[color=gray][hr][center][img]https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/1070792705547980842/1080131799591686314/Haleigh_Banner.png[/img][/CENTER][indent][sub][COLOR=SILVER][B]Location:[/B][/COLOR] [i]Northern Cove[/i] - [i]Dundas Islands, Pacific Ocean[/I][/sub][sup][right][COLOR=SILVER][b]First Class #2.08[/b][/COLOR] [I]Purpose[/I][/right][/sup][/indent][sub][hr][/sub][INDENT][sub][color=SILVER][B]Interaction(s):[/B][/COLOR] [I]Trace [@psych0pomp] & Rory [@webboysurf] [/I][/sub][SUP][RIGHT][COLOR=SILVER][b]Previously:[/b][/COLOR] [I]Vengeance Will Be Mine[/I][/right][/SUP]
[INDENT]Haleigh glanced upwards to Trace, and then to Rory, who had just approached the two.

[color=d94a3f]"Maybe that is what they want. Personally, I don't care if it is or isn't."[/color]

She reached for the flower, taking it in her hand. For a moment, Haleigh considered it, admiring the colors of each petal.

[color=d94a3f]"Ever since I found out about my power, I had been afraid. Afraid of hurting others. Afraid of [i]myself[/i]."[/color]

Her gaze turned to the now-burning raft in the sea.

[color=d94a3f]"I could've used my powers. I could've protected Cass and everyone else. And yet, I just stood back and fucking watched."[/color]

Haleigh's thoughts shifted to home.

[color=d94a3f]"You know, my father had a collection. Books. Writings. All sorts of stuff. Truth be told, I'm surprised he ever had the time to read between raising me and the RCMP."[/color] Haleigh responded, taking a deep breath. [color=d94a3f]"Growing up, I would sometimes poke around his library out of bored curiosity. Now, there was one book that stood out from the rest. It had a quote—[i]'bad men need nothing more to compass their ends, than that good men should look on and do nothing.'[/i] I didn't think much of it then, but now the meaning behind it has never been more clearer to me."[/color]

Looking back at Trace and Rory, Haleigh continued speaking.

[color=d94a3f]"Don't get me wrong. I am not without my own concerns, much like you two are. Ever since that night, my mind has been racked with countless unanswered questions, and I intend to get to the bottom of them all. But I'm also tired of running from everything. I'm tired of feeling helpless. I'm not going to stand around like before and let [i]them[/i] get away with this. You wanted to make Cass proud, Rory. Stopping Hyperion is how we accomplish that."[/color]

With that, Haleigh felt her piece had been said, and left Trace and Rory to contemplate her words. Maybe, just maybe, they had a point. Perhaps she was too headstrong in her lust for vengeance, and that there were more important things to worry about. But Jim was missing an arm, Banjo was in the ICU, and Cass was dead. She couldn't let the pain and suffering go so easily. Hyperion might have been a powerful hyperhuman in their own right, but they had fucked with the wrong person back then, a fact Haleigh wanted to make them very much aware of once she had a greater grasp of her own strength.

Good thing she was at a school that helped hyperhumans learn how to control their powers, huh?[/INDENT][/INDENT][/color]