RPG Bebop: Sentinel's Rain (RP)

[Raiha]

[COLOr=purple][i]She spread her wings, filmy membranes sparkling.....it was time to go. With a blinding flash of light, she phased through the roof and surged upwards into the sky.....black and crimson flashing from her body.....

Pheonix followed easily, executing a quick, twisting spiral at the same time. Jaudiar chuckled and weaved around him, then clapped her wings twice and disapeared completely.[/i]

Jaudiar: RISE![/COLOR]

[Talon]

[color=teal][i]Pheonix blinked out, using his blood's ability to Blink to where Jaudiar was. He reappeared at his love's side, floating above the city limits of a large metropolis-like casino ring. It reminded Pheonix of Las Vegas on Earth. He smiled at the memory, then began to shift into his human form completely, his Etherblood cooling to common blood. He took the burning form of Jaudiar in his arms as she, too, cooled to her human form. Fox's wings kept them aloft, iridescently flapping in the sunlight, flashing brilliant beams of emerald light onto Jaudiar's face. As Fox set down, alighting onto the ground, he found himself having trouble letting go of Jaudiar. She'd wrapped her arms around Fox's neck so that he'd have a surer landing. As they landed near a casino, Fox caught sight of his bounty and several body guards. He still had a huge amount of trouble releasing Jaudiar...[/i][/color]

[Raiha]

[COLOR=purple][i]Jaudiar released her grip and slid from his hands like water.....her body slipped easily to the ground. She landed lazily, one leg crossing over the other. With a gentle smile, she nodded to Fox....[/i]

Fox: Are you...

Jaudiar: Go. Take your prize.

Fox: But what about-

Jaudiar: It's nothing. GO!

[i]He turned, to take his bounty....the one that had tied him to the Hellcat forever....she smiled and drew her blade. Running the edge across a lock of her hair, she smiled and released the strands of brown....to the earth. They fell, waving lightly as they went.....moving easily, like she had through the air.[/i][/COLOR]

[Sui Generis]

[i]Rev looked back at the girl staring at him wondering why in the world she was. He shook his head softly and looked back down at the counter. The bar tender had given him his drink and he began sipping on it slowly. Out of the corner of his eye he watched her. She grinned slightly as he looked away.[/i]

"Angel your bounty is mine...."

[i]Rev muttered this under his breath as he studied her. He continued drinking trying to make her stop staring at him. Finally she stood up and slide the bartender some money. The two discussed something and he caught the bartender taking a quick glance toward him. Angel smiled to the bartender and slipped two more coins. Rev sighed and continued drinking. Angel started walking as if heading towards the door but turned and began walking towards Rev. Rev watched her as she slowly crept her way towards him, trying to be as un-noticable as possible. When she was 10-feet from his back she began pulling out a gun.[/i]

"I wouldn't do that if I were you..."

[i]Angel hesitated for a moment suprised that he knew she was there, but then held the gun to the back of his head.[/i]

Angel: "And why not?"

Rev: "Look down..."

[i]Angel looked down to see a gun pointing at her stomach.[/i]

"I don't think it would do to well for someone as beautiful as you to be missing a stomach now do you?"

[i]Rev smirked and turned facing her. He looked at her with his icy-blue eyes.[/i]

"You've got quite a heafty bounty on your head, Angel. Or should I say Ms. Ariadne Kittana. Infact that would help quite nicely on a few payments I need to make off..."

[Talon]

[color=teal][i]Fox landed and folded his wings into his back and running into the casino. He pulled out his 30mm Browning high-power automatic and made sure it was clipped and ready. He put it into his rear pocket and walked casually in after James Philip, taking him by the shoulder and chatting as if they were old friends. In fact, they were. Fox and James had been best friends growing up, but they'd seperated from each other fourteen years ago over a young woman named Ariadne Kittana. Now, however, Fox acted like an old friend gone astray. Until he slapped cuffs on James and led him out of the back door of the casino. Then, as Fox drove to the police headquarters that he was a Detective Grade 3 at, James started up a conversation.[/i]

[b]James:[/b]So you got her. Otherwise, you wouldn't be so happy, eh, old friend?

