Titanium (Caroline, Odion)

[Lani Hunter]

Lani would be rather furious to learn that. He sometimes felt that when he left her in his parents care that something like this would happen but it didn’t make hearing it any easier. He couldn’t stop thinking about what it would be like if he had been there. But at least their parents had the experience of one meta human child that they probably freaked out a little bit less when Caroline’s power appeared. It made him feel a little guilty that he hadn’t visited more often. He should have seen that coming and he should have been there for her. Lani squeezed his fists for a brief moment before he forced them open to avoid his anger being noticed. It wasn’t their parents fault really, they really tried, and admittedly they had a very independent son who preferred less rather than more attention. It was hard when the siblings were polar opposites.

Lani smiled, he was so relieved that Odion and Caroline were getting along. He wasn’t really sure what he would have done if they didn’t get along but oh well, better not to worry about something that didn’t exist. But worry Lani did. Sure a twelve year old girl wouldn’t prove too difficult, but it was her telekinetic brother that one had to watch out for if they crossed her. Lani shook the thoughts away and focused on the trick. He glanced at Odion wondering which trick he would go for. He replaced the card in the deck and was determined to figure out how it worked and so he kept a careful watch on the cards but kept his power at bay so it didn’t ruin the trick in its attempt to follow the card. His eyes flickered from the cards to Odion’s eyes, the blue oceans that gave nothing away. Not even a hint. No Lani was not going to learn the card tricks today or perhaps any day.

Catching the glimpse of mischief in Odion’s eyes Lani jumped a little when the cards scattered everywhere. He couldn’t help the little chuckle that came out his throat. “Very nice, Odion,” Lani said his voice dripping sarcasm, “Absolutely…” He stopped what he was saying when Odion’s shock changed to that clever grin he got when he knew he had pulled the wool over someone’s eyes. Lani sighed knowing he had been tricked again. Lani looked at the cards and seeing just one face up he had a feeling that that was indeed the card he had drawn and the one Caroline had seen. His power reached out and like a mental pair of hands he knew it was the one he had been trying to keep an eye on.

Lani looked at Caroline waiting for her to answer. Lani’s eyes went to Odion giving the redhead an annoyed look. Lani sighed and shook his head at the redhead. "Ah, that's no fair," he complained, "Unless you're wrong," Lani raised his brow at Odion then. He sincerely doubted that the card was wrong. In fact he was almost certain all that was waiting was the verification. Though in reality it would be rather easy for him. He could go Matilda on it and create a card dance. He smile that crept onto his face showed he was not overly concerned about the result of the right card. Really Lani was just complaining to complain it was not a big deal. He stretched out his power over the cards ready to snap them into a neat pile and into his hand in a moment. He wouldn't even have to bat an eye.

[Caroline Hunter]

Caroline really couldn't have been happier and even if she somehow there was something that could have made her happier at the moment, she didn't miss it one bit. The last year or so had been fairly lonely but now she had Lani back and had a whole new life ahead of her. Yes, this new life did scare Caroline in so many ways but just having her brother back and knowing that he was there for made everything better. Even Odion made her feel safer. He was her friend and it made Caroline smile just a little bit more.

When the cards suddenly flew out of Odion's hand and onto the floor, Caroline felt a little embarrassed for him because at first she though he had messed up. She didn't say anything and glanced up at Lani as he laughed. At least he was able to take it lightly. That was until she looked down again and saw only one card was face up. That one card was her card, a eight of diamonds.

Caroline's eyes grew wide as she Odion picked up the card and gave it to her. She looked at him, totally awe on her face. She had seen card tricks before but never one like this. Normally she was able to figure out at least a general idea of how the trick was done but this one baffled her. How could someone just throw the cards and have only one be left standing and that one card be her card. It was quite impressive.

"That's incredible!" She said taking the card from Odion and laughing with joy. The cat on her lap rubbed its head up against Caroline's hand and the card as if to agree in the amazingness of the trick. She looked between Lani and Odion, searching for some kind of clue to the secret of the trick. She couldn't keep her smile contained.

[Odion Martins]

At no point would Odion even consider showing Lani his tricks. Especially not those that didn’t include a trick deck.

Odion laughed in embarrassment as she gave her a look of anticipation. No, he wasn’t going to tell her the trick either, but he felt proud that they liked the trick so much. All that practice hadn’t gone to waste after all. “Looks like I’m not wrong,” he said, his gaze going back to Lani. “I didn’t use my power for the trick Lani,” Odi began to say, his eyes connecting with Lani’s, “you can’t use yours for the cleanup. It’s only fair.” Like a book, Odi thought to himself, glancing at Caroline. “Right?” Then he laughed lightly and sighed. If Lani was going to complain about it too much, they could all help him. Tricks needed lights and shadows, but not powers, that just took the fun right out of them.

“Caroline, what do you want to do?” He asked, seeing as she had been ignored for who knew how long. Maybe they could do something she wanted to do, and he wouldn’t know what that was until he asked.

