Forgotten Wolf 11-26-2008 06:48 PM<br/>Brian laid there on the ground in a haze trying to focus. He only barely heard Sheyâ€™s voice but the tightening of the makeshift bandage on his shoulder broke through the haze. The bandage gave him something to focus on and soon his shoulder started to fix itself. A few moments longer and he could sit up though a bit light headed and dizzy still. He attempted to stand but promptly fell back to his knees.<br/><br/>There was heatâ€¦ coming from somewhere, and as he looked to see the source his face fell in terror. The church was on fire but how he couldnâ€™t remember and as his eyes searched for answers they produce more anguish. He saw what was left of Takaraâ€™s body lying in the middle of the street, and as the memories started flooding in he was able to slide his gaze to Iggyâ€™s body as well before completely losing it. He doubled over and started heaving as his body started trying to expel the flesh of his friends from him. Tears streamed down his face in pain, sadness, and despair as his stomach continued to empty itself until there was nothing but bile left.<br/><br/>He wipes his mouth with the back of his hand, tears still coming from his eyes, and looks over at Shey tending to her injured mate. He could still barely make out some of the now faint bruises around her jaw and neck where he had tried to kill her. Even her mate was hurt because of him.<br/><br/>He crawls over to where Iggy had once stood moments earlier, gazing around at the blood, the bodies, the burning church, and now he could even see innocents cowering or running in terror of what they just sawâ€¦ The Wound was just growing stronger. He picks up Iggyâ€™s gun; he needed to do somethingâ€¦<br/><br/>He had failedâ€¦ failed his packâ€¦ failed the city and its peopleâ€¦ failed his friendsâ€¦ No, he had done worse than failâ€¦ He destroyed everything he was fighting forâ€¦ and it could happen againâ€¦ he wouldnâ€™t be strong enough to fight the influence of the Wound again. The gun came up. â€œIâ€™m sorryâ€¦â€ He said quietly. A shot rang out and echoed through the city louder than any before it. Everyone who heard it shuddered as they somehow instinctively knew something horrible had happened. The gun clattered to the ground with the body of the man once known as Brianâ€¦ One of Solaceâ€™s last true protectors was deadâ€¦â€¦â€¦ and the Wound grew with new found fervor.<br/><br/>TFV****************<br/><br/>â€Sir, we canâ€™t get closeâ€¦ The police and fire departments are starting to showâ€¦ To get involved would expose our existence.â€<br/><br/>â€œUnderstoodâ€¦ What can you gives us over here?â€<br/><br/>â€We have one S-type ENE and one A-type ENEâ€¦ If there are any othersâ€¦ then they are dead nowâ€¦.. It appears like a fight happened.â€<br/><br/>â€œKeep covert observations on those twoâ€¦ They might lead us to some answers.â€<br/><br/>â€Understood, sir.â€<br/><br/><br/>Dherris************************************<br/><br/><br/>Dherris woke up alone in early evening, not realizing he had slept that longâ€¦ Though from what he could remember of the night before he wasnâ€™t entirely surprised. The word â€˜inhibitionsâ€™ seemed to completely disappear from existence with that girl. With some effort, he finally is able to get himself out of the bed and make his sore self over to the bathroom to relieve himself and shower.<br/><br/>Emerging, he caught his reflection in the mirror and noticed his new eye color was back. He wondered if the woman he had been with last night had noticed themâ€¦ but even if she did she didnâ€™t seem to care too much about his eye color. With a little magical effort, Dherris returned his eyes to their former brown color temporarily knowing again that the magic would last only 4-6 hours. Satisfied with the renewed disguise, Dherris gets dressed and prepares to return to the Council Hall.<br/><br/>He found it odd that Cutra hadnâ€™t tried to call him and it made him worry a little as he closed in on the building. He spotted Cutra as she exited and smiled as he walked over. â€œCutra, Iâ€™m hurt that you didnâ€™t call me. I hope Iâ€™m not too late to assist you with anything you need before the meeâ€¦.. ting.â€ Dherrisâ€™s stuttered at the end as he noticed the Mastigos archmage leave the building and make his way towards them. Dherris felt a lump form in his throat as he was now face to face with one of the four archmages that had placed his sentence of exile upon himâ€¦ He looked to Cutra for support cause if she had changed her mind about having him work under herâ€¦ then he was completely screwed.<br/><br/>Ladypuppet 11-26-2008 08:19 PM<br/>*Cutra looked up and saw Dherris, and sighed soflty as she looked up her eyes swirled to life slightly as she gave a faint smile.