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Post by Psychosis on Feb 16, 2007 11:44:25 GMT -5
Amon shook his head when receiving Ci Ci's message. He calmly thought back.
"Dearest, no harm to your ego, but what you are currently fighting is not the beast I speak of, what you are battling is a diversionary creature.. strike it in its center eye, the blue one, it will disintegrate.. then make your way here immediately.."
If anything, this was a good sign. The beast of Amon's memory had not changed its tactics. It was still relying on the abilities it stole from victims in the Zone of Silence. Amon remember this cloning ability well.. it was the ability Amon observed being drained that day he first saw the beast. He could not fathom the ammount of abilities it could have attained since Amon's own release from the prison..
The creature still felt the same, it gave off the same energy. It was going to be a harsh battle. But Amon was prepared, and he had faith in his love. As well, faith in his new pupil. His progress was rather amazing, no one before that Amon has tried to teach ever made it as far as Tayuu had.. there was indeed something special about the boy. It was only a matter of time now.. Amon's vision would come to fruition here.. one of three outcomes will occur.. and in each.. lives would be drastically changed.
(OOC: I originally intended to clear this bit up with you in a PM Ash, but I hadn't the time to do so, sorry, hope it doesn't look like I'm being a control freak. )
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Post by CC on Feb 16, 2007 16:45:10 GMT -5
(ooc- k' Good to know! PM me next time silly boy!)
The message jolted the feline, the creature that she had been fighting was not the actual creature? It's strength and abilities were ones to contend with even at this point and CC had a difficult time comprehending the difficulties that may have with it, especially if it could make more copies of itself. Blue eye...what freaking blue eye? The cat thinks to herself, having only noticed the eerie green eyes before, but her lover was correct, once she concentrated on the multiple eyes of the beast she could see that one of them, one of the smaller ones in the center, was indeed blue in colour, though difficult to tell unless one is specifically looking for it.
The spritely female feline jumps into the air, charging up a slight bit of energy and, directing it downwards, fires it directly at the blue eye of the arachnid, the ball of emerald green hitting it with precision that has come from much practice. Everything stands still for a moment, as if time has stopped for everyone, and then it implodes neatly, the only thing left being a bit of energy that can be felt in the air, as if the air itself was filled with it. Soon, that too dissipates but CC has taken no notice, instead she finds herself running through the streets heading towards the location that Amon has mentioned. Using her own energy, she puts on a burst of speed that carries her swiftly and smoothly through the streets of a place that was once her own, knowing all of the back alleys and ways from her many days and nights of wandering and trying to survive.
Other mobians would later say that there was a weird green streak rushing through the streets at a speed that was said to be almost faster than the likes of the great Sonic. BUt soon, like many other things, it would be forgotten to the pages of time, being though of as only just a freak occurence in the daily lives of the people of this great, thriving metropolis.
The black-furred feline turns onto Gravenhurst and slows her pace just slightly as she comes out onto the small street, there are few people in the area though and none saw her strange energy as she came out of the alley. With a sigh she turns towards the direction of Sparkle, the intersection that Amon had asked she meet him at. Scanning the area as she walks towards the intersection she searches out all of the main problem points and vantage areas and also keeps her eyes open for her love, finally spotting him and the young cat from before upon a rooftop, standing and looking out over the street.
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Kitsa scowled, these people moved around like frenetic moths around a light, hopping from place to place like it was no ones business. It was frustrating, but the shadow creature could sense that something bigger was going on in this area, something very different from herself. "heh, this is going to be fun" She murmurs to herself, settling down within the shadows of the building across from the one that Amon and Tayuu stand upon. A jolt of energy permeates the air, causing the shadow cat to direct her attention to a small alley way down the road, and with great surprise sees the feline that she had originally found, CC, enter into the area.
Interesting, this gets more and more intriguing. So what are you doing here my little kitten? Come to play? The evil creature sits and watches, quiet and unseen by the others in the game, waiting with great interest to see what happens next.
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Myst the Hedgie
Honorary Magistrate
Snowbound Hedgie
*throws a snowball at you*
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Post by Myst the Hedgie on Feb 18, 2007 13:52:27 GMT -5
Myst must have been flying for some time across the great expanse of trees. But finally, she arrived above the clearing where she was to drop off her cargo. As expected, a small group of the loclas was waiting for her, signalling her down in the twilight with what looked like glow in the dark oranges. She slowly lowered the craft down to the ground and opened the back hatch. She stepped out from the pilot's seat and brought the papers that needed to be signed.
"Delivered on time as promised, compliments of the Halden Briggs Trading Company. You're only a signature away from getting your much needed supplies."
