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[color="#000080"][font="Comic Sans MS"]Ali glanced back at where Demetri had disappeared and sighed, she would have to talk to him later. Follow Marcus and the Commandant she found herself in an empty room, the Commandant looked back at the two. "First off I want to congratulate you for protecting this organization. You worked hard and proved to everyone there tonight why you were named Elite. Now, Marcus; you have proven to me tonight that you are indeed trustworthy, therefore as a test to see just how much so you are a part of the protective measure on Talon here. Whenever she is not in her room or with Athens she is to be with you at all times. Your runes give you the ability to keep track of her in many ways. Talon, when we are done here I have a few specific things I need done. First I need you to take Marcus to your room and allow him to 'rune' your quarters for protection. Sybille was able to get through us once whose to say he can't do it again. Marcus you're to put something in her room the will be able to tell between people on your team and not. Understood?" They nodded. "Marcus your dismissed. Get to it." "Yes Sir." "Talon. I must have a few words with you." Ali felt her stomach drop and her palms sweat as the large man took a seat at the small conference table in the room and motioned for her to sit as well. Taking a deep breath she let it out and sat across from the man, he was larger than Demetri and his face had more lines in it making it obvious he had years of experience. "About this relationship between you and my son, where do you think it is going?" "I'm not sure I understand Sir." "Do you love the boy?" "I-uh...well that is to say..." "Alright, something easier, are you falling in love with him?" Ali looked at her hands, was she? Her feelings were getting stronger but were they love? She couldn't tell. The Commandants chuckles brought her back, he was hiding his smile behind his hand, his eyes knowing. "I see. Well in that case, I'll let you deliver this little piece of information to my son. He is now the commander of the Northern HDF base." "Wait, your making Demetri the Commander here?" "Yes. Unfortunately I can not give him the choice to decline. I need someone I can trust and some one who has a good team, and woman, at his back." Ali blushed slightly as he gave her a teasing wink. "I also expect you to help him make a full recovery." "What?" Ali looked up at the older man and blinked as his eyes took on a childish charm. "You know there is nothing quite like the love of a beautiful woman to make an injured man feel his best." Ali blushed fully this time as madam Touch entered the room. "Pavlos, we have to report this matter to the Chief in the South. They all need to be on the look out." The Commandant nodded flashing Ali a bright smile before he walked out, Ali sat there for only a few moments before a feeling of longing began to seep in, an unknown feeling, one that wasn't her own. Smiling slightly she ran from the room and towards the med ward. She made it there in record time just as Patch was coming from the room wiping his hands. "Alex, good timing. He was just asking I send for you." The feeling grew strong at the mention of her name and she could only guess it was Demetri. Nodding she walked in and sat next the bed taking the large hand. He looked down and smiled, his torso wrapped in white bandages. "Chip, is going to be alright?" "C'mon Alex, who do you think your talking to? He'll be right as rain tomorrow." She nodded looking back at Demetri, taking a hint, Patch walked out shutting the door behind him. "How are you feeling, does it hurt much?" Demetri shrugged wincing slightly. "Still tender but nothing I can't handle. What did the Commandant want?" "You mean your father?" "He told you?" "He let it slip during the fight but I had my suspicions, you two act a lot alike." She lifted his hand and put his knuckles to her cheek smiling. "He also told me to give you some news." "Like what?" "I'm under protective watch, while I'm not in my room I'm to be with you or Marcus. Since he can track me with his runes and I can project to you now you two are my safest options." "So we'll be seeing a lot more of each other than? I can handle that." Ali shook her head chuckling. "He also wanted me to tell you one other thing. Commander Athens." Demetri frowned and shook her head til it sank in. "What? No way, I never agreed to this! What about you guys? You need me with you." "Demetri, calm down, you'll still be coming with us, it's just now everyone reports to you." He frowned and nodded, still obviously not pleased with the choice his father had made. He looked at Ali and cupped her cheek in his hand. "There is something I wanted to ask you Ali." She looked up at him, slightly nervous. "About that mind reading thing, and how you were able to project your thoughts into my mind, did you mean what you said, or thought?" Ali blushed and closed her eyes. "I did. I've never been in love before Demetri, but if I had to guess I would say with no hesitation that I do believe I'm falling in love with you." The man smiled sending a delightful shiver down Ali's spine, a foreign feeling over taking her. She smiled and shook her head. "If you wanted a kiss that badly you could just ask." Demetri blinked. "I can still read your emotions." He gave her a sheepish look, but the feeling didn't waver in the slightest, Ali smiled and stood bending over the bed and touching her lips to his. At first it was innocent, gentle and soft, but as she held his lips with her's he buried his hand in her hair and the restrained feelings they had hidden for one another began to pour out. The kiss grew in passion and intensity til lack of air drew the two apart. Breathing heavily Ali rested her forehead against his, her eyes closed as she tried to calm her heart. Demetri ran his fingers through her hair, his eyes meeting her's as she opened them to look down at him. "Wow, that was..." "Intense?" He nodded and met his lips to her's again, this time quickly but no less passionate. "Your father told me that there was nothing like the love of a good woman to make a man in the med ward feel better." Demetri chuckled and pinched the bridge of his nose gently. "Crazy old man, he was right though. I already feel better." Ali shook her head and sat down on the bed next to him, laying back she curled up to his side and sighed as her body finally relaxed, her eyes dropping closed due to exhaustion only to snap open in a frown