The Winds of Change Ch6

From "Chys Lattes"

Marick's Room...

"Gawd DAMN IT ALL!" Ran was having a fit that now his room too was being quarantined. He couldn't even go in to get his homework, as it all was blocked off by the police as evidence in the mysterious disturbance that night. I lounged on the couch across from where Carl and Domoen sat. Ran continued to pace, waving his arms in the air for emphasis on his every ranting word. "What the hell do they think this is! I pay to live here by god!"

I pulled out my hand held and contacted Yuri and Ryu. Ryu had room for him, and Lisa could stay with Yuri for the night. They could even borrow from their notes. I tried to inform Ran of this, and Lisa waved her hand in front of his face as he passed by where she was standing in the hall, the door open.

"That damn golem isn't even HERE any more, and they won't even let me in to salvage my own property!" Lisa nodded in agreement to Ran's ranting.

"Yo, man!" I called, no response from Ran. Issean snapped his fingers in Ran's face as he walked by the door to his bedroom. Ran looked up and Issean punched the guy in the gut. Ran crumpled to the floor as Issean dusted his hands off for show. "He's out cold now. Marick, take him to Ryu's place."

"And what are you doing, bossing me around, Issean?" I asked. He smiled and wraped his arm around Lisa's shoulder as he turned down the hall to walk her to Yuri's room. Bastard.

Domoen was smiling at the unconscious form of Ran on the floor. "Need some help?" he asked me. I shook my head and picked the idiot up off the floor.

"I am gonna be back in a bit. You guys can use my computer if you want to. Check up on the news or something." I said as I left Carl and Domoen in the otherwise empty apartment (but for the mutt asleep on the rug at Carl's feet).

-Ran's Room...

"Marick there was a problem at the 'Panther's Tail' seems they aren't gonna be open for a while as a fucking giant creature knocked down one of their south walls. We won't be playing there for a while, and don't have any other paying gigs lined up for two days. We could ask around, but..." Ryu said after I had tossed the unconcious Ran onto his couch to sleep off whatever the hell was brewing in that silly-assed brain of his.

"I gotta be back to my room soon, so...take care not to get your asses kicked, ok man? And if we need money, I can get us some. We aren't hurting for it yet, are we?" I told him as I headed out into the hall. I saw him shake his head then wave as he went back to practicing some chords on his guitar, muttering something about me being too overconfident for his liking.

I was walking back to my dorm when I met up with Issean, who, to no true surprise, had lipstick on his face. I reached out and wiped it off with my thumb and held it before his eyes for inspection. "Been busy?"

"Heeeel yah." he sighed and walked on ahead, not a thought on his mind of what this would do to Ran. I wondered if Yuri realized I had won our bet? I would have to remind her tomorrow...

Issean turned down the hall and out of sight. I was going to follow, then I felt like there was something behind me. I hate that feeling, because I am usually right, wether I see what it is or not. I slowly turned, as I looked at a painting on the wall. There was nothing there, that I could see. Then I heard a footstep. Was it deliberate, I didn't know. I turned around and rounded the corner once more, only to run right into a very confused looking Bakura. He stubled back, a shocked look on his face. "What?"

"Sorry!" I said. I spun and ran back to my room. I think I was just overreacting. Yeah. He was probably just heading for his dorm room. Right, that was all. I wan't being followed. Nope. I am pretty confident of that.

- "So, how did it go?" Domoen asked as I walked into the room, he having already seen the 'happy' look on Issean's face before that guy slipped into his own room and closed the door behind him.

"Ha. Ha." I frowned and sat once more on the couch. The dog was awake now, and was busily sniffing Carl's foot. "I think Ran will wake up in a better mood, only to find out his girlfriend left him. Then he's gonna start ranting again. Well, you know, groupies don't last forever. Yuri and I knew there wasn't going to be any chemistry between them anyway. Find anything on the net since I been out?"

"Uh, actually, we didn't look. We've been talking the whole time."

"Hm. Oh, and we're not going to be playing at the Panter tonight. There has been a golem attack there as well. Could have just been the one we fought that had passed through on it's way to us. Why is it attacking us only?"

"Maybe because of the Pendant. It must draw their attention?" Domoen asked skeptically.

I shook my head. "No."

Domoen raked a hand through his hair, saying, "No? Why?"

