Forgotten Wolf 12-20-2008 09:56 PM<br/>On their way out of the hospital, a TFV agent was able to tag Ethon with an etheric tracker allowing them to follow without actually the possibility of being spotted. Eventually it paid off to as they were led right to the mage building, stopping only briefly to take a reading on the building before pulling back to observe from a safe distance.<br/><br/>The Solace base was contacted, blueprints acquired, and a plan was drawn up in a matter of minutes. The all ready suited teams grabbed some extra equipment from the armory before moving out. Under the cover of city road work, they entered the sewer several blocks away and double timed it to an area just under the council building.<br/><br/>Outside the building, the archmageâ€™s man wouldnâ€™t find a trace of the place being watched. The agents and teams kept switching off at different and random intervals as well as blending into the normal civilian crowd. They didnâ€™t use any of their fancy surveillance gear since where they were operating held the high potential of being caught by an ordinary person. They were after all black ops, and so they kept the building under visual surveillance only.<br/><br/>Back in the sewer tunnels, the group slowed as it approached the approximate location and one pulled out an etheric tracking device to pinpoint the exact location. Stopping pretty much right under the council chamber, another man pulled out some kind of scope and peered upward. â€œI count four type Ms here, here, here, and here.â€ He says pointing as another marks the locations in the ceiling. â€œTwo type Ss here and hereâ€¦ and one type V here.â€ He looks back to the squad and their demo man in particular. â€œOkay we take out the Ms first before they can get organizedâ€¦ Youâ€™re up.â€ He point to the demolition expert who steps up, take out his own scope to examine the ceiling/floor to determine the proper placement of the charges. Giving a thumbâ€™s up that it looked good; he went to work putting a few holes in the ceiling to hold the charges. He made sure to be extra careful with the amount of explosives he usedâ€¦ Especially since they were using Semtex.<br/><br/>Everyone worked quickly wanting to get out of the stinking sewer as fast as possible and to a cleansing shower. Once everything was all the charges were in place the next phase went into action. â€œOk, Bravo you set up over and Alpha will set up over here. Weâ€™ll catch them in a crossfire. Check your weapons and watch out for friendly fire!â€ Everyone gave their SMG or shotgun one last check before setting up a safe distance from the area they would bring down. Once everyone was set, the CO gave it the once over before nodding to the demo specialistâ€¦ He pushed the button.<br/><br/>*<br/><br/>Dherris was nervous to say the least during the whole ordeal. Firstly Cutra seemed a bit overly aggressive and hostile towards the Prince. Secondly she slipped and mentioned his name rather than the cover name she had given him, fortunately the Prince either didnâ€™t pick up on the slip or didnâ€™t care. So far though, it appeared that this Prince was much more willing to work out terms between rivaling supernaturals.<br/><br/>Things took a turn to the dark side though when Shey walked inâ€¦ and announced the death of Brian. Dherris had though he had felt a shift in the Shadow earlier but suppressed the shiver that wanted to go through him then. His face did darken though at the news and shot Cutra a concerned look. That meant one pack was down for the countâ€¦ Were those human hunters responsible for this as well? Dherris shook his head at the thought. Things were only getting worse and worsâ€¦<br/><br/>The floor underneath the archmageâ€™s seats suddenly lurched upward with a rumbling explosion only to swiftly be fall back down into the dark sewer tunnels dragging the mages with it. Dherris groaned pain from his landing, his ears ringing and his sight foggy from a blow he took to the head in the fall as well as dust that was kicked up. He got up to look for Cutra when bullets started flying around him.<br/><br/>His attention now drawn to the nearest armored black soldier, he focused on attacking the manâ€™s life patternâ€¦ only to crumple to the ground in pain as the Abyss lashed out at him. His disguise spells unraveled and his red eyes returnedâ€¦ His hands developed into claws now, bringing him one step further along his demonic decent. The TFV agents didnâ€™t care though and shot to try and kill the mages as soon as they collapse stopped before the mages could get oriented enough to actually retaliateâ€¦ To take them out before they could use their magic if they had survived the fall and rubble that isâ€¦<br/><br/>Ladypuppet 12-22-2008 04:16 PM<br/>*Cutra had saw that the her actions had began to get to the prince this brought forth a smirk and she turned back toward her the other mages. Moving back she shivered she felt something was extremely wrong. She shook it off as she saw Dherris express his concerns, she shivered again greatly. She felt the floor buckle underneath her and she felt a falling sensation. Cutra winces as pain shot through her body she had fallen on something. She gasp for breath and out of pain. Looking up she saw Dherris stand and his demonic bonds