Akieen Cloud

[font="Comic Sans MS"][color="#000080"]Ali stirred, her vision was cloudy and her breathing was choked off as she tried to spit the grit of sand from her mouth. She sat up slowly groaning as pain lanced from her right hand, looking down she could see the thick coagulated blood across her wrist, blood still seeped slowly from the gash Sybille had put there. She thought back to the dagger he had used, it was evil looking, black and red. Something clicked in her mind and she brought our her palm pad and touched the screen bringing up the internet quickly. Touching the surface she began searching through Ancient Egyptian gods, before she could finish what she was looking for a deep voice made her drop back to the sand. The man that strode in front of her line of sight made her blood run cold. He was red, almost as if he were covered in flames but his face kept shifting from something human to something animalistic. Blinking she looked harder, his hands were shaped like giant claws and eyes were black. His skin looked as if it were being burned away from the flames covering his body and regenerating almost instantly. She ducked down further as Sybille appeared infront of the strange man like creature and took a knee. "My master." "Are you the one who released me?" "Yes My lord." "You realize you have released five of us, not just I." "My lord?" "As I am grateful you let me free, Bast, Maat, Hike, and As; along with myself, have been set upon this land. You were not specific when you called me and now I have my fellow gods on this land with me. Some will not be on my side." The wind around Ali suddenly stopped, a young man stood not far from Sybille and the fiery man, the young man was dressed in tan linen clothes, his hair shaved, his eyes were line elegantly with Khol, an egyptian eye liner almost. And even though they were in the desert the young man didn't look bothered by the heat in the last. His copper toned skin didn't seem to be sweating at all. Frowning Ali watched on more confused than anything. The Fiery man took a step forward giving the younger man a wicked grin, she could see fangs in the man's mouth. "As, my brother, it has been such a long sleep, should we not have a glass of wine and converse?" "Set, what are you doing?" The man, Set, frowned and looked to his right as Sybille still stayed motionless with one knee in the sand. "This young human released us. It seems his wish is an earth cleansing. I shall give it to him." "Brother, you realize Bast and Maat will not join you, and it'll will all you can do to convince Hike. And if Osairis and Anubis get wind of this you will never succeed." "Than they shall not. Are you going against me brother?" "No. I have stood by you for this long. I will not leave in fear of the others. Once you are at your peak power none of them will be able to stop us." Set smiled again and looked down at Sybille. "Human, do you wish to serve me?" "Yes My Lord." "What do you want in return for awakening me." "I have a power My Lord, one I wish I could use to it's full potential." "And what power would this be?" "A mental power, one that can feel emotions and even control them. I would wish that it were at it's full potential." "As you wish." Set put his hand over Sybille's head and Ali watched as Sybille stood, smiling, pointing at a rock not from him Ali watched as it slowly rose into the air and flew into his open palm. "Thank you master." "You are mine now boy. I will use you til I have no need of you and at that time I will...release you from my service. Attempt to run and I will kill you." Sybille put a hand over his heart and bent his head forward. "Master." As took his place behind Set and looked back seeing Ali. "The girl." Set turned and pinned Ali with his red eyes that shifted from human to beast within the flames that harmlessly licked his body. "Bury her As. Her friends are coming and all I want them to find is a desert. Better yet, suck the moisture from her body and leave her here. If they find her like that they will be reluctant to follow." Ali's eyes widened as As took a step forward, pushing herself to her feet she sprinted in the other direction wanted to put as much space between the men and her and the men. "As, never mind, we don't have the time. Hike has arrived." They vanished in a swirl of sand taking Sybille with them, Ali didn't bother trying to look where they went as she ran, turning the corner she slammed into something large, grunting she looked up as Demetri caught her, Jeff, Sasa, Pocket were behind him, she could see he had brought up a wind shield to protect them from As's whirl wind he left as he left. Ali felt tears collect in her eyes as she looked at all of them and dropped to her knees sobbing; not caring about her composure. Demetri and Pocket were beside her trying to comfort her as Sasa and Jeff seemed shocked at her display. "I-I was actually scared...really trully scared...He..Sybille he..." She jumped gripping Demetri's shirt tight as Marcus dropped from the building above them. He pulled Ali to her feet and pinned her with an angry look. "What did you allow him to summon? What was it?" Ali flinched as he grabbed her hand and brought it up to look at her wrist, his anger fading little by little. "What did he summon." Bast, Hike, Maat, As and...Set." Marcus dropped her hand and motioned for them all to follow, Demetri put his arm under Ali's to help her as she stumbled, her vision still fuzzy from blood lose. As he took them to the chruch Sybille and had taken her to she couldn't help by feel nervous, but as Demetri pulled her closer it melted some. He stopped as he saw the small alter covered in her blood. The others a foot behind him as he moved slowly forward. The only warning they had was the loud cracking as the floor boards gave way and they fell into darkness. After a few moments of being lost Ali dug out a pack of matches and lit one. The room was small and round and she squinted her eyes as a mural slowly came into view. "Demetri, can you make me a torch?" She could hear him shred a piece of his shirt off, she glanced back and felt her cheeks heat as she caught a glimps of the skin on his stomach, shaking her head lightly she watched as he picked a piece of broken wood and wrapped the cloth around it, grabbing one of the rusted lamps that fell with them he smashed the worthless thing and covered the cloth in the leftover oil dripping out. He held it out to her and she touched the match to it just as it was about to reach her fingers. The make shift torch came to life and she heard Marcus let out a soft curse. "What is it?" "He summoned the gods." Pocket shook her head smiling. "You mean, like gods? Worshiping kind of gods?" "Egyptian gods. And the one he wanted was Set. He's cleansing the earth." "What do you mean?" Ali stepped up looking at the mural, she could see the burning man there, a human on one knee in front of him and as the painting went on she could see where her blood had fallen between the floorboards to drip onto the face of Set, it was glowing slightly. "When a human releases one of the gods they are granted 3 requests." Pocket spoke up again. "Like a giene?" "No, at the end of the agreement, the god takes the human's soul back to the underworld with it as payment to the ferry man. He will die." Ali shook her head. "What did you mean by a cleansing? "I think he wants to kill all the humans." "What about him?" "Technically, we're not human. We're altered." Ali gasped. "You mean he wants to leave just us with a mutation?" "Correct." Ali grabbed the phone from Sasa's side. "Hey!" "You'll live Sasa." She punched in a name and waited for an answer. "Cloak, we need extraction, have a med team and a recharge team waiting for us. I think we know what he's up to." She felt as if her stomach was being sucked from her as darkness clouded over them and within moments they were in the underground base. Hank strode forward, she watched as his eyes locked with Demetri's and felt the tension grow but he pinned her with a look. "What did you find?" Ali closed her eyes and took a deep breath, opening them she blinked rapidly as her vision swam and her head throbbed. Gritting her teeth in pain she closed her eyes again and groaned as her head swam. Dropping to her knees she fell to her side, her hands clutching her head in pain as he breathing became labored. The med team was beside her instantly looking her over. "She's exhausted, she's lost alot of blood and she seems to have an infection due to some kind of poison. We'll have to take her to the med ward and she'll have to remain there for at least a week. We have to counter the poison, a transfusion for blood loss and allow her time to regain her strength." Hank looked at the others and crossed his arms. "I'll be debriefing you all in due time. Wait in the white room til I call you." With that he left as the med team carried Ali on a stretcher to the med ward for treatment. [/color][/font]

