eferhilda 12-24-2008 11:01 PM<br/>Shey took all there words of remorse and condolences with polite nod of her head as the only real acknowledgement her mind already filing away the whole incident into the back of mind. Some place where she would be able to deal with it all later if she ever got around to dealing with it, at the moment she was trying to be polite and not snarl at those who kept giving their condolences for the lost of Brian and talking about coming to a peace with the Vampires and the Lycan. As far as she was concerned that peace was reached at the last meeting she was forced to attend and as promised she had her pack cease and desist all vampire hunting and attacks. If they were just going to be going over the same bullshit as before then she was not going to stick around for the end of this meeting either. Jack was back at the hospital waiting for her, as well as all of the damage control that had to happen with the incident with Brian and his pack. Basically what it came down to was that she had a lot better things to do then to sit here and listen to this stuff all over again. As her patience was just about to wear thin she felt the slightest bit of tremble beneath her feet, causing her head to snap up from where it had been resting within her palms her gold eyes locking with Ethonâ€™s green when the floor beneath the Mages table gave way as a shockwave shook the entire building.<br/><br/>Sheyâ€™s rage was so total and all consuming she barely had time to prepare for her change as she shifted completely to her Wereform. Poor Ethon was not prepared for the power of her change nor her range and found himself dragged along in a transformation his snarls mingling with that of his Alphaâ€™s as they leapt in unison and landed down in the hole where the humans were firing at the mages. Blurs of furry mass moved and soon they were amongst the humans slashing at them and tossing them around like they were nothing but rag dolls, their rage allowing them to ignore the bullets that assaulted their flesh. As the mages reinforcements arrived Shey and Ethon jumped to the ceiling clinging to the stone as the waters was electrified, still both lycans knew what the hunters were capable of and also knew that such an attack would slow them but not stop them. Releasing from the wall and stone and landing on top of one of the soldiers she snarled out, â€œThey are not so easily beaten!â€ as she watched in a mixture of rage and horror as the hunters began to regain their footing.<br/><br/>Sasha had grown bored with her wandering of the streets, none of her recent conquests seemed to entertain her as much as that male she had last night. She still shivered a bit from the memory of all the delicious lust she was able to draw off of him as he seemed to have an unlimited supply. It was almost more then she could take in one session after so many years spent without it. Now though she had begun to crave his essence and his touch once more making her home in on his life signature that was like a fingerprint for her and allowed for her to navigate the busy city streets, her step light with anticipation. It did not take too long before she found him amongst something that was very interesting, humans were attacking the mages and using Abyssal energy to boot. Grinning from ear to ear she made her way down into the sewers using the extra amount of power to boost her own till she was able to mask completely as one of those mage people allowing her to get to her prize, â€œHere master Iâ€™ll take him for you while you check the area.â€ she spoke simply to the mage who seemed to be in charge who seemed too preoccupied at the moment to really think as he handed over the object of my obsession. Slowly she began to with draw from the chaos as the two large werewolves in the chaos continued to assault the human soldiers, calling out â€œThey are not so easily beaten!â€ which was when the humans began to get back up slowly but they were getting back up and they were firing again.<br/><br/>Scambo 12-27-2008 06:22 PM<br/>Jack sghed contently and sagged into the hospital bed, unable to really comprehend just what he had committed to. There was nothing he wanted more than to spend his years with the object of an esoteric love. He grinned ruefully as he recalled the age old story of Romeo and Juliet. Their love had been pure and yet look what had happened to them. A sudden knot forming in his stomach shoved Shakespeare's famous tragedy from thought and he felt cold resolve settle and mix with the fire that made up his feelings for Shey. He sighed. The mere nuance of fate and the intervention of that strange creature had changed his life forever and he wasn't sure what to think about that. Jack let his mind slip back, before he met Shey, before he discovered the strange unseen World of Darkness and the Bloody Shadows that stalked it. He was young and naive but proudly so. He had graduated from the Solace police acadamy with flying colors, just like his father before him and