New York City.  Bustling metropolis packed full with people just going about their Lives/business, or whatever they did.  Even after the Green effect, there were still enough people to crowd the streets of the city.  Cars, busses, taxis all passed by, filling the street with even more noise than the people walking along the sidewalk.  Though them all, a shorter girl passed mostly unnoticed by the other’s on the street.  They were all too wrapped up in their own little worlds to notice her any more than a passing glance.  She could tell, the headphones over her ears couldn’t drown out their voices all shouting in her head.<br/><br/>No, they weren’t actually shouting.  She was hearing all their thoughts, all at once, unable to keep them out.<a class="externalLink" href="http://static.musiciansfriend.com/derivates/19/001/199/518/DV020_Jpg_Jumbo_242071.jpg" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The headphones resting over her ears were blaring rock music</a>, it helped to keep her from focusing on the voices, keeping them to a dull roar.  But she still heard the<i>‘stupid bitch’, ‘nice ass’</i>and other such thoughts directed at her the few moments when she bumped past someone before she was out of a person’s mind  even over the music.  At least her hoodie made sure she wasn’t noticed much more than that.  Fuyuki blended in well when dressed in her<a class="externalLink" href="http://www.biowarestore.com/media/catalog/product/cache/1/image/9df78eab33525d08d6e5fb8d27136e95/h/o/hoodie-me-n7mkii-front.jpg" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Mass Effect hoodie</a>, dark, loose fit blue jeans, and plain brown hiking boots.  There was a dull blue sleeveless shirt under the hoodie that wasn’t showing.  A pair of dog-tags hung under the shirt as well, her father’s old pair.  The lack of any makeup probably helped as well with her hair tucked under the hood.<br/><br/>Fuyuki didn’t stand out at all, thus why she was in New York even if she despised the crowds.  Her mother had told her to come here, to blend in and hide.  She had only been here a week, and was running out of money.  But there had been no sign of the people who had attacked them up north… and no contact from her mother.  One good thing about the too many people though, the voices helped keep her from thinking and worrying.<br/><br/>Unlucky for her, almost immediately after having that thought, something much better of a distraction crashed down in the middle of Times Square where she was walking through.  The impact was unexpected; the shockwave through the ground knocked her, and the dozens of people around her, on their asses.  The dust cloud from the impact caused her to cough loudly while rolling enough to push herself up on her feet.<br/><br/>While she was struggling, the noise of the machine pulling itself up was drowned out by her music and the soon rising panic from the people.  It didn’t surprise her when the first screams started.  Though what was causing the screaming made her freeze as well, though she didn’t scream.<i><span style="color: Cyan">‘A giant fucking robot?!’</span></i>That was her only thought before it started its rampage.  She didn’t scream like the others, but she got stuck in the crowd.  The last thing she wanted to do was be here.<br/><br/>She and the people were not fast enough as suddenly there was a bright light and a loud explosion that sent her flying back… before suddenly her head got a lot quieter.  There was only one reason she could think of as to why it got quieter.  As soon as her eyes opened, her fear was confirmed… she saw the blood and the bodies of what had used to be a fleeing crowd of people.<br/><br/>Immediately panic flooded Fuyuki’s mind a bit.  She had to get out of there, she had to…  A cry of one of the people got her attention.  A Child was crying for a woman that she was clinging to… who wasn’t moving…  Looking back behind her, she saw the robot approaching… seeming to get ready to fire again.  There was a path available to run, she saw them.  But could she really run with people still there, especially children?  What would her dad say?<br/><br/><span style="color: Cyan">“Shit…”</span>Fuyuki cursed as her eyes darted around quickly, and saw a fire hydrant that had broken  and was spraying water into the street.  With little more thought, Fuyuki dashed to the water.  As she ran her hair immediately bled to a very pale blue-white color, and her skin paled to almost white.  Her music stopped playing as her phone froze.  She didn’t care, she had to get to that water so she could have something to use.<br/><br/>Sliding down to the ground near the end of the water spray, she raised her pale hands as the spray seemed to be turning into snow that spun around her.  Her hand slid into the water, forcing it to immediately freeze into solid ice.  Using the rest of her power all the water in the area began to freeze.  The Robot was about to blast them.  Pushing her power, she forced the frozen water into a wall between the fleeing people, and the robot.  She was making it as thick as possible using all the water she could freeze.<br/><br/>The things weapon blasted into her ice wall.  Shattering it and sending her back a few feet, but not reaching blast where the wall had been.  Shaking her head from the shockwave to recover, Fuyuki looked up at the robot to where it’s eyes were…  She had to get its attention.  Get it way from people… and maybe blind it.  Reaching her power out she picked the shattered shards of ice up before throwing them as hard as she could at where she could see the giant’s eyes as she moved to stand up again.<div class="messageTextEndMarker"> </div>