RPG Teen Titans X: HIVE World [M-LSV]

[Onix]

[COLOR=SlateGray][SIZE=1][I]Shit.[/I]

Kage darted around a bend, ducking through an alley-way. The katana in his hand was covered in oil, and his sleeve had been ripped clean off, revealing his Black Tech arm. Sweat made his hair hang limp and heavy, and the stinging salty fluid covered his body, making his back itch where his shirt clung tight.

With almost precognative skill, he dodged a sonic blast. It annihilated a trash can. Without looking back, he lobbed a ball of dark fire over his shoulder. The smell of ozone and crackling of eletrical parts made it known that something got blasted.

The alley ended in a high metal wall. Kage looked back, and saw at least ten Cy-Drones marching down the alley, Yellow Tech shining in the fading light. With a muttered curse, he jumped up onto the wall, driving his Black Tech arm in hard. Steel splintered under his fist, and he pulled up. A dense metal claw appeared on his other hand, taking the place of his katana. Slowly, he began to climb.

The sonic blasts whirring around him made it even harder than it should've been, but he managed to avoid most of the blasts. One, however, scorched up his back, leaving a sizzling burn that would ache for hours to come. If he lived that long. Finally, he climbed on top of the building. Looking down, the crowd of Cy-Drones was more massive than he guessed. At least fifty were crowding around, taking aim at him.

"Fuck this," he growled.

He raised his Black Tech arm high, and a massive orb of dark fire appeared. With a quick flick of the wrist, it went spiraling into the crowd. He quickly dropped from the wall's edge, flames licking up behind him. The other side was an inferno. He could feel the heat seeping through the wall. And ozone was a smell one doesn't forget.

The street ahead was empty, a fact he was thankful for. He fished around in his pocket for a moment and pulled out his communicator.

"Team," he snarled. "Where the hell are you guys? I just nuked about fifty Cy-Drones, not before they got in a few pegs either!"

The other side of the line hissed with static, and a voice jumped on.

"Cy-Drones...making trouble...can't talk...gotta keep running..."

[I]Shit.[/I]

The screeching sound of metal shrapnel disjointed him from his 'thoughts'. Quickly spinning on his heel, Kage was met with the unwelcome sight of scorched Cy-Drones marching through a man-sized hole in the wall. And leading them was a trio of HIVE students.

"Well Warcraft, think we can take him," chuckled a the shortest of the three. His hair was long and wild, reaching down to his ankles. Fangs shone in his mouth, yellow and bloodstained. His eyes were a feral yellow, and he was covered in dusty brown fur. He flexed his claws.

"I dunno Hyena," said Warcraft. He was a seven-foot-tall monstrosity, armor plated and wielding an elecrically charged mace that glittered in the sun. His red scanner-eyes gleamed inside the midnight blue battle-suit. "What do you think, Blaze-Heart?"

The third was a floating being of pure fire. His flashing red eyes shone amidst his plasmoid body, held together by the black suit he was wearing. His voice crackled like a bon-fire as he spoke. "I think we can take him."

"Then let's go!" whooped Hyena.

"Yeah, let's!" snarled Kage. "[I]Hexium Noctus![/I]"

As soon as the words escaped his lips, Kage was engulfed by shadow. All was black. All was night.

"The hell!?" growled Hyena.

"What is this?" crackled Blaze-Heart

"I don't see anything! My scanners aren't working!" cried Warcraft.

"[I]Captus erum kavu noctus![/I]"

The trio screamed. Their cries echoed in the gloom, muffled to the world. Chains, bladed and tight, wraped around their bodies. Shining like moonlight, the barbs dug in. Hyena howled in agony as his skin was torn to shreds. Warcraft's armor groaned and buckled, and he wept as the sound of shrieking metal engulfed all. Blaze-Heart simply began to vanish, his containment suit shredded.

"[I]Noctus eradus![/I]"

The darkness vanished. The chains vanished. Everything was whole again. But Kage was gone, as were their minds.[/SIZE][/COLOR]

[CENTER]*****[/CENTER]

[COLOR=SlateGray][SIZE=1]As you can see, Kage has great mystical powers thanks to his Black Tech. However, he is vulnerable, and even he wasn't able to take on an army of Cy-Drones and the three HIVE students, at least not weakened. Feel free to have your characters jump in, and create some students to battle. But keep things interesting, and don't be duking it out with the Seven just yet. You'd probably die anyway.

-ULX[/SIZE][/COLOR]

[Frankie]

[color=red]Teyla Fox... Sneaky yet easy to spot... A confusing girl she was. She laughed about it and hid behind a trash can for a few moments of breath... The rest lasted half a second before the trashcan went flying. She leapt up and dodged out of the way of a large blast of energy.[/color]
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[color=red]She danced a bit on her tippy toes for a moment as she waited for another blast to be fired. Sure enough a blast rocketed her way and she leapt up out of the way. She hovered over the ground... Using her magnetic power to keep her away from the ground. She wondered what she could do to eliminate this group of fakers...[/color]
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[color=red]She noticed a large dumpster and used her magnetism and lifted it with a bit of dificult due to the fact she was keeping herself up and now a large dumpster.[/color]
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[color=red]She landed behind the group of robots and used her magnetism to yank the dumpster her way. She leapt out of the way and the copies were slammed into the brick wall behind her... All crushed and destroyed.[/color]
[color=red][/color]
[color=red]One person was left but she was now robot... She stood there with a grin on her face.[/color]
[color=red][/color]
[color=red]"So Tao... I see your still on your toes... That wont be for long though..." The girl said. She had short spikey blonde hair and bright yellow eyes. Her mini skirt was bright yellow and her short shirt was yellow as well. She held an assortment of blades in her hands and many on a bright leather yellow belt. She had a Long yellow tail, her hands were claw like, and she had cat like ears.[/color]
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[color=red]"At least I can fly Solar Cat" Tao said to her Rival... a Hive student that is part cat and part solar flare....[/color]
[color=red][/color]
[color=red]Solar Cat created a whip of fire in her hand and whipped it at Tao. Tao dodged by taking off in a different direction through the air. She took a whip off her own belt and whipped it at the Solar Cat. The cat girl dodge with her cat like reflexes. Tao tried again and this time her whip got around Cat's ankle.[/color]
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[color=red]"Gotcha!" Tao grinned and pressed a button on the whip and it sent electrical energy right into Cat. She shook and shaked as the elctrical energy electrified her body.[/color]
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[color=red]"Haha... How does it feel to be zapped Cat?" Tao then released the button and flew away before anyone spotted her again.[/color]
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[color=red]Cat opend her eyes and looked around... Tao was gone and there was no way to track her like she had planned. She looked at the tracker she had planned to put on Tao and crushed it in her hand as she growled with anger. [/color]
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[color=red]A while later Tao was floating above a building... She heard someone yelling over the communicator and decided to search for them.[/color]

[KKC]

[size=1][color=darkblue]Angel did a barrel rool in mid air as lightning bolts ripped past him, hiting other building that he hoped weren't occupied with people. He looked behind him to see a boy with spiked gold hair following him on a scarp piece of medal. The boy cackled a laughter as he sent more bolts flying at Angel. He dodged them again and decided it was about time to take the fighter out.

