Akieen Cloud

[font="Comic Sans MS"][color="#000080"]Ali waved at Marcus as she looked out the window, a small smile on her face that quickly turned to a frown as Jason walked through her door. "You could knock you know! Were you raised in a barn?" "That a trick question?" Shaking her head and poured the wolf man a mug of coffee and sat down opposite of him across the bar as a few of the others began to file in, drawn to the smell of bacon. Ali rolled her eyes as she realized she was going to have to make more coffee. "Really people? You all have kitchens too." Sasa yawned as she leaned on the counter. "We're to lazy to cook. Besides, your the only one who seems well rested after that storm last night." Ali felt her cheeks blush as she poured another mug of coffee for Jeff. "S-Storm?" "Uh, duh. Don't tell me you didn't hear it." Ali shifted slightly as Sasa's eyes met her's as Jeff thanked her for the coffee quietly. The older woman stared at her intently for a few moments as the last of the team filed through the door, Gene and Mark last as Sasa's mouth formed a small 'o' shape. "You and Demetri had sex didn't you!" Jason's and Mark's voices blended together as both looked at Ali. "What!?" Ali felt her cheeks turn red as Marcus joined them, a knowing smile on his face. "You do have a rather healthy glow to you this morning Ali." She shot him a glare, but dropped it as Lily ran forward and hugged her legs. "Morning Mommy!" Before Ali could respond to the little girl she dashed away up the stairs and the group chuckled as they heard Demetri groan as the girl's voice carried down the stairwell. "Morning Daddy! Get up sleepy head!" Ali checked on the bacon, shifting it this way and that in the pan not really paying attention, Lily's naming of her and Demetri sent her back to thinking of what Demetri had said to her two days ago, she was pulled back as the grease in the pan popped violently and covered the back of her hand in grease. She winced as she dropped the spatula, Jason and Marcus already next to her. "Dammit!" Marcus guided her hand under the tap and ran cold water over it til the grease turned white on her hand, Jason holding it up to inspect the red skin. "You alright sis?" "Yeah, I just wasn't paying attention to what I was doing." "Obviously." Scoffing she looked up as Demetri's heavy footsteps could be heard coming down the stairs, Lily coming down first and running over to Tank who scooped her up and proceeded to exit the cabin, the others following suit. Mark turned around as he was the last one left and looked at Ali with a deep frown before he left. Ali looked up and smiled as she handed Demetri a mug of coffee. "Morning." He grunted in response causing Ali to frown. "Are you alright?" He ran his hand over his face and scratched the back of his neck. "Didn't sleep well. Alot on my mind." Ali looked down into her own coffee and nodded slowly. "I see. Are...are we alright?" "We're fine." She frowned slightly as he continued to stare out the window instead of facing her. "Than why won't you look at me." The giant before her didn't answer right away, but looked down into the sink and shook his head. "What happened last night...it...it was a mistake..." Ali blinked, hurt. "What do you mean?" "I know I said that I wanted you to be a part of my family officially...and that I wanted to start a family with you...but I don't want to get my hopes up, every time Lily calls you mom, or me dad...it makes me wonder if I'll ever have that." "I-I'm sorry Demetri...I didn't know-" "Of course you didn't. I never said anything to you about it so how could you?" She balked slightly as his voice took on a hint of anger, frowning she set her mug down and slid from her chair. "Well forgive me for wanting to have an actual relationship with you Demetri Athens. I'm sorry that I might not have kids but that doesn't mean we can't be together does it?" "It means your useless." Ali gasped, her hands flying to her mouth as tears lined her eyes. "You don't mean that..." "I'll inherit everything from my parents when they're gone. If you can't have kids what good are you? I won't have anyone to leave it to in twenty, thirty years. An heir if you want to put it that way. What will happen to my family home? It goes to auction? I won't let that happen." "Than we can adopt or something...what happened to you not giving up on me? Or you doing anything for me?" "I changed my mind!" She flinched as his booming voice echoed through out the kitchen, shaking her head she felt the tears slip down her cheeks as she backed towards the door. "You could have told me this before last night happened." "It shouldn't have happened at all Alex. I wasn't thinking straight." She nodded slowly, her throat tight and tears falling freely now. "Alright...I'll move my things in with Jason...Marcus can stay here from now on." He didn't answer her only kept his back facing her which made the hurt that much worse as she threw the door open and rushed out passing Gene and Mark as she ran towards the woods, a hidden glint of triumph in Mark's eyes as he watched her vanish from sight. He looked up at Gene, his expression worried. "I'll go see what's up, you want to go see what's going on with Demetri?" Gene nodded and walked away as Mark followed Ali's path through the trees, the further he got the more he smiled. Back at the cabin Gene walked into the kitchen just as the coffee mug slipped from Demetri's hand to shatter on the tiled floor. Demetri's back still facing the door Gene had just come through...the same one Ali had fled through moments before, his milky white eyes slowly regaining their true color as he shook his head. Instantly his face fell as he turned and looked around the kitchen, he saw Ali was no where to be seen. He shuddered as he exhaled a breath, last night had been different than just now, last night he had been able to keep some degree over him self, he had just lost him self in a haze; able to remember everything, he didn't regret what had happened between him and Ali, on the contrary he was hoping to have more moments like that with her. But this time, his harsh words, and hurtful actions towards his love were not his own. He had been able to hear every word he was saying, could hear the hurt in her voice and the tears that choked her...but no matter how hard he tried he had not been able to stop them from coming. Unlike last night he had not had any control over his body and by the time he regained his control, she was gone. He turned off the stove, the bacon forgotten and scorched filling the small kitchen with smoke. Cupping a hand over his eyes as tears threatened to over whelm him he spoke to Gene. "Find Marcus and bring him to me immediately, than I want you and the others to find Alex...please." "Sure thing Commander, but, Tempest already left to find Ali, he actually should have caught up with her by now." Demetri's head shot up as Gene walked out to get Marcus, every warning bell going off inside the giant. Ali had found a cove on the opposite side of the small island, she had finally stopped running and was bent over, breathing heavily and sobbing as her heart hammered against her ribs. Looking up she frowned as the sun seemed to be mocking her, it's bright rays dancing off the water and her hair. Gritting her teeth she stalked over to the nearest tree, pulled her right hand back and threw it against the thick trunk and cursing as pain shot up her arm. Dropping to her knees in the sand she cradled her hand to her chest, small spots of blood mixing in the sand with her tears. Looking at the damage she sighed, Jason would kill her for this, her knuckles were torn and bleeding from the amount of force she had put into her strike. Turning around and facing the water she held her damaged hand and cried silently turning quickly as she heard someone coming through the trees. Her heart began to beat rapidly as she watched hoping that the person who emerged would be Demetri, come to tell her that he had been joking and she had run before he could tell her, but as Tempest stepped through the trees her heart sank and she frowned looking back towards the water. "Hey Ali, everything alright?" "It's none of your business Tempest." He held up his hands and chuckled. "Hey hey, I'm just trying to help." "Well your not." "Something happen between you and Athens?" "Commander Athens, Tempest. You know that." "You don't call him that?" "Because I'm only a rank under him, and I've earned his respect." "As well as given him your body." Ali tightened her hand into a fist as anger burned in her throat, wincing as pain shot through her wrist, it didn't go unnoticed by Tempest. "You hurt?" "I'm fine Tempest. I just want to be left alone." He frowned and sat down next to her, trying to put his arm around her, but than seemed to decide against it. "You know I'll always be here for you right? Because I love you." Ali looked up at him, blinking as she saw Demetri instead, but as it melted away and Tempest sat looking back at her she felt tears sting her eyes again and shoved him away, the rune on her wrist burning slightly. "I told you Tempest. I could never return those feelings. I love Demetri, with all my heart." His frown deepened and he grabbed her injured wrist as she stood to walk away standing as well and making her growl, the rune burning more as he pulled her against him, his own rune glowing but unnoticed by the two. "Just come with me. I could take better care of you than he could." "Is that so? Prove it." "How so?" She wrapped her ankle around his and shifted her weight pulling his feet out from under him. "Demetri is the only one who can beat me in hand to hand, and that's only because of his brute strength, if you DON'T get beaten to a pulp by the time he shows up, which I can assure you he will. I might consider you worth a second glance-" His frown turned into a smile. "A second glance at even being on the team. As far as there ever being an us, forget it." "But you just said-" She chuckled, a deep, dark sound that would have sent chills through any one's spine. "I lied. My heart belongs to Demetri, and no one could ever change that." His face contorted into an ugly frown and he charged shocking her with his speed, the next thing she knew he hand her injured wrist in a tight hold, bending it backwards and gaining a yelp of pain from her as he slammed her against a tree, her head hitting the trunk hard enough for her to see stars. She blinked as her vision swam, the rune burning more fiercely now on her wrist, she could just make out the faint glow on Tempest's wrist before it faded. She groaned, feeling warm blood run down the back of her head to mix with her hair, his words not registering as she slipped in and out of consciousness, trying her best to call to Demetri as her muddled down brain tried to process everything that had just happened. "You will be mine, one way or another. I'll have you." Her eyes sunk down as Tempest released her, the sounds of the others coming through the trees alerting him, looking down at the girl in the sand he sighed and ran back into the woods, covering his footprints as he did, making the scene look nightmarish as Ali's blood slowly began to drip onto her shoulder.[/color][/font]

