Whisper City
(cont'd)

by [CYA] Wolf, Sapphire Night and Shadow of Light
 



 

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UNDER A PALE MOON

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Posted by Sapphire Night on July 31st, 2000 11:43 AM:
 
 

So that's why her mind is familiar to me. She is the one I sensed in trouble but couldn't find. thought Safiiri. I don't want to think about what she must have gone through. Poor child

"I see you have bonded," she said aloud. "A wise choice. This will allow you to know when the other is in danger, or needs help. Although I do believe for you it wasn't a choice, that it merely happened. That is a rare gift indeed, and will most likely prove quite useful. Kal, are you all right?" she asked.


Posted by Shadow of Light on July 31st, 2000 03:12 PM:
 
 

Bonded? Kal looked from Safiri to Chris with a slightly puzzled frown, but all she said was, "I'm just tired. All that happened ten years ago, and parts of that I didn't even remember until tonight. Or didn't want to remember." She rubbed her eyes again. "I don't suppose I could get some rest, please?"

--SoL


Posted by Sapphire Night on August 1st, 2000 02:38 AM:
 
 

She will understand soon enough what I meant sent Safiiri to Chris, taking him by surprise. For now, she should rest, as should you

"Come, I will show you to your rooms...or would you prefer to stay in the same room? I do have one with twin beds if you prefer," she said aloud.


Posted by [CYA]WoLf on August 1st, 2000 03:26 PM:
 
 

Rest

Chris looked to Kal and to the other then back to Kal again, his weary, tired eyes flickered slightly.

"Rest?" he smiled, "Same room ok?"

Again he held her eyes.

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High Wayfarer Wolfe of the Blood that Binds

http://www.bloodbound.net

"ARooooooOOOOOOOOoooooO"


Posted by Shadow of Light on August 2nd, 2000 06:34 AM:
 
 

Kal bit her lip and nodded. "Ok."

--SoL
OOC: Be back in about an hour.


Posted by Sapphire Night on August 2nd, 2000 09:24 AM:
 
 

"Come right this way," said Safiiri, and led them down a hall. Upon reaching a dark green door, she stopped and opened it. "Here," she said, and pulled a key from her pocket. "This is the only key, and this way you may feel a little safer. Good night," she said, and turned to go to her own room.


Posted by Shadow of Light on August 2nd, 2000 09:39 AM:
 
 

Sanctuary

Kalinah entered and slowly took in the surroundings. The room looked comfortable (for a sewer) with the promised two beds, a small table between them. There was an ornate rug covering the entire floor that depicted various glyphs and symbols she didn't recognise in dark colours. The coverlets on the beds were both a very dark green with white sheets beneath. The table held a single small glowing lamp.

Kal closed the door as Chris came in, then went and sat down on one of the beds. After a brief moment of silence, she asked, "Are you ok?"

--SoL


Posted by [CYA]WoLf on August 2nd, 2000 01:00 PM:
 
 

Rest and Communication

The Nightcrawler's words were still ringing in his ears, /bonded/ what hell did she mean by that? unless they'd become closer from sharing the /mind/ link.

Kal's voice snapped him out of his dream-like reverie and he looked around the room. Taking it in for the first time, then he looked at her, realing he did indeed have feelings he couldn't keep them hidden from Kal.

He shook his head and sat down on the one bed, putting his hands on either side and tried to push back his wolf side, in the middle of the lions den. He was winning that battle slowly. He looked up to Kal, "Not great Kal." He told her truthfully.

"But you make the worst of it bearable.."
 
 

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High Wayfarer Wolfe of the Blood that Binds

http://www.bloodbound.net

"ARooooooOOOOOOOOoooooO"


Posted by Sapphire Night on August 2nd, 2000 01:12 PM:
 
 

The Hunt is On
 

Safiiri returned to her room, lost in her own thoughts.

They have no idea what they're in for. And they are now bonded through the profound sharing of the mindlink. she thought with a sigh. Memories assailed her at the thought of bonding...

A plain man, soft-spoken and inconspicuous...yet something pulling about him...finding love after so many years, and allowing a mind bond to happen, not knowing at the time what it truly was...then the betrayal...searing pain shooting through her head as the bond was turned against her, and her defenses were down...watching the face of the one she loved contort with evil, and realizing that the man she loved had been murdered, that his soul had been taken...the pain of having to fight against him...and to lose him in the end to save her coven, and herself, but not being able to kill him...

Safiiri curled into a ball on her bed, clutching her head as the memories overflowed into her mind, staining the pale blue mattress as the red tears fell onto it...

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Max sent out a probe, searching for the minds of those he hunted. "I know you're out there," he whispered into the night. "I can't find you now...but I will. So hide while you can." A cold smile briefly showed on his face as he made his way to his haven to hide from the coming sun...Soon... he thought Very soon...


Posted by Shadow of Light on August 2nd, 2000 01:34 PM:
 
 

Sanctuary

Kalinah's lashes lowered over her eyes. She'd had some bad... very bad experiences with men, but not even reminding herself of these could stop the faint rush of heat to her cheeks. She was admittedly afraid of emotions, both as a telepath (because they interfered with her powers) and as a human (because they never seemed to help matters).

With as much composure as she could rake together, she said to Chris, "I... I'm glad." Clasping her hands tightly together in her lap, she added, "I feel safe with you." She looked up into his eyes and words suddenly deserted her. She couldn't look away.

--SoL


Posted by [CYA]WoLf on August 2nd, 2000 01:51 PM:
 
 

Christian looked up with his green eyes and he smiled a little, extending his hand towards Kal, he met that look for what seemed like an eternity.

She's not scared of you Chris, you shouldn't be afraid of her, even though she's got the power to see into your very soul

But she's had some rough times?

Wolves mate for life, dumb ass

Oh, now you remind me.

He waited to see what Kal would do.

Vaguely aware someone had said something that was not part of the link....

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High Wayfarer Wolfe of the Blood that Binds

http://www.bloodbound.net

"ARooooooOOOOOOOOoooooO"


Posted by Shadow of Light on August 2nd, 2000 02:59 PM:
 
 

What have you got to lose?

Everything... all over again.

It seemed to take forever for her to unclench her hands and reach out to take Christian's. She stood, slowly crossed the small space between them and sat down beside him. His hands were very warm.

She swallowed, her throat suddenly feeling dry and her stomach hurting. "I'm scared," she whispered, tears beginning to burn her eyes. "Chris... I'm scared..."

--SoL


Posted by [CYA]WoLf on August 2nd, 2000 03:39 PM:
 
 

Chris turned his head to look at Kal and put her down onto his shoulder, stroking her hair.

"It's ok, Kal, I'm scared as well, and hell I'm a Werewolf." he chuckled softly.

"I'm not going to let anything happen to you.." Again he stroked her hair and then lifted her chin to look in those eyes with his own.

He leant down a little and placed a gentle kiss on her lips, brushing some of her locks from her face and smiling a little.
 

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High Wayfarer Wolfe of the Blood that Binds

http://www.bloodbound.net

"ARooooooOOOOOOOOoooooO"


Posted by Shadow of Light on August 2nd, 2000 04:42 PM:
 
 

Kalinah went very still for a moment, then responded to the kiss as emotions broke through all her mental barriers. Her lips parted slightly and she tasted her own tears against Chris's mouth.

She clung to him tightly, just drawing strength from his nearness. To have a friend was rare. But to be in love... that was unique.

--SoL


Posted by [CYA]WoLf on August 2nd, 2000 10:16 PM:
 
 

Chris held on like she was the last person on Earth, still caught within the kiss, he held her head and pulled her close to him, he had never before felt this strongly for a person, they had shared so little time together, and he could feel the pain of the hurt from her past, he made a vow there and then, as a wolf to guard her with his life. Something he was capable of doing within the blink of an eye.

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High Wayfarer Wolfe of the Blood that Binds

http://www.bloodbound.net

"ARooooooOOOOOOOOoooooO"


Posted by Shadow of Light on August 4th, 2000 05:03 AM:
 
 

OOC: I just realised I keep spelling Safiiri with varying numbers of 'i's! Ok, I got it now..

Sanctuary

It was the happiest moment in Kal's life up until then, and she wished it would last forever. Her body and mind, though, had already decided that she needed to sleep after the effort it had taken to project those images to Chris and Safiiri.

With a soft sigh that was half regret for the loss of the moment, half relief for the promise of oblivion, she gently pulled away from Chris and smiled into eyes almost the exact colour as her own. Caressing the side of his face gently with one hand, she rested her head on his shoulder, kissed his neck softly, then fell asleep in his arms.

At peace.

--SoL


Posted by Sapphire Night on August 4th, 2000 07:28 AM:
 
 

Safiiri slept fitfully, tossing and turning as the images of her past bombarded her dreams. Faces of past friends and foes, with his face showing up more commonly than any other, ranging from the loving expression of her bonded to the mocking expression of her worst enemy.

Safiiri nearly leaped from the bed as she felt something grab her. Whirling around, she saw the scared face of one of the youngest members of her coven, a small mortal girl named Anna. As she quickly became more alert, Safiiri could here the sounds of a thunderstorm outside.

Ah, so that's it, she thought with a relieved smile. Anna was terrified of thunderstorms, and the entire coven knew it. Every time there was one, she would randomly pop into someone's room for comfort, often choosing Safiiri.

"It's okay little one, I'm here. I won't let anything happen to you," said Safiiri as she reached for Anna, pulling her to cradle as she started rocking. "It will be okay. You're safe here."

They sat there, until Anna fell asleep, and Safiiri tucked her into her own bed, then laid down next to her to try and get some sleep of her own, comforted by the innocent child sleeping beside her.


Posted by [CYA]WoLf on August 4th, 2000 02:03 PM:
 
 

Chris lay down and folded Kal around him, pulling the blankets about them both, his gentle nature now evident as the wolf or protector....and he slept on..no dreams this night would come..and tomorrow would be another day..
 

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High Wayfarer Wolfe of the Blood that Binds

http://www.bloodbound.net

"ARooooooOOOOOOOOoooooO"


Posted by Sapphire Night on August 4th, 2000 03:29 PM:
 
 

Safiiri woke to a strange sensation...a presence. Instantly alert, she sent out a quick mental probe, subtlely trying to find the source of the presence. The feel of it was almost slimy.

"Oh no," she whispered. "Kal!"

Safiiri ran out of the room and bolted towards Kal and Chris's room, hoping that she was wrong and that they weren't after Kal's mind...


Posted by Shadow of Light on August 4th, 2000 04:00 PM:
 
 

Sanctuary...

...And Kalinah slept on, blissfully unaware of anything...

--SoL


Posted by Firetalon on August 8th, 2000 06:57 AM:
 
 

OOC: Is there any room for a cameo appearance by (clears throat and glances around meekly) me?

Ok, that concludes my post. Carry on.


Posted by Shadow of Light on August 8th, 2000 09:05 AM:
 
 

OOC: <snorts> Get back here! Now's your chance to play the part of a bad-ass, neck-biting, leather-clad, EEEEEVIL vampire or other-worldly creature!

SoL


Posted by Chainsaw Baron on August 8th, 2000 01:10 PM:
 
 

OOC: (grins widely) Firetalon in leather?

I could play as a Fiend. And I wouldn't even need to roleplay.


Posted by [CYA]WoLf on August 9th, 2000 06:07 PM:
 
 

OOC: coughs and laughs his wolfy ass off. Sapphire, we're waitin on ye

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High Wayfarer Wolfe of the Blood that Binds

Pendragon of August
http://www.bloodbound.net

"ARooooooOOOOOOOOoooooO"


Posted by Sapphire Night on August 9th, 2000 09:36 PM:
 
 

OOC: Actually, that was suppose to be a cue for Kalinah, LoL. Firetalon and Chainsaw, GET YOUR BUTTS BACK HERE AND PICK A CHARACTER!!!!!
 

Beautiful. These were the only words to describe the figure seen on first glance leaning against the lamp post staring intently at the junkyard beyond.

Hidden right out in the open. Gotta give her credit for that one he thought with a slightly contemptuous smile.