[b]Fox:[/b]No, James. I have another woman, even better than Angel. Jaudiar's the most perfect person in the world.

[b]James:[/b]Ha! So the demon cat and mystic eagle have cooped up! I knew some mystical person would get her? How'd you get that Etherblood, anyway?

[b]Fox:[/b]My dad....you know how that hypergate exploded long ago? Well, my dad survived and gained the abilities of the Pheonix. But they were dormant and passed to me, giving me Etherblood. And they are irreversible in me....

[i]As Fox put that note of depression in his voice, James quieted down. They pulled into the station, where one of the bodyguards was waiting. A huge explosion rocked the HQ as a rocket launcher blew the car to smithereens and released James from his cuffs. James and the bodyguard disappeared, the flames licking Fox's body as Commander Aris walked out.[/i]

[b]Aris:[/b]Well, kid, I told you it would be a challenge. Even for you, the best hunter out there. Anyway, I revoked the bounty on your head. Ami's...she's dead. We found her in one of James' space casinos.

[b]Fox:[/b]I know....she tried to bring me in. A friend of mine killed her and saved my life. In fact, here's Jaudiar now.

[i]Jaudiar was walking down the street, carrying a bounty head with her. She turned him in and waited for Fox to come out.[/i]

[b]Jaudiar:[/b]You're a detective?

[b]Fox:[/b]Yes, I am. And a damned good one, at that.[/color]

[Juu]

[color=deeppink] [size=1]Angel loosened her grip on her gun, and kept her eyes fixed on Rev's, ideas speeding through her mind. Just then, she smiled, and placed her fingers on Rev's gun. She pushed it back a little, and sat back in a seat next to him. Just then, she smirked, and tilt her head to the side, flipping her hair to the left, away from Rev.

"Did anyone tell you, you have beautiful eyes?" Angel said, pulling out a small case, and looking into the mirror. She pulled out some lipstick, and started to apply it onto her lips.

"I'm not letting you go." Rev spat immiediately, his gun now pointing at her head.

Angel stopped, and put away her mirror and lipstick, and turned around to face Rev.

"Fine." She replied simply, looking back up at Rev. "What's in it for you, anyhow? Is the bounty that important?"

Rev took a deep breath, and leaned back in his chair.

"It means as much to me just as much as it means to you." He replied, his gun still in his hand. "We're both assassins. I think you'd know."

Angel smiled, and got up slowly, and stretched. Rev got up as well, waving a pair of handcuffs in his left hand. He put one handcuff to Angel's right hand, and the other to his left.[/color] [/size]

[ColourDeaf]

"Well, at least you bothmade it easier on me." Ian stated bluntly, seeing Angel and Rev handcuffed together. He stood up, pulling back his hat and letting his Golden eyes glow dully.
"The Platinum Angel and Maverick. Now, together you two would make me quite a handsome sum (quite a few people want you dead, you know)." Rev started to aim his gun, but in an instant Ian's twin semis were up and aimed at each of their chests. An reassuring [I]ca-click[/I] was heard and Mae stood up from her table at the opposite end of the bar, a shotun in her hands.
[COLOR=deeppink]"Now, it would make us reeeeeaaal happy if you just put your gun down."[/COLOR] Mae said sweetly, bringing the shotgun to her shoulder.
"What is it you want?" Rev asked, lowering the gun.
Stashing the guns in the back of his belt, he walked over to the bar, followed by Mae.
"([I]Second best, please[/I]) You know much about these guys?" he pulled out an old battered picture of Fong and James Phillip. Angel spoke up first, as Mae ordered a Pipsu.
"I know Phillips, who doesn't? But the other guy's new to me."
"Too bad. I need to get in contact with an aquinatnce of his.
"Why's that."
Ian's gonlen eyes glittered "That, my dearie, is why I'm here, talking to you." he sipped the harsh whisky Second Best and grimaced, before downing the lot in one gulp.
"I getting some people togther, and we're taking down James Phillip."

[Juu]

[color=deeppink] [size=1]Rev stepped back, and pulled out his gun as well in an instant. His face turned stone cold, as he stared at Ian. Ian also began to reach for the gun. Rev shot the wall, a few millimeters from Ian's face.

