The Dragon

I am an unquenchable fire. The center of all energy. The stout and fearless heart. I am truth and light. I hold power and glory in my sway. My presence disperses darkest clouds. I have been chosen to tame the Fate. I am wisdom and charisma. I am the mystical enigma. I am the dragon.

[rowanaubri]

nickthedragon​:

Nick jumped when the water shot into the air and turned to her with a surprise look. As he listened to her explain his expression went from surprise to curious. “You got powers that’s awesome water, fire, and air. It must be elemental manipulation have you tried messing around with rocks or anything?”

It caught Nick a little off guard when she asked what was going on him. Did she not see the green skin? It was possible Rowan was the first person today that didn’t run screaming in terror. At the sight of him so maybe he looked like his regular self to her. “I don’t look like some horrible monster to you right now. Because that’s how everyone else sees me and every time I try to help someone. Sometimes goes wrong and I make the situation worse. I’m trying to avoid everyone till it goes away.”

“Awesome? You think this is awesome? I’m lucky I haven’t broken my nose yet. Did you know I can solidify air? That that’s even a thing?  I’ve already done that three times this morning, right before I walked into it.  So.  That’s fun.  Not to mention the trees I uprooted on my way in.”  Rowan sighed, frustrated.  Walking her brother through getting a handle on his abilities had been one thing.  Trying to do it herself, with no guidance whatsoever?  Completely different can of beans.

It was only when Nick asked her the question about his appearance that she realized that she hadn’t had the gumption to even look at him yet - which should have been a red flag all on its own.  She kept her eyes averted as she considered it before shrugging, trying to play it off as casual when deep down she knew something was very wrong.  “Everyone but me, huh?  I’m flattered, Howling.  Even if it might be in your best interest to stay away from me and any and all elements at the moment.”

[nickthedragon]

Nick could see not having control over her powers could be annoying. Every Meta he knew went through the stage of hating their newfound abilities. Because how often they would do more harm than good. It was if your own abilities had some agenda against you. But once the Meta learned control it was the best thing ever. He noticed that Rowan did her best not to look his way. Once he mentioned his current state of appearance, and he didn't blame her one bit. The last thing he wanted was to scare her out of her own lab especially with now having powers. There was no telling what would happen if he scared her.

But then Nick was hit with this overwhelming feeling that he should try to help her. After all he was a Meta and had some experience with helping others. Learn to control their abilities from his Rebel days. He wasn't the best teacher but he had some success especially with fire, and he use to train with Kara sometimes. So he had some knowledge with water, air and earth would be a stretch. Not to mention they were in a building with training facilities built for this. "Hey why don't you take a break from the science stuff? And take a trip with me to the training rooms to test out your new powers."

[mysticscribe]

nickthedragon​:

“Yeah it feels like a blast from the past instead a jump to the future. I wouldn’t know the difference if it wasn’t for my dead grandparents.” Nick said quietly picking up a framed picture of him with his grandparents. He ran his fingers over it before slamming the frame down on the desk. Causing the glass to break he took the picture out and stuffed it in his back pocket. Then he turned to Alice “yeah the C.A.R.M.A thing really worked out for me. Although I’m not to sure if I’m still part of the organization. In this timeline I can’t find my gear, and to be honest I wasn’t really a fan of my human co-workers. With H.A.M.E.R running around picking off C.A.R.M.A Meta agents. I feel like someone in C.A.R.M.A is helping those cowards, and from the looks of the future. I might be right” which was a shame for once Nick didn’t want to be right.

Nick could tell that she was more upset than she was letting on. Hell it was taking all those meditation skills he learned in therapy. Not to lose his cool right now because Alice was right. They were supposed to be done with all the hiding and constantly fighting for their right to even exist. He walked over to her and placed a comforting hand on her shoulder. “Hey look on the bright side now that we know what the future is like in five years. We’ll be better equipped to prevent all this from happening. There has to be way to stop H.A.M.E.R, and we’re going to start working on it. As soon as we get back” he hoped that they would remember all this. Once the time jump was over “this future isn’t set in stone” he said softly looking her in the eyes. “We can have plenty of time to fix this and we will.”