"No. Yuri didn't have a pendant with her. Yuri was attacked, and others as well. I think these things are relatively intelligent, since they can speak, but what the hell are they after?" Carl said. We sat there musing for some time before the dog stood and demanded to be fed. I walked into the little kitchen area and opened a can of food for Mac, who gobbled it down when I placed it in his dish.

"We glow. Or at least, the pendant does when we touch it." I mused. "Odd as hell. And those visions. I could swear I was something-no-someone, else. A long time ago! You as well, Carl!"

Carl nodded and mused over it as well, though I was certain he had done this many times before. I turned to Domoen and asked, "Do you get these visions?" The man shook his head, slowly, eyes level with mine as he had stood as well.

"I really don't know." He said.

"Hm. Well, anyway, let's think about now. You can spend the night on the couch if you want, there's a pull out bed there, just turn the couch to face north and there'll be room. Carl, if you wanted to stay, I have an air matress. It will only take a bit to inflate, but I warn you both, Mac tends to like to sleep on your feet if you use it." As I mentioned his name, the dog perked up and began to wag his tail, still muching on his food.

From: Delith Nightblade
Date: Wed Jan 29, 2003 10:30 pm
Subject: Re: [Wind_of_Change] Marick's Room again...

"Thanks Marick, I think I should stay the night, though I doubt I'll sleep. I've got to much on my mind right now. Let's hope we live through the night." I added wryly, meaning it as a joke, but even as I said it, I knew it would sound far more serious than intended.

Marick smiled slightly, then went to his room, and I went to the balcony. The fog over the city was slowly vanishing, and the police were less tense. I thought I knew where the golem had come from, but it made no sense. No golem could move that fast, right?

***LUCIEN POV***

I seemed to be floating, around and around. The area I could float in was confined, but at least that gave hope that there was a floor, somewhere. Had Yami been here, he would have made a smart-ass remark about getting dizzy, but not me.

Suddenly, I felt a warm glow, powerful and comforting. The amulet. It had to be. Somebody had found it, and awakened it, which meant....

Deus....

He was back....

And so, we would be to....

The time was soon....

So soon....

From "Chys Lattes"

I went into my room. I really didn't like the fact that there had been so many damn monsters in the area... nor how their blood smelled when it got on my clothing. Oh well.

I heard a bump on the wall, coming from Issean's room. That idiot probably fell out of bed again. I snickered and went about my business. I heard yet another bump and frowned. What the hell was he doing in there?

I stopped and listened and then heard it again, this time with a shuffling noise. It was like he was rearranging the furnature in his room. What for?

I set down my hairbrush, which I had just been using, and walked into the main room again. Carl was still on the balcony, seemingly lost in thought. Domoen was crashed on the couch, as is, without having pulled out the bed. Mac was on the floor under the table, predictably chewing on Domoen's boot...

I knocked on Issean's door and received a grunt for an answer. I opened the door and saw the man shoving his tall bookshelf against the wall with the window. "What the hell is going on in here, man?"

"I am addressing an important situation. Help me shove this shelf."

I rolled my eyes then walked over to help him push it to cover the window where the fog was visible still outside. "Paranoid?"

"You can't be too careful. They did find a dismembered foot, remember?" he grinned then wiped some sweat off his forehead. His whole room had been rearranged so that his bed was directly across from the door and the only other entrance or exit was blocked. I doubted a six foot bookshelf would stop a maniac golem from pounding his way in there though. Really didn't see it happening.

"Yep, you're off the deep end." I said as I headed back to my room. I needed an asprin...or something....

I closed his door and walked into the living room again, seeing Carl now sitting at the table, nudging Mac away from Domoen's tasty shoe. Domoen didn't seem at all to care.

-- I awoke in the morning before my alarm went off. The front room was full of talking. Apparantly everyone else was up before me. I got dressed and headed out.

"Morning, sunshine." Yuri grinned at me from her seat at the table. I ignored her and went into the little kitchen area to find something edible.

"Oi, Marick, could you feed Mac for me?" Issean asked from his doorway.

"I am the only one who EVER feeds your damn dog. I bet you couldn't even use the damn can opener, asshole."

"Aaw, but he's hungry!" Yuri added as she patted the dog on the head. She couldn't tell if he was hungry, she was just being sympathetic.

