Slice of Life

Kayley had been, to put it plainly, not in the best of moods for a while. It didn't take a genius to figure out what had happened in the news at that performance where the place got frozen over. Jackie was nowhere to be found and she felt worried and angry. Worried because she had no way of knowing if her best friend was even alive anymore, and angry for being unable to do anything. If she'd just been there, she might have been able to help her, she might have been able to keep her friend from ending up hunted or dead.

It had affected her vigilante activities as well. That extra three blows to Sub-Human's solar-plexus with his own bread-bat. Sending the Tumbler flying into a wall with a plasma bomb when his violent PC policing annoyed her ten times more then it normally did. Going all-out on Shockwave before he got the first blast in. And of course more then a few thugs winding up needing some hospital attention. Her behavior had not gone unnoticed by her sister, who practically grounded her till she calmed the hell down as Neos did not need that kind of PR if she truly lost control on someone. Kayley resisted. Aggressively. Then she remembered the hard way that Lucy taught her everything she knew, but not everything Lucy herself knew and a sleeper hold put an abrupt end to that and when Kayley woke in her room after, Lucy had put her foot down on no patrolling till she decided otherwise. And made her clean up the mess that Kayley had made downstairs in the dispute.

This had left the teen more then a little sullen as she sat down, pulling out her sketchbook. She'd calmed down over the grounding, her sister explained survivor's guilt to her, but she was still upset at herself for failing to keep Jackie safe like she'd promised the girl. As a teenager it was more then a little difficult to accept that her sister was right, that she wasn't in any state for routine hero patrol work.

Or drawing. Her mind had been a blank, all she could think of was the last time she'd seen Jackie, and the empty desk in fourth period reminded her of it every day in school. The class's new students had gone almost entirely unnoticed by her due to this distraction as she sat there, until they both seemed to speak to themselves, causing her to look over. One was a boy, not bad looking though looking like he'd rather be somewhere else. The girl, a redhead with a comic, looked awfully familiar, but Kayley chalked it up to seeing things, just reminders that played tricks on her mind. "Cool comic," she said, deciding to try and be nice and get out of her shell a little. Maybe if she tried, she might be able to get her mind off it all, and Lucy would lift her grounding sooner rather then later.

OUTFIT


Phantom Frost Flower

Jackie jumped as the girl next to her spoke up. She missed Kayley walking in. "You-" she spoke up but the teacher insisted on them taking a quiz. Jackie tired a bright red. She hadnt studied do any of this. Yet she did her best. When the bell rang and every one got up she had to stop Kayley before she left. So the girl stood up and moved towards kayley grabbing her hand tightly before she could leave.

"Kay!" She called out in the loudest whisper of a voice. "Wait for me." She spoke, wanting nothing more for the girl before her to notice her one more time. Her attention was taken from kayley when the school bully walked up to the group. Jackie squealed in nervousness but he wasn't interested in her but the boy next to them.

"Kayley.... that boy.... he's going to get hurt. " She spoke quitely clenching into the comic book in one hand and kayleys hand with her other one. "What if we have to step in and help? Be heroes like your comics." She smiled softly. Then turning a shade of red. "I-I missed you."

Jackie kept her ice blue eyes on the girl.

Kayley lead jackie out to the hall and closer to some empty lockers. The disguised clad girl never taking her hand from the others. When asked about what was going on jackie bit her bottom lip nervously. Letting go of kayleys hand she lifted the ball cap up a bit and showed the girl the blonde hair underneath.

"After what happened, I was so scared. I knew they would come for me. Just a matter of time. So when i got home i found the cops were already there, i heard my foster parents." She sighed and looked away. "So I thought I should leave. But the more I ran away the worse my powers became. I met a boy in the woods of San Francisco. He was very helpful and kind. After that I decided not to run anymore and i came back...." She spoke softly. "I decided I want to be good. I want to be.... I ..." She took a deep breath.

"I wanna be the person you see in me, not the monster I think I am, because I think you see peices I can't see and i just." She teared up a bit. " I missed you so much." Jackie reached out for kayley wanting nothing more then to embrace the girl before her, just like old times.

Passing the two girls in the hallway, Blake managed to overhear part of their conversation. The was one word muttered that popped out to him, "Jackie". Acting like he wasn't listening, the boy secretly eavesdropped. As if to confirm his suspicions, he glanced over at the red haired woman and, barely able to manage to make out, he saw a shimmer of blonde hair. While normally the name and a wig wouldn't mean much to most people, as far as the average person would surmise, this woman was part of the drama club. However, the ninja knew better than to trust a simple coincidence. This lady was his target. Odd though, she wasn't as volatile as the spec ops made her out to be. Perhaps embellishing their data, the information was construed? This is exactly why the boy preferred to get his intel from the source. Unfiltered, unopinionated facts are the most truthful and give the greatest source of material to work with.

