So they are out in the real world and fending for themselves! yeah...if x-men has taught us anything people with powers don't live normal lives espaecially when they have Cat ears and a Cat's tail. So lets see what happens when the subjects are left to live...trouble won't be far behind
Several days passed before they found the closest town. Solaris blinked and looked around the street they stood at the end of, suddenly deep in thought over the architecture as a flicker of memory came over him.
"Oi bastard, don't space out! We're on the run, remember!" Mirror pinched his cheek and tugged him down more to his level. Laughing and reeling a little in pain, the Spaniard unhooked the younger male's fingers.
"Ah, sorry I spaced out a little but…" he stopped "Something seems familiar about this place is all…"
"Whether you recognise this place or not we still need to find something to go." Summon walked out of the forest looking around, tail twitching "What are we supposed to do anyway? We are a bunch of teens with ears and tails; we'll be caged up again if we're not careful!"
"Let's take it one step at a time…first we need shelter," Harmonic added. The group fell silent as they strolled the streets, the moon illuminating the way gently. Suddenly Reflect perked up.
"Up there! There is an open window ve~" he cheered until Harmonic grabbed him to quiet him down.
"Not that I am ungrateful for your sight, mon ami" Briar sighed "But that is someone's house and we don't want to be intruding."
"I don't know why…but I'm pretty sure it's OK to go in there," Solaris pointed out, "Looks like no one has been there for a while either."
"That's reason enough for me!" Beast jumped forward, turning into a cat and in three leaps was perched on the window ledge looking in and sniffing around. He hopped onto the carpet and turned back into a human. The place did seem to be deserted and had been for quite some time, the different surfaces were covered in a thin layer of dust. Walking slowly through the darkened home, he could see that it was an apartment with one bedroom, a bathroom, lounge and kitchen and a room off from the living room that seemed to be a study area with a bookcase and small desk. Looking over a table near the door he found there was a bowl near the door with a couple of keys in it. Trying his luck, he slowly picked a key and tried it in the door.
"Oh hell yeah, the awesome me got it first time!" he cheered as the door swung open after the victorious click.
When the sun rose the group of teens had settled into the apartment. Amazonia and Flora had figured out how to use the cooker and were considering making breakfast, finding packets of food that were perfectly edible. Solaris came out of the bathroom and looked over the bed where the two Italian brothers were still sleeping; they and Flora had been given the actual bed since they were the youngest. Brother was sleeping on a pile of cushions at the foot of the bed in case his sister needed him. Solaris slept in the chair in the study while Summon, Briar, Glacier, Atomic, Harmonic and Beast arranged themselves in the living area. Slowly they were all awoken by the smell of food and by mid morning they were all sat in the living area eating and laughing as if they had always lived there.
"I am going to take a walk around the area see if I can find out a little more, then we can figure out what to do next." Solaris offered.
Atomic jumped up and rushed at the Spaniard "Dude let me come with you; I will go stir crazy if I have to stay here!"
At this Glacier sighed "We haven't even been here a day though…"
"But I am a hero and heroes cannot be caged, they have to be free!"
Summon growled and smacked Atomic around the head "Bloody wanker, calm down and sit! If you go out you'll blow up half the neighbourhood git!"
"But!"
"Stay!" the Brit growled and the American obeyed, ear's drooping he sat back down and grumbled under his breath.
"Well, if you are heading out you should go through the closet and find something to hide your tail and ears," Harmonic spoke, sticking a fork of bacon into his mouth. Briar's ears perked up and before Solaris could argue he was dragged up by the French teen into the bedroom and in front of the wardrobe. Dragging the large door open he began to go through the person's clothes until he dressed the less than enthusiastic teen in baggy trousers to hide the tail, hooded top and cap. Solaris had to reposition it a few times as it felt weird on his ears.
"Anything in there that will fit me?" they both turned to see Mirror in the doorway "I am going with you since I can tell right now you are going to fuck this all up."
"Awwwww mi tomatito, you are so kind!" The Spaniard scooped up the fuming Italian who pulled away and landed a successful head butt to the teen's stomach.
An hour later Mirror grumbled as he walked along the pathway. He turned to face the older boy "Come on bastard I haven't got all day!" he shouted, feeling his tail wanting to twitch in anger under his too big jacket. Solaris laughed clutching his stomach "You hit hard Mirror~" Suddenly he stopped and looked around.
"What's wrong now?"
"I know where we are…"
"What are you on about?"
Solaris grabbed the other's hand and dragged him into a large park area until he came to the fountain in the middle. Strange memories began to seep into his mind of that fateful night.
"This is where I first saw Summon…before I was taken," He tapped his lip and the Italian stared at him, he opened his mouth but the boy was off, running past the fountain and up the path on the other side. Cursing, he took up the chase until they reached the other end where Solaris was biting his lip "it's all so familiar…it's weird…"
-Unlocked Potentials-
He was flicking the silver dollar carelessly into the air, catching it and making a mental note of the side it landed on as he surveyed the footage of the laboratories where the staff paced back and forth trying to formulate an answer to why the test subjects escaped.
