[AU]Power Swap

[Devyn Solway]

Devyn didn't really know what had happened the night before. Her head was killing her and she could still taste alcohol on her breath. Right, she had gone out drinking. Underage drinking at that since she was only seventeen years old. She normally never drank to the point of feeling like she was now. She could not recall what all she did and said to others and was now wondering if someone had slipped her something in one of her drink. Going to beat up whoever did if someone did. Devyn thought to herself but even her thoughts were not fully formed out the right way. She slowly blinked her eyes open as she tried to move in order to sit up. Everything hurt, which made sense since she was lying on a hard wooden floor. More specifically the bar floor, with no one else around.

The bar was completely empty; at least that was what it looked like. Everything seemed to be locked down and it was dark, like really dark. Devyn felt like maybe something was wrong with her eyes since she was supposed to be able to see really well in the dark. At the moment it felt like she was seeing at the level of some normal human or a mutant without her power. "The hell is going on?" Devyn managed to grumbled out as she tried to pull shadows towards her but instead ended up pulling a bottle towards her that ended up crashing into a table and getting its contents all over the place. Specifically on a person who was also lying on the floor and who Devyn had missed because she could not see or even smell them like she normally would have. Either way, she had accidently and unknowing basically spilled beer on them.

Tag: Reid Chase

[Reid Chase]

The hammering in her head was what woke Reid up as she tried to reach her hand out to grab whatever she could to pull her up off the floor. Frowning when nothing came to her, she hissed when she felt glass shatter on top of her.

"What the f-" she started as wisps of smoke suddenly gathered around her. In her startled confusion, she waved the smoke away but to not avail. Panic rose and the mist grew bigger and more opaque and she tried to scream out.

[Devyn Solway]

Devyn was still trying to get her bearings as her stupid eyes were adjusting so slowly to the dark. The sound of the beer bottle breaking did make her rise quickly to her feet but also caused her to collide her head to the underside of a table. Curling up for a moment and rubbing at her head. "Mother fu-flapjacks." Devyn said as she quickly altered what she was saying when she heads the other voice that also came from in the bar. Green eyes scanning around and making out a figure of sorts and tried to moved towards it. Her head felt like it was about to split open and it had to be from more than just hitting her head. It had felt really bad after she had tried to use her power but nothing ended up happening.

"Hello? Please say you are a person and not some ghost." Devyn said with a small chuckle, but really she hoped it was another person. She was already moving to find a light switch, noticing that figure was flaying about like something was crawling on them. Devyn froze still for a moment, now feeling like she was in some kind of scary movie when she could start to make out the smoke, that was her smoke, but it was not bothering her, it was bother a...women. Yes, the person was female. Devyn's eyes adjusted enough to see that now. What was going on? Devyn could not even figure out what else to say.

[Reid Chase]

Reid heard a voice coming from somewhere in front of her and her panic doubled, causing the mist to thicken. "Shit." She tried again to clear the mist away but it seemed to be somewhat intact and unmoving. But her eyes adjusted pretty damn well to the dark and she saw the person talking to her finally.

"Person. I don't know what the fuck is up with the smoke but I am freaking the fuck out right now." Reid responded, trying hard not to start hyperventilating.

[Devyn Solway]

Devyn managed to find a light switch then just as she head the women's voice say 'shit' about something. Devyn had no clue what was really going on, but when she flicked on the light and saw what was going on, she started to panic a little. They for sure were something that happened with her power, but Devyn was not doing anything. The shadows were not even pulling towards her; they were pulling towards this woman who was on the ground. This woman was kind of hot, like really hot. Devyn was tempted to say something flirty but they were talking to her about the smoke and freaking out. Right, this was really odd and Devyn was freaking out a little as well. This was not the time to be thinking about flirting and putting on the charm. Not yet, anyways.

"I'm Devyn." Devyn could not help but to say her name because she didn't really like being called 'person'. Granted that should have been the last thing on her mind as she moved closer towards the other women. "The shadows are trying to come one with you and change your form. At least that what it looks like. That’s what...my power does." Devyn said, wary about telling someone that she was a mutant, but this person was obviously one if they were controlling Devyn's power. Why could she no longer use her power? Devyn tried to pull the shadows towards her again, but instead caused the bottles along the counter to fall to the ground and her head hurting even more. "Damn it. You are the adult here, what is going on?" Devyn asked and oddly her words didn't come out as a growl like she expected them to.

