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V. Angeline. Thirty-five. Bitch.“God put me on this Earth to accomplish a certain number of things. Right now I'm so far behind that I'll never die.” ― Thomas Hobbes

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“You’re broken.” Angeline stated plainly. She didn’t even need to read Christine’s mind to know that the human part of her was currently unavailable. “I can see that we’re both in a difficult situation right now.” She brought her hand up to show her ring finger. Around where a band should have been was a circle of blackened flesh. “If you can figure out how to take the ring off of me then I can help you find your human. I can’t seem to feel any pain and it isn’t by choice.” She took a seat next to Greed. “Bet on that fighter. I’ll make sure he wins, for your time.”

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amcraxwclf‌:

“I adore you Angie, but not to the point where I’d console you.” That was only for her grandchildren and even then her method of consoling wasn’t conventional to say the least. “IAAC won’t ever exceed what it is now.” This was fact seeing as powered beings still existed to the point where they still stood strong against those who wanted them gone. “I concur, we start anew. Ava and I visited Hyrian’s Home…There is potential there, but…” It wasn’t enough. To take the Society on a grandeur scale, they needed to outsource more powered beings of all walks of life. “…Now that I think about it. They say children are the future.” A twisted smile graced her lips as the hybrid took a step closer to Angeline, “How are your children by the way? And your niece and nephew?” She knew she’ll be striking a nerve with this new Famine, but ideas should be welcomed. “Reap what you sow. What if the Society provides opportunity through growth? What I’m getting at is that no one suspects children. They’d be the perfect hosts.” 

“I don’t expect you to.” Amara was good at many things, but she wasn’t good with those who grieved. “They were only good for their money and technology.”  Some members of IAAC wanted to completely get rid of Supers but there were others who wanted the means to control them. Angeline was once a part of the latter. “Hyrian contains children. You’re being redundant.” She narrowed her eyes at the hybrid. She didn’t want to overreact but it would be a lie if she said that she didn’t feel panicked at the idea of Apollyon agents at her home. Did Amara already try to take them or was she just toying with her? “They’re doing fine. If anything happens to my children, however, something might happen to yours.” She and her husband kept their darker hobbies away from the kids. They didn’t want to influence them in a way that made the kids feel like they didn’t have a choice. “Hosts for what. And even if you got your hands on my sister’s children, they’d break themselves free. They have a habit of doing that.”

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amcraxwclf‌:

“No you’re not like your niece…She’s a special one.” replied Amara as she made her way to the outdoors. Taking in the fresh air, the hybrid whipped out her brand name sunglasses and slipped them on as she carried out the conversation. “Anyways, cheer up child. Your sister was a fighter until the end.” On the topic of the Society, the Director smiled as she allowed Angeline to plea her case. Once it was done, she chuckled and held an amused expression as she liked the direction this was going in. “Well put.” she complimented at first. “This means we’re on the same page. I want the Society to excel. To become a force that no one knows about, but everyone to experience. Now, is there a plan in motion that you are bringing to life or do we need to start anew?”

She wondered if her sister’s relationship with Lilith was by chance or if it was orchestrated. Angeline felt like someone had counted on Lilith developing a relationship with Aurelia and then becoming the mother of Death. “Very special.” She nodded in agreement and looked at their surroundings. “It’s a good thing that I don’t expect you to be good at comforting anyone. I’d be disappointed.” She turned to look at Amara. “We need to start anew. I no longer have my contacts at IAAC, and a Wraith has been hunting former Vale associates. I have plenty to use in the prison, however. They’re quite pliable.” After receiving her abilities back, she went to work and decided to make her patients more compliant. They had powers that she could use in this hostile take over. “We can start anew.”

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amcraxwclf‌:

Seeing Angie freeze everyone in place, the hybrid held an intrigued look, before glancing down at the prisoner. “I didn’t come here for him.” With a flick of her wrist, the prisoner’s neck snapped on its own as his body went limp. “It’s you that I’m looking for. Congratulations on the upgrade darling. Ava certainly did one on you.” Amara chuckled softly, the eldest Vale was no longer emotional as she was before. “Yeah, but the loss of family isn’t that easy to get over now is it? I wonder how Aurelia is doing…Where ever her soul is.” She then urges Angeline to follow her out as she no longer found use in being here. “Anyways, let’s discuss: The Society. Where do you see our organization 10 years from now?”

