Sleeping on the Beach.

[Jason Mendoza]

Jason's money situation was at it's worst, money was harder to get without the use of his power which he hated to do. He felt it was unfair to use it, he felt he was scamming the community. Over time being homeless he realized he had to stop his angry feelings for the people he met no matter how mentally inferior they were to him. Jason still felt a twinge every time he came across and idiot, a feeling of hate that echoed in the back of his mind to kill them where they stood to prevent their moronicy from spreading. But, he never did. There was no point.

He smoothed out the towel he had stolen from his last hotel visit to his specifications so that sleep might come easy....it didnt. The sand had been packed in from the day's crowed and it was hard as a rock to lay on. Plus sand got in his hair and pants somehow which just put him in a generally bad mood. In the distance a couple was bothering his sleep with the moans of sexual pleasure that had gone on for a few hours now. He tried to take his mind off of the distractions but couldn't so he played with a small puddle near him, freezing it, morphing it and making loops in the air. His only artistic ability was his control over the particles of the water, being able to shape what he was controlling into an exact sculpture of what he was thinking of.

This is mostly how he got his money, faking the ability to do it with a knife when all he needed was his mutant power to shape it himself. Small incriments of money he got, not enough at a time to support renting even the most diseased ridden crapshack of an apartment complex. The recession hit everyone hard and he had heard about several "tent cities" across the country, mainly the biggest one right now in California near the Sacramento Airport. Secretly. he wished New York would start one but, then again, he could not afford a stick and a sheet to even try and sleep under. Plus with the cold it would be much, much worse.

The moans grew louder from the couple, who he could make out in the distance of maybe fifty yards. Jason was pushed to his limits.

"Shut the FUCK up and go home if you want to do that! People are trying to sleep out here!"

This didn't give the best response in the world. "Hey man screw you and get a job, hobo!" He heard the woman giggle. Jason clenched his teeth, this was it. He couldn't take this. He was only sixteen with no place to stay and no job with no finished High School...it wasn't entirely his fault. His eyes widened and he started to walk quickly over to the couple, manipulating the water in the air and what was close to him into a perfect sphere the size of a large bowling ball.

He was going to kill them...

[Ashtin Evans]

Ah the beach! Beautiful, sunny, with the wind and water it was such a nice place to be on a good day. Well maybe not on an emotionally good day. Ashtin had had a bad encounter with a can of Weed-B-Gone and was paying for it dearly. Her usual bright and happy personality was hidden behind a tired and paled façade. The fem hoped that a day in the sunshine would make things all better. Then she would be back to her old self in no time.

A bathing suit covered things and kept a modest appeal to her choice of wardrobe for the day. It consisted of a tan, brown and teal striped bikini top and matching short-like bottom. The swimwear clung to her toned figured, but when you walk every where things tend to work out in the long run. a pair of dark shades covered her sleeping eyes, as dark russet tresses were pulled back in a haphazard pony tail. With the iFrog headphones plugged into her ears and music from her iPod blaring away there was not much she could hear.

Every now and then hazel orbs would open to take in who was around the little mat she was laid out upon. As the hours went by the tone of her skin was slowly going back to its sun-kissed color. During one of her little glanced about, the female had noticed a rather haggard looking boy who was playing with the water of a puddle. But she did not give it much thought. There were a few other people around as well. But she could not hear anything beyond the Breaking Benjamin song blasting away through the earbuds.

Everything was quiet enough in her mind. As she rolled over to lie upon her stomach the headphones slipped from her ears and the angry shouting of two men entered them. Quickly hazel opticals snapped towards the boy and another voice that seemed to becoming from the bushes. The male did not look happy, and he seemed ready to kill someone. “Oh- this isn’t good.” Ash whispered before swiftly sitting up. Trying to think of the best way to get around this situation, she thought of something that would be rather funny.

Smiling she lifted a hand and waved it towards the bushes where the other masculine voice had came from. Instantly the shrubbery came to life and leapt away from its usual resting spot, revealing the couple behind it. Asthin had to place a hand over her mouth to suppress the urge to burst out in a fit of laughter. But then there still left one more thing to do. Jumping up from her mat, the mutant sprinted towards the boy. In a graceful step she spun to be in front of him and walk backwards. “They’re not worth it.” her cool voice whispered to him, hoping to calm him down.

[Jason Mendoza]

"Really? Not worth it? I'm trying to get some decent sleep out here, lady. They're interrupting it. It's not like I can just go to a nice warm house like you every night. Some people are stuck in a rut, like me. Okay? Now get out of my way, these two don't deserve the lavish life given to them." Jason dropped the orb he was controlling, then froze it on the woman's feet. "Try stopping me now." He felt like giving her a violent shove out of the way but thought the better of it. She was only trying to help, keep him from getting into trouble. Another orb quickly took the place of the old one, slowly freezing over.

Ten feet from the couple, Jason stopped abruptly. They didn't look surprised. Had Mutants lost their intimidating look? They used to terrify people, all because it was all unknown to them. 'Damn Xavier. Made us look like normal people...' he growled in his mind. Oddly enough he realized they hadn't really stopped what they were doing, looking at both of them in mid-hump Jaosn couldn't help but crack a smile. He almost lost it, their angry and dim-witted expressions didn't help with controlling his laughter. He took into consideration of the woman for a moment, and thought she was right. He dropped the frozen orb on the sand, letting it melt.

Jason turned around to face the back of the female, he couldn't help but stare. She was rather pretty, and had a nice--'Stop it Jason.' he warned himself. The ice melted quickly as a wash of the ocean's saltwater ran over her feet, freeing her. That gave him an idea....a playfully evil smile played across his lips. The next wave came, but didn't crest at the shoreline, instead it concentrated on the sand next to the couple that annoyed Jason, then seconds later slammed on top of the two before returning back to the ocean. When he turned around Jason couldn't help but laugh at their wild and surprised expressions, and the fact that they were still in the same position but soaked.

Slowly he made his way toward the unknown woman. He had to thank her somehow, and apologize. What he did was uncalled for...

[Ashtin Evans]

He had exploded at her. Literally, just seemed to outright yell at her. Ashtin was slightly baffled, after all she was the quiet one at school that everyone had a mutual respect for. Either that or they were her friends. And then he had frozen her feet to the sand. A somewhat annoyed look crossed the girl’s face. It was bad enough when she got rooted to the ground on her own, now someone was keeping her planted. Then the boy shoved her. the brunette stumbled backwards and landed rather harshly upon her bottom. Her gaze snapped back at the other mutant and if looks could kill, someone would be in trouble.

The fem attempted to free her feet from their icy casting, but to no avail. So for now all she could do was sit there and watch was he was doing. She really hoped that he wouldn’t do anything stupid. Such as kill those two. It would give the media one more reason to hate their kind. The girl was still agitated by the boy’s roughness towards her. It’s not like she actually touched him or tried to physically hold him back. And yet here she was sitting on her rump all because of him. Ash folded her arms across her chest and sat there. That was until he dropped the orb he was threatening the couple with and looked back at her. She was still mad at him.

The ice about her ankles melted away and she could freely get up on her own once again without falling over. Standing up she dusted the sand off of her legs and bathing suit. Even though plants were supposed to enjoy dirt, sand was still irritating to the skin. In a huff she spun about and headed back for her own mat. Pushing her dark shades up to rest on top of her head, she proceeded to pick up her pad and shake the sand free from it. Then she laid it out and knelt down to flatten it out completely before laying back on it. That was until she heard someone walking back over to her. Looking back it was the boy. But she was still flustered at what he’d done, so she went back to straightening her towel.