“You’re right,” she nodded a little, feeling much more reassured. “We can still fix this….you’re right. We have to get to work though, whatever we’re gonna do.” 

The gears in Alice’s mind started turning as a plan began to form in her mind. “You may not be part of C.A.R.M.A. in the future but I am.” She thought back to the ID card on her desk and the work emails she had gone through. “I can probably get us into the facility and we can find more information about any attacks, or raids C.A.R.M.A.’s done, or any H.A.M.E.R. members that were arrested.” There was no guarantee they were going to remember anything when they returned, and she highly doubted they would be able to bring back anything from the future, but it wasn’t going to stop her from trying.

[nickthedragon]

"We should probably checkout any C.A.R.M.A members that mysteriously defected to." While he wanted to be wrong about C.A.R.M.A being inflitrated by H.A.M.E.R members. There had to be a legit reason he chose to leave the organization. It wasn't just paranoia that drove him away. Nick knew he would've only left if he had actual proof, but future him didn't exactly leave anything. In his room laying out that would've told him exactly why he left. "There's no way they got to the top of the power chain without inside help."

[nickthedragon]

@mysticscribe Alice

At first it just felt like another day in Pansaw when Nick first woke up. But once his eyes really adjusted to his surroundings. He bolted up realizing that he was not in his apartment or napping in the C.A.R.M.A lounge. But the room he was did seem to jog some memories. It reminded him of the old Rebel Base, and that's when he remembered. The whole time travel to the future plan. He wasn't on the list to go though which meant something must have went wrong. Nick wouldn't be surprised if all of Pansaw made the time travel list because of the malfunction. His future didn't seem that bad from what he could see. The Rebels were back and somehow he was let back in. But he wasn't sure if he was still in C.A.R.M.A or not.

Nick wandered through his room trying to piece together his life. When his eyes settled on a giant portrait on the wall. It was his grandparents and there was a date at the bottom with a few words. He realized it was an eulogy as he read them, and his whole world came crashing down. The only family he had left was dead tears slipped from his eyes. As he let out a roar and sent his fist through the wall. With his back against the wall he slid down to sit on the floor. The door to his room opened and relief flooded through him. At the sight of Alice standing there "I guess I got you to thank for this." He gestured to the whole room. "I don't see how else I got back in. What a future huh?

[mysticscribe]

Getting a sneak peek at her life half a decade from now was certainly not how Alice was expecting to spend her day when she woke up. She had woken up in her workshop, which was normal for her except this one was certainly not the one in her shop or apartment. A couple hours of picking through half finished projects, texts, emails, notes she left herself, and the news had given the former Rebel Nova a good idea of not only what happened but what she had been up to. With H.A.M.E.R.’s rise the Rebels were back fighting against oppression and offering a safe haven for metas.

Alice sat trying to process all the information when loud and somewhat familiar noises cut through her thoughts, urging her to investigate. It wasn’t a surprise for her to see Nick, and in fact it was comforting to see someone she knew instead of a stranger also lost and confused. “Yeah probably. Though to be fair your efforts in CARMA likely helped too,” she admitted and looked around somberly. “What a future indeed....I really had hoped we were done with this. Hiding out, fighting for our safety.” Her throat tightened thinking about it all and she could feel herself almost start to cry. “I don’t know if I’m more pissed or depressed that we’re in almost the same position as we were ten years ago.”