"Reach for the gun, I shoot." Rev said, hardnening his grip on his gun.

Angel smiled, as Rev pulled out the key to the handcuffs, and unlocked the two. Angel smirked as she felt her hands free, and pulled out a pair of sai from her minx coat. She slid next to Ian, placing her head on his shoulder. Just then, she pulled one sai's point to Ian's neck, gently leaving the sai by his throat.

"First of all, what's in it for us?" Angel said, her ice blue eyes piercing his.

"In it for you!?" Ian exclaimed, turning his head to face Angel.
"But we're the ones that caught-"

"It's a little awkward to say anything now. Either way we've got you cornered." Rev said, holding back a grin.

"Besides, if you want our help, there's a small fee attatched, 'dear'." Angel whispered, smirking at the young man.[/color] [/size]

[ColourDeaf]

Ian chuckled slightly, gesturing for the bartender to leave the bottle of whisky there.
"I see you haven;t been keeping up with the times, dear." Mae reached into the inside pocket of her jacket and passed a data slate to angel, who caught it deftly in one hand.
"As you can plainly see, there's a 94 millio reward on Jame's Head. We'll split it three ways. You, me and Hellcat."
"What about me?" Rev asked, still holding the gun
"Fine...four ways. I suppose." he said, rolling his eyes. He lifted one hand and pushed the Sai away from his throat, and put a finger from his other hand into the barrel of the man's gun.
"I would prefer it if you didn't try and kill me." he picked up the bottle now on the table and took a large swig from it. Mae sat down on the chair next to him, drinking from her can of Pipsu.
"Now, then. If you wouldn;t mind getting your head off my shoulder, we could get down to buisness."

[Raiha]

[COLOR=royalblue]Jaudiar: How...wonderful. Who's your friend?

Fox: Commander Aris, this is the Hellcat.

[i]The named bounty hunter dropped the head at her feet and put her hands on her across her head easily. She smiled and bowed low. Aris nodded, then went to a computer terminal. Fox looked over at Jaudiar, who was inspecting the thick layer of blood on her nails...

"Damn them. This won't be coming off easily."

"You look good like that Jaudiar..."

"Thank's Fox. I try..."[/i][/COLOR]

[Talon]

[color=teal][i]As Fox was complimenting Jaudiar's apparent bloodthirstiness, his nostrils dilated violently. He picked up the scent of his former best friend with gunpowder-stained hands. Three seconds before James Philip pulled the trigger at Jaudiar, Fox pushed her out of the way, pivoting and pulling a tracergun. The two former friends both fired at the exact same time. Fox found himself pierced through the heart, James found himself with a tracer in his stomach that, if he tried to have it removed or deactivated, would blow him to black Hell. Fox fell, James ran.[/i]

[b]Jaudiar:[/b]Fox! Fox, don't you dare die on me!

[b]Fox:[/b]*cough* Don't worry, love. *cough* I'll be alright. I'm...the...Pheon...ix.....re..mem..ber?

[i]Jaudiar refused to cry as she called Ian MacMarmil to inform him of the tracer in James Philip's stomach.[/i]

[b]Jaudiar:[/b]*choked voice*Ian, we've got a tracer in James Philip. My partner, Fox Eretima, shot him with a tracergun. Fox is the only one that knows the tracer's frequency, so get your *** out here to get it!

[b]Ian:[/b]Alright, fine. But why are you so choky? Ah well, not my business. [size=1]Sit down, Rev, or I'll blow you both to Hell![/size] Sorry, I'm a little busy. We'll be there soon. Hellcat....you sound like you're crying...you didn't fall in love did you?[/color]

[ColourDeaf]

Ian hung up the phone.
"MORONS!"
"What is it?" Mae asked, throwing the empty can of Pipsu in the trash
"Hellcat got to Phillips with a tracer."
"Isn;t that good?" Angel asked
"No, now he has unlimited supplies, fingers in every buisness and now he's paranoid." Ian held the bridge of his nose. he suddenly stood up and wlaked out, mae in tow, and still holding the bottle of whisky i his hand.
"Come if you want, but with your own ships." He pulled out the remote for the Bohemian Rhapsody and opened it, the bubble windshield flicking open. He deftly hopped in and closed as soon as Mae got in, he gunned the engines immeadiately and flew off into the disttance..

