A little conversation and a punch in the face.

Time seemed to have stopped. Nobody was moving, and then the Fate materialized in front of us. 'I think we should do some little tests before destroying you. And as for that drivel about my sister being destroyed, well, we can see our own futures, and we are never beaten.'

'Wait, before you leave us to, I don't know, observe us or something, can you tell us a bit more about all this?' Precog said, facing her confidently. 'I mean, it's not like we can do anything about it, and I know that you must decide to kill me off, because I've seen my death, so you might as well tell me about it all now.'

He ignored our looks of horror and stared hard at her face, and she gave a little chuckle. 'Ah, I was always proud of you, we did a good job there. One of the simpler powers, but such confidence, and put to such good use....very well. As I know Damian told you, I am one of three sisters, and we control the entire universe, as we were the first three to be granted abilities. And such powers. I warp reality, with more ease than any other you have seen. One of my sisters, the one Dragon claims to have defeated, can manipulate fate, and guide people's lives, make certain people meet, make events more or less likely to happen, and if need be, cut a path short, ending that life. My other sister has incredibly strong Thought Form Projection, meaning she can create anything through thought, including abilities. She can summon lightning, or a jet of flame, not just objects, you get the idea.'
'Damian said you were all warpers'
'He didn't stick around long enough to find out, did he?'
'You mentioned a brother?'
'Yes. Once, a millennium or two ago, we were tired of being the only ones like us in the universe. We wanted someone like us that we could teach our ways to, that would look up to us, and learn from us, so we created a brother. He was just as we wanted him to be for a while, but he rebelled against us and fled, out into the world we had created, and made the purpose of his life to destroy everything we had made. We have not spoken to him since, though we see what he's been up to whenever he gains too much power to hide from us.'
'He's not called Howard is he? Or Morto?'
'We never gave him a name, it wasn't important, we just referred to our brother as HIM.'
'Oh.OH. You mean-?!'
'Yes, he is who you and Tempest worked with his cousin's and Dragon to defeat a few years ago. For that, we have decided to test the eight of you before coming to a decision on your lives.'

She vanished after that, and time started up. People turned to stare at us, and Doolittle walked over and conversed with a stall holder for a few seconds. He seemed puzzled by her, but seemed to talk politely. 'We're in Athens, in about 380 BC' she said cheerily when she got back.
'Huh, really, that's about the right time and place for- Doolittle, you know how I'm doing Philosophy at college?'
'How could any of us forget, you won't stop being rude about all the dead people that think we're stupid, especially that Plato one.'
'Speaking of which, he should be around here somewhere, could you ask if he's about?'
She frowned, and shrugged. She asked the stall holder, who pointed at a group of men reclining on marble benches in a sort of temple area, a posh roof held by pillars, with a flat, open space underneath. Everyone followed me up to the group and Doolittle found at which one was Plato.

'This' I said, in english, pulling back a fist. 'Is for me having to read about you insulting the human race for a whole year.' and I punched him squarely in the chest, causing him to let out a loud cry and fall of his bench. He lay on the floor, looking up at me and wheezing.

'I've wanted to do that for almost two years now' I said, grinning widely. 'Bring on the challenge of the fates!'

I then noticed the envelope. It had my name on it, and clearly din't belong in ancient greece. It was halfway down the stairs to the area we were in. I remembered Dragon throwing something into the ripple with us. I also noticed a group of advancing Greeks. Things were about to get even more awkward.

The Fates intervene.

I am writing this to you via Dragon, apparently, and I only recently realised what he meant when he said he might need to do some updating for me, but this way you're being told about it as it happens to us, kind of. You're hearing it in the same timeframe we experienced it, if that makes sense.

So last night, me and Playwrite and Don had managed to calm everyone down, there were a few minor injuries due to emotional bursts of abilities, but once Healthbar calmed down she fixed us all up.

