Darkest Powers (Fallen Catalyst and HarpyAshe 5)

[Fallen]

Shane paused and raised an eyebrow at him. “What makes you think that?” He asked curiously

Jacoby nodded. “We think you’ve got abilities. We’ve all got them it seems. Eden hears voices. Vivian can move stuff with her mind..”

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"I can just tell, probably...animal instincts or whatever the hell. But it makes sense with the medicine that they give you, it makes you so sleepy. And if you're sleepy, you're weaker," Everett said to him.

"Yeah I heard some of this last night from Everett, I told him he was full of shit," Payton said with a shake of his head.

"But he's not Payton. He's telling the truth," Vivian said, glancing at Jacoby before back at Payton,"I really can do that."

[Fallen]

Shane shrugged. “They give me medicine because I have panicked nightmares about being covered in blood and everything else that I can’t really remember.” He mumbled.

Jacoby glanced at Vivian. “Think you can prove it?”

[TeddyBear {HarpyAshe} **Well You Built Up A World Of Magic, Cause Your Real Life Is Tragic**]

"I don't think that's why Shane. Why would they give you a medicine to make it so you dream about that more?" Everett said, raising his eyebrows,"I just, I really want you to try and stop taking your medicine. Just for a day."

"Maybe," Vivian said, still iffy about trying to actually control it, but as long as she didn't freak out...

"Okay you know, stop it. Okay? Look even if stuff like that is true for you guys, what the hell does that have to do with me? I'm not some kinda supernatural freak, alright?" Payton said, shaking his head.

[Fallen]

“No. They make it so I don’t dream.” He mumbled. “Why would I want to stop my medicine and have to dream?” Shane questioned softly.

Jacoby shrugged. “Then why would you be here? I highly doubt that we’d all be here with you as the only normal one among us all.”

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"Because, the medicine is blocking your powers. Those dreams are probably memories," Everett said with a shrug, biting his lower lip.

"I'm normal. Shane is normal, Albany is normal, Stella is normal," Payton said, shaking his head,"Just because you guys think you're special or whatever doesn't mean it's true."

"Stella isn't normal Payton. She told us herself, she had visions before she came here. She thought they were dreams at first, but they aren't" Vivian replied to him.

[Fallen]

Shane watched him. “So not taking my medicine would allow me to figure that out?” He questioned softly.

Jacoby watched them for a moment. “Albany’s hair changes color randomly, we don’t know what other abilities she has.” she said softly.

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"I think so, yeah," Everett replied with a nod,"I at least want you to give it a chance Shane, okay? Just one day, that's all I'm asking. If nothing happens or you don't feel anything different, I'll leave you alone."

Payton furrowed his eyebrows at his words and shook his head."I really don't wanna hear any more of this." He moved to try and go past the two of them.

[Fallen]

Shane tilted his head at him. “Just one day? That’s all it’ll take to really figure it out?” He questioned, actually considering it. It wasn’t like he had much to lose and he was in a pretty safe place where he didn’t think he could cause much harm.

Jacoby stepped back to block his path for a moment. “Will you just give it a shot? Don’t take your medicine for a day or two, see if you feel different?” He suggested, really just stalling so Everett would have more time.

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"Yeah, one day should at least show you some kinda change," Everett replied, remembering when he had been on medication for a while when he was younger and in the lab."Not all of it, but enough for you to see that something is up."

Payton frowned when Jacoby stepped in front of him, rolling hies eyes."No. Now get out of my way and out of my room."

[Fallen]

Shane nodded. “Okay. I’ll give it a shot. If I end up covered in blood or anything super weird, I’m blaming you.” He cautioned quietly.

Jacoby stepped back so he wasn’t in his room but still blocking the path. “Why? What are you so afraid of?”

[TeddyBear {HarpyAshe} **Well You Built Up A World Of Magic, Cause Your Real Life Is Tragic**]

"That's fine, you can blame me," Everett replied with a shrug,"And I mean it too. If you don't see that anything is wrong, I'll leave you alone."

Payton glared heavily at Jacoby, opening his mouth to reply when he noticed something."Where's Everett? He's always with you." Then another thing clicked in his brain, Shane had gone down to the kitchen and hadn't come back yet...His glare only got deeper as he noticed what they were doing."Get the hell out of my way Jacoby."

[Fallen]

Shane nodded. “Okay.” He agreed faintly. He finished the dishes and dried his hands.

Jacoby rolled his eyes. “Everett’s doing whatever he wants. You know that.” He commented. “And what if I don’t? It’s not like you could win in a fight against me.” Jacoby challenged despite the fact that he really didn’t look intimidating at all.

[TeddyBear {HarpyAshe} **Well You Built Up A World Of Magic, Cause Your Real Life Is Tragic**]

Everett nodded his head, glad that he was going to at least give it a shot."Okay. Tomorrow stop taking them, let me know how it goes throughout the day."