the rest of his life was looking great. There were always the little oddities, people being found dead or decapitated, bitten and mauled or hell, in some cases even crushed by a 'An unidentifiable influx of extreme force' all hidden from the public by rumors of serial crushers and and wandering psycho paths. Then, that one fateful day when the carefully constructed world he lived in collapsed to the squeak of a marker on a bathroom stall, he started a whole new life, one filled with danger, fiction turned flesh and everything that was supposedly untrue about the world he lived in now breathing down his neck. And....Just then, years after the foundations of his being had been shaken down, he wondered where he would be if he hadn't Awakened, if life had continued as normal, no Witch Hunters to avoid, Vampires to fight, Lycans to make peace with, Magi to watch or Demons to kill, just an ordinary, normal life. But, for all the shit he had been through, all the scars and wounds and pain were worth what he recieved. The people he'd helped, the friends he'd made and the love he'd found, they made up the new life he had created in the fucked up world that hid behind a facade of normality and prowled just out of view of the ignorant masses. A huge crack and the shaking of the ground beneath Jack snapped him back to the present. Sliding down from the bed, he peered out the window to see a pillar of smoke and dust rising in the distance. He turned to the towering lycan known as Bear.<br/><br/>"I get the feeling that whatever the hell caused that blast has something to do with that meeting Shey was talking about."<br/><br/>braioch8201 12-28-2008 08:13 AM<br/>Enoch sighed as Cutra all but babbled in his ear. He smiled to himself slightly at her apology and gratitude. Her last wish before she passed out completely was that she needed to help Dherris. Once he was a reasonable distance away he set her down on a dry spot of the ground. He placed her comfortably, or as much as he could.<br/><br/>He sighed again and turned back down the way he came and rushed down it quickly. Within no time he was at the battle, werewolves, magic, and all manner of weaponry shrapnel was flying every direction. Enoch grabbed the first human he could find and slammed him into the wall with brutal force. He twisted around, his sword out in a moment and brought down through the neck of another one. He kicked the next assailant, sending him backwards into a large group of other humans.<br/><br/>Memnoch was there suddenly, a large grin painted on his face as he stared at Enoch. Enoch nodded towards him as if to say "go right on ahead." Needing no more enticment, Memnoch drew his weapons and was immediately in the throng of another group of mortals. Within seconds the sounds of screams and bodies being torn into mixed with the other sounds.<br/><br/>Enoch glanced around, he was doing what he could, breaking all the humans up into manageble groups for the others to dispatch. Nonetheless he knew that this was a losing battle for them, they were overtaken by numbers and the humans suprising arsenal. H<br/><br/>He turned to Dherris, yelling over the din, "Cutra is a half a mile down this tunnel, out cold, possibly dying. Her last wish before she passed out was for you to live," he turned and cut down a mortal and grabbed another by the throat, "shouldn't you be leaving by now?"<br/><br/>With that he tore the man's throat and stepped back, he knew they would have to push all they had for now to be able to even get out of here. The only advantage he had at the moment was the large amount of shadows in the place, he would have to take advantage of that.<br/><br/>Forgotten Wolf 01-02-2009 05:05 PM<br/>((sorry it has taken me so long... My RL has been a little messed up as of late))<br/><br/>Dherris could have sworn he heard his name in amongst the roar of gunfire and clattering debris but his world seemed so hazy he wasnâ€™t sure. He continued struggling to stand against the pain (and better judgment considering the gunfire). He so Cutraâ€¦ but only for a moment before a human-like form blocked his sight of her and then both were gone, the figure and Cutra. He felt himself being dragged and then the garbled voices of the archmages as they tried to formulate a plan. A hand covered his eyes and the edges of a bright light seemed to shine through but after the momentary shock Dherris quickly pulled the hand from his face.<br/><br/>The agents hadnâ€™t been so lucky and found themselves partially blinded thank to their goggles but it didnâ€™t save them from the electrical jolt they were given. They fell to the ground for a moment as motor control of their muscles was lost but they were quick to recover. Fighting through the pain and tingling that the electricity left behind. Unfortunately the vampires and werewolves seized upon the situation and started wreaking their own havoc.