Looks better on you

[Hawthorn]

After I had bellowed out in fear I fall silent really not paying attention to what was going on around me, as I was still rolling in the dirt trying to put out the fire on my body. Then I feel something very wet put out the fire kind of feels like something slobbered all over me yuck!

I sit straight up wondering what and who put the fire on my body. Then I hear a very loud bellow saying sorry Sidney. I look up to Kami who was buck ass naked, oh my gosh! My face turns a beet red I very quickly turn my head and cover my eyes, its not very gentlemen like to look at naked woman I will thank Kami but I don’t think she would hear me even if I yelled on top of my lungs have to thank her later.

Taking my hands off my eyes I look around without looking towards Kami, I see Mr. Summers taking pictures of Kami I think with his cell phone, shaking my head not very gentlemen like of Mr. Summers. Then I see Duncan walking towards Mr. Summers oh boy it looks like he’s about to bite someone’s head off, more like knock someone’s head off their shoulders like Mr. Summers. I have admit that Mr. Summers deserved to be punched in the face for taking pictures of Kami.

I see that Chris is in a very awkward position, Alice is shooting off electrical currents, I hear Kami saying sorry to Hastur as it sounds like Hastur is crying I won’t look. Shaking my head a moment to clear the fog, what is going? What just happened where did my powers go and why do I have Kat’s fire power? Let’s just say why dose everyone have different powers instead of their own?

I look over to Timber he is trying to get out of the cage I can see he is scared I want to hold him and say everything will be okay. But I don’t want to touch Timber or anyone else for the fear I will burn them, until I can figure out how to use this fire power or until I get my healing powers back. I give Timber a somber look, “sorry little buddy until I can control this new power I don’t want to pick you up without burning you,” I said quietly to my little friend.

[Firekat]

* I can still hear them, outside.... still wanting in, claiming they only want to see if I'm alright. ...as if... they... their just anxious to get a look at the freak... an excuse to point and laugh at the freak... I won't let them... I CAN'T let them. As long as I stay inside, don't let anyone in here... I'll... I'll be safe... Just need to keep them all out.*

* A few seconds later... I hear screaming, then door is suddenly torn off it's hinges... as an orange blurr shoots into me... slamming into my chest... knocking the wind out of me, and sending us both flying through whats left of the window. My head slamming into the door-frame on the way out.*

* I'm not sure... what happens right after*

*Everything just becomes a blurr... passing by in slow-motion like some kind of out-of-body experience. I can... can hear the other students. Screams...Jeering... cat-calls... like their all enjoying this. All of a sudden I can feel my body slamming into something else... something softer. Like a mattress or something. I... I just lay there... my head still spinning.... still listening to them all... mocking me... laughing at me....*

"..p...please...stop..."

* I wheeze out... my throat still raw... then... I can feel it again... that nauseating numb feeling.... this time it's all over my head. I strain... tears falling as my face begins to twist... my vision starting to blurr, as my left eye's vision fractures... over an over. It's like that boring biology crap the fur-ball talks about.... I can feel part of my forehead peeling back... hardening... like it's becoming some kind of helmet.... *

* When... when will this stop?*

* When... when I can finally think straight... I try looking around... to see what's happened. The vision coming from my one eye is so disorienting.... so random... it's nauseating. I end up having to close my eye so I can see straight. I'm starting to wish I had closed BOTH of my eyes... I'm laying in a pair of giant hands next to someones mink coat in a dress.*

* the hands aren't Alice's.*

* I look up and I see the spaz... back looking normal, and having some kind of Mental breakdown... crying and mumbling something about Killing and little girls while wearing some tin-foil bikini. What the hell does SHE have to freak out about? So... So she's 3 stories tall.... big whoop! At least she still looks human!*

* Then allof a sudden that coat next to me moves... sitting up... and my eye's open wide... it... it's not just some kid... but that little brat from the beach. The freak. But... she looks like what the spaz did just earlier today... she... she bounced around like the spaz does.... and I...*

* oh... oh god...*

* I cringe... feeling like I wanna puke. That... that little brat... she... she dumper her powers on me. I... I have to get out of here... have to run somewhere... but when I try to get up... there's nowhere to go. Everyone's just formed some big ... just standing... staring... whispering. I can feel their eyes all bearing down on me... like... like I'm some sideshow freak........ I try to work out the words... try to speak... my throat is just so sore... burning up.... when, when I do... I barely recognize it.*

[shadow=limegreen,left,300]" g... get... getaway... p... please... just... just don't... don't look..."[/shadow]

