<div style="text-align: left;"><strong>Jake Prior</strong><br/><strong>Tagged:</strong> None - Closed<br/><strong>Location:</strong> Home - 16 Hours Ago</div><div class="floatright">(http://www.superheroprofiles.com/files/2008/10/heroes-sylar-zachary-quinto.jpg)</div><hr/><br/>It was a dark and stormy night.<br/>It had been raining for the last 2 nights and everything was drenched to the point where they smelled a little different.<br/>Jake stood near the Target Building.<br/>He had traced his Target to an old Warehouse on the Docks of East Los Angeles.<br/><br/>Unlike the rest of the Inquisition that favored their all white Trench Coat and their crosses, and looking like something out of the movies, Jake kept it real.<br/>Kept it Tactical.<br/><br/>He looked, and was dressed, all in black Urban SWAT Gear.<br/>The only thing out of place was the Footlong blade locked into place, on his back, as if protecting his spine, and even that was sheathed in Black Nylon to keep the blade from glinting in whatever lighting it could find.<br/><br/>The Inquisition Agent looked around from his hiding place.<br/>The power had gone out minutes before.<br/>It was pitch black.<br/>Bad for him.<br/>He lowered his Thermal Goggles, and activated them.<br/>The goggles allowed him to see any heat signatures in the area.<br/>Hot bulbs, running engines, human figures, Wolves.<br/>Amazingly, not Inquisition standard equipment.<br/>This was all stuff from his Ranger days.<br/><br/>That was one thing Jake hated about the Inquisition.<br/>Because they were run by the Catholic church everything was tested, retested, then checked all over again.<br/>In the history books it took 3 generations before the Inquisition finally allowed the use of Firearms.<br/>And for those 3 generations, they were losing the war since the Wolves in human form used them as soon as they were available.<br/>And now it was to standard Military gear like Thermal imaging.<br/><br/>If Jake ever lives long enough to retire and get old, is the only time he'll see the Inquisition use mass planet-wide thermal imaging.<br/>In which case, if the Wolves didn't get their hands on a Nuclear Weapon, would end the war with the Inquisition as the Victor.<br/>After all, what's the point of running if you couldn't hide?<br/><br/>The Inquisition Agent raised his Shotgun and quietly moved forward.<br/>His hand touched the door knob and he put his goggles to the door.<br/>At close range, one could pick up heat signatures behind thin objects such as paper, doors, non-concrete/metallic walls.<br/>Satisfied there were no surprises behind the door, he gave it a shove and entered.<br/><br/>As he moved through the packed Warehouse he tried to remember what the intelligence packet had said about the Wolf.<br/>Young, female. No age, no picture.<br/>Just that she was a survivor of a previous Raid and needed to be put down.<br/>If Jake wasn't in a situation where he needed to be quiet he would have grumbled out loud.<br/>That was another thing with the Inquisition.<br/>No details.<br/><br/>A crack of Thunder and Lightning lit up the warehouse for a few seconds but also brought out a scream.<br/>Not from Jake.<br/>But his target.<br/>Jake immediately crossed the room and saw a blob of heat coming from a corner.<br/>He raced over to her and shoved the barrel of his Spaz-12 Shotgun into her face, waiting for that distinct growl from a transformation, and an attack so he could end her without hesitation.<br/>Instead he heard a whimper.<br/>Sniffles.<br/>The Lightning came again and lit up the Warehouse long enough for Jake to see the 10-year-olds face.<br/><br/>His radio crackled and a voice came through.<br/>A familiar voice...<br/>A dead voice...<br/>It was encouraging him to take the shot.<br/>That it would grow up to kill more American Soldiers if he did not.<br/><br/>Another voice chimed in.<br/>The Popes voice.<br/>Saying how it was God's will to bring down the Hammer of Justice on this heathen born out of the womb of Satan or some shit...<br/><br/>Jake made his decision.<br/>He grabbed the little girl in one arm and turned to leave when he was suddenly faced with an Inquisition Agent with an unknown face.<br/>Jake didn't hesitate.<br/>His Shotgun went off and the Inquisition Agent went down.<br/>An explosion of Gunfire went off all around him and he moved from cover to cover.<br/>He placed the girl down to take down a couple more Agents, picked her back up and made for another piece of Cover.<br/>Once there, he put the girl down again.<br/>Jake blind-fired over his cover, then leaned around the side and took down two more Agents.<br/><br/>The young man couldn't chance the Inquisition following them.<br/>He planted a bomb on the floor and set it for five seconds.<br/>Jake then grabbed the girl and sprinted for the open roll-up doors...and the pier.<br/>It was like something out of a movie.<br/>Running in a straight line with a hail of gunfire ripping through the air around them.<br/>Not one of them getting hit.<br/>Just as Jake jumped for the water, the Warehouse behind them exploded.<br/>The Giant fireball came up, turning into a Wolf's head and it turned to chomp and burn away each Inquisition Member still alive.<br/>Then it turned and looked at Jake.<br/><br/>The two were still falling towards the water, slowly.<br/>Jake wondered why so slow and could see the Wolf coming.<br/>He pointed his weapon at the Wolf but it was too late.<br/>It chopped down on them-<br/><br/><hr/><br/>And then he was awake...<br/><br/>It was a dream.<br/>All a dream.<br/>Jake was covered in sweat, he was no longer on the bed, but on the floor.<br/>The Pistol he kept under his pillow was in his right hand.<br/>Slowly, he dropped the weapon and picked himself up and off of the floor.<br/><br/>Quietly he groaned and went to the fridge to grab a Bottle of water.<br/>As he thought of his dream, he found himself having it more and more, ever since a few nights ago.