[font="Comic Sans MS"][color="#000080"]Ali yawned as she woke up, looking out the window she noticed it was still dark this causing her to look down at her watch. She rubbed her eyes and groaned as it read 3am, rolling to her side she wrapped her arm around Demetri and blushed as she noticed his state of dress. Sitting up slightly she looked down at the large man while he slept, her eyes softened as she moved a strand of hair from his face and he leaned into her touch. Ducking down she kissed his cheek and slipped from the bed quietly. Padding into the bathroom she stripped from her bathing suit, sighing as the pressure lessened from the straps digging into her skin, grabbing a towel she looked at her self in the mirror and sighed. Her hair was a mess and she looked much more exhausted than she felt, it was than she noticed her hands trembling. Frowning she shook her head slightly to clear it and walked back into the room and smiled as Demetri shifted in his sleep seeking her warmth. She made it back to the bed and sat down on the edge as her hands began to tremble again, her frown came back as she looked at her hands. [i]Is it because I'm nervous about being this way with Demetri?[/i] She looked back at the man and shook her head, it was true that she was slightly nervous, she didn't really have any idea what she was doing when it came to being intimate with the man and she wasn't sure he even thought of being that way with her. She shook her head gathering her resolve she stood and slid the towel from her body, the cool air raising goosebumps across her flesh, climbing back into the bed she sighed as Demetri's warmth spread across her skin making her scoot as close to the man as possible. She blushed more as his arm wrapped around her waist and pulled her against him, his skin brushing her's made her mind go blank for a moment as a feeling of hear seemed to coil in the pit of her stomach, something seeming to register to the giant behind her as he stirred from his sleep. "Alex?" "Yeah, sorry if I woke you up." He shook his head burying his nose into her hair on the back of her neck making her giggle lightly and shift in his arms, the man froze as her bare hip brushed against him. "Ali...?" She blushed and nibbled her bottom lip gently as he rose up on his elbow to look down at her, the blankets and darkness of the room hiding her blush, she looked up at him as he studied her. She gasped as she felt his hand slid up her side feeling nothing but her soft bare skin under his hand as it traveled up to cup her cheek. "Are you okay with this?" She nodded slowly, not trusting her voice as he lowered himself to her level and kissed her slowly eliciting a moan from her as his other hand cupped her hip, his thumb rubbing circles into her skin. Ali arched against him as his lips left her's to travel down her neck, covering her veins in light nips of his teeth causing another moan to erupt from her throat. Gathering her wits about her she wrapped her arms around his broad back, her nails making light trails as she raked them down his back. Heat began to flood her veins as his hands became restless and slid up and down her body causing her arch against him, but she frowned as his gentle caresses became more fierce, his hands no longer gentle but holding a pressure behind them that set every alarm off in her brain. "D-Demetri?" He looked up her causing her to gasp as his white eyes stared back at her, his breathing rapid as the wind outside began to pick up and howl around the small beach. "...Alex..." She felt slight panic flood her as he ducked down to resume his lavishing of her neck, but frowned, the voice was his, the pressure his hands were emitting sent tingles of pain through her body, but it was still him letting her know that Break's mental wall was still in place and that Demetri had not been possessed by Sybille again. Her frown disappeared as a look of shock crossed her face, the feeling of Demetri's hand running along the inside of her thigh, a foreign pressure building with in her as Demetri's kisses traveled further down. She shook her head slightly, finding it harder to concentrate of the matter at hand. The wind outside grew more fearsome as Demetri explored her body with his hands, his warm kisses making her gasp. She jumped as lightning struck outside followed by a rumble of thunder and suddenly Ali knew what was happening, just like when he had the infection he was unable to control his powers. Her thought process was interrupted as his knee slid between her's and he lowered himself fully against her. "D-Demetri..." She arched against him as his large hand slid down her side and lifted her leg to wrap around his waist, the wind outside getting more and more violent, Ali wanted to scream, cry, laugh; scream for him to stop so he didn't destroy the calm little beach they were on, cry because she realized how much she had been wanting this only to find out that it caused him to lose control of his powers, and laugh in relief to realize that she was the one who caused him to become so unstable. She flinched slightly as thunder crashed outside yet again as she buried her hands in his hair, knowing she should snap him out of this but unable to stop her own primal needs as his body joined with her's, both moaning together. The storm outside was all but forgotten as Ali moved with Demetri, both breathing heavily as he moved, she closed her eyes as the storm out side seemed to mimic the one inside her; the storm getting fiercer as their love making became more passionate. Sweat made their skin slick as they moved together, and Ali pressed her lips to Demetri's shoulder muffling the whining moan that escaped her as she felt an unknown pressure building within her, she took Demetri's face between her hands and pressed her lips to his as his movements became more desperate and erratic, as if his body was searching for something just out of reach. Ali wrapped her arms around his shoulders holding him tightly as one of his arms wrapped around her holding each other tightly as the building pressure erupted her voice mingling with his as they each called each others names, her vision became white and her hearing seemed to be lessened for a few moments; the sound of Demetri's harsh breathing in her ear sounding far away. Slowly she came back to reality, opening her eyes she looked up at Demetri, his eyes slowly returning to the warm Hazel she loved so much. He shook his head slightly, slightly confused as he looked down at her, both still breathing rather heavily. She sighed and brushed his wet bangs from his face as the wind out side the small cabin began to die down and return to normal. Ali smiled gently up at him as he took her in, her hair tangled around his fingers, her skin flushed, her lips swollen from his kisses, he looked up as a distant rumble of thunder echoed outside, Ali's light, tired giggle gaining his attention again. "I'd hate to see what the beach looks like right now..." He took a deep breath as he rolled to his back, taking her with him and closing his eyes as she curled to his side, she raised herself on her elbow and looked down at him. "Apparently love, you can't control your powers in that state." He frowned as she lay back down, her arm resting on his chest as she threw her leg over his. "But I remember everything...I...I wasn't to rough with you was I?" She looked up and kissed his cheek smiling. "No, it was perfect Demetri." She slipped into sleep quickly, unaware of Demetri's inner turmoil as he lay awake after her, his thoughts his own, the slight tingle of pain in the back of his neck still making him worry as he thought back on what had just happened. His actions had not felt completely like his own. Ali woke that morning feeling more rested than she had in a while, looking over at Demetri she blushed as the sheet rested low on his hips, holding her hair back she bent down and kissed his cheek whispering softly. "I'll go make breakfast alright lover?" She felt her self blush more at that thought...Demetri was her lover, they were officially lovers now, suppressing a giggle she dressed quickly in a pair of shorts and a tank top, tying her hair up into a messy pony tail she made her way down stairs and started the coffee pot as she glanced outside. A few of the palm trees were on their sides, large branches littered the ground but nothing to horrible. Smiling she stretched her arms above her head and began to work on breakfast, pulling everything she would need for bacon, pancakes and eggs out and onto the counters, a smile seeming to be permanently in place as she cooked, waiting for Demetri to join her.[/color][/font]

