Golden Opportunities

by **Andrew** June 25th 2012, 6:50 pm

It was an early saturday morning and Andrew had planned to hit the yoga studio today for some meditation. He got in the shower and got dressed and went about his routine. It was about 8:30 and it was a half an hour drive, so he he had some time to kill. Opening his laptop, he looked through his e-mails. Many were jokes from A.I., some from his college, and a few from his mom and dad. Nothing special today. Opening one of A.I.'s emails it was a picture of him wearing Andrew's clothes, flipping him off. "Excellent." Andrew chuckled to himself.

Andrew grabbed his backpack with his Phoenix gear in it, and threw on some sunglasses. Hoping into his car, he turned the radio to a classic rock station, adjusted his mirror, and off he went. It was a warm morning, and he was glad he decided to wear shorts and a muscle shirt. His phone rang, looking down he saw it was A.I. "What's up buddy?" Andrew asked pressing the answer button. The call gave out before he could get an answer. "Ah, he'el forgive me."

Andrew pulled into the yoga studio parking lot, and hopped out of his mustang. Locking the door, he headed for the entrance. "Good morning Mrs.Kii" Andrew said bowing his head with a smile.
"Good morning Andrew." she replied with a smile back.
He removed his shoes and walked onto the floor.
He took his seat and crossed his legs, and began to clear his mind.
He opened his eyes and looked to his left to see a particularly attractive woman walking into the studio.

by **Chellizard** June 25th 2012, 7:04 pm

On days that Tyuki wasn't attempting to be a heroin, she was being her usual, Yoga loving self. She woke up early and had a nice breakfast on Yoga day, and ran a mile on her treadmill. Still bunking with her god-parents wasn't a bad thing, but if she was serious about getting out of here, and living her life without going the local college. She had hopes of going to Oxford, or just some big University, but not a community college. That's all her god-parents were going to pay for, until Tyuki turned 21. When she turned 21, she got all the savings her parents had. Her parents weren't exactly rich bastards, but they invested into a lot of stocks and that gave them loads of money.

Tyuki, on her bicycle, rode the short distance to Kii-san's Yoga Studio. She had been going here forever, now, and was definitely a regular. She bounced into the room with a bottle of water, a banana, and a granola bar. "Kii-saaan!" cooed Tyuki as she rollled out her Yoga mat. She abandoned her running/bicycle shoes and socks at the door in her cubby hole and perched herself ontop of her pink mat with cute while flowers on one corner. "It's good you finally joined us, Tyuki-chan. Now, let everything clear out of your minds and just breathe." Before she had settled, she saw a newer addition to the class. She gave him an idle wave and sat down on her mat.

Tyuki relaxed while sitting, breathing in through her nose, and out through her mouth. She always took her Yoga seriously. It helped her calm down, and become less of a bitch. After her night with Eclipse, or Bliss, she was so glad they had lived. She dedicated more of her time to working out now, and becoming more fit. She had a great figure, and why not make it better with proper nutrition and exercise? "Now, stretch your legs infront of you and reach for your toes, but lean back and keep yourself from laying down completely, class." Tyuki did this with ease, her eyes closed while the end of her pony-tail brushed her mat.

by **Andrew** June 26th 2012, 12:30 am

Andrew waved back at the girl that caught his eye, and smiled. He turned back to his business and continued breathing in through his nose and out through his mouth deeply. Andrew was feeling at peace with himself. For the first time in a long time, nothing was bothering him. The words of his ex girlfriend popped into his head. "I just want to be friends." he cringed for a moment, almost creating some fire, but then let it go. He had been having internal battle's like this for some time. He was finally starting to win them.

The yoga class came to an end in what seemed like minutes. Time flew by as Andrew had been deep in thought. Normally when meditating at home, he also concentrated his fire ability. A few times throughout the duration of the class, he almost slipped up. He got up, and picked up his mat. Walking off the floor he once again saw the same girl. "Say something to her you idiot." he thought to himself. Just then one of his old friends saw him from behind.
"Andrew?!" she asked excited.
"Oh hey Emily, how you been?" he said with a smile
She gave him a big hug and he had lost sight of the girl.
"Smooth Andrew." he thought to himself.