* "Dherris dear, I'm suprised to see you came back. I didn't call becuase I was in meditations talking to the ghostly, council." * She looked over at Rowan wondering what he may do seeing that Dherris was here. If he so much as tryed to hurt Dherris she would attack even if it ment taking all her energy she wasn't about ready to let somebody take away the one person she cared for. Looking she walked over to him and lighlty opened her arms as in asking for a hug, she forced a smile slightly looking down. Having seeing him brought up all the emotions she thought that she had pushed behind her.* "I'm glad to see you once more." *The tears strated to form around her eyes. Cutra still supported him.* "And yes Dherris I still want you to help." *She smiled fully as she moved in and hugged him anyway, weather her wanted it or not.*<br/><br/>Forgotten Wolf 11-26-2008 09:17 PM<br/>Dherrisâ€™ attention was distracted a bit by Rowanâ€™s presence but when Cutra hugged him he relaxed and hugged her back. â€œIâ€™m glad to see you too.â€ He says softly to her before changing to a teasing whisper for only her to hear. â€œAnd of course I came backâ€¦ You still owe me a dance after all.â€ He moved back slightly to actually be able to look at her, â€œSo, what do you need me to do milady?â€ He said this loud enough that Rowan might be able to hear and a small smile was etched on his face as he looked at her. Rowan though sill unnerved him, not only because he was one of the members that voted him out but also he was a Mastigos. If there was ever a type of mage not to trust it was the Mastigos because they were masters of secretsâ€¦ Both hiding them and finding themâ€¦<br/><br/>Ladypuppet 11-26-2008 09:23 PM<br/>*Cutra smiled soflty and looked up at him she was the head council mage after all she doubted Rowan would be stupid enough to try and attack her, even more so since they were in public. she looked and giggeld soflty as his breath taunted her ear and looked up at him.* "Nothing gets past you does it Dherris?" *She played back and giggled again she could tell that Rowan was putting Dherris on edge and she didn't like the fact that he was. She looked fully aware that Rowan was one of the council that hadn't like Dherris and had kicked him off the council after much protest from herself. But the event that her and Dherris had encountered early had still troubled her dearly and she wasn't sure what was going to come of it. Something had to be connected to it, but what? She pondered this before Dherris words brought her back to the present. Leaning up Cutra whispered in his ear.* "I need at least one person I know and trust to be by my side, and your just the person." *She spoke to him soflty and smiled.*<br/><br/>Scambo 11-26-2008 09:58 PM<br/>Okay.....deep breath......deep breath.....Can you wiggle your toes?......Yeah....so maybe when whatever the hell that thing is gets around to tearing my throat out, I can flail a little bit. A slight chuckle escaped his lips before he groaned and curled a little tighter. His body was wracked with pain and his muscles refused to respond to whatever he told it to do. Jack inhaled sharply, dragging in the cool oxygen in short, rasping gasps. He could hear the sounds of intense fighting in the distance and sharp yelps and snarls that were Shey's and the other's permeated the air. He willed his battered body to rise, but no matter how he tried he stayed rooted to the ground. Tired and dejected, he let his body sag back to the cracked concrete, trying in vain to twitch aching limbs into some semblance of comfort. He let his head slip back to rest haphazardly on the pavement as glazed eyes flickered up and down the street, taking in fleeing pedestrians and flashing lights with half-interest. He began drifting off, into an odd creeping darkness that had intruded on the edge of his vision and was now threatening to claim him, when a sudden cold grip locked his mind in an icy choke. He struggled in silence for several seconds until the feeling passed. It left him shaken and scared, having never experienced anything of the sort before. He turned his hazy, cluttered mind towards figuring out what the hell had just happened to him when he felt Shey's hands on his face and the worried words coming from her. He laughed before coughing and shifting his gaze to rest on her.<br/><br/>"Wait...wait...before we get started on me.....is the building O.K.? I...I think I hit somebodies patio and.....it looked kind of expensive....." He gave another weak laugh before a sharp crack pierced the air followed by the clatter of metal on concrete and a dull thud.<br/>Something tells me that wasn't a car backfiring......