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Instead of fumbling out his tablet, he keeps his cool and takes it out, checking the cameras. He squints, then leaves Silver's side, walking towards Violet.
Instead of fumbling out his tablet, he keeps his cool and takes it out, checking the cameras. He squints, then leaves Silver's side, walking towards Violet.
"They're gonna find the van!" She called after him. Sinking down to the floor, she kept clutching her head. Slowly she managed to sort it out and realize she could feel all the way outside, for several dozen yards outside the building, and someone had walked into her sphere of sensing.
Violet and him headed upstairs, he unlocks the door and quickly goes up with her.
Running up the basement stairs, they enter the freezing cold outside and it takes everything in Ben's ability not to gasp.
"Ah, it shouldn't be this cold."
Violet rolls her eyes. She pulls out a few fake cigarettes after hiding the trapdoor to the basement. They light the cigarettes and trot out to car leaning on it casually and "smoking".
(They're good at faking, boi.)(smart)
Silver's head cleared a bit and she breathed slowly and deeply. She honed in on the intruder, trying to follow them and find out what they were doing.
Leo asked cat e “what’s happening”
Cage shrugs.
"Idk. But I'm sure Ben doesn't want us in the way."
He hands Leo a lightbulb. "Can you do something with this with your powers?"
Leo took the bulb and it instantly lit up
Cage jumps, then laughs.
"Cool! Let's find something for me to practice on."
“Yeah!” Leo said with a lot of excitement
Cage starts to look through the cabinets for something to ice up or take water from.
A man and a woman in suits came around the warehouse and spotted Ben and Violet 'smoking' by the van. They approached and the man gave them a casual way. "Hey. We're law enforcement agents in the area tracking a… car theft." He flipped out his badge to show them. "Have you seen anyone suspicious around here?"
Ben looks over the people, squinting at them while Violet shakes her head.
"No, I don't think so. Caspian?" She turns to Ben and he shakes his head.
(Remember, they wear pretty nice clothes so they don't look like creepy smokers XD)
Who on earth? A car theft, sure. Whatever.
The woman pulled out a device and nodded her head toward the van. "We're not looking for a van but, you know, we'll just run your plate anyway, if you don't mind?" she scanned the license plate. "Can't be too careful."
The man looked them up and down. "What are you kids doing out here by this old warehouse anyway? There's nothing around for miles."
Ben gives the girl a glare, blowing some smoke, and Violet answers.
She nods towards the sunset.
"Best place to watch the sun set is away from the city lights."
Ben still glares, though not being obvious.
Just leave. I'll burn you, just leave.
(staystaystay)
The woman finished running the plate. The name attached matched the name Violet had called Ben. She gave a nod to the man and put her device away. The man turned to gaze toward the western sky and nodded amiably. "True that. I'm so busy working all the time I don't know when the last time I saw a sunset." He glanced toward them again. "Say you don't mind if we stick around? We'll take a glance around the property for our car thief and then maybe watch that sunset with you."
Silver crept to the top of the first staircase, leaving Cage and Leo and Hush and Dash downstairs to keep practicing. She crouched at the top of the stairs and below the second staircase leading to outside, trying to sense more of what was happening outside.
Just stickin' leave.
Violet looks a bit disappointed, pursing her lips and fidgeting with her hands. She leans against Ben, taking his arm.
"We were hoping to be alone… but there's an empty field twenty miles east perfect for watching."
Ben tries his hardest not to blush, leaning against the car with Violet leaning on him.
(lol, like Steve and Natasha in The Winter Soldier)("Yeah, we're getting married")(XD)
(XDDD)
The man glanced between the two of them and smiled. "Ahhh, of course. Well, we'll leave you to your young love then." He and the woman walked off, making a show of looking around the property, and then ambled back around to the other side of the building and toward the road. Once they were back to their vehicle, the man turned to the woman.
"Did you get it? Was that enough time?"
The woman whipped a different device and pressed a few buttons. "Yep, scan complete. They're elementals. Didn't get a accurate headcount, but there's more than just those two."
He nodded. "I'll call in backup then."
Silver had her eyes pinched shut, hands in front of her, trying to follow them. They were nearly out of her sphere when they stopped. She couldn't hear them talking, but there was a spike in her consciousness when they powered up the device. Oh no.
Violet lets go of Ben and takes a few steps away.
"A scan?" She asks.
He sighs and nods.
"Those stupid people come here, finding our hideout before we've even got a whole day in it." He growls.
Violet takes the cigarettes and trashes them after putting them out.
"It's okay. We'll just…" Her voice wanders off and she sighs.
Ben rolls his eyes. "You know what? I don't care what we do. Let's just get inside for now, I'm freezing."
They head back to the door, uncovering it and climbing in. Once inside, Ben cranks the heat up and puts his coat on, angrily flopping onto the couch.
"They'll be back." He growls under his breath, along with some Russian words.
Violet hangs her coat up and turns the heat back down.
"I know, I know. I'll talk to the kids and see if we can get out tonight."
She walks to the bookshelf, removing The Book Thief, scanning a paper from her wallet, then goes to go downstairs. She jumps at the sight of Silver.
"Oh my, you frightened me." She states, a hand on her chest.
Silver scrambled to her feet. "Are you okay? What happened? I was trying to sense what was going on but I couldn't hear anything. Who were they?" She gushed.
Violet starts down the stairs, letting the door close behind her.
"Fake cops. They show up around us a lot. They did a scan, probably of heat signatures? Down here is a bit deep for them to be able to catch your guy's signatures much, but they probably got an idea that there were more. Especially since the elements make us easier to find."
"So are they coming back?" Silver followed her down the stairs. "Where's Ben? Is he okay? What do we do now?"
(she havin a concern)
Violet nods.
"Yes, love, they're definitely coming back. We need to relocate. Beni is upstairs, I'm sure he's just- just thinking."
She reaches the bottom of the stairs and looks over the group, running her hands through her hair and huffing.
"Alright!" She calls. "I need your attention, please."
(Lol, I can tell)(Ben is probably actually having a bad anxiety on the couch.)
Hush raises an eyebrow nonchalantly. "Attention had. Which 'safe place' are we going to next?"
Violet rubs the back of her neck. "Ummmmnn, suggestions?"
Silver crossed her arms tightly, rubbing her hands up and down her forearms. She'd never experienced anything like this before because she was always in closer hiding than the others. Violet seemed to know what she was doing. Silver rubbed her head and frowned. Maybe Ben was just thinking, but she wasn't going to let him think by himself. Especially after the show of his temper he'd made earlier. Silver quietly crept back up the stairs, making sure Violet didn't see her. When she reached the door, she had to figure out how to open it, since Violet and Ben seemed to be in the habit of locking them down there.
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