Standing at 5'7", rather short for a male in these days, he made up for his stature in beauty. Long, flowing brown hair pulled back into a ponytail that reached far past his waist. He was dressed in black jeans that accented the muscles in his legs and his trim waist. The shirt he wore was barely visible beneath the black leather trench coat, effectively hiding the muscles of his upper body.

He sent out a subtle probe, searching for the woman that his clan wished to Embrace...and conquer.

Aha...sleeping. Perfect. he thought as he began to push his way into her mind. As he worked, he felt a slight brush from a third mind.

Damn...the leader. I must hurry he decided as he became more forceful, pushing violently into Kalinah's mind, and causing as much pain as he could so that she wouldn't use her defenses...he hoped...
 

OOC: How's that?


Posted by Shadow of Light on August 10th, 2000 05:19 AM:
 
 

OOC: Oooh... a cue! Sorry...

Struggle

Kalinah was awake instantly, a shriek of pain ripping from her throat. Not recognising the arms wrapped around her in her panic, she slammed her right elbow back into Christian's stomach and blindly threw herself off the bed to the floor.

Gasping, she tried to raise the shields she should have put up before going to sleep but her unknown assailant tore them down quickly and brutally. Almost sobbing with agony, her mind burning, Kal chose to fight fire with fire.

Instead of drawing the force of her mind into a protective barrier, she forged it into a flame-wreathed sword with which she lashed back at her attacker. Her mind's eye saw him then. On the surface beneath a lamp. He seemed to smile then, and she caught a clear glimpse of pointed teeth.

"Give up and it will go easier on you," his mental voice advised.

Her reply was a mixed shout of defiance and agony as he attacked again. "NOOO!" He'd caught her off-guard, though, and she had little chance of winning this fight alone. "I c-can't..." Her strength dwindled each time he struck. Her mental sword was splintering with every blow.

"On the surface," she groaned, hoping Chris could hear her. "Lamp post... brown hair... vampire... oh God!" She folded in on herself and fought just to stay conscious. Seventh rank telepath, she told herself with more strength than she felt. Just hold on...

--SoL


Posted by [CYA]WoLf on August 10th, 2000 12:41 PM:
 
 

Challenge

Chris felt the impact and it knocked him aside, he rolled with it and watched Kal, her scream hit him inside his head, the Nightcrawler was right, they were bonded.

Now Chris wasn't as dumb as he'd made out, he was a Lupine, and not only that, he was a chosen protector of the force known as Gaia. With this in mind, he brought to bear his own will, and added his strength to Kal's at the same time, his own mind brought the sun up in her head, a firey ball of fear for any Nightcrawler.

With his link to Gaia's force established he drew from the Spiral, the Earth herself flowing through him, his own form shifting to that of his half man/wolf. His fur began to shimmer slightly and he howled.

Both on a physical and mental level.

He met Max head on inside Kal's head, the mindscape shifted as he pushed his will into that of a burning hot summer day, even Max's mental shields were not ready for this and he backed off, pulling enough reserves to save him from being fried in the real world.

Max's Pad

Max sat upright in his chair and looked at his smouldering skin, "Oh crap." he muttered, "He's a damn Gaia's favourite, that bitch has always had it in for me." He sweated blood and sighed, "Screw this, I'm going to make some plans."

Knock Knock

Chris in half man/wolf form stood close to Kal, watching her warily, while in her head, he knelt by her side.
 

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High Wayfarer Wolfe of the Blood that Binds

Pendragon of August
http://www.bloodbound.net

"ARooooooOOOOOOOOoooooO"


Posted by Sapphire Night on August 10th, 2000 01:08 PM:
 
 

OOC: Okay, Max is dealt with...what about Mr. Vamp-man outside?
 

Safiiri heard the screams begin, and cursed under her breath, silently berating herself for not foreseeing the mind-attack. She ran with as much speed as she could muster and burst through the door to Kal and Chris's room.

"On the surface," she heard Kal moanr. "Lamp post... brown hair... vampire... oh God!" Safiiri watched as Kal folded in on herself, obviously fighting a mental battle. She saw Chris come to her aid, lending his strength.

Safiiri felt a flash of rage go through her. That the bastard had dared to attack her friend was enough to send her over the edge, but that he had done it while Kal was in her lair was the true breaking point.

"He is mine," she said with a hiss and vanished to back out the door, cloaking her mind and heading for the nearest exit.

Reaching the surface, she stealthily made her way to him, smiling cruelly as she saw him on his knees, taken by surprise by the added attack of Chris and completely ignoring his surroundings. She slunk up behind him, keeping to the shadows...and then she touched him.

"Never attack my friends youngling," she said in a rage-filled voice. "Such things tend to shorten your lifespan," she said as she gathered her powers and sent him realing backwards, quickly followed with a stake to the heart, effectively sinking him into torpor and ending his barrage against Kalinah.

"I think my friends will enjoy questioning you...so will I for that matter," she said, bending to pick him up and tote him back down into her lair, erecting strong mental shields to keep him in his own mind.

"Bring our new friends to the main room, tell them I have a...guest I think they would like to talk to...or kill, whatever their choice is," she said to the first person she saw, Andrea. "I will await them there with this idiot. What happens then will be to their discretion."

OOC: Muahahahahahahahahaha...


Posted by Shadow of Light on August 10th, 2000 01:09 PM:
 
 

Kal barely had the strength to even wonder how it had happened. It hurt too much to think. Curled up on the rug, unable to see through the haze of pain, she felt Chris standing nearby. She could sense him in her mind.

"Looks like the bond... was useful after all," she whispered, and forced herself to sit up. When the room stopped spinning she added through gritted teeth, "Thanks. I don't think I would have been able to best him. He was... strong."

--SoL


Posted by [CYA]WoLf on August 10th, 2000 01:30 PM:
 
 

Christian watched Kalinah and growled softly as she spoke, he shifted back into his normal form and wrapped his arms around her.

"Wolves mate for life." He added, "And I wasn't going to let that bastard get to you, he's not clued up on who the hell he's messing with."

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High Wayfarer Wolfe of the Blood that Binds

Pendragon of August
http://www.bloodbound.net

"ARooooooOOOOOOOOoooooO"


Posted by Shadow of Light on August 10th, 2000 01:46 PM:
 
 

Back in the room...

Kal gave him a half-smile. "We haven't gone that far yet!" She rubbed her temples, still sitting on the floor. "I think Safiiri got him..."

Her words were follwed by the appearance of Andrea, who confirmed the situation.

"Safiiri awaits you both," Andrea finished, waiting by the door.

"I think," Kalinah said, slowly regaining her feet and narrowing her eyes, "I want to kill him."

--SoL


Posted by [CYA]WoLf on August 10th, 2000 02:51 PM:
 
 

Chris nodded to Kal, "Sorry about the Mate, comment, it's instinct, you're one of my pack now." He added with a soft smile. "And yeah, I want to kill him too.."

He looked to Kal and Andrea, "Ok, now what?"
 

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High Wayfarer Wolfe of the Blood that Binds

Pendragon of August
http://www.bloodbound.net

"ARooooooOOOOOOOOoooooO"


Posted by Shadow of Light on August 10th, 2000 03:31 PM:
 
 

"We follow her."

Andrea led them to Safiiri.

--SoL


Posted by Sapphire Night on August 10th, 2000 05:11 PM:
 
 

Safiiri hadn't needed long to "prepare" their guest. He was bound hand in foot with very special chains, chains even Nightcrawlers couldn't break. His head was pulled straight forward, so that he had no choice but to look into her eyes. The stake remained, keeping him from moving, although it was steadily pushing it's way out, slowly, but surely. Safiiri took great pleasure in inching it back in, causing as much pain as possible.

"Hmmmmm," she said. "Hot pokers maybe. Sunlight could prove fun as well, not to mention the holy relics I keep on hand for such occasions. We'll just wait for..."

Suddenly the door opened and Andrea led Kal and Chris in, Kal looking a bit the worse for her morning adventure.

"Ah, you're here. Since you were attacked, what is done with him is up to you. We have various methods of causing him extreme amounts of pain. The stake will keep him in torpor until you've decided and are ready. What would you like to start with?" she asked Kalinah.


Posted by Shadow of Light on August 11th, 2000 02:37 PM:
 
 

Kal smiled slightly in approval and examined the edge of her silver dagger. "We can start," she said, lifting the Nightcrawler's chin with the point of her weapon, "with you telling us who sent you and where they are."

--SoL


Posted by Sapphire Night on August 12th, 2000 06:12 AM:
 
 

Safiiri chuckled. "He cannot answer you while the stake is in. I have trapped him in his own mind for now, I can release that or simply allow you in if you like. Here," she said, reaching for decanter sitting on the table behind her.

"This is holy water. We keep it to offer stupid vampires that stumble in and don't realize what they're doing. Forcing small amounts down his throat will severely hurt, but won't kill, it would take about 3/4 of this down his throat to kill, by melting the internals. Of course," and she pulled the stopper and flicked the liquid at the vampire's face. He didn't move, but his eyes showed the pain he felt from the tiny red slashes that appeared on his face. "The old fashioned way of throwing works just as well."


Posted by Shadow of Light on August 12th, 2000 12:19 PM:
 
 

The flicker of fear passed over Kalinah's face at the idea of going against the vampire's mind again. She was recovering quickly, but she still didn't feel up to another confrontation so soon. Besides, she did not like what she had felt when the undead mind had touched hers.

She shivered mentally.

Wimp.

Her back straightened as if someone had whipped her, and she took the pitcher of Holy Water from Safiiri. Snatching the stake from the Nightcrawlers chest, she grabbed his throat, tilted his head back and squeezed to force his mouth open.

Pointed teeth formed a contemptuous smile.

It faded with amazing speed as Kal held the pitcher over his face and allowed a drop to fall.

Acrid smoke sizzled from his mouth and he howled, clawed hands straining against his bonds.

"Who sent you?" Kal demanded. "Where is he?"

--SoL


Posted by [CYA]WoLf on August 12th, 2000 12:35 PM:
 
 

Information

The vampire snapped his jaws closed or tried to, hissing, and snarling. But remained quiet for now.

Chris watched this with concern, but not concern for the nightcrawler, no, for Kalinah, he knew the kinds of beasts these wore and worse he knew what Max usually did to those who failed him.

Failure

"What the hell is the world coming to, can't anyone do any sodding damn thing right?" Max stalked over to the window, "Where the hell are you?" he snarled, "And when I catch that damn doggie, I'm gonna feed him his spleen."

He stopped and linked with one of his Vampire's the link was shielded, so he punched through.

"Oh crap."

Information

The Vampire's head jerked back and his eyes glazed for a moment then blood started to pour from eyes nose and mouth.
 

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High Wayfarer Wolfe of the Blood that Binds

Pendragon of August
http://www.bloodbound.net

"ARooooooOOOOOOOOoooooO"


Posted by Sapphire Night on August 13th, 2000 12:01 AM:
 
 

"Damn!" yelled Safiiri. "Kal, quickly, we must shield his mind, Max is going to eliminate him!"

Safiiri reached out with as much strength as she dared, pushing against the invader forcefully and trying to save the vampire they had captured...


Posted by Shadow of Light on August 13th, 2000 06:24 AM:
 
 

Kal took a step back and threw her mind into the struggle, not holding back anything. It wasn't hard to realise that the vampire trying to kill their prisoner was the same one she and Chris had fought off no more than ten minutes ago. She felt no fear, though. Only a burning need for payback.

Leaving Safiiri to shield the Nightcrawler, Kal launched herself at the mental projection of his master and latched both hands around his virtual throat.

--SoL


Posted by [CYA]WoLf on August 13th, 2000 01:14 PM:
 
 

Dreamscape

Max avoided Kal's lunge and drew both her and Chris into his dreamscape, with a single lashing thought.

The Sky was black and shot through with stars and a bright moon hung in the curtain.

"Bout bloody time I got my hands on you two pains in the ass!" He shouted. Dressed in his long coat and glasses, he looked like a fugitive from the Matrix.

