RPG Our Macabe Evolution (M-VL, S if you want it)

[alchemist2120]

[FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3][COLOR=DarkSlateBlue]Kite stood there and rung the doorbell agian. Then he peeped into the window and saw that the immages were that of a bigscreen tv."Damn I fell pretty stupid right now. But...what about the blood?" He turned around to look at the blood that had disappeared. It looked like it had never been there. He walked over to the nearest person, "Uhh, sir? Do you remember any thing that looked like blood on the ground here?" The man just looked at him like he was crazy, "No kid. Now quite playing pranks. There are killers out here. Go home!" the man kept walking as Kite looked blankly at nothing.He thought to himself,"[I]Shit! That kis told! Dammit now I gotta go talk to the kid![/I]"[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT]

[FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3][COLOR=DarkSlateBlue]Kite shook his head and remembered where he was. "I wonder if that guy was messing with me? Anyway maybe I can go up to someone and ask 'em some questions." He looked over at the school that was across the street and saw a girl sitting on the bench. When she noticed that Kite saw her shw turned her head quickly."There we go. Maybe i can ask her!" He slowly began to walk over to her with a small limp.[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT]

[FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3][COLOR=DarkSlateBlue]He walked over to the empty side of the bench,"You mind if I sit here?" She shook her head no.
"Soo...umm..."He looked at her and got a little tingly feeling as he felt himself get really red in the face."You..uhh.. watch the news latley? Thats really something about thise killings." He thought"[I]Maybe she knows a little about if it was me or not. In any case I may get a little info out of her![/I]"[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT]

[Revelation]

[size=1][color=#C82356]Everywhere the creature went, a pool emerged and people died. She was far too dangerous to be called a weapon yet inexperienced to be called anything else. She, itself, was something so complex and perplexing to the point that even years of research would not add up to a comprehensive level.

Searching, rummaging, killing, destroying was all that she could do and nothing more. She needed to find someone who could answer directly to her without faltering her. She needed a human who could tell her why she was created and what the purpose for her was. She needed . . . him.

?I see you?ve found me, Enyo.? The creature walked into the room and the door behind closed. The man?s back was facing her; therefore she could not see who he was. Though, when he had said its name, Enyo seemed curious.

[i]How do you know Enyo?s name?[/i] The creature stepped forward, wanting to see the cover of the man. [i]Enyo has not told any human of Enyo?s name. How does this human know Enyo?s name?[/i] The man chuckled and turned. Enyo remembered his face and she knew who he was. [i]Professor Cartman is you. You helped create Enyo, no?[/i]

?Yes. I did. I?m quite surprised how well your mind has developed from the time you were created to now. Such an excellent progress.? Professor Cartman, as Enyo called him, sat down at his desk and watched Enyo with cautious eyes, though he looked relaxed. ?Tell me, how do your powers suit you??

[i]Powers? Enyo has powers? This she did not know.[/i]

?Yes, Enyo does have powers. But, I?m presuming that is not why you have come here, correct?? Enyo stepped closer each time, challenging the professor with each step she took. ?You want to know why you were created and what powers your harbor. That I can explain quite easily.? A large screen was mechanically pulled down and Enyo was alarmed, her claws extending forth, ready to attack. The professor then pulled up files about the creature that stood before him. ?This, Enyo, is you. We have taken different alleles and DNA from many sources and have molded them to create an ultimate evolution.? The professor then clicked on a button and the screen disappeared, showing a different one in exchange of the last. ?We have made it possible so that you may possess great abilities and powers, nothing like the ordinary powers that we?ve given to the others.?

[i]The others? You created others as well?[/i]

?We?ve experimented on humans and a golden retriever, whom we call Phoebus- after the Greek god of Wisdom. But you see, Enyo, you are the first experiment that we have accomplished to create.? The professor kept changing the files, showing Enyo exactly what she was, what she was made for, and what was to happen to her. ?All in all, Enyo, I am your master and you are my pet. You will submit to me.?

Enraged, Enyo?s anger rushed all around, exploding what was inside of her, exceeding outwards to the surface. The fiery rage that burned inside of the creature now burned on the outside, giving Enyo another power to play with, to experience with. The fire wrapped around her hands, a blue that illuminated from her wrist changing into a green, an yellow, an orange, then finally to a red at the tips of her finger. Its beautiful colors sparkled and flared, though Enyo had other ideas of using it.

?Enyo, please, calm yourself. You are merely confused.? The pleading of the professor did not make Enyo give mercy. ?Enyo! CREATURE! EXPERIMENT NY0341, I order you to back down!?

[i]You say that you are Enyo?s master and that Enyo is merely a pet, a toy. But isn?t Enyo more than that? Did you not give Enyo life and give her the choices that humans experience?[/i] A chuckle escaped her throat and flew out into the steaming room. [i]Enyo thinks you have put this upon yourself and, like all the others, you should perish so as not to give torment to others. So that others cannot see the pain that you gave to Enyo and other humans.[/i] The fire that enwrapped Enyo?s hands now became large balls, almost molten. [i]Prepare for death, Professor. Enyo comes to reap your soul.[/i]

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A breeze passed by Enyo as she walked through the streets. For the first time, she felt the rain, she felt the wind, and she felt the pavement beneath her feet. All this she felt, yet she felt nothing more than excitement that went away just as quick as it came.

[i]Where should Enyo go today? It is her first time out of that horrid place.[/i]

Laughter was heard nearby as Enyo walked by a park. She looked around and saw no one, but then she could feel humans, yet they weren?t humans. This put Enyo to a curious state and made her venture further into the park. She then saw two people sitting on a contraption that was new to her, and then she realized it was what they called a swing.

[i]A swing Enyo has heard of. But what is this sound that comes from the humans Enyo sees? This is not the sound Enyo has heard in her prison, it is something new.[/i] Enyo walked further and managed to get as close as she could. [i]What?s this? That human has canine features! Could she be a human experiment that Professor Cartman was speaking about? But what of the other human that sits with the canine-human? Enyo is perplexed. She must find out. But what if they are like the humans in Enyo?s prison? No, no, Enyo would know at once whether or not they were bad humans.[/i]

Breathing outward and nodding, Enyo emerged from her hiding place and spoke to the humans in a voice so clear and crystal that it sounded as if an angel spoke, though it sounded a bit young. The two humans turned to see who had spoken to them and saw Enyo.[/size][/color]

[Engel]

[color=green] Johnny had been telling Cassie about his own life, as she revealed more about her's. He seemed to bond with her fast, not minding her questions, and telling his answers to the T in truth. After sitting on the swings for a while, and getting to know her more, he and Cassie heard a sweet, melodical, but child like voice.

