Secrets(Adrianna & Odion)

Summer was a bust. No California, no crazy mother, no Mags and no boyfriend. WTH? Of course she’d succeeded in getting a job and was working in a clothing store with a totally kick ass boss, but still. She’d much rather spend time with someone besides random strangers that she had to sell clothes to. Preferably Lani. After what had happened with her and him and Rhett, she had wanted to spend as much time with him as possible. (Without Odion.) But she wasn’t going to voice that thought. She hadn’t had a problem with Odion at all, though she was sure he thought she was a moron now that she questioned Lani after he told her not to. She liked to blame Rhett for it all though, even if she did take most of the blame because she felt like a sucky girlfriend.

Staying in her dorm for a good amount of the time had turned out to suck a lot more since her boyfriend was not just down the hall and couldn’t interrupt her when she was reading or whatnot just so they could have a makeout session. The last time that had happened, not so great. It wasn’t the kissing that was bad, it was the fact that her mother totally killed the mood. Talk about awkward. And it hadn’t happened since. Especially now that they’d had their first fight and she still couldn’t tell him how much she liked him without sounding like some sappy chick from a Nicholas Sparks movie. It wasn’t fair. Now he was a few states away and she could barely talk to him because they were both rather busy with their jobs. Not that she knew what his job even was.

Adrianna was back in her dorm, just taking some lame Seventeen magazine quiz about what her personality type was. She’d already taken it about twenty times, and of course got the same answer even if she did twist her answers a little bit. It wasn’t as much fun as it would have been had she gone out and bought the new magazine. But she wasn’t doing that because she just wanted to sulk in her dorm, waiting until she’d see Lani again. Pathetic? Maybe just a tad. She had to admit, being away from him really was not that fun. She missed him more than anything, and it was rough that she didn’t even have her mother to keep her occupied. At least then, she’d have been too busy to think about him.

Hearing a knock on the door, Adrian glanced up. Who the heck was knocking on her door? Everyone that knew her, knew that knocking just didn’t happen. So, curiosity might as well have killed the cat. She opened the door, and before it was even half way open, two very large men were plowing it down and roughly grabbing for her. Fear settled in and she started kicking and screaming…literally. No matter how loud she screamed, it did nothing. No one would hear her because there was no one around. Eventually, one man pinned her arms behind her back and held her close enough so that the other could gag her. Tears started to form in the corners of her eyes and she started wishing and praying that someone would show up. Hammel Security, a roommate, a random stranger…somebody.

Most of all, she wanted Lani.

They yanked and pulled her out of the room, leaving behind quite the mess and the door didn’t even shut behind her as she was taken down the stairs. No matter how hard she thrashed and flailed, their grips only tightened. It wouldn’t have surprised her if her arms were bruised, but not even that thought could push into her mind for long. The only real thought that was going through her mind was ‘who the hell were they and why were they taking her?’ This was just too scary to be real. Maybe it was an illusion? But there was no illusionist around, or she’d have felt it. The aching of her arms was telling her it was all real. Violently, the two burly men shoved her into a dark van and she landed hard, smacking her head against the window. Everything went black.

((OOC: Hope this isn't too awful!))

“So who is this kid?”

Odion could feel himself coming to, but kept his eyes closed. His head was pounding, and he could feel each pump of his heart. The shaking surroundings meant he was in a vehicle, and he didn’t need to open his eyes to know which one.

“Odion. Knew Hunter’s name, knows the girl somehow. He saw too much.”

“Anything else?”

“Lani knows.”

Some cursing ensued but Odion wasn’t concentrating on that. The last thing Lani said to him, was that he was an hour out. And then the world went black. Now Odi was sitting in the back of a van with his hands tied up and a pounding headache. This whole thing didn’t make any sense, and Odion was grabbing at strings. Lani was involved, and these guys had meant only to kidnap Adrianna. Just who the hell had Lani pissed off that they would go to a public school and do this? But they knew who he was now, and he knew that he couldn’t be a wild card.

