Akieen Cloud

[font="Comic Sans MS"][color="#000080"]Ri cursed as she struck her lighter over and over, the unlit cigarette bobbing between her lips as she whispered. "C'mon baby, c'mon, light for momma..." She glared over at Carter as he spoke. "Kinda useless without that thing aren't you?" "Shut up." Striking the lighter again she grinned as the flame crept higher lighting the dark stair case dimly, she extended her hand watching as some of the flame lept from the lighter and into her hand, she sighed as warmth spread through her hand. She looked up nodding at Carter and slowly walked in front of him illuminating their path, gritting her teeth around the cigarette as Carter sang softly behind her. "...Than all the reindeer loved him..." She looked over her shoulder to see him smirking slightly. "I understand you can't die, but I'm sure you feel pain." He held up his hands, his smirk growing as they slowly made their way down the stairs to their destination, she closed her hand slowly around the flame in her hand dimming it as she caught sight of a Blank. "Looks like a guard. What do you want to do?" "This." She watched horrified as he strode forward, quietly sneaking behind the man and smashing his fist into the back of the man's neck knocking him out. Ri trotted down the last few stairs looking down at the laid out man and shaking her head. "This is lame, I could be sitting in my apartment, eating Chinese, on my RP site and talking to my friends." Carter looked down at her oddly. "Your what?" "Don't worry about it, lets just get this done and over with. I'm bored with this anyway. By the way, have you heard from any of the others, I mean it is really quiet in here and-" "Phoenix, shut up." She closed her mouth before she said anything else as they continued on, reaching the end of a hall they both looked around the corner to see 2 more Blanks. Looking at one another he gestured towards her. "You got a plan?" "One." "And?" "Since you can't die, figured I could just set you one fire and have you run out screaming and scare the **** out of them giving me time to knock them out." "I don't think I like that plan." "You'll live remember?" "I feel pain." "And? Just roll around a bit, you'll be alright." "Seriously?" "I got nothing, you?" "See the pillars?" She nodded and waited for him to continue. "We can sneak around them, catch them from behind and knock them out. Can you handle that loud mouth?" She frowned at him and nodded, closing her hand and putting the flame out as they split up on opposite sides of the room following the pillars til they were both behind their targets, nodding to one another, she moved. Launching into the air she swung her right leg around catching the man on the side of the head, hearing the satisfying crack of her booted foot against his mask she landed gracefully on her feet and looked over to see Carter with his arm around the other man's head chocking him out. He looked up and let the man drop in a boneless heap to the floor. She nodded and met back up with him in the middle, pulling out her lighter she struck it pleased as it lit the first time, the flame jumping back into her palm. "That's one floor, lets get the other." He nodded as the jogged from the room together towards the next floor.[/color][/font]

[font="Comic Sans MS"][color="#000080"]I'll be getting a post up tonight, I've been struck with writers block, got a lot of things going on at once for me right now. But I did want to give a fair warning, I'm shipping out for boot camp a lot sooner than expected, the 6th of Sept. So if this isn't finished by than, feel free to do with Riona as you see fit. >.< Sorry for the inconvenience. [/color][/font]

[font="Comic Sans MS"][color="#000080"]Soooo, I'm kinda wondering where the hell Sleep went in my life lately...just not finding it, or its not finding me...either way Sleep and I...we gotta have a talk, and nice LONG talk, while we watch a movie projected on the backside of my eye lids. Cause this 24 hours up, 10 hours asleep thing...it's just not cutting it. And now that I'm thinking about it, me and Hunger gotta have a get together as well, cause he's just been missing for about 3 days too...That and paranoia just needs to leave me the hell alone. lol[/color][/font]

