Shwa

"I want a full report of your Alaska mission ready within the hour Demitri, gather up you team and make sure they're all accounted for. There will be a Commander's meeting in ten minutes, and I expect you to be there with what information you know." The Commandant spoke and both he and Demitri walked through the med ward, looking at their injured soldiers and allies, the mission had gone swiftly, but not without a couple of injuries. Jeff laid on one of the beds with a bandage wrapped around his head, Demitri moved to the side of the bed as he looked at his team mates chart. The giant felt a warm hand on the back of his shoulder, turning around he looked down some to see it was his mother, Madam touch, giving a smile as she looked up at her son. "He'll be alright, a small grenade fragment scrapped him during your assault, I'll make sure to get to him when I'm finished with the severely injured soldiers. But have no worry, he'll be up and about in no time" the elegant woman turned and went off into another room to finish her work. The commandant placed a hand on Jeff's chest as it rose adn fell while the soldier slept, signing sadly, he closed his eyes and thought for a moment. "Something troubling you Sir?" Demitri looked at his father as the older man reopened his eyes. "Things are at a breaking point my boy, I couldn't have any of you taken by the local authorities. But making such a move to have you taken in the open, that may cost us big time. I have connections with the higher up's with the normal military, but this time, it's more than keeping people hushed up about what they saw. Too many witness' and on-lookers, we're going to place the base on lock down for a while before we can get rid of all the news broad castings and videos of our agents." The commandant removed his hand from Jeff's chest and walked outside, his son following close behind as they made their way out of the med ward and down the corridors to the elevator. Once inside, the commandant pressed a secret code that took the two down to the sub basement of the facility, well lit and bright with white laminated tile flooring and bright white lights, definitely a change from the scary cave theme. Both men walked down the long path to a single room, their footsteps echoing as they made their way to the large polished wood door, the Commandant opened the door and the two entered. It was a war room like setting, one long table with 12 chairs on each side, one chair on either side of the end table, the Commandant's place was at one of those chairs when he sat. The room was already full of Commander's and team leaders for the Northern HDF base, Demitri took a chair as the commandant did, then everyone sat. "Sir" Commander Bile spoke up. "We're still missing Alpha team's leader, Alex Talon" The commandant looked at Demitri with a stern, yet angry look. Demitri took the hint and reached for the phone on the table, dialing for her mobile, but there was no answer after a couple of rings. "It'll have to do for now" He closed his eyes and shook his head in disappointment. "What's our current situation for our recent exposure?" "We have obtained and detained anyone who witnessed the extraction of Alpha Team in Alaska, thankfully there were no survalliance footage taken, even by the security cameras. That room was completely a good blind spot to take them from. The police are with "Wipe" as we speak, having their memories altered or erased, but still the town in Ireland is still a mystery to us. After their recent mission, it seems like that's the only place where their involvement has had no effect." Commander Aliki "Phoenix" stated as she looked through the small pile of papers in front of her, Demitri remembered that's the location they found Ali's brother, Jason, hiding along side the wolf pact of towns people. Could they have been keeping their secret for Jason's sake? Or was it because as long as he's with the HDF soldier's, his health and safety would be secured if he was kept alive? The thoughts processed through the giants mind as he folded his arms together and looked around the table. Everyone seemed to be on edge about the whole situation, and this was a first for Demitri to be present during one of their emergency meetings, and Demitri knew Ali should be here listening to all of this as well. "We have Jason Talon with my team, thought there is some trouble with his uncontrollable change into a werewolf..." There was a large gasp that filled the room as everyone looked at his direction. "A wolf!??! Commander you know the severity of having him around, especially if you've just claimed yourself its not fully controllable." Commander Baker from the Southern HDF base spoke out. "Out team member, Markus, can keep his urges at bay for a while with his runes, but the time fame is limited. So far, we haven't had any issues with him and the local humans or our fellow team members. Which is good in the long run, but still temporary." Demitri sighed as he scratched the back on his head, feeling his long hair in the process, Ali scratched it better the man thought. The Commandant looked through the computer attached to the table in front of him as he pulled up Jason Talon's service record, he was amazed the man was still alive, but yet he wasn't surprised that Commander Hank was the man who filled out his report 5 years ago. "We can contact one of the commanders in the European base, I remember they have an agent who's well skilled in magic that can possibly either amplify Marcus' rune powers or give him some aide in controlling Jason. I'll send them a message about assisting us." The Commandant typed on his keyboard for a couple of minutes before another commander addressed a new topic. "Commandant Shield, there have been reports of a supernatural being in South America" Commander Pepper spoke to break the silence, everyone seemed occupied at their own computers looking through various files. "Until our Lock Down is cancled, we cannot afford to send anyone at this time" "Sir, I hate to say it but with the information about the God's being released by Sybille....the description matches one of them" Pepper continued, everyone stopped their typing and looked at the Commandant. Pavlos pinched his eyes for a moment before speaking. "Just great, at a time like this. Has there been any reports or unusual vanishings? Deaths or otherwise?" He spoke. "None, but our space telescope shows its nowhere within a 50 mile radius of any human populous, and so far it's staying put" Pepper transfered the information to the Commandants panel. "I won't break lock down, but keep me informed if anything changed. We can deal with it when the time comes if not sooner." Demitri made a mental note to inform Ali when he saw her next time. the HDF base was quite all around, all agents and soldiers stayed inside while lock down was in progress, but in the thick woods that surrounded the base, movement could be seen in the shadows. Small sounds of twigs breaking and leaves rustling could be heard as a whole platoon of heavily padded soldiers quietly made its way to the compound perimeter. All the soldiers wore thick metal helmets with dark shades, communicators attached to their ears. "[color="#0000ff"][b][i]Sir, the compound is surrounded. What are your orders?[/i][/b][/color]" Their team leader whispered into his mic. "[color="#ff0000"][b][i]Not until the inside troops have made their attack, then we strike. With the information we got from their team members in Washington D.C, we should expect heavy resistance. We could lose this battle if we're not careful. Remember, these people are specialized in combat and intelligence, and along with their supernatural powers, they are not a force to be dealt with lightly.[/i][/b][/color]" The voice on the other end spoke as the troops held their place. In the med ward, Madam Touch was conducting another round of checks on her injured soldiers, she came across Jeff's room and noticed something odd was stuck to the side of his neck. The woman placed her paperwork on teh table next to him as she inspected, it was a syringe type of needle that was empty on the inside, something had pumped into his neck and kept the soldiers sleeping. "What in the world...?" She slowly removed the syringe and inspected it closely, there was some movement inside the med ward as three soldiers sprang out of the shadows and surrounded Madam Touch, pointing their weapons directly at her as she froze in her place. "[color="#0000ff"][b]Woman, you are to place your hands above your head immediately[/b][/color]" The soldier commanded, shocked but cool, Touch did as she was ordered and complied, giving a hateful stare at the men who aimed their weapons at her. "I am the Chief Medical Officer of this facility, how da-" Before Touch could finished, she was shot on the arm with the same needle she had in her hand, the green liquid slowly poured into her body as the woman shuffled back to the wall and inspected the wound, by the time she looked, the liquid was fully injected into her arm. Touch's vision became blurry in an instant as she grabbed the syringe and withdrew it from her arm. "[color="#0000ff"][b]No worries, you'll be unconscious within seconds[/b][/color]." The soldier scuffed for a moment, Touch surprised the trio as she ran to the doors control pannel, typing a key combination before hitting the last button. Several shots were fired at her back as the woman hit the wall and slumped down on her knees and fell to her side. "Pavlos....." She whispered before surcoming to the darkness. All the lights went off inside the base, the emergency lights flashed red only throughout the whole facility. All power was cut off in the War Room before the red lights came back on. All the commanders and the commandant looked around worried as this happened. "Whats going on??" Commander Cloak shouted above the small chit chat, Commandant Shield looked at his computer when he received a message, he read it wuickly before standing up himself and yelled to his fellow operatives. "THE BASE HAS BEEN INFULTRATED!!! IT WAS MADAM TOUCH WHO SOUNDED THE ALARM. EVACUATE THE FACILITY AND GO TO YOUR RESPECTIVE SAFE HOUSES!!" Everyone scrambled out of the warm room to tell their subordinates, inside the base the soldiers moved, catching HDF soldiers by surprise as they shot their targets and collected them one by one. In Demitri's bathroom, the steam filled the air and shrouded the area with mist and heat, Ali continued her shower until there was a shut at the door, making the woman turn quickly, but she only saw a tall, shadowy figure. "Alex...? What are you doing in my shower hun?" Demitri questioned, he had left the meeting to find her and talk, but was more surprised she was in his living quarters, especially in her shower. "I'm doing spring cleaning. What does it look like I'm doing?" She snapped as she smiled, she could hear Demitri chuckle lightly, but what surprised her was the fact the shower door opened and it seemed more cramped in there now. Turning around, she looked up as the giant looked down on her, quickly, she covered herself with her arms before blushing and facing the wall. Ali felt both of Demitri's hands on her shoulders as he bend a little to kiss her on her wet hair. "Demitri..." She softly spoke. "Alex, there's something I wanted to ask you but..." Demitri was cut off as the lights turned off completely in the bathroom, only the red lights shinned and left the two standing naked and confused as they looked around. Ali turned around completely to see the scars on Demitri's body, the ones that showed on his legs and thighs from his past missions, along with his personal area as well. The woman blushed for a moment until she shot her head up to meet his gaze. Both were shocked when they heard the doors in Demitri's room open slowly, but the rusted door made a sound, Demitri quickly grabbed Ali's hand as he led both of them of them out of the shower, grabbing a towel he handed it to Ali as they both hugged the wall of his bathroom as the door opened. A single soldier entered and didn't notice the two as he entered with his gun drawn, another followed behind. Ali's eyes flared in anger as Demitri copied her emotion. "[color="#0000ff"][i][b]I thought I heard noises inside of here[/b][/i][/color]." The first soldier whispered, the one behind him looked to his right and saw the two and gaped. "You did chump" Demitri dealt a punch to the second soldier, sending him to the wall as he fell on his butt, out cold. Ali followed suit and delivered a mean axe kick to the first soldier, making the man stumble as he dropped his gun on the floor. Ali finished him off with a left hook, knocking the soldier unconscious. Both HDF soldiers stood over the two men breathing heavily as thoughts rushed in their minds. "What's going on??" Demitri asked as he grabbed his pants and placed them back on his body, still wet from the shower along with his torso and hair. Ali still covered in her towel tried to search for her belongings. "Looks like we're under attack, but by who? No one knows about this facilities location." Ali found her clothes and began to dress herself again, wearing her pants and placing her bra back on, there was a loud siren noise that came from the speakers of the base. It was the alarm, the base had intruders. "Oh gods..." She gasped. She felt Demitri grab her hand softly. "Come on, we have to find the others, if we cant, we gotta leave. I know a place we can go just in case we can't get everyone out." Demitri whispered as they both quietly made it out of his bathroom, staying close together as Demitri continued to hold her hand, tightly.

