Once again Vibe had taken to wandering the halls. The Resistance meeting hadn't completely turned out the way she wanted it; of course, nothing short of storming the camps and releasing her sister would have been acceptable anyway right now. Plus, it seemed that everywhere she went in the last day she kept running into pairs of people. There were more than that, of course, but pairs were all she saw. The constant reminder, and feelings of loneliness and helplessness, had her angry with the world in general.

Older only by seconds and inches, Amp had always been the stronger of the duo, the leader. She never let anything phase her, she never worried about anything. Always confident, she knew what she wanted and she got it. Vibe was the thinker, the planner and, sometimes, the worrier. But no matter who was stronger or smarter, it never mattered, because they were together.

But now, Vibe was forced to stand on her own. As of yet, she hadn't found anything to give her focus. Yes, she wanted her sister back. But she couldn't take the path of action she wanted, and didn't have any idea what else to do.

So.... it was back to wandering aimlessly again. Having found her hypnotic melody didn't work properly, for a reason she didn't understand yet, her gaze drug the floor. She bumped into someone.

>Sorry,< she mumbled silently, the apology itself testament to her depression. She never apologized....

Vibe looked up angrily as the person grabbed her wrist; aimless or not, she was in no mood to be stopped. Then she realized she had to crane her neck to see, since it was Abyss she'd run in to. The giant red man dwarfed the petite redhead, but even without Amp's comforting presence, she wasn't intimidated. Merely irritated.

"Vibe, we need to talk."

Her scowl intensified.

>Oh sure, rub it i- Hey!!<

Her scowl turned to surprise as the light push was followed by complete darkness. She felt as if she'd closed her eyes and couldn't open them. She flailed her arms to catch her balanced, and realized she couldn't feel her arms either. She couldn't feel her body at all, as if it didn't exist anymore.

"Abyss! What did you do??" Her mental voice held a combination of anger tinged with panic. She wasn't usually afraid of the dark, but her echolocation wasn't working either. It was bad enough she couldn't say, feel or see anything, now she couldn't even hear!

"Grrrr!! That oversized, tomato-faced, Mafia-boss wannabe, bull-headed tank on feet! If I was in the mood for pranks, I'd be playing them!" She continued to fume mentally, not realizing it wasn't her own mind she was locked in.

"..... ..... ....."

An appropriate picture to keep in mind is what happens when a train engineer realizes there's something big on the track in front of him, something big that's not supposed to be there. What does a sane engineer do? (Stress on the word 'sane'.)

Uh huh. Exactly....

That's about what Vibe's brain did; it squealed to a rather jarring halt. In her entire life she'd only heard two voices in her head, Amp's and Nicki's. This voice was not Amp's, and most definitely not Nicki's.

And there were more than one.... they all sounded the same, but yet there was a slight difference in them..... The only analogy she could think of was that it was like the different shades of the color red; all the same color, but different....

And why was she hearing them??? And where was she???

"You are in the void by the way firecracker." Okay.... the void.... What was the void?

"So spill it sugar. Whats on your mind other than the obvious."

A bit of the old Vibe surfaced. Had she been solid she would have crossed her arms and given the speaker an icy glare.

"My name is not Sugar, whoever you are. And what I want to know is who are you and what are you doing in my minid?" she snapped, still not understanding what 'the void' was....

(OOC: Sorry in a bit of a rush. Will mod later if need be. *waves*)

"We aren’t in your mind, you are in mine.”

"... ... ..." Vibe wasn't quite sure what to make of that statement, allowing Abyss to continue uninterrupted.

“You know how the guys disappear after they enter the portable black holes. Well you are there with us. It is the only way I could think of to talk to you with out being observed."

"Black holes?" She'd never really paid attention to that process, though she did see it.

"Besides it is nice to hear your voice. So, Vibe will you talk with us?"

"Us?" Another thought she hadn't given much consideration to; the other six 'Abysses' were separate people. She had always simply considered them simple copies. Though now that she gave it some thought, the one she'd met in the food fight with Isabel was slightly different than the one she usually ran across.

"If you would rather not or the abyss is too much for you, I understand. We don’t have to, I can open a portal and you can go. I just wanted you to know I have your back. "

Actually, though she wasn't fond of the lack of feeling, the darkness didn't bother her at all, now that she understood.... sort of.... what was going on. And.... someone else could hear her....

"Nice." Had she been solid, a small smile would have graced her face. "Sure, let's talk."

"I also have an idea of a little vengeance that we might attempt, in the mean time of all of this waiting.”

Excitement flooded her. 'A little vengeance' was just the kind of therapy she needed right now.

"What did you have in mind? Besides me that is." A bit more of her old confidence and smugness returned, and it came through in her teasing.

"Quite simply, the people who have taken from us should feel what it is to have someone taken from them, I propose we take away the senators family, I hadn't thought of it during the meeting but they could make for useful bargaining chips for getting these laws turned over. Or hell, it would be nice to simply make them feel the pain and the emptiness."

Vibe pouted. "A senator? With all this mess going on, they're probably locked down somewhere in a nuclear fallout bunker. Or behind an army of Stalkers." Between her hypnotics and Abyss and his clones, they could probably raid someplace similar with only minimal trouble. But the robots were a different matter.