Amara seemed to be in a wasteful mood today. She didn’t even bat an eye at the kill. The hybrid must have meant business. Famine’s voice tried to speak above her own energy and Angeline shoved it down at the mention of Ava. Her hatred and anger was strong enough to keep famine’s influence at bay. “Of course, it is...” Angeline sent out another psionic blast to knock the people out cold. She doubt that they’d remember the energy that kept them in place, but it was fine. She wasn’t trying to make a statement. She followed after Amara. “I don’t deal with souls.” She suspected that she was more vulnerable to her emotions because of her time in the Further and the astral plane. “Before IAAC outed me, I expected myself to join a president’s cabinet and control them. Plans have changed, however. Ten years from now, I see us being the only survivors of a catastrophe of our making.” They had to get rid of the old to bring in the new. “I have no intention of ruling an inferior species anymore.”

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angeline:

Angeline got out of her seat  and immediately ran to the doorway leading into the other room. She knew that her children would come over to see what was happening. Aubrey and Nathaniel loved their aunt. She spread her arms out, trying to shield them from what was at the window. “It’s nap time, you two, please go to your room. Mommy will tuck you in.” Her nanny was already compromised, so she doubted that the other woman would be of any help. The little ones clung onto her legs, clearly fearful. “Maria… You know that I don’t like to make any threats in front of my children, but you need to leave and if you don’t, I will destroy this world to make sure that you die with it.” She reached down to cover their eyes. For a moment, she felt her mind stretch out trying to grasp of slivers of psionic energy, but with how much Ava had absorbed, she couldn’t hold on to anything. She tried again before feeling her son squeeze her hand.

“Mood kill.” declared Arabella in a sing-song tone as she watched Angeline block the view of the deceased from her children. “Do what your mother tells you children. Auntie Bella will come back on a good day with an even better gift.” Eyeing her son, the diwata bent down and smiled. Maria saw potential in this one and said, “We’ll meet again, I promise.” Getting back up, Aurelia’s body immediately dropped onto the ground as Arabella made her leave. “Well, she’s all yours. Trust me Angie, you’ll thank me later.” 

And with that, the diwata waved goodbye and left the Vale household.

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aprfctionist‌:

“Now that isn’t fair. I was all about your husband and we can agree that there was lots to like there.” She briefly raised her brows suggestively. She knew that she was bothering the mutant even more, but all of this was good content for what she was willing to pass on for a moment. She just needed a little bit of heat off of her so Lilith would stop looking to hunt her down. Ava let the lights turn back on. “Don’t worry, you’re greater than a god. You’re a godkiller, sugar.”

She smirked. “No plan if you don’t want your powers back. I’m not asking you to fight anyone, honey. I just want you to get back what’s yours and more. I genuinely want you to feel better after everything that’s happened to you.” She chuckled and leaned back before resting her hands on the desk behind her.  “I’m giving you some of my power, except I’m not blocking out anything of yours. Arabella must have done something to you and I’m not like that. I want you to feel or not feel whatever you want.”

The first time she saw red was in her father’s face when she scolded her for leaving such a mess after she murdered her mother, but today, her own vision was clouded with it. After speaking with Arabella and having her sister’s well preserved corpse in her home, she wasn’t in the mood to be teased about the people she lost. So without another thought, she put on the ring. It vibrated aggressively and turned around on her finger until it started to crack and break, overloaded with psionic energy. 

Before she realized what was happening, it sent out a blast of energy and shattered into seemingly nothing. Angeline was blown back from Ava’s table. The energy had knocked her cold for a couple of minutes, but once she came to she was bombarded by thousands of voices. Angeline rolled onto her side and covered her ears until a low and gravely voice broke through the noise. Famine’s true voice broke through. “Shut up!” She reached down to pull the ring off, immediately regretting her decision to put it on, but she found that it wasn’t there. “What did you do to me?”

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arabcllax‌:

“Yeah, why else would I be here?” Arabella thought it was pretty obvious that the notion to taunt Angeline was the consequence of her actions. “Brava bitch, thanks for pointing out the obvious. I see Famine molded you to become dumb after you gave away your abilities. Such disappointment, I didn’t peg you to be the overly generous type.” She shook her head and sighed, “Your abilities are no longer of worth to me. You gave it to Ava out of all people? It doesn’t make her special to be frank. She’s still trash.” Getting up from her seat, she cupped the side of Angeline’s face with her hand and gave a fake look of adoration. “Since you’re impatient darling…” She then proceeded to caress her cheek in the process as her eyes glowed and the sound of glass breaking from her household’s window showed a large item wrapped in greenery float over to them. “I’ve come bearing a gift…” Maria’s infamous smile graced her lips as she lifted the large leaf to show the face of a dead, yet preserved Aurelia Vale. “For the record, she still looks good for someone who got murdered by their own family don’t you think?” Waving at the children and nanny, her smile widened as she inappropriately asked, “Want to see Auntie? Look what your Mommy and Grandpa did…Such a shame no?”