[font="Comic Sans MS"][color="#000080"]Ashen followed the sounds of Geralt's foot steps as they ran, keeping a tight hold of Alexander's hand, she gasped and grit her teeth as her foot slipped on a slick rock, rolling her ankle she felt the skin of her knees tear as she fell. "Curses!" "As-" "Stop! Get him out of here Iron Bars, I'll meet with you once my healing is finished." "I told you, I'm not-" "I'm not giving you the choice! Go!" She tilted her eyes in the direction of Alexander's harsh breathing. "Go with him little one. He will keep you safe." "Will you be alright?" She gave him a gentle smile, small even though it was she made it as kind as she could. "I will be right behind you." He nodded and walked towards Geralt who pushed him forwards a bit before he turned back to Ashed and knelt down to her. "I don't want to leave you, I'm no good with kids." "That is not true Iron Bars, kids seem to love you for no apparent reason remember?" He frowned and scoffed as he recalled what she was talking about, it had happened a few years ago, Geralt and her had been elected to go shopping for the manor and he had almost instantly been surrounded by a group of children interested in him, mostly due to his choice in a career but also no doubt because of him self. She had been able to nothing else but cover her mouth to hide the smile that threatened to over take her as she listened to him ramble to the children about this or that til she had managed to get the attention of a random person walking by to get the time. She had to drag him away from the crowd. She came from the memory shaking her head. "Just go." "I can't leave you Eclipse!" She put her hand on his shoulder and gave him a rough shove making him stumble back to his feet. "I said go. I will be right behind you." She could smell his scent filling the small area before it moved away, sighing she hung her head slightly, caught off guard as his steely scent invaded her senses yet again, his warm breath brushing her face as he knelt down to her level once again. "You better be telling me the truth Ashen. I'm serious." She knew he was, she could hear it in his voice and nodded slowly gasping as she suddenly felt his lips on her's in a desperate kiss, they were gone just as quickly but the faint tingling they left behind left no doubt of what he had just done. "I know I just broke a rule, but this gives you a reason to find me. Now you have to kick my ass right?" She frowned. "So I do. Now get out of here!" He was gone than, his scent along with Alexanders, both lessening til they were gone and all she could smell was the musty scent of the stagnant water standing in puddle under her, she heaved a sigh and stood slowly, leaning against the damp walls of the tunnel she began to limp slowly forward, hoping she didn't manage to take a wrong turn and get lost. She had been walking for possibly 15 minutes when the sound of running made her spin around, injured or not she dropped into a fighting stance, ready to hold off who ever it was to give Geralt time to get out with the carrier. The footsteps stopped as they came into the same area as her. "Well, well. A Crimson Guard. Where's the boy?" The voice was thick, and dark, she could hear the strain of many years in his voice and smell the pungent aroma of smoke coming from him. "I will not tell you, and if you wish to seek him you will have to get through me." She applied as much weight to her ankle as possible, cursing the fact that with all her senses, her advanced healing was the slowest out of the entire guard. "Not a problem." She loosened the muscles in her arms and readied her self to fight as the man rushed her, she heard the slight ring of steel as he pulled a dagger from his belt, she grit her teeth as she felt the rush of it pass by her, nicking the skin of her throat, dropping low she gasped as her ankle gave out and she fell to her knees, hearing him come closer to her she brought her uninjured leg up and into his stomach, reaching forward she wrapped her hands around his neck and brought him down to her knee breaking his nose. Hearing him grunt she hauled her self to her feet and