inFamous: Lost Child
L2 Walk Away Selected
Karma Rank Change to: Bright Runaway
The choices Nicky makes will decide events within this story, whether they are good, evil, or passive.
(So choose wisely.)
Nicky stared at Elizabeth, looking at the helpless expression on her face. The young girl liked her position over the woman, but felt that this would make her like the monster she feared. Nicky walked a bit closer to her father's fiancé, and told her with tears, "I hope you understand now, not everyone gets what they want. I wanted a mother, but I got you instead." Young Nicky then pushed her hand towards Elizabeth, and her head was hit hard against the dresser she was in front of, knocking her out cold.
The sound of someone running up the stairs came to her ears. Nicky knew it was… "Father." She darted towards her window, which had a view of the streets below. Her father, Jack, burst through the door, looking at a bruised Nicky.
He asked, "Nicky, what hap…pen…?" Jack stared at her torn clothes, then towards Elizabeth, who was laid unconscious against the dresser. He stared back at Nicky, nervously asking, "Nichole, did you… do that?" While Jack remained in shock for a second, his daughter quickly opened her window and hopped out. He started running towards the window yelling, "Nichole, no! Come back!" No amount of yelling would change this kid's mind though now. Her father always seemed to be one against bio-terrorists, always describing them as freaks, monsters that should be locked in cages. Nicky loved her father, and trusted him with a lot, but did not want to risk being caught by the D.U.P and getting locked up. She had to be on her own now, in the world she has studied, but never truly experienced.
The cold during the winter months are very cold in Nicky's home town. So before it got real dark in Yakima Washington, she decided to find a shop to take some things from. A shop her father took her to, called Ball Cart, had everything she needed. It was a chain of department stores that had most items one could need, assuming they had plenty of money to spare. She walked in through the front, to which a man greeted, "Hello, welcome to Ball Cart. Are your parents inside?"
The ten year old got nervous for a second before replying with, "Yes, my mom went inside a little bit ago. She's getting me… a new jacket."
The greeter gave her a big sarcastic smile, before saying, "Ok then, I hope she gets you one soon. Yakima isn't exactly like my old home in St. George. You're gonna catch a cold out here tonight, so hurry on in."
"Ok." she said before walking through the store's second doors. She moved quickly when she got out of the sight of the greeter. Nicky headed towards the children's clothing area, and put on a pair of sweats on the jeans she was wearing, and then a hoodie and fleece on top of her t-shirt. Before anyone started to take notice of the little crook, she stuffed the jacket pockets with a compass, a map, a flashlight, and a bunch of random snacks.
After her little thieving spree, she went over by the exit. It was now perfect for her to leave with the doors being crowded by a bunch of people just leaving the checkout area. Nicky walked next to a white woman with her son in the cart, and stayed close enough to look like she went in with the woman. Right when the scanners went off at the front door, the greeter stopped the woman to check her items. Nicky on the other hand, got out Scott Free. She looked at the compass she grabbed out her map and compass, and decided to start heading towards the northwest.
She followed the U.S. 12 highway, walking for a few hours, before she got tired near Gleed. She decided to sleep for the night in one of the trees by the Naches River. Nicky cried herself to sleep, thinking of the life she had just left. The young conduit started to have a nightmare, of that woman finding her, trying to rip her clothes apart. After only minutes of sleep, she woke up in fright. Nicky tried to calm herself down for the moment being, then she heard something below her.
Someone was walking down below her. A white man with a hoodie and a large backpack walked over to the side of the river. When stopped by the river, he put his bag down in front of him, and unzipped it. He pulled out what looked like a big rock or crystal, with a bright purple glow. "What is that?" Nicky said to herself. She quietly got down from the tree, and tried to sneak up to get a closer look.
"Huh? Who's there?!" the man asked as he turned around. He saw Nicky froze for a second, and then said, "Wait, you're a conduit too?"
Nicky had a rather confused look on her face before she asked, "What?"
The man then put the rock back in his bag, and turned back to Nicky to say, "I can sense other conduits when they're close enough to me. I didn't think they got as young as you."
"Other conduits? What kind of conduit are you?"
