I Might Have Done It

[Devyn Solway]

Devyn Solways sat in the stupid chair she had been told to sit in for while she would serve her detention for whatever she did this time. She actually forgot but knew it was nothing big at that was why this detention was not all that bad. She figured it was likely being out past curfew or that they might have found an empty beer bottle in her room. She really didn’t remember and was not all that worried about it since again it was something small. Dev figured the school was far happier with her breaking small rules then they were with her outright losing control of her power and causing damage to the school.

Bellefonte Academy was still fixing up after the fire and they probably didn’t want Dev adding to what needed to be fixed. “Oh! Was it because I was hanging out in the kitchen when it was roped off for construction? I swear I was just checking to see how much damage was done.” Devyn said to the teacher that was in charge of the detention section. There were a few others in the room as well, likely those who also did something small and not that big of a deal in the large scheme of things. She moved around in her seat a little before looking around who else was in the room.

She then leaned back and let out a groan, for this was all terribly boring. When was the last time she had to serve a detention? Normally she was skilled at getting out of them or better yet at not getting caught by the staff. Yet, here she was, serving the time for a crime she was not even sure which one she had committed. She leaned over to the person sitting closest to her. "What are you here for?" Devyn asked, curious.

[Artemis James]

Artemis was leant forward slumped on the desk, his arms folded, hiding most of his face as his eyes looked out and stared at the teacher; He didn't exactly feel as though he belonged there. It was only his first week and he'd already been sentenced to detention, not exactly the greatest beginning to his bizarre new life. No that he placed too much emphasis on it; he wholly believed his actions were justified, although regardless to how much he attempted to appeal his case, here he was. Stuck. He shifted his eyeline towards the female who entered the room, following her to where she sat down near him. She seemed to share his dislike for their shared predicament, openly expressing her distain with a loud groan which earned the girl a snapped glare from the teacher. Even if she'd seen it, Artemis doubted that she'd care. She didn't strike him as the type to.
He blinked at her as he offered him a question, lifting his head up with a slightly cocked eyebrow. "Nothing. Nothing that wasn't justified," He replied, before glancing towards the overseerer. They were distracted reading some book, so Artemis decided to continue.
"I suppressed some asshole's power. He was being a total dick. It only lasts about five minutes anyway, I don't see what the big deal is."

He honestly didn't. While he usually held his kind and friendly demeanour, when someone starts being unnecessarily aggressive... Well, Artemis saw no wrong in using his ability to detain them. It wasn't like anything his poison did had any lasting effect anyway. "... So what are you in for?"
Artemis didn't really know anyone beyond his twin at the Academy so far, so was eager to engage in the conversation, even if it was with a fellow detention comrade.

[Devyn Solway]

Now that the guy she had spoken to was talking back she had the chance to get a good look at him. He was cute; in that baby face kind of way. The kind of face that made him look younger then he actually was. Not that Devyn had any clue to how old he was or who the guy was. He had to be new-ish because she had not seen him at all in her years at Bellefonte Academy. Not that it mattered at the moment, he was in the same boat as her as in they both were currently suffering in detention. Devyn could not help but to smirk a little at the boy revealed why he was in detention.

"Ah, yeah. Using your powers on someone outside of training will land you in dentition really quick." Devyn said. She had a lot of experience in that department but most of the time she ended up using her power as means of intimidation to highly encourage someone to not pick a fight with her. It worked most of the time but there were those foolish few who wanted to test things with her. Not that she ever killed anyone with her power before. Okay, she killed SPECTRE agents but that was different and they had tried to kill her. Dev was now wondering what the guy's power was since he didn't look like the kind of guy that could put the smack down on someone and by what he said it was a kind of power suppression.

"You know, I'm not actually sure. I have racked up the list of detentions I've owed so I'm not sure which one I'm meant to be serving this time. Could be here for causing some damage in my room. Perhaps for being in the kitchen when they were preparing it or even getting caught drinking." Devyn said as she gave a small shrug. She glanced in the direction of the teacher in charge before looking back to the boy and extended out her hand. "The names Devyn by the way. Shadow Beast Form is my power. What about you?" Devyn asked. She figured since he sort of told her what his power was she might as well do the same.

