Starwind

Tory arose early every morning and went about his business. He seldom socialized with the others at this place so he kept to training almost constantly. He got every morning and laped the school. He then would return and have toast for breakfast. Despite the fact he eats little he still manages to stand about 6'2, wonder how he got so tall on so little food? Anyway, he ate little and ran down to the school for his first class. He walked in to the training ground and took up the weighted training blade. He started to swing away and preped. The teachers saw it as dedication, the other students saw it as ass kissing. For him all it wal for the love of the fight, he loved to fight and fight well. This was the place where he felt himself, this was a school where they,not only let him fight, but encouraged it. He heard the teacher come into the training court. The guy was a real ass hole, but as long as he was willing let him beat the crap out of people, he would be willing to tolerate him. This was the way everyday started for Tory, but things were about to change. Tory had heard about this income of new recruits from over seas and that was something he looked forward to. Fresh meat. Tory chuckled and brought the blade down and crushed the concrete floor. He was ready for these newbies, and he was ready for tehe usual victims as well.

Scott heard a cry come from behind, he quickly turned and caught a glance of someone falling. With a quick split jump, he pulled a dagger out of his coat and threw it across the room. He heard the blade hit the dry wall and a grunt. He noticed the person in question was Ross, she was the one who screamed. He walked over to her as she squirmed, her toes just touching the step behind her. He took his place next to her "Did you have a fall?" She just looked at him "Shut up and what the hell happend?" He reached behind her and pulled the blade free and stowed it away quickly, so she wouldn't see it. he smiled as he let her down "Your lucky we were passing by. Otherwise you'd have a broken neck right now." She patted herself off and looked to him "Well, yeah. Thanks for the help." She patted herself off and turned around to leave.

occ: Don't think your rid of me yet. There was a rumble in the distance. He felt numb, every thing was rushing passed him so fast he couldn't register. He heard many things; explosions, voices, cries. They seemed to flood his mind all at once. Emilio snapped to alertness once again. He was on the back of the river, where he wasn't sure. He looked around himslef and found he had little recollection of the previous events. He couldn't remember what he was doing. He suddenly could smell gunpowder in the air, this was when it all came rushing back to him. Kami had almost killed him for a second time, bitch just has some bad luck with assasignations. He tried to get to his feet, but found his legs still limp "Guess I'll be crawling til I get the feeling back." He rolled and tried to pull himself to the water. He suddenly felt a dark cold wind sweep across the trees "What the hell was that?" Dumb question. He knew this feeling, it felt like Sarin, but way stronger then before. Emilio felt relieved then conserned. He realized that Kami was surpressing her strength. But that didn't make any sense. Why would she do that? Something funny was going on and he had no idea what.

Torran felt a little more at ease, but he still felt like there was more then they were telling them. Torran sheathed his sword and kept pace witht he others as they walked down this long hall, which was the only thing still bothering him, being surrounded on all ends like that only made him more paranoid, but he was going to stick with his friend no matter what happend. ooc: Sorry so short, I don't have any ideas. hrry this thinga long so I can start up with some interesting ideas.

Gavin set his hands together and pulled his black blade. He stanced himslef and watched as Ginsei prepared to launch another attack. Gavin set his blade tip on the ground and drew a ring of black fire around himself "You ready Ginsei?" The gaunt man laughed and dissappeared again. Gavin grasped the sword with his second hand and pulled the free a second sword. He preped himself and brought both swords over his shoulders and swung them both and another charge of black flame through the room. Ginsei took to the air and came down on on Gavin. Gavin brought the second blade up and sent his sword through his abdomen as Ginseis blade went through his shoulder. Gavin charged the blade with his black fire as Ginsei filled his blade with his razor wind. Gavin could see his flesh burn and feel his own tearing. This had become a contest of endurance, who would subside to the pain first. Ginsei faded for less tehn a second but it was enough for Gavin to take control of the fight. Gavin let all the fire he had charged all at once as the circle he had drawn around himself spat out fire and severd Ginseis body and he feel to the ground lifeless, then quickly burned to ash in the fire. Once his body was gone, Gavin took ot one knee and started to cough, traces of blood in his coughing. He had been pretty torn up on the inside, it was a wonder he had lived at all. He fell back and laid perfectly still as he felt the life drain from his body.

