The Signal for Rebirth - [Dane/Nex||R]

[Joshua D. MacArthur]

February 21st, 2015

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"Somewhere In Alaska"


A sharp gasp wrenched the air sending a flock of crows into the air around him, the man's fingers dug into the loamy soil beneath him as the pain of sudden clarity settled into his mind. His jade coloured eyes took in the scene about him and could only guess why he was resting on a stone slab upon an altar, the ruins of an ancient castle surrounded him protecting him somewhat from the snow falling from the heavens and yet the air was warm. With slow and measured movements he sat up on the slab dangling his feet over the side, he could still feel the slight tremors racking his body from whatever trama had been inflicted to it yet something told him that there would be no lasting damage. The sound of footsteps coming from the western corridor brought his attention to that direction and slowly a figure walked out of the shadows, the man before him was his exact duplicate in every way yet the feel about his doppelgänger was anything but malevolent.

"Who are you?" Joshua asked his double as the man stood against a stone pillar to the side of the large room, he could somehow feel how wrong the man was and it took all his self-control not to shiver uncontrolably in front of whoever this was. Quicker than his eye could follow, the man appeared directly in front of him and leaned in to inhale deeply at the juncture where neck met shoulder "The real question is 'what', don't you think?" This time Joshua couldn't control the shudder that sped through his body at the feel of warm breath upon his slightly chilled skin, everything within him was screaming to submit to the man at this point and with help of his doubles hands pressing against his chest he lay back. Joshua's back touched upon the stone top of the altar as his double planted his hands on either side of his body, he couldn't help but feel weak compared to the looming figure over him and steadily he gave into the whispers in his mind.

"I am he who dwells beneath, the one your mind called out to when it knew it wouldn't be able to handle everything once you woke. I've always been with you Joshua in the part of your subconscious that not even you had access to, i watched your every move just waiting for this moment...and i wont let it slip past me." The man with no name continued to nuzzle deeply into Joshua's skin feeling the small goose bumps that would rise to the surface, his chapped lips pressed against Joshua's neck in a poor attempt at affection. "But you see i am you in every way just with less inhibitions and deffinitely not like your dear Dr. Clarke's alter persona, his affliction is merely a rudimentary case of DID that pales in comparisson to what i am. You see...i'm something that is entirely not of your own creation, i came from that which is beyond and was put in here with you." Heated kisses filled with lust bled into roaming hands and words laced with want, the other!Joshua was in total control at this point commanding everything that Joshua is and with viper like precission he latched onto Joshua's collar area.

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The sound of a heart monitor was all that sounded within the quiet room of the infirmary, the young telekinetic's comatose body lay upon the single bed in the middle of the room and only the deep rise/fall of his chest was indication the boy wasn't a vegetable. Suddenly as if a switch was thrown, the monitors and equipment in the room went haywire as short waves of telekinetic/telepathic energy leaked from its vessel. Jade coloured eyes opened to look upon the ceiling above him and with measured movement gazed at his surroundings taking in all he could make out. Apparently the doctor had taken him from the rubble of the MacArthur building in New York City and somehow transported them across the continent to his little base in Alaska, now all he could do was wait for the good doctor to arrive.


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[atlas]

Dane sat upright, releasing his head from the keyboard. He had fallen asleep in the late hours yet it seemed like he had toiled in the sun all night? A nurse rushed in and informed him of the situation and Dane smiled, he trotted towards the infirmary “Good morning sir, how are you feeling” He grin was from ear to ear as he looked apon Joshua. ‘You’ve been out for 2 months mate, your lucky to be alive... I’m guessing you want to leave?” he looked at the brainwave monitor and his eyes narrowed just slightly before he returned his gaze to the boy “I’ve been trying to contact your ‘levi’ but there seems to be no answer, I’m sorry”

“Somethings wrong with him. It could just be the fact he was in a coma. No moron somethings seriously wrong, different, open your bloody eyes. My eyes are open, infact they are the ones in control so you can just shut the fuck up and lay back to watch. Why should I? You only let me out when we’re locked in a padded cell for half of every day, i want a chance to act for myself! Shut up, you don’t exist so your opinion doesn’t matter”