[nickthedragon]

"Yeah it feels like a blast from the past instead a jump to the future. I wouldn't know the difference if it wasn't for my dead grandparents." Nick said quietly picking up a framed picture of him with his grandparents. He ran his fingers over it before slamming the frame down on the desk. Causing the glass to break he took the picture out and stuffed it in his back pocket. Then he turned to Alice "yeah the C.A.R.M.A thing really worked out for me. Although I'm not to sure if I'm still part of the organization. In this timeline I can't find my gear, and to be honest I wasn't really a fan of my human co-workers. With H.A.M.E.R running around picking off C.A.R.M.A Meta agents. I feel like someone in C.A.R.M.A is helping those cowards, and from the looks of the future. I might be right" which was a shame for once Nick didn't want to be right.

Nick could tell that she was more upset than she was letting on. Hell it was taking all those meditation skills he learned in therapy. Not to lose his cool right now because Alice was right. They were supposed to be done with all the hiding and constantly fighting for their right to even exist. He walked over to her and placed a comforting hand on her shoulder. "Hey look on the bright side now that we know what the future is like in five years. We'll be better equipped to prevent all this from happening. There has to be way to stop H.A.M.E.R, and we're going to start working on it. As soon as we get back" he hoped that they would remember all this. Once the time jump was over "this future isn't set in stone" he said softly looking her in the eyes. "We can have plenty of time to fix this and we will."

[erickmagnusson]

nickthedragon​:

“You’re welcome if you ever need help escaping lockdown again. You know who to call.” He replied leaning back into his seat to get comfortable. But when Erick mentioned that they took his blood. He shot back up slamming a hand on the dashboard. “What in the hell do those scumbags need with your blood?” The thought of H.A.M.E.R having Meta blood at their disposal to experiment with. As they please made his blood run cold maybe they needed to perfect that poison. Which could be a good thing if the serum that took away powers wasn’t a one hundred percent yet. Then the effects could be reversed his mind was reeling with possibilities. But he was still listening to Erick “I just feel like I should’ve tried harder. I could’ve opened fire with my fire-breathing but then others would’ve gotten hurt. I just keep playing the scenario over a thousand times in my head. So when we do find these guys what’s the plan?”

“I’ll definitely keep that in mind, but hopefully I won’t need it any time soon."  He chuckled as he pulled the car out of the parking lot and into traffic.  Erick’s head turned so he could look at Nick when he punched the dash.  "You misunderstand me.  I don’t think these H.A.M.E.R. assholes actually took blood samples unless they did it while I was passed out.  I meant the blood I lost when I tried to fight back when they were transporting us."  He nodded his head when Nick continued.  He’d had those same feelings quite often while he was a member of the Rebels.  Thankfully he’d wizened up enough to limit the amount he tried to take personal blame for that was out of his control.  "Look man, I get where you’re coming from, I do.  Hells, I thought the same myself when the Rebel base got raided and I was off breaking into C.A.R.M.A to save my girlfriend.  You can’t let that kind of thing fester or you’re eventually gonna break yourself down.  There’s only so much we can control personally."  The other man’s question brought a wicked grin to Erick’s face.  "As much as would love to put a bullet in each and every one of them, we need them alive to gather intel.  Of course, nothing says that they have to be unharmed when we bring them in.”

[nickthedragon]

Nick let out a sigh of relief when Erick reassured him that. H.A.M.E.R didn't talk a bunch vials of his blood and it was from injury. Even though he knew it was still a possibility that they took samples from other Metas. He still felt better knowing it didn't come from his friends. He stared out the window as Erick explained how he use to feel the same guilt. Back when C.A.R.M.A raided the Rebel base, and he tried to let his words wash away his guilt. But a hint of it would always linger till things were right again. "Yeah I hear you and I'll let the guilt go, but I'll still feel better. When I help you take these guys down." He was slightly surprised when Erick revealed he wasn't against outright killing these guys. Nick definitely felt the same way but refrained from saying it. Not wanting anyone thinking he was turning back into his old self. "I'm not going to go all psycho-dragon on these guys. But for a future reference after we capture enough of them. That's makes some of them more expendable." Nick prayed Erick didn't take what he was saying out of context.