Alex started to bring down the tunnel, the bricks fell from the roof. He finally pulled himself together as the room fell in on itself. He took note of this and exited through the wall. As he smashed through he found himself amongst others who appeared to be hiding. They were others like himself, other reject projects. He looked around at them as they trembled and shook in fear. He asked them "What are you all hiding from? Most of the guards are already gone." They looked to him and one of the smaller ones steped out from the corner "Were hiding form the perfects. There killing all the rejects who won't fight with them." Alex looked around to them "Well, come on, fight back." The small one spoke up again "But they'd kill us." Alex looked around as they all nodded in agreement. Alex hffed "Not if we fight together. We out number them, you just need to try." As Alex spoke he could hear someone outside. As they spoke they seemed to lisp, like a hissing sound. Alex turned to the others and told them to leave out the hole in the wall. He could hear the voice getting closer and it wasn't alone, there was another one with that hissing one. Alex took a deep breath and smashed the door down in front of the two approaching figures in the hall.

Name: Tory Guile Age: 18 Gender: Male Appearance:Below, ignore the wings Dorm: East Bio: Tory was a problem child from birth. Many people believe that your up bringing effects how you are as an adult, thus if he's bad it's because his parents messed him up. I'll tell you right now that's a load of crap, he tortured them not the othere way around. When he was 17 they finally sent him away tol this school, a place where he would fit in. He has always had an affinity for fighting, he loves to do it and is good at it. He speacializes in sword play, but has been known to pick fights in the other dorms. For him fighting is fighting and it's the only way he can really express himself. He's not a killer, but he is a prety bad winner and an even worse loser. He won't put real salt in your wound, but the perverbial stuff he'll jam in there nice and tight. The staff both love and hate him, he's a high honors student, but is quite a trouble maker so there never sure what to do with him. He heard these new foriegn students were oming and this has gotten him very excited.

Scott and Brady were scanning the east end of the school by the science building. As they went by Scott stopped to tap on all the windows to see if anyone was still here. He turned to Brady "You know, this is like some cheap horror movie." Brady chuckled "Kind of is, huh." They both chuckled over this thought for a mminute and continued there scan of the school. This was wierd, he couldn't feel the source. He couldn't even tell if they were getting closer or farther away. Could this be some effect of the new breed? There were alot of qusestions in the air. Suddenly he heard a thump and him and Brady took to the right side wall. He leaned his head to Brady "You heard it too?" Brady nodded and they both slide, backs against the wall to the corner. Scott peered over to see that it was two of the kids from class earlier, Ross and Chase. He waved Brady over who peaked over to them. They could be a little more relaxed, the only problem was that they'd have to come up with a good excuse for being here and hope they didn't notice they were both armed. Especially that Ross chick, she was surprisingly attentive. They both walked casually around the corner and approached the two standing in the hall.

Emilio watched as Chrys charged Kami, he knew that if they went toe to toe, fire could never beat wind. He set his hand in the water and sent a pillar of frigid ice seperating the two fighting vixens. Kami pushed back to avoid being hit by the ice; Emilio saw his chance and used the water to gain alltitude, using it like and elevator lifting himself up into the air. He set himself in front of Kami and truned the flail he once held to a long straight blade and with on quick punge struck for her heart. He slide pass her. Kami quickly recouped and kept her eyes on Emilios exposed back, she pulled free another blade and then threw the first one she held at him. The first one plunged through Emilios stomach, this sent him back to the ground in pain. She charged him to deal the death blow, but Emilio escaped into the water. She stopped and looked around for him. Emilio reached forward and latched on to her ankle and pulled her toward the water. Once caugth he let loose a vicous barrage of arrows from the water trying to hit her. She held a strong defense, but he managed to hit her a hand full of times. This seemed to work til she used her power to clear the water with one powerful gust. It lasted for a moment, but it was a gap long enough for her to send one more attack at Emilio. In this opening he felt a light, warm breeze which was followed by intense cold then burning. The wind had become like a moving blade and had split his abdomen, right shoulder, left forearm, and anice cross shaped mark on his chest. The water quickly refilled the trench and Emilio disappeared beneath the water. Kamilla hoverd over teh water looking down and saw nothing in the abyss. Emilio was nowhere to be found.