The dreamscape was forested and punctuated with dark mountains and a single castle.

"Welcome to my world puppies...it's partay time!"

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High Wayfarer Wolfe of the Blood that Binds

Pendragon of August
http://www.bloodbound.net

"ARooooooOOOOOOOOoooooO"


Posted by Shadow of Light on August 13th, 2000 01:21 PM:
 
 

Kal didn't waste time looking around. She stared straight at the vampire Max and her face drew into a snarl, hands clenching into fists back where her body was in Safiiri's coven.

"Prepare to die, you bastard!" she mind-shouted.

--SoL


Posted by [CYA]WoLf on August 13th, 2000 01:38 PM:
 
 

Max spat and mentally slapped Kal hard from where he stood, rocking her back into Chris' arms, causing her to trickle blood from her nose in both worlds.

Chris' eyes grew dark, and he snarled, Max drew a silver knife and lifted it, throwing it towards Chris, he caught the blade with a thought, the actual knife, sat in his fingers, no smoke, nothing.

"What the hell?" Max snarled, "That's Silver!"

Chris laughed, "Would work If I was a werewolf, you dumb-assed son of a tooth sucking fruit bat!"

He held Kal to him, "Time to join forces Kal, on our own he's too strong, but togther, we can kick his pasty-white ass!"
 
 

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High Wayfarer Wolfe of the Blood that Binds

Pendragon of August
http://www.bloodbound.net

"ARooooooOOOOOOOOoooooO"


Posted by Shadow of Light on August 13th, 2000 01:45 PM:
 
 

Kal, infuriated by the attack, looked at Chris through anger-filled eyes and nodded. Reaching out her hand she clasped his and rounded to face Max with him.

"Your call, Chris," she whispered in a tight voice. "You know how to fight these blood-sucking parasites better than I do. Take what you need from me."

--SoL


Posted by [CYA]WoLf on August 13th, 2000 01:55 PM:
 
 

Battle

Chris looked at Kal with tender eyes for a moment and took his hand, putting it in hers, and opened a link between them both, he didn't draw on her, rather he merged her mind with his, strengthening them both, probably more intimate than making love was this union. For now she saw what /he/ was and /what/ he was capable of.

Chris was much older than he looked, and his mind was fully of magic and sword-battles, where giant wolf creatures fought Max's kind in many wars.

Max watched this, he threw some mental spikes from the sky, but they hammered off the shield that slipped into being as a dome over them both. Chris' hair whipped by a psichic wind flailed around him.

Christian's attack was simple, he fuelled all his power into the moonscape, and started to alter it, flickers of fire began to crawl around the orb, he looked to Kal and smiled.

"Good Morning, Max!"

Max looked up, "Oh crap!"

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High Wayfarer Wolfe of the Blood that Binds

Pendragon of August
http://www.bloodbound.net

"ARooooooOOOOOOOOoooooO"


Posted by Shadow of Light on August 13th, 2000 02:09 PM:
 
 

Kalinah gasped softly as Chris's mind merged with hers and she tightened her hand around his. Closing her eyes and senses to everything but him, she felt the power run through them both like wildfire... she saw every aspect of her life, every emotion and memory opening to him just as everything of his was opening to her.

She forced herself to alertness when she felt the projection of the sun appear.

"Chris," she whispered. "Be careful... I don't know if it matters, but we are fighting this in a vampiric mind, and Safiiri is linked to it trying to protect him from Max. We don't want to hurt them..."

--SoL


Posted by [CYA]WoLf on August 13th, 2000 02:21 PM:
 
 

Chris nodded to Kal and kissed her hand gently, he shrouded Saffiri in his mind in a black sphere, turning the surface mirror bright, and turned his attentions to Max. Forming a cage of stone which burst from the ground around the vampire.

"Time's running out pal, you had to push me too far, and this time I'm getting medieval on your ass."

Max hissed as the stone came around him, he began to beat at it.

"You're going to learn for once, that a rabbit might look like a rabbit, but it don't mean that it is one..."

Max looked at Chris, the lupines, eyes were shining silver in the coming light, "Kal?" Chris asked, "Time to make the sun rise..."

The moon began to change again, growing more luminescent, and firey, light touched the corners of the vampires, mind, in the real world he jerked around, but the black shroud closed around him. Leaving only max.
 
 

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Posted by Shadow of Light on August 13th, 2000 02:51 PM:
 
 

"This is the only blood of mine you're ever going to see," Kalinah said to Max as a passing shot, free hand wiping the crimson stain from her face.

Turning her back on him, not wanting to watch for all that she'd wished this pain upon him, she looked instead at Chris.

It took only a moment to realise that it was because she wanted him more.

Love conquers... she thought, and couldn't help smiling.

--SoL


Posted by [CYA]WoLf on August 13th, 2000 03:02 PM:
 
 

The Sun burst into sudden phosphor brilliance around the dark landscape, light flooded in from all sides and places, Max was caught in the sudden brilliance, and mentally yanked his mind back.

In the real world he was on fire and screamed loudly, "Shit!" he dived for the stained glass window in his haven, it was dark outside and a long fall, waiting for below has a shimmering black river. He hit it like a stone and vanished from sight.

In the dreamscape, he faded from the cage.

Chris chuckled, "Light two, darkside, one, bad luck Max." He looked to Kal and embraced her.
 

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Posted by Shadow of Light on August 13th, 2000 03:14 PM:
 
 

Kal held on to him tightly and closed her eyes, barely noticing when they shifted from the dreamscape and back into reality. Even then they were still locked together.

Her exhaustion was a dim thing, and it was a good feeling. They'd won a round. What's more, she'd got a good feeling of where Max had been holed up. She knew where he was.

Breathing deeply against Christian's chest, she remembered their bond and looked up at him with a smile that was almost shy.

"Do you know what an amazing mind you have?"

--SoL


Posted by [CYA]WoLf on August 13th, 2000 03:42 PM:
 
 

Chris blinked and smiled to Kal he chuckled softly, "You'll have to tell me sometime." He touched her face gently and pulled her close, "Your's aint so bad..."
 
 

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Posted by Sapphire Night on August 13th, 2000 06:06 PM:
 
 

Despite Chris's shield, Safiiri had felt the heat from the sun in the dreamscape. Thankfully, both she and their "guest" had survived. She looked to Chris and Kal, and felt a slight pang of envy as she remembered her own bond.

"Shall we have some fun with this one?" she asked, gesturing to the prisoner.


Posted by Shadow of Light on August 14th, 2000 12:52 PM:
 
 

OOC: Just say if you want us to slow down, Sapph.

IC:

Kal felt the emotions coming from Safiiri and felt a trace of sympathy, though she didn't investigate below the surface of her ally's feelings.

"I think I know where that Max character is hiding out," she said, trading glances between Safiiri to Chris. "I felt his location when we fought. If we go now, we might be able to catch him in his own lair." She paused, uncertain. "Do you think we're ready for that?"

--SoL


Posted by Sapphire Night on August 14th, 2000 06:24 PM:
 
 

OOC: Are you kidding? Go for it!! (speed that is, lol) I'm havin' a blast
 

Safiiri paused, considering Kal's words. "Max...I think we may be able to handle him in his weakened state. What do you think Chris?"


Posted by Shadow of Light on August 16th, 2000 04:29 AM:
 
 

<digs this up before Chainsaw Baron BURRIES IT!!>


Posted by Chainsaw Baron on August 16th, 2000 01:36 PM:
 
 

OOC: (grins sheepishly) Sorry.


Posted by [CYA]WoLf on August 16th, 2000 09:35 PM:
 
 

Plan?

Chris looked at them both, "Max is a tricky son of a..." He trailed off, "But if we're careful we can at least nail some of his Henchmen. I say we go and skin ourselves a Night Crawler Lord." He chuckled.

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Posted by Shadow of Light on August 17th, 2000 10:55 AM:
 
 

OOC: baaaaas at Chain

Plans?

"I'm ready," Kal said, and waited.

--SoL


Posted by Sapphire Night on August 17th, 2000 07:37 PM:
 
 

"Okay Kal, you can lead us to him. We just have to figure out how we're going to fight them when we get there," said Safiiri with a grimace. "We don't know exactly how many there are do we?"


Posted by Shadow of Light on August 21st, 2000 08:42 AM:
 
 

Kal shook her head. "I only sensed him." She frowned thoughtfully for a minute, then pointed northwest. "That way. It's a good distance away, I think. You don't have access to a car, do you?"

--SoL


Posted by Sapphire Night on August 21st, 2000 01:03 PM:
 
 

"Actually, I don't. Will motorcycles do?" asked Safiiri
 


Posted by Shadow of Light on August 21st, 2000 03:41 PM:
 
 

OOC: Hahaha!!

Kal blinked, then grinned. "I've never... um... tried. Heard they're fun, though." She suddenly couldn't wait, and grinned even wider. "When can we go?"

--SoL


Posted by Sapphire Night on August 22nd, 2000 05:40 AM:
 
 

OOC: I love motorcycles...I couldn't resist!

"As soon as you like," said Safiiri, easily catching on to Kal's enthusiasm. "Chris?"


Posted by [CYA]WoLf on August 23rd, 2000 05:31 PM:
 
 

Chris nodded, "When ever you are ready." He hadn't driven a bike for years, but what the hell.

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Posted by Shadow of Light on August 24th, 2000 05:40 AM:
 
 

Kal smiled as she picked up on Chris's thoughts.

"Can I ride with you?" she telepathed, then looked at Safiiri. "Let's get the bikes and I can lead us from there."

--SoL
OOC: I'd have a scene of us all going up to get the bikes now.


Posted by Sapphire Night on August 24th, 2000 05:56 AM:
 
 

Safiiri led the way, up towards the darkened street, giving orders for their prisoner to be taken care of while they were gone. As she neared the surface, she took an abrupt left, leading Kal and Chris into a garage-area.

Rows of motorcycles, each well taken care of, lined the place. Safiiri turned to Kal and Chris, with a sly grin on her face. "Take your pick. One doesn't live as long as I have without acquiring some...hobbies"


Posted by [CYA]WoLf on August 26th, 2000 01:49 PM:
 
 

Chris grinned a wolfish smile and appraised the bikes, he got on one, took two helmets and passed one to Kal as if in answer to her question, "Let's rock and roll."

He grinned once more and patted the back of the bike, "Hold on tight, there's a dark moon rising and the wolf is out tonight."
 
 

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Posted by Sapphire Night on August 27th, 2000 11:56 AM:
 
 

Safiiri picked up a helmet and slipped it on. "Lead the way you two," she said as she mounted her own bike.


Posted by Sapphire Night on August 30th, 2000 06:01 PM:
 
 

OOC: Oh where oh where have the people gone, oh where oh where can they be?


Posted by Shadow of Light on August 31st, 2000 03:53 AM:
 
 

OOC: Um, I was on an extended holiday in Britannia?

Kal jumped on the seat behind Chris but refused the helmet. "I can concentrate better without it. I'll just make sure to hold on." She wrapped her arms tight around his chest and rested her chin on his right shoulder.

Half-closing her eyes, she remembered...

"Straight ahead a ways... slightly left..." she said in a slightly vague voice.

--SoL


Posted by [CYA]WoLf on August 31st, 2000 07:27 PM:
 
 

Ride on!

Chris gunned the throttle and the bike roared out of the hidden carpark, he grinned like mad, this was the feeling. Turning to look at Kal they were soon on the open street, heading towards Max and some kind of showdown.

Chris was careful enough to make sure his Nightcrawler companion wasn't far behind

Rooftop

The deadman took aim with his rifle, right at Kal's head, he would have fired if he hadn't of been tapped on the shoulder.

"What the sneck?"

A cold steel pistol pressed itself to his forehead and the report shattered the night, making Chris look around. The body jerked and spun off the rooftop

"Night night, deadman." The voice was rich, smooth, musical almost. "Max's going to learn, you mess with a moon-singer you get smeared."

The tall figure in the black wide-brimmed hat and long duster, took out a cigarette and lit it with a smile. He watched from behind dark glasses. The bikes ride past and he nodded to himself.
 

