Shwa

SHould I just wait then or should I post and then you can move the story along a little? I could post more about the flight and tension that "Ali" found out about from my character, but that can be so limited. But whatever is good for me.

The flight was starting out to be a good, everyone was comfortable in their own spots, the ride was smooth so far and the sun was still above the clouds, the sunlight filled the cabin showing all of the members of the team in clear view, the pilots were enclosed in their own quarters, their own living space as well. So meeting them wouldn't be possible, they pretty much had their own house of their own like the team did. Sasa took it upon herself to take a small nap in her chair as she reclined backwards, accompanied with a small pillow she brought along with her, Jeff stared outside at the clouds, set off in his own world. He finished reading a couple of martial arts manuals he brought with him, and using his powers to levitate the fruit he was given helped him practice and keep strong for the mission ahead. Pocket entertained herself with her video games she brought, listening to the sound with her headphones, she complained earlier about her "ear popping" and decided to put those on to help her situation. Demitri stayed concentrated on his books, it helped him relax after what he witnessed in the interrogation room before they left for the plane. Ali worked on her laptop to send further information to the higher up's about their last mission, she had been working for almost 2 hours on the full report. She finally sent the last email documents before closing her computer and pinching the bridge of her nose for some mental comfort, but something seemed to be bothering her as well. Demitri laid his book on his lap, still open to save his spot, he had been taking time to highlight different key notes during the flight for later. Ali looked over at the soldier while he peered outside of his window, there was nothing but clouds and sunlight, pretty boring to Ali and she knew it wasn't something Demitri enjoyed staring at hour after hour. "So" Ali finally broke the silence. "Commander Hank said he didn't speak with you today, I know he was lying, care to share some insight?" Demitri was brought back to reality as he closed his eyes and remembered what happened to that innocent soldier and what Sergent Mike did after they got their small information about their last target. The screams echoed in his mind until he opened his eyes and turned his head to see Ali looking up at him. "He..." Remembering the threat he was given, Demitri had to think fast to sway his comrade. "He mentioned his sincerest apologies about not informing us ahead of time about the target, he actually was about to send me some flowers with the rest of the higher up's, but you know him, always busy and forgets" Demitri smiled, but he knew that wasn't enough to keep Ali from prying for more information. And soon, he would see why. "So, lying to me too huh?" (Dame, she's good. Too good at times) Demitri thought as he sighed slowly and looked back out his window, not meeting her gaze. "Ali, it's best to drop the whole thing, please. It's nothing you have to concern yourself with, really." "I don't wanna hear that Demitri, I know you were upset about something and I'm going to get to the bottom of it" Ali pridefully claimed, Demitri snapped his head to hear instantly. "NO" He shouted in concern, it caught the attention of everyone in the cabin, and even woke up Sasa from her slumber as they all looked at the giant questionably. Demitri blushed a little, embarrassed by his sudden burst of emotion. "I mean...it's not something you have to trouble yourself with. You have enough on your plate with the new mission child, you don't need to worry about me. I'm just taking the meds like the docs said and can be jumpy at times" Demitri picked his book up and highlighter and began to read once again, he was reading his favorite book "Of Mice and Men" as usual. Ali was unhappy with his refusal and snorted some before getting up from her chair to go to the bathroom. Demitri felt bad for yelling at her, but there was no way he could tell her or Demitri would die right in front of them, or at the very least, Commander Hank would take it upon himself to interject. Demitri shivered at the thought and tried to block the image out of his mind, he wanted to give her some kind of warning. The flight continued as the sun dipped down below the clouds leaving the violet night to appear, then the stars came out along with the moon. It was a full moon tonight as they continued to fly towards their destination, Demitri decided to take a shower that evening, the hot water sooth his sore gash on his back, soon to be another scar he though to himself. (How could he do that to that man? Is the target he's after worth our lives, or the lives of others at HDF? Has he become so power driven he'll do anything to get to the top? Thank God I turned down all those promotion offers, or else...I could have been a man like he is now" Demitriran his fingers through his long wet hair thinking to himself, he just stood under the shower head pacing in his small bathing space. Once finished the man dried himself and changed into his night clothing, just his boxers and sweat pants like usual. Leaving the bathroom he noticed all his team members already changed and ready for bed, all members slept in a connecting circle, like sleeping around a camp fire, Demitri was in the middle of Ali and Jeff, so he made his way to his sleeping bag and made himself comfortable as the others finished preparing themselves. "We should have a scary story night" Pocket smiled as she got a flashlight out and put it under her face. Sasa took her pillow and tossed it at the girl, hitting her in the face. "Those are for children, and this isn't camping ya ditz" Sasa shook her head and smiled, Jeff had already settled himself in his sleeping bag while Ali sat idian syle to brush her long her, Demitri never noticed her hair out of her pony tail before, she looked different, almost like an actual girly girl. (Well now, that's a different view) Demitri thought as he opened up his own sleeping bag and hopped on in, Ali looked over at the giant, still a bit ticked off from their conversation earlier. "What are you looking at?" She snapped. (Nevermind, there goes that thought) Demitri sighed, he shook his head to answer her question. "Probably all your crazy hair, maybe its time for a cut" Sasa joked. " You could make a giant braid out of it and knock someone out ya know" "You'd be the first Sasa" She joked back smirking at the girl. "So, who's got a story?" Ali asked as she put her brush away in her side bag and layed down on her belly inside her sleeping bag. Demitri was on his back thinking to himself before he got an idea for a small story. "Any of you guy's heard about the Boy who cried Wolf?" "Of course, that's an old child's story, kind of like Ali...old child" Sasa laughed some, getting an angry look from their team leader, Pocket laughed some before answering. "No I haven't Demmy, tell it to me" She smiled as she laid down in her own sleeping bag, Jeff turned on his stomach to pay attention to Demitri as well, it was something to hear before they all went to sleep, might as well. "Alright, one time there was a boy guarding a herd of Sheep, and the towns people told him to cry "wolf" if a wolf ever appeared. So the boy cried wolf once and they all came ready to defend the sheep, but when they got there, there was no wolf to be found. So they went back, the boy thought it would be funny to cry wolf again, and again they came ready. But once again, no wolf. This continued for quite some time until the towns people were fed up with the boy, but one day he actually saw a wolf near his herd of sheep, but he wasn't after the sheep, he was after the boy. So the boy cried "Wolf, WOLF" over and over, but he had no one come to his help, and the boy was eaten by the wolf" demitri laughed to himself that he actually remembered that story whole. "So don't make the mistake of telling fibs, yada yada yada" Sasa said as she rolled to her side to catch some sleep. "Oh it gets better, here's the HDF version. The wold spared the boy as long as the boy promised not to tell the towns people that he was around so he could find something in the town he needed. Of course, the boy is going to protect his flock from any harm, even at the cost of his own life, he would have no choice if anyone was hurt. And the wolf promised not to hurt anyone, he only wanted some information." Demitri had to choose his words carefully as not to activate the bud he was given in his body, any strong key words could set something off. Pocket and Jeff seemed interested in the story, Sasa stayed away long enough to hear his version. Ali was listening closely, her eyes squinted some as she thought about the story, it was new to her. But something seemed amiss. "So you see, to protect the his sheep and himself, and anyone else, the boy cooperated with the wolf, even thought he knew it was a dangerous game. Even though harmless information was needed, it still pained the boy that he couldn't his home base about the wolf he'd encountered." Demitri snuggled himself down on his pillow and rested his head, he was getting tired himself. "Interesting..." Jeff softly said as he rested. "I hate werewolves, I've heard their monsterous" Pocket yawned, she too was feeling tired and laid down for sleep, Ali laid down quietly thinking about the story. She wondered if it had any meaning, especially when Demitri mentioned "Home base". Both Demitri's and Ali's head were close to one another, the lights turned off in the cabin as the night sky illuminated the plane from the open windows. Ali thought long and hard about Demitri's addition to the story, the others were fast asleep withing an hour, but she was still awake thinking. "Alex..." Demitri whispered in the air, she shifted some to her side, scooting up some as her head met Demitri's, their hair touching on the ground as they were touching, in a sense, together again. It brought Demitri some comfort knowing she was close by. Ali knew something was bothering him, he called her by her name. That was a sure sign. "Yes Demitri? She whispered in a sweet, soft tone. She too loved the face Demitri was close by to her, usually it would make her smile, but tonight, she was concerned. "Are you alright?" He asked softly again. "I'm a bit confused about your story Demitri, where did you hear it from?" She questioned as she lifted herself up by her arms to look down at Demitri's face, his eyes halfway closed until he met her gaze in the moonlight. Lovely eyes she has, he never really had a close encounter until this morning. "Or you didn't hear it at all? Demitri...let's say we were at "home base" and I'm one of the town's people, would you have warned me about the intruder?" Demitri said nothing, he only had a sad look on his face and moved his eyes away from hers to the side. "Would you try to tell me at least?" Nothing again from the giant soldier. "Even if it meant hurting me?" She hid back some emotion from the last question, but she felt Demitri's emotions shoot straight through the roof, she knew something was up for sure. Ali didn't even need the use of her powers to deduce that. Ali laid back down, touching heads again with her tam mate's as they both laid on the ground of the plane, emotions rising and warnings given. She eliminated all the possibilities before she came to one that stood out the most today, her confrontation wit her superior that surprised her the most before they left. "Demitri....Commander Hank..." "Wolf" Demitri sternly whispered.

