New Generation Legacy, Issue 1: Back to School

[Hammerhead]

"Well that does..." Emmet begins, then...

BOOM!

Emmet, unbalanced by the explosion, stumbles. What? What that...an explosion. Here? This cannot be happening. How could this be happening? Explosions? This is unreal. Was that from a movie or television show? Explosions are not something that I experience in my life, Emmet thinks frantically, panicking.

Irregardless of my previous experiences, that was likely an explosion. Was it hopefully an accident, an accidental detonation from something within the mall? No, I am unaware of any device in the vicinity of this shopping mall that could be used to create an explosion of that magnitude. Still, something must have caused the noise and shockwave that I experienced, Emmet reasons.

If this explosion was not an accident, then that means it was planned by some human agency. Discounting an unexpected military strike by a neighboring country, that narrows the likely possibilities to a terrorist action aimed at this shopping center or someone within it, or... That is a train of though that I had not considered; this explosion might be accidental in nature, caused by one of Elites here at the mall. Alternatively, it could be a malicious attack by an Elite entirely unconnected to the school.

In any case, staying in this mall becomes very dangerous. However, evacuation presents the problem of controlling proximity to Manjit. By vacating these premises, we would endanger many others. Moreover, since Manjit would be as shocked by the explosion as I am, she may be losing control over her own abilities, increasing the likelihood of casualties should we attempt to leave in the midst of this panic.

Emmet catches his footing from the explosion, eyes wide. "I am unharmed, and that was an explosion. Manjit, I think that with the panic, you may want to lock yourself into a restroom or the backroom here, to avoid accidental injury," Emmet explains. "I think we need to figure out what is currently happening," he adds, pressing the activation switch on his metallic wristband.

Emmet activates his force field, obviously.

 

[Samnell]

Emmet catches his footing from the explosion, eyes wide. "I am unharmed, and that was an explosion. Manjit, I think that with the panic, you may want to lock yourself into a restroom or the backroom here, to avoid accidental injury," Emmet explains. "I think we need to figure out what is currently happening," he adds, pressing the activation switch on his metallic wristband.

"Right, good idea," Jerry seconds the recommendation. "I can take a few scrapes, so I'm going to see what's what. Stay safe."

Jerry's guts churned, or whatever what he had instead of blood churned, and he reminded himself that he'd been this nervous before important meets. This was just more of the same. Give it a good go. He headed in the direction of the explosion.

 

[KaintheSeeker]

"What was that?" Trilly said from her spot by pile of levi strauss jeans in one store front, craning her neck to look better. Which, given her talent was quite effective in seeing above the crowd.

OOC: Looking for a clue to what is going on and looking for the other students.

 

[Sollir Furryfoot]

BOOM!

What happened? Did that have something to do with our classmates...? Cody wonders, hoping that everyone's alright. He notices his heart racing but manages his breath and keeps calm.

"Good thinking, Emmet. A restroom would be too far away, the backroom's probably our best bet. Raph, escort Manjit to the back then meet back up with us. Keep an eye on people's auras, we need to know what's going on." Cody says, looking towards Jerry who's already on the move, "I'm right behind you." the teen says, following the other.

 

[Mimic]

John will use a HP to reroll the toughness save. If he is conscious and goes after Nick he will check on the two girls Yoshi was talking too. If he goes before Nick he will check on Layla.

 

[Agamon]

Everyone not in the food court

Paper and other light debris can be seen fluttering down the hall, along with a bit of smoke. There was obviously an explosion somewhere in the mall. The direction of its point of origin is fairly obvious.

The Girls

Josee is stunned into silence by the explosion. She wordlessly allows Clover to take her hand and lead her through the crowd. Clover can feel a current of electricity flow through her from Josee's hand. It's not strong enough to hurt, but is somewhat distracting.

Trilly is easy to find, as she is literally head and shoulders above the crowd. People are giving her room, too. The explosion has them freaked out, and the unusual sight of a stretchy girl does little to ease them.

"Omigod, what happened! That sounded like a bomb!" Stacy looks scared.

The Sports Store

Raph's eyes begin to glow a golden color and her bright golden wings sprout from her back. She gives Cody a look that nears defiance. "Cody, that sounded deadly. There's no way I'm leaving you. What if there's another one?" She pauses, looks at Manjit and sighs. "C'mon," she tells the girl, turning long enough to say, "Be careful, Cody, I'll be right behind you."


