Steve
Adys had been staying quiet. Even though she was quite literally *Inside* Of someone else's mind, this was the most genuine peace and quiet that she'd had in... Years. Maybe her whole life? She was able to just stay still and *Think*. She could even just ignore everything going on outside and focus on herself, which was what she'd been doing for an unknown amount of time. It felt like she'd been sleeping, and she actually felt rested. 

In the time that she had been aware though, she'd come to an unfortunate realization. A pair of realizations, really. First, no matter what she tried, it seemed she was giving some kind of physical *Boost* To this kid she was attached to. Cape-like. That wouldn't be an issue by itself, but it brought her to the second issue, which was that the brat was a huge asshole. Like, a genuine entitled scumbag that *Wanted* To join the villains so that he had more opportunity to harass innocent people. Wanted to feel strong or some shit.

She didn't want to enable that. So... It was time to go.

She opened her minds 'eye', expanding her awareness all around her. Time to see what she could do.
Lacy
The music in the apartment was loud, almost deafening even. In the time Adys had been residing in her vessels mind she had come to be very familiar with this place. It was a private club for members of the Top Hats located in a renovated flat of a former member, a place of violence and debauchery. They called it the Study.

It was always fairly busy but today was certainly more crowded than usual. This was no doubt because the the newly installed fighting ring that had been installed, a fighting ring that Adys' vessel had a verry good view of. Inside a girl no older than 14 was fighting against a Top Hat thug. It seemed obvious who would win but when the girl slapped the mans arm it fell limp and the whole crowd let out a shout of surprise. The man looked at her with hatred.

*"So the bitch has powers? That won't help you little lady."*

He stepped forwards grabbing the girl around the neck with one hand and raised her off the ground. Her hands reached up trying to pry the fingers away from her neck but she was too weak. In one last ditch effort to escape she franticly reached for the mans head smacking him on the nose.

The mans head went limp, the rest of his body quickly followed. A gasp of shock emanated from the crowd, that huge man had been beaten by a small child. The vessel downed his drink as he walked over. Stepping into the arena he stared at the girl clambering of the mans unconscious body, he would show them how to deal with the bitch. He rushed forwards and went to punch the girl in the head.
Steve
Wait, what? What? What was this now? Where were they? She swore she'd only had her mind closed for just a moment, but now—

Her enhanced thinking skills allowed her to process the scene nearly in an instant, and she took some time to stifle the sheer panic that was now coursing through her non-existent veins and consider her options. Come on... Just take a moment. You have a bit of time, at least.

She examined the other combatant. A young girl. Very young, from the looks of things. Fighting in a ring. With some kind of powers, too... Physical, or possibly touch-based? She could be *Forced* To fight here, possibly. It would explain this gauntlet of fighters that are lining up against her. Her style wasn't exactly refined, so Adys doubted she was a trained cape.

Either way, her vessel was moving to punch her head clean off. Well... This wasn't how she wanted to do things, but she *Wouldn't* Be party to a murder, no matter what else happened.

She created a huge green projection of herself, eclipsing the entirety of her vessel's vision, though it could still be seen through at least, since it was transparent. Then, she spoke.

"*Hey! Knock it off! Don't hurt her! What are you doing, you crazy jerk?!*"
Lacy
*"What the?"*

Adys couldn't affect her host directly that was true enough. Still it turns out a spectral image of a person appearing in your view and starting to talk to you was very distracting, especially if you weren't expecting it. So distracting in fact that he failed to notice the incoming fist from the girl.

As the fist impacted the boys head his whole body went numb. The impact wasn't much but it was enough to shift the direction of his fall. Time seemed to slow as her fell towards the metal barrier surrounding the fighting ring. A crack could be heard as his neck broke against it. Adys felt his heart stop and his breathing fade as she was pulled from his body. It was as if she closed her eyes and opened them in a different body, that of the girl who a moment ago she had just saved, even if she didn't know it yet.
Steve
"*Eh? Wai- Wait wait, look out though, I mean—!*"

She felt him die. She... Was that her fault? She didn't want him to be hurt, or anything. Fuck. I mean, maybe a little hurt, but not... Not fucking *Dead.* Well, that was it, then. Right? She was likely dead, too. After all, she was a part of him, and she hadn't been able to find a way to leave, or get help for her new condition.

She closed her eyes, knowing only oblivion awaited her.

Then, she was in the girl's body. She felt a surge of apprehension and fear as she realized the implications of all this. Oh no. No, no...

"*Why...?*"

It was the only thing she could think to vocalize, even though dozens of other things raced through her Thinker-enhanced mind. She... She had to get out of here. At this rate, they were going to kill this girl, too, and she'd get stuck onto someone *Truly* Evil.

"*Can... Can you hear me?*"

She created a much smaller holographic representation of herself in the corner of her new vessel's vision, this time wearing a simple heroic looking bodysuit that she'd always imagined would look cool on herself, when she was younger. She waved.