"What's wrong pidgen? Afraid to turn and fight?" The boy sneered in a cracked voice. Angel laughed and flew up and over backwards appearing behind Sparky, a student of blood who always liked to pick fights with anyone. Sparky gulped and turned around on the piece of metal and shot a blast of electricity at the white winged titan.

Angel crossed his wings infront of him. They shook as the electricity pounded into them, but with stood and Angel pulled out his two boomarangs and fired one furthar that the other. The first one was heading straight for Sparky's neck, he zapped at it with his lightning powers, but it missed. Just as the first one hit the front of his neck the other boomarang hit the back of his neck. A horrible snap came from the boy and he fell to the ground with a thud.

Angel then opened his computer and saw a red dot flashing about 4 blocks from where he was, it was Kage. He flew off in the direction of his friends location, he soared up high above the buildings, his boomarangs still being held tightly in his hands. He spotted Kage and also noticed a Cy-drone hidden sneaking up behind him. Kage was busy with the ones charging front of him. Angel down ward and hurled one of the boomarangs at the cy-drone. Its head poped clean of as Kage spun around to attack it. He stoped and looked up to see angel.

"Thought you could use some help!" He laughed as he landed next to the Titan leader.[/size][/color]

[dMage]

[FONT=Arial Narrow][COLOR=DarkGreen]"These damn things just get more and more annoying", X thought to himself as he fled from the pack Cy-drones making their way towards him. He ran swiftly, looking over his head to see if there was anything around to keep these bots busy. It's not that he would ever have a particalar problem taking out Cy-drones in combat, but he just really didn't happen to like the 20-1 odds they were giving him at the moment. Glancing up, he suddenly smiled, as the way to get rid of the drones became apparent. Increasing his speed, he began actually running up the side of a building, using his momentum to move him forward. He then jumped from edge to edge, quickly making his way to the top of the abadoned apartment. The drones, unfazed, simply looked up before calculating the height and using their enhanced legs to make the leap to the top of the building. They soon made it up, and making a quick scan became confused as their prey appeared to be missing. All of a sudden, a large beeping sound went off, and then *BOOM* the whole roof top detontated, and they came crashing down, the 8 story fall making then history.

X smiled as he turned to make his way back to Kage's position. All of a sudden he leaped to the side as a large bolt of purple energy streaked him, missing his body by less than a hairs breadth. He glanced up and saw a figure cloaked in a purple robe floating about 20 ft away, and as he saw this, he felt his blood chill..."No way...there is just no freakin way Blood would have sent her after us...I mean, Wrath...then, another bolt of energy flew his way, and, as X leapt out of the way, 2 things went through his mind, 1) if this were the real Wrath, he probably would notr have had the chance to leap out of her power ball radius, even if she was only toying with him, and 2) her energy balls were black, not purple.

X laughed at himself as he realized that this wasn't the famous sorcerous, but rather an old rival who had always tried to model himself after the famous Wrath.

"You know Mage, this dressing like a female and trying to impress others by being someone your not even close too isn't gonna help you defeat me"

The other responded only by hurling more energy bolts which X, no longer restrained by his fear, easily dodged.

"Time to take out the trash" he muttered as he ran up against the spellcaster. Mage, not used to sudden and direct attacks, became flustered as X rushed him and began to hurl a barrage of weaker bolts. X suddenly drew out his blade, and began deflecting and reflecting the bolts back at Mage. The young caster began to get hit by his own energy, and fell unconscious X threw one of his electro charged bindings at him, effectively putting Mage out of commission.

"Pathetic" X muttered as he quickly made his way back to his boss's current position.[/COLOR][/FONT]

[Ezekiel]

[SIZE=1][COLOR=Orange]Omerta sighed and drifted slowly over the city, she really, really was not in the mood for fighting today. If someone needed her, she would help...reluctantly. She sneezed again and wobbled in the air, sniffing and wiping her nose. [I]Ugh...this cold sucks.[/I]

A loud crash and a ball of energy aimed in her direction caught her attention and she spiralled out of the way in time, her arm getting singed from the ball of power. She winced and looked down at the ground to see Angel and Kage fighting with what looked to be a load of Cy-Drones enhanced with the yellow tech. She soon realised that they were severely outmatched and if one of the seven decided to turn up, they would be wiped out. She made a straight dive for the ground and landed next to Angel who looked slightly shocked for a few seconds before the fact that she had landed registered.

[B]"Nice of you to join us."[/B] he said politely, keeping both eyes on the students in front. [B]"Yes, well, safety in numbers and all that jazz."[/B] Omerta smiled and sneezed slightly, glaring at the Cy-Drones ahead. [B]"Kage?"[/B]
Her friend appeared next to her and nodded, [B]"This will be tough, better hope the others turn up soon."[/B]

Angel and Omerta nodded and turned their attention from their leader to the enemy ahead. Another energy ball was launched their way and the three scattered leaving the smoke to clear from a large crater in the street. Omerta cursed softly and levitated a few meters from the ground, a ball of thunder forming in her gloved hands. She kept her eyes on a group of about 4 Cy-Drones that were advancing on Kage who was busy making a weapon to hopefully wipe them out in one go. Angel could see he would make it in time and distracted the Cy-Drones as they were about to launch and attack, he spiralled around them and flew up higher leaving their middles exposed. Omerta took aim and blasted them backwards, by then Kage was finished with his weapon and wiped the four out in a single, powerful blow. The three worked as a perfect unit, if they could keep this up they would do fine.[/COLOR]

[B]OOC Ugh, I suck at battle posts.[/B][/SIZE]

[Fyxe]