Johnny turned to find a girl in front of his eyes, with a red coat on. He was confused. It was too warm to be wearing a coat.

"Are you lost?" Johnny asked her, eyes wavering. Something told him that this little girl wasn't just a little girl.

"Enyo is not lost." She responded. Johnny looked at Cassie strange.

"That's a...nice name."

"Enyo has a nice name?" The girl seemed perplexed, but curious.

"I'm Johnny, and this is Cassie." Johnny motioned to Cassie with his hand. Enyo's hands could only be seen for a spilt second as she moved slightly, and a single thought ran through Johnny's mind.

[i]The girl's....got claws...[/i]

"Uhh, what are you looking for then, Enyo? Where are your parents?" Johnny asked, a little more than peeved. Even with the stuff that had been happening to him.

"Parents Enyo does not have." She replied simply. Johnny just stared until Cassie slightly-so called, slightly, that is- nuged him in the ribs.

"I'm sorry about that." Johnny told her. He didn't know how to take this conversation.[/color]

[Zephyr]

OOC: I like Neuvoxetere's character. Such an interesting balance.



Three days had passed since Phelan found himself back on the streets of his hometown. In that time he had slowly learned more about his unexplained ability, and had finally mastered a great deal of control. A few painful lessons had been necessary to learn, but it was better then finding out about his limits durning a bad situation. After three days it seemed it was time to join back up with his old gang. Living alone on the streets was no fun, even with such strengths.

The rain hadn't bothered to let up, but had slowed down to a heavy drizzle for now. Grey overcast still dominated the sky, and cast a gloomy shadow over the streets as Phelan flew down them at top speed. A flash of red caught Phelan's attention as he took a shortcut through the middle of a park, but it disappeared behind a stand of trees quickly. [i]Hmm. Guess I'm not the only one stupid enough to be out in this weather.[/i]

Phelan's destination was an old, abandoned car repair garage a few blocks from the heart of town. The area was a warzone, always had been. To those living saftey at home on the other side of town it would have been refered to as a ghetto, or "the projects." To the gangs that inhabited the area it was home, and a chunk of concrete and steel that was worth beating each other over the head for. Even the police would never wander far into the area.

Time had taken its toll on the garage, but the motorcycles parked around the building proved that the gang was still around to use it. The sound of his motorcycle approaching drew out a few of gang members. Some stood there shocked as the familiar bike, while others, probably new recruits, readied themselves for a fight. One particular person walked right up Phelan as he parked and dismounted.

"So the rumors are true," the short, but bulky figure said with a smile, "your scrawny ass [i]is[/i] still alive."

Phelan smirked. "You're just pissed that you never got to take my bike, you ugly behemoth."

Laughter boomed from the short man's mouth, and he slapped Phelan on the back. "Too true, my friend, but that is another story. Things have changed in the three years you were locked up." [i]Three years!?![/i] Phelan hid his suprise at the comment and continued to listen. "Russ was taken out a few months back in a sudden gang war. Since then Sandra has taken command, and you know what she thought of you to begin with."

As if summoned by her name Sandra appeared in the door to the garage. Sporting the same demin and T-shirt look as Phelan it was obvious she was part of the same gang. What set her apart was the spiked hair with orange coloring, and enough metal piered into her face to make a metal detector burn out. Simply put, even compared to the rest of the gang she was downright ugly and cold-blooded.

"So, you had the gall to show up here again? You shouldn't have bothered." Her words were laced with the same venom he had always recieved from her. This time they were backed up by a pair of heavyweights standing behind here. The average bottom-feeders that sucked up to the leader.

"Unlike you, I don't abandon my friends when it suits me." Phelan retorted, not bothering to hide his hatred of her. His statement seemed to piss her off, badly.

"They're no longer your friends!" she screamed. "You no longer have a claim to this gang since you ran off with you tail between you legs."

"Is that what you call it when someone makes a fool of you durning a fight, just before being arrested?" This time his tone was level. It hid nothing, and revealed nothing. "Even after all this time you are still pissed about it? Even considering that I returned here after three years in lockup?"

"You shouldn't have bothered. Your friend there may accept you back, but I do not." With that the two heavyweights behind her moved in. "There is nothing you can do to redeem yourself, and be be accepted back."

"Oh, really?" Using a good deal of concentration Phelan forced the gravity around Sandra and her bottom-feeders to increase. As the energy got stronger all three fell to their knees, and Phelan focused another gravity well on them from the garage wall. Sandra and her posse flew back and stuck to the wall as if glued to it. Phelan calmly walked forward and stared her straight in the eye. "It seems the balance of power has shifted. I don't how I can do this, but now that I can you are out of your league." Phelan spun on his heal and faced the other gang members. "Anyone else have a problem with me returning?"


OOC: Whew. That was a long one. This RPG is moving fast.

[Sakura]

[color=Navy]Cassie watched this girl, she was different, she could see it and smell it. She wasn't human.

Cassie's ears perked as she heard a noise that sounded like a whimper.

[i][b]"Ryu, what's that?" [/b][/i]Cassie asked her new friend.

[i][b]"There's a dog in danger, its calling for help. You're going to change...NOW!" [/b][/i]and Ryu was right as he changed her into her wolf form.

The fur sprouted from her body, and she became the ferocious wolf. She bared her teeth and snarled, looking back at Johnny and Enyo who had backed away in shock. She could tell Enyo was definetly different now that her senses were enhanced even more.

[b]"I need to go. I'll meet you back at my house." [/b]Cassie said in the eerie voice that sounded like a male and a female together.

With that said Cassie and Ryu took off, following their senses. They bounded along the streets. Finally they cleared a fence and entered an empty plot of land with a group of boys that were battering a dog, one was trying to ride it and tried to make it go faster. The dog collapsed from weakness and was beaten harder to get up. Cassie and Ryu let out a howl as they charged forward, tackling the boy off the dog. The others of the group came closer with their weapons and tried to hit her. Cassie roared at them and rested her right paw over the neck of the boy that was beneath her, putting pressure.

[b]"Put your weapons down before I kill him." [/b]Cassie said.

The group of guys looked at each other before continuing to approach. Cassie growled and Ryu took over immediately, killing the boy under them and scratching at the guys, they slit them across the throat and they were all dead. The wolf was panting as they padded over to the dog. Cassie and Ryu whined as they nudged it, flipping it to its back. Cassie let out a cry as she changed back to her human form. She was clothed and she knelt in the mud beside the dog. She picked the thing up and felt it, just by feeling, its ribs had shattered and organs collapsed. Cassie cried for the dog, the cruelty of people was truly shown when they did such things to innocent animals. She carried the dog to a patch of land under a tree and dug into the dirt, burying the lifeless body.