[font="Comic Sans MS"][color="#000080"]Ali floated in and out of consciousness as she heard gunfire and shouting. "Demmy! Are you two alright?" Pocket, her weight shifted as she was lifted into a large, plush seat. "I dislocated my shoulder, she's got wind burns and it seems she can't get rid of a headache." "We have to get back to town right now! He won't stay gone for long." Marcus. Were they all there? How did they find her and Demetri. She let the thoughts float away as she tried to sit up, her vision already fuzzy swam even more as Pocket and Demetri pushed her back into the large car seat. "Ali, don't move, Demmy said your hurt." She reached out with her powers, more than happy for their return and let the atmosphere around her calm some as well as her own nerves. Her thoughts were scattered as images ran through her head, things she knew had to be dreams. Leaving that thought pattern alone she shook her head slowly. "Help me up Pocket." "B-But Ali." "Just do it." Demetri's voice sounded above the din of the others as they finished chasing off Sybille and keeping the area secure. "Ali, get some rest. Your beat up and tired. I can handle getting us back from here." She frowned and tried to sit back up as Pocket saw the pending battle of wills between the two and made a break for the other car to see what information Sasa, Jeff and Marcus had come up with. Ali pushed his hand away as it came to rest on her shoulder. "I assure you Demetri, I'm fine. I can take care of myself." "You were pretty bad in the desert. Just listen to me for once would you?" "Demetri, I hold everyone lives on my shoulders, I can't let myself be weak." His hand tightened on her shoulder making her meet his eyes. "Alex, not one person here thinks your weak. Stop that. We all trust you and we know you would never put us in danger." Ali looked away, her powers keeping a steady calm on herself. "That's just it, I am putting everyone in danger. He wants me and he'll kill all of you to do it." "And like I said earlier, he won't get us without a fight." Ali blinked as the dream like memory came back to her, like a bad stomach ache that won't go away, only fades with time than rears it's ugly head at your weakest moment. The feel of Demetri's chapped and dry lips brushing over her's came to life and she felt her heart begin to beat faster. "D-Demetri..." She looked up at him and reached out carefully, his emotions, his feelings for her, made her lay back down fully and drape her arm over her eyes. "Ali, you alright?" She moved her arm to see him peering down at her, she nodded and reached up brushing a few stray hairs from his face. "I'll be fine." She turned her head to the side and shouted above the noise. "Enough! Get us the hell out of here and back to town." The others piled into the cars and headed back the way they came, Demetri and Ali sitting in the back of the Bear as it rose and fell over the dunes of sand. Ali closed her eyes and searched around in the dark til she grasped Demetri's hand tightly. She wasn't sure if this was such a good idea but for the moment, with no interference with HQ she was content to be close to the man. Looking up she saw the glint of the console's lights reflecting off his eyes and reached up running a few fingers along his cheek to his chin. As sleep and exhaustion over took her she felt him grasp her hand and put it against his chest and holding it tightly. Ali blinked and sat up groaning as soreness flooded her system, rotating her shoulder she yelped as she felt a knot in the muscle, her door opened and Pocket flew into the room with tears in her eyes. "Ali! Your alright!" "Pocket, how many times must we go through this? Of course I'm fine." "I was just worried cause Demmy said that guy almost got you again!" Ali patted the girls back as Pocket wrapped her arms around Ali's torso and hugged her tightly. "Pocket, you'll crush her if you keep that up." Ali looked up to see Demetri enter her room and lean on the door frame, his arm was in a sling and bandages covered his arm. "Demetri, are [b]you[/b] alright?" "I'm fine Ali. Just letting it rest is all." She nodded and smiled as Pocket bounded from the room, no doubt to tell the others of her recovery, Ali jumped slightly as she felt Demetri's rough hand on her's. "You sure your alright Ali?" "I'm fine. Why wouldn't I be?" "There at the end, you got slightly hysterical." "I'm sure I didn't get that bad. Though it's all rather foggy." "Y-You don't remember anything?" "Not really, it's hazy." Demetri looked down at their hands with a slight frown on his face, Ali squeezed his hand getting his attention. "The thing I remember most was the feeling of the breath leaving me, that's where it all gets fuzzy." Demetri's cheeks turned a light shade of red as he cleared his throat, she smiled and shook her head. "Demetri...you know it's a dangerous game we play...you and I." He gave her a quizzical look as he frowned. "We have to be careful. You know how HQ is with relationships between co-workers...it's not looked on lightly. Most of the times they send who ever it is to different teams and assign them to the farthest places of the planet." He nodded listening to her, knowing she wasn't done. "All I'm saying is...whatever this is...we need to be careful. I don't know if I would go as far as to say that I love you at the moment-" He looked away but back to her when she placed her smaller hand on his cheek. "But I do care for you Demetri, more than I have for anyone and I don't want to lose that or you. So we have to keep this to ourselves for the time being." He nodded and moved as the door opened, he was sitting at the foot of her bed, his hand resting on her shin as she sat up slowly, she looked at Marcus and Sasa as they entered after Jeff, Pocket bringing up the rear. Ali zeroed in on the two specialists. "Any word?" "None yet. I would assume our job is to investigate the site that I found last time I was hear and report back." Ali nodded at Sasa's answer and swung her legs from the bed. Standing she stretched and looked at the others, they all seemed tired and bruised from the run in on the plane but nothing they couldn't handle. "Let's get started." It was high noon when they reached the town they were looking for, Ali blinked as the horse she was on threw it's head to and fro as if trying to determine which way was best to run. Sasa could be heard coming up the last sand dune, her complaining would have made Ali smile if not for the sight in front of her. "Why the hell did we have to ride horses? I can't feel my ass. I know a car wouldn't make it in this head but did it have to be horses with hard saddles and.....What the hell?" Sasa was next to Ali now looking down at the thriving town that was missing the first time she came to visit. Ali could make out fat cattle in the distance, she could smell crisp clean water from the town. Vegetation grew all over the town as she spotted crops ready for harvesting. "Sasa, are you sure this is the same placed you came to? They same place that was complaining of the ten plagues?" "Positive. The longitude and latitude match it perfectly." Ali shrugged looking back at the others. "Time to find out what's going on." Nudging her