7 Sins of 7 Outsiders

Recently a new member of the New Outsiders, Slight finally felt like he was among friends. Holly Cross welcomed him with open arms, but he wasn't sure about how the other members felt about his membership. "Man, I cant believe I am a part of something now" 
Slight should have felt joy, and on some level he was happy, but in his core he could feel something was wrong. Walking around he saw Holly C. talking to Iron Ninja, "I better not bother them" Slight said to himself. Slight realized that he should not do anything to jepordize his being there. He walked on with a smile on his face nothing else to do but to wander the halls. Then he thought, "Maybe I should go practice, and then maybe one of the members would see how good I am" Slight went outside and found a lake not to far of from the New outsiders base. It was close enough to see if anyone was coming, because Slight wanted to do an all out practice. He began to make waves, something inside of him erupted. Slight felt an overwhelming sensation of anger and rage. In the burst of anger he used his powers of hydrokenesis to make ice spears. He sent them flying into the surrounding area. After the deed was done the shrubery was destroyed, and there was water everywhere. "What the hell just happened" Slight said to himself as he came back to his sences.

Quickly running back to his room, it had not been a while since Slight had left. Comming back he saw something that was completly unexpected. Holly and Iron Ninja were locked in a passionate kiss. Running even faster now, Slight felt a thud, "She must have knocked him out"

"Oh crap" Slight had hoped that no one seen his display of anger and lack of control. "What is going on." One minute he was calm and collected the next Slight was trying to destroy anything in his path. It was so unlike him. Back at his room he popped in his favorite CD, that usually helped him relax. One of his favorite singers Duffy had a voice that could quell any storm. Laying back, Slight thought about his problem. Was this just part of his growing process or was somthing really up. Slight had learned that the nature of water was naturaley peacful and it was only when something agitated it, water became violent. Somthing had gotten into him, as he had never felt such anger, without cause.

Slight felt he needed to talk to someone. Holly Cross had empathy powers so she was his natural choice. Leaving his room, Slight decided on what to say when he reached her room. Nock Nock .  Slight was at Holly's room. Waiting for her to open the door. Was this a chance he had to take, to jeopordize his membership, by telling the team leader that he had lost control and was overcome with anger that he could not control? He would have to find out.

Waiting anxiously Slight was about to knock again, but then the door opened without warning. "Sorry to bother you, but I think there is something wrong with me" Before Holly could give an answer to his comment, Slight felt the sensation of anger come over him again like a tsunami. This time he tried his best to resist, but the emotion actually caused him mental pain. The sharp feeling stung his mind like a sword piercing through an opponent. Slight began to scream from the pain, and hit the floor in his fit of rage. Realizing that he was right in front of the team leader and that there was a chance of him hitting her Slight gave everything he could to control himself.

Slight fell to his knees. All the while trying to overcome his sudden anger, and fight off the pain. The pain began to weaken and the Slight could finally get back to his feet. Again before Holly Cross could say anything, Slight began to explain "See this is what I mean, I keep getting these sudden outbursts of random anger" He told Holly of the incident in at the lake. How he was practicing and, how he had lost control of his power because of the fit of anger.

Waiting this time for a response, Slight saw that Iron Ninja was laying on the floor, but he was awake. The thud Slight heard earlier was indeed Iron dropping to the ground.

After his fit, Slight managed to gain controll of himself. Taken aback by Holly response- she was so angry all of a sudden it seemed. Telling Slight that she was tired of his whiney voice. What had gotten into Holly? Was it the same surge that Slight had felt just seconds earlier.

It was obvious that Slight had made the wrong decision to come to Holly for help. Actually scared by her uncontrollable rage, Slight began to back up. Only after two steps, Holly grabbed her table lamp, and turned to Iron Ninja. He realized Holly's intent, and did a backflip to avoid the attack. Even in all the commotion, Slight was amazed at his agility and found himself wishing he could do that sort of thing. Iron Ninja was now trying his best to talk Holly down. Seeing that Iron's words were of no solice to Holly's anger, Slight thought of what he could do to stop her. The choices were either use his own power to stop her or try to talk her down. Then again Slight felt the anger rip into him. "What the h*** is wrong with you?" Those words left his lips like a cheetah after its prey. In aw of what he had just said, Slight could not move. Not even the power of the oracle could have saved him from what he though would happen at that moment.

It seemed as if there was no control at all withing him or Holly. Even Iron Ninja had a face that looked as if he had left his own body. Something was not write within the New Outsiders, the only problem now was how to overcome and get rid of these random fits of rage.

It was the reaction that he expected. Holly was now facing Slight, and confronting him about is comment. She asked him, *Had he ever had the gall to take a life* Even withing all the chaos, Slight could not comprehend the words that were comming out of Holly's mouth. Surely this was not a topic that come up if there wasn't so much anger resonating within the air. 
 