* I... I whimper out in a scary... raspy tone... like some kind of monster. No... no that... that's not true... I'm not a monster... I'm not a freak. I can still hear them, still feel them staring at me... I... I want to get away... but ... but theirs no way to get out.... I back up... tripping back onto the Spaz's over-sized hand... I just huddle up... tears still streaming down what's left of my face*

[shadow=limegreen,2,300]"p..please... just... just... FUCKING GET AWAY FROM ME!!!!!"[/shadow]

[Hastur]

Sheena is acting really really weird. At first she says not to worry, and to stay calm. I blink a little bit, nodding. That sounded like a good idea, though it was hard to keep from moving around. I had all this energy, like when you drink to much soda before bed time. So I kept fidgeting in her hand, and that made my fur tickle me, which only made it harder to not move. But even though Im trying really really hard to do like Sheena said, she starts getting really upset, crying out, saying she was sorry.

I scratch my head, puzzled. I know being outside all nudey isnt allowed, but I never thought that it would get her into so much trouble. But she isnt naked anymore, she's got this neat outfit on from that one movie. The one with the little robot who would always go bleep-boop-de-beep-be and the other robot who would act all silly, and the big furry guy who couldnt talk either, and the flying around and the Kerpow! Boom! Woosh. Oh ya, that was the best movie. I wonder if I look like those little teddy bear people?

But even now that she's dressed, Kami is still really upset. Maybe she's embaressed for being all naked before. I dont understand why she's crying, but I really want to cheer her up. Kami's always nice to me, kind like a big sister. "Dont be sad Kami, you we're so cool when you caught us like that! You dont have to be sorry just because people say you naked, I wont tell the teachers, I promis."

From behind me comes this really odd sound, kind like the big furry guy from that movie I was thinking about earlier, except it makes a little bit more sense. I see that really mean red haired girl, and she looks really really gross. I wonder if that is what people mean when they say someone has 'acne'. Wait a second, you know what, she kinda looks like me when I get hurt. I didnt know she could do that? Well isnt that mean, she made fun of me when we we're on the beach trip, but she's just the same.

I notice I started floating again, and I try and swim through the air over towards Kami's thumb so I dont go bouncing off again. Its really hard, like swimming in a pool without any floaties. I mostly end up just spinning around before I manage to make it over and grab on.

I wonder if anyone here has that movie? Maybe they will let me borrow it.

[Beast]

This is most peculiar. Not only do my wardrobe and body seem to have been altered in rather fundamental ways, but the same effect appears to be present in the stundents, though notably their alterations seem focussed entirely upon power reversals.

I wonder if it might be some sort of an ionic dispersal? Maybe a mutagenic virus?

I automaticly reach into what was formerly my lab coat, trying to pull out my Shi'ar derived scanner, or "Tricorder" as some of the more Star Trek influenced students like to call it. What I remove is both small and white, but definitely not a scanner. Scanners do not, as a general rule, have feathers.

As I examine it, the small dove unfurls itself and looks me inquisitively in the eye before taking flight with a soft flutter of wingbeats.

Curiouser and curiouser...

Magic?

Whatever is affecting the student has certainly made some interesting alterations to me....and our fearless leader as well. I watch with trepidation as Scott begins to snap pictures on his cell phone of the newly enlarged and very unclothed Kami, feeling an unfamilar heat rise at the back of my neck.

It seems Duncan acts out of an anger not unlike myself, belting Scott a good one that looks like it hurts from here....

and thats the point where I really need to intercede. Duncan's previous powers notwithstanding, he doesn't stand a Chance against Scott in single combat.

Moving as quickly forward as I can...and god my Agility has gone through the floor...I move between the two, holding up my arms to sepperate the two.

[glow=navy,2,300]"Easy now everyone lets just calm down and...."[/glow]

At this point my mind blanks, because Kami has just changed from nudity to what would appear to be Carrie Fischer's outfit from Return of the Jedi...the slavegirl wardrobe, not the Ewok clothing, or commando wear....I only know of a handful of people who might summon such a thing, and Duncan is certainly not on that list. He's probably never even Seen the movies...

[glow=navy,2,300]"Chris....Did you just fundamentally alter matter at a molecular level...to Make a metal bikini?"[/glow]

[Cyclops]

I guess some people don't have a sense of humor. I looked around me and saw that they weren't all to pleased at what I was doing. Eh, to each their own, I guess. Not like I was actually serious or anything, about making her show us her giant yams. Though that would be super awesome! But since everyone seemed to be more focused on the fact that their powers and appearances have switched all of a sudden, including the fact that Sidney was on fire, now wasn't the time for Girls Gone Wild: X-Men Edition. Then, like a sudden ray of sunshine, Sheena moves towards us, moving her arm out of the way to show her glory. A beautiful sight that I quickly captured on my camera before watching her save Sidney in her own...unique way.

