<hr/><div class="floatleft">(http://scontent.cdninstagram.com/t51.2885-15/s480x480/e35/c0.0.1079.1079/13391218_258924467796706_446677241_n.jpg?ig_cache_key=MTI3MzI4MzU0OTk1MjYwMzkzMQ%3D%3D.2.c)</div><strong>Name:</strong>Blackout (https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=261894.msg12962174#msg12962174)<br/><strong>Location:</strong>Downtown, besiged library<br/><strong>Date/Time:</strong>September 8th, 2017, 6:30 PM<br/><strong>Tagging:</strong>Salem Summers | Cyclops, James Howlett | Old Man Logan, Piotr Rasputin | Colossus, Davi Alleyne | Prodigy, Doctor Nemesis, Kitty Pryde | Shadowcat, Jonothon Starsmore | Chamber<br/><strong>Content:</strong>Fighting for her life, whatever the cost.<br/><hr/><br/>Normally, darkness was her friend and ally.  She could use it, both to hide and to fight.  But this time, darkness had proven to work against her as it had invaded her mind and left her completely at the mercy of the men that were trying to pull her back towards their leader.  However, the mob also served to work against their efforts as the people all wanted a good look at her, jeering and spitting on her prone form.  And this lack of speed also bought her some time as well.  And so it was that she came back into consciousness, her head hurting in more ways that one as she tried to gain her bearings.  The first thing she was aware of was all of the strangers around her, most of which not at all looking friendly.  And the second that she was being dragged further and further into the mob.<br/><br/>Where they were dragging her, she hadn't a clue.  But she knew that it couldn't be anywhere good, so she immediately started to struggle against their grip.<strong>"Let me go!"</strong>she shouted as she struggled,<strong>"I didn't do anything to you, let me go!"</strong>None of the men said a word, they just continued to drag her along as she felt kicks and jabs and spit hitting her from the crowd around them.<strong>"LOGAN!  CYCLOPS!  COLOSSUS!"</strong>She shouted the names of her teammates, hoping that somehow they would hear her and come to her aid.  But as she shouted, she felt a nasty blow hit the side of her head and knock her for a loop once more, but this time she stayed conscious.  And a terrifying realization hit her in that moment.<br/><br/>She was alone and in danger.  The others either hadn't realized her plight or couldn't reach her.  She was on her own and she had to do what she had to do in order to survive.  A fight or flight instinct was triggered in her and flight clearly wasn't an option for her.  So she was left with no choice but to fight.  And the tools she needed were all around her.  In the fading light, the shadows were deep and dark and she called upon them now.  They were working purely on her instinct right now.  She needed to be free and the only thing holding her were the arms of these strange men.  So the shadows, reacting to her subconscious need to be freed formed into blades.  And then those blades did their work.<br/><br/>Two loud screams filled the arm as she felt herself stop moving.  Looking up, she noticed two men holding their arms.  Or more accurately the bloody stumps where their arms used to be.  A sense of dread filled her as she slowly put two and two together and she looked to the ground.  And sure enough, laying only inches from her, were the recently severed arms of the two men that had been dragging her.  And this was far too much for her stomach.  All of the contents were expelled onto the ground beside the arms as she realized what she'd just done.  This wasn't supposed to be a violent mission.  They were supposed to get in, get the people, and get out.  This wasn't supposed to happen.  It was supposed to be safe.  And now she'd done this.....this thing.<br/><br/>Unable to process what she'd just done, she curled in on herself, shadows surrounding her like a cocoon.  And all around her, people stared in shock for a long time before a roar of anger and rage came from somewhere in the crowd and a screamed "GET HER" echoed.  Now furious and feeling justified in their fury, the mob started to move towards the cocoon of shadow energy that surrounded Blackout, who just lay there, eyes wide as she attempted to process what she'd just done.