felt the light scream erupt from her throat as she felt the sharp pain of steel in her side, unable to hear the sound of the dagger moving through the air over the dripping water in the tunnel. "You know wench, your not bad for being blind." She took a deep breath and tried to gasp as it felt as if she were being strangled, her breathing getting shorter and shorter as she gasped for breath. "I caught your lung. I got lucky than. You know what happens when a person's lung is punctured? They suffocate from the inside out basically. Takes about half an hour depending on the damage." She pressed her hand against the wound, trying her hardest to regain the breath that seemed to be stolen from her with each breath she took, coughing she frowned as she heard and smelt the blood come from her throat. "Dammit...I should have listened to him..." Feeling the hand grasp her chin and force her to look up at him she frowned, he was close to her now and that was a mistake, as quick as she was able she lunged forward and wrenched the dagger from his hand before stabbing it through his neck, finding the soft point just above his collar bone and puncturing it swiftly. Hearing the whistling sound of him trying to breath from it she stood and began to walk away slowly, screaming out as she heard two distinct thuds, one being the man's body as he fell to the floor of the tunnel, the other being the dagger that had embedded it self in her lower back. Leaning on the wall she listened, just barely able to hear the footsteps of Geralt and Alexander she followed the noise, it was slow going and she wasn't sure how long it took her to get out, her ankle almost fully healed by the time she smelt fresh air and felt the beginning rays of the sun caress her skin, it was getting easier to breath after each passing moment and she allowed her legs to buckle under her as she emerged from the tunnel. The sound of running alerting her before she felt a rush of air from the tunnel and heard the resounding thunder like sound of Soranno's charges going off, hearing the thump of a body hit the grass beside her she recognized the scent from the small room Geralt had taken her too. The breathing labored before she heard it stop for a moment. "Your that girl that Boles brought...What are you still doing here?" "If you must know, I rolled my ankle, got into a fight with a Maldito that I was certain you stated that you would take care of, not to mention having to find my way out on my own." "Why aren't you healed?" "For some unknown reason, my healing abilities take longer than the others. a normal wound that would only take a few moments for say you, might take an hour or so for me. Major wounds have taken me nearly a week to heal from, it is slow going and quiet time consuming. But let us postpone this conversation for a more proper time?" "Uh, yeah sure." She listened as he stood and cleared her throat. "Do you mind?" He reached down and put his hand around her upper arm and helped her to her feet, it was than she caught the familiar scent through the air and stumbled towards it, her heart beat increasing as it grew stronger, her hand finding purchase on the bark of a tree, she hissed as it tore at her skin but she continued towards the scent. She could hear Soranno behind her calling out to her asking her questions but her only thought was to find the scent and as she felt her self pass another patch of trees she squeaked as a muscled arm wrapped around her waist, pulling her close to the broad chest of the man she had been searching for. "Ashen, you alright?" She felt his hands run along her dress til he found the bloodied spots, the sticky crimson liquid making his palms change color. "Your injured." "I shall live, it is not that hard to breath anymore." "What do you mean anymore?" "It does not matter right now, where is Alexander?" "He's here, no worries. Soranno, you got a place we can hide?" Soranno answered, though the answer seemed fuzzy to her as she felt her head swim before she slumped forward into Geralt's arms unconscious, the bleeding having slowed from her wounds, but still not completely healed. [/color][/font]