"Ahhh duuude! You just hawk a lougy on him! Ha ha ha ha. Do it again!"

Watching him get dowsed in Sheena's spit may have been a little gross, but it was still a funny sight to see. I was laughing so hard that I was paying any attention around, cause out of nowhere, Duncan comes at me and punches me straight in the jaw. The force alone was enough to throw me off balance and cause me to take a couple steps backwards. I stood there rubbing my jaw and groaning when Hank comes over and tries to play referee. Funny thing was, even though I'd jump back with a retaliation for an obvious cheap shot, I didn't feel like fighting.

"Dude! Not cool. Wha....Dude."

Everyone seem to take notice of Sheena again all of a sudden. If it wasn't enough that she was naked before, now out of nowhere she was sporting the Princess Leia outfit from Return of the Jedi. I guess I should be asking myself how and where did she suddenly get it...then again, why ruin a good thing? This called for another camera shot. Can't have too many camera shots, for....uh research.....yeah.

But it was quite clear that everyone wasn't have a good time right now. Mostly just confused and scared, and even crying. That's kind of a downer. So I guess I'd better do something about this...I guess. So to get everyone's attention I let out a loud whistle and try to be the boring...leader...guy, or something.

"Yo, hey, okay. So, I know everyone is, like, totally confused and junk, cause I am too. But letting ourselves get overcome with the badness and science fiction stuff isn't gonna help. I've been there. What has ta get done, is like, keeping mellow and thinking of a way of, like, getting back to normal...and while you guys are doing that, I'm gonna get some munchies."

I'm glad I stepped up and said that, I feel so empowered now. Like I was the "totaly awesome boss dude." Taking charge and whatnot. And now that that was over with I was gonna get do some major scarfage cause I was hungry. But then suddenly I felt bad, as if I was leaving them on a bad note. So, I should do something nice. So I turned and immediately noticed Robin and how she looked.

"Oh hey, Robin! You look really cute! Like a teddy bear, but prettier!"

There! Much better. Snake time. Dum-dee-dum-dum-dum.....

[Conduit]

* Alice knows about as much as I do... well... maybe a little more considering the haze I'm in after that little jolt. Hey waitaminute... did... did she just zap me? With Lightening??? She's... She's got my powers! Alice has my powers!!! Dammit did that sting... is that how it feels every time I've ever zapped anyone? So Kami has her powers... and She's got MY powers... and I...*

*...Oh crap...*

* Alice starts moving toward Kami, saying something about regrouping to figure it all out, while I'm still having a hard enough time pulling myself out of these shrubs.. Stupid Bushes... wait... gotta keep cool... it's like in ghost-busters... don't think of nothing... no stray thoughts... no fantasies... your brain should be a flat-line til we figure this thing out... don't need any giant Marshmallow men terrorizing the campus Ohmanohmanohman.... no pressure... definitely NO PRESSURE here... While I'm trying to pull myself out of the thorns, I get to understand why Duncan is so pissy all the time.*

* and Speak of the devil...*

* I hear my ever so favorite nickname nickname growled out over the crowd, Duncan storming up toward me, an especially pissed off expression on his face. Oh man I'd hate to be his roommate right now... oh wait, I am... but suddenly he stops... looking in between Me and Kami. She's... freaking out at the moment... sobbing into the palms of her hands about things not being fair, and considering her size it's not a very private breakdown. He finally turns around just as I manage to flop down onto the grass. As he storms back toward Kami, he yells back at me about picking out clothes that fit her next time.*

" Hey!! How was I supposed to know!?!?"

* I scramble to my feet... running to catch up to Alice. As I move up I can hear screaming, it almost sounds inhuman but I can't get a Bede on it, considering it's drowned out by the crowd and Kami. Alice tries to get her attention by whistling... not the regular kind but where you stick your fingers in your mouth... in this case her still chromed-over fingers. My eyes nearly bug out of my head as I rush forward... my voice unable to react before the Circuit is completed.*

" ALICE... NO... You..... don't wanna... do that..."

* Knowing my powers, she shouldn't be hurt... however she is thrown flat on her back with an undignified thud. I run over to her side... wanting to help her up. As I move up, I fight back the urge to snicker... the way Alice's hair is frazzled from the discharge... it's just... cute.*

" Trust me... you don't want to try that again. Just power down and chrome-down your hands... we should be OK. But try not to touch anyone..."