[Reid Chase]

The name given to her was of no consequence at the moment and Reid wanted to say as such but she was having a legitimate panic attack.

Even as Devyn explained what exactly was happening, Reid couldn't really grasp the concept as she tried to cling to whatever control she thought she had over her own abilities in terms of calming down. Surprisingly enough, she could see the smoke sucked into her. Inch by agonisingly slow inch.

Devyn's outburst didn't help and Reid growled, a little angrier than she usually would have. "Is that really a criteria to know what the hell is going on? Being an adult?" She asked. She instantly felt bad for snapping at the younger mutant but things were just a tad strung out and manners didn't seem to be important right then. She didn't even notice when the other mutant seemed to have adopted her own powers.

[Devyn Solway]

Devyn didn't even get a name back when she had given hers, well that was to be half expected. They were in an odd situation after all and names should have been the last thing on a person’s mind. With Devyn's power however she knew she had to stay calm and try to keep level headed. Asking for a name and introducing yourself was some sense of normality. Yet...Devyn was not even sure if she had her power anymore, so was this really normal at all? Well, with no name going to call her...Sexy Red. Devyn thought to herself and gave a mental nod. Going with SR for short like she sort of did with Sorcha's nickname. Reid still seemed to be having a problem with the power and at first Devyn really didn't know how to help her. Right, it was like her power so maybe the same thing she did with her power would help out.

"Try closing your eyes and taking a deep breath. Remaining calm is what helps me keep my power...well what my power was in check." Devyn told SR as she looked at her own hand for a moment and let out a sigh. Was her power just not working at the moment, or was this women some kind of power absorber and she took on Devyn's powers and that meant that Devyn would not be able to use hers for a little bit. That was what she was guessing at the moment anyways. SR was then actually growling at her, yup she definitely had Devyn’s power at the moment and Devyn just squinted at the older women for a moment at her question. "Well I tend to hook up with older people because they have more experience and know what’s up, so yeah being an adult does help with my assumption that you know what is going on SR." Devyn pointed out but then tilted her head at the women for a moment.

"Unless you are younger then you look." Devyn added, which was not really a compliment by the way it sounded but hell if she was a teen who looked that old but damn sexy then she was one lucky teen.

[Reid Chase]

Despite the panic consuming her right then, Reid didn't actually completely cut the other person off when they started to instruct her on how to calm herself. Apparently what was happening to her was similar to their own affliction. Power...did Reid steal the other person's powers? Her own ability couldn't actually lift someone else's out of them could it?

She tried to calm herself down by following instructions. Slowly, it became clear that something ridiculously simple was at play.

Reid was clearly just having a mental breakdown. There couldn't be any other explanation, could there? No. No it's just her mind telling her that she was overexhausted. She had been pulling long hour shifts the past couple weeks because she was avoiding her personal life, somewhat. Things were getting to the point where she could very well settle down.

But Reid was no longer the type to settle down. No way. So work. She put in long hours and now it's taking it's toll on her mental health. Yes, that was it.

It didn't help that the person she was with then was talking about hooking up with her. That was some logic they had.

Reid shook her head and suppressed the instinctual urge to growl. "No...you're not real." She finally said with a bark of laughter. "There's just no way any of this is real. I'm...probably in a coma-induced nightmare because I pulled another all-nighter for the week and this is just...you're not real."

[Devyn Solway]

The older women did seem to start taking her advice on the whole calming down and her power looked like it was getting under control. Devyn just knew that her power was in her control but at the same time her emotions could get the better of it and consume her without her wanting it to. It was just how her form of shadow manipulation worked and she had grown used to it over the years. So now that she did not have it, it was really weird and if she was being honest she was freaking out on some level. Yet, because of the years of having her power and having to always do her best to stay level headed she was actually still pretty calm; relatively speaking. Plus the person that she was looking to for answers was currently losing her marbles or something so one of them had to remain calm and try to figure this out.

"Good, see. You are getting it under control." Devyn said, trying the whole praise thing, knowing that was a good positive reinforcement for herself. Her head was still killing her and she still had not fully figured out that she was the one causing the bottle to crash to the floor when she tried to use her shadow beast power. She just thought there was an earthquake or someone messing with them and trying to scare them. Devyn certainly was little scared since she didn't really know what was going on and without her power she was less of a threat then she normally was. Just think. Someone has to be behind this. Someone just probably kidnapped us and has some kind of power swapping ability. Maybe this women is not a mutant and said person behind it is testing to see if they can give none mutants, mutant abilities. Devyn thought to herself as she got to her feet and moved to try the windows and the door in attempt to find a way out, but everything was locked.