***

As Ian swooped over the scene, he hnaded the controls over to Mae and flicked open the hatch, jumping out and rolling with his landing. Hellcat was there crying over a guy, who he guessed was Fox.
"What the bloody hell have you done?"
"We;ve got to get him to the hospital." Hellcat said, choking slightly.
"And what will we say? That this guy was shot in the middle of the firefight [I]he started.[/I]"
"We got Phillips."
Ian walked over swiftly to fox, pulling up his sleeves and pulling out a QuickDoc from a pocket. He placed it on a vein on his arm and injected him with a pain supressor and some nanos.
"That'll hold him for a while. I know you got Phillips. [I]That[/I] in itself was stupid of you. Look, I know what you can do, but this guy owns this crater. You'll be lucky if you last the night, now." he stood up and turned his back to her.
"What's gotten into you, Hellcat? The girl I worked with would never do anything like this, [I]she[/I] would know what the odds of her getting out of it would be." He looked up and saw the others from the bar moving in.
"I know a guy that can fix him up, no questions asked, then we'll talk."

[Talon]

[color=teal][i]Fox awoke at that instant.[/i]

[b]Fox:[/b]No. And Philips knows nothing of the tracer, yet. He'll thinks it's an ordinary bullet, because that's what it is. The tracer's on the bullet, though. And as for me, give me a blowtorch.

[i]Jaudiar, who'd been too preoccupied to hear him, screamed as he torched his own body, burning into ashes rapidly. She cried softly until the ashes moved and flashed, reforming into the Pheonix, then melding back into Detective Fox Eretima.[/i]

[b]Fox:[/b]Now, down to business. I'm the best on the force for a reason,. and reward has no meaning to a man whose total assets are estimated at eighty-eight billion woolongs. Anyway, you, Ian, ought to know that James Philip is my former best friend. I know him and his mind. He never gets paranoid or even. He doesn't seek vengeance. He wanted to kill Jaudiar earlier because she was holding a friend of his. See that bounty head? It's his sister, Marie. She alone is worth thirty-eight million. Now, Ian, I have information you need, I have codes, passports, and a badge. I have no interest for money, so what's in it for me? Action. Let's get started. You lead, I navigate.[/color]

[ColourDeaf]

OOC: Sorry to be a bit of a nag, Etarahs, but could you PLEASE not assume you "know" the main bad guy's feels or attitude. Now, I know it was in your history that you knew him as a child, but it just seems a bit silly that you have EVERYTHING you need to get into his building. I find it personally very vexing when people try to be god-like in what they have and know, and it's not in the spirit of RPing.
Try to think about it rationally. It doesn;t matter if he knew it was a tracer or not, all that matters is that he nows that SOMEONE IS TRYING TO [I]KILL HIM.[/I] Codes and passports would not matter, as he would change them to stop the killers getting in. But, as the old GM saying goes "Let them have it, and make them pay for it", there's no such thing as a free lunch :devil:
post Ic later

[Raiha]

[COLOR=royalblue][i]Jaudiar hissed, cursing herself for weakness. She clacked her nails together....men. Only satisfied when working their asses off. The head on the table seemed to gaze into space reproachfully....glaring, and angry. She drew her knife across her thigh....shinning it to a bright silver. The men paid no attention.

A single earing implanted into her cartilage tinged slightly....and she flicked it to one side.

"Did you do it?"

"Of course I did!"

"Good girl."

"Use my name Fong."

"Good little Hellcat."

"Naygh."

The men still paid no attention.....[/i][/COLOR]

[Talon]

[color=teal][i]Fox's attention was caught by Jaudiar. He looked at her apologetically, then excused himself from Ian.[/i]

[b]Fox:[/b]Sorry, Ian, but Jaudiar and I have...work....to do. Besides, I need rest. My Pheonix blood DOES have a price, you know.

