Private Roleplay with @becfromthedead

Felix was surrounded by small sparks, just enough to light his way as he joined the fray.
As Caelum's whip came from one direction, he sent a bolt of fire from the other, trying to trip them up.
"Sorry I'm late," he murmured.
Their opponent shot more ice in their direction, but Felix melted it in a fiery inferno before the shards could hit anyone.
Septima pushed ahead, trying to see if there were any more children she could release before they got caught up in the crossfire. She saw another kid on a table like the first, but this one was unconscious. She hoped they were just unconscious. As she approached, she saw movement in front of her. Without a second thought, she lunged ahead, spear angled forwards. Once Septima was sure it was an enemy, she struck. She wasn't going to hold back to spare anyone beyond this. After all, keeping anyone alive would be enough information to figure out what happened here. She stepped up, thrusting her weapon towards the other person. They stopped and tried to dodge or block, or anything, but they couldn't react fast enough and she made a fluid strike into their side. To follow up, Septima kicked them over and struck again, this time in one of the legs. She ignored the horrible wails and begging to stop. Aurelius skirted around the others, trying to keep away so he didn't hurt anyone. But if an enemy so happened to run into them, it would hurt. He was still limping, and could feel a tearing pain start to set into the skin on his hands and arms. His powers were starting to hurt him too.

"I'm fine," Aurelius replied, though the hitch in his voice said otherwise.
He was terrified by the sight of these children of course, but also by the power that welled up inside him. As many times as it happened, it never got easier to push down the bad emotions and the fear fueling these dangerous outbursts of magic.
Aurelius figured he should continue separating himself from the group as much as possible, but the others already didn't seem keen on that. Still, he pushed forwards through the lab. No one was there. That must have been all of them. Not a lot of people behind this, but enough to wreak havoc.

Septima stepped away from the person she'd just fought to undo the restraints on the unconscious child. Thank god they were just unconscious. She let her weapon clatter to the ground and picked the child up to haul them to safety beyond the doorway they'd come in through.

Felix jogged after Aurelius as soon as he was able.
"No one else is here," Aurelius said weakly, "We should… we should see if we can find any more kids."
"You need to stop."
After a few moments of staring at Felix, the aura surrounding Aurelius mostly died down. He was running out of energy to hold it up.
"Stop what?"
"Stop pushing. You look really rough. No more fighting. We can take care of the kids. Promise.

Septima paced a bit, listening to Caelum, but eventually she hauled the second kid they'd found back in so they could help.
"What'd they do to her?" she murmured under her breath.
The little girl was a werewolf, most likely, and she was in a half-transformed state, something Septima had never seen before.

Meanwhile, Aurelius and Felix were trying to meet back up with the group. Both of them were dragging. Aurelius was still limping pretty badly, and bleeding a good bit still from the wound. His hands and arms were a little damaged from his own magic, but he was still upright, though he was starting to become really dizzy and weak. Felix was a lot Iess obvious, but he was breathing heavily and starting to feel overheated.
"Well… Someone should probably get the police called," Felix said, "Assuming we can get reception down here. If not, we'll just go on up."

Septima kept close to Caelum as she carried the child out.
"Can you guys take the other experimenter?" she called over her shoulder.
"Sure thing," Felix replied, grabbing the third by the collar and dragging them through the earth.
Aurelius furrowed his brow at Felix.
"Hey, you shouldn't be-"
"Shut up," Felix snapped, "I'll take care of it when I get home."
"At least loosen it a little," Aurelius whispered.
Felix frowned. "Maybe if there weren't other people around."
When they finally reached the surface, Septima rested the child she was carrying against a tree trunk. Meanwhile, Felix just dropped his grip on the experimenter, with little care as to whether he hurt them or not.
Aurelius took a few more steps forward and found his head spinning. He stumbled a bit and hit the ground, still conscious, but clearly out of it.

