<span style="color: #004000">“I’m going to break you out, but first - I need your blood.[/colo[color=#004000]r]”</span>Garrison growled, grabbing Charles’ wrist with a vice grip while totally ignoring the sounds of Dominic entering ECU-2. Garrison’s scarred hand brought the syringe closer to Charles’ exposed forearm, a slight tremble causing the needle tip to wobble back and forth as it approached bare skin.<br/>Suddenly the containment cell was bathed in light, casting Garrison and Charles’ shadows through the containment unit amongst bizarre prismatic refractions as Dominic’s lights bent and bounced through the dozen or so transparent cells.<br/>Garrison turned to observe the armour-clad figure, his whole torso rotating due to a seemingly rigid neck.<br/><span style="color: #004000"> “Who the fu-”</span>He began, cut off as Dominic opened fire with his sidearm. Two bullets were spat out and hit Garrison centre mass, slamming into his abdominal muscles before falling to the ground - robbed of their momentum. The following shots flew wide as Garrison quickly turned, pulling Charles’ with him so that he came to a stop in Garrison’s shadow, shielded from further fire for the time being. Garrison roughly stuck the needle into Charles' arm, and began drawing blood as quickly as possible.<br/>Garrison didn’t recognise the suit as one of the Heroes currently working in Scarlet City. His incursion into this facility was supposed to be at a time that would let him tear through the facility without interference from any super - not that Garrison minded facing off against any of the FSA agents currently in the city. However, to carry out a jailbreak, even Garrison saw the reason behind his benefactor choosing a time when he would be uncontested by another super. This man in a suit was a surprise, and Garrison had a habit of crushing surprises.<br/><br/><br/>-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br/><br/><br/>Kira took a few steps forward into the room, eventually smiling back at Sabina whose own sparkly grin was practically contagious. Kira’s shy demeanor was somewhat thawed out by that warm, affectionate smile, and she felt more comfortable as she came to a stop a few feet in front of Sabina’s bed.<br/><span style="color: #FF00FF">“How did you meet Casey?”</span>Sabina asked before adding,<span style="color: #FF00FF">“My parents always had access to the FSA so when they learned I had powers they let me get evaluated.”</span><br/><span style="color: #FF80FF">“I-”</span>Kira began to respond, surprised by the question,<span style="color: #FF80FF">“Well…”</span><br/><span style="font-style: italic">Kira sat in the dark hugging her knees, shivering in the cold. Her grimy school uniform was soaked, drops of water from above rolled down her face and slowly added to the dank pool she crouched in alongside all the others.</span><br/><span style="color: #FF80FF">“Well, it was earlier this year.” </span><br/><span style="font-style: italic">They were told to get up and walk. Kira’s drenched shoes felt so heavy as her tired legs carried her up the stairs. Her head was bowed and her hair stuck to her face. </span><br/><span style="color: #FF80FF">“After I - we - were kidnapped."</span><br/><span style="font-style: italic">Kira raised her head and stared at the doors as they burst open. Silhouetted by the light that poured into the dingy hall, stood a man. Clad in a long coat which billowed around him, his outstretched hands brought a pair of pistols to bear on Kira’s bewildered captors.</span><br/><span style="color: #FF80FF">“That was the first time I saw him.”</span><br/><span style="font-style: italic">Kira felt the body slump down on top of her, dead. She was plunged into suffocating darkness again, pressed against the ground as gunshots boomed in the enclosed space. She couldn’t breath, everything was closing around her as the dead man’s weight crushed her. Kira cried for help, her dry throat only managing to croak out the word. Then a fierce heat began to burn within her, and her skin began to tingle until…</span><br/><span style="color: #FF80FF">“And then I talked to him afterwards, after I used my powers,”</span>Kira concluded,<span style="color: #FF80FF">“-Unintentionally!” </span>she added quickly, with an apologetic glance at Sabina.