[Artemis James]

Artemis was quite thankful for the conversation, despite the circumstances. The girl didn't seem to particularly care that she was being punished, so it was fair to say it likely wasn't her first rodeo. He pouted a little at her comment; It made sense that in a school such as this one to better protect all the students that such rules would be in place, but frankly when it was for the greater good and did next to no harm anyway, he still saw no wrong in what he did. Then again it couldn't be one stroke for one person and another for someone else depending on their power; It made sense to simply forbid any use of powers against one another while not in the training grounds.
Artemis still stood by his choice though.

He blinked at the girl with a raised brow at her answer to his question, before grinning. "Wow, frequent flyer to the detention destination, huh?" He spoke, before taking her hand and shaking it. "Artemis. You can call me Art or Arty though if you prefer, I'm not fussy." He however paused a moment after he'd let go, blinking with slightly widened eyes at the girl. Shadow beast form? He had no idea exactly what that was, but it sounded pretty damn impressive. Compared to so many at this Academy, His own... Felt so much less so. With a slightly sheepish smile, he shrugged. "... Well, mine is not nearly as impressive as that sounds. I have wasp wings, and poison barbs in my hands." He held his hands out, palms up, the scars from where his barbs emerged from his skin a stark white against his pale complexion. "The poison attacks the mutant gene or something... Means you'd lose your power." He pulled his hands back with another bright eyed shrug. "For a whole five minutes."

[Devyn Solway]

It did suck that you got in trouble for using your power on someone, even if it was for a good reason. Devyn understood why it was like that. It was to teach them that they could not use their powers to solve their problems, especially when they were out with the majority who didn't have powers. It still sucked, but it made sense in the end and Devyn just had to get better at keeping herself in check. It was not like she could not; it was more so that she chooses not to for her own person reasons. Yet, now she was working on at least trying to be decently behaved students so she would not be in detention forever.

"Indeed. Pretty sure all of the staff that is not new know my name and are told to keep a close eye on me." Devyn admitted. She was half proud of the reputation she built, only because who didn't want people to know about you? She didn't like how they seemed to think she was going to shred students to pieces, but not all of them thought that. Sure she killed some SPECTRE people and hurt a few students and staff in the past but she had never done anything that would kill them like she had done with SPECTRE. Plus it was rare that she actually used her power on people but still she got those looks. "What do you mean not as impressive? I'm pretty sure everyone freaks out when they see a wasp." Devyn said as she chuckled a little.

She leaned in a little to check out his hand when he held it up. She hoped that he didn't like accidentally shoot a barb in her face because then she would have to beat him up for that. He didn't seem to think his power was all that cool, but any power that made it so someone could not use their power for a period of time was impressive. "Five minutes is a lone time when you are talking about preventing someone using their power? If they are not particularly strong without their power it is more than enough time to put some distance between you and them." Devyn pointed out, trying to raise his opinion on his power.

"Plus, dude. You are making them unable to use their power, and it works on any mutant, right?" Devyn asked to be sure. It was a pretty powerful power if she had an opinion on the matter.

[Artemis James]

Devyn was defiantly the type of girl most parents would tell their kids to avoid; She clearly had some degree of issue with rules and regulations, of her own admittance; Her power too made her a potentially threatening and intimidating person. Artemis, however, couldn't care less for all of that. She was, as far as he was aware and was concerned about, friendly and inviting. He'd never been one to judge, and he wasn't exactly going to start now.

"People with wasp phobias maybe," He joked in reply with a small laugh. When he'd first manifested, after the initial shock and horror that comes along with such a turning point in anyone's life, Artemis had been kind of pretty upbeat about his situation. Wings were impressive, right? What kid at some point in their lives didn't want a pair of wings growing out of their back? That was until he entered the Academy; He was a face in the crowd, living with people who could manipulate the very elements, shapeshift into animals, had shadow beast states...
While he had the wings of a bug most people hated to start with.
Not that truly deep down it really bothered him; but it was the reasoning for his thinking that it wasn't exactly an impressive mutation.
He however perked up at Devyn's words, blinking at the female as she attempted to lift his opinion on his power. He found himself smiling, turning his palms upwards as he looked them over, before tracing the scarring of one palm with the finger of his other hand.
"You make it sound almost cool," He joked a little, giving the female a warm grin, before nodding. "All mutants, as far as I know. I have to touch them too, it only works with skin contact... And it doesn't seem to do much to non mutants."