Tingle had, after almost being attacked by Precog, tried to get in touch with Moira, but with no success, so Precog was frantically trancing for answers, muttering 'One of her friends...that's how they travel so much...he can bring them all back.....' he was going crazy. At one point, he went into a trance involuntarily, and actually fought his way out of it, saying furiously 'No, I don't have time for other visions, I have to help Omni and the others!' We protested that it could have been important, but he just said 'It started with a view of a bunch of greek columns, but in good condition, it was probably about Damian, and funnily enough, if danger is heading his way, or was, clearly he's back now, I don't feel like warning him. Maybe I'll change history by not telling him by having him injured back then, and he won't be able to kill Omni.' and he went back to it.

Dragon turned up, with a young boy and a woman, but seemed very concerned. As soon as he saw us, he reached inside his long robe and pulled out a small marble box, flat and rectangular, with greek carvings round the side. 'Good, you are still here my friends' he said quickly, as if there wasn't much time, and then gestured at his friends. 'These are Pig and Dog, the other survivng members of Zodiac, but there's time for that later, just now, I must warn you of the Fates.'
'Damian's mentioned them, they sent him back to ancient greece' Doolittle said, just as Diffy laughed, giggling 'Pig is a funny name!' then he gave a small cry of shock as he leapt out of the way of a thin beam of whitish blue energy that shot from the eyes of the woman, followed by a finger laser burning a smiley face in the floor where he'd just been. 'Still think it's funny short stuff? I take my job seriously.' said the woman, a grin on her face. 'These people are our friends' scolded Dragon 'Please treat them with respect.'

He waved the box in my face. 'Remember this box Tempest, and when you need to contact me, use it. I am not able to warn you exactly what is soon to happen, and I will not be able to join you, but you make contact through this, understood? It makes it's way to me and the fates don't find it, they can't find me, I don't exist to them, you must use this to your advantage!'

'What?! More information please?'

'There's no time! Please, everyone, listen, I can only stop them knowing what we're doing while they aren't here. The Fates are targeting you Tempest, and Damian and Cleo. Healthbar, with your new mastery of your larger ability, it probably won't be long before they go after you. I wouldn't be surprised if they came for all of you at once. They don't like people working together, it makes them too strong. Twos and Threes yes, and of course evolved humans have been meeting each other for centuries, it's destiny, but always in a large team? They will want to stop you. They really only concentrate on people with abilities these days, normal humans have started to bore them, but-'

There was a large bang, and a flash of light, and a wizened old hag was staning in the room. 'Never could resist an entrance' she wheezed, and glared at Dragon 'I was sent to see what the black spot in our sight was that obscured these children from our view, but now it all makes sense. I should have known it was you, you meddling fool, we thought you'd died!'
'I...am guessing.....your sister....hasn't....met me at the temple in Japan yet.....my past...her future....your sister, the fate manipulator...I defeat her, and take her power, it's in Tempest...right now....'
'Hold on, What!!!' I was shocked.
'The ability to manipulate fate....is one of the four Dragon powers I gave you....one of the ones you must guard, and only....use when there is no other solution...' he seemed to be in an invisible struggle with the Fate, as if his energy was being drained. The Fate grinned at us and simply said 'I suppose I should just destroy you all now, but, you're such interesting subjects, and after all, the thing with my brother.....'
Tingle interrupted 'Brother? Damian warned us about you, but never mentioned a brother'
'He didn't know, did he? Our brother is a disgrace, we haven't heard from him for many, many years. But I think you eight are worth further testing...maybe a bit closer to home...'

Don grabbed my arm, and there was a wave of invisible force that rippled through us, a slight prickling sensation, and the base, and Dragon and his friends disappeared, but Dragon threw something at us, which got caught in the ripple and left with us. We suddenly stared around to be surrounded by a similar sight to Damian's: Greek columns, huge white buildings sitting on platforms that went up in steps, and people wearing large bits of cloth wandering around.

'Ah' said Precog, looking guilty. 'This MAY be what my ability was trying to warn me about earlier'

We glared at him.

I assume you'll be updated again soon.

Stressed reactions

Cleo, and anyone else who might be reading this, read the comment on your (Cleo's) 'Damian's rampage' post for a better idea of how this started.