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Posted by Shadow of Light on September 2nd, 2000 07:42 AM:
 
 

"That way," Kal said, coming back to herself and pointing down the fast-approaching street on the left. She had barely noticed the ride or what had happened during it, being too intent on her psychic memories.

"He's down there. Or he was when we fought him." She held tighter to Chris and watched the approach with an impassive stare, the roar of the bikes in her ears and the night wind blowing back her pale hair.

Payback time.

--SoL


Posted by Sapphire Night on September 5th, 2000 02:39 PM:
 
 

Safiiri's Nightcrawler ears picked up the report of the gunshot above the roar of the bikes. She gunned her bike so that she was even with Chris and Kal.

"Keep going, I'll catch up with you!" she yelled, then veered off to investigate.

Safiiri zoomed down an alley, then slowed her bike to a halt, pulling the key and dashing up the building's fire escape. The site that presented itself on the roof stopped her dead in her tracks.

Deadman her sense of smell told her as the odor of the corpse reached her. She looked at the tall figure in the black wide-brimmed hat and long duster who stood over it, smoking a cigarette and smiling.

"Who are you?" she said, her body tensing in preparation of a fight.


Posted by [CYA]WoLf on September 7th, 2000 03:02 PM:
 
 

Bikes

Chris heard Kal speak and slowed the bike, turning it to the left, their ally veered off, he heard her say something and nodded, the bike slewed around and roared into the night, he could feel Kal's arms around him and he smiled a little.

(How're you feeling now?) He thought to her.

Rooftop

The figure slowly turned around cigarette smoke drifting lazilly from under the hat rim, eyes lost behind black glass. Thin angular features surveyed this young woman with a practised stare. He took the cigarette out and blew some more smoke into the night.

"To have gotten up here so fast, you must be more than human." He observed, then heard her question, watching the stance. "I'm Nick." He offered as a name.

Watching her closely from behind his eyes complex algorithms recorded information and details, checked blood pressure and heat levels, finding an answer to her humanity, or lack of human dna he put his hand onto his pistol.

"And you my dear, are a Nightcrawler, come to check on your dead man friend, or are you one of the very rare few who despise Mr Corellaine as much as I do?"

With that he prepared for the answer, kicking in boosted reflexes and targeting software, just in case.
 

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Posted by Sapphire Night on September 7th, 2000 04:21 PM:
 
 

Safiiri felt a look of disgust cross her face as she glanced at the deadman. "That creature is none of mine. I work with those who have a mind, not mindless ghouls," she said. As his scent reached her, she became slightly confused, as he was definitely not the typical human, if human at all.

"As for Mr. Corellaine, that bastard is about to receive a visit from my friends and I. If that's one of his dead men, congratulations for ridding the world of another undead moron. Much as I'd love to stay and chat, I need to get back to my friends before they reach his hideout and help them. All I need from you is your intentions, but if you hate Max, I'm not very worried about you trying to hurt them," she said, forcing herself to relax slightly, although still on the alert.


Posted by Shadow of Light on September 8th, 2000 07:36 AM:
 
 

Bikes

Kal looked up at the huge warehouse they were approaching and shivered slightly, arms tightening around Chris. The fire she'd felt before... the need for vengeance... seemed to have melted away like wax and dribbled out of her.

She got the sudden dread feeling that she was not up to this. That she couldn't possibly win. That she wasn't strong enough.

That's...not TRUE!

She lashed out mentally and felt a presence flit away from her mind in response. Someone had been trying to weaken her, and there were no prizes for guessing who.

Kalinah raised her head slightly to bring her lips closer to Chris's ear and nodded, her green eyes fathomless in the starlight. "I'm ready."

--SoL

(sorry, forgot the bikes were still going. )

[This message has been edited by Shadow of Light (edited September 08, 2000).]


Posted by Sapphire Night on September 8th, 2000 11:49 AM:
 
 

Safiiri continued to watch the stranger, noting that he was most likely not human, but that he was also definitely not a dead man or a Nightcrawler, nor of Chris' breed. "If you're after Max...you're welcome to join us. As it is, I don't want that bastard weaseling his way into Kal's mind again, so if you'd just answer me, I'll be on my way," she said.


Posted by [CYA]WoLf on September 8th, 2000 12:58 PM:
 
 

We fly on Black Wings

Nick Winter gave this Nightcrawler girl a look from behind souless black glass, he raised his cigarette to the heavens and let the ash fall.

"Lady, I'm Blackwing...I'm responsible for sixty five percent of the Nightcrawler fatalites...those who work for Max...if you don't you're safe."

He flicked the cigarette off the edge of the roof and turned again, drawing a slim black pistol, flicking the switch to the fourth setting.

He then chuckled, "If you want me to take Max down with you, or try, it's about time that arrogant asshole got a .50 Cal Carbonised Bullet in his heart." He turned and sprinted to the edge of one roof, kicking in his boosted reflexes and speed, as he reached the edge of the roof he kicked off, soaring like a raven across the skyline of Whisper City, landing on another roof a distance away, nanotech reinforced bones taking the shock of the impact with hardly a shudder.

He turned and waited to see what she would do.

Bikes

Chris gunned the bike and headed towards the ally, he threw up a shield around them both mentally and added to Kal's defences.
 
 

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Posted by Shadow of Light on September 8th, 2000 02:31 PM:
 

OOC: I just edited my last post so Kal didn't get off the bike.

Bikes

Kal pointed at a large warehouse, the windows dark and empty and mortar crumbling from between the bricks.

That one, she thought to Chris. That's where he is... or where he was when we fought him.

She sensed something and glanced up quickly, saw a shadow flash across the sky.

He's not alone.

--SoL


Posted by Sapphire Night on September 8th, 2000 11:23 PM:
 
 

Safiiri watched Blackwing soar through the air to another rooftop.

Impressive...better let Chris know we've got another apparent ally she thought. Better catch up for that matter

With that last thought, she backed up a bit, then began her own run, tracing the edge of the building. As she approached the corner, she tensed her muscles and made her own leap into the air, her Nightcrawler abilities kicking in so that she soared across as effortlessly as Blackwing.

"Follow me!" she called to him. "Chris and Kal are already at his hideout, and I don't want them facing him alone, so hurry up!" she called as she dropped off the side of the roof and down into the alley where she had left her bike earlier. Gunning the engine, she zoomed back after Chris and Kal, sending out a quick probe to find them.

Great, shields. I don't want to get them freaked out, so I can't break in and tell them about Blackwing. This should get interesting she thought as she approached the alley where Kal and Chris had gone in.


Posted by [CYA]WoLf on September 9th, 2000 12:53 PM:
 
 

Winter Falls

Chris stood in the alley, looking at the Warehouse Kal pointed out and nodded, he slipped his own pistol from behind his back and flipped off the safety.

"This is it Kal?"

Nick Winter took that time to drop into the alley behind them, Chris took a single shot towards him, spinning around, quickly.

Blackwing heard the sound of Chris' finger tighten well before he pulled the trigger and whirled to the side, the bullet passed him harmlessly.

"Shit!" Chris readied to fire again.

But he didn't smell like a dead man or a Nightcrawler, then he took a closer look as the man stood there in the alley, sharp pointed ears poked up through his hat, Chris lowered the gun, he'd heard of this guy.

"Blackwing?" He asked slowly.

Nick nodded just the once, "Nice reflexes Moon Singer, met your buddy, on the rooftops, so who the hell are you, and where's the party?"

"I'm Chris, and this is Kal, the party..." He heard Safiiri's bike, "Is Max's retirement party."

"Sounds good to me." He tipped his hat to Kalinah and smiled.
 

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Posted by Shadow of Light on September 10th, 2000 04:35 AM:
 
 

Am I the only human in all of Whisper City, now?? Kalinah thought to herself wryly. But everyone looked human. Mostly, anyway. Perhaps it was what's inside that counts after all.

She wasn't exactly a normal human.

"Hi," she said at last, instinct making her size him up with a quick glance. She didn't think it would be a good idea to try and pick his pockets - he looked a bit too fast for her.

"I think Max is still in there," she said, talking to both of them this time. "Or someone powerful. A vampire, certainly."

--SoL


Posted by Sapphire Night on September 10th, 2000 06:52 AM:
 
 

Safiiri pulled up behind Blackwing.

"Nice entrance. Well, I can sense the bastard in there. He's not alone there. Looks like we have to deal with at least 2 Elders. This is not going to be fun. Max has already been weakened," she said with a knowing glance to Chris and Kal. "We might be able to take him out, but I'm worried about his companion."

Safiiri turned to Blackwing. "What do you think Mr. Hotshot Vampire Hunter?" she said.
 

OOC: Now we find out if he has a sense of humor in the face of adversity


Posted by [CYA]WoLf on September 11th, 2000 02:10 PM:
 
 

Nick Winter shrugged his shoulders kicking his his IR Vision he scanned the alley behind Safiiri and in one smooth movement pulled out another pistol so he now had tandem Custom .50's. Two shots hissed out passed her and a figure in the distance turned into a raging smoking ball of fire.

"I'd say that makes 1 for the good guys and -1 for the bad." He quipped.

Chris tensed a little and looked to Kal, then back to Winter. Who smiled and continued to talk.

"If you're gonna stand outside and talk you'd better be ready to attract the night watchmen. I can scan a number of crawlers and at least two full squads of deadmen, what ever Max's doin here you can bet it's either a major base of ops or a haven."

He looked at the ground floor door and raised his pistols, "Rule one, breach and clear."

Three shots rang out against the lock and the door swung inwards.

"Ladies first."
 
 

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Posted by Sapphire Night on September 11th, 2000 02:38 PM:
 
 

Safiiri gave a light chuckle. She was starting to like this guy.

"After you Kal. You're leading the way after all. As for ladies first, I am not, though I once was, a lady," she said with a wink at Blackwing. "And would Rule 2 be Divide and Conquer? Or something suitably more gruesome?"

As she talked, she calmly whipped out a dagger and hurled it into the now open doorway. "And if you're going to go around blasting doors when subtlety works just as well, you must be prepared to deal with those attracted to large noises."

Walking in, she pulled her dagger out of the corpse. "Interesting, this one was human. Let's get movin'"


Posted by [CYA]WoLf on September 12th, 2000 03:18 AM:
 
 

Nick chuckled softly. "Yeah..."

Chris looked at him and shook his head, but before he could say anything Blackwing was inside the Haven like a dark raven, both guns drawn and tracking, two more silenced shots hissed out, and two more Nightcrawlers met their end in a blaze of glory, "Carbonised rounds." Nick offered with a chuckle.

"Never know what hits em." Then he was off around a corner.
 

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Posted by Sapphire Night on September 12th, 2000 06:31 AM:
 
 

"Well, he went that way, I'll go around the opposite direction. We'll probably meet up eventually. You two head down the 'center'. If anything happens, give me a mental yell, okay? As it is, I'm going to keep a mental touch with you, so don't be surprised by me, but be alert for intruders. K?" she said. Without waiting for a reply, Safiiri moved off down another corridor. A slight shriek was heard, followed by a sickening gurgle.

One down, Goddess knows how many to go she thought as she continued on. That Blackwing fellow sure is cute...ACK! she thought Down girl, let's get this over with before the hormones go into overdrive


Posted by Shadow of Light on September 12th, 2000 02:36 PM:
 
 

"Let's go," Kal said to Chris, her silver dagger out and ready, her mind already probing the darkness her eyes couldn't penetrate.

--SoL
OOC:Sorry for all the short posts.


Posted by [CYA]WoLf on September 14th, 2000 01:30 PM:
 
 

The Stacatto sound of gunfire sounded inside Max's Haven, two heavy .50 Cal Desert Eagles hammered out a message to the Nightcrawlers...it was payback time.

Chris nodded to Kal and drew his own gun, a .45 and slipped into the darkness with her, trusting Kal's skill at probing the hidden places with her mind.

Nick rounded a corner.

Two Nightcrawlers stood before a large metal door, they were the most brutish he'd seen in a long time, thick deformed bodies and sharp gleaming fangs, no style or substance.