horse forward she cursed as the animal reared up throwing her off, she rolled out of the way as it's heavy hooves came down in the soft sand where she had been laying moments ago, she grunted as the animal pranced in a small circle before dashing the way they had come in a cloud of dust. Sitting up she threw her hands down in the said and threw a handful of it in the direction the beast had run. "Coward!" She looked up as a shadow passed by her, squinting against the sun she took the hand offered to her and allowed herself to be pulled up to sit behind Demetri. Wrapping her arms around his waist she took the excuse to be close to the man as the wind picked up, the desert getting ready to deliver another sand storm. She buried her face into his back and took comfort in the simple action. The team rode for another twenty minutes before they passed the threshold of the small town and instantly the wind and sand were gone. Ali looked up and blinked. "Alright, first note of something not right with this place. It's as if there is a giant shield here." She reached out with her powers and frowned when she got nothing, although there were people all around her as they busied them selves with everyday life. She felt Demetri jump as she reached into his pocket quickly and grabbed his phone. "Sasa, Demetri's phone died last night, you think you can charge it for him real fast in case he needs it?" Sasa rolled her eyes and extended her hand for the phone. "Easy. I'm insulted you would ask something so simple from me." "Just do it." The tone in Ali's voice made the others look in her direction, it was urgent with a steely note to it. As Sasa took the phone from her hands Ali watched as nothing happened, no jolt, no sarcastic smile of victory from accomplishing her task Sasa sat there on her horse looking at the phone as if it was the cause of every problem she had in life. "It's not working. I can't do anything. This is bull-" "Hush!" Sasa looked up at her and frowned as Ali dropped from the back of Demetri's horse and pulled her cloak tighter around her. "I think it's this town, I think it negate all our powers...like a shield of some kind. Spread out and see if you can find the source." Demetri and the other nodded but the frown on the large man's face told her he didn't like the idea and as everyone went separate ways keeping their walkie talkies on to keep in contact he slid off his horse and stood in front of her blocking the sun with his large frame. "I don't like this. What if it's-" "It's not. It's just this place Demetri. Once we figure this out we can go home and rest for a bit. Alright?" He nodded, the deep frown still in place, shaking her head she took a step forward and rose on her toes, touching her lips to his in a feather light, but unmistakable kiss she touched her fingers to his lips and tucked her head under his chin as he stood there stunned for a moment. "Trust me Demmy. Just this once." Before he could argue she was gone, her warmth and soft touches with her. Ducking behind a small stone house she looked around and threw her cloak to the ground grabbing one of a different color off of some ladies cloths line, she turned as she felt a small gust of wind and took a deep breath. "Well now, what's this? On your own?" "What are you doing here?" "Always business with you." Ali felt bile rise in her throat as Sybille extended his hand to her. "Come with me, I'll show you." Swallowing her contempt she took his hand, it was cold and instantly she felt an emptiness flow from him to her. He led her through the town, keeping their heads down as they passed Sasa, looking like to of the townspeople she didn't suspect anything, he stopped in front of the church and led her inside. The rafters were full of dust and cobwebs, the wood was decaying and full of termites and the smell of blood bogged down her senses. "You see this is where it happens. I have to find a pure woman, or man, either way; with no evil in their hearts and use them here. Once I do that, well you'll see. But before we get to the that. I want you to teach me how to master your power." "I can't, I haven't mastered it yet either." "I thought you would say that. You have a rather strong ability, able to find people just from their emotions, read their dreams if the emotions are high enough...even control the emotions and moods of others, it's impressive. But there is level beyond that. A hidden talent that I plan to unlock soon, very soon. But since that is a lost venture, let us begin." Ali watched as he took out a twisted dagger and motioned for her to stand next to him. "If I do what you want, will you leave my ream alone?" "I will, for a time. But I can not guarantee that what I unleash will be as giving as my self." "What you unleash? What does that-" She yelped as he grabbed her hand and drug the dagger across her wrist, the cut deep and bleeding heavily, he squeezed her hand tightly making it bleed more as he held it over a small alter in the middle of the church. "You shall see little girl, I hope your friends love a good time, cause this will be a blast." He disappeared as the ground began to shake, she could hear screams from the towns people as the quaking began to get worse, holding her bleeding wrist she stumbled to the entrance and kicked open the doors, looking out she could see dust rising from the dunes surrounding the town. She looked this way and that for one of her team but saw no one, no doubt they had regrouped as soon as it had started. She began to walk slowly towards the fountain in the middle of the town stopping as she passed a water trough for the cattle, the water was red and thick, sticking her hand in, she gasped as it came back out coated with the red liquid. "Blood....?" She spun around looking for the others, the quick movement making her disoriented and dizzy, looking down she saw the sand at her feet red with the blood the dripped from her wrist, her weight shifting to the right she began to fall towards the sands as the voice of Sybille carried on the wind that blasted through the town. "Let's play a little game dear members of the HDF, I spy with my little eye a lovely brunette laying face first in the sand, weak and bleeding, the sand covering her body let us see if you can spot her before I can bury her." His cackle vanished as the wind picked up tossing sand this way and that. "[/color][/font] [b]Alright, Lilt is gonna be busy for a little while longer, but she isn't gone for good. Let's all keep Pocket in this and active til she gets back. Also, as of right now we're up against the plagues of Egypt, soon we find out there is a small underground area under the town. We're going there next to investigate. This is where Sybille's plan comes into place. I don't really care who gets us there or how but once there we find a large mural that takes up an entire wall side of the labyrinth below. I'll take it from there. Also, make sure to check the backstage. I have another challenge coming up for our team that I think you all might enjoy. ^^ [/b] I will be absent tonight due to military reason but do not fret, I will be back tomorrow so til than just run amuck and have some fun. Just don't get carried away without me. lol.

