"Listen, child. Listen or you shall have no opportunity to defend yourself in the near future." Gen listened to the words that seemed to be injected to his head. The voice was soft, and very woman like. He nodded a bit and looked around. "To the left of the dumpster near you is an abandoned make up kit. Take its mirror. You're going to need it later." Gen approached the box, squirming a bit at the sight of a spider that had sat on its top. He blew it off and opened the kit, looking at the mirror. It showed his face, and another pale face behind him. He squeaked loudly and jumped back, looking around.
"Wh-where... Wh-who are you?!" He squealed out in fear, backing up.
"We've no time for this, just take the mirror. I apologize for being so close. It appears you lack the ability to see me without the mirrors.. But just take it. It's not properly glued on, so it'll come right off."
He gulped and went forward again, gently pulling on it. Like he had been told, it came off easily. He looked at it, seeing the pale entity farther behind him. He took attention to the detail this time. It was a woman, with blond hair. She looked around the age of forty. The mirror itself was just a square, no lacing or anything. He put it in his pocket, and looked around for the woman. No sight of her. She wasn't lying when she said he could only see her in a mirror.
"Go home. You shall be taken tonight, as will others. When you meet them, don't say a word, and don't pull out the mirror until I come to you."
Being taken sounded awful, but he had to accept his fate. He'd have to return home, and when he did he'd be taken anyway. He walked to a near pay phone. From his pocket he pulled out a wallet, and some change. He'd lied to the man earlier, of course. Nobody is completely honest. He pulled out a dollar and change, and called the only person who would be up at midnight. He was going to tell her, but had a last minute change of heart. When the answering machine picked up he laughed a bit. "Aww... Heather, I thought you'd be up at this time... I wanted to hang... Boo! You suck~ Tell Johnny I said hi, I guess... See ya later." He hung up and proceeded to go home.
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Gelidus's window was open, whether she had left it that way or not, it had been opened, just slightly. Through the window, a vine crept slowly to the sleeping wolf/falcon hybrid. It was quiet as well as invisible to any souls that would be located in the room. The vine crept to her hand, slitting it with a thorn and quickly pumping a non lethal dose of Curare into her bloodstream. Had Gelidus gained consciousness, she is still paralyzed by the drug's effect. A heavily clothed, muscular, and masked man walked into the window, ripping apart a paper charm. The ripping caused the vine to vanish. He crept forward, and took the immobile female in his arms. He continued to exit the apartment building, walking into a van. "Got the first." They blindfolded her, and laid her still. They had her connected to oxygen support, due to the fact that her respiratory muscles could have stopped working. They continued on to the next apartment, the apartment of Dominic. The man crept to the window while others kept their eyes over Gelidus. He began a similar action as to what he did with Gelidus, however, he had to increase the vine's level of Curare, due to the fire ability. This vine moved quite quickly, taking its conscious victim by his neck. It injected the Curare to his bloodstream there. This was done within a second; Dominic had little time to react due to his muscles becoming non responsive. He was quickly taken to the van, and had been chained still. They didn't wish to take any chances with him. They had various information on each person's ability, information that had been fed by their leader. The next held onto a dark attribute, so they'd have to keep him in light. As they drove up, he was injuring a man. The other man sighed to himself. He repeated the previous action, though using a surgical light on Siyan. "I'd better be getting paid well for this..." They proceeded to Gen's apartment. All three of them were out of the paralysis by now, but were still hooked up to oxygen support. Gelidus had her arms bound behind her back, and was blindfolded, while the two men had been blindfolded and completely restrained. Precautions had been taken to make sure that they wouldn't be able to use they're abilities, as analyzed by their leader.
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Gen changed his clothing to a clean set and ate a full meal, as well as drank a healthy amount of water. He sighed a bit, sitting at the table and reading a book. His windows were shut tight, but unlocked. He knew it was going to happen regardless, so he wanted it by his own terms. He was a bit depressed at having to be so cooperative, but he doubted he'd be able to resist anyway. He squeaked at a bump near his window. His captor had made a mistake in his slyness. He looked back in almost absolute terror at the man. "Y-Y-You've come to take me.... H-haven't you...?" He shivered in fear and kept his arms near his chest. The man began to work out his charm as quick as possible. Gen took his book in his arm and looked up at him like a child would a stranger. "Don't waste your energy... I'll go... Just don't mess up my apartment... I just cleaned it." The man, taken aback a bit, slowly opened the window and jumped in onto his kitchen floor. His boots left dirt on the white tile, and Gen sighed a bit.
"If I were you, I would've chained him by now..." The voice in his head had stated to him. He replied calmly in his voice.
"You said I was going to be taken... I can't do that, I'm much to weak... I'm just going to go easily..."
The man approached and roughly grabbed Gen's wrists, cuffing them together. "Watch the hair..." Gen whined a bit. The man directed him to the van. To their leader's knowledge, he hadn't activated his abilities. He was placed like Gelidus, blindfolded and cuffed. The Curare had worn off, so the the others in the vehicle could breathe fine, and if it hadn't been for their restrictions, they'd be able to move freely. Dominic and Siyan were bound to where they could only arch their backs. The man removed their oxygen support.
"Don't try anything funny... It wouldn't be hard to make a dose lethal."
Gen sat in the van while he was driven, holding still and keeping alone to his thoughts.