SR started to speak then about how she could not be real, Devyn raising an eyebrow as she pinched herself. Yeah, she was pretty sure she was real. "She has lost it and I'm probably going to be killed by some psych now." Devyn muttered under her breath with a chuckle that was basically her way of saying 'just my luck' over this whole matter. "Well I'm pretty sure I'm real and I guess it’s possible we are having the same nightmare, so the question is how do we wake up?" Devyn asked as she scratched her head and then moved back over towards SR, reaching a hand out to poke the other female in her side to one make sure Reid was real and to prove that she herself was real as well. "Come one SR. You are the adult. What do you remember last?" Devyn asked, not needing someone with her power losing their mind because it would really suck to die by your very own power that someone else now had.

[Reid Chase]

Reid was trying to calm down and the 'positive reinforcement' was not helping. Why was she so angry? She had no reason to be, did she? At least none that could justify just how angry she was.

When Devyn started talking to herself, Reid tried to get up off the floor, her legs shaky as she looked around the place, blinking a little when she realised her eyes were completely focused and then everything just seemed so damn sharp and in her face. "Oh fuck," she squeezed her eyes shut and took deep breaths, not wanting to trigger another episode of the swirly smoke.

She could feel rather than see Devyn moving closer and when the poke came, Reid snarled and got even more pissed when she was reminded once again that she was the adult.

"Nothing! I remember nothing! I was at home watching Saturday Night Live and that's it. Now stop telling me that I'm an adult. It wasn't like we were handed manuals when we turned eighteen to handle every goddamn situation. I don't even know where the fuck my telekinesis is."

[Devyn Solway]

Devyn was looking around for a moment, sniffing and disappointed that she was not really getting anything. It was so weird. She could not use her power, could not sniff around and pick up scents, her eyes were not hurting from the lights of the bar being on, and in general she just felt so off. Part of her just seemed to be missing, was she even Devyn? Maybe SR was right with the whole 'you're not real' thing since Devyn didn't feel real at all. All she had was a headache and the whole issue of things kept falling to the ground or moving a little every time she tried to use her power. Thinking about her own power and the fact that Reid had her power, it did make her start to wonder if maybe she had Reid's power. It also reminded her about the whole sensitive eyes so she grabbed her shades that were tucked on her shirt and went to offer them to her.

"Here, put these on. They help with the light sensitivity." Devyn said as she held out the shades. Devyn currently didn't need them and it was oddly depressing in a way, but at the same time refreshing. She could actually look around without wearing shades inside. No longer would she have to deal with being told to remove them and then explaining that she had a light sensitivity problem. Yet, she honestly hoped that she would not be without her powers for that long. Devyn could not help but smirk when she poked Reid, finding that Reid was in fact real, and amused that the other women let out a snarl. It was just so weird yet entertaining for someone else to be doing the growling and snarling instead of her for once. Devyn blinked at SR yelling at her about how she didn't remember anything.

Just great, her mind is blank, my mind is blank, and we are stuck in some bar. Just the two of us...no, stop right there brain, focus. Devyn mentally scolded herself as she moved away from Reid and started to look around again. "Wait, you are a TK?" Devyn asked as she looked down at her own hands for a moment and thought of how things kept falling when she tried to use her power. "I think I might have your power..." Devyn said as she thought about moving the chair and caused it to scoot closer towards her a little bit, causing the headache to become angry with her again once more. "I don't like your power." Devyn grumbled as she rubbed at her head, wanting a nap to sleep this pain off.

[Reid Chase]

Reid didn't hesitate to snatch the sunglasses from Devyn, sliding them on and everything adjusted nicely. The redhead knew she was being horribly rude when the other mutant had been helpful. Granted, she still didn't understand the correlation between being an adult and being put in an alien situation. But she was being helpful.

Here was, what Reid thought was, an eighteen...nineteen year old sort of consoling a twenty-eight year old cop, who somehow understood that their powers had been swapped. All while the twenty-eight year old freaked out over smoke.

And she, an adult, was supposed to make sense of things simply because she was an adult? Fucking bias if she was being honest.

Then, when the term TK was thrown, Reid shook her head and growled, not knowing what the hell that was. "Yeah well if this is your power then I don't like it either, mate." Reid snapped back as she tried calming herself down. Her confusion seemed to fuel the anger she was trying hard to calm, not wanting it to manifest in a way that could possibly damage something.