[color="#000080"][font="Comic Sans MS"]Wow, wish my school did that kind of thing. lol [/font][/color]

[font="Comic Sans MS"][color="#000080"]Ali groaned as she came to, the sun was almost behind the horizon now and the air around her was starting to cool down quickly. She could hear voices, a couple she knew and one she didn't, cracking open her eyes she looked around slowly due to the immense pain searing through her skull. Sitting up she held her breath and pressed her hand against her forehead. "What happened? Where are we? Are we all alright?" "Ali! Your alright!" Ali gritted her teeth as Pocket threw her arms around the older woman and held on tight. "We were so worried about you." Ali pushed Pocket off gently and looked around, Jeff, Pocket, Sasa and a new member who must have been their contact were all in sight, the unknown man had a hood over his face so she couldn't make him out but she took note of everyone and stopped as she noticed Demetri missing. "Where is Demetri?" Sasa stopped talking to their contact and looked at her than at the ground. "He stayed on the plane with that man...the one who was after you." "He what?!" Despite the surge of pain moving caused her she rose from the sand and brushed her self off, she looked east to see a few wisps of smoke rising and instantly began to move in that direction, reaching out with her powers she felt a faint spark of emotion in the distance. "I have him, the rest of you go with our contact, I'll go and find Demetri. As soon as we regroup we'll start the mission." Pocket took a step forward, ready to argue. "This is an order, I have some scolding in store for Demetri anyway. He was foolish to put himself in danger like that. He's vital to the team and we can't afford to lose him." Sasa snorted behind her and put a hand on her hip. "You mean he's vital to you?" Ali whirled around and pined the girl with a hard look. "If that were the case do you think I would have shielded you from that blast as well? If it was just him I would have protected him and not you. I care for all of you and I would let no harm come to any of you while I still had breath in my body. This is why I'm telling you all to head out while I find him. You will all be safer if your with- I didn't catch your name." "Marcus." "Marcus. He knows this area and he knows these people. Now, get moving. Hand me a couple of cloaks and we'll meet with you as soon as I find him" She caught the thick heavy cloaks that were thrown to her as everyone piled into the vehicle Marcus had brought with him, he looked down at her. "Are you sure about this? If Sybille is after you he won't stop." "If I know Demetri he gave that little **** something to think about. He won't be showing up again for a little while. Get moving." She watched as the dust settled and the group disappeared over a sand dune and turned throwing one of the cloaks around her shoulders she began moving east heading towards Demetri's signal. It took her hours due to the wind burn on her back and the headache that was now pounding in her temples but she trudged on til she saw a shadow moving towards her over one of the dunes in the distance. Reaching out she sighed as she felt the gaurded emotions from none other than Demetri. She raised her hands above her head and gritted her teeth in pain, waving her hands back and forth she took a deep breath. "Demetri!" "Ali?!" She dug her feet into the sand and ran towards him as he slid down the side of the dune, meeting in the gully between the two she stopped and waited til he approached her, she could see the caked and dried blood on his arm and the bruises beginning to bloom on his skin. She reached out and took his arm as he reached for her, his large hand cupping her face as he looked down at her. "Your alright?" She nodded, gripping his wrist tightly. "You?" "I'm fine, nothing to bad, where are the others?" "I sent them ahead, with Sybille gone I can find them with no problem." "Sybille..." She frowned as Demetri spoke the word with a small growl in his throat, he shook off what ever gloom had come over him quickly and gave her a small smile. "I'm glad to see your alright Ali. I was worried about you." "Just a little wind burn, that's all." "Let me see." She looked up shocked at the demand. "Demetri, I said I'm fine." "And I know my powers better than anyone, that blast you got hit with was a powerful one. Let me see it or I'll pin you to the sand to do it." "Ugh. Fine." Pulling off the cloak she turned and showed him her back, her shirt scorched and torn as if fire had struck her, feeling Demetri peel the shirt away from the wound she hissed and rolled her eyes. "Oh for the love of- Hold on a moment." Keeping her back to him she peeling the shirt off, her bare back exposed to the cool air, goosebumps rising on her skin. "Are you alright with this?" "Just do what you need to do." She jumped as she felt his finger tips grazed her skin around the wound. "He got you rather good. You'll have a good scar there." "Am I bleeding at all?" "No, thankfully. The blast cauterized it almost as soon as the wound was made. Good thing too otherwise you'd be dead on your feet." "Wouldn't want that now would we." He didn't answer as he put a hand on her shoulder, the warmth from his hand making her shiver. "Are you able to move Demetri?" "I should be asking you that." "I'll make it. We should get moving, it's getting colder." She handed him one of the cloaks over her shoulder as she pulled her shirt back on, once covered she pulled on her cloak and began to head back the way she came heading for the others. "So Demetri, I have a question." "Ask away." "Back on the plane when Sybille was talking about taking me-" "I don't want to talk about that." Ali blinked as he cut her off and walked past her continuing on the path they were walking, she hurried up the hill as best she could, tripping and sliding down the hill she yelped as a large arm wrapped around her waist and pulled her upright. She looked up to see Demetri looked down at her, feeling her cheeks heat from the blush covering her cheeks she thanked him quietly and slipped from her grasp. Reaching the bottom of another dune she sighed looking up as starts began to litter the sky. "It's getting colder by the minute. Do you by any chance have your phone on you? Or did it get trashed?" "I think I still have it battery is almost dead though." "Enough for a text?" "I believe so." "Send one to Sasa telling her we're camping. It's getting to dark to see and it's getting to cold to keep moving." "Done." Ali sat down on the sand and looked around seeing small, dry bushes here and there. "I wish we were lucky enough to find an oasis or something." Demetri only nodded as they began to gather the dead foliage and build a small fire, enough to keep the cold from them for a little while. As the night continued the small fire began to wither and soon snuffed out leaving them in the dark. Ali felt herself begin to shiver as the cool air surrounded her and within moments Demetri could hear her teeth chattering from where he was. Ali closed her eyes and brought her knees to her chest trying to use her own body heat to warm her self til she felt a large arm wrap around her shoulders and pull her close to a hard body. Almost instantly she sighed as warmth flooded from Demetri to her and she leaned into him to get warmer. "Thank you." "Your chattering teeth would have given us away to anything or anyone hunting us." "Your so funny." She closed her eyes, her head resting on his shoulder slightly as sleep began to take over, a part of her more than aware of the position she was in but her need for warmth over riding any form of embarrassment. She let out a contented sigh as her body temperature returned to normal. "I'm okay now Demetri. Thank you." "You'll just end up getting cold again if I move. I'll stay here to keep you warm if that's alright." Her mind bogged down by sleep she wrapped an arm around his waist as well and leaned into him more relishing the heat he was putting off. "I wouldn't have it any- other way." Her sentence cut mid way with a large yawn as her eyes closed and she drifted to sleep.[/color][/font]