Reaching inside his head he kicked his systems to Maximum Overdrive and hoped he wasn't Overdrawn at the Memory Bank. His reflexes red-lined they moved, but to him they came ponderously slow.

Claws met thin air, the elf rolled over ones back and kicked his companion square in the face before his gun came up and spoke a loud report, the result...the Nightcrawler blossomed into a flare of light and vanished.

His other gun put itself to the side of the Nightcrawler's head and rattled out a final roar. The brutes head vanished as so did the body, since Nick was on his back, he dropped to the floor landing like a cat. Just in time for Chris and the others to come around the corner.

"Ladies and Gents." He began, "The front door." He rose from the floor and grinned.
 

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Posted by Shadow of Light on September 14th, 2000 02:06 PM:
 
 

Kal sent out her thoughts into the building and frowned slightly. Whoever was inside was shielding, but she suddenly got a very bad feeling.

Pulling back, she probed the surrounding areas... the buildings nearby... the alleys...

There were no thoughts coming from any of those places, but they were shielded too.

And that meant...

"It's a trap," she whispered.

As if her words were a signal, the shields that had concealed from both telepathic and mortal senses went down. Many humanoid shadows broke off from the darkness of night and moved toward the four invaders with dreadful purpose.

"It's a trap!" Kalinah shouted, and the front door of Max's Haven burst open.

--SoL


Posted by Sapphire Night on September 14th, 2000 06:54 PM:
 
 

Safiiri stayed hidden, watching as numerous figures burst out around Blackwing, Kal, and Chris.

She was mentally berating herself. I should have known this was too easy! I SHOULD HAVE KNOWN! She gave herself a swift mental kick to the arse. Calm down Saf, you have to think. How are you going to help them?

The door burst open...and Safiiri felt time stand still.

It's him...oh no...I'm just going to have to hope he doesn't sense me. She was already debating whether to send for others from her coven or not, and this had decided her. Provided she could tighten her thoughts enough to get by all the minds that had burst into existence.

Kal? Can you hear me? Don't let on that I'm talking to you, they haven't spotted me yet. I need to send for reinforcements, but I need to know where to have them come in from...can you help me? she asked.


Posted by Shadow of Light on September 15th, 2000 05:33 AM:
 
 

Torn between fighting and running, Kal grabbed at the mental voice like an anchor to sanity. Shielding that she was talking to anyone, she replied, "When we last fought Max, he escaped and I could almost swear I felt him jump down a great distance into water before losing contact with his mind. There could be an underground water connection to-" she broke off as two Vampires jumped forward and wrenched her mind free from her Nightcrawler ally. She couldn't do two things at once... not now. She had to concentrate on surviving.

She let go of her inhibitions and turned her mind into a weapon.

And she began to kill.

--SoL


Posted by Sapphire Night on September 15th, 2000 06:53 AM:
 
 

When we last fought Max, he escaped and I could almost swear I felt him jump down a great distance into water before losing contact with his mind. There could be an underground water connection to- and with that, Kal broke the mental contact, fiercely attacking her enemies with her mind and killing them.

Safiiri next reached out to Chris. Chris, transform, it's your only hope. I don't know if Blackwing can hear me, Kal thinks that Max escaped into an underground water source...

Safiiri broke the mental comment as she saw a Nightcrawler sneaking up behind Kal and another approaching Blackwing. Tightening her thoughts, she aimed a swift, painful strike at the one nearing Blackwing. The Nightcrawler screamed in agony and fell.

As the enemy she had just attacked continued whimpering, she drew her blade and let it fly straight into the throat of the Nightcrawler after Kal, severing the veins in the back of the neck. That should sufficiently deter him she thought as he too fell to the floor, clutching at his throat.

She sent out a light mental touch, trying to project protectiveness. Blackwing, can you hear me?

As she awaited his answer, she continued mental attacks on those mentally weak enough not to be able to trace them back to her. She avoided...him...


Posted by [CYA]WoLf on September 15th, 2000 12:55 PM:
 
 

OOC:Ok...you wanted him, here he is THE MEAN Main Man himself, all the wayyy from Whisper City's blackest heart, in the shadowy corner weighing in at over 123 lines of text, Max Corellaine!

Max...

Nick felt Safiiri's mind touch his, 'damn telepaths' he grinned as Max walked slowly in to the room.

"Don't kill em yet lovelies..." He said stalking forwards, dressed in his leather's and baring his teeth. "Not until I've ad a little fun with em."

Blackwing chuckled softly, Max had stepped into this one, and the trap was almost ready to be sprung, he just had to wait a little longer.

/yeah Safiiri/ he thought back /I can hear you/

Chris began to get angry, he threw his gun down and began to shift, some of the cockier Nightcrawler's took this time to back right off, even Max stepped back, unknown to any of them, this was his first and soon to be painful encounter with a real live Moon Singer.

Kal'd seen this countless times before, as Chris ripped into his new form and shook the room with a triumphant howl, the beast began to sniff the air, eyes like jade.

Max recovered his composure and looked at the dead around him, "Bloody ell, I shoulda killed you all long before this..." He commented fectching out a comb, and slicking back his hair, "You're ell on my cleanin bill."

Nick's systems began to redline, Max he knew was fast, but added to Blackwing's array of nano/bio tech were experimental reflex boosts and modified speed. He was about to show Max and his goons what he could do...

Through a closed link he sent out the signal.

"Team 1 you there?"

"Yeah, this is team 1, we're there and in position above you boss...just let us know, we got the chopper and the suprise you've been keeping."

Nick smiled, "Great..." He shot back across the info link. "Just need to get one of them outta here."

Blackwing again thought towards Safiiri.

/You value your sweet ass Nightcrawler lass, I'd get out of the room, things are about to become a little sunny/

Chris stood by Kal tail lashing, protectively he growled at anyone who came near her, friend or foe.

Max snapped his fingers, "Oi Nicky!" He snarled, "I got a bone to pick with you, fahker, you're cuttin down my boys."

Nick took out a small cigarette case and lit a black clove cigarette, "How's the tan Max?"

Max looked at Winter, "What the fahk are you on elfie? Sun don't shine in Whisper City."

Nick sent the message, "Yeah, well, shoulda bought some sun cream."

The room rocked and Nick yelled to Safiiri mentally. /RUN!/

The roof came down blown apart by high explosives...shattering shards of stone and iron everywhere, none hit the heroes.

Max looked up and saw a hovering black shape, underneath was a wide black and silver disc of somekind. His eyes widened and he began to run back towards the door.

Hoping Safiiri had gotten out of there, Nick gave the signal and the sunlamp came on.

"Suprise." He said as the room became like daylight.
 

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Posted by Sapphire Night on September 15th, 2000 01:28 PM:
 
 

yeah Safiiri he thought back I can hear you

Safiiri heard the words and allowed herself a brief few minutes of relief.

You value your sweet ass Nightcrawler lass, I'd get out of the room, things are about to become a little sunny said Blackwing in her mind.

Sunny? Damn, I would so love to watch if you have even the remote capabilites of doing what I think you might be going to do. Let me back up a bit she sent back as she immediately did a quick search for a hidey hole. Deciding that the AC duct near the floor 20 feet behind her would work, she made a dash for it.

DAMN! she thought when she felt a quick mental touch. I'll just hope the bastard fries right along with Max she thought as she practically dove into the airduct.

Safiiri heard the roof come down as the explosives blew it apart.

Through the eyes of others in the room, Safiiri observed as Max looked up and saw a hovering black shape, underneath was a wide black and silver disc of somekind. She even saw his eyes widen as he began to run back towards the door.

I'm safe, do it she sent to Blackwing, figuring he really didn't need her to be safe, although she was determined to find out about her "sweet ass" later.

The sunlamp came on. "Suprise." said Blackwing as the room became like daylight.

Interesting weapon you have there, remind me never to piss you off she mentally commented to Blackwing.

Chris, how are you and Kal holding up? She could sense his transformation, but thought he might answer better than Kal, who was rather pale and looked on the verge of passing out.

Something occurred to Safiiri as the Nightcrawlers in the room became ash. Blackwing, exactly what are you planning to do about the rest of the Nightcrawlers in the building? she asked.


Posted by Shadow of Light on September 18th, 2000 04:07 PM:
 
 

After the confusion of the fight in near-total blackness, Kal was suddenly blinded by daylight.

The irrational thought of "I wish people would stop doing that," crossed her mind, just before something slammed into her from the side.

Something that was burning.

She stumbled back, her dagger lashing out and her free hand shielding her eyes.

She didn't realise until too late that she'd stepped into the shadowed open doorway of the building.

She managed to draw one horrified gasp and shout "CHRIS!" before something clapped a hand over her mouth, siezed her around the waist and dragged her deeper into the darkness.

Struggling furiously, Kal gathered her strength for a mental attack.

Then something hit her over the head.

Hard.

All thoughts vanished...

--SoL


Posted by [CYA]WoLf on September 25th, 2000 01:26 PM:
 
 

Blackwing winked at Safiiri and raised his gun at a Nightcrawler, pulling the trigger the sound of the shots rang out into the main hall.

"Team one, two and three, move in, secure the building, if it's a Nightcrawler blast it into bits. All cept this cute one here."

He looked at her for a moment, relaying information down his link to the teams.

"Sweep and clear..." With that he drew his other gun and charged into the fray, precise and deadly, it was payback time again.

Chris tore them apart, angry and frustrated, his rage knew no bounds, until he felt Kal's mental anguish, charging and cleaving a path through the crawlers he reached the door and shot outside, he sniffed the air, blood and Kal was gone...

His howl rent the night with a fierce roar of defiance.

Then he turned for now and stalked back into the building, he wanted answers and he was going to carve them from someone.
 
 

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Posted by Sapphire Night on September 25th, 2000 04:07 PM:
 
 

Cute huh? Just you wait you macho man Well, not man...you know what I mean sent Safiiri as reinforcements began swarming in.

Then she felt Kal's mental call...and soon after heard Chris' howl.

Oh shit, this is BAD she sent to Blackwing.

[This message has been edited by Sapphire Night (edited September 25, 2000).]


Posted by Shadow of Light on September 27th, 2000 12:23 PM:
 
 

The stuff Nightmares are made of...

"...coming around."

"Hit her again, then."

"Wait..."

Kal struggled through a black fog, dimly aware that she was slung unceremoniously over someone's shoulder. Her head ached abominably, but at least she was still alive. Remembering what had brought her to this situation, she started struggling and tried to draw breath to yell.

A hand clamped over her mouth.

"None of that."

She drew her bruised mind together for another kind of scream, but suddenly felt a grip around that, too. A telepath was nearby, and one more powerful than she.

"Relax your mind." It wasn't a request.

She obeyed slowly, fearfully, but couldn't help sending out a quick thought to sense if Chris was near.

The hand covering her mouth let go and smacked her across the face.

"Stop that," a voice said, its pleasant tone indicating that he wouldn't mind in the least if she tried again.

Kal stretched her jaw painfully, then whispered, "What do you want?"

"Are you Kalinah, the telepath who escaped from the Labs so many years ago?"

A tremor of dread betrayed her. "Yes." There was no point lying; not to a telepath.

She sensed the speaker smile in the darkness. "Good. Pete, you can knock her out again."

"No, wait! Where-"

"Where your friends won't find us. Until we're ready for them."

Darkness.

--SoL


Posted by Sapphire Night on September 27th, 2000 02:23 PM:
 
 

Safiiri could sense Kal waking, briefly, then nothing again. She knew that Kal was moving farther away by the second.

Blackwing she sent We have to go! They have Kal! We have to help her...will you turn off the freakin' lamp already? Besides my friend being snatched, it is damned uncomfortable in here! she sent, her worry and anxiety already leaking out.

I don't even want to think how Chris is reacting.. she thought as she waited for a response.

[This message has been edited by Sapphire Night (edited September 28, 2000).]


Posted by Lady Alani on October 1st, 2000 12:32 AM:
 
 

OOC: Buawhahahaha. I’m in now.