as her phone beeped. Pulling it out she flipped it open and looked at the text message and than up at Demetri who had his eye brows quirked. "We have another mission, we leave tomorrow night...What?" "You had your phone on you during the ball? Where did you hide it?" "Focus Demetri." "I am, seriously, where did you hide it?" "I had it strapped to my leg." At mention of the ball Ali did a once over on her self and blushed as she realized the condition of her dress, it was filthy and torn in places, the white trimming was now Grey and the blue looked black from all the dirt and soot. Her hair was frayed and falling about her in a wild heap and her face was smudged. "I look as if I ran through a burning building...I'm a mess." "You still look as beautiful as always Ali." She looked back at him, forwarded the message to the others and kicked off her shoes, her left shoe missing it's heel, laying back on the bed she slipped under the sheet with the large man and wrapped her arm gently around his torso and tangled her right leg with his and rested her head on his shoulder. Kissing his cheek she smiled as he took in her scent from her hair, a feeling of complete relaxation taking over the two of them. "Good night Demetri...I-I love you." Whether he answered her or not she didn't know. Sleep took over quickly blocking out all else until the next day and their new mission. One tamer than usual for them now. Werewolves in Ireland. [/font][/color]

[color="#000080"][font="Comic Sans MS"]Anue sighed for the millionth time as Onidus talked to the security guard outside of the hotel, she hitched the fake black rimmed glasses higher up on her nose and pulled the first few button lose on her blouse allowing for ample view of her creamy skin. Clearing her throat she sauntered up to the two men arguing quietly, the reactions of the two completely different. Oni chocked on his laughter as she swayed her hips more and gave the human a sultry smile. The man at the end of her wicked leash seemed to have lost his voice as he blinked at Anue. "Are you sure there's not something I could do to convince you to let us in? Just for a few quick questions?" "Ma'am I am sorry, you have no idea how sorry I am..." He raked his eyes over Anue "But I can't" Heaving a sigh Anue walked up to him, wrapped her arm around his waist and drew his pistol, slamming it into the back of his head she turned to Onidus who was wiping silent tears from his eyes. "What the hell is so funny dog breath?" "That performance, anyone could see how ridiculous it was from a mile away." "Well you know what, it worked didn't it?" "No, you had to pistol whip him in the end." "Oh shut up flea bag." "You know, your insults, they are quite childish, not to mention old." Anue turned on him and stuck out her tongue. "Yeah well, at least I don't drink from a toilet." "Neither do I." Anue huffed and took the heels off her feet and pulled a pair of jeans out of the small bad on Onidus' back, slipping them on under the skirt she had on she threw the article of clothing into the bad and looked at Onidus. "You ready Oni?" "What could possible go wrong? I have the most childish demon at my side who can only come up with mediocre insults." "Alright you four legged homosapian, let's just get this over with. The room above her's is said to be empty for some reason, I say we check that out first, set up our servaliance and report back to Rayne." Onidus nodded seeing she was serious now. Scaling the building was no problem, getting into the empty room was no hassle either, but once there both canines wanted to throw themselves out the window. Anue's eyes watered from the smell and Onidus looked as if he wanted to vomit. "What the hell is that? It smells like decaying possum on a hot summer day on black top." Onidus rolled his eyes. "Wonderful visual, but I must agree it is most foul." Anue walked through the dark hotel room, she could hear their target below them pitching a hissy fit about bottled water or something like that, looking at the walls Anue could see that they were dark and dingy, covered in grim and dirt and something that resembled blood. Shaking her head Anue pulled out her phone, took a picture and sent it to Rayne for his input. A few moments later it vibrated in her hand. Flipping it open she heard Rayne's voice filter through. "Looks like a feeding room of some kind, watch your step, set up your stuff and get back to your own room. Call me if anything goes wrong." Anue flipped the phone shut as the line went dead and whispered back to Onidus. "Rayne says to watch our step, get our stuff put together and get out asap." Oni nodded and walked the other direction as Anue turned her foot tapped something heavy and solid, shining her phone towards it to get enough light to see she felt a scream bubble up from her throat, there at her feet was a middle aged man, his face frozen in an expression of fear and pain. His torso was ripped open exposing his organs which were gone, laying about the floor around him, some torn open and eaten, others whole and drying like jerky in the sun. She could see his spine and rib bones clearly, the pearly white glaring in the light of her phone. Hearing the small whine coming from Anue Onidus turned and clamped a hand on her mouth as she took deep breaths trying to steady her nerves. After a few seconds she nodded and Onidus took his head from her mouth. "Thanks, lets just get this done so we can get out of here, this ***** is sick....not only that I think I'm gonna puke." He nodded and both worked quickly to get their mics and cameras set up in the 'feeding' room and in the light fixtures of the singers room directly below them as well. [/font][/color]

