Broken Soul (open)

[rocky]

July 30th:


The hart monitor goes pitch black. A red line across its screen. The sound of an annoying beep echoes threw out the hospital room. "Its impossible but I'm still alive." The man strapped to the bed says in a whisper. Nurses neglect the man, pass his door as a fatal wound has plunged into the live of some celebrity taking in the sights. Here lies a patient dead yet still alive. Nothing but the sound of that red line entered the room. Nothing except the spirits. Ray let his thoughts drift into the life he was leaving behind. A wife Amy, a son Keith both dead and gone forever. Replaced by Keith was another boy Eric. He seemed to be evil a villain of unimaginable power. How could life slip away like this? How was it possible? Things were getting stranger and stranger as time went on. Ray was a hero. He was a good man and had good morals.

The long sustained beeping was gone. Replaced by little uprising beeps. Had Ray healed himself? No, he had healed but this was the work of another. Ray was being possessed by an unlikely villain. Adam Monro's spirit had taken control over Rays body. "Hello Spirit, perhaps you've heard of me I am Adam Monroe, I'll be needing your body for a bit bloke as I have business to attend to. You understand right?" Adam told Ray however it looked as if Ray was speaking to himself in a English accent no less.

"I want my body back!" Rays spirit cried out. He couldn't been seen nor heard from by anyone else except for Adam who had possessed his body. " Give it to me and then we could work out some sort of a deal. " Ray continued to speak. " No deal, I'm taking this body and I'm claiming whats mine. I will get my sword back from that Japanese devil if it kills me.... again." Adam spoke to Ray. Knox's and Maury's spirits phased threw the walls. "Lets go, hurry up." Knox ordered Adam.

Ray just walked out of bed. He robbed a clothing store and then ran to Sam's comic store. " Were oh were are we hiding?" Adam asked. " This is Sam's comics why are we here?" Ray asked But Adam just gave a smirk using his body. " Looking for answers in a comic book. It predicts the future but it doesn't work with us." Maury answered, Ray looked confused. " It predicts a future uninterrupted by the past. To put it simply were not in it and nether are you. Were dead." Knox added. The Ray grew more confused. " If i hadn't possessed you then your wounds wouldn't have healed. I can heal any.... well almost any injury but by doing so I kept you alive when you should have died. Your one of us now." Adam told Ray. " A spirit?" Ray asked. "No a villain" Answered Adam.

(ooc: the blue text is spirit talk in wich only those who can speak to the dead is able to here. Adam is possessing Rays body )

[shadnicth]

It was strange... After a couple of days of having an ability, his brother had found Matt on the streets of NYC, giving a couple of thousand dollars to go on a holiday, whilst his grandfather was being arrested. Matt had decided to use the money to travel around, his first stop in Kansas. He'd never been there, and besides it was a stopover before Coste Verde anyways.

He was walking through a small town, the next bus arriving tomorrow, he noticed a comic book store nearby. Luckily he had managed to gain some control over his telepathy, now being able to muffle out the voices of people minds, so the walk around wasn't like it was when he first absorbed the power.

He walked into the comic book store, looking around it for a moment. It was your average comic book store. Nothing too fancy. There were people inside, one was speaking about being a villian, but Matt assumed it was part of a comic he was reading. As he walked up past a comic stand, he noticed a comic book that stood out from the others. It had a man, fighting with someone who looked like... No way... It couldn't be!

"No way..." Matt said, grabbing the comic from the stand, the last copy. It was named 9th Wonders... and on the cover it had a man fighting with... Matt! Little did Matt notice that the man next to him was that man on the cover...

[rocky]

Ray just kept his mouth shut. He didn't want to get on there bad side. Adam was now in control of Rays body. It was a fact Ray had to deal with. A person hijacked his body and now was using it for evil. Ray felt like braking down and crying his hart out. His worst fear had come true. Even though these spirits couldn't stay in the body for long there were three of them. Ray would never again be able to take control of himself as long as the three remained together. And why would they separate from each other now? Ray was the only thing keeping them in this world. He regretted not doing anything for his former heroes that had joined him. Issac, DL and Shanti. The three heroes that had passed on before and met with Ray in the past. Ray felt like he was being punished.

