Lost, lost and found (a small add on)

Josh started to feel light headed. His vision became blurred. He tried to navigate them away and around the Gloom but he seemingly went closer to it. Everyone in the bubble was shouting at him. He could not focus on them and what he was doing. He felt his power drain as if someone was taking it away. The telekinetic bubble flickered.

“What the hell is going on,” shouted Chris. “He’s going to drop us.”

“He.Is.Being.Drained,” said Twelve. “It.Is.Coming.From.Within.Interesting.Fight.It.

Josh.”

“Josh,” Kimmy said, “just focus.”

“Please,” said Sara. “I cannot save everyone.”

“I could give us a web to land in but I need time….” Bat said as he was caught off.

There was no warning. The bubble burst and everyone fell from hundred feet in the air towards the ground that was not going to be kind to most of them. With the warning that using their powers might reignite Andy’s control there was back and forth thinking going on in certain people’s heads. The decision had to be made before the ground made it for them. Those that did have the power to save were taking a nap. Wade was one of those people and he was rudely awaken and could not understand what was going on.

“What do they think they are doing,” JJ yelled. “Land the ship. Land it on top of them if you have to.”

Kel knew that that was not JJ really wanted so he hit several buttons and made sure to land as close to them as possible. “Got it.” The Democritic shook as it was taken down.

There were screams that could be heard outside of the ship. There was also yelling.

Outside everyone had been pushed by the air that the Democritic was spitting out as it was landing. People were tumbling across the ground and others were just flying through the air until they hit the side of another house. They were taken by surprise. None of them heard the ship coming and when they did realize that the Democritic was there they were being thrown about in the air.

Blue and red smoke appeared as Jayden, Dustin, JJ and Dan stepped out from being teleported.

JJ shouted over the Democritc engines, which were still on, “Do not move.”

Jayden quickly teleported and snatched the battered Shawn, who was also tossed by the ship, and teleported back next to JJ. Jayden looked him over using his yellow hued eyes and three handed fingers to make sure he was not seriously injured. “He appears to be alright but he’s bleeding out of his nose.”

The Democritic’s door opened and a ramp came down. Everyone flowed out. Thomas walked over to JJ and looked down at Shawn and started to see what he could do.

Dustin appeared next to the entangled idiots that consisted of Cudmore, Mat, Mike, Casey and MarcII. “This is a gross orgy of stupid.” He kicked all of them away from Casey, because he knew she was the most dangerous, and lifted her up. She did not even fight him. He looked her over and realized something and said, “Why aren’t you healing?”

She spit out blood and said with spit garbling her words, “I don’t know. Moron. I’ll kill you even with this hindrance.”

Dustin gave her a face and said, “You’re stupid.” And then he tossed her aside. She hit the ground hard. She tried to move from where she landed but she just groaned in pain. Her hands had been ripped for the bones that kept her in place were exactly where Shawn had put them in the ground.

Dan looked through the remaining people and lifted up Cudmore and said, “Why did you do this? You caused all this distruction because of a whore like Josiah?”

Cudmore was about to speak but his mouth was full of blood. When he opened his mouth the blood fell out of his mouth and went down his neck. That was when Dan noticed the bare spots that were randomly all over both Cudmore’s arms. His blue fur was missing. Was it falling out?

Dan made a face.

MarcII said, “Be careful,” he got up and moved away from them all, “he’s infected. It’s contagious more so when it’s progressed as far as his has.”

Dan dropped Cudmore and he landed on top of Mike and Mat’s bodies who seemed to be awake but just was not moving.

“There was no fight left in these idiots,” said Dustin as he headed back to JJ.

“What are we going to do with the rest of them,” Kel asked.

“Nothing,” said Dan as he walked up with MarcII. “He has something to share.”

MarcII pointed at Shawn and said, “He’s infected with the virus. As is Casey or so it would seem. It attacks the very thing that gives us our powers and disables the powers unless they are forcefully used by the person. If the person forcibly uses them it will make the virus act quicker and deadlier.”

“This day has been too long,” said JJ. “We are taking the idiot Shawn with us. Leave everyone else to fend for them selves.”

“How humane is that,” Kel asked.

“It’s not fair that I have to decide this based on who is with us and who is against us,” said JJ. “But bring them back with us is not a choice that is worth risking. Them coming with us will allow them to have the upper-hand and if they decide they don’t want our help they can infect more of us.”

Shawn was not moving or reacting to what Thomas was doing. Thomas said, “Whatever was making him bleed I’ve stopped. But the virus is totally different. I cannot heal that. It is as if it’s immune to any affects of anyone’s powers…which, I’m guessing, would mean that if Dustin contracts it his healing factor will not be a factor in saving him that time.”

Dustin lets out a sigh. “Well that freakin’ blows. I’m not afraid though. Not at all.”

Korey telepathically said, “I found Josiah and he is not awake. He looks very bad. This bruise on his forehead looks like it could have killed him but he’s not dead. There is a pool of blood but I’m not really that close to him.”

“Step away,” JJ replied telepathically, “the virus is deadly and more contagious the longer the person has it.”

Korey stepped away and rejoined the group.

“We cannot just leave this mess,” said Adrian as he looked around at all the bodies. “They could infect more people.”

“What is it that we should do,” JJ asked. “We do not have the resources to contain them, that’s something that Jeff’s people can do. But they are too interested in who is going to gain power than what this virus is going to do to everyone.”

“We,” said Adrian as he looked directly at JJ, “are the heroes we should do something. We are the hope.”

JJ sighed realizing that Adrian was right, for the most part. “What is it that we can do?” Then JJ thought of something, “Kel and Kenny and Thomas will stay behind and contain everyone. Kenny would be able to touch them because he can get cold enough to keep the virus from infecting him---I’d assume since the human body is warmer and it seems to flursh in such an environment. Kel will burn the clothes they have on and y’all can fix them up with whatever Josiah has in his house. Thomas can heal them the best he can and all of you get them in the house and seal it the best you can. That should keep them out of the way and from infecting anyone else. Yes it sounds horrible to keep them locked up but we don’t have a cure yet and this is the best idea I believe we can think of.”

Adrian said, “That’s better, JJ.” He put his hand on JJ’s shoulder.

Kel said, “I like being depended on. This is going to be simple and easy. We’ll be back before you know it.”

“That’s what people say in horror movies before they die,” said Kenny.

“Yes well I wasn’t the one saying it,” said Kel with a grin. Him and Kenny walked off towards the Cudmore and the others that were still lumped together.

Thomas said, “Don’t worry too much, JJ. We’ll get this done. I don’t need rest. Kel and Kenny must have had some sort of nap while tied together. Go home. Get rest. Allow Twelve to figure out what is going on with the virus. He’s smart.”

Thomas walked off and JJ silently agreed with Thomas.

“Come with us MarcII,” said JJ. “We’ll need you to help find a cure for this lovely killer of a virus created by an underground fool of a man.”

“Whatever you just said I only understood you asking me to help find a cure,” said MarcII. “I will come for that, sure.”

Everyone else got back on the Democritic. Jayden carried Shawn carefully onto the ship. He lowered him down on one of the beds the ship had in the back. He secured him in and sat in the chair at the foot of the bed. The rest of the team sat in the front area and buckled up. JJ gave the flight control over to Anthony. He got it up and running and they headed home.