Behind these Walls AU Mature UC *see casting thread*

[FaithfulAngel24]

OOC: Hey guys. Sorry this took so long. PM me if anything needs changing.

*Maria*

My entire world no longer makes sense to me. I along with my seven closest friends have been kidnapped and held prisoner in this god forsaken hell hole for the past forty-eight hours. My poor mother must be worried sick. If I know her she has the sheriff and the entire small community we belong to searching for me. Although in all honesty she probably could never guess as to why I’m being held hostage. No, I’m sure she assumes I’ve run off with some bad boy on a need for adventure get away. I am not the flighty hormone driven airhead she thinks I am.

Still, it saddens me to think of how worried she must be. I’m all my mother has. I listen intently while Liz introduces us to the other inmates. It’s rather unusual for me to be this quiet, but I find that I have nothing useful to add. When I’m nervous I ramble, but this is so far beyond anything I have ever experienced. I am terrified into silence. "I'm Liz, by the way, this is Max and my surprisingly quiet blond friend is Maria. We're from Roswell. Where are we?" Liz questions the attractive blond guy.

He studies us as if to remember our names before replying. “I’m Xavier.” He gestures toward the dark haired brooder beside him and reveals. “This is Phillip and the guy off in his own little world there is Kieran . I don’t know where we are from and as for where we are now I don’t know. This building is called Experimental Options Incorporated or EOI.” EOI? Sounds like some kind of futuristic bullshit. Is that while we are held captive? To force some kind of experiments on us to see what they can have us do? Frowning at the mere thought of it I continue to listen to the others go on.

"Soon you'll learn to hate it as much as we do," Phillip adds with a cheerful tone, but his disposition screams anything but.” We already hate it, thanks," Max retorts. "What 'options' are they experimenting with? Why are you all here?" He inquires desperate to get answers. "Yeah. This place, could definitely do with out." Liz acknowledges. “How long have you been here?” I hear myself asking. These guys look pretty comfortable in their surroundings. As if they are used to it.

I’d like to have some idea on the time frame we are dealing with. Are they going to keep us for days, weeks, months, or years? I shudder at my own conclusion. I can’t imagine spending my eighteenth birthday here, and that’s on the positive side. What if they never let us go?

[FaithfulAngel24]

*Isabel*

I enter what appears to be a communal area and find that my brother is sitting next to Liz. Big shocker there. Even more suprising is that Maria sits on the other side of the delicate brunette. Shock and dismay! Sorry, I know I'm a bit sarcastic at this point ,but you would be too if everything you've ever known and loved was stripped away from you in one second. I force a polite smile before making my way to them. Two others guys occupy seats across from them and I do my best to look friendly and nonthreatening.

Although with my usual ice princess disposition thats a bit of a stretch. "Hey." I mumble a simple introduction. Max's features look hard and frustrated. This must be really hard for him. He's always protected Michael and I and now there's nothing he can do about our current state. We are stuck and we dragged our closest friends along for the ride.

[isabelle]

*Phillip*

Immediately, the newbies start in with the questions. Where? Who? How long? I guess it's to be expected, but I don't wanna be their nursemaid. Are we supposed to tell them that we don't know squat about what this is about? We're lucky we know as much as the name of the place.

A tall blonde girl comes in. Man, she's a looker but she knows it, too. She looks a bit frosty, like she's already fending off advances that haven't even happen. I tip my chair back and put my feet on the table to show that I don't notice -- I hope she believes it.

"Hey," she says, sitting nearby.

"That's Isabel," Max says. "This is Phillip, Xavier and Keiran," he adds, finishing the introductions.

I look over at Max and then Maria, seeing as Xavier hasn't answered any of their questions yet. "They're experimenting on US, haven't you figured that out?" I ask Max. I know they've been in the testing rooms.

Shaking my head, I look at Maria, who's question made a bit more sense. "They took me when I was ten," I say.

[FaithfulAngel24]

*Isabel*

"That's Isabel," Max introduces me and I give a slight nod to the unknowns. "This is Phillip, Xavier and Keiran," He adds and I eye the three suspiciously. They have the insight that we need to break out of here so I’ll have to play nice. That doesn’t however mean I have to like it.
Phillip addresses Max and Maria. They must have asked him something before I entered the room. "They're experimenting on US, haven't you figured that out?”

