Unfortunately with the events that happened next, Nathaniel was not able to hear an answer to his own question to Jenny.  Too bad, he was curious as to the answer.  For what she had and this mission they were asked to be part of, Jenny seemed to be quite shy and innocent.  But first was what happened with Diego.<br/><br/>Nathaniel watched as Diego decided to make his leave, and let the rest of them finish off their meet and greet session.  It was his choice, though he saw how the look on his face seemed to die rather quick at what Nicole said to him.  That quick change from happy to sad was surprising for an adult man.  And of course the comment from Sarah drew his attention to her.  At what she said, about him seeming to appoint himself as the group leader made him think about it.  And maybe she was right; he had been kind of acting a little like their leader for a bit.  Old habits are hard to resist.<span style="color: SeaGreen">“I am pretty sure anything I say would have the same effect.  I am not sure…”</span>he began, but was suddenly distracted by something happening with Helga.<br/><br/>It looked like the taunt had finally got the reaction he was looking for.  Maybe now she would actually show them her real powers instead of the obviously fake like of ‘controlling birds’.  Maybe he had just found a way of getting her to do something that they needed.  At least that is what he was thinking at first when she was speaking originally.  After a moment though he noticed the tone of her voice when she spoke, and especially the words.<br/><br/>Her attitude was completely different than what she had been speaking like before, and Helga was speaking of most feared ways to die.  That brought Nathan’s attention up to her eyes, and the look in them both gave him a pause.  Ok, maybe pissing her off wasn’t the best idea, but this is the first time he has actually gotten anything useful.  The look in her eyes made all emotion fade from his face, though he did not take his eyes from hers.  This was not going to end well and if he looked away it likely wouldn’t end well for him.<br/><br/>When the cigarette was flicked at him, and then burst into a burning projectile, Nathaniel just barely dodged it by stepping aside.  Only a few hairs on the side of his face got singed, ruining the beard he had been working on and the left side of his hair, but not burning the skin.  He was forced to close his eyes though to protect them.<br/><br/>When the burning object was past he looked up and glared at the woman.   And what he saw when his eyes were opened again actually scared him a bit, about as much as seeing Diego’s ghost.  He showed the fear on his face for just a moment before shutting it down.  Instead, Nate lifted his crystal covered arm defensively against the woman who looked like she was starting to burn, but had that evil grin on her face.  She looked like a rabid dog off it’s leash, her voice agreed with that completely.   On top of that the temperature was immediately starting to rise in the room, and rather quickly.  The source was very obvious.<br/><br/><span style="color: SeaGreen">“Not good, I think she is losing all control.”</span>He said while sparks were starting to flash across the crystals along his arm.   He was watching for what Helga would do while he watched for her next action.  He noticed that the fires she was lighting up were actually burning her skin, but it seemed to be healing just as fast as it burned.  That was a second power she had?  It gave him an idea to stop her.  He began gathering energy in his palm for a blast<br/><br/>But as he was doing that, he was too distracted and didn’t see the blue fireball until Helga was throwing it at him.  No time to dodge.<span style="color: SeaGreen">“Shit!”</span>He cursed trying to move but knowing he wouldn’t be able to dodge that.  At the last moment though there was the sound of a small thunderclap before a sphere of bright blue transparent energy spread out around Nathaniel in a small area.  As soon as the fireball crashed into the energy, it exploded and washed around the sphere of energy before it dissipated with nothing to burn.  Nate stood there unharmed by the flames.<br/><br/><span style="color: SeaGreen">“Well… that’s new…”</span>he commented before seeing the craziness in Helga’s eyes before they themselves burst into flame.  Helga wasn’t going to stop it looked like.  After less than a moment hesitation Nathaniel raised his arm again and gathered an energy blast in his palm.  It was much larger than the ones he had been firing earlier.  He was sure she would stop it somehow with her flames, but maybe the shock-wave would be enough to wake her up, if not put her on her ass.<span style="color: SeaGreen">“ISIS, please tell me you have fire suppression systems in this room too?!”</span>He asked before realizing that it was already being done.  He had been distracted with the blue fireball, and hadn’t notice that ISIS already reacted.<span style="color: SeaGreen">“Well… I guess that answers that question”</span><br/><br/>Watching the pile of fire suppressants that was Helga, he couldn’t help but laugh a little, but that lasted until he had to cancel out the blast he had been building… and it was not a small one.  After he finished with his short laugh he turned to his arm and focused on it.  In a second he started closing his hand around the sphere of energy.  This part hurt, and that was obvious by the look on his face, and the way he grit his teeth.  The sphere started shrinking as sparks leapt from it to the crystals on his arm.  In a moment the blast was gone back into his arm, and Nate let out a relieved sigh as his left hand rubbed his right arm as if trying to massage the pain out.<br/><br/><span style="color: SeaGreen">“Well, that’s the last of us.  Thanks for surviving through my suggestion for this…”</span>he said.  A moment later though his hand came up to his face and brushed the left side of his face, to scratch an itch… what felt like dust or dirt came away in his hand.<span style="color: SeaGreen">“Fuck… great… now I need a shave and haircut.  My hair is singed off.”</span>He grumbled a bit while brushing all the singed hair from his face and head, now looking completely uneven.  He turned to leave the room but paused a little and grumbled to himself, thinking this was a bad idea but his mind wouldn’t let him walk away without saying something.<span style="color: SeaGreen">“Jenny, since we were interrupted, maybe we can finish our conversation later.”</span><br/><br/>After that, Nate left the training room and immediately found the signup board and put his name down first.  Then he moved toward the kitchen and started looking through the stuff stored there.<span style="color: SeaGreen">“ISIS, I feel like some chicken stir-fry and white rice.  Do you have the stuff needed to make it?  Peppers, green beans, mushrooms, broccoli and of course chicken and what is needed to make rice?”</span><div class="messageTextEndMarker"> </div>