[size=1][color=slategray]*Crr-[I]aaack![/I]... [B]Boom[/B]!*
"Huh?" Wrath looked up from her book. The people in the cafe looked out the windows, startled. There was obviously something going on, something that didn't normally happen. Wrath tucked the book away within her robes and quickly got up, heading for the door. She swung it open violently, looking around the street. She saw a lump of blue robs, and further down the street, half of a building had collapsed. First, she walked over to the unknown lump. It was more obvious that it was a person close up. Wrath bent over and pulled back the hood of the robes. It was one of Blood's students, one she knew very well. He was known to make himself try to appear as Wrath herself.
"Mage, you pitiful fool, get up." Wrath spat dryly, kicking his unconscious body. A pained groan came from his mouth. "Up." She repeated. The boy finally sat up, he looked fried, literally. He froze in terror as he looked up at her.
"Wr-rath--" He started.
"Shut up. You will only speak when spoken to." Wrath said sourly, staring at him. Mage soluted her quickly, not sure what else to do.
"Don't mock me..." She growled, so Mage quickly put his hand back to his side, "Now, I want you to tell me what I wish to know. What the hell is going on?!" Mage scrambled to stand up and spill every bit of information he knew.
"It's.. it's the Titans..." Wrath froze and glared at him when he said this.
"What did you say?"
"The Titans, ma'am.... these people, they are forming a new team... And... and they are trying to fight off the Cy-drones. So, me and some of the others tried to step in and help the cy-drone out, right? And so--" Mage rambled on, sounding like a scared little school girl. But Wrath cut him off.
"I've heard enough. I know what's going on now." She said firmly. She started walking briskly down the street, Mage hot on her heels. But she wheeled around and pushed him back. "Stay out of this, boy, go back to the school. Now." Mage halted.
"Yes Wrath." He said respectfully and floated off into the other direction. So, she continued walking down the street until she was facing the building that had collapsed. She examined it for a moment then nodded, lifting herself into the air. She flew slowly around, seeing the damage that had been done to the city. A nearby explosion caught her attention, and Wrath went toward the sounds.
Now she saw them. Four teens were beating in the cy-drones, destroying more than just the robots.
"Tsk tsk, these kids are so messy... and they have no sense of strategy..." Wrath said to herself, watching them fight, smirking. But before any of the Titans could spot her, she had vanished.[/color][/size]

[Roxas]

Soul ran threw an alley way. He made sure not to run in a straight line. A couple of Cy-drones were right behind him. They were fireing at him every now and then trying to hit thier target. He eventually ran into a dead-end. He turned around to face his enemies.

"Well, I guess I have no choice. Let's go!" Soul yelled. At this he charged directly torwards the Cy-drones. They emidiatly took fire at the advancing target. Soul had a little trouble dodging them, and was hit with a few before he put up a barrier. The shots just bounced off his barrier as he ran at them.

When he was about five meters away he started to channel his dark energy threw himself. About the time he was done doing this he was in the fray of sonic blasts. He fought them hand-to-hand. The increased power from his dark energy allowed him to punch right through thier armor. He took them out eventualy and ran off.

He soon found him self in an abonded ware house. He knew he wasn't alone however.

"Well, well, well. What do we have here? A lone Titan. I wonder how fast I can take him down?" Someone said as the person walked out of the darkness.

"Torment. What an unexpected surprise. I didn't think I would be able too take you out today. Oh well, more fun for me." Soul said as he readied himself for a fight.

"You really think you can defeat me? Just for that I will make sure I take you down!" Torment replied. Niether one of them moved for a few seconds. Torment was the first to attempt his asault.

Soul replied with runing right at his rival. Torment threw a hay-maker at Soul. Soul dodged and threw an uppercut. It contacted with great force, thorwing Torment into a pillar.

"Wow! You have gotten better. I congratulate you Soul. But I to have gotten better as well." Torment stated. He then ran torward Soul, but then disappered. He reappered behind Soul and kicked him into a piece of machienery. Soul got back up and ran torward Torment. Torment disappered and reappered behind Soul.

Soul expected this and ducked under Torment's kick. He then kicked Torment in his gut, which in turn made him fly into the roof of the warehouse. The resulting impact broke a hole in the roof and Torment landed on the roof somewhere. That impact broke a hole in that part roof as well and Torment landed face first into the ground.

"Gotten better?" Soul asked, "Cause I can still read your moves." he continued. At this he ran out of the warehouse. He then heard someone trying tocome threw on his comunicator.

"Hello! ..uld use so.. hel.!" the person tried to say threw the static.

"Alright. Be there in a sec." Soul replied. As he ran off to search for them.

[Frankie]

[color=red]Tao floated along over the buildings. Some ways away she saw a building rooftop explode and figured it not wise to go in that direction. She concintrated on her energy and keeping herself balanced in the air... [/color]
[color=red][/color]
[color=red]The wind blew against her light skin softly. It was a cool breeze that would give no one hint of the battles going on in the alleys of the city. Tao had a look of boredum on her face though... These battles were getting boring and old. Her eyes scanned the area and she found a good place to touch down. She landed and sat down on the cold damp pavement. She blended into the shadows well with her black pants and longsleeve shirt... The only thing making her stick out was her red t shirt.[/color]
[color=red][/color]
[color=red]Suddenly a blade zipped through the side of her arm and slammed into the brick wall behind her. She gritted her teeth in pain and rolled across the alley leaving some flesh behind stuck to the wall. She had moved her head just intime as another blade shot into the wall.[/color]
[color=red][/color]
[color=red]"If you fly that slow My nose can find you!" Solar Cat said from the shadows...[/color]
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[color=red]Tao sighed, "You know... I did not want to hurt you much more than I already did but im starting to think they only way to get you to shut your overactive mouth is to shut it permenently..."[/color]
[color=red][/color]
[color=red]"Aww... Not a friendly kid are you..." Solar Cat Whipped Tao with a flaming whip she created.
[/color]
[color=red]"Argh..." Tao growled in pain and flew into the air. Her arm was now dripping with blood and a long burn was across her face and back. Her shirt was singed away and there was hardly anything left of the shirt from the back... the skin around her burn blistered and already began to ooze.[/color]
[color=red][/color]
[color=red]She gritted her teeth as the pain grew stronger. She pulled out her whip and pushed the button. The whip began to spark and was charged with electricity. She hit Cat with it and she was electrified again. Tao was extreamly unhappy about her situation and the pain wasnt helping.[/color]
[color=red][/color]
[color=red]Her kind and mercyful self slowly dissapered as the pain got worse. Suddenly it seemed she didnt care any more. In her rage she silently picked up a large dumpster from nearby as the alley ways in this city had many. As she hit Cat again and dodging a blade she slammed the dumpster into Cat. Cat was crushed instantly and Tao removed the dumpster.[/color]
[color=red][/color]
[color=red]With a few moments of electrifying the body Tao then put her whip away and checked cats pusle... [i]Done... Fried... Out of order permanently[/i] her mind though.[/color]
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[color=red]Tao then flew into the empty dumpster and floated inside. With the top closed it was pitch black inside. She could see the light from the cracks around the dumpster but she was hidden for a few moments at least. The drones would be able to see or sense her in there if they were around so she had to be careful.[/color]
[color=red][/color]
[color=red]There was bad odor and such in the dumpster so using her powers she created an orb of fresh air around her. She kept the bad smell away from her by using her power to keep it a certin distance from her. She sad as if she was meditating and floated there quietly. She closed her eyes and took a deep breath. When she opend her eyes they were completely white.[/color]
[color=red][/color]
[color=red]The gash in her arm slowly began to heal itself. The flesh reappeared... mended itself. Soon the was no missing flesh and no mark even... Only the dried blood on her arm. She gritted her teeth as the burn began to heal though... Mending that would was much more painful. But soon her face and back were clear of any sign of injury... The only thing that would give anyone a clue about her injuries would be the dried blood all over her face back and arm.[/color]
[color=red][/color]
[color=red]Once completely healed she left the dumpster and floated above the buildings again. She then found Kage and the others. She pulled out her whip and while holding onto one end sent hte other end around five drones' necks... She pressed the button on the handle and the drones were electrified. She then yanked back ripping their bodies together before she yanked back again and their heads fell off. Their bodies fell to the ground lifeless... Not that they had any life to begin with though...[/color]
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[color=red]Tao landed next to the others and smiled, "Saw you guys and figured you wanted a bit of help."[/color]
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[color=red]"What happend to you?" Angel said staring at all the dried blood on her arms and face and clothless back. (Due to the flaming whip the back part of her shirt was burned off)[/color]
[color=red][/color]
[color=red]Tao gritted her teeth then relaxed, "Just ran into a few small difficulties... Nothing I couldnt handle... Now whos ready to kick some drone ass?"[/color]