[Lani Hunter]

Lani leaned into Caroline a little really just purely happy to have her close at hand. He couldn’t even have put into words his joy. And the fact that she and Odion were getting along made his heart soar. As much as Lani didn’t want to pick up cards he was excited to see if Odion had pulled it off. Caroline’s reaction was all he needed and he sighed well fifty one card pick up it was for Lani it seemed. Lani’s smile grew and he shook his head at Odion a little. One of these days. He had to say that picking up cards was not the worst of things that could happen and he was glad that Caroline was having fun. And Lani had a few ideas on how to get the redhead back come Halloween.

“Yeah, yeah,” Lani said with a grin, “I didn’t think you did.” He nodded. Odion didn’t need his power to be impressive. One of these days Lani was going to figure out how he did those tricks. Lani opened his mouth and gave Odion a look of brief shock before he huffed and rose to his feet. Lani muttered something about cheating under his breath before adding louder. “Always making up the rules as you go along,” He said with mock displeasure before crouching and shooting them a grin. Picking up the first card Lani flicked it at Odion before he went to his task. He wasn’t going to complain, it really wasn’t very much work, sure it would have gone faster if he had his power but he kind of liked doing things with his hands. As if to remind himself that they still were useful.

Grinning, Lani knew that look. “He’s not going to tell you. I’ve been trying to get him to tell me for ages.” He exaggerated. Lani looked back at the cards and sighed gathering them in his hands. He shuffled them into a neat pile as he started to collect more of them. He was glad none of them had slipped under the couch but there were a few that had fallen under the table. He wiggled himself under to retrieve them and upon coming up he decided the floor was rather comfortable and closer to the snacks. He nibbled on a pretzel and shuffled the cards in his hands.

Lani looked from Odion to Caroline and his eyes were bright. Oh thank goodness they were getting alone. Lani hadn’t been this happy since… he didn’t remember when. Lani waited. He felt terrible that their parents had been ignoring her. Well not ignoring. Probably paying too much attention actually. So she had gotten out from under her parent’s watchful eye and was now under Lani’s. Lani smiled a little to himself, he wondered which was worse. He was a worrier and he would practically be falling over her to make sure she was adjusting well. He moved the cards from hand to hand using his power, giving it a distraction to keep it from wandering.

[Caroline Hunter]

Caroline gave Odion a smile and a little nod. She wasn't trying to mean at all to Lani but she was his sister and having him pick up the cards wasn't terrible. Of course, if Lani asked her to, Caroline would be helping him pick up the cards in an instant.

Caroline didn't expect Odion to tell her how the trick worked. Besides if she knew that would sort of take the whole fun out of the magic part. All the sudden she wondered if some of the magic she had seen done by people had really been people with powers. It didn't seem to unlikely. Maybe magic was a little more real then she though it was.

She was quiet for a moment while she thought. She wasn't really sure what she wanted to do exactly. She wanted to spend time with her brother and his friend but she wasn't very good at picking activities to do and Caroline knew that swimming was definitely off the table. She pursed her lips as she thought. "Well, we could always play a board game or something like that. That's always a fun." She said with a smile. "But I don't really care what we do. I'm having fun right now." Caroline was feeling so happy, they could do nothing but sit on the couch and stare at the wall. It didn't matter because she had Lani and her new friend Odion.

[Odion Martins]

Odion kept a close eye on Lani as the blonde handled his precious deck. He lost track of time for a moment as Caroline thought – this was definitely not part of the act. Odion caught a glimpse of a fuzzy future. Lani was there but the rest wasn’t coming into focus, and he felt like he didn’t have a handle on time like he usually did.

He blinked his eyes a couple times. “Uh, right.” He was still looking at Lani’s hands, probably making everyone uncomfortable. Odi paused time, went back to see what he had missed, and then snapped them all back to normal. At least now he was glancing at the two board games he had. “Anyone like Monopoly or Scrabble?” Wow, he really was lame.

[Lani Hunter]

Lani shuffled the cards as he waited for Caroline to speak. He smirked a little as Odion kept an eye on him. Oh Odion didn’t think this through did he? He didn’t realize that in making Lani pick up the cards he had inadvertently put them into the hands of the telekinetic. Lani started to float them from one hand to the other then shuffling them without moving his hands. He could oh so easily just steal one card and then perhaps Odion’s tricks wouldn’t work. But the moment he considered this he realized he didn’t want to do that to Odion, partially because he knew how protective Odion was of his tricks and partially because he didn’t deal aftermath of that trick.

Lani smiled broadly at his sister and glanced back at Odion who was still staring at him. Lani glanced around the room half tempted to see if Odion was still there or if he was lost in time again. It was a little uncomfortable and Lani only did more with the cards as if that would divert the feeling. Caroline’s response had Lani on his feet and he handed the cards over to Odion. His smile warmed and he took a quick moment to sit down next to his sister and swallow her in a bear hug. Oh he had missed her so much, she was so adorable and he loved her so dearly. It wasn’t often that Lani became overwhelmed with feelings of love but he had to hug his sister for that one. He was glad she was having fun. And he was so glad she was here.

“I’m down for either,” he said and rose to his feet again releasing Caroline. He laughed a little and grabbed another pretzel. He hadn’t had pretzels in so long he loved them. How come he was the only person with a snacking fix right now? Thinking he was oh so cool Lani tossed one up and tried to catch it and missed as it bounced off his chin and his power caught it and placed it back into his hand where he ate it like a normal person.