Good to know, don't know why Lit isn't posting, it's getting good but oh well, we're holding down the fort so far. I'm liking how this is playing out with betrayal, love, and suspense. Adding more people now would be awesome.

The giant slept like a rock, he didn't know how well sleep would come to him but something seemed to help his thoughts of the last mission go away, especially the bad ones, the storm cleared out hours ago and the sun began to rise in the horizon. Demitri shifted in his spot a little bit, still remaining on his back but his head turned towards something soft and sweet, the aroma was enticing yet familiar to him. Stirring in his spot, Demitri finally opened his eyes, still sore for the body jerking he did last night, but was more surprised from what he say after a couple of blinks, it was Ali. Resting peacefully next to him, she looked exhausted as well but she slept soundly even as Demitri stood up, holding onto her neck from underneath and shoulder so she wouldn't roll on her face. Demitri was puzzled, he doesn't even remember anything after talking to Ali back in the med ward, they must have moved him to his quarters a couple of days ago. He was glad that his team visited him, especially Ali who gave him that orange, how did she know his favorite fruit? Maybe it was just a coincidence, but the thought was enough to set him at ease from his pain, and now this. The female stirred some in her slumber, until her eyes slowly opened for the first time that day, a little stunned that she wasn't looking at Demitri, instead up at him as he peered down at his team mate. "How are you feeling?" She asked sitting up herself, stretching her arms, but never leaving his eye contact. "Better...thank you. Did you stay here with me? Why?" Puzzled but he covered his torso with a thin sheet, covering his scars from previous battles, she didn't seem to mind at all, that wasn't her concern. "Seemed like you were fighting off an infection, you were tossing and turning, you even made a thunder storm last night while you slept Demitri. I came in to calm you down and it seemed like it worked a lot. You slept for hours on end afterwards" Ali sighed as she stood up from the bed and took the bowl of water and the wash cloth back to his bathroom. Demitri was still surprised she even did any of that for him, he never knew she could be so...caring, especially to him. "I see you're feeling better now, the fever broke at least. We leave in a couple hours for Egypt, the dossier for the next mission is on your bedside table". Demitri stat on the side of his bed before standing up, Ali had her back to him as she faced the entrance of his room, unlocking the door and making her way out. Before she could slip out, Demitri caught her hand gently and pulled her back into his room, and into his body for a semi-tight hug. Still towering over the woman, he was very thankful for her kindness. "I was so scared for you when you were taken away, but then you saved me from the Siren, you knocked me to my senses and when that monster was about to strike you I just acted on saving you. Alex-" He looked down to meet her gaze, she didn't resist or flinch at the hug, but just met his eyes. "I-I don't know what I would do if I lost someone like you, it tears me up inside to know such a strong woman could be taken advantage of or harmed by someone else, especially after all the missions we've been through and you've come on top of the enemy." Demitri released Ali from his grip, but placed both his hands on her shoulders as he knelt to come face-to-face with his team mate. "I'm stronger than I appear, our enemy will find out the hard way" Ali snorted in some frustration "But this time, you weren't, and I know you were scared" "...maybe a little, but I controlled myself. The team and mission comes first before anything else" Ali felt like she was losing her own self, she slowly hardened up again as their leader when Demitri was right about everything. "I'm glad to know you're safe and sound, and I want to thank you for saving me from that monster" Quickly she stood on her toes and planted a quick kiss on Demitri's cheek before turning around and leaving his quarters. The giant stayed there and blushed, his phone rang in the room taking him out of his daze. Going over to his work station he picked up the line. "This is Demitri Athens" "Demitri, good to hear you're up and about" Stated a familiar voice, it was Commander Hank on the other line, he seemed cheerful. "Listen, I know this is sudden but I need you, and only YOU at the interrogation center immediately." "Why just me?" "We found some of the survivors a town over from the military base, they were trying to report the attack but our guys got them after we scooped your team out from harms way. Come at once" With that, the phone line hung up. Demitri grabbed the paperwork and changed into his uniform, but only wore a tank top before he made his way out of their chambers and to the hallways to get to his location. Once he got there, the room only had Commander Hank on one side looking into the glass viewer of the room, Sergent Mike, the Flame Master was on the other side talking to one of the surviving soldiers. "Listen closely Demitri" and he did so. "So you all escaped to the control center and finally found a safe way out, then what happened?" Sergent Mike asked. "We...we were all scared, then some man appeared and was talking all crazy and what not. Saying some squad was on the way to eliminate everything that moved, but for some reason...he let us go without warning. It was like he wanted us to leave, he was scary looking and looked like he had no soul, and he was commanding th-those things to kill our friends. We took the only option we could." The sobbing soldier lost his composure. Sergent Mike nodded and took notes, he looked over the corner of his shoulder back to the mirror that showed his reflection, but he knew who was on the other side. "Another useless informant, what a shame. But at least we know your mission was compromised before the attack. It was just an excuse to send a team of HDF soldiers to find out what had happened" Commander Hank spoke, he then pressed a button to chat with the Sergent. "That'll do sir, we thank you for you information. Flame Master, do your work" Demitri was confused by what he meant, suddenly through the glass was a large flame the engulfed the innocent soldier, it was the witness. "WHAT THE HELL?!?!" Demitri shouted as he ran to the mirror and looked closer, The Flame Master set this man on fire on purpose, he screamed in agonizing pain rolling on the ground, only to spread more fire on his body. His screams could only be heard in the two rooms. "COMMANDER, WHAT IS THE MEANING OF THIS??" Demitri looked back angrily. "You were to bring survivors back at any cost in case they knew something about the target, all the ones we've interviewed only had bits and pieces" He sighed. "How...how many have you slained?" Demitri really didn't want to know. "11 so far, he's the 12th" Demitri's stomach dropped and he became dizzy, but he stood his ground. "Oh, and Demitri, let's keep this between you and us shall we?" "Why should I...you're...you're a monster!" Demitri caughed a bit. "Because one of the medications you took while you were healing, I had Sergent Mike slip you a bug, only we can sense if you've expose any sensitive information about this or anything else. You wouldn't want your team mates to spend countless hours wondering why you suddenly exploded into flames now would we? The commander had an evil smirk on his face, Demitri was caught off guard, grunting he angrily made his way out of the room. "Oh, and one more thing, your flight leaves in a couple of hours. I EXPECT results this time, or that loud mouth Ali will get whats coming to her if she challenges my word again" Demitri turned around quickly and launched a strong gust of wind towards the commander, violently sending him to the wall and keeping him there. "You touch her...I kill you. You touch my team...I'll kill you Earth Fighter" The commander struggled until Demitri let him go and left the room, the giant stormed down the hall angry, every personnel moved to the side and out of his way. Demitri made it back to his barracks, no one was in sight as he went to his room and began to pack for the mission, confused and concerned for his friends and the woman he cared for.