We'll keep your character alive bud, just get better and rest up. KG: I think we should set Pocket, Jeff and Sasa aside for a while to make room for the new three that were rescued with Alex. Thoughts? Seems like we're not getting any kind of response from Lilt or The Enemy anytime soon for their characters. Would be interesting to at least have three back up reserves, I got an Idea for Lily and tank thought, a huge idea.

The day drifted slowly, but to Demitri's knowledge he was just resting after hours of watching over his crush while she was healing, the bright sun's rays were diminishing in the sky as the nights sky began to darken the town. Demitri stirred in his sleep a little, he was still exhausted and beyond the point of starving, but he felt real sluggish as he opened his eyes to adjust his vision a little. Blinking several times to get his vision straight, he could make out Ali's body as she rested in her chair, the same chair Demitri sat in for 3 days to make sure Ali was alright after the fight with Sybille. "Well...good morning" Demitri turned to his side to face Ali, getting her attention as she popped her head up and smiled, that smile of her's always drove Demitri nuts, so silky sweet to match her facial expressions, even when she was being a hell kitten. "Well, you're finally up and about. I'm glad to see that" She replied as she leaned in to give Demitri a kiss on the forehead, he surprised the woman by wrapping his arm around her stomach and bringing her in for a tight hug, making his kiss more passionate and long. Ali giggled through her teeth as she pushed away lightly and laughed. "Someone's definitely excited" She smiled, only receiving a smile back from Demitri. "I'm...I'm just so happy to see you alive, I really am Ali." Demitri sat up in his bed and went over to the bathroom, closing the door to have some privacy the giant looked onto the sink and saw one of the team members ear communicator pieces next to the sink. Thinking nothing of it, Demitri popped the device into his ear and continued to freshen up for the evening, the others were sure to be back sometime soon, they still had pressing matters to take care of. Demitri finished washing his hands as he made it back out to the room, looking at the bed he blushed and was caught off guard to see Ali underneath the sheets, covering her chest as her slender, delicate arms helped the sheets cover her body. "Alex...?" Demitri finally got out of his mouth. "Demitri, come to bed. I wanna spend time with you, some special time...please?" She gave a cute look towards the giant, but it was weird, this wasn't Ali's usual behavior, especially towards her superior. Not like her at all, but still, Demitri obeyed and made his way to the side of the bed before resting down once again on the mattress next to his love, but he was stiff and uncomfortable. There was something different about Ali, but Demitri couldn't put his finger on it. She smelled like oranges, her hair was the same color as he remembered, he legs still slender and well figured to her body, her eyes lovely and radiant as always. But what was it all about if he didn't feel comfortable, especially like this. Ali made a movement to place her hand behind her back and began to fumble with something Demitri couldn't see, until the woman let out a gasp in relief as she slid her bra off her chest and showed it to Demitri, giving him a twisted, seductive smile. "That's better" She tossed away her undergarment and climbed on top of Demitri looking down at the giant smiling. "Demitri...I'm tired of waiting. I'm tired of all these bad things happening with Sybille and the summoning of the God's because I'm still a Virgin. I want to live a normal life with you and give myself to you, it's all I've ever wanted after feeling what I feel with you my love." She bent down and planted a seductive kiss on his lips, licking his own with her tongue. "I want you" Another kiss. "Only You..." Another after another, Demitri thought he should do something, this was something special to her but it just didn't seem right, he placed his hands on her thighs just to reassure her that he was still there, demitri's fingers could only feel a thin piece of cloth running along her v-line. (Is she in her panties?!?!!!?) Demitri thought as he raised an eyebrow and smiled at the corner of his mouth. "What's wrong, don't like?" Ali grinned as she laced one of her fingers underneath the tiny strap, pulling hard she snapped the fabric, giving the soldier what anyone else would consider "easy access". Demitri blushed as he ran his hands up the woman's back, her skin was soft and smooth, almost baby skin like as he touched and caressed her all over, making damn sure not to touch anything he should be touching. Demitri's heart raced as his hands roamed her backside, something was missing and he knew right there and then, this wasn't his love. Quickly grabbing hold of Ali's thighs, he tightened his grip as he sent the woman flying to the left side as he got up from his bed, seeing her fall to the ground and rool with the thin sheet still protecting her private areas. She looked at him hurt and puzzled. "D-d-demitri...why would you do something like that?" She began to sob lightly, there was some noise coming from the hallway as the rest of the team barged in after hearing the crashing noise. Pocket and Jason were outraged as they shot evil glares towards Demitri. "You bastard, what were you doing with my sister?" He snarled through his nose. "Demmy! Did you hit her?" She placed her hands at her side. Demitri stood tall and crossed his arms, scanning the woman from head to toe as he saw more signs that she was not the real Alex Talon. It was Marcus who spoke and broke the group silence. "You know..." He walked over to Demitri's side and looked down at the woman as well. "I can't see the marking of the rune I placed in your hand. I also know there's no one else at HDF that can negate it" "Besides that" Sasa spoke up, taking out her pistol as she detached the clip from her gun and checked the ammo amount she had left, a threatening gesture that always worked for her. "...I don't see the burn mark on your back from Demitri's wind blast that got turned back on us. You covered us both from that attack, and it left a mean looking scar on ya" She reinserted her magazine into her gun before aiming it at the woman on the ground. Ali simply laughed, the woman quickly rolled on the ground and tried to make a break for it by going through the hospital window, but it was Jeff who stopped her in mid air before she connected with the glass. "Release me you vermin!!! HOW DARE YOU DEFY ME, I'M A COMMANDER'S WIFE!!!" The woman shouted, Pocket quickly closed the door to the room to keep any suspicious listeners at bay. "There's only one woman I know stupid enough to think she's !!" higher than the High Counsel, and she was married to the man who betrayed us. Isn't that right COPYCAT!!" Sasa fired a bullet into the womans arm, Jeff released her from his bind as Copy Cat fell to the floor instantly, her form changed though, her image of Ali faded away as he skin turned back into its original cocoa colored tan with her short blue hair. Her arm now bleeding as she cried in pain. "I knew it!" Sasa holstered her weapon, there was loud knocking coming from the door, it must have been hospital security. "CopyCat...wait a minute, your Hank's Wife" Jason gasped after making the realization. "That's right mutt, my husband is in the brig, tortured daily for his efforts to get rid of traitors like you. Yet he's pinned to be the traitor!!" She cried and struggled to her feet. "US? Honey, it was your husband that sided with Sybille and attacked the whole HDF base, he even had plans to overthrow the Commandant" Sasa snapped back, more loud banging came from the door as they all looked. "All lies!! My husband was an honorable man, he's true to the HDF code and more" She lost it as tears streamed down her face. Demitri hovered over the woman and grabbed her good arm roughly. "Where is Alex? What did you do with her???" He gripped her arm tightly, making the woman yelp in pain. "Heh...we're all doomed anyways, the local SWAT has her now. And they'll expose her for what she really is. If you haven't been paying attention, we cant keep out cover for very long, we've been spotted and now the world is beginning to know about the HDF. Game's over Demitri and everyone's lost." She cried more, the door suddenly bursted down as the team members scattered away from the falling door, the police came inside wielding their guns at everyone, especially at Demitri who held onto CopyCat as she cried and bled through her other arm. "FREEZE, HANDS UP AND RELEASE THE WOMAN" The officer shouted. "You don't understand soldier" But Demitri was fired a warning shot above his head before he could continue. "I SAID HANDS UP, AND RELEASE THE WOMAN" He shouted again, but there was a ear piercing scream the filled the room as everyone looked over to pocket, a black and purple vortex opened up behind her as several hands grabbed the girl and pulled her in. "DEMM..." She couldn't finish her scream as she was pulled in quickly and vanished, along with the telelport rift. Everyone looked stunned, especially all the police officers. (NO!! Not in front of humans, dammit!) Demitri thought, but another rift came into the room as Jason was grabbed and taken inside the portal before it closed. Sasa screamed when a figure appeared next to her for a moment and placed a hand on her shoulder, then they both vanished out of sight. "Whats going on man? That's like the reports that's been on the news" A soldier was starting to freak out as he held his weapon, shaking all over. Another rift appeared and grabbed Jeff roughly and vanished, there was only one figure that appeared and made himself known to everyone. It was Cloak. He landed on the floor quickly and turned towards Demitri. "What are you doing??!" Marcus shouted, getting close to Demitri and Copycat. "It cannot be avoided, we must leave" Cloak said nothing else as the group was surrounded by his cape and the black smog before they all appeared inside of the HDF base, meeting the other members as well along with the Commandant and Madam Touch. "I'm sorry sir, but we were spotted again" Cloak looked down in failure, only to receive a friendly pat on the shoulder from the Commandant. "Like you said, it couldn't have been avoided. Med team, escort CopyCat to the Med Ward." Commandant Shield ordered, and it was followed. Demitri looked around and saw all the transporting agents there. Along with "Vortex" and "Shift", the ones who helped them escape. "We've found Miss Alex Talon, they're shipping her to Washington D.C as we speak...but she wont make it there" The commandant gave a wink to his son, he got the hint. "Bring her back, not matter what. All the transporting agents are at your use, also, bring members from Fox and Echo squad. I want this taken care of now and quickly, got that Commander?" "Yes Sir! Alpha, Fox, Echo, our mission is to retrieve Ali Talon and return to home base, no one is to be left behind. We strike fast and hard, move out!" All the transport agents did their work and brought everyone to a woodland area where a single road passed thorough the mountain area. There was a large truck in the middle of several black SUV's and Mercedes cars, also accompanied by several helecopters in the air. Everyone seemed to be in position as the all looked at Demitri who raised his hand in the air and kept it there for a moment. "Ready....and....NOW!!" He launched a wind blast at the first car, causing it to flip over in the air several times before it landed on the ground. All the cars stopped as their guards came out armed and ready.

