Canada Eh?

Darren wasn't too sure where he was but he did know it was cold and it was defiantly snowing. He kneeled down stuck a finger into the white substance underneath him dig some out and stuck it into his mouth. After making the popping noise that comes with removing ones finger he nodded his head. It was most certainly snow! Scratching the top of his head the hobo swordsman kid, who was almost seventeen now! Looked around as he walked through the snow heading over to the middle of the 'small' town listening to the accents of the people and trying to figure out why they were all looking at him funny. After a while or walking around he didn't figure out why they were looking at him funny but he did figure out where he was. He was in Canada! Which of course explained why it was so cold, and it explained the snow!

The shirtless sixteen year old Australian kid with a book-bag on his back and a sword hilt sticking out the top had never been to Canada before, even with all his nomadic tendencies, and he was certainly excited. Moving over to what appeared to be an indoor to outdoor restaurant, did they seriously have these in the cold?? Darren plopped down in one of the empty seats and waited for a waiter, or waitress to make their way over to him so he could order his food and or drink. So, when the waiter came up and asked what he wanted Darren was a little bit surprised, he had about twenty bucks to his name and just smiled on up at the older man asking where his parents were. "Well...my parents aren't here obviously but I'll have a doctor pepper, or no! Do you have root beer floats? No, yes? Yes! Oo, a root beer float the please." He grinned up at the man and when he walked off Darren leaned back in his chair, picked up the menu and placed his bare feet up on the table. Hey a least he had a shirt on th- ah nope never mind; no wonder they were all looking at him funny. But hey it's Canada right? Now wonder they were to nice to say anything.

When the waiter brought out his drink he rolled his eyes at Darren and placed his drink down next to his feet. Darren of course simply grinned and moved his feet up, over the drink and back on the ground before taking a giant sip of the float. "Ahh, now that right there hits the spot mate." He said his Australian accent as present as always. "Now, if you don't mind I'd love to have them gigantic nachos, with beef and chicken; no peppers or sour cream though. Well actually it is pretty cold pile on the peppers and salsa if you would." He said grinning up at the man before taking another big sip of his drink. When the man left Darren's eyes wandered around the 'outside restaurant' shaking snow out of his hair. Last time he had been sitting in a restaurant like this he ended up finding Clint Eastwood's brain, he wondered what was going to happen this time. At least he was thinking that before he took a sip of his root beer float again and got a brain freeze. "Coollllddd!!! Ow ow ow woo woo!" He laughed grinning his boyish grin.

The T.V was on, playing a clip from an American station.
“The young Artist was discovered missing three days ago. There where signs of a struggle suggesting Charlotte was kidnapped but no ransom has been posted. “ An image of Charlie flashed across the screen, looking devastatingly beautiful in her element of dance in low pulsing lights on a stage. The video feed was from three years ago from when she was seventeen.

Ani tore her eyes away from the screen and looked back down on her burger, the meat was oozing juices and she should have been hungry. However the woman was not. Tilting her head back she looked at the ceiling, her long brown hair falling behind her chair.

Some aussie kid was heckling the poor waiters and Ani stood up, walking past his table to use the restroom. She returned after applying lip gloss and washing her hands, the woman would have to go collect her belongings later. Currently the jars and everything where hidden in a secure place and it was only a matter of getting there.
Your socks don’t match…. Charlie observed from the back of Ani’s mind.

Ashlynn currently in Canada. Things had gotten heated while in France so she dropped nearly everything and ran until things calmed down. Currently she was sitting outside a small cafe, nearly mimicking her behavior in France. She took a long puff on a cigarette, letting the smoke slowly escape from between her lips. Although her attempts to curb her need for nether were becoming more and more ineffective. But that being said she was effectively slowly starving herself from avoiding nether. Ashlynn moved the cigarette from her mouth and took a sip of a chocolate and caramel mocha. She was dressed in her usual clothes of black combat boots, dark washed blue jeans and a black top that cuts off right above her chest, supported by two shoulder straps. However today the slight variation was that she was wearing a heavy black jacket, black gloves and a dark purple knit cap. Heck she would be sitting inside if she wasn't smoking. She was deep in thought, ever since that one dream she had in Paris before she was to run she had been getting the same dream over and over. However each time in the dream she got less and less further along before being killed. It was being to slowly drive her insane.