Someone groaned next to him, and finally, he opened his eyes. Adrianna seemed to be in worse shape after fighting a couple of grown men. Odion was surprisingly calm. “We’ll get out,” he said softly, trying to be strong. If Lani was only an hour out, he knew that these guys had gone after Adrianna. And then it clicked. Hadn’t Lani asked Odi to watch over the kittens? Odion had waited for nothing. Lani was already in Boston. And so were they.

“Out. Both of you,” the driver said as the van came to a halt. Odion winced in the summer sun, one of the goons pushing him, another Adrianna. Odi didn’t ask what was going on. Instead, he took a look at his surroundings. It looked like they were at a warehouse of some sort, being steadily guided towards the back entrance. Odion picked up on a warm feeling, his dark eyes flicking to the rooftop. Lani was already here.

Glancing at Adrianna, Odion was trying to find a way out. But then what about Lani? He couldn’t make a move without knowing what was going on. What kind of mistake have you made Lani? Odi wondered to himself, wincing as his captor pushed at the back of his head to make him go faster. “Move it scum,” he said, having way too much fun with this. Once Odion was free and his head wasn’t pounding, this guy was the first going down.

The pair of them were being lead to one of the rooms. They went straight for a while, then down a hall to the left, another left, and then into a room marked 1007. They were going to have to get out and now Odion knew exactly how to do that. Inside room 1007, a man was sitting behind a desk. They entered, the henchmen behind them, closing the door, and looking around carefully. They knew Lani was here somewhere as well. Odion smirked at the man behind the desk, reminded of the Godfather.

“Something funny?” He asked, eying Odion. Good, keep the heat off Adrianna. “Because I wouldn’t be smiling right now if I were you.” Odi’s smirk faded, the man looking at Adrianna with nothing but pleasure written on his face.

“You, my dear, are being held ransom, or our friend Lani won’t come back to work for me,” he said. Odion tried to keep his face straight as he tried to understand what was going on, the man looking at him once again. “And you, you weren’t supposed to witness this.” Still, the man seemed rather pleased with himself and Odion would’ve liked nothing more than to bash his face in with his knee. “Still, two birds with one stone only makes the pot sweeter.”

What the fuck is going on?

(OOC: Just going with the feel of Lani's boss Izy, hope this is alright! Just trying to get things moving, etc. etc.)

Lani dropped into a sitting position in the closest and closed his eyes. His mind was screaming at him that this was not the time to be wasting on meditation but he knew if he didn’t get his emotions in check all of this would be ruined. Oh his boss was so lucky he didn’t call the storm of fire or else he would turn this whole building into his funeral pyre. He was silent and he swallowed the emotions threatening to overload him and replaced them harshly with his brain. His brain needed to be the one working now not his heart. The panic in his was not reducing and Lani had to force himself not to hyperventilate. He had not been this freaked out since he had almost drowned so many years ago. He couldn’t afford to freak out now, no, Odion wasn’t here to knock him out of it.

He bit back a whimper as he thought of Adrianna in their clutches terrified and confused. Oh what she must think! Lani shook his head and pushed them out of his mind. Think! So maybe they were still in transit. They would have been moving slowly so not to draw attention but they still would have beaten him here. He wished his power could find Odion or Adrianna. He nearly slapped himself in the forehead. Of course he could! Adrianna had just enough residual telekinesis that if he really focused he could find her and if Odion was using his power or trying to use his power he could find him. So Lani closed his eyes and focused inward while pushing outward. He became his power and he faced silent and senseless as a breeze. He found Adrianna and his power greeted her happily. But his body had things to do.

He had found them. At least if Odion was with her he had. If they had separated them this might be a problem. Lani knew he had beaten them a little so he moved back into the vent and into the back office. He settled looking down over the corner. He couldn’t see Odion or Adrianna from his angle but he could see his boss and his boss was smiling so they were there. “He’s not here, we’ve looked everywhere,” someone said as they pushed open the door.