"Jacoby I don't wanna fight, but I will if you don't get the fuck out of my way," Payton replied, giving him a shove backwards and trying to move around him.

"Payton, stop," Vivian said, looking at the two of them with worried eyes. She didn't want them to fight.

[Fallen]

Shane nodded. “Okay. Watch out for payton though.” He cautioned, knowing how protective Payton was when it came to him.

Jacoby shoved him back lightly. “Shane is just fine. Everett probably isn’t even with him. And even if he was, don’t ya think he can handle himself by now?”

[TeddyBear {HarpyAshe} **Well You Built Up A World Of Magic, Cause Your Real Life Is Tragic**]

"Yeah, your boyfriend is really protective," Everett said with a slight roll of his eyes. Well, at least he viewed them as being together. He knew that Payton liked the other guy anyways, it was painfully obvious.

"Fuckin- no he can't! This is why he needs me around him all the time because you people want to mess with him!" Payton raised his voice, grabbing Jacoby's wrists when he pushed him and gripping tightly onto him. Partway through him holding him though, his hands started to get hot, which made Jacoby's arms start to get hot.

(( I don't think I told you, but I changed Payton's species to demon...so he can burn people and shit, yay! Haha ))

[Fallen]

“He’s not. We’re not dating.” Shane mumbled quickly. He glanced over at Everett before heading out of the kitchen.

Jacoby didn’t react, letting payton hold onto him until it started to burn. He tried to pull his arms away.

(Oooh, okay, sounds good to me)

[TeddyBear {HarpyAshe} **Well You Built Up A World Of Magic, Cause Your Real Life Is Tragic**]

Everett watched as he left the kitchen, shrugging."Could've fooled me." He said this mostly to himself, wondering how Jacoby and Vivian had handled Payton.

Payton didn't let him go though, just continued to hold onto him with his hands just getting hotter and hotter."The hell is your problem?! Huh?! All of you?! Just because you think there's nothing wrong with you, it doesn't give you any kinda right to try and tell us otherwise! Make us think we're even more crazy than we already am!"

[Fallen]

Shane shrugged and headed back upstairs. He froze for a moment when he saw payton holding Jacoby. “Hey!” He snapped lowly.

Jacoby squirmed a bit. “You say you’re normal as you’re fucking trying to melt my hands off!” He shouted, kicking at his leg to try and make him let go.

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Payton didn't even hear Shane as he came up the steps, far too focused on Jacoby and his anger. His struggling only fueled that feeling more and his grip got tighter."What's the problem? You and that dick wanted to talk to me so much before but now you're trying to get away? Don't like being put in a position you don't like do ya?" This wasn't even Payton talking at this point, he was just loosing himself to this...demonic power that was suddenly there.

"Payton, stop it!" Vivian yelled, putting her hands on his arms and trying to pry his hands away from Jacoby, but he wasn't budging.

[Fallen]

Shane shook his head to snap out of it. He moved and wedged his way between the boys, putting his hands on Payton’s chest and trying to push him back. “I’m fine. Payton. That’s enough. You’ve gotta let him go.” He told him.

Jacoby stopped struggling, just staring as Payton seemed to want to kill him.

[TeddyBear {HarpyAshe} **Well You Built Up A World Of Magic, Cause Your Real Life Is Tragic**]

Payton didn't let go for a little bit, keeping his hands on Jacoby as Shane got in between them. He did look at Shane but, even seeing his best friend there and hearing his words, he did not move. It was only when a fairly large book was tossed at his face that his grip loosened from Jacoby's arms and he was pushed back, his hand going up to his face and he cursed slightly from the pain.

Vivian had been the one to throw the book at him, not with her powers, just picked up a book and threw it. She didn't know what else to do."Sorry Payton." She said to him as she went to Jacoby's touching his arms."Are you okay?!" Jacoby's arms seemed to be burned quite horribly, a 3rd degree burn at least and, if it had continued to go on, it would have climbed up to a 4th.

[Fallen]

Shane frowned and kept trying to get through to Payton but nothing was working until the book hit him in the face. He grabbed Payton’s arms and tugged him into their room to prevent him from going back after Jacoby. “What was that about? Did you see what you did to him?”

Jacoby fell back against the wall a bit once he was finally let go. He looked over his wrists quietly, not saying anything. It hurt but he figured he could handle it and it’d heal without much trouble. He never had an issue with stuff healing. “Mm fine.” He mumbled faintly.

[TeddyBear {HarpyAshe} **Well You Built Up A World Of Magic, Cause Your Real Life Is Tragic**]

Payton was still holding his face when he was tugged into his room by Shane, not saying anything for a moment. He lifted his head after a second and looked at him, his expression back to normal. Like nothing had happened."What're you talking about?"

