Anything italicized is Beca's personal thoughts.
Chaos, that's the only way Beca can think to describe everything that's going on around her. There are people everywhere and they are all running towards Beca and her group. She looks around and sees Aubrey and Chloe tag teaming against three people. Beca doesn't get a very good look at them, though, due to the fact that Jesse is constantly obstructing her view as he blurs by. Though she cannot make out any of his features, she can see the streak like pattern he makes. A trail of people lying on the ground, some confused as to how they got there and some completely unconscious, are left in his path. If it were under different circumstances, Beca would laugh at the shocked look on their faces.
Focusing on her current task at hand, she notices a man approaching her. He is nothing all too intimidating: average height and average weight with an easily forgettable face. However, when the man's face begins to mutate, and shift, Beca knows that image will forever be burned into her mind. In the man's place, stands a carbon copy of a wolf. She's never witnessed something like that outside of the wolf transformation scene in one of those Twilight movies she fell asleep during. However, when they changed in the movie, it was a lot less disgusting than what just happened in front of her.
The animal leaps towards her with a feral growl and its large, sharp teeth bared. The wolf lands on her and she falls back, hitting the pavement ass first. She is now staring at it, and hot saliva is dripping onto her face. The creature has both her arms pinned under two small paws and she can feel its claws digging into her. However, the wolf hasn't made any move to kill or even seriously harm her. While this fact confuses her, Beca knows that she doesn't have time to think about it. Expelling a small amount of her strength, she easily frees her arms.
Now freed, she shoves the animal off her. It goes flying, soaring into the sky. Beca doesn't believe her eyes when the wolf changes into a hawk and dive bombs her. Beca scrambles away as it nears the ground. Once it has nearly landed, it transforms into a huge lion. It stalk towards Beca, like an animal hunting its prey. She is pushing herself back with her legs, scooting on the ground. The lion's growl rips through the air and it lunges at her. Right before the animal hits her, something sends it sailing into the car a few feet away from them. It slams into a vehicle and then slumps to the ground. The lion changes in front of Beca's eyes and in its place is the man. He is lying unconscious and naked on the ground.
Beca looks around and sees Aubrey with her hand raised in the direction of where the beast had been. Beca smiles at the blond and the girl simply nods back before resuming her own battle. Surveying the field, Beca notices that one of the cars is filled with weapons that are being unloaded. Six people are standing by it, and Beca can see that it's quite evident that these men do not have any special abilities of their own.
So that's their plan. The wolf not trying to kill her suddenly makes sense. Their enemy wants to simply wear them down before the others come in with their guns. They more than likely want to capture Beca and the rest of her group. They must want to use them as test subjects. The only thing worse than death, to Beca, is becoming a lab rat. To be tested on night and day, to be kept alive simply to satisfy the greed and curiosity of others. Anger runs through her body and she is now more determined than ever to not let these guys win.
She bends her legs and jumps, sailing through the sky. She lands on one of the men, tackling him to the ground. Getting up, she is able to also pull the man along with her, and to his feet. Using his struggling body as a shield, she avoids getting hit with what's coming out of the guns that the soldiers have. After a few rounds of shots are fired at her, the man's body goes slack. She looks down at him and sees small darts protruding from his bullet proof vest and his unprotected arms. Tranquilizers.
Beca throws the unconscious man at one of the guy who's holding a gun. They both fly several feet before crashing into and then through the glass, gas station doors. She spots a manhole in front of her and picks up the cover. Confident with her new shield, she charges at the remaining four, deflecting any darts shot at her. Once she reaches them, she smashes the shield into the head of one of the men, careful not to use enough force to kill him. That's not something Beca has done before, and she'd like to keep it that way.
The man she hits slumps to the ground and then Beca sends a kick into the woman next to him. She sails into the sky and then though the hole already made in the door. With two more left, she flings her shield like a Frisbee. It hits its target sending the man sailing. He skids against the ground for a while until finally coming to a stop. He lays motionless on the pavement, trapped under the 200 plus pound cover. She dives to the ground, both to dodge the darts being shot at her by the one remaining person, and to grab a dropped gun. She picks it up and fires at the man standing before her, as he scrambles to reload his weapon. Her darts hit him, and after a couple seconds he slumps to the ground.