"ALI, OPEN YOU EYES!!!" Demitri roared, shaking her fragile body roughly to get her attention, but nothing seemed to work as more blood streamed from her puncture would Sybille caused, the giants heart raced and body shook as he held onto his lifeless crush. "ALI PLEASE OPEN YOUR EYES..." Nothing still. Demitri focused on her wound, gripping the sharp steel shard tight, the object was sharp on all edged as Demitri's hands gripped it tightly, cutting into his own palm and fingers with ease, this attack was meant to kill...and it possibly might complete its mission. Hissing loudly, Demitri gave it one final squeeze before yanking the steel spike from her back, the sound of flush cutting and blood pouring made the man sick knowing it was coming from her, but it had to be done. Demitri laid Ali on her stomach for a moment before he took his shirt off and applied pressure onto her wound, it was the least he could do for now with what limited resources he had, small gasps of air left Ali's mouth as she slowly moved, barely conscious as the blood soaked Demitri's shirt and continued to leak. The soldier covered Ali's body with the coat she lent him earlier while he was unconscious, but the signs of fading life showed rapidly as her body turned pale and blue, the loss of blood and freezing snow had a deadly combination. Demitri picked up Ali's body and held it close to his, trying to generate some heat, even though he was shivering as well. (You stupid *****, what the hell were you thinking?!?! Making that sort of agreement with a monster like him, how could you be so careless to hand something so delicate away just to save my life? Dammit Ali, you still have a long ways to go before you die, and I wanna spend those days with you) Demitri thought as he looked across the cavern at Sybille's lifeless corpse, not moving like a glass doll, the blood stopped pouring from Ali's dagger attack, he seemed to be dead for all arguing purposes, but Demitri didn't want to take any chances. Extending his arm, the giant aimed for the top of the cavern and blasted several wind shots, collapsing the roofing over Sybill's body until the snow and ice fell, covering the man as he laid dead. "And stay down punk" Demitri grunted, trying to control his muscle spasms from the cold environment as he held onto Ali tighter and tighter, making sure to be delicate with her bleeding wound. The man looked down at her face, growing pale, he could feel he heart beat slowing as the minutes passed, the giant began to tear up as he saw the inevitable in his mind. But Demitri wouldn't stop until he was dead to save her life, hunching down to meet her face, Demitri began CPR, exhailing air into her lungs very couple of seconds, he placed his hands on her chest, atop of her heart and pushed softly inward to pass the air along. The numbness in his hands made it hard for Demitri to determine if he was pressing too hard or not, but he would have to worry about that later, he had more important things on his mind and every second counted. "Come on Alex, you're stronger than this, I know it. You know it." Demitri stuttered to gather words, the cold was catching up to him, but he still felt a small glow of warmth coming from her body, it was the only thing he had to go on to know she was still alive. "Please" He puffed more air into her mouth, opening the corner of his eye to see her chest rising, it was working, but he didn't know how well. He stopped for a moment as he withdrew his lips and paused. His tears fell on her chin as droplets, one by one until they gathered and fell in a silk like stream off the side of her face and chin. Suddenly, there was a loud swishing noise that came from the room right behind of Demitri, it got louder and louder until the cracks from the room began to crumble in huge chunks. Within a seconds time, the whole area caved in as a figure fell along with the ice, but landed on his feet and began to brush the snow off of himself. It was Marcus, Demitri's heart skipped when he saw his Ali, the marked man looked around for a moment fixing his foggy vision before he could see Demitri and Ali. Taking quick measure, the man ran to the giants side and examined Ali for a moment, Demitri's blood stained skin and the blood on the snow made it clear they were in a race for time. Taking a quick glance at Demitri, he could tell his team mate and leading commander was feeling the effects of the snow, but he was strong enough to manage for now. "Come, we have to get moving" Marcus placed his hands on Ali to carry her, it took some strength as Demitri's rigid body had to relax before he could release her, but Marcus was able to pick Ali up bridal style and stand tall. Her life force was soon to be at its limit as he head bobbed backwards when being carried away. It took Demitri a while to stand, his body shaking almost uncontrollably at his point, but when the giant made it to his feet he was ready to go. Both men went over to the while Marcus dug and looked up, it was a far travels down, and going back up wasn't going to be easy. Demitri wrapped one arm around Marcus' waist and held on tight. "Hold on to her tight" He stuttered. "Ya know, this is the second time today someone's been real close to me, I think you beat the record though" Marcus thought back to Cloak's face-to-face encounter. "S-s-shut up-p-p..." Demitri smiled, holding on tight the giant extended his free hand to the ground, instantly blasting a wind funnel from his palm as the trio shot to the air and through the hole Marcus had made. The travel was bumpy, Demitri scraping against the walls of the tunnel by his shoulders and back, but he made sure to cover Marcus and Ali if he were to collide. The trio made it back to the surface as the rose higher and higher to where the original bridge was before Sybille destroyed it, shooting past the rest of the team Demitri stopped his powers as the floated in the air for a moment before descending back on the ground. The landing was a bit rough, but Demitri shielded the fall as they all landed on his back, the team came to their location in a heartbeat to check on their friends. "ALI!!!" Jason growled in his lungs, the change was beginning to start as the man's muscles spasmed at random, his teeth grew long and sharp as his body began to grow. Thinking quickly, Demitri aimed his hand towards the mans face, drawing all the wind in a quick rush, in visibal streams the team could see the air escaping from Jason's mouth, shocking the wolf man as he griped to gasp for air, but when it was finished he simply collapsed on his back. Pocket went over to see his status, still breathing but very lightly. "Let's get outta here, the town is not too far away" Marcus yelled over the rushing wind that blew, Demitri nodded as he got up slowly, Sasa went to assist the commander as they all hurried towards some shelter. They were able to make it to the nearest town within the hour, Pocket and Sasa did their best to patch Ali up, and the towns doctor was called in to offer medicine and morphine, also to operate on her internal wounds. The team stayed at the inn for three days, constantly trying to make communication with headquarters, but there was no response from anyone, not even a simple soldier. Jeff and Marcus took turns patrolling the town and area, Marcus was able to put another rune on Jason to control his change, adding more runes to make it a longer hold on the man. When Jason was finally up and about, he also patrolled, but not after watching over his little sister. Demitri stayed in Ali's room all three days, watching over her as she slept and healed slowly, he still wore his uniform pants and was still shirtless, he never left the chair next to her bed when the doctor was finished. Skipping meals and getting no sleep, the soldier was like a zombie, on the third day Sasa, Pocket and Jeff entered the room, they could see bags under his eyes and his speech was slurred when, if, he talked. Jeff went over to Demitri and put a hand on his shoulder, but quickly withdrew after touching his bare skin, it was as cold as ice. "Demmy, please eat something" Pocket spoke as she held a tray of soup and bread, Demitri said nothing and shook his head. "She's getting better, she would be up and about sooner if we could get in contact with Patch or anyone else from the Med ward. This is weird, three days and still nothing from the North base. This is the first time. I've checked all the equipment, everything on our end is running at 100 percent." Sasa stated as she placed another log on the fireplace in Ali's room. "We can hold up here for a little longer, but if nothing else, we have to get back to base and report the mission and Sybille's appearance." Jeff nodded in agreement, he placed a hand on Pockets shoulder adn lead her out of the room, Demitri would eat nothing. "O.K...." She sighed as the two left. Demitri's eyes were failing him as the soldier grew weary, Sasa stood behind the giant and patted him on the head, ruffling his hair some. "She'll be ok, we just have to keep the medication routine going and she'll be stable" She smiled before hearing a soft, crackling voice. "Radio...s-s-silence.." Demitri said almost in a whisper. Sasa raised an eyebrow for a moment before she finally got the hint. Radio Silence only happened when something big was going on, either at one HDF base or all of them. Sasa reached into her pocket and took out her phone, dialing a number she placed the phone to her ear and smiled when she got a ring tone in. There was some muffling at the other end, but she managed to get a hold of a friend. "Sasa?!? Is that you?" The male voice spoke. "Travis, thank gods someone answered. Whats going on at home? We're stuck in an snowy hell area and our team leader is needing someone from the Med ward, but we haven't been able to get a hold of anyone at base." She began to pace the room. "Haven't you been informed? All Commanders and team leaders were sent an urgent message." Travis replied. "Well ours is down, and the Commander of our team..." Sasa looked back at Demitri, slowly losing his composure as he fought to stay away, she held her other hand against the mic and whispered for a moment. "He's...in no condition to do anything related to the job for now. So start spilling" "HDF is under a lock down, all agents on the field are to stay put and lay low until we're up and running. Apparently our teleporting agents like "Cloak" and "Mist", and others like them have been spotted by regular humans at different areas" The news brought a sense of urgency to the woman after hearing this. "News reports from around the globe are coming in, there's even been a video tape taken of Fox Squad using their powers on some vampires, but it was at night and no one thought there would be civilians about the area when they fought. The UN has begun to look further into this phenomenon, and with their resources, Commandant Shield is on high alert to protect the organization. This is something more than a simple bribe or memory extraction Sasa." "I understand, but we need immediate evacuation for our team. Send someone!" Sasa began to lose herself. "I'll see what I can do" With that, Travis hung up the line, Sasa did as well before quietly leaving the room. Demitri stared at his love slumbering, her head shifted to the side slightly, hair falling down, covering one side of her face as she squinted her eyes and took deep breaths. ([i][color="#0000ff"]Alex....come back to me. Show me some signs that you're alright..[/color].)[/i] Demitri took his hand and weakly ran his thick fingers to brush her hair away from her face, he then took hold of her hand, feeling the sharp burn from her warm body heat to his ice cold skin, the giant grunted a little in pain, but he held on tight.

I was thinking after the ice mission we're currently in, possibly maybe Set meets another one of the God's and they quarrel, giving us time to escape from them for now, then we can spend some idle time at the base when we hear a small mentioning of people in groups vanishing to and from different locations around the world (due to cloak teleporting different teams, he was bound to get spotted more than once). We can also go about it as one of the survivors from the southern base still alive (not killed by Mike) and he goes to his higher ups, word passes around and they form a spy operation that leads them into the HDF base. Then (if you watched X2), they can have an extraction operation when everyone is unaware, and we can take it from there. It can be epic, one hell of a battle inside our own base, gives me chills of excitement thinking about it, but since you're more intuitive on the God's I'll leave that part to you and we can work from there. Sounds exciting huh? :)

Im thinking before we find out about their [the gods] weakness', we should have the world find out about the Human Defense Force and their agents, kind of like how the X-Men were made public. It would cause us to go into hiding and try to do things on our own, a huge battle can occure at the base when we're just going about normal activities, all the bases get attacked at once where higher ranked officials and regular soldiers are captured. Some [us and others] manage to escape while the rest are taken by the normal military government. I think that would be kinda exciting.