The morning hours drew near as one by one the small group went their ways for some relaxation or personal space, Rayne and Ken were left in the living room after Ren took her leave, noticing the time Ken decided to make his departure to his own residence. He knew he would have to explain to his friends about his absence earlier that evening eventually, standing the angel spread his wings like his arms to stretch some before stretching his muscles. "Going somewhere?" Rayne asked as he took a sip of some coffee he gathered from the kitchen earlier. "I must be on my way, the hour is late my friend and I am in dire need of rest. Fear not though ally, I shall be in touch" Ken wrote down his mobile phone number for Rayne just in case he was to call upon him for any assistance. Ken made his way towards the balcony window. "You can reach me any time. And if so, please inform Tahlia that super was delicious" Ken smiled, Rayne only lifted his coffe glass as to "cheer" Ken's statement, with that, the Angel had a small running start before jumping over the ledge railing and falling down from the building, moments later he expanded his wings and took flight into the nights sky, staying high above the clouds so as not to be seen by any humans. The trip was short to his living quarters, a nice sized house in the suburbs with a large front and back yard, flowers bloomed and trees to provide shade during the hot seasons. Ken dove from the sky and landed softly in front of his entrance door, noticing all the lights were on inside already, it made the angel questionable. Twisting the door knob slightly it opened without resistance, the dim lights in the living room were made by candle light, but the only true source of bright light came from his personal chamber, slowly making his way upstairs and to his front door, there was a small crack, peering through he could see his female friend from earlier with the long raven hair, Victoria. The woman who mirrored his former wife back when Ken was a human. Opening the door slowly as to not make a sound over the television, Ken crept inside and made his way to the side of the bed. "You have some explaining to do..." The voice shocked Ken some, he barely made it half way to the restroom before he was spotted. "My apologies ma'am, but...uhm....work needed me for a complication" Ken lied quickly, only to receive an evil glare from the woman, she was scary when she was frustrated. eventually she sighed and took off her boots before climbing under the covers. "You get off easy this time Kenneth, but don't make it a regular thing. And you DO owe me for today's stunt" She closed her eyes and made herself comfortable on the soft mattress, Ken went to his closet to change clothes for sleep time, a simple pair of sweat pants and tank top sufficed, he made his way over to the other side of the mattress and joined his friend under the sheets. "My lady, how can I accomplish that task?" He wondered as he nestled his head next to hers on the same pillow. Suddenly she flashed two peices of paper in front of his face, Ken leaned back to get a better vision of what they were. "You're going with me to see this concert, I wont them earlier in the week on the raido, and I'm NOT going alone. They're to Kun Osaki's newest tour, and she has a show coming to town soon. You're my date." She smiled and turned the opposite way to get some sleep. Ken was a bit caught off by the task....he hated concerts, they were always too loud and crowded. "But Victo-" He was off. "Not a word, you owe me, end of discussion. Good Night" Victoria snapped softly. Ken whimpered a little before rolling to his back with his hands behind his head pouting some. His eyes drifted down slowly as he got some rest from the day's events.

Demitri's recovery was long and hard, the gash on his back was healed by one of the higher ranking medical officers, codename: Touch, for obvious reasons and her powers of healing. His internal wounds healed, but the gash on his back left a pink outline of where he was struck at, another mark to add to the collection. Demitri spent a couple more days in the med ward for treatment, but by mid Wednesday he was escorted back to his quarters to join the rest of his team, but mostly he slept and healed from his wounds the whole time, Ali was kind enough to visit him for a couple of hours to chit chat and make sure he was feeling better. It brought the burly soldier some comfort while he was in pain. Mail came in for Demtiri as he slumbered, more letters of promotions to a commanding position, but like the ones before, he would reject them, he's not a desk type kind of soldier. The following days endured much rest, one a particular Saturday evening though, the weather changed...for the worst. Demitri's fever piked at a high level as the soldier tossed and turned in his bed all day, the winds outside the compound grew massively as they blew the surrounding forest life from left to right violently. The other soldiers thought it was odd, so did the commanding officers, but it was clear to some who knew the scarred man that he was in pain, and it effected the weather as he lost some control while he slept. But the mission they went through played over in his mind over and over again, still the main image he could see was Ali's scared face when she was taken hehostage by that mysterious man that negated all of her powers to keep cool and others calm. The pain in his back was unbearable as he shifted his head from side to side, grunting as he tried to rid his thoughts of his team mate being slapped on the face, or kicked in the stomach by the intruder that ambushed the group....or worse. Images Demitrti didn't care to think of clouded his mind. The it was starting outside was darker than "Cloak's" power when they were teleported to the HDF base from their mission. "Man, it's getting bad outside" A soldier noticed as he patrolled the base compound with his weapon, other's began to notice that it was beginning to rain a lot and thunder at the same time, taking shelter in their small bunkers, all personnel were to stay inside during this hurricane like storm. Inside the commander's quarters, it was Cloak, Emma (Phoenix) Anderson and Commander Hank that knew what was happening. "What's wrong with the sky?" Cloak asked as he looked outside, the heavy rain poured hard against the glass window of his common room, lightning struck the air loud and fierce. "It's gotta be a soldier who can either control the wind or thunder, or maybe both..." Commander Hank commented, he lounged in his chair looking over the recorded satilite footage of the last mission to the southern military base Ali's team was sent on, he continued to map out their paths and separation points to determine the failure in their mission. "Damn...they really didn't stand a chance at all." He sighed as he closed his computer screen. Demitri continued to toss and turn in pain as the thunder and wind grew more violent outside of the compound, beginning to gasp loudly in pain he struggled to wake up, but nothing seemed to work. More images of that beast and mysterious man plagued his mind as the soldier gripped the sheets of his bed. "Alex...." He yelped in pain, breathing heavily like a fish would outside of water, his door opened suddenly and closed just as quickly, all of the group members were woken up by the storm outside. They all fully recovered and prepared for their next mission, still questionable about the mysterious weather. "It's probably some new recruit who's lost control of their powers" Pocket mentioned as she yawned, bu quickly have a scream when the lightning cut off the power to the main facility. Ali tried to use her powers to calm Pocket down, but she felt something else in the air, pain. "Try to get some rest, I'm gonna check on something" With that, Jeff and Pocket went back to their respective rooms as ordered, but it was Ali who lingered and made her way to Demitri's room, having her eyes adjusted to the light she could make out Demitri's body violently jerking in it's spot as he gasped for air and hissed at his own pain. She causiously moved to the side of his bed and knelt down. "Demitri....wake up, it's alright. You have to wake up" She placed a hand on his bare chest, wet from sweat and heat, still the giant twisted and turned, grunting words and phrases from his lips. "Alex.....Alex...." He panted, his fever was off the scale as Ali felt forehead, burning badly. She knew something was wrong since he called her by her full name, that rarely happened, especially when she was around. He must be combating with the small infection from his wound, or maybe it was something more. "Demitri....wake up! You're safe and sound at home with me...us." She caught herself quickly before shaking the man gently, but nothing came to him as the storm grew stronger. Ali used her powers to try and calm the giant, it worked after a while as the wiggling and tossing stopped, leaving the man exhausted from his movements. Suddenly, Demitri opened his eyes and shot straight up gasping for air, scaring Ali for a moment. The soldier looked scared, sweating in his bed scared, like a bad dream played over and over in his mind. "It's ok" She patted him on the shoulder, looking quickly he saw Ali's face in the lightning's light for a moment before calming down. Still medicated on morphine, he slowly cupped her face with his large hand, shocking the woman for a moment. "Alex...?" He exhaled. "Yes Demitri. You're home safe and sound with the rest of the team. ".......are you?" He mumbled, still lucid dreaming as he placed his other hand on her shoulder, tight. Ali was a little stunned by the sudden action, but she kicked up her powers some to ease the troubled team mate. "Yes" She stated, placing a hand on his scared chest. "I'm safe." She whispered gently, looking into his dialated eyes, with that statement, Demitri's eyes dunk down and his body sank back onto the wet mattress sheets and passed out. Ali looked upon her team mate and brushed his wet strands of hair away from his face. From the entrance of the room, she could feel another presence, it was Commander's Cloak and Hank, standing at the doorway. "So, it was him causing the storm, the poor guy" Commander Cloak, wearing a dark blue cloak around his neck that covered his bod stated as he went to the bedside to see his ally. Worn out and hurting. "He wouldn't be like this is we had all the information we needed" Ali firmly stated as she shot a hateful look at Commander Hank, he merely brushed it off. "We had to get what little information we could Ali, I'm sorry it cost Demitri so much pain in the process, and to you and the others as well. But this next mission might be a connecting key to all of this" Hank stated as Cloak went to rejoin him at the doorway. "When the time is right, you'll be informed, that is all" Both men left the squads corridor at the same time, Ali merely gave a dirty look towards Commander Hank as they left, but looked back at Demitri still writhing in pain as he slept. He mumbled her name a couple times as he squinted his eyes and gasped for air. "Alex..."