[Joshua D. MacArthur]

Joshua's brows furrowed at the man who stepped through the doorway of the infirmary realizing that it was just Dane, his mind caught up quickly to what the man was saying and the confusion evident on his face was quickly replaced with something soft. The air in the building was evidently recycled just like any other hospital from what his vessel's memory told him though he could have done without the memory of how painful the last fight had been, it took more self-control he thought was capable to keep such traitorous emotions out of his eyes. Slowly he came to a sitting position raising his right hand to his hand as he fended off the beginnings of a migraine, "I guess i hit my head a lot harder than i thought eh? It's also really cold here, do you think i could get a blanket or something or do you like perving on me in just my black boxerbriefs?" Joshua's eyes zeroed in on Dr. Clarke wondering how long this game would have to be played, the other man in front of him was actually quite the person he'd need in order to really do something with his time topside. Yet for all his uses there was just something that irked him about the other user, like a goddamn fucking sword hanging above him as if he were Damocles or something else as overlydramatic.

"Levi didn't know that i was heading out on my own and so would presume that either i was taken under duress...or had gone rogue. If he had truly loved me as he has always claimed to then he is hunting down my wereabouts as we speak, but i'm not sure i really want to go back after mulling over your thoughts on our relationship." His head was cocked to the side as his jade coloured eyes pleaded with Dane to explain something as complex as his love life was, there was something else though behind the raw emotion within his eyes and the fire of that emotion was barbely held in check as it was. There was a slim chance that his actions from this point on would actually garner the results he wished for, and if somehow it failed at this time then there would be more opportunities in the future to have that unhinged power next to his. "Didn't you say that you doubted whether or not the love i felt for Levi was actually returned and not a figment of my imagination, it got me to thinking that if he did truly love me then he would have anticipated my move against my Grandfather. By not trying to stop me nor being at my side in the fight he showed just how little i mean to him.....but you were there weren't you Dane." He trailed his right hand from his temple to his chest as the remnants of the approaching migraine was snuffed out, slowly as just to entertain he pulled off the various medical wires from his body and let them drop to the floor.

Things were actually more interesting on this side than he had anticipated and from the looks he was getting from the doctor he would have to step up his game, and though he had never tried his telepathy on a person with DID he would force his will on the other man if need be. His arms then wrapped around himself staving off the chill air in the room wondering where the hell that fucking blanket was, as he shivered there was ample opportinities to quickly come up with enough scenarios for getting out of this forsaken place. "So what will you do now?"

[atlas]

Dane smiled sadly and sat on the edge of the bed “From what I’ve found out.. levi’s power is to control emotions, and no matter how powerful you are mentally, that power may be being used to control you. Love is an emotion... that’s all I believe. He’s trying to get in, this is not Joshua MacArthur. I was where I was needed, and look what came of that? Your laying there and I have this fruitcake running around in my head” he smiled. He was reluctant to tell this man much “SHUT UP, I’m shielding us best i can without you weakening him, but i can’t hold him off for long at this state” Realising the danger Dane weakened the patients power from a figurative level 9 to a level 1, rendering him little more than light telekinetic abilities. "I’m going to let you go, I have no ground on which to hold you, your physically healthy in every way. I must warn you however, of late there has been a high alert within the police as a serial killer being known as ‘the wax killer’ continues to elude capture, his count was at 55 victims last I heard.. be careful” he moved away and let the man stand up “Oh... and by the way, what do I call you? I feel uncomfortable calling a stranger Josh if thats not his name”

[Joshua D. MacArthur]

Joshua could feel the reach he had on the world around him shrink to just a small area surrounding him, it seemed that the doctor had finally seen through his ruse with the help of his alter no doubt. The power to affect someone elses powers in such a capacity was something dirty to the telekinetic and felt like a man's grimey hand pulling at a part of you from within, it had its uses of course but for all intents and purposes the man would have to learn that there are just some power users that you just don't fuck with. "It's just like you to go around raining on people's parades and from what i can tell you'd probably be the world's most annoying cockblock too, but the jig is up i suppose as there's no need to pretend that you're still dealing with the Joshua you know since you just took his powers down a couple notches." Joshua let out a rather loud sigh at the present situation and began stretching his arms out as he sat upon the examination table, at the present moment there was little he could do for the boy's powers until he got the advantage he needed.