It's chaos here. I'm having to right this through thought (Thank god my technopathy's back at full strength!) as I hold Diffy back from running downstairs and out the door, because he's screaming 'Stinkies! How dare you hurt all my friendy peoples! OOOh, Damian, how could you, me liked you, but now Diffy very, very mad at you all! You all get spookyed to DOOM! Lemme go, tempest, me's got to go teach meany stinkys a lesson!'

Playwrite's helping me hold him back from the stairs, all telepathic attempts to calm him Diffy down on his part is failing thanks to Diffy's annoyingly strong mind, Doolittle is in tears and surrounded by every creature within a mile radius (We think she sends out some sort of animal signal subconsciously, they just come to her when she needs them), Healthbar has come back in having failed to find Dragon and is glowing Black, if that makes sense, her anger and misery spreading from her in wisps of black fog, and she's just standing there, alternating between calling Dragon to demand he get back here, with things like 'The sun is so bright in the desert, I can bring them all back easily! I've brought people back to life before, never a mass job but with with sunlight of that intensity-', once she called Cleo to ask exactly what had happened, who'd been killed, and what had happened to Cleo's resurrection power that meant she couldn't bring them back, and the rest of the time she left messages on Damian's phone yelling that she had trusted him, telling him off with increasingly imaginative swearwords, accusing him of treachery, and telling him she wish he and John had never become part of our lives. I knew she didn't really mean that, at the beginning they'd got on really well, but she was angry. Precog was gripping Tingle tightly by the arm, saying 'Tell me how we can get in touch with Moira! WHERE IS SHE!!' Tingle was confused and in a state of shock about it himself, but asked 'What can she do? Why do you need her?'
'THE PICTURES!! Never doubt my pictures!! Are you saying you wish to mess with fate? Bring our only hope of a happy ending crashing down around our ears! Why? WHY!'

Don's just trying not to be killed. I'll keep you updated.

Posting

I may not post for awhile, or at least only have really short ones, because I have an exam next week, as do some of the others. Diffy and Dragon are the only ones that are definately free, so they may have to explain anything big to you on my behalf.

A not so sneaky attack

Well, John turned up AGAIN yesterday. Me and Doolittle were coming back into the base from having done a food shop, and as we entered there was a slight creak behind us. We looked round but there was nobody there. I glanced over at my machines, and the newest one told me all I needed to know. I gave a slight nod towards the stairs, and me and Doolittle went up as if nothing was wrong. On the stairs we passed Diffy, who waved and faded out of sight as he went down, proving my suspicions that the alarm upstairs must have gone off. We went into the main room upstairs and found everyone waiting for us. I channeled my phasing to everyone so we didn't have to be touching, and we all got in position, exactly above parts of the main room downstairs.

(I should explain at this point about my returning powers. Technopathy is fully restored, Phasing and Persuasion are nearly back but not full strength yet, the earth part of my Earth/Plant Manipulation has come back quite a lot, the air and water elements of my Weather were quite strong, and I can make Forcefields with effort, but I can't move them or use them to fly yet.)

Trusting Diffy to have started the plan and hide our descent, I phased us through the floor, using concentrated areas of wind to ease our landings. Precog ended up behind the counter, Playwrite and Tingle were either side of the door, Healthbar was off to their side crouched in the empty display window so the early evening light fell on her face, causing her to glow slightly. Doolittle was under the table, Don was in front of the stairs, Pete was at the corner of the counter crouching down, and I was standing on the table Doolittle was under.