[font="Comic Sans MS"][color="#000080"]I am an addict as well. I honestly don't think I could function properly without my coffee in the morning. Not only that I'm caffiene sensitive. lol. My favorite so far is a drink I get from this small coffee shop down the road called a grasshopper. It's made with Cream de Mint and 2 shots of espresso, I always ask for an extra shot. ^^ Not to mention all the energy drinks I consume in a day as well, but on the other side of that spectrum, with 3 kids and a house to maintain, the caffiene is kind of a must to keep up with it all. lol[/color][/font]

[font="Comic Sans MS"][color="#000080"]I do have a porch light, but it's on all the time, same as theirs, and there's no possibly way they could hear me over the AC units that run non stop outside. All the same, it doesn't really matter, I won't be here much longer anyway. On another note, trying to get my daughter to take a nap makes me feel like I need an exorcist. The screaming, kicking, and dirty looks I get are enough to make me think she's possessed sometimes. Although, on a darker note it is kind of amusing to watch at the same time. She throws this huge tantrum, stops and looks over at me thinking it's going to change my mind, and when I tell it's not, she's devastated. lol[/color][/font]

[font="Comic Sans MS"][color="#000080"]Riona flipped and dodged as the guns made their marks on the floors and walls, holes smoking from the wasted bullets; she sighed as she checked her self over making sure she was still in one piece. Looking around she cursed and slammed her foot into the floor. "Damn you people! How the **** am I supposed to be able to use my power with no flame?!" A small invisible window high on the wall opened, Ri catching the small projectile that fell from the air, she smiled as she felt the familiar metal in her hand, the etchings calming her and the coolness of the fluid; all of it seemed to put her in a deep calm as she sighed. "Now if only I had a cigarette." Again a window opened and she caught the pack deftly with a large smile. "That's more like it!" Taking one from the pristine pack she lit the end and stuffed the pack into the front of her uniform for safe keeping as she inhaled the nicotine. "Now, let's get to work!" Flipping open the lighter once again she struck the flint and snapped her fingers, the flame coming to life on the wick of her lighter as well as in the palm of her hand, she looked at the flame, memorized as she usually was by her own power. Snapping the lighter shut she flipped in her free hand a few times looking up as Hood looked at it. "Is that the symbol from that one game? Zeldo or what ever?" "Zelda, Night Terror, Legend of Zelda, and yes it is." He shrugged and looked around uneasy. "Your not much of a fighter are you?" "How can you tell?" "You've had your back to some one else's to entire time we've been in here." "Yeah, I can't physically harm anyone with my shadows." "That's cool, I got your back magic man." With that she closed her eyes and grit her teeth, the flame in her hand growing in strength, heat, and brightness til it illuminated most of the room, she sighed and wiped sweat from her brow with her free hand. "Gets easier every time. Though I usually have an extinguisher on hand." She gave Hood a wink and spun around, shoving him behind her, keeping his back to her's as the floor began to tremble once again, this time riot pumps came from the floor, she could smell the chlorinated water before she saw it, her hand shooting out in front of her the flame grew once again as it hit the strong jet of water head on, the room suddenly engulfed in steam. "Brawler, Magnus, while you got steam to cover you, see if you can find these things and take them out?" She could hear Slate on her left as he answered. "Sounds like a good idea, how long can you keep that up?" "A while, at least 5 minutes before I start to over heat." "You over heat?" "Minor detail!" She heard the foot beats of them running through the steam, the metallic ripping of the pumps and felt the pressure of on her own flame dwindle into nothing as the pumps were disposed of quickly enough. The steam cleared slowly as they all gathered back into the middle of the room, Ri keeping a small, pilot light sized flame in her palm, making sure she was ready for what ever was next for these maniacs to throw at them. [/color][/font]

[font="Comic Sans MS"][color="#000080"]Just found out that my landlord got complaints on me, cause I sit outside between 1-3am my time and talk to friends of mine, while having a cigarette. So let me get this straight, I'm not allowed to talk on MY phone, on MY patio, and smoke a cigarette? Hey, I pay rent the same as everyone else and I know I do NOT talk that loud on the phone, cause if I did, I would have woken up my kids so xP I always seems to have the worse luck with neighbors. >.<[/color][/font]

[font="Comic Sans MS"][color="#000080"]Gotta love having a friend that lives in a different time zone, whose drunk, and sending you random messages at 4 in the morning. Good times. lol[/color][/font]

Yea[font="Comic Sans MS"][color="#000080"]h, I got the banner to work with some help from a friend. Thank you so much! It all looks wonderful![/color][/font]

[font="Comic Sans MS"][color="#000080"]that's great, tha banner is awesome, is there anyway to maybe enlarge the logo though? It wouldn't bother me if you cut off some of the background, just wondering, if not its cool I'll use it anyway. It all looks great ^^ Your the best! *hugs*[/color][/font]

[font="Comic Sans MS"][color="#000080"]okay, so I've been trying to change my avi and Banner for a little while, and I have NOT been able to get any of my programs to work for me what so ever, therefore I am asking for help. >.< I have the pictures I want to use and the quote in mind that I want on my banner. So here are the pictures. The Army log I would like as my Avi, the picture of the shadowed soldiers I would like as my banner and the quote is..... If we don't end war... [indent]War will end us.[/indent] -H.G. Wells [attachment=15189:US_Army_ACU_Wallpaper_by_Falco101.jpg] [attachment=15190:bf53222e4a15468d853b944a2485cbf4.jpg] If anyone could possibly come up with something for this I would greatly appreciate it. It actually means something personal for me on a level as well considering I go to boot camp for the Army in Sept. ^^[/color][/font]