Cassie stood and walked weakly back to her house, the tears continued to roll down her cheeks, mingling with the rain that had started to slow down. Cassie stumbled through her door weakly and collapsed to the floor from exhaustion. Then she remembered what she and Ryu had done, killing people. Cassie shivered at the thought, even though they had been cruel, she wasn't used to killing.
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[Engel]

[color=green]Johnny had left the park, leaving Enyo behind. He sighed, and walked back to her house, visiting things along the way. She had left the door unlocked. What a dangerous habit. He walked inside.

Johnny made his way through the house, checking out family photos, bedrooms, everywhere. He sat down in the front room, and watched a bit of televison, bored. He didn't know how to tap into his powers again, but he figured that he'd have to see someone in danger, or be in danger himself.

Johnny kept looking outside for Cassie, some anxiety gripping him. His eyes wandered about. Something hadn't seemed right since he saw Enyo. What a strange child...

Johnny heard a sound he had experienced before. He rushed to the door, and flung it open. Cassie lay down in the doorway, unable to move. Johnny picked her up gently, and set her down on the couch.

"Cassie, are you okay?" He asked, looking down on her. She had blood on her hands, and he wondered if she had let the animal get in control.

[b][i]Hmph, kid, she'll be fine.[/i][/b] Something spoke in his mind.

[i]What the hell?[/i]

[b][i]Its me, your kick ass panda side.[/i][/b] The voice laughed. At least it had a since of humor.

[i]Got a name?[/i]

[b][i]Senji.[/i][/b]

Johnny still looked at Cassie anxiously.[/color]

[Sakura]

[i][color=Navy]Cassie walked through a gap in a fence. She looked around and saw it was an empty plot of land, it looked so familiar...She saw the boys torturing the poor canine, she ran forward but suddenly heard a howl, seeing a large furry creature leap the fence. The animal was a wolf, herself in her wolf form. The wolf attacked the boys, killing the 'rider' first, then the torturers. Cassie stood there in shock, she wanted to vomit seeing what they had done. Cassie turned her head away and she could hear the sobs of her as she changed back into a human and picked up the corpse. The memory wavered and Cassie was in darkness, all that was running through her mind was killing those boys. The other half of her mind was arguing that they had been the cause of the death to the innocent dog, so they deserved to die.

[b]"Stop!!!"

[/b][/color][/i][color=Navy]Cassie sat up, she was covered in a cold sweat. She tried to remember what had happened, immediately jumping to the killing, then becoming unconscious. She looked around and spotted Johnny who had dozed off, obviously watching over her. Cassie smiled and felt something on her hands, looking at them, they were covered in blood. What immediately came to mind were lines from her favourite Shakespearian play, [i]Macbeth[/i].

[b]"'...Will all great Neptune's ocean wash this blood
Clean from my hand? No; this my hand will rather
The multitudinous seas incarnadine,
Making the green one red.'" [/b][Act 2, Scene 2] Cassie quoted solemnly, getting up and going to the sink to wash away the crimson liquid.

[b]"'Out, damned spot! out, I say!'
'...What, will these hands ne'er be clean?'
'Here's the smell of blood still: all the
perfumes of Arabia will not sweeten this little hand...'" [/b][Act 5, Scene 1] Cassie said, her eyes dull.

Johnny had woke up as soon as Cassie had left the couch and listened to everything she said. Cassie dried her hands slowly, walking back to the couch.

[b]"Cassie, are you ok?" [/b]Johnny asked, concerned.

[b]"Fine..." [/b]Cassie murmered, she tucked her knees under her chin and wrapped her arms around her shins.

[b]"What's wrong? You can tell me." [/b]Johnny said.

[b]"I killed 6 people earlier, their blood, marks my hands forever..." [/b]Cassie revealed. [b]"But unlike Macbeth and Lady Macbeth, I am unable to feel regret, as I had no power over what happened."

"Then who?"

"Ryu...."

"Your wolf spirit?" [/b]Johnny guessed.

[b]"Hai...I will be strong forthwith, I shall wear a mask to hide all of mine emotions. I will do what must be done without regret for the past." [/b]Cassie said, using olden language, her eyes changing back to normal as life flowed through her.

[b][color=Black]OOC: [/color][/b][color=Black]Sorry, I couldn't resist. I [b]love[/b][i] Macbeth.[/i][/color]
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[Engel]

[color=green]"Cassie..." Johnny started. He looked at her, so fragile looking, but so powerful.

"Cassie, its not your fault...when it takes over...you can't control it. Something big's happening. I dont' know what, but I want to, and will, figure out." Johnny told Cassie, trying to comfort her. He knew what it felt like to be lost in a feral rage.

"But...what if I snap again..?" She asked, still curled up. Johnny felt so...sorry for her. He was slipping. What was up with him? Before, he'd tell her to buck up and take the bullshit, his pride getting in his way. But now...

"Cass, if you snap, I'll stop you."

"What if-"

"What, what if you maul my face off? Then I have no face." Johnny smiled. " 'Sides, I think I could hold ya off as a huge panda." Johnny laughed at the vision that came to his mind. He remembered her quoting Macbeth just a few minutes ago, before curling up like she was now.

"Cassie, just don't worry about it. I'll make something to eat for you." Johnny got up, but not before putting a blanket around her wet, cold, shivering form. He went to the stove and began making some ramen noodles. He pulled out some leftover teryaki beef he found in the fridge.

"There you go, Cass." Johnny returned a few minutes later, holding a bowl of food. "Don't worry, I know how to cook."[/color]

[Sakura]

[color=Navy]Cassie was grateful to have Johnny as company, accepting the steamy bowl of food that he cooked.

[b]"Thanks...Itadakimasu." [/b]Cassie said, picking up the chopsticks and eating the food.Cassie was extremely hungry and practically inhaled the contents. When she finished she felt better, and warm inside.

[b]"Arigatou." [/b]Cassie said, putting the bowl into the sink.

[b]"Demo...what happened to Enyo?" [/b]Cassie asked, folding the blanket.

[b]"Uh...I don't know, I just went back to the house after you left." [/b]Johnny replied.

[b]"Ok, I'll change quickly and we'll look for her, there's something strange about her that I want to investigate." [/b]Cassie said, going to her room.

Cassie changed for the second time that day, having a feeling she'd need to do it again later. She changed into some old jeans she owned that had some holes on the legs and a light, black t-shirt. She went back out and Johnny was ready to go too.

Cassie and Johnny left the house, Cassie locked the door and they walked back to the park and the swing set. When they arrived there was no one there, but there were footprints, Cassie spotted her own, as they showed a human shoeprint standing, before it changed into pawprints, showing a path running toward the street. There were also Johnny's shoeprints that walked back toward Cassie's house, and there was a set missing...Enyo should have left prints but there were none that gave evidence that she had been there at all.

