Sora-

Laura ran out of the classroom before Gail and I could follow her. I must admit that I was so worried about the fire that I hardly even noticed.

Before we knew it, Gail and I were the only ones standing in the classroom. We both coughed and covered our faces with our shirts, yet that exposed our stomachs so it was almost as bad as choking.

“We’re going to die,” I wailed, looking out the only window in the room. Fire trucks and ambulances had already gathered in front of the school. Firefighters were frantically hosing the school down with water.

“There must be some sort of cloth around here to cover our mouths and noses.” Gail started to feel around in cabinets for some sort of material scrap. At the same time, I’d started to hit the wall with a metal sword from a bulletin board about the medieval ages.

“Catch!” Gail cried and threw something at me. I lay it over my mouth and tried to gulp in air, but my lungs were already clogged up with smoke and ash.

We were going to die.

Suddenly someone opened the door. I stopped hitting the wall and squinted through the smoke.

Quinn!

“Come on!” She yelled, coughing. She could turn down the temperature so that the flames could burn down, but she couldn’t stop smoke.

We ran out of the building, falling onto the ground as soon as we were outside of the school.

Paramedics forced oxygen masks onto our faces. The crowd that had gathered was cheering because Quinn, the hero, had saved two girls caught in the fire.

I lay on the ground, inhaled the cool air deeply and wished that I wasn’t lying on the cement.

All of a sudden, Quinn sat up. “Where’s Laura?”

My happiness at being saved was gone in a minute. I’d forgotten Laura. I hadn’t followed her. I’d forgotten to-

“They took Laura.”

“Who took Laura?” Gail ripped off her mask. “MI6?”

I shook my head, understanding exactly what Quinn was thinking. “No. There is no corrupt MI6 group. This was all a plan to get us out of the Academy and to take Laura here so that she could be captured.” I felt dizzy and put my oxygen mask back on, but it didn’t help. My breath was coming in short spurts. I swallowed hard, rocking back and forth.

A blond paramedic rushed over. “Are you having breathing problems?”

I couldn’t answer. My heart was beating so quickly that I couldn’t hear a word.

“Breathe deeply.” The woman said. “We need her blood pressure, Dave!” She yelled to a colleague.

Gail and Quinn were watching me with faces of pure fear.

Dave began to take my blood pressure.

Snippets of Laura’s future were racing through my mind like a movie. And suddenly I was inside her head. I was Laura. I didn’t know how far away she was. Something like this had never happened to me.

She was in a room. A perfectly square room with stainless steel walls and stainless steel floors. A big room with what looked like desks was connected to the square chamber she was in.

The big room. The same one from her future.

She wasn’t alone. She was with someone. A boy.

“Okay, relax.” I took notice of a needle being pushed into my arm, and I screamed.

“G-get away from me!” I jumped up. The mask was ripped from my face.

Quinn was frantically speaking into her com.

I turned mine on. “Guys, drop what you’re doing now. Laura has been captured. This is not the MI6 mission. There is no MI6 mission. She’s somewhere here in London. Catch a plane. Find a jet. We have no idea where she is. All we know is that she’s in an office building with a stainless steal room.”

The paramedics obviously thought that there was something wrong with me.

“She’s in shock.” The blond one said. “She needs to be taken to a hospital.” They advanced on me, but I dodged. I had to get to Laura.

“GET AWAY FROM ME!” I screeched and kicked at the man who was grabbing for me.

Both Gail and Quinn had stood up and were coming towards me.

The blond paramedic tried to stab me with a needle, but I jumped into the nearest thing, which happened to be the ambulance.

“Jump in,” I yelled and drove off with Quinn and Gail in the back.  

Just so ya  know, I can't be on for the next...two weeks? About, until the 16th because I'm on Spring Break, so that's why I won't be posting, unless I can get my hands on a computer, which is unlikely.