[font="Comic Sans MS"][color="#000080"]Ali sighed in relief and walked over to Demetri as Lily wadded out into the water towards them as Tank watched from the bank. Her hands were shaking slightly as she nervously made her way towards them, stretching out her arms she wrapped them around Ali's legs and held onto her tightly. "Lily, are you alright?" "I've never been out this deep. And big brother doesn't like water...he says he'll sink." Ali cupped a hand over her mouth and giggled, she looked up at Demetri who smiled back, she ducked down and picked up the little girl in her arms, her long blond hair sticking to Ali's arms as she raised her arms above her head and giggled loudly enticing a twitch in tanks mouth. Ali looked from the huge man back to the little girl and frowned slightly. "Lily, how old is Tank?" "I dunno. He found me." "So he's not your real brother?" "Yes he is!" Lily pouted slightly and crossed her arms across her chest. "Oh, I'm sorry, forgive me." Lily hugged her neck and giggled again. "It's alright!" She held her arms out to Demetri who took her from Ali with a smile that widened as the girl clamored onto his shoulders and laughed. "I'm so high up! Lookit big brother!" Tank waved from the shore and Ali paused as she caught a glimpse of Tempest looking at her, he had a far away look in his eyes that set her on edge, it was the same look that she had seen from...her frown deepened. It was the same look that Sybille had given her the first time he had seen her. The distant look that was dark and held a hint of lust, her dark thoughts were intruded on as Lily grabbed her attention. "Mommy! Look, Daddy found a pretty shell for me!" Both Ali and Demetri froze in an instant, Ali looked up at Lily and blinked. "Sweetie...I don't know-" Lily didn't hear her as she jumped from Demetri's shoulders and ran through the water towards Tank to show him the pale pink shell Demetri had found for her, they watched as Tank leaned down and listened to her. Looking up at Demetri she smiled as she heard his stomach growl, laughing lightly she motioned for him to follow and looked back as he spun her around and wrapped his arm around her waist. Hugging her close he brought his lips to her's in a sweet kiss that made her cheeks blush, which only deepened as Sasa yelled at them from the shore. "Get a room will ya?" Ali shook her head and made her way to the others, she put her hand on Marcus' shoulder silently telling him to follow as she looked back at the others while wrapping her towel around her waist. "We'll be back. Firewood. Demetri, Jason, you two want to see if you can find some thing to cook for lunch?" They nodded and headed for the small lunch hall in the area to find food for the group, Ali held her breath as Tempest's voice followed them. "I'll come along, six eyes are better than four." Ali gave him a strained smile as she turned. "I really need to talk to Marcus about something actually Mark. If you don't mind?" She feel the rejection and jealousy pouring off of him and sighed as he turned around and went back to the others, Ali waited til they were out of ear shot and stopped leaning against a tree. "Alex, what's the matter?" "Marcus...somethings not right with Tempest..." "I get that feeling as well." "Will you help me?" He nodded and she gave him a friendly smile, since she had been able to reach him through the rune she felt closer to the man, almost as if she had two brothers now instead of one and that thought brought a joy to her heart. "Will you help me keep an eye on him? I would ask Demetri but I don't want his personal feelings to get in the middle of this and I know I can trust you." "You know you can count on me Ali." She smiled and linked her arm through his, much like she would do with Jason as they searched for fire wood. "I'm glad to hear you calling me that instead of Talon. Thank you." He nodded and they slipped into companionable silence as they gathered the fire wood for a fire, getting back to the small camp area Ali gave Demetri a large smile as he took the fire wood from her arms and walked with Marcus to start the fire, almost as soon as he was gone Tempest stood and walked over to stand next to her. Goosebumps rose on her skin, she could feel his eyes traveling her body as he stood there looking at her from the corner of his eyes, her body stiffened as he put his arm around her shoulders again, his thumb rubbing a circle into her flesh that if it had been Demetri's large, warm hand, would have felt pleasant. But from Tempest it felt wrong, his skin was cold and icy and she felt aggravation bubble within her as she tried to move away and was held tight to his side as they stood by the trees watching as Jason fought with Marcus and Demetri about wanting to light the fire. She pulled away from Tempest only to look back as he tugged on her hand. "Walk with me?" Something told her not to, but she shrugged it off as she watched the men bicker. "Couldn't hurt, get to know the area better." Tempest beamed at her and before she could tell the others he pulled her away and into the cover of the trees. After a few minutes of walking he stopped and looked back at her. "Ali, can I ask you something?" She raised an eye brow as an answer. "Why are you with Demetri?" "I love him, isn't that reason enough?" "But when you were away from him, when you were with me...you didn't feel anything? Towards me?" Ali frowned and shook her head, Tempest sighed. "Thing is, when you were with me, while you were Athen...I fell in love with you. Hell I still feel that way." "Well I can't return those feelings Tempest. I love Demetri, and he's asked me to become his family, officially." "What like marriage?" "Maybe? I'm not really sure, something came up before I could ask." She gasped as she suddenly found herself pinned against the tree behind her as Tempest covered her lips with his, she pushed against his chest and paniced slightly as he held her hands above her head. "I'll show you I love you more than he does." Before she could respond his lips were back on her's, she closed her eyes and did the only thing she could, projected to Demetri and hoped he would find her soon.[/color][/font]

[font="Comic Sans MS"][color="#000080"]Anue's growls grew in volume, clutching the sheets in her hands, her canines extending more and more as the seconds passed. Onidus sat watching her and jumped growling him self as she suddenly reached out and grabbed onto his wrist. Cracking her eyes open she grit her teeth and growled though them. "Strap me down." "W-What?" "You heard me, do it!" He stared at her for a second until her hand began to glow, heat waves pouring off of it as small flames began to lick at her skin. She groaned in pain as the heat grew, her growls getting more and more intense. She flinched and bared her teeth as Onidus' cell phone rang on his hip, picking it up he finished tying her down to the bed and took a step back. "Onidus, how is she?" "I don't really know." "What do you mean?" "Her transformation keeps coming and going and now her power seems to be unstable as well." "She's over heating." "What?" "It's never happened at a time like this so we've never had to tell any one else. Her control over fire isn't perfected yet so it has it's draw backs, one of those being that if she doesn't use it often enough it over heats her body. You have to find some way of cooling her off or she's going to expel all the built up heat in a single massive blast. It's not pretty." "How do I-" "I don't know, figure something out. We're moving so I have to go. Call me if something comes up on your end." With that the line went dead, Onidus looked down at Anue as she thrashed about on the bed, gritting her teeth and growling as heat waves began to pour from her body now, not just her hands. "I have to cool you down...but how...ice?" Gripping the sheets tighter he could hear the fabric strain as it began to rip and cursed as her top teeth sank into her bottom lip, blood pooling into her mouth and trailing down the side of her cheek. Rushing to the kitchen he brought back a bag of ice and dumped on her, seeing the steam rise and hearing the hiss of the frozen liquid melting he sighed as it seemed to help some but shook his head as it melted quickly, to quickly to work and had to go and grab another bag. He repeated this for almost ten minutes til it seemed to be working, her transformation getting less frequent and the heat waves reducing, as he stood to get another bag he stopped as she gripped his wrist making him look back at her. Her eyes were heavy and she was breathing hard. Her skin glowing slightly as her body cooled down now. "T-Thanks...Sorry to bother you like that. Rayne fill you in?" "Yeah, he did." "What bad timing..." "I'm sure they'll be fine." "What about you?" "I'm fine." She looked up at him, her hand still gently holding his wrist moved til she was holding his hand, he blinked rapidly at the change but didn't pull away from her. "I meant about Selene. I might have been in pain, but I was coherent." "I'll hunt her down and finish what she started." "I'm going with you." "No. Your to exhausted." She shook her head and sat up slowly as he removed the straps he had put on her, she looked at him her green eyes boring into his. He sighed and shook his head. "Fine." Giving him a smile she stretched her arms above her head releasing Onidus' hand, sighing as her joints popped, she looked over at him and gave him a bright smile that stretched across her face. "I'm ready when you are oh might Dogma." "Dogma?" She giggled and nodded. "Yup, supposedly he's this uber strong dog god or something like that." Rolling his eyes he sat down and looked up at her. "We'll wait to make sure that your able to go." "If that's the case, I'm grabbing a bite to eat. Want anything?" He nodded watching as she went into the kitchen to make a sandwich for the two of them.[/color][/font]

[font="Comic Sans MS"][color="#000080"]Anue hissed through her teeth as she peered across the street through the binoculars yet again. "No no no." Onidus sat up from his position on his back, looking over at her he raised an eye brow. "What's wrong?" "Dammit, Tahlia's going [i]inside[/i]. I didn't know she was going to have to go [i]inside[/i]. This could get ugly..." Onidus peered through is own pair of binoculars and than looked over at Anue. "She'll be fine, she's tough you know that." "That's not the point. It wasn't part of the plan...what if something goes wrong? What if Kun figures it out?" "Anue, everything will be fine. Rayne wouldn't let us get hurt." She threw the binoculars against the concrete roof growling out a curse that made Onidus raise both eye brows. "Whoa. Are you alright? I don't think I've ever seen you this upset...by anything." Anue frowned, looking at her hands she could see them shaking and shook her head roughly to try and clear it. Onidus was right, she was usually tame mannered, one to joke and have a good time, regardless of the situation. But today, this time, she was irritated more than usual, her temper had been flaring quickly and she could feel her canines extending in her mouth as she stood next to Onidus. She shook her head more trying to clear it, trying to gain control over her temper but nothing seemed to be working. Grabbing the walkie talkie she pushed down the button, almost violently and spoke into it, her voice boarding on a growl. "R-Rayne. I have to get out of here...something is wrong with me." "Anue, what's wrong?" "I don't know...I can't seem to control my self. I'm irritated and changing with out any control..." "Hang tight, I'm coming up." "No! Tahlia's inside the room with Kun. If something goes wrong she's going to need you more than me." "She has Ken-" "I don't care! I'm going back to the room...I'll let you know when I get there." Silence followed before he spoke again. "Onidus, go with her. I don't want her alone if she can't control her self." Onidus spoke into the walkie talkie as he took hold of Anue's upper arm. "I got it." She closed her eyes and pinched the bridge of her nose as her vision swam and blurred red as Onidus led her off the roof and back towards the room.[/color][/font]