[JJ]

[Color=Red][Size=1]Lust sat up from the bed, as if pulled up. A sound, not unlike a buzzer was going off, and it pissed Lust off. She got out of the bed carefully, not wanting to disturb the slumbering shape next to her. She quickly moved towards the purse sitting on the table. She pulls out a cell phone and hits the talk button.

?This better be good.? She says, already annoyed. Her look suddenly changes as she realizes who is on the other end of the line.

?You want some action?? Pride says, seeming to be antsy.

?Of course, give me the details.? She says, adding what she thought to be an ?enhancer? hoping he noticed.

?Where are you?? he asked.

?In the Hotel.? She said, already looking for her clothes.

?Well then, you?ve got about two blocks to fly, then your there.? He said ready to hang up.

?I?ll be there. See you there.? She said, hanging up. He could get so antsy before a fight, that it surprised even her. She pulled on her boots, and then headed for the door. Luckily for her, she had picked a heavy sleeper, and he probably wouldn?t notice the vacant spot in the bed for a couple of hours.

She quietly shut the door, and took the stairs up to the roof. She sniffed at the air, then walked over the edge. From there, she took flight, and took a lazy pace over the buildings, already hearing sounds of battle. ?I hope those drones aren?t losing too bad. It?s not like a large group of them couldn?t take out whatever pathetic wana bees with just some gun or sword in their possession.? She said to herself as she flew closer, wanting to see what was going on.

?Wow, looks like we got some?. No way.? Lust?s jaw seemed to drop as she caught sight of Kage. ?I thought he was dead.?

Lust flew even closer and watch the fivesome battle. One girl seemed to be using the dumpsters as weapons, while another had thunder balls. One of the guys had a sword, but he walked with the design of the Red X. ?I thought we killed him.? Lust said aloud.

?We did, he must have had a heir.? A voice said behind Lust.

?You know Wrath, sneaking up on people really doesn?t put you in a good position.? Lust said, stopping the energy in her hands.

?I could have stopped it anyway. How long you think Pride is gonna be? I?m ready to kick some baby butt.? Wrath said, already forming magic.

?Not long, he seemed really eager on the phone.? Lust said, laying back. ?Five minutes tops.?

?Sounds good.? Wrath said.

The two just floated above and watched, waiting for their turn to battle.[/size][/color]

[Onix]

[COLOR=SlateGray][SIZE=1][I]Where the hell are these things coming from!?[/I]

Kage darted aside as one Cy-Drone dug his fist into the pavement. Kage quickly spun on his heel and drove his katana into the drone's back. It sparked and proceded to explode. Robots always seemed to do that.

The drones were still coming. Tao, Angel, Omerta, and Red X were doing a good job fighting them off, but there were still plenty more. If only Soul and Gazelle would show up...

"Angel! Holy Strike Gamma!"

Angel nodded and flew over, grabbing Kage by the back of his shirt. With inhuman strength, Angel hurled Kage high into the air, tossing a boomerang after him. Kage gripped it in his Black Tech arm, and it was suddenly wreathed in Dark Fire. Kage took careful aim as he floated in the air, and he quickly sent the boomerang flying. It arced through the air, cutting a huge swathe through the Cy-Drones.

Kage slowly began to descend, catching the boomerang just as he began to fall. But as he fall, he saw them.

Lust and Wrath just beyond the battle-ground.

Panic flooded him as he hit the ground. He tossed the boomerang to Angel and looked to where Wrath and Lust still stood. Maybe he could get away, maybe, but his team could die...unless they were ready.

"Not to make a scene but...Wrath and Lust are on their way here!"[/SIZE][/COLOR]

[Vicky]

[SIZE=1][B]Sorry for not posting, I had my homework doubled again ^_^;;[/B]

Uneasy streets gave people uneasy feelings. Gazelle, however, felt none of that. He had been on the streets before, and he had seen darker. But he did feel a slight anxiety, since he was being careful of the drones. Not to mention he had lost his team mates, and with no way to contact them he could only relay on his animal self. He knew Kage always told him to take his communicator, always, and Gazelle was actually going to get it this time round, though he forgot it while in a rush. He didn't like things on his blet, though.

He crept around the corner of the alley, keeping his back against the fence. The last thing he wanted was to be heard. Though he thought he could take down few cy-drones he knew, even as cool as he was, he could never have a hope in the world of defeating Blood's best students.

There was a loud crash and banging behind him. Gazelle spun around quickly and saw behind some knocked over bins two cy-drones... only two... Gazelle knew he could take them, yet he still felt anxiety under his skin.

"I better make this quick..." Gazelle said to himself placing his hand on his chin as if he were in deep though, "I could do with finding the rest of the team. Kage was right, I should always take my communicator." He drew back his hands and smirked at the cy-drones, and backed up.