Demitri and Marcus swiftly made their way back into town without letting the others know, Marcus was woken up by a signal he got from Ali's rune marking, she was farther than she should have been from the group as he informed Demitri, when they checked her sleeping spot in the abandoned hut it was clear that she had left. Both men caught their breaths for a moment before hiding behind a tall, well shaded tree in the night. "Where do you think she would have gone to?" Marcus asked as he leaned against the tree for some support. "Its possible she would want to try and find her brother, and wit her powers she could find him easily, but we're left in the dark...literally, trying to find her. Your rune only lets you know when she's away from you or in danger, too bad it's not much of a tracking device" Demitri smirked before he stood upright, the town was silent and eerie, just to calm for Demitri's taste. "In any case, we find Ali and bring her back to the group, she's gonna get one hell of a lecture from me for pulling a stunt like this, especially while we're asleep" He huffed through his nose. Both men walked down a couple of streets, noticing that not one single house light was on or porch light. "These people must be either care free, or over trusting to their neighbors, all the windows are open and I bet the doors are all open as well" Marcus commented as he looked at the ground for a moment, he stopped himself and Demitri from walking before he pointed to the ground. There were a couple of foot prints on the dirt ground, similar to Ali's sized shoes she was wearing today, Demitri gathered a small gust and breathed through his nose for a moment before smiling. "Yeah, she came through this way all right, we're on the right track" Demitri continued to sniff the air as he walked ahead of Marcus. "How can you be so sure?" He questioned. "She's wearing her favorite perfume. it has a hint of citrus orange in it, that's how I know" Demitri smirked and blushed as he lead the two down a couple more streets until they came upon a house, two men were seen entering through the front door as Demitri and Marcus his behind a small tool shed on the other side of the street. "Well, at least we know someone is alive in this town, wonder where they came from at this hour of the evening." "Right, I don't see any open taverns or restaurants around" Demitri commented, both soldiers looked around before stealthily making their way to the front door, like Marcus had predicted, it was unlocked, but growling sounds echoed throughout the house, it was three different tones that bounced off the walls. "Does it smell like a wet dog all of a sudden" Demitri shook his head and pinched his nose for a moment. Marcus simply squinted his eyes and nose before answering. "Now that you mentioned it, it does." Both looked around the house for a moment, they noticed nothing was really inside besides a tabel in the kitchen along with a fridge unit, Demitri suddenly went still as his blood froze. [color="#0000ff"][b][i]"Demitri..."[/i][/b][/color] He heard in his mind, Ali was calling to him and it seemed urgent, more growls could be heard thought the house until crashing noises and howls came from the basement area. "Let's move, be ready for anything" Demitri and Marcus ran down the steps and approached the door, Marcus instantly kicked the door blocking their way before they made it down the steps to the bottom, they could see Jason taking on the lighter werewolf man while Ali managed to dodge a couple of swing from the larger one by pulling off a couple of back flips. She was however caught off guard when the beast ran to her and shoulder checked his body into her torso, sending the girl flying to the wall as she bounced hard and landed on her face yelping. "ALEX!!!" Demtri roared as he took out his pistols and began to fire at the larger beast, not fully transformed yet, but he creature simply laughed as he dodged every bullet and went back to his allies side, Jason rolled away as he growled at the two. "Well well, look at that, here I thought I was done. Looks like it's a full course meal for us tonight brother" The larger one laughed as his muscles began to expand and stretch, hair sprung from his pours and began to cover his body, the smaller man began the same process. Demitri dove by Ali's side and scooped her up in his arms, she winced at the pain she felt, but relaxed as she felt comfortable in Demitri's embrace. "I knew you would come" She smiled, her eyes betraying her as they dropped on their own, but she fought to stay awake. "I'm always gonna be there for you Alex" Demitri smiled before looking at the newly transformed werewolves, Jason began to howl and groan on his own too, mimicking the same transformation the other two did. Marcus joined the group as he took out of of his Desert Eagle guns and aimed at the wolves. "What do we do now?" He questioned, Demitri placed Ali back on her feel and motioned her to stay behind the two. "Jason, we're not leaving without Jason, I wont lose him again. Promise me Demitri, promise me we're gonna help him." Ali pleased, Demitri grunted in resentment for a minute before giving in. "Alright, but you still come first Alex, and next time, make your perfume less strong" He chuckled before sending several wind shots at the werewolves. At this point, Jason had fully transformed into his lycan form., Marcus held onto his gun with both hands as he began to fire his weapon to aide Demitri.

Things seemed a lot different at home base now that their group had been promoted to the Elite Alpha team, when the group walked down the corridors to the hanger bay, any passing by soldiers or HDF agent quickly moved out of the way as they saluted the group, Pocket giggled a bit at the sight while the others just moved along. She was beaming with pride, being the youngest on the team and having the rank advancement was an accomplishment for the young girl, but in a sense, she earned it just as the others did in her own way. It didn't take long for the group to reach the hanger, entering they were met by Cloak as he appeared in front of the group from his cape's shroud, he had just come back from dropping off another team on their own mission. "Good afternoon, is everything packed and ready for the trip to Ireland?" Ali quickly strode in front of Marcus and Demitri, it was getting a little crowded with them always keeping an eye on her, she had to get some space. "We packed lightly for the mission, so we're ready. Just in case, i want everyone to double check their personal belongings before he head out" Everyone did so, Marcus and Jeff just stood their with their arms folded together, they were the lightest of packers for any trip. Sasa dropped her backpack in front of her as she knelt down to search inside, making sure all of her equipment was secured and accounted for. Demitri checked all four of his pistols he carried on him, every one of them had a full clip and he kept extra magazines on his belt loop just in case. It was then the group heard numerous items hit the ground one right after the other, they all looked over at Pocket to see she already had a pile of items as tall as she was. Ali sighed as she pinched the bridge of her nose and closed her eyes. "Pocket...what have I told you about packing IMPORTANT things???" "But Ali, you never know when you'll need a coloring book, or television" She continued to produce more items from her mind as she spoke. "...Or a grenade launcher, we could use that just in case...ooooo! Maybe this E.M.P bomb, just in case, or a 24 pack of Sprite...or..."She continued to produce items from her mind more and more. "Where did you get a grenade launder from?!?!" Sasa looked dumbfounded by the various items she kept, they were so random it was almost smart. "Hey, you never know when you're gonna need one" She snapped slightly. "Pocket, put those things back in your mind already, you've got two piled going now. When we get back, we're going through your inventory young lady." Ali placed both hands on her hips and gave a stern, almost motherly look of disappointment at the young girl. Frowning a little bit, she did as she was told and placed all the items back in her mind, Jeff sighed as he shook his head a little. Ali turned back over to Cloak. "We're ready" In an instant Cloaks cape expanded as he lifted his arms, the dark blue fabric encircled the team until all was dark, everyone felt the floor give underneath them, they merely levitated in their spots as Cloak vanished along with the darkness, withing seconds the sunlight breached the dark and the cape opened up fully until it was covering Cloak's body once more, the trees were green with life along with the wildlife that surrounded them. They must have landed near a farm, about 5 miles from their intended destination. "Thank you Cloak, we'll send for you when we're done and ready to go home" Demitri spoke, Cloak merely nodded and vanished into this air once again, the team spread out a little bit to look around their landing zone. "It sure is pretty here" Sasa whistled after her statement. "Very nice, but we must make way to the town and talk with it's leader." Marcus spoke up, everyone grabbed their things as he lead the way, Demitri made sure to walk next to Ali, since they were in no immediate hurry, he took the time to notice her outfit and hair during their trip, she sure looked relaxed and normal, something that was often blocked when she was in uniform...and even a dress at that. Demitri smiled at the thought before he continued his pace, he could feel Ali's swayed hand brushing against his as they all walked. Taking a step, he caught her soft hand as it was swinging and kept the pace with their movements, she looked up at Demitri with a smile. "Thought I would catch it one way or another" He joked, there was s vibrating sensation that came from his jean pocket, reaching in, Demitri took out his cell phone to see who was calling. It was an unknown number to him, but might as well answer it before they started their mission. Flipping his phone open the giant placed it to his ear. "This is Athens" "Sir, I was finally able to get a hold of you" It was Circuit. (How in the world did she get my personal line?) Demitri thought as he raised an eyebrow, trying to control his thoughts so Ali wouldn't worry herself. "What can I help you with? "Commander, I wanted to inform you that your living quarters have been reorganized and all your paperwork has been submitted to your superiors. Also, I took the liberty of cleaning your room and threw away a couple of...how should I say....unneeded items that were left on your desk" She was quick with her words, but something made the man worry. "Circuit, exactly what did you throw away?" Demitri asked as he let got of Ali's hand to pay attention to the conversation, they were coming upon the town entrance way. "Just some old documents and a picture of your....friend, who spilled coffee on herself" Demitri could hear some slight snickering on the other end, he was not too happy about that as he hung up his mobile and continued with the others. Ali could tell the man was upset as they got closer to the town. (That was the only real picture I had of her being goofy, dammit) He sighed as they finally made their way to the center of the town. It was about noon time, and the streets were lively with merchants and towns people going about their days. No one really payed attention to the group, but a lot of the villagers shot Marcus a weird, and scared look by the sight of his hands and face. "Alright, spread out and see if you can find any clues about the werewolves from anyone in town, we'll meet back at the local in over there" Demitri pointed to the spot at the corner of the street. "...before we go on our night mission to find them, remember, this is a peace mission, relocate or negotiate terms with the wolves. Understood?" Everyone nodded as they went their separate ways, as Pocket and Ali walked down the road, there was a little child in front of his house hiding behind his mothers dress as she tended the garden. "Mommy mommy, those are the people!" He seemed a bit scared as he his more, sneaking a peek at the woman passed by. His mother looked at Ali and Pocket, but smiled and went back to her garden work. "Come now, they're just two pretty girls, I doubt they can just come out of nowhere in you little "Black cloud story" Now go run along and play, supper will be ready later and I have to tend to it" She hummed a soft song as the child felt less scared when the girls vanished from sight. "But mommy, I did see them, they all came out of no where" He frowned before leaving his front yard to go play with the neighborhood boys. He knew they would believe what he saw. [b]OOC: Oh snaps, we're been spotted! But hey, thought it would be neat if a kid saw instead of a grown up haha. But who knows 0.o?[/b]

Ok, so far we have Hank and his goons locked up, and Sybille and Set have escaped. I'm wondering how we should play out the next mission, so far I think things have been going real well since we first started off!

