The Academy of Superheroes (IC) (PG-13)

[NovaStriker]

Things were getting pretty bad with every minute that passed. Abby's sudden outrage that almost killed Talia, the forest fire, Talia's near to death experience, and now Austin was in a pretty bad state. When he got inside the plane, he avoided Cat and got to the farthest seat. He wasn't so happy for her sudden slip of tongue about his werewolf form about to come, and there was the possibility that some of the students had heard about the matter. That thought made him realized he had forgot about the slow changes on his appearance, so he proceeded to make a quick check-up on himself. The back of his hands had short bits of hair coming through the pores of the skin, the sideburns hair had gotten longer and thick as well. At the moment, he wanted to be alone, and a turmoil of negative emotions were invading him.

[MysticOtaku]

Talia was shaken from her thoughts by a horrible feeling developing in her gut. Her eyes grew wide, and she indistinctly looked up to meet the faces of her friends. She was briefly worried by Ryan's behaviour. He looked extremely withdrawn and worried. Yet, they had all had a tough day... Talia could not blame him for taking a moment alone to be with his own thoughts. The feeling in her gut worsened. It was the strange, some what sixth-sense, feeling Talia had developed on the streets. Her eyes creeped towards Austin, lying on a cold metal medical table just a few metres away. Talia noted the lack of movement, realising with a gasp He isn't breathing.... "Austin..." She began, looking between her fellow students and the Headmaster.

Though her muscles twitched and complained, Talia managed to stand upright. She leaned on the tops of a few chairs, forcing her way towards the table. A burst of turbulence caused her to stumble into one of the chairs, but she continued until she was resting on the last row of seats before the table. In this time a strange black fluid had begun to flow from Austin's eyes and nose, and while his breathing had returned, he quickly started to cough. Talia noticed bright red blood spraying out with every cough, and couldn't help being reminded of the simulation. The same action had given her the falling shards idea. Talia was in shock, and her breathing became more panicked and struggled than ever. "He... he's choking!" Talia exclaimed, finally finding words.

The tears from earlier came back, rolling down her cheeks without Talia so much as flinching. There was no time for distractions. She span her head and, while fighting off a wave of dizziness, met the Headmaster's gaze. "He... He won't make it back to the school! How long will we be!?" Talia was speaking the round way round, answering her own questions before even speaking them. "Wha- What do we do?" She asked the Headmaster, her skin nearly as pale as Austin's and her eyes red and wet with worry. "B... Because of me, he's... he might..." Talia began, though the tears streaming down her cheeks began to mumble her speech. She got more and more choked up the more scenarios she imagined in her head. Her anxiety was having a field day today, working extra hard to traumatise her past the real-world events. Talia turned back to Austin to find him shaking and convulsing. The sight was too much, and Talia had to take her left hand of the chair to cover her mouth, gagging violently.

When the moment had passed, Talia mumbled quietly, her speech even more muffled by her hand "I'm sorry" Just two words that her friends probably wouldn't even hear. She didn't care, she only wanted Austin to hear them... but she doubted he could hear anything. Talia's head suddenly began to pound, making her wince. She took her other hand off the chair to support her thumping head, causing her legs to bend and crumple beneath her. She couldn't even support her own weight any more, how could she help Austin? Talia shut her eyes, and wished to wake up again. To find this, too, had been one big illusion. That this wasn't happening. She had some many questions, like how on earth Austin her brought her back to life. He couldn't leave her now... Talia dissolved into staggered sobs.

[SherbetTurtle]

Janette was exhausted, her head ached from all the emotion, commotion. She looked around to see if everyone was alright, Austin began to convulse and choke, she cried out and stood up. As quickly as she could she moved over to him and knelt down, "Austin, come on, wake up..." she whispered to herself. "We, is there a recovery position or something? We need to help his breathing he may choke to death..." She called out, frustrated at the slow response time of the teacher's, they were the ones who were supposed to be caring for them, not them for each other. She heard sobbing from seats near her and turned around to Talia, "Talia, it's ok, don't worry, he'll wake up soon, you just need to breath, stay calm, for his sake yeah?" she said, her voice soft, remaining calm. She needed to get back to her room where she could be alone, and then she could scream and cry and then sleep it off so all the pain was gone in the morning. "He'll be awake soon." she said, trying to calm Talia but mainly for her own benefit.

[InfraredHero]

Headmaster Kortez watched everything happen, and he couldn't help but feel useless without his power. Truly, even if he had his power at that moment, it wouldn't be that helpful, but ever since he lost it he hadn't felt the same. This wasn't the time to have an identify crisis though. He had to show the students how to act in a situation like the one they were in. "Don't anyone worry about Austin," The headmaster began. "I've seen people in much worse situations, and they survived. Austin will get through this." He almost said that he had been in worse situations, but a week ago he was basically immortal, so death wasn't something that had him scared until now. "We will be back at the academy soon." He mentioned that because he saw the students getting restless.

[Sparkz]

Catherine stared at Austin. she looked up at the Headmaster and looked out the window. "I'm so glad that we're back. Is Austin going to be okay? " she looks around at her classmates. sHe noted that since she mentioned Ryan's problem that he was looking at her. She sighs. It has been a rough day. She just wanted to go home and forget about all this.

Cat looked back at Austin. She realized that no one had moved him so he couldn't choke on his own blood. she quickly got up. "MOve!" she yelled as she pushed Janette out of the way. She turned Austin on his side and tilted his head so that the blood that was in his mouth could come out. "Alright... why can't this thing go faster?