//Kayden//

"Thanks for the ride, John!" I yell as I jump off the rickety old plane and onto the runway. All the planes to London were backed up so I got a ride with some old guy with buck teeth and in overalls. "You're welcome, little boy!" he yells, waving to me through the window as he flew off. I jumped into a cab and went onto the main highway, where, what do you know, there's an ambulance, sirens wailing, and swerving back and forth. I wait until we're driving right next to them and I turn all nearby powers off and watch them get all mad, then look to the car next to them. I wiggle my fingers at them and they glare at me, so I turn their powers back on. They turn off on an offramp and I follow them, all the way to an abandoned orange packing warehouse. Throwing the driver a couple hundred pounds I jump out and follow Sora, Gale, and Quinn into the middle of the warehouse, where I see Laura tied up in a chair, tapping her foot on the ground, and a kinda sorta maybe cute boy playing with a metal pole that I guess is supposed to be a weapon. Quinn makes it really cold and I turn their powers off. Laura smiles and the boy looks around, gripping his pole and standing up. "Who is that? Is there anyone else here?" Laura mutters something under her gag and the boy rips it off. "How would I know? Not like I can see the future or something." She chuckles and gets the gag put back on. Gail slips in and crouches behind a generator or something, and we follow. Sora closes her eyes and I'm guessing it looking into the future, and Quinn is changing the temperatures so pretty much everyone leaves to try and see what's happening, and all that's left is Laura and the boy. Gosh, I feel so helpless, all I can do is turn powers on and off. I can't think of anything to do, so I just walk in. The boy looks surprised and Laura looks like she'll rip my head off, but I just walk towards her and stand next to her chair. "Mind if I take her back? She's needed for class." He doesn't say anything so I just take off her gag and untie her hands.

Sorry I can't finish this, I have to leave!

Sora-

I opened my eyes. How long had I been unconscious? Where was I?

The pain in my head was indescribable.

I looked around the room and remembered what had happened. Laura and the pole in her stomach. The men. Me being thrown at the wall.

Where was she?

I tried to stand up, but dizziness overcame me, and I was forced to sit down.

Calm down, Sora. Slowly get up. I told myself. And I did. I slowly got to my feet and limped to the wall where I’d last seen Laura.

She was nowhere to be seen.

Fear boiled in the pit of my stomach and burned in my throat.

She was dead.

That was too much for me. I sank to the ground and began to cry. We hadn’t been able to save her. She was dead. She was gone. Why? It was my entire fault.

I suddenly remembered the com and turned it on – or rather, attempted to turn it on. It was broken. I had zero contact to anyone.

“Hello!” I rasped crawling across the floor. What if the others were still there?

“Sora!” I heard Quinn’s voice somewhere above me. It was only a small bit of hope, but enough to propel me up the stairs.

At the top was a room, or more like a closet. It was small and pieces of the floor were missing.

“Quinn! Where are you?”

“Right here!” Her voice was coming from behind a door.

I ran and opened it, yet there was no Quinn. Only a man with wide shoulders and a scarred face and a girl, maybe a little older than me.

The man grabbed me before I could move. “Why hello, Miss Sora, correct?”

I didn’t move. 
“Are you really that scared of me?” he cackled.

“Where’s Quinn?”

He pointed to the brown-haired girl next to him.

I examined the girl in confusion. “You’re not-“

“No. I’m not Quinn, but I can imitate a voice that I’ve heard before.”

“Where have you heard her before?”

“At the Academy. Where else?”

“You’re from the-“

“Yes. I’m here under Airlia’s orders, actually under Mrs. Russo’s…”

“Mrs. Russo sent you here?”

“Who else would have? I thought you knew her plan. Don’t you read minds?”

I shook my head in disbelief. “This is all a dream. This is all a dream,”  I said over and over.

“No, it’s not.” Then I was knocked out.

*

I was in a room. It looked like the place from police shows where they ask you questions. Was I about to be questioned? 