take over his body. She tried to move but she couldnâ€™t something was resting on her body something heavy. Her vision was to hazy to tell what it was and she felt her head was pounding hard, lifting her hand to her head she heard bullets ringing out about her. She looked seeing black soldiers down the sewers from them. How had the found them, so quickly. Why had nothing gone right, she cough and saw blood speckle her hand. Looking she felt a bullet nick her she wince and whimpered in pain. As she gathered her magic through all her pain and lifted the heavy piece of flooring and sent it flying toward the armed soldiers, she knelt on one knee panting softly. Cutra hand went to her aching side, she had fallen on something sharp and it had punctured her. She felt the warm blood on her hand, she coughed again trying to stand but could not. The situation had gone from bad to worst. She looked and saw no other mage around.* â€œDherrisâ€¦Dhe..â€ She managed to stand weakly as more of the floor had fallen around her some of it hitting her. Coughing hard in the dust she looked up able to see them, but felt a sharp pain pierce her leg, had she been shot. She looked seeing several laser points on her, she suddenly looked and hissed loudly, before yelling.* â€œI WONâ€™T DIE THIS WAY!â€ *Her voice roared as several of the men had been taken under the water, she was having difficulties holding her focus she wouldnâ€™t be able to keep this up for long. Her vision blacked as she shuddered with pain barely able to breath as she gasp again and her body slide down the wall, her body looking eerily her skin as pale as death, her eyes fluttered as she struggled to help in the fight, but her body wasnâ€™t able to hold up in these conditions.*<br/>(Didnâ€™t know were to go with my post, so this will have to do.)<br/><br/>braioch8201 12-23-2008 04:37 AM<br/>Enoch couldn't help but feel a rising anger in his chest at the Mage's attitude, this whole thing was spiralling out of control. They had little to no time to be constantly at each others throats over such trivial matters. He opened his mouth to speak but suddenly felt a shudder go through the building as the floor gave way beneath them.<br/><br/>His eyes widened slightly, his reflexes taking hold of him. He fell to the sewers below, the splash of his landing outdone by the sounds of gunfire. He could smell gunpowder and magic. He whipped around without hesitation, three blades flying from his hands into three different soldiers. He jerked to the side when a bullet came within an inch of his head.<br/><br/>This place was too dangerous, everything was falling apart and they were caught unaware. He knew they had to get out and fast. He turned quickly to see Cutra falling against a wall. He narrowed his eyes and dashed towards her, grabbing her up in his arms and carrying her down the opposite tunnel. As much as he despised the woman for all of in hostility, they would need her. Hoping that all of the others would follow his example he dashed away from the fight, knowing others lay in wait elsewhere in the labrynth.<br/><br/>**********************<br/><br/>Memnoch turned instantly when he felt the rumble of the ground and seen a large chunk of the Mage's hall collapse.<br/><br/>Sewers<br/><br/>He pressed the button on the device in his ear, "all units, available or otherwise, make an immediate haste to the sewers near the Mage's hall, the Prince is in danger, immediately, prepare for a fight boys."<br/><br/>With that he was down in the sewers via a manhole. He landed between two different startled soldiers, he snapped their necks with ease before they could react and was gone, hurrying towards the sounds of fighting.<br/><br/>Nebb 12-24-2008 07:04 AM<br/>Since everyone had now gathered, Xavier secretly wished that the meeting would not be delayed any further. He had a lesson with a new student on the basics of hand to hand combat in 20 minutes. More importantly however, was the fact that he had a lady friend who flew into town earlier the evening for an important board meeting, and he had promised to take her out for a drink before she headed out again the following morning.<br/><br/>â€œThank my stars I took a vow of poverty, and not one of celibacy.â€ He smirked to himself.<br/><br/>He leaned over to Rowan: â€œRowan, would you be able to loan meâ€¦â€ he stopped mid-sentence, a concerned look forming quickly on his face. He had picked up a â€˜sensationâ€™ through one of his spells that could only be described as an electromagnetic disturbance, followed by a vibration of sorts. He barely realized what was happening, when the ground lifted beneath his feat and sent him crashing down to the level below. He managed to grab onto the side of one of the ledges, and hung there for almost a full second before it gave way under his weight. Spinning his body around with the agility of a cat, he landed on his feet, stumbling however on the loose cement and slicing his arms on shards of cement as he tried to stabilize himself. As soon as the dust had cleared, bullets started whizzing past his head and he lunged toward a large outcrop of fallen cement and wedged himself against it, using it as cover. Feeling someone behind him he turned to find Rowan. He had one hand on Dherrisâ€™s arm and was trying to pull him back to where they were hiding. Rowan had a gash on his forehead and blood covered his face in a ghastly fashion. Xavier grabbed at Dherris, who was writhing in pain, and helped Rowan pull him closer. Rowan shouted over the gunfire â€œI felt him try to reach out with his magic, and then he just crumpled upâ€¦â€ â€œWe have to move.