Extraordinary Mistakes II - Blood Ties

Hope dies with you

Over in the control room, Madeleine, Jessica, Laurence, Thomas, Marianne, Edward and their advisors see where Megan and Rachel hide.

"Shoot the first round. Thomas, we will apprehend them. Not kill. Understood?" Edward orders, and Thomas communicates it to his men in the parking lot.

Several armed people show up, forming a line in front of the building and begin shooting.

"Where are they?" Rachel asks.

Megan grabs the infrared monocle that Ánh developed. She puts it on and grabs an amplifying digital mirror. She sees their position and tells Rachel.

Back in the control room, Edward grabs the communicator to talk to Saif.

"Saif, have Aymee try to access the mind of Rachel Moore," Edward orders.

With Aminu's amplification, Aymee begins to focus on the surrounding people. Saif, Aminu, the element controller, she can access Edward's mind and the armed people downstairs, but still can't access Rachel's. She tells Saif she's too far away still.

"Sir, we have to let them get closer. She's still too far away," Saif explains.

Meanwhile, Rachel closes her eyes, puts her hands together and they begin to tremble. A hole in the ground forms and goes all the way against the armed people. She focuses again and this time a wall of water runs through them, washing them away and leaving most of them unconscious on the ground.

The Council watches it all play out on the monitors. The earthquake and the wave of water that easily took out their front line.

"What was that?!" Madeleine shouts.

"Everything is under control." Edward tells her.

In the parking lot, Rachel takes a deep breath and feels her throat collapsing as if she's drowning. Megan's right hand turns blue. She focuses on Rachel, feels her pain and gradually makes it go away.

"We can run to that car over there!" Megan tells her, "whenever you can."

Rachel nods and they run there. The Council sees it on the monitors and Edward orders the element controller to do exactly what Rachel did.

Aminu amplifies the ability, the element controller focuses, and a hole in the ground forms in the direction of Rachel and Megan. Rachel counters it with the growth of soil and makes a tree out of it. The element controller forms a massive wall of water that goes in their direction and Rachel turns it into ice.

"Even with the Angel of Death healing her, eventually her side effects will overcome her. We have the advantage here." Laurence laughs.

Jessica looks at Madeleine and she can tell they're both wondering if they overestimated their capacity to respond to Rachel's abilities.

Marianne focuses her attention on Megan.

"Hold on, Rachel, please," Megan tells her.

Rachel shivers with the coldness that runs through her body. She looks at Megan and sees her father and her aunt standing next to her.

A wall of fire burns down the ice Rachel created and fireballs fire against the car. Rachel takes a deep breath, coughs, and she forms a wall of steel high enough to cover the car.

Rachel's entire body stiffens, and Megan keeps healing her. She creates rocks in the air and throws them against the windows of the building. They don't break.

"That didn't make a difference, Rachel. We have to get nearer and fight there," Megan says.

Rachel's eyes close for a second. Even with Rachel's healing, her side effects are taking a toll on her.