Searching Again

[Lumen]

Sometimes super speed seems like the perfect power. After spending yet another day (even if the first search was cut off) searching around the institute Lumen was starting to think the guy had been a lie. What guy exactly? Well, she only knew his code name was Tempero and some students called Danny. After finding out he had white hair Lumen ignored any other information, claiming that it will the easiest mutant to spot. Right now it was turning out to be the complete opposite. With a place so big as the institute a power such as super speed would have come in handy, it wasn't just that, she also had to search over each tiny little room, there wasn't that many people that she could really count on. On the bright side though, all that was left was the courtyard. Her clock marked 2:10 PM which meant she still had a chance to double check some places, considering how the guy could have moved from place.

So Lumen walked around the courtyard at a slow pace, using this time for a rest. Actually, there wasn't any real reason to keep searching, for all she knew, the so called Tempero could have been a lie. Just a way for the other mutants to trick her again.

Oh. What if they had really done that...?

She stopped from her walk sat on the edge on fountain, her previous intentions forgotten. Angry would be a good way to describe her mood at this point. Not only had some kids fooled by playing around her main weakness, she had spent 2 days looking for someone completely nonexistent. Then again it's my fault for leaving. For never listening. But.. but they did this. it's they're fault, not mine.

"Idiotas... son todos unos idiotas." And now her eyes felt stingy and it wasn't because she was about to cry, because what she was feeling was anger and not some sort of 'I'm useless' emo mood. Not at all.

[Tempero]

"It couldn't be that that bad, could it?" a friendly voice comes from the mouth of a 17 year old boy with short white hair. He is smiling widely at Lumen, as if she had just made his day allot better.

He is wearing a pair of light blue shorts, and a T-shirt of the same color, with a silver amulet in the shape of a dragon around his neck. White tennis shoes cover his feet. The posture of this tall teen is that of a laid back kind of guy, one who doesn't really let allot of stupid "little things" annoy him.

"Why don't you tell me what's wrong before you go off killing people?" he asks jokingly, seeing what she really feels like. It's easy to perceive her emotions through the sound of her voice and the look in her eyes. Having a socially booming personality also helps a bit, since experience teaches many tricks to those who listen.

[Lumen]

>"It couldn't be that that bad, could it?"

White hair. Shiny, shiny white hair. There it is.

Which made Lumen feel even more stupid. Staring him with her mouth didn't help much either. There was the great Tempero (she had taken the time to even label him) standing next to her and he was smiling like some loony while she was sitting on a fountain with an aura of gloominess surrounding her. Or at least she thought there was some kind of imaginative aura around her. It had to be the Tempero, no one would through so much trouble to do a prank like that though... and she still hadn't said anything to him.

>"Why don't you tell me what's wrong before you go off killing people?"

Instead of answering his questions she clapped her hand together and shouted, "Control my powers!" She didn't think how it really wasn't the right answer to it or how it would probably freak him out but it was, after all, the initial purpose.

((sorry, sorry... but bleh, drawing stole my muse and.. everything))

[Tempero]

Daniel blinks, confused by her answer, but this lasts for merely a second. He never had this before, but there were some cases of other students coming to him for the same reason in the past few days. What has been going on? Whoa, someone is making free adds about me...Too bad I'm not really a public service. he thinks.

"OK, that didn't go well, I see. Let's start over. I'm Daniel, otherwise known as Tempero, pleased to meet you. What's your name?" he asks, a friendly smile on his face all the time, and his tone of voice sounding quite as friendly. And it all is genuine, not the usual false I-want-to-be-your-friend attitude you get at airports and most other public services. Daniel really wants to be friends with everyone he meets.

In a second, Daniel is in a lotus position, sitting on the grass, his warm green eyes never leaving hers, his smile persistent, and a general feel of warmth and friendliness radiating off him.

[Lumen]

"I'm Shayla, you can call me Lumen too." She took a pause, wondering how to phrase her 'favor'. Her earlier mood was now long forgotten (even though it had only been a few minutes since they started talking) and it was replaced with a happy bubbly new mood. Maybe it had to do with the way the he smiled or talked, anyway it was having an effect because the temptation to chant 'use my power!' over and over while jumping around in circles was getting bigger now and Lumen hoped he agreed with her or else the thing about jumping around would become a reality.

