«We Could Be Legends»

[Thing2]

"Firestein..." Wolfram mused softly. "Here's the plan. We get out of the city," he took a sudden sharp turn, and sped down the road at what was probably a dangerous speed, "get to where Alice, River, Taylor and I found the crystals, hopefully meet up with Jenna's group, and go from there, possibly find this...Gage. Right now we have to get out of the city, I think it's the safest option." I hope.

Brisa nodded anxiously in agreement.
(I’m brain dead rn)

 

[HeavensHens88]

Wolfram slammed the front door closed, narrowly avoiding slamming his leg in the door. He shuddered, shoving the key into the ignition, as another building crumbling into pieces. "I think I know what's happening," he backed the car out of the space, and no matter how hard he tried to keep his voice calm, there was a noticeable shudder in his tone, "the poison. I think...I think something's gone wrong when Mapleshade set it off. M-maybe it doesn't j-just target t-the Inhuman gene, m-maybe it...it destroy's w-wood, or...or m-maybe a sort of metal." He pulled from the parking lot quickly, not daring to look at Jenna's van one last time. Where do I go? Out of the city? To the crystal cave? Not Jessi's, not Mom's, not River's, that'll be targeted to. Oh God, please, please don't let any one get hurt.
"I-I don't k-know for sure. I-I'm just guessing h-here. I-I don't even k-know how long the poison takes t-to kill someone. Maybe...maybe if we get out of the town, we'll be out of range from the poisons effects, t-then we can...figure something out. Get to the Multitude, o-or find s-someone who k-knows something about the poison. Then go from there."

After everyone was in the car, Jenna sped after Wolfram. I hope Jessi & Toby are okay. She thought.

"Firestein..." Wolfram mused softly. "Here's the plan. We get out of the city," he took a sudden sharp turn, and sped down the road at what was probably a dangerous speed, "get to where Alice, River, Taylor and I found the crystals, hopefully meet up with Jenna's group, and go from there, possibly find this...Gage. Right now we have to get out of the city, I think it's the safest option." I hope.

"But...if it's already gotten to a lot of the buildings around us..." Bleddyn began to lean off of her seat and then was flung face-first into the back of the drivers' seat when Wolfram took a curve sharply. Content to have a soothing face-full of plush seat, she stayed like that and pulled back just enough to complete her sentence audibly. "...how come we're all still okay?"

Connor's tongue lolled from his mouth and streaming saliva seeped down into his chest as he hurtled after the speeding van. Though his limbs had already become numb to the repetitive shock of collision with the harsh pavement, he didn't expect to be able to continuing to follow at this extreme speed. Sure, wolves were built for extreme endurance, but not at 60 MPH.
Something foreign hurtling just into the edge of his vision suddenly had him skitter close to Misty- something that turned out to be foreign debris from a crumbling structure far above. When the plaster slammed to the road just behind them and the tremors of its impact raced up through his bones, he sucked in a painful breath.
Though now even more aware of the potential costs of falling behind, he forced himself to slow slightly.
We'll be fine. Just...hopefully he doesn't keep up this wild sequence of turns.

 

[Thing2]

"But...if it's already gotten to a lot of the buildings around us..." Bleddyn began to lean off of her seat and then was flung face-first into the back of the drivers' seat when Wolfram took a curve sharply. Content to have a soothing face-full of plush seat, she stayed like that and pulled back just enough to complete her sentence audibly. "...how come we're all still okay?"

Connor's tongue lolled from his mouth and streaming saliva seeped down into his chest as he hurtled after the speeding van. Though his limbs had already become numb to the repetitive shock of collision with the harsh pavement, he didn't expect to be able to continuing to follow at this extreme speed. Sure, wolves were built for extreme endurance, but not at 60 MPH.
Something foreign hurtling just into the edge of his vision suddenly had him skitter close to Misty- something that turned out to be foreign debris from a crumbling structure far above. When the plaster slammed to the road just behind them and the tremors of its impact raced up through his bones, he sucked in a painful breath.
Though now even more aware of the potential costs of falling behind, he forced himself to slow slightly.
We'll be fine. Just...hopefully he doesn't keep up this wild sequence of turns.

