can’t be far.”[/color] She looked at Helen and shrugged her shoulders. [color=LightSeaGreen] “That’s just my theory really, so if you see anything that could give the mutant’s actual ability away, call out my name and I’ll come find you.”[/color]

Elle gripped her board and stood as tall as she could. [color=LightSeaGreen] “Anyways, I feel like I’ve done too much talking. I have to do something to help, so I’m going to turn on as many radios in the shops as I can without getting caught up in the actual fight. Willow, if you could get Helen and yourself into the shops closest to it and get their music going that would be great.”[/color] She looked at each of them. [color=LightSeaGreen] “Whatever you do, don’t get hurt, okay? Be careful and let me know if you need help.”[/color] Elle began to back towards the door. [color=LightSeaGreen] “I’ll meet you in the shop closest to the golem so we can all get out of here together. You won’t see me, but I’ll be nearby. ”[/color]

With a grin that looked stupidly confident, Elle [i]literally[/i] disappeared as she passed over the threshold and onto the street. Her board disappeared with her. She did want to stick around and hear what the girls' plans were, but the tense ball of nerves in her stomach was too tight to see if either of them decided that she was absolutely nuts. They would have been 100% right of course, but Elle didn’t want to hear that. She needed to do as much as possible to help, otherwise she would have stayed in that cafe and watched tensely from the sidelines. Which she was just now realizing wasn’t her style.

Elle moved out into the middle of the street to get her first full view of the fight. Titus and Henry were right next to the golem. Both were holding up an enormous boulder of a fist. It was an astonishing sight, but Elle was soon distracted as she noticed the other players on the field. The first one she noticed was the christian boy from Lee High. Chris Christian, unironically, was his name. Was he the source of the fire? She assumed so. Then, along the sidewalk she could see Dexter Quinto. The attempt to distract the rock monster was making more and more sense, now. Most of the cars nearby were already on, thanks to Mr. Speed. He looked like he needed a breather, but Elle was impressed. So impressed that when she saw none other than Evelyn Noblezada climbing over a pile of cars close to the monster, her jaw only dropped half an inch in shock. [i]How did she end up in this mess?[/i]

…

[i]At least there’s a lucky charm nearby.[/i] Elle thought bitterly. Still, she wondered if the girl needed help getting out of the golem’s path of destruction. Elle bit her lip, glancing between her preppy schoolmate and the nearest shop that hadn’t been wrecked. Dexter was close to the shop, so Elle decided that he could help Evelyn out a lot faster than she ever could.

Elle began to worm her way between the cars on the street between her and the other side of the road. She had to grit her teeth to bear the noise from their speakers as she passed through the rock-monster’s least favorite concierto. Once her sneakers touched the concrete of the sidewalk, she turned and ran directly towards Dexter Quinto. If she had ever directly spoken to him it had been at one of Rad Chad’s parties. The guy moved too fast in the halls and on the streets for her to have ever had any contact until now. That was going to change quickly, as Elle slowed her speed. Hopefully he’d hear her footsteps as she neared him.

[color=LightSeaGreen] “I think Mrs. Perfect needs some help out there.”[/color] She muttered softly so her sudden voice didn’t freak him out. [color=LightSeaGreen] “The radios were a great idea, by the way. I’m going after the speakers in the shops near that thing. Wanna get the ones across the street after you help her?”[/color] Elle had slowed her pace enough to get her message to him, but she didn’t stop. There wasn’t time to chat and she didn’t really have anything else to say, so she continued towards the closest shop to them. If Dexter had followed the sound of her footsteps, he would see a shop door open and close by itself as Elle quickly ran inside to search for the controls to the music.

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