With great speed and power he charged forward, kicking up what must have been rocks behind him. He lowered his head like a charging bull and gave the cy-drones a good view of the top of his horns, before impaling the nearest one. His horns crushed through its body and pushed the cy-drone back to the nearest wall, making cracks in the wall and shattering the metal around the cy-drone. Gazelle couldn't help just smile even with his horns stuck in a drone.

He ripped his head back and rubbed his horns. The drone crumbled and crecked a little then just fell on the floor in a pile of broken metal, making Gazelle's wild smirk grow bigger. He knew it wasn't over, he could still here the last drone behind him. Quickly he spun around and tried to implant his fist in the cy-drone's metal head, but he couldn't. The drone grasped his hand and stopped him.

"There are times I wish the power of the mighty gazelle includes karate lesson, but who needs them?" he said to himself. Before the drone could touch him (like he wanted to be touched by it), he ducked and rammed his horns into the body of the drone. It weakened and released his hand, giving Gazelle the chance to kick it down and watch it crumble.

Gazelle wanted to stand there and marvel longer at his brilliance, however the thought of his team mates being introuble might be partly his fault for not taking his communicator with him made him race off again through the alleys. With good speed he wondered if he could find them before their time ran out, or if he would at all.

When coming to an alley he skidded to a stop. Through the darkness it was hard to see the darkest figures, though he thought he could make out someone. He figured it had to have been his friends, because they were in numbers and were stood still.

"Kage!" Gazelle shouted running towards what he thought was Kage. "Kage, I'm sorry, I forgot communicator ag-"

He froze almost near Kage. His eyes looked up to the sky, where he could see two floating figures just beyond Kage, two figures which he saw were Lust and Wrath. He then notice that he wasn't near Kage at all, in fact he was pretty far away and the two HIVE villains were going towards Kage's position.

As much as Gazelle didn't want to risk his life with Wrath or Lust, he ran towards Kage as fast as his legs could take him, which was indeed fast.[/SIZE]

[Roxas]

Soul looked around as he ran in search of Kage and the others. He pulled his comunicator out again and glanced at it. From what he saw they were north west from his location. He took a sharp left turn and continued to run.

[i]"Why dont I have the power to fly. That would be nice to have." [/i]he thoght to himself. [i]"All I get to do is heal, put up barriers, charge myself full of dark energy, and ensfroud others in darkness." [/i]He continued to think. After that he took a sharp turn to the right and ran straight into a group of Cy-drones.

"God damn! More of them?! Eat darkness bastards!" Soul yelled. At that he started to pull darkness under the Cy-drones. When they were all on top of it he lifted the darkness creaing a bag of dark energy. He then closed and squeezed it. Eventually it disappered and all that was left of the cy-drones was dust.

Soul then looked up and saw Kage and the others. He started to run over to them and eventually got there.

"Nice to see you here finaly!" X yelled to Soul.

"Yeah! Sorry about that. Guess you could use some help.

[Fyxe]

[size=1][color=slategray]Wrath and Lust watched over the group of teens. Inspecting them from a distance. Over time, more of them gathered, one by one.
"Oh, would you look at that, Lust, they are gathering just for us. They are trying to be so tough... but inside..." Wrath began, smiling, but in a sour way.
"They are afraid shitless." Lust finished for Wrath. Beginning to smile as well.
"Exactly. Actually, it's kind of cute... with their little, sweaty faces, looking all determined." She said, scanning their faces.
"Hmm... but... that boy..." Lust said faintly, flicking her hand at Kage, "I could have sworn he was dead..."
"Yes..." Wrath replied, frowning at the boy, "As did I...."
"It gets annoying."
"What?"
"The fact that they are just standing there, watching us. It's very rude." Lust flicked her hair, "I mean, they should invite us down."
"Heh." Wrath let out, amused at the situation, but then sighed. "Damn, when is Pride going to decide to show up? He was supposed to be here by now..." There was a sudden swish and someone wrapped their arms around Wrath's waist.
"Hope I didn't keep you waiting to long---" A deep voice came from behind her.
"Shit!" She spun around and slapped who ever was there. Pride was left in the air, his wings flapping softly.
"Jesus, Wrath!" Pride said lifting his hand to the dark red spot on his cheek. "I thought it'd be obvious who it was..."
"It was, but you know I hate people creeping up and touching me like that!" She yelled angrily.
Meanwhile, Lust had turned her head in anger, looking down on the group of teens. The group was still looking up at them, but becoming interested in the little fued that was going on between Wrath and Pride.
"Guys, shut up." Lust snapped and pointed at the group, "We have things to take care of!" Pride and Wrath turned back into reality.
"Right..." Wrath mumbled, looking back at the group. "Should we teach these kids a lesson?"
"I don't see why not.... this should be easy..." Pride said cockily, cracking his knuckles. Lust and Wrath looked at each other and smiled evilly. When they were all ready, they looked down at their destination again. "Go!" Pride bellowed and they all charged through the air at the teens. Some of the teens eyes got wider, not sure what to do.
Pride, obviously, took on Kage first. Lust had her eyes set on Angel. But, Wrath went straight at Tao. Wrath pulled back her leg quickly, aiming an aerial kick at the girl, but Tao was fast enough to block the attack with her arm. Wrath heard a heavy thud when her foot hit the girl's arm, and the girl winced in pain. Tao moved to get her whip, and Wrath flew at her for close range, getting right up in her face, right where she needed to be. She took hold of the girl's neck and took a quick snapping action with her hands, leaving the girl on the ground in a slump on the rough ground. She had no means of killing her, so had used a technique that would make her unconcious for a good amount of time.
Next Soul stepped up to her. [I]This should be fun, but I shouldn't need magic for this fight...[/i] Wrath thought slyly, looking at the new apponent in the eye....
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[Frankie]