Reid then scrambled to get up, ignoring the sharp searing pain in her head as she headed to the door to open it, only to have it stuck. She jiggled the door handle but it was deadbolted and didn't even budge. Like it was a wall with a doorknob.

"What the f...get me outta here!" She yelled, thumping at the door with her fist.

[Devyn Solway]

Devyn could not help but to squint a little more at Reid when the older women snatched the shades from her and put them on. Put on Devyn's shades that she had been so nice to offer and not even a thank you. Nothing at all. Devyn certainly would have been growling or outright just tackled the other women and made her say something. Yet Devyn didn't really feel that drive in her in such a way. Like she thought about it, wanted to do it, but at the same time she just didn't feel up for it. Especially given the situation they were in and how neither of them knew what was going on. Devyn was letting that be the excuse for hoe SR was acting towards her, but she was still hurt over the matter.

I'm being super nice and helpful and nothing. Not even a thanks, a pretty look my way, and I bet she didn't even check me out. Devyn thought to herself as she crossed her arms and just took a deep breath. Her habits of keeping herself calm were still there so at least she was not someone else who just thought they were Devyn Solway. Devyn didn't mean to offend SR, but she really did tend to look to those older than her when she didn't understand what was going on. At least she had respect for adults compared to some other teenagers. Devyn had already tried the door and windows with no luck so now was picking up a drink and a glass, pouring herself a shot. Green eyes glancing over to SR when she let out a growl and stated she didn't like Devyn’s power either. "I would imagine dealing with all that raw power and animal instinct would be odd for someone who uses their mind to move things." Devyn said with a smirk as she raised the shot glass to Reid and tossed it back. Yes she was only seventeen and this was so illegal.

"I tried all the doors and windows. We are stuck in here and it’s just pitch black outside...like no street lamps at all." Devyn pointed out as she heard SR speaking about trying to get out of the room. Grabbing another glass and pouring Reid a glass as well as another for herself. "Have a drink with me and let us think this through. Or get wasted and maybe wake up a ditch to find out this was all a dream." Devyn said with a small chuckle at the last part, covering up the fact that she was in fact freaking out and scared.

[Reid Chase]

"Kid, if that is you saying that telekinesis is somehow a lesser power than whatever the fuck you have right here, I will force this smoke up your nostrils so hard you'll go blind." Reid growled, the anger building right back up.

Being told that nothing was outside and then being asked to drink made Reid feel a tad conflicted. Part of her wanted to pout and get out just to prove the teenager wrong but a part of her wanted to sob and drink until she passed out.

"It doesn't make sense for this to be a dream though." Reid shook her head, running her fingers roughly through her hair. "You're unfortunately real and I know I am too so it doesn't follow the pattern of a dream."

[Devyn Solway]

Devyn looked at Reid for a moment before smirking at the threat the older women said to her and could not help but to chuckle a little. "That would be interesting. I don't think my smoke can do that. My power is more of a shadow based and the little shadow smoke is just because of the cold meeting the temperature of the area around it. At least that was what I was told about it." Devyn explained as she moved around a little on the stool at the bar for a moment. Looking away from Reid before looking back at the women. "Plus, of course I'm going to think my power is better than yours." Devyn said simply, because that was practically a given since it was Devyn's power and she liked being able to turn into a shadow beast over then moving something with her minds.

Devyn poured her drink and already was throwing back the glass, drinking to actually calm herself down since Reid seemed to still not be on the settled end of things and since Devyn was freaking out on the inside, she figured a drink would calm her down. "Also, the growling is arousing to me, so you should probably not do it." Devyn said with a small snicker, drinking another shot glass full of the drink she grabbed. Devyn just remained on her stool while Reid started to talk about how this could not be a dream. Devyn didn't think it was a dream either because it all felt a little too real. She wanted it to be a dream, wanted to just wake up and be out of this world and get back to her life. Especially when she was dealing with a women who she did not know the name of who seemed about ready to explode.

Must be a red head thing. Devyn thought to herself because the red heads she tended to know were either real firecrackers or super shy. She personally liked the firecrackers because they were a little more fun in the bedroom. In Devyn's personal opinion, but she was not thinking about such things too much since the whole 'need to get out' was stronger then such distractions. "Unfortunately? I might cry." Devyn said with a small fake sniff as she touched her own chest as if she had been hurt. "So if this is not a dream...what could it be?" Devyn asked, not holding onto her fake hurt for too long since figuring this all out was more important.