Quickly he sprang forward from the bed and delivered a right hook across Dane's face followed up by three kicks sucessively to the man's body, one at the left knee with the next one to his abdomen and finally directly hitting the man's thoracic region. His quick movements gave him the advantage he needed by not pausing a single moment and backing the man into a wall, "You sure are fucking cocky with those powers of yours but they do have another hangup that i should personally know, unless you have the concentration for it your powers are latent until you tell them to activate." Joshua pressed on delivering blow after blow to Dane not letting the man's nervous system register much but the pain, so finally with lightning speed he reached his hand out gripping the other man's shirt and hooking his own leg around one of Dane's he twisted the guy around 180 degrees to the floor. "If you had embrassed Nex just even a little bit then maybe you'd have that independent ability for your powers to activate and protect you, but alas you're nothing more than just an angsty and brooding 'Vampire' with a demon/soul." His own jade coloured eyes took in the damage he had done to the man's face leaning in closer to closely examine what he had accomplished, he stuck his tongue out and slowly ran it along the Dane's neck up to his ear.

Joshua sat astride the legs beneath him musing at the sad way it took for them to finally get to this position, but then Dane had never been one to ever broker the thought of experiementing with the young telekinetic. His original plan had been to call out to Nex's baser needs with the promise of pushing Dane to the back of their mind and in return get some cheap thrill, yet Murphy's Law had to show up and fuck his plans skyward. So now as his lips pressed against the other man's earlobe he could feel his own access to Joshua's powers flare to the surface "One thing you didnt really take into account is that i'm not like you Nex in the sense that Joshua never created me, his mind is like a goddamned labyrinth so complex in its design yet so perfect that it does not allow for an alter to exist. That's where i come in...i am he who dwells within and from beneath you i devour, so your little parlour tricks are unfortunately unable to touch me." The only drawback to inhabiting a vessel that was new to him was the lack of finesse at using the boy's powers, so after placing his palms at both sides of Dane's head he unleashed the full reach of an Omega leveled telepathic.

It was easier than expected to subdue Dane within the man's own conscious and surround the entirity of their mindscape with his influence so that outwwardly they were nothing more than just in a temporary coma. His own 'astral' self touched down on solid ground inside the new mind and surveyed all around him, it wouldn't be long before he was detected and someone else rose up to greet him and they would hash out something positive hopefully. If not then he wouldn't hesitate this time to force the man's powers to its knees and retract any influence it had over Joshua, there would be no second thoughts and afterwards once his vessel regained his former power level he would play. Oh how he would play.

[atlas]

Laying on his back Dane grinned as his wounds vanished without a trace, and as he kissed the man pinning him down his legs wound beween the others and upon the end he flicked himself through the gap in this mans legs slamming himself into his back and crushing him to the ground, as his hands slid up the mans side eyes his eyes changed colour slowly and his hair went from brown to blonde, he grew in height seemingly for no reason and his newfound weight pinned the boy beneath him. As Nex sat there he bound the telekinetics hands and feet. As joshua’s body remained laying there looking like a pork ready for stuffing he lay across his back pressing himself as close as possible and stuck his switchblade to his neck “So what do you think? Good enough for you?”he grinned as he nipped the mans ears playfully “I really need to work on the speed of transition, its still slow, but at least I get the advantages of a small-” he leant in and whispered really close, “much smaller, body”
He stood up and with a hand lifted the boy back onto the infirmary table “You seem to have a few mistakes here; one, you assume Daniel can control me, and two-” the door slammed closed “you assume that I only have his powers... your power cannot influence mine like it may be able to influence his missure, my power is far stronger then Daniels, and I’m not afraid to strip even you of what you have” And with the final word he kissed him whilst buckling him to the bed.
“What do you want from me? Your not Joshua and no-matter what you do you cannot hurt me here, this is my mind, here I am god” the forest twisted and writhed manically about them. “The only power you have here is to come, or go, try anything and the latter may be prevented, understand”
OOC: the advantage of being a creation of the mind XD

