Specter stretched his arms in the late afternoon sun. He had locked himself away in the mansion for so long that he had almost forgot what it felt like to just wonder around New York like he had done when he first arrived. Like usual Specter didn't have anywhere to go so he just let his feet lead him around the crowded streets. One thing he did have to say about the mansion it was nice to be able to float around instead of walk, but for now he didn't really want to be bothered by people knowing he was a mutant. Specter really didn't know to much about New York. After all he had only been to three places in the city so far, and in a place this big that wasn't saying much. He thought about going sight seeing, and thought he wouldn't get far on foot. He then remebered Slade thinking that it would be nice to just go crusing around. Though by the look of the streets they where just as crowded as the sidewalks. Well that's what you get when you put 30,000,000 people into one place together. Maybe he'd go chech out the Empire State building, or prehapse the U.N. ether way he was going to have to take the subway. Specter stopped by one of the many city maps, and placed his hands into his pockets as he tried to decide just where he wanted to go.

Tonight was just one of those nights for Geo, he had been couped up in the garage at the sanctuary so long fixing cars and modifying that he felt like he just had to go out and cause trouble. He had been sitting in the 'Hellbeast' smoking a cigarette and contimplating his life since he came to the order when he decided that he needed to get out. He closed the door on the mustang and started the engine that erupted with such a beastly roar that it made all the birds in the area fly off into the night.

He backed up and pulled out of the garage in one slick movement and then rushed out onto the streets. There was little traffic on the streets tonight so Geo was able to fly down the streets at his normal break neck speed. As he drove he looked at the sides of the streets for the perfect spot. He then spotted a block with plenty of cars parked on the side of the street and a few pedestrians. Geo pulled the mustang into a nearby alley and killed the engine. He threw the cigarette butt out the window and opened up the door crushing it with his boot.

He stepped out of the alley and looked up and down the street, there was a man in a suit with a suitcase in one hand and a cell in the other, a girl who was possibly a prostitue and a man looking at a map by a bus stop. Geo threw his leather jacket back onto the trunk of the car and was standing in his muscle shirt. He transformed his arms to their giant rock form and began walking down the street. He reached down with his right arm and grabbed the bottom of the closest car and flipped it into the middle of the street and continued walking as though nothing happened.

At first Specter was so ingrossed by the map he was reading he didn't even notice the comotion. Then a woman screamed, and Specter heard the sound of metal crunching as a car was upended. Looking out of the corner of his eye towards the sounds Specter saw another mutant coming down the street with large rock arms. The guy looked pissed though Specter couldn't guess why. This joker was probably just one of those mutants who thought that their powers made them hot stuff, and they could do whatever they wanted. In other words a complet loser. Still acting calm Specter quickly scanned around for something he could use agenst this guy, and noticed a bottle laying not to far off. New York litter got to love it. Still looking at the map Specter waited for the guy to get alittle closer before grabbing the bottle with his telekintics and rolled it under the man's feet. He then listened for the tell tale sounds of a man falling on his butt. "Looks like somebody needs to learn how to walk again." Specter ribbed into the guy looking at him through the reflection of the glass over the map.

The potential hooker screamed when the car came crashing down and ran away abnormally fast in high heels. The man in the suit hustled his pace, obviously not wanting to draw attention to himself. While Geo was looking the otherway he felt something round under his foot and his left boot slipped out from underneath him. His right arm shot out and grabbed the top of a car as he came down crushing in the roof. He pulled himself to his feet as the guy looking at the map made a wise crack. A snarle formed on Geo's face, another human who thought he was tough enough to take on a mutie. Geo walked over to the man and went to pick him up by the collar. "You say something tough guy?"

Specter calmly watched as the guy pulled himself out of the car he had fallen into idlely wondering if there was an insurance company that covered mutant disasters. As the rock armed man lifted Specter off his feet he again used his telekintics to grab the glass bottle. This guy might be strong, but he had to have rocks for brains as well as arms. Specter remained surpirzingly calm, his hands never leaving his pockets, as he mentally lifted the bottle behind the other man's head. Specter calmly looked down into the guys eyes and smirked. "I believe you might have a drinking problem." With that Specter smashed the bottle into the back of the guys head. Right at the soft spot where it would do the most damage. This dude was a complet goon. Specter thought about using one of his ecto blast to put the guy out of his misery, but decided agesnt it. Really he wasn't worth the trouble.