Gavin was still unsure of what there course of action be, when he could feel a string pull. He could feel a surge of powerful spirit energy coming from the earth. This meant something bad was happening down there. With no hesitation he ran of to join the fight. As he left the palace in spirit world he enterd the long tunnel to human world. With a flash he was once again in the human realm. He could see teh smoke, they were about three miles north of where he was now. He started to head for them when he felt a powerful burning in his back. He reached back and grabbed hold of an arm as it drove a knife into his back. With one quick swing he threw the guilty party off of himself. He turned and saw a slender gentlemen with a long straight sword at his waist and a dagger still clenched in his hand. He set his hand on his bald head and looked to Gavin with malevolent eyes "So you are the demon legend are you? I would have expected more, but I guess you are just a demon after all." Gavin took his stance "Who are you? State your name and purpose!" The man chuckled "My name is Ginsei, I am a compatriot of Kahu. I have come to kill the demon known as Gavin Calus. It's a shame your not as powerful as I thought." The man disappeared with a flash and was suddenly inches from Gavin again. Gavin quickly brought his aura back up to keep himself safe from another attack. Teh man jumped back and laned on his feet "I guess you won't consceed yourself to death. I suppose that makes it more interesting." The man disappeared again. He moved with ungodly speed, he came and went faster then Gavin could come up with. He could hear him moving around him, but he couldn't see him. He recognized this tactic. He was waiting for gavin to move and leave himself open again, that was not going to happen. Gavin waited, listening to the beats of his feet as he ran around him. He finally heard him slowly but surely approaching him in a spiral form. Gavin lifted his fist and slammed the ground "HELL COMING TO EARTH" the black fire suddenly shot from the ground jumping twenty feet in the air in all directions. A gasp of pain could be heard with in. When the flames subsided Ginsei could be seen still standing. He looked to Gavin "I guess you will be fun." The man then sheathed his knife and pulled his long straight sword out and a gust of wind over ame the area. Gavin felt three sharp winds accompanied by blinding pain. The wind had become like a blade and had cut his right leg and left shoulder. This was going to be a little more difficult then he thought.

Kami floated down to the ground and stood in front of Emilio with her light, loving eyes. Emilio kept his hard emotionless exterior and looked his frigid eyes with her soothing ones. She began to chuckle "You haven't changed since then have you?" She reached up to put her hand on his face, but he swated her hand away. He began to speak with a slight tremble in his voice "This isn't what you came here for. Why don't we just start?" She smiled and kissed his cheek. The wind started to pick up, her once warm eyes turned as cold and bitter as the wind. She began to float to the sky and the wind whiped more and more violently. She cast her eyes on him once again "This time I will kill you Emilio Batou." She pulled from the air a sword. Emilio summoned up the water and formed a sword of his own. She gave one swing and ground beneath the strike crushed the earth around Emilio as he tried his best to hold himself up on his feet. She reached back to swing again but Emilio dove for the water again and launched himself at her. The sword he held turned to a flail and he swung for her as she lightly moved witht he wind to duck around the flail as it came at her. She took back her position and prepared to strike as Emilio redirected his flail to strike her. They both managed in clipping each other and both fell to the ground. Emilio hit the ground hard, but managed to get to his feet quickly again and preped himself for her next attack as she was already in the air. The destruction being caused by the others could be heard from where the two of them stood. Kami looked to the feild of destruction and smiled "You care for those people don't you? I didn't think you cared for anyone. This is getting more interesting. I'm afraid I still hold allegiance to my failing comrades." She brought up her blade and swung for the advancing blockade. She swung for the others.