[Devyn Solway]

If the world knew about mutants and they went to school with normal kids, Devyn for sure would have been that girl your parents told you to stay away from. Moms would call her a ‘Bad Girl’; or boy if they were not sure of her gender which happened, and dads would not have liked her taking their little son or daughter out. Not that Devyn really had a problem with that label since it was partly true, but if she cared about someone then they were the safest with her. Who would dare mess with someone that a person like Devyn cared about? No one smart would.

“I don’t have a wasp phobia but if I see a wasp land near me, I’m moving away.” Devyn admitted. She didn’t really have many fears and wasp for sure were not even a fear, but who really wanted to be stung repeatedly? Devyn didn’t, and she really didn’t want more wasps joining their friend on the attack. Devyn thought his power was pretty cool, she didn’t want it but thought that it was cool. Being a wasp didn’t really fit with her style. Dev was not going to force down his throat that his power was pretty cool, but she was going it on him a little. She didn’t like it when someone didn’t like their power because their power was a part of them.

“Cause it is. Can you fly too?” Devyn asked, actually interested in his power. What even was detention? Devyn had forgotten completely about it as she even moved her seat and desk closer to her new friend to be closer so they could talk even softer without having any issues hearing one another. She listened as he explained that his power worked on all mutants and that he just need skin contact. “See, your power is cool. I bet with like some training and a few years you will be able to make someone stop using their power for like an hour or something. Plus, the word Wasp just sounds bad ass, excuse my language.” Devyn said with a few nods.

[Artemis James]

At her words regarding wasps Artemis's grin fell into a small pout, and he slumped forward on the desk, putting his chin on his forearms with a small smile. "See?! I've yet to meet anyone who actually likes wasps." He didn't blame her; They weren't the nicest creatures to begin with, and even Artemis himself wasn't fond of the things, but now he had to deal with the association since he shared their likeness to some degree. He'd have much preferred another mutation given the choice, but at the end of the day it was the hand he'd been dealt, and overall he wasn't too apprehensive about it; But still he was enjoying discussing it all with his new friend. He hadn't exactly had a lot of opportunities to talk about his mutation, since his sister didn't welcome his company most of the time, and being so new he'd hadn't the chance to make too many friends just yet.

He lifted his head back up as she moved closer to his desk, casting the teacher a quick glance to ensure they weren't paying attention, which thankfully they weren't; He didn't suppose Devyn would have cared even if they were. He carefully moved his own desk with a shunt so she didn't have to move as far, looking back to Devyn with a bright smile. "Fly? You bet I can!" She was actually making him feel pretty uplifted about it all, especially when she delved into discussing his potential for improvement. His trainers had mentioned this, that with a few years dedication and work he would be able to fly faster, further... That potentially his barbs' poison could be used more effectively, increasing the power suppression time. Hearing it from Devyn however, a fellow student, the words seemed to carry even more weight. "Man, you're really good a making someone feel upbeat about their powers," He replied with a slightly goofy smile, a flicker of giddiness sweeping through him as he took a moment to look back at his palms, opening and closing them before looking back to Devyn. "Hey, your own power sounds pretty awesome yourself," He spoke. "Would you mind showing me sometime? I mean, I've no idea what a shadow beast form looks like, but it sounds... Badass." He used the same word as she had, to show that her use of the word hadn't bothered him.

[Devyn Solway]

“Just because someone does not like what it is that you can do, does not make it any less cool. I’m pretty sure people don’t like what they see when I use my ability but it’s still pretty badass. In my opinion.” Devyn said with a slight nod. There was always going to be someone out there that didn’t agree or like something. It was just how the world was with people with their different opinions and what have you. In the end, it only mattered what you thought about yourself. Devyn liked to make sure people understood that, even if she herself had a hard time going by and believing what she wanted other to believe in.

Devyn was pleased that Artemis seemed up for talking and that he too moved his desk so that they were closer. It made chatting easier and they would not have to talk so loud and risk attracting the teacher’s attention. Not that the teacher would not notice them moving their desk and what not, but Devyn did not recall hearing that they were not allowed to move. In fact she just knew they were supposed to sit there and think about why they were there. Devyn was still thinking about that and she was still sitting there, she was just talking too. Devyn could not help but to chuckle a little when he seemed so excited to point out that yes he could indeed fly. His ability was most certainly an interesting one.