Yes, that is a lesson we’ve learned all to well in our short time here. The one called Phillip continues by revealing. "They took me when I was ten," Goodness. He was so young. I couldn’t imagine spending most of puberty in this cage. Not trying to show a hint of emotion I question, "Where were you from?" Clarifying. "Before I mean." Maybe there is a pattern.

[isabelle]

OOC -- hoping I got this right...

*Phillip*

I feel a shadow cross my face. Isabel's question peirces the wall that I usually wear around myself.

"... I don't know," I say, softly, looking away at a particularly interesting bit of the floor. I pinch my lips together and take a slow breath before meeting her eyes again. Hopefully my mask is back in place and nobody saw past it.

"Nobody remembers where they're from," I say, flatlly. Turning, I catch Liz's eyes. She said she was from Roswell. I'm not sure where Roswell is, but I know it's a place that's outside. "Except you."

[maougha]

~Xavier~

"Oh, just dandy," says Phillip "Soon you'll learn to hate it as much as we do,"

"We already hate it, thanks," Max answers Phillip. "What 'options' are they experimenting with? Why are you all here?"

"Yeah. This place, could definitely do with out." Liz says.

“How long have you been here?” Maria finally speaks.

But before I decide to answer or not another newbie waltzes in, a real fem-fatale this one is I can tell."Hey. She mumbles when she joins us. I glance over at Phillip and see that he is just ignoring the new girl and of course Keiran still knows nothing of what is going on. I wonder well I have to fell him in on everything that has transpired this morning?

"That's Isabel," Max says. "This is Phillip, Xavier and Keiran," he adds.

Phillip obviously deciding that I have waited long enough starts answering their questions. "They're experimenting on US, haven't you figured that out?" and then to Maria. “They took me when I was ten,"

"Where were you from?" Clarifying Isabel says. "Before I mean."

I decide to jump in here since it is still a sore spot for everyone here that they can not remember where they are from. I being stuck here the longest can’t remember anything at all so I figure why be bothered by something you can’t remember right? But before I can say anything Phillip answers. "... I don't know, Nobody remembers where they're from, Except you."

I add to this. “None of us can remember where we are from or anything about our lives before we came here. I have been here the longest for twelve years, I’m eighteen by the way so you can do the math.” I say. “Like Phillip said they experiment on us daily to test our powers and other stuff.”

I glance around at the newbie’s who seem unnerved at this Max really looks like something is bothering him. His earlier question kind of puzzled me were they not here because of their powers? What other reasons would they be taken and experimented on? So I decide to try and get it out of him. “As for what you said before Max the reason for why we are here is probably the same as why you are here.” there an answer but it’s vague lit him jump to his own conclusions.

[FaithfulAngel24]

*Maria*

Isabel enters and as per usual all the boys stare. I’m not jealous though. Quite the opposite actually I’m glad when I enter a room all eyes don’t peer at me. That would make me really uncomfortable and nervous. Although I guess the Ice princess is used to it by now. “Hey” She mumbles before taking a seat on the other side of Max. “That's Isabel," Max introduces his cold sister to the others. "This is Phillip, Xavier and Keiran," She acknowledges them with a slight nod ,but that’s all. Pretty typical.

"They're experimenting on US, haven't you figured that out?” Phillip reveals to Max who looks none to thrilled with the explanation. Then he looks to me with an odd expression on his face. "They took me when I was ten," I am overwhelm with sympathy. I cannot believe he’s been here this long. What about his family and friends? Didn’t they ever try to find him? "Where were you from?" Isabel questions and then adds to it. "Before I mean." The dark haired boy stares at the floor while answering. "... I don't know,"

Huh? How does he not know? I can remember lots of things from when I was ten. Beginning to rack my brain I can only come up with a couple of memories. I was ten when Liz and I let Alex into our Best Friends Circle. It was also when my mom got arrested for tying herself to a tree in protest. Even more it was when I had a crush on Dustin Lewis the new boy. That lasted a good two days but still… I remember it. It’s seemingly harder then I would have thought though. That’s erie.