Scott was mildly entertained by the remark Chase made as he turned to leave. He quickly brushed it off and they finally got to business. Scott looked to the others "This goes without saying, but I haven't felt right since we got here. There is alot of activity here and we can't ignore that. He have to find the source. Every ones been around the school, does anyone have any ideas on where we should start our search?"

Tommy finally managed to catch Tanya and sat her down at the table as Zoe brought dinner out for every one. Tommy looked abck intot he living room where there new guest, Rae, and Striker were standing proped against the wall "Hey, time to eat you two." He waved them back and they both took there time walking in. The kids were all to excited to start eating almost immediatly. As they did Tommy looked to Striker and Rae "If you guys want to eat you better get a seat or teh kids will eat your food." Rae walked in "Where do they put all that food?" She stood in a state of almost surprise as the kids seemed to be sucking everything off the table. Tommy looked to her "Where did you think all that energy came from? I still don't know where they get there appeitites though." Finally the kids finished eating and Tommy rushed them off to bed. Once they were gone he came back down and sat in the living room with Kiya, Zoe, Striker and Rae. Tommy took a deep breath and looked around to everyone "We have a very real problem I'm sure most of us are aware of." The group with the exception of Rae nodded. Tommy turned to her "A war has started as I'm sure you noticed. The problem is the new group calling themselves the 'New Types'. They believe that the world calls for a new order of being and they believe themselves to be that race of new beings. Me and my wife have been assisting witht he fight as best we can, but we do have our children to consider. With that we coud never take the time neccessary for a major operation, but if you would all be willing to help us, we might be able to pull off a large enough coup that could cripple there forces long enough for the government to put a permenant stop to there tyranny." He looked to the others waiting tosee what responses he might get.

The action outside was exploding out of control, this only made Alex more aggitated. He started pulling at the chains that bound him to the wall. His legs were bound at the knees and the ankles and his arms were bound at the elbow and wrist. His neck and abodomen were bound as well. He started to pull against the wall and started to growl, he could here the cries and smell the blood, but who was winning, he had to know. [I]'They're in my teritory'[/I] He stopped, and couldn't think of why he had such a thought, but still he was filled with rage as they drew closer to him. He could almost feel them getting closer, like they wre lurching over his shoulder. He couldn't take it anymore, with a loud scream he ripped the chains free of the wall and smashed throught the door. Guards immediatly rushed him and tried to get him under control, but he quickly crushed there bodies with single blows. He was becoming the monster they had made of him. The scary part was, he liked it. One of the others walked toward him "Which side to you take. Theres or ours..." He was cut short by a vicous bone crushing strike from Alex. Alex screamed again as he wailed his fists against the walls causing the chamber to rumble.

Scott suddenly realized he was screwed, he had no idea what to say, but he had to maintain composure. He sighed "Lived just outside of cleveland. My dad worked for a department store branch there and they just transferred him here for a while, so here I am." Hopefully this would satisfy her curiousity. She just smiled at him, but for some reason this smile made him feel even more nervous. All he could do is pretend to be attentive and wait for the bell. He decided he'd get togethere with the others after class. Scott popped his head to diaga for a second "We'll meet in back of the school after this period, spread the word." Diaga nodded and leaned over to Brady who leaned over toward Mae. Even in this room he could feel them all over the place. He had heard they were to deal with a new breed of 'eater', this could make things a little more interesting. He looked around the room tot he othre students, surveying the group. He looked back to that kei kid sitting way in the back. Kid seemed to be a bit of a smart ass, but he definitly wasn't a agent, even if he did arrive at the same time as they all did. He looked up to the teacher who was sitting behind her desk on her computer seeming very inattentive to her students [I]'Not very professional are they'[/I] Scott thought silently to himself. The clock seemed to almost like it refused to move, Scott had no interest in these petty assignments, he had work that needed to be done. He could see teh others seemed very anxious as well. He just sat and waited silently, it was only a matter of time, un fortunatly they didn't have enough time before the next attack.