Ali and Demitri ran through the small escape tunnel as fast as they could to catch up to their team mates, they only had so much time before the clean up crew were to arrive, and yet the whole mission seemed like an unorganized mess from the start. Their answers to the assault weren't answered thoroughly and yet there was the situation with that one creature that abducted Ali...he was an enigma itself. Never the less, their time was nearly up and they had to be out of there before the civilian clean up could find them, or they would be exposed. Demitri ran a little slower than usual, the pain in his body was enough to weaken a simple man, but he knew he had to push through, Ali was right in front of him as they ran through the narrow passage, it was longer than he had thought it would be. "They can't be too far now" Ali shouted over their foot steps as she looked at her watch, ten minutes remained as their escape time seemed to slip them. "Damn, first mission failure in a long time, the commander won't be happy about this but we have no choice but to evacuate the squad." She hissed, both turning a sharp corner as they ran. "Did you happen to get any information from the creature that held you hostage?" Demitri asked, they could hear some echoes coming from the distance, it had to be Pocket and Jeff. "Nothing, not one shred of information that would have been useful. But I'm positive he was the leader of the skeletal army since they listened to his commands without hesitation. Then that woman...she came out of nowhere. That was unexpected." Ali grunted as she remembered the image of Demitri losing the battle against her. She suddenly stopped herself with a couple of trots of to catch her breath. Demitri almost ran into her until he grabbed hold of a pipeline and stopped himself completely, he was glad for the momentary rest as he sank to one knee to rest, still exhausted and hurt from his fight. He looked up for a moment and was going to say something, but was met with a hard slap to his face, sending his head to the left. Demitri shook his head and stood back up looking down at Ali, who had a stern look on her face. "What was that for?" Dumbfounded, Demitri grunted a bit in anger. "You were sloppy, never have I seen you been taken so easily by a low class threat. What's wrong with you?" Ali scolded. "That's none of your concern, I had the situation handled. I'm appreciative of your assistance, was just caught off guard." The man rubbed his cheek quickly, trying to make the sting go away from his flushed face. "Don't let something from the past hesitate your actions Demitri, we can't afford to lose someone like you and especially not on my watch. Now come on...we..." She stayed silent, something evil and dark was coming towards them fast, but she didn't know from which direction. Demitri saw the hesitation in her voice, he knew to be on high alert. "It's coming closer" She whispered using her powers to feel around the two. Simultaneously, both began to sprint away from their spot towards the others, after making a couple more turns they could see Pocket and Jeff finishing off another group of Skeletals, Pocket reloading her ammunition while Jeff cracking his knuckles together, Pocket looked over to her right and saw the two, and was more than happy to seem Ali safe and alive. "Ali!!" She screamed and gave her friend a hug when they regrouped, Jeff said nothing, but crossed his arms together at his chest and sighed slightly. "We're fine Pocket, but we need to get moving, now!" No one missed a beat as they once again began to run the rest of the way to the nearest exit, finally, they came upon a steel door that was already opened. Must have been from the survivors that made it out and left the base. The group made it out as the sun was about to rise, the light blue sky was still dark, but the orange shine began to rise from the horizon. "We need an evac. ASAP, let's get some distance between us and the base" The group began to jog to the nearest trees to call for help, there was some slight rumbling that came from their backs, then it became stronger until the steel door from where they escaped from burst open with a large creature roaring at the top of its lungs. Skeletals followed close behind along with Anna, the siren woman. The group looked back as the massive 16 foot monster began to spring towards their direction. Before they could all scatter, the siren Anna sent a sonic wave blast towards them, slowing their movements as they covered their ears. "POCKET, GET RID OF THAT THING" Ali screamed, the noise was more than unbearable. The massive monster was withing striking range as it rose its large claw upon the group. "SCATTER NOW!!!" Demitri shouted as they all looked up, Jeff hugged onto Pocket and rolled the the right, demitri picked up Ali bridal style and jumped to the right, but when the monster brought his claw down onto the ground, it's longest claw cut deep into Demitri's back diagonally, shredding his uniform and breaching skin as he jumped. Both groups rolled on the ground until the dust cleared. Pocket took out her Rifel and aimed for the Siren's throat, taking a deep break and pulling the tripper, she sent her bullet right to it's targets. The woman tried to scream in pain, but that alone was impossible as she squirmed where she stood. Pocket continued her assault on the skeletals that were near the siren, Jeff used his powers to keep the large monster at bay, he wouldn't be able to hold it for long as it resisted in rage. Ali groaned a bit as she opened her eyes and saw she was being covered by Demitri, he was breathing heavily, but not moving much. getting out from under his body, she saw the large gash on his back bleeding, gasping she looked at the new battlefield. She thought quickly though as she looked over to where the car was, there was a energy shield installed in case of projectile attacks. "Pocket, Jeff, get to the SUV ASAP. We can find shelter there, move your asses!" She looked down at Demitri and lifted his arm to get under his shoulder to assist him to his feet, hissing and grunting in pain he finally opened his eyes. "Stay with us, we have to make it to the car, can you do it?" Demitri said nothing as he suddenly scooped up Ali again, with a burst of energy and using his wind powers, the man sprinted as the others followed suit. Having been released from it's bind, the monster began to make his way to follow the others, Demitri and Ali were the first to arrive, setting her down Ali got into the mangled driver's seat, Demmy lazily made his way to the back, opened up the trunk and got inside, closing the door before he passed out in pain. Pocket and Jeff got into the back seat once again as Ali tried to activate the shield, but it was busted. "Ali, it's coming closer!!" Pocket yelled, Ali looked through the cracked mirror and saw the creature with a few skeletals following it. She had to make the call, reaching to her ear piece. "This is Ali, we need IMMEDIATE evacuation from our current location. Our mission was compromised, requesting evacuation ASAP. We have a team member down and we're out numbered." She roared as the monster approached the vehical. "Copy that. We're having "Cloak" bring you in as we speak, we've monitored the situation since the Skeletals appeared, prepare for evacuation." The line cut off as the monster was about to strike the SUV, but a shroud of black smog engulfed the car, everything turned pitch black for a moment before light could be seen. They were back at HDF, with higher ranked officers and soldiers alike surrounding the SUV, along with a medical staff. Ali, Pocket and Jeff got out of the SUV quickly, Jeff went to the back to open the door, Demitri still bleeding and breathing heavily. Ali was approached by Commander Hank, the "Earth Fighter" as they called him. "Tell me what happened" he said. OOC: Almost 2 weeks an no posts? No way I'm letting that happen to this story :D:D