<br/>Then, he delved deeper into his dream.<br/>He shook his head.<br/><br/>Jake walked over to his laptop and checked out a file full of personal vid diaries.<br/>Only that last part was a dream.<br/>In reality, he was shot just before they disappeared below the pier and into the water<br/>The explosion had taken out the rest of the Inquisition Members present at the warehouse.<br/>Jake was able to swim to another part of LA and drag himself and girl onto the beach.<br/>From their they ran for a year.<br/><br/>As Jake re-watched all 370 videos, he was suddenly struck with the need to drink away his sorrows.<br/>The little girl he had saved that night stayed with him a full year, finding time to record her own diaries five times.<br/>But on the year anniversary of escaping the warehouse the Inquisition came.<br/>And the Wolves.<br/>Actually they had been caught in the crossfire.<br/><br/>An Inquisition Raid on a large pack of Wolves in Reno, Nevada.<br/>Jake should have seen it coming.<br/>In fact he had plans to move the next day, but that day would come too late.<br/>As Jake tried to get them out safely...he lost the girl.<br/>Jessica was her name.<br/>She didn't know her last name, and Jake determined by her blonde hair, blue eyes, her light Russian accent, and her knowledge of simple Russian words, that her parents were...Russian.<br/>Probably immigrants.<br/>But that night he lost her.<br/>To an Inquisition member?<br/>To a Wolf?<br/>Jake watched the hand-offs as he shoved his way through the fight, trying to get to her again.<br/>Something hit him in the head and he was out.<br/><br/>After that, a week of no-sleep, no eating, looking for Natasha ended with him catching a bad cough and landed him in a Hospital for a few days.<br/><br/>His email chimed, awaking him from his memories.<br/>It was from a friend in a group that supported a peace between the Inquisition and the Wolves.<br/>The Group was known mostly to Wolves.<br/>The Inquisition were quick to extract their members, but the Wolves had no real support.<br/><br/>Since that day Jake could no longer see what he had seen when he first joined the Inquisition.<br/>He could no longer see the evil in the Wolves they hated so much.<br/>The young man found himself in a neutral area in a War.<br/>Right now, he just wanted to find Natasha and see her live somewhere safe.<br/>Away from the Inquisition.<br/>If he found her in that state, then she would leave her at that.<br/><br/>"Uncle Jake!"<br/><br/>The words echoed in his head.<br/>He could hear Jessica's voice and it drove him up the wall that he could lose her like that.<br/>Jake suddenly flung his bottle of water across the room and into the wall.<br/>Now he was more pissed because there was water all over his floor.<br/><br/>He turned his attention back to the email and opened a file attachment.<br/>A picture.<br/>This Support Group was ex-military with a Coat of Arms that pretty much told how much they support each side.<br/>A howling wolf with a Kite Shield behind it, engraved with a cross.<br/>Two Swords crossed that shield, each with the Latin word for peace etched into the blade.<br/>Most of their members e-military, ex-mercenary, ex-intelligence.<br/>Sometimes they did send out members to take place in hostage rescue or search and destroy, but for the most part they help whichever side with non-combat aid.<br/>But the picture sent to him by his friend was a gif.<br/>A moving picture showing a massive amount of heat signature movements, both wolf and human form moving in-land towards Chicago.<br/><br/>Jake's eyes went wide and he quickly destroyed the gif file.<br/>At this moment, he was<em>not</em>helping the Inquisition.<br/>He just wanted Jessica to find a peaceful place to live.<br/>He needed to see it with his own eyes.<br/><br/>The young man noted that he was not the only person the image was sent to.<br/>He contacted his friend, packed up his Gear, and headed for the Airport.<br/><br/>Once at the Airport he met up with said Friend.<br/>They went over a few things, such as how Jake must not engage anyone unless it was purely for self-defense.<br/>And if he did engage it must be to wound, not kill.<br/>Jake watched as the Soldiers took away all his Silver ammunition.<br/>The only thing silver on him, was now his Sword, as he used the same Tactical Gear from before, except all signs it used to be Inquisition were long gone.<br/>The Soldiers loaded him up with regular ammunition.<br/><br/>Jake had a G36E Assault Rifle, his pistols, some grenades, some non-lethal grenades, a map of the area, some flares, some Rations, etc. etc.<br/>It was like he was going into a full combat zone...except in the middle of America.<br/>After that, they quickly sowed on one of their patches onto his arm, and marched him up the back of a C-130 Transport Plane.<br/><br/><hr/><strong>Tagged:</strong>Open<br/><strong>Location:</strong>Downwind the Gathering<br/><br/>The Plane had dropped him off downwind of the Gathering site.<br/>Unluckily (or maybe luckily?) Jake's chute got caught on some tree's on the way down.<br/>It was still up there when he walked away.<br/>Making sure the wind was constantly at his face and not his back he crawled up a small hill and peered down at the biggest Wolf gathering he's never seen.<br/><br/>Slowly lifting up his Binoculars he noted Cabin positions, groupings, and...<br/>Jake lowered his Binoculars as if his bare eyes would be better than seeing with a pair of lenses.<br/>But his Inquisition training was thorough and true.<br/>Had he been with them still this would have been a major find, and a guarantee promotion.<br/>After all...Nathaniel Grey was down there...<br/><br/>Suddenly feeling uneasy, he ducked back behind the hill and glanced around at his surroundings, making sure no one was creeping up on him.<br/>He then went back to spying on the huge Wolf gathering.<br/>His main objective: Look for Jessica.