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Renegade Zero; And here's the third chapter.... -pokes the review bin and a dust bunny hops out-
Shinigami; Ouch. That's harsh.
Renegade Zero; ... Anyways. Please review.
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Rick growled as Seph finally made it to the safety of behind the group, peering out from behind Luna as the first forms started to line up at the end of the hall, their steps slow and they moved as if one. Seph gave a whimper and shrank away from them. The dark ones, as she called them. Void of any humanity. Emotionial voids. "We can take them!" Rick snapped out as if he understood why Seph feared them. And as if to prove this as fact, the young man raised his hands up and shot out an electrical surge. The ball of sparking and sizzling energy surged forth in a blue and gold brilliance. And then came to a anti climatic halt five feet from the three shadowy forms as if it had smacked dead center into a wall of dirt. Seph gave Rick a look that said it all and the ninteen year old just shot down the look with one that said Don't rub it in.
The trio at the end of the hall took a few more steps in sequence with the others that had started to file in. "So uh," Sol began as he started to slowly back away. "What do we do now?"
It was Luna who answered that question. "We run like hell!" She declared and bolted to the other end of the corridor, dragging Lin's body along with her and Sol as the young man still had a grip on the unconsious one. Rick let out a startled curse and made his way after the three. Seph shot a look at Amadeus and the hulking mass of a man shifted his wieght and started after the others at a swift jog.
Turning her head and letting a frown form, Seph drew herself up to her full hieght and crossed her arms. Ignoring how the pilfered clothing from the security guard threatend to fall off. Tossing her head slightly to the left, and ignoring as that same annoying lock of hair fell over her eyes once more. Seph stood waiting for something. And then it came.
Like a dark snake slithering across desert sands, the tendril of thought poked at the barriers around her mind. She might not have been able to use her psychic powers for anything powerful, but a few terse conversations with it wouldn't tax her anymore than breathing would. It'd just leave her running on empty and needing to recover her power even more so.
"Running is futile Alpha One." The being stated to her in the back of her mind softly as he stepped out from behind his own sqaudron. Sephinraph sneered and showed off her sharper than normal teeth.
"That may be so, Beta One," Sephinraph stressed the beta to show who was superior here and was rewarded by a snarl from the sub commander. "You may be a Psychic with dark atributes, but I am the Fire." She finished, and as if to back it up, formed her right and left hands into fists as flames erupted from them. A dark and haunted look flitted over the other commander's eyes and he knew Sephinraph was using his fear of the pyre against him.
Hissing the same a wet cat would, he drew back and hid behind his shield of a guardian. The Rock and Water master grunted and shifted his wieght forward. Just like Amadeus he was gigantic, but unlike Amadeus he was more dangerous as he was a killing machine where Amadeus had yet to learn what it was to kill others. But that was something almost everyone here knew all too well.
And that included Sephinraph.
Raising both her arms above her head Sephinraph let the attacks power up faster and hotter than she had ever forced herself to do as the great hulking human shifted his wieght a little more and started towards her at the yelling of his commander.
It was only when Sephinraph launched the attack did the other realize he had just left himself wide open. It was the girls signature move: Blazing Tempest. It wasn't that it was the most powerful attack, (it was infact weaker than an ember from a new born Magby) but what it lacked in power it made up for in starting confusion and vieling things. Shion only had a few seconds to utter his scream of indignant rage before the seemingly harsh flames spread out like that of a tidal wave and washed over the group of five and the tank like human being.
"You'll never be free! You'll be hunted down and killed!" Shion bellowed out as the attacker turned and started to stumble down the corridor in the direction the others had gone. The decleration only caused Sephinraph to halt for a few seconds, turn her head and give a grim grin.
"Freedom is worth any price, nearly." And with that mental comment, she slammed down her defence and started off after the others.
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"Okay, we've passed that fire extinguisher five times. I can say it truthfully now. We are LOST!" Luna roared out over the sirens, Lin's snoring and that strange banging sound coming from somewhere...
Rick only crossed his arms and scowled. "We aren't, I know my way around here perfectly. We'll be out in two shakes of a cabbits tail."
Luna gave Rick a dry look before she glanced over at Seph who had finally managed to catch up with them and was just about doubled over from pain, exauhstion and her lack of psychic energy. "You okay kid?"