"That doesn't look fine...Should I go get one of the doctors?" Vivian asked, seeing just how bad they were. She gave a gentle tug on Jacoby and started leading him towards her room.

[Fallen]

"You just burned the shit out of Jacoby's wrists. With nothing but your hands." Shane told him quickly. "How did you do that? How did you not realize you were hurting him" He questioned, a bit freaked out by it all.

"No. No. It's fine." Jacoby assured though he did comply and follow her back to her room.

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Payton furrowed his eyebrows at Shane's words, shaking his head."What? No, I was just talking to him and I grabbed his wrist." That was all he remembered, trying to get Jacoby out of the way and then he had grabbed him. Next he remembered was being pulled in the room. And, unlike Jacoby's wrists, Payton's hand were not burned from the heat.

"Okay, we at least need to clean those," Vivian said, opening up her door and letting Jacoby go in. She moved with him into her bathroom and turned on the sink water."Here, put your arms under that."

[Fallen]

Shane shook his head. “No. That’s not what happened. I don’t know how you did that but you did something.” He told him.

Jacoby shook his head. “It’s fine. I can cleaning it up. I just need to cover it so Everett doesn’t see. He’ll flip his shit and go after payton..” he assured quietly, looming over the burns. Only the edges hurt but his skin was definitely angry looking.

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Payton furrowed his eyebrows, very confused. He had burned Jacoby? How though?"I couldn't burn him Shane, I don't have anything on me to light a fire."

"Jacoby, please?" Vivian said, looking at him with a concerned, pleading look on her eyes. She was very worried about him."It'll probably feel better under some cold water and then I can help you wrap it up."

[Fallen]

“well, something burnt him. You’re the only one who touched him. So you think about that..” Shane suggested, thinking that maybe that was what Everett was talking about.

“It doesn’t even hurt. It’s weird to see my skin essentially charred where he held me but only the edges really hurt. I’m fine.” Jacoby promised, studying the burns. He didn’t seem extremely bothered, more just fascinated. Probably not the best reaction but he wasn’t thinking about that.

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"But I didn't-," Payton cut himself off, looking down at his hands and breathing a bit heavily. How could he have burned Payton? He didn't even have anything hot on him! It's not like he could emit heat from his hands! Right....?

Vivian bit her lip, looking down a bit in worry. What in the world had that been about anyways? How did Payton burn him like that?

[Fallen]

Shane stayed near him and watched him worriedly. He touched Payton’s hands to see if they were warm or how he possibly could’ve burned Jacoby so bad. “It. I just. I don’t know what happened payton. I just saw you holding him and his arms were smoking and we couldn’t get you to let go.” He explained.

Jacoby glanced at her. “Do you just have a couple bandages or something? I can wrap it up and I’ll take care of it.” He assured, trying to keep her from worrying.

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Payton's hands were no longer warm, they just felt like normal hands. He chewed on the inside of his lip and shook his head, not believing it. How could he though!? He wasn't the type of person to do that for one thing, and another...it just wasn't possible!

"Yeah, I do," Vivian replied, wishing that he would run it under some water first to sort of clean it and make it feel better. It had to burn after all, it looked pretty bad. She got the bandages out, but did not give them to Jacoby."Can I at least wrap it for you? Please?"

[Fallen]

Shane shrugged. “I think you’ll have to look later then. Cause either something more is going on or Vivian and I shared a solution.” He commented softly, watching him worriedly.

Jacoby shook his head. “I can handle it. Thank you though.” He told her kindly. “I also can’t keep Everett waiting or he’ll come looking.”

[TeddyBear {HarpyAshe} **Well You Built Up A World Of Magic, Cause Your Real Life Is Tragic**]

Payton looked at him, thinking about it for a second."You saw me burning him? Like...you saw him get burnt where I was touching him?" He was just so shocked by what he was telling him...it was just hard for him to believe it.

Vivian frowned slightly, wishing he would let her help. But she just handed the bandages over to him anyways.

[Fallen]

“You were holding his wrists. You let go. His wrists look charred. The whole hall reeks of burnt skin.” He mumbled quietly. Shane shrugged at him. “I can check in a bit.”

Jacoby took the bandages. He started to try and wrap them but it stung a bit. “Uhh. Owww. Ugh. Fuck it.” He said, setting them on the counter.

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Payton listened to his words, looking down at his hands. There was nothing on them, nothing that would suggest that he had just burned someone. But Shane said he did. Vivian and Jacoby said that there was something about him. Were they actually right?

Vivian watched as he tried to do it, seeing him struggling. She looked at them and reached for a rag, getting some cold water on it and ringing most of it out."Let me help?"

[Fallen]

Shane stayed close to him, worried. “You feel okay though right? Didn’t even notice you were doing it?” He asked to try and understand.