* Move in a position behind her, making sure to avoid her hands. If it's anything like I was when they first hit me, their open circuits right now... at the least it'd be a replay of before... I don't want to think about the worst case scenario. I mean I REALLY don't want to think about the worst case scenario. I gently lift up under her arms, feeling a tiny static zap, and lift her up back on her feet. Man this feels odd... usually she's the one doing the lifting.*

* Everything is just Chaos around here... Alice starts yelling over to Kami, relaying what I'm pretty sure most of us have already figured out. Kami's still doubled over... nearly catatonic as she's weeping into her hands. Apologizing and still talking about things not being fair. And Duncan's personal take on fixing the situation likely won't be helping. Suddenly I see a little orange puff of fur floating up... a fox kit in a little Dress desperately hanging on to Kami's thumb. My eyes just about bug out of my head. Is that... ROBIN??*

* In the distance, I can see professor Summers rubbing his jaw... but he isn't acting... or dressed... like he normally does. He looks like some college dropout and he's acting like Paulie Shore in that one movie... no...nonono... don't try to think about it. Dr. McCoy is here... but he's dressed as a Butler of all things. He comes over and uses these confusing fancy words to ask if the bikini is my work....*

" Unfortunately... yeah... I...uhh... I think so...."

* Yeah... It's great isn't it. Now I'M the super-villain in training. I fart wrong and I could end up nuking the school. Like I said before... NO PRESSURE! Not only that, we got a 50 foot Kami having a meltdown, the incredible bouncing foxgirl is hanging on for dear life, and Electro-zilla and an apparently de-powered Duncan are the only ones working damage control... since it seems our supervising adults have been rendered unreliable...*

*... well at least ONE of them has been...*

"Dammit all... what else could possibly go wrong?"

[Girlzilla]

Its amazing the speed at which a good and pleasant day can turn into a nightmare. And for the first time since the mansion was attacked, I almost wish that it was happening again. At least then there was a clear enemy, we had the teachers there to help. You still knew who you we're and what you could do. Now, everything in pandemonium. The strange girl is gone, and if Mr. summers is anything to go by, our faculty is useless at this point. Kami's gotten down on her elbows and knee's and is in the middle of an emotional breakdown, Sidney is on fire, Robin is floating around while Kat, or I think its Kat, is about ten seconds away from slitting her wrists. Chris seems to be having a bit of a panic attack trying not to accidentally turn the sky into a poster of Lara Croft, Dr. McCoy is doing prestidigitation. This...this is to much. I need something, anything, to hold onto that makes a bit of sense.

And that's when Mr. Summers starts talking, and for a brief and shining moment, I thought he was taking charge to get everyone to calm down, letting us know everything would be alright. And our great leader, the headmaster, his words of wisdom amounted to 'Chill'.

Stirring.

No matter what though, someones got to get this situation under control. And the number of people who are even in a clear frame on mind could be counted on one hand. Me (hopefully), Chris, Duncan, And possibly Dr.McCoy. Robin seems to be doing OK, but she's just a kid, and I cant expect her to deal with this mess. This is a lot to take in at once, that's for sure. I was hoping that Kami would be able to take care of this. She's always been something of the de facto leader of all of us, at least when the staff wasn't around. Chris isn't that great when it comes to talking to crowds, and Duncan isn't much of a people person in general. And since Dr. McCoy seems to be working to keep Chris's head clear, or something, I get the really uncomfortable feeling that it might have to be me.

I try to keep my stomach from flooding with butterflies. There's to much going on here to have another person freaking out. First thing first...need something to get everyone's attention. Thankfully, Professor Summers seems to have that situation handled. Guess the only thing left to do is start talking.

"Ok, everyone just stop."

Nothing. Between Kami's sobs, Kats screaming and a million other panicking kids, nobody could hear me. Now, if I had my normal powers and was three stories tall, this wouldn't be an issue. I guess that's what you call irony. But, you gotta work with what you got. I look at my hands, still metalic and shimmering. Chris told me to turn it off. Which I'd be happy to do, just as soon as I figure out how. But maybe I can work this to my advantage. I take a deep breath, and clap my hands together. The Electric discharge explodes between my hands, causing a loud crack like a gunshot and a shower of sparks. I Hope that got some peoples attention atleast.

"Everybody...just...stop, ok? If we don't calm down, someones going to get seriously hurt. If we put our heads together, we can figure out what the hell is going on here and get back to normal."

My attempts to keep the butterflies from massing in my gut have failed miserably.

"Um...Ok. Lets...lets just sit down and take a few deep breaths, alright?"

Well...that sounded stupid.