[color="#000080"][font="Comic Sans MS"]Ali screamed as Hank pinned her against the wall, his thick hand around her throat. "You know Talon, I always wanted to knock some sense into you. And having your throat in my hands feels so nice." Ali bent her leg in on its self and planted her heel against the man's chest. "You talk way to much!" She kicked hard and sent the man a few feet away from her, but almost instantly pain shot through her as Anthony rendered her useless for what seemed like the umpteenth time. Screaming she dropped to her knees and squeezed her eyes shut. The next hit she knew was coming, but it didn't make it hurt any less as Hank's dress shoe connected with the side of her head. Screaming she rolled across the small band stage and stopped face down. She could feel the tears as they made their way down her cheeks, but she wiped them away quickly and stood, as Hank drew closer she swung her left foot around and hit him in the ribs, hearing the small crack she smiled feeling a little victory as the man grunted in pain. "You'll regret that wench." "Bring it old timer." Bringing her right foot up as far as she could she brought it back forcefully in a powerful axe kick, gasping when Hank caught it deftly and gave her a wicked smile. "You realize I'm far more advanced than you little girl. It's all you can do just to stay on your feet." As if to prove his point Anthony shot another shock wave of pain through out Ali's limbs making her scream out loud and drop to her knees again. "Dammit!" Ali grit her teeth and summoned as much strength as she could and stood against the pain coursing through her body but it all she could do just to stay on her feet, she winced as the pain got more intense and her vision blurred. Feeling Hank's hand around her throat again she whimpered as he squeezed and than screamed as he summoned a shard of rack and drive it into her shoulder, her scream drowned out as the noise from the other fights. She felt more tears fall as Hank's hand tightened on her throat, she could feel his hot breath wash over her face as he got close to her. "Your going to die Talon, whether by my hand or Sybille's your going to die and no one is going to save you." The tears began to fall freely as his words sank in. "Just give in and come with us. It'll make this so much easier and none of your team have to die to convince you. Once Sybille has you we'll end your life and save you from facing them again, keeping your shame secret. You'll be known as a hero to them, the woman who sacrificed her self to save them. I think that sounds like a wonderful way to end your life, a certified HDf hero." Ali could feel the sob climbing up her throat, could feel her resolve slipping, reaching up she gripped Hank's wrist tightly trying to pull him off. "And Athens, he'll be free to find a love that's not so, how should I say, troublesome." There it was, the final straw, she sobbed openly, her hand losing it's strength, falling to her side she stood there sobbing as Hank chuckled. "Refuse to go with us, I'll kill him, right in front of you. How does that sound?" "D-don't. Leave them alone, I'll do it." "Do what exactly Talon? I can't hear you." "I'll-" Ali blinked as a blast of wind swept between Hank and herself causing the man to release her, her legs gave out and she slumped to the floor but before she could land there she felt familiar arms wrap around her and cradle her against a hard, warm body. "Don't you give in Alex, what did I tell you? Not with out a fight remember?" Ali's teeth bit into her bottom lip as she looked up into Demetri's face, dirt and soot covered his clothes and skin and his eyes were locked onto her's. Ali felt herself snap as she buried her face in his chest and griped his shirt letting the sobs continue. "It's alright Ali, I'm here." "I know, I'm just so happy...you came." "I told you, I won't let anyone hurt you." She nodded and wiped her tears away only to have more replace them, her thoughts centered around the man holding her; Demetri looked down, his eyebrows quirked. "Thought you said that you weren't going to go as far as to say you loved me." Ali blinked. "I didn't say anything." "But you did, I heard you say you loved me." "No...I didn't say it...but I thought it..." Confused Demetri frowned and looked back at Hank, helping Ali to stand, she nodded to an unspoken agreement. "Your right, we can worry about it later, for now we need to focus on him." Demetri looked down at her stunned. "What?" She looked back at him. "What what? I was just agreeing to what you said." "I didn't say it, I thought it." Before Ali could react Hank's chuckling tore their attention from each other. "What an interesting time for your powers to ascend to the next level. You can hear people's thought's, and project your own into their minds now. So tell me Talon, can you read mine?" Ali shivered as the man's cruel intentions rang through her head. "Your sick." Demetri looked down at her. "You don't want to know. It's something you won't like hearing." Putting two and two together Demetri growled low in his throat, looking down at Ali he kissed her forehead. "Can you fight?" She nodded. "I'm not done yet. I'll take Anthony. I'll let you handle Hank." He nodded and released her, at the same time they sprung into action each driving them selves for their intended targets. [/font][/color]

[color="#000080"][font="Comic Sans MS"]When drinking mixed drinks, make sure to count, you might not be able to taste the liquor but you WILL feel it before long. This may sometimes end horribly. When taking a shower, always be aware of how much room you have, last thing you need is to crack your head on the wall and need to be rescued from the now cold water.[/font][/color]

[color="#000080"][font="Comic Sans MS"]What's with the Pony invasion? I'm not saying anything against it, I'm just curious as to why there are so many ponies...everywhere I look...ponies...lol[/font][/color]

[font="Comic Sans MS"][color="#000080"]Ali linked her arm with Demetri's and allowed herself to be led back into the room, she was still curious about the rune Marcus had drawn on her arm, but more than that she was curious as to why it had gotten so quiet all of a sudden. Looking around she squeezed Demetri's arm grabbing his attention. "The band..." His attention turned to where she was looking, sure enough, there in the band was a sight enough to make their hearts stop. "Demetri...it's Sybille, how did he get in?" "We don't know for sure that it is him." Ali tried to reach out with her powers to find the others and felt panic rise in her chest as she felt nothing. "It's him." Demetri looked down as he heard her breathing turn rapid, he could feel her skin get hotter as her pulse gained a faster pace. "Ali?" "He's here..." Before the man could ask the glass roof of the ball room shattered, raining glass down upon them, shocked from her stupor Ali released Demetri and ran through the crowd as the none HDF members panicked and raced from the room as Set dropped into the middle of the area showering the room in flames and glass. Ali ducked as a large steel beam fell not to far from her, she could hear Demetri shouting her name as she ran but she had something more important to do. "Pocket! Sasa! Jeff! Marcus! Where are you?!" She tripped and almost cried in relief as she turned and saw Pocket looking at her from under a table, the younger