She looks over to check on how the rest of her friends are doing. She sees that the battle field has narrowed down sizably and that Aubrey appears to be in a heated match with what looks like air. However, the way the blond appears to be taking hits, it's clearly a person with abilities of their own. Aubrey looks to be at the end of her string when it comes to her powers. While they do possess abilities, they tire easily. It feels very similar to doing a short, intense workout. You may only be expelling energy for a small amount of time, but it leaves you and your body exhausted. Beca's definitely feeling the toll that doting her make-shift shield has caused on her muscles.
The blond is trying her best to fend off the blows, but in her weakened state, she is failing miserably. The brunette looks at her feet and faces her body directly where Aubrey seems to be throwing her hands. Beca stomps, expelling a small and controlled amount of her strength, and the ground shakes. It begins to crack beneath her, and travels all the way down to what appears to be the thin air in front of Aubrey.
When the jolt from Beca's stomp reaches them, it causes both Aubrey and her opponent to fall. Confused and thrown off their feet, the air materializes into a young woman. Beca's blond teammate quickly seizes the moment, raising her hand and sending the formally invisible lady forcefully into the brick wall of the gas station. She makes a sickening thud sound on impact and slowly falls to the ground. Aubrey sends a smile in Beca's direction.
"We're even." Beca shouts to her and Aubrey nods before getting to her feet and taking on her next opponent.
Beca looks around for a second until her eyes fall on a man she knows all too well. Someone who Beca despises. He is leaning against the side of a car, watching the events unfold behind dark sunglasses. His black hair is cropped closely to his head and he has a very distinct jaw. He is wearing the same uncaring expression he had been when he ordered his men to kill Beca's father. Beca still remembers trying to hold in her cries as she hid in their kitchen pantry. She begins walking in his direction, and lifts the manhole cover off the trapped person along the way. She flings it at the man in rage. It's a perfect throw, but her opponent effortlessly steps out of its path without as much as a look in her direction. He then turns, facing her.
His lips curl into a sickening grin and he begins to close the space between them. On his way he reaches in his pocket and retrieves a small black object. With a simple flick of his wrist, the devise elongates, taking on the shape of a much narrower police baton. She hears faint buzzing coming from the black stick, realizing it must be a Taser of sorts.
He lunges at Beca once they are in combat range. She sidesteps the buzzing object, and then jumps high into the air when she sees he is bringing it back towards her midsection. When she lands he is swinging once again. With each swipe he gets closer and closer to hitting her. Beca is frantically dodging, but each of the man's moves are careful and calculated. He clearly knows what he's doing.
Beca does get lucky and is able to catch the man's arm during one of his attempt to electrify her. With one swift motion, she breaks it. The electric baton is sent sprawling on the pavement, and Beca feels a small amount of relief, and confidence, in her minor victory. That is, until she hears the man laugh instead of cry out. Shocked her grip loosens and he pulls his injured limb away from her. Holding his hurt arm with his good one, he sends several kicks in her direction.
She jumps back, easily avoiding them, and then sends her fist into the man's chest. She puts enough force behind her punch to shatter every rib in his body. The hit sends him reeling back and he flies forcefully into the driver's door of a large Escalade.
"That's for my dad, asshole." She seethes, turning her back to the beaten man and looking around to see if any of her friends need help.
"I thought you looked familiar, girl." She hears the very distinct German accent and whips back around. She sees the tall man peeling himself away from the damaged car. His disfigured arm begins to reset itself, and his numerous cuts close. Everything on him returns to how it looked minutes ago. The only sign of their battle is the sticky blood that is caked to his pale face.
Accelerated healing. Beca's heard of it a few times in her life but was always told that the power is incredibly rare. People who possess it are nearly indestructible. Their immunity to disease and expanded life span makes them very sought after by normal humans, the wealthy especially. They see it as their fountain of youth. However, the rarity of the ability and the scientists' incapability of transferring or even recreating the gift, has left many who possess it lab rats, or dead. This man; however, appears to have been converted into a soldier.
He closes the space between them and before Beca can recover from her shock, he sends a punch to the brunette's stomach. Beca doubles over in pain and then is met in the face with his knee as he brings it up. Her vision begins to cloud with black and the dizziness causes her to lose balance. Beca lands hard on the ground. She winces in pain and curses whoever gave her these powers for not making her indestructible as well. Sensing the raised boot of her enemy she quickly rolls out of the way, right when he bring his foot down where her head would have been.
She grabs the mans ankle, and squeezes, shattering it. The man stumbles a bit, and then falls to the ground. She hops up and tries to run away when she feels a sharp pain in the back of her leg.