[Kami]

I can barely hear people trying to calm me down.
How can they be calm?
We're all going to die.
I can imagine my body being torn apart by my powers.
I know how they work... all it takes is the heart beating, or the lungs inflating. That's all the movement Robin needs to tear a person completely in half, with just a thought.
My powers were always reactionary for me when I first got them... speeding my Jeep through traffic, making the mosh-pit Hell, even when I took control of the Blackbird because I thought we were going to crash... All of my first moves with my powers were reaction.
The image of Robin using my back-lash wave crosses my mind next, and it's not really a good thing.
I can hear Kat screaming, and I cringe.
It's already begun...
I don't want to hear the sounds of everyone dying.
Even if they all sound so small...
A loud booming noise, like a gunshot, breaks me out of it, and I lift my head, blinking a bit.
No one is dead. Yet.
Everything is wrong, and Robin's hugging onto my thumb, trying to calm me down, unaware of what's even going on.
And... we're alive.
I look around at everyone gathered, and nod my head to Alice, whispering to keep my voice from causing more damage,

We're alive...
We're alive!

I look back to Robin, amazed how she seems just fine, concerned about me, and not using my powers on a mass-murdering scale.

I'll be O.K. Robin. You have my powers, and I need you to be REALLY careful with them, can you do that?

Hell, can she even understand how to? When I first got them, I didn't.
And there's no telepaths around to help her as they did me...
Could we sedate her? I mean, I know we have the things to do that, but should we?
I feel a spike dig into my hand, bringing my attention back to poor Kat, who obviously has Robin's powers, and is reacting worse for it.
Without any other way to take care of my collar at this size, and needing use of both hands, I put the collar in my mouth, using my tongue to push it between my gums and my lip. It's water-proof, and I can feel it this way, and that frees my hand up quickly.
Very gently, I cup my hand, shielding Kat from everyone's eyes.

You have to relax. If you relax, you'll go back to looking human. Robin's powers react on pain.

I'm not really fond of Kat, and I'm sure that's no secret, but her suffering this badly makes me want to help.
Right now, the best I can do is make it so she can't be seen, and hope my words make it through to her.
I move to sit, my eyes darting around to be sure I don't crush anyone as I do.
Scott looks like some beach bum, Sidney isn't burnt, he had Kat's powers... he wasn't 'on fire' as much as on 'power'... if that makes sense.
Duncan's near me, and he seems pretty normal, and Alice obviously has Chris's powers.
Chris is talking with Dr. McCoy, and they are too small for me to hear what's being said.
And Dr. McCoy... He has no fur...
I can't help staring at him a moment, happy that he's talking with Chris, and not paying attention to my shock at his appearance.

Duncan! You can fix this, right?
Do you have your powers?

My eyes go wide with a new realization: There is something worse than Robin with my powers.... someone with Duncan's powers that doesn't know how to use them.
I feel my stomach start to growl, the sound of it so loud at this size, you'd think there was an earthquake happening.
Oh yeah, I remember the first time I ever met Alice, and she ate a skid of icecream so large I had to use my powers to bring it out to her.
This size requires more nourishment.
I'm suddenly extremely hungry.

[Duncan]

Duncan watched as Kami regained her calm, and though his fists balled at his inability to be of any help to her, he relaxed some, knowing that at least she WAS calming down. Looking up a bit more as she looked down at him he shook his head. The sense of both relief and unease filled him, knowing that he didn't have to worry about his powers every second.

"No, my . . . . their gone." There was a strong sense of the relief he felt, in his words, until he remembered that they weren't completely gone. At least, the still existed, just in someone else. He nodde dhis head toward Chris, not bothering to look at him.

"It appears that he's got them."

He turned his head then, and looked his friend over, "And if he's smart, he won't try anything that big. If he makes even the smallest mistake in what he's thinking about we're all shit out of luck . .a s in dead shit out of luck. And if he does manage to pull it off, for all I know it could kill him. It's a big drainer, and he doesn't have the regeneration I've got. At least . . I don't think so.l"

Duncan looked down at his hand, and after giving it a long, funny look, he took a pocket knife out of his pants and sliced the palm of his hand open. He cringed some, but didn't make a noise as he watched the cut heal rapidly. Shrugging, he dro[[ed his hand, wiping it on his black pants, and returned his gave to Kami.

"No. He doesn't."

[Hawthorn]

Looking around then I turn my attention to Kami as she finally calms down some and speaks to Hastur who has her powers wow! I hope that Hastur will be okay with Kami’s powers I’ve heard that Kami had a hard time with her powers when she first got them not to mention that she was a late bloomer also.

Then I hear Duncan speaking to Kami saying that he does not have his powers and says that Chris has them. Okay this is not looking good, I don’t know much about Duncan’s powers but I’ve seen him use and it looks like it drains his energy like when I use my healing powers to heal others but Duncan uses his powers with ease. I hope that Chris won’t use the Duncan’s powers on a big scale or something that he can’t handle otherwise I think we all will be up the creek without a paddle.

I see Duncan take out a pocket knife and he slices his palm of his hand open and it heals up quickly it looks like that Duncan has my powers. I sigh some, I know Duncan is one that don’t make friends easily, and I think that he can handle my powers okay.