Torran stood just behind Delvin, blade in hand as he anticipated an ambush. he didn't trust the people here and wouldn't be taken off guard. He walked behind Delvin, looking at those who awaited ahead. The woman suddely took notice of him "Who are you and what business have you here?" Torran stepped to the side so they might be able to see him "I am here with my friend. I'm not going anywhere." She looked to him for a moment "Okay." Torran was a bit surprised by the fact that she didn't try to stop him. He slowly lowerd his blade to his waist, but kept it firmly in hand. He took his place behind Delvin again and kept his head panning the room for any traps, he still didn't believe that these people were there friends.

Scott felt a little uncomfortable, but this girl seemed okay. So he decided to take a seat next to her. She looked to him "So you want to be by me?" Scott looked to her "Well, your the only person I know here. I'd feeel more comfortable being next to someone I'm comfortable with." He said as he smiled to her. She shrugged and turned her attention to the door as the teacher enterd the room. Slowly but surely the rest of the class began to appear. Finally the bell rang and everyone took there seats. It was shortly afeter this the teacher stood up and made an anouncement "It appears we have some new students. Would you all please stand up." Scott looked around and slowly rose to his feet as others followed his lead. The teacher pointed to him first "You come up here and introduce yourself. He walked up to the front and stood looking out on to the other students and spoke "Hello, I am Scott Orwell." He began to panick thinking as quickly as he could to remember what his cover story was "I just moved from Ohio. I'll be here as long as my dads business allows." He stumbled through this explanation, but most seemed satisfied with his response. The only one who seemed disturbed by his presentation was Ross. She was looking at him with the mother of all accussing looks, she must have thought he sounded unsure. This could be a problem.

Alex was still in detainment, due to his aggressive nature. he still couldn't fully grasp what they had done to him, but it was apparent that he had been changed. Every question seemed to full the anger of whatever kind of monster he was now. He trembled and shaked with a combination of fear and rage, doing his best to maintain composure in this harsh atmosphere. He heard a scuffle outside in the yard, something was happening. He tried to look out his tiny 3 by 5 window, but was unable to dissern what was happening. He could here a guard shouting for a moment, but stop ebruptly. He knew that was a bad sign, something was about to happen, but what was it?

Scott stood on the steps to the new school and sighed "So this is my first mission." He walked through the door and could almost immediatly sense the dark presense here. He knew that this was going to be his big chance. He walked down the hall, looking for this classroom, 22-04. He looked throught the hall at all the doors, trying to find out where he was exactly. He had never been to a civilian school before so it was strange not being guided around. There were a few kids in the hall. Maybe they knew where this place was. He saw a girl who was running down the hall and he grabbed her sleeve to stop her "Excuse me. You wouldn't happen to know where room 22-04 is would you?" She stopped and looked at him for a moment "Yeah, just follow me. I'm headed there right now." Scott nodded "Okay. I'm Scott by the way, Scott Orwell." She looked to him over her shoulder "I'm Rosslyn. Just call me Ross." Scott nodded back "Okay, Ross it is." He said as he followed her to the classroom.