And then she saw probably one of the strangest things she had seen since coming to this place. A kid walked up to the cafe lacking anything other then pants. Ashlynn nearly choked on her coffee out of pure shock of this boys stupidity. The kid ordered something and Ashlynn rolled her eyes, taking a puff of her cigarette. She was taking another sip of coffee when she saw the waiter bring out the boys drink, a root beer float. Ashlynn nearly choked once again but once the boy took a sip the drink and yell brain freeze is what broke it for her. She sip out her coffee onto the snow and coughing violently. How stupid was this boy.

When the waiter came back and gave Darren his nachos he thanked the man and picked up the first couple chips and shoved them into his mouth. Boy were the hot and man was he happy to finally have something to complement the cold and make him that much warmer. He was tempted to throw on his costume if only because he doesn’t own another shirt or shoes but in doing so would imply he was out and about doing hero things and he wasn’t exactly doing hero things today. So, the teen aged meta-human continued to eat his nachos and drank some more of his root beer float. Of course this was when he heard the lady spitting out coffee and coughing which made him blink and turn around looking at her.

“Hey woa there, are you alright? Need some help there or anything? I mean choking is probably the worst way to go.” He said popping another chip into his mouth and walked over to her table looking around for someone who looked like they may know exactly how to help her. Then he saw a woman who was slightly older than he was and waved his hands calling her over. “Hey lady! Can you come on out over here and try and help her out here, I think she’s choking!” Darren never had any training in this type of ‘life saving’ capabilities so he wasn’t exactly one to help…knowing him though she was probably perfectly fine. “You aren’t dying or nothing right?”

((SHIP ALL DUH SHIPS... jk... you can kill me later))

“You don’t say,” Ani muttered under her breath. She could care less if her socks matched, unlike Ms. Popstar. The Aussie was now pestering some girl that reeked of cigarette smoke. The girl was interesting, with purple hair and a lip ring.

Don’t stare, its rude.

“Shut up,” Ani growled, busying herself with fries again. She must look a sight, apparently talking to herself. It wasn’t her fault she had another person in her head. The news finally went off Charlie’s disappearance and onto some actual news. Who would care that some teen idol from x amount of years ago had vanished without a trace? No one. Unless they where a major fan of dance.

Well that’s mean… My dad is going to care if you DON’T GIVE ME MY BODY BACK

“Huh, no can do sister.” Ani chuckled into her drink.

((shh! careful or you will be dragged into the ship to!))

Great just what she needed, now the idiot was hovering over her. She tried to wave the man away but then left a sharp pain on her stomach which caused her arm to dart her stomach. She cursed mentally as she knew what happened. She got herself too stop coughing and forced herself to stand up shakily. Ignoring the boy she walked inside. She unzipped her coat and looked down. She mentally cursed as dark red blood bled through her bandages and shirt shirt. She discarded her jacket on the ground and walked behind the counter pushing the waitress out of the way. She got a few protests but then when the waitress saw she was bleeding began to freak out and ran to the phone.

Ashlynn just rolled her eyes. Humans freaked out over the smallest things. Ash looked up while sorting around for something she could use to patch herself up. With the exception of the strange boy would was bugging her outside there was one other girl in this place. Ash looked at the girl in eyes for a bit. Ash's gaze was unsettling and seem to convey that the women should get involve. After unsuccessfully finding something she could use she sighed and pulled out two knifes and a fork. She grabbed some clean looking towels from the back as well. She noticed the waitress was now on the line with someone, police maybe? Or possibly an ambulance, Ash didn't know or did she care. She pulled out another knife from behind the counter and ran her finger over it, sharpening it. She tossed it at the girl and the phone. It easily cut through the wire and stuck out from the wall. The Cafe's manager at this point walked up to her, probably to stop her or something. Ash just pushed past him and walked into the restroom. Placing the silverware on the counter she removed her shirt, hanging it on a coat rack in the restroom. Ash looked at herself in the mirror. The bandages around her torso stop right below her chest. Sharpening one of knifes she cut through the bandages, hoping none of the wounds on her back where open. The amount of wounds on Ash where impressive, and spotted all over her stomach and back. She carefully moves her hand around her back, the wounds there still hurt but she sighed in relief as none of them where open. In fact all of the smaller cuts and wounds seemed to still be closed. Only one was open but it was large.