â€ shouted Xavier as a bullet flew past his arm grazing him. Rowanâ€™s hand suddenly flew to his face as he grabbed his head in pain, blood coming from his nose. â€œAaaaaaagghhâ€ was all me managed to say as he spat out some blood in the process. â€œSomething is obstructing our magic.â€<br/><br/>Rowan had an ideaâ€¦ â€œXavier, I know you have that little spell of yours on at all times. We need some help down here!â€<br/><br/>Rowan knew immediately what he meant, and utilizing his connection to his students, Rowan translated in seconds what would have taken minutes to translate in human speech. His last attempt to control the minds of one of the TFV agents had recoiled and backfired, so much so, it actually shut off his multitasking spell, so heâ€™d have to broadcast his message to all of his students instead of assigning tasks individually and simultaneously as he normally would.<br/><br/>â€œThe Council chamber has been breached, we are one level below in the sewers and the enemy is using some kind of magic resistant field.â€ Rowan noticed that everyone was standing ankle deep in the water, everyone except them who were on top of â€“ and between - the rubble. â€œGet a few of the Arrows into the Council Chamber and do it fast. Tell them we need a serious jolt of electricity into the water. The rest of you, find the underground passages the enemy used. They must have an escape route with help standing by. You may find that they donâ€™t appear at all on your scans, as they seem to be resistant to our magic. Thatâ€™s how you will find them, look for dead spots. I want them caught, tracked, or killed. In that order otherwise all of the above. And remember, magic seems to bounce off them, so indirect magics only. And alert the vampires and lycanâ€™s of ours situation.â€ â€œYes Master Rowan.â€ came the simultaneous response from his students in the building.<br/><br/>â€œItâ€™s done.â€ Shouted Rowan as he turned to Xavier, who looked like he was about to make a dash for one of the soldiers. â€œHold on, theyâ€™re on their way.â€<br/>Moments later 3 mages appeared through a portal into the Council chamber. Immediately two of them took up safe positions, so as to not expose themselves to enemy fire.<br/><br/>â€œClose your eyes.â€ The words appeared in Rowanâ€™s mind in a flash. Placing his hand over Dherrisâ€™s eyes, he shouted to Xavier over the gunfire. â€œFlash!â€<br/><br/>An energy burst of light materialized with such intensity, Rowan could see it through his closed eyelids and even feel the warmth of it on his skin. It lasted for a full two seconds before it stopped and both Xavier and Rowan opened their eyes and waiting for their eyesight to adjust to the darkness. Giving the agents almost no chance to recover the first mage, with the help of the second, redirected an arc of intense blue electricity from one of the power conduits through one of the holes in the floor and into the water below. The third mage, one of Rowanâ€™s students, joined him and using Space magic, cast a ward over their exposed position, banning any new kinetic energy from entering the Council Chamber and canceling out the possibility that any of them get hit by an aimed bullet. More mages started appearing through the portal.<br/><br/>"We need to find their leader and revive him if he's still alive. Dherris may be able to help." Rowan whispered in Xavier's ear. "I'm not sure of the Prince's methods, but as you know, mine are by far more effective."<br/><br/>Ladypuppet 12-24-2008 01:09 PM<br/>*Cutra felt something or someone touch this frightened her she didnâ€™t know who it was. She went to hit them, but stopped seeing it was the prince. The one she had tormented so much, the one she had accused. He was helping her, she was surprised. She looked and winced looking back tears streaking her face.* â€œI wonâ€™t leave with out Dherris.â€ *She managed to gasp out, she looked pushing some of her weight onto the prince. She wasnâ€™t in any condition to fight and she knew this all to well.* â€œI wonâ€™t leave not until I know the other mages, are safe and following us or fleeing.â€ *She tried to fight the Prince to get back to them, but couldnâ€™t she winced, as she looked up.* â€œThank you, Iâ€™m sorryâ€¦for my behavior.â€ *She managed to sputter out before she started coughing again, blood coming up again, she had to get out of hereâ€¦or she would die, not from the fight but from the injuries she had already acquired. She looked and shivered and managed a few signs out, bringing a flurry of dust around the mages and through the hole giving them a chance to get away.*<br/><br/>*Her mana was as exhausted as she was, she grabbed him and started coughing.* â€œPrince Enoch, goâ€¦Iâ€™ll hold them off.â€ *In effort to get back to Dherris, but before she could say much of anything else her mind slipped to black, and she was out coldâ€¦having lost conscious, her body slumped in his arms. Her fate was in his hands until she came to.*