From there I could see John stumbling around and get a great view of what Diffy had done. We were in a jungle. A thick, dark, swampy rainforest had burst into life in the base, with tall trees, vines, bogs, a dense canopy overhead, and the noise and vague movements of rain and animals in the distance. It was immensely detailed, and seemed to stretch way beyond the walls of the base. Thankful that Diffy had watched so many nature shows and Documentaries, I noticed that the part we were in fitted roughly round the base, and that the trees and landscape made definate paths, creating a huge labyrinth. The counter was a group of fallen trunks and tree stumps. The display window was where there was a gap in the trees allowing light in, The stairs were hidden in a tall hill, with Don concealed in foliage at it's base. Me and Doolittle were in a small cave, that we could see out of but no light came in, making it impossible to see into from outside. I saw John wandering the paths, and he kept trying to use his powers but Diffy made it look like nothing happened and Playwrite helped convince him that they didn't work. Playwrite couldn't control John, he was too strong, but he dimmed his mind, making it harder to think clearly or remember. He looked worried and kept saying 'This isn't right! Where is the base! I bet that fool Dragon sent me here. I enter the shop and suddenly I'm here! When I get hold of him! But first I need to get out....'

(I forgot to say, Dragon wasn't there because he's off getting the remaining members of the old Zodiac.)

He wandered towards the gap in the trees, but Healthbar hit him with a blast of burning sunlight when he got close and he flung himself back into the trees. He muttered about sheltering in the cave until nightfall, but as he came towards us Doolittle sent out a deafening roar. It was intolerable, a bellowing, inhuman feral roar of anger and rage, like hundreds of lions in a fury condensed into one sickening howl, and I backed it up with a blast of wind and a yell of 'Be afraid!' pushing my persuasion as hard as I could, he couldn't make out the words amogst the roar, but they got through, and our combined efforts turned him pale and he fled to the hill, where Don, still hidden, pulled some impressive moves on his legs, making him fall backwards with a yell, holding onto the counter for support, just as Precog leapt up from behind it and smacked him on the head with the cricket bat. Not having thought to use his powers thanks to Diffy and Playwrite, he collapsed to the floor infront of Pete, who clapped one hand over John's face, and grabbed the box he'd put in his pocket with the other. There was an explosion of red energy, John yelled, Pete slid the box across the floor to Tingle, and the jungle faded as we closed in on John. John gasped, sat up, and snarled at us. 'What was all this? I made sure I kept out of sight, and I made hardly any noise. You were as good as dead!'

'Give us a little credit, Cleo warned us ages ago.' grinned Doolittle, as Precog held the cricket bat threateningly over John's neck. Playwrite was making full use of the fact that John no longer had Telepathy to fight his. 'This is the real one' he said, and Tingle verified it after grabbing John's arm. 'He didn't have the stregth for more clones so soon after creating the army that took on TP, and he is powerless now...except...Oh no.' John gave his evil, gloating grin. 'Go on, tell them.'
'He had two Rapid cellular regenerations. The second one was hidden by the first, meaning cleaning him out of powers would ignore this one. We can't kill him.'
Everyone was shocked. Pete reached out, saying 'Well, surely now you've found it, I can just-'

John blasted a hole in Pete's hand with a blue laser from his finger. 'You like? A new aquisition, bringing my total of powers to 8. Regeneration applies to powers aswell, didn't you realize? And now I know my powers were working the whole time...' His legs and head wound healed rapidly, as we felt a familiar stuffy cold come over us as our powers were nulled. 'I should have known it was you' John said to Diffy, (Diffy still looked like Diffy, his passive illusion can only be taken down by him, John can only stop him making new ones) and he lifted him into the air with TK. 'Healthbar' I asked, as Diffy struggled madly 'Can't you null him? Your lunar powers, you have that fog stuff that that can make mental blocks?' 'I can only use it to null my own powers like I did at the start' she replied sadly. 'I can use it to knock people out, but it's harder to knock out an EH, and the stronger they are the harder it is. He would have noticed If I started it earlier and known we were playing a trick, and I can't now because he's blocking mine.' Even Don couldn't help, because we were all frozen in place. Only Tingle had a solution. 'You may not be able to die, but this has got to sting.' he said calmly, and, aiming it at John's back, he opened the box.