Matt walked into the store. None of the spirits paid attention to the man. They were all at work trying to find the comic book that predicts the future. The 9th wonders. Ray had taken over the book in the past and drew none stop with Issac as his spirit. He recognized the man coming into the shop. "Run! Get out of here!" He pleaded with the guy knowing that it was futile Matt couldn't here Ray he was a spirit and nobody could here him but other spirits and those who can speak with the dead. Or so he thought. Knox turned to look at Ray's spirit. " Humph its useless He ant gonna be able to hear ya." Knox told Ray. "But why is it that you want him to anyway?" He asked Ray.

Maury was closest to Ray and the man. He gave a look as to what comic Matt was holding. " In his hand, the 9th wonders. Thats the comic we've been looking for. And your not going to believe who's on the cover." Maury stated as Adam and Knox gave evil smirks. Ray grew sad and wished this nightmare would be over. " Well well well," Adam possessing Rays body said in a English accent. Pretty strange for a Japanese man to have that sort of accent. Adam walked over to the man. " Pardon me sr. But that comic your holding is very valuable to me. I'm afraid your going to have to hand it over." Adam told the man. " Yeah hand it over nicely or were gonna have to take it by force." Knox added. " Lets try to do this without causing a scene" Maury stepped in. Ray just watched this all play out. He was thinking of a way he could possible regain control over his body and his ability.

[shadnicth]

As Matt read the comic book, it would seem that the setting was in this very comic store... strange... how did the artist know Matt was here? This comic had to have been made at least a month or two ago, for sure... well that was interesting, a comic that predicts the future. He continued on, seeing a panel in which a man was asking him for the comic, and not doing so...

Matt closed the comic as the man walked up to him from before, looking curiously at the man... He seemed to be having multiple conversations... in his head?! Then the man asked him in an english accent for the comic?! Matt didn't need to be psychic to tell that this guy was trouble. That and the other voices didn't seem to be so reassuring.

"Um, sorry sir, I've waiting all month for this to come out... I'm sure if you ask the guy at the counter, he might have some more?" Matt said, trying to keep his cool. If this comic predicted the future... He knew what was coming next.

[rocky]

The 9th wonder's was a very comic for strategies and other useful information about evolved humans because it had the unique ability to predict the future. Issac was truly a important artist for those whom searched for answers. Ray knew the whole deal with the comic and was used to seeing himself in it. This poor guy was just trying to figure it all out. No doubt he had an ability. These 9th wonder's comics had a way of attracting these people together. Ray felt inside himself that he was scared and wished the guy would just run away. There was no telling what these evil souls would do to him.

Adam in Rays body smirked at the man. Adam nodded his head. He knew that this guy had to have an ability. The trick was figuring out if he was a hero or a villain. Adam you would never know was a villain because he seemed nice. However Knox on the other hand would be directly in your face evil. He would most likely take this conversation a different way. " At the counter they have more. Interesting. Lets try to do the the easy way, I'm going to show you something thats... Well unexpected. " Adam told Matt. " I have a gift and I know you have one to. I'll make a deal with you. " Adam spoke kindly to the guy. " Ill. show you mine but in return you show me yours." Adam told him. He pulled out keys from his car. He dug them into his skin and scratched himself bleeding and scaring his body. Adam pulled the keys away. He whipped his blood on his shirt. Reveling his healed wounds. " That comic book your holding tells us about each others lives. Are abilities and are stories are in those books. Your drawn to it for one of two reasons. " Adam started to explain to the man.

"Either your one of them who knows one of us, Or you have an ability yourself learning about others with the same situation." Adam tried to explain. He knew it had to be one of the two. Knox wanted to just get on with it and kill the man. Only trouble is that nobody here was scared. Adams Soul left Rays body but just before he left he muttered a last sentence twords Matt. "Maybe we could join each other and work with each other?" Adam tried to say as he was pulled out Ray's body dropped to the floor. Maury entered it while Knox held the real Rays soul back. Maury was now possessing the body. "What are you trying to pull Adam?" Maury inside Rays body asked. It would seem like his English accent was gone replaced by a dark spooky voice that could only be caused by the nightmare man himself. But with this switch of the souls came a new power added to Rays list. He could now use telepathy. Little did he know he was not the only one who could.