Terry walked returneing from his meal out, he looked to the sky and saw it was going to rain soon. He then turned his walk to a jog, he knew his shop was quite a walk from this downtown section. He could here the thunder in the distance. he was within distance to his shop when it began to littly drizzel. He stormed throught the door "Safe." He walked over to the furnace where he had left a sword he was crafting earlier in the day and got work on it. He pulled it from the furnace and turned holding the blade straight in front of him. As he turned he noticed someting in the corner of his shop that seemed out of place. He slowly set the blade back in the furnace and kept his eyes focused on the object in the corner. Whatever it was is stood perfectly motionless. He took up a blade on his work table and walked toward the shadow in the corner "Who are you? I can see you there's no use in hiding." He heard a sudden deep breath. This caused him to jump to his defensive stance and prep himself for the figure to attack. The figure slowly emerged from the corner. His face was obscured by the heavy black and red robes he wore. He began to speack with a deep, graity voice "Are you the propriotor of this weapons shop?" Terry took his stance not letting up for a second "What of it?" The man walked closer "There is an order out for you. I require you services, will you except" Terrance smirked "Sorry, I don't do business with shady figures. My work is done with pride." The figure continued to breath heavily, like he was choking "Very well, If you decline, I have option but to insure you speak of me to noone." Terrance saw a gleam of red come off his eyes and suddenly realized this fellow had a spirit and a none to friendly one. Terry turned to Amonoko "Come to me. Quickly!" The dragon zipped over in a second and they stood strong prepared to fight the intruder. The was a sudden crack, Terrance turned his attention tot he ground and saw the ground beneath the mans feet craking, the man was building in mass. Terrance took up Amonoko summoned a column of flame. This didn't deter the man who then charged straight througha nd grabbed Terry by the neck and through his violently to the ground. He noticed the man was wraped in a thick, strange kind of metal. Terry kept the heat up and continued to try and blast the man who then lifted him and through him to the wall. Teh man stood still looking at Terry, who was motionless proped on the wall. The man turned to leave and terrance continued his heat wave assault on the mammoth beast. The mans armor glowed a bright red, but he stil lseemed unbotherd by the flames. He turned and marched toward Terrance witht he intention of ending the fight. As the mans mammoth fist came at him Terry rolled clear and changed his assault from fire to water. The steam burst from the mans body instanly, however this still seemed to not bother the man. Suddenly he began to slow until he came to a screeching hault. Terry chuckled "Funny thing with metals. They get really frigid and brittle if you super heat them then cool them quickly." As he spoke the armor shell began to crack. As it burst clear he found there was noone inside. Thsi sight almost caused him to fall over. Where had he gone? He looked on at teh hollow shell of an armor and saw a strange little mark on the inside. He walked to it to see a small drgon spirit rip free of the mark and disappear. Terry stopped and thought of one thing, before it disappearedt eh dragon utterd a single word "Emara" What was that suppose to mean? What was this things connection to Emara? This was just one big question with no answers. This meant that Terry would have to prepare himself, he was going to find out what was going on. If someone was willing to kill him over this it must have been pretty big. He turned to Amonoko "Prepare yourself. We'll be leaving int he morning for Emara." The dragon nodded as Terry stayed fixataed on the lifeless armor.

Gavin watched as Shia tried to force the door open, while Gavin tried to calm her with reason "You can't force them open, they'll just put you in here. Go apologize and they might look the other way." She didn't seem to be listening to him as she continues to try to get the cell open. A guard ran to her and she assaulted him witha swift kick to the gut. She jumped at his body and started scanning it, she was tring to find the keys. She stood up with the keys in hand and walked to the bars waving them around in front of Gavin. She then spoke smirkly "How much do you love me?" She said as she popped the cell open. Suki jumped up and made a mad dash for the cell door. Gavin caught her out of the corner of his eye, but was two slow in acting to stop her "Damn it. Now she's loose." He ran after her leaving Shia a little confused by the whole thing.

Tommy sat with tanya on his lap and began to recount the events of his trip. The kids were drawn into the adventure as he told it like an epic tale. Kiya simply watched and smiled. As tommy went on with the story he felt a disturbance, an unfamiliar spirit was near. He heard a noise from outside and stood up "Hold on for a second everyone I'll be back in a minute." he leanded to Kiya "Someone's outside." She nodded back to him. He walked outside, the spirit didn't seem manevolent, but still he couldn't be too sure about this. He walked around back and bumped into a girl trying to hide. She screamed at teh sight of Tommy as he was standing over her, as it seemed she had fallen. She tried to run off, but Tommy took her by the collar of her shirt and lifted her from the ground. He turned her face to look at him "Why are you here?" The girl began to ramble almost immediatly "I'm sorry. I wasn't spying, honest. I.. uhhh.... just got lost in the forest thats all." She squirmed in his grip and Tommy looked her over. He looked her back in the face "Your still just a kid aren't you?" She suddenly looked almost offended "Don't condesend to me. Your not that old yourself, so don't act like an adult." Tommy sighed "Your worse then my daughter. Well, I can't leave you out here. Come inside and I'll get you something to eat." He said like he was giving her a choice, as he still had her up in the air. He walked throught he door and Kiya gasped "Who's that?" Tommy looked to the girl in his hand "I found her around back. I don't think she's dangerous. I hope you don't mind, but I invited her for dinner." As he spoke he saw Kaleb peak from behind Kiyas legs. As he noticed Kaleb, tanya came running up to him "Daddy, who's that?" Tommy smiled to her and he set the girl down "She's a guest, so be polite okay. I need my big girl to be on her best behavior, okay." Tanya nodded her head wildly "Okay daddy." Tommy put his hand on her head "That's my good girl." He kissed her forehead "now go wash up for dinner. She ran off, Kaleb following closely. Once the children were gone he turned his attention back to there 'Guest'. Tommy walked up to her "So why are you out here? You don't appear to be homeless."