One by the one volley of attacks rushed through the air, wind attacks and earth attacks came flying thought the air as the veteran commander faced off with the well skilled alpha solider, both putting their lives on the line as the ballroom turned out to become a massive battlefield of mutated humans. Hank shuffled back some before he took a couple of breaths, he too, like a Demitri, grew exhausted by the strength and energy they were putting into their fight with one another. "You know Athens, we should have taken care of you in the interrogation room sooner, but this will have to suffice for now!" Hank extending his hands towards the ground as a small quake began to emerge, slowly the ballroom floor rumbled and shards of the polished wood floor cracked as rock like spikes formed from underneath, charging at Demitri's location in a seconds flash, the muscular soldier dove to his side quickly to avoid the dangerous threat that rushed at him. Landing on the ground he looked up from his spot to see more rock spikes coming his way, thinking quickly Demitri rolled out of harms way before stopping and standing back up on his own two feet. "You're all talk Commander, or should I say, traitor!" Demitri returned the favor by charging up a strong current of wind and launched his attack towards Hank, the wooden floorboard flew at his direction to aide Demitri's assault, but the Commander had prepared himself by conjuring up a stone wall that rose right in front of him, enough time to save him from the wind current and debres that followed suit. Demitri growled under his breath as he took the time to rush as the commanders spot before he could see, his footsteps fast as the giant pushed himself to reach Commander Hank before he was spotted. Suddenly, a flash of red light caught Demitri's attention at the corner of his eye, the soldier was hit by a blast of fire as it sent the soldier off of his feet and flying down the ballroom floor, his body skipped on the ground until it stopped moving. Smoke rose from the soldiers shoulder as his suit showed a charred spot, showing his flesh in the area red and bleeding from the scratch and burn mark. Sergent Mike walked out from the shadows as he smiled and made his way towards his ally Hank,, Demitri winced in pain as he tried to raise himself up with his good arm, but was once again blown from his spot when another fire blast hit the floor he was supporting himself on. The giant flew back in the air until he landed on a table top, crushing the structure as he laid on his back in pain. "You see Demitri, I always have a back up plan" Commander Hank spouted as he smiled, he flicked his wrist to bring up a large earth like snake that sprang up from both sides of Demitri's current spot and wrapped tight around torso tightly, the squeeze continued as the seconds passed, the sounds of snapping bones could be heard as two of Demitri's ribs broke from his bind, Hank continued to laugh as Mike followed behind, only to hear a gust of wind pass by him as Hank looked back to see Mike was sent to the nearest wall hard. Demitie smiled when the wind blast hit, at least one of them was out of the way with for now, but his smile quickly vanished as the bind tightened, another snapping sound made the man roar in pain as he tried to catch his breath. Commander Hank was now standing over the Demitri with his hand extended towards the giant on the floor. "You'll pay for your insolence, and so will Ali and the rest of your alpha team for snooping into something they couldn't handle." Hank was about to deliver his finishing blow before an arm wrapped around his neck and his hand was grabbed and twisted behind his back. It was Jeff that held him in place as Cloak appeared in front of Commander Hank, dealing the man one hard punch to the gut, causing the man to keel over as he gasped for air. Jeff released the commander as he focused his powers to release Demitri from his earthy restraints. It took some time, but Jeff was able to break the rock bonds and free his ally from the ground, Cloak carefully pocked up Demitri underneath his shoulder and assisted the man onto his feet, hearing the giant gasp hard in pain. "Are you alright?" Cloak questioned, knowing the answer far to well. Demitri looked around and saw Pocket firing her pistols along with Sasa towards Sergent Mike, who hid behind a stone pillar for protection, he to was injured from Demitri's attack. Before Demitri could answer all three men were taken by surprise when three large rock fists rose from the ground and struck every member in their stomach and launched them into the air high, Commander Hank rose from his spot and looked around, they were losing this battle for sure. Demitri landed next to Jeff and yelped in pain, his head turned to see Ali still combating with Anthony, trying not to give him leeway for him to use his mental powers on her, the woman fought fiercely, she wanted some payback for sure. Marcus kept Sybille at bay while Set continued his assault on his father, the commandant. "Hurry up with him Sybille, we're leaving with or without the others" Hank roared over all the commotion, the sound of Ali's screams caught Demitri's attention as he looked over to see his team leader fall for another one of Anthony's pain attacks, Ali doubled over in pain before she was dealt a strong back handed fist to her face, Demitri's blood boiled as a surge of energy coursed through his blood, giving him enough strength to stand on his feet in a hurry, feeling light headed from the blood rush and pain in his torso, the giant sent several wind cutting attacks towards Anthony. The man's head snapped to the side as cuts covered his eyes and across the side of his face, Anthony cried in pain as his vision went to black, falling on his side as he covered his face with his hands yelling at the top of his lungs. Hank was surprised at the sharp shot, but before he could move his feet he noticed that he couldn't move anything at all. Cloak and Touch went to Ali's side along with Pocket and Sasa, Jeff struggled to get up and went to aid the Commandant with his battle with Set, the godly creature stopped his assault on Commandant Sheild, looking down at the human noticing his barriers still intact and not breaking. Hank tried to move from his spot, but all his limbs seemed to be weighed down by the air, Demitri's eyes glowed bright white as a storm emerged outside of the ballroom. It was like the one he produced when he was ill, but now it seemed like he was in control. "What's this? Do you think you can actually hold me here Athens?" Hank laughed. "Not hold you, but at least stop you" Demitri closed his eyes for a moment before his body felt fluid, through the whole in the glass room, a wind tunnel dropped on the very spot Demitri and Hank were standing in, the strong whistling gusts flew everything near them into its vortex, dust and earth rose up to give the wind funnel a sandy gray color as the sky turned black, suddenly, lightning formed from the skies. Commandant Shield grabbed Jeff and made himself towards the others, creating a large barrier to protect them from the sucking wind currents that filled the room, Marcus held on for dear life on a stone pillar while Sybille returned to Set's side. "Master, we must take our leave" Sybille pleaded, he got no answer as the two suddenly vanished out of the ballroom, their mission failed and their so called allies left to fend for themselves. "NO!! SYBILLE!!" Marcus yelled over the rushing wind, his runes protected him from the violent winds, but he still held onto his only brace he had. Ali was being restrained by Madam touch in the protective shield so she would leave. "We can't leave him in there, let me go" She fussed, but Touch was stronger than she appeared. "Don't be a fool child, you'll be killed if you go out there" She roared back over the loud wind. "But what about Demmy? Will he be safe?" Pocket questioned as she held onto Cloak's cape tight. "Don't worry your head out, my son will make it through, but dame it if he's not give me a run for my money" The commandant grunted as he focused more energy on his protective barrier. "Y-you're son?!?!" Ali gasped, more flashed of lightning sparked in the sky, one flash actually flew down into the center of the wind funnel until it connected to the ground, then all hell broke loose as the funnel blew up, sending both Demitri and Hank separate ways in the Ballroom as earth and wood flew into the air, bouncing off of the commandants barrier. The storm cleared from the skies as the moon's light shinned through the clouds that drifted off into the atmosphere, the Commandant released his barrier and took a couple of breaths before cracking his neck to his side, the once elegant ballroom now looked like a nuke zone. Marcus appeared out from a rubble of dirt and table ends, shoulder mangled a little from cuts and burns, he made his way towards the small group and looked around, he too was amazed at the scenery change. Ali felt out with her hand to find Demitri, but she didn't need long to turn her head slightly to the corner of her eye and saw some movement underneath a pile of wood scraps. Rushing over to the moving pile, she stopped as Demitri rose up quickly to get some air. Ali looked up at the giant as he shook his head some before he returned the gaze back. "Demitri..." She gasped as he fell to his knees in front of her and brought her in for a hug, she squeezed tight, not knowing about his cracked ribs until she heard him wince in pain. "Now I'll be in the med ward thanks to you, and their food is terrible" He chuckled through his pain, only to get a small laugh from Ali as Cloak once again held Demitri on his feet. "Good to see you're still alive my friend" Demitri smiled, his father along with the others re-grouped at their location. "Sybille and that beast are gone, as for former Commander Hank and his lackeys..." The whole group turned to see the soldiers of HDF find Hank's body, along with Anthony and Mike's, underneath a pile of rubble. "...they'll be detained for *cough* detailed *cough* questioning on their treason. As for their obsession with your team leader, we're going to be placing all of you in protective watch for a while until we can get things figured out. But I fear not much time is on our hands with Sybille, he was able to attack us on our own grounds, his powers are growing faster than anyone could have imagined." Everyone nodded as they thought about it. "Marcus, Talon, come with me" Commandant Shield spoke no more as his security team escorted the two carefully out of the battle field ballroom, Madam touch close his group. Marcus followed instantly, Ali on the other hand, didn't want to let go of Demitri and his embrace, she felt a large, familiar hand on top of her head as she looked up once again. "It's going to be o.k, trust me Alex" Demitri smiled before he gasped for air, clenching his teeth at his pain as he closed his eyes. "Come on, let's all head for the med ward, this is one for the books" Cloak spoke as he engulfed the other team members in his shroud, they all vanished leaving Ali behind, she stared at Demitri until they were out of sight, she felt empty for a moment before coming to her senses and following after the Commandant and Marcus. Madam touch waited behind for Ali, placing a hand of her shoulder looking down at the young woman. "Come now, he'll be alright." Using her powers, she sent a warm wave through her body as Ali felt all her pains vanish like water vapor, surprised at the pain free areas she once hated due to Anthony and previous missions. "Thank you Ma'am" She replied as Madam touch walked in front of Ali to lead the way.

Demitri placed his elbows on his knees and laced his fingers together with both hands, slouching over in his chair a little bit and he tried the best way to explain everything to his father, but even though they were blood related...the man sure was intimidating. Commandant Shield simply relaxed in his chair as he took his glasses from his eyes and began to clean them with a small cloth he took out from his uniform pocket, taking small huffs of breath as the glass fogged to better his cleaning and help his vision later. "Well Sir..." Demitri began until he was silenced by the Commandants hand in the air. "Son, this isn't work related at the moment, and you are my son. There's no shame to address me as your father, heck, I even encourage that people know one of the best soldiers we've had in years in the son of the Commandant. You'd probably get more admiration and respect from those who don't know who you are...especially the new recruits." The commandant chuckled a bit before giving a smile, it was nice to see his goofy side once in a while, even at their place of work. Demitri smiled and shook his head some before he continued. "O.k dad...well honestly I didn't think much of Alex when we first got assigned to the same group, of course that was 3 years ago and she was still young and quite a hell cat to those who didn't wanna pull their weight. But through the years she's proven to be one hell of a team leader and..." Demitri blushed a little at the words that passed his lips. "she's not that bad to look at either, ya know, girl wise when she's actually in the mood to act like one" Both smiled and laughed for a moment at the thought. "Well, you obviously care for her in a special way, it would take more than simple words to convince people, I pretty much had front row seating to the moonlight kiss" Commandant Shield winked. "Whats the matter old man? Intimidated that your son is more of a smooth operator that you now?" "Hardly, you're still a runner up" The commandant laughed some more, Demitri leaned back in his chair and smiled, there was a tall, slender figure that came through the ball room doors and past the commandants guards without being stopped, it was Madam Touch, wearing a figure shaping ball dress of velvet and black, to match her raven colored hair. Arm sleeves that came to her biceps and held its place tightly, she swayed her way to the two men without hesitation, smiling with her blood red lipstick on. "My boys, enjoying the festivities?" She addressed the two, walking her way to stand behind the Commandant who took her hand and planted a kiss on top of her glove, she squeezed tightly as he returned to grip back at his wife. "My lady, lavashing as always. How was the field operation?" The commandant looked up at his mate of 45 years. "Sad to say he lost a handful of our own soldiers to a vampire assault, we didn't have the vaccine to reverse the changed ones, so we had to eliminate them. The final report will be on your desk when the sun rises darling." Touch looked over at her son and smiled. "My, he looks like you when you were young Pavlos, how our son has grown." Demitri smiled as he looked away from his mothers gaze blushing a bit. "Now then Pavlos, what was so urgent you needed me here tonight? You've even called the high council to be present, is something the matter?" She questioned, the commandant motioned his hand over to Demitri. "Demitri, whats the matter?" Demitri swallowed hard before he told the story of the southern military base and its connection to Commander Hank, along with Sybille and the newly risen Gods. Not to mention, Ali's involvement in all of this, and his growing affection for the young woman. Touch was shocked as she held tighter to her husband when she was told about the threat against Demitri's and Ali's life, and the torture session they had with Sergent Anthony without anyone's knowledge. "I don't want anything to happen to her mama, she's important to me." Touch said nothing, she got the hint and smiled. "Well then, we will be meeting shortly after your business is done here. Oh and Pavlos..." She looked down at her husband who returned the gaze. "Yes darling?" "It's been confirmed" With that, Madam Touche excused herself from the two and returned inside, she gave notice to the guards to send for Ali for the Commandant, the saluted ans let her pass before they followed close behind her. She made he way back to the main stage while the guards went to fetch Ali. "What's been confirmed dad?" Demitri stood with his father as they both walked towards the balcony entrance. "One of your new members, Marcus, is here andhas some explaining to do. If Sybille is behind all of this, then I need to know some thing from him first, nothing too bad and he's in no way shape or form under any punishment standards, but I need some things cleared up." They both reached the doors entrance as Ali showed up on the other side, Demitri opened the door for her and took her hand, leading her outside to stand next to the Commandant, he smiled and he sniffed the air. "My word, what lovely perfume you're donning tonight Talon" She blushed and smiled at the compliment. Demitri took a whiff of the air and smiled as he looked down on his team leader. "Very lovely" His eyes connected with hers as he flashed her a smile before entering the ballroom to join the others.