I see that Alice has Chris’s powers and she tried to use them and it looks like she put her finger in a light socket the way her hair looks I kind of laugh to myself at the new hair style.

I see Kami has covered Firekat with her other hand. I still can hear Firekat screaming and I believe that Firekat has Hastur’s power I winch at the thought I feel sorry for her, I don’t wish anything bad on anyone. And I have her powers oh boy and I will have to ask Firekat how to use her powers until things can be switched back and things are back to normal and this will be a challenge trying to talk to Firekat.

Walking over to Kami, I lightly touch her knee looking up, “Thank-you Kami for putting the fire out on me,” I said loudly to Kami so she could hear me and I smile.

I see that Dr. McCoy was working on something and the thing he had in his hand looked like something from Star-trek I hope he can figure out what has happened and why everyone’s powers got switched.

[Firekat]

* I'm hunched over... hiding in the shadow of the Spaz's fingers. I can't be seen like this. It's... It's bad enough the brat's powers have turned me into some kind of Circus freak. It's bad enough each breath burns in throat, every time I speak, every time I exhale, I have this buzzing 'lisp'... like an angry hornet or something. I already hear them... mocking me... LAUGHING at me.... for what they've already seen. I can't let them see the tears rolling down my face.*

* I can't let them see me weak like this.... sobbing like a baby in the spaz's hands....*

* I sudden boom rocks me out of it, lightening or something. The fright causes me to stab my arm deeper into the spaz's hand. Then in the silence I can here someone talking, not sure who. Sounds like Alice... probably had the nerd shoot lightening for her. It barely even registers when the spaz's booming voice 'there there's the brat... not like I should really care. But then she has the nerve to start in on me. Telling me to relax and I'll change back. RELAX??? I've just turned into calamari bug-girl, and SHE tells me to just CALM DOWN?? I glare back up at her... even with my right eye's vision multiplying her image.*

* She's looking down on me.*

*The spaz looking down on me, pitying ME, acting all concerned and goodie-goodie. The same way that thunder thighs always does. If I wasn't afraid of what I could turn into I'd VOMIT all over her hand right now!*

[glow=green,3,300]" sh... shut up... just.... just Shut up... I... I don't need any.... any of... of your fucking pity..."[/color][/glow][/size]

* I growl out, each word causing my throat to burn. So painful I can barely talk in a whisper. I don't know if it really got through, since she closes her hands around the both of us. Leaving me alone in the sweaty darkness... which I can, kinda see in with the one eye...*

* with the brat.*

[glow=green,3,300]" wh...what did you do to me you little brat???"[/glow]

* I weakly growl out... from all the screaming and crying and... literal 'freaking out', I... I just feel completely spent. Like after gym with that grumpy old guy.*

[glow=green,3,300]" what did you do? how... how do i stop this?"[/glow]

* I fight back every tear as I try to get answers out of this little ball of fur.*

[glow=green,3,300]" ...tell me dammit..."[/glow]

[Hastur]

My comforting doesn’t seem to help nearly as much as I thought it would, she’s still really upset. And now its starting to get me a little worried. Maybe something really is wrong, you know, aside from me being all fuzzy and float, and Sheena being really big. Out of nowhere there’s a big thunderclap. I feel all my hairs stand up on end as I jump a little bit, coming this close to losing my grip on Sheena’s thumb and going floating off again. Now that was another strange thing, there isn’t any rain or lightning, so where did the thunder come from?

Maybe I’m dreaming. That would make sense, I might have fallen asleep doing that stupid math work.After the thunder, everyone sort of quiets down a little. Sheena cheers up a bit, which is certainly a good thing. She whispers for me to be really careful with her powers.

Don’t worry Sheena, I’ll be careful, Promise.

I nod, confident I can handle that…maybe. First thing I have to do is try and figure out this floating around thing. I squint, concentrating on not floating. Oh, but maybe I shouldn’t concentrate, because Sheena did say they we’re dangerous. Would concentrating be the dangerous part, or would it be more dangerous to not focus on them? Urg, this is to hard. I want my normal powers back, so that I wont have to worry about thinking or not thinking and I’ll stop floating around.

Sheena closes her hands around me and the other girl, everything going dark kept for the little bit of light going through Sheena’s fingers. It also gets a lot warmer, the heat from her body making the air a little stuffy. Its kind of cramped to, but on the upside, I don’t have to worry about floating away as much, so at least there is a silver lining.

The other girl, the one who’s gotten powers like mine, she’s not happy at all. She glares at me, looking really mad, yelling at me. She’s scary, a lot scarier now that we’re stuck so close to each other.