Cassie knelt and sniffed at the sand, trying to pick up Enyo's strange scent that should have remained there, but there was none. She inspected the sand and there was no evidence of it being swept over to cover the prints.

[b]"There's no sign that she's ever been here." [/b]Cassie said standing.

[b]"Hey! Freak!" [/b]the two of them turned to look at the street where a large group of boys had gathered with one in particular in front.

[b]"I know you did this to me." [/b]the 'leader' said, pulling down the collar of his t-shirt, there were large indents that looked like claws had been dug into his shoulders...

[i][b]"It's that kid that was attacking the puppy." [/b][/i]Ryu informed her, though Cassie had already come to that conclusion.

[b]"You don't have proof it was me." [/b]Cassie retorted.

[b]"You have the same coloured hair as the wolf did fur, no zoos in ages have had a wolf escape, you have wolf ears, do you want me to continue?" [/b]he challenged.

[b]"So, what if it was me?"

"We'll get you!!!!" [/b]he said, and him and his group charged, pulling out weapons from wherever they had hidden them.

Johnny started to change as they got closer, Cassie just watched him in awe as he became a large panda who wielded twin katanas. The group laughed at the sight of the bear carrying the weapons, which angered Johnny more.

Cassie fell to the ground, she was changing.

[i][b]"Please, I don't want to become full wolf yet, not until I can control something less. Ryu, help me..." [/b][/i]Cassie pleaded.

[i][b]"You have another form, a werewolf, we shall become that then. Agreed?"

"Yes!" [/b][/i]

Cassie changed, she grew fur, but not all over, she got more on her face and her arms and legs. She was now on two feet and her othe parts had changed, like her teeth, nose and her claws grew out.

[i][b]"Thankyou..." [/b][/i]Cassie said to her spirit friend.

[b]"Johnny, are you ready?" [/b]she asked the panda in the double voiced voice.
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[Engel]

[color=green]Johnny and Senji's voices were like a warped record. They sounded strange together, yet fitting. "'I'm more than ready. I'll rip 'em apart for laughing..." Senji said most of that, taking over. Johnny nodded, agreeing with it. But he didn't know the panda wasn't kidding.

"I don't think you shitheads understand what you're looking at." Senji told them, keeping a rational head. For now.

"Yeah, some weird ass werewolf and a giant sword swingin' panda." The group laughed. Senji lost it. He rushed forward, and sheathed one katana, grabbing oine by the head, and slicing off his arms with his katana. The boy screamed in horror, feeling the stumps were all that was left.

"You wanna laugh now?" Johnny asked, and threw the guy aside, a dull thud telling him he hit something.

"Wha....t the hell?" The guy who Cassie and Ryu attacked earlier asked.

"ANSWER ME!" Johnny and Senji roared.[/color]

[b]OOC:[/b] I will PM those that need to post, like Opal.

[alchemist2120]

[FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3][COLOR=DarkSlateBlue]Kite looked back at the house that he had went up to eirlyer that day then sighed. "This is kinda sad. I had thought somone was in that haouse. Guess I was wrong." The girl sitting next to him looked at the house then at him and gave out a small giggle. He let out a small smile then started to stand up as he felt something cold and dark in the air. He sat right back down and started breathing heavily as he felt the presence of death in the air. "Somethings wrong. Somethings really wrong. And its close too..." He started looking around then realized that it was coming from the other side of the school. The other playground. He got up really quickly and started to run in the direction he felt was right, then stopped and turned around to look at the girl. " I'm sorry but I must go. I think someone may be in danger!" He gave a small bow then bolted to the other side side of the school.[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT]

[FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3][COLOR=DarkSlateBlue]Kite quickly ran around the corner and ran right into a guy holding a baseball bat. The guy turned around, and Kite saw that his face had a look of terror on it. The guy pulled the bat back as if he was about to hit Kite out of fear. Kite quickly raised his hand as he felt wind surrounding his arm, stopping the force of the bat and pushing it back right at the attacker. The bat flew backwards and hit the guy right in the forehead, knocking him out as he fell to the ground. Kite looked down at the guy then as he was looking up he saw a giant panda with a guy with no arms in his paw. There was a werewolf right next to him stearing right into Kite's eyes. Kite shuttered then started to back away as he bum,ped into another guy that grabbed Kite's arm and threw him at the panda as if Kite was the new offering. Kite just looked up at the panda in horror.
"This...is not my day."[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT]

[FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3][COLOR=DarkSlateBlue]Kite slowly started to stand as the panda and werewolf kept staring. He noticed that the wolf sniffed the air several times then glanced at the other people behind Kite. Kite glanced behind him then quickly turned back twards the two animals.
"Ok. Now what tha hell is going on here? Cuz I'm statin to get a little ticked that these assholes behind me are trying to get me eaten by a giant knife swingin panda and a werewolf that looks kinda hungry!" Kite said as he glanced from the guys behind him to the animals in front.
One of the guys started to talk a little,"Uhh...the uhh..big...umm..."
Kite turned around in rage, mostly in fear of his life that felt like rage, as gusts of wind started to blow really hard and a small funnel of wind started to form around kiles arm, slowly taking shape of a sawblade shape made of pure wind,"Speak...or you wont even have to worry about those two," Pointing to the panda and the werewolf.
"Well you see we were abusing this dog and the were wolf kinda showed up and stoped us. Well we were terrified at the time then were were enraged, so we decided to come after it and then we saw a girl with a tail and ears with the same colour hair as the werewolf so we started to attack, then you showed up!" Kite watched as the guy slowly started to get on his knees and pray at the sight of a giant katana weilding panda, a werewolf, and s guy that has a spinning sawblade of air in his hand.[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT]

[FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3][COLOR=DarkSlateBlue]Kite slowly turned twards the panda and werewolf. He looked up into the panda's eyes as the panda just stared at him, not flinching. Kite gave him a little wink and small smile as he turned around back twards the attacker, "Alright. Listen up. I will give you to the count of ten before i send this friend of mine here in my right hand at all of your faces.....one.." Kite watched at some of them took a step back,"...two.." Kiote glanced back at the two creatures as they looked from one another back to Kite then at the attackers to see their reaction.[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT]

[Revelation]

[size=1][color=#C82356]As the creature walked around the park, she suddenly had found three beings, two that were familiar to her senses and one that held a scent unfamiliar, yet knowing at the same time. Her glossy, almost pale, blue eyes looked over each of them before she had sent a telepathic shock to everyone?s minds. The humans looked confused and dazed, where as the experimented humans were not so much, though they felt a pain in their temples.

Just as before, Enyo appeared before everyone in a quiet and surreptitious manner, almost as if she wasn?t there. They turned and jumped when they had realized she stood beside them. Enyo looked to the humans in an interested manner, and then she looked to the ones standing next to her.