It felt weird talking like that, she wasn't really an employee after all. She volunteered her services to the company and its operations in the Ice Cap zone. But still, she was polite.. especially since after this job was complete she could explore the area. The larger of the group walked over, grabbed the pappers and signed his initials at the bottom. He was an Albatross, and a fine specimen of one at that. A pair of Swallows entered the back of the ship and started taking out the boxes, stacking them on the back of a crude trailer. Only a matter of minutes passed before all the boxes were off the ship and in the hands of their owners.
"Thank you for choosing Halden Briggs, we hope to do business with you again."
She smiled and shook hands with the Albatross then boarded her shuttle again. Closing the cargo hatch she lifted off once more into the night sky. She started to head to the North-East when suddenly she spotted the ruins of what looked like a military base. Below, she noticed that there was a shuttle just lifting of from the ruined base, and in a hurry at that. She would have paid it no mind had she not suddenly noticed a strikingly familiar face in the pilot seat. It looked like the monk from Sandopolis, but different somehow and when she noticed the infamous Eggman Empire logo on the side of the craft she had to follow him.
She made sure to keep her distance, using the ship's silent mode so as not to tip off the other ship's sensors. Where could he be going? What could he be doing way out here? And why was he in an Eggman shuttle? So many questions rattled through the brain of the young hedgehog, and she was determined to get the answers.
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Post by Lucian on Feb 18, 2007 21:44:31 GMT -5
Lucian was hungry damn it, and there was nothing to suck on but metal and the semi-sentient rock behind his cape. Flicking the switch on the console that Robotnik had shown him to communicate with the good doctor, the vampire did so and reclined in the still plush seat and when the device flickered to robotic life the the bloodsucker gave his report.
"Mission Accomplished Boss, your little monsters are waking up as we speak. Had a small snag with the security system so you'll have to reset the setting to let the little buggers out but nothing was damaged badly this time around.
I'm stopping for a bite to eat as I'm rather famished and the night is young, do you have any more orders for me on the ground here before I return to Sandopolis Zone to check on my minions?"
Meanwhile; Shade remained on bended knee in the audience chamber of Shae the Bat, current ruler of the Chaos Realm. He'd taken his time in contemplating the words that would be recorded through out the ages as the start of a new era of tyranny and destruction. True, things were quiet now, bu when the storm comes they always are right before. Raising his eyeless head a look of serious intent on his shadowy features the living darkness spoke but one line.
"The Darkness has not been put down, and lives on, in secret 'neath the stones of the Prime Material Realm."
Whilst elsewhere still; Paladin Twilight was reaching the end of his patience. Half the soliders were down for the count, still chatting away with each other but the skulls just rambling on whilst their broken bodies lay scattered about helter skelter across the Armory. He was getting tired, something he'd not felt since taking on the mantle of Vanguard and didn't like it one bit. Every moment spent in the Land of the Dead reminded him of what he used to be, how limited in purpose he was, how helpless against the dark forces.
But most of all he recalled his anger. That impotent rage that consumed his being all those thousands of years. The same viterol spite coursed through his veins now, and he felt shame that in spite all he'd learned and achieved as a deizen of the light that he still had a spot of mortality as far as temper was conscerned. And that stoked the fires of his rage all the higher, for a brief moment he stopped mid swing and dropped his staff to the ground. His opponent looked confused as he fell to his knees
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Tayuu
Fresh Meat
Ninja Pirate Neko
Oro?
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Post by Tayuu on Feb 19, 2007 6:34:03 GMT -5
Amon wasn’t answering the catboy’s queries again, not out of rudeness he thought, more likely he was scanning the area or something. Tayuu wished he had the ability to read minds himself; it would save him voicing so many questions. Either way, if there was something bad about to happen, it’d no doubt happen soon, and at least then he’d know the score. As long as it wasn’t as ‘tricksy’ as Amon, he felt like he could handle whatever might turn up. He still had ‘those’ skills up his sleeve. Tayuu suddenly shivered and felt like he was being watched, a feeling he had been often getting lately. Without even thinking about it, Tayuu turned and looked in the opposite direction that the hedgehog was facing, almost as if they were old war buddies on guard and watching each other’s backs. From the rooftop (a place Tayuu started to think Amon really liked), he looked around, not particularly noticing anything, but still retaining that feeling…
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Post by Psychosis on Feb 19, 2007 14:52:24 GMT -5
Amon was deep in focus, tracking the energies around him, blocking out those that were interfering with tracking the Tahnok, that great arachnid beast from the Zone of Silence. It's energies were growing stronger and stronger.. in a matter of moments, the destiny of three poeple may change forever. Amon coined in to Ci Ci's energy pattern as she arrived, he stared, waiting for her to jump up to the building he and Tayuu were perched upon. When she did he said narry a spoken word, but sent her a telepathic message.
"Thank you for coming my dear it is good to see you are unharmed, not that I doubt your skills, but one can't help but worry in this situation.. I want you to know, no matter what happens here.. I will always be with you, and love you.."