[shadnicth]

Matt had to admit that even though the comic book had shown him a glimpse of the future, he was still taken aback by Adam's comment about the comic book, as well as his display of power. So he was a healer as well... This would be interesting... Matt simply smiled as Adam's wounds healed.
"That's the same as my power...." He said, raising an eyebrow at Adam. He didn't have to show his ability, since Adam would get the hint. Plus he wanted his telepathy to stay a secret for now... that way he could hear the truth from this guy's mind.

The comment about the comic book was also a little funny. A comic book that predicts the future, and was mostly read by people like him... people with powers. However he soon widened his eyes a little as he heard the man's thoughts... There was more than one mind in there... at least the mind was processing the thoughts of the others... And then a sudden change of accents? This guy was trouble. He could hear their thoughts inside... one seemed to be held back while 3 others were around.

"Listen pal... I found the comic first, so I'm going to buy it. If you want one that badly, look it up on Ebay. I don't have time for this." Matt said, as he walked past the man, walking to the counter.
"9th Wonders? That'll be $5.95" The clerk said, Matt giving $6 from his wallet.
"Keep the change... and if you have a spare of this comic, give it to the creep down there." Matt said, nodding in the direction of Ray. He then picked up the comic, and walked up to Ray, since the exit was behind him.

[rocky]

It was a strange how there could be two healers in the same spot that just happened to meet each other here in this comic store both going after the same comic book. Adam had known of one other who could heal. That was Peter Petrelli and also Lindermen but he had a different sort of healing ability. Peter had absorbed his healing power from someone else. Adam knew this other person wasn't him. He wondered if Matt's ability also gave him immortality. If so then he would be a good ally in the long run. But time was up for Adam in Rays body. He still was thinking it though, and since he thought it before leaving Rays body Matt would have been able to hear his thoughts.

Matt took action and bought the comic. Leaving the money with the man at the counter. The comic was rightfully his now. Maury wasn't Like Adam and didn't share his enthusiasm to have this man join there little team. He didn't think that there was a point in hiding from this man. As Maury tried to use his ability to read Matt's mind he couldn't pick up anything useful. Matt didn't seem to worried about Ray but noted that he was creepy. Maury stepped aside from Matt and let him pass by. However he followed him outside. There outside he casted an illusion bringing forth the spirits as if they had came back to life. Knox, Adam and Ray stood before them. Maury turned into his former self. Now all the spirits would be able to talk to Matt at once.

"Good work Maury now he can see and hear us at once." Adam complemented his use of power. It was kind of cool. It was like they would be able to live again only threw Ray but now threw an illusion to. "Matt if you have an ability can i ask how your going to use it?" Knox asked. "What are you going to? Basically do you consider yourself a hero or villain?" Knox asked Matt. The others waited for an answer as they were wondering to. Ray walked up to Matt. The good spirit of Ray. "Get out of here! My ability allows the dead to use my body as a medium to this world. There possessing it. Please there villains that posses an ability each. You have to run for it! Search the comic for answers and save yourself." Ray warned Matt. Maury grew angry and wondered why he even allowed Rays spirit to be seen in the illusion. He brushed his hand and Rays spirit disappeared. "What he says is true but that wont change anything." Maury spoke with no hesitation.

[shadnicth]

As Matt walked outside, he could hear the door open again behind him.
Great... Here we go... Matt thought to himself as he spun around, ready to tell the man off again. His eyes widened a little as he saw the 4 men in front of him. There wasn't that many people in the comic book store...

"What the..." Matt said to himself, looking at the men with a bit of confusion at first. Matt looked at Adam when he spoke... strangely enough like the way Ray had earlier. He was about to say something, when Knox spoke, asking Matt what his power was and how he planned to use it.
"You saw my power... I heal." Matt said, looking at the men with a bit of nervousness. He didn't want to spill the beans on his power just yet.

When Ray walked up to Matt, Matt couldn't help but step back a little, his comic book in hand. But as Ray spoke, Matt's eyes widened.
"These guys are dead? So how are they..." Matt asked as he looked at the trio behind Ray. Adam was the healer by the looks of things... Maury made it so that the others could be seen... Knox on the other hand was a blank on his powers. When Ray told Matt to make a run for it, Matt couldn't help but start to get scared a little. These guys were bad news after all.