The Cat slunk from wall to wire mesh wall in its cage. It was unhappy, but then the Cat usually was these days. The jolting movements of the van stopped. It raised it head, and hissed. Someone grabbed it by the scruff of its neck, and shook it hard.
"Dammed animal. Shut up!"
The Cat hissed again, but its captor ignored it. It settled back down to patrolling its cage, sorting through its memories.

The white corridors, full of the stench of fear and pain. The cages upon cages of terrified creatures, creatures like herself, bought to the Labs- but for what ends? Part of that she now understood. She remembered a conversation with another captive lynx like herself.
"We are experiments," The elder one had said. A few days later the white-coats had taken the elder one away. Cat had not seen him again. Then they had come for her. She remembered little of the operation- mercifully, they had gassed her early on. Afterwards things were- different. Sounds were louder, movement easier to perceive. Touch was enhanced. And also were her thoughts. She could sense the irritation of her captor, and the brief blurs of awareness from the man-things outside. There was also another effect, one she was not sure how to exploit yet….

/But you will learn, in time./

The Cat snarled.

Somehow the white-coats had lodged another Awareness inside her mind. It was human, and she had decided she didn’t like it one bit. It told Cat that she had much to learn, that she would eventually become accustomed to the changes taking place. The Cat ignored the Awareness, and raised its head. "How. Much longer?" She spoke haltingly, but in passable English.
"Dammed cat. I tol’ you to shut up!" The human threw something at the cage. Cat roared in feline rage at the despised driver, and threw herself at the bars of the cage. The van screeched to a halt.
"This is far enough for me…" She was grabbed and roughly thrown onto a pavement. She snarled as the driver pinned her down, readying a syringe. She roared again as the needle bit into her foreleg. Then blinked in amazement as the driver clambered back into his van and drove off into the darkness.

/right/ The awareness said.

"Leave. Me. Alone." Hissed Cat. The Awareness chuckled.

/not likely. The humans planted a tracking chip into your foreleg. I’m afraid you’re going to have to dig it out again./

"Why?"

/if you do not, the white-coats will come again./ The Cat glared at the world in general.

"This, not fair. Where ship?"

/the chip is just below the joint in your left foreleg./

A little while later, Cat trotted away from a now-bloody patch of pavement upon which lay a microchip. It lifted its head, looking at one of the human signs the Awareness informed her she would need to take note of in future.

"Whisper City," she murmured under her breath. "Good. Name. Easy to hiss." The Awareness chuckled.

/Do I detect a sense of humour somewhere in that twisted mind of yours, Cat?/

"Whatever. Gave you. That idea?"


Posted by [CYA]WoLf on October 1st, 2000 02:15 PM:
 
 

Damn!

Nick snapped his head around, "Strike team one, turn off the lamp, teams two, and three hose the building, if it crawls creeps or looks at you funny, turn it into a fireball, got a little problem to deal with."

He suddenly found himself lifted off his feet, and rammed against the wall, the lifter found a barrel of a gun against their head, it was Chris, his lupine rage had gotten the better of him, but the gun-barrel snapped him back to himself.

"Where is Kalinarr?" He growled.

"Oh boy, you're sure in a temper, put me down and I'll help you go find her, or you can use that nose of yours to smell her out?"

Nick locked eyes with the Werewolf and smiled, "Or you can hold me up here all day, and see which one of us the rest of Max's assholes put a bullet in first?"

Chris's ears went back and he dropped Nick to the ground, he sprinted for the back door, Chris in hot persuit, right into a meeting with their Nightcrawler ally.

"What now babe?" Said Blackwing with a slight grin, "Wolf boy here's got a good nose, p'haps we can use that?"
 
 

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Posted by Sapphire Night on October 2nd, 2000 05:26 AM:
 
 

Safiiri let out a sigh of relief as the light went away. She crawled out of her hiding place, and briefly beat on her leg trying to get the prickles to go away.

"Damn spiderwebs," she muttered as she pulled one out of her hair.

"Where is Kalinarr?" she heard Chris growl.

Crap. I knew he was going to be severely pissed she thought as she began to head in the direction his voice had come from.

"Oh boy, you're sure in a temper, put me down and I'll help you go find her, or you can use that nose of yours to smell her out? Or you can hold me up here all day, and see which one of us the rest of Max's assholes put a bullet in first?"

This time it was Blackwing that spoke. Safiiri sped up, hoping that Chris would regain his senses before doing anything stupid.

She kept on, and nearly jumped out of her skin when she rounded the corner right into the two, allowing a brief moment of relief that they hadn't gotten violent.

"What now babe?" said Blackwing with a slight grin, "Wolf boy here's got a good nose, p'haps we can use that?"

"I sensed her briefly," said Safiiri. "She's unconscious again though. I can't pick up a scent, if Chris can we can track them that way. As it is, your boys have a lot of cleanup to do," she said as she heard a scream and what sounded like the hiss of a flame. "Let's leave them to it and get going. Chris, lead the way," she said as she moved aside to let him into the lead.


Posted by Shadow of Light on October 3rd, 2000 09:13 AM:
 
 

In Shadows Darker than Night...

"What the hell are we stopping for?" the Nightcrawler snarled.

His companion dropped the unconscious Kalinah in a wooden chair and started to secure her arms and legs with a length of rope. "We have to stop her friends. They're following us."

The first Nightcrawler snarled. "You said we'd get away far enough that they wouldn't find us."

"One of them is a shape-shifter - one of the old wolf-people. No one managed to kill him, and one of his kind could track a human halfway across the world if they put their mind to it."

"Then kill her. Make her one of us."

"That's a pleasure Max has reserved. I'm not stupid enough to go against him..."

"Where is he, then?"

The second Nightcrawler shrugged and pulled a knot tight. "He goes where he pleases." Dragging the chair around, he made it face the only door in the room then drew a pistol. Calmly, he loaded some silver bullets into the barrel. "Wake her up."

The first Nightcrawler complied, and Kalinah immediately prepared to mindblast them.

But again, someone quashed her power.

The second Nightcrawlers smiled. "None of that, you tastey telepathic morsel." He pointed the gun at her. "Call to your friends."

Kalinah froze. "No," she whispered.

He shrugged. "That's ok. Your wolf will find you in good time."

His companion grinned and pointed his own weapon at the door.

"You two will never stop them alone," Kalinah said.

"Oh, we're not alone." The nightcrawler beside her leaned down to bring his fanged mouth close to her ear. "The one who stopped you from attacking? It wasn't us."

Cold lips brushed the side of her neck and she flinched away.

"So you see, you have a choice. Don't call them, thereby allowing them to walk into a trap there's no way they're ready to face, or warn them and tell them to bugger off."

Kal shivered and reached out with her mind. "I'm being held by vampires... I can only see two, but... I think it is a trap. Whatever you do, please be careful..."

Again, she was knocked unconscious.

--SoL


Posted by Sapphire Night on October 3rd, 2000 02:49 PM:
 
 

Kal shivered and reached out with her mind. "I'm being held by vampires... I can only see two, but... I think it is a trap. Whatever you do, please be careful..."

Safiiri caught the tendril of thought before Kal was abruptly gone again, most likely knocked unconscious.

"Shit," she said aloud as they moved onward. "Chris, when we go in, you are NOT to go first...Kal didn't say it, but I think I picked up a glimpse of some suspiciously shiny bullets, and we're not risking you."

"Blackwing, there's 2 of my kind holding her, as well as some sort of other, she didn't say what. Most likely a trap...suggestions?" she said.
 

Hello?

Andrea and 5 others shot through the night towards Safiiri. They had managed to contact her while she was waiting for the sunlight to go away.

Be careful as you approach, we have met another apparent ally, and he has a lot of friends, all trigger happy against Nightcrawlers. So be careful, and hurry as much as you can, she had said.

As they moved, Andrea caught a light sense of blood. It had a strange odor to it, and immediately piqued her curiosity. Looking around, she saw a dark spot on the pavement, with some sort of chip in the middle of it.

What in the... wondered Andrea as she veered over to investigate. They had opted to go on foot rather than take noisy bikes. As she examined it, she heard a voice, raspy and sounding like it was unused to talking.

"Whatever. Gave you. That idea?" said the voice.

"Hello?" said Andrea. "Who are you? For that matter, what are you? You don't smell human...or humanoid for that matter," she said into the night.


Posted by Lady Alani on October 3rd, 2000 06:29 PM:
 
 

Cat hissed, and backed further into the shadows. The Awareness laughed dryly.

/This is not a white-coat. You need not fear it./

Reluctantly, Cat slunk forwards. During her stay in the Labs, her muscled had wasted away considerably, leaving her a pale shadow of her former self, but she still came easily up to Andrea’s waist. Her amber eyes glinted with barely controlled hatred.
"Who. Are you?" she demanded. "I, called Cat. By some. I am. Snow lynx."

Cat hissed.

"And good thing, not smell of hummens! Hate hummens! Hummens make hurt. Take away from territory. Plant nasty ships. In leg." She waved a paw at the microchip on the ground, and then glared at Andrea.

"You plan? Tell white coats about me? Hate white-coat tellers. More’n most hummens. That saying something!" Then with feline nonchalance, she unsheathed her claws and began to minutely inspect them. That usually unnerved most hummens.

Deep in Cat’s mind, the Awareness chuckled.
 
 

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Posted by Sapphire Night on October 3rd, 2000 07:41 PM:
 
 

Andrea gave a light chuckle.

"Well, given that you dislike humans, I'm sure you'll be glad to know that I am not one. I am a Nightcrawler. Most humans wouldn't be able to pick up your scent, much less tell that it's not typical," she said with a raised eyebrow.

She turned to the others with her. "Go on ahead of me and help Safiiri. I'll be along soon."

She turned back to Cat. "My name is Andrea Cat. White coats? You must mean the lab people. We have nothing to do with the bastards, I promise you, so I guarantee that I won't be telling on you. I'm sure they'd love to get me or one of my kind as well."

Andrea glanced down at Cat's leg. "You need to take care of that. Here," she said as she pulled off her over shirt and ripped it into strips. "Let me bandage it, if you would," she said as she knelt down.


Posted by Sapphire Night on October 4th, 2000 02:20 AM:
 
 

OOC: Hey Wolf, saw the pics in Gill's Gallery...AWESOME!!!


Posted by Lady Alani on October 4th, 2000 10:51 PM:
 
 

OOC: And something tells me that's not tomato juice Max's drinking....


Posted by Sapphire Night on October 9th, 2000 03:03 PM:
 
 

As Safiiri waited for Blackwing to answer, a strange calm stole across her mind.

Kalinah is safe...whispered a voice, You can turn back, she has no need of anything...she is safe...she is waiting for you whispered the voice, growing more and more enticing.

See? There she is...look with your heart...she is safe, turn back, go back to her, the way you came... the litany continued as her eyes becamse slightly glazed. She let the voice pull her in, closer to it...and then she allowed a small smile to show on her lips.

Safiiri cautiously allowed herself to be pulled in, gathering her strength quietly...and then hurtling it forward towards the voice pulling at her mind and drawing them NightCrawler into a Psi-battle.

Did you really think I would be taken in so easily? she asked. The mental battlefield had taken on the form of a huge cavern, dark and wet, with sunlight visible at the entrance and preventing escape. Show yourself coward...You cannot pull away from where I have brought you, so you WILL fight me...now she challenged, opening up all her senses warily, searching out the one who had now become her prey...and totally unprepared for what she found.

Gabriel? No... she thought as the memories assaulted her, threatening to break through her concentration and overwhelm her. NO! she screamed mentally and verbally as she fought them back, forcing them to the back of her mind as she finally caught sight of her foe.

His face had not changed...inconspicuous to look at, he appeared almost kind if one did not look beneath the surface. Pale brown eyes framed by beautiful lashes. Thin lips, which were even now curved into a mocking grin... Safiiri's heart cried with the pain of what she knew must happen.

Did you really think I would just disappear? he sneered in his own mental voice, which had before always been soft and beautiful to her...until the day he used it to nearly kill her. I've been waiting for the opportunity to finish what I started, and what that bitch Andrea interrupted. This time, I will kill you...unless of course you've come to your senses he practically purred as his voice underwent a dramatic change, turning from a sneer to a near-caress.