<br/><br/>The TFV agents did their best to retaliate; one turning to shoot the werewolf that had pounced a nearby soldier while another man covered him, and the one mage that hadnâ€™t taken cover at the holeâ€™s rim was riddled with a few rounds. However, things were getting too chaotic, to out of control and too many men were being lost so the CO made a call. â€œFall back and regroup!â€ He shouts as he pulls something free of his vest and tosses it towards the supernaturals. â€œFlash out!â€ He calls out as the solar flash-bang sails through the air before going off. Against vampires the light would prove highly damaging if not fatal (since it mimics the sunâ€™s EM signature) but against everything else it would act like a normal flash-bang grenade.<br/><br/>Dherris was being helped to his feet and led off by someone though he wasnâ€™t sure who (his vision was still a bit hazy)â€¦ They felt vaguely familiar to him but he couldnâ€™t place it. His mind though focused quickly when Enoch came before him and told him where Cutra wasâ€¦ and more importantly her condition. Dherris pulled away from whoever was aiding him and went into a staggered run in the direction that the Prince had indicated, a bright flash and resounding bang erupted as he entered the passage.<br/><br/>He was worried about the idea of Cutra might be dying and as far as he knew he was the only Life mage who might be close enough to save her. He caught himself against the wall for a second as he almost fell over but he pressed on. It was only a matter of time before he found Cutraâ€™s bloody form. He could all ready tell she was in a bad condition and wasted no time going over to her. He prepared a healing spell but when he reached out to touch her and send the spell coursing through her, he faltered. His clawed hand surprised him and made him nervous but somehow he retained the spell and found the courage to finishing casting it. â€œCutra?â€ He said nervously unsure of whether or not he really made it in time. In the darkness, his red eyes seemed to glow slightly and add in the dangerous looking claws it made him look a lot more sinister and dangerous than he actually wasâ€¦<br/><br/>Ladypuppet 01-04-2009 01:00 PM<br/>*Cutra felt her body touch the cold stone she had been placed down. She was out of the princes arms. Her body laid slumped on the wall. She was away from the battle, at least for now. Her eyes fluttered under her eyelids. Her mind then fell into a fit full dream. *<br/><br/>*Cutra awoke, in the sewers, seeing a bright white light at the end of it. Was she dead she thought to herself, that wasnâ€˜t possible was it. Looking down the tunnel she saw her family and started running from toward them but with no success, they just keep getting farther and farther away. Soon she heard a voice hearing her name. Turning she saw her dead brother, shivering slightly. Soon the white light turned blood red. She looked as her brother lunged and tried to tackle her to the ground. She pushed him away, she looked as he feel back in a hiss. But his eyes werenâ€˜t his but that of one of the demons that haunted her dreams. Soon it was completely black, and flames shot up around her hearing the screams of dieing men, women and there children. The demon keepers laughing and beating them. She felt the hot flames licking at her body.<br/><br/>*She was woke from the dream by a healing sensation, rush and course through her body. There was a sweat across her brow, and she was unsure, what the feeling was. She coughed, her body still battered and bruised. Her eyes fluttered, slightly under the sensation. Shivering she grasped her arm, and gasped for air almost like she had been deprived of it. Looking she whimpered softly and grasped her side, wincing softly in pain. Looking up at him, she grabbed his claw like arm and twisted hard.* â€œDherris, Dherris is that you?â€ *She looked up at him through the haze and blinked. She tried to pull him and shook softly and pulls her body to him and hugs him crying as she coughed once more, still coughing up small amounts of blood.*<br/><br/>*Though the healing spell had worked, it had not fully healed her body. She felt the tears streaking down her face, as she pulled back and kissed him softly and looked into this reddened eyes.* â€œDherris, Iâ€™m scaredâ€¦I know that Iâ€™m the head mage, and I know that Iâ€™m supposed to know what to do, but I donâ€™tâ€¦We werenâ€™t meant to fight. I didnâ€™t want the mages, in the warâ€¦And who knows how many people are gonna, die because I refused, to listen.â€ *She spoke out quietly and hung her head in shame as she tried to push her body up slowly and winced in pain. Soon the healing spell took affect and began to heal most of her wounds though her body still ached in pain.*<br/><br/>*Looking to him she blinked, and collapsed to him, breathing slowly she couldnâ€™t keep her balanced, and she did know were she was.* â€œHow did I get here?â€ *She slumped against the wall, once more and took in a long drawn breath.* â€œWe should get going before we get found.â€ *She looked and leaned onto his shoulder and head in the direction of the fight.*