"I need you to control my powers because I really, really, really need to know how much I really have and no one will help me and they're all really mean." What to add now? Oh yeah...

"I'm begging you, please!" Lumen finished finally, taking a deep breath.

[Tempero]

"This is the weirdest situation I've been in so far, you know. OK, but listen to me carefully. If you want me to help you control your power, you need to stay in my line of sight. Also, whenever I do this, I may or may not amplify the power, which is quite random. That means that we can't exactly see just what the max of your power is, or how much more training you need." he replies, seeing that this girl is quite desperate, and anxious, to get it over with.

"Also, another variable to enter the equation is the fact that my own mutation isn't fully developed yet, so I can help only to an extent. It helps if we share the power, but that is really weird. So, as you can see, I can only help you while you're near me, and that's not as much as you might want. You still want it?" he adds, remembering that one other thing.

He often wondered where the maximum of his power lies, since it is quite an unusual one. Perhaps it would only go in the direction of stronger telepathy, and better control? Or something else would come? Don't bother yourself with that now, Danny, you've got other things to do. he tells himself, and looks at Lumen, the warmth of his eyes now aimed at her own.

[Lumen]

Finally taking notice of the position Daniel was in Lumen sat on the ground as well, trying to imitate the way his legs were positioned.

"So, how do we start?" She was trying her best to act normal since her mind was currently doing cheers at the guy for agreeing and not putting enough attention to his words.

"Oh, can I hug you?" Lumen asked him but it should have been more of an 'I'm going to hug you, okay?' because her arms where already open. If it had been another person Lumen wouldn't even dare to think about hugging but this was a special occasion, he was so nice after all. The whole niceness of Daniel was contagious.

[Tempero]

"Just relax. Oh, and don't try to resist when I enter your mind- I need a telepathic link to be able to boost your control. No thoughts will be exchanged, though, and remember that you are the one who needs to actually use the power, I can't do anything unless I borrow. So, basically, I'm just combining our both minds to control that one power. It would help if I knew what it is." he replies, and then blinks at her question.

"Er...sure..." he replies, not really sure what was it that she really wanted. He wasn't used to this type of conversation. Still, all of his words are said in the same friendly tone, and his eyes never lose their warmth. He really wants to be friends with her, and he's not hiding it.

[Lumen]

>"It would help if I knew what it is."

Ack! How could she forgotten something so obvious? "Oh, sorry about that. My power is.." What was it again? She knew what her power was but the word they always use for it was difficult for her. "lygokinesis! I control light, basically is go-go beams and focused raw energy or whatever." The reason Lumen didn't mention the usage of energy to propel herself was because well... it's the one thing she was actually good at. Also her arms were starting to hurt from holding them up and there was no point in making the 'powers' conversation longer right now.

>"Er...sure..."

Not wasting any time Lumen hugged him, though it looked more like a tackle from the strength she put in the hug.

It felt nice, meeting another person that was genuinely nice. He has such pretty hair. Oh, that too. But better to do stop the hug or else I'll end up looking like some hair molester. If that even exists. Well, some type of molester anyway.

After the hug she sat on the ground again, "Let's start. Enter my mind and all that." Before relaxing Lumen does a quick 'V' sign with her fingers and smiles.

[Tempero]

He hugs back, the same way he did whenever anyone else hugged him, although those were somewhat more normal circumstances. He chuckles as she makes the "V" sign, and then calms down.

"OK, I don't know how long it will take, but we'll see...just don't talk to me as long as my eyes are closed..." he says, and then closes his eyes, concentrating. OK, focus. You can do this. It's easy, you've gotten much better at it in the past few months. Focus. Focus. Focus. Focus. he goes into his usual mantra, and soon enough, he feels his mind both leaving and staying in his own head.

Finally, he senses the well-known force push of impact with one's mind. Then, he feels her powers. Ah yes, the genes are right there. He locates them with a possibility of a nanometer mistake. And then... Here we go! he thinks to himself and exhales sharply. That always helped. Part of his own mind is fused with Lumen's powers. Yes, now she is much, much better at controlling them.

He opens his eyes, but they are now glowing blue, and there is an outline of blue glowing around Lumen. "OK... I can't talk much... but try something with your powers now." he says, keeping his concentration.