City of Fights

I've been to France before, and seen it up close, but the view of Paris, the city of Lights, at night, from the tip of the Eiffel Tower, is just simply incredible. Last night's escapade was truly life changing, and it gave a real insight to me on how truly small I am in the world.

So anyway, Jorge and I decided to hit up this club, The Garden of Eden, and we enjoyed ourselves as much as we could, dancing alot but I made sure we didn't drink, as it seems to kill my powers temporarily. It was a nice place, with a double-level area, railings disconnecting the bar area from the dance floor, and a few couches, one of which was occupied by a scary bald guy trying his luck to charm an asian woman, and he seemed to be doing pretty good. Anyway, we're there, when my phone goes off:
DANKO IS THERE
-Rebel
So I grabbed Jorge and transmitted the message through our mental link. We teleported to New York, at which point my phone went off again, this time a message from Tempest. It was about John being in France. I instantly told Jorge about the rendezvous point, and the temperature around us got very hot, as his temper got the better of him. We prepared, barely doing anything really, just passing a few fireballs, and trying to get Jorge's telekinesis to a strong level. He couldn't control it at all, he was just barely able to lift a one-pound rock up 6 inches. We were gonna have to use other methods of protection.
Finally, we teleported to France, making our jumpspot be the Arc de Triomphe. We walked incognito to the Eiffel Tower. The lights of the entire city of Paris were beautiful in photos, but nothing can compare to this. The sheer beauty that the tower gave off, the way the lights reflected outward, it was simply magesty. It was amazing, but the amazement was cut short, as I was picked up from behind suddenly.
Without warning, I was flying through the air, unsure of what could possibly be going on. I couldn't go into Thinking-Mode, and I didn't even consider using an ability, it hasn't yet become reflex to do it. Next thing I know we're somewhere completely different, and I hit the floor, hard. I heard a sickening snap, and a burning pain in my chest. I tried to transform myself to heal the borken ribs, but my abilities were still not working. I didn't even understand the situation, until I heard a voice behind me.
"Damian, Damian, Damian." An all too familiar voice chided behind me. "Finally, I can take your beautiful ability. Its fully developed, and has so many components. Shape-Shifting, Telekinesis, Probability Manipulation, Clairvoyance... oh the list is so sweet. And with my friend here," he stopped for a moment, probably motioning to someone, although I was face-first in the dirt, trying not to scream in pain. "I can take it, and I think I'll be perfectly happy with my list of abilities, although that won't stop me from taking more than my fair share."
Somehow, I managed to roll over onto my back, but my rib cage still throbbed horribly. "DROP DEAD!" I screamed, trying to put as much of John's own power into it as I could, but my voice didn't seem powerful enough. John simply laughed, as I had used all my energy in that single scream, and I simply layed on my back, unable to move, until John flicked his wrist, and I suddenly felt myself lift up onto my feet. I couldn't control my own movements, I felt like a marionette.
"Like the little tricks I've picked up since I met little Petey over there?" He smirked, tilting his head towards the young kid with glowing Bronze eyes standing a few feet away. Speaking of which, I hadn't noted where we were til now, so I took it all in.
We were standing in a large field, all grass and dirt with the occasional flower here and there. Trees were sparse, but I saw a few, and the beautiful mountains were visible in the distance. But no matter how much amazement the scenery brought me, I was still disgusted by John.
"Puppet Mastery," John announced, moving his fingers and making me dance a bit. "Seems somewhat redundant, but this way I don't have to vocalize my commands. You already saw flight, and I know that your little friends saw me use Radiation Manipulation. Something you may have overlooked, as well as Cleo, I picked up Rapid Tissue Regeneration from a man in Memphis, really quite useful, so now not only do I have clones, I have invincible clones. Just watch." With that, Johns face became odd. It began to stretch at the nose, then his whole body seemed to rip apart, and there was a grinding sound as his bones reproduced. Finally, the two halves ripped at the divide, and two identical, clothed, Johns stood before me. The original turned to the new one, and simply nodded, but his eyes glowed as he did it, so I'm guessing he somehow learned to give mental comands. The clone flew off. John then made a head gesture to a spot where the grass was flattened. I couldn't move because of his Puppet grip on me, but he turned my neck for me, and I saw Double, lying dead in the grass.
"What a wonderful power, Duplication. And I kept the body so that I could show you a bit more of what I can do." John then shot a harsh-looking beam of blue-laser into Double's head, immediately burning straight through. After he released the power flow, a clean hole was visible straight through Double's forhead. "Add Telepathy and Power Blocking to that list I know your making in your head, and you're almost completely done. Just add one more thing." With this, he looked harshly at me, and suddenly it felt like my brain was exploding. I fell to my knees, and then straight onto my broken ribs, letting out bloodcurdling screams from all the pain. Twice more at the same time the pain spasm came, like a shock of 1,000,000 volts going through my body, or some TNT going off in my head. John forced me to my feet again, and caused my mouth shut.
"Its called Psionic Blasting, if you're a comic book fan." and I felt a probing force going through my head suddenly. I realized he was reading my thoughts, but I lacked the strength to fight back. "Nope, you never read DC or Marvel. Well its very handy for torturing. An old Company Agent had it. I can send horrid pain signals into your nervous system, causing horrible pain without any true physical damage. Well, enough stereotypical Supervillain monolouging. Away with your ability. OH, PETEY!" John commanded, and the boy began walking like a zombie towards me. John nodded at the shell-of-a-boy, and he began approaching me with an outstretched, glowing-orange hand. I was sure this was it, until I saw a purple orb flying through the sky. I was the only one to notice, and it suddenly slammed John from behind, causing a crack as his neck snapped. I looked to Pete and saw his eyes suddenly lose their bronze shade.
I looked quickly to realize that Tempest was in the Force Field I had seen flying towards us. He began to swoop for Pete, when I heard another odd sound come from John's body. His neck was reforming! Within a moment, he was once again on his feet, and he used puppet mastery to pull Pete towards him, but Tempest was too fast. I saw a bunch of bright colours, when all of a sudden John EXPLODED! Seriously, like a mini-nuke, just went off! Everything went black.
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I woke up God knows how long later lying on a bed at TechPower Co., with Healthbar and Jorge standing over me, both their glowing hands on my chest. I looked up quickly, and saw that there was a mirror on the wall. It was very interesting to watch the radiation burns on my face all suddenly change back into my own skin. I helped the process of healing as much as I could once I got my strength back.
When the healing process was done, I tested my abilities, just to check that I still had them. They all seemed to be working fine, and after making a force-field around my hand, I noted my wrist, which had a charred Rolex upon it, still ticking. I checked it, and I watched the hands slowly stop ticking. THREE, TWO, ONE, and they got stuck at 11:53. I quickly deduced what the time was in Miami, and realized school was about to start.
The door clicked behind me as Cleo and Tempest began to walk in with Precog and Omni. I used two powers at once, and teleported myself to a spot three blocks from my school. At the same time I had used Thought-Form Projection to leave TechPower Co. a note:

Can't be late on just my second day!
-Damian