Brisa had turned around to watch Connor and Misty, straining to see them through the traffic and the dust from crumbling buildings. She flinched at their narrow escape from being crushed and turned back to the front, unable to look anymore. Hearing Bleddyn’s car seat-muffled voice, she nodded worriedly. “I don’t want to speak too soon, but I feel fine right now.”
(We left Virio behind you guys! @HoodedHuntress what car do you want him to be in?)

 

[Cluckcluck1215]

"But...if it's already gotten to a lot of the buildings around us..." Bleddyn began to lean off of her seat and then was flung face-first into the back of the drivers' seat when Wolfram took a curve sharply. Content to have a soothing face-full of plush seat, she stayed like that and pulled back just enough to complete her sentence audibly. "...how come we're all still okay?"

Connor's tongue lolled from his mouth and streaming saliva seeped down into his chest as he hurtled after the speeding van. Though his limbs had already become numb to the repetitive shock of collision with the harsh pavement, he didn't expect to be able to continuing to follow at this extreme speed. Sure, wolves were built for extreme endurance, but not at 60 MPH.
Something foreign hurtling just into the edge of his vision suddenly had him skitter close to Misty- something that turned out to be foreign debris from a crumbling structure far above. When the plaster slammed to the road just behind them and the tremors of its impact raced up through his bones, he sucked in a painful breath.
Though now even more aware of the potential costs of falling behind, he forced himself to slow slightly.
We'll be fine. Just...hopefully he doesn't keep up this wild sequence of turns.

Brisa had turned around to watch Connor and Misty, straining to see them through the traffic and the dust from crumbling buildings. She flinched at their narrow escape from being crushed and turned back to the front, unable to look anymore. Hearing Bleddyn’s car seat-muffled voice, she nodded worriedly. “I don’t want to speak too soon, but I feel fine right now.”
(We left Virio behind you guys! @HoodedHuntress what car do you want him to be in?)

Wolfram glanced in the rearview mirror, watching Misty and Connor for a heartbeat, before looking back to the road. "Good question," he muttered, "I...don't know, to be honest. Maybe the poison takes longer to work on Inhumans? Mayb–" he broke off with a yelp, clumps of debris narrowly missing his car. Sorry wolfies. The car accelerated even faster, until the road narrowed slightly, and buildings were no longer around them, replaced by a dark, eerie pine forest. He wished he had told River to come, she would have known exactly what to do. If Jenna and the rest can't find us, then we're doomed. "I don't know, Bleddyn. All we can do is guess why it's not working on us as fast as its working on the buildings."

 

[Amer]

Both adult Asfaws stood in contrite silence while this slew of pressing developments was forced on them all. As if by telepathic unanimity neither of them possessed, both husband and wife remained calmly unaffected until it had all clearly come down to just them.
Suddenly, Ash whirled around and grabbed her husband by his neckline. Standing on tiptoe, she just managed to press trembling lips to his. She kissed him for a long moment, her hammering heart seeming to echo loudly from her chest to his.
"I love you, okay?" she whispered hoarsely into his ear just before she shrank back down. She was prepared to let him pull her in for a reassuring embrace until a shop bordering the bank began to crumble, as though effortlessly picked apart by an invisible set of fingers.
With a shake intake of air, Ash forcefully shoved him away and strode off for Wolfram's car, catching Bleddyn's arm as she went.
"Ew, you guys," she complained disgustedly as she was herded into Wolfram's loitering van, but even her words were noticeably subdued by the sudden panic.
Still stung by his Ash's well-meaning push, Connor somberly watched his family cram themselves in with hollow eyes, then heaved a sigh that triggered an inexorable ripple effect of shifting.
Once completely transformed, he bounded up to the van and put his nose to the glass that dared separate his wife from him. Bleddyn, squished against her mother on the overcrowded seat, opened her mouth to comment on her mother's noticeable trembling, but took another look at her father's expression and turned away in shame.
"I love you, too," Connor mouthed in mournful canine silence. It was an effort for him to turn away; and when he finally did, it felt as if he'd left a large, vital part of himself attached to Ash's glistening eyes.
He trotted over to the two other wolves with a stiff and slack tail, yet his head was held high. However much he was aware of the mortality of the trailing shifters, he would face this with unwavering resolve.