Maury made Ray disappear soon afterwards, Matt's eyes widened and stepping back. He looked at Maury, hearing what he said.
"So... you're the bad guys huh?" Matt said, looking around at the trio. He looked back, seeing a trio of trash cans nearby. He looked back to the trio, his left hand's clenching for a moment, his index and middle finger extended.
"Well I think I'll take the real guy's advice. I don't speak to dead people." Matt said, shooting his hand forward. The trash cans suddenly shot towards the trio, each aimed at one of them.

[rocky]

Matt seemed to be surprised that there were others with Maury. It seemed that this idea to make the spirits visible had thrown off Matt a little. He could now see the truth behind these other voices inside the head of Ray. As Adam spoke in his accent Matt picked up on the accent. He then responded to Knox's question. Knox didn't know what to make of his answer. "I know you can heal. You've told us that already like you said. What I want to know is are you using it to help other people or are you using it to help yourself?" Knox asked again. He didn't want to know about his power he just wanted to know what he did with it. Live a normal life or did he have other plans for it and also for himself?

Al-tho this confusion that Matt thought he was asking about his powers caused Matt to think about his other power and though he didn't exactly think that specificly he did think that he didn't want to spill the beans of it just yet. Maury picked up on this faintly. (Tell me what your hiding.) Maury tried to influence the mind of Matt persuading him to think that he had to tell them about his other powers. Although Matt could stop this using his own powers to block and cancel it out but then that would just confirm the powers anyway.

Matt stepped back and asked if these were the bad guys. Knox and Adam both had an evil grin on there faces while Maury knowing that Matt was hiding something didn't share there amusement. He was prying Matt's brain, looking for answers. He heard the thoughts of the man as he looked at the trash cans. Maury ran and took cover behind a abandoned junk car. Adam and Knox however didn't see them coming. As the trash bins flew at the trio the phased threw them. Knox smirked. "Were like ghosts you can hurt us." He told Matt. Adam gave Knox a dirty look. "We could have played around with him a little more before you had to tell him that." He mumbled.

[shadnicth]

As Maury peered through Matt's mind, Matt could feel his presence in his head, that weird uncomfortable feeling like his brain was being picked at. He blinked a couple of times, shaking his head for a moment before suddenly it stopped. Matt had unawaredly blocked his mind from Maury. As Maury walked away from the group and the bins went flying through the others, Matt smirked.

"Hehe, that's typical." Matt said, ignoring the pair of ghosts that were standing near by, as obviously they were an illusion.
"By the way... In case you haven't noticed, I lied. I mimic powers." Matt said, walking towards the car that Maury had hid behind, telekinetically grabbing two bins nearby, levitating them around him like a pair of satellites.
"Now... Let the real person back into their body!" Matt said, stopping in front of the car.

[rocky]

Maury noticed that Matt had the same ability as him. He reminded him of his own son. Both had the same name, same power and same heroic thoughts. Maury never really liked his son in the way a father should but still there was some small love for him. Maury wondered if Matt had evolved his abilities in the same way he had. What was he capable of? Matt figured it out and didn't need to worry about the spirits. Only the person taking control of the main body witch would be Maury.

Matt then told them that he had lied earlier. He not only had the powers he has already used but he had the ability to copy powers. Maury was frightened a little bit. It reminded him of Aurthur's ability. He also had the ability to gain other powers and he was the man who killed him. Maury walked to him and levitated two trash bins. Maury knew what would come next. He didn't want to stick around to feel the pain of the bins banging into him. Matt ordered the real person Ray to come back into the body. If it had been Knox or Adam then they would have most likely put up some sort of fight. But Maury didn't have the will power to do anything but listen to him.

Ray's spirit went back into his body and the illusions faded away. Ray looked up to the man that just helped him out. "Thank you... Matt was it? I'm Ray Nekawa." Ray thanked him and then introduced himself. He spoke in a Japanese accent. This time his accent fit the face and nationality of his body. "The spirits have only went away for a sort time. They will be back and they will be able to use my body as they please." Ray informed Matt. He sat down on the car. "I cant control my powers, They can do what they want with it without my control. I tried to suppressed them but they have individual abilities though the spirits cant effect the living without my body they can effect the spirit world." Ray continued. "I need to find away to stop them from entering my body."

