Sept. 22 - Room 235 (Zero/Alex)

[Rachel O'Brien]

Nina, stop it. Rachel said, reaching into her mind.

[Jessica Temple]

"Are you fucking stupid or what?" Jess snapped at Zero.

[Zero]

Zero just laughs, "Didn't I tell you? I'm not afraid of all of you."

[Nina Madaraki]

Nina's thoughts weren't anything that could be considered coherent. Just a powerful desire to cause pain and suffering is all Rachel would be able to tap into at the moment.

[Jessica Temple]

Rachel, can you reach McManus or Asters?. Jess thought, a slight undercurrent of desperation running through it.

[Calvin Strong]

"Over some videos? Probably not. For forcing your way into my head? Yeah, I don't think I'd shed any tears."

[Zero]

"What the hell are you talking abou-," Zero paused, "That was your brain?"

The butterflies were starting to move closer to Zero, causing Zero to take a step back towards the wall.

[Rachel O'Brien]

Cassiel! I could use some help in here. Rachel called out mentally, before trying to make Nina stop the butterfly attack.

[Nina Madaraki]

The butterflies moved in, now heading directly towards Zero. A few starting to move in to land on Zero directly.

[Rachel O'Brien]

Desperately, Rachel tried to shut down Nina's breathing.

[Zero]

Zero let out a gasp as a couple of the butterflies landed, falling to his knees as black spots appeared on her skin where they touched down.

[Jessica Temple]

"Still think she hasn't got the balls?" Jess hissed, before, not knowing what else to do, she moved to Nina, trying to bring her back.

[Nina Madaraki]

Nina arched her back as her lungs shut down, reaching for her throat as she struggled to breathe uselessly.

The butterflies went insane, their focus on Zero gone as they tore around the room fluttering like mad.

[Jessica Temple]

"Nina!"

Catching her girlfriend in strong arms, Jess lowered her to the floor, trying to figure out what the problem was, and deal with it if she could. Like all sensible surfers, she was well versed in CPR and emergency aid.

The butterflies fluttering around went totally unheeded.

[Zero]

Zero coughs and shudders in an immense amount of pain.

[Rachel O'Brien]

"I've shut down her lungs." Rachel said, sounding a bit distant, since most of her concentration was on making sure that she didn't hurt Nina.

[Jessica Temple]

"You shut down her lungs?" Jess asked angrily.

[Nina Madaraki]

Nina's eyes close as she loses conciousness, the butterflies turning to ash as falls limp.

[Rachel O'Brien]

As soon as Nina passed out, Rachel stopped trying to stop her breathing and instead encouraged her to get her breathing started again.

[Nina Madaraki]

After a moment, Nina started breathing normally again, looking incredibly peaceful as she lay there.

[Rachel O'Brien]

"Lets get her back to her room." Rachel said to Jess.

[Jessica Temple]

Jess scooped Nina up gently in her arms and carried her out. She didn't spare a backwards glance for Zero, but she'd be back if she had to be. All 225lbs of her.

[Victoria Valentine]

The danger gone, Victoria got out of bed angrily, and proceeded to give Cal a hard knee to the balls. "You both get the FUCK out of here, RIGHT now," she snapped, crouching over Zero to see how he was doing.

[Calvin Strong]

Cal, doubled over in pain, staggered out after the others, pushing Kev ahead of him.

[Zero]

Zero looked to be in quite a lot of pain. And not the good kind.

"Miscalculated..." Zero says weakly.

[Victoria Valentine]

"Just a bit, dear, I'd say. Do you need me to get you to the infirmary?"

[Zero]

"Appreciate it..." Zero says with a weak smile.

[Victoria Valentine]

"And after that do you want me to go make a peace offering?" she asked, observing the situation and trying to figure out how to do this. "I don't suppose you can shift all of your injuries to one spot so that I can get you out of here without calling for a stretcher, can you?"

[Zero]

"Just help me up," Zero says, "This form is tougher then normal. I should be able to make it."

[Victoria Valentine]

"All right, whatever you say," she said, not sure how much tougher the form was, but not wanting to deny him his pride. She helped him up, then shook her head as they started for the door. "Stupid psychotic classmates. I swear, what next."

[Zero]

Zero nodded, concentrating on staying upright and able to walk as he held onto Victoria's shoulder and made his way to the infirmary.

[Kevin Gravis]

Cal, doubled over in pain, staggered out after the others, pushing Kev ahead of him.

"That went well. Granted that now Zero can play the victim."

[Calvin Strong]

"The fucking hell with that," Cal said hoarsely, trying to roll back over to get up. "Did they lock the door? Let's go back in and search the fucking room."

[Kevin Gravis]

"That doesn't sound like such a good idea after what just happened."