A blast of light struck him between the shoulders, with all his radiation and lasers and power nulling being used against him. He was thrown across the room and embedded in a wall, and as his powers were nulled Diffy fell to the floor and we toppled over backwards, causing Tingle to drop the box, which snapped shut as it hit the floor. As we got up a disgusting, almost skeletal form, hardly more than bones and blackened, smoking tissue, limped and staggered past us, now beginnning to heal as his powers returned for the second time, and John began to run as his body restored itself. We thought Diffy had stopped him when a sad, ghostly Aron appeared at the Door, tears rolling down it's cheeks, his body halfway between metal and skin, looking at John and calling softly, 'Why John? I was your friend, Damian was your friends, these people were-' but with something between a sob and a cry of rage he ran straight through it, after yelling 'NOW!' was picked up by a speedster and left in a blur.

'So that was John?' said Don converssationally as Healthbar patched everyone up. Pete was annoyed with himself for not catching the second regen, but Playwrite convinced him that nobody could have, he only found it because John was thinking about it smugly.

That's it for now, I'll write again when Dragon gets back.

Strawberry Fair, continued

So we're wandering along, Dragon teaching us about channeling our abilities, passing a few stalls, Healthbar got a new T-Shirt, we ate some chips, I bought a coostaff to test the channeling, a tall carved one, made of wood, a bit shorter than me and with a pointed top, it's awesome, but anyway:
we heading along the path nearest the river, when there's a huge bang and a tent on our left, nearest the river, bursts into flames. Four shocked people come running out, two of whom promptly faint, while a girl dangling her feet in the river behind the tent laugh and sends a wave of river crashing onto the tent with a wave of her hand, extinguishing it. A man staggered out, soaked, and called out 'uncool sis, majorly unawesome.' She laughed again, stood up, and grabbed him by the hand 'I don't know how we're doing this stuff, but you've got to admit, it's very cool. Now lets...lets...go look at the pretty colours..'and with that she feel to the floor, snoring. He chuckled at her, sat down nest to her, sniffed a pipe he was holding, and fell down beside her.
'I see what you mean' said Stan as we passed them, but our smiles faded as we saw someone with bronze eyes heading towards us. 'Oh come on, can't we ever just hang out?' I muttered, and gripping my new staff tighter, shot a fireball from my hand. It hit him in the chest, and it seeped away, sort of into him, and he grinned and shot a jet of fire back at me. I dodged and Cleo shot a wave of icy mist at him, freezing his arm. Again he smiled, and as his arm recovered, the grass around him froze. 'I have been selected to kill you, because your abilities are simply turned against you by mine' he said, and started forward again, but Healthbar shot him in the head with a blast of solar energy, causing him to stagger backwards. 'What? Last time I saw you lot all you could do was heal!' yelled Don, but I had to shove him out of the way from a beam of burning energy blasted the ground where we'd been. 'Come on, it's useless, accept your fate' gloated the newcomer, and Don got up and ran as I turned to face our enemy. I swung my staff into his face as Stan got a bullet in his shoulder. He screamed, grabbed a nearby man, and his eyes shone brighter as his victim went pale and collapsed. (We saw later he was breathing, Healthbar fixed him up) Our opponent turned, fully healed, and bellowed at us 'I am leech, none of you can stop me!' and ran at us once more. We had to defend ourselves, and the fight was going nowhere, until Stan was knocked out, I was on the ground with an injured leg, and Cleo was frozen in place with her own ice, making it impossible for her to use her martial arts. That reason only occured to me when Don stopped Healthbar's throat being cut by kicking Leech in the back, sending him toppling over onto the ground. 'I warn you, I don't have fancy stuff to absorb like my friends, just years of training in Karate' he said, and began a series of quick blows and kicks, causing leech to gasp and wince as he was quickly beaten into submission. 'He's getting a boost from an ability, right?' asked Cleo as she and I melted the Ice holding her. 'Nope, he's just bloody good. He learnt it the hard way, without an ability, unlike Chan' I said, looking proudly at my friend flooring Leech again. Don stopped when Leech was curled up on the floor, wheezing, bleeding heavily and looking terrified. 'I don't like people messing with my friends, we were having a great time until you came along.'
'What do we do with him now?' Healthbar asked.
I saw the answer heading excitedly towards us covered in chocolate sauce. 'Diffy, this man has been really horrible. I think he'd like some of you're special treatment.'
'Ooooh, he really big meany, I see it in his squinty squinty eyes. I help him, don't worry.'
'Oh gods, not the egg shaped thing. I've heard the stories about him, even the boss is afraid of him. Something else, please!'
I bent down to whisper in his ear. 'We have had enough of you people coming after us and making our lives hell. We're just trying to have a nice day out together, alright? Think about this next time one of you wants to come after us.' I straightened up 'Have fun Diffy'