His boss smiled pleasantly. “Oh yes he is, keep looking.” Lani’s heart went cold and he winced as he spoke to someone. Who else would be smiling at a time like this? That had to be Odion! Lani bit back a noise of relief at least they hadn’t just disposed of him. Two birds with one stone, indeed. Lucky break. “I’m sure this must be rather confusing,” his boss continued now he stood and walked out of Lani’s visual, “But my employees tell me that you go to that special school? Tell me about it.” His boss wanted answers. But, he wouldn’t give anything away, he would wait until Lani had arrived for that if doing it at all. He enjoyed taking everything someone had and tearing it away. Lani ground his teeth and slid on knowing he might as well do as he had already decided.

He dropped down into the closet again and after checking the hall slipped down it as silently as a shadow. Not silent enough. In a house of thieves it was hard for one against many. He was spotted and he faced down the hall. Oh well, so much for his dramatic entrance, just as planned. Cornered he gave up and allowed himself to be man handled along. But he was shoved into another closet like space instead of taken to the office. Startled and panicked Lani slammed his fists on the locked door. Not as planned. So it was going to be like that? He had to help them! Why were they locking him up anyways? Then it hit him. His boss knew that at least Odion and Adrianna were meta at this point. They would know about the school. What they didn’t know was that Lani went there. But his boss intended to find out. And Lani wouldn’t be there to stop him. Like Hell. Lani battered the door and quick as a viper opened it with his power and knocked the heads of his guards together before locking them away. And he was off down the hall coming to a stop with his hand on the door knob. With a deep breath of a man heading for the gallows Lani opened it his face and eyes set in a mask of hard hatred. His allowed his eyes only a moment to glance over Odion and Adrianna to make sure they were alright before his eyes fell back on his boss. “Let’s talk.” He said as calm as if he weren’t about to negotiate for his girlfriend and best friend’s freedom.

Adrianna would have been more or less screwed had she been taken all alone. Lani most likely would not have known that she’d been taken until later and she would have been more terrified than she already was. Still, she didn’t like that Odion had been taken as well because he’d been checking up on her. It may have been nice having him there to keep her from flat out crying, but she still felt guilty. She just hoped they’d all get out. Lani, Odion and her. If Lani was here, she wondered if either of them would be able to fully use his power. He’d been practicing, that she knew, but the first time she’d attempted to use his power…well it had been pretty awful. But that had been before she started studying it thoroughly and with the rate that Lani had progressed, she could only hope it would help in their favor.

Another man came into the room and reported that they couldn’t find Lani. She glanced at Odion and thought she saw the twitch of a smile. He was here, they just weren’t able to find him. He must have been very good because she’d have thought if he was there then they’d have found him quickly. She was thankful that he couldn’t be found. She was so scared that he’d get hurt just trying to save them.

The man behind the desk got up and she watched him cautiously. Confusing? That was an understatement. When he asked about the school, she glanced at Odion and wasn’t sure why he’d be asking about their school. Did he know about Lani? Did he even know what the school was for? It was possible that he knew, metas weren’t exactly a secret from the world, but they liked to stay hidden amongst ‘normal’ people. Adrianna had a feeling that keeping quiet would be the best answer. There was nothing she really wanted to say to this man anyway. He was too scary.

And then Lani walked in.

The very sight of him had her heart skipping a beat and frantically pounding in her chest, more so than it had been before. Her eyes met his only briefly and she bit down on her lower lip. He looked so different from the boy she knew so well. His jaw set, his eyes darkened in expression. If she hadn’t known him before this, she may have even been afraid of him. But she did know him, and this was just another side of him. Her eyes slid from Lani back to the scary man that he was speaking to. Would Lani be able to negotiate all of their safety? By the look on the man’s face, she didn’t think so. Her tension was growing and she started fidgeting again, her hands trembling.