“I try. I don’t like seeing people upset or hating their powers. It’s a part of you, something that makes you special, and I just think that no matter how dangerous or difficult the ability you should learn to love it in a way that you want to get better.” Devyn said and then chuckled a little. It sounded so sappy when she put it like that. It was just something that she felt was important. If someone liked their power then they were more likely willing to work on having control over it and not afraid to deal with people. Devyn would have put even more effort into getting Artemis to like his power if he seemed hesitant to deal with people because of what he could do.

“Either get the teacher out of the room or wait for us to get out of detention and I’ll show you. I like it if you could show me how you fly, if you are up for it.” Devyn said with a small smirk. She loved showing off her power, but she did want to see the boy’s power to. They just had to get the teacher out of the room so they were not scolding Devyn or worrying about her having lost control or something. Or they could be good students and wait until their detention time was up.

[Artemis James]

Devyn's upbeat attitude was certainly beginning to rub off on Artemis. It didn't take much since he hadn't been too down to start with, but regardless her comments were appreciated massively. It was a pleasant change to meet someone who was so accepting of who they were, powers and all, and actually have a smile on their face about it; As well as trying to extend that uplifting attitude to others.

He stole another glance towards the teacher, who still seemed far too engrossed in their reading material to actually bother too much with watching them, before quickly returning his eyeline back to Devyn. Her chuckle at his comment regarding his ability to fly filled him with perhaps more positivity then he'd felt since coming to the Academy; She actually seemed interested in his ability. Although granted she could simply be being polite, especially since her own mutation sounded so impressive, but Artemis didn't think so; She seemed genuine, and that produced a slightly goofy delighted smile to cross over his lips.
"You're right, you know. I wish more people saw it your way," He replied brightly. "I mean, if the world overall kind of isn't too fond of us, we should at least be fond of ourselves and each other." Maybe that sounded a little too full of sentiment, but it didn't make it any less true; They were the minority, with most others either fearing them or denying their existence... They needed to stick together, and to accept themselves for who they were. It seemed to take most way into adulthood to realise that, but Devyn seemed to have that pretty much down already. That made her someone to admire in Artemis's books.

Her next suggestion filled him with giddiness, although the realisation of having to wait for detention to be over was a dampening one; He looked towards the teacher with a raised brow, putting a clenched fist to his lips in thought. What exactly could they do to get the teacher to leave?
"... I could get my phone to set off. They'd have to confiscate it and take it to reception, right?" He suddenly spoke, the excitement lacing his voice clearly showing that he was quite proud of his solution; It was something his old school did, and he wasn't sue if Bellefonte's policy's were the same, but hey, it was an idea. "That should give us a short while if you don't want to wait."

[Devyn Solway]

"That’s how I see it. The masses might not know about mutants for now but someone is going to do something stupid and make our secrete out there for everyone to see. History proves mankind fears what they don't understand every time so I'm not ever expecting people to welcome us right off the bat." Devyn said as she played with her chain necklace a little bit. The keys jingling against one another as well as knocking into her father's ring. SPECTRE was just a small group; she honestly feared what would happen to them if the whole world found out that they were real.

With her power, she knew for sure she would not be accepted; fellow mutants already feared her. "So hopefully the government does it job and keeps covering up incidents." Devyn spoke up, all for any and all government cover up or a conspiracy; so long as they kept what she was hidden. Other might not have agreed with her but she felt like so long as mutants had one another, they didn't need others to know about what they were and hope they would be accepted. Devyn knew these things because despite her actual age she had done a lot and experienced a lot. Time did provide you a little more backing but that could not discount the experience and knowledge you gained before then.

Devyn smiled at his offer to try and cause his phone to be taken away for the sake of them being able to show off their powers. It was because he was willing to give that up; even if his phone was possibly not important to him, that Devyn decided she would handle this. "It's fine. I know of another way. He is not a power suppressor so he would have to leave anyways to get someone who could make me stop using my powers." Devyn said to Artemis, flashy a sly smirk to him. She then stood up, grabbing the teacher’s attention. Yet, before he could say anything, she already started to use her power.