[font="Comic Sans MS"][color="#000080"]Ali paced back and forth in front of the room that held Demetri, dressed now in a pair of shorts and a tank top she ran a hand through her hair as she breathed out. She stopped her pacing and leaned against the wall recalling the situation for more than the first time. Sybille had some how managed to take over Demetri's body, had Tank not busted the door down he would have used Demetri to have her yet again. She covered her eyes with her hand as tears threatened to over flow from them, the vision of Marcus wrestling the large man to the floor flooding back to haunt her. The wicked grin on Demetri's face being what scared her the most. She jumped as the door opened and Touch and the Commandant walked out. "Is he alright?" Touch smiled kindly at her and nodded. "A few cracked ribs but nothing to bad dear. He's asking for you." "Is he going to be alright?" The Commandant nodded as he ran his hand across his facial hair. "He's been safeguarded by Break, the mental wall he's placed on Demetri is the strongest he's ever put on a person. If anyone or anything tries to break it, he'll know." She nodded and rushed past them into the room, Demetri looked over at her, frowned and looked away towards the wall. Walking over she sat down on the bed next to him and placed her hand on his chest, she could feel him holding back tears and leaned forward placing her hand on his cheek and making him look at her. "Demetri..." "Are you sure you want to even be near me?" "Why wouldn't I be?" "After what just-" "Stop. It wasn't you. I trust you Demetri, I know you would never do anything to hurt me." He looked over at her with a sad face making her heart break, leaning forward she pressed her lips against his gently and sighed as he kissed her back, even if it was hesitant. Ali looked over her shoulder as the Commandant poked his head in quickly. "Talon, I'm going to be locking the med room down for a little while. You'll stay with Demetri won't you?" "Um, yeah. But what's going on?" "Nothing to be alarmed about, we're just checking the lock system is all." She nodded slowly as the door closed behind him, hearing the lock snap into place she looked back down at Demetri who was staring at the ceiling. "You know, with the way things are going, I don't think we'll ever get time alone." He looked over at her, his eye brow raised. "You thinking of that, at a time like this?" "Time like what?" "After what just happened?" She shook her head and pushed him over lightly so she could lay down with him, throwing her leg over his she wrapped an arm around his waist and smiled contentedly as his arm wrapped around her shoulders, supporting her head. "I just told you, it wasn't you. Why wouldn't I think of time alone with you." "I would have thought...after everything that's happened, that would be the farthest thing from your mind." "Not when it comes to you." She glanced up and smiled more as she saw his cheeks turning red slightly, laying her head back down on the giant's shoulder she tightened her hold on him, effectively hugging him. "About what you said...earlier. About wanting to make me a part of your family officially...did you mean that?" He pulled her closer and kissed he top of her head. "If you'll agree to it. Yes I did." "And having a family with me?" "I'll never give up, I'll keep trying til the day I die." She felt her cheeks flush but smiled none the less. Outside the door the Commandant had gathered the rest of the team down the hall and was talking to them quietly, Madam Touch by his side smiling slightly. "Listen up Alpha, I'm not sure if Athens has informed you or not but tomorrow you'll be taking a vacation, for the past three years you all have worked hard for us and we plan to give back. But I have a small mission for just you lot here." Sasa put her hand on her hip and heaved a sigh. "I knew there was a catch." "It's not what you think young lady. Talon and Athens have been having a harder time than most, a relationship has developed between the two and they haven't had many chances to work on it. My mission for you is to make sure they have those chances on this break. The island has cabins on it that will house two people perfectly, make sure the two of them camp together." Sasa shook her head and held up her hand. "Wait a minute, you want us to play match maker?" The Commandant stroked his facial hair giving her a wicked, comically smile. "In a way. Make sure they relax, they have been stressed more than most lately, this is an order." They nodded and went their separate ways as he dismissed them, turning to his wife he shrugged as she shook her head. "You my dear are evil." He smiled and put his arm around her shoulders, looking down at her. "If I recall, our team did much the same for us. Will you pack Talon's bag for her?" Madam Touch covered her mouth her a delicate hand as she laughed lightly. "If course my dear." Ali woke up slowly, morning light pouring in from the window of the room, looking down she smiled gently, she traced her favorite scar on Demetri's chest lightly making him twitch, his hand gently catching her's. His eyes cracked open slowly to look up at her. "Good morning." She tilted her head slightly giving him a bright smile. "Good morning." She slipped from the bed and stretched smiling wider as she felt his warm arms wrap around her waist and pull her back against his body, she hooked her arms around his neck and sighed as she felt his lips move against her neck. Looking over her shoulder at him she giggled as he pressed his lips to her's. Pulling away she padded into the bathroom, washed her face and began to brush her teeth emerging as she heard the door open, Marcus' voice filling the room. "I've brought the new member, he'll be staying here while we're on break to be briefed on protocol." She nodded, the toothbrush still in her mouth, walking back to the bathroom she finished and ran a brush through her hair to loosen the tangles. Stepping out she walked out of the room with Demetri and blinked as the team met them at the door. Madam Touch and the Commandant with them, Demetri's mother handed her a suit case as his father did the same to him. "Everything you'll need is packed. Have fun!" Before she could speak, or do anything, Cloak's black mist surrounded them and within moments her bare feet hit sand, looking around she gasped as the lush trees and clear blue waters came into view. She looked at the team and sighed as she spotted the cabins. "I'll room with Pocket-" Sasa interrupted. "We picked each other." Ali blinked and looked over at Jason, Marcus put a hand on his shoulder. "He'll be with me as usual, safety reasons." Jeff had already vanished as the others walked to their respective cabins, Ali looked up at Demetri and than back noticing how they were left with the cabin farthest from the others. "You get the feeling this has been set up?" He looked down at her and frowned. "Maybe, a little. But I'm not complaining." Smiling she walked with him to the last cabin laughing as Pocket raced from her's towards the water clad in a bathing suit, a volley ball tucked under her arm. Entering the cabin she whistled, it was furnished much like the Athens mansion. Sitting on the bed she put her suit case on the dresser and opened it to unpack, quickly closing it as she caught sight of the article of clothing on the top. Seeing the thin, black lace was all she needed to know what it was. Shaking her head she opened it and pulled out a bikini and went to the bathroom to change. Coming out a few moments later she blushed as she saw Demetri standing by the window looking out, dressed in swim trunks. Clearing her throat and making him turn to look at her she blushed as he blinked a few times, his eyes traveling the length of her body taking in the black and red bikini. "Wow..." Clearing her head she grabbed a towel and took his hand, leading him out of the door towards the water she smiled as she saw the team already gathered there. Sasa laying on a towel sunbathing, Pocket and Marcus waist deep in water hitting the volley ball back and forth and Jeff sitting on the back moving rocks with his powers and Jason laying in a hammock with is eyes closed. Looking up at Demetri she dropped the towel on the sand and walked towards the water, running through the shallow part she smiled as it was warm and comfortable. Turning she cupped her hands and threw a handful at Jason laughing as he yelped and fell from the hammock. Doing the motion again she splashed Demetri and laughed as he advanced on her. She trudged through the water and hid behind Marcus causing him to raise an eye brow as the volley ball him and pocket had been hitting back and forth fell into the water forgotten. The team paused in their fun as a black mist gathered on the bank only to vanish leaving a young man standing there confused, as he turned Ali's eyes widened. "Tempest?" He smiled and waved, dropping his suit case on the sand he ran over to her as she walked out of the water and wrapped his arms around her hugging her tightly. "Athen!" "Uhm, it's Ali, actually. What are you doing here?" She pushed against his ribs trying to dislodge him from her self but to no avail as he held her tighter. "I'm the new member of the team!" Ali pulled back from him and stared at him as his smile grew. "So which cabin am I in?" Ali blinked a few times before pointing to the cabin that held Jeff, she jumped and blinked more as Cloak's mist came and went again, this time Tank, Lily, and Frost stood there smiling at the team. Lily didn't miss a beat as she took off down the bank towards the water, Tank walking slowly behind her. He gave the team a silent wave. Frost stopped close to Ali and put a hand on her shoulder as Demetri joined her from the warm water. Tempest gone to settle in. "Are you guys seriously going to be here this whole week?" Gene nodded giving her a broad smile. Ali pinched the bridge of her nose and sighed heavily as Tempest joined them again throwing his arm around Ali's shoulders, she shifted her shoulders trying to get Mark's arm off her a clear sign of being uncomfortable, Demetri frowned as Tempest pulled her towards the water.[/color][/font] [center]Alright, a week at the beach. Let's take a break and have some fun guys![/center]

Your just in time. I just started this today. Feel free to get your char up and jump in when ever you want.