Gavin looked up to her "Ohh, not to bad i suppose. Remember teh last time I was here, it was for over 200 years, this is nothing." He smiled to her and she simply nodded in response. Kimi continued on "Anyway, I'll be getting you out soon, so preppare ot go right back to work on finding this guy." Gavin nodded back to her "Yeah. I read you." She nodded to him on last time then left, making sure to intimidate the guards on her way out. Gavin sat back down and looked to Suki, who seemed a little dazed and confused. Gavin stood up and went to her "Are you alright?" She looked around "I jusy hope they let me go soon so I can see Sachiel again." Gavin stopped and turned from her for a moment. He sighed heavily and walked back to the other end of the cell. He let himself fall into thought again 'Damn that monster. Even in death he torments the innocent. The poor girl; even if this potion works, she might never be the same.' Gavin sat in silence, feeling sorry for the girl. He couldn't get over the thought of her being haunted by that monster, and he knew she would probably never fully recover.

The first shot had been fired, Chrys being the first ot strike. Emilio poised himself "Guess that's my cue." The once calm river turned to a torrent of fury as the water rose around him. The water began to realease long arrows ripping through the unprepared soilders. The arrows, however, weren't thick enough to pierce the armored shells of the tanks. They tried to adjust themselves to launch there attack, but seemed out of sorts. The sudden attack on multiple sides seemed to have flusterd them and now they were getting mixed commands. Emilio saw this weakness and exploited it. He sent the water rushing out under the large tanks and went jack the ripper on there under workings. The tanks sputterd and stopped moving almost immediatly following the devastating assault. The men inside tried to run free, but were quickly mowed down, either by Chrys burning flame, Sarins black shadows, or Emilios ravenous water. It seemed that they held the obvious advantage over these weak soilders. At least, thats how it appeared. Emilio felt the gust in the air, something was coming. It took him but a second to recognize the scent. Kami was nearby, and probably ready to strike. Emilio looked for her frantically, knowing that when she struck it would be without mercy. The wind charged again and this time she appeared in the sky above. Emilo braced himself as she hoverd casting her look down on him gently, but then slowly drew her attention to another target.

There was a charge of energy through the air, it was coming from his house. Tommy ran quickly, worried for there safety of his family. He charged through the forest. As the trees broke he could see someone standing in front of his house and as he emerged from the forest he saw that it was Striker. He was shocked to see this man still among the living. Tommy braced himself, in fear that he would have to fight him here and now. Suddenly Striker brought his hands up "Hold on there. I'm not here to fight you. Just wanted to scare you a little." Tommy was a little off guard, not sure whether or not to trust him, but then Kiya came out from behind him and nodded to him. She quickly ran up to him and put her arms around him. Tommy chuckled lightly "Sorry it took so long." She laughed backa nd kissed him. It was shortly after he heard tow voices shout out in conjunction "DADDY!!!" Tanya and Kayleb came running down the steps to the house and jumped at him, grabbing him and around his legs. Tommy bent down and put his hands on there heads "You kiddos been behaving for mom?" They both smiled and looked to him both nodded "Yes daddy." Tommy laughed and took them both on his shoulders "Let's head inside." As he walked pat Striker he whisperd to him "The kids are going to bed soon. We'll talk then."