Holly took out a lighter, and grabbed a can of hairspray. When Slight was younger he was kind of a firebut, so he knew the two were for. Using the objects to make a makeshift flamethrower, Holly pointed for Slight. This had gone on long enough, Holly was threatening Slights life, and Iron Ninja was still in his transe. With anger came confusion, and Holly was definatley confused at the moment. Not realizing that Slight had power over water, and it would have been all to easy for him to protect himself. Instead of returning the anger, he remembered that water was in its own nature calm and peacfull, gentle. He decided to try to reason with Holly. "Holly please think about what you are doing, your about to use fire one someone who controlls water." And to answer your question, no I have not had the gall to take someone's life. That is because I never had to, now please stop and think." 

Hoping that his words would calm, her Slight felt his own anger quell within him. It seemed that when he realized that anger only caused corruption and that it could be overcome by realizing who you are. The only question now was would Holly see the light?

It had been only a while since, Holly directed Slight to go to the kitchen. In she walked, Holly seemed to be calm. She walked over to him and said Drink this. It should calm your nerves. If it doesn't take this sedative. Slight drank the tea, and it actually did help him control, the non stop shaking in is hands.

Slight wanted to know what was going on. Had this ever happened to the New Outsiders before? "Holly, I think that this is an attack, I would never act like this if I were not cohersed to do so. I hope you understand" But just as Slight said the words, there was a loud bang. Was this another attack? Holly ran to the door that had just been knocked down, a guy with bags was standing in the doorway. More questions arose. Who is this guy? Holly told the land lord who was also asking the same question, answered it, saying that the big brute was her cousin. "The family traits don't run deep" Slight said to himself. Finding out that the man's name was Drake, Slight walked over to introduce himself.

"Hello, my name is Slight" Slight hoped that the guy standing in front of him was a people person. Being new to the group, Slight had only had conversations with Holly, and had only met one other team member Iron Ninja.

He was good freinds with another member but was unaware of her membership. Celestrion, was one of Slight's closest freinds, and he got the feeling that he would be seeing her soon.

Back in his room Slight, began to think. His mind raced with different thought, all of which were to much for him to handle. "How am I supposed to concentrate with all these thoughts?" Slight got on the floor, and crossed his legs in the style of a kindtergardener. Closing his eyes trying to pinpoint something that would help him figure this situation out.

One by one the stray thoughts came together, most of them were irrelevent, so Slight tossed them aside. Slights mother was a very intuative person, and she passed that gift on to him. She would always tell him bible stories, that helped explain the unexplainable. One story always resinated within him.

The story of Pandora's box. Over the years Slight heard many differant renditions of the story, but they all ended with the same thing. Pandora was a woman whom the Gods entrusted with their sacred box. She was a curious woman, so she disobeyed the orders of the gods and opened it. In an instant chaos reigned out in the land. Where there was no hunger before women, men and children died from famine. Where there was not a harsh word toward eachother, people fighting in the streets because of war and envy and greed. Anger ruled with an iron fist over the land, and there was not way Pandora knew how to stop it. Everyone in the village knew that Pandora was the keeper of the box, so they formed a lynch mob to destroy her. In the streets the there was mass histaria. Out of pure lust there were men, grabbing women by the arm, dragging them by the arm. People luted the houses of their neighbor, out of envy and greed.

When the mob reach the house of Pandora they were about to kill her for unleashing evil upon a world that had not know such before. Right before the men and women were about to end her life, something else arose from the box. Hope. Washing over the croud like a wave of light, women and men ran to their wives to protest thier love. People fighting gained peace and dissolved their anger with calm and self controll.

Hope had brought a solution that seemed all but lost. Love returned once again to the world. Some how Slight felt this was the first step in solving the problem that loomed over all the members of the New Outsiders. Realizing that only his anger was always quelled by being calm and remembering his own true nature of peace. Slight ran to tell his findings to anyone who he could find.

Frantically running to share his finding, Slight ran past a room. The door was open and once again he found Ninja and Holly together. Was this another attack? No they didn't seem to be paying each other any attention. As Slight walked in he heard Ninja say, "Anytime you want me gone, all you have to do is say the word" Seeing Ninja just walk away from Holly like he did made Slight's news all the more important.

"Everyone, I think I might know what's going on" Knowing that he had gotten their attention, Slight proceeded to share his info. Explaining the story, Slight figured that at least one of the members had heard of the story of Pandora's box. "The anger that I had earlier was only subsided when I realized that in my own nature I'm a calm person." " I think the same applies to the rest of you"

Sharing his news gave Slight a sense of power. Not only did he have a possible solution, but he also had not had an anger attack since he left his room. Now the only problem was to figure out why the emotions chose those that it did, and how to combat those emotions.

Just as Slight finished his point, another member of the Outsiders walked into the doorway. Holly ran to her and gave her a hugging embrace. Magick asked Slight what he was talking about.

"Magick, it's good to see you" "To get to the point, some of us have been, well not ourselves lately" Slight explained the situation to her.
Something has happened to me. Earlier today, I kept having anger attacks. It was not regular anger, this actually caused pain within me. I believe that an outside force has done something.

Magick like she had gotten the hang of what he had told her. Meanwhile he would try to help Ninja. "Ninja what is it that you feel, and have you felt it before?" I only ask this to get some background info. Slight waited for a response.