"Alex...you know I don't like hearing things like that, especially if you know how deeply you mean to me. I wouldn't let anyone come near you to hurt you, and I hope you of all people understand that. I know being "emotional" on your own terms is hard, but you can sense and control other people's emotions, can't you tell mine are true to what I say by now?" Demitri looked down upon his team leader, the darkness of the sky hid the blue glow from her dress, but by the light that came from inside the ballroom, small shades could be seen clear as it mixed in with the dark night's sky. The man was a bit uneasy saying something like this, but he had to let her know how he felt. "I know you're a strong woman, young, but strong enough to take care of yourself. I just wish sometimes...sometimes that you would let me in if you ever needed it." Ali paused for a moment before taking her gaze off of Demitri's and looking over the balcony to the thick woods that surrounded their base. The trees swayed a little from the light wind gust that blew occasionally, they danced as leaves fell to their unknown destination, either to the earth or in the sky. Demitri also turned to see the scenery, taking a step closer to Ali until they were side by side, touching one another as her shoulder touched his upper arm, Demitri felt relaxed, more relaxed than he's felt in a long time. "It's hard I know, but you know me best at work, not outside of it or anywhere else. It's not something I'm objective too, but I always remain in control of the situation" Ali broke the long silence between the two, Demitri made the move to put his arm around the woman's back and place his hand on her shoulder, bringing her in for a small, yet gentle hug. "I have no problem with your request, that's something that you of all people should decide on your own about your ummm....y-you know" Demitri mumbled. "Virginity? It's not a dirty word ya know Demitri" Ali snickered a little, the giant blushed at his cheeks, thankfully he was taller and she couldn't see, the clouds moved slowly out of the moon lights path as the outside began to show new light under its glow, Demitri peered down for a moment to see Ali looking right back at him, her eyes sparkled in the moonlight a little, her dress color clearly visible now to him as it was inside. "Trust me, I've heard a lot worse, and dirtier" He flashed her a smile, both seemed at ease until they heard the balcony doors open, it was Pocket who came out in her White cocktail style dress and white high heel shoes. Both Ali and Demitri looked back for a moment, almost as if they were expecting someone else, someone more dangerous to appear. "Oh, I'm sorry if I've interrupted anything guys" She giggled slightly as she made her way closer to the two. "You're fine Pocket" Ali answered as she released herself from Demitri's hold and turned to the youngest team member. "Well, sorry if I did. But the ceremony is about to being for our new position, we got the table Marcus is at reserved already. Come in whenever you're ready" The young one turned around and skipped to the door before opening the entrance and entering herself, both Ali and Demitri walked at the same time to the same entrance, Demitri grabbed the door and held it open for Ali before she even reached it. "Such a gentleman, someone sure did raise to you have good manners at least" Ali smiled as she looked up at Demtri again before entering, the man following close behind as the door close. The ballroom was crowded with HDF officials and soldiers alike, all enjoying the ball and dancing that took place prior to the main event. Ali and Demitri made it to their assigned table with the other team members, both sitting right beside one another. Demitri took another glass of wine as the waitress came around their table again, sipping the bitter liquid little by little to savor the taste, Demitri looked down to see Ali placing her hands at her lap, one right atop the other. Her arm with her scar sash was underneath the naked hand, holding it softly. "Beautiful..." He whispered to himself, it must have been loud enough, for Ali turned and looked up at Demitri with a smile. "Did you say something?" "Heh, naw, just looking" He smiled once again. "At least its better than your picture with the coffee" He laughed softly, Ali grunted as she delt him a hard punch to the arm, making the soldier grunt in pain from her blow. "Damn, you're mean" He rubbed his sore spot quickly to ease the pain. "Well serves you right, by the way, I want that picture back or at least destroyed" She shorted as she took a sip of her water. "No way, it's on my work desk in my room, I like it there" Ali blushed a little, but turned away to avoid any attention. Sasa looked across the table and snickered a bit, Ali returned the gesture with a simple stern face as she brushed it off. The lights went low in the ballroom as the stage lit up with spot lights, the podium had all the lights on it as a figure walked onto the steps and then across the stage. It was Commandant Shield, followed by Commander Hank and a few fellow commanding officers. Commander Cloak, Commanders Izzy and Nora from the HDF base in Europe, along with Madam Touch and Madam Patch, the Chief Medical Officers for their compound. Commandant Shield made it to the podium with all the commanding officers on either side of him, everyone in the ball room instantly stood up and stood at attention when he became visible, it was rare for him to join such festivities, but tonight he decided to make a personal appearance, there have been soldiers at HDF who are veterans and yet, they still have never seen what he looks like. The muscular and tall commandant was about 2 inches taller than Demitri, the same muscular build but he was bald with a clear white goatee on his face, well trimmed and close cut to his skin. The commandant grabbed a folded piece of paper from his tuxedo jacket and opened it up to begin his speech. "Thank you all for coming to the Human Defense Force Ranking Ceremony. I am honored to see such familiar faces this year along with faces I know so well amongst our organization. Each and every one of you bring something to this family that we have, to preserve order and safety amongst the humans who we keep in the dark about things that go bump in the night. I couldn't be any more pleased with our motto: When things go bump at night...WE BUMP BACK!!!" His voice roared through the ballroom, all the staff cheered at their company motto, whistling and clapping engulfed the area from everyone. Demitri clapped and whistled, Pocket was jumping for Joy at the inspiration. Sasa merely clapped before taking a sip of her drink. Markus and Jeff were silent as Ali smiled, it had been a while since she's heard someone use that motto in such a lively and energetic way to bring spirits up. Demitri took the time to bend over some and whisper closely in Ali's ear. [i] "We have a personal meeting with the Commandant when we're through with the ceremony. Just you and me[/i]" Ali was a bit surprised at the news as she leaned into his ear more. "[i]How? Arranging a meeting with the Commandant is nearly impossible. How did you manage that?"[/i] She questioned as she herself began to clap with the others. [i] "I have my ways Alex, so stay close by me. We have to be quick about leaving after its all done"[/i] Demitri stood back up again as the Commandant signaled for everyone to take their seats, everyone did as the sound of chairs running across the polished wooden floors and small chit chat filled the air. "Now then" Commandant Shield began to speak. "Let's get on with the First Class Ranks, then we shall move up from there."

Demitri watched as the small group dispersed to their own quarters, the man was still shaken up by the torture treatment he received from the Mentalist, but that wasn't on his mind at the moment. They were all in danger and now both he and Ali had to play by Commander Hank's rules in order to keep everyone safe, taking a deep breath the giant turned and made his way towards his own living area, entering the door and quickly shutting and locking it behind himself. Demitri made it to his bed and fell like a ton of bricks against the cool, crisp sheets he's missed so much ever since they left for Egypt, he'd forgotten how long its been since he was ill that he's been able to enjoy a little slumber. But rest didn't come, thoughts of Commander Hank and his lackeys plagued his mind, along with the newly released Gods that Sybille brought to the world when he used Ali as his gateway. Demitri grunted and sneered when he thought of that man doing her harm, turning to his side he gripped his pillow tightly in anger, trying to block the image out of his mind. (That bastard, all of them, what the hell is going on?) Demitri thought as he got up from his matress and sat on the edge of his bed, gripping the bed post with both hands as he looked down on the floor. He could find no rest now, it was impossible for him to be at ease, even at his own home base with fellow soldiers and HDF personnel. Demitri's hair hung past his eyes, shadowing his face from any viewers as the man thought more and more about their situation. Demitri finally decided to stand and go to his work station, sitting down at his chair he reached for his personal phone and dialed a number familiar to him. The buzzing sound of the ringing tone seemed to make the giant more tense until a female voice answered on the other line, soft yet caring. "This is the Med Ward. Demitri Athens, what is your emergency?" The woman spoke, all lines were sent to their computers, no mattered who called they would always know the soldier or civilian calling on their main computers. "I need to speak with "Touch" please, and it's urgent so I don't have a lot of time" Demitri was short and quick to the point. "I'm sorry Sir, but Madam Touch is busy in the field with soldiers who are injured, shall I leave a message?" Demitri thought hard about his answer, but decided against it as he replied and hung up the phone. Taking a couple of deep breaths, he picked up the phone again and dialed a number he was surprised he even remembered, the buzzing tone yet again, but the line was answered qucker than he expected, yet again, another female voice on the other end. "This is the Secretary's office for the Commandant of the Human Defense Force. How may I direct your call?" She answered so professionally. "This is Demitri Athens, code name: Wind Wizzard. I need to speak to Commandant Pavlos "Shield"...." Demitri cut off his voice at the sound of the secretary typing on her computer. It took a moment for her to answer. "Yes sir, the Commandant is available for your call, shall I direct you to his office phone Mr. Athens?" "No, his private line, it's urgent. Confirmations code: 44557629807" Demitri spoke quickly, turning around to see his room was still empty, his confirmation code was to be kept top secret and only to be used in emergencies. "Yes sir, just one moment" The line went dead for a moment until life came from the other side. "Demitri, this is unlike you. I just read the report on your brig time under the signature of Commander Hank. What is the meaning of this?" Commandant Shield was stern yet wise in his voice, he too knew something like this was out of the ordinary for this soldier. "Sir, I didn't know who else to turn to.." "That is no excuse for such disrespect to a commanding officer Demitri, no excuse at all" Shield spoke, Demitri began to tense his muscles, nothing seemed to work with his explanation. "Now we have to deal with the matter of these newly formed God's that have arisen, I haven't been informed of every detail, but the high counsel will be briefed on the matter" "Sir, you have to understand I would never do anything so dishonorable to the HDF code, but I had my reasons" Demitri panted, he placing his free hand over his face, his eyes can be seen through the cracks between his fingers. They began to water up a little. "Demitri, you were trained to be one of the best since the beginning, you've surpassed previous superiors and have turned down countless promotions, even at your own personal expense. Just because you get a little flustered at one Commander's orders is no excuse to behave in such a way. You were insubordinate and out of character, if there something..." "DAD!!!" Demitri yelled through the phone, silencing the Commandant, something inside of Demitri ached as the soldier lost his composure, streams of tears began to drop down his face and droplets onto his desk. Through the phone he could hear the Commandant gasp in shock, taking a moment the same man could hear some sniffling coming from the other line. "Demitri my boy, what's the matter? I'm sorry I'm harsh but honestly I'm surprised by your actions then...and now. What's going on son?" "Dad, I need your help, badly. I couldn't think of anyone else to turn to, and mom is in the field helping soldiers. We have a possible coup detat happening and Commander Hank's part of it. Our missions, our sacrifice, they've been in vain! He's even gone after my own team leader and in my own eyes has tortured her, in front of my own ******* eyes...and there was noting I could do about it. I need you help" Demitri panted through his mouth as he wept more. Pounding his fist into his work desk, the giant couldn't control his emotions anymore, he had wished Ali to be there to help but she was dealing with her own worries at the moment. "A coup? This is serious, I've wondered why so many of your reports have been, shall we say, limited in detail. Tell me Demitri, have you been hurt? "Yes" Demitri silently answered. There was a long pause on the other line before Commandant Shield asked another question. "Have you been hurt by someone at HDF?" "Yes" This time, a low, angry growl came through his teeth. "I see. Demitri, go about your business, I shall see both you and your team leader after the ball tonight. She doesn't know the connection between your mother and myself, does she?" He asked speaking silently. "No father, I don't mention family at all to my team members. But I shall do as you ask, thank you sir". The line went dead on Demitri's phone, slowly he placed his phone back on the hook and went back to his bed for a short rest. Back at the Commandants office, the high commander himself decided to gather personal intelligence on the previous missions his son and his team have had, looking over the dossier's of their failed mission and current one that finished in Egypt. Suddenly, a black shroud entered quietly as Cloak appeared in front of the Commandant's desk at the ready. "You called for me sir?" Cloak stood tall and presentable to his highest superior. "My friend, I need some insight on whats been happening with the newly appointed Alpha Team, please take a seat" Shield motioned at the empty chair, Cloak took his place without hesitation. "Sir, my knowledge is limited, but I suspect foul play is at hand" Cloak spoke quickly and too the point, his recent views of Commander Hank have changed with the events that took place. "Alright Cloak, I need you to gather all the officers you can TRUST and bring them to me silently, we must find out how Sybille got back into the picture and what the issue is with Commander Hank. His interests with this Ali Talon and my son Demitri, along with the rest of their professional team is more than suspicious. Also, bring in their new team members Marcus and Sasa separate from the others, I need to have a word with them. If Hank thinks he can run a coup under my watch, he'll remember why they call me Pavlos "Shield" Athens, the Commandant of the Human Defense Force!" Commandant Shield smiled, Cloak only stood and smiled as he saluted his commanding officer before vanishing into his own dark cloak. Shield brought up the dossiers of Ali's team one by one and searched though their profiles on the HDF's data system, nothing was amiss and they deserved the newly appointed title that was to be bestowed onto them tonight at the ball. Looking back at all of their special abilities, it finally made sense to him. "So, they weren't put together by accident, now I understand..." Hours later after calming down and some well needed rest, Demitri finished dressing for the ball, a black suit with a sleeveless black dress shirt worn under his long black trench coat, the giant slicked his hair back in a pony tail and left his quarters to go down to the ball. Once there, he noticed the party was already started, dancers and co workers having a good time, Demitri noticed Marcus at the other end and decided to go converse with his new team member, grabbing a glass of wine from one of the waitress', he managed to make it past Commander Anthony and Sergent Mike without being noticed before catching up to Marcus