"Call me sometime we should catch up or something." hi old friend said.
"Sure thing, I'm over at the local college, so I'm around."
and Andrew walked out of the studio.
He looked down at his watch and saw he had a full day ahead of him.
He started walking and then turned his head to the left and looked down the ally way.

by **Chellizard** June 26th 2012, 12:51 am

Tyuki was pleased with the class, ending it in Tadasana; an upward standing position with your hands reaching upward. She clapped excitedly and waved around to a few friends and then slipped on her socks and shoes and was out in the alleyway, sitting on an old milk crate. She pulled her zippo out of her bag as well as a pre-rolled join and lit it up, taking a heavy toke and holding it in until her form was shaded by a taller shadow. She coughed and let the hit out with a heavy gasp passing her lips and her hand quickly hiding her lighter and the joint behind of her. "It's totally not what it looks like.. I swear!" She gave him an innocent look and even with shadows on his face, she could tell it was that newer guy she had never seen until today.

She coughed again and rubbed the lit end of the joint against the wall, putting it out, and then tucked it into her bag without him seeing too much. She was still in her tight bicycle pants and sports tank top, her hair in a high ponytail. She had bangs kissing her brow, almost casting a shadow over her bright green eyes. She looked Japanese, but you could tell she wasn't full-blooded. She licked her lips and coughed lightly again and just gave him a sheepish smile. "Uhm.. hehe.. Hi?" She said, pulling her backpack onto her shoulders and taking the short steps out of the alley. "Is it an everyday ritual of yours to stalk girls from yoga class into the alleyway? Or is this just a coinkidink?" She crossed her eyes in a playful manner and stuck out her tongue before walking toward her bike, which was chained next to his car ironically.

by **Andrew** June 26th 2012, 1:13 am

Andrew had walked into the ally and caught the same girl from yoga smoking a joint. He laughed a little. She had a minor freak out and quickly tried to change the subject. "Im not stalking anybody, but it's a good thing i'm not a cop." he smiled pointed to the girls pocket. "To be quite honest, I came out here to do the same thing you just were." he said with a smile. "I'm a college kid, I totally get it." suddenly cop cars flashed by the two and Andrew whipped his head quick. Racking his brain for excuses to chase after the police, he finally got one.

"Awh man, I left my stuff at home. Well I'll catch you next time." he said with a smile.
"Left my stuff at home. Arg you're soo off your game dude." he said almost smacking himself in the forehead.
He gave the girl a wave and headed for his car that held his Phoenix gear.
He opened his car, grabbed his backpack, and b-lined it for the closet ally. It was one over from where he had the encounter with that girl.

He threw his shirt off, revealing his toned body and tan, and quickly changed pants. He threw on his Phoenix jacker and pants. The final touch was his mask. Off he went to the crime seen to see what was going on.
Upon arrival after following multiple cop cars from the rooftops, he came across a bank robbery. "A few tough guys with guns? I can take em' " Phoenix said cracking his knuckles.
He leaped down the side of the building slamming a sword of flames into to brace the fall.
He adjusted the Katana on his back, and looked up at the bank under attack.
"Show time" he thought to himself

by **Chellizard** June 26th 2012, 1:22 am

She gave him a 'yeah, okay' smile and a half wave. He was flirting with her. She had given up boys for now, seeing as she was free from highschool, and she'd rather worry about herself that a relationship for now. At the sign of cop cars, and about four of them in a row, she had her interests peaked. She ducked back into that same alley and quickly peeled out of her tank top, and bicycle pants. She pulled on the catsuit and zipped it up the front and fashioned the half belts to keep it from coming off if it were unzipped. Finally, she slid on her new mask. It was a bit thinner than her old one, and kept her from sweating as badly this time, and it felt more comfortable.

Tyuki was quick, and on the run after stashing her bag into the dumpster. She had her weed and lighter with her, of course, and no other kind of weapon other than her gloved hands. She had no special gear, or equipment yet, but she could heal.. and if someone got shot, she could be there to help. She made it over to the scene as quick as possible and out of the corner of her eye, spotted some form of fire. With her hair down, no longer in the pony tail, she flicked her bangs from her face. Gun shots were heard, that not being old to her anymore. It was broad daylight, and the police were around, and so was some guy with a sword, and a torch? Or was it a power like Bliss' ice? "I've got this.. Nightingale, finally here to sing a song of victory!" She ran passed the one man with the katana and looked for a decent entrance. The roof would be a good start.

by **Andrew** June 26th 2012, 6:53 am

"Woah" was all Phoenix had to say as a heroine ran passed him.
Someone else was on the scene to help Phoenix it appeared.
"Hey wait up!" he shouted running after the girl. Kicking into overdrive he pumped his legs and caught up to her.
"From here you don't seem like a civilian, and I need some help. What do you say we do this together?" he asked kindly.