Ken was breath taken by the "pad" as Rayne called it, it was wonderous and extravagant, kind of like the gates to heaven....but less shinny. Some argument and commotion could be heard it the kitchen, he guessed that there was an artistic difference about the meal that was being made, around the corner came Onidus with a couple of beer bottles in his hand. He politely handed Rayne his brew, then tossed the other spare at Ken. Catching it quickly he scowled and grunted at the rude gesture. Onidus simply brushed it off and made his way to the open couch as he sat facing Ken. Rayne laid on the couch that separated the two along with a long glass table top. "Usually people say "Thank You", but I'll excuse your manners in our home". Onidus smirked as he opened his bottle and took a large gulp, as the bottle opening left his lips, it began to shake somewhat it his hand. Suddenly the bottle bursted into several pieces, spilling on Onidus's lap and on the floor some. The sound was loud enough for the three woman to peek their head out of the kitchen to see what had happened. "I thank thee kindly for the brew" Ken laughed under his breath as he took a quick sip before setting the bottle on the glass table. Rayne signed heavily as he sat up from his spot and rubbed the back of his neck. "I know it's not easy for you to adjust so easily, but they are good guys Ken. No reason to use force" Taking a sip of his cold beverage he looked over his shoulders and gave a nod towards the girls, taking the hint they went back to making supper for the party. Ken simply smiled and lifted the bottle again, when he brought the neck of the bottle to his lips the glass shattered open into several pieces, having the same effect of making a mess. Ken looked dumfounded until he looked across the table to see Onidus's arm in his beastly form, stretching his claws making a fist. "Fair is fair. For an angel, you sure are different from Rayne. Definitely a stick in the mud, you can't even see who allies are anymore, human world making you go soft?" Onidus relaxed in his recliner, cool and poised like the way he felt. He knew there was something he had over the angel across from him, he was "old school". "Since when hath I call [i]you[/i] an ally wretched creature? I've fought along side with Rayne in holy wars and bouts against our enemies, namely you and other creatures of misbegotten forms. I join the crusade to assist an angel, yet again, ANGEL" Both stood to their feet simultaneously staring one another down, hatred in Kenneth's eyes, strategic planning in Onidus's. Once again, simultaneously acting on impulse both beings transformed into their true forms, a holy fighter standing off with the feral wolf shikabane. This time, it was Anue and Tahlia who came out of the kitchen now, Tahlia aiming her weapon at Ken while Anue went to Odius' side, placing a hand on the growling wolf's shoulder, he looked into her eyes. Stern, yet comforting eyes, his growls softened and ceased as he stood tall and calm over her. "We don't have to like him, or the situation, but he did help us. But we follow Rayne's judgement on bringing him here, he doesn't do that...ever." Anue rubbed his furred shoulder some as Ondius grunted, turning his head to his side while crossing his arms. Still keeping an eye on the blond haired angel. Ken felt the cold steel of Tahlia's pistol on his shoulder, she came close without him paying attention. "So, how does it feel?" Winking at the winged warrior, he knew it was payback for drawing his weapon on her earlier. Ken signed as he turned back to his human form, but he kept his wings out, it was more comfortable that way. The silence in the air was that of death itself, but it was broken quickly by the sound of Ken's cellular phone as it went off in his jean pocket. Taking it out he tried to answer it, but Rayne took the phone before he could see who was calling. Tahlia lowered her gun and went back into the kitchen giggling some. "Score 1 point for me" "Who's calling you this late Ken?" Rayne smiled, Ken tried to take it back, but his angelic ally was playing that "keep away" game he's seen human kids play. "The idea does not pass my mind, now unhand my property Rayne" Laughing a bit, Rayne looked at the caller I.D and saw the name, he opened the flip phone and saw the image of a very beautiful woman, but Rayne stopped joking around once he recognized who she was, that's when Ken finally got his device back and answered. "Alas, if you'll forgive my leave....and my...manners earlier" With the he shot a glance over to Ondius, still staring him down. Ken squinted his eyes ever so slightly as he frowned and returned the stare. "I shall be conversing outside for a moment" With that, Ken answered and began to talk as he went outside on the balcony. "So...? Was calling?" Anue finally asked, Odius turned back to his human form and went into the kitchen with the others, maybe watching Tahlia cook would calm him down. "Looked like Victoria" Rayne sighed sadly as he sat back down on the couch, He ruffled his hair some when he scratched the back of his neck. Anue sat next to him and relaxed some herself. "Pretty name. You know her?" Anue asked as she placed both feet on the glass table to stretch. "Know of her...she was his wife centuries ago before he was killed. I think I found out why he like's the human world so much now." "You're guess is as good as mine" Anue shrugged her shoulders. "I think he's been trying to find her reincarnation form, or doppelganger all these years." Rayne watched though the glass window as Ken leaned against the railing talking on the phone, smiling. "The poor fool" "I think it's kinda sappy romantic, we all have our history from the past." Anue gave a playful punch to Rayne's left arm, both laughing a bit before Ren popped her head out from the corner. "Dinner is ready, get it while it's hot!" She shouted smiling.

