The ease with which Jessica shared information about herself as she waited for Dani to make a move was rather surprising. Dani and Lexi had both grown more accustomed to people being more reclusive and to themselves, but that didn't mean that Jessica's way of introducing herself wasn't a nice change of pace. Still, Dani could only nod in response at the moment, focused on her next shot. Jessica had managed to get the ball near the corner, which made the shot a little more difficult. She did manage to hit the ball she wanted, though she had failed to give it enough power to sink it.
As she stepped back to allow Jessica to make her move, the intercom system throughout the building came on, causing virtually everyone to perk up in order to hear the announcement. “Attention: Would Zephyr, Red Rain, and Geist please report to the hangar. There is a bank heist in progress in downtown Madrid.” The message repeated twice over the intercom, though the three heroes mentioned had already headed off at the mention of their names.
Dani shrugged and gestured for Jessica to continue, though she did feel a little worried about her sister. She knew that her sister was definitely capable of taking care of herself, but that didn't stop the twinge of concern from showing up. Again, before she could respond to Jessica's introduction properly, she was interrupted, this time by Kristof introducing himself and sharing his own abilities with them. Not that that was a problem really. She had been curious. It was just that she had to wait for him to finish before she could start.
The lizard-man crawling through the window also caused her to pause before actually starting, though only because she hadn't expected to see something like that. She had thought she had caught glimpses of him before, but she hadn't actually believed that she was seeing something that was real. No one else seemed to mind his appearance, however, so Dani tried to be a little open-minded about the issue. She had no qualms with anything as long as it didn't try to hurt her or her sister.
“As you know, my name is Dani, and that was my sister, Lexi,” Dani said as she waited, taking a drink of her Cherry Coke before continuing. “We're supposed to be attending college, but we figured that helping people was more important at the moment, so here we are. My power is manipulating earth, like stones or metal, while my sister can manipulate air. So, our names are, fittingly, Gaia and Zephyr.
“I'm not quite good enough to pick up and throw large boulders yet, as it takes a lot of effort, but I can make a sort of shotgun effect with many smaller rocks. Sand and powdered metal are actually the easiest for me to manipulate, apart from just creating tremors,” Dani continued, shrugging again. “Lexi can do things like create razor-sharp winds, tornadoes, gusts, and alter the pressure of the air around her. Kind of like me, larger amounts of air are harder for her to move, and stormy weather really messes with her powers.”
Having finished speaking for the moment, Dani took the last drink of her Cherry Coke and crushed the can before launching it into the trash can with her powers. Then she went over to grab another one from the fridge before it was her turn.
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Knowing that time was of the essence if they were planning on stopping the bank heist, Lexi wasted no time in arriving at the hangar, having zipped through the hallways and across the field on cushions of air. Once inside the building, she headed to her locker and grabbed her costume, slipping the green hoodie on before the brown jacket and donning her mask. Unlike some of the more elaborate heroes in the Alliance, that was all she needed to do before she was ready to go, which meant that she was usually one of the first ones on the jet that sat waiting.
The jet itself was a masterpiece of aeronautical engineering, with an ability to get from Los Angeles to New York in under an hour and top of the line stealth technology. And, though some of the Alliance knew how to fly the thing, it wasn't always necessary, as it had incredible auto-pilot capabilities. Wrap all of that up in a sleek black design and you have a fairly magnificent little vehicle. By then, however, Lexi had become rather used to seeing the jet, so she treated it as nothing special as she climbed in a buckled up, waiting for the other two who shouldn't be far behind.