More Meteor Showers Bring Even Stranger Powers. (O/A)

[Rikki Tikki Travi]

Heather's eyes lit up at Liv's display of her light control. Larry clapped his hands in delight.

Heather squeaked, "That's so amazing! It's...beautiful." The last word was barely audible as it crept past her scaly lips.

She remembers how pretty she was before Lawrence found the meteor and brought her out to see it. She was never conceited about it, but she was proud of the looks that she inherited from her mother. She would be complimented by her family, strangers, and a good number of boys. It wasn't until just a few weeks before the incident that she understood why she was never interested in the boys. But by the time she came to terms with her feelings and embrace them it was too late. Now no one would ever compliment her, and it took someone else with an obvious mutation to even look at her without cringing.

Tears began to pool up around her eyes. Before they could collect and drop she bowed her head and muttered, "Please excuse me." The bow caused a tear to drop from each eye and spatter against the ground. Her dark hair slid past her non existent ears and draped past her eyes. She turned carefully, always mindful of her sizable tail which swept the ground as she walked, and hurriedly made her way to the nearest exit.

Larry watched his sister leave, his eyes showing great concern and love for her. He turned back to the girls, each one pretty in their own regards, and slowly began to piece together why Heather left in such a hurry. This would normally anger him, but he knew she would not want him to be angry. He opened his mouth as though to explain to them the problem, but he couldn't piece the words together in a complete sentence.

"Sister. Sad." His face said there was more to it than what he was saying, and that he was trying to get the words out.  

[Nova Blancke]

"Who says I haven't been poking around in either of your heads already?" Alexavier replied. Perhaps he was joking. Perhaps he wasn't. Alexavier and Cassandra seem to be a bit of an odd couple together seeing as Alexavier is in charge and Cassandra is..well...braiding Gidgets hair.  

[mc2]

"Oh, have you?" Annie asked, smiling, she didn't appear the least bit concerned even though she had been contemplating double crossing Alexavier and Cassandra if given the opportunity: he would have been stupid not to see that possibility, even if he didn't dive into her brain. "I'm sorry," she continued, "that probably was fairly boring for you, at least in regards to my mind. I've always been fairly transparent."

Still smiling she added, "I don't envy you on your ability. It always seems that knowing what someone is thinking is more hassle than it is worth. It is asking to find out something you don't want to know. Of course, if I could know what others were thinking I am sure I would take the advantage of the power if I had it. I just wouldn't be happy in the end."

She turned and pointed to an exit sign, "Shane, there's a couple hotels off that exit. Let's get a couple connecting rooms and get some rest. It isn't good for us to be up this long. Only Gidget's body and Christian has gotten any real amount of rest from what I can tell. You'll have to go in disguised. I can wait in the car with the rest of our crew."  

[Deora_Alvarez]

Deora's lack of any real social skills were apparent as she just watched the others talk around her. She could only stand and slowly take in the features of the lizard girl before her. She knew she shouldn't think of her like that, but her mutations reminded her of her former stalker, the rat boy from the subdistrict. That boy had given her the impression that most people deformed by the meteor were somehow dehumanized in more ways than their appearance alone. This girl, however, was nice. Despite the texture of her skin, and the shape of her body, she seemed to be a genuinely nice person.

When Liv showed her power, and Heather took her sudden leave, Deora went after her. As sad as it was, she saw this as her excuse to leave the crowd.

"Kerana, wait up!" She said as she started to catch the fox girl. "I'll handle this, you stay here. You're better at handling groups."  

[Rikki Tikki Travi]

Shane knew better than to believe that Alex had done any poking around in his head. There would have been questions.

He pulled off the next exit and into the parking lot of a Holiday Inn. A thought occurs to him as he is about to exit the car.

"We may have a problem. The security cameras at the Wal-Mart were, most likely, all working as they should. That means that they know the form I took. I don't have another one I can use."  