A woman entered.

“Hello Sora.”

“Where am I?”

“That’s not important.” She sat down in a chair across from me and tapped her red fingernails on the surface of the table.

“Where’s Laura?”

“That’s why you’re here. You have to tell us.”

“I don’t know-“

“Don’t lie.”

“I don’t-“

She stood up and moved her face really close to mine. “Tell me.”

Her thoughts were awful. She was angry and was thinking about all sorts of torture methods to get the truth out of me. The problem was, I wasn’t lying.

“Tell me now, and you won’t get hurt.”

I shook my head. “I don’t know.”

She made a clicking noise and ten men burst in and took me away.

“I don’t know! I really don’t know!” I screamed with tears falling down my face as I was dragged out of the room.  

Quinn-

It had been Lipa's voice that made me come. The man and girl had taken me, and knocked me out. When I woke up I was in a chair with my arms strapped down. A woman was sitting across from me. She had blonde cropped hair, pale skin, and long ugly red fingernails. "Now honey, we can make this quick and easy, or it can be long and painful. "Where's Sora and Lipa?" I asked. I already knew Laura was dead, there was no use asking about her. "Safe, but for now I want you to tell me where Laura's body is." I glared at her. "How should I know, melon head?" Her head was shaped like a melon actually. It was odd. "You seven, Lipa, Sora, Quinn, Kayden, Sonny, and Cassie all know where she is. You have to tell us." I snickered. "We don't know Mrs. Melon, and lemme tell you something: if you don't know, there's a good chance no one knows." She didn't like this. She called for guards and said, "Fine, I guess we do this the long and painful way then." They carried me off while I struggled. They led me to one of Miss Russo's boxes and horror gripped me. "NO! Please stop! NO! DON'T MAKE ME! PLEASE!" I shouted. They threw me into the box and my nightmare began. The rocking, the water. I was so scared I forgot to breathe, and I almost passed out. When they took me out of the box I was soaked. I saw them leading Sora toward the box. She saw me and her eyes got wide. "Quinn!" I glanced at her with bloodshot eyes. I let the guards drag me out of the room while I barely paid attention to Sora screaming for me. They led me to a cell where I curled into a ball and cried. I heard them drag other people around and throw them into the cells next to mine, but I paid no attention. I was too freaked out. I let the noise fade into the background before I slowly fell into a nightmarish sleep.

Laura-

I spent the next few days working with people to build up my strength. Twice I almost messed up the stiches in my stomach. I could now sit up and walk without much pain. I still couldn't talk though. On my third day there Austin came back. "So, Anderson, how are you feeling?" I grabbed the pad and pen and wrote, Like I've just been run over by a bulldozer. What would you think, Turner? He laughed. "Ya, I figured. Don't worry though, you get used to it." How would you know? "Because something like that's happened to me before. Stinks, i know. But hey if anyone can fix you, we can." Funny, he didn't sound British for MI6. Where am I? "Like I said, MI6." Then why aren't you British, and why is no one else here British? He swallowed hard, a slightly worried look on his face. "Well, that's because, um-" I held up my pad for him to see. I'm not in MI6 am I? He shook his head. "No you're not. But trust me, you're safe." I glared at him. How do I know that? "We haven't tried to kill you yet have we?" That doesn't mean much in my case. He turned and started to walk away before turning back and saying, "Laura, no one is safe." Then he left, leaving me to wonder about this messed up world. And also, why was no one safe?  

~Sonny

I had been shopping with Victor when they came for me.  I wanted to go to the fire, but went shopping while I decided how to without blowing my cover. 

As usual, I saw what happened five minutes before.  I asked Victor if we could cross the street.  The shop we got cornered in in my vision was on this side of the street.  Luckily, I heard Nyota's voice in the boutique and dragged Victor toward her, needing an ally.

When I got all the way across, though, my visions told me something I hadn't thought of: it wasn't Nyota.  It was too late, now, though.  I was knocked out in seconds.