Angeline got out of her seat  and immediately ran to the doorway leading into the other room. She knew that her children would come over to see what was happening. Aubrey and Nathaniel loved their aunt. She spread her arms out, trying to shield them from what was at the window. “It’s nap time, you two, please go to your room. Mommy will tuck you in.” Her nanny was already compromised, so she doubted that the other woman would be of any help. The little ones clung onto her legs, clearly fearful. “Maria... You know that I don’t like to make any threats in front of my children, but you need to leave and if you don’t, I will destroy this world to make sure that you die with it.” She reached down to cover their eyes. For a moment, she felt her mind stretch out trying to grasp of slivers of psionic energy, but with how much Ava had absorbed, she couldn’t hold on to anything. She tried again before feeling her son squeeze her hand.

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destrecier‌:

He thought that his Aunt was powerless, but he could feel her presence much stronger than before. Jeremiah didn’t seem that it felt right so he rushed over to meet her. He didn’t expect her to be in the middle of a bad situation. The police had their weapons aimed and there was a man on his knees right next to his aunt. “Auntie Angie?” He called out, not daring to cross the police line. “Are you alright?” His shadow broke away from him and moved across the ground over to Angeline. He needed a better look so he sent his shadow out as a scout. “Please, let me through!” He asked the nearest officer. “That’s my aunt!”

“Jeremiah... you’ve finally and officially have arrived.” She could feel two of him in the city. The other one occasionally seemed to disappear. To where, she could only guess, but this was her sister’s son, so the infant could be anywhere. “I’m fine. Like I said, everything is fine.” She glared at the police nearest to her nephew and they immediately turned their weapons on themselves. Panicked the rest of the force ran over to try to disarm them. “Jeremiah, why don’t you be a dear and move us away from this terrible situation. We can talk. You can even call your sister.” She told him telepathically as she started to walk toward him. 

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amcraxwclf‌:

Amara knew of Ava’s plans, but she hadn’t seen it come to life in its full effect. Upon arriving at the scene of…well the show, the hybrid smirked at her ex-employee and nodded. “I could hear the screams even before I set foot into the vicinity. It was in that moment where I knew I was too late.” Walking up to Angeline, the Director stood tall as she observed the slumped man. “Interesting and you didn’t even make a mess.” Now her attention was on Angeline, she asked, “How is it going so far? I haven’t seen you in like ages. This is super late, but I’m truly sorry for your loss by the way.” 

She didn’t think that Amara would immediately jump into personal questions, especially out in the open. The mutant didn’t feel like having an audience today so Angeline waved her hand. Then people froze in place, overwhelmed by an oppressive force of psionic energy. She pulled her hands from her new prisoner. “You can have him if you want. His mind is clear enough to be manipulated.” She could tear memories from people before, but she wasn’t nearly as precise as she was now. “I’m doing well and for what, Amara? I’ve lost quite a lot...”  She looked up at the hybrid. “It has been a while... Atlantis was a bust.” 

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What was interesting about the boost Famine gave her is that its abilities didn’t present itself in a traditional way. Famine could spoil lands and keep food from people. She remembered Ava preyed upon the desires of people, amplifying their need for things, but she wasn’t like that. Angeline got up from her seat to place her hand on an escaped convict’s head. She sifted through his memories and then destroyed what she deemed was the most important one. Altering the amount of desire was one way to go, but maybe what she needed to do, in order to control troublemakers, was to carve away their darkness. She couldn’t bring light into their lives, but she could tear away the darkness. 

The man started to scream. 

Police officers raised their weapons, but Angeline held her hands up at them. “Please stand down.” She looked over at the crowd. “Everything should be fine.” She heard a new mental voice enter the area; her telepathic abilities went into overdrive. She looked up at the newcomer. “You’re a little late. All is well.”

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aprfctionist‌:

“I’ve always liked that about you. Even when you don’t have your powers, you cut to the chase.” She chuckled and stood up slowly from her desk. Ava placed her hands down and leaned over. “I’ll do the same for you. I know that Arabella visited you and she did something pretty fucked up. And that’s fucked up if I’m saying it is.” She started to laugh. Her divinity was breaking through her human form. The room seemed to become darker as she absorbed the energy from the lights. 