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Sherri was quiet on Brisa's lap, ginger tail tucked delicately over her pink nose. Her eyelids were drooped, but her ears were spread wide to catch the bits of conversation being tossed about. She wanted to impel her own questions, but of course, her current position required she be quiet.


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Offending dust raining down on her, Indigo raised a ghostly arm over her dust-greyed hair. She squinted her purple eyes before sneezing, then coughing. A couple of emergency lights illuminated the dust from above, but in this part of the building they somehow seemed distant, and didn't pierce the shadows below. Iron beams, bricks and bits of concrete were piled up, almost orderly enough to seem put there.
Indigo pulled a thin silver cylinder, a flashlight, from her pocket, and glanced back to the hall to see if Toby had followed. Indigo turned back to the dead end, the wall, to turn the flashlight on.
In truth, it wasn't a dead end. Most of the wall was huge and grey and shadowy. But there was a strange little doorway, oddly wide for its diminutive height.
A little man with sad eyes and a twisted grin lifted a little bit of light. Each eye twinkled and glowed yellow in the darkness. The corners of those eyes wrinkled with recognition. He had a strange face, with lots of wrinkles, and pointy ears. It was a rare thing to meet a faerie. They weren't born often.
"Come this way!" He called in a laughing voice, holding out a creased palm and shaking a glowing orb of light dangling from a stick. "I think I know how to remedy the poison, but only before it's been used. Then it can't be stopped. First, it isn't what is destroying those houses."
"What houses?" Indigo asked.

 

[FrankieDoodle]

<3



Sherri was quiet on Brisa's lap, ginger tail tucked delicately over her pink nose. Her eyelids were drooped, but her ears were spread wide to catch the bits of conversation being tossed about. She wanted to impel her own questions, but of course, her current position required she be quiet.


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Offending dust raining down on her, Indigo raised a ghostly arm over her dust-greyed hair. She squinted her purple eyes before sneezing, then coughing. A couple of emergency lights illuminated the dust from above, but in this part of the building they somehow seemed distant, and didn't pierce the shadows below. Iron beams, bricks and bits of concrete were piled up, almost orderly enough to seem put there.
Indigo pulled a thin silver cylinder, a flashlight, from her pocket, and looked back to the hall to see if Toby had followed. Indigo turned back to the dead end, the wall, to turn the flashlight on.
In truth, it wasn't a dead end. Most of the wall was huge and grey and shadowy. But there was a strange little doorway, oddly wide for its diminutive height.
A little man with sad eyes and a twisted grin lifted a little bit of light. Each eye twinkled and glowed yellow in the darkness. The corners of those eyes wrinkled with recognition. He had a strange face, with lots of wrinkles, and pointy ears. It was a rare thing to meet a faerie. They weren't born often.
"Come this way!" He called in a laughing voice, holding out a creased palm and shaking a glowing orb of light dangling from a stick. "I think I know how to remedy the poison, but only before it's been used. Then it can't be stopped. First, it isn't what is destroying those houses."
"What houses?" Indigo asked.

Toby glanced at Jessi, who was talking to someone by the entrance, asking what happened. Finding no more people in his current location, he followed Indigo deeper into the building, holding tightly to Alpha's leash. He tucked the first-aid kit under his arm, and pulled out a flashlight. The shadows swirled around the building, inaudibly whispering things. He occasionally glanced behind him for anyone following them. This is just wonderful. I'm following a couple strangers into a dark, scary, destroyed building. This is how people are mugged and murdered! He thought. Man I thought a was smarter than this. Just in case, he switched his stuff around so Alpha's leash was on his arm, freeing up his right hand. He pulled out his knife and held it tightly, until his knuckles turned white.