The team watched in horror as their team leader was whisked away by the med team, all wondering about her condition as she left the area, Demitri clenched his fists right, despite his sore arm he still had strength to show his anger. Marcus was escorted by a couple of soldiers to have a small side conversation with Commander Hank, talking quietly so no one in the area could hear about their words, it was probably about their recent mission and the update of Sybille. Demitri thought Marcus was a good team member in the field, but he didn't know if he had close ties with Commander Hank or not, still, he was somewhat suspicious. Jeff made a surprising move and went to stand next to Demiti, folding his arms and looking around slowly, the area they were in was fully surrounded by personnel they all knew and lackey level guards. Jeff looked up at his angry team mate without saying anything. "If you have something to say, say it. Otherwise, I have no time to read your mind" Demitri snorted, still nothing came from Jeff as he spoke up. "They're bringing in the big guns" Jeff spoke as he pointed to the shadows of the hallway from the north side of their location, out of that passage way came two soldiers. Sergent Mike, the Flame Master and joining him was Commander Anthony, the Mentalist. Two of the most ruthless and vile mercenaries to be enlisted in the HDF force, and they both were under Commander Hank's protective wing. Both higher ranked officers stopped in front of Demitri and Jeff with a grim smile on their faces as they both stood their ground. "Well well, never thought this would happen. But, this is quite a situation you've gotten yourself into Demitri" Anthony snickered a bit. "Situation? Are you talking about our last mission, we got more information like ordered. What situation are you talking about?" Demitri raised his eyebrow in confusion, standing tall next to his team mate. Sergent Mike simply laughed as Commander Anthony reached in his pocket for a piece of folded paper, he extending his hand towards the two subordinates. It was Jeff who took the paper first and began to read it after he opened it, scanning quickly like usual he was a bit caught off guard by the contents, finally he handed over the paper to Demitri who read the document. After a mintue his blood was boiling, he was confused and outraged by this insult, crumpling the paper in his fist he finally spoke. "A warrent for my arrest???" Demitri shouted, everyone in the area heard him, turing to look over his shoulder, Demitri eyes gazed upon Commander Hank. "What is the meaning of this??" Commander Hank excused himself from Marcus rudely, pussing past his shoulder as he made his way to the small group. "Yes, you are to be detained and sent to the brig for interrogation, there have been some loop holes in your past mission that need addressing, and you're the only one we can think of that would be sly enough to walk away unnoticed by your peers. The signature for the warrant is signed under my name" Hank stood behind Demitri with the same stern face he gave Ali right before their Mission. Pocket and Sasa stood next to Marcus as they all overheard the conversation. "The one who should be arrested should be you!" Demitri turned and threw the paper back at Hank's face, angering the Commander. "HOW DARE YOU!! GUARDS, DETAIN DEMITRI ATHENS FOR INSUBORDINATION IMMEDIATELY" The regular soldiers and other special soldiers stood still, they couldn't believe that Demitri was in trouble for anything, but that didn't stop Hank's lackey's, Demtri could feel heat at his back. Sergent Mike sent a fire blast towards him while he wasn't noticing, but it was Jeff who stopped the blast mere inches away from connecting with his team mate. Using all his strength, Jeff sent the fire back to Sergent Mike, hitting him in the face, causing the man to stumble back and rub his eyes. Demitri didn't waste time as he sent a couple of wind slice attacks towards Commander Anthony, cutting him at the mid line of his neck and shoulder area. There was a casting of the light for a moment as everyone looked to see that Cloak had come back from Egypt with their personal belonging, Demitri's heart faced as he remembered the book he was highlighting inside while they were on their trip. Quickly thinking, Demitri grabbed hold of Jeff adn pushed his way past Commander Hank, knocking the man down on the floor as he made his way towards his belongings, Commander Cloak was caught off guard as Demitri picked up his backpack and continued to run. "GUARD, RESTRAIN DEMITRI!!" Cloak looked at Commander Hank as he mentioned something to Commander Anthony, who only gave a grim smile as he made chase with the rest of the solders. Before leaving the area, Demitri grabbed Sasa and Pocket and placed the two girls over his shoulder, using his wind powers he accelerated his speed ten fold and ran through the hallways in a blur, making a couple of sharp turns here and there before he stopped and set everyone down on their feet. Demitri knelt down and began to go through his bag quickly. "What are you doing Demmy? This is not a smart way to deal with Commander Hank" Sasa shouted, Demitri ignored her warnings as he finally took a a hold of his book and brought it out smiling. He extending his book over to Pocket. "Now listen to me carefully Pocket, I need you to hide this for me without question, when you all have free time, read it THOROUGHLY. You got that?" Demitri flinched a little when he heard footstep echoes in the hallways, the soldiers were coming quicker than he thought. "What will happen to you?" Pocket asked. "I'll probably be sent to the brig, but thats not important now. Check up on Ali and make sure she's well protected, I dont care if you all have to take shifts to make sure she's not alone. Just do as I say." Pocket too the book and projected it inside of her mind, out of the corner of the groups eyes they saw Commander cloak appear, his cape flowing in the air as he landed on the ground from his transportation. "Demitri my friend, this is mad." Cloak spoke. "I need you to have faith in me, please. You know this is not something I would do if I didn't have a reason. Please Roger...trust me and take them to safety" Demitri stood on his feet again as the echoes became louder. Cloak only nodded as the group got close to him, his cape encircled everyone until they were gone, then cloak himself vanished into thin air. The soldiers arrived, blocking Demitri in from both his left and right side. Commander Anthony walked a path in between them as he smiled. "This will be fun, I can assure you of that" With that, Anthony motioned for his soldiers to attack, one by one they fell until finally one got ahold of Demitri's arm, then his legs, then more dog piled on the soldier. Back in the common living quarters, Cloak appeared with the other members of Ali's team, all landing on their feet softly as they looked around, noticing they were pretty much "home." Pocket manifested the book from her mind and handed it to Jeff, who went to reading right away, he noticed the highlighted parts started on Chapter 2, taking out a paper and pen Jeff began to translate the message. "I do not know what is so important that Demitri would risk a stunt like this, but I will leave it to you for now. But I will be informed late, is that clear?" "Yes sir" Sasa and Pocket spoke simultaneously, with that, Cloak vanished once again. 3 hours later Jeff had translated the message and read it thoroughly, it contained all the information about Commander Hanks involvement with the murdering of the witnesses from the southern base, the bug he was slipped so he couldn't tell any information to anyone, the threats hes made against Ali, everything to this point. Jeff's eyes widened for a moment before he collected his cool. He passed the note to Pocket and Sasa, both reading and shocked by the news. Down below the HDF base was a secret interrogation room used only by commanding officers, there, underneath a plain light bulb sat Demitri, legs and wrists restrained by the chair he sat in, along with a leather strap around his chest that secured him to his seat. Out of the shadows came Commander Hank and Anthony, Anthony smiled and it seemed he was drooling at the mouth a little, a sickening man. "Do what you must, but I want answers now." Hank left the two, Commander Anthony, the Mentalist's eyes turned black as he sent mental jolts to Demitri. The soldier felt his body weighed tons and sharp pain in his head arose quickly. Demitri shouted with all his might at the pain as he struggled in his chair, but more and more attacks came to him. In the med ward, Ali recently came out of surgery, but she was still fighting off an infection. Oddly enough, every time Demitri yelled in pain, her fingers seemed to twitch exactly at the same time.