Giving a sigh, the boy decided to keep his investigation going for now. This wasn't a typical sneak and strike afterall. Should he deem it necessary, Phantom will put the girl down without a moment's notice. But he has a thing about attacked innocent people, regardless of their position or situation. For now, just remain undercover, the truth will be revealed eventually.

While the next class was a simple breeze, the time flew by all too quickly for him. As the bell rang for lunch, Blake gave a sigh, packing his belongings. There was a place he had to be, regardless of his desire to be there or not. A certain bully challenged the clan member and it would be dishonorable to not go through with it. Putting his items in the locker before heading outside to the commons center, he waited for the challenger to arrive. Within a few minutes, he showed, a smirk on his face. Looking the man over, Brad was a good foot taller than Blake with muscles to match the size. One of the top performers of the sports teams and a good blow could prove to be fatal. Most people the size of Blake would be a little hesitant, then again, Blake is far from normal.

With a disinterested look and hands in his pockets, Phantom looked at the man dancing on his toes, hands protecting his face. Clearly some experience in kickboxing and not used to losing as the man was all too self-confident. "Last chance now, newbie, beg and I might go easy on you." Closing his eyes and speaking in a calmed tone, Blake responded, "The zebra does not plead for mercy from the lion, regardless of its fate." "I don't know what crap you're trying to spew, but whatever it is, it's your final words."

Not even looking at the man, the ninja already could tell where the first strike was coming from. A left haymaker, aimed for the temple. Right before contact, the boy leaned to the side just enough that the strike missed, the wind brushing against his cheek. A second strike, direct from the front. Once more, a slight bend caused the strike to miss. With the smaller boy's fluid movements, he was merely toying with his opponent. A final strike, a kick, mid-height. Stepping to the side, the leg caught nothing but air. Using the brief moment of instability it would cause, he rushed into his target, a forceful knee connect with the bully's gut. With the sound of a painful gasp, he spewed his lunch onto the pavement. Ensuring the fight would end right there, Blake slammed his leg down on Brad's back, level with the shoulder blades, falling to the ground, the instigator was unconscious, without a single scratch on the ninja.

"One that brags merely covers their incompetents." With those final words, Blake turned on his heels and headed inside to see what was on the menu for lunch. He was thinking about having a simple ham and cheese sandwich.

Frost Flower
Gemstone

Kayley had emerged from the lunch line with an ample supply of food just in time to see the new boy trash the jock in as many hits as it took seconds to win, causing her to stand there a moment trying to process what she just witnessed. It was kind of like seeing her sister in action. She should know, Lucy had sent her face-first into the mat during sparring exercises at the gym more times then she could remember. She was about to sit down without a second thought when she saw Jackie rush over to help the defeated bully. She had absolutely no love for the asshole who tormented boys who were smaller then him and harassed every girl he could so the sight was surprising to say the least. Did Jackie know anything about this guy who finally got his first taste of humble pie?

Deciding she had to hear about this she approached, looking down at Jackie and the barely conscious jock. "Ehhh... Hey, Jackie... what's up?" she asked. "Saw him get his ass kicked... my opinion, it was a long time coming. There's... something up with that new boy, I tell you. He's gotta be like my sister's level..."

Granted she couldn't be sure if he was more capable then her sister or not, she'd only watched a very brief exchange, but she could make an educated guess for now. Either way, that new boy there was something very strange about him...

Phantom Frost Flower

Jackie looked up at kayley as she spoke about the new kid and how there was something off about him. This made Jackie worry, she had been waiting along time for someone to hunt her down. Perhaps this is what she feared the most. He couldn't be, could he? He was to young to work for the goverment, he was just a kid like her.

"W-well maybe he's um... a hero like you." She whispered softly. Her voice sounded more like she was trying to reassure herself that she was safe from any harm that came from the goverment. "Maybe we can keep an eye on him or um... invite him to tea.... wait no tea. I don't have any....." She whispered worried. As the bully started to wake Jackie smiled at him, by this time she wasn't using any powers on him.

"Hope you are well?" Jackie asked as the boy sat up.

"Great now the nerd squad thinks it's okay to talk to me. Gross." Standing and stumbling his way to the nurse he fell from jackies site. Which caused the girl to sign. Was it really that hard to be kind?

What came after lunch was gym and well Jackie was not looking forward to it. In the locker room she pulled off her regular shirt and pants. She was wearing a matching set of pastel pink laced undergarments, which hugged her in all the right ways. She then slipped the sport shorts on and pulled her shirt on which in her case was a size too small in the chest area. Jackie tugged and pulled but no matter what she couldn't get it to look unnoticeable. Giving a sigh of defeat Jackie turned to marvel at Kayley.

The other girl looked beautiful, the way her body was designed and the full form of the girl made Jackie blush. Quickly Jackie turned away and fumbled with her fingers until it was time to go into the gym.

"Kayley its him. That boy.... BLAKE." She spoke a little to loud as she remembered his name. She did hope he didn't hear her as she really didn't want attention, after all he did look busy talking to the other boys.