A dark turn after Allo Lola

Allo Lola starts to play and the crowd goes wild!

Cindy screams and holds up her homemade sigh and feels like she's 16 again. Lola points at the sign and blows a kiss and Cindy screams louder.

The girls let loose, the music fueling their dancing and the fun factor rising to massive heights.

Cindy finally lets the sign go and digs into the dancing.

Min and Claire still can't believe their luck. Promo tickets for the concert were like manna from Heaven! And Min really needed the Girls Night Out. She missed being at the house with all the others even though living with Shane is a dream come true.

Min looks around and wonders where Sophie is. She said she'd be here.

The drinks in Claire bring out her wild side. She backs up against Min and grind-dances her to Min's surprise. Min shrugs, laughs, and dances back at her.

Min sees Sophie finally and is glad she only missed a song and a half.

She leans in and screams, "WHAT HAPPENED?"

Sophie laughs, points at her outfit, and screams back, "LINDSAY!"

Min laughs and nods and the two start dancing again.

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The girls all head off to a small bar down from the Allo Lola venue after the concert. They are jazzed and still feeling the energy of the group and the ringing in their ears. They all had a fabulous time and want the night to go on, but Zoe begs out and heads off to her motorcycle quickly.

"A bit too much for her," Min says as she buys the first round of drinks, still feeling buzzed off the drinks they had at the concert.

An hour or so later, Cindy returns from dancing and looks around the table. "Where's Darcy?"

They all scan the club.

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Darcy stumbles as the two men lead her off down the alley. She's in a total fog.

"Come on cutie. We just wanna hang out with you for a while." The blonde frat boy types laugh. "A little private party."

Darcy can't believe it. Drugged? Part of her wants to call out, but her brain is numb and muscles loose. They practically carry her down the alley towards the darker part.

Hiroto's words come to her. "This power of yours is dangerous, but it can also help you when you need it now that you've learned to control it so well. A hidden part of you."

Darcy focuses on what little of her mind she has left and whispers, "Stop. I said...stop."

The men slow down and one says, "Dude...her hair...."

Darcy feels herself grow stronger. Her body returns to normal. Her anger grows. "You two want to party with me, huh? Well...plans have changed." She grins. "You're going to get to know each other a whole lot better. Strip."

Darcy watches as the two disrobe, then she begins giving them directions...on how to pleasure each other...

The girls find Darcy - mainly because of the screaming of the two men.

Cindy gasps and pulls Darcy away with the help of Min and Claire.

Darcy calls back over her shoulder. "Keep going until the cops come! And scream like you love it!" She laughs.

Sophie stares for a minute longer. She grimaces and the men go at each other like two dogs in heat screaming.

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Cindy makes two calls after getting Darcy to bed. One to Olivia and Hiroto is sent over. The other to Mark. She didn't know who else to call.

After they arrive, Cindy breaks down. Claire tries to comfort her.

"Well, it's all over the place now. Two dudes in an alley downtown." He grimaces. "Both in the hospital after sexually assaulting each other. The only way to describe it. They were a mess. They found a ton of gamma-butyrolactone and Rohypnol on them. Both have had various assault charges against them."

Hiroto nods and says softly, "So...it's obvious that it was self defense. Darcy was drugged, taken to the alley, and used her power to...reverse the two men's plans. Poetic justice." She cold and matter of fact.

"But, it's not---" Mark is cut off.

"If you say that it wasn't right for her to defend herself, she was right to break up with you." Hiroto stares. "Is that what you were going to say, Detective?"

Mark sighs. "Not at all. It's not something I plan to pursue...unless you want me to Cindy. I think Darcy has been through enough and, from the sound of the injuries, the two would be attackers seemed to have gotten their punishment." He looks at Hiroto. "Thank you for helping her get control of this...power of hers."

Hiroto nods.

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Hiroto says her goodbyes and Claire follows her outside.

"Why, Hiroto. What is going on with all of us!" She gets in close. "EVERY time something good happens, something else happens that's horrid."

Hiroto smiles a small smile. "Observant." She nods. "Ofubaransu. Off balance." She glances at the house. "The house...the powers you all have...it's off balance and dragging these situations into play. I need to speak with Kado about it. It needs to be fixed before more people are hurt."

Claire thinks. "They asked me to move in. Would that...maybe fix it? Or would it make it worse?"

"There's one way to find out." Hiroto's eyes are locked on Claire and her face is serious.

"Try it?"

Hiroto touches her arm, turns, and walks away. "Balance."

Claire watches her go and whispers, "Well that was cryptic as f^ck."

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