[font="Comic Sans MS"][color="#000080"]Anue was watching from her binoculars, seeing the glint of the gun from the shadows she cursed and threw the spectacles away gaining a confused look from Onidus. "Anue?" she didn't bother answering him as she dashed across the roof and lept from the edge, squinting her eyes against the wind rushing against her face as she fell. Landing beside Rayne she lashed out with her right leg and ducked down as the gun was swung at her head, aiming to pistol whip her. Planting her hands on the ground she swung her left leg back around and swept the feet of the person out from under them, hearing the thud of the body she threw her foot down on the person's wrist and grabbed the gun throwing it back to Rayne. She looked back at him and gave him a smile. "What no 'thank you?" "You moved with out my permission." Aw geez, really Rayne?" "Get back into position Anue!" "I just saved your ass!" "You disobeyed my orders!" She growled and clenched her fists. "Unbelievable!" Throwing her hands in the air she ran back into the building and dashed up the stairs til she slammed the door open for the roof access, stomping past Onidus she was mumbling a string of curses, looking over at him she glared. "What?" "Nothing. I take it Rayne didn't take the rescue lightly?" "Not at all. Let's just get this damn job done so we can go home. I need a damned drink." Onidus chuckled as he looked through the binoculars waiting for a signal telling him and Anue to move in.[/color][/font] I don't want this to die.... :'<

[font="Century Gothic"][color="#000080"]I watched this movie a few weeks ago, I had to watch it a few times before I took it back to the RedBox. I love it. I thought the movie was adorable and Max, the horse, was my favorite character. xD I think they did a really good job on it and as soon as my daughter's second birthday comes around we'll be sitting down to watch it again. lol. This is defiantly a movie I want to add to my collection and watch with my kids for years to come. [/color][/font]

[font="Comic Sans MS"][color="#000080"]Mira sniffed against the cold as her horse snorted in distaste, she flicked the long ear that was laid back against the animal's head. "Don't start that Max, this is the way I'm supposed to go. What, do you want me to walk?" The horse threw his head to the side and snorted again. "Alright than, it's just up ahead any way. I'm sure this'll clear up once we get to the top." She shivered and pulled her cloak around her tighter trying to cover her legs from the onslaught of snow and wind that howled through the mountain pass, she yelped as her horse lost his footing and screamed in protest as he began to slid back down the mountain. Mira jumped off the saddle and dug her boots into the mush of snow and ice, holding onto the reins tightly she almost cried in joy as her boot struck a rock. Planting her foot she held on with all the strength she had, the leather biting into her hands making them raw and sore. She sighed as the animal made his way back up, he nudged her with his nose. "I'm alright buddy. Let's get up the rest of this mountain." He snorted in agreement and followed her as she packed the snow with her boots in front of him to make sure he didn't slip again. Reaching the top she sighed as the sun beamed down on them, confused she stood in the rays as her horse made his way up the rest of the mountain. The small flat butte was warm, sunny, and alive with plant life, flowers, grass and trees grew in abundance. Mira was amazed and noticed that the small area was enclosed by the side of the mountain, a small enclave of sorts. The pull was no more as she looked around, it was a large area, beautiful and as she sat down on the dirt under a tree and watched her horse stretch his neck up to grab an apple from the tree and eat she she began to get another pull. But this one was different. It was split up into many different pulls, they were getting closer and from all directions. A voice echoing, almost as if the wind were speaking to her. [i]Dragoons[/i] Looking around she frowned and stood back up and looked over the side of the mountain, blinking as she saw small dots of light across the land.[i] Purple[/i], the voice echoed again. [i]Thunder White, Black, Red, and Brown. Light, Shadow, Fire, Earth. Dragoons[/i] She shook her head and looked down as light began to glow from under her shirt, pulling the small stone her brother had given her out she blinked as it began to glow brighter with each passing moment, the lights on the ground getting closer. She looked at the stone in her hands again and almost dropped it as the voice seemed to echo from the stone in her palm [i]Ice, Water...Dragoon[/i] She looked over at her horse who was staring at the stone intently, snorting he walked forward and touched his nose against it and shook his head, meeting her gaze his eyes seemed to give her a non existent shrug as he walked back over to the apple tree only to scream in terror as the side of the mountain began to glow and shake. Mira whirled around drawing her sword swiftly and holding it out awaiting any danger. The rock fell away to show a large door way, seven circles of color painted on the door, along with seven dragons. Looking at it closely now she blinked. "White, Purple, Black, Green, Brown, Blue, Red." She ran her fingers along the carvings of the dragons, speaking aloud. "Light, Shadow, Thunder, Wind, Earth, Water, Fire. Dragoons." She shook her head as the voice howled on the wide again. [i]They are close. Your journey starts soon.[/i] Running to the edge Mira could indeed see that the lights were beginning to ascend the mountain. She walked back to the door and smiled as her horse joined her and together the stood, waiting for the other lights to join them.[/color][/font] [center] Alright! Everyone meet at the mountain, after that we get to the good stuff![/center]

[font="Comic Sans MS"][color="#000080"]Alright, I'll get this up and started here shortly. Probably within the next 24 hours.[/color][/font]