Jacoby sighed before nodding and holding his arms out. “It hurts to move them. But like where it looks like it’s burnt super bad it feels fine..” he mumbled to explain. “Don’t tell the doctors. Okay?”

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"No I didn't even know...I grabbed him and then, next thing I knew you were pulling me in here," Payton replied with a shake of his head. He didn't even remember it. How? It literally had just happened!

"Probably because it's burn so bad, you might have lost the feeling in it," Vivian said, it was close to a 4th degree burn after all. She put the towel gently on one of his wrists, not wiping though. No, that would probably hurt much, much worse.

[Fallen]

Shane nodded. "Alright." He agreed. He had lots more questions but he left it be. "Let's just sit and chill for a few?" He suggested quietly. He let Payton go, trying to figure out how to explain what he saw happen.

"Hmm, well, that's gonna be awkward to explain to the doctors." He commented softly. Jacoby kept his arms held out so she could touch his wrists.

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Payton nodded slowly, sinking down into his bed as he tried to wrap his head around what Shane told him. It was just so hard to believe! Cause it wasn't even humanly possible to do what he said he did!

"Yeah. Just try not to let them know what happened," Vivian replied, letting the rag just rest on Jacoby's arms for a little bit, hopefully that would help them to feel a little bit better.

[Fallen]

Shane moved and sat beside payton. “We’ll figure it out later.” He assured quietly. He didn’t even know what to really do about it but he’d figure it out later.

Jacoby nodded. “Well. Obviously. But if it doesn’t heal they’re gonna ask questions.” He mumbled softly. He sighed softly and stayed still while she let the rag rest on the burns.

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"I don't know how we're gonna figure it out again because it doesn't even make sense!" Payton said with a shake of his head, biting his lower lip as he sat there. He was pretty damn freaked out and, as much as he was trying to tell himself that they were all lying, he knew they weren't. Because Shane would never lie to him.

"True," Vivian replied, letting it continue to sit as she got the stuff out she would need. Thankfully, there was some burn cream in there."You think Payton is alright?"

[Fallen]

Shane shrugged. “I know. It doesn’t make sense. But we’ll figure it out. It’ll just take some time.” He reassured gently. He shifted and gently wrapped an arm around him.

“Hopefully. He looked pretty freaked out.” Jacoby mumbled quietly. He wanted to let her help but knew that Everett was probably looking for him.

[TeddyBear {HarpyAshe} **Well You Built Up A World Of Magic, Cause Your Real Life Is Tragic**]

Payton looked at him when he felt that arm around him, hesitating for a moment before leaning closer into him, resting his head down on his shoulder. He just needed to work on calming down, just trying to process this. Freaking and stressing about it wasn't going to help with anything.

"Yeah he did. But Shane is with him so he should be doing alright. As alright as he can be right now anyways," Vivian replied, taking the rag off of him after a second before grabbing the cream she was gonna use and started very gently putting that onto his cuts, not wanting to hurt him more if possible.

[Fallen]

Shane wrapped his other arm around him and held him close. He didn’t know how else to help or what to do to help him.

Jacoby nodded. “Yeah. Good that he’s not alone.” He agreed quietly. He leaned against the wall and bit his lip as she put some stuff on the burns.

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Payton didn't say anything, didn't know what to say really. He just needed to relax honestly. So that's what he was gonna try to do. Just take some deep breaths.

Vivian tried to be as gentle, but quick with it as she could, beginning to wrap it up with bandages afterwards."You really scared me. Well, the two of you. I thought he was gonna kill you for a second there."

[Fallen]

Shane shifted and laid on the bed, tugging him down with him gently. “It’ll be okay.” He promised faintly.

Jacoby glanced back to her. “Yeah, thankfully he didn’t. I think that the doctors may have freaked out if he did.” He mumbled softly. “Hopefully it’ll heal quickly..”

[TeddyBear {HarpyAshe} **Well You Built Up A World Of Magic, Cause Your Real Life Is Tragic**]

Payton looked up when he was suddenly being tugged down, going with him though even though he was blushing a little bit. Sure, they had snuggled a bunch before, but that was typically on accident when they decided to share one another bed. He found himself nodding at his words of promise and shut his eyes, taking deep breaths still.

"Yeah that would be a cause for freaking out if I ever saw one," Vivian replied with chuckle, though that quickly went away after a moment. It was clear she was actually pretty freaked out.

[Fallen]

Shane rubbed his side gently. He wasn’t uncomfortable to be that close to him, just hoping to provide some comfort and help calm him down.

Jacoby stayed still as she wrapped his arms. He frowned slightly at her laugh and everything. “I’m okay.” He assured her gently.

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Vivian looked at him and stopped wrapping his arm for a moment, her shoulders slumping."I just...I've never seen you be hurt before, especially not like that. It was really, really scary."