"*Hello. Why are you here? Who are you?*"
Lacy
*"What? Who is that?"*

The girl shuffled back a few feet before hitting the edge of the arena and getting shoved back into the the centre of the arena. She looked around, the terror she was feeling was quite understandable as everyone looked so monstrous from her perspective. That combined with the fact she now suddenly had some much more awareness and understanding of the area around her as whatever had been done to her seemed to be fading. The fact she was in even more danger than she thought. Her eyes drifted down to the now dead boy.

*"Is he? I didn't... What is happening?"*

At that moment she turned around to see yet another man enter the arena, this one with a large club and a face that looked like he was going to really enjoy hurting her. Taking a step back she raised her fist in the best imitation of a guard she could muster although she didn't think it would do much good.
Steve
Oh, jeez. The poor girl was even more stunned and confused than *She* Was. Worse, it didn't seem like there was any obvious way out of this situation. For now, it seemed sorta like the only real way forward was to just try and protect her. They were sending some kind of... Onslaught of opponents at her. Why? She didn't have enough information! This is what she deserved for *Sleeping* Or whatever it was for too long. Now she had no clue where she was, or why.

First things first, she needed to try and get the girl's head in the game.

"*I'm... Uhh... An Angel. I'm an Angel. I've been sent to help you. You need to focus right now, okay? That guy is going to try and kill you. Together we can survive.*"

She hoped it was laced with suitable amounts of concern and optimism. She wanted to get her to *Care* About what was happening, but she didn't want her to give up, either. She actually had a bit of a plan, but for that she needed the girl to be ready to fight, first. Then, Adys simply waited for the first swings of combat before her next act.
Lacy
*"Angel? Okay Angel I got it... What should I do? There are so many of them and my power is weak."* 

It was clear the girl was tired. She was breathing heavily and was struggling to stand upright. It was obvious today had been quite the ordeal for her. Suddenly she felt a shift in the air as the club came straight towards the top of her head.

Deciding she didn't need instruction to avoid getting her head smashed open she leapt to the side. The club narrowly passed to her side, thankfully missing. As she stumbled to the side she tried to steady herself.

*"So what do I do Angel? Help me!"*
Steve
"*Sorry, I'm doing what I can. Let's see...*"

Time almost seemed to slow down for her as Adys thought about the situation. She didn't have many options here, and even with the ones she had on the table it was questionable whether she'd be able to convert that into a way *Out* Of here rather than just a way to survive one more round. She stretched her senses out, trying to find... Ah.

Maybe.

"*I'm going to get you an opening. When you get it, knock him out, then turn around and run out of here. I can guide you, so don't panic, okay?*"

With that, she tapped the big man on the back of his shoulder a few times, as if someone was trying to get his attention behind him. Her telekinesis wasn't much, but it could do that, at least.

She waited for what would hopefully be the fight-ending strike, then flicked the lights off.

"*Go!*"
Lacy
The large man turned to look at the girl who had just dodged out the way. Without speaking he once again raised the club as he rushed towards her, swinging the club down at an angle trying to hit her in the side. At that moment he looked away for a moment as Angel tapped him on the shoulder. In that moment the girl rushed forwards, her hand outstretched towards the mans head.

When she made contact her power flared and the man dropped to the ground unable to move. When this happened Angel noticed another something else interesting. When her power activated not only did the man go limp but so did the girls hand. It was still limp right now in fact. Then the lights went out and she began to run, slipping into the crowd of shouting people and shunting her way through.

*"Angel, which way do I go? I can't see!"*
Steve
Whew! The first part had gone off without a hitch. Oddly enough— and maybe this was thanks to her seemingly new ability to think more easily on the fly?— it seemed like she'd actually been pretty much right on the money with what the girls power did. Some sort of localized paralysis that induced unconsciousness if used on the brain. 

What she *Hadn't* Noticed until now though, was that it had a secondary *Backlash* Effect. That was an important thing to keep in mind. Something to think about for later, though— for now, Adys had a job to do.

"*This way! And— follow the pokes!*"

She verbally instructed the girl towards the nearest exit as quickly as she could, utilizing her minor telekinesis to help by *Poking* The girl gently in the correct direction as she ran.
Lacy
Following the directions given by her new companion the girl made her way to the nearest exit. As she came up against a door she reached around grabbing the handle and opening it stepping out of the dark room into the cool outside. Quickly closing the door behind her she looked around and found herself on a fire escape. Not waiting for further instructions she quickly climbed down and began to run away, not wanting to stay any longer.

*"So uh Angel what now?"*
Steve
They were out! And, fortunately, just like that she'd achieved her mission... Sort've. She'd never wanted the kid to die as a result. He was a violent jerk with delusions of grandeur, but he didn't deserve to die. Still, she was in a different host now, and this one seemed much less overtly evil... So far, at least.

As for the question of what to do next... She was a bit surprised that the girl was asking *Her*. Sure, she'd just saved her life and all, but it was still somewhat surprising. Adys had been expecting... Something different.

"*Great work! Just keep walking away for now. Don't want to draw too much attention. While you do, can you tell me about yourself? Your name? Your... Affiliation? Your dreams? Do you have anywhere safe you can go?"