Cryptic, dark, perhaps even disheartening and forbodding, but his words came from the heart, no matter the tone used. He truly would not know the outcome until it arrived, never before had a single vision had so many outcomes and endings. It was confusing, and added more to the idea that this was truly a dramatic life-changing event. But he would stand strong and accept whatever ending may come to pass. Amon shook his head for a moment, he was getting too lost in the details again.. he turned to Tayuu.
"Sorry for not answering your questions Tayuu, but you must understand that words are petty, so I will make this brief.. Tayuu this is Ci Ci, my wife.. Ci Ci, this is my afformentioned pupil. Normally in this circumstance, an introduction would seem tacky and uncooth.. but it's better that you know who you're fighting alongside.. do not get used to one another's company just yet.. we still do not know what the ending of this battle will hold.. and as such...."
Amon froze in mid-sentence, a paralyzing sting ran through his body, making him stiff and ridgid as a petrified tree. It was only for a moment, but the pain was agonizing enough that when it passed he dropped to his knees. He mustered his strength to try and stand back up and catch his breath.. he was only able to mutter two scantly audible words.
"....It's.... here..."
As the words left the hedehog's lips a thunderous rumble shook the ground beneath them. The cement of the city street began to lift and crack apart. Steam and water shot out from the bursting sewerlines. After the shockwave had disipated, slowly eight long and ragged legs rose up from the crater followed by a massive thorax, topped off with snarling, hissing, spitting and immensly ticked off spider's face. Its fangs already dripped with blood it's eyes burning red in a feiry glow.. right away.. it locked on to Amon, Tayuu and Ci Ci.. with one of its legs it struck the side of the building, plunging the three to the ground. Amon was lost amongst the rubble, struggling to regain his strength.. he called out to Tayuu and Ci Ci.
"Go.. now.. hold him off keep him away.. from the people.. he cannot track multiple targets at once.. work together and keep him busy... while I regain my strength.. watch.. out fo rhis.. webs.. they're covered in.. a paralytic slime.."
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Post by CC on Feb 19, 2007 15:25:39 GMT -5
They gaurd just kept on coming, but for the piratical lass it was a welcome and enjoyable workout, until they actually started hitting her, then it became serious. Her gaurd tightened and her stance became more stable as she fought with the foreign weapon skillfully and strangely well for something she was not fully used to, but years of practice with a rapier had done much to strengthen her abilities. Hacking and slashing and thoroughly distracted by her own battles, she does not see the hedgehog fall at first but finely tuned senses cause her to look in his direction, to check that all is well, surprise and shock registering in her ocean-blue eyes when she sees him falling to his knees, staff beside him.
"TWILIGHT!" She calls out, hopping over the pile of broken bones that surrounds her, using the pommel of her weapon to knock one of the skeletons out of her way. It stumbles backwards with the force of the blow and goes forward again, but the woman pays it no mind as she gets close to the hedgehog. From here she can defend him, fending off blows from not only her own opponents but those around the Vangaurd as well, "Are ye hurt terribly lad?! What's wrong?"
She glances down at him worriedly, unsure of what she may find in a being that was no longer the deathog that she knew and loved but possibly a being of flesh and blood... but she did not see any blood nor any major wounds. His shoulders were slumped and he almost looked defeated, making the pirate curse under her breath, how much had her companion changed in all the time that he had been away, was it truly more than he was letting on?
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Picking herself up out of the rubble, CC does not even bother to shake off what dust and dirt there is on her. She is scratched and bruised, but she had seen worse in just the boxing matches she fought in as a kitten and quickly readies herself for the next blow. Her mind is concerned over Amon, but she trusts him and knows that he will be alright, though the words in her mind still resonated strongly, she had not even had a chance to reply but not wasting a moment she calls out over the noise, "AMON! I love you! Now get your arse out of the rubble so you can fight!"
The words are joking but tinged with worry and the feline quickly moves on to the other business at hand, calling out to Tayuu who still lays off to the side, "Alright Tayuu, if you are still alive I need you to distract the bugger! Don't hold back whatever power you have and heed Amon's words, this thing is dangerous!" With that she runs off, circling around the large beast to the right and sending a large ball of energy that she had been accumulating while calling out to the two others, towards the large spider-like creature which was much larger and much more disturbing than the fake that she had fought seemingly moments before.
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Stealth's radio buzzed, a worried voice sounding from the depths of the console, "Evergreen Special Unit this is Casinopolis Ops... large amounts of energy along with tremors and collapse of buildings and streets in Casinopolis central. Local forces investigating, request permission of back up if needed. Over."
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Tayuu
Fresh Meat
Ninja Pirate Neko
Oro?