[i]With that, he took the hint Jaudiar gave him and let her lead him away. As they returned to the [u]Alaris[/u], he saw that Ian had followed them in the [u]Bohemian Rhapsody[/u]. He locked the [u]Alaris[/u] down and let Ian do what he would to set up their camp. He walked into his room, letting Jaudiar do what she would, pumped up the volume on his stereo to Emerson Drive's "Fall Into Me" and looked at Jaudiar apologetically as if to say "Sorry. I like country music." Before grabbing his sword and practicing with it, intentionally slashing across the scar on his chest and drawing warm, bright-red blood.[/i][/color]

[Raiha]

[COLOR=royalblue][i]The female asassin quickly moved up to him and brought her lips to his wound. Before he could make another move, she pushed him backwards onto the bed, and tasted his blood, flowing down her throat....warm, bright. A hot thing.

He sighed.....the beast inside of her was slowly taking over...[/i]

Fox: You're crazy.

Jaudiar: *throaty voice* I'm not the one who listens to country music.

Fox: And what do you listen to?

Jaudiar: *smirk* Marllyn Manson[/COLOR]

[Talon]

[color=teal][i]Fox smiled and leaned up, kising her gently and receiving some of his own blood for his taste. He drank it quickly and continued the kiss, turning off the country music and putting on some Marilyn Manson. again getting up and practicing his swordplay, though he was always being interrupted by Jaudiar's impulses. He shook his head clear and then sat down, letting Jaudiar do what she would.[/i]

[b]Fox:[/b]I guess we're all crazy...

[i]He reached over to the nightstand, pulling out the ring he'd decided to wait for. He held it up to her, smiling sadly as the blood trickled down his arm and chest, sighing at his violently unromantic scene.[/i]

[b]Fox:[/b]Jaudiar, would you marry me?[/color]

[Raiha]

[COLOR=royalblue][i]She smiled slightly...he was not one to mince words. Jaudiar weighed the desicion in her mind. If she said yes....Fong would let her go with no holds barred. If she said no...Fong would be her father forever.

The two choices weighed themselves in her mind...the scales tipped. Even. She decided to go with her gut feeling. And the choice leapt from her lips without a single look back.[/i]

Jaudiar: *nods*

Fox: ....you...you will?

[i]The female asassin held out her hands and smiled. Fox quickly slipped the ring onto her forefinger...and in that instant, both of their auras snapped and sparkled around them. Consumed with fire, the two embraced....and then Jaudiar slowly looked into his eyes, and mouthed the words, "I will." He sighed, and gently kissed her shoulder. She looked away....the blood on his arms was burning like flame....and it was beautiful.[/i]

Jaudiar: That was as sexy as hell.

Fox: ....you're lying.

Jaudiar: What reason do I have to lie?

Fox: It's just not...

Jaudiar: Hell with that. I like blood.[/COLOR]

[Talon]

[i][color=teal]Fox smiled and decided to play around a bit. He cut various areas of his body artfully as Jaudiar looked on confused. Fox stood up all of a sudden, igniting his aura powerfully and creating a show of ignited blood, his eyes gleaming from crystal blue to fiery silver-orange. Jaudiar smiled brightly as she moved back into Fox's arms, gently kissing each of the wounds on his arms, chest, and shoulders. The blood stopped flowing, the wounds healed over and scarred, and Fox lay down in bed. He looked out at the globe of the Earth in the distance through the window, smiled, and kissed his fiancee. Suddenly, as they stopped kissing, he sat bolt upright in bed, a bullet embedded into his shoulder and a smoking gun in front of him.[/i]

[b]Fox:[/b]****! My arm! I forgot...Jaudiar, down! It's my training program!

