"that is dumbest girl in the world! blondes say they want to be treated equally but this blond is like the epitome of-"
"use another big word and i'll cut you" i said.
"we need to diffuse this" Lucas' face shone with worry, the sun had just began to rise he looked tired as hell, "any idea's?"
"i could kill her" i said, it just slipped out, im 80% sure it was jokingly though. he glared at me shocked.
"that was a joke" i said.
"better be" he said, i heard Roxanne stirring, before i could send her back to sleep she asked me something.
"how long have you had a power?"
"i-i-i" i stuttered, i had no idea she knew! how? "i don't know what you're talking about" i said.
"yes you do, i heard you wake him up tell him about powers being discovered, and then your incessant ramblings followed" she said, "sorry, but i had to use a big word, i'll cut myself later" she said sarcastically.
"do you have a power?" i asked her.
"used to, but then i got wind of Claire Bennet's 'attempt' as she so delicately put it, so i knew that people would be after us soon enough, and even if they weren't imagine societies prejudices against us! The whole reason i suggested that we stop over at the New Ages festival is so i could meet up with a Payed Aurris, which is an Aurris who is payed for taking people's powers" she explained.
"what power did you have?" i asked her, she grabbed out her ipod and showed us a video.
"okay, i'm only gonna do this once so hold that camera steady" said a younger version of Roxy.
her hands flew to her sides and ground rose above her and twisted in the air, old house's sunk through the ground and as more people walked by and watched the more who were killed, she showed no remorse, she's a murderer but it was either kill them or be killed.
"The names Roxanne Harper and i just killed a whole bunch of people, 128 to be exact. Reece you better have held that freakin camera steady, now off!" the camera fumbled but turned off.
"earth?"
"i'm a new agey hippy would'ya spect?" she asked, "for me to be nucular?"
"are the others powered too?"
"god no! Reece doesn't even know about my powers anymore, i had a friend take away his memories while building 26 was operating, i couldn't take risks"
"what was building 26?" I asked, Lucas nodded he wanted to know too.
"doesn't matter now" she said solemnly.
we were all awake now, Lucy was driving, we would be at Arlington U in about an hour, we'd convinced Roxy to keep our secret (she didn't need any persuasion).
"hey Ja-Anya, can you pass over a soda?" asked Lucas, we were trying to get used to our new names.
"yeah sure James" i said. my ipod in my ears blaring some heavy metal i'd got off Jack's computer, it was some thing by a band called Warlords, they were pretty good!
we stopped over at a little diner for a bite to eat, i really liked their fries. it was uneventful, a guy did come in intent on robbing it, but i sent him on his way before he could say a word.
my next post will be at the rave in Arlington.
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