Impatient with everything, the panda stepped forward but was suddenly restrained from movement, as were all of them. She watched as the humans came to and was lifted from the ground. The wolf and the panda tried hard to break free of their unseen restraints, while the wind controller tried to have the changing of winds help him, though neither of them was successful.

?Enyo, what are you doing?? The double voice of Sakura and her wolf spoke, making everyone look to her. ?How are you able to do this??

?Enyo does what Enyo can and Enyo can what she does.? Without even a sweat bead dropping from her face, Enyo was able to hold a group of boys, a panda, a werewolf, and another boy against their will. ?Riddling, isn?t it??

Threatened and intimidated, a boy began to speak. ?What the hell are you people? And why the hell is she talking about herself??

?Release us, Enyo. We?re not going to hurt them anymore.? At this point, Johnny spoke with his panda double. ?Take this telepathic restraint off of us.?

Being able to move freely, Enyo walked in between the two groups and faced the humans. She searched the faces of each of them and found a weak link that would be able to show her what had happened. She held out her hand, palms up, and a small spark emerged from her fingers. She lowered the human so that she was able to touch his temples and see why the three were fighting the humans.

It took Enyo less than a minute to find that these humans were just as pathetic as the ones who created her. She lifted him again and stood. Something caught her thoughts and as she paced in between the two groups, her claws began to extend and retract in a manner that was just as bizarre as she.

Johnny and Sakura looked to each other. They could sense that Enyo?s thoughts were in anticipation of what she could do, though they didn?t know exactly what.

?Enyo?? Sakura?s voice entered Enyo?s mind. ?What are you thinking??[/size][/color]

[Redemption]

[COLOR=#FF0066][FONT=Trebuchet MS]Kefira watched the fight between the giant panda, werewolf and the boy she was talking to previously; a strange entity and a group of boys.

This entity, Enyo, it called itself, seemed rather in-human. Its mannerisms, speech, the way it moved, was all strange, as if it couldn't properly control all its functions just yet. Kefira watched her/it carefully, fully aware of what she/it could do. Crouching low against a thick branch up high in a tree, Kefira watched Enyo pace through the group, holding them all with a telepathic link.

" I need to help them......she's or it's not human....."

Kefira let the images of the torture to her kittens fill her mind. Their squeaks echoed in her head. Becoming enraged, Kefira quickly thought of what she could morph into. She felt her skin erupt in the feeling of being on fire. As soon as it came, it passed and she was a spectator once again. However this time, she had some control over her movements.

Launching from the tree, she flew up high into the sky. Her vision was perfect. She could see them from far up in the sky. Letting out a shrill eagle's cry, Kefira dived towards earth, aiming for Enyo.

Hearing the shrill cry, the group looked up to see a massive golden brown coloured eagle plummetting to earth. Its wing span would have been over 50 feet easily. Enyo looked up and moved out of the way of two huge sets of talons grappling for her. The telepathic link severed and everyone had control of themselves again.

Kefira landed heavily on the ground, her two talon-equipped feet holding the mighty bird upright.
" Leave them alone you inhuman entity..." Kefira growled, her voice reverting back to the dark, menacing, full of wrath tone.

Enyo stood up and looked at Kefira menacingly. " Enyo will come back......" she said before disappearing.

Kefira sighed with relief. Morphing into this giant bird was draining her energy far more quickly than a small creature. Johnny, Sakura and Kite came out from behind her massive wings.

" Thanks for helping us," the werewolf, Sakura, said. " I'm Sakura by the way."
" I'm Johnny when I'm human," said the panda.
" Kite," said the boy she was talking to earlier.

Kefira felt her body falter.
" Kefira...." she managed to say before morphing back into human form and falling into Johnny's arms, unconscious. He smiled at her before realising she was naked.[/COLOR][/FONT]

[Blayze]

[SIZE=1]"You want me to tell you everything I remember? Well, it's not much, but I remember these guys, scientists, I think, standing over me, with all kinds of needles and metal instruments. It was kinda scary," Alec told Kana.

"So, we were experimented on?" she said.

"I guess that's one way of looking at it. All I know is that six months ago when I went missing, I didn't have these powers, and now I do." Alec walked away, not feeling comfortable around Kana. She stayed where she was, expecting him to turn around and come back, but he didn't. He carried on walking until he found a nice quiet field to sit in and think for a while.

But, as he entered the field, it stopped being quiet. There was a fight going on, between some teenage boys, and a group of strange misfits. There was a giant panda, with two swords, a werewolf, a normal-looking kid, a reasonably normal-looking girl, and a bird. Alec watched the fight unfold, seeing that these people had abilities like he did. The bird flew down from a tree and helped in the fight, before changing back to a human form, one of a girl, naked, and collapsing into the panda's arms.

They began to walk off, the panda carrying the girl. Alec got up and ran after them

"Wait!" he shouted. The panda turned around, brandishing one of his swords, and glared at him.

"You want some more of this, punk?" he growled.

"I'm not with those guys. I'm like you, I have weird powers. I'm Alec, by the way."

The werewolf said:

"I'm Sakura, the panda is Jonny, there's Kite, the other one you saw was Enyo, and the naked one is Kefira." As she spoke, it was like she had two separate voices, both of which were talking at the same time.

"So what do you do?" Alec asked Kite.

"I have wind powers. Watch this." He lifted off the ground into the air, and flew around the field, before landing gracefully.

"Wow."

"I know, it's pretty cool. What about you? Show us what you do."

"I don't really want to. The last few times I've used my power, people have got hurt. I don't think I want to hurt you."

"You'll be fine, just show us."

"Fine, if you insist, but on your head be it." Alec closed his eyes, and his body erupted into flame. He rose a few feet in the air, and hovered there. His eyes blazed, and the grass around him became charred and blackened. He then extinguished the flame and fell to the floor.

"Impressive," said Sakura in her weird double voice.

"I know, but I haven't quite got control over my powers yet, so don't be surprised if they go a little out of control." They walked away, welcoming Alec into their little group...[/SIZE]

[Who Am I?]

I'm sorry but I have to quit this one. I have a lot of things to do here and I can't spend much time on the computer. I apologize for this. I wish I could finish this up but I have too many things on my hands here. Well bye!