girls hand around her ankle. "Oh thank god, is everyone under there with you?" "Yeah Jeff and Marcus pulled us under here once everything stated to happen." "Good, I have a small task I need you all to do, get the civilians out of here. Now." The gave her a stern nod, silently telling her they knew their job but they didn't like the thought of separating, without looking back she sprinted through the room towards the band stage, ducking and weaving here and there to avoid the raining glass and fire but stopped as someone moved in her path, she crumpled to the floor as pain shot through her body, her scream echoing above the rest of the noise, Demetri's echoing through her's. "Ali?!" Looking up she felt her self grinding her teeth together as her vision blurred, forcing herself to stand she reached out with her powers to try and convince Anthony to stop his assault, the cruel laughter of Sybille making her want to scream. "Your foolish Alex Talon, only those who we deem worthy can use their powers for us." "I thought I was worthy, you used me to summon these monsters didn't you?" Sybille laughed and walked slowly down to her level, putting a hand on her shoulder he pushed her down into a kneeling position and laughed as she tried to bite his hand. "Your so weak woman. The more you fight the more pain you bring to yourself." "Screw you." She mustered as much strength as she could and lashed out with her right leg, she felt it connect and whimpered as the pain in her body grew to an almost unbearable level. She screamed and fell forward, her hair coming loose from the bun it was in to fall around her shoulders and her face. Hearing Sybille sigh she looked up as he knelt down and took her chin in his hand, his thumb stroking her cheek. "Get your hands off of me..." He chuckled and bent down, she could see the red specks dotted throughout his eyes, they were evil, void of emotion and she clamped her eyes shut as she felt his cold lips on her's, he pushed them against her's more forcefully as she resisted him his hand going into her hair and yanking making her whimper in pain. An inhuman growl made him turn away from her, his hand still holding her hair tightly. "Release her." She felt relief wash through her as Demetri's voice ground out against the noise. "D-Demetri..." Sybille yanked her up by her hair making her yelp out, the pain radiating through her body as Anthony stood behind them keeping her unable to move, Sybille's hand moved from her hair to her throat as he stood her up, his free arm wrapping around her waist. "You want her back?" Demetri's frown deepened as another growl erupted from his throat, Sybille laughed low in his throat and ran his hand further up her side laughing more as Demetri clenched his fists. "Why do you want her so badly?" Sybille rolled his eyes at the simple question. "The same reason you do. She's such a gem, wouldn't you agree? Come now, why not tell her how you feel?" "She knows how I feel." Sybille looked down at Ali and buried his face in her neck taking in her scent and gave Demetri an evil look. "You know legend says that if the blood sacrafice, be it man or woman, gives them selves to you; you won't lose your life to the gods you summoned." Demetri's eyes widened as he absorbed what Sybille had just said. "She'll never do that, she would never give her self to you." "Even if it meant saving you?" Ali watched as Demetri dropped down into a defense fighting stance, she tensed her body trying with all her might to project her powers towards Demetri to urge him to run, but what did happen was just as unexpected. Sybille hissed in pain and released Ali who dropped to the floor in a boneless heap as the pain leaked away from her body. She blinked a few times to see runes on the floor that were glowing brightly as a pair of sandals came into her view. Strong hands helped her to her feet and handed her to Demetri who cradled her gently, swollen red rashes breaking out on her skin from Anthony's touch. Ali looked up into Demetri's face, his anger clear as he looked at Sybille. Reaching up she cupped his cheek weakly, his large hand covering her's and squeezing it, he looked down at her and gave her an unreadable look. She looked at Marcus. "D-Didn't think I had said the word." "Pocket, Jeff, and Sasa can handle the civilians. You two needed my help more than anything." Ali nodded and slowly stood on her own, Sybille laughed as the three ducked, turning they looked back and saw the Commandant facing off against Set, the large fire blasts echoing through the room, Touch not far behind him healing whatever injuries she could quickly, they worked well together. Ali looked back at Sybille and frowned. "How did you get in undetected?" As if to answer her question the ground under her feet began to tremble and crack, Hank walked up beside Sybille, his hand extended towards them. "You bastard!" Ali let go of Demetri's hand and charged past Marcus towards Hank and Sybille, even in a ball gown her speed as impressive, swinging her self around she brought her heeled foot around and connected with Hank's right forearm, he smiled and sprinted away from the others, Anthony close behind him as Ali gave chase. Marcus and Demetri watched in horror as she fought alone against the two power giants, her screams echoing as each hit landed. Before Marcus or Demetri could move Sybille launched his own attack on the two pushing them further from their team leader, he looked back at Hank with a wicked grin. "Try not to kill her Hank, I still wish to enjoy her later once we're done here. After all, when we're through, she'll be begging to come with us." Ali grit her teeth trying to ignore his threat as another lance of pain shot through her body and a well powered punch from Hank landed in her torso. [/color][/font]

I told you we would. It's no problem Lilt, we don't mind and we all understand that life can get alittle hectic. ^^

[font="Comic Sans MS"][color="#000080"]^^ those are SO great! Thank you SOOOO much![/color][/font]

[font="Comic Sans MS"][color="#000080"]I found a few pictures that I would like to use, the puppy as the avatar and either one of the adult wolves as the banner. Hope this helps some, and I really hope some one can help me with this. It would mean a lot to me.[attachment=15096:W.Wolf.jpg][/color][/font] Also, I dunno why this double posted, I'm sorry for that, my editor I suppose had other plans. >.<