"Probably," Septima agreed, "There was a pretty clear path to the outside. He should be fine."
She bit down on her lip when she saw Aurelius collapse. It took everything she had to not fret over him. It always just frustrated him rather than helping.
"Felix, you've got bandages, don't you?" she asked, trying to keep a straight face.
"I do," he replied, pulling a roll from one of his pockets and tossing it over.
Septima sat down next to Aurelius and offered the bandages. His hands were injured too, marked by his own powers. He could barely hold the bandages and softly asked Septima if she could help. She was more than happy to start wrapping his leg for him.
When Azel approached, Felix explained what he could, sounding a little out of breath himself.
"They were doing experiments on some kids down there. These guys," he said, motioning at the three experimenters they managed to bring up, "So we got in a fight, as you do."
"Needless to say, that fight could've gone better," Aurelius added, wincing pretty hard as Septima tended to his wounds, "But I think that one's on me. Either way, we're all fine, aren't we? And we saved who we could."

Septima pulled out her cell phone and stood aside to dial the number once she did what she could for Aurelius' wounds.
"On it. Hold on a little longer, guys."
Felix gave a nod.
"I don't think they have any fight left in them," he said, "You can probably let go of them, Caelum. If anyone tries anything, I can take care of it."
Aurelius tucked his head down between his knees as more dizziness passed over him. He hadn't even lost enough blood to be feeling like this, right?
"Hope they can make it here fast. It doesn't look like we're holding up very well," he whimpered.
(I think I'm gonna make the werewolf in the werewolf/vampire couple an investigator for the police team. The vampire is definitely something along the lines of healer/doctor, and I'll add him later, but the werewolf would work now.)

Septima hung up the phone and nodded towards Azel.
"Yeah, That's probably the best idea. Think you could help? Maybe get this other kid, and we'll take care of the baddies?" she suggested, "I'll take one, or even both of the ones you're dealing with, Caelum. Still pretty fresh myself. Aurelius, you just focus on getting yourself back there. I can come back to help you if you need."
Aurelius grimaced a bit as he tried to stand, but he managed. It definitely hurt a lot more now that the adrenaline had worn off. The blood rushed from his head and he nearly passed out, but again, just managed, pushing along forwards to the others.
"Felix…" he croaked, "Do you have any more potions with you? Just once we get back to the others, that is."
Felix started dragging his guy again, and he shook his head. "I have a healing potion, but you probably need something to build your blood back up as well. You're really pale. Like really pale."
Aurelius gave a halfhearted smile. "It's not that bad, I promise."
Felix was completely unconvinced.

Septima easily dragged one of the culprits from behind Caelum and lead the way to the place where everyone else waited.
"Alrighty, looks like our work here is more or less done. Police are called and on their way, we've gotten the culprits. It may not be all of them, but it was everyone who was down there at the moment."
Felix let the experimenter he was dragging down again and took a few careful strides towards Theus.
"Hey, we've taken care of them," he said with a sad smile over his face, "You're safe now."
In the back of the group, Aurelius was limping. He became increasingly out of breath and dizzy, and his face had gone almost a papery white. He laid face-up in the dirt, panting and struggling to stay fully awake.

"Who didn't want you…?" Felix started, "But never mind that. Either the police will help you find a place to stay and protect you, or- or… hell, I'll take you in if I have to! No one deserves what you've been through."
Felix got down to his knees, still panting pretty hard.
"We're finding a safe place for you, no matter what."

Septima paced a bit as they waited for the police. Eventually a couple of sirens drew closer, and Septima jogged out so she could bring them to where the group was.
Among the police was a certain individual not in uniform. He looked a good bit older than he actually was. Glasses, exhausted, one or two small streaks of gray hair. He had a bag slung over his shoulder.

Him, but aged up probably about 5-6 years

(Probably so. He's one of my favorite OCs tbh, but he's incredibly tragic. But this version of him is going to be very much after a lot of his most intense struggles, so uhhh, he will probably assume a dad role tbh. Love him so much ;-; )
Felix's brow furrowed as he listened to Theus talk.
"I'm very sorry to hear that. We won't send you back there, I can promise that," he said softly, "We'll figure out what to do, and you'll be okay. I'll make sure of it."