I didn’t do any-

I whimper a little, wrapping my tail around myself a little bit, like a blanket to keep me safe from the monster in my closet. Except closet monsters aren’t nearly this nasty. I don’t even understand why she’s so mad at me, I didn’t do any of this…well, I did accidently knock her out of the window, but that wasn’t my fault! And she didn’t even let me finish, asking again what I did, and how to stop it. I tuck my tail closer around me, closing my eyes as she yells at me.

Im sorry

I squeak out. This is just like when we went to the beach. No, this is even worse, at least then there we’re other people around to stop her. But now its just us, and nobody is going to stop her. She wants to know how to stop my powers…but they don’t have an on off thing, they’re just…there. I could tell her, but I bet that’d just make her angrier.

But then, I realize something. She’s scary and mean, but she’s also scared and confused because she doesn’t have her powers anymore. Which means I don’t have to be scared of her.

No!

I say, finding a bit of courage, peeking out from behind my tail.

I’m not telling you anything. You’re a jerk face who’s always yelling at everyone. You said my powers made me a gross ugly freak! You said my Mom Died!

I stand up, pointing a fuzz covered finger right at her half-bug face.

Your just a big mean Bully!

[Beast]

Okay, this is quickly escalating out of control...terribly terribly out of control. On this campus here we have some of the most powerful superhumans on the planet, ironicly most of them still in the grips of puberty, and now some outside force has aparently seen fit to tweak reality itself, changing myself and these others into a complete reversal of our allready extrodinary situations.

The result isn't pretty. Minor conflicts are verging into major issues, emotions are running high, and our fearless leader's renowned tactical accumen seems to have been reduced to the sort of trite bumper sticker mentality I would expect to see from a college stoner.

And just to top things off I've been returned to my human form, stripped out my technical tools, and aparently given some sort of stage magic in its place.

This is not looking good.

Alice, to her credit, tries to draw us back into focus, but its a small outcry over the general buzz as the group as a whole starts to disolve into anarchy, splintering off as they each seek to deal with the problem in their own way. Naturally results so far are mixed....But maybe I can change that.

Raising my voice to be heard, I point over to the science building, speaking as loudly and clearly as I can.

"If I might have your varied attentions for a moment, I need all of you to proceed in an orderly fashion to the science building. For some reason my wardrobe change has robbed me of my prefered tools of the trade, and as such I am ill equipped to diagnose your current condition. If Kami would be kind enough to lift my to my office though, I should be able to retrieve the nessecery tools to make a proper diagnosis..."

In truth, this opinion is a bit optomistic. The way this scenerio has proceeded suggests that the cause is probably Not rational in nature...still, tis better to have tried and failed, than never have attempted...if nothing else, this sort of problem solving ought to give the students a better outlet than turning on one antoher.

[Cyclops]

After I left the others to sort matters out, I headed back inside and straight to the galley. I had the munchies so badly that it was all that I could think of. Maybe some sweets like form the Hostess variate, or some salty chips. There should be some of both since I make sure that there is plenty for all that inhabit the vicinities. My mind continues to think of choices until I make it down to the galley and into the kitchen. I peak around to see what was available, and finally decide on a bag of Funions. I was never really sure why people eat these, but now...mmm, hits the spot.

After I have my snake of choice, I wonder through what I thought were the halls that I had just came from and instead become lost. I look around me and am not entirely sure where I was. Just a long hallway with nothing but gray spanning for miles ahead and behind me. So I just head forward, seeing where the hallway takes me. Eventually, I came across a room that seem isolated, so I went inside. To my surprise, I was in Wolverine's room, standing in the spartinly places environment of a loner. A world-classed killer. And all I can think is '....cleaner than I though.' So I look around the place, thinking that I'd never get a chance to do so again, and see nothing out of the ordinary. That was until I saw the little box on the corner of the desk. I reached over and opened it, seeing a locke of red hair. There was only one place that he could have gotten this. This should send me in a fit of anger...but really, I feel more passive. Instead I see a six-pack of his beer and decide to swipe it instead. Why should he be the one with something from me and not vise-versa?

With Funions and beer in hand, I wonder out into the hallways again and see where my feet take me. This time, I came across what appeared to be a large mirror. Don't remember why we had this put in, but I stopped and looked at it for a while. Man, I am a good looking son of a bitch. Tall, muscular, pretty, great hair. Wonder what my body looks like altogether? I put down my snack and then take off my shirt and pants, and even my underwear, and then looked back at the reflection. Damn, who wouldn't want a piece of this? Shear perfection.

After I was done looking at myself, I picked up my snack and moved on. Didn't need my clothes since I was awesome without them. I move through the halls and corridors until I reach what looked like the science lab. Everyone was there already, getting looked at by Beast. He suck a cook dude, doing the sciencey stuff. I walked in casually and addressed the crowed.