The cut was from right under her chest and cut across her body and ended right above her hip. Red blood flowed from the wound. Ash's hand reached up touched it gingerly. Ash winced and held back a painful scream. Ash removed her hand and picked up the fork. She removed one of the tongs off the fork and using her Ferrokinesis turned it into a makeshift needle. She then picked the knife up and pulled on it. Her power turned it into a very thin, string like wire. Which would have to take the place of string which was lacking in this place. She threaded the wire through the needle and began to attempt to patch herself up. The needle pierced her skin and Ash forced herself not to scream or double over. But after the next two pierces she doubled over and screamed in pain, loudly. She force herself up and looked into the mirror. Tears streamed down face and her dark red blood was getting all over the bathroom. After preparing herself mentally for the pain she attempted to continue, screaming and crying more and more each time her pierced her flesh.

Of course the girl ignored him and then started to cough even more which made Darren even more confused as she went and clutched her stomach. After that everything happened almost too fast for Darren to register exactly what was going on, almost that is. What he did catch and what registered nearly knocked the joking personality out of the kid who was almost seventeen. Mind jumping back to a scenario he witnessed a year ago back in Australia he ran into the restaurant only to see the 'lady' run into the bathroom, which stopped him dead in his tracks of course. You weren't supposed to follow girls into the ladies room, but of course the screams of agony and pain won out over this 'logical' thoughts. He had to help her.

Having lived on the streets for most of his life, and still doing so, Darren knew what it took to bandage wounds without proper medical attention. All you had to do was look at the scar down the near back right side of his body to know that. Sprinting to the back of the bar he grabbed a bottle of straight alcohol, to numb the pain, quickly searching for a first aid kit he also found what appeared to be Hydrogen Proxide. Grabbing both bottles he raced into the bathroom all the while moving at super human speeds so to those in the restaurant it would all simply appear to be a blur. The bathroom door flung open and Darren moved to where she was. "Stop." Was all he would say placing his hand over hers to stop the needle and metal wire from going through her skin anymore.

He wasn't always serious but when he was it was obvious because the joking demeanor was gone and it seemed as if his ADHD was a thing of the past. He was not losing another life on his watch."Let me help, I know how to do this." He said motioning with his other hand to the scars and wounds present on his own body, some that hadn't fully healed even with his slightly fast healing rate. When she finally decided to let him help he quickly took a punch of paper towel and told her to bite down on it  "This is going to sting but it will help with the pain and help clean the wound." He poured the Hydrogen Proxide on it first and then the alcohol before taking the needle and wire from her and hands moving at what seemed to be super speed he tied up the wound. It wasn't perfect but it fast, and certainly or hopefully not as painful and better than the way she was doing it. "You going to be alright?" Stupid question but hey, he couldn't be serious that long. "Looks like it hurts." Here came the grin, the boyish grin.

Ani watched as Ashlyn threw a minor tantrum and ran into the bathroom. Closely followed by screaming and the Canadian getting up and following her into the woman’s restroom, Charlie was freaking out while Ani sat there and finished her drink.

We should go check… Charlie fretted and continued to pester her until Ani got up.

“All right,” She moaned under her breath and made her way into the bathroom. The first thing that hit her was the smell, the cloying metallic smell that reminded Ani of pennies. Blood, blood everywhere. Then the second emotion that over powered… the desire to faint. That was all Charlie. So Ani compromised and covered her mouth before bolting to the nearest stall to heave out the items she had just eaten into the porcelain bowl. But when the door opened, it was Charlie. Her eyes widened in shock slightly, as she poked her face and looked at herself in the mirror before looking giddy. Then noticing the blood again stifled a shriek…. Oh dear. Why was she here again?
Oh yes, Ani had hijacked her body so now Charlie’s clothing did not fit properly. If either of the two had watched the news earlier they would recognize her as the dancer who had been missing for the past three days.
“Uhh… Hi?”