Shadows from around the room started to twitch and then pulled in her direction. They quickly gathered to Devyn and changed form as they climbed her figure. The shadows consumed Devyn, covering her completely in shows that layered over one another and started to take shape. The whole process didn't take long at all as two tails wagged a little and what was now a wolf beast standing where Devyn was before. Of course in the whole process she knocked over a few tables and chair; she might not have been her full size but even her small size was just a little larger than an average wolf so she did take up some space. The teacher had already left, scampering off the find the nearest power suppressor staff. Devyn looked over to Artemis, white without any pupils locked on him.

[Artemis James]

Artemis could understand Devyn's point of view, and frankly, he couldn't help but be more on her side then perhaps he would have liked. Humans, by their nature, genrally destroyed what they feared; As much as Artemis, and he was sure many other mutants felt the same way, hoped that their kind would be accepted and treated no different then anyone else, it was a foolhardy thing to expect. They would be feared. They would be hated. When it came down to it, perhaps they really were better simply bonding together as a hidden branch of humanity. Somehow, despite knowing they would all have each other, keeping such a huge secret from the world felt somehow... Lonely.
"... I have to say that I know exactly what you mean," Artemis replied, his voice growing soft throughout his sentence to fall into a momentary silence. His mother's face when she'd seen his wings for the first time had spoken volumes; and a memory he'd rather keep from his mind. His eyeline drifted to the slight clinking of the metal around her neck, and for a moment Artemis found himself blinking at the rings; He could almost sense that they held a story behind them, but since he had only just met Devyn he didn't want to pry.

At his suggestion Devyn smiled, elating him a little that she seemed appreciative of his offer; However she quickly replaced it with an idea of her own. Artemis blinked at his comrade with wide eyes, before snapping his gaze towards the teacher as she stood up, before snapping it back to the female.
Was she really just going to-
The boy gave a small cry of shock, pulling his feet up onto the chair as he watched the shadows sweep across the floor and trail down the walls, swirls of black entwining around the female, the sight sending the teacher out of the room in clear panic. Artemis continued to stare now at Devyn, gripping hold of his chair tightly as her form shifted, the shadows growing in mass until she began to take on another shape entirely. With another yelp his chair was swept out from under him as her size grew,
and Artemis was sent sprawling to the floor. He quickly got to his feet, continuing to stare at the new form Devyn had taken;
A large wolf like creature, with eyes a sharp, piercing white, a harsh contrast to the jet black of rest of her new state.

Artemis stared, struck silent, his deep blue eyes wide, his mouth opening and closing as it struggled to accumulate what exactly he wanted to say. Slowly, a wide grin began to stretch his lips, and with a loud laugh he put his hands to his face. "That is... That is... THAT. Is pretty damn BADASS." He had never seen something quite so remarkable or awe inspiring. Granted, it was also pretty terrifying, but as far as he was concerned the sheer ass kicking awesomeness of the sight he'd just witnessed and was still witnessing far outweighed any fear most would feel. He slowly moved his hands from his face, still staring as he tentatively took a step closer, unsure exactly if Devyn would mind. "... Would you mind if... If I..." He slowly reached a hand out to touch her, an eyebrow raised questioningly, trying to read the shadow beast's expression. he didn't want to overstep his mark.

[Devyn Solway]

At Artemis's words, Devyn could already tell that there was something dark or at least something that haunted the boy. She was not going to prey, not yet. She knew how to get people to open up to her with time. You just had to say the right things and depending on the type of person you just had to use different tactics. With this boy, she figured that she would just have to wait for him to get to know her a little better, ask about it, and that he would likely tell her. He seemed like the type that didn't want to bare pain alone, but Devyn could have been wrong and all of this was pure speculation.

It was just a feeling she had from her years of being the kind of person that she was around others. The time to talk about it was not going to happen now anyways, since she had already started to use her power. She could only talk with the shadow smoke that lingered around her body after her shifting was complete. She had a rough understand that the shadow smoke was the result of her body heat, mixed with the cold of the shadows, and the surrounding temperature. Science stuff that she didn't care to learn to much about other than how to move the wisp to her will so she could sort of communicate.