[color=red]In Tao's brain her mind kept thinking quickly, [i]Quick... Go go go... Heal heal heal... Wake up [/i]And just as quick as she was knocked unconcious she was awake again. She flipped upwards and got into the air. She pulled out her whip and charged it. She hit Wrath with it while she was sidetracked by Soul.[/color]
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[color=red]"How did you...." Wrath growled... [/color]
[color=red][/color]
[color=red]Wrath sent a black blast at Tao and Tao hit the ground again... Wrath then turned back to soul.[/color]
[color=red][/color]
[color=red]Tao was flat on her back... Her mind was racing again... Get up and heal were the things flowing through her brain. She leapt up and whipped Wrath again.[/color]
[color=red][/color]
[color=red]"You are a persistant pest arent you..." Wrath growled and sent a bigger black shot at Tao.[/color]
[color=red][/color]
[color=red]Tao held up her hand and concentrated on slowing down the blast... It worked well enough. The black energy slowed down and Tao managed to get out of the way just in time. It hit a wall behind her and bricks and dust flew everywhere.[/color]
[color=red][/color]
[color=red]Tao dodged a few more in the same way but just barely... She was getting tired quick. Her balancing in the air was getting sloppy and it was getting harder to slow the blasts. Tao Whipped at Wrath again but Wrath ahd time to put up a shield... The whip did nothing. Tao was hit in the chest with another blast.[/color]
[color=red][/color]
[color=red]"I dont think Ill LET you play anymore... Your blows dont harm me... Azara-" Wrath made it clear that she wasnt fighting at full force... Like this was all a game.[/color]
[color=red][/color]
[color=red]She was then hit in the back by Soul... Even though it didnt cause any damage it was a distraction. Tao wobbled around in the air... Her hands began to glow a bright red color... She put one glowing hand on her chest and began to heal the internal damage... She then zipped quickly from point to point. If she couldnt fight for a bit she could at least... Go to fast fo them. She could go as fast as she wanted if she pulled herself closer to something else... She zipped so quickly from point to point till she was where she could hide for a bit... Rest up and heal.[/color]
[color=red][/color]
[color=red]"How can they.... we get out of this situation... I dont feel ready for this... Those three are a bit to much for me..." She facial expression changed, [b]"NO Im stronger than that... I can take that wrath... Ill put her in her grave..."[/b] She returned to normal, "No... I couldnt do that... She could be returned to normal... [b]No its to late for that..."[/b][/color]

[color=red]Wrath shook her head in anger and turned back to Soul, "Well she wasnt very much fun... Now where was I?"[/color]
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[color=black]Bold font is her sarcastic crule and mean personality... (If you ever watched lord of the rings... think gollem (spelling) ... Hed be mean and crule sounding one moment and scared and whimpy in another..) Tao is sort of the same.[/color]

[JJ]

[Color=DarkBlue][Size=1]Before the three had deicded to fly off, Lust stopped and thought for a second. "If we want to finish this quickly, I think back is called for."

She whipped out her cell phone, dialed a number and waited for a tone. As she floated in mid air, her back to the battle, she never saw Angel or Omerta who were flying at high speeds towards her. Omerta had a fireball in her hands, and Angel had a boomerang, all ready to throw. She turned around suddenly, two balls of energy charged up in her palms. ?This?ll hurt me way more than it will you two.? She said, a playful smile on her face.

Lust didn?t see the small nod between the two Titans, and before she knew it, a boomerang and fireball zoomed towards her at about point blank range. ?Oh, classic, just classic.? Lust said, extending her hand. She zoomed to the right to avoid the fireball, and snatched the boomerang right out of the air. ?Pretty toys don?t make anything happen.?

With that, Lust snapped the boomerang in half, and flung it over the two Titans heads, it already looking like they weren?t going to land any time soon. Lust then turned her attention on the two Titans again. ?So, you want to see my toys now?? she said, recharging up her hands.

As the two took off in different directions, Lust just laughed. ?They think that by separating and fleeing, I?ll give chase and they can use that to their advantage.? She thought. ?I?ll show them.?

Lust took off upwards, over the buildings. She scanned first for Omerta, wanting to take out the bigger competition. She spotted her flying through an alleyway behind the super market. She zoomed down, her hands once again charging up. ?Surprise!? she yelled, flinging both balls at the girl.

She had no more time than to look up as the first ball slammed her into the ground. The second missed her, Lust wanting to only stop the girl at first. Unknown to her, Omerta had already recovered, and she was pulling out her blowpipe. As Lust landed, Omerta held still. She walked closer, already feeling like she had made the first kill of the day. She never saw the blow pipe, and she stooped down to check the girl?s pulse, she struck.

At first, Lust didn?t notice anything, but when her legs buckled form under her, and she went down, a snarl came over her face. ?When I get up, your going down you little bitch.? She said, spitting out bitch.

?Oh, so you don?t like it when you get played by your own tricks?? Omerta said, pulling out a communicator. She began to whisper, and Lust realized that the effects had already worn off. While the young women continued to talk, Lust took off from the ground, and sped at Omerta with all the speed she could muster at the close range.

She grabbed Omerta by what little hair she had, and flung her into the wall. As she watched, she opened her clentched fist, and in return dropped a small portion of hair. ?The bitch had it coming.? Lust said aloud, taking off. There was still the matter of the young man to care of.[/size][/color]

[Roxas]

Soul realized that he didn't stand much of a chance on his own but he knew he needed to at least try and do something. He recharged his dark energy above what it was at earlier. His eyes were completly dark and endless. He had a powerful dark aura suronding him. He knew that at this level of darkness that it would eventually take over if he didn't tone it down.

[i]"Better make this fast."[/i] he thought to himself. He charged at Wrath, but at the last second turned away from the oncoming energy blasts. [i]"Damn! I forgot I cant use my light powers with this much dark energy in me." [/i]Soul continued to think as he ran. He noticed out of the corner of his eye a balst heading in front of him. He didn't have enough time to stop and was it dead on. The force from the blast threw him into a wall of a building.

"Well I guess this is going to be easier than I thought." Wrath spoke aloud as she walked torward the injured Soul.

"Just shut up you bicth!" Soul sapt at Wrath.

"You asshole! Now your gonna get it!" Wrath yelled.

[i]"Just what I wanted you to do." [/i]Soul thought to himself. "Right like you're gonna hit me again?" Soul said while focusing his dark powers into his right hand. "Let me know how this feels when I'm threw." he continued. He then threw the dark energy torwards Wrath. She dodged the attack. The dark energy hit the ground and formed a puddle.

"That was worthless. Now to finish you off!" Wraht yelled. At this she began to throw a blast at Soul. He instently enshourded the oncoming blast as soon as she threw it at him with his dark energy. He then reabsorbed the energy into his body.

"Worthless? I dont think so. Cause one, i just absorbed your blast and two, say hi to Tao's foot!" Soul yelled as Tao came for a kic attack full speed at Wrath.

"Wha?" Wrath mummbled as she turned around seeing Tao coming right for her. She was a bit late on the uptake, and was kick right on her nose.

"That was nice Tao, but I think she's really pissed now." Soul stated finally getting up.

"Yeah, I think she is too but at least I gave her a bloody nose." Tao stated.

OOC: I think its your turn again Blanko. And Soul is still injured and absorb an energy other than his own dosen't work that well so he isn't being super charged from Wrath's blast. Just thought you guys would want to know.

