Renegad
by Rai

Chapter 1: 1/30/2007 21:14

Tales have always been tales of people with powers beyond what we'd call possible. People who could call fire from the heavens, who could change their form into that of an animal. They have been passed down from mother to child, father to son, generation to generation.

And you are one of them. You have been told all your life that you will one day discover your powers and then you must choose how to use them. But you've never felt the least bit special.

Your mother can bend light to her will, vanishing or beaming like a thousand suns. Gravity cannot hold her down and she often floats like a ghost through the house.

Your father is a formshifter. Channeling the power of the magestic eagle, he flys the skys on proud wings. Your little sister has this talent as well. Now, at last, you feel the stirrings of your own, unique, power. What is this power?

Voting begins!
Final Results: Your power is?

Options	Votes
Elemental control?	0 (0%)
Pyrokenesis?	1 (25%)
Charm animals/humans	3 (75%)
Formshifting of some kind.	0 (0%)

Chapter 2: 1/30/2007 21:22

You notice it one day when you're late for work. Your boss is ready to fire you, it's not the first time you've been late, and you dont' have a good excuse handy this time. Instead you just glare at him and mutter 'Gimme a break' wishing with all your heart he'd quit coming down on you.

To your surprise his attutude changes at once, softening as he tells you he understands, and he nicely asks that you don't let it happen again. You stand there for another five minutes with your mouth hanging open...wondering what just happened.

You tried it again and again throught the day on co-workers and it continues to work just as it did on your boss. On the way home you're passing the junk yard when the doberman on the other side of the fence starts barking like it wants to take your head off.

You turn your mind on it, willing it to quiet silence, and it obeys. It seems that people are not the only ones whom you can control. You're so happy about the discovery that you don't notice the two shady men in the van across the street watching you.

What will the men in the van do?

Voting begins!
Final Results: What do the men do?

Options	Votes
Cultist kidnapping?	3 (75%)
CIA?	1 (25%)
Money for evil?	0 (0%)
Follow you?	0 (0%)

Chapter 3: 1/30/2007 21:31

Before you know it arms wrap around you and an old gym sock is stuffed in your mouth. Something sickly-sweet invades your nose and the world goes black for you. You can't help wondering if your parents will punish you for this.

When you finally wake up, you've been tied to a chair with duct-tape. There are others, four others, all around you in the same position. Around the five of you are the cultists themselves, two hundred strong.

Several are armed with M-16's and others are mixing up what looks like Kool-Aid in huge batches. The other prisoners don't seem like they're awake and, at the moment, nobody's really looking at you.

You don't know if you're powers will allow you to control all of them at once but you're pretty sure they wont. You also don't know who the leader is, or if he's even in the room, so that's not an option either.

But can't just sit there and do nothing, your parents wouldn't do that. But you're not your parents. What are you going to do?

Voting begins!
Final Results: What do you do?

Options	Votes
Religious ecstasy?	0 (0%)
Get attention?	3 (100%)

Chapter 4: 1/30/2007 21:44

You jerk your head muttering 'MMMM' as loud as you can. When one of them finally wanders over you turn your face toward them, gesturing with your eyes that you want the sock removed. He just laughs at you.

"I don't think so Devil-boy! You won't pull one over on me! I am protected by my pious nature and my faith in the One True God!" With that he stalks away.

Nuts, you think. You should have tried to command him. Now, however, you still have your problems. Namely, how to get this fithly sock out of your mouth and then how to get free.

It's obvious they know you have powers, which surprises you considering you didn't even know about them until today. How did they find out?

You don't have much time to wonder as something hits you over the head and everything goes black. When you wake up you're no longer bound and gagged but you are in a cell. So are the other four, who are still out like lights.

What do you do?

Voting begins!
Final Results: What do you do?

Options	Votes
Try and wake them?	3 (100%)
Use your powers?	0 (0%)
Wait and see?	0 (0%)

Chapter 5: 1/30/2007 21:51

Slowly you poke one of them, a girl, in the shoulder. She shuffles around a bit and you continue until...yeowch! You pull back your sizzled finger and stick it in your mouth. The girl, flames still coating her skin, sits up rubbing her head.

The others, woken by the sharp sting of her fire, scoot back from her as she blushes and tries to damp them down. "Lemme, help." Says another girl from the back and suddnely a small stormcloud appears on the ceiling.

A moonsoon is shortly in effect and you and the fire girl are both miserable. The 'helpful' girl is cheefully trying to turn it off while the other two are sitting there glaring at you like it's your fault.

Finally the rain stops and the cheerful girl smiles. "Sorry about that. Lola Meyr at your service. I'm a novice stormcaller."

"Like we couldn't have guessed." That from one of the guys in back. Spurred on by Lola the others introduce themselves. The firey girl is Keri Quinn. A boy named Elliot Hayze is a formshifter, although he won't say what, and the smart-ass is Will Valt. He claims to be able to fly but he's not doing much of that right now.

You introduce yourself and your power slowly unsure of how it will go over.

How do the others react?

Voting begins!
Final Results: Reaction?

Options	Votes
Shock and awe?	2 (67%)
Caution?	1 (33%)
Hatred?	0 (0%)

Chapter 6: 1/30/2007 22:06

Their jaws went slack and eyes went wide...even Will. "You mean you..."

"Wake up sleepyhead!" A hand and arm shake you awake. You groggily get up and rub blurry eyes. "You dozed off again and if you're late Mr. Min will have your hide!"

"I'm going, I'm going." You grumble wishing the superpowers had been more than a dream.

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