[font="Comic Sans MS"][color="#000080"]Alright, I'll wait til after you post to see how you play it out. Alright, once we all meet back up in town which should only be a couple more posts we'll head for the Town Sasa was supposed to investigate, only this time: It's full of people and thriving. It's a paradise in the sand with fresh, running water, healthy crops and cattle. Is something amiss or was Sasa tricked? We'll have to see now won't we? lol. Now I mentioned in my last post to the thread that I have a challenge for our team, as a whole and individually. Once this mission to Egypt is done as well all know we'll be assigned to stick together. Gaining 'proper results' as Commander Hank will so eliqunitly put it. As such, to introduce as the top investigation team the HDF has we will be given a proper introduction to the rest of the company at the annual HDF Ball as the new Elite Team. [/color][/font]

I'm actually editing my post. some one can post after mine, I just got hit with a good idea that I want to put into motion. ^^

[font="Comic Sans MS"][color="#000080"]Anue leaned on the door frame as Onidus walked through the kitchen. "Heard you come in, have a nice side trip?" "Go back to bed Anue." "Does the big bad wolf have a boo boo?" Onidus growled at her as he passed. "You know, you don't have to be so tough. I can help." "Yes you can, by leaving me alone." "So touchy. Here. First aid kit. Use it for once would you?" She patted his shoulder before she retreated back into her room as the sun finally rose all the way, she really didn't like the sun all that well, it was to bright. Stretching she slipped off her jeans and flopped down onto her bed, shuffling under her blankets she sighed as the blankets settled down around her. Closing her eyes she let herself drift off to sleep with no other thoughts, besides one. Ken, the only other angel. Anue frowned as she cracked open her eyes and looked up at her ceiling. Being the only demon had it's benefits, but also it's downsides. She took a deep breath and shook her head as she rolled over on her right side and drifted to sleep soundly til Rayne woke them up to talk more about their next target.[/color][/font]