A few officers followed Septima out to the group, including the one not in uniform. Almost certainly an investigator. The other officers went to handcuff all the culprits and take them to the squad cars while the investigator only drew closer to the group.
"I told them there was something up here…" he murmured to himself, taking out a pen and paper to take note of anything he might need to know.
Once he glanced around a bit, he stood in the center of the group and cleared his throat.
"Good morning," he sighed, "I'm Officer Darkstrider, but you guys can call me Cyrus. I would like to talk to all of you before you leave here, if you're able. Trying to thoroughly investigate what's happened here. You get the idea. There's an ambulance on the way for those of you who need it."
Septima motioned at the little werewolf girl who still laid unconscious against the tree.
"I believe she's the only one who needs that kind of attention, but she's still breathing fine and her heartbeat's fine. I don't mean to speak for anyone else, but I think the rest of us would be up to it."
Cyrus' gaze went over to the girl, and he saw immediately that she was a werewolf like him. He scowled a bit. It was unnatural to transform outside the full moon, and even more unnatural to force a halfway transformation. Someone had definitely done something horrible to her. Once past the initial shock, he went back to the matter at hand.
"Anyway, I want you guys to explain everything you can about what happened here. My team will investigate those tunnels, but it would really help to know what you saw."

(Ooh, maybe? Let's see how they get along first? Also I'm moving this weekend, so I'm trying not to pick up any more rps yet haha)
Cyrus frantically scribbled down notes, occasionally reaching to push his glasses back up the bridge of his nose. He tried his best not to react too intensely to the descriptions, even through his facial expressions alone. It was gruesome work this time, but he had to to face it without letting his emotions get the best of him.
After some of the others had spoken, but before Theus, Aurelius gave his side of the story- the information he'd gathered prior to grabbing the job, the weird land collapses, the details about the sigils on the door. He still was laying down, afraid if he tried to get up, he'd pass out. Cyrus was a little hesitant to let him speak at first, since he really didn't seem so good, but Aurelius insisted.
When Theus approached, Cyrus' eyes widened a little bit. He hadn't really expected the kid to readily come forth to speak about his experience. Cyrus knew that he must be really intimidating, as big as he was, so he knelt down closer to Theus and nodded.
"That's right. If you can share what you know, we'll make sure they never hurt anyone again," he said, a somber look set deep behind his eyes, "But if it's too much to talk about right now, or if you need to stop, you can always talk about it later, or write it down for someone. I know you've been through a lot, kid, and we're here to help. But thank you very much for talking. I only hope it helps us fix what we can."
Felix stood a little behind Theus, and tapped his shoulder, giving him a gentle smile. "We're here for you. Say what you can, but there's no shame in tapping out if you have to."

"Thank you. We won't take you back to your parents," Cyrus promised, trying to keep a straight face.
Now, he was actually getting a bit choked up as he jotted down a bit of what Theus said. His pen hand was trembling ever so slightly.
"I'm a 'freak' too, and I wasn't wanted by my father either. While I haven't been through exactly what you have, I sort of know how it feels. It's scary. But you have a bunch of people looking after you now, and we really do care."
Cyrus closed his notebook and sighed.
"I've never seen anything quite like this…"

Aurelius started to sit up where he was, but he was a lot worse off than he thought. He nearly passed out at first, and once past that, he found he was out of breath and his chest hurt.
"I don't think I can get up," he whimpered, pressing his head between his knees to ride out some of the dizziness.
Felix scowled to himself. This wasn't good. The poor guy was already anemic, and this was enough to be dangerous, even though the same injury on anyone else likely would've been fine, if painful and a little dizzying.
Another siren blared and drew closer. An ambulance was coming to take away the werewolf girl who was still unconscious.
"Auri, you should probably go with them. You're not doing well at all."

"You've told us a lot already," Cyrus said softly, "Thank you for that. I'm very sorry you've been through all this. You may, and probably should leave with the paramedics so you can get your eye checked out and all that."
He offered Theo a little smile.
"I'll definitely come in to check on you at some point," he promised, "You can tell me more then if you want to, but for now, you need to take some time to get better."

At last, the paramedics arrived. They moved quickly, first getting the werewolf girl on a stretcher and hauling her out. One of them sat down next to Aurelius and started asking him questions, but he was slow to answer anything, as that took more energy than he had.
Ultimately, they decided to take him to the hospital too. Felix agreed to go visit him after everything was wrapped up here.

Septima paced a bit. She had done what she could for Aurelius, but it wasn't enough. Even just seeing the emergency vehicles and workers made her on edge, as it made her feel like she failed in some way to protect the others.