Deep down, though she'd never admit it, Vibe was terrified of the monsters that had taken her sister from her.

"Well you have been on our minds, other than that a side of revenge.."

Vibe raised an eyebrow, figuratively. That comment had come from one of the other 'shades', not the original Abyss. Hmm...

"well, -we didn't want just any senator I want the one heading up this hell. but I thought to settle for his family. If they are locked down we could take this to a wider scale. I know that Hunter has his mind set about going through the proper routes, but he doesn't have family in there, I fear my sister is in the camps as well, not syn but Deathstar. I can't see her temper making her a favorite there."

Deathstar.... she was the blonde that had been throwing around iron gates like they were feathers. She sighed mentally, unusually sympathetic.

"Yeah, I can't see Amp making friends either. Hmm, maybe between their two tempers, they'll take out the camps on their own."

"It will require a bit of knowledge for our part, but from the news i have caught makes me think that they are extremely pleased with how things are going. Also I would think that the stalkers would be spread thin with hunting us down."

"Even one is too many..." Her voice trailed off, revealing her unease as a wave of loneliness washed over her.

"I suppose for now a little digging for info wouldn't hurt."

"I guess I could do that." Then she shrugged mentally. "If I could talk. My hypnotics don't work if I can't get across what I want. And not everyone knows sign language. And for some reason, they don't work at all here." Again she pouted. "I don't trust Hunter. I'd bet my credit limit he's hiding something. I don't like secrets, unless I know them."

"I want to hurt the humans more than I have ever wanted to. this doesn't end with the camps or the law, they will pay to the last. If they are locked up in one place, maybe we can get fifty birds with one stone."

If she could have, Vibe would have grinned impishly. "As long as that 'one stone' causes a major cave in, I'm with ya."

"I agree whole heartedly on the topic of hunter and the stalkers, but I think we will be finding ourselves in a situation with both for a while. I am sure that you bet would be safe as far as hunter goes, As I believe he isn't hiding one but hundreds of things."

"Wonderful," Vibe grumbled. "Security freak."

"And the Stalkers, We could definately use some tech of our own. hmmm there is an Idea as well, someone has to be responsible for thinking those things up.they need to pay as well."

"Do you think the Stalkers are voice activated?" she wondered aloud. "Or, maybe, have a verbal shut off code from their creator?" Then her excitement faded a bit again. "Not that it matters much."

" You could try a pencil and paper."

"It'd have to be prewritten," she grumbled. "I can't concentrate on both things at once. And now there's nowhere to practice...." she added ruefully.

"I know it isn't convenient or we could see if they have a portable version of that lap top in the meeting."

She hadn't thought of that. She wasn't a tech person. But now that she considered the idea....

"Hmm.... I wonder if a recording would work?"

"And I would be glad to bring you back here whenever you like. I honestly think this may be the only place we are safe from prying ears."

She smiled, or would have. "Thanks Abyss." She wasn't used to being able to speak freely without Amp. It was kind of nice.

"Okay, but first, you've got to explain this whole 'us' thing. I know there are seven of you but, I didn't think you were all different. Who's who?"

“I think that a recording would be a good start, but I think you will want to be able to say multiple things. Lets look into the tech, I am sure they have something around here.”

"If he doesn't, then we know he's up to something. Maybe an ipod with a speaker?" Vibe mused aloud.

She listened to Abyss's explanation of his mutation, and made note of the variations in the others. She was used to listening for differences in peoples voices; every person has a unique voice pattern. Almost everybody. As far as she could tell, all seven had the same voiceprint, but their mannerisms were as unique as fingerprints. She found herself paying complete attention, a rarity to say the least.

“How could we not be different people.”

“We come out of a void in someone’s brain. I t is hardly common Jup.”

Vibe gave a mental shrug. "Sorry, my bad. Amp and I got the same thing for a long time. 'You're Siamese twins. Don't you always do the same thing?'" she said, as if mocking someone, then snorted in annoyance. "That's why we dress different. Not that it helps. Once an idiot, always an idiot."

"We got nothing but time, just let me know if the lack, is getting to ya."

Vibe paused. She'd actually forgotten what she was doing before all of this conversation began, as well as her initial annoyance.

"Is time passing the same outside as here?" she asked, then added, "Just curious." She attempted to sound aloof, but the fact was that she was actually loathe to leave.

Vibe glared a bit, or would have, when one of the others called her 'Sugar' again. Venus, if she had them straight.

"Call me that again, and next time you're outside I'll have you dancing the Can-can in a tutu on the Canteen table," she replied in the same taunting tone.

“I hope my moving you around doesn’t disorient you too much, not that this place isn’t a mess of halls anyhow.”

"Not at all. Dark doesn't bother me." She was far to happy being able to talk to care about the lack of other senses. Though she was picking up on something outside the void.

At least, she thought she was....

"I wonder how long it would take to memorize this place?" she wondered aloud, then added, "You think having us all under one roof is making him nervous yet?" She meant Hunter.

((OOC: Made a post in Labtastic to continue this.))