Chapter 5: Sympathy & Empathy
Nightmare yawned lazily as he lifted himself from his throne-like seat, stepping away from them as he walked out into the corridors, leaving Shade and Empath alone.
"Why didn't you just force her yourself?" Empath's voice suddenly rang out in the empty room; she stood before Shade as he leaned back on his chair. With a sigh, Empath kicked out the leg from under him.
Shade fell back only to spring out onto his feet as he looked back at her before turning to his left gauntlet, flexing his talons in a testing manner before started to unclip the cuffs holding the blade and claws to it. A scraping of metal and a dull clatter told Empath he'd dropped his weapon on the table, soon followed by a second as he unclasped his right hand one, leaving only his leather gauntlets strapped about his arms, he'd never take them off. "If Raven is physically damaged its my ass on the line, Voodoo doesn't cause any obvious damage, so I'm safe".
Empath smiled at his attempt to lie, even if he was so deceptive, she could see things about him no one else could, though even with her abilities, Shade was still a mystery to her. His connection to shadows ran deeper than the physical plane of their world, his very soul was engulfed in shadow, he'd unlocked areas of the mind hidden in darkness, he was, what many would call, a living shadow, though it wasn't him that held his dark reputation. "You should get some time on the surface to think, wear your shades and keep the claws off, we wouldn't want conflict between Raven's friend and your other side…"
Shade looked up at her apprehensively before grinning and placing an arm at her shoulder before pulling off his trench coat and throwing it on the table, pulling some shades out to cover his strange eyes as he moved to the corridor. Stopping to look back at Empath, he added, "Make sure Inferno doesn't get under Raven's cloak…and tell Voo-"
"I shall get her to co-operate Shade, as a comrade you have my word…" She gave a formal nod before taking the passage Inferno had pulled Raven through to follow Shade's orders. Turning back as Shade left to give a small smile on her sly face before continuing on her path.