OOC: Apologies for forgetting a character in my last post. My Bad ^_^ Kenneth marveled at the monster's new giant form, but it was deadlier than he had expected, quicker too. Dashing away from his hiding spot, Kenneth removed his black cloth and jumped from the building top, his wings expanded out to give him flight as he soared over above the playground still in human form, Rayne continued to fire his gun at the creatures torso while moving away from it's oncoming attacks. With one eye gone now, it was thought to be a much easier battle, but that was a thought short lived. The creature had freed himself from the young girl's hair bind and flung his arm wildly to release itself. Swinging it's massive are the beast tossed Ren towards the swing set pole, her body connected and bent the pole upon impact, but her message was clear, keep the last shikabane away before it got too powerful. Kenneth began to launch an assault in the air with his arrows, maneuvering himself in the air with a couple of barrel rolls from the massive hand that was trying to capture him. Onidus and Anue scrambled to get the last Shikabane while the others distracted the larger creature, but it was hungry for more play time and play things, especially Eliza. Kenneth shot a couple of arrows in the back of the creatures neck before landing on the ground, the monster roared at the pain and it stomped on he playground repeatedly, causing slight tremors in the earth as a result. Kenneth went by Ren's side and picked the young girl up before flying further away to get to safety. Rayne covered the two as he shot more bullets into the monsters knees to weaken its balance. Enraged, the monster picked up the swing set from the ground and launched it at Kenneth and Ren, it passed them overhead by mere inches, but it was close to the teeth as Kenneth quickly landed and covered the two from the debree that rose up. Turning around he could see that the monster was coming closer as it walked. "How do we stop this beast of burden?" Kenneth panted to catch his breath, he helped Ren get onto her feet as they both looked at the monster. Rayne joined the two reloading his weapon. "Nice to see you're around these parts Ken. Tell me, have you gotten soft over the years of being here?" Rayne smirked, Kenneth only smiled back as he extended his hand towards the giant and gathered the wind around the group and shot a stream of twirling air at the chest of the creature, it seemed to hold it back some, but not enough. Ren turned around to see that Onidus and Anue were having their own troubles handling Eliza, the last of the shikabane left besides the creature before them. Kenneth extened his other arm and released a second stream of wind to aide their allies. "How long can you keep him at bay?" "Not long, he's stronger than my wind currents, I cannot subdue the beast" Kenneth shouted and grunted over the sound of blowing wind. Rayne continued to fire more clips into the monster, Ren made a quick dash to the right to get behind the monster, once again, releasing her black hair she aimed around the neck to pull it back some to assist with Kenneth's wind push. "Do what you can, the main priority is to keep Eliza away from him or kill her before it gets the chance to swallow her whole. If that happen, we're up for one hell of a fight" Rayne fired more shots into the creature, the torso area this time. Kenneth focused more energy of his wind technique and gave it his all to keep the monster at bay with the help of Ren's hold from the back. The monster frailed and screamed uncontrollably by the resistance to it's movements. Picking up its massive leg, it quickly stomped on the ground as a tidal wave of earth flew towards Kenneth and Rayne, knocking them down as it passed through them, suddenly the creature jerked its neck violently breaking the bond that Ren had on it. Kenneth hissed as he laid on his side, his left wing had been ripped badly by the gravel that assaulted them as blood ran through his tan feathers and onto the ground, Rayne was sill in pain from his dislocated shoulder, but now suffered from a deeply cut up leg. The monster moved towards them, it's massive foot was about to come down on Kenneth until Rayne tackled and rolled the two out of harms way as the creature passed them by without noticing them, it was more concerned on it's new play mate....Eliza. OOC: I didn't know how to really go from here, but there it is.

Question: How powerful are shikabanes compared to normal humans/our own beings?

The afternoon seemed a tad bit gloomy with all the gray clouds and small burst of rain, nothing too heavy but enough to make people either stay inside or just go out to a restaurant, Kenneth did just that. Enjoying a drink and some food with his human friends that he's made while living amongst them for the past several years, the pub was quite lively with humans as they enjoyed the sports on their "television" as they called it, and enjoying a fine selection of brew from the barkeep. Definitely a large change from Kenneth's time period before he became an Angel, but he could never forget then comfort and company of friends none the less. "So Ken, think you might wanna take the trip with us to the mountains next month?" A raven haired woman asked, she enjoyed her martini sip by sip before moving some strands of her hair away from her face. "It's suppose to be lovely by this time with all the now and wind, I'm sure you'd love it". "Yeah bud, we're gonna go snowboarding and make a huge bonfire each night, don't miss out on an adventure of a lifetime" His friend Anthony replied, seeing all these people has made Kenneth remember all of his friends from his past life, almost exactly the same. More rain began to pour lightly outside as the clouds got darker....but it was an unusual change that happened so fast. "Well my friends, the offer is tempting, I shall give you an answer when I am fully aware of my plans" His English tongue was getting better to adapt to modern "English". "Be not worried though, I am sure I will be able to attend the festivities". With that, Kenneth rose up from his stool and left the group to go outside for a smoke, a delightful invention by the humans that he enjoyed on occasion. Kenneth stood underneath the pub's umbrella as he lit a smoke, he could still hear inside his friends talking and enjoying himself....but then there was another sound that distracted the man. (Was that a gun...?) Kenneth thought as he took a long drag, but then more shots from the distance could be heard, it was very far away, no normal human could hear the vibrating sounds as they bounced through the walls of the streets. Looking over his shoulder quickly, he could still see his friends enjoying themselves and not noticing his absence much, squatting down to his knees for a moment the angel gathered a small burst of wind to hover underneath his feet as he leapt off from the ground and soared to the top of the nearest building in a flash. On the rooftop he could still hear gunfire in the wind, turning to his left he began to sprint instantly, mere humans would only see a blur if they were to every see him pass by. Hopping from building to building the sounds of struggle and screams seemed to grow stronger, Kenneth finally jumped off from a tall business tower down to a convenient flower shop that overlooked a harmless playground, but the playground itself was the opposite of that. There was a soaked black cloth behind the flower shop sign that blew ever so slightly at the wind, Kenneth grabbed the soaked fabric and wrapped it around his body as he tied the ends at his neck, making himself a hooded robe. Slowly the angel unsheathed his wings from his back, silently so the feathers wouldn't go flying everywhere, grabbing one of the stray feathers he conjured up his black bow and arrow ammunition before sneaking behind the "O" neon sign of the flower shop and looking down at the battle. There were tiny shikabane's fighting with three combatants, two females and one male. But the male seemed familiar to Kenneth somehow, then it hit him. He's seen that human form, but it was a coy, that was a angel he's met before. "Do my eyes deceive me?...That's Rayne!" It was a shocking conclusion but Kenneth was sure, one of the tiny shikabane lost it's arm due to a close range gunshot from one of the female fighters, it caught Kenneth's attention as it tried to flee. "Ren! Get it!" She screamed, the tiny creature hobbled on it's knife like arm away from her, Kenneth decided to act quickly before it fled, drawing back his bow and arrow the angel summoned some wind that swirled around the tip of his arrow to help with the accuracy. "Vanish this unholy creature from the realm of the good" With that, Kenneth released his arrow that shot like a bullet, breaking the sound barrier as it flew towards his mark, only to pierce the shoulder of the shikabane and grounding it to the playground's dirt, the screams echoed more and more as another arrow pierced it's only arm so it wouldn't attack anything that came close. Yet another ear-piercing scream as it was pinned. (It's been quite a while Rayne, but this deserves some explaining) Kenneth thought as he looked down at the fighters, still defending themselves and unleashing their attacks on the unholy creatures, there was something odd about the two female fighters though, something that didn't seem right. Kenneth remained hidden as he launched a couple more arrows to distract the tiny shikabane's and assist the group in the shadows.