[guadalupexperez]

nickthedragon​:

“Well now that you mention it you do seem to be in an better mood than most people here. It’s been a long night for me but I’m always down for a celebration. My name is Nick what are we celebrating? He asked waving over the bartender to bring more glasses.

Lupe took the moment to survey the bar, recognizing that his statement seemed to be true.  For the most part it seemed to be populated with blue collar workers tying one on before going home, anything to get through the daily grind of their lives.  “My place made the Best in Pansaw list.  Not something that happens every day.”

[nickthedragon]

"Well congratulations to your restaurant I'll have to stop by sometime" He replied. Raising his glass after pouring himself a drink. Nick took a couple of sips of his drink before turning to her. "I think I saw in the paper earlier today. So just a curious question to make conservation. Why aren't you celebrating with family?"

[rowanaubri]

nickthedragon​:

Nick saw the look on her face and knew his presence was having the same effect on her. As it did everyone else but Rowan didn’t seem to be outright terrified of him. So that was a win for him and she agreed to let him stay. As long as he kept his distance which he had absolutely no problem doing. He took a seat a lab table in the back of the room. “Why is everything volatile right now? Someone messing with you too.”

“To say the damn least.  I shouldn’t even be here right now, but I had some samples in a time sensitive experiment and …”  She sighed, pinching the bridge of her nose - which seemed to prompt the eye rinsing station to shoot off like a water fountain.  “That.  Right there.  That’s a thing I can apparently do now, and I have no idea how to make it stop or control it or anything, really.  The bunsen burners are all thankfully off but I can’t exactly cut the water off to the building, can I?  Or get rid of air.”  It shouldn’t have been a relief that Nick sat as far away from her as he could, but it was.  Only then did the last word seem to echo - “Too?  What’s going on with you?”

[nickthedragon]

Nick jumped when the water shot into the air and turned to her with a surprise look. As he listened to her explain his expression went from surprise to curious. "You got powers that's awesome water, fire, and air. It must be elemental manipulation have you tried messing around with rocks or anything?"

It caught Nick a little off guard when she asked what was going on him. Did she not see the green skin? It was possible Rowan was the first person today that didn't run screaming in terror. At the sight of him so maybe he looked like his regular self to her. "I don't look like some horrible monster to you right now. Because that's how everyone else sees me and every time I try to help someone. Sometimes goes wrong and I make the situation worse. I'm trying to avoid everyone till it goes away."

[nickthedragon]

@mysticscribe Alice

At first it just felt like another day in Pansaw when Nick first woke up. But once his eyes really adjusted to his surroundings. He bolted up realizing that he was not in his apartment or napping in the C.A.R.M.A lounge. But the room he was did seem to jog some memories. It reminded him of the old Rebel Base, and that's when he remembered. The whole time travel to the future plan. He wasn't on the list to go though which meant something must have went wrong. Nick wouldn't be surprised if all of Pansaw made the time travel list because of the malfunction. His future didn't seem that bad from what he could see. The Rebels were back and somehow he was let back in. But he wasn't sure if he was still in C.A.R.M.A or not.

Nick wandered through his room trying to piece together his life. When his eyes settled on a giant portrait on the wall. It was his grandparents and there was a date at the bottom with a few words. He realized it was an eulogy as he read them, and his whole world came crashing down. The only family he had left was dead tears slipped from his eyes. As he let out a roar and sent his fist through the wall. With his back against the wall he slid down to sit on the floor. The door to his room opened and relief flooded through him. At the sight of Alice standing there "I guess I got you to thank for this." He gestured to the whole room. "I don't see how else I got back in. What a future huh?

[nickthedragon]

Future Bio Event: Nick Howling

Age: 31

Status: Alive/Metahuman

Affiliation: Rebel Army/ C.A.R.M.A ( limited role)

Nick stuck with C.A.R.M.A up until 2049 eventually. The feeling that the organization was littered with H.A.M.E.R spies made him defect. He sat down with Elisabeth Sinclair and Kaden to talk about him leaving, and promised them. That his hatred for the organization was long gone, and they wouldn't be seeing him running around with the enemy again. They believed him enough to let him go, but he agreed to help out with any H.A.M.E.R related missions. If they needed him too.