Slight didn't know Iron Ninja that well, so when he asked him about his feeling for lust it was a complete surprise at the willingness to give an answer. Ninja told Slight that him and Holly had always been good friends. Slight was enough of an empath to feel the anxed in Ninja's voice. He also noticed that he could not help but to stare and digress when he caught Holl in the corner of his eye.

After their conversation, Ninja left. Soon after, Magick divulged that she had felt overwhelming laziness earlier. It was another attack. Why was it only affecting members of the outsiders? Holly left to go to her neighbors apartment. Again Slight could see the stress in her face. Before she left Holly advised the colossal Drake to restrain Slight if he should have another anger attack.

With Ninja and Holly gone, this give Slight an opportunity to figure the situation out a little more. Holly had gotten the hang, but Ninja was still affected by his sudden lust. "Okay, Ninja is a guy who loves technology, he pretty much lives in a computer, so why did lust choose him. They are total opposites" Right then a thought hit Slight like a ton of bricks. Anger had chose him because he was a naturally calm person, Lust chose Ninja because technology can't feel at all. These emotions were striking people who were the opposite of the feelings themselves.

Now on to Magick. "Hey Magick, you wouldn't happen to be an energetic person would you, because if you are then I think I might be on to something." That question only led to another. Was Drake a greedy person at heart. A guy that size really had no reason to be greedy.

Slight sat down and waited for Magick to answer his question. Quesions sprung from his mind like grass in a field. "Why only the outsiders" Who would be next" What if there was no cure" Realizing that his thinking would not bring about a solution, Slight concentrated on positive emotions. Looking deep within himself he might be able to find a solution.

The sign of a good leader is when they are willing to take all the punishment for thier partners. The sign of a good partner is to take part in whatever troubles their leader might have. "Holly, you know I would never even think to do such a thing, besides things are just getting interesting!" Slight was never the type to abandon someone in need. Whoever sent this cryptic message wanted the Outsiders to suffer for something Holly did. That person would have to know the New Outsiders inside out, and would have to be an enemy of Holly's.

Which begged the question "Holly, you know who this is don't you" "I mean, come on you know who this is, and please spare me the droll banter" "Something you did to this person has come back to haunt not just you but all of us, and now that I think of it you didn't even get hit with an emotion"

Slight could feel another anger attack coming on. This time any defenses Slight had went out the window. His eyes felt like they were bursting, his body felt like it was on fire. Again Slight dropped to his knees, screaming from the writhing pain. "God#### it Holly, what have you brought on to us?" "You better figure something out quick"

Even though Slight knew what he was saying he couldn't believe that he was saying them. Here he was and he just telling Holly that he would never abandon her and now he was saying things in total contrast. Slght hoped that she knew that this was another attack, and that he didn't mean anything he was saying.

Anger pierced every phiber of Slight's body. It felt like it was seeping out of his pores like sweat. Gathering enough strength, Slight got up and ran to the bathroom. He turned the water on as cold as he could but it was no use, the seemingly all powerful anger numbed him to the cold water. Looking in the mirror Slight saw that his eyes had turned black. "Get a hold of yourself, calm down" Slight strained his body, and got down on the floor, got in the meditative position, and took a deep breath. Breath after breath, after deep breath, he began to calm down. The hold the anger had loosened until it was finally gone. Slight could think clearly now, "Crap, I can't show my face out there,... What am I talking about... man up" Walking to the door, Slight prepared for, well... he didn't know what.

Comming back to the room, Slight had shame writen all over his face. He could not handle his own remarks, let alone Holly's. She had obviously absorbed his anger again, and was livid. In the bathroom, it took almost everything Slight had to get his mind back on track. His breathing exercises worked but, this time it took alot longer.

"He.. hey guys, I'm sorry about my outburst earlier, it was only another anger attack. And Holly I didn't mean anything that I said... I hope you can forgive me" "I was able to come back too, but this time it took a lot more energy than I expected" The feeling of shame seemed to subside as Slight explained his actions.

However, Slight's remarks seemed to bring out old memories. Memories that were full of pain. "I know what your thinking, and it's not true, like I said before I will not leave, but what I said seemed to bring out something that is helpful." It was ironic that anger and wrath brought out a possible solution to the problem at hand. Holly was muttering something when she said a name "Carl Gunther" She said that he was also a empath. "Carl Gunther, is that an old foe of yours.... You know we have our own ways of finding people and leaving them messages"

To solve the problem the team needed to be solution oriented. Holly gave some critical information, and Slight had gave a possible reason for who and why the emotions struck the people they did. One thing was for sure was that the guy in the message was as crazy as Holly said. There was definatley no way he could have drempt up a plan this intricate.

When Magick got up from the couch, she collapsed on the floor. It was very obvious that it was the laziness that had taken affect before. Still trying to help Holly gather information, Slight posed this question "Holly, are there any other people that you know of that has this much of a grudge against you?" He knew that he was treading on thin ice, but it was important to collect as much info as possible.

Slight saw Iron Ninja tinkering with his suit. Everyone was focused on something else. Magick was at the fridge, Holly was starring into the computer, and Ninja was messing with his suit. There was a sense of calm in the room, which was unusual at a time like this. What was going on?