Powerless

57. Suggestion

"Caz, calm down and think. Use your power." This only confused the snake. As far as he was aware Damien did not know about any of Cassidy's powers. Damien was currently going all out against the Thomas twins. "Get Jimmy to think properly!"

"HOW AM I SUPPOSED TO DO THAT?!"He could hear Damien growl in frustration just before the sound of an explosion pulled his thoughts away. Jimmy was pulling himself out of a partially demolished wall. He could see the pure unabated blood lust in Jimmy's eyes. Damien's right he really did need to snap him out of it.

"You've done it before, Caz. Think!" Damien yelled over as he jumped up using a disk of black to dodge a burst of light Thomas Red gave off. Thomas Blue was providing aid, backing up Red as he fired seemingly endlessly at Damien.  Jimmy laughed as he disappeared again. His speed is going to be a problem for Dan."CAZ..."

"I know... I-I..." The darker man frowned slightly before using a blackened shield to protect himself against the onslaught Red and Blue were throwing him.

"Suggestion!" Damien threw his arm out creating a shard of solidified darkness that seemed to cut right through the beams of light. Thomas Red almost didn't move in time. Caz could see how Damiens skin was paling. Almost as if continuously using the dark power was causing him to lose his grip. He did say there was one he couldn't use. "Make a suggestion, Caz. Preferably soon..."

"I TOLD YOU THAT WASN'T..." Damien tensed up as his hand twitched slightly causing the snake to freeze. The darker man was gritting his teeth as he created shield after shield. Blue fired another beam of light and Damiens' eyes flashed slightly. The blue man missed somehow managing to strike the spot just in front of Jimmy making him stop before actually hurting Dan. 

Damien said to make a suggestion but that didn't explain anything. Cassidy understood partially as he could remember how saying 'suggest' had caused the energy around him to strengthen but... it didn't really make sense how a single world could hold such power, when his voice, in general, had a buzz to it. How was Cassidy supposed to make it work anyway? Assuming he let himself believe that, yes he had a new power and yes it was him, He's only known about it for 10 minutes. 

Cassidy couldn't help but fall back into his past. Even when he was younger it took far longer than 10 minutes to figure it all out. 10 minutes to understand what his power is and how to use it properly... WAS DAMIEN INSANE?! Cassidy grimaced as he felt the subtle crawl of his skin begging him to itch in anxious turmoil. 

This was serious. The teachers wouldn't kill them obviously but they aren't going to hold back. Jimmy's lost to the bloodlust and Damien would not let Caz physically help. He could feel the energy building around the area adding to the constant thrumming in his ears. His head was throbbing against the pressure that pushed down on him. The constant cold he felt from Damien power was NOT helping in the slightest. There was just too much going on for Caz to focus on anything.

The worst part of all of this was the frustration. This is where Cassidy's superintelligence was supposed to come into play. He's been in worse situations. He just couldn't understand why his anxiety was fucking him up now? He had to figure this out and he knew he could. Something was wrong with all of this. There was something his mind was trying to latch onto but it was like it was shrowded. His mind was too muddled from the overload of energy surrounding the place.

There was just so much of it. There was Jimmy's wild energy that cut like a knife brimming with such insanity it made you shake. There was Damiens energy that was cold and dark, overbearing with intense pressure that could intimidate even the strongest and experienced hero. There was Daniels energy dripping with his depressive influence that made your skin prick with nerves and apprehension. Thomas's energy was a stark contrast to all of them. His was light and bright. Filled with color that moved like a song overflowing with support that made your chest light with an almost parental love.

But underneath all that there was something else. Something that made Cassidy's head swim. It felt like poison, making his throat all tight and lungs feel filled with cotton. He couldn't breathe but he couldn't tell you if it was anxiety or the sudden toxic energy that wrapped around him like the very serpent he was supposed to be.

Jimmy was slowly closing in on Dan. Damien was on the ground after getting hit in the leg by a light blast. It was getting too much. Way way too much for Caz to focus. It was hard to even get his thoughts into words. He needed to make a suggestion. That's what Damien had said. Make a suggestion so...

"I-I..." His voice shook with unchecked nerves. That wasn't going to work. He needed to be calm. He needed to push the words out with the same energy that lulled people to listen. "I have..." He took a deep breathe losing himself in his own energy for only a moment as he let it branch around him. "I have a suggestion!" Damiens' eyes went wide as he glanced over at the snake taking in what was said and how the energy around him seemed to fluctuate. The two Thomas's seemed to notice the change in the air even if Dan couldn't let himself as he struggles against Jimmy's advances. The toxic energy flared up and Caz spun around with now knowing eyes. "Stop!"

Sean stood their eyes wide as his body froze up. Cassidy's voice rang through the area seeming to bounce off the walls and pole until slowly dying off. Jimmy stood there arms raised to strike as Dan scrambled to get away from the now frozen man. Cassidy's suggestion had only affected the two men he was focusing on. The energy Cassidy now identified as Sean and Jimmy...

"You can't deny it any more Cassidy." Damien pushed himself up wincing slightly at the pain that shot up his leg. There really was no denying. The snake had gotten Jimmy Casket, world-renowned murderer, and Sean Mcloughlin, The septic demon, to stop what they were doing just by mere suggestion. 

"Well, that'sss just ssso fucking peachy."