"Hey Guys. How's everything going?"

I grab a few Funions and then offer it to those closest to me. No need to be rude when there is a crisis at hand. Everyone needs the sweet salty taste of Funions. Even I know that, and I tasted them for the first time a while ago. Then for some reason every one was looking at me with shock and awe. Didn't' know what it was, then it popped into my head.

"Oh, yeah. I just had them for the first time, and man they are good."

After a handful, I open up a beer and take a swig. Mmm, that's good. Need to remember to get this kind and keep it in my office just in case.

[Conduit]

* Alice finally works to get things settled down... naturally using my powers to get peoples attention. Charging up her hands and slapping them together, releasing a loud thunder-like crack as the poles meet, leading to a nifty fireworks display, gets everyone's attention. Some more than others.... as Kami's head shoots up, just a look sheer b-movie horror on her face, before she starts calming down... talking about being alive, before talking down to her hand, talking down, telling Robin and to Robin and someone hidden in her palm. She tells them to relax, but considering the inhuman screaming going on, that isn't going well. As sci-fi buggy as it sounds... it sounds vaguely familiar. It can't be Kat... can it? Oh my god... did Kat get stuck with Robin's powers?*

* Karma anyone?*

* Then she finds Duncan... asking him if he can fix all of this... which is when he breaks the news that I'm the one with his powers right now. Then he turns, looking me over, and pointing out the obvious, which is that I need to be careful to keep my thoughts in check to avoid killing myself and/or everyone else.*

* Yeah... DEFINITELY not adding to the pressure here*

" Gee... thanks you SO MUCH for the newsflash Duncan...

* I cross my arm, rolling my eyes in frustration while he seems busy with... something.*

" It's not like I could have possibly figured that out on my own!"

*jerk*

* Pretty soon Dr. McCoy speaks up... using some pretty fancy lingo to basically tell us to move on in to the science lab so he can figure out what's happened. Yeah... That... that's definitely good... just as long as I can get there without stepping on a crack wrong... or sneezing and end up blowing everything up... or worse... having some stray thought turn everyone into gummy bears or something...*

* ... not that I WANT anyone to turn into gummy bears!!*

*... Ohdeargod I did not just think that. Oh god.... oh god... nobodies turning orange right now... are they? I didn't mean it... seriously I didn't.... man oh man I do NOT need the inhumanity of turning my Friends and loved ones into tasty little animal-shaped fruit snacks weighing down my soul!!! Who knows what kind of disturbed megalomania would follow something like that? NOTHING.... think of NOTHING.... that's what I got to do... yeah....*

*but then my eye twitches.... If I do that... will the powers think that means I want to erase existence?*

* ... yeah... definitely NO PRESSURE here! How the FUCK does Duncan do it ?!?!?*

* got to stay calm here... gotta stay focused... no more thinking about horrifying destruction and ESPECIALLY about gummy bears… no more thinking about gummy bears... NO MORE GUMMY BEARS!!!!*

* Okay… the rest of the walk seems... a little better... even though I’m still worrying about every potential crack I might step on and the repercussions of stepping on it. I mean yeah... it’s bad enough that we’ve all had our powers swapped out... some worse for others. With me n Robin at the top of the list... both of us able to potentially nuke the school at any given moment... and like Duncan said, I could frikking kill myself if I push myself too hard. Alice now has my powers... and like me back then likely doesn't know how to switch off the 'human cattle prod' power. Hopefully I can give her some pointers later.*

*YEAH... it’s probably horrifying for Kat too... but it's not like I’m really going to waste time feeling sorry for her or anything... yes I'm being a jerk but... she's a Bitch. After what she and that preppy ass-hat tried to do to me, she's lucky I'm not outright pointing and laughing...*

* Or abusing these powers to humiliate her further.*

* An eternity passes before I eventually make it to the building, let alone to the part of the building housing the lab... still paranoidily avoiding everything that can cause anything.... but with that 'butterfly flapping his wings' chaos-theory thing that doesn't give me any leeway... although worrying about everything does make me hungry.... and thankfully we have a vending machine right outside Dr. McCoys office. I take a look over the selection to try to get something... but I notice an uncharacteristic void in between the Combo's and the Chip's Ahoy mini's...*

"oh no... oh no... nonononono....."

* My face turns a little pale, my eye beginning to twitch again. B-3 is empty, completely cleaned out. Nobody around here really snacks on 'em that much other than Robin... as such... there is only one logical and downright frightening reason for this....*

" I've just erased all gummy bears from the face of the planet!"

*oh GOD what have I done?!?!*