~Innocent~

[alchemist2120]

[FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3][COLOR=DarkSlateBlue]Kite looked up at the sky and saw that it was a little after noon. He then looked around the group and saw a little scar on Johnny's chest and then looked ahead agian. "Hey Johnny?"
The panda didn't look at him but mearly grunted. "It was you wasn't it? At the zoo?" The giant panda barley nodded as he kept walking ahead. Then he turned around and started walking backwards looking at Alec. "And your the one from the dinner right?" Alec nodded and looked away a little. Then he looked at Kefira. "And that makes her the one that killed those kids." Kite started looking around trying to look for any signs as to where they were.
"Who was that Enyo kid? And why was she so intent of killing those guys?" then he remembered the needles and white suites as he shuttered.
"I wouldnt even consider it a person," Sakura, the werewolf said.
"Me either," Johnny said, "But we can't rule her out as an enamy to us and anyone else that may have any kind of power."
Kite nodded and looked ahead,"Kinda makes me wonder, how many oter people have abeen tested on and became something loke us.."[/FONT][/SIZE][/COLOR]

[Engel]

[color=green]Johnny smiled until his face grew hot, as he realized she was naked. He blushed and put his outer shirt over her body.

"We should take her back to your house. She did save us." Johnny told Cassie, and she nodded. He picked up Kiefra into his arms, carrying her unconcious body in his hands lightly. His cheeks were furiously red, until he forced them to lose that tint.

It was a long walk, but she weighed next to nothing. So small, but yet...Johnny looked at the sky. It was clouded over. He made his way to the house, she was still unconcious. They had left him behind, but he didn't take more than five minutes after to get there.

Johnny kicked the screen door's handle lightly, the button snapping inwards, the creak of the door following. He set foot inside.

"Where should I put her?"

"On the couch." Johnny nodded, and set her down. He covered her upt with a couple of blankets, and made something for everyone to eat.[/color]

[GuyYouMetOnline]

Treana watched Alec leave. [He is afraid of himself,] Akansola remarked. [He worries that he will end up killing more people than he already has. He can't yet fully control his powers, and this scares him. It's quite understandable, actually.]

[Well, he doesn't really have any significance to us, at least not right now. We may run into him again, but there'sno reason to follow him. Besides, I have to report back to Kajo.]


"What happened out there?" Kajo asked as Treana approached him. "One of our sentries reported seeing a lot of fire. He says you were by the house that lit, but he couldn't see you through the buildings. He just saw the fire."

Treana couldn't tell the truth, for obvious reasons. "That kid started the fire, I think. I didn't actually see what he did, but I saw the house start burning. I confronted the kid. Didn't get anything besides his name, Alec, but he was clearly scared shitless. Don't know why, though."

A sentry hopped through the window again. "We've got five from Marja in the area. They're heading towards the fire. Looks like their second-in-command, Alno, is leading the group. There are three other men, presumable bodyguards, and then a woman that's prbably Jako's girl, along for the ride."

"We need to intercept," Kajo said. "We follow standard procedure. They bring five, we'll take five to meet them. Same group composition, too. Treana, that means you're coming."

"Got it."


Kajo led Koteiro's group out to meet the Marja group. Kajo was flanked by Arlo and Selto, two very large men. Sako, a smaller guy but more of a skilled fighter, was directly behind Kajo. Treana was beside Sako, and mostly hidden by Arlo's bulk. When the Marja group saw them, they assumed a similar formation as they approached.

"This is our turf," Kajo said. "What the hell are you doing here?"

"One of our boys died when a diner in our territory burnt down," Alno answered. "We're after the one who started the fire."

"Well, I'm sorry, but you'll have to chase him somewhere else. Leave now, before we make you."

Alno laughed. "We could take you five before your sentries even knew what was happening. And a personal challenge won't help, either. I can take any one of you any day."

Treana took that as her cue. "I don't think so," she said. Arlo moved to the side as she stepped forward. As soon as he saw her, Alno's face went completely white. He'd just screwed himself over, and he knew it. He just couldn't understand how it had happened. He could have taken any of the other four, but not Treana. But she shouldn't have been there. She was supposed to be dead!

"I call you to defend your claim," Treana said. "I challenge you defend your claim and your honor in single combat against me."

Alno had to force the words out. "I have no choice but to accept your challenge." And it was true. To refuse a direct challenge would be the worst thing anyone could do. One unwilling to defend his or her honor was seen as not having any. And that usually meant that your own gang would kill you.


After agreeing on the location, the two groups returned to their respective bases. Alno and Treana would meet in three hours to fight.

"You sure you're up to this?" Kajo asked Treana when they were about to leave for the battle area.

"I can handle that guy," Treana assured him. "Remember, I may have been missing for over two months, but to me I haven't even been gone for a day. Don't worry, I'm as good as ever. Now, shall we go?"


Several Koteiro members went with Treana, including Kajo. They would be there as spectators, and several from Marja would be there as well. But they would do nothing. The fight was between Alno and Treana only.

The battle would take place near the park in an old burnt-out school that had never been rebuilt. Alno and the others from Marja were already there. Like Treana, Alno's weapons were two metal poles. They were easy to find, and made very effective melee-range weapons.

[Do not interfere,] Treana instructed Akansola. [Not even if I'm about to die. Moniter the others. If anyone makes a move to do anything, make it impossible. Don't hurt them, just disorient them, maybe induce some nausea and make 'em puke. Just enough to keep them from interfering.]

[Understood.]

Alno and Treana faced each other with weapons drawn. "Are you ready?" Treana asked.

"As I'll ever be. Let's do this."

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OOC: Remember, Neuvoxetere, Enyo just shows up. She doesn't do anything, she just watches. Also, it's fine if you post occurances in the battle as Enyo watches (as long as Treana maintains the upper hand; she's much better than Alno is), but be sure to allow me to post the end of the battle.

[Redemption]

[COLOR=#FF0066][FONT=Trebuchet MS][i]Images of doctors in white coats surrounded her as she lay on a cold metal table. She watched herself get injected by numerous needles. She tried to keep count, but there was too many. For every one needle that went in, Kefira felt the pain. She could see her body jolt with pain everytime they inserted one.

One doctor walked to her side, a clipboard in her arms.

" Status Doctor?" a voice said, echoing around the room.
" Her body is taking it sir. But we will still have to watch her stats. Anything could go wrong. We've never done something like this on this scale before."
" Agreed."

The doctor looked over Kefira's body, touching and prodding. He checked some equipment to the side of her. Kefira watched on, tears forming in her eyes.

" Shall we administer the last shot?" the voice came again.
" She's seems to be stable. I deem it to be safe sir."
" Proceed."

The doctor pulled out a large syringe from a coat pocket and injected the brilliant white fluid into her body. Her body jerked so violently that the syringe snapped in her flesh. The doctor stumbled backwards.

" Sir! Heart rate jumping! Brain functions growing exponentially!"
" Dammit! Switch off her vitals! NOW!"

