Panem

[Gifted]

Rick closed down the programs he used to hack raven and Emric walked him back to his room.

[Gifted]

The next morning Cristel was pulling into Panem. Parking the boat in the harbour, she saw Joans boat was back, also. "That's promising," she noted. She pulled Yaz, who'd turned to a mouse on the journey, out of her pocket. "Alright," She got out and ran to the palace. "Yaz, check to see if the coast is clear," Yaz scurried in. Cristel followed. They did this for several rooms. It was odd, it was like there was nobody there. Then Yaz gasped.
"What?" Cristel said quietly, pressing flat against the doorframe to avoid being seen.
"I can't... penetrate... that room!" he said in astonishment.
"You mean theres someone inside you can't mind read? But the only person able to do that..."
"It must be,"
"No way! Rick!" Cristel rushed over to the room and tried the handle. It was locked. What the heck... "Rick?" She whispered as loud as she could through the door.
There was a scrambling sound from inside the room. "Who's there?" Rick demanded in a normal voice. Cristel could tell he was right close to the door.
"Cristel," Cristel said. "Joan told me to come back when I was done in Talesworth. Wy're you locked in?"
"Cristel... no way..." Rick was worried and elated at the same time. There was one more person who hadn't b been affected by this crazy mess... but she shouldn't be here! It was too dangerous! "I'm going to push my sheild off and explain everything in my head, it's faster. That is, you did get mind reading right?"
"Yeah... just tell me whats going on!"
Rick told her. She felt the strain it was taking him to keep himself open to her power, but this was definatley important enough for him to go through it.
"No way... Joan is..." Cristel said when he was done.
Yes. Vlad or Raven are Panem's only hopes now.
"We're leaving the fate of this country up to Vlad?"
I know, but...
A noise inturrupted his thought.
"Well what do we have here,"
Cristel jumped, looking back and seeing Emric advancing on her.
"Never thought you'd be stupid enough to come back. But hey, the easier the better right?"
She probably woul;d've been done right there if it was just her.
Fortunatley, she was NOT alone, and Yaz turned into a wolf and Bit down hard on his leg.
Emric hollered in pain and Yaz let go, dashing off. Cristel grabbed the nfur of his collar and was on his back in less than a second. She yelled "Protect yourself Rick!" as a warning, before Yazermen leapedd out the palace doors.
Xander, Alex, Kanon, Dominic and Sharie were on her tail. They were racing towards the ocean as Yaz and cristel desperatley tried to dodge the blood, whip and spikes. Finally they were there. Yaz jumped off the cliff and Cristel disloged herself from him and managed to position herself into a graceful dive.
She and Yaz, now a dolphin, dove deep into the water. Emric would never catch her here.

[Gifted]

Emric was annoyed, not because of what Raven has said, but the very fact she'd hacked into PINC in the first place.
PINC was HIS weapon. He controlled what went in and out. Control the news, and you control what the world watches. Control what the world watches, and you can control what they think. He didn't want the other rulers screwing with his control.
"Rick," he stormed into Rick's room, pointing the gun at him and scowling. "Get out here, I need you to back up PINC so it can't be hacked into."
Enjoy your little victory Raven, Emric thought. Because it'll be your last.
((*insert ominous music*))

[Gifted]

((I literally JUST remembered what I wanted to do when they got home... so I'm replying now))

As soon as they got off the boat, Emric dumped Rick back into his locked room and then stormed into the scientists lab. They were the only ones who knewthe information he needed, other than Gifted, of course.
"I need CRS-01," He said as he he walked into the lab.
"What?" One of the scientists gasped. "Sir, he's not allowed back to the palace! He's an outcast!"
"We need him! His power is invaluable in battle!" Emric insisted.
"With all due respect sir, if he has a relapse-"
"Look, it's either we get him now or the rebels get him, because all the royalty know about the -01 catastropheand it's only a matter of time before mVlad-"
"You want to send a child into battle?"
Emric sighed. "He may be a child in mind but he is not a child in body. And he is much more mature than any seven year old I've ever seen, besides. We need advantages like him. If Vlad gets him, he will have a formidable weapon on his hands. That isn't something I want to risk. now, where is he?"
The scientist sighed. "Resurgam First Care. He's been operating there since the catastrophe,"
"Thank you," Emric walked off, silently giving the order to Rachel to pick up Cyrus at Resurgam First Care.

Rick sat in the empty room, looking at the door and peeping under it to be sure Emric wasn't coming back for him. Then he sat with his back to the oor so if Emric did walk in he wouldn't see what Rick was doing. Then, finally satisfied he'd taken the right percautions, he pulled out ravens note.

[Raven]

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer, Rick.

[Gifted]

"Well, no shit, Raven," he muttered under his breath as he pocketed the note again. Did she think he'd still be here, with Joan dead and a war about to break out, if he wasn't tying to keep Emric close so he coul figure out somewhat what was going on? Well, being threatened with a gun was a factor, but he was pretty sure if he wanted too he could hit the gun out of Emrics hand and run for it... oh who was hekidding, he wasn't Joan. His skill was politics and tactics, not front line fighting.

[Sparrow]

In a quick reflective flash an Orb enters the palace through an open window. It hovers up to the ceiling and peers down, waiting for someone of interest to pass. After a moment Enrick passes under it. The Orb narrows its eye, knowing he is of high interest, and drops down a few feet to follow.

[Gifted]

Emric walked down to the communications room and called up the head of the army. They discussed war tacticsa for maybe 15 minutes before Emric hung up.
((This is just to let Sparrow know about the civil war brewing))

[Sparrow]

The Orb records and sends the conversation to the Eon lab. It continues to watch and follow him.
((cool. :3))

[Raven]

At the maid's quarters exit, he waited. He knocked, hoping the head maid - what had her name been? - would let him in. The rest of the ships were still far out at sea, but he'd taken his small boat and gotten through. This was going to work.

[Gifted]

A random maid answered the door. "I'm sorry sir, but we aren't allowed visitors," The girl said, clearly not recognising him. "If you tell me who you're here for I could tell you what days they have off and they ould see you then...?"

[Raven]

He frowned. "I'm here for Sayoko?" he half asked, still unsure that was her name. ((I'm basing his problems on whether I can remember or not x3))

[Gifted]

"Oh, well that's quite different," The maid said. "Hang on, I'll get her for you." The maid shut the door quietly and ran to get Sayoko, ignoring a feeling of unease that was building. he'd looked slightly... wrong, somehow. Why did he make her so nervous...?

After a few minutes Sayoko opened thee door, and gasped. Why was there a Ravonian here? At the palace? Did he not see the broadcast?
She felt torn between her duty to the palace and doing the right thing. She'd been explicitly ordered to turn in any Ravonians -the whole country had. But Gifted wasn't exactly herself right now, and Raven was only trying to help...

Suddenly, she could put a name to the face.
"M-mr. Walker?" She asked. As in, the General of Ravens army???

[Raven]

Luke smiled. "I'd like to speak with Father Emric," he said slowly, almost as if tasting the words as he spoke them.

[Gifted]

"Mr. Walker, you do realise how very... foolish it was to come here without any backup?" Sayoko's voice was kind, but her eyes were worried. "If another Panemian were to see a ravonian on our soil, especally one with such a high rank at the palace... and coming alone to challenge Father Emric isn't the wisest idea either, with his spies..." She stopped there. She musn't lose her composure. If Jane or Jared sensed Anxiety and Emric decided to investigate...