[Frankie]

[color=red]"Do you have copies of yourself or something? I beleive iv knocked you out more than once." Wrath growled sending Tao a blast of black energy.[/color]
[color=red][/color]
[color=red]"No I just heal quickly thats all..." Tao said with a grin. [b]"UNLIKE YOURSELF...HAH"[/b][/color]
[b][color=red][/color][/b]
[color=red]Tao shook her head and brought herself to reality again. She lifted two large dumspters while sidetracking wrath with her whip. As wrath blocked the whip a few times and sent black energy blasts as Tao who slowed them down and dodged. Wrath was chanting and sending preparing to send a big spell at Tao when she was hit with one dumpster and then with the other. Wrath flew into the ground and skidded into the wall of a building.[/color]
[color=red][/color]
[color=red]She stood up and began to float, "Arrgh... Dumpster girl... Thats the last time you will be able to do that..." Wrath growled and send a big black spell at Tao.[/color]
[color=red][/color]
[color=red]Tao used one of the dumpsters and blocked the attack. The dumpster was destroyed instantly. Tao zipped around Wrath in circles... But each time she tried to use her Whip Wrath would block it with a spear shield around her body.[/color]
[color=red][/color]
[color=red]"This isnt going to work. There is no way we can beat her... [b]YES WE CAN AND WE WILL... Rahhh!" [/b]Tao looked as though she had lost her mind. Her clothes were dirty, bloodstained,and ripped, she was breathing heavily, and her eyes looked as if they were glazed over... They were also glowing white.[/color]

[Fyxe]

[size=1][color=slategray]"Hn... I haven't had a nose-bleed since when I was around your age..." Wrath said to Tao and Soul as she wiped the blood away. She glanced over at the others, watching how their fights were progressing. She realized that after defeating Omerta and Angel, Lust was flying from the fight scene. Wrath sighed, looking back to the boy and girl that stood in front of her. They looked slightly puzzled that she wasn't attacking them.
"You mean.. when you were...." Soul said faintly.
"Right, a Titan, just like you."
"So what?! Who cares, the fact of the matter is, you [I]aren't[/I] a Titan anymore! You are the enemy this time! You are a disgrace to the word justice!" Tao screeched at her. Wrath looked at her in awe.
"I didn't know you would take my way of life so personally." Wrath stated. Tao looked away. There was a moment of silence, Wrath stared at them, expecting them to attack her. But they didn't. "Hmm... it's a shame I have to distroy such pretty faces...." Wrath said with a sigh.
"Like you care." Soul spat. Wrath looked him over.
"Actually, I do." She replied simply, turning around and starting to walk away, "But if you are just going to waste my time... perhaps I shouldn't care...."
"Come back here and fight!" Tao finally spoke up again. Wrath turned around and nodded.
"Of course." She faced them again. Tao, pissed off at all of Wrath's remarks, charged again at her. This time, though, Wrath uttered a few words the two did not know. Suddenly, a black substance rose out of the ground and wrapped around the two, making them unable to move. Wrath stepped toward them. "I would like my blast back now, boy..." She said, getting dangerously close to Soul. At this, she stuck out her hand and placed it on the boy's chest, muttering more words. Then the boy screamed in pain as the black orb was forcefully lifted out of him. "I bid you my thanks." Wrath said sweetly, running a finger down his cheek. After she was through with this, she faced Tao in her frozen state and blasted the orb of magic she had just regained from Soul. The blackness engulfed Tao's body. As this happened, Wrath could hear whimpers from where Tao was.
Wrath smirked, "Just was I like to hear... whimpers and screams..." She looked over to Pride, whom was fighting with Red X and Kage, he looked like her had the upper hand, so Wrath did not interfear. Now about five of the Titans were badly injured or unconscious. Wrath decided to leave, now that there wasn't anything for her to do. "This is where I'll take my leave, Pride. See you later!" She called over the fight sounds. Pride just nodded, giving her a sign that he had heard her. After she saw this, Wrath took off into the air, heading back to her room in the safe and quiet walls of the HIVE school.[/color][/size]

[dMage]

[FONT=Arial Narrow][COLOR=DarkGreen]"Well, it seems like the shit really hit the fan this time." X muttered as he watched the three Sinners break up and heard towards different direction. Glancing over to Kage quickly, he shouted "Umm...boss, I can maybe help transport one or 2 of us out this place, but thats about the best I can two."

Kage turned to look at his teammate, and X couldn't help but feel a certain sense of fear at the battle filled eyes gazing back at him. "We don't have the time. Looks like we're just going to have to give it our best." Kage replied. X nodded his head and squared his shoulders, wondering which of the three would come at them. He didn't have to wait long, as Pride came bearing down at the two of them.

"Great, we get the funnest guy to hang out with." X said as he watched the once famed Teen Titan bear down on them. "Well, I think its bad form to keep the poor guy waiting for an invitation...don't you think boss." he asked Kage, as the other stood next to him. Kage smiled slightly, readying the Katana he had just formed. "I think you're absolutely right X. Dark Xenon Pattern NOW!" he shouted as Pride bore in on them. Xander nodded as both he and Kage leapt forward, both their blades drawn and blazing, Kage's illuminated by a dark fire powered by his Black Tech arm, and X's blooming a firey red, powered by his own suits Red Tech enhacements. X attacked from the left, slicing in an upward motion meant to cleave Pride from navel to crown, while Kage sliced horizantally. Reacting as if he had practiced this manuever with them all the time as he dodged X's slash, and used his wings to parry Kage's swipe.

"Not too bad kids, but not good enough" Pride said in a low voice as he crouched away from them. Then, with lightning-speed he hurled three disks at both, while leaping towards X. X jumped away from one and slashed at another before the third exploded into a puff of smoke right before his eyes. X blinked, and that millisecond of lost eyesight almost cost him his life. Pride leapt at him, and with his claws, raked a gash that would have disembowled him if the new lining on the suit hadn't been lined with an almost impenetrable alloy. Though the blow didn't kill him, it left him more than winded, and unable to block the second blow, which sent him flying into a nearby wall, splintering it with a thousand cracks. Totally shaken, but not yet beat, X pulled himself up, waiting for Pride's next move. [/COLOR] [/FONT]
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sorry about the short post, promise to make up with a better one next time.