[font="Comic Sans MS"][color="#000080"]The first thing Riona did was go to her room and search it, flinging things about and growling when she didn't find what she wanted. "Son of a *****!" She stormed from the room and stopped as she caught sight of a man she vaguely recognized, walking over to him she tapped his shoulder roughly. "Hey, do you have a cigarette?" "Your not allowed to have fire." "That's nice, do you have a ******* cigarette?" "The man pulled out a crushed pack and dug into it handing her one. "Light?" "No fire around you Sharp." "Dammit all to hell!" She put the end of the stick between her teeth, already able to taste the nicotine, she began to walk the halls again til she caught scent of beef, vegetables, and rue. Continueing down the hall she found the kitchen and looked in, seeing another girl and two young men as well, she felt her spirits rise as she saw the red hot burner beneath the pot. Walking in she gave them a smile and looked at the one behind the boiling pot. "Cody right?" The boy nodded. "You are my hero my friend!" She walked over to the put and lifted the corner of it gently so as not to spill the contents of the pot and leaned down til the tip of the cigarette in her mouth touched it and came to life, inhaling deeply she felt her shoulders slump and her head swim with the sudden rush. Tilting her head up she blew the smoke away from the others and into the vent. "Smells good, Beef stew?" "You know food?" "Yeah, I was a chef before I was taken. A damn good one I might add." Taking a clean spoon she dipped it into the broth and pulled it out only coating the spoon slightly before licking the contents off the utensil and smiling. "Not bad Cody. May try adding a little more salt when you add the flour to thicken it up." He gave her a warm smile as she sat down next to Derek and opened her file looking through it. [i]Subject shows desire to achieve, works well with others. Hot headed and quick to strike when threatened, tried to avoid fights and do well as often as possible.[/i] She flipped the papers over and frowned. "That's it? Really? What a crock of bull." She flipped it back over and looked at the front more. "Phoenix? Suppose that works. What the hell?" She read the next couple of line and smirked. [i]Subject tends to get violent and edged when left without a certain amount of nicotine. Subject has been deemed as an addict.[/i] She laughed out loud and stuffed the paper back into the folder as she took another long drag of the cigarette between her fingers and sighed, turning as she heard footsteps come through the door way, she smiled as she saw Hood and Tyler come in as well. She looked up at Cody with a grin. "Seems like your food is bringing us all together." She looked over as Hood took the seat next to her and Tyler the seat next to him as they all began to converse with one another, Ri felt her body start to relax and reached over tapping Hood on the shoulder. "You manage to get those cards back yet?" He gave her a bright smile which she returned and shook his head. "No ass holes wouldn't give them back, I mean what the hell, what I am I gonna do with playing cards? It's paper." Ri laughed and shook her head slightly. "There's no telling what these bastards think of us. All I know is if they keep me with out cigarettes and don't give me back my lighter I'm gonna beat some ass." Tyler smirked as well as Derek, Hood smiled as well. "Is that your main worry?" "Not anymore since I was able to get one off of a guard, and I found other means of lighting it." Cody shook his head as he continued to work on the stew. Ri sighed and reclined back in the chair now, looking up at the ceiling. "I seriously hope they don't expect me to wear that thing all the time, we'll look like a bunch of wet suit divers." Tyler snorted as the others chuckled lightly, she looked over as Derek began to speak. "Yeah, but they do serve a purpose. They're fire proof which means that yours won't burn with your powers." She scoffed and shook her head. "I think I'd rather be naked than wear those things." She smiled as the others in the room chuckled or laughed at her remark. [/color][/font]