"I'm what some might call an amplifier of conduits. I can drain certain forms of energy, and help other conduits get a boost. You also must be really new to this conduit game as well, 'cause most conduit can sense one another, along with sources for their powers."
"I can do that?"
"If you really are a conduit. You just have to focus real hard, and try to feel everything around you."
The young girl closed her eyes, and tried to focus on the area around her. She tried to feel the presence of both the man in front of her, and the rock behind him. Sadly for her, it did not work. "Uh…?"
"Didn't work, huh?"
"No, not really?"
"Well some conduits are different. Anyway, I need to either leave, or watch me as I do my business here."
"What kind of business is that in your bag?"
"Some shit you don't really need to worry about?! It's something I borrowed from someone. You can stay and watch if you want, but you have to watch over me when I fall asleep."
"You're going to sleep after this? And I have to watch?"
"Yes, and if you wanna. I gotta drain this blast core to gain more power."
"That's what that's called? A blast core? Is that like a fragment of rayacite that I heard about?"
"Huh… oh yeah, yeah. That's sorta what it is, only it has quite a kick to it. A conduit that uses this can get new powers from it."
Nicky got a little jumpy and said, "Really? Is it possible to share one, maybe?"
"Hmm,… I guess I could share the one I have, you seem like you might need some energy since you're powers are still developing. And it's not like you can run off with it and use it, since I am one of the few conduits who can activate the blast core."
"So I can have some of it? What's your price?"
"Well, I guess if I'm sharing this, then you'll have to follow along with me for a while. Or at least til them damn dup guys get me."
"I guess that's… fair."
"Alright then."
The man turned back to his bag, and grabbed out the blast core. He walked up to her, and said, "Name's Jacob by the way. What's yours little cutie?"
That comment creeped her out a little, but she sucked it up and said, "Nicky."
"Ok Nicky, just put your hand on the pretty rock, and…", he paused to let the young conduit put her hand on the blast core. When Nicky did, he continued with, "…CHEERS!"
[Comic Scene]
He put a surge of electromagnetic energy through the blast core, and then a burst of energy went through the two of us. Both of us started to lift into the air after the blast core blew up. An orange aura formed around me, with strange looking dust starting to form into my skin. I tried my best not to freak out, but I couldn't help screaming as the power inside started to hurt. All of the sudden, it just went black…
[To be continued…]
Hey, CAJ is back, just hope you are taking a liking to this story. Sorry that it's a short update after one week. Anyway, it's interesting that so far I've only gotten "L2" in my reviews so far. Also, there won't be another "Karmic" decision for another entry or two, but don't worry, it's not too far away. Also, if anyone's interested, you can send in original character concepts (via Private Message/Review), whether human or Conduit, just follow the little formula below:
Name: (Original:)
Optional: (Conduit/Nick Name: Such as the "Electric Man" or "Banner Man")
Gender: (Please just male or female)
Humanoid Appearance: (Skin tone, eye color, hair style and color, description of scars and amputations if any)
Attire: (Color, condition of clothing, kind of clothing, shoes, armor that isn't too comic book like)
Date of Birth/Age: (At least young enough to have been born in the 20thcentury.)
Conduit Gene: (Positive/Negative)
Conduit Abilities: (If human, ignore; If Conduit, describe powers in detail, and please make an original power that has not been used in any inFamous installment, or currently within this story if they are a "Prime Conduit". If not possible, give reasons onto how they have the powers of one of the other inFamous characters.)
(As a side note, used powers include: Lightning, Tar, Metal, Napalm/Fire, Ice, Ray Sphere, Smoke, Neon, Video, Concrete, Paper, Glass, Wire, and Conduit Sponge; unique powers included in this story will be: Bone, Wood, Amplifier/Conduit Battery, Flesh and Toxicity/Gases)
Occupation: (Job and position, level of current education if in school, runaway, or can be a current inmate at Curdun Cay Station)
Family/Legal Guardians: (Any family that you might want them to mention.)
Any Extra Info: (Spare no details on this crazy cat of a character you're sending.)
That's all guys and gals, see ya 'round.