Geo's vision went white when the bottle shattered at the back of his head, he tossed the man in his hand towards the street and stumbled back grabbing the back of his head. When he got his vision back he turned and saw that they were the only two people on the street.
He realized this guy must be a mutant, "A psychic huh, groovy, lets play." Geo picked the nearest car with both his hands and tossed it at the mutant. "Catch that, punk." While the car was in the air Geo kicked off his boots and socks, connecting his feet with the ground.

As Specter was thrown from the guys grip he never hit the ground, but floated a few inches from it. With nobody else around it was pointless to hold back anymore so Specter didn't even try. "Groovey; are you some 70's throw back or just a really bad Bruce Camblle impersonator?" Specter had taken a night off from his usual training just the night before, and had watched the entire evil dead series. It felt good to be able to use the movie refernce in his taunt sense he knew so few. As the guy threw a car at Specter he easly floated to once side to avoid it. Not actually having to move his body made Specter slightly faster, and the car skidded harmlessly to the other side of the street. Then the guy had removed his shoes and socks for some reason. "What are you trying to do? Knock me out with your stentch. If that is so it might be your best strategy yet I think I am already beganing to smell you." Specter saw no reason to take the guy seriously. He plainly had no real fighting skill using his powers to muscle his way through his problems. Specter waited for the next attack his hands still resting in his pockets to show the guy that he wasn't any sort of treat at all.

All the mutants smart ass remarks was making Geo angry, and his being angry only ment one thing, watch out. His powers, being fueled by anger, were boiling up inside him. He lifted his right foot and slammed it onto the ground. "That wasn't exactly the strategy." The ground started rumbling and shaking, cars up and down the street started sounding off alarms. A series of stalagmites shot out of the ground around the opposing mutant. As soon as they began to go off Geo ran forward. Putting his massive arms on the top of a car he vaulted over it in a gorrila fasion and tackled at his opponent.

Hades was jogging that night, doing a little Parkour practice here and there, and in general enjoying the cool of the night. The streets were mostly deserted, and Hades had the streets mostly to himself. He was dressed in typical traceur style, long lose trousers and a short t-shirt with a beanie, his face was also hidden in the shadows and was made up not to look like him at all.

He stopped when he heard the commotion, did wall run (running three steps up a wall) and grabbed the edge of a landing in time to see from the top all that went on. From his research on the mutants in the order and the X-men from the info in Hunter’s archives he had a good idea of Geo’s powers, and as soon as Geo’s feet touched the ground one thought flashed through Hade’s mind. He took off running, did a running leap off the landing, hit the ground as soft as a cat and rolled. He ran behind Spector and tapped the left wall and launched himself off and pushed Specter away just as two sharp spears made of earth came hurtling at him, barely missing Hades shoes. Mentally Hades sighed and shook his head. He had only met this kid not too long ago and already he was saving his ass.

The instant that Spec was out of the way Hades let go of him and using the remaining momentum tapped the opposite wall, rebounded and landed standing in the middle of the alley. “Watch yourself.” Was all he said, it was not said in a condescending tone, it was genuine. He would find it a pity if this Spec kid got totalled. He awaited further developments.

As Specter waited for the next attack his oppent did the strangest thing. Using his bare feet the guy stompped the ground, and before Specter could wonder he was doing the earth started to shake. If this guy was trying to knock Specter off balance he was dumber than he looked. Just then somebody else joined the fight slamming into Specter and pushing him out of the way just before he was impaled by a pair of stalagmites. The new guy bounced around like a rubber ball landing at Specter's feet. At first Specter didn't recognise the guy, but then he spoke telling Specter to watch himself. It was Hades one of the mutants Specter had meet at the coffee shop nearly a week before. Great Specter already didn't know what to think of this guy and now this.
"I can take care of myself." Specter was pissed that he hadn't been more careful. He had gotten cocky and it had almost cost him. Pulling his hand from his pockets Specter powered up his hands and eyes glowing with green fire. "Alright Rocky if you want a fight that badly you have one."