Ash's hand was shaking badly, yet she brought the needle close to her skin again, she needed to get this wound closed badly. And then a hand covered her own. Ashlynn's eye darted up and her face turning red when she saw who it was. She pulled her hand out from under his hand. She didn't need help from a lowly human. She threaded the needle through her skin again and doubled over, screaming. It was at this point where she gave up and handed Darren the needle. She crossed her arms over her chest, she was wearing a bra so she was covered but still the fact Darren was staring right in front of her and could stare made her face turn a deep red color. Darren gave her paper towels to bite on. As soon as she did she felt a stinging, burning pain as Darren cleaned out the wound.

Short after that the other girl from before walked in the bathroom. She looked at Ash and the blood for about a second before darting into the closest stall and throwing up. Ash mentally shrugged and braced herself to be stitched up. However instead her flesh being pierced slowly and one at a time instead she felt a wave of pain and she doubling over. When she looked down the entire wound was surprisingly was complete stitched up. She got back up. The girl had emerged from the bathroom but it was a different girl... same clothes, but different girl. Or was it, most humans looked a like to Ashlynn. She ignored Darren's question and grabbed her shirt and pulled back on, covering the impressive amount of wound on her torso. She then turned and went to slap Darren as hard as she could.

"That's what you get for looking." said Ashlynn angrily. Police sirens could be heard from the distance, slowly getting closer to the cafe.

Darren had not been expecting the slap, because of this he wasn’t able to react to it or prep himself for the slap. Her hand hit home and smacked across his face, his head ‘flying’ in the direction of the slap before he snapped back to looking at her. “Ooooowww! Looking at what exactly? I mean ouch, that seriously stung…well okay not really but ouch anyway?!” The ‘boy wonder’ said rubbing the tiny red spot on his cheek. In all honestly it hadn’t hurt as much as he was playing it off to be and with how minor the ‘injury’ was his really low healing factor already stopped the pain and was ‘healing’ any, if any, damage done to his skin. Essentially by the time he finished rubbing it there was no red mark or indicator she had slapped him in the first pace.

Then he heard the lady behind him speak up and he spun around grinning “Hey! I’m Darren and this is…well actually I don’t know who this is but she’s hurt…or at least I think she’s a little better now anyway. Wo-“ Whatever he was going to say was cut off at the sounds of sirens being heard in the distance. This night was totally going to shit, first he had to trek through snow and ice, and then he didn’t get to finish his nachos…again, then some crazy girl bled all over the place and slapped him after he helped patch her up, and now the cops were coming? He didn’t think the night could get any worse but of course he had been wrong before, actually he was wrong a lot of the time now that he thought of it.

Which of course meant it was probably going to get worse before it got better. “So uh, did anyone order an ambulance? Or is that the fire department?” He asked trying to make light of the situation, with either of the three siren wielding response forces things wouldn’t be too good for the slappy girl with the scars across her body, and in her condition he wasn’t so sure she’d be able to do anything about it…meaning he or throw up girl would.

Charlie waved slightly, very confused and very grateful that they didn’t notice that she had turned into another person.  “Charlie-“

That was when the police siren sliced through the air. That was when Charlie started freaking out again. If she was caught, they would send her back on her meds, put her back into the nut house, and make her forget again.

Charlie, relax, just do as I say. Ani stated calmly. A ghostly image seen only to Charlie of Ani leaned against the sinks.

“It was most likely the woman she threw a knife at,” Charlie stated, repeating Ani’s words. She was the evil one and not Charlie. Therefore had lots of experience running for cops, Charlie couldn’t tell if it was a good thing or a bad thing.

“Get dressed and let’s get out of here.”  Charlie told Ashlyn. “Or are you two not done flirting?”

That sarcasm bit was Charlie. Ani smirked and looked up at the ceiling. Red and blue lights lit up the windows in the bathroom. Crap.