 

[Amer]

Toby glanced at Jessi, who was talking to someone by the entrance, asking what happened. Finding no more people in his current location, he followed Indigo deeper into the building, holding tightly to Alpha's leash. He tucked the first-aid kit under his arm, and pulled out a flashlight. The shadows swirled around the building, inaudibly whispering things. He occasionally glanced behind him for anyone following them. This is just wonderful. I'm following a couple strangers into a dark, scary, destroyed building. This is how people are mugged and murdered! He thought. Man I thought a was smarter than this. Just in case, he switched his stuff around so Alpha's leash was on his arm, freeing up his right hand. He pulled out his knife and held it tightly, until his knuckles turned white.

"Toby!" Indigo hissed, sharp words piercing the darkness. "You need to hear this!"

 

[FrankieDoodle]

"Toby!" Indigo hissed, sharp words piercing the darkness. "You need to hear this!"

Toby jumped. "Geez! Okay, okay, I'm listening." He said, and turned to the faerie. "What do you mean "destroying the houses"? I thought it was a bomb that blew this place up. Or a missile. Wait, that's still a bomb, isn't? Uh, sorry, continue."

 

[Amer]

Toby jumped. "Geez! Okay, okay, I'm listening." He said, and turned to the faerie. "What do you mean "destroying the houses"? I thought it was a bomb that blew this place up. Or a missile. Wait, that's still a bomb, isn't? Uh, sorry, continue."

"Yeah, yeah, it was a bomb. But some were worrying something was rotting the houses. That the poison was already unleashed. I'm thinking those are bombs too." The man touched a screen, setting it aglow. Drone images panned landscapes of houses falling to pieces. Slowly, the image changed again. It had a digital background with a picture of a key. "Problem is, the key could still be out there. I'm thinking they could get their hands on it really easily. But we need someone, some people to stop them. And the Multitude is in disarray. This time don't just hand it over.
"So you're saying the group of hero kids is your only hope against destruction?" Indigo asked with raised eyebrow.
"Well, yes, but this time you won't just be handing the key over to them, right?"
Indigo sighed, but the man began to pour gold sparkles in a vile. They kind of looked like a gold, sparkling slime or bits of the sun clinging together, not really like dust. He capped the vile with a fascinated look in his eyes, as if he was savoring that moment.
"I think that this may help," he said, handing it back. "But don't lose it. It can be replaced, but it might cost extra." He chuckled to himself, walking away.

 

[FrankieDoodle]

"Yeah, yeah, it was a bomb. But some were worrying something was rotting the houses. That the poison was already unleashed. I'm thinking those are bombs too." The man touched a screen, setting it aglow. Drone images panned landscapes of houses falling to pieces. Slowly, the image changed again. It had a digital background with a picture of a key. "Problem is, the key could still be out there. I'm thinking they could get their hands on it really easily. But we need someone, some people to stop them. And the Multitude is in disarray. This time don't just hand it over.
"So you're saying the group of hero kids is your only hope against destruction?" Indigo asked with raised eyebrow.
"Well, yes, but this time you won't just be handing the key over to them, right?"
Indigo sighed, but the man began to pour gold sparkles in a vile. They kind of looked like a gold, sparkling slime or bits of the sun clinging together, not really like dust. He capped the vile with a fascinated look in his eyes, as if he was savoring that moment.
"I think that this may help," he said, handing it back. "But don't lose it. It can be replaced, but it might cost extra." He chuckled to himself, walking away.

"Ha, that's not going to happen. Knowing this group they'll kill each other before someone counts to ten. Asking them not to fight is like filling a room with toys and little kids and asking them not to play. Useless." Toby grumbled, shaking his head. He pulled his glasses of and cleaned them off on his shirt. He put them back on and stared at the vile of glowing yellow dust. "What's that?" He asked, tilting his head to the side.