[color="#000080"][font="Comic Sans MS"]Riona took a deep breath, folded her hands behind her head and leaned back in her chair, the piece of furniture now tilted on it's back legs; balancing it carefully she let her booted feet thud onto the table. Sighing she closed her eyes and let her thoughts wander. "There's really no point in being scared. I'm nervous don't get me wrong, but there's no point in being scared. They need us so it's not they are just gonna throw us aside like dogs. And I don't know about any of you, but I am NOT planning on being a damn scientist experiment for greasy little dweebs to poke at. I had a decent life before all this and I wouldn't mind going back to it. I'll play along. For now." She let her chair fall back onto all four legs and scratched at the back of her neck, where the man had said he had put the small explosive. She let her eyes graze over the group, there were so many different people, a couple of them caught her eye, one in particular simply sat still, a distressed look on his face, the other was a young man who looked to be the same age as her, he had darker skin than the most of them, the other was the man who had spoken up earlier, Tyler. Her eyes glanced between the three of them, the first opening his eyes and showing her his blindness. Closing her eyes she felt her self grinding her teeth together and dug into her pocket she cursed and slammed her fist on the table somewhat gently making the two girls on either side of her jump, the others in the room looking her way as well with confused looks. "Heh, sorry." Standing she moved away from the others and towards the back of the room, her mind going back to when they had drug her into this room, she smirked to her self, knowing that one of the men would be sporting a good bruise on the side of his head for the next couple of days. The fools had been dumb enough to unchain her feet and her first reaction had been to slam her boot into the mans face. In turn she had gotten a rifle shoved into her back and the threat of being tased, but she still struggled. She didn't like this place, and certainly did not enjoy being taken from her work in the middle of the night, and during the middle of rush shift. She shook her head, at the same time, though she was happy they had, now she didn't need to worry about that smell old man barking orders at her and making her cook most of the orders. Blowing out a puff of breath she came back to the present and let her eyes wander around the others in the room, letting out another sigh she cleared her throat. "Well, if we'll be working together, I say we should at least know one another. I'm Riona Sharp, call me Ri. I'm not sure what the hell these bastards want with all of us, but with them saying they know everything about us...I think it's safe to say they know our dirty secrets. I'm a pyro-kentic...pryo-kenecter...pryo...you know what, I can control fire. I'm not all that great at it, need an open flame to get it started." She looked around at the uneasy facing, Tyler coming to her 'rescue' and telling the others about his luck. The others chimed in one by one, slowly and uneasily til she threw her hands in the air, tapping the toes of her boots on the floor she groaned as she could almost begin to feel her teeth begin to hurt with the lack of nicotine in her system, sighing she threw her hands into the air. "You know, if this is how this entire relationship is going to be throughout this whole cluster-" She pinched the bridge of her nose, smirking as Tyler and another young man chuckled lightly, she looked up to see it was the darker skinned man who was smiling slightly. "Point is looking at it right now, we're stuck, we might as well get to know each other at least others names." She pulled one of her braids over her should and began to fiddle with the end of it absentmindedly, going back to her chair she flopped down, tilting it back onto its back legs and putting her feet back onto the table she gestured around at the others. "Well, I've started this little coupe, the least someone can do is keep it going." She met the eyes of the young man with dark skin again, his eyes meeting her's, she flashed him a bright smile as she reclined back in her seat, closing her eyes and trying her hardest to keep her mind off the fact that the men rid her of one of the only things that managed to keep her sane and from being temperamental, her cigarettes. She draped one arm over her eyes and took deep breaths trying to keep her nerves calm as the silence seeming to press in around her making her on edge, her feet now beginning to tap and move on their own to their own beat, her fidgeting starting to get worse as her attention span seemed to get shorter and shorter til after what only seemed like a few seconds she was twirling the braid in her hands between her fingers and humming softly to herself.[/font][/color]

