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Post by Nikolai Giguere on Dec 21, 2006 18:25:52 GMT -5
Nikolai decided he'd take his sister's advice and relax a bit. He decided to head to Club Metro. He danced and had a wild time from 9 to 1 and decided he should head home. As he was walking out, a group of thugs stopped him. "Hey faggot... how are you?" the leader said. Nik recognized them as the same ones that were picking on Riley the night he found him.
"I kicked your asses once. I can do it again." I replied.
Fatty started laughing. "Hey boss... he said he can kick your ass!"
A tall and skinny one came up behind "Boss" with a Louisville Slugger. "Can I, boss?" Boss gave a nod. Nikolai tried to restrain him, there wasn't any metal on his body. The bat came into hard contact with his stomach. Nikolai doubled over.
He used his power to try and sense for some trash cans, but the thugs had gotten rid of those. There wasn't any metal that he could sense. Not even a necklace.
The bat came into contact with his back, his ribs and his arm. Finally, Nikolai did the only thing he could. He concentrated the iron in their bodies to block their airways. As he slowly got to his feet, he said in a voice so unlike his own, "You picked the wrong fag to mess with..."
He dispersed the iron through their bodies and used it to control their bodies. He moved them to an area where he could sense metal. He found a large dumpster and put all of them in it. After that, he put the largest object he could find on top. A Hummer.
There was a hole through the side so they wouldn't suffocate... but there'd be a nice story the next mornign on the news about it...
Nik put his head to the hole and said, "Maybe this time you'll learn your lesson..."
Used his powers to get him as far as the door to The School and then collapsed, not having the energy to go in.
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Post by Riley on Dec 21, 2006 21:26:37 GMT -5
"Nikolai!!" Riley shouted in shock as he saw Nik collapse in the distance. He quickly got up from the patch of grass in which he sat and ran with amazing speed towards the fallen hero.
Falling to his knees at Nikolai's side, he rolled the man over so that he was facing upwards, gasping suddenly as he saw the bruises that coverd his friend's body. He shook Nikolai's shoulders gently, "Wake up, c'mon, please wake up..."
Riley waited anxiously for any movement from him.
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Post by Nikolai Giguere on Dec 21, 2006 21:33:18 GMT -5
Nikolai's eyes slowly opened. "Riley..." he said softly. "Ri.... get.... Nata......." he couldn't finish the sentence. He didn't have the energy to do it. His stomach and back were killing him from where the bat came into contact. He sent some telepathic calls to Natalie. But he soon ran out of energy for those as well.
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Post by Riley on Dec 21, 2006 21:45:05 GMT -5
Riley gasped again when Nik's eyes opened. He nodded after Nik spoke and quickly stood and ran on wobbly legs inside, looking for Natalie desperately...
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Post by Natalie on Dec 21, 2006 22:06:11 GMT -5
Nataline walked right into a frantic Riley. "What's....NIK!" She quickly fell to her knees next to her brother, trying to assess the damage. "What happened to you?!" She covered his body in a magnetic field, channeling the magnetic energy into him. She knew it would take a long time for her powers to recover from this, but it was the best way to save him. "Nik, we're going to have to get you to a hospital. We don't have a doctor here."
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Post by Nikolai Giguere on Dec 21, 2006 22:10:51 GMT -5
The energy was helping him. "Nat.... gaybashers..... outside... Metro....." he was speaking in syllables. His speach was broken and his normally smooth voice was raspy.
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Post by Riley on Dec 23, 2006 11:11:41 GMT -5
Riley was back to kneeling at Nikolai's side. Riley held his hands out over Nikolai, palms down. "Tell me if this is helping any." Riley's eyes closed in concentration as he attempted to form the oxygen atoms around Nikolai in a way that would relax his body. Riley just wanted to make this easier for the poor guy.
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Post by Nikolai Giguere on Dec 23, 2006 11:16:34 GMT -5
The extra oxygen around his body was helping, but in places where he had wounds, it was causing him to bleed more. Nik placed a hand on the side of Riley's face and gave him a look that said "I'll be alright." Nik somehow felt as though he had betrayed Riley in some way. Riley thought he was a hero, but now he was more vulnerable than Riley was.
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Post by Riley on Dec 23, 2006 11:21:54 GMT -5
He sighed, dropping his hands. "Okay..." It scared Riley to see Nikolai like this. Nik had been the one to save Riley, but this proved that even strong people can get beat. It just proved that it was even more dangerous out there than ever, and there was no telling what some people would do to vulnerable, young kids, like himself.
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Post by Natalie on Dec 23, 2006 18:43:50 GMT -5
Natalie used her powers to help lift her brother up, carrying him into the house. "Riley, go in the house and call 911. Tell them we need in-home medical assistance. Then, once you're done, go in your room and stay there. It would be best if they didn't know we were mutants." She continued to walk on, laying her brother down on a couch. "It's going to be ok Nik."
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Post by Riley on Dec 24, 2006 1:58:31 GMT -5
Riley nodded, taking one last tearful and fearful look at Nikolai before he was off, glad there actually WAS something he could do to help.
After barely escaping a nervous breakdown while on the phone with the cops, he headed for his room, still surprised but happy that he'd managed to not mess up the call.
Once in his bedroom, Riley sat on his bed, quiet as night. He wasn't bored either. So far he'd spent his whole life waiting. He'd become accustomed to it.
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Post by Nikolai Giguere on Dec 24, 2006 12:02:41 GMT -5
Nik felt so bad that Riley had to see him in this condition. He gave Riley as much of a smile as he could muster when Riley looked at him. "Natalie... they need to get here soon...." he groaned as pain went through his body again.
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Post by Natalie on Dec 28, 2006 16:23:50 GMT -5
Natalie brushed her brothers hair out of his face. "I hear sirens." She ran to the door, watching as paramedics rushed in to her brother's side. "We would rather he stay here. It's not a good idea for my brother to go to the hospital."
The paramedic nodded to her, kneeling at Nikolai's side. "Sir, what happened?"
((And that's as far as my medical knowledge goes...))
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Post by Nikolai Giguere on Dec 28, 2006 18:11:32 GMT -5
"Gaybashers near Metro..." Nik managed.
"We need to get him on some kind of painkiller," the paramedic said. "Miss, are you SURE you don't want him to go to the hospital. From what I can see, he has several broken bones...."
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