The man hugged Lani and Odion nearly lunged forward. This guy should not be touching him, never mind hugging him. Instead, Odi gritted his teeth, something that wasn’t helping the headache, but it was better than tackling this man. Odion noted the clenched fists, the attempt at no expression. Lani was hurt worse than him or Adrianna. The tables turned as Lani was presented as this guy’s best employee. Odion couldn’t help it, his eyes hardened even more. So this was the big secret. Bastard, Odi thought to himself, glancing between Lani and the man he pushed himself away from.

“Manners, we have guests.” Now why did that sound so familiar? Odion mentally cringed, reminded of himself. Lani was scared, scared like he had been on the rooftop. That memory made a little more sense now. Like Lani, Odi refused to sit, and a gun was quickly raised to his head. Odion only grinned a bit. They wouldn’t shoot him, not if they wanted Lani to comply. Still, they could rough him up a bit, and the man holding the gun hit Odion under the eye, and then at the corner of his mouth, making his lip tear open. “Wipe that smug grin off your face.” Odion said nothing and kept his eyes on the ground as he slumped into a chair.

Odion kept his breathing even, listening but thinking at the same time. This guy, Lani’s boss, didn’t need to say anything else. Those three words were enough to send Odi into a rage. Lani had been holding out on him alright, enough to get him landed in a warehouse somewhere in Boston, kidnapped. But there wasn’t time for that right now. Odion raised his head slowly, looking at Lani’s boss like he was a piece of shit, even though the ginger was bleeding. Odion was going to play this as though it had been Lani’s intention for him to get kidnapped. Now he knew what was going on, he could get them out of this. They really had no idea who he was, so, he was going to use that to his advantage. He had a plan now.

A barrel to Adrianna’s head, and Odion knew he couldn’t wait a second longer. Lani was freaking out and about to lose control. “You don’t get a second chance,” Odion said, all eyes on him. Perfect. He stopped time, bringing Lani with him. He would’ve brought Adrianna too, but it was too much, so she remained frozen along with everyone else. Odion stood, taking the gun pointed at her into his own hands. He approached the guy that hit him, and decked him three times, shaking his fist once the deed was done. That crony would be on the floor as soon as time resumed. “Who’s smug now?” He asked, even though the only person who could hear him, was Lani.

Lani. Odion turned, a gun in his other hand, which he tossed to Lani. The other guy in the room, there were only two plus Lani’s boss, had a gun as well, and Odion walked over to him, took it, and placed said gun in Adrianna’s hands. Now they were the ones with all the power. Odi’s head shot up with pain and time continued.

Odion’s gun was directed at Lani’s boss, who seemed utterly confused, no longer the hot shot who had everything under control. “You picked the wrong freak to fuck around with,” he said, clicking the gun into place. Lani’s boss raised his hands. Odion didn’t think he would be such a coward. “You see, Lani has friends in high places,” Odi smiled a bit, watching the older man take him in, “he knew you wouldn’t want to let him go, so he hired me for, insurance, if you will. Just in case things went wrong. I’ve been keeping an eye on you and your brigade for a while now and when you showed up to take the girl, I let Lani know exactly where you were and let myself be taken to keep her safe.” Hm, maybe Odion wasn’t such a bad story teller after all.

Time was on his side, literally. Lani’s boss and friends wouldn’t know if Odion had super speed, or mind manipulation. Odi didn’t hesitate in shooting Lani’s boss in the foot, making him scream and the other guys fidget. “Come after any of us again, and it’ll be through the heart next time.” Odion glanced to Adrianna. “Let’s go, ladies first.”

(OOC: Deal, I just wasn’t sure how much he’s revealing to Adri and Odi)

Lani glared at anything that moved and he was prepared for a negotiation. He was prepared to do what he had to do to fix this mess. To do what he had to do to make this right again. Lani was terrified, for those that he loved and for himself. Everything was coming crumbling down around him and there seemed to be nothing he could do about it. He never would have thought that this moment would come. He thought that he would be able to go his whole life keeping this secret. He had prayed for that but apparently gods don’t answer the thoughts of those who lack belief. He vowed he wasn’t going to look at Adrianna and Odion for he would probably lose it. But there was commotion and Lani had to make sure they were alright.