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Post by Tayuu on Feb 20, 2007 5:53:06 GMT -5
When CC first appeared on the roof, Tayuu seemed dumbstruck, as if trying to recognize her from somewhere, his mouth dropping open. Upon hearing her name his eyes widened and a smile began to appear, upon discovering she was a wife to the hedgehog, he looked somewhat puzzled for a moment, shocked even. He didn’t have a chance to say anything however as Amon dropped to his knees. He was once again in the dark about what was happening but soon enough it all became clear… well, simpler, the fact was that there was bloody big monster than needed killing…
Tayuu’s eyes flickered open and he groaned. He ‘had’ landed on his feet after breaking his fall from clinging to the remains of the building and falling rubble as it crashed to the earth, but upon reaching the ground he had slipped on a large shard of glass and had flopped onto his back. He was somewhat glad that the rising dust cloud had hidden this from Amon and CC. He listened to the vague outline from Amon and slowly shifted his weight on his arm to lift himself and mumbled; “It really is going to be one of those days…” That’s when Tayuu heard CC’s voice calling out to her husband and he blinked, finally discovering his teacher’s name. Upon hearing his own name from the female cat, Tayuu’s head sprung up and he looked over in her direction, shifting his body weight again as he began to stand up. He listened to her closely and found that he couldn’t help grinning with excitement. He dusted himself off a little and then cracked his neck, promising himself that he’d focus on the task at hand; “Right then.” Tayuu ran towards the fray, finally getting a good look at the large spider-like creature and shivering slightly at it’s grotesque appearance. He then looked in awe as CC attacked with an orb of energy. Did she always have that power? Ahh, focus! Locking onto the spider’s red eyes, his grin appeared again and he ran forward. Not knowing how much damage CC’s attack had on it, he still decided that a follow-up attack would be a good idea. He knew he wasn’t as strong as her but he couldn’t just stand there. Taking out both his main twin daggers he jumped at the monster, set to slash at it’s eyes. In one quick movement, Tayuu found himself sailing in the opposite direction after being smacked away by one of the long gross legs. Cursing himself as he rolled off the ground and back onto his feet, he was just quick enough to do a slightly painful back flip to avoid a large splattering of what looked to him like snot. It was probably the slime Amon was talking about. Tayuu quickly looked around his surroundings as he realized he was out of the spider’s range. Burst pipes raising out of the shattered ground, a few buildings nearby… No sign of anything he could really ‘use’. Against something that big, with that many eyes and legs, he wouldn’t be able to get in close enough to attack. He could still distracted the beast however just as CC had requested. A flash of inspiration came to mind as he recalled his training. Tayuu came up with two plans, each involving his two special abilities that Amon had not seen yet. They wouldn’t cause much or any damage, but they’d give CC her openings to attack. He kept a tab on CC’s position and then put the first plan in operation… Tayuu vanished.
A few moments later, Tayuu had reappeared directly behind the spider and yelled; “Oi! Oi!” The huge spider started to turn and Tayuu already had both his hands out in front of his chest in a type of ‘hand seal’; “Kagehikari.” The crystal hidden under his tunic shimmered as Tayuu’s own shadow suddenly rose up and wrapped itself around him. The black ‘outline’ of the catboy then seemed to change transparent like a chameleon before vanishing completely. No matter what senses the spider had, even telepathy, it was now useless to track him. Tayuu’s only ‘tell’ was the dust on the ground but he moved swiftly and carefully to make sure he didn’t give himself away. Tayuu then reappeared a quarter arch at the other side of the monster; “Look at meeeee!” To make sure the spider didn’t lose interest in his distractions, Tayuu threw forth a kunai that the spider would have done wise to deflect as it was on aim with it’s eyes. Instantly after throwing each kunai, Tayuu would use the Kagehikari again and appear another quarter turn just in range of the spider to repeat the process. On the odd occasion (just to mix it up), he wouldn’t move while invisible, just wait a moment and appear again before throwing another kunai. He even started reappearing back at one of his old positions rather than continually moving clockwise around the target. It wasn’t instant teleportation even if he was undetectable, not even Amon would have been able to trace him, Tayuu was just turning invisible and then quickly running to the next point before revealing himself. He would have considered staying invisible all the way through his plan but he knew that; a) he would run out of kunai before he made enough damage, even if they all hit b) he needed a lot of energy to keep the technique running c) as planned, CC was currently being completely ignored by the spider
((OOC: Wah, that was a longish post, hope you liked, fear the kitty-cat double team))
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Post by Shae the Bat on Feb 20, 2007 13:01:29 GMT -5
Shae lay down the quill pen he'd been using, grimaced and then looked up at the shadowy clone of Syth.
"One never can have a moment of peace when in a position such as ours, eh Shade? Well, though this news is troubling, they haven't made a retaliatory strike against us yet, which must mean that Tala.. I'm assuming that it is indeed her.. must not be strong enough and is biding her energy.. Shade, inbetween your duties in