What's left of the food court

Nick gets lucky, as a table that flies up between him and the blast takes the brunt of the explosion for him. The table does slam into his side with great force.

(14 Ref, fail; 23 Tough, marginal fail; Nick is Bruised and Injured)

The explosion hits John full on, but his elite abilities soak up much of the energy of the concussive blast. However it's more than his body can handle, and flying debris slams into his left shoulder and leg.

(10 Ref, fail; 15 Tough, marginal fail; John is Bruised and Injured; Current STR=30)

Init: Yoshi (28), Nick (18)[1 bruise, 1 inj], Trilly (17), John (16)[1 bruise, 1 inj; 30 STR], Raph (15), Manjit (15), Josee (13), Stacy (11), Clover (8), Layla (8), Jerry (6), Emmet (6), Cody (4)
Initiative will come into play once you reach the food court...possibly sooner

As lighter debris is still falling to the ground, Yoshi, still conscious, manages to turn himself over in place. His face is a bloody mess from hitting the wall and he doesn't seem cognizant of his surroundings.

Nick shakes the cobwebs out quickly and realizes Layla is no longer near him. Scanning the destruction, he manges to pick her out, lying on some broken debris. Getting to her would be more difficult if not for his powers. He bends the space between them and appears at her side. She's not moving, her arm is bent behind her at an impossible angle and she seems to be bleeding from a wound to the back of her head. Nick can also see the unmoving hand of another person trapped underneath the debris Layla is lying on.

John reaches the girls as Nick sees to Layla. Both are lying a ways from where they stood, but still fairly near each other. Naeema is bleeding badly, a shard of wood impaling her abdomen. The sight of Saba is much more gruesome, as her head is no longer fully attached to her body.

Jerry and Cody (and Emmet if he follows) are met by a crowd of people moving away from the explosion, making their progress towards a it a bit slower.

Yoshi finally manges to stand up, but continues to lean heavily against the wall. Wiping blood from his eyes, he surveys the damage, unsure of what to do.

Everyone can announce what they'd like to do next.

 

[Sollir Furryfoot]

"Don't worry about me!" Cody shouts back to Raph, knowing the futility of his statement, "Just make it quick, fly past these people if you have to!" He is unperturbed by her angelic transformation, being used to it already.

Cody takes note of the difficulty of their progress through the crowd, "The explosion sounded like it came from the food court. Jerry, can you teleport us somewhere nearby? Raph's right, there may be another explosion...if you can teleport us just outside the entrance we might not be sitting ducks if there's more trouble."

 

[Hammerhead]

Emmet follows Jerry and Cody uncertainly, glancing backwards at the store with Manjit and Raph. "Why are we headed towards the explosion? Are any of you even trained in first aid? Running towards a large explosion seems excessively hazardous to our health; we would just be getting in the way. Let me try something first, I will endeavor to catch up," he says loudly, hoping to be heard above the commotion.

Emmet searches around for a mall security camera, and upon sighting one, draws his microwave emitter and tries to tap into their video surveillance system.

 

[Shalimar]

Clover is relieved when she sees Trilly is ok, meaning that Stacey was too. She leads Josee over to the other girls not commenting on the tingling running up her body from Josee, it was very distracting, but she didn't want to say anything to stress her out more.

"I'm pretty sure it was a bomb Stacey. We need to make sure the other students are ok and then get out of here before who ever did it can try something else. I'm just hoping the bomb wasn't meant for us, for Elites I mean, cause if thats the case the wankers might expect some of us to survive point blank and show up to finish the job." Clover said with a sigh, she didn't want to frighten Stacey and Josee, but she wasn't going to lie either not when that could ut them in danger by not expecting anything else.

"Wish I had my work out suit, its about as tough as SWAT armor was what the maker said, would sure love to have it now." she muttered.

"Trilly, do you think you could help Josee and Stacey leave the mall and back to the van? I'm going to go to see if I can do anything to help out."

 

[Vanifae]

Nick increases his desnity to the maximum and begins lifting the rubble away from the hand protruding out. He shouts, "Help the wounded.... holy crap what the **** is going on... John, Yoshi you with me?"

Jesus, please be okay Layla... please be okay, Nick thinks.