“Oh, baby, I don’t care about drugs or your prison. I want to make it so you don’t have to worry about Arabella.” Ava dug into her pocket before slamming down her ring. The object hummed with power and vibrated as it ate away at the wood of her desk. “Your powers are in here and all you have to do is take it. For all the trouble, I even gave you a boost. Something good for the woman who has lost almost everything.” She walked around and jumped up onto her desk, sitting down and crossing her legs. 

"I’ve never liked anything about you.” Angeline replied easily. She didn’t like the other woman because she once had eyes for her husband. Ava’s attention on her after her husband passed away didn’t make things any better. In fact, Ava made things worse and just managed to piss her off even more. “All Gods are terrible.” She glanced at the dimming lights. Absorption was such a nasty ability; it wasn’t pleasant when Ava took more than she would have liked from her. 

“I’m not going to fight Arabella for you. Any plan involving you is destined to be a disaster and a waste of my time and resources.” She crossed her arms but then eyed the ring as Ava casually sat herself down. The ring seemed to call for her. “Famine’s ring. Why are you doing this?” She asked even though she couldn’t keep her eyes off of the ring. The power called to her and she could almost hear whispers within the humming. She unfolded her arms and picked up the ring. The object seemed to reshape itself so it could fit better on her finger. “What’s the catch?”

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She took a few steps into the horseman’s office and stopped half way. She didn’t bother to take a seat and had no intentions of making herself comfortable here. Ava was a pain in her ass and she just wanted to leave even though she had just arrived. “What do you want?” Angeline decided not to waste any more time; she was already taking some time off of work to deal with this inconvenience. 

“I don’t want to talk about your drug or letting it circulate in my prison. I don’t even want to talk about the fact that you’re sleeping with my former boss.” She had heard about it from her son. He was lucky enough to receive the Vale genes, and the little boy, even though he was young, was able to figure out that Ava and Amara were ‘sharing a bed.’

@aprfctionist

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arabcllax‌:

”And there you have it. The real killer is you. I wonder how your children, niece and nephew would feel about that.” She glanced over at Nate and Aubrey and smiled as she waved at them. No response of course seeing as their mother was here, but Arabella didn’t mind. They’ll be seeing a lot of her, that’s for sure. Once Angeline invaded her thoughts and placed the blame on her, the diwata laughed as if the eldest Vale told a hilarious joke. ’Now…Now…I gave you a blessing. Don’t pin this on me Angie, I wasn’t the one that was there.’ She then went back to her seat and flopped down onto it as she made herself comfortable. “You had no faith in yourself babe. You couldn’t handle it. To think you would adapt to what was given to you? And failed at it? That, I’m willing to accept the blame for. I chose a weak follower and my consequence is that I lost one. Perhaps it’s for the better.”

“Did you just come here to mock me? What do you really want?” Angeline couldn’t imagine that Arabella was here just to check up on her and insult her. They were once connected when she had her abilities, so she knew that there had to be another reason, one more important to the deity. “You’re saying all of this, but you’re in my home, taking time out of your day to insert yourself back into my life. Logically speaking, I’m no one of importance to you. If you wanted someone with the abilities I have, you can go talk to the person who took them.” Ava had to be somewhere around and it wasn’t that hard to summon her, as far as rituals went. Maybe she was a special case, but all she had to do was think about her a lot and insult her a bit Ava was always ready to be a nuisance.

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arabcllax‌:

Rolling her eyes, Arabella disregarded her statement. Well now the bitch wasn’t empty at all thanks to her, but there was no point in doing the blame game as of now. “Comforting. Mhm, well that goes to show that you didn’t quite handle your abilities to your full potential. I was clearly conned.” Running a hand through her hair, the diwata scoffed at the grieving Vale, “She wasn’t, but what went wrong Angeline? Was it her incompetence or was it yours?” Getting up from her seat, the supermodel strutted over and tucked a strand of Angeline’s hair behind her ear. “From my understanding, you were supposed to have her back. Unfortunately, she got stabbed through the front. What a shame…”

Angeline couldn’t remember much of the fight because she had subconsciously blocked most of it. For the most part, she was functioning without the worries of freezing up in the middle of her days and becoming a wreck, but certain words strung together painfully pried open the gates to her memories of that time. She felt her chest tighten, at the mention of how her sister died, and then she shut her eyes so she could better focus on her breathing. “Mine. I wasn’t strong enough, my fear ruined me. I should have been able to block it out, but I couldn’t...” She looked over at Arabella and thought, I shouldn’t have put my faith in you. 