We wandered off 'They know you're friends with us now' I said to Don, and sighed. 'Nah, you don't say. Did he work it out when I punched him in the stomach?'
'Fine, fine. I just mean you might have to stay with us for a while, it would be safer'
'Meh, ok, beats them breaking my houses door down I suppose'

Things calmed down after that. We signed some petitons, saw Omni and Precog having a painting competition with three other people (Two of which, I'm told, had abilities), and Diffy eventually ame and told us that he'd let Leech go, with clear instructions that we don't want 'meanies' invadig our lives anymore. I doubt that will last. Cleo said she might try recruiting some people from here, not sure how far that idea ever went. We saw a lady making bubbles fly from her hands, a long haired man with elton john glasses creating illusions, and another Hippie with petal flowing round him as he danced a slow, melodic dance. So many other things, but I can't mention them all, it would take hours. We saw Ali at one point (She may have got a little drunk) and she was joining in dancing to the band on stage with some out-of-it youths. Doolittle tamed a horse that had been spooked and Playwrite fixed a minor incident involving three tents, the nearby bridge, the river, and several drugged up men who had clearly triggered their abilities without realising. Other than that, pretty fun, simple day. If I remember anything that was important, I'll put it up later.

A trip to the fair

So not much happened between this and my last post, some of us went to Cleo's restaurant, Precog did a bunch of drawings detailing TP's fight with Linda and the Johns, Dragon had gone off to talk to Cleo beforehand, and we learned he'd had history with her family. Oh, and my Technopathy recovered more and Persuasion and Phasing started to come back.

So this is about what happened on saturday:

Strawberry Fair is an annual event in Cambridge, and a fairly big deal, with everyone looking forward to it, so I invited my new friends along, because me and the rest of VHS were going to it, along with a friend of mine without powers, who for now at least we'll call Don. It's a nickname we use, and I don't want him being tracked down for knowing us or anything like that.

Oh, I forgot to mention the box that Precog gave me. Dragon was about to point out to me that when he became the Dragon he got his chinese robe, because it fitted the part and he wanted to look more like the head of a secret group, stuff like that, and maybe I should do something about me. (I've mostly tried to be inconspicuos, it helps blend in with crowds in an emergency. I was going to argue with him, but then I opened the box to see a cloak, in a really nice deep purple colour. 'Admit it, you've wanted a cloak ever since you got you're first ability' said Precog with a grin, and with Tingle in the room there was no point denying it. I've always been one of those people that liked the superhero or wizard capes, just don't try and get me near any of that lycra ski-suit nonsense. 'Happy now?' I said to Dragon as I put the cloak on.

So, Damian couldn't be found, by telepathy or technopathy or electronic communication (Hana), and even Dragon couldn't tell exactly where he was (He has clairvoyance like that Molly girl) 'He's alive...but his signal is faint, and I haven't actually managed to see him at all' said Dragon, who we're still calling that even though he passed the title to me, at least until we get the new Zodiac complete. Cleo and most of her TP lot came along, and even a few CHASE members, making us quite a big group as we set off.

'Aren't people going to ask about the cape?' asked Cleo, eyeing it as Gravity lifted us into the air. 'Nah, not at Strawberry Fair' I answered. 'Alongside the great food, nice stalls, and good music, there is a hidden layer of drinking and drug smoking that rears it's head as soon as you look for it. A lot of the people here are so drugged up that they wouldn't bat an eyelid if we landed on the stage and turned the lead singer into a fish.'