He didn't stop fighting for Metas after he left C.A.R.M.A, but it was hard for him to really help anyone. Now that he was operating alone and had to be careful not to be captured H.A.M.E.R himself. So when he caught word that the Rebel Army was coming together again. He jumped at the chance to join up with again. It took some convincing but they let Nick in on a tight leash though.

Nick lost his grandparents in 2050 and their deaths hit him hard. With them being the only family he had left. If it wasn't for the war Nick would've probably went off the deep end. Right now a better future for Metas is the only thing that's keeping him going.

[connor-frayne]

Paranoia | Nick & Connor |

nickthedragon​:

Nick felt someone grab a hold on him whoever it was. Their hands were really hot but that wouldn’t faze him at all. Then he heard Connor’s voice yelling at him trying to reason with him. But he didn’t care for reason right now all of this was supposed to be over. Metas were supposed to be safe but they weren’t, and someone was responsible for that. Nick didn’t know who he could and couldn’t trust anymore. If they weren’t Meta then that made them his enemy in his eyes.

His grip tightened even more as the agent started to get weaker. His struggling got weaker till he was just lightly tapping Nick’s wrist. Just as the human agent seemed like he was losing consciousness. Connor pushed his way between them once again demanding that. Nick let him go but this time it got through to him. Taking deep breaths Nick released the human agent letting him fall to the floor. The agent began coughing and scrambled backwards.“Don’t ever make a joke like that again. We’re supposed to be on the same side, so act like it.” He growled folding his wings and turning to walk away. “You might want to thank Connor I’m pretty sure he saved your life.”

When Nick finally let go, Connor breathed a sigh of relief and decided to check on the other agent; hopefully he hadn’t been harmed too much. At least Nick hadn’t used all his strength. Once he’d made sure the other agent was okay and could actually breathe, the heliokinetic went straight for Nick, grabbing his shoulder.

“Hey, what the fuck was that? We can’t go ‘round killin’ each other, mate. He was a dickhead for sayin’ what he said, but two wrongs do not make a right,” Connor sighed, wondering if he should report the incident before it got back to the Commanders from the other guy. “We’re goin’ to catch these fuckers, but we can’t hurt our own.”

[nickthedragon]

Nick knocked Connor's hand off his shoulder turning back around to face him with a glare. "Oh please don't tell me you're not that naive " he scoffed. Maybe the guy really was just making a cruel joke, but that didn't mean that his theory was wrong. "Yeah I admit I went a little too far with that guy, but that doesn't mean that. Someone isn't working on the inside and selling us out to the monsters behind the kidnappings. Meta-hating humans found their way into this organization once, and they could do it again. Look me in the eyes and tell me that the thought of one of your fellow agents. Giving out information to these guys didn't cross your mind for one second."

[erickmagnusson]

nickthedragon​:

“Um no I love a good escape plan plus being on hospital lockdown is no fun. If you want to get back out here I’m going to be the last person to try and stop you.” Nick told him sliding into the passenger seat of the car. If he was in Erick’s position he would be doing the same thing trying to. Get back out there and find the people who did this to him. “Plus I felt like it was the least I could do after not being more of help at the Madhouse, I’m sorry about that I should’ve tried harder.” The same guilt he felt with Manny surfaced with Erick to. He promised to have the guy’s back and when it counted the most. Nick let him down, “I wouldn’t worry about that I’m a troublemaker wherever I go. The Commander should know that by now. Let’s go maybe we’ll get lucky and bump into one of those monsters.”