Phoenix leaped up onto roof and looked down through the glass ceiling. There were 8 armed men. Phoenix looked to see if the hero followed him, then turned back to the action. The criminals were lining up hostages, and trying to get the vault open. Phoenix took a few steps back, and un-sheithed his katana. He played the situation out in his head quickly, and various out comes that could happen. Taking a deep breath, Andrew jumped into the air, and crashed through the glass roof.

Coming down, Phoenix rolled and once standing threw his sword at one of the armed man's gun. With a mix of great accuracy and luck, the blade went straight through the trigger and stuck the gun to the wall.
"How 'bout that?" Phoenix said to himself with a bit of a grin.
The glory was short lived when 7 other armed men were closing in.

Phoenix created a bolt of fire in one hand, and a sword of fire in the other. "Alright boys, let's do this." Phoenix said to the thugs and he leaped into the air. Throwing the fire bolt at one of the men's guns, he watched it melt to pieces in the criminal's hand severely burning him.
This left 6 men, and one was rushing for his gun mounted on the wall. Phoenix ran through the crowd of men at super speed, approaching the unarmed thug, the punched him in the face with 45 percent power. Knocking out a few of the man's teeth, Phoenix through the out cold body to the floor, turning back to see bullets flying at him.

With one quick swing of his flame sword he split one of the assault rifles in half, rendering it useless. A swift kick to the temple was enough to lay him out as well.
Phoenix hopped back and took a bullet to the shoulder. "Jesus Christ!" Phoenix thought to himself, grabbing his arm in pain. He didn't have much tine to tend to his wound as more shots were being fired. "Fuck, gotta move" he thought to himself.
Phoenix rolled to his left and then pushed back with his legs to send him flying back a bit with his back on the floor. Phoenix pulled his legs back, and then sent them forward, creating a wave of fire towards the men.
He took one more glance too see how that heroine had made out.

by **Chellizard** June 26th 2012, 7:16 am

Tyuki cleared her throat and rose a brow at the boy. "Sure, why not?" She complied easily, and was considerably chill after that nice hit she took. Though the buzz was interrupted by that guy from Yoga class. She had to admit, if she were in the game, she'd totally pick him to hit a home run with. She flicked a bit of bangs from her eyes and watched as the man, who honestly looked to be early twenties, late teens, jump right up onto the roof. She bent down and attempted to do what he had. She had never jumped that high before, but she believed she could if he could, so why not?

The jump was successful. She hunkered down and watched from the aerial window as well and counted. Eight men, at least two dozen hostages. No one was going to be hurt as long as she was there. She followed after the Fire man, and dropped down next to him. She bounced lightly, bending her knees to take the fall. The soles of her boots helped absorb the falling shock as well. She then sprung into action. While he worked on three guys out of eight, she worked on four, and then the fifth.

She sent a swift round house kick to the first man, swinging around to dodge his gun. After being with Bliss, she wasn't that afraid anymore. She just pretended they were fake and that the noises were Real HD 3D sound effects. And that the pain she felt was just a sign that she was still alive. Her healing factor would activate sporadically, her eyes glowing and hair paling to protect her skin from bruising or scarring. She rammed the palm of her left hand into another man's nose, sending him flying. She then brought herself around, spinning as if she were putting on a ballet show.

He grunted and fired a few mis-aimed shots, one catching Fire-boy in the shoulder. She was going to move on to the other guys, but instead ducked and flipped backward, her foot catching to kick the man that had shot Fire-boy right in the groin. A painful groan passed his lips and he fell over, incapacitated. Tyuki moved with speed and haste. She slid on the marble floor and flipped a couch over and used it as a shield to tend to Fire-boy's wound. "My bad, I guess I could have been more careful.." She said, referring to spooking the guy into spray'n'praying for a hit.

She held her hand over his wound and her hair paled, her eyes started to glow bright white, and his wound started to regenerate. His muscle tissue grew back and forced the bullet out the way it came in, his skin healing over and then her hair and eyes returned to normal. She gave him a sheepish look, the same one she gave him in the alleyway; though she kind of didn't recognize Fire-boy to be the guy from Yoga class. He was still a stranger to her. "Let's get out there and take the other three down.." She said, nodding before moving out from behind of the couch.

by **Andrew** June 26th 2012, 7:35 am

Phoenix looked the girl who healed him in eyes and watched as they returned to their natural state of emerald. "No way." he almost gasped. He remembered such beautiful eyes. It couldn't be that girl from the ally. He saw her hair turn back to it's normal color as well. It was her alright. Phoenix said nothing about and and thanked her kindly with a wide smile. He honestly couldn't feel the pain in his arm any longer.