Sephinraph nodded her head and forced a weak smile onto her face. Luna's expresion clearly showed the other woman did not buy into the act but didn't pressure the subject as the group tried to figure out where they were exactly.
Sol then decided it was then to act dramatic. Clutching the still passed out Lin to his body (which surprised everyone but Amadeus as Lin was far heavier than Sol ever would be), the lad wailed out this was the end. They were lost, and going to die cold, alone and starving to death.
Everyone but Amadeus stared at this out burst and it was Rick who finally got into gear again and kicked Sol in the rear. "We are not lost, just directionaly challanged. And we are also Not going to die." Was snapped out as Rick stormed to the head of the group. And that was when things got worse.
It seemed someone had tried to get the power back on, but instead of getting the place back on the normal power lines, all power was cut. Completely. As darkness was cast over their heads several things happened at once. Rick screamed like a ninny. Sol yelped in pain as Lin started to wake up and acidently leaned to much one way and caught his foot. And Then the shadows attacked.
"Ah! What the bloody hells is going on!" Luna demanded as the darkness started to feel ansey as the dark hadn't started to recede and let light shine again. A slight shuffling sound caught Luna's attention and a small hand grabbed her own carefully. "It's alright Luna," came Seph's soft voice from the dark. "Amadeus can light the way, we will get out."
"I sure hope so." Luna muttered as she felt Seph tug on her limb and pull her forwards where she then proceded to walk into Sol's back and send the kid tumbling over Lin. Several curses, explicit details on what actions someone was gonna do to the scientists and a yelp of pain filled the air and then went quiet as they started to distangle from eachother and stand up.
Scratching at the back of his head, Rick made the comment of how were they going to get out. And if he had seen the evil looking smile on Sephinraph's face, he would have maybe thought over his desire to escape.
"Amadeus," came Sephinraph's soft and rasping tone as she caught the hands of Sol and Luna who grabbed the others. "Make a door. Please."
A grunt was her answer as Amadeus went to do as she asked him too. Even if it wasn't asked of him, he'd have to do it. It was ingrained he'd follow the whim of the commander. Or anyone else that knew the sequance that snapped him out of the stupor those scientists bade him into after every test, like the rest of the more dangerous of the splices.
Brows furrowed as he concentrated on his energy and a ball of fire started to form, illuminating himself and then the rest as it continued to grow before he finaly hurled it at a wall and the five behind him gasped as a hole around ten feet in diameter was torn through the steel and concrete before slamming another hole in the next wall and so on and so forth for about five more walls. And on the final one, the night sky met their gazes.
Tears clung to Sol's eyes as he hugged the person nearest him. "We're free!"
Rick made a face as he shoved Sol off of himself. "Not yet, but nearly." He muttered and started to jog to the hole leading out. Rick was soon followed by the rest of the group and they made their way out of the building, standing side by side roughly and blinked owlishly in the bright light of the moon. Lin, still out of it nearly, giggled and tried to reach up and capture the moon. Sol let out a shout and was drowned out by Luna as she attacked him, trying to shut him up. But it was already too late.
A howl from the other side of the building rose in the air. Soon followed by another and another.
"Shit! Houndooms! Damnit all, I knew this wasn't going to work!" Rick spat out as he turned an accusing glare at Sephinraph. Only to recive a warning growl from Amadeus and Rick backed off and quieted down. Luna looked around and kept the ever closing in howls in mind as she pointed off in a direction. "Come on, if we move fast enough we can make it to the river."
"And how fast do we gotta move." Rick demanded as he and Sol were forced to help a still drugged up Lin to stand. Luna's expression turned dark and her eyes grew weary. "Five miles."
"Man, if I didn't say it before, I'll say it now. This sucks!"
"Yes, we know it. Now move it!" Luna snapped out and bolted forward, closely followed by Amadeus whom was now dragging a startled Sephinraph behind him. Rick and Sol exchanged a glance that said 'Why us' as they were stuck with La-la land girl when three howls rang out behind them. This time they were difenitly closer.
"Wait for us!" Sol cried out as he and Rick leaped forward, tugging and dragging Lin with them.