“Thanks Nick, you’re alright.”  Erick replied as he slammed the car into gear and peeled out of the spot.  "Hospital was starting to drive me nuts anyway.  All those doctors and nurses wanting a blood sample, I swear I lost more blood getting checked on than I did while I was captured.“  He shuddered a little at the memories.  Ever since he’d come into his powers he was apprehensive of hospitals where a single blood test would have had him chipped and sent off to CARMA.  While he was aware of the irony with his current situation, he’d never really lost that aversion.  “Hey man, I wouldn’t worry about it.  Not shit you could have done that would have changed anything.  They would have just dosed us all sooner if not killed us outright.”

[nickthedragon]

"You're welcome if you ever need help escaping lockdown again. You know who to call." He replied leaning back into his seat to get comfortable. But when Erick mentioned that they took his blood. He shot back up slamming a hand on the dashboard. "What in the hell do those scumbags need with your blood?" The thought of H.A.M.E.R having Meta blood at their disposal to experiment with. As they please made his blood run cold maybe they needed to perfect that poison. Which could be a good thing if the serum that took away powers wasn't a one hundred percent yet. Then the effects could be reversed his mind was reeling with possibilities. But he was still listening to Erick "I just feel like I should've tried harder. I could've opened fire with my fire-breathing but then others would've gotten hurt. I just keep playing the scenario over a thousand times in my head. So when we do find these guys what's the plan?"

[mysticscribe]

nickthedragon​:

“Sorry death should be number one topic I avoid talking about” he agreed. But it was hard for him not to at least think about right now. When his friends were missing he hoped that whoever it was had different intentions. Nick knew Alice was right hope should be the only thing on his mind. He should be holding onto it and believe that everything was going to be okay. But that was never his strong suit “yeah I know it’s just I never been good at the holding out hope thing. I’m still learning patience and anger management. Guess that’s another thing I need to add to my list.”

“At least you’re making progress. That’s more than can be said for some people. I’m proud of you for that, really,” Alice pointed out genuinely before trying to steer the conversation away from doom and gloom. “How has work been for you by the way? Making new friends, or hobbies?”

[nickthedragon]

"Well I'm glad that I made someone proud most people thought. I was just desperate to get some credibility back, and would give up in a week." Nick said with a grin he wondered if she knew just how much. Her words meant to him it was the first real sign that. He could really redeem himself in his eyes of his past friends. "Work has gotten better it was pretty rough start. An agent decided to seek revenge on the first day, and I had to deal with a bunch of insults. It took sometime but eventually some of them started to trust me, and I feel a whole lot better about C.A.R.M.A now. No new hobbies though unless you count constant patrolling as one."

[mysticscribe]

nickthedragon​:

“Yeah hopefully one day our kind will truly be able to live in peace with humans. Until then all we can do is fight for that future.” It was a grim outlook on things to be always be fighting for the right to even exist. But that’s just how it was “sometimes I wonder if I’ll be around to witness it, or die before it happens. I’ll probably go down fighting one day but hey it’ll be a honorable death.” Nick rambled on not really thinking about what he was saying.

“Let’s….let’s not talk about death right now,” she requested, a sick feeling gripping her stomach as she thought about the possibility. The idea of another struggle where her friends and loved ones could be killed at any moment just because of who they were was too much to handle at the moment. She had to remain positive or she’d likely break down into a panic attack. “We just gotta hold out hope. That’s what got me through all those years back at base anyway.”

[nickthedragon]

"Sorry death should be number one topic I avoid talking about" he agreed. But it was hard for him not to at least think about right now. When his friends were missing he hoped that whoever it was had different intentions. Nick knew Alice was right hope should be the only thing on his mind. He should be holding onto it and believe that everything was going to be okay. But that was never his strong suit "yeah I know it's just I never been good at the holding out hope thing. I'm still learning patience and anger management. Guess that's another thing I need to add to my list."

[xastcriiax]

nickthedragon​:

Some of the guilt that Nick washed away with Manny’s word but not all of it. The rest would remain until this wrong was made right again. There had to be a way to restore his powers. If C.A.R.M.A scientists could create a serum to enhance the human physical condition. Then they could find a way to counter act whatever his partners were injected with. But the doctor who was responsible for the Meta steroid was on leave for whatever reason. Some it would be a while, and until then Nick would do whatever it takes to take H.A.M.E.R down. Or at least make them pay for what they did.