[font="Comic Sans MS"][color="#000080"]Ali sat patiently while they went through the ranking til it was their turn, the commandant getting the attention of everyone. "Now, for the last promotion of the night, we all know that our last Alpha Team met it's end, quite mysteriously and horribly I might add, tonight we recognize a team amongst us that has earned the title of Alpha Team. I introduce the new Alpha Team Elite!" Ali stood with the others and inclined her head as the room erupted into clapping, she stood there for as long as she wished and when she made the move to sit back down Pocket grabbed her arm and hauled her back to her feet. "Go dance with Demmy." Ali's cheeks instantly flared as Pocket whispered the suggestion in her ear, looking around she could see other getting up and dancing with one another, Sasa was curing her boredom by testing how well Marcus could dance in his sandals and the man was proving to be more graceful than first thought. As pocket drug Jeff onto the floor, his face telling her more than enough his opinion on the matter, Ali looked up at Demetri. "It'll give a good excuse to get away from every one." Ali felt her self slip slightly and smiling a truly genuine smile at the larger man she let a giggle slip past her lips as he stood and bowed slightly. He blinked at her letting a smile of his own light up his face, Ali stood and took his hand, her own dwarfed by his massive one, but it felt like it fit perfectly to her. She felt her cheeks heat up as he placed his hand on her hip, they moved together perfectly, gracefully. Ali stepped slightly closer making the larger man back up, she kept this up til they slipped past the thick curtain and back onto the balcony, making a move to detach herself from his grip she looked up as he tightened his hold on her only slightly. The music could still be heard through the fabric but here, they were safe from prying eyes, smiling she nodded and stepped closer to the large man leaning in and resting her head on his broad chest as he lead their dance, just gently swaying back and forth now. Ali took a deep breath and looked up at him, her smile still in place. "I can't remember the last time I was this relaxed." "Should I take that as a compliment?" "Most definitely." He gave her a broad smile, took her hand and bent her backwards, she tried to hide it, the slight pain it caused when he took her wounded wrist, but the pain seemed to filter from her to him. He righted her instantly and looked down at his own arm confused as her's drifted to grip her injured hand. "Are you still hurt?" "It's just tender Demetri, that's all." She saw him frown and moved til he was directly in front of her and she was looking into his eyes, he stayed that way for nearly a minute til he took her by surprise grabbing her left hand and quickly taking the ribbon off of it in one smooth motion. What he saw made his temper flare to an almost unbearable level. The bandage around her wrist he knew about, but the red, swollen and broken out skin was new. Her skin had the appearance that she had been burned, only one person could leave that mark. "Anthony." Ali grabbed his arm as he tried to leave. "Stop! I'm fine." "I just told you I wouldn't let anyone hurt you. How can I claim that when I let this happen?" He gestured to her arm which she was wrapping gently back in the ribbon to hide it. "Because, this happened before you said that." "I vowed that to my self a while ago." Ali felt her cheeks flush a little more but she pulled on his arm a little more as he tried to pull away. "J-just...stay. Please." He shook his head, the anger still clear on his face, she frowned and planted her feet, her legs much stronger than anything else, but still he pulled her along, proving to her his strength. "Demetri, please." "He's going to regret that. When did he do it? Was it when you dropped your glass?" "I don't care about that, I care about the time I have with you!" He stopped and looked back at her, but his anger was still far from sated, she looked up at him and searched his face carefully. "Please, just...stay." His voice growled out her name and she was sure nothing could keep him from stampeding through the ball room and ripping the Mentalist' head from his shoulders, but as Ali reached out with her powers, little by little he seemed to calm down til his shoulders slumped some and his breathing evened out. She wrapped her arms around his torso and hugged him tightly. "I think we're getting closer than people, even each other, think." It took a few seconds before he caught up but as he wrapped his arms around her shoulders and held her he buried his nose in her hair and took a deep breath. "What makes you say that?" "I projected to you. I've never done that. But you were able to feel where my pain was coming from just now." "Is this a bad thing?" "I don't know, it could be. If we have a mission were we have to protect someone are going to keep each other from harm instead of our target?" "I'll do my job Alex, just as I know you will too. We just have to see where this goes." She nodded and pulled away just enough to where she could look up at him, reaching up she put her small hand against his cheek, his own large hand coming up to cover it as their eyes met she lifted herself on her tip toes at the same time as he leaned down, their lips connecting. The kiss was soft, and gentle, no rushing but Ali could feel her pulse quicken and could feel Demetri's heart beat get faster as well. They held each other that way for only a few minutes but it lasted for much longer to them. The quiet sound of someone clearing their throat bringing them both back. Pulling away swiftly they looked back and froze, Ali felt her face heat as the Commandant stood there, a sly, knowing smile on his face, the same look a parent would give a child who was caught with a hand in the cookie jar. "Am I interrupting?" Ali stammered a couple times but was gratefully saved as Demetri stepped in and saluted jarring Ali from her embarrassment and prompting her to do the same. The Commandant waved it off. "There's no need for that Athens, Talon, I have made sure my guards are by this door so no one may disturb us, we are alone and with the subject of our conversation I think formality takes a backseat to the urgency of the situation." Ali relaxed, her cheeks still tinted red not only due to the kiss her and Demetri had shared but being caught by none other than the Commandant him self, the man looked at them expectantly. "I'll have your side of the story first Athens, I'm sure your story will fill in gaps of Talon's as she tells it." The large man crossed his arms over his chest and something