[font="Comic Sans MS"][color="#000080"]The sounds of pots and pans echoed in the kitchen, smells of different foods flowed from the double doors leading into the main room where the customers ate their food. Ri squinted her eyes against the bright blue fire that climbed higher in the frying pan she held, the brandy in the pan instantly filling the kitchen with the sweet smell of the liquid. "Ri, that braised lamb almost done?" "Yeah! Making the reduction sauce right now Head Chef!" "Good, hurry it up!" Riona sighed as she chewed on the butt of an unlit cigarette between her teeth, she hated being under that pompous ass; he was fat, sweaty, pushy and never worked in the kitchen. Shaking her head she again let her imagination get the better of her as she worked putting her in the position of head chef, she shook her head again and plated the small lambs leg, pouring the reduced brandy sauce over top of it she plated the garlic mashed potatoes and onion straws along with it. Looking at the plate she put a full chive atop the potatoes to brighten the plate. Pleased with the presentation she tapped the bell and frowned as no one came to get the meal. Tapping the bell again she sighed and pulled off her apron. "Jack, damn waiter is being a ***** again, I'll be back." "You know HC is gonna be pissed if you do that." "Whatever, it's either this or it gets cold and the customer gets pissed and never comes back. He'll deal." Grabbing the plate she put a small towel across her arm, grabbed a chilled bottle of aged red wine and pushed through the double doors, she scoffed within her mind as she noticed the table number was 8, her lucky number. She stopped as she caught site of the man sitting at the table. A suit as she called them, dressed from head to toe in formal clothing; a black suit, white button down, black slacks and black, shiny, dress shoes. She set the plate on the table in front of him and cleared his throat gaining his attention as he put the newspaper he was reading to the side. He had a formed face, squared and masculine, pale blond hair and ice blue eyes he looked somewhat evil. Shaking her head she held the bottle out to him. "Would you like to try our finest wine with your meal tonight sir?" "Yes please, might I inquire as to what it is?" "Of course sir, it is a 1679 red Merlot. It is a aromatic mixture of cherry, raspberry, pomegranate, and lavender. It compliments the lambs somewhat gamely taste perfect, off sets the garlic in the potatoes well and cleanses the palate as well." The man nodded with a slight smile which seemed to brighten his features and make him look less menacing. "You sound as if you know your foods." She nodded with a slight pink tint to her cheeks. "Yes sir. It is a passion of mine." "I see, is that why your a cook posing as a waitress?" Her blush deepened. "My waiter decided to ignore me when I had an order." The man nodded taking a small bite of his lamb, his eyes closing as his chewing slowed, a content sigh escaping him as he took a small sip of the wine over top of his bite. "You certainly know your foods well. You were completely right about this wine with the lamb. Please, might I have your name?" "Riona Sharp sir." He stopped eating than, his eyes going slightly wide, the hard expression returning to his face as he looked up at her now, the glint in the man's eyes making her take a slightly shuffle backwards. "Your sharp?" "Yes sir. Is there a problem?" He shook his head, the smile returning and easing her nervousness. "Please, forgive me for keeping you from your work, I'll let you return. Thank your for the meal." She nodded and returned to the kitchen bumping instantly into the head chef. "Again Sharp? You want to lose your job?" "No! Gods please don't fire me. My waiter didn't show up when I tapped the bell and I didn't want to lose a customer due to cold food." The chef nodded and pointed to her station. "Get back to work." She nodded and walked back to her stove watching as flames danced under pots making water and soups boil, or climbed high into the air once introduced to liquor turning a bright red or blue, she felt at home in a kitchen like this. Fire surrounding her in some shape or form it made her comfortable and less awkward. She sighed as her own flame stove refused to light, looking around she held her hand out and frowned as a small flame jumped from her hand to the pilot light quickly lighting the stove once again. Getting back to work her mind wandering back to the man she had served. When she had told him her name he seemed bothered. She shook it off as a passing chef tapped her shoulder 4 times in succession quickly. She sighed and nodded instantly leaving her station to the tapper and walking out of the back door, as soon as the cool night air touched her skin she snapped her fingers, a small flame jumping from bug candle next to her and flickering on her thumb as she lite the cigarette between her lips. Inhaling the nicotine she exhaled with a content sigh as the tingling feeling started in her hands, her head swimming pleasantly as the nicotine filled her lungs calming her nerves almost as soon as she inhaled it. Putting the stick back between her lips she folded her hands behind her hand and leaned against the side of the building, her eyes shifting to the night sky as she watched the stars flicker above her. Inhaling again she let it