“I don’t know I feel like I could’ve done more in the Madhouse lit them all on fire or something. The clothing wasn’t fireproof was it?” Nick said trying to lighten the situation up a bit. But he got serious again “they will pay for this Manny I don’t know how, but they will” he swore.

“Our clothing definitely wasn’t fireproof. It probably would have been a terrible idea,” Manny said, managing a small smirk at the little joke. He wasn’t so much comforted by Nick’s promise of justice. Even if C.A.R.M.A and the police managed to arrest every single member of H.A.M.E.R and put them behind bars for life, what good would it do? Sure, that’d hopefully be the end of this human supremacist group, but it wouldn’t bring back his or anyone else’s powers. The damage had already been done to him and the other few. “I’m sure they will,” he replied, curling his fist in the blanket as a rare moment of subtle anger crossed his features. “I want them off the streets as soon as possible. I don’t want any other Metas to ever experience this.” 

[nickthedragon]

Nick could tell his promise of vengeance didn't really help ease any type of pain or anger that. Manny was feeling because he wore the same look on his face. For years everytime one of the Novas use to promise that C.A.R.M.A wouldn't get away with. Torturing or killing a Rebel because he knew it was a lie. At least at that moment it was Nick knew it would be years before they got justice. And justice wasn't going to undo any damage done either. Nick had no idea what Manny was really going through, but he knew what it was like to feel like. Things would never be the same again.

"Listen man I don't care what it takes, or what rules I have to break. But I will hunt every single last one of them down by myself. If I have to which I'm pretty sure I won't have to. Because you will get back into the game at some point, and when we bring them down. We'll make them give us an antidote to that so called cure. If they made it then they create another one to return yours and everyone else's powers." He bent down so he was on eye level with Manny and gripped him by the shoulder. "We will make this right things won't be like last time."

[connor-frayne]

Paranoia | Nick & Connor |

@connor-frayne

The kidnappers were able to take Manny was because it was very well-thought-out plan, and his guard was down. Since he was taken from his home but then Erick went missing, and now his paranoia skyrocketing and out of control. Two C.A.R.M.A agents just gone and no one could track them. Whoever was responsible for this was too good. They had resources and access to information that they shouldn’t. Nick couldn’t trust any of his human co-workers. His senses were on full alert whenever he patrolled with one. He even contemplated moving to a new apartment. Nick didn’t realize how close he was to exploding until it was too late.

He was in the training room doing some pull-ups. When a human agent cracked a joke about who would be next to disappear. The guy pointed at Nick and he took that as a threat. Before he knew at his wings had unfolded and carried him over with blinding speed. Nick wrapped his hand around the agent’s throat and lifted him into the air. One of his friends tried to help him but he was knocked to the ground. By a wing the other friend ran out probably to go get Kaden or the Commander herself. He didn’t care all he saw was red at the moment.

“Do you think this is a joke something to laugh about” he growled. His grip tightening when the agent tried to speak. He gurgled as he tried to reason with Nick. The agent clawed at his arm and threw desperate kicks at his chest. None of it fazed him the slightest bit “it’s you isn’t it you’re one of them.” He sneered “you give them all the information they need don’t you?” A voice in his head told him that he needed to stop. Before he took things to far but Nick was never good at listening to the voice of reason.

Connor had only just walked into the training room when it all kicked off – Nick threatening a human agent and Connor having no choice but to intervene to try and restore the peace. He was quick to react, eyes immediately glowing white-hot as he rushed to grasp Nick’s arm, hoping it would distract him and he would let go of the other agent. “We’re on the same side,” he hissed at Nick. “There’s no point in hurtin’ each other. Let him go,” Connor practically commanded, jaw clenched in anger. He knew emotions and paranoia were up from everything that had been going on recently, but there was really no use in taking it out on fellow C.A.R.M.A agents, especially when they needed to be working together to take down this new threat to metahumans.

