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Started September 24, 2019 by @StarkSpangledMayflower_Mad_Elder

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Luna nodded and carefully moved so Katya was laying on the bed on her own. She let out a little sigh as she looked back up to Uriah with a steely determination in her eyes, "Y-yeah, lets."

Uriah shut the door behind him. Katya fell asleep so fast that the pizza hadn't even arrived yet. He sat at the table and pulled out his phone. Texting everyone to meet at his house. But also be quiet because Katya was sleeping. "Now we just wait. Would you like some tea?" Uriah usually drank tea when he was stressed.

Luna stepped out after him and let out a little sigh. She gave him a nod and felt her stutter start to fade away a little, "Tea would b-be nice."

Thalia grinned and gestured to the bed. "Lay down little dove, before you fall to the ground sick." She laughed and walked out of the room, gesturing to the guard to constrain her again.

Sparrow hopped off her bike and came up to Uriah's door and knocked. "Hey guys, I'm here." She called. Just then Magnus and Nathan also came up the street.

Luna gave walked over to the door and opened it up for Sparrow, "Come i-in."

Sparrow smiled softly and came I side. "So, any updates?"

"No," Luna shook her head slowly. She was wearing a slight frown, "I-I wish we knew more."

"Katya just fell asleep, so we'll have to be quiet." Uriah said as he started the tea. He was making sure to make enough for everyone, since it seemed they were all going to need it.

The guard quickly threw Esmae on the table and restrained her ankles and wrists. "Let me go!" She thrashed around, not being able to calm herself down anymore. The guard walked to the door and opened it. The they just stood right outside. "What are they doing next?" Her hands shook as she looked around the room for anything. A symbol anything that could help her figure out who they are. But there was nothing.

(Anyone up for a time skip?)

(Sorry, I was super busy today. I'm fine with it.)

(Alright)

A day had passed since Esmae's kidnapping and the only new but of information they managed to find was that their equipment used a very special type of metal to develop. Since the night had fallen, the group of people had decided to crash at Uriah's house. Sparrow had been up for a few hours now, courtesy of her nightmares returning. She had snuck out of the house to go into the backyard and.vent out her frustration on the many trees. Her knuckle were fairly sore and slightly bruised but she hadn't stopped and wasnt planning on stopping for a while either.

Nathan woke up to the sound 'thwacks' coming from the backyard. He sighed, knowing what was going on and decided to make a couple cups of coffee. He went into the kitchen and looked around the materials needed to make the coffee. Upon finding everything, he started making it and yawned. Ut had been a long night and was about to be an even longer day.

Cyrus had spent much of the night trying to put together evidence for where Esmae may have been taken. As such, he was still in a very deep sleep, passed out at the kitchen table.
Vida was just getting up. She was scared, but having everyone else around was reassuring. She saw Cyrus asleep at the table and threw a blanket over him. He must have been working hard.
She then wandered over to Nathan.
"Hey, Nathan," she said softly so as not to wake Cyrus up.
Vida watched him make the coffee.
"That smells good."

Nathan leaned against the counter and kept an eye on the coffee. "Morning. You want some?" He asked quietly, taking it off the stove and pouring it into a couple cups.

Sparrow wiped away a couple tears and made a beeline for the bathroom, washing her face and taking a 5 minute ites shower before coming out and heading Into the living room where most people where sleeping. She looked towards the kitchen and saw the kids in there and walked ro them. "Morning guys." She said, almost silently

"Yes please!" Vida replied, "Just a little though."
She intended to make her cup more milk and sugar than coffee, but that was understandable at her age.
"Good morning!" she said when Sparrow greeted them, much more cheery than everyone else.

Katya stepped out of her room at the smell of coffee. She kind of wanted some to be honest and headed over to where Nathan and Vida were. She had been having trouble since Esmae's disappearance and had been extremely out of it not talking to anyone unless it was necessary. She looked to Nathan and made a little pouring motion towards the coffee and then back at herself.

Luna was still in a nightmare laden sleep and she held onto whatever was closest with all she had.