out, stopping as she noticed a slight steam rising from her skin, the cold night air not effecting her, her control over fire being slight, it still effected her enough that her internal body temperature was a few degrees higher than normal. Rolling her eyes she pulled the sleeves of her jacket down over her arms and continued to smoke peacefully til a chill swept up her spine, pushing off the wall she looked to her right. She felt her legs tense automatically as the man she served came into view. "I can not believe that your my target. I never imagined finding you in a place like this." She crossed her arms frowning deeply as the wind picked up and blew the toge off of her head making it roll across the pavement going unnoticed by either of them. Her eyes shifted to the candle flickering next to her and than back to him, she knew there was something off about his man and she knew that she could handle her self but she dared not use the flame right now it was to public and she didn't want to cause a commotion; her mind stopping mid-thought as he began to take measured steps forward. She grounded her left foot, bringing her arms up infront of her her mimicking a boxers stance, but her right leg rose slowly, her knee now level with her chest as she watched him approach. "Riona Sharp, I would prefer to do this without confrontation." "Do what exactly?" "Take you in." She scoffed and shifted her weight to get a better angle, already planing on putting her booted foot against the side of his head as soon as he was within her range, which was quite wide due to her long legs. "In where?" "My employers would like to talk to you." "Forget it mutton man. I'm not going anywhere." Shaking his head she watched as he flicked his wrist bringing out an extended metal rod, a small electric current flowing through it. Tazer stick, she frowned knowing that a good hit with that would hurt. "I did not want to do this." She took a deep breath calming her nerves as he continued to stride forward, as soon as he was in her range she lashed out with her right foot, the kick missing him by centimeters as he ducked it, the wind from the swing ruffling his hair briefly, she brought her leg down, her left fist lashing out with quick speed and missing him yet again as he charged forward getting closer to her. Back flipping away from him she dropped down low and swept her right leg under his knocking him off of his feet, shifting and bringing her left leg up and back down in a sever axe kick into the man's sternum making him cough. It was than that she felt a pair of arms wrap under her own and lift her off the ground. The gruff voice in her ear only making her anger flare that much more. "Don't give us a hard time girl." She wrapped her left leg around the man's and brought her right foot back and into his knee cap, hearing the sickening crunch of bone and tendons she landed gracefully on her feet as he dropped her, spurring her legs into motion she began to race down the alley trying to make in it into the open street and into a crowd, her path blocked by another two men. Stopping she grit her teeth and took a fighting stance, her legs tense, her arms up and her hands balled into tight fists. Launching forward she lased out with her right fist, the man on the left catching it easily in his beefy hand, only to grunt as her knee slammed into his solar plexus. She hissed as the man on the right grabbed her left arm and twisted it behind her back, soon catching her right arm and doing similar as well, she tried to lash out with her legs, catching one of the other men in the face and knocking him out cold smirking as he fell to the pavement, limp and unconscious. Her smirk turning into a feral expression as she growled at the men who held her. The one she had served coming into her veiw, his hand gripping his shirt at his chest as he took deep breaths, his face pale and sweating due to the pain. "Knock her ass out. We have to get back. This was supposed to be an in and out job. They told us she wouldn't be much of a problem cause she doesn't like to show off publicly. They never said anything about her knowing how to ******* fight." The other men nodded as one stepped up next to her, feeling a sharp pain in her neck she felt a cold sensation spread under her skin as he injected something into her blood stream, her vision going blurry as she slumped forward in the man's arm. "Lets go." Scooping her up the men gathered their fallen comrade and vanished into the shadows of the alley, their objective complete. Her head pounded as her eyed cracked open, she shook her head groaning as it turned her stomach and made the contents of it shift dangerously. Taking a deep breath she opened her eyes slowly hissing as bright light invaded her senses. "Where the hell am I?" She tried to shift her feet cursing as she noticed that whoever caught her got wise and restrained her feet to the floor. She shook her head again slowly, this time feeling a slight tugging on her skin and realizing that there was something attached to her head. Frowning she closed her eyes again, still trying to keep her self from expelling what was in her stomach all over herself and the floor of the cell she was now in. Her over active imagination already conjuring up many ideas of what was going to happen to her now.[/color][/font]

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