[font="Comic Sans MS"][color="#000080"]Ali sat up straight in an instant, a deep urge to punch something and almost as sudden she felt sick to her stomach. Jumping up from her sleeping bag she hopped over the rest of her team as Demetri sat up slowly and watched as she ducked into the bathroom, moments later he could hear her retching. He stood slowly and made his way to the bathroom to see her leaning over the toilet bowel trying her best to hold her hair away from her face. She jumped as she felt his large hands on the back of her neck pulling her hair to the side. "T-thank you..." "Are you alright?" "No. Not at all." Ali pushed away from the toilet gently, she didn't bother telling Demetri he still had her hair, it made her feel as if he had her rooted there. "You mean to tell me that he-" "Don't." "What do you mean?" "I can't." "Did he-the wolf, threaten you?" There was no rise in his emotions when she asked this. "Me?" She staggered to her right as she tried to stand, the swell of emotions, the panic, fear, anger, worry and confusion swarmed together and caught her off guard, but what really did it was the fact that most of them were directed towards her. "Demetri..." He looked away from her, his emotions turning dark and directed towards himself. "Stop it. It's not your fault. We can handle our selves, just do ME a favor...stay-stay safe please...I uhm. Never mind. Let's just get some rest." She brushed her teeth quickly and moved past Demetri to return to her sleeping bag, she stopped as she felt his large hand close gently around her upper arm. "You know you can talk to me Ali." "I know. I just...I'm not. I'm not good at this." "At what?" She placed her hand on his bare chest, the heat almost making her draw her hand back but it remained, she looked up to see him close his eyes and his emotions raced through her like a violent hurricane, she swayed as she got dizzy though the meaning of the man's emotions were unknown to her. "D-Demetri, is there anyway you could control your emotions. I can't really read them but they're so wild at the moment it's making me dizzy." Almost instantly his emotions switched from the hurricane to worry, slight panic. Ali shook her head to clear her thoughts and looked up at the man, he still held her arm and her hand still rested against his skin, the heat reminding her of this. "Look I-we-we need to get some sleep. It's late." "I want to make sure you'll be alright first." "I'm less worried about me and more worried about you, ever since the last mission things have been..conflicted, between us." "Conflicted how." "I can't get a handle on how..this, us, I don't really understand it enough to put it into words. All I know is it's confusing and it leaves me tongue tied." "You mean feelings?" "Emotions. I can feel everything remember? And when it comes to us, between us, the emotions are so frantic, so wild I can't understand any of it." "You ever think of just not trying to read into the emotions and just read people your self?" "It's not that easy. But now that we're on the subject of...us, not that there's an 'us' per say but the subject as in our relationship, not relationship...um. Damn." "Your really not good at this kind of thing are you?" "No. Not really. Look, what I'm trying to ask is why were you so worried about me when you fell ill? All you seemed to mention was me. Why is that?" "I saw how scared you were, we've never run into anyone that could completely negate your powers. I did not want to see you get hurt." "I was able to read some of your dreams while you were sick with fever, your emotions that night were frantic, and so dark they scared me, I wanted to see what caused you such pain. You were dreaming of Sybille hurting me...worse than that." "Please don't bring that up. I don't want to think back on it right now. Ever." Ali blinked, to shocked to act as he tugged her close again into a light hug, her cheeks heated as his scent washed over her. "D-Demetri?" He released her suddenly as if he was just realizing what he had done. "It's late, we should get some rest." Ali blinked, shocked as he moved away from her, his emotions directed towards her, they were empty, as if longing for something, she acted on instinct as she reached forward and grabbed his wrist. Her hand barely wrapped around his wrist and for the first time since they had first met many years ago how much larger he was compared to the rest of them; he turned to look at her as she glanced up at him, her hair was still ruffled and frayed from her retching earlier and it fell into her face as the rest of it framed her shoulders. He frowned as she kept a gentle hold on his wrist as if debating something but not sure whether to act on it. "Something you need to say Ali?" "I forget. You were right, let's get some rest. Maybe I'll remember in the morning." She ran her thumb across the underside of his wrist as she passed him and went to her sleeping bag, as she slid in she realized she still had on her night robe, unlacing it she pulled it off her shoulders and dropped it beside her pillow as Demetri finally followed her and began to get into his bag as well. Ali had her hair in her lap as she brushed it again, her night gown hugging her body, the thin satin giving her goose bumps as she ran the brush through her hair over and over as if it was calming her, which it was. She hid her face with her hair from Demetri, she could feel her cheeks burn as he settled down for the night. After a few more minutes she flipped off the small light by her bag and lay down, her head close to Demetri's as she got comfortable. She gently touched the top of her head to Demetri's, sleep hard to come by she simply lay there looking at the top of the cabin trying to absorb the information Demetri had shared with her. Morning came slowly for Ali, she was usually the first one up but her thoughts kept her up most of the night causing her to rise later than usual, still she was the first in the shower that morning, washing her self and than her hair she let the hot water hit her back loosening up her muscles til she thought she was ready to go. Reaching out she grabbed a towel, wrapped it around herself and stepped out, not in the least bit surprised to see Sasa using the mirror to apply her makeup. "You used that shampoo again didn't you Alex?" "My Tea Tree? Of course, that's all I use why?" "Not that I don't like mints or anything, but it makes you smell like a thin mint." "A what?" "It's a girl scout cookie, they're call thin mints. Your shampoo makes you smell like them. Maybe that's why I catch Demetri looking at you like he wants to eat you." "Don't be foolish...you think he really looks at me like that?" Sasa burst into laughter making Ali's cheeks turn red. "Your horrid." "I knew you would fall for that one! You have the hots for Athens don't you?" "Now your being foolish. Of course I don't" "You don't have to hide it you know. We can all see it." "Sasa, not only would a relationship between co-workers not work for many reasons, I seriously doubt he looks at me that way." Sasa shook her head and left the bathroom, her things in hand. Ali finished drying herself off and turned on her music which filtered through the bathroom as she got dressed, dried her hair and brushed it out, putting on what little make up she did wear, eye liner, mascara, and chap stick, she went through her routine of brushing her teeth and stretching. Hearing the door open she didn't bother turning around, the emotions told her what she needed to know. "Good morning Pocket." "Don't speak to me unless you have sugar or coffee." Ali let out a small chuckle at the girl as Pocket brushed her hair and teeth, she looked back as Ali planted her foot against the wall and did a vertical split. "How do you do that?" "Years of practice. Pocket, may I ask you a question?" "Yeah sure. What's on your mind." "Do you think...never mind, it's childish to ask." "No go ahead." "Do you think Demetri looks at me differently than the rest of you?" "Besides the goo goo look I caught him giving you the other day? "Goo goo?" "Yeah, like lovey dovey kinda look." Ali blinked and looked at her knee which was a few inches from her face though she was no where near uncomfortable. "Why? Was that an answer you were hoping for?" "What makes you think that Pocket?" "Cause Sasa says that you would loosen up if you got laid." Ali coughed as she tried to take a deep breath, loosing her balance she toppled to the right and landed on her butt looking up at the girl, her hair in a long braid this morning which was now hanging between her eyes. "She said what?!" "Look, I think it's a great idea, Demmy would be great for you. Besides, he seems kinda lonely lately. Always thinking to much if you ask me. Hope your not rubbing off on him." "Your humor knows no bounds Pocket." Pocket shook her head and walked out bumping into Demetri as she did so. "She's just doing her stretches, sinks free if you wanna brush your teeth though." Ali looked up from the stretch she recently dropped down into as Demetri walked in and to the sink to brush his teeth. "So, I hear that someone says you could loosen up if-" "You heard?! How much did you hear?!" "Alex, calm down. You look like you heard a ghost. I was trying to say that it's easier to loosen your muscles and warm up if you have folic acid before a work out. What were you talking about?" "Nothing. I just...it was nothing." Before Demetri could ask the plane lurched and pitched to the side making Ali stumble into Demetri, she looked up at him as the plane pitched yet again, this time causing them backwards into the wall. "Dammit!" Righting herself Ali burst through the bathroom and pinned Sasa with a look. "What are you doing?" "I'm not doing it! You honestly think I would put us all in danger just for kicks?" "Than what's going on?" "I have no idea. I've been trying to figure that out but for some odd reason my powers aren't working." "It was than that Ali realized it, she couldn't feel anything...from any of them, she tried to get a reading on Demetri and felt slight panic rise up as she got nothing. "No..." She looked around and was thankful that they were all already there, taking out her locator she cursed as she saw they were still miles from the contact point. "We're jumping ship. get your gear and grab a chute. We'll be going in twos, Jeff Pocket, your first." She watched as they gathered their things, securing the parachutes to their backs and lined up as Ali opened the door allowing air to rush in, they all could see that they were loseing altitude quickly. "Go! We don't have a lot of time left." Pocket and Jeff jumped, holding each others hands so as not to lose each other. "Sasa, Demetri, your up." Demetri stopped in front of her. "What happened to going in twos, what about you?" "Team leader always goes last. Get out of here before it crashes." She shoved him towards the door, a chuckle making her look back over her shoulder as she did so. "Well well, you figured it out rather quickly. I didn't think you would." "Sybille..." "And you've learned my name. How fortunate for me." "How did you do this?" "The plane? Oh that was easy. I killed the pilots. Pie really. After that gravity took over." "What do you want with us." She gave Demetri another hard shove trying to get him to jump before it was to late. "Well you see, it's just you really. You see I have a gift. I can use any power after I see it, and yours...well it's kind of hard to figure out. So. I want you. If I get you I can have you teach it to me first hand." "And what would you do with me?" "I would take good care of you, I would bed you, keep you warm on cold night, make you were never lonely-" He never got to finish, Ali heard the gust before she saw it as Demetri sent a blast of wind towards Sybille who only smiled and caught the blast like a baseball. "Weren't you listening? Now I can use your power as well." Ali watched horrified as Sybille took Demetri's blast and magnified it sending it back, she turned her back to the man and wrapped her arms around Sasa and Demetri as the blast hit. Her back burned as the powerful wind hit her. "Alex!" Coughing she blinked as her vision swam and darkness began to cloud the world around her. "Get...off..." The last thing she heard was Demetri's voice calling out to her as she passed out. [/color][/font] [b][font="Book Antiqua"][color="#8B0000"]Alright, who ever posts after this, the next place we wind up is a desert about 20 miles from our contact point. Have fun![/color][/font][/b]

yup, she messanged me, she's been busy but she's not gone. My friend sent me his character and I must say he's going to be a dynamic part of the RP. He has his sign up and as soon as I get another post behind mine I'll begin the Egypt mission. Get ready for a bumpy ride!