[Joshua D. MacArthur]

Joshua sat upon a makeshift throne of marble constructed from his thoughts alone as his eyes trained on Dane/Nex individual interactions with the persona they believed to be him, there was nothing sadder when a simple 'shadow clone' tripped up such intelligent men. When he had forced his powers into Dane's mind the strength of it pushed that which was Dane into the recesses of his mind, whereas Nex was left to deal with him alone. Sure there was little he could actually do within someone elses mind when it came to an individual with more than a single alter, but what he was limited to only made it simpler to hold on with an iron fist. "As hot as it is to see you about to fuck my shadow, i'd rather feel the real thing personally. Unless you're into some weird kinky shit...if you are i'm going to have to take a rain check seeing as i hardly know you and i'd like to treat this vessel with a little more class than you're used to." With a wave of his hand the 'shadow clones' vanished as he jumped down from his seat, the scene around Nex and himself changed something resembling Fallout 3 "Sorry for the change in venue, but i've always had a hard on for post apocalyptic future shit."

Joshua slowly approached the still form of Nex wondering when the man would finally understand that neither of them would be leaving Dane's mind without the joint cooperation of eachother, he had found this fail safe Joshua had developed to be quite ingenious. There had been a case of a young boy stored in the company's lab in Kansas who had been mentally raped by another telepath leaving the boy's mind nothing more than a fractured mirror. It had been Joshua who came up with the idea to join a strong telepath's mind with someone who had mental damage, the theory being that the stronger mind would reverse the damage done to the brain by sheer will alone. The only drawback being that the two minds linked so closely would have to agree together to return to the real world, and that was a risk he wouldn't have normally taken until now.

"So since we're here for quite some time i'd like to start the negotiation process with an offer, you see i need someone on the outside who isn't such a pussy when it comes to doing what needs to be done. Right now i'm getting a feel for how this world truly runs than trying to destroy it or something equally lame, there's some memories within this vessels mind that call out to me stronger than others and i wish to experience them." Joshua had moved himself to stand right up against Nex's astral body and started running his right hand up and down the man's chest slowly, his eyes never left the other man's allowing Nex a first hand account at the insanity that lay beneath those jade pools. Basic emotions like lust and anger he understood quite well as he had emersed himself in them deeply the last time he was on this side, but it started getting confusing when you took into account the more multilayered feelings like love or saddness and allowed them to fester within you. No, he wouldn't allow something as humane as falling in love affect his goals and by taking cues from Nex would be the first step on his way to the Endgame. "But before we get into serious business, i'd like to ask you just one question that's kind of been really bugging me. It concerns your origins...and the annoying power you both seem to wield but for some reason different from what you say. Firstly i wanted to know just how you came into being and secondly why on Earth someone hasn't shot Dane between the eyes by now. With a power like that i doubt even Liam MacArthur would have wanted him to continue living, but seeing as he's got some psycho thing going on i can see why he hasn't killed you. You're like the crazy ass unhinged son he never had."

[atlas]

Nex watched as Joshua moved from the thone that burst into flames and sank into the ground. “Nice trick. What do you want?”Nex watched the man come close and stood his ground without even flinching “Negotiations you say? Negotiation means a deal, and a deal requires that each party has something the other wants, and i just can’t see that, you don’t have anything that i want, so why would i negotiate. And you know what, I’m fine with staying here with you as long as you want to make it. I lived the first 16 years of my live stuck in this mind. I’m use to it.” Nex turned around and walked away, he knew what this man wanted, and that the only way out was an agreement, but he didn’t care, sure he had places to be every day, but that wouldn’t matter if he was stuck inside his own mind. “yes, grandpappy MacArthur, unhinged old coot, Daniel just used him for research data and the money to finish haven.” Nex laughed at the old man stupidity “I do however like his nack for being able to do this-” all the mentally generated corpses around them rose to their feet “In reality... and thanks for Daniel now so can it” he smiled as the corpses began tearing strips off each other. “No-one in haven knows Daniels power so no-one realises it danger. As for me, sure im worth a bullet to the brain, wont do much good now though” he chuckled and started to sit down, as he did so the animated bones bounced towards him and rearranged themselves in a gothic throne in which Nex was quite relaxed. “Do, continue with your attempt at negotiations”