S. R. R. Y

Devyn had the smoke spell the closest spelling she could get to saying sorry with how much control she had over the shadow smoke. The words repeated, showing up in various places around her before they would fade after a moment and return back to their wisp of a smoke form; swirling around her. The apology was for just shifting right there without warning him and how she had sort of knocked him over in the process. He seemed unharmed; in fact he seemed to be in a pretty good mood despite what was standing in front of him.

She remained still, nothing moving on her besides the smoke that kept swirling around her as if it was controlled by several breezes going in different directions. He was reached a hand out to her, asking something that Devyn was used to being asked. She didn't bother to spell words out, and instead just leaned her head to the outstretched palm. She would feel cold to the touch, but would feel like a real life wolf.

[Artemis James]

It was a funny thing, Artemis's interaction with Devyn had barely encompassed an hour of their lives and yet he felt the beginnings
of what could potentially develop into a strong friendship laying down their fondations; Maybe it was because so far he'd spent little time bonding to anyone else in the Academy due to the short amount of time he'd spent within it's walls, but he could truly feel a connection forming. Devyn was a girl who stuck Artemis as being stronger then she thought she was; A soul with a kind heart, who had readily accepted who she was and wanted others to do the same... She was someone to be admired, at least in Artemis's books. He was only going on assumption however for the most part, but he liked to think he was a good judge of character.
Devyn also had a rather awe inspiring power, and Artemis was still in a state of awe, watching as the tendrils of smokey shadow curling up off the creature she'd become swirled into words, the boy blinking with wide eyes as they spelled out what appeared to be an attempt at "Sorry". He watched with an excited smile across his lips as the words were produced again and again as the other shadows almost elegantly swirled to repeat the words. It was quite beautiful, really. "It's okay!" Artemis spoke quickly, figuring she was apologising for knocking him over. "I should have gotten out of the way faster." He then fell silent, watching her carefully as he waited for the go ahead for him to touch her wolfen form; He didn't want to overstep his mark or make her feel uncomfortable in any way.

His answer came in her leaning her head to his outstretched hand, and with a warm smile, Artemis gently stroked his hand across the shadow creature's form. For a moment he was surprised; He wasn't quite sure what he'd expected her to feel like in this state, perhaps he expected his fingers to pass through her like she was smoke, but he hadn't expected the touch of cold fur. Small curls of shadow twisted between his fingers, dark in colour and cool to his skin, before he pulled his hand away. "Seriously... This is the most badass power I've ever seen," He spoke with awe in his voice. "Mine's going to seem like such a let down in comparison... But do you want to see it?!" He gave the wolf Devyn a wide, giddy grin, excited with the prospect of showing off his ability to fly.

[Devyn Solway]

Devyn didn't really understand what people thought of her. She figured it was always going to be a mix of fear because of her power and the kind of person she was. There was also that she figured people didn't think that she was a good person because she had a bit of a reputation. She liked to think that she was a good person at heart, but that was for others to decide. She had long since accepted both the good and bad things about her, only ever trying to change herself to make people happy but that seemed to not work in her favor in the end.

Still, she kept trying to just get to the next day and at least make those around her that had hidden baggage get through or let out what they were holding in. In a way, she felt like less of the monster some probably viewed her, because she was trying to make sure no one else around her felt like monster for what they were. Artemis was one of those people she just got that vibe from and she wanted to help him. He assured her that she had nothing to be sorry for, but Devyn was more so distracted by the look in his eyes. There did seem to be a tiny hint of fear there but most of it looked like he actually found this form beautiful or at least not something to run away from or freak out about.

The made Devyn feel...really good. To have such eyes looking at her the way they were when she was in this form. It always felt nice to be petted, even if it was a secondary sense that she picked up and not her actually being touched. She could have made his hand fall through the layers of shadows but that actually took more concentration to do then maintaining the shadows at their current form did. Her tails wagged a bit at the praise of how badass her power was, but her head shook at his next words. She took a step back then, sitting down so she was comfortable and out of the way.

Of course she knocked over a few more desk and chairs in the process but she would pick them up later. She then nodded her head yes, several times in response to his question on if she wanted to see his power. Of course she still wanted to see it. She saw no awe or flare in her power, it was her own. Others powers were always going to have a level of interest to her. The shadow smoke was already moving then, so she could communicate with him.

S. H. O. W.