The harsh winds of the desert brushed against the two soldiers as they laid on the ground close to one another, Demitri's cloak whipped in the air, snapping like a wound up wet towel. The cloth was very thick for the large man, enough for him to stay well heated and more, giving him ample amounts of comfort while he held Ali close to keep her warm and safe, Demitri looked down for a moment and saw her hair covered her fair as it blew with the wind that caught it, taking his hand, he moved some long strands to see her sleeping pale face, she was cold and obviously hurt beyond imagine after the wind blast delivered by Sybille. He was sure their rough crash landing did some damage internally. Demitri still covered her and kept her close, hearing soft moans of pain and relief as her body shifted closer to his. Within minutes, the wind suddenly stopped, the sand stayed in its place and there was a calming nature that surrounded the area. Demitri took off his hood to inspect the area, nothing but darkness now that their small camp fire had extinguished hours ago, the brunt twigs flew away when the storm came to them, sitting himself up painfully, Demitri inspected his arm. Swollen at his shoulder socked from the crash landing he had, it was also bruised and cut from the earth that struck him upon impact, but since he could hardly feel any pain from that area it bothered the giant not. Looking down again he could see Ali shivering slightly, standing up slowly Demitri took off his own cloak and placed it over her body for added warmth. (She's o.k for now, but we need to make a break for the town we were suppose to make contact at) Demitri thought as he looked around, he found the path they needed to take westward, they would need to hurry soon before another wind storm came upon the two. Shaking his head some, Demitri flung some sand out of his hair and brushed himself off with his good hand. (Maybe a little wind help would work best) He though, taking his hand he tried to conjure up some gust to clear his tattered uniform, but nothing came to his aide. Trying again as he used all of his focus to draw some power in the element, nothing came to him. It stuck the giant as odd that nothing was working, but then he got a sense of urgency when he put two and two together. Quickly dropping to his knees he removed the cloaks off of Ali and lifted her up with his good arm, forgetting the pain on his sore side, placing her over his shoulder was easy, he could still keep her semi warm while he held on tight. Demitri looked around quickly to find a dark shaded area, he found a couple of rock formations to his right and made a mad dash for the area, once he got close he noticed a small dune opening underneath a well shaded rock, diving as quickly as he could he held onto Ali as tight as his body would let him as the two hit the ground hard rolling to their shelter. Finally they stopped as Ali stirred from her slumber, still wounded and weak from her pains she woke in a loud groan, Demitri quickly covered her mouth with his large hand, shocking the woman to life as she struggled some to breath. "Hush" he whispered to her, she finally adjusted to the night's light and made out his face, she relaxed as much as she could, but her powers were of no use to her. "I know...he's here" Sudden panic struck her as Demitri brought her in for a hug, they both peered out of their little hiding spot to see if anything was approaching, only their cloaks remained on the ground as a shadowy figure approached the fabric. Underneath the cloaks, the form of two lumps of sand mimicked their bodies as Sybille looked down upon them, without hesitation, he extended his palm and sent several shots of something shiny, but sharp into the larger sand dummy. Laughing loudly, he made his way towards the smaller sand dummy, Ali and Demitri watched in suspense of his action. "Whoops, what a shame. Old man needs to learn to keep his guard up." Sybille shouted, hoping that Ali would stir from her sleep and wake up, the non reaction surprised the man as he reached down and grabbed the cloak, sending it behind his back as he roared in anger that she was not underneath. But he quickly collected himself and calmed once again, looking around the area. "No worried, he may have thought of this clever decoy, but I wonder if he knows about my training with Hank." Demitri and Ali got a sense of urgency as they saw Sybille kneel down and place his palms on the sand he stood on, nothing was happening until he looked over at their hiding spot and smiled big. "FOUND YOU" He shouted as he began running towards their direction, sending slices of wind towards the rocks, making a clean cut as they broke down the structure, Demitri held Ali's head down and covered her body from the onslaught, one wind slice attack barely missed Demitri's head as it passed above the two. Demitri rolled to his right, grabbing Ali by the back of her shirt neck and took her as he rolled, there was a small passage that they took to get out from under the rocks. Once again, the soldier lifted his team leader over his shoulder and started to sprint, hearing the rock formation collapse behind them as dust and sand rose from the ground. "Demitri, he's not after you, get out of here" Ali yelled, her voice weak but still clear enough to make out, Demitri ifnored her plea as he heard another wind attack pass by the two, the shots roared past them like a fan at a NASCAR game would if they were front row as the cars raced by. Demitri began to bob and weave out of the barrage of blasts. "Bark bark to you too" He yelled, he was getting tired but thankfully he couldn't see the dark dune before him as his foot lost its ground making the two rolled down the hill, just as several shots fired at after they fell. A critical blow if they were to be caught by them, Demitri and Ali yelled as they bounded and slid down the rather tall sand dune . Ali seemed to be in more pain when her head hit a couple of times, once they got to the bottom she was dizzy and disoriented, Demitri finally made it down to join her, but he landed on his dislocated shoulder as the man screamed in pain, rolling onto his back as he held his sore shoulder. "D-Demitri..." Ali gasped for air, she stumbled a could of steps towards his direction before falling to her knees, she placed her hands on the ground gasping for life. Demitri looked over and saw his team leader struggling, hissing in pain he sat up and for to his feet. Once close enough he dove to Ali's side and scooped her body up with is one arm, cradling her close to his chest. "Please...do as I say and lea-" She panted for more air before she could finish her statement. Demitri leaned against the dune hill as he could see Sybille's dark figure at the top, peering down into the dark abyss. "Ali, don't give up on me, I still have air in my lungs" Demitri hissed in pain as he tried to keep quiet. "But, but he'll kill you" She closed her eyes as pain shot through her head like a bullet, the thought and the immense pain drove her over the edge, Demitri noticed something as he held her, she was whimpering and cowering at the thought as she held onto his shirt tight. She was scared, without her powers she couldn't remain calm and collective like she usually is. "Not without a fight, you know that Alex" Demitri brought his head down and brushed his forehead along the top of Ali's head, it was comforting to the man but he knew she was unconvinced by the words. She looked up into his eyes for a moment, they were getting watery. "Alex..." Demitri sighed as he leaned forward and planted a dry kiss onto her lips, Ali's eyes sprang to life, but something was wrong. She suddenly felt tired and drained, along wit her feelings of surprise, but something was defintiely wrong. When Demitri withdrew with lips from her's, a small strand of air followed him and left from Ali's mouth and into his own. Her head lazily drew back as Demitri swallowed the air he sucked out of her, leaving his team leader unconscious. The man was also confused by what had happened. "Wait...I took the air out of her...my powers are back, but ho-" Before Demitri could finish, gunfire could be heard at the top of the dune, that and engines from a heavy sounding vehicle. Demitri looked up and saw bright lights standing still, sand explosions and gunfire was all that was heard from the very top. There was a fight going on. Demitri looked back down at the woman he held tight in his arms still, her head cradled by his bent arm, his heart beated rapidly as he leaned down once again and planted a softer kiss onto her lips, quick, but it lasted a lifetime to the man as he broke the kiss as he felt himself blushing slightly. "Not without a fight". Struggling to get up, the solder placed Ali over his shoulder again as he made his way up the dune, more explosions could be head as they got further and further to the top.

"ALI NO!!!" Demitri shouted over the rushing wind that still engulfed the inside of the plane, her unconscious body leaned against his while the giant held his place looking down, trying to shake her awake by any means, but nothing to avail. Sybille continued to laugh as he walked towards the three without flinching from the wind that swirled around the cabin, it would normally sweep any normal person off their feet and drag them into the sky life a plastic bag. Sasa reached for one of Demitri's pistols and began to fire at their enemy. "YOU BASTARD!!!" She screamed. The girl was almost swept away herself by the wind herself until Demitri grabbed onto the back of her shirt neck and held her tight, the bullets strayed away from their target, but not naturally, they seemed to fire off by command away from their target. "Oh, did I mention I've already killed Rebecca, the "Metal Queen"? She was quite the firecracker herself, that is..." Sybille licked his lips as he grinned. "I took care of her" Demitri's blood boiled as he stood at the door way holding his team mates in place while their enemy walked towards them casually without fear. Sasa finally grabbed hold of Demitri's belt for a better standing grip as she looked at her ally Ali, her hair blew in the win out of its massive braid, she was fearful of this man, that was for sure. "Demitri, we need to leave now!" She shouted, but he already knew this and was thinking of an escape route, carefully he lifted up Ali from under her shoulders and handed her body over to Sasa, she took it with some struggle but supported her weight with Ali's arm around her neck. "Jump,I can take him" Demitri snorted, Sybille merely laughed at the notion. "He's gonna kill you Demmy, we leave together and we leave now" "Or not at all" Spat Sybille as he used his newly learned metal power to crush their only exit, it the metal door began to crack and turn in a circular motion slowly, slowly closing off their escape route. Demitri noticed Sasa had one of the spare jump suit packs on her back. "Sorry Sasa" Demitri shouted. "Sorry for what?" Without hesitation he shoved the two girls out of the plane before the hole got too small. Sasa screaming some as she fell from the sky. "NOOO" Sybille yelled as he charged the door, only to be met by a swift right hook to his face delivered by the giant soldier, stumbling back a bit he looked back at Demitri in anger. "Your blood will spill old man" Demitri simply smirked. "Old man huh? Well chump, you've got a lot to learn about me" Demitri stood in his fighting stance, in the back of his mind he was focusing on the clouds, outside of the plane two small funnel formations drew closer to the planes descending location in the air. "And what's that Wind wizard? You can't use more than one technique at a time with your powers, and I've already seen obtained a clear grasp of your abilities" Sybille stood upright again, forming a wind ball in his open palm. "She will be mine, and I will make her have feelings for me, not you. Once I've molded her to my will, I'll have her kill you fool" Demitri stayed in his place to concentrate on his attack, though his veins popped out of his muscular body by the sound of Sybille's intentions. Demitri would never allow that to happen, he promised her that, on his life. "Obtained yes,but mastered? Never" Demitri only smiled as one of the wind funnel struck the other side of the plane Sybille's back was towards, ripping open a new exit path as both men were sucked out violently into the air, their bodies frailed around as they fell from the sky, the funnel damaged the plane bad enough to connect with its engine, in a large explosion only a couple of feet away the plane exploded. Demetri looked around truing to balance himself in the air for the parachute Sasa had, he could make out a small glimps of it as it got closer to the ground. Before he knew it the man was struck by Sybille's imitation wind blast, spinning the large soldier faster as they fell. "Once you're out of the way fool, I'll have her and the others as well" Sybille yelled as he laughed maniacally, he suddenly disappeared like vapor water into the atmosphere, must have been a technique he stole from someone else. Demitri yelled as he came closer to the ground, he was finally able to face the surface but knew he was almost out of time. Reaching his right arm back the soldier gathered all of his strength to conjure some kind of push he would need to land without splattering all over the desert. The second wind funnel went away as a new image appeared to form next to Demitri's body, it was the form of an eagle's claw that stretched well beyond the soldiers body and continued to grow as wind collected. The rushing wind sent shivers throughout the soldiers body as he came closer and closer, finally seeing he was close enough, Demitri punched forward, sending the claw down onto the ground before he landed, the crash enough send sand and rocks up high in the air, in the mist of the rubble there was another crash that sounded loud,Demitri's body as he rolled onto his shoulder and continued to roll on the hot sand. Demitri yelped as he bounced over and over again until he finally stopped moving, his right arm had been dislocated and cut up by the rising rock and sand, Demitri was covered in sand and dirt as the soldier coughed and moaned in pain. Hair ruffled and uniform tattered by the wind and impact, but he was still alive. "Well..." He hissed, at least that last minute plan worked" Demitri laughed to himself for a moment before hissing more in pain,after a while he struggled stand up, but finally was able to as he held onto his disabled shoulder looking around, he saw nothing but sand and rock. He could make out anything besides the environment, and the sun was nearly setting in the distance. "I'm sure I saw them go that way, or maybe it was the other way..." The soldier looked around, he decided to go with his best judgement and walk westward after seeing that the explosion from the plane still lingered in the sky, but that was going east. Ripping shreds of his shirt uniform, Demitri wrapped his bleeding arm the best he could before jogging to his destination. "So...Sybille is his name. I'll remember that punk" Demitri spat blood onto the cooling sand as he walked.

Awesome sauce KG, I'll try to post Wheb I get off work today. @ Lilt: can't wait to have ya back :-D.