It’s as if the past is slowly melting away. I make a resolution not to let my memories slip away. I will remember who I am and where I come from. “Nobody remembers where they're from," Phillip retorts with a blank expression. "Except you.” He adds with a twinge of bitterness I didn’t see coming. “None of us can remember where we are from or anything about our lives before we came here. I have been here the longest for twelve years, I’m eighteen by the way so you can do the math.”

Xavier replies informatively. “Like Phillip said they experiment on us daily to test our powers and other stuff.” His answer leaves me a tad uneasy and from his expression he notices our discomfort. “As for what you said before Max the reason for why we are here is probably the same as why you are here.” Oh this guy is good. I wonder who Max will respond to that challenge. Will he give up his secret or make them wait it out? I guess only time will tell. "You guys must be really close then."

I state as I look at the three guys. "Being stuck in here together for this long. You must have joined forces and tried to escape at least once." I reason studying their features carefully for some kind of sign of recogniton. I'd like to know what they tried so we won't attempt and fail it. It's important to learn as much as we can if we want to be freed.

[isabelle]

*Max*

“Like Phillip said they experiment on us daily to test our powers and other stuff," Xavier explains. "As for what you said before Max the reason for why we are here is probably the same as why you are here,” Xavier explains.

Powers. They have powers. But do they have powers because they're aliens like me, or are they humans, like Liz? Xavier isn't giving any clues. I press my teeth together, wondering how to get him to explain. The fact that they don't remember where they were from is pretty un-nerving, too. Are they being brain-washed? Drugged? What? We have to get out before they do it to us, too.

"You guys must be really close then. Being stuck in here together for this long. You must have joined forces and tried to escape at least once," Maria says.

Good point, I think, wondering what they've tried. I guess it would depend on what they can do. If he answers that, maybe we'll have another clue.

"What kind of 'powers' do you have?" I ask, deciding to try the direct approach.

[maougha]

~Xavier~

"You guys must be really close then." Maria speaks up again. "Being stuck in here together for this long. You must have joined forces and tried to escape at least once."

"What kind of 'powers' do you have?" Max asks. Now which to answer first. It would seem that Max is hiding something, but what? What is different about him?

I look at Maria. “I guess we are. As for breaking out I try that every night.” I laugh. “It’s not a simple as you may think. We don’t know where we are or what’s out there and these people seem to know our powers more then we do.”

Then I answer Max. “Our powers differ, I can astrol project, Pepe here has Telekinesis. Kieran’s power is not the ability to ignore as you might think, he hasn’t got one yet. He’s a late bloomer. As for everyone else your gonna have to ask them your selves it’s not really my place to say.”

I then glance at Maria. “So what can you do?”

[FaithfulAngel24]

OOC: Ria knows she has powers right? I am going to go ahead and put this. If there's an error in the storyline from this just let me know. I apologize in advance for any mistakes.

*Maria*

"What kind of 'powers' do you have?" Max adds and I beam proudly at him. He's always one step ahead. I've always appreciated that he poccesses that quailty. Xavier answers with a cheerful flair. “I guess we are. As for breaking out I try that every night.” He chuckles and I find myself warming up to the strangers. Still, I have to keep on the defensive. “It’s not a simple as you may think. We don’t know where we are or what’s out there and these people seem to know our powers more then we do.” He admits reluctantly.

Then he directs Max. “Our powers differ, I can astrol project, Pepe here has Telekinesis. Kieran’s power is not the ability to ignore as you might think, he hasn’t got one yet. He’s a late bloomer. As for everyone else your gonna have to ask them your selves it’s not really my place to say.” Wow, they have so many abilities. It's amazing really. Then I defer the sentiment when he addresses me. “So what can you do?” Uh.... To tell or not to tell? That is the proverbial question.

Looking to Max I find myself unable to read his disposition. He's a blank slate. It must have taken him years to perfect that expression. Seeing as how they are being honest with us I can't just brush off the question. "Uh... Well, I can change the molecular structure of things." I reveal a tad uneasily.