[Rikki Tikki Travi]

Heather strode to the nearest bathroom and locked herself in an empty stall. She was angry at herself for crying. She thought that she had come to terms with her body. Her lack of control in the auditorium is proof that she was nowhere near where she believed she was in regards to closure.

Her tail lay sadly on the tile of the bathroom. The tip of it was visible to anyone who entered. She cried silently as she avoided looking at her reflection in the commode.  

[Nova Blancke]

"Would you like me to have them deliver the key to the car or have someone else get us a room?" Alexavier carefully asked. Almost afraid it seemed judging by the way he was looking around nervously. Cassandra seemed to have stayed in her current playful personality.
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Liv figured out why she ran and felt sad for her.

"I'm sorry, I didn't think she would react like that. It must be hard on your sister Larry." Liv softly said. She really did feel bad for Heather.  

[Rikki Tikki Travi]

Shane thought for a moment. He looked around the building to see if there were any cameras watching the parking lot. He was relieved to see that there was only the one watching the entrance. He felt out the number of bodies in the lobby. A man in the gym, two women working the bar, and two men working the front desk. One was physically at the front while the other stayed in the back eating.

"That's good but we need to give him a reason to come out. Annie, let Alexavier use your cell phone for a bit. He is going to place a reservation for us."  

[Rikki Tikki Travi]

Larry gave Liv a slowly, solemn nod before attempting a sentence again.

"Sister. Pretty. Like. You. Now. Scared. Sad."

He groaned and put a hand to his head. As though the amount of thought that went into just that was enough to give him a headache. Which it did.  

[Deora_Alvarez]

Deora gave Kerana a wave before continuing out into the hallway. She breathed a sigh of relief as the door closed behind her, glad to be out of the group. The hallway was quiet, which was good for her nerves, but bad for her hopes of tracking the girl down. She was hoping to catch a glimpse of her, or hear a sound to tell where she had gone, but there was nothing. As she looked down the hallway, though, she got an idea, there was a sign on the wall showing where the bathrooms were. What better place to hide? She jogged down the hall to the sign, the swish of her jeans the only sound in the quiet hallway, and slowly opened the door.

"Heather?" She asked the seemingly empty room. "You in here?"
She didn't need an answer, she spotted the girl's tail sticking out from under a stall. Deora thought about what to say to the girl as she strode over to the stall, but the first thing to slip out was; "Are you okay?"

Brilliant.  

[mc2]

Rikki Tikki Travi

Shane thought for a moment. He looked around the building to see if there were any cameras watching the parking lot. He was relieved to see that there was only the one watching the entrance. He felt out the number of bodies in the lobby. A man in the gym, two women working the bar, and two men working the front desk. One was physically at the front while the other stayed in the back eating.

"That's good but we need to give him a reason to come out. Annie, let Alexavier use your cell phone for a bit. He is going to place a reservation for us."

Annie nodded, she hadn't thought of using Alexavier's abilities and the fact that he was willing to offer to help: it impressed her. She handed the phone to Alexavier, "Ask for two connecting rooms. There is no reason for us to jam pack all of us in a single hotel room. You can watch Christian in your room if you don't trust me or Shane. I wouldn't abandon my own son. Besides, he can also keep an eye on you two as well."

Christian frowned slightly at Annie's words and looked down at his hands, he could tell what she was doing: she was trying to get Shane alone. No doubt to explain what she was thinking.  

[Nova Blancke]

"If...if he needs a night light...it would be perfect. Since.." Alexavier plucked at his own glowing and ever changing hair. Then his mood changed. "But what about this.....blank girl? This void of a person. You also want to stuff her in our room? I don-" Alexavier said but was cut of by Cassandra.

"She'll stay."

"Fine. Well you heard me. She can stay too. It almost looks as if you two want time alone. But please...try to keep all of you in that room Shane...if you know what I mean." Alexavier did not feel like getting eaten in his sleep.

After that comment Alexavier made the call. Shortly after the man delivered them the keys. Clearly he wasn't himself. He seemed too humble and eager to please. Alexavier waved him off and the man went back to work seemingly more happy then ever since he helped his new master.