[i]The huge, hulking robot turned and followed its master out into the cargo area as Fox drew his sword, the wound igniting in the fury of his yet-uncalmed aura. He dashed forward, slashing furiously in a brilliant onslaught of sparks, flashes, and flaming blood. The robot parried each blow, though a few slashes had ignited the oil inside its system. Within minutes, the fight elevated to a tremendously violent level, the robot soaringly cleaving at the gleaming Fox, sweat poring down Fox's body and igniting against his bare chest and bathing him in an iridescent glow of Etherfire. The robot succumbed, its timer wearing out. Fox stood there, his chest heaving, his blood glowing in mystic flames that were far ahead of their epoch, and his eyes glowing. He looked over to see Jaudiar in the doorway. She'd seen the whole thing.[/i][/color]

[Raiha]

[COLOR=royalblue][i]She smiled and sauntered in, looking over at the smouldering wreck that had once been a robot.....she ran one finger across his heaving chest.[/i]

Jaudiar: You really need to work on your agility. He almost opened your pants.

Fox: !! [i]She's not pissed?[/i]

Jaudiar: ....Of course not.

[i]He opened his mouth, then shut it again...looking embarassed. She smiled brilliantly. If anything, she was pleased....that he could hold his own in a fight. But it would take more than that to survive what she knew was to come.....[/i][/COLOR]

[Talon]

[i][color=teal]Fox leaned over, lifted her up playfully as if she was a feather, and brought her to their bedroom. As he put her down on the bed, letting her drift into her deep sleep, he sighed wonderfully. He smiled, gently stroked her hair, and walked out onto the roof of the ship. He watched the stars and began to reminisce....[/i]

[b]Flashback[/b]

[u][b]Young Fox:[/b]I swear, dad, I'll be the best detective ever!

[b]Artemis Eretima:[/b]Of course, son, of course!

[i]Fox Eretima was standing out on a field, looking out at the stars. He was fourteen years old. He held his longsword aloft easily after his father had taught him how to hold the heavy blade. The natural strength his father's blood had given him also aided him, allowing him to perform flips in midair, double jumps, and charge attacks. But all he wanted was to grow up and live for thrill. He didn't want life to be too easy. Right then, as these thoughts pervaded Fox's mind, his best friend James walked up.[/i]

[b]James Philip:[/b]Fox! Hey, buddy! I forgive you for Ariadne pickin' you, man. Oh, hey, I forgot! Look what my dad gave me! I'm gonna practice my aim!

[i]James was brandishing a Winchester repeating rifle, carrying a dove in a bircage with it. He stopped and set the rifle on a rock, releasing the dove into the air. Fox's father saw what James was going to do an instant before it happened and dove between the bird and the bullets. Fox screamed aloud as he saw his father's blood fall to the ground, watched as his father smiled gently for the last time, and cried as James got up and ran away. Fox buried his father, realising he was all alone with his mother and father dead, his best friend a deserter, and Ariadne, his girlfriend, unsure of what she wanted. Fox cried and cried through high school, all the way to college. As a matter of fact, he'd only stopped his crying when he met Jaudiar....[/u][/i]

[b]End Flashback[/b]

[i]Fox awoke suddenly in his bed, Jaudiar having awakened and carried him in. His wound was dressed and his fiancee asleep at his side. He tossed his mind about remembering that night of his father's death just as a warning came through on his comm.[/i]

[b]Comm unit:[/b]Warning. Tracer destroyed upon impact. James Philip at large. All codes and security personnel altered. James Philip ID number changed.

[b]Fox:[/b]****. Just friggin' ****. He goes and FINALLY gets paranoid on me, so he decides to disappear.

[i]He shut the comm off and sat down, thinking of his dream. Suddenly, a thought hit him. He realized, at the time when James had said "I forgive you", he;d been wearing an evil smirk. He'd been wearing the smirk as he fired. Fox then realized it. Artemis Eretima's love for birdlife would drive him to stand between the dove and the gun, thus tearing away the last person in the world that loved the victor of Ariadne's heart. Or so James had thought.[/i]

[b]Fox:[/b]So he really is vengeful....and now that I'm engaged to jaudiar, Ariadne is free....so Father needn't have died....and it's all James' fault. Oh well....

[i]He wiped away the tears in his eyes, leaned over, and kissed Jaudiar gently on her cheek as she slept. He fell back into his pillow, took his sleeping lover in his arms, placed his head on her shoulder, and fell asleep to her rythmic breathing...[/i]
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OOC:Holy ****, my mind hurts! Ah, well, all for the sake of the RPG. Anyway, ColourDeaf, is that better? All of my wiles are useless, now, in the hunt. Better?[/color]

[Raiha]

[COLOR=royalblue][i]She opened her eyes, and blinked several times. Jaudiar and Fox were in a rather awkward position....she couldn't quite figure out how his leg had gotten between hers, and why his hands were resting on her backside.....