I awoke in a drab room.  Seriously, hasn't anyone who owns the room ever thought of curtains?  A woman in a horrible suit came in.

"Tell us where Laura is," she said before she even walked through the door.

"Who am I?" I asked.  "Who are you?"

"Cut the amnesia act.  We know you know."

"Know what?"

"Where Laura is."

"Laura is at home," I said.  This wasn't a lie.  My mother's name was Laura, and she was sick, so she wouldn't be venturing out today.

"We've checked there.  Tell us the truth."

"I was.  My mother's name is Laura."

"Too much resistance.  Guards!"

Her goons stormed in and picked me up forcefully.  I was dumped in an even drabber cell. 

Is it all right if I somehow come into Laura's picture? I hope it is because I am going to write it that way.

Gail-

Truth is I know Austin Turner... We went to middle school together.
(There is a long story there with many explanations, but that would take
too long to tell) I still didn't know how I got onto this mission, but
now I did know why I had, or at least I hoped I did. Austin wanted my
help somehow.

I was jumped after Lipa ( I think that's her name) flew off and even
though my reflexes are good they really don't help with sleeping gas is
involved.  I awoke bound to a chair in a plain room with an empty chair
facing me. I heard a woman walk in. She came around to where she was
facing me. (I forgot to mention that my back was to the door.)

She said when she was facing me, "Where is the girl Laura?" 

I knew it was important that I make her believe me even though I knew what I was saying was a lie.

"She- she's dead. There was an explosion and she was...was killed," I
said in a rough tone trying to sound like I was sorry she had died,
knowing I didn't have to be weepy since they probably knew I had only
met her a few days ago. I kept my eyes downcast as well. She seemed to
believe me or at least believed that I believed what I was saying

"Take her away," she said to the room at large. Someone came in and
unbound me, handcuffed my hands behind my back, and walked with me down
the hall with a gun placed at my throat. I was mildly suprised that
they knew what people's powers were.  

I spent awhile just sitting in the small cell in which they had placed
me. I didn't really know how much time had passed, but I could hear that
the others were in cells beside mine by the moans, and somtimes,
screams. They fed me a meager amount of food, mostly very stale bread
and water. 

After what felt like at least a week, but was probably just two or three
days I heard a very very slight noise coming from where the door used
to be. The door swung open and I saw Austin. I stood as quietly as I
could and walked out hoping I had been right about him wanting my help
and having helped Laura. They were really just hopes. I decided Austin
still was my friend and walked along more casually although still
silently. 

We arrived outside, under the cover of some large objects probably for
power or some such. He seemed to know this place like the back of his
hand judging by how he navigated it so flawlessly. The place we were in
seemed to be far from any city in a rather deserted area. We were still
in england though, he informed me under his breath. We walked casually
off till we were far from the buildings. (You may be thinking that
escape was way too easy but it was harder then described) After we were a
fair distance away he said we had to run.( I decided that the partially
burned ballet flats I was wearing for the school girl bit were really
not so great for running so I took them off and held them while we ran.) I
was not as strong as I had been before the mission, but I was still
strong enough to run two miles I think we ran before he stopped. We were
now by a road, not very well traveled and a car was just driving up,
perfect timing right. Austin told me to get in. We drove in silence till
we got to a small airport where there was a plane. 

Before I got on I was swiped with one of those metal detectors things and I was glad it told me I was free of any devices.

Finally speaking normally Austin said, "I didn't want to say much
before, just in case they bugged you. That metal detector can since even
the smallest chip. So we are now free to talk." I climbed onto the
plane, Austin following.

"Are the others going to be all right? What about after they have found I
have gone? They probably already have. Will they be all right?" I asked
once we had sat in some seats.

"I hope so."

"That is not very reassuring"

"Well, it's honest."