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arabcllax‌:

Seeing the children scurry away, Arabella frowned before sighing and leaning back into her seat with her legs crossed. “Your mother’s a total mood kill!” she exclaimed. Now faking a hurtful look, she remained unamused after being told to released the nanny. Talk about being a total Debbie Downer. “Fine. Only cause I’m doing this for the children.” With a quiet whisper, their nanny snapped out of whatever warped reality Arabella placed her in and immediately went to the children as if nothing had happened. “Anyways, I wanted to see how you’re holding up. I heard a hungry bitch took your abilities. I’m also very disappointed in you. Why the fuck would you stoop that low?”

Her son may have only been a three year old, but the first thing she taught him was how to make strong enough barriers to give him and sister enough time to protect themselves, so when the kids left, she relaxed a little. Angeline didn’t bat an eye when the nanny walked after them. She preferred it when the kids weren’t stressed about her more unsavoury associates. “She’s more empty than she is hungry.” She commented. “I’m doing fine. The silence is comforting...” The last time her mind was this calm and truly hers was before she ended her mother’s life. Even though her mother was simple and too kind of this world, her abilities did well in easing Angeline’s thoughts. “She wasn’t supposed to die.”

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“Aww! Uno!!” 

Although Nathaniel wasn’t expressive like most children, Arabella still challenged him to a classic game of Uno and made it interesting by allowing the both of them to mess with their minds. He was wary of who she is, but that’s what happens when you put two beings with similar powers in one room. Aubrey was eyeing the both of them with a skeptical look, while the Nanny was out in a daze. So she made herself at home, big whoop. She wasn’t here to harm Angeline’s children. She was here to visit her old disciple and see how she’s doing. Glancing up at the eldest Vale, Arabella flashed her the Reyes smile and waved. “Hey Angeline, my condolences. Your sister was not only a babe, but she had a heart of gold.” Gesturing a hand at her children, she added, “Your offsprings are surprisingly cute. They got it from their father huh?” 

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Bags, groceries, and a new board game. Keys. 

She turned to pick them up off of the ground. 

Keys. Colouring book. Colouring book? 

Angeline looked inside of her shopping back and sighed in relief while she headed to the door. Normally, she would have telepathically call for the nanny, but ever since Ava’s visit, the only thoughts in her head were her own. So she shot a text and stared at the clock. She wasn’t an impatient person; she knew how long it took the baby sitter to get to her. Ava took away her psionic abilities but left her with her intellect. She sighed and leaned the bag against her chest before tossing her keys up a few times until she caught the one she needed. After she got inside, she headed toward the children’s play room. “Aubrey, Nathaniel come help me put away-” She looked up and saw the nanny in the corner. Then she narrowed her eyes at Arabella. “Daughter, Son, go put this bag away. Now.” Aubrey pulled her younger brother away and grabbed the bag from their mother before running into the kitchen. “What do you want?” She went straight to the point. “Release the girl. She’s their favourite.” 

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aprfctionist‌:

She didn’t need a lot of things, but if she was going to play the table against Hades, having Angeline’s abilities would be useful. She stopped at the door and began to absorb Angeline’s power. “You were much more interesting when Maria didn’t break you.” The extraction wasn’t difficult on her end, but she couldn’t speak for the mutant. Ava turned to look at her. “Angeline, there was a time when I feared you because nothing scared you enough to stop you, but now look at you… Your love is a mark for Death.” She walked over to the newly powerless woman and then pulled her into a tight embrace. She pushed her head against her chest. “I can’t wait to see your face when I’m done with all of this.” Ava released her, took a few steps back to the door, and waved. 

Angeline never knew that the silence could be so exhausting or what her thoughts sounded like without everyone else’s flooding them out. It wasn’t a painful loss, but it was sudden. Ava’s voice seemed so much softer without her thoughts rattling so loudly and she seemed less overwhelming when she couldn’t hear her thinking. “I have nothing to say about that...Knowing her, she’ll punish us both for this.” She spoke slowly. Her voice sounded so strange now that everything else seemed quiet. “Please, just leave.” She said and then silently watch Ava until she disappeared around the corner. Then as if on cue, she saw her son, Nathaniel poke his head out from the doorway with a worried expression. He was gifted with the Vale gene and she knew that he knew what just happened. His older sister followed and Angeline extended her arms to embrace them both. “It’ll be ok...”

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