Posted by Sapphire Night on October 9th, 2000 03:44 PM:
 
 

OOC: Sorry it's 2, went from work to home, LoL

IC:

Never...I will never join up with the likes of that bastard...not after what he did to you, she fairly hissed. And with that, she attacked, blasting forth with energy that manifested as lightning, striking straight at Gabriel as he stepped back, surprise registering on his face, swiftly followed by fury.

BITCH! he screeched as he threw up a shield that was only partially successful. As his clothing and hair literally scorched, a seemingly nervous expression crossed his face. He seemed almost indecisive...until he felt the stab in his leg...and the fire.

Gabriel's left leg practically exploded into fire as Safiiri sent more carbon into it, a set emotionless mask on her face. She never gave him the chance to strike back, moving forward as he screamed and tried to put out his leg.

Safiiri grabbed his head between her hands, forcing his eyes to hers. You will never harm anyone again...and now I do what I should have done long ago... she mind-whispered, her voice betraying her pain as she brought him forward for a ffinal kiss...at the same instant sending carbon up through his body to his heart.

Safiiri stepped back quickly, and watched Gabriel's chest explode...and as he fell, so did she, retreating away from the battlefield and back to the real world.

"Chris..." she whispered faintly. "Go save Kal...quickly...wake her...the one trapping her mind is no more," she said as the tears gathered in her eyes...and were repressed.

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Posted by [CYA]WoLf on October 9th, 2000 04:07 PM:
 
 

It didn't take long for Chris to find where they'd taken Kal, he was in Crinos and angry as hell, his howl shook the building, causing masonary to fall from the roof, the two Nightcrawler's readied their guns at the door as they heard the heavy tromp of clawed feet moving towards it.

Nick on the other hand was hanging upside down above them, after dropping quietly through a skylight, he stretched his hand forwards and began to focus on a small spell.

Timing with this attack was everything, Chris held onto his anger and slowly he readied himself as Nick's spell wove around the guns of the Nightcrawler's a transmutation took place, the rounds of silver darkened inside, to black rubber. Winter supressed a chuckle.

They heard him coming, the feet close to the door, steady they gripped onto their weapons.

Chris gave a mental shout to Kal and funneled his own energy to her, to wake her up, giving her some of his anger.

Then the exploded into action...

Not through the door, nope, that was another Winter spell, a sound based illusion, Chris caved in the back wall in a shower of debris and broken stone, snarling, growling and howling like there was no tomorrow.

Nick targetted the heads of the two Crawler's from his vantage point, "Boo."

The Crawlers recovered fast, spinning around and firing several rounds into Chris, which pinged off his fur, and bounced around the room a little, before stopping to roll across towards the clawed foot of the angry Lupine.

Nick squeezed the trigger in reflex, one Crawler dodged, hearing the sound of Nick's trigger finger, the other wasn't fast enough and exploded into fire and flame as the carbon round penetrated his skull and down through his body into his heart.

Chris' clawed hand shot forwards and slashed a bloody rent across the other crawler's chest, the gunman fell backwards, only to have several tons of angry Wolf land on him, teeth wrapped around his throat, there was a tearing, ripping sound and the whole head came off in his jaws as he savaged the neck.

Snarling...
 

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"ARooooooOOOOOOOOoooooO"

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Posted by Sapphire Night on October 9th, 2000 04:07 PM:
 
 

OOC: Yep, me again...figured I'd do something with the 4 random guys I sent off...

"There are many people out there, none like us," whispered Nathan as he and his cohorts watched. "Is there another way we can get in?" he asked as he continued to keep an eye on the men.

"Can you sense Safiiri?" asked Elena. Her own mental powers were minor, even being a Nightcrawler. Nathan was about average, given his rather young age of 50 Nightcrawler years.

"Yes, she's not in the building, she's below it. I think we might be able to get to her through the sewers. Let's go, and hurry. I think those people took out Max's party, which means they probably won't look kindly on us if they spot us here," he whispered as he ran to the nearest manhole.

They all slipped in, apparently unnoticed, following Nathan as he tracked Safiiri.

[This message has been edited by Sapphire Night (edited October 09, 2000).]


Posted by Sapphire Night on October 9th, 2000 04:38 PM:
 
 

Safiiri lay slumped against the wall. She could hear Chris' snarling and almost felt pity for the poor bastard who faced him...almost.

It's most likely quite bloody in there. God I hope Kal's all right, she thought.

And then she heard it.

Nothing loud, just a scrabbling noise. Someone's coming, she thought as she tensed...and then relaxed as she felt the familiar brush of Nathan's mind.

"Safiiri?" called a light whisper. "Where are you?"

"Here," she called in a similar whisper. "Bear to your left a bit and you-OW!" she said as Nathan literally ran into her.

"Whoops," he said as he turned light red. "I'm glad we found you. Andrea told us to go ahead while she investigated some sort of strange blood-scent in the city."

"Strange blood? I don't like the sound of that. Help me up, we need to go get the others, and see if they need help," she said.

As she tried to stand up, Nathan solved the problem by carrying her, ignoring her amused look and light chuckle. As they approached, she could hear the crunching of bones.

"Sounds like Chris had fun. That must mean Kal's okay," she said with a sigh of relief as they reached the closed door. "Knock. Those are 2 people I do NOT want to take by surprise right now," she said.


Posted by [CYA]WoLf on October 9th, 2000 05:00 PM:
 
 

Chris watched the Nightcrawler's body burst into flames, moving away from it, he jumped back at the knock, sending a mental probe out behind the door he looked up to Nick and said.

"Safiiri..." He growled to the Fae Hitman, "She's here with others..."

"Friend or Foe?" He asked gently.

"Friend." Rumbled the Moon Singer and strode to the door, opening it with a growl, blood stained his maw and he grinned at them all.

"Hello..."

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Pendragon of August
http://www.bloodbound.net

"ARooooooOOOOOOOOoooooO"
 
 


Posted by Sapphire Night on October 9th, 2000 05:26 PM:
 
 

The Moon Singer opened the door...and Nathan nearly dropped Safiiri in fright at the bloodsoaked Lupine, particularly when he grinned and displayed all his teeth.

Safiiri grinned back and chuckled. "I see you two have been enjoying yourselves," she said to Chris as she took in the remains of the NightCrawlers.

She looked to Blackwing. "Any sign of Max?" she asked quietly.


Posted by Shadow of Light on October 10th, 2000 04:09 AM:
 
 

Back a tiny bit...

Kalinah

She heard Chris' shout echo through her mind an instant after the mental chains were broken.

She awoke, anger and a horrible need for vengeance flowing through her blood like strong wine. The sounds of breaking wood and guns going off greeted her back to the waking world, accompanied by the gutteral snarling of a werewolf.

With a thought she ruptured the very fabric of the ropes binding her and the chair she sat on, and both items broke down into fine dust.

Head hurting, she stood and opened green eyes blazing with power and hate... but saw no enemies to unleash it on. One Nightcrawler was a pile of dust, the other a bloody corpse.

Chris's wolf-man form was at the door talking to the others.

Kalinah drew a breath, hating that it shuddered in her lungs. Hating her weaknesses, that she couldn't have gotten out of this herself.

Hating that when the anger drained out of her like water from a sieve, she could only feel sick at the sight and smell of blood.

Rubbing the circulation back into her wrists where the rope had bitten into them, she leaned against a wall and waited for the nausea to pass.

--SoL


Posted by Sapphire Night on October 10th, 2000 09:10 PM:
 
 

Safiiri glanced over at Kalinah.

"You're okay," she said with obvious relief. "At least, for the most part," she added, sensing some of the emotions that were shooting through Kal.

She looked up at Blackwing. "You know, any time you wanna come down handsome, feel free," she said with a smile. "Or do ya need a little help?"

Safiiri climbed down out of Nathan's arms and looked at Blackwing with a slightly impish look. "I'll catch you!...just don't land to hard," she said with a wink.

Nathan just stood and stared at Chris.

Um, Saf...is it safe for us in here or should we just... he began mentally.

Just guard outside Nathan, we're okay, she said as she continued to look at Blackwing.


Posted by [CYA]WoLf on October 14th, 2000 05:03 PM:
 
 

Nick looked down at the Nightcrawler and dropped, landing in her arms, "Sorry." He said, "You called the shot, have to take the bullet."

Chris padded over to Kal and grabbed her in his furry arms, keeping his muzzle away from her, covered in the blood, he lapped it off, didn't bother him, they tasted foul, but it kept the lupine remembering what they'd done to Kal.

He rumbled softly, and held her for a long time.
 
 

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Posted by Lady Alani on October 15th, 2000 06:42 PM:
 
 

back with the Cat…

Cat looked warily at the human-shaped-she-thing.
Not a hummen? What is it, then?
/that can wait until later. You’d better let her bandage your leg./
Cat sheathed her claws and warily held out her foreleg. After the human-shaped-she was finished, she jumped back and hissed, to make it clear that she didn’t feel she owed any favours. She sniffed the air.
"It smells. Odd. Around here. Doggish." Another scent, more urgent, pushed itself in front of her nose…

In the shadows, he adjusted his clothing quickly, drawing his hood further around his face. He saw a young looking woman, apparently alone….he slipped forwards, drawing a dagger and grinning….easy pickings….

The man was knocked over by a large cloud of teeth, claws and white fur flying at chest height. He swore, scrambled to his feet and sprinted off into the darkness. Cat turned to Andrea.
"We go now?"


Posted by Shadow of Light on October 16th, 2000 02:37 AM:
 
 

Kalinah

Kal was still intimidated by Chris when he was in his half-form, neither wolf nor man. It was impossible to think of him as normal, or anything other than a monster.

She was still learning that not all 'monsters' were monstrous.

This one picked her up, gently, and held her close with huge, fur-covered arms. She was frozen for a moment, the horror of the past hour still fresh in her mind. Her fear of what Chris was capable of renewed.

But the rumbling that vibrated through his chest was not unlike the purr of a cat. It was comforting, and in the midst of her fear she felt safe and protected.

Kal sighed, closed her eyes and relaxed against him. "I knew you'd come," she murmured.

--SoL


Posted by Sapphire Night on October 16th, 2000 09:06 AM:
 
 

Safiiri

Safiiri had just enough time for her arms to lift and catch Blackwing in reflex.

"Sorry." He said, "You called the shot, have to take the bullet."

She chuckled and looked him in the eye. "Do I look like I mind? It isn't every day that men fall into my arms ya know," she said with a grin and a wink.

She glanced over at Kal, noting that she was only now beginning to relax. "I knew you'd come," she heard Kal murmer softly to Chris.

Safiiri turned around, still carrying Blackwing. "Kal, do you know why they grabbed you? And if we got them all? I'd hate to get surprised getting out of here. Max apparently flew the coop, which doesn't really surprise me. Let's get back and rest up, then decide what to do next," she said as she began walking towards the door, Blackwing in her arms.

Andrea

Andrea bandaged Cat's leg, then watched in awe as she made short work of the would-be robber.

"Thanks," she said as Cat calmed down.

""We go now?" asked Cat.

"Yes," said Andrea. "Back to my home, if that's okay with you. We can see to your leg better there and trade stories, learn about each other."

Andrea started off, back towards the coven. "Coming?" she said to Cat.

[This message has been edited by Sapphire Night (edited October 15, 2000).]


Posted by Shadow of Light on October 16th, 2000 09:17 AM:
 
 

Kalinah

She didn't want to remember, but forced herself to think. "I don't know if they said," she told Safiiri. "Not while I was conscious, at least." And she tried to burrow deeper into Chris's fur, as if it could shield her from the memories.

--SoL


Posted by [CYA]WoLf on October 16th, 2000 11:02 AM:
 
 

Monsters we are, lest Monsters we become

Chris rumbled back softly, pulling Kal closer, his heart thrummed like a big drum in his chest and he heaved a sigh of relief, pleasure and sorrow, all mixed into one.