The doctor went to switch off the main switch when the memory Kefira grabbed his arm and twisted it. A sickening snap could be heard in the room. The doctor crumpled to the floor. Kefira sat up, her eyes brilliant white, and looked towards the doctor. He cowered in the corner of the room, holding his broken arm. Suddenly, Kefira morphed into a vampire and devoured the doctor.[/i]

" NOOOOOOO!" she screamed as she sat up quickly. The blankets fell to her waist. She shook uncontrollably. Kefira looked around, disorientated.
" Where.....where am I?"[/COLOR][/FONT]

[Zephyr]

A look of agitation and concentration remained constant as he looked at the map, and listened to the accounts of how the lines had changed. Over the years none of the gangs in the area simply refered to as The Slums had managed to make any significant progress in taking and holding new territory. The streets bordering each gang's terriroty changed hands faster then money in Las Vegas. As of a few months ago, that was the case. However, things change.

"So, we've been pushed back to 28th Street? That's not good." Phelan was speaking to the large friend that had been the first to welcome him back. "How did this happen, David? No one around here has ever managed to hold new land for long."

"Yeah, but those Diablo bastards hit us hard after they killed Russ. We only stopped them after Sandra took over and stopped the power struggles." A look of saddens passed over David's face before being replaced by anger as he spoke the next few words. "And we lost a lot of good people."

At the mention of that Phelan looked over to a wall with motorcycles parts hanging from it. Each one represented a friend that had been killed, and the list had grown. The time to mourn the lost would have to be put off, because at the moment one of the gang's scouts came rushing in. "We've got a problem, boss." The scout looked at Phelan as he spoke. This pissed of Sandra, who was sitting off in the corner, but she remained silent.

"What's wrong?"

"Off in the old schoolyard. A gang war. It looks like the leaders and other higher-ups of both the Koteiro and Marja are fighting and honor duel. To make it worse, I spotted a Diablo group headed that way."

Phelan cursed under his breath. "Damn. They must be trying to take out a few more leaders and disorganize things worse. I couldn't care less about the Koteiro and Marja's squabbles right now, but we can't let those Diablo pricks get the upperhand on other gangs and their land." Phelan stood up and grabbed his helmet, David followed suit, and Sandra just scowled at them. "I need two more able bodies to join me." He shouted to the other gang members. "We are going to stay out of this fight, unless the Diablos give a reason. And I sincerly hope they do give us a reason."

Phelan and David we joined by a two of the newer recruits. Each one of them was armed with a long metal pipe or baseball bat. The drive took a bit longer then expected, but the roundabout route made sure they avoided any pointless fights. They finally stopped in an alleyway not far from the fight. David was searching the area with a pair of binoculars. "No sign of the Diablos, yet, but those are definately high-level people from the other two. I can see Kajo, and Alno, but I can't tell who he is facing from this angle."

"Let me see." Phelan took the offered binoculars and took a look. "Sh*t! That's Treana. Koteiro's meanest bitch. I've heard others say that fighting her was more dangerous and stupid then how I ride."

David looked shocked for a moment, before a thought hit him. "It can't be her. Reports say she disappeared a while ago."

"Looks like they were wrong." Phelan lowered the binoculars and looked at the rookies behind him. "No one moves out without permission from either myself or David, got that?" The pair nodded. "Right now they last thing we need is find ourselves in the sights of both the Koteiro and Marja gangs. If we do move out remember, we are only hunting Diablos." That said the quartet sat back and waited for the fight to start.

OOC: I think my originality center is off tonight. Diablos was the best name I could think of for the gang that opposes Phelan's. :animeswea

[Engel]

[color=green]Johnny blushed as he saw the blanket fall, and he quickly put one over her top half. He heard her question too.

[b]"Don't worry, you're fine."[/b] He told her, looking her in the eyes, trying to figure out what she was thinking.

[b]"But...where am I?"[/b] She asked, disorented.

[b]"You're in my friend Cassie's house."[/b] Johnny thought about that, then decided that yeah, she was his friend. He took a bowl of the chicken with cheese and vegtables to her, with a fork.

[b]"Those blankets aren't going to stay on when you want to walk around."[/b] Johnny laughed, part nervous.

[b]"Cassie, can you get some clothes for our guest?"[/b] Cassie nodded and went into her room, coming out with some of her clothes. Johnny smiled at both of them, then turned on the TV. After a few minutes, his eyes were frozen open, and his body limp.

[b]"They've labeled me dead. Remember when you found me with this in my chest?"[/b] Johnny held up the kinfe. [b]"Well, someone thought I was dead, and reported it to the police. I guess...i'm a nobody now. I can't go see my family, because it'll spark questions. But I know, I know that something's been changed in all of us. And we have to figure it out."[/b][/color]

[Sakura]

[color=Navy][b][color=Black]OOC: [/color][/b][color=Black]I'm assuming that Kite and Alec are at Cassie's house now.[/color]

Cassie looked around, she was still in her werewolf form, a lot of weird stuff had happened, and now there were even more people in her house. Johnny had already changed back and slipped into the clothes that Cassie had given him, and Kefira was now dressed in some of Cassie's clothes.

Cassie looked down at the rags that she had considered clothes as they hung off her half wolf, half human body. She growled and decided to take control, telling Ryu that she would do the change without his help. Ryu was uncertain but agreed, slipping into the depths of her mind, watching quietly. Cassie tried for a few minutes before asking for a clue from Ryu, all he said was imagine her human form. Cassie pictured herself in her mind, at least her new self now that she didn't have a choice. Slowly she changed back to her human form, everyone had stopped whatever they had been doing to watch, she changed back from her male other self back into her human female body.

Cassie panted as she looked around, she had done it, but she had yet to change back from her full wolf state. Cassie looked down at her clothes and they were hanging off her barely. She sighed and went to her room, changing into some better clothes, she remembered to keep what happened to her clothes in mind whenever she changed to werewolf mode.

Cassie saw Johnny was standing stiff and walked over, the news was saying how they had reported him dead, since he was last seen with a hunter's knife protruding from his upper torso.

[b]"You bet something's been changed, I suddenly got better senses and a different look." [/b]Cassie said at Johnny's comment, she spun around, especially waving around her tail.

[b]"But my question is, who, when, and why? I'm pretty sure we know what's wrong with us by now, right?" [/b]Cassie asked the group.

Everyone nodded in agreement, there were three morphers and two elementalists.They all wanted answers, and Cassie's guess was that all the answers were related to one another.
[/color]

[Revelation]

[size=1][color=#C82356]The sounds of cheers roared as Enyo passed by a burned down school and into a park nearby. She looked around and saw a group of people surrounding, what appeared to be, two humans. They held onto two metals poles and fought each other, flying around, blocking the hits, and even getting blown by the poles ends.