"I know this may sound silly" he said, turning to Mam who was looking over reports in the chair on the other side of the desk. She looked up and blinked, registering he was talking to her "But do you remember our black leather book?"
"Yes sir…of course…" she answered glancing over her shoulder to where said book was being kept. He let out a low chuckle.
"Perhaps it would be a good idea to go through it…and ask for some help."
-Unlocked Potentials-
Mirror had to admit he was getting a little ticked off, the happy go lucky Spaniard wasn't smiling, not that he cared but a frown didn't suit him. He also wasn't blushing thinking about it…
There was also the fact it had taken them half an hour to walk down the street since he kept stopping and looking over buildings trying to piece together his thoughts. It was when they approached a café that he really got a shock. A screaming woman ran from the shop, flinging herself straight into Solaris and hugging him.
"What the fuck!" Mirror yelled, mouth dropping open. The girl looked at him and smiled, tears in her eyes.
"I am so sorry, I got overexcited. I haven't seen Antonio in a couple of weeks, I was afraid he had been kidnapped!"
"Antonio?" Mirror and Solaris spoke in chorus.
-Unlocked Potentials-
The girl placed the tea cups on the counter to the males as she wiped her eyes again.
"So yeah… Antonio was serving these men at the table and when I came back out the customer said Antonio was helping them with their car but…he never came back" she smiled sadly then remembering something, disappeared out the back and returned with a box "This is where I kept everything left behind, see I got this phone call saying that he was safe and would return when he was done, so I decided not to call the police."
Mirror narrowed his eye and sipped the tea slowly. Those bastard scientists clearly wanted to leave no cause for suspicion. Solaris took the box and fished out a set of keys with tomato fob and a wallet which contained an ID. Stunned and wide eyed he came face to face with himself. He traced a finger over the image.
"So what happened to you" she asked, looking worried at the teen's expression.
"You won't fucking believe us if we told you" Mirror scoffed.
"Well, don't you have a mouth on you? And where are your parents anyway?"
"Lady, I am not even fucking sure if I have any."
"Mirror, be polite to my boss."
Mirror looked at him as he smiled back "So your name is Antonio."
Antonio's smile grew larger hearing Mirror call him by his name was really nice.
"He is right though boss…can't really tell you what happened…but we could always show you…"
Mirror went a ghostly pale. She was confused but motioned the two to go through to the kitchen with her. Once there, the boys freed their tails and removed their hats and watched as she gasped and gripped the counter.
"What happened to you?" she asked, her mouth suddenly dry from fear. Antonio wondered how he could explain it.
-Unlocked Potential-
Back at the house the ringing of the phone caused Beast to stare at the receiver as if it would set alight.
"Don't answer it…we don't know who it is and we may get arrested for being in someone else's house" Harmonic hissed.
"I know! I am not stupid," Beast grumbled as the phone beeped, going onto the answer machine
~Hola! Hey guys guess what…the house you're in is my house! What were the chances right? ~
"Ve~ is that Solaris?" Reflect asked, coming in from the kitchen.
"Yeah, apparently this is his house" Beast replied as the message continued.
~Anyway I found my boss from my job and she is really fine with me and the tail and the ears and stuff so now we have an income, isn't that great?
-It's not fucking great!—
~Come on Mirror, lighten up! I think the uniform looks cute on you~
/I knew I had a brainwave when I made them, you really do look adorable/
-Both of you can fuck off!—
~Anyway just calling to let you know we will be back later since we start work in like 10 minutes, I'll bring back some food for dinner…oh and before I forget, apparently my name is Antonio! I feel so stupid I forgot…bye~
And with the message ended, leaving the room in a stunned silence.
-Unlocked Potentials-
Leather backed book on the desk the Head smiled looking up at the five teens in front of him, all Asian in origin and all related regardless of their different places of birth. Four males and a female, all with cat's tails and ears. He produced a file and the eldest took it, scanning over the contents.
"These subjects need rounding up and bringing back, they will fight back…so as long as they come back alive and ready for testing…I don't mind what force you use, do you understand?"
"Of course aru" the male smiled "It will be nice to use our powers again."
"Then I wish you and your team of siblings luck, Inferno."
Accessing Subject file:
Antonio Fernandez Carriedo- Solaris
The ability to control heat of the air- he can also withstand and conjure and control fire
Happy go Lucky- he seems willing to participate in most tests however he won't speak to any of the staff.
Shows great and open affection to Subject Mirror, action will be taken to discipline him
Unfortunately due to the circumstances that his power was discovered there was little time to gather evidence of use in the past- suggestion of sleep theory has been put forward to try and get the boy to open up about his past