clicked in Ali's mind, it was the same stance Demetri took on at time when he was irritated or worried. She made a mental note to ask him about that once this was over, it was than something caught her eye, a white corner of a napkin with runes drawn on it, her team was listening, smiling she discreetly pushed the corner back into Demetri's pocket as she waited for the time to share her side of everything. It wasn't long til the Commandant turned to her and asked for her version. Listening carefully he nodded and looked at Ali. "Very good. Talon I'm going to ask that you wait out side the door with my guards, I must speak with Athens alone for just a moment, afterward I will speak to you on your own. I will give each of you instructions that you are you are to keep to yourself-" Ali broke in at this point by shaking her head. "With all due respect Sir, Demetri and I are in this mess together now and I would prefer to keep it that way. I'd prefer to be able to lean on someone for support." The Commandant gave her a wicked, teasing smile. "I could see that." Ali flushed brightly and dropped her eyes. "Be that as it may Talon, I still wish to speak to Athens on a one on one basis. It won't take long and once I'm done I'll summon for you to join us again." She nodded and made her way out, this time taking the napkin with her to keep the conversation private, she shredded it and threw the pieces away. Outside the Commandant looked at Demetri with a knowing look. "So this is why your team leader being hurt upset you so much. I must say this is something I never expected son. Care to tell me exactly how this came about and where this is going?" He sat down at the small, single table on the balcony motioning for Demetri to join him. The younger man seeming to search his thoughts on where exactly to start. "Take your time son." [/color][/font]

[font="Comic Sans MS"][color="#000080"]Sorry it took me so long to get this up. Name: Yuki Alpha Age: 23 Appearance: Standing at 5'7 Yuki is lean and girlish with extremely long red hair and bright blue eyes; she has two tattoos, one of a wolf's paw on her left upper arm and another of a wolf on her right shoulder blade. Usually seen in rusty red pants, white blouse and a dark brown vest she matches this with brown gloves, light tan heeled boots, a dark hat and a worn, rusted red cowboy duster. A holster on her hip is concealed by the duster which holds a silver 45 long colt pistol. See attachment Skills: Yuki isn't good at much but the one thing she does is cook, and she does it right. She loves making new things and having her friend be her test subjects and she rarely gets a bad review. She has some training at fire arms and isn't a horrible shot but she prefers to stick to her kick boxing if the need calls for it. She's been taught some medical training as well but only enough to keep a person alive til they reach a hospital. Gear: She always carried her 45 Long colt with her, but she also carried a temp gauge and a digital camera just in case. Supernatural Ability: Yuki is a well adapted empath, able to feel emotion of stronger spirits or the people around her. She can dampen the amount of emotion she feels but if the person or spirit is overly upset or over joyed about something she sometimes has the downside of displaying the emotions or temperaments that person or spirit are putting off. Biography: Yuki's first supernatural experience was when she was around the age of 15, she was just starting her training as a head chef in a well renowned kitchen in her home town, there had been rumors of a murder in the kitchen a few years back but no one was ever convicted. One evening while she was chopping the vegetables and prepping for the dinner rush that night the owner walked in to talk to her, her temper rose as soon as she saw the man and in an instant had a knife against his throat asking him why he killed her. Unable to account for what happened she was fired and sent to a mental hospital where she slowly began to learn that she was feeling the emotions of those around her. For the longest time she couldn't control it, at times hiding in corners of her room due to her neighbors paranoia or even jumping on her bed laughing due to the introduction of drugs on a passing patient. Spending years there she was able to gain some control over her ability and was released. [/color][/font]

[font="Comic Sans MS"][color="#000080"]I've been trying to figure out a new avi and banner for a while but the only thing I keep coming up with is white wolves...Is there anyone that could help me with this or maybe help me brain storm some other ideas? I'm drawing a blank besides the wolves. [/color][/font]

[font="Comic Sans MS"][color="#000080"]Ali stood in front of her mirror giving her self one more look over. Her dress was a deep royal blue, sleeveless and cut tailored to fit her curves perfectly, trimmed in white and flared at the bottom she had on dark blue heels to match, what worried her the most was her hair. It was loose and hanging in a glossy curtain to the back of her knees, it had subtle blue highlights scattered through it and random waves from a curling iron thrown in as well. Half of it was piled delicately on the back of her head, twisted and curled into a small intricate bun her bangs framing her face carefully. Than there was her make up, her eyes were lined with black making them stand out, she had put a light dust n her cheeks and gloss on her lips. Sighing she took the wave of hair hanging by her eye and glared at her reflection. She didn't like it at all, she hated this. She barely recognized herself and was sure that the others wouldn't know her unless she stomped on their feet. Taking a deep breath she grabbed her sash and threw it over her shoulders and walked out of her room, she stopped as she caught sight of Jeff sitting on the couch. "Aren't you going?" He turned and looked at her, his eyes going slightly wider than usual, Ali frowned and put a and on her hip. "What?" He shook his head and crossed his arms. "Fine, just don't take to long. We're all supposed to be there you know that." He waved her off and just as usual didn't say anything, rolling her eyes she walked out and made her way to the assembly hall where the ball was being held, she stood out side the door fidgeting with her fingers debating on whether to turn and keep Jeff company, that is til she felt a sickening presence behind her. "Who knew you cleaned up so well Talon." She stiffened as she felt Hank's large hand on her shoulder, it made her