[Frankie]

[color=red]Tao twitched from the ground... She had enough energy to heal though she didnt have any physical wounds... She had more of mental wounts which were taken care of easily. Tao glanced at soul who was doing the same thing... Healing himself from the battle...[/color]
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[color=red]Wrath was gone by the time the two of them recovered.[/color]
[color=red][/color]
[color=red]"Are you alright Teyla?" Soul used her real name for this.[/color]
[color=red][/color]
[color=red]"Yes Soul... Im fine. I probably wont be able to heal much more. I dont have much energy but I have enough... You?"[/color]
[color=red][/color]
[color=red]"Just Swell..." He said with an angered face.[/color]
[color=red][/color]
[color=red]"Lets help the others... Looks like Robi-... Pride is giving the guys some trouble." Tao said catching herself... He was no longer Robin... She should keep that in mind but sometimes it slipped.... She couldnt help but hope there was a way to fix them. All of them.[/color]
[color=red][/color]
[color=red]"Snap out of it Tao... Lets go." Soul snapped his fingers in front of her face.[/color]
[color=red][/color]
[color=red]"Oh sorry" With that Tao got herself in the air and flew into help the others with their fight with Pride and Lust.[/color]
[color=red][/color]
[color=red]Tao noticed Omerta hurt and almost unconcious from what Lust had done to her. Tao stopped by Omerta and looked around. "A little help here soul..." Soul understood and stood next to her.[/color]
[color=red][/color]
[color=red]Tao and Souls hands began to glow white and they sent some energy back into Omerta... Though Tao and SOul were quite drained from wrath they still had enough to help a friend in need. The three of them stood up and looked around.[/color]
[color=red][/color]
[color=red]Tao looked at Kage and X... They were fighting Pride. Lust was after angel.[/color]
[color=red][/color]
[color=red]"Lets even this up a little..." Tao said, "How about one of us fights pride and the other two help out dear Angel over there."[/color]
[color=red][/color]
[color=red]"Agreed." Soul said.[/color]
[color=red][/color]
[color=red]"Ill Help angel..." Tao said quietly. "Which one of you wishes to help me?"[/color]

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ooc: Um... I wasnt going to post until later but id rather this not go to far down the page. Anyways I hope this is alright.

[JJ]

[Color=DarkBlue][Size=1]Lust stopped, looking back at the destruction the fight had caused. The supermarket was shot wall wise. Most of the buildings had taken damage from the dumpsters that had gone flying while Wrath fought that weird girl that could pick them up. Also, the Cy-Drones would all have to be replaced, which would put more work orders out, which would make the workers at the plant work more, which would raise the rate of people quitting which would in time put them on the streets, which would make Lust?s job harder.

She decided to whip out her cell phone and end this now. She punched in Wrath and Pride?s numbers, and hoped that they could answer. Of course, they would anyways, because people didn?t just call for social reasons. Only the other six had your number, and the others usually didn?t call to ask if you had butter.

?Pride, here? A voice said.

?Wrath.? Another said.

?Guys, it?s time to end this.? Lust said, doing a 360 to check for Titans.

?How?? Pride said, seeming interested.

?Just herd your pest into the square; you should know what to do from there.? Lust said, snapping her phone shut.

Lust zoomed towards the ground, where three Titans were lurking and plotting. She listened in, and then made her appearance. ?Oh, so you think that two of you could take me? I?m hurt. You think I?m that weak??

The three had looks of pure terror fall over their faces. One seemed recover faster than the others did and Lust heard the dumpster behind her start to rattle. ?You bad girl, don?t try to play games with me.? Lust said, grabbing the girl by the throat. ?You Will Not Fuck With ME!? Lust said, tossing the girl into the wall behind her.

While that happened, the other two immediately flocked towards the plaza, just as Lust had planned. She picked up the girl, and carried her towards the plaza, seeing Wrath pull her two along with her. They weren?t knocked out, but instead trapped in a spell. Lust waved to Wrath and held up her person. Wrath looked mildly interested and nodded to the two shapes behind her.

The two then rushed over to the plaza, where the four Titans had decided to try to take on Pride. While Omerta fired various bolts to keep the man occupied foot wise, the other three used various attacks to try to catch him. They seemed to be getting cocky, using fancy moves that Robin had no problem blocking. At one point, Robin tripped up Red X who crashed into Angel and knocked the two of them out momentarily.

Lust snuck behind Omerta and knocked her back, with a kick to the back, then fly off so she wouldn?t know it was her. She laughed and waited for Pride to take out Kage. After everyone was down for a second, the three all flew up about 10 meters, and stopped. The Three suddenly started up with an attack, and sent it out. Lust charged up an energy blast, and Robin launched an exploding disk into the blast. The blast was then encased in blackness, and split into seven separate parts. The seven then launched themselves towards the Titans who seemed rooted to the spot. Kage broke the spell and everyone then began to run for cover.

Red X ran for a dumpster, which had been lodged, into the base of one of the buildings. His blast hit him in mid air, and slammed him into the building, knocking him unconscious.

Omerta tried to overpower hers by blasting it with spells, but it didn?t work. The blast hit her, and knocked her into the ground, rendering her unconscious.

Tao flew into a building and took cover in a windowless bathroom. She barricaded the door with any and everything she could get in front of the door. As she sat shivering, she could feel the power of the ball pass by the door. She sighed in relief as it passed by and went looking for another target.

Angel flew straight towards the Three, hoping to avoid his ball, but he instead took it head on, falling to the ground and making a dent in the ground.

Gazelle ran, because at the time, it was the only thing he could do. He ran through the alleys, and ran towards the headquarters of Blood, hoping that the blast wouldn?t slam him there. Unluckily for him, it slammed him into a sharp spine that surrounded the place, which entered his leg, and knocked him unconscious from the pain.

Soul decided to try to take his ball head on, putting up a barrier of white light. The ball hit the barrier, and Soul fell under its power. It had put on even more power fighting with the barrier, so the blast itself bowled him over, launching him up and over. He landed at an odd angle, and both his arms had been behind his body when he fell, so his weight fell on them.

Kage was the hardest for the balls. Both Tao?s and his chased him, as he would use things like flame to distract them. At one point, Tao?s ball flew up and away, making Kage watch his front and back. Unfortunately, they were just leading him into a trap. Lust and Wrath waited for him and when he popped up, they stopped him by leading him into a hole. The ball then combined with his head, and forced his body downwards, the creaking and cracking of bones present.

Pride had decided to go after Tao on his own, seeing as how she was already drained. He first slowly moved the things that she had piled up, being careful to not make too much noise. He then set an explosive near the door, and walked away. As Tao cautiously opened up the door, the blast zoomed through the door and knocked Tao into the wall behind her.

As the Three gathered up the injured Titans, they didn?t speak, because in Lust?s mind at least, they had put up a better fight than most. Next time, if there was one, it would be seven on seven and the Titans wouldn?t stand a chance.[/color][/size]