Okay, you’re going to have to blast them. Ani followed behind Charlie as she walked out of the bathroom. Several cops where in the restaurant all ready and then they noticed Charlie. At first they got excited as no doubt there was a reward for finding her. Then they realized Charlie wasn’t going to go with them.

That was the point they pulled out their guns. Almost instantly they flew out of their hands and they looked confused. When they didn’t follow her idea to leave it was like the inside of the restaurant exploded, tables flipped and the cops went flying. Everyone was almost on their backs except for the three.

“Come on,” Charlie called as she raced towards the door.

Ash rolled her eyes. Such a lowly human thing, being afraid of people with no real power. Ashlynn walked out of the bathroom, following this strange girl who had changed her appearance. Ash had felt lenient and let the flirting comment go. They were back out in the cafe. Police had already entered the store. They seemed pleased with themselves for some reason. However before Ash could really do anything the police where already knocked over on their backs. Ash ran out to the front of the store with the other two. Then a smirk appeared on her face.

"And I thought I would go hungry today." she murmured to herself. A lot of the nether would go to waste but she was to hungry to care. She looked at the police cars that where out front. There where only two, which was a bit overkill. Ash walked over to the car and spartan kicked it, using her power to send it flying through the front of the cafe. She then repeated the process with the other car. A black mist leaked out of the building, however to these normal humans they would see nothing. Ash took a deep breath in, absorbing as much as the Nether that she could handle.

Darren followed the two out of the door ready to take on all the cops and successfully get them out of there with little to no problem. Which he would have a ton of fun with as he has never fought Canadian cops before and he wasn't quite sure how they stacked up to American cops. It would be an adventure wort finding out. He reached for his sword and was about to make his move when the café erupted. Eyes blinking he stood dazed watching the two females at work, barely dodging the cop car that was shot into the building. "Did you just, did she just, woa wait hold up flirting? Who's flirting with who?"Darren said blinking amazed at the situation, two telekinetic woman in the same café in Canada for crying out loud.

Shaking his head he looked around cringing slightly at the sight of the dead police men and even the poor waitress from the café. This was not how this should have gone down, and he didn't like it at all. Rushing outside he caught up with the two girls, skidding to a stop in front of them. "What the hell was that?!" The 'boy wonder' asked pointing at the crushed cop cars and somewhat destroyed building. "You killed people in there! Sure there was a chance they would have attacked us but only because scar lady threw a knife at someone! We didn't even break any laws until you two tore the place up! Jeeeez I'm being the responsible one... Wait until John gets a load of this." He said, the last part being more to himself than anything.

“Yes, I did say flirting,” Charlie mused. Gone was the quite, sweet girl who had been in a mental institution for memory loss. Here was a creature, ready to get stuff done. Ani mumbled something under her breath causing Charlie to grin.

“Oh shut it,” Charlie mumbled before shifting into Ani.

“No, don’t think I will shut it.” Ani watched as Ashlyn fed off the cop corpses. “You sure that was wise to kill a cop. It will only get us into more trouble.”

The scar on Ani’s cheek seemed to glow silver in the light. Moving forward, Ani poked one of the nearby cars. Hngg.

“What do yah all think?” Ani asked quietly. Charlie was quiet, she did not want to steal a car. Nor would she lend her powers in doing so. “Fine, Charlie is going to be no help.” Ani announced.

"Like I would ever flirt with a human." mumbled Ash to herself. She ignored the other two for a few moments and absorbed the rest of the nether. Unless either of them could sense or see the nether it would just look like she is taking deep breathes. But the chance of them being able to sense it, let alone see if was slim to none. She ignored the boy who was freaking out. The girl asked her directly if what she did was smart. But she sounded different though. Turning around to face her she noticed the girl looked different again, was she two different people? Or was it something different?

"What do I care, all humans are the same. They will all die eventually, either by my hand or by someone else's." said Ashlynn walking away from the cafe now that she had her fill. She turned her attention to the boy. "Calm down, they're just humans." Then the girl announced Charlie wasn't going to help them. This caused Ash to tun around and look at the girl again. So both version of this girl had different names.

Ashlynn walked up to the car the girl was standing next to. She grabbed the handle and opened the car, her power unlocking the door. "This what you wanted?"