Nathan gave a half hearted smile and poured a few more cups, bringing out the cream and sugar and gesturing to it. He added it all to his preference before blowing on the still warm cup and taking a sip.

Sparrow took a hot coffee and took a huge gulp of the steaming liquid. She grimaces at the bitter taste but in order to settle her nerves, she needed to drink black coffee so she could focus.

Katya gave him a nod and made her cup to her liking before taking a swig and heading over to sit down by herself.

Uriah was still sleeping. Even before yesterday and everything that happened, he would wake up early and get home late at night. He hasn't slept much lately.

Eventually they took Esmae to her room last night. It had plain white walls. One metal door with no windows on it. It had a bed and a mirror, which she didn't know was a two way mirror for them to check up on her. No matter how much she wanted to stay awake, her body wouldn't let her. As soon as she laid down last night she passed out. A loud alarm woke her up from her sleep and she sat up quickly. "Wake up time." One of the guards said as he walked through the door. If it wasn't for his voice, Esmae wouldn't know if it was a man or women. "Change." He damanded. The same thing happened last night and it made her extremely uncomfortable. They gave her and outfit to wear that they said is the only thing she was allowed to wear. Her night clothes were like those from a hospital. She hated it. Her day outfit was a white one piece leather like outfit. It had a bit of a turtle neck and long sleeves, but the bottom half was shorts. It was a skin tight outfit, but was flexible enough for her to do whatever she needed to do. "Can I change in privacy?" She waited a few seconds but he said nothing. Just to get it over with she quickly changed, feeling like she wanted to die every second it was happening. When done she pulled her hair up into a ponytail. "Alright, I'm done."

Thalia walked inside with a clipboard in hand. She looked her up and down frowning. "Note to self, leather doesn't look flattering on anyone." She muttered. Looking up again, she clicked her pen and took a small step back. "Ok little dove, I'm going to need you to do a coupl things for me. Firstly, I need you to do a few simple stretches, like a short warm up." She explained, doing a couple herself as an explanation

"I know what a warm up is." Esmae was a little pissed at her leather comment, but she had to ignore it for now. Sighing she began stretching. This bitch, I'm going to kill her one day. The guard stood there watching just in case she tried something. Esmae did about a ten minute workout before turning to Thalia. "Alright, I'm done. Now what?" She wanted to go outside, but with how careful they were, that probably wasn't going to happen.

Thalia nodded and wrote settings down. "I want you to do a couple defensive moves. A couple offensive moves and a couple combination moves." She said. The amount of serum and things inside Esmaes blood at the moment should have some changes but Thalia wasnt sure exactly what kind if mutation her cells went through.

Luna woke up a little having clung to Uriah like he was a pillow or something. She didn't want to wake up and face the music, she wanted her kid back. Her spunky rebellious kid.

"Okay… Do I get a dueling partner or something, or a weapon?" It was hard to show moves when there was no one there to do the moves with. What is she writing down? Nikona was watch from her room, and sent Thalia a message. Take her to the training room, send in three of our weakest fighters. I want to see how long she can last. With all the serum from yesterday she should be able to last longer than the normal human. Esmae just stood there not sure of what to do at the moment, even if Thalia just told her.

Uriah woke when Luna began to move and yawned. "Good morning." He kissed her forehead and got up. He got dress in some sweat pants and a plain black Tshirt. He needed to be ready so when everyone was awake he could start on figuring out where they took Esmae first of all. There was a knock on the door, which surprised Uriah since he thought everyone was here. He walked over and opened it. Standing there was Caleb. "May I come in?" Even though Uriah didn't like Caleb much, the more the better. He moved to the side and Caleb walked in. (I'm going to be busy for awhile, so sorry if my replies are short or if I take awhile to answer.)

Luna woke up a little more and let out a slight sigh as she got out and ready for the day. She hadn't bothered to unbraid her hair from the previous day and all she really did was out on sweats and a hoodie before stepping out and walking over to the rest of the awake people.