No matter, he wasn't going to pull anything, as far she Jaudiar could see, Fox ws dead to the world. She smiled darkly, and leaned over, nibbling his ear...he yelped when she bit down, and came wide awake. He looked at her, she looked at him, then indicated downwards with her head. His eyes opened a bit more....and he grinned sheepishly.[/i][/COLOR]

[Talon]

[color=teal][i]Fox moved his leg, wondering what he'd been doing in his sleep. He shook it off, moved over, and went to sleep again, dozing peacefully. Jaudiar propped herself up on one elbow, wondering what was in his mind.[/i]

[b]Jaudiar:[/b]What grief plagues you that you sleep so quickly and desperately? And why did you clutch at me as if you were losing somebody?

[i][u][b]Dreamscape[/b]

Fox took the bullet in his leg, crying out in pain. Jaudiar, unconscious, lay prone on the ground behind him as James fired more bullets at him. He stood firm, getting peppered with the lethal spray and yet standing firm. Then two bodyguards rushed him, bringing him to the ground as two more held Jaudiar up. James smirked evilly.[/i]

[b]James:[/b]Heh...this is for the way you stole Ariadne from me! She was supposed to be mine! Killing your father wasn't enough! No, it wasn't enough at all for the way you stripped me of my honor. So maybe I'll kill your lover instead!

[i]James levelled his gun as Fox's head was forced up, his eyes held open by some pill he'd been given. He couldn't blink, he couldn't move. All he could do was scream while Jaudiar bellowed in pain as James plugged bullets all the way up her leg, then her other leg. Then he fired into her arms up to the shoulder. Fox found himself unable to transform, his energy spent. He cried in pain as he saw Jaudiar screaming, her eyes pleading him to help her. Fox went insane and made a choice.[/i]

[b]Fox:[/b]Mighty Pheonix, Unearthly Blood! I give my life, my eternal existence, to save the life of she whom I love! My aura rest in Hell, Heaven, or the Abyss, where the blood shall choose, but let my soul save Jaudiar!

[i]His aura flickered and vanished as a huge blast of energy echoed from his body, destroying the guards, one of which fired a bullet straight into the throat of Fox's body, and James Philip. Jaudiar's wounds healed over as the remnants of Fox's spirit settled into them. She awakened from her shock, finding the guards nothing more than ashes and James a skeleton wielding a gun. She looked around frantically and screamed when she saw her fiancee, huddled in a corner, his lips blue and his skin white in pallor. He was dead. Se took his body in her arms and cried, the first tears she's cried since she met him...

[b]End Dream[/b][/u]

Fox sprang awake, perspiration covering his face and chest. Jaudiar stood next to him, looking worried. He took her hand as he breathed heaviuly, too heavily to speak. When he recovered his breath, he looked at jaudiar sadly.[/i]

[b]Fox:[/b]What's wrong?

[b]Jaudiar:[/b]What do you mean "what's wrong"? You were screaming my name in your sleep and bellowing in pain.

[b]Fox:[/b]It...it's nothing, really. It was just a dream.

[i]Fox lifted his hand to wipe sweat from his neck, sighing in relief that it was just a dream. He sucked the sigh back in when he felt the bullet wound from the bodyguard's last shot in his throat. He collapsed, his hands shaking uncontrollably. He'd had a prophetic dream...[/i][/color]

[Raiha]

[COLOR=royalblue]Jaudiar: ...With the birds in the shade...it's a lonley view....

Fox: Hmm?

Jaudiar: You're lying to me. You are not going to tell me what it was, but you know the truth....

Fox: *sigh* If I gave my life for yours, what would you do?

Jaudiar: I would live. And when I was prepared, fall on the knife.

[i]She smiled and touched his face gently, running her hand across his chin. Her words were soothing, gently easing his fear. The song she was humming was sweet.....warm.[/i][/COLOR]