Geo yelled out in anger as a man came out of the shadows and rescued thee mutant before his attack worked. "What's this s**t, you can't fight on your own!" The mutant held out his hands and they became ingulfed in a green flame. He then began to taunt Geo, "Alright! Now we're talking!" Geo had been intching for a fight since the break out at the camps, a chance to truly test his skills. He wasn't training at the Sanctuary so he still didn't have much skill in fighting with the exception of those brawls he would get into at school. Geo slammed his fist together and launched a pillar of stone right under his feet launching his at his opponent.

Hades watched all this and sighed, were mutants in NY that bored that they had resorted to fighting themselves? Hades had only helped out Specter a) on impulse and b) because he had just gotten to know him and was intrigued by him. He had a so so view of Geo, partly due to his rash and impulsive nature. If things started to get too serious Hades would consider stepping in.

100 years of fighting and being an assassin had honed Hades strategy and responses, Specter had some of those skills but they were not yet honed, and yet he had great potential. Hades would never let slip in any way shape or form that he would not mind teaching Specter all he knew, all 100 years of experience; No Specter would have to make the first move.

In response to the challenge and realising that if He did not get out of the way he would never hear the end of it, so he stepped away from Specter so that he was equal distance between both of them, just casually leaning against a wall, Hades watched and waited.

This guy was a one trick pony. If he wasn't throwing cars it was rocks. This one was in the shape of a giant pillar. Specter easly dodged out of the way as he came rushing forward intending to finally press the attack. Taking one last glace back he made sure Hades wasn't going to interfer anymore than he already had. Good not only was did Hades seem to be a pro at whatever it was that he did he also understood when and when not to get into the middle of things. Specter was becoming more and more intregued by this mystrious god of the underworld. He deffently wasn't going to let Hades get away this time without alittle chat. Besides that gumbi act he had pulled was rather impressive. Turning his attention back to the current fight Specter shot a blast of energy at his opponent. The blast was never ment to actually hit the guy, but instead exploded at the guy's feet sending rubble and dubrie from the street flying up into the guys face. With the rock man distracted Specter came in with a hard right hook to the jaw. He wanted to end this quickly and hoped the blow was enough to K.O. his opponent.

Geo cursed loudly when the pillar missed, he needed to work out some kind of fighting system next time he was training. Now that he was getting higher up on the mutie list his opponents wern't falling for the same old tricks anymore. But apparently this kid had some tricks because there was a flash of green light and the ground in front of him exploded and Geo flew up into the air. Before he could even hit the ground he received a blow the the left side of his jaw.

Geo's head was focibly pushed to the left and he hit the ground on his back only to flip over his head to land on his stomach.

Geo lay on the ground for a moment, his arms shrunk down to their normal size and his head rang in pain. He slid his arms under him and pushed up off the ground. Standing up he wobbled back and fourth before regaining his balance Geo spit out a mouthful of blood to his left before smiling at the guy. Geo was losing his concentration which ment he couldn't control his powers while his feet were touching the ground. "You call that a beating, please. One year ago my father nearly killed me because i was a mutant, i was in the hospital for a month. I was kicked out of my room because my father refused to pay for my care. I was abandoned by everything i knew and loved. Nothing! That you can do to me will stop me!" Geo let completly go of his powers, no more trying to control them he unleashed them and let them run rampid, along with them came anger which would only feul it more.

Geo's feet sunk into the ground up to his knee's and the ground began to move, not earthquake style. The road began to ripple, cars shaking back and fourth. Geo lifted up his hands and two giant hands made of rock erupted from the ground on either side of his opponent. Geo forced his hands together in a clapping motion and the giant hands followed.

Hades loosened every muscle in his body, he brought all of his enhanced senses to bear and instantly everything that was happening around him seemed to slow down a bit. It was very taxing to keep all his senses on high alert for very long, so he usually dialled them down (a skill that had come with much training). Now however every move made by Geo and Specter was as clear as day to him. On the outside he was relaxed and he was, it was just that he was also ready to spring into action at any point in time.

He observed and applauded Specter’s diversion tactics and his quick attack and nodded slightly to himself, *not bad, not bad at all* he thought to himself.

He tut tutted to himself as Geo wasted time explaining things. *Oh please!*

However he could not resist letting loose a “Bravo, finally someone shows real power.” At Geo’s display. *Finally* thought Hades.

At this point he knew he could probably react in time to prevent anyone killing the other, he was an enhanced human. That was not pride, that was just a fact, knowledge and it came from experience.

So he sat back and watched the show.