[font="Comic Sans MS"][color="#000080"]Ali grunted as pain lanced through her torso, looking up at Marcus and Demetri she sighed which only caused her to cough more. "I'm in trouble...aren't I?" Demetri shook his head and pressed his forehead to her's, she could feel the warm tears slip from his eyes and into her hair. "How could you be so stupid? We just got you back and you go and do something like that?" She blushed but gave him a weak smile. "I'm fine Demetri, he missed my major organs. I'll live. Just get me back to HQ...this hurts." Marcus stood up slowly, still keeping his eyes on her, she gave him a warm smile as Demetri lifted her in his arms as Jason called Cloak. "Thank you Marcus." The man shook his head slowly and blinked as he felt her cold hand on his shoulder. "I mean it. Thank you for coming so quickly. It's good to know that I have help when I need it. Gods know if I had had to use a cell phone...we'd be dead. So thank you." She leaned against Demetri as Cloak showed up taking them all back to the estate, Ali flinched as the Commandant's voice echoed through the main room. "What in the hell was that!? You leave in the middle of a mission, call a transport, you disobey both of your commanding officers, almost get your self killed and on top of all that I have to send Echo Team to finish the job you left undone!" Ali buried her face in Demetri's chest as the Commandant drew closer, finally seeing the blood on Demetri's shirt. "My boy, are you hurt?" "No, Ali went to find her brother as instructed although she did this alone, she found and retrieved him." Ali coughed, groaning as the taste of blood filled her mouth again, Marcus stepped forward. "Fill in the Commandant Demetri, I'll take Talon to the med team." Demetri nodded handing her gently to Marcus, kissing her forehead he watched them go and turned back to his father to finish filling in the details. Ali looked up at Marcus as the man stared straight down the hall. "So, you don't have a heart of stone. Do you?" He sighed and shook his head realizing there was no point hiding it. "How much did you see Talon?" "You can call me Ali you know. And enough to know why you hate Sybille with such a passion now. I never realized-" "No one really did. We kept our relationship confidential. Very few people knew about it." "I see." She looked at her blood soaked hands and hissed as he laid her down on a mattress. Patch and Touch looked her over, Patch looked at Marcus. "We'll have her up and about in no time." He nodded and looked back at Ali. "How did you manage to get inside my head like that?" "I dunno. I just kept focusing on the rune in my hand, remembering how you said that as long as I have that I'm never truly alone." He nodded and covered his eyes for a moment before looking back at her. "You know Marcus. I know I can't replace her, and I don't want to, but...you can never have to many friends." He frowned as he looked down at her, her expression lazy as she gave him a warm smile. "What?" "Where did you get that line? A cereal box?" "Okay, you've been hanging out with Jason way to long. No more doggie day care. One of him is bad enough." Marcus chuckled and stood as he patted her hand, she grabbed his wrist as he tried to walk away. "I'm sorry. For you loss, as well as the pain it causes you. I seem like a tough nut to crack, but I hate to see the people close to me in pain. I'm really truly sorry, and I promise you that when the time comes, and Sybille is at death's door. I'll let you send him there for good. He's done alot to me, and Demetri. But it could never amount to the pain he's caused you." She pulled her hand back as he nodded. "Thank you for that Tal- Ali." She smiled gently and nodded as he walked out of the room passing Demetri as the giant entered, her smile grew and her eyes grew softer as she looked at him. "Alex, are you alright?" Patch finished up and wiped his hands. "She'll be fine. No major damage, clean opening. She's right as rain and ready for duty." She smiled and slipped off the bed turning this way and that, hissing as pain radiated from her midsection. "Thought you said I was right as rain?" "You'll still be tender Ali. Sheesh. I'm a medic not a miracle worker." Rolling her eyes she allowed Demetri to scoop her up in his arms and take her back to his room, she leaned against him, soaking in the warmth from his body as he lay her down on the bed. She shook her head as he tried to cover her with a blanket. "Oh no, I'm covered in blood. I need a shower mister." He chuckled and nodded, showing her the shower he handed her a towel, stripping down she handed him her clothes through the crack in the door and shut it behind his retreating hands. Turning on the shower she let the hot water wash away the blood, washing her body and hair quickly she wrapped the towel around her self and reentered Demetri's room. He was no where to be seen. "Must still be gone with my clothes...don't see them any where either." Sighing she dried her self quickly, the man's room taking on a chill as night set in, slipping under his blankets she dried and brushed her hair. Once done she slid under the blankets fully, pulling the soft thick comforter over her as well as she drifted to sleep, rolling onto her stomach she folded her arms under her pillow, her bare back exposed as she rested under the blankets unaware of what was happening down stairs. Demetri looked at his father shocked. "You can't do this." "It's not my choice Demetri. The higher ranks got wind of what Ms. Talon did and ruled the decision without my knowledge. My hands are bound." "She won't be happy about this. Hell, I'm not happy about it, who did they choose to take her place?" "Mr. Demos will be your team lead until Talon can prove she can listen to orders correctly." Demetri sighed and ran a hand through his hair as his mother handed Ali's now clean clothes to him. "She's going to be really unhappy when she hears about them suspending her from team lead." "I'm sure she will son, but like I said. I can't do anything at the moment. She'll just have to face the consequence for her actions. The council doesn't take insubordination lightly ever since Hank went rouge on us." Demetri nodded in understanding as he made his way back upstairs, turning as the Commandant called to him. "Let Marcus know the change and also let him know that he will be going with Cloak in the morning to retrieve a new member for your formation, the council believes that possibly an extra set of eyes on Ms. Talon will be helpful. Also, once Marcus gets the new member here in the morning I'll be sending you and your team on break." "Break?" "Correct. You and your team will be sent to the beach for a week. Fox and Charlie will be handling your missions til your return." "Can I ask why?" "Of course. It's come to my attention that your team as of late has looked worse for wear, stressed and stretched thin on nerves. my self among the other members of the council believe that a break is just the thing to get your team back in working order." "We can't get out of this can we?" "No. Pack your things tonight and inform the rest of the team. You'll be leaving for a company secluded beach as soon as Marcus returns in the morning. There will be no cell phones, computers or any electronics of any kind permitted on this trip. You'll have no communication with HQ for the entire week, this trip is for the relaxation of you and your team." [/color][/font]

[font="Comic Sans MS"][color="#000080"]Ali had finished dinner and managed to doze lightly on the couch as they waited for the optimum time to go out in search of the rouge coven that seemed to be striking the city, her dreams started off pleasant at first, her and Demetri or her parents from what she could remember, her brother from when they were younger, and than they turned violent. Ali thrashed on the couch as she saw Jason being swarmed by vampires, with only a blade, his eyes turning yellow as canines erupted from her mouth, a lethal growl bubbling from his throat as he caught one of the pale creatures by the throat. Ali woke with a start, reaching out into the dying rays of the sun as she gasped her brother's name. Looking around she saw that most of the team, like her, had dozed off, or were else where out of eye sight and ear shot. Breathing heavily she grabbed her phone and rushed to the bathroom, Marcus looked up at her as she rushed past. "Are you alright? You look pale." "I'm fine! Just an upset stomach!" Pocket chortled from the other side of the door as Ali shut it and locked it. "I told you not to eat so many of those mushrooms, but you never listen." Ali huffed as she sent Cloak a message to come and get her right away as she answered Pocket. "I can't help it Pocket, Artichokes, Avocados and Mushrooms are three of my top favorite foods." She looked up as silent mist filled the small bathroom and she rushed into it, instantly finding her self in the secluded garden at the Athen's estate. "Talon, what do you think your doing calling for extraction? Your in the middle of a mission." "Shut up! I know that, but Cloak...Roger, I need a solid IOU...please." He ran his hand through his hair as he heaved a sigh and looked down at her. "What? Depending on what it is, you know I might have to tell the Commander and Commandant." "Right now, I could care less. I need you to take me to the Golden Gate Bridge." "Are you insane? Do you have any idea what happens on that damn bridge at night?" "Yeah, I do. Better than most actually. Look, I have to get there...Jason is there and he needs me...please Cloak, I'm begging you...he's all the family I have left..." He looked at the ground and than back at her and sighed. "Alright, but if Demetri or Marcus ask, I'm not hiding this from them." "That's fine, I just have to get to my brother...now!" Cloak grabbed her hand and transported her to the bridge and than was gone, Ali pulled two knives from her hip and flipped them backwards in her hands holding them tightly she dashed across the bridge and gasped as she spotted Jason in his wolf form fighting off waves of the monsters as they come from seemingly no where. "Jason!" She ducked down low and sprinted the rest of the way grunting as she plunged her left knife through the skull of a vampire latched onto the giant wolf's back, the canine looked back at her with wide eyes. "What are you doing here Girlie!? You have a death wish?!" Ali blinked up at him, surprised he could talk in that from but shook it off and put it in the back of her mind to worry about later. "Go sniff a leg fido! I'm here to help you!" "How did you even know I was in trouble?" "I had a dream about you." "Wait...you remember?" "Everything. Down to the smallest detail, but that's for later. We have bigger problems right now!" She dropped down into a split and spun the knife around in her hand bringing it right across the torso of the vampire, standing quickly she flipped the blade backwards in her hand again and brought it down at an angel driving it through the temple of the thing. Crouching down behind her brother, back to back with the giant wolf he had become, she could feel his dense fur brushing her arms as a wicked smile came across her features. "What do you say big brother...pay back time?" The howl he released was more than enough for her as they began to tear through the onslaught of vampires, each one that went down bearing the crest of the Gate Coven. She blinked as blood splattered across her face, wiping it from her eyes she spun around and brought her right foot into a young male's neck with enough force to throw him a few inches back and into the waiting claws of Jason who pulled the screaming victim into two halves. Ali ducked backwards, bending her knees and letting her back hit the pavement as sharp, claw like nails sailed above her head, smiling she brought both blade upwards slicing the appendage off and giving a deadly round house kick to the woman's stomach. She walked over as the woman was bent, coughing from the crippling blow she had received and looked up just in time to see the flash of Ali's knife as the girl embedded it between the woman's eyes. Ash began to litter the bridge as the siblings continued their genocide on the Gate Coven, Ali spun around as she heard heavy boots land behind her, her eyes going wide as the blades dropped from her hands. She looked up into the dark features of a man she barely remembered, but the woman was her spitting image. "Jason...Jason!" The wolf spun around and melted back into her brother as the two looked across the bridge at their late mother and father. Ali shook her head as tears began to well up in her eyes. "No...No no no! I thought they were dead not turned!" Jason frowned as he looked at the two adults, the dark brown of their father's eyes and the bright blue of their mothers, both were now bright red as they stared back at their children, Jason knelt down and wrapped his arms around his sister as she fell to her knees and punched the concrete hard enough to leave a small dent. Looking up she took a deep breath and calmed her nerves as well as Jason's, her powers working well to keep them both focused. "I'll take the woman." Jason nodded as Ali picked up her blades, walking away from her brother the woman followed her, hissing and baring her fangs. "I don't know who you are...but you are not my mother!" Rushing forwards Ali brought her right blade down first only to have it caught in the woman's strong grip, she grunted and lashed out with her foot only to scream as she felt her ankle shatter on impact, Jason turned and looked over at her. "Alex! Are you alright?!" "Focus on your own fight dog breath!" Bringing her left hand down she gasped as the woman caught it as well, she closed her eyes and choked on her breath as the woman sent her flying with a well aimed punch to the chest. Ali screamed again as her back collided with the cement side of the bridge, coughing she looked down into her hand and was not surprised to see blood in the least, she blinked as she spotted the rune in the same palm, looking up she flinched as the man grabbed Jason around his neck and flung him not to far from Ali. Looking back into her hand she focused on the rune, trying to make the word come to her when something Ali had read from one of Marcus' files popped into her head. "Masan!" She hissed as the rune began to burn on her hand and glow a faint blue, standing she helped Jason to his feet and wiped away the blood trailing his face. "Back ups on the way brother. Just hang in there." "I should be saying that to you. Your the one coughing up blood." Ali coughed lightly and wiped the blood from her mouth giving him a twisted smile. "I'll be alright." He nodded as he tried to regain his footing to continue the fight both of them looking up as their father came up behind them raising his hand above them, his sharp nails pointed down, aiming to stab through Jason's chest. "Jason, look out!" Shoving him sideways she grunted as the man's large hand went through her stomach, trying to take in air all Ali could do was cough and watch as blood pooled on the ground at her feet, she barely felt the pain as her knees hit the concrete, her hands trying to stem the bleeding. "Ali! Ali, Ali, come on hang in there! Your gonna be alright!" She nodded and tried to wipe her mouth free of the blood as more seemed to pour from her mouth. "Oh gods no. Ali come on...don't you dare die on me! I really don't want to see Demetri's face looking that pathetic again!" Grabbing Jason's collar she brought his face down close to her's, growling out her words in his ear. "I suggest you kill these bastards and get me the hell out of here than. I don't feel like dieing in the street dammit!" Grabbing the sword she had seen him with in her dream he nodded and leaned her against a cement barrier block, well out of distance. "I'll be back, you hang in there you hear me Girlie?" She frowned at the nick name but didn't waste the energy on answering him as he walked away from her, she did her best to keep her power on him as much as possible to keep a calm on the wolf man as he fought, the rune on her hand starting to burn more as the color got brighter. [/color][/font]