"Let's do this then." he said with a nod and stood up. He created a fireball in each hand and looked at his teammate. "I'll take the two on the left with the shoties, you go for Mr.AK on the left." and Phoenix dashed at the 2 men holding high powered shotguns. He sent the two fireballs directly at the barrels of the guns, making them completely useless.

Andrew saw an opening and took it, throwing a flurry of kicks and punches to the now unarmed men. He had successfully taken his two out, he turned back and checked to see how his partner was doing.
As she finished up he walked towards her and prepared his thank you in his head. She was still facing away, and from the corner of his eye he saw one of the downed men reach into his boot and take aim at the heroine. "He's gunna drill her!" Phoenix thought as he dashed forward and used his body to shield her's from the blade, the knife had stuck right in his back and it hurt. "Shit." Phoenix said, unable to reach the serrated dagger.

by **Chellizard** June 26th 2012, 7:45 am

She nodded at his plan and gave a short simple, "All right." She took off toward Mister AK-47 and dodged left and grabbed with her right hand for the barrel of the gun. She bent the gun's barrel and that proved she was more than just a girl with healing powers. She was strong. She then smirked at the man and said, "Good night." She spun, getting momentum, and allowed her knee to lift and slam into the man's solar plexus, winding him. She then grabbed his head and slammed it into her knee cap and bloodied his nose, knocking him out.

She was about to turn around, and did so successfully, her hair flipping around as she smiled, happy with the job they had done. She then furrowed her eye brows together, though they were hidden behind of her mask, and moved to Fire-boy immediately. "Oh gosh! Are you okay?" She asked, completely stupid of her, obviously. He was hurt, considering the six inch blade that had stuck into his back. Any deeper and he would be dead. She moved to him and grit her teeth.

"Hold your breath.. count to three." As soon as he started counting, she yanked it out at an angle so that it didn't tear anything else up. She then focused both hands over his wound and concentrated. Her hair paled, her eyes glowed, and the healing energy washed over the wound, stitching every single fiber and microfiber back into place.

"Good as new!" She said, taking a step back to take a gander at her handy work. Her hair slowly faded back to black, and her eyes back to green as well. She was pleased with this. She had usually only had to heal smaller wounds, but two large wounds in one day? Impressive on her scale of awesomeness. She smiled again and then the cops were filing in. The hostages were clapping and cheering. The police, however, did not like it when their job was done for them. They told both Tyuki and Fire-boy to put their hands up and drop to their knees.

She shook her head and said, "Not gonna happen," her feet shifting to take her away from the scene. Now she knew why Bliss had said 'No cops.' They would take anyone to jail, even the good guys... She bent her knees and jumped back up to the window they had come in and leaped away to another roof top. She had never done that, either. Luckily, she jumped high enough. Maybe fire-boy would follow her.

by **Andrew** June 26th 2012, 8:02 am

"Thank you so much" Phoenix said gratefully. The pleasantries were short lived as the cops came rushing in. His partner leaped out the window and the cops had their guns drawn on Phoenix. "Not getting shot twice in one day friends." Phoenix shouted over his shoulder with a smile. With a running leap he dove out the window, following his the girl from yoga class.

Once outside he looked around, and caught her leaping up a neighboring building. He took a running start and leaped up the building too. As they both stood there, Phoenix took his first steps towards the girl.
Looking her in the eye he started to talk. "So first of all, you are the definition of awesome, secondly, what's your name?"

"Thank you for everything here today. You were great! You kinda saved my butt back there...twice, so I owe ya one. Or two rather. But I have to say, you have an amazing gift." Phoenix said taking the young woman's hands. Letting them go, he reached into his pocket and pulled out a Talon communicator. "Listen, I run a team called the Talons, tonight you sparked an interest in me, and I feel you'd be a great addition to our group".
Sticking out his hand to hand her the device he asked "what do you say?"

by **Chellizard** June 26th 2012, 8:12 am

She stopped moving along the roof, her back to him and the wind brushing by to toss around her skirt. At his compliment, she smiled to herself, and then turned around to face him, her smile still kind of showing. "Nighingale," she said, giving her 'code-name' instead of her real one. She had given Bliss her name because they were going to die, or at least she thought they were. Thankfully, they did not. And here she was, getting compliment after compliment. With his hands holding onto her's, she felt a little awkward, and glance everywhere except his eyes. As soon as he let go, she allowed her eyes to meet with his passed her dark mask with gold designs.