“Nick, stand down,” he growled, his hand heating up, but he knew Nick could take it, being a fucking dragon and all. “Jus’ because he’s not a meta does not mean he has anythin’ to do with the disappearances.” Connor forced himself between the human and Nick, hoping he’d let go before he ended up doing some permanent damage to the less-robust human he was choking.

[nickthedragon]

Nick felt someone grab a hold on him whoever it was. Their hands were really hot but that wouldn't faze him at all. Then he heard Connor's voice yelling at him trying to reason with him. But he didn't care for reason right now all of this was supposed to be over. Metas were supposed to be safe but they weren't, and someone was responsible for that. Nick didn't know who he could and couldn't trust anymore. If they weren't Meta then that made them his enemy in his eyes.

His grip tightened even more as the agent started to get weaker. His struggling got weaker till he was just lightly tapping Nick's wrist. Just as the human agent seemed like he was losing consciousness. Connor pushed his way between them once again demanding that. Nick let him go but this time it got through to him. Taking deep breaths Nick released the human agent letting him fall to the floor. The agent began coughing and scrambled backwards."Don't ever make a joke like that again. We're supposed to be on the same side, so act like it." He growled folding his wings and turning to walk away. "You might want to thank Connor I'm pretty sure he saved your life."

[nickthedragon]

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❄️ : How does your muse fare in a snowball fight?

🎁 : Do they open one present the night before, or do they save all the presents for the day?

Nick fares pretty well in a snow fight mostly because he's not above using his fire-breathing to melt any snowballs coming his way and his aim is pretty good. If all else fails he'll gather as much snow as he can in his hands, and take to the sky to drop the snow on his opponent.

Nick isn't to the most patient guy so he'll just hold out on opening gifts for the big day. Because if he open one that'll just make him want to open them all.

[nickthedragon]

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🌲 : Does your muse celebrate Christmas? If they don’t, what and how else do they celebrate during the holidays?

In the past Nick really didn't care for the holidays because he didn't have anyone to celebrate with. So he would just drink his sorrows away, but after reuniting with his grandparents he's back into celebrating Christmas even if he can't be with them in person

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Nick tried to let her words put his mind at ease, and he really did want to believe that. Just maybe by some miracle the disappearances were just one big coincidence. C.A.R.M.A could sent Manny and Erick on some super big mission and kept it a secret. So everyone just assumed worst, the cop could’ve just skipped town. Maybe the hero was the only true victim but he knew that the theory was a longshot.

“Yeah we will but I’ll feel like this will be a never ending battle. Whoever is responsible for this obviously has it out for Metas. I don’t see any humans going missing, and even if we do find them and stop them. They’ll always be more like them all those bad C.A.R.M.A agents had to go somewhere after. Elisabeth cleaned house maybe this is what they’ve been doing for the past three years waiting in the shadows. Planning the perfect moment to strike” Nick hated to think like that. But it had to be only explanation, but still this time Metas did have better numbers. “But we still got an advantage the world no longer hates us anymore. Just small-minded people right?”

Deep down Alice couldn’t argue with what Nick was saying, nor did she have the energy to try. It did feel like a never ending battle. These past three years had been a ceasefire not a true truce. “The majority of the world no longer hates us,” she echoed hopefully. “I don’t know if we’ll see that hatred stamped out in our lifetimes but we can hope and do what we can to try to show them they’re wrong. If nothing else we can do that.”

[nickthedragon]

"Yeah hopefully one day our kind will truly be able to live in peace with humans. Until then all we can do is fight for that future." It was a grim outlook on things to be always be fighting for the right to even exist. But that's just how it was "sometimes I wonder if I'll be around to witness it, or die before it happens. I'll probably go down fighting one day but hey it'll be a honorable death." Nick rambled on not really thinking about what he was saying.