Carl was sitting across from her at the table and Domoen was still snoozing on the couch. Lisa was standing behind the couch, apparantly having made her way over to my room with Yuri that morning. WHY was Yuri here so early, and on a day I didn't have any classes? I asked her as much and the girl just shrugged. "Ryu wants to up our practice time today to four hours starting at ten." She said to me as I put some food down in the dish for Mac, which he ignored.

"Great. He's the one who's gonna have the bleeding fingers, not me." I said, a bit loudly. I glanced at my keyboard, which was still where I had left it, on the long table at the wall by my room. I sighed. Domoen rolled over on the couch with a muffled grunt. He was muttering something about 'trying to sleep here', or whatever.

"That long?" Carl asked Yuri, who nodded, saying that Ryu was in charge of the money and the schedule, therefore we had to follow his rules. For the most part, our band had reached the point where we were living off the money we made at the clubs each night. Our max had been a few thousand, dependant on who showed up and how well we had played. We never received less than the minimum of around three hundred or so, unless we were 'promoting', in which case we had to play for free. Or worse, pay to play at the club where someone regular may have been cancelled for our appearance. Ryu and Yuri took small jobs now and then, but then, that only helped them a little. At least I didn't have to pay for schooling. I had some grants and scholarships holding me in place. Sometimes I did net jobs, but that didn't bring in much unless I did it good, or found a very kind employer. Usually the former. (^_^) Ran, as a Catcher, did his own work for his own pay and never really shared with anyone else, but the bastard did get his share at the gigs. It was only fair, for the percussion was the heartbeat of the songs.

"Guess we'd better head over to Ryu's place then." I said to her. She nodded in agreement. Lisa shook her head and left the room. "Oh, yeah, about our bet, Yuri..." She forked over the cash right as Ran waltzed into the room, looking miserable as usual.

"She's gone..." he said sadly. Issean smiled and walked back into his room.

From: "Fieren Lochan"
Date: Fri Jan 31, 2003 10:35 am
Subject: More Golems

It was the day after the failed Golem attack, we truly thought that it would do the job. Those people were more resourcful than we gave them credit for. Currently, we were standing in the halls, watching those quarantine officers do some strange things. What did they think they were doing? We decided to take a look into their minds.

ooc: Fieren had psychic powers and since he is always partially in control they transfer over in a weakened state into his and Bakura's shared form. His powers include mind-reading, telekinesis and mind control, mind control isn't so powerful but it can do his job against weaker people.

ic: He was thinking about some of the 'screwy shit' that had been going on, he was useless, time for a second officer. Again, nothing. Then we saw Marick and his band, including Carl. Once again, the two we were interested in. We leapt off the building we were standing on and landed in an alley off to the side of them. We walked out and went to talk to them.

"Marick, how goes it? We saw you in the halls yesterday and you ran off." we said, once again falling into the kindness act.

"Sorry Bakura, it's just that I was spooked is all, you kind of freaked me out, suddenly showing up like that." Marick answered.

"Sorry, we'd heard about that attacks and we came to see if everything was okay." we said.

"How did you know about that attacks?" Carl asked.

"We live two floors above Marick, how couldn't we know." we answered.

"That doesn't explain why you braved the trek downstairs." Carl said.

"You are not the only people who can fight, granted we didn't run into any trouble, it seemed focused on you." we said.

"That's crazy, us? Why?" Marick asked.

"Sorry, that was a dumb question, anyway, where are you all going?" we asked.

"To Ryu's to practice." Marick said.

"I see, that is just over that way, right?" we pointed in the direction they were headed.

They nodded and we said our goodbyes. We turned and walked away with our hands in our pockets. So, just a few Golem's didn't work, how would they fare against twenty!? We walked up the access stairs to the roof of the nearest building. We pulled one of my mist bottles out of our pocket and threw it towards the building they had just answered. The mist quickly spread and we began to summon twenty Golem's. In no time, the Golems began making their way up towards the Millenials that were there. We then decided we wanted to fight them this time, indirectly of course. We projected our mind out and gave the boot to the simple minded Golem mind, for the time being. We were now in control of the Golem. We tried speaking, excellent, we didn't sound a thing like normal. We barreled through the doorway and followed the other Golems. This would be so much fun...

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