[font="Comic Sans MS"][color="#000080"]Well I realized I forgot this when I first put this RP into motion. So here it is, if any one has questions or suggestions feel free to put them here. I have a friend who might me joining up with us. If he gets back with me he'll be our contact in Egypt. Just a heads up. [/color][/font]

[font="Comic Sans MS"][color="#000080"]Game Stop for me. ^^;[/color][/font]

[font="Comic Sans MS"][color="#000080"]Ali paced her room for what seemed like forever, Demetri's embrace and her own action flooding her mind and making it hard to concentrate. After a few more minutes she shook the thoughts from her head and grabbed her bag as he watch went off telling her it was time to board the plane. Thankfully the air craft had been remodeled on the inside to accommodate them and it made it some what easier for them to make the long journey. She walked down the halls tapping on the doors of her team mates and acknowledged them as they all joined her in the main room, when Demetri emerged she could feel anger and confusion rolling off of the man in waves, it made her worry for the man but she showed nothing as she leaned on the door frame that led to the small air craft bay. "We'll be flying first class for the next few days, the plane has been remodeled to hold all of us comfortably so there should, and will not, be any arguments of seating or bedding arrangements. Mostly considering there are none. We'll be in sleeping bags on the floor of the main passenger room. I understand it's not ideal but it's the best we could get. There is a full sized bathroom with shower and a supply of food for the trip to and back from Cairo-" Jeff looked up at her, his voice monotone as he spoke. "You've gotten more information on our mission?" "We're off to Cairo, we'll be investigating the town Sasa was supposed to check out, since she was unable to fine anything, as in there was no town there, we're all going. We're meeting with a contact when we get there, his name and position are unknown at the moment. He'll be remaining with us for the rest of the time after we make contact. You all will show him respect is that clear?" They all nodded. "We proceed in a few moments, no fighting over spots, just pick one and settle in, it's a long trip and we won't be getting and R and R for a while so make the trip an easy one and try not to stress your selves out before we get there. Now, is everyone packed correctly? Light clothing for the day, heavy for the night?" Again she got nods from everyone. "Good, board and settle in. I'll be there in a minute I have to take care of something first." She watched as they all made their way to the plane, her eyes lingering on Demetri but she looked away as he turned to meet her gaze. "Hank, I need a word." "Anything for you lovely." "Do not mock me. I need a confirmation." "On?" "The location. I'll not go in blind like we did last time. It nearly cost us everything and I won't stand for it again." "You know Talon, your over stepping." "I'll do alot more than that when it comes to the safety of my team. Confirmation. Now." "You'll land in a small town outside of Cairo, from there you'll travel on horse back to your contact point and meet him. He'll take you from there." "Roger that. One more thing. Have you spoken with Demetri at all today? He seems on edge." "Athens? No I haven't seen him all day why?" Ali glanced sideways at the man, she could feel he was lying but what reason did he need to lie to her about Demetri? She nodded and took the answer regardless. "Right, I'll speak with him than, maybe it's just connected to the fever he had last night." "Talon, why not just leave it as it is. You know how that man can be." "Yes I do, that's why I'll talk to him on the matter. The last thing we all need is him thinking to much and letting it cloud his thoughts for this mission." "Talon." She turned towards the man, he was towering over her now, his face set in a grim frown as he blocked her from sight of the others on the plane, she could feel the tension coming from Demetri, even at this distance. "This is a direct order, leave the man alone, he has enough on his plate without you getting in his way and bothering him." "I did not realize I was a bother Sir." "Your nosey, that makes you a bother." "I'm concerned with the well being of my team." "Either way, I'm telling you to stay out of it." "It? What exactly is it?" "Your about two steps away from being put in the brig." Ali blinked in surprise but said nothing, nodding she turned on her heel and stalked towards the plane, as she entered the door shut behind her leaving the team in momentary darkness, she knew the hands before they even clamped down on her upper arms, the next thing she heard over the roar of the engine was his deep voice in her ear, the noise of the plane was what made him stand so close to be heard, she could feel his body heat and the dampness from his breath as he spoke into her ear. "Just do as he says Alex. It's important." She gave no indication that she had heard him as he went to the small spot he had claimed, as the plane rolled from the hanger and light filled the small cabin she could see where everyone had set them selves up, Sasa and Jeff were next to each other in the corners of the small area, she wasn't surprised in the least, they liked the quiet, Ali found her self between Demetri and Pocket. She couldn't complain about this in the least, these two were who she conversed with the most, and only because they were the most talkative out of their group. Sitting down she crossed her legs and pulled out her lap top and began to type away at it lightly stealing glances to her right at Demetri who leaned against the wall with a book in his hands. The memory of him being so close moments ago and the memories of him holding onto her last night as if she were his last hope flashed through her mind and the loss of it seemed to leave her cold. She shivered involuntarily and shook it off, reaching above her head on to the small table top behind them she pulled something from the basket up there and tossed it into the large man's lap. He blinked as he picked up the orange and stared at her as she began to have a side quarrel with Pocket. "Why is it that we always only have fruit or some other healthy crap on these missions...why can't we just have some junk food?" "Because it's just that, junk. Pocket we have to stay in shape and 'junk food' does not help us in the least. Eat a kiwi or something." "Why kiwi? You have Demmy an orange." "Their his favorites. That's why." "How do you know that?" "I just do Pocket, now will you please stop griping about the menu?" "But it's all old people food." Ali choked on the coffee she had begun to sip, the black, murky liquid soaking the front of her shirt and dripping from her chin into her lap, the bewildered look on her face sending Pocket into a fit of laughter. "Old?! Who in the hell are you calling old?!" "It was a joke, but wow, if you could see your face!" Just as Ali was about to erase the expression Pocket produced a camera from her mind and took a photo. As the picture became clear she began to laugh again. "Perfect. Demmy you got to see this." Ali felt her face heat from the blush covering her cheeks. "No he does not! Pocket don't you dare give that picture to him!" Ali fumbled for the photo as Pocket tossed it to the large man who caught it deftly and glanced at it before Ali jumped towards him to take the picture back, she stretched as far as she could to reach it as he held it up above his head and chuckled. "Not a bad look Ali." "Stop it you, just give it to me!" "I think I'll hang onto it for you." She glared down at him and blinked as she caught up with her self, she had her arm out stretched reaching for the picture, her other hand on his chest and looking down at him she could see flecks of Green within his Hazel eyes. Feeling her face heat up she quickly say back down in her own spot and crossed her arms over her chest, her hand still warm from the contact with his chest. "Fine keep it, just don't go around showing it off to everyone alright?" Demetri looked back at the photo and smiled. "Deal." She glanced at him from the side to see him smiling slightly as he picked up the orange and began to eat it, nudging Pocket she pointed to the basket the girl was now going through. "Pass me some of that 'old people food' would you?" The girl giggled and handed her a bundle of grapes that she took with a thank you. Closing her eyes she munched of the fruit as silence filled the small cabin, the trip already looking somewhat brighter in her eyes. [/color][/font]