skin crawl and she took a step away from him to break the contact. "I would thank you but coming from you that compliment makes me want to vomit all over your over priced shoes." He laughed and pulled her to his side, not giving her much of a choice as he pulled her into the room with himself. "Hank, I'm going to have to ask that you let me go." "But Anthony was asking that I bring you to him tonight. He seems to have taken a liking to you." Ali rolled her eyes and grabbed a large glass of wine off a table as they passed it. "Oh joy. I'm so lucky." Her response was monotone and void of emotion but thanks to her powers she could feel everyone that was there and felt her heart beat quicken as she felt Demetri not far away. "Hank as much as I would absolutely love to join you, I have to tend to my own matters thank you." She winced as he tightened his grip on her arm and pulled her a little more roughly. "I don't think so. I have something I need to explain to you before you decided to go off on your own pet." "Do NOT call me that. I swear to every god known to man I'll kill you where you stand." Hank did nothing but laugh at her threat as he shoved her into a chair across from Anthony, the man stared at her, the look in his eyes making her shiver. Hank sat down grabbing her attention. "The matter I wish to talk to you about is rather important and I promise I'll let you go on your own once I'm done." Ali nodded trying her best to seem as if she were listening as she tried to see if she could project her powers to Demetri, sending him a silent distress signal. "This will most likely seem personal but hear me out." Ali blinked and than frowned at the man. "Personal how?" "Well you see, Sybille was only able to use you due to the fact that your pure, untainted as it were." "You mean a virgin?" Hank nodded lacing his finger together and resting his chin on them as Anthony leered at her. "I'm going to have to ask you stay that way for a while longer." "I'm sorry?" "I'll fit you with a chastity belt if you like." The laughter in the man's voice made her want to flip the table the smash it into his face. "I do believe that my personal matters are none of your business." "I don't care what you believe Dear, if you lose that trait the gods love so much about you we can't figure out how to summon more of them can we." Ali glared at Hank and Anthony as she took a large drink from her glass, gripping the stem so tight she was sure it was about to break. "Am I allowed to go and enjoy the evening with the rest of my team?" "Oh yes, by all means. Just don't have to much fun Talon" "Shove it up your ass Hank." Pain shot up her arm causing her to drop the glass in her hand, she watched it shatter as it hit the floor and worse yet felt her cheeks heat as a few people turned to look at her as she bent down and began to carefully pick up the pieces. Hank chuckled behind her. "You look good in that position Talon." Ali felt tears of embarrassment gather in the corners of her eyes til the steady and calming presence of Demetri melded into hers. She looked up as he knelt down and began to help her with the pieces. "Are you alright? Commander Hank can be a little brash at times." "Yeah I know. I work under him." "Really? I don't remember seeing you." Ali rolled her eyes, a small smile coming to her lips as she cleared her throat causing him to look at her, when he did, and when he took in her features his eyes widened comically. "Alex?" She smiled and shook her head as she stood, glass pieces in hand and walked with him to the trash can to throw the shards away. "Yeah Demetri, it's me." "You look- well that is to say...Uhm." Ali laced her arm around his as they made their way back to Marcus who took her in with a somewhat stunned expression as well. "It's alright, I know I look weird." She sat down at the table closest to them and waited til the two men weren't looking at her, it was than she looked at her arm where Hank had gripped her tightly, there was a subtle bruise forming already, but what was worse is where she was sure Anthony had targeted her for pain, near her wrist, it was red and swollen. Sighing she untied the ribbon around her wrist to hide the bandage and retied it so it wrapped loosely around her forearm as well. Tasteful and subtle. She stood up and leaned into Demetri, feeling him tense slightly. "I need to talk to you about something Hank just told me. On the balcony in about 15 minutes. Meet me there?" He nodded slightly and she squeezed his hand quickly and left him, a gentle waft of her mint scent left as she made her way through the crowd avoiding Sasa, Jeff and Pocket as they entered and ducked behind the curtain hiding the balcony from view. She waited silently, right on time the curtain parted and Demetri stepped past it looking to his right to see her leaned on the railing, a small smile set on her lips as she relaxed in the cool night air. "Ali, what did you want to talk to me about." She shook her head and turned her back on him looking down at the body of water the base was located next to. "You know, the more I thought about it, the more stupid it sounds." "You know you can tell me." "Yeah. Thing is, it's kind of an embarrassing subject for me." Demetri didn't comment, merely waited til she was ready to begin again. "I think Hank plans on using me to summon his own gods." "What makes you say that?" "Cause he 'ordered' me to stay 'pure'." Demetri frowned and took his chin in his hand as he began to process what she had said. "Don't hurt your self Demetri. In other words he has ordered me to remain a virgin til he no longer needs me, and by the looks of things I'm being given to Anthony as a gift. Hank says that he has taken a liking to me. The way Anthony looked at me a little bit ago...it was unnerving. As if he were figuring out which cut he wanted to take from me and devour first..." She shuddered at the thought as she let Demetri take in everything she had said. [/color][/font]

