Somewhere in Toon Town - Dusk

[elle-sparks.livejournal.com]

Elle was bored again. She hadn't seen Spike in ages, so she decided she was going to go look for him.

She was unaware of any imminent threat that might be lurking, despite Cayce's recent warning about someone looking for her.


[post is open, but first thread is for Sylar & Elle (and the Mickey cops) only. read here for more info.]

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[katoustheshit.livejournal.com]

Katou snickered. "Relax, Cayce, I was joking around."

He frowned, following her gaze. "Who knows. I'm half surprised that they even allowed this to happen for more than a second. Did you want me to walk you home or something?"

[caycep]

"Nah, 's okay." She held up the flashlight and passed the beam over the familiar, darkened features of Tomorrowland. "I'm going to take a quick walk over to Main Street and see if the lights are out there too.

[centuryjenny.livejournal.com]

((Hope you don't mind me jumping in!))

The blackout had concerned Jenny, too. She'd had no idea if this was a regular thing or not, but not having sources of electricity around was a bit discomfiting, so she headed out into the darkness to have a look about. Once she saw a beam that looked like some kind of light, she began to walk towards it.

Only a flashlight, but it was better than nothing. And she recognized Katou from her arrival, and even if he hadn't had wings at the time, it wasn't that big a concern.

"Oi, you," she said, pointing at him. "Know why the power's out?"

[katoustheshit.livejournal.com]

Katou jerked his thumb toward Cayce. "This one here blew it out trying to put on a radio show," he said, grinning in a way that hopefully suggested that he was joking around.

He turned to Cayce. "I'm telling you, I didn't see any over there. If you don't trust me though..." he tried to look hurt.

[caycep]

Cayce rolled her eyes at the joke, but smirked. "Har." Then she gave Katou a puzzled look. "Didn't see any what?"

She pointed the flashlight in the direction of the voice (taking care to not shine it in the speaker's face). "Anyway, no idea what's causing this. Is it all over the park?"

[centuryjenny.livejournal.com]

"Everywhere," Jenny said certainly. She hadn't been all over the park, but in a place this small, she'd notice if there was any major power source nearby. "This sort of thing happen a lot? Might not have been anything, but I was certain a bit ago there was some sort of fight going down. But by the time I got out there, nothing."

[caycep]

"This is a new one by me," Cayce said. "A fight, huh? Where?"

[centuryjenny.livejournal.com]

"Not at all sure. Thought I heard some shouting in that direction about," she said, gesturing towards the moat, "bit after the lights went. Man and a woman. But could have just been a couple having it out; didn't see anything suspicious when I went to have a look." She sighed, took out her pack of cigarettes, and, picking one for herself, silently offered the pack to Katou and Cayce.

"The source of the outage wasn't over there, I don't think."

[caycep]

Some idea of what this was all about started picking at the back of Cayce's brain, but she couldn't put her finger on it. She murmured a polite "no thanks" to the offer of the cigarettes. "Wonder if one of the supers could have caused it somehow," she muttered, frowning, half to herself.

[katoustheshit.livejournal.com]

"Didn't see any light."

Katou frowned a little. "I should check to see if Virgil's okay," he muttered.

[centuryjenny.livejournal.com]

Shrugging, Jenny pocketed the cigarette carton, and lit her own cigarette. "How many supers do we have here?" she asked. "About? I've heard of Superboy and met Rose, but I haven't heard of either before, nor of any post humans from my own world."

[caycep]

"Well, there's those two, and then there's Elle; she can do things with electricity, and she's not too shy about showing it off. And then there's—" Cayce's jaw dropped, and, if there'd been any light, Katou and Jenny would have seen her go dead pale.

"Did—did you say there—that you heard a man and a woman yelling?"

[centuryjenny.livejournal.com]

"Yeah," Jenny replied, frowning. "Wasn't necessarily a physical fight, though, just exchanging words. Why, do you know something?" She could recognize that expression Cayce had.

[caycep]

"This ... could be bad." She took a step vaguely in the direction of the castle moat before remembering that such a move would be very, very stupid. At least without some kind of backup.