[i]Enyo is interested. She wants to watch.[/i]

The creature walked closer and realized that she could not get any further. With the desire to watch the battle that played, Enyo suddenly felt her arms become light and feathery. She looked to her arms and saw that she had the wings of a harpy.

[i]Enyo?s powers are interesting. She is amazed every moment. Let us see what these humans are doing.[/i]

?You?ll never win against me, Treana. I?ve gotten better.?

The male human swung his metal poles around, trying to hit the female human, who was defending herself by countering the hits with her own set of poles.

?We?ll see about that.?

The female human quickly blocked a downward strike and with her free pole, she slammed it against his ribcage, shattering about 2 or 3 ribs. He then grabbed his side as he winced in pain and felt the pole fall to the ground. Enyo was amazed by the behavior of the humans and what they were doing for she had. She then felt something strange about the female as the human was in full view.

[i]The human girl seems different. Enyo must speak to her but Enyo can?t. Something blocks Enyo from the human?s mind. Oh well. Pity, Enyo will watch but her arms are tired.[/i]

Enyo found a branch and lightly sat on it, watching the fight from her view. She was quite interested in the battles that these humans took on. The human girl had the upper hand as she fought off the injured male. He was persistent on winning but the female knew he couldn?t win against her.

As the two battled, Enyo could feel a strange sensation around the humans. It wasn?t human and the force was visible but only the aura of it could be seen.

[i]What does Enyo see? This she wants to know.[/i][/size][/color]

[Drake06]

[I]New York City, 8:00 P.M.[/I]

A young man stood on the top of the Empire state building. His cloak flowed in the wind. "Time to get to work." Dragon said as he heard the police sirens wailing."I wonder what it is this time. Robbery, murder, fire? Oh well." He leaped off of the building, following the police sirens. He dropped, 10 feet, 30, 50, 100 and finally leveled off, 100 feet above street level.
He sped on, leaving a strange whistle as the only sign of his passing. "I love flying." He thought to himself as he twisted and turned following the sounds of the sirens. "I feel so free. Even gravity can't master me. Look at those people down there, driving in their cramped little cars. I wonder what it's like to be them?"
He turned one more corner and saw the source of the sirens. Four police cars were chasing a vehicle, they sped down the busy New York streets. Suddenly a man leaned out of the window of the suspect vehicle and pulled out a machine gun. Shots were fired between the police and the suspects. One of the police cars was hit in the engine and a fire started. Dragon sped on as the car continued speeding down the streets.
They turned a corner and Dragon followed them. The suspects were nearing a pedestrian crosswalk, suddenly a family stepped out in front of it. "Oh, man. Now it's getting serious." He went even faster and barely dropped in front of the car as it reached the family. He put out one hand and knocked the car that had been going 110 mph backwards into the air. The family stared at him in shock.
"Sorry about that." Dragon said as he smiled at them, "I was fooling around earlier." They just nodded as Dragon headed over to the overturned vehicle. The two suspects were crawling out, one still had the gun and he fired it. Dragon easily caught the bullet and threw it to the ground. "I don't die so easily you bastards."
He picked them both up and flew over to the cop cars that were just arriving. "Here are your suspects." He told them as he threw the crooks at them and smashed their weapon. "I don't think they'll be needing this." The cops just stared at him, dumbstruck. He gave them a grin and took off into the air.
"Man that was stupid of me to wait that long to stop those guys. I shouldn't do that again." He said, "I can already tell. Tonight is going to be a long one." More sirens sounded as he took off into the air, in search for more prey.


Sorry, I was kinda late. :animeswea

[GuyYouMetOnline]

New recruits always found it odd that boasting was grounds for a challenge, but eventually they got used to it. Any claim could be challenged, because a false claim was considered dishonorable. Which is why one had to be extremly careful about making claims. If you weren't, you could wind up in Alno's position.

Alno was out of his leauge, and he knew it. The only reason he had accepted the challenge was that refusing it would have meant that he had no honor, which meant that his own gang would have killed him, and slowly. At least the challenge would result in a quicker death.

Alno made one last attack, swinging both poles at once. Treana was able to dodge one, and the other she parried with one of her poles. Which left her with a free pole. She swung it low, and she swung it hard. The blow broke Alno's left knee, and he went down. Treana steped back and put her poles away. Alno managed to look up at her. "Are... are you going to kill me?" he said.

"For what reason?" Treana replied. "The duel is over. You lost, I won. Killing you when you can no longer fight back would be a dishonorable way to conclude a duel. No, you can live."

Treana walked over to the group from Koteiro. "Good job," Kajo said. "You did well. Now, I see no reason to stick around here. Let's get back to base."

[Noy yet,] Akansola instructed Treana. [There is someone watching. I can feel her presence, but I cannot enter her mind. She may be another like us and Alec. We should remain here and speak with her.]

Since it was all thought communication, there was no noticable delay while Akansola was 'speaking' to Treana. "You go ahead," Treana said. "I think there's someone near here who might know where I've been, why I've been missing for over two months. Don't worry, I'll make it quick."

Kajo nodded his understanding and led the Koteiro group back towards their base. The Marja group also left, Alno being carried.When Everyone was gone, Treana looked around but couldn't see the observer. "I know you're here!" she called. "I don't want to hurt you, but I would like to speak with you!"

[She is coming,] Akansola told Treana. [You should not use a false identity with her. Even with me denying her access to our minds, I believe that she will know if you are lying.]

There was a sound behind Treana. She turned around and saw a young-looking girl. The girl appeared perfectly normal, but Treana knew that she wasn't. She didn't know what the girl was. "My name is Treana," she said. "Who are you?"

The girl didn't respond. [She's trying to communicate using telepathy,] Akansola informed Treana. [I have not let her into our minds.]

"I can't let you into my mind," Treana told the girl. "You'll have to speak normally."

"Enyo is not used to speaking," the girl said.

"Your name's Enyo?"

"Yes. Are you like me?"

"Probably not exactly like you," Treana replied, "but we're both certainly not normal. I've been trying to figure out what happened to me. I was living a normal life, then suddenly I'm missing more than two months' worth of memories, and I'm not normal any more."

"You were changed?"

Treana nodded. "Yes, I was."

"Enyo was not changed. Enyo has always been as she is. Enyo is an experiment. She was created by scientists."

"Created? They made you from scratch? And they gave you powers? Interesting. Sounds like you're a step past me in whatever these scientists are trying to do. Do you remember where it is that you were made?"

"Yes."

"I need to go there, but not tonight. Tell me where it is, and I'll go tomorrow." Enyo gave Treana the location.

"Thank you," Treana said. "Now, I don't want to say anything about my powers, but because I've asked you a few questions, it's only fair to allow you to ask me some. So, is there anything besides my powers you want to know about?"

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OOC: Take it from here, Neuvoxetere.