[NovaStriker]

Since he had taken seat, Ryan was starting to feel dizziness and his vision began to get blurry for a while. He laid down on his seat to regain sight again, but it was no use now that his senses were getting heightened every minute that passed. For a moment, he was starting to lose the sense of time, it was like his mind was getting disconnected. He couldn't hear the voices of Headmaster Kortez, nor his friends. All he could hear, was his own heart beating, but the rate of his pulse wasn't normal. It was the sign that the beast was about to break the wall that separated instinct from the mind.

Though he had Catherine's support, it wasn't the same case with his other classmates. He had barely talk to them during these weeks, and he didn't have the chance to make friends properly. He felt a great loneliness from the very first moment he knew he had a monster inside, and unfortunately, things hadn't change yet. He still was fighting alone.
During this moment of stupor, he found himself sitting on a strange room filled with pale blue lights. Behind him, there was a transparent wall that seemed to be pretty weak. On the other side, a huge furry figure with glowing yellow eyes watched him carefully. Without realizing it, two beastly arms extended from a hole and clutched his hands on his shoulders.

Ryan barely reacted and got back to his senses. Unknown to him, his eyes had changed from wolfish to human. He was sweating a bit, but his mind was more affected by the changes at this moment. He was a time bomb, and it was matter of time to let out what he was bottling up until this time. The first thing he heard when he woke up, was Talia asking a way to help Austin.

[Price]

As the chaos unfolded all around the jet, Austin just continued his spastic convulsions. When Cat rolled his spasming body to the side, Austin began coughing blood up even more furiously than before trembling all the while. The floor of the jet was covered in blood now as the black liquid streamed down his face in a pace that matched the rapid, raspy coughs. Upon closer examination, the liquid actually possessed the same texture and consistency as a normal tear drop. The poor boy writhed before screaming out in pain. If Headmaster Kortez truly had seen people in worse situations, he might start to reconsider now. A simple look at the table that Austin laid on and one would question how the boy was still alive. The amount of sheer torture that Austin was undergoing would surely have killed weaker men. As it stood, his heart was beating out of his chest and his fever was rising at an alarming rate. Cat would be able to feel just how dangerous the fever was, as Austin was becoming scalding to the touch even when he was shielded by clothing.

[MysticOtaku]

Talia did her best to breath, and listened to Janette closely. Her sobs soon stopped, but tears still flowed down her cheeks, keeping her eyes red and blood shot. Talia nodded in agreement, then felt Janette move suddenly towards her. She looked over he shoulder to see what had happened, reaching out her arms to support Janette in case she fell. Next, she watched Catherine run towards Austin, managing to roll him onto his side. When a pool of blood blossomed from his mouth, and spread around the table and floor. Talia covered her mouth with one hand, resisting the urge to gag. This was all too much. When the Headmaster continued, Talia couldn't hold in her anger any more. "How long is soon?" Talia gasped a breath, her anger rising.

"How could you take us away from the Academy, without so much as a first aid kit!?" She wasn't shouting, but her very words oozed pain and anger. She was absolutely seething, Talia had never felt like this before. "Why!?" She called again, now looking the Headmaster straight in the eyes. "This" Talia took a moment to gesture between the various injuries caused by today "is on YOU!" And with that Talia fell quiet. She had been shocked by her own emotions, and couldn't believe how she had let herself get like this. She settled into the nearest chair, thankful for the support and lowered her head. Tears continued to flow, but now her face had little emotion, she looked like a lost child. Talia could only hope they would be home soon...

[NovaStriker]

Ryan was starting to sweat a bit after having his vivid daydream. He watched the back and the palms of his hands, and until now the hair hadn't appeared on the palm zone. The back of his hands were covered with some boy hair, but it wasn't abundant yet. After laying down on his seat, he could hear Talia yelling to Headmaster Kortez, and all this matter was starting to get out hand. Truth be told, he wanted to hit Kortez, but he tried to keep aside his instincts so he wouldn't scare the others with an unexpected outburst.
These were undeniable signs that the beast was about to get out its restraints pretty soon.

[InfraredHero]

The Headmaster looked depressed when Talia was yelling at him. He was almost 100 years older than the girl, and she was basically lecturing him. The worst part was that she was correct. Everything that had been happening was on him and he was just standing there doing nothing to help. He was one of the two last remaining heroes from the original group, and he was representing them poorly. The headmaster looked at the students with remorse before he would start taking the responsibility. "You're right," he said before leaving the room quickly.

A few moments later he returned with a bag in his good hand, not using his burned one. "If I'm going to be headmaster of one of the greatest academies in history..." He opened the bag, which looked to have several medical things inside. "Then I need to take responsibility for things like this." He started grabbing things out of the bag that looked like traditional medical objects, just with slight differences. "Talia, if you want a first aid kit, I will give you the next big thing." He went to where Austin was and put his hand on the boys forehead to find out about his situation. "Here you go." He took a small white cloth out of the bag and put it on Austins head, then he grabbed another gadget and presses a button on it. The cloth got cold, and it slowly turned blue. "This was made by some of our healers and scientists. It should at least take care of his fever." Then he grabbed out a cup and a small plastic bag with some powder in it. He filled the cup up from a water cooler that was in the room, then proceeded to put the powder in the water. He placed the cup on the cooler then headed for the door to the cockpit. "When he wakes up, give him that drink. It will help him. I'm gonna get us back to the academy faster. If he doesn't improve, holler and I will try something else." Then he hurried to the cockpit.