"There's a guy who's got it in for Elle, I think," Cayce said. "And since she does stuff with electricity, she might—oh shit. Oh shit. I hope she's okay."

[katoustheshit.livejournal.com]

Katou sighed, then rubbed the side of his head. "I guess if it wasn't Virgil, that's okay," he said.

Still, Cayce looked worried. And Katou had been itching for a fight. Maybe he could have one. "Want me to come with you?"

[centuryjenny.livejournal.com]

"Hold on. What sort of abilities does this bloke have, and why's he have it in for the girl?" Jenny asked, narrowing her eyes. She would certainly want to deal with anyone who was causing trouble, but she also knew enough not to go into a fight without knowing what she was up against. Not to mention that although she kept a pistol on her person as backup, she was not incredibly useful if there was no electricity to draw upon. She obviously wouldn't let a girl get hurt even if it was dangerous, but it would be good to know how much.

[caycep]

"Telekinesis. Freezing shit. He referred to her as an 'upgrade', which makes me think he can grab people's powers, and she thinks she knows him, and what she said backs that up." Cayce sighed, danced a little from one foot to the other out of nervousness. "We should check it out. Just in case something—"

Just then, with a flicker and a low hum that seemed to come from everywhere, the park lights came back on.

Cayce blinked.

((I figure it's been about 10-15 minutes by now...))

[centuryjenny.livejournal.com]

Jenny didn't smile when the power came on, but she did become visibly less tense. "Good, that makes things easier, at least," she said.

"Right then. We find the girl, make sure she's all right, and if she's not, then there'll be trouble." She gave both of them a glance over. "Cards on the table. What do you two do? I assume you fly, anything else?" she asked Katou. "And you, just human?"

[caycep]

"Plain old human," Cayce said with a wry smile. "And the name's Cayce, by the way. Just in case you need to yell it."

[katoustheshit.livejournal.com]

There was a ripple in Katou's skin, and then Jenny was staring at a reflection of herself. "It might seem harmless, but it's really not." He paused, then flashed his claw, all the claws sticking out. "This comes in handy too. And I'm hand with a sword. If I had one."

[centuryjenny.livejournal.com]

"Got it," she said told Katou. "Don't have any swords, though, so you'll need to improvise. My powers are electricity based, too."

She then turned to Cayce, her lips quirking into a small smile. "Jenny Sparks." The prospect of a fight had brought back old habits more quickly than she would have expected, considering where she was and the fact that she'd thought she was more than ready to turn her metaphorical badge in by the time of her death. "I don't like the idea of bringing civilians to what could get messy. Does this bloke have a name and a face?"

[caycep]

"Calls himself Zane. Elle thought he might be someone named ... Peter, I think it was? Anyway, Zane Taylor is what he's calling himself now. And ... I know from personal experience that I am seriously outmatched by this guy, so, um." Cayce looked a bit disgruntled. "I don't like to run, but I also do not need to have my ass handed to me on a platter again."

[katoustheshit.livejournal.com]

Katou laughed. "Probably best if you don't get involved anyway, Caycey," he said. "I got involved in things that were above me, and I got killed." He paused. "Not saying that you would be, since I'm pretty sure people don't get killed here. Just saying though."

[centuryjenny.livejournal.com]

"That so?" Jenny asked, frowning again. "I'm really not fond of superpowered bastards who cause problems for everyone else." Which was an understatement. It had sounded to Jenny like this Zane was the bad news here even when they were talking about him targeting a girl with abilities like hers, but even in the (seemingly unlikely, from Jenny's vantage point) event that Cayce had provoked the fight, it was still not at all right for him to overpower a normal woman.

"I wouldn't think of it as running," she told Cayce instead. "Common bloody sense, you don't go up against something you can't handle. But I'll see to Zane." Turning to Katou, she added "What's this about people not getting killed?"

[caycep]

"I should go with you to give you an ID on the guy," Cayce pointed out. "And then get out of the way, yeah. But I know what he looks like, and Elle too."