"Never turn your back on your opponent, girl."
She feels fear running down her spine, which is quickly replaced with the spreading of pain from her leg to the rest of her body. Everything on her tenses as the pain courses through it. She has lost control of her limbs, and feels herself falling. She can't catch herself, and lands with a thud. Her body aches, and she thinks she feels herself twitching, but she's not sure. She can hear her heartbeat in her ears as she looks out to the battle field. There are only a few of their enemies left; however, they all have powers and are going toe to toe with her friends.
Jesse is having his ass handed to him by some guy who can apparently control the earth, and Aubrey is surrounded by four of the same person. Then she sees Chloe. The redhead sends the person she has been fighting with flying through the air and when they land, they crash through the roof of a neighboring business.
Chloe begins walking towards the middle of the commotion. She raises her arm in Jesse's direction as a strange, red, almost gas like substance emerges from her hand. Her blue eyes also change, transforming into the same red color coming out of her hand. It hits the earth manipulator in the temple. The woman continues to fight Jesse for a couple of seconds before shaking her head, looking dazed. She stumbles for a second and then sinks to her knees, trembling. The look on her face is pure terror.
Beca feels her hands being zip tied behind her back by the man as he speaks in a language she can't understand. It sounds like he is having a conversation with someone, probably talking in to a headset. Focusing her attention back onto Chloe, she watches as the redhead takes a second and stares intently at Aubrey's opponent. With deadly accuracy, Chloe sends one of the men surrounding her best friend flying until he hits a car. The other three clones disappear seconds after.
Beca feels the German man pick her up as he begins to flee the scene, probably trying to capture at least one of them. However, Beca sees Chloe walking towards them. The redhead looks scary to Beca, with her eyes glowing red and the way she looks like she's ready to murder someone.
Beca feels herself fall to the grounds roughly, hitting shoulder first, unable to try and catch herself. She manages to get into a sitting position and sees Chloe has her captor pinned up against the side of a car. His expression is still calm, but with his sun glasses having been knocked off at some point in the battle, Beca can see the fear in his eyes.
"What's your power, huh?" Chloe asks him. Her voice sounds different. It's devoid of the bubbly, perky tone Beca had grown accustom to. The man doesn't say a word. "Oh, interesting, self-healing. Well I want to tell you, Pieter is it?" Chloe continues. He doesn't respond, but the look on his face says that she's right. "It is. Well, Pieter I want you to know that while physically you may be indestructible," She's inches away from his face now, "mentally you're not." Chloe raises her index finger to his temple and the same red gas like substance leaves her the tip of it and enters his head.
Pieter reacts quit similarly to the woman who Chloe had just done that to. She releases her telekinetic hold on him and he falls to the ground, curling into a ball, like a child. Chloe is also stumbling now, appearing to have pushed herself far past her limits. Aubrey has made her way over to the scene and grabs Chloe's shoulder in an attempt to steady her friend.
"We said only the telekinetic part of your powers during fights, Chloe. You promised me."
Beca is very shocked by what has just happened in front of her. She is amazed by the amount of power Chloe has and how different Chloe is when using it. She has done a complete 360 from the person she was throughout the whole car ride.
Jesse is by Beca's side now, undoing her zip tied hands. "You ok Becs?" He asks her once her hands are free, concern evident in his voice. She just nods and thanks him when he helps her to her feet. She's a little light headed and sways for a second. She leans on Jesse for support. He puts and arm around her to make sure she doesn't fall. Once she's gotten her footing back, she shoves Jesse playfully away from her and he smiles back in relief. Beca focuses her attention back on the other two girls.
Chloe shakes her head for a second, and her eyes revert back to the beautiful blue that Beca likes so much. "I know Bree, but I didn't have a choice. You and Jesse were't looking too great and Beca was about to be taken god knows where."
"Chlo, using that stuff takes a lot out of you." The blond huffs. What Aubrey doesn't say is, it's also really scares her to see Chloe, usually so kind and sweet, become a completely different person when using it. Chloe rolls her eyes, obviously annoyed at Aubrey. However, when the blond begins to help her to the car, Chloe doesn't object.
Beca thinks back to what Aubrey said about only using telekinetic powers during fights. The fact that they have had that conversation before doesn't sit right with Beca. She and Jesse have been on the road for months, and have never once had to use their abilities. That is, until they met these two girls.