Examining the communicator, it looked a lot like a cell phone. She had one of those, but had left it in her bag. She never really thought about bringing it with her when she was out and about 'fighting crime.' She took the cell phone looking thing and flipped it around in her hand and then tossed it up and caught it mid air. "I don't see why not!" And then a sudden gush of wind came by and blew her hair around.. and of course, of all the things to happen.. and of all the moments to happen.. her mask was blown off.

She cussed loudly and grabbed for it before it was blown away for good. She was /not/ making another one. She looked down and had her hair covering her face while she cussed and turned around, stomping on the floor. She was having such a badass moment, too. The kind you'd see in a movie.

She sighed and looked back to him, giving up on putting the mask back on and rolled her eyes. "Go ahead.. laugh at me.." She sighed and stuck the phone into her pocket and the motion had her zippo slipping out of her pocket. She cursed again and scooped it up, tucking it back into her pocket and she crossed her arms, wanting to just leap off the building, seeing as suicide would be a better option than this social suicide she was committing right now.

by **Andrew** June 26th 2012, 8:28 am

"Nightingale that's a cool name. I'm glad you decided to join us" suddenly the girls mask was blown off her face and revealed the face he had seen earlier at yoga, only verifying his earlier suspicions. The girl almost turned white, followed by a bright red. Phoenix smiled as the girl was having a minor freak out. "Relax, I've known who you were all along. I don't know your real name, but I know you from that yoga studio. This is going to be our secret." he said in a reassuring tone.

Phoenix took a deep breath and untied the back of his mask, letting it fall to the floor. His identity as Andrew Pettiglio was revealed to her and he turned a bit red. Not having the mask on around a girl like this really took away from his "go getter" attitude. "That's right... I'm Phoenix he said looking slightly down at the floor.
"Don't worry, your secret's safe with me." Andrew said with a smile.

The wind was really picking up, and it blew Phoenix's jacket right off him revealing his shirtless torso. "Now who's the embarrassed one?" he said looking at the girl and then back down at his upper body. "Mother nature can be a cruel, cruel woman sometimes." he said.
Phoenix wanted to curl up in a ball, instead he tried to play it off as a joke. He was in excellent shape, it was just a bit embarrassing to be half naked in front of a new teammate.

by **Chellizard** June 26th 2012, 8:48 am

At his announcement of knowing who she was, it got her suspicious and she looked at him with wide eyes. At the reassuring tone, as well as the further mention of it being a secret between them. She felt relief wash over her completely. She laughed and wondered why his voice and bone structure was mildly familiar. New Guy from Yoga Class! Her jaw slacked, and she gasped while bouncing slightly.

Now she just felt exposed, the too much cleavage showing top and skin tight cat-suit, not to mention the school girl skirt. She felt more blush crawl over her cheeks just as the wind picked up and blew open his jacket. Now she felt a bit less embarrassed and laughed. She wasn't laughing at him, just his humor and how ironic this situation could get. What was going to happen next? Was it going to start raining?

"What could happen next? A random thunderstorm from nowhere?" She was being sarcastic, but by the time she smiled and started laughing, a large roar of thunder screamed across the sky, and then rain fell in a staccato pattern to dampen her attire, and make her feel like this was just becoming one of those sappy romantic comedy movies. "Seriously..?" She asked, raising her brow to look up at the sky. She shook her head and spun around, looking up at the rain while he drenched her.

by **Andrew** June 26th 2012, 2:12 pm

The situation could've been much more awkward. "One would think." Phoenix said also looking up at the sky feeling the first drop of rain hit his forehead, and run down his face. The girl seemed to be getting a little bashful, maybe from here costume? "Are you embarrassed?" Phoenix asked in a joking tone to try and lighten the mood.
"Psychic too?" Phoenix asked pointing up at the flood gates opening. The rain was coming down hard and fast.
"We should get out of here" Phoenix said as lighting stuck in the sky above them. "I can drive you home if you'd like, cats hate water right?" Andrew said with a smile. Him and his new teammate seemed to get along great. "I left my car back at the yoga studio." Phoenix said giving this new girl's eyes one final look.

He turned towards the edge of the building, slamming his katana into the side, he looked back at his fellow Talon. "You coming?" he asked over his shoulder. He secretly hoped she'd say yes. He was enjoying hanging with this girl, and she was quickly growing on him.

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