Name: Kenneth "Ken" Romanos Age: 31 in Human Form Race: Angel Human Appearance: [url="http://media.animevice.com/uploads/0/7229/328451-1407610_street_fighter___cody_by_genzoman_super_super.jpg"]Human Form[/url] Second Form Appearance : [url="http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d82/trunks8023/BadGuyOct72.jpg?t=1267987944"]Angelic Form[/url] Personality: During his years of living as a soldier for the heavens, Kenneth has seen lots of bloodshed in the name of his leader and against his foes as well, battle has made him into a hard man. Nothing seems new to Kenneth as he travels between the angelic world and human realm, he often envies the human race for advancing through time with so much history and darkness in its past. He favors the humans who live their lives to the very end, it shames him that they can come back as horrible creatures. Kenneth has grown to lean towards the "whatever happens, happens" attitude when he visits the human realm, taking shape into one of them calms him from his duties. A laid back individual with a sense of duty and honor comes from him, a bit rebellious at times and brash in his actions, but he always gets the job done. Weapons: Kenneth can pluck one of the feathers from his wings at any given time and draw up a mighty bow and arrow arsenal to use against his enemies. During times of war, this was his favorite weapon to use along with his powers. They were a deadly combination, those who came upon his aim were never fortunate to survive the strike. Powers: Manipulation over the element of wind, nothing too powerful as conjuring up hurricanes or tornados, but strong enough to create gusts and move objects at his whim. His small wind attacks are formitable themselves, cutting the flesh with a flick of his hand or binding someone in a small wind cage. History: During the 16th century of human records, Kenneth was a man of entertainment as a well known fighter who won his bouts fair and square, with a loving family by his side and friends to last him a lifetime. The man was also a devout believe in the church and made his weekly, sometimes daily visits just to find inspiration and enlightenment. On a night venturing home, Kenneth was ambushed by unknown fiends, leaving him dead after the assault, his spirit wondered before he was found by, now, his closest friend and ally Ian, an angel sent to retrieve Kenneth's soul for the greater purpose of serving their leader in holy battles. Though it pained him to be taken away from his life and family, Kenneth agreed to serve his leader when the time arose, and it did many a times. After a while, the many battles seemed to blur and time seemed to move fast from his train of though, his old life now seems like a distant memory that cant be pieces so simply anymore. Kenneth had longed to return to the human world during times of peace and prosperity, one day he flew to the human realm and expertly disguised himself among the living beings. He stayed there for some time in the form he had when he was a human himself, yet again making friends and allies in the human realm. He would often hear stories of creatures and monsters, also see them in "movies" portrayed by actors and special effects. The fact that these humans can go around and live their lives knowing that some of those creatures actually exsist for real amazed Kenneth, how he longed to be nieve once again. Now, the angel has stayed in the human world for almost 10 years, completing his duties to protect the human race while living amongst them, he still sees humanity as a good thing. Even though his leader is somewhat objective of the thought, but still grants permission to Kenneth to live amongst them to keep them out of harms way. *Hope that's alright*

OOC: Guess I'll start the separation going for the story to develop. Pocket bursts of emotion was more than enough to send her off edge as she tried to make a futile effort to help her best friend, but it was Jeff that grabbed her arm and pulled her back to the small group. Demitri tried to follow the wind shift of the assailant and Ali as they vanished, but the trailed disappeared once they were too far to see anymore. "ALI!!" Pocket screamed, her echo radiated through the control center and back down the corridor whence they came from prior, some rustling could be heard down the hall, more of the skeletals probably showed up from the shadows. Jeff was quick on his feet to use his powers to shut the steel door, trapping them inside the control center. Yet their security was not important, it was the fear they had for their team mate. "Damn..." Demitri shouted as he slammed his fist on the control console, he made a small dent onto the metal work place as his fist shook in its place. His veins appeared as he tensed his muscles, he was shaking slightly on the inside. "What was that guy? How did he know about us?...was this a trap all along?" Demitri paced back and forth trying to think about the whole operation in his head and the actions they took. He had thought it was a routine mission up to this point, now this. Ali was not a force to be messed with on her own, but that guy completely negated her abilities....were they under the same effect as well? Or was it just her? "What are we gonna do..." Before Pocket could finish there was a barrage of banging and screaming coming from the steel door, their enemy had come fast and their surprising strength was enough to prove they were a force to be fearful of, deadly at that. The door held its place, but the team knew it wouldn't be for long. Jeff quickly moved some chairs and made a small blockade to buy them some time in case the door were to burst open. "We have to get out of here and find Ali" Pocket wiped the tears from her face and looked around, like the others, to find a way out. Demitri looked at the ground, he could see a small gust of wind coming from the crack of the floor where the radio power station was. "Over there" Dashed the muscular soldier as he dropped to his knees at the spot and inspected the tile flooring, there was an escape passage that lead downward out of the control room. Lifting up some of the tile Demitri found the hatch and opened it, inside was still a blood trail when the lights came on, could some of the soldiers have made it out before that man appeared? "You two, get going, your abilities are a perfect match to keep one another alive long enough to either find Ali or escape before the clean up crew gets to this location". Both Jeff and Pocket looked at Demitri as he walked away from the hatch and stood in front of the steel door. More banging and screams came onto the group. "Are you nuts?? We have to stay together and find Ali as a team" Pocket shouted over the loud assault on the door, Jeff looked at Demitri like he was a fool, but his facial expression was the same as Pocket's remark. "I'll cover before joining you two, we need to make sure there are none of these Skeletals following us. I'll hit you up on the communicators when I'm through, but right now your priority is to find Ali and assist her. We work as a group, so that means someone will have your backs. That's an order" Demitri tossed back the pistol Pocket had given him before. He patted his own pistols he carried on his leg holders and hips. "Mine work better anyways". There was a loud crashing sound as a hand came through the steel door, followed by another and another at different spots. Jeff looked at the door and back at the emergency exit before he grabbed onto Pocket's arm and forcefully brought her along with him. "Demmy you can't" The young girl persisted to resist, but Jeff was not having any of it as they got closer to the exit. "THAT'S AN ORDER POCKET!" Demitri shouted, just then the steel door came crashing down and the skeletals made their way inside, Jeff picked up Pocket in his arms and both jumped down simultaneously. With a flick of his wrist, Demitri shut the hatch with a slight gust of wind, he then charged up a couple of wind balls in his hand and launched them at his targets. One by one they flew to the wall or back to the corridor from whence they came, but it was not enough. Before one could grab Demitri, the soldier did a barrel roll to his right and extending his arm, pushing back his assailant with a strong gust of wind, sending shards of metal to his body that went through and through. Grabbing his two pistols from his hip Demitri fired his clips into the rest of the Skeletals that were standing until none was left walking. *click click* Was the last sound in the room to be made, Demitri unloaded his empty magazine in both guns and reloaded them as quickly as possible. There was only one shuffling noise that came through the dark passage, it was small yet noticable, the figure finally made it's way to the door of the well lit control room. Demitri looked up with his gun aimed directly at the head of the long raven haired figure...but his blood froze in its place once the figure lifted with its cold milky eyes. "...Anna..." Demitri whispered as he lowered his gun, a rookie mistake. "But you're....you're dead..." Examining the figure more as she made her way closer towards Demitri, her skin was zombie like yet it wasn't ripping or shedding, only the marks of the wolf attack lingered, she said nothing. Stopping a few feet away in front of the tall giant, the creature opened its mouth and let out an ear-piercing screech, the echo broke glass and rumbled the bodies of the skeletals, Demitri covered his ears but was still yelling as he felt the numbing cries through his whole body. The creature continued to scream until a sonic boom like wave projected itself towards Demitri, sending his body towards the wall hard as he bounded and landed face first on the tile floor. "DAMMIT, YOU'RE A SIREN" The scream continued as Demitri struggled to get up, he could hear some talking on his communication ear piece, but he couldn't make out what was being said. Thinking fast, Demmy created a wind barrier that fought with the sirens sonic boom attack. He was granted a moments rest from the noise, but not the assault as he held his place shielding himself. It took more than he thought just to keep himself protected and safe from her assault, the giant coughed up some blood from the wall impact as he held his place.