[Joshua D. MacArthur]

Joshua grinned at the gall of the man before him and wondered just when the guy finally grew a pair of nuts, the whole 'i can't do anything because Dane is in control' was getting old bordering on pathetic. His eyes lingered on the display of his Grandfather's powers with little to no interest as Nex shamelessly proved that not everything translated over when powers were copied. On the other hand it arose within him a need to understand just how ingrained the new power was inside its vessel and if someone without knowledge of its control could wield it wholely. "You're right you know. I really don't have a thing to offer you at this time since i never planned to delve into Dane's mind, but you had to go and muck up my plans of seducing the good doctor and leaving the next morning with a little something extra. So we have two options facing us and i'm sure you can easily see which one is the clear choice, first off we can rot inside this sad excuse for a mind as neither of us would just give in letting the other leave. Option number two is my favorite though, we both leave together with you in the drivers seat of your vessel's body then go our seperate ways and if we do it before the leaving part then bully for us."

Joshua really had no intention of just giving someone like Nex free roam in a world he would be playing in with the kind of fire power the man could wield, in fact the foundation for these limitations was already underway with his introduction to their mind. Entering another person's mind as he did always left a slight mark that only he would ever notice that would stay in a minimalistic form unless strengthened as he was now doing. His eyes shifted to just beyond the rather morbid throne Nex was sitting upon as a pair of corinthian columns rose from the ground, between the columns was Dane completely unconscious supported midair by chains etched with indecipherable markings. "Hey wait a minute, you kissed my shadow clone...i thought Dane was straight."

[atlas]

Nex smiled as he studied Joshua’s insides. “Complete control of the vessel... an interesting proposition, if I didn’t need Daniel for my plans. Now what can I give you? I would like to speed this up and get you out of here as fast as possible so I can go about repairing the damage that your little visit will cause... I don’t want any restrictions if you know what I mean” Nex looked over at Dane’s form rise. Laughing at the poor soul before him.
“Oh that... Yea he is... I thought you’d have realised, being another non-physical. I am not Daniel” He stood as close behind the other man as he could. Placing his hands on the others waist. “I don’t follow the same restrictions as my others”

[Joshua D. MacArthur]

Joshua furrowed his brows in confusion to how off putting it was to be hit upon by someone in the doctor's body, he could recall many times that the vessel's line of thought would have linked Dane with a romantic interest of the female variety and he was no homewrecker. But then again this wasn't Joshua in the drivers seat and so his lithe frame twisted around gracefully to come eye to eye with Nex, his right hand slid upwards along Nex's chest as his left hand came to rest upon on of the hands on his hips. His jade coloured eyes registered the shock at the feeling of warmth surging across their bodies nearly making his legs give out under him, these emotions were something volatile that left him perplexed at their very importance in everyday life and wondering how a regular human would adapt to having their emotions shut off. "Have you ever had sex before? Memories don't count if they're from the vessel, and neither does it have any value if you hijacked that shit from some hapless victim. It seems to be a waste of time only for the purpose of experiencing a joint appreciation for raw emotions, especially when commited by a same sex couple."

His hold on the other man's hand increased ever so slightly as he warred deep within himself over how detatched one could be before the emotions overtook you, in fact it seemed that the only logical action to take would be to just let them flow over you. Yet in order to do that he'd need to escape this hole in the wall excuse for a mindscape, Charles Manson had more charming hideouts than this place."Accept my offer or make your counter proposal, either way you must make some cort of choice."

[atlas]

“Well. Firstly we shall do nothing in here. I can guarantee that, second... you want a favour from me huh... a sort of I owe you eh?” Nex took a step back grinning broadly “then when we get out let me see into the truth of your relationship... i want to know if this ‘levi’ is just manipulating you with his powers” the world changed to the infirmary ward room. Nex locked the door and lay on the bed with his hands behind his head “so what do you say? Want me to find out the truth and set the vessel free of the burden?” He closed his eyes and sank into the bed. His voice sounded about the room disembodied “or will you leave for me to consider a favour at a later date?”