It was a barrage of questions, but Adys didn't realize how rapid and overwhelming it sounded. She *Thought* More quickly, after all.
Lacy
The girl began to slow now she had managed to gain some distance and instead continued to walk away. Angel didn't need powers to tell the girl was beginning to calm down now she was free from her hell.

*"Oh right, my name of course. I'm Alice. I don't really get what you mean by affiliation though? I went to West London Secondary School if that's what you mean?"*

The mention of school made what the girl was wearing quite obvious, with how dirty and damaged it had been it was hard to tell but now it was clear it was a school uniform.

*"The only safe place I could think of is my parents house but that's where we were when they took us..."*

She had noticeably avoided answering the question about dreams.
Steve
Oh... Because of the circumstances surrounding her last vessel, Adys had passively assumed that anyone in those fights would likely be at least *Affiliated* With some gang or another already. But from the sounds of it, this poor, poor girl had literally been abducted and thrown into vicious fights... For no reason.

She considered herself lucky that her accelerated cognition gave her time to process the visceral disgust running its course through her mind.

"*I'm so... So sorry to hear that. Do you know where the nearest library is? We can use the computers there to try and get some help for you.*"

If they could get to a computer, Adys could contact Vanguard. It would be good for both of them, probably. She didn't know if the girl wanted to be a Hero or not— but even if she didn't, Vanguard would be able to get them out of a dangerous situation like this, and try to figure out their powers more. It was the right call... Probably.
Lacy
She shook her head in response to the question

*"I'm sorry I don't know. Maybe if we find a main road we could find one from there? I don't know I don't recognise any of this place."*

She looked around clearly in despair. At first it had seemed she dealt with the whole situation fairly well but now it appeared likely she was on the verge of panicking.
Steve
Oh no, the girl was panicking. *Okay, Adys, you can do this. You spent your whole life being the panicking girl. Just say what you would have wanted to hear.*

"*Hey, hey. Listen. It's okay. Everything is going to be okay. I'm here for you, right? Angel. We'll find one.*"

She kept her voice quiet, and gentle, and even projecting a small version of herself into the corner of Alice's vision, a comforting expression on her face. This was the least she could do, after they'd both saved each other from their split hells.

"*You had a good idea, right? Let's just head to the main street and look around. If we see someone who looks friendly we can ask for directions, yea?*"
Lacy
She took a deep breath in before slowly exhaling, her coming up to wipe away any evidence of tears forming.

*"O-Okay. I've got this. Um, let's go this way."*

Turning onto a larger street she began to walk along the pavement keeping an eye for anyone who could potentially help. At first it seemed like a hopeless quest, save for a few cars or people on the other side of the street there were only a couple people. Even they crossed the road at the sight of the distressed girl, a true New London attitude.

Alice was on the verge of giving up when light hitting the side of her face caught her attention. Turning to look at the source of the light she found herself looking through the window of a convenience store. Inside the store were two people in police officer outfits having a conversation with the cashier.

*"What about them? Do you think they are safe?"*
Steve
"*They can probably help us, yea! Good job, Alice. Let's go see, shall we?*"

She knew that there could be corrupt police in New London— unfortunately the state of the city meant that was actually decently common— but most of the time even the most corrupt cops would still do their job normally. They just might accept a bribe, hide some brutality, or abuse their position. They wouldn't, generally, just publicly avoid helping a citizen in distress.

So... This would probably work out okay?
Lacy
She nodded her head slowly as she raised her hand to wipe her eyes whilst she took a deep breath.

*"Alright, I can do this."*

She opened the door and stepped through as a bell rung. As she entered the police continued their conversation for a few moments before one of them looked over to Alice. They immediately did a double take before grabbing their college by the shoulder. They too turned to look at the girl before rushing over.

*"Oh god are you okay? What's your name?"*

One crouched down besides alice and embraced her in a hug whilst the other clicked the transmit button on their radio.

*"Dispatch we have a suspected 10-65 requesting code 8 at Best One on Coronet Street."*

It seemed as though Alice was in safe hands now.
Steve
Okay.

Adys felt herself relax in the nebulous sort of void she didn't quite exist in. There was no way the gang would try to tussle with two cops. Alice was... Safe. Safe as someone could get in this city, sort've.

It was a relief. There was some question about what to do next, but unless she was able to detect a usable computer around here, Adys was content to just hang tight and observe quietly. This was a big part of what she'd wanted for now, after all, was just some damn peace and quiet without feeling like she was party to criminal activity.

Her original host had... Had died. That was bad... But there was nothing to do about it now.

She just stayed quiet, watching, in case anything bad happened.
Lacy
Angel was on alert for any signs of corruption or foul play she may have needed to assist with foiling but she needn't have worried. For all the bad many in power were capable off it seemed in this case at least these police officers were genuine in their concern for the girl. As more police arrived soon enough she was taken to the hospital and taken care off.

It turns out Alice was in fact a certain Alice McArthur, daughter of Duncan McArthur, a wealthy property owner who had been found murdered just over a week ago. She had been missing since then. After about a week of hospital care she was relocated to the New London Orphanage. By extention Angel was also relocated there. What they did next was up to the two of them.