[font="Comic Sans MS"][color="#000080"]Ali woke with a start not sure of how long she had been out, nothing in particular shocking her awake, just the fact that she was alone, she was accustomed to sleeping in a room with Jet and the other female hunters and now that she was alone it was quiet. Looking out the window she saw it was night already, she sighed realizing she had slept away the rest of the day. She let a small smile grace her lips as she remembered Demetri, his kiss and embrace had been desperate and she had answered him with her own desperation. Touching her lips with her finger tips she thought back on her own reaction, as soon as his lips had touched her's her body went into auto pilot, it reacted on it's own as if her body it's self craved the man. Rolling onto her back she looked at the ceiling, she could see cracks and pieces of the plaster missing as well as a few patch jobs, rolling back to her side she buried her face in his pillow and inhaled his scent as she tried to go back to sleep. After twenty minutes of rolling from side to side and thinking she heaved a sigh and slipped from the bed silently, with the door cracked she was able to open it with little to no sound, she padded down the hall slowly and silently til she heard a voice and stopped listening. "I'm glad we were able to get her back safe. Demetri must be in better spirits." "I would like to assume so my dear, he's barely said two words to us since the incident." "Pavlos, did you think he would? You know how our son is, much more like you than you think." "But he has your kindness." The woman giggled slightly and Ali shook her head, no listening any more she roamed the giant halls til she some how managed to make it to a large garden full of flowers and a large maze. She walked through the maze slowly, finding her way through it slowly til she came out on the other end, a small pond glimmered in the moon light and she felt her smile widen. Jogging over to it she sat down on it's edge and looked out at it as the moon reflected on it's surface. "I see I'm not the only one who like to come here." Whipping her head around she spotted a young man with Sandy colored hair and bright, pale blue eyes. "I'm sorry?" He shook his head and chuckled. "My name is Gene, you can call me Frost. You actually rescued me a few months back." "I did?" "Yeah, me, Tank, and a little girl names Lily." "I see, I don't remember." "Yeah, that's going around. You looked troubled, wanna talk?" "Just thinking, what if I don't get my memories back?" "I've been told they're getting Retract to come take a look at you, if it's bad to where you won't regain them on your own, he'll do it for you." She nodded thinking back to what Demetri and her had agreed, when her memories came back, they would be together. She felt her cheeks blush and her body temperature rise by a few degrees as she silently thought of just having him bring them back anyway. She shook the thought off as Gene stood. "Care to Ice Skate?" "I don't have skates, and the pond isn't even frozen." He chuckled as he turned the pond to solid ice and made small ice blades on the bottom of her boots. "There, come on, this always clears my head." She nodded and stood, taking his hand for support as she stepped onto the ice. "I have no idea what I'm doing..." "It's just like regular skating." "I've never went skating before!" He laughed as her legs came out from under her and she let out a squeal as her butt landed on the hard ice." "Oiwe..." He came to a stop beside her and held out his hand. "You alright?" "I wanna get off of here. Do you know where the kitchen is?" He nodded, took off their blade, unfroze the lake and led her to the kitchen, it was massive and polished til it was shining. Remembering where it was she went back upstairs and back to bed, Demetri's scent relaxing her as she drifted to sleep once again. After what felt like seconds, Ali woke again with a yawn. She let a giant grin spread across her face, looking out the window she could see the sun beginning to come up, she must have been asleep alot longer than she thought, getting dressed she headed to the kitchen and looked around, going through the fridge she began to pull things out til one of the many counters were full of food, finding an apron she pulled it on and tied it around her back and went to work making a large breakfast, something telling her not to forget to peel and bowel a good deal of oranges. As time went by some of the other HDF members came and went for food, two young men stayed for a while watching her work. Magnet and Whiplash, also known as Jack and Nick. They watched her work on the food for others as they came and went with smiles on their faces as they ate. "It's a good thing Talon is back, wouldn't you say Nick?" The other man nodded and took a bite of his food. "Yeah, I mean don't get me wrong, the Commandant and Commander are great, but Talon is a way better cook, and she's not bad to look at if you get my drift." Jack nodded as he watched Ali bend to get a pot. "Not bad at all, what I wouldn't give to get her alone." The other man chuckled and pointed his fork at Jack. "You know, I hear she's seeing someone?" "No way, who?" "Dunno, but who ever it is is a luck bastard. That's for sure." Jack nodded as he ate more. "I bet you it's some poor shmo, I could do a better job keeping her warm at night." Neither man had seen Demetri walk in, and his deep voice made both men jump and turn slightly pale. "Could you now, Whiplash?" The small man swallowed the bite of food and looked up at the giant. "Sir?" "Could you do a better job keeping her warm?" The man didn't answer only looked back at Ali and shook his head. "Come on Commander, you have to admit, she to damn gorgeous for just any one. I mean, she could kick all of our asses if she wanted to and do it with a smile, but I wouldn't mind so long as I got a glimpse of her's up close." Jack chuckled and turned his attention as Ali noticed Demetri, she gave him a bright smile and waved with a batter covered whisk making the three men smile. Nick rested his chin in his hand and sighed. "And with her memory gone, she ever has cute moments." All three men straightened up automatically as she strolled towards them, something they had begun to do instantly due to the fact that usually she would bit their heads off for. She handed Demetri a large plate and a mug of coffee leaning around the plate she planted a sweet, tender kiss on his cheek and walked back to the kitchen. Nick and Jack stared at the large man envious. "Man, Athen's your lucky. What I wouldn't give to have her kiss me. Damn. If I could just touch her, even her hand, something I would be happy." Demetri frowned as the thought of another man touching her again shifted through her. Nick sighed as he finished his plate, smiling he grabbed it and walked towards Ali, Demetri's eyes on him the entire time. He watched as Nick smiled and sent her small pickup lines, all of which she ignored, it wasn't til Nick took her hand and started to run his fingers down her palm, no doubt trying another trick to get her attention, but it something off inside the giant. He heard Ali snort at a joke from the man as she handed him another plate of food and tucked a strand of hair behind her ear, than Nick leaned forward and pressed his lips to her cheek, Ali's frowned and as Nick walked back she rubbed her hand on her cheek as if rubbing the kiss away. Shaking her head she looked at the table and sent Demetri another smile as he ate, she continued to work on the food when a sharp pain intruded on her, searing through her head and causing her to hiss in pain Putting one hand to her forehead she tried to grab onto one of the counters for balance as images flowed through her mind, letting out a small whimper her hand grabbed a large bowel and brought it with her as she collapsed to the floor panting heavily. Hearing the bowel shatter Demetri looked over and frowned as he could no longer see his love. "Ali?" Getting up he walked swiftly around the island til he spotted her laying on the floor, her brow knitted into a deep frown as her forehead dripped sweat and her whimpers grew in volume. "Jason...Demetri...." He knew instantly that some of her memories must have decided to come back. Lifting her off the floor he held her close as he turned the stove off and walked her back to his room, laying her on his bed he went to leave when something kept him from doing so. Looking back he could see that Ali had a tight grip on his shirt, her eyes cracked open. "Please, don't go. Stay here with me..." "I'm just going to see if Retract has arrived alright?" She tightened her grip before nodding and releasing him, rolling onto her back she threw her arm across her eyes and hissed as the pain intensified. After a few minutes Demetri returned with another man, he was elderly, with white hair and wrinkles etched into his features. He walked over to her slowly and put his pale hand against her head, nodding towards Demetri the giant nodded back and left leaving Ali feeling very vulnerable and alone. After a few seconds the man looked down at her and gave her a sad smile. "Forgive me little one." Before she could ask she felt his finger nails dig into her temples, the pain locking up her entire body. Unable to move, unable to scream her eyes went wide as her memories came flooding back, everything, down to the tiniest detail was back. Pulling away from her the old man stood and walked out allowing Demetri to enter, he