"Therrre was no doubt that I would, I would have brraved hell to find you Kalinarr." His voice was like a deep bassy thunderstorm vibrating from his throat.

Nick Winter chuckled and hopped outta Safiiri's arms, "No one catches me, that easily, missy vampire." He chuckled and gave her a wink.

"Let's get the snecking hell outta here."
 
 

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Posted by Sapphire Night on October 16th, 2000 11:10 AM:
 

Safiiri played along, letting out her relief with playfulness.

"Not that easily huh? I will admit, it was almost like having a bagful of bricks falling onto me," she said with a wink. "Let's go."

Safiiri led the way out the door, letting Nathan take the lead as they headed back towards the coven, with the others ranging around them, keeping an eye out for anything that might think of jumping out.

Though with Chris in that form, I'm not particularly worried, she thought to herself.


Posted by Sapphire Night on October 17th, 2000 09:24 AM:
 
 

OOC: For those who don't remember Anna, she's about 7 years old, mortal, and a member of Safiiri's coven. She's also terrified of thunderstorms.

Oi!

Anna sat outside, watching the shadows of the night play with each other. It always soothed her to watch the shadows play together.

I wish Saf would get back she thought. I miss her...and I think it's going to storm again...she has to get back...Andrea's gone too she lamented in her mind as one single tear worked it's way down her face.

"What's a matter lil' girl? 'as someone left you alone eh?" came a voice out of the shadows.

Anna's head snapped around to stare at the person who had spoken. He looked huge to her, emerging from the shadows as if he were part of them.

"Oi, you'll do perfect..." he said as a cruel smile twisted his lips and he grabbed her.

Anna screamed once, her shrill child's voice piercing the night.
 

Andrea

A shrill voice streaked through the night, startling Andrea in it's terror.

I have a bad feeling about this... she thought as she ran towards the voice...which was coming from the general direction of home.

She nearly bumped straight into Max as he came forward with Anna unconscious in his arms. She gave a low growl and crouched down, momentarily forgetting all about Cat.

"What do you want?" she practically hissed at him, looking for an opening to attack.

"Don't even think abou' it," snarled Max. "She'd be dead before you got near me, an' you know it," he said. "Tell that bitch that this is the beginning of payback...she'll know why," he hissed as he leapt backwards and disappeared into the night.

Andrea was stunned for a second, then she put her thoughts into action.

Saf? We've got a problem...you guys need to get back ASAP...I'll explain when you get here, she sent as she ducked down into the coven.


Posted by Shadow of Light on October 17th, 2000 02:15 PM:
 
 

Kalinah

"Therrre was no doubt that I would, I would have brraved hell to find you Kalinarr." His voice was like a deep bassy thunderstorm vibrating from his throat.

Kal felt tears sting her eyes.

Damn him for making me cry...

But in the midst of these thoughts she could only hold him closer. The tears streaked her face and dropped to his thick, glossy fur where they stood out like dew drops on a spider's web.

"I love you," she thought to him, testing the words in mer mind before she could say them aloud. "I love you, Chris," she whispered.

--SoL


Posted by [CYA]WoLf on October 17th, 2000 02:53 PM:
 
 

Chris rumbled softly, a pleased sort of sound, and the growling voice responded softly, "I love you too Kalinarr.."

Nick Winter just grinned as the big Wolf held her tight against him, he stopped in the doorway for a moment and replied, "He's the bag of bricks lass, furry bricks but hell, if he landed on you, you'd be a pizza." With that little quip, Mr Blackwing was out of the door with a cigarette already to his lips and a sly smile.
 

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Posted by Sapphire Night on October 17th, 2000 04:13 PM:
 
 

Safiiri smiled at Chris and Kal.

Ah, young love...I miss it, she thought wistfully.

Then a voice broke into her mind...Andrea's voice. Saf? We've got a problem...you guys need to get back ASAP...I'll explain when you get here, she said, then abruptly cut the connection.

But not before Safiiri could see Max in her mind, holding Anna.

She let out a low growl, her eyes flashing dangerously as she darted forward, passing Blackwing in her hurry to get home, her thoughts raging.

If that bastard so much as touches one hair on her head... she continued with varying tortures as she reached the bikes.

"Are you riding with me?" she asked Blackwing as she climbed aboard. "Or following on your own?"

[This message has been edited by Sapphire Night (edited October 17, 2000).]


Posted by Shadow of Light on October 20th, 2000 07:32 AM:
 
 

Kal didn't want to let go. She wanted to stay like this forever where it seemed nothing else could touch them.

"Where are we going?"

--SoL


Posted by Sapphire Night on October 20th, 2000 07:43 AM:
 
 

"Where are we going?" asked Kal.

"Max is brewing trouble again. We need to get back to my place. Shall we go?" asked Safiiri, fairly itching to be home and find out more about what Andrea had said.


Posted by Shadow of Light on October 21st, 2000 08:23 AM:
 
 

Kal reluctantly let go of Chris and slipped back to the ground. "Ok," she said at last. "I'm ready to go." She looked around at the room for an instant and shivered. "Let's get out of here."

--SoL


Posted by [CYA]WoLf on October 23rd, 2000 12:02 PM:
 
 

Drive

Nick heard those words and sighed, flicking his cigarette into a gutter he added.

"When doesn't Max make trouble?"

Without stopping he muttered, "Gimme a few..." And stalked off towards one of the alleys.

Meanwhile, Chris shifted back into his human form and guided Kal out of the door, he went straight to the bike and climbed on, waiting for her.

The sound of a purring engine announced the arrival of Nick's Euro, sleek and black.

He waited for Safiiri to lead the way tapping the steering wheel and humming along to the stereo.
 
 

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Posted by Shadow of Light on October 23rd, 2000 01:32 PM:
 
 

Kal climbed up behind Chris and held on.


Posted by Sapphire Night on October 24th, 2000 01:24 AM:
 
 

Safiiri waited impatiently for Blackwing, practically chomping at the bit to get home.

As soon as she caught sight of Blackwing driving up, she took off, gunning it back to her home, the others behind her.

Finally, they arrived. Safiiri pulled into the bike room.

"Just pick a place and leave it. Your car's safe here," she called to Blackwing as she practically vaulted off of her bike and began down a corridor, trying to slow her pace so that the others could keep up.

Andrea came to meet her. While she had waited for Safiiri, she and other coven members had been searching with their minds, trying to locate Anna. The most she could sense was fright, nothing about a location really.

"Max took Anna. He said to tell the 'bitch' that this is the beginning of payback...and that the 'bitch' would know why. Do you think he meant you or someone else?" asked Andrea as she walked towards them, taking in Chris and Kal, and observing Blackwing.

Safiiri let forth a low growl, not near anything Chris could come out with when in one of his wolf forms, but sufficient to earn her a glance from the others.

"I killed Gabriel," she said softly, looking straight into Andrea's eyes, which widened upon this announcement. "I would imagine Max isn't too happy with me about that."

Safiiri turned to Blackwing. "You know more of him than I do right now. Where do you think he would take a small child? And I don't even want to think of what he may do to her at this point," she said as a small shiver ran down her spine.


Posted by Shadow of Light on October 30th, 2000 07:01 AM:
 
 

HELLO, is anyone out there?


Posted by Sapphire Night on October 30th, 2000 08:14 AM:
 
 

OOC: I'm here...and waitin'...


Posted by [CYA]WoLf on October 30th, 2000 10:01 AM:
 
 

Nick flicked out a cigarette, "Max, I'm starting to get a bellyfull of Mr Corellaine...I don't know Max that well, I've got no clue, yet what he'd do with a child like that."

"Gimme a description of the girl?"

Chris listened leaning on Kal, he was exhausted and tired, achy.
 
 

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Posted by Sapphire Night on October 30th, 2000 10:27 AM:
 
 

"Anna is 7 years old. She's human, and very bright, although also very shy. She's rather pretty. Blond-blond hair, very pale skin, sky-blue eyes. She's small-boned, very delicate," said Safiiri.

"Andrea, do you have any idea where he was taking her?" she asked.

"No. But I'm pretty sure he wanted us to follow, so we'll probably be hearing something soon," said Andrea. "I just hope we can find them BEFORE we hear something," she added under her breath.


Posted by [CYA]WoLf on November 5th, 2000 01:37 PM:
 
 

Nick nodded, smoking, "Then we wait..."

Chris looked at him, "For what man?"

Blackwing's answer was calm, "For Max to make a move..."
 
 

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Posted by Shadow of Light on November 10th, 2000 08:26 AM:
 
 

Kalinah

Kal kept one arm around Chris' waist to help keep him steady. She wasn't entirely sure what kind of physical exertions he had to go through when he changed shape, but he looked exhausted.

Wait for Max to make a move... She didn't know if she cared to wait that long.
It was a kind of cold comfort to realise that she wasn't the only one the Nightcrawlers were after, but she could still play a part in this.

"Set a trap," she said softly, and looked around at the faces that turned towards her. "Use live bait. Me."

--SoL


Posted by Sapphire Night on November 14th, 2000 08:23 AM:
 
 

"Set a trap," said Kal softly, and looked around at the faces that turned towards her. "Use live bait. Me."

Safiiri looked Kal straight in the eye.

"No," she said, shaking her head to emphasize her disagreement. "I don't want to put you at risk Kal, particularly given what you've already been through," she said as she wrapped an arm around Andrea and laid her head against her shoulder in a world-weary gesture.

"We'll think of something..."


Posted by Shadow of Light on November 14th, 2000 08:39 AM:
 
 

Kal tilted her head slightly as she regarded Safiiri's adamant face.

She pursed her lips slightly, raised a brow then looked away.

"As you wish. Then we wait."

--SoL


Posted by Lady Alani on December 3rd, 2000 07:15 PM:
 
 

Back with the Cat…
Cat lost the scent of the man after a while; he was good at escaping capture. After Spike had ran off with Anna, she had instinctively followed. The Voice had been screaming at her, going as far as too send jolts of pain around her body, but Cat paid no heed. She stared over the dark water that blocked the scent, and growled deep in her throat.
/I hope you’ve come to your senses, Madam./
The Cat’s reply was almost a wail. "He stole kitten! He evil!"
Kittens. Now that hit a soft spot…
She had had kittens once, before the White-coats came. A litter of six, all strong and beautiful, as their father had been. They were dead now, that was certain; she had been captured before they were weaned fully off her milk. And now…
Cat sat and tipped her head back and howled at the night.
When she returned to the not-a-hummen’s den, she came in and laid down without a word. There were others there, ones she did not recognise. But she didn’t care. The white-coats had been the ones that had killed her kittens. She stared dully at her paws, and wished herself dead.
 

[This message has been edited by Lady Alani (edited December 03, 2000).]


Posted by Sapphire Night on December 5th, 2000 01:40 AM:
 
 

Safiiri sensed an inner pain to match her own in the room. She looked around and saw the great cat reenter the room, sensed the pain coming from her. She caught brief flashes...small, adorable kittens...several of them...sensed the love for them...then the pain of knowing they were most likely dead yet not for sure.

How horrid...how could anyone do such a thing? she wondered, feeling a deep empathy towards the great feline.

OOC: More to come, just gotta sort it all out in my brain first


Posted by Firetalon on January 6th, 2001 12:54 AM:
 
 

Bump


Posted by Shadow of Light on January 10th, 2001 11:15 AM:
 
 

Kal looked at Safiiri. "Can we go back to your hideout to wait or does Max know where that is? Or is there somewhere else we can lay low?"

--SoL


Posted by Sapphire Night on January 12th, 2001 07:37 PM:
 
 

"He snatched Anna just outside my usual place, but there's other various area's throughout the city where we should be okay," replied Safiiri.

She turned to look at Blackwing. "Think we could all fit into your car to get there? Less exposed than taking bikes," she said.


Posted by [CYA]WoLf on January 13th, 2001 12:59 PM:
 
 

Chris put his arm around Kal, and watched Mr Winter with jade-eyes.

Nick nodded. "Sure, it'll hold the group of you...it's a roomy car...very...unorthodox."
 
 

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