[font="Comic Sans MS"][color="#000080"]Ali stood and walked to the bathroom, sure to reach out towards Demetri to keep him calm, grabbing a bowel she filled it with cool water and snatched a wash cloth from his shower room, his was and shampoo still lingering in the small room. Walking back out she shook her head again at the lack of concern Hank and Cloak had shown. She sat back next to Demetri's bed side and dipped the cloth into the cool water, wrung it out and placed it on his forehead, he cringed back as the cloth hit his over heated skin. Ali took a deep breath and moved to sit next to him on the bed, patting his head gently with the cloth. She did this, switching out the water as it got warm for close to an hour, glad that his skin seemed to cool by a few degrees. She continued to use her powers to keep him calm as she ran her fingers through his bangs gently, he was cooling down and she smiled gratefully as the wind died down more out side. She paused her ministrations as she heard a voice outside the door, Pocket, the door cracked open and the younger girl looked in, Ali was already back in her chair watching as Demetri began to toss his head again, if only slightly. "How's he doing?" "Not so good. Still has a fever and it's all I can do to keep his nightmares at bay. I wish I knew what was bothering him so much." They were silent as they watched the large man toss his head from side to side, the silence broken as he gritted his teeth in pain as gasped. "...Alex..." Pocket looked at Ali and smirked slightly. "I think I know what's bothering him." "Pocket, don't be juvenile. He seems to be hung up on this last mission. Probably thinks he's failed is all." "Are you blushing?" "Don't be ridiculous. I'll watch over him for tonight, if he gets worse I'll call you to fetch the med team. Clear?" Pocket nodded and gave an affirmative but Ali could still hear the teasing in her voice. "And Pocket?" "Yes Ali?" "Don't tell anyone about me staying with him will you?" "Embarrassed?" "I don't want people to think I'm soft." "Cause your worried about a team mate? Why would people think that? And if they had anything to say about it I'll just pop them a good one." "Calypso..." "Yeah I got it." Ali waited til Pocket shut the door to move back onto the bed with Demetri, as soon as she began to run her fingers through his bangs again, his tossing lessened. "I suppose it's a comforting thing...knowing that someone is there with you when you feel the most vulnerable." "A-Alex..." "What haunts your dreams so much to keep calling out to me?" She pinched the bridge of her nose and stood, walking to the door she locked it tight and took a deep breath. She returned to his side and placed a hand on his forehead, she had never tried this before and it seemed like her only option to pull her friend from whatever evil held him in such a horrible dream. Dream Reading, she knew it would take a lot out of her but she was out of options. Concentrating she let out a deep breath as she did her best to project her conciseness into his, to merge her self with his dreams and try and figure out what was holding him there. At first it was fuzzy, than as moments passed it became more clear, her own face. She was shocked to see the level of emotion on her face, the fear in her eyes as Sybille took her from her team, she felt her calm wash away from him and a slight panic rise in his emotions. She pulled herself back, breathing heavily. She looked back at the door and than back at Demetri, taking his hand in her's she gave it a light squeeze and put his knuckles to her forehead. "Demetri, nothing happened, I'm fine. Your home at the base with...with me. I'm here right next to your bed and we're all fine." She let out an explosive sigh, she was no good at things like this, no good with emotions...but she was a woman, and there were always things she did on instinct as a woman, her next move was such. She lay down on the bed next to him, her weight pulling the blankets tight against his body as she rested on top of them, she tucked her arm under his neck and lay his head on her shoulder. It seemed to help calm him some as his hand squeezed her's, she gently raked her nails through the back of his hair, doing all she could to keep him calm, her presence as well as her powers seemed to do the trick as the storm calmed more and more by the minute as she stayed. She let out a quiet sigh as his groaning and tossing stopped, she was glad, but it seemed as if she would need to stay in order for him to rest peacefully. Ali continued to rake her nails along the back of his neck and into his hair long after his tossing had stopped, it was helping her keep a calm on her emotions as well. It had been a long time since she had allowed her self to be this close to another person, since she was younger, more naive and her powers had just developed. It had led to a heart break and her closing herself off from others. She could feel her cheeks heat from time to time as he shifted to get comfortable, sometimes pulling her closer to him, other times inhaling her scent to reassure himself she was still there, her heart would speed up or slow down as he moved, Sybille's words echoing in her mind about her caring for him. She was a woman after all and she had been with her team longer than any others, but she did not let it get to her knowing it was a very unlikely chance that feelings such as 'love' would be shared between two people, let alone her and Demetri. She sighed pushing her thoughts to the back of her mind as she continued to calm Demetri, she too became weak with lack of sleep and before long drifted into slumber next to him. Her hand unconsciously keeping a gently pace of raking her nails through the back of his hair trying to allow both of them adequate sleep for come morning, they would be starting on their long 2 day flight to Egypt only to begin another mission. [/color][/font]

[font="Comic Sans MS"][color="#000080"]These can either be your children or just in general. 1. Ceiling fans make decent bats. 2. When playing baseball indoors, and using the king sized water bed as home plate while wearing cleats, the bed does not leak...it explodes. 3. The amount of water in a king sized water bed is enough to fill a 4200sqft house with 4in of water. 4. If you hear the toilet flush and the phrase 'uh oh' it's already to late. 5. Microwave and play dough should never be used in the same sentence. [/color][/font]

[font="Comic Sans MS"][color="#000080"]If your trying to lose weight...don't spend a week eating junk food, you'll go from 160 to 173 faster than you think...this is based on a true story...sadly. >.<; If it happened once, it'll mostly likely happen again. If it happens twice...well you know the routine. Never drink cranberry juice with a white shirt before a job interview. It'll end up on your shirt. A ceiling fan does not support a 3 year old wearing a superman cape...it does however support the cat... The dryer will not make the goldfish dizzy...it will however make the cat dizzy. Watch your language around little kids, you'll be surprised how much they hear and the last thing you need is to be at your in laws and hear one of your children say something you really don't want them to say. When pulling something from the oven and setting it on top of the stove, make sure the burner on the stove has been off for at least 20 minutes...if not there is a likely chance your glass baking dish will shatter...another sad, but true story....actually...all of these are... >.<;[/color][/font]

[font="Comic Sans MS"][color="#000080"]Chibi I am so sorry to hear that. If you ever need someone to talk to I'm here for you. I kinda know what your going through. In my Junior year of high school a dear friend of mine passed away. We were rehearsing for our parade for that weekend in marching band and he was sitting 3 seats down from me and just fell face first onto the row below us. He had suffered from an anurisim in the brain and had passed before he had even hit the floor. It was a hard thing for us all in class...So like I said if you ever need to talk I'm here for you. It's a hard thing to deal with and I understand how it's confusing. Things like that just don't make sense, but know that we are all here for you. Please don't feel like your alone in this. We all love you and will help you in any way we can. Big hugs from me and my family and the Otaku family to you Chibi. [/color][/font]