looked down at her as she sat up on the edge of his bad panting. "You alright Ali?" She looked up at him, her face pale as she tried to catch her breath. She nodded and placed her forehead in her palm. "I remember...everything, every tiny detail...even while I was gone." Demetri seemed to lose some color in his face as she said this. "Ali...about what happened at the military base-" "Stop. Don't say your sorry. I don't blame you, not at all. I blame my self." "Why?" "I wasn't strong enough. I shouldn't have gone with out the others, just like the Commandant said but I went anyway. It wasn't your fault. I just want to forget it ever happened and move on with my life...with you." He nodded and watched her a moment She twined her fingers together and placed them folded under her chin as her elbows rested on her knees. "So...what's happened while I was gone? Any word on the gods?" He shook his head and went to his work desk bringing his computer back to life. "Always work with you." She frowned and shook her head as he bent over his work desk, his back to her, looking at the floor and seemingly coming to a conclusion she stood and walked over to him wrapping her arms around his waist, the action slow and nervous as her anxiety flowed from her to him, he turned to look down at her, her cheeks flushed. "Ali? Are you alright?" She nodded, taking his hand she placed it directly above her heart, his large hand almost covering her breast as his cheeks flamed to match her's. She looked up at him and took a deep breath as she stood on tip toe and pressed her lips to his, gently, moving them against his slowly, as if trying to seduce him and as she quickly ran her tongue across his bottom lip it caused his breath to hitch and his hand to tighten automatically. She gasped, the motion pulling the two apart for a brief moment as they looked at each other. Both flushed and breathing heavily. "Alex, what are you-" "I have my memories back...remember what we said?" He nodded slowly as she kissed him again, slowly getting bolder as her hands ghosted under his shirt, her thin finger trailing his scars, making him shiver; they broke apart for a moment as she pulled his shirt off and threw it across the room, gasping as his warm hands slid under her shirt, their kiss breaking once again as he pulled it over her head. Her lips sought his again and she hissed as his heated skin touched her's, both grunting as he pushed her back and they landed on the bed. He released her lips as his kisses traveled down her neck, her breathing labored as she buried her hands in his hair. "Alex, are you sure?" She nodded and arched against him as his large hand ghosted over her bare stomach, now slightly tan thanks to the sun bathing she had done with the hunters, she felt excitement and fear flood her veins as she felt his fingers fumble with the snap of her jeans, getting them loose he smiled against her neck as she moaned feeling his rough hands on her thighs. His name coming off her lips as a whine as his kisses reached her collar bone, his large hands slowly moving the strap of her bra off her shoulders. He supported him self on his elbows as he looked down at her, her skin flushed and a few spots on her neck darker than others distinguishing what spots he had given more attention to. "Ali, your positive? I don't want to do something your uncomfortable with." She raked her nails down his chest and stomach, watching as the muscles under his skin twitched and he closed his eyes letting out a gasp of his own. "I'm positive Demetri." He nodded and reached behind her unclasping her bra, watching as she slowly slipped it off, she blushed as his eyes raked over her body, her breathing hitched as he lowered his body back to her's, his skin brushing against her's made a moan escape her as he kissed her. Reaching between them she began to undo his pants, both of them lost in their own world. Neither of them heard the knock on Demetri's door, but both jumped as the door swung open, Demetri covered Ali with his body as Patch's voice stumbled on his words. "Uh, oh wow...damn... C-Commandant wants to see you guys...asap! I am so sorry..." He shut the door and walked away, Ali sighed and put her forehead against Demetri's bare shoulder. "Guess we have a mission." He nodded and they dressed quickly and headed down the stairs, meeting up with the rest of the team the Commandant stood in front of them. "You have a new mission, two as a matter of fact. It seems as if we have some trouble with rouge coven in up state New York. Your first mission, take out the rouge coven." Ali stepped forward. "Where's Jason?" "That is your second mission. He went AWOL a little over 3 hours ago That we know of. Find him, and bring him back. We can not have a werewolf running the streets." The nodded and grabbed their things, gathering around Cloak he nodded and they all grabbed on, moments later they were in Central Park. "Alright, from here you will take a subway train to upstate and find your objective. Good luck." The nodded and he was gone, taking a deep breath Ali led the way towards the Subway, her voice held a note of sarcasm as she quietly spoke. "Hi ho Hi ho, it's off to work we go..." After an hour they found themselves in front of a hotel, Ali looked back at the others and sighed. "Alright, it's the hurry up and wait game. We have to wait til sun down for these suckers to come out, once that happens we'll go to their known favorite feeding ground and see what we can find til than-" She looked at Sasa as the woman's phone went off. "What's up?" "Seems the tracker on Jason's old bike is still operating. Says he's headed for...Chicago, Golden gate bridge." Ali's eyes widened and she shook her head, grabbing the phone she looked at the data and cursed. "Damn him! Why would he go there alone!" Demetri put a hand on her shoulder causing her to look up at him. "What's the matter?" "Nothing, come on, lets get settled in, I'll make dinner while we wait." The others sat around the large hotel room, watching TV, listening to music, what ever kept them busy while Ali worked on dinner, she didn't flinch as Demetri wrapped his arms around her as she worked on mushrooms to go with the steak she had bought. She handed him one over her shoulder and smiled as he grunted. "It's good. Ali, why were you so upset?" "Right to the point?" "Always. Will you tell me?" She sighed and turned around facing him, pinching the bridge of her nose she looked up at him. "I don't even know where to start...The Golden Gate Bride is a place full of bad memories for us. Years ago, before I could even walk, two operatives were sent there to investigate the Gate Coven." "I heard about that, they were KIA." Ali squeezed her eyes shut and nodded. "Yes they were. Grim Reaper and Ice Queen. Two of the best operative of their time. Husband and Wife, with two kids." "I never heard they had kids..." "No one ever did. But they had two. A son, and a daughter...They rarely went by their real names so no one really ever put two and two together." "What do you mean?" Their real names were Exodus and Clair Talon...they were my parents." Demetri looked down at her shocked as he put the pieces together in his head. She took a deep breath and continued. "Hank sent them there, knowing full well what would happen. My father was in line for the Commander position, he would have taken it from Hank, he sent them there knowing how dangerous that coven is...blamed their deaths on faulty information from the higher ups, got a few of them kicked out of the force...but he got what he wanted..." "That's why Jason wanted his head so badly." She nodded and turned around working on dinner again. "Now you know...he's going to get him self killed this time for sure...I'll lose him for good." Demetri could hear her throat tighten up as she talked, trying to hold back the tears. "We'll get him in time Ali. I won't let that happen." 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[font="Comic Sans MS"][color="#000080"]Yeah unfortunately for me my boredom gets really bad, I think the last time I got seriously bored my brother and I ended up having a rubber band war and added paper clips to the mix...we got into so much trouble from my mother... ^^; On top of that I tried to see if you could float to the ground after jumping off of a roof using an umbrella... I just hope I can find something to keep me busy. >.< It's gotten so bad lately that when I get on the OB and see a new post in our RP I end up getting all giggly and happy. lol. That's pretty sad in all honesty. You know your addicted to the OB when you look forward to stuff like that but I have to say I would rather be addicted to this than Failbook. xP[/color][/font]

[font="Comic Sans MS"][color="#000080"]I think I have run across an epic case of boredom...usually the OB helps but this time it's just not cracking the 'distracted' jar open. As a result I wound up tying a sheet to my upstairs porch railing and trying to climb down it. Needless to say I now have a torn sheet and bruised bum....I can also feel it itching at me today but I think we need a few things from Walmart and my fish need food...hopefully that will keep me busy. If not it's back to the depressing state of sitting in this chair and staring at the screen while it displays fanfiction. My last hope for sanity. If that does not work...well you'll probably hear about me on the news or something for doing something majorly stupid.....Yeah, my boredom gets THAT bad.... :'< [/color][/font]