Demitri maneuvered himself from getting tackled by these creatures as the group stayed tight together, getting bitten and turning into one of these monsters wasn't appealing what so ever. Looking over his shoulder, the muscular soldier could see his team mate Jeff delivering a critical Meia Lua kick to one of the former personnel, with deadly aim at that. Pocket remained close to Ali and stayed close behind as their team leader defended the two with her weapon and skill. "I've only read dossiers on these creatures" Demitri shouted as more shuffled their way to the groups current spot, Demitri gathered a gust of wind to collect in his right palm forming a visible ball constantly twirling in his grasp. He extended his arm to release his attack on the closest target, like a gunfire, it shot quickly through the air knocking one of the Skeletals to the wall at the other end of the corridor. "But seeing them in person now....well, that's a different story". Demitri shot another wind blast towards Jeff's direction, covering his back from being grabbed by a creature in the shadows. Without warning, one came up from behind Demmy and grabbed onto his beck roughly, tugging the giant and the creature to the closest wall. Demitri gasped and chocked as the skeletal's surprisingly tight grip blocked his airway, the creature was about to take a bite from Demmy's neck until a hand blocked the attack. Jeff quickly went over to Demitri's aide as he lept into the air and connected his foot to the skeletal's skull, sending the creature flying off of Demitri's shoulder. Demitri gasped for air when he fell to his knee as Jeff covered him. "Stay sharp Demitri, we can't afford mistakes" Ali roared as she continued her assault followed by Pocked backing her up with her Barret Rifle, the loud pops from her gun echoed in the corridor. "No ****, but hey, I'm fine." Demitri finally got up and assisted once again in defending the formation. Finally it was Pocket who took down the last skeletal in the area, the group caught their breaths for a moment's rest as they scanned the area. "It's still dark, we should find the nearest room and try to plan from there. Wouldn't ya say?" She looked over to Ali, the idea had crossed her mind as well. But if all the personnel were turned into Skeletals, there would be no assurance that a survivor was left to explain what had happened in the first place. Jeff folded his arms and sighed as Demmy began to rub the side of his neck from where he was grabbed. "Alright, break's over" Ali broke the silence as she continued to move further down the corridor, the group followed close by. For a small military base, it sure seemed a lot bigger on the inside, lots of turns and stairs to different directions. For a while, Ali was getting annoyed that the rooms they tried to enter had been locked, must have been from the original raid and the emergency back-up power must have failed. The further they went into the base, the harder it seemed to keep in communication with HQ, something was happening to their signal from all ends. Finally, the group came to a door that read "Control center", the steel door was slightly open by a crack. Ali tried to budge the rest of the entrance open, but to no avail. "Move over princess, I got this" Ali shot an evil glare towards Demmy, but she brushed it off as she moved aside. Demitri cracked his knuckled as he gripped tight on the door's edge. Looking back over his shoulder he saw Jeff. "Lend me a hand bud". But no answer, but he knew that was an answer itself. Getting himself in a solid stance Demmy started to use all his strength to pull the door open, slowly the rusted steel door moved little by little, when it got halfway open Jeff used his powers to move the rest of the door to it's opening sheath. The group looked inside and saw that the room was fully illuminated by lights and computers...but also, they could see there was a bloodshed inside the control center as well. Just no bodies left to tell the tale. They entered still on high alert for whatever they may face.

The night was young at the headquarters of the Human Defense Force as soldiers and office personnel alike began to wrap up their work for the evening and go to their respective living quarters, Demitri stirred in his sleep that late afternoon after having a small sparring practice with the higher ranked officials. He got a nasty fire burn from Commander Snider and one hell of a bruise from Sergent Aliki. Those pains bothered the giant none, he continued to toss and turn in his sleep, sweat forming on the brow of his forehead as he huffed air like a dog would. His last solo mission did a number on him, still remembering the attack on a villa in the eastern lands, so much death and blood spilled everywhere before Demitri could act on his orders. Then...there was the woman he couldn't save...Anna. [i][color="#2e8b57"]"Things will be o.k, keep breathing and look at me" Demitri held the young woman tight in his arms keeping pressure on her claw marks, there was a massive hunt out tonight, hunt for human lives. The werewolf pack the Demitri was tracking attacked out of nowhere, and the end result...a mission failure. The young girl's heart continued to pump blood and her lungs exhausted from working so much to keep her alive, but it was a fate she could not escape from. "Please...please...I don't want to die..." She cried silently, and alas, he wish did not come true. Her body shook for a moment as Demitri looked down upon her...she stopped. Nothing was left but her silent breath. Her body went limp and cold against Demitri's strong and warm body. "I'm sorry..." Demitri lowered his head as he placed his hand upon her face. Swiping it downward to close her eyes, no more screams were heard in the villa that evening. The pack had left with their spoils and left their mark. [/color][/i][color="#2e8b57"][color="#000000"]The muscular soldier finally opened his eyes to see his alarm clock at the side table of his bed, blinking a couple of times to get his vision set he noticed it was about to turn 8 in the evening. Sitting up in his bed the giant looked down at his hands, scarred with some scratched and cuts from previous missions, he remembers the one from that night. A small gash now healed on his right ring finger from the claw of a now deceased wolf. Shaking his head and ruffing his hair some, Demitri decided to shower before going on his shift. Still a little sore from today's earlier activities, he had hoped that tonight would be an easy night for him, just stay on duty as hope things are smooth. After his shower the soldier dressed in his uniform fully equip with his weapons and spare ammo. "There is something I wanna look at though before I go on shift..." Dimitri left his room and walked down the corridor, passing by his co workers and fellow soldiers alike as he gave a friendly smile and made some small chit chat with them as well. Demitri made it into the office and began to look at the case file from his last mission, something seemed amiss at the formation of the wolves that attacked the villa. But the soldier couldn't put his finger on it to save his life, the the autopsy photo of Ana came in sight. She looked so peaceful. Demitri brushed it off as he closed the folder and placed it back in the shelf, the door opened behind him quickly as he turned and almost got trampled by the running figure. Placing his hands on it's shoulders Demitri looked down at the person. It was Ali, a member of his squad. [/color][/color] [color="#000000"]"Trouble?" He asked, he knew she was one for little chit chat, she was more direct and to the point. A bit sad at times Demitri thought, but she was work orientated. He had to give her that. "What are you doing here already?" She asked as Demitri let her go. "I was looking at some old files" Demitri looked closer at his team mate in the light. "....you look like ****, whats going on?" "We have a mission. A military base in the South was attacked last night. Do you know where Jeff and Pocket are?" "I'm pretty sure Jeff is in his usual area and as for Pocket, your guess is as good as mine" The man scratched the side of his head, parting his long hair some to reach the spot. Ali left in a huff and was told to call the others on their mobiles. "Yeah yeah, bark to you too" Demitri brushed off her attitude and tried to call Pocket, but no answer for her phone. When he tried to contact Jeff, he answered, then hung up. After a while it was Pocket who came into the office and sat down next to Demitri. "I hear we have a mission, haven't had one in a while" Pocket said as she reclined in her chair for some comfort. "Speak for yourself" Demitri laughed some as he made a fresh pot of coffee, after sitting down at his chair again they were met with Ali and Jeff. Their breifing on the mission was short but to the point, go to the base and investigate everything on the attack they just had. The casualty count was higher than anyone could have figured in their head, once the information was given the group went to their vehicle. Demitri got into the driver's seat and buckled in, Ali in the passenger seat, Pocket and Jeff in back of the van. "Let's move out" Ali buckled herself in staring forward the whole time, Demitri let on the gas and they were on the way to the southern military base. [/color]

I'm going for the Packers this year, the Steelers knocked out my home state team for the final two (Baltimore Ravens). So, GO CHEESE HEADS!!! They just did the coin toss, Packers will be kicking off first. w00t!

I've been wanting to do a detailed RPG for a while now, after signing up for a couple and not having them start I was started to get dis-interested after coming back from hibernation. But I like the plot of this one, might be a challenge for me, but I'd be willing to give it my all. You got me if the sign up's are posted.