"So why did you rescue me"

"Well remember you said. 'If you ever need me for something crazy I will
be willing and ready.' Well I am holding you to that, Peters. And yes, I
can see that question you're about to ask, we've got Laura and she's
alive."

If this is too wild or doesn't fit with the rest of the story or is just awful then you can just ignore my post.

Sora-

They didn’t bring me to the cell right away. No. They took me to a box similar to the one that Con had used on Laura, Sonny and Quinn.

“I really don’t think this is needed… I don’t know where she is. Trust me. I don’t know.” The truth is, I was scared out of my mind. I had no clue what they would do to me, and I really didn’t want to find out.

“Please! Don’t do this to me!” There was not even one sympathetic thought in the minds of the guards.

As they began to throw me into the box, I saw Quinn.

“Quinn!” I yelled. She turned and looked at me with bloodshot eyes. I wanted to say more, but I’d already been tossed into the room.

The inside of the box was white. Was this supposed to be scary? No. What came next was scary.

The white room changed into a desert full of sand. The wind was howling, and dark clouds blocked out even the smallest ray of sun. I tried to move, but my feet were stuck in the ground. I pulled my feet up harder, yet the wind pressed me down into the ground. Invisible claws yanked my body.

All of a sudden the sky seemed to start sinking. It pushed me even farther into the ground. I grabbed at the sand, searching for a root or a branch of some type. No branch. No root. Only sand.

The sky was crushing my lungs so that I couldn’t breathe.

I screamed frantically for Quinn. Tears rolled down my face. There was hardly any air in my lungs, but I kept shrieking.

A few minutes later I was pulled out of the box by someone, however I hardly noticed. As they hauled me off I passed out.

*

I awoke in a dark, damp cell. I was alone.

“Hello?” My voice was hoarse from screaming. My throat felt raw, and I yearned for water.

“Who’s there?” Someone asked from the cell across from me. Was it Sonny?

“Sora. Who are you?”

“Sonny.”

My heart leapt slightly. How glad I was that someone familiar was there even if it was Sonny.

“These cells sure are drab. You know, when I get out of here I’ll sue them.”

“Because the cells are ugly?”

“Is there any other reason? This is offensive to the world.”

I snickered. “Were you tortured too?” I questioned, getting more serious.

“No. Were you?”

I nodded, but remembered that she couldn’t see me. “Yeah.”

“What did they do to you?”

“I was put in the box.” I told her about the desert and the sky. “What happened to you when you were in there?”

I heard her squeak slightly as if even the remembrance of what had happened was too much. “I had to wear tennis shoes. Then I went into this store and was forced to wear non-designer clothes. Liv Tyler called and said I could no longer be in Lola. And then – this is the worst part – my lipstick didn’t match my dress. Plus I was on the red carpet. It was horrible.”

I held back a laugh. “Wow… That really does sound bad.” I leaned my back against the cell wall. “Is there anyone else here?”

That’s when I heard another voice. “Yeah.”

if Elizabeth M. meant someone in particular to be in the cell with them then it's fine with me if we get rid of this post. :) and sorry this is so short, today isn't going to leave me a lot of time to post. :)

Airlia--

"Yeah." I smirk in the dark cell as I hear the two girls' surprised gasps. I feel Sora's mind trying to get into my thoughts, and put up a mental wall of fake thoughts like Miss Russo showed me. What I'm really thinking is, Tell me where Laura is right now! If only there was a way to get them to trust me! GRR! I hate this mission!! But what Sora hears if she's in my head is, I'm such a failure for losing the Anderson girl. I can't believe Miss Russo just gave me over to these horrible people! And a few more self-pitiful thoughts.

"Airlia?!" Sonny asks incredulously, her voice rising to ridiculous octaves.

"Yeah," I say again, making my voice sound defeated.

"What are you doing here?" Sora asks angrily.

"Miss Russo...She thinks it's my fault we lost Laura. So she sent me here for punishment..." I trail off.