"She's got some unusual powers." Jesse says as he and Beca walk towards the car as well. "Did you see the look on that guys face when her red gas stuff hit him?" Beca just hums in agreement before focusing back on Chloe and Aubrey. She has a weird feeling about them, like they might be hiding something more. It wasn't that she didn't trust the girls, which surprised Beca. She usually has a genuine distrust for basically everyone except Jesse. No, she definitely doesn't distrust them. Though after seeing and hearing everything she just did, there is a little voice in the back of her mind telling her that maybe she should.
When Beca reaches their car, she notices the white BMW is still wholly in tacked. In fact there's not even a scratch on it. "You wasted like half your power protecting this damn car, didn't you Bree?" Chloe jokes as Aubrey opens the passenger door and then dumps her friend into the seat.
"Well, it's brand new and I didn't want to go through the trouble of buying a new one or getting repairs." Aubrey replies dismissively.
"We need to get out of here before the police come or any of these guys wake up." Jesse suggests, looking around at all the people littering the ground.
"You guys definitely won't be able to stay in this town, and there no way Aubrey and I are going to be able to make it to where we were going tonight. I say we drive for as long as we can and then get a couple of rooms somewhere." Chloe suggests. "If that's ok with you two, I mean!" She quickly adds.
The two brunettes exchange glances and then Beca says, "I think it might be our only option at this point."
"Ok with that settled let me get gas." Aubrey says before grabbing her purse from under Chloe's feet. Taking out her credit card she approaches the pump and sees that it reads, 'Pay inside'.
"I'll be right back." Aubrey says before heading towards the entrance of the store.
"She can't be serious." Beca says completely shocked.
"Oh she is." Chloe replies, stretching out and stifling a yawn, not even a little phased.
Beca walks quickly trying to catch up to Aubrey to tell her to stop, that they can get gas somewhere along the way.
"Becs, grab me some food." Jesse yells after her.
She rolls her eyes at his comment and approaches the entrance of the convenient store. She's too late to stop Aubrey and the blond is already at the register. The man behind it is looking at her terrified. The three people Beca sent through the door are lying on the ground, chip bags and candy splayed everywhere. The store is in shambles and Beca carefully steps around the people, glass crunching under her black Converse.
"Hi, I want to put 40 on pump 3." Aubrey says handing the guy an unbelievably large amount of cash for her request. The man looks at the money for a second shock overtaking his face. He then accepts it with a shaking hand and punches in Aubrey's request.
"D-do you want a receipt, m-mam?" He stutters, fear evident in his voice.
"No thank you. Beca, grab some snacks for the road, we have a long drive ahead of us." Aubrey says and then whips around. She leaves the store not even glancing back. Beca grabs a few items, gives an apologetic smile to the clerk and follows Aubrey.
Once the tank is full they pile into the car for the second time that day. They exit the gas station and hit the road. They narrowly miss the police cars that go wailing in, as they pull out. "See, I knew we had enough time for gas." Aubrey says before turning the radio on.
"Wait, are we not even going to talk about what just happened?" Beca asks.
"What's there to discuss?" Aubrey counters.
"We just got done fighting a bunch of people in the middle of nowhere, and you're acting like its just a typical Saturday!"
"That's exactly why I don't feel like talking about anything. Can we do this later, I'm not in the mood." Aubrey says hotly, not even sparing Beca a glance in the rear view mirror. Beca rolls her eyes and crosses her arms, turning her head to glare out her window. The the car is silent now, the only sound is the radio playing.
"Bree, can I choose the music?" Chloe asks.
"If I said no would you do it anyways?"
"Yep!"
"Fine."
Chloe plugs her phone into the Aux cord on the car. David Guetta's Titanium plays and Chloe starts to sing. Her voice amazes Beca. It's so sweet and angelic. Beca could listen to it all day.
"You know David Guetta?" Beca asks genuinely surprised, turning to the redhead.
"Have I been living under a rock?" Chloe shoots back, smiling at Beca through the rear view mirror before continuing to sing the chorus. That does it, I am officially in love with the straight girl I met less than six hours ago.
I hope you guys enjoyed! I'm still working on my fight scene writing, so I'm sorry if it wasn't too great. I want to say thank you to all of you who reviewed! It really means a lot to me! Like I said last chapter, I will try to be updating weekly, give her take a few days. Also I am writing Flula's character, Pieter from Pitch Perfect 2, super AU. The only person who can do Flula is Flula and I failed miserably in the first few drafts at trying to write him. Thanks again for reading!