[shadnicth]

Matt smiled as Maury heeded his warning, the illusion disappearing and Ray being restored to his body. Matt dropped the bins from his telekinetic grip, the clanging of them hitting the ground echoing for a moment. Matt smiled as Ray properly introduced himself.
"Nice to meet you Ray. Yes my name is Matt." He said, smiling a friendly smile as he couldn't help but think to himself,
Hey... I just saved this guy... I'm a hero. That's cool. Matt thought to himself as he looked at Ray.

When Ray explained his ability to Matt, Matt couldn't help but feel sorry for the kid. Matt also knew about powers that got out of hand. His one, the ability to mimic powers, was a prime example. The only powers he had really gotten into check was his regeneration and telekinesis. However, when Ray mentioned something about the spirits having powers, Matt's eyebrow raised.

"Wait a second..." Matt said, walking up to Ray, and picking up a piece of broken glass off the floor, looked at him for a moment.
"You said the spirits had powers right?" He asked, placing the glass into Ray's hand.
"Do you think you have their power too? Like the healing guy and the illusionist?" Matt asked.

[rocky]

Matt released the trash bins and they fell to the ground. Ray was relieved that Matt was so understanding even though the other spirits were mean and gave Matt a hard time. But this guy could not only understand the situation but be reasonable with it and ok with it to a point. Ray was happy that it wasn't a big mess to clean up when he now finally had a chance to use his body himself. Matt's smile reassured Ray that he was a nice guy. Ray's telepathy he had gotten from Maury kicked in. He could hear Matt's thoughts about how he thought he was a hero and how he had trouble dealing with his ability to mimic powers. Ray then tilted his head in confusion.

"So if your able to mimic any ability then do you have it to?" Ray asked Matt with hopes he didn't. "My ability?" He specified. Matt's eye brow raised as Ray told him about the spirits possessing abilities. It was strange but there were procedures that Ray had to his power. Rules that needed to be followed or his ability would turn on him causing him to die in return. "This ability I have is more so like a curse then an actual power." Ray told him warning him of the danger that comes with this power. (If you posses it then the spirits can access your body as well.) Ray thought to himself. Unsure if he should mention it out load while the spirits were around. Matt then asked if he thought he had the spirits abilities. and then proceeded to hand him a piece of glass.

Ray took the glass unsure what he wanted him to do with it. Did he want Ray to cut himself to see if he would heal? It was likely but Ray already knew the answer to that question. "My ability works as sort of a double edged sword." He started off with what he considered the image for his power. "It can protect you but also harm you at the same time." Ray slit his hand open and then showed Matt as the wound healed. "My ability allows me to see and communicate with dead spirits. These spirits must posses a power for me to be able to communicate with them. They are able to posses my body and use it as there own. When this happens my body remembers there abilities and is able to hold on to them." Ray informed Matt, hopefully answering his question.

"I've met three other spirits with amazing abilities before these three. They were heroes while alive but there powers still remain within me. Then these three showed up and used me to get what they wanted. I currently have five abilities not including my own." Ray looked at his hands as he raised them. "With all this power they can turn me into a villain. They can cause havoc and chaos were ever they go." Ray sulked over it a little. He wanted to save the world not destroy it. He wanted to be a hero and not a villain. "I don't know what that other villain can do. That one they call Knox, but I'm pretty sure it involves emotions of some sort. I hear him obsessing over fear and hes often spiting people who seem happy." Ray admitted now wondering how this all would play out.

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"Right... Just like I thought..." Matt said, looking at Ray's hand healing as he heard Ray's question about Matt picking up his power.
"No... I've learnt to control my mimicry, so that I don't pick up just any power. Otherwise those guys could be using me right now... and that would be..." Matt began, shuddering a little at the thought of those people using his body.
"It would be bad." He said, looking at Ray.

"Well if met three other spirits, why aren't they with you? I mean, can't they protect you from the bad ones?" He asked, thinking what were the other powers Ray might of possessed apart from Maury's and Adam's. This was a dangerous power... probably more dangerous than Matt's.
"I suggest you find those good spirits and try to use them to teach yourself to block out intruders." Matt suggested, looking at Ray with a sympathetic smile.

"Look, I'm here for another day before my bus arrives, so I'd better get to my hotel... I'm actually travelling to Nevada so I can meet a telepath to help me control my telepathy." Matt said, writing his address down on it and showing it to Ray.
"Memorise it." Matt said as he scrunched it up, ripping it to pieces.
"We don't want those guys to find out where I live. If you're in New York, drop by." He said with a smile.