[font="Comic Sans MS"][color="#000080"]Ali came to slowly, her head pounding as she groaned. Cracking open her eyes she looked around the room and closed the again against the bright lights of the med room she was in. She opened them again slowly this time and tried to sit up, a sharp pain that went through out her entire body made her drop back into the pillows and grit her teeth but as suddenly as it came it was gone. Finally able to sit up she took a look around and was more than a little sad to see that none of her team was there with her, at the very least she would've enjoyed seeing Demetri when she woke up. Taking a deep breath she hissed as another wave of pain shot through her body. "What the hell?" Pressing her palm to her forehead she let a deep frown crease her brows as the door opened and the all to familiar presence of Commander Hank flushed in. "Alex, how are you feeling?" "Well enough I suppose. I keep getting sharp pains though." "I'll let the medical staff know, what did you find out?" "Always to the point aren't you?" "Well you see, I have to know. There are things missing in the report that Athens gave us." "What do you mean by missing?" "Oh just things. Now, tell me what happened?" "We did as we were told, Sybille found us there. He summoned...gods." "Gods? Which gods do you believe he summoned?" "I don't 'believe' he summoned them, I know he did. I was there. As, Hike, Maat, Bast, and...Set." "He released Set? Interesting." Ali glared as she saw a spark in the man's eyes, one she disliked even more than the man himself. "What are you so excited about?" "How did he do it?" "Excuse me?" "How did he summon them?" Ali extended her arm to show the twisted man her wrist and hissed as he took it in a strong grip, his touch sending fire across her skin and making her grit her teeth in pain. Her mind went blank and flashes began to run across her eyes as if she were watching a movie. Demetri sitting in a chair, restrained and screaming as Anthony stood over him smiling wickedly. She returned to the med room with Hank. "How interesting. He used your blood to summon them, a life sacrifice as it were. Tell me Talon, are you still a virgin?" "I really don't see how that is any of your damn business." "It's an order." "Yes." "So the blood of a pure woman...I see. Well the ample amount of information you have given us has made the senior generals very happy. Therefore I will be assigning Sasa and Marcus to your team indefinitely. It seems that they filled the gaps you had and made you a real team. I will be announcing you as our new Alpha Team of the company." "And when will this be exactly." "Tonight, at the annual HDF ball. It is mandatory you all attend." "And if I'm not out by than?" "You will be. I'll be sending Patch in within the hour to get you back on your feet." "Alright, what about the others, where are they?" "They are being detained until I can get the proper stories from them. You will see them tonight." Ali hissed as her body lanced with pain again, the vision of Demetri strapped to a chair in agony. "Where is Demetri?" "Athens? He's being questioned at the moment, some statements in his report were faulty." "Like what?!" "just a few statements he made." "If your referring to him disclosing what that your blackmailing him, I figured that out on my own." "I see. In that case, you'll be joining him." "What?!" "It seems you two need to be reeducated." "What does that mean?" "No worries, you'll both be done in time for the ball." Ali gasped as two soldiers came in and grabbed her, pulling her from the bed they took her down to the bottom level of the base, as the solid door swung open she could hear Demetri call out in pain. "What are you doing to him?" "You'll see." Ali gasped as they took her into the room holding Demetri and sat her down in a chair much like his, looking over at him she saw the anger flare in his eyes. "Why is she here? She's injured!" Hank stepped forward. "You two seem to be in over your heads. This is far beyond what you two can comprehend." "So what happens now?" She felt as if electrical current was coursing through her body, gritting her teeth she held it in til the pain was to much, gripping the arms of her seat she screamed as tears gathered in the corners of her eyes. Suddenly it stopped and she slumped forward in her chair. Hank stepped forward as Demetri began to call out in pain, Ali shook her head and pinned Hank with a glare. "Enough! What do you want from us?" "Do as I say, with no hesitation. You'll be like my dogs, obeying my commands with out biting the hand that feeds you." "What else is there?" "Do not question me. You'll do as I say, when I say it and won't give me gruff about it." Ali looked at Demetri, he shook his head slowly, she knew he didn't like it anymore than she did but she refused to sit by and watch him or any of the others be tortured because of it. "Fine." "Ali, don't." She pinned him with a look and glanced back at Hank. "We'll go along with this madness, on one condition." "Oh? And what's that?" "You'll leave the others out of this." "Done. Anthony, release them." Ali rubbed her wrists as she stood, Demetri next to her glaceing at Hank. "Both of you get ready for the ball, you have a few hours." Demetri nodded and took a step forward as Ali stood where she was. "Where are the others?" Pain erupted behind her eyes and she fell to her knees yelping in pain, Demetri dropping to her side instantly. "Stop this! It was a simple question!" Ali grabbed his wrist and squeezed it as the pain intensified, Anthony standing over her a wicked grin spreading on his features as he looked down on Ali. "Commander Hank said no questions." Hank waved the man off and smiled down at the two. "Enough Anthony. They understand now. You're both dismissed, get ready and we will see you both tonight." Demetri scooped up Ali and stalked from the room and up the stairs, he ran into Cloak as they entered the main section, he took them to the others without a word. Ali took a deep breath as the pain slowly receded, Pocket already standing next to Demetri. "We're fine, just a bad incoming with Anthony is all. You guys know how he is. We have a new mission." They all groaned in disappointment. "It's not what you think, We're going to the HDF ball tonight. Hank will be announcing us as the new Alpha team. Sasa and Marcus are now part of the team indefinitely. We're to get ready immediately." Pocket looked at her as Jeff brought the note forward, Ali shook her head and took it from him and crumpled it into a tight wad. "Don't worry about that. Demetri and I can handle it. This is an order, none of you are to go out of your way to try and figure anything out. We've got it covered. When he learn more we ll find a way to let you know. Til than, get ready." They all gave an affirmative as Demetri set Ali down, she looked up and gave him a sad smile, reaching up she cupped his cheek gently. "We'll figure it out Demetri, together. I promise. But right now we have to deal with the task at hand so I'll see you at the ball." He nodded as she walked away and to her own room to get ready. [/color][/font]