Dragon was propelling us through the air, and we landed at the north corner of the huge green that housed the Fair. A few people turned around, and a young man in sunglasses called to his friends 'Oh look, some faires!' and then hiccuped loudly and procedd to tell the guy next to him that he would always love him. 'You didn't tell me you were flying in!' called a voice, and I saw Don running towards me. looking excited and a bit annoyed 'You could have picked me up earlier and I could've flown too!'
'Pick you up? Sure' said Gravity, and Don floated into the air. 'Whoa, that's cool! I'm err, Don, and you are?'
We went round with introductions, and I explained that because Don went to a different Sixth form as the rest of us, he hadn't been there the day Precog had discovered his ability, or the time we all got attacked, and had missed out on the founding of VHS, but knew about us, and had seen all our abilities at work, just not got really involved.
'Ok, couple of quick guidelines everybody.' I said, addressing our group. 'Do not eat or drink anything with the words 'Coke' or 'Hippie' in their names, avoid any pipes or tents full of smoke, and stay away from people with waist length hair. Other than that, have fun and try not to kill anyone.'
'Are you sure nobody will care if we use our powers?' Charlie was a bit dubious.
'It's fine really, we won't be the only powered people here. A lot of the people here have abilities and just don't realize it. You wait until they get drunk and drugged up. I've found cases of abilities being brought out by drugs, as the day goes on you'll see lots of people using powers they won't remember having tomorrow morning. Everyone else is expecting to see that sort of thing, because of the hippies.'
'Oh, ok, cool'

We set off in little groups, Me, Don, Cleo, Dragon, Healthbar and Stan went off together, Gravity was with us for a few minutes but went and joined a meditation class to spook them. They were all sitting with their legs crossed, humming, and the Hippie leading it was floating slightly, telling everyone to just relax and let them selves leave the ground. He was impressed when Gravity did. 'Dude, our brother is enlightened' he said to the others, and Healthbar whispered as we passed him 'That, or your not the only one around here with special powers' he stared at her and crashed to the floor. We walked off, still laughing at the look on his face.

Dragon was trying to teach me about channeling my abilities. 'This is something you can all learn' he said, addressing Cleo and Healthbar too 'You can, with a little effort, channel your abilities through other objects. You probably already have without realizing. Miss Cleo, I believe you have used superspeed while holding onto some of your teammates?'
'Yeah.......'
'Did you not find that they could travel at the same speed as you? You channeled your superspeed to them, allowing them to keep up with you. Without it the pressure would have seriously injured them. Damian can teleport people with him, Tempest can phase people along with him, Tempest has had Precog's and Tingle's powers shared with him, your clothes are immune to anything you are, these are all examples of channeling. Even when you focus on your beam of fire or electricity to form it into a certain size or shape, that is indirect channeling, you are only letting it into certain parts of the air. I wish to teach you about channeling abilities throught objects.'

He grabbed a deck of cards from a stall, paid the seller, and turned to us. 'I believe this is familiar to you?' He selected one card, span it into the air, and it exploded, just like gambit's from X-Men. 'Induced Radioactivity in the card' he explained 'channeled by me. Stan, your gun, if you please.' Stan handed it over a little nervously, and Dragon handed it to Cleo. 'Now, I want you to concentrate on your Cryokinesis. Feel the gun becoming part of the power, but, no, don't let it freeze, let it control the power, as you do.' The gun started to freeze, thawed, and then seemed to be fine. Cleo aimed it at the sky and fired, the gun glowed ever so slightly, and instead of a bullet, a shard of ice flew from it and arced into the sky, before falling and striking the top of a tent a little way off, and seemed to spread, coating most of the tent-top in a layer of ice.
'You see? And with practice, you will be able to do it without touching it, allowing young Charlie here to use your ice power in his gun while you use other abilities yourself.'
'Is it like how Pete can transfer an ability into an inanimate object? He did make shoes with someone's wall crawling ability in them once, but they got destroyed.'
'Exactly Tempest, but in this way you keep your ability yourself, instead of the object itself having it.'

With this cool discovery we started wandering again, and passed many more things which I'll explain in another post, because I think this one is long enough already.