[Joshua D. MacArthur]

Joshua studied the man laying down on the bed in the infirmary as he stood close to the locked door, his eyes raked over the lean muscles and the evident display of 'i really don't give a damn what you choose' attitude that made him want something more. True there was something left to be desired from doing it in a messed up mental environment though if he was anymore slutty than he was at the moment he wouldn't have cared much, but as it is he still kept some of the class that Joshua had been known for. Now all that remained was to get the man's promise to give him a favour and all it cost was a little something from him, it was really a no brainer as Joshua locked his jade coloured eyes with Nex's. "We'll kiss to seal the deal and as a trigger to return us to the real world, then if you still wanted you can have your opportunity to see whether or not Levi truly was in love with my vessel. But you must agree to recognize that this is not the favor i would recquire from you, only then would i go along with your plan."

He walked away from the door over to Nex's position on the examination bed at the other side of the room, his mind racing along at lightspeed going over the many ways this would be played out and more than not his conclusion was that Nex would take the offer. "If any irrepairable damage had been done to Dane's mind we wouldn't be here, in fact his mind would have siezed up and forced us to remain within it until it cleared up. So quit your bitching and kiss me damnit!" Joshua had crossed the room in the time it took to finish his sentence and now stood next to Nex wondering just how far he could toy with the other being, and if his right hand pressed against the other man's chest didnt make him flinch then he was going to be okay.

Joshua entertained the idea of straddling Nex's lap and chucked the idea when it occured to him he'd be more vulnerable to attacks should things turn sour, and so with a sigh he sat down upon the bed next to his would be ally. Gently he reached out with his mind towards the other man hitting a wall of static when he reached the barrier "Hmmm...curious. You know that i will have to kill you sometime in the far future right? Just like you'll have to find a way to take me out...unless we become sexual deviants and then all we'll really do is fuck and kill other people. But i'm going to put my foot down on blood play right now!" His lips turned upwards into a slightly maniacal grin that to anyone else would have them running for the hills, this man however would be different he felt.

[atlas]

Nex launched up and almost forced his tongue down the boys throat. The moment they connected though the world returned to around them. Nex still standing exactly where he was. He laughed as he copied the patients power and forced his own rapidly evolving mind to search the vessels memories. It was like an automated robot working for him as he secretly searched through Joshua’s cells for something very specific, something not as obvious as the warped chromosome buckling under the strain of 9 telekinetic genes.
Finding what he wanted on both counts he released the man before him “You may leave, I have everything I want.” His semi maniacal grin stretching across his face, squeezing his cheeks into his eyes that looked somewhat like moss speckled water in its green and blue texture. “If ever you need me” He tapped his head “Just call”

[Joshua D. MacArthur]

Joshua smile stretched across his face yet didn't reach his eyes as he stared down the other man, his stance belied the tenseness in the room after feeling what was pretty much the rape of his powers. Swiftly he flung his right arm in front of him and sent Nex hurtling into a wall with his telekinetic powers, before the man could get his bearings he found himself sprawled on his back with Joshua stratling his lap grinding down wantonly "You really don't learn do you baby?" he said as he brought his powers to the outerside of his palm, the collective energy warped and distorted the air about it as his hand hovered over Nex's heart. "I'm only going to tell you this once and one time only, so listen the fuck up. If you ever try what you just did again on me i will cut your mothereffin balls off and wear them for earrings, this vessel and all that which entails it belongs to me. You want a taste? You ask me first and we can tumble a little yeah? Good." His jade coloured eyes locked on with Nex's own and something deep within his flashed for no more than a second and dissappeared, with tenderness that covered fierce anger he pressed his lips to the other man's and then pulled away after nipping harshly at Nex's lower lip.

Joshua flew off Nex's lap with the aide of his telekinetic powers and landed softly right in front of the doors, he cocked his head to the right looking at the man still laid out on the floor and wondered just what the future would hold for them both. It wasn't shocking that he had some little attraction for the psychotic alter that wore a 'Dane suit', but then again he couldn't allow someone with that kind of power to just copy his own powers "I'll contact you shortly. Don't die before them yeah?" and with that he fled from the facility for the surface and freedom.