He rose to his feet and took a step toward Odion as he was struck across the face. “Hey!” He turned back to his boss. He gritted his teeth and his boss but smiled. Unthreatened. Of course he wasn’t afraid of Lani. He had no reason to be. Lani’s power was gather and he stared at Adrianna unable to breathe as she started to cry. Lani couldn’t imagine what she must be going through. He bit his lip wishing that there was something they could do but he was about to answer for them if Odion or Adrianna tried to be brave and not answer. He sat back and seethed stared at the gunman his eyes like blades cutting into the man. Odion spoke and Lani could have throtted him. This was not the time to be sarcastic! He shot Odion a look that asked what he was thinking. Then time froze and he knew.

Lani’s eyes flickered around as the strange silence took over. Time stopped. He rose to his feet and caught the gun using his power to twist it so he caught the handle. No longer hiding his fear behind a mask he looked from the gun in his hand to the redhead. Odion would see past the mask of composure anyways. He felt himself shaking with a mixture of rage and fear. “Odion, I…” He stopped himself, “Are you alright?” He looked at Adrianna, she was more docile than Odion so she was less harmed though the gun looked to have made her as white as the wall behind her. He didn’t move from his place by his boss and he gripped the gun unfamiliar and uncomfortable with the weight in his hand.

Time resumed and his boss’s eyes widened at the change in power. Lani forced himself to stay calm as collected as Odion started to speak. His eyes didn’t widen like they wanted to but god he could have kissed Odion he was so grateful! Lani nodded slowly as if to verify Odion’s statements. It was brilliant and Lani felt like he could breathe again. They had a way out. He jumped at the sound of gunfire and it took him a moment to realize that they were ok. Blood was erupting from his boss’s foot and Lani wondered if Odion slowed time or if he was just numb enough to imagine that it was. Lani was for a long moment too shocked to move and it took Adrianna grabbing him to pull him back into reality. Odion had just shot someone in the foot. He was pulled along but he shook his hand loose so he could push her out in front of him and Odion after her.

He turned as he was pulled out to take one last look at his boss who was staring after him though clutching at his foot. Their eyes met and Lani had mixed feelings. This man had been a father to him when he was younger but he had quickly seen through that mask and seen the evil and the hate in him had grown stronger with every time he saw the man. Now he looked and wondered why he had ever been terrified of the man. They were powerful. Three powerful teenagers. Yes he hated the man. But no he did not threaten him anymore. And to ensure he wouldn’t hurt his family Lani lifted his hand and the door closed behind them on his boss. That door was closed and it would take a skilled lock pick to break that door. This span of a moment closed that door but it left him without any other way. As he raced after Odion and Adrianna he wondered if they could ever forgive him for this. He eyes Odion. Why did he do that? He could have frozen time and slipped himself out, but he didn’t. Oh god, what had he done? All of his secrets all of his skeletons were dancing out in front of him.

He felt that drowning feeling again as they left the building. He was about to break down. But he couldn’t. Not now. Not here. “This way,” Lani croaked scoffing a little at the sound of his own voice. How pathetic he must sound. A coward. He might as well have been branded on his forehead. Along with a liar. A liar and a coward. But he didn’t stop to look at them. He took Adrianna’s hand trying to find some way to anchor himself in reality. Everything was coming down around him. Coward. He found the car he had lifted and it took him a moment to catch his breath. He turned away from the pair and took a deep breath. He wasn’t drowning he had to remember that. Why did this happen everything he started to panic? He shook his head. But he was drowning, just not under water. He got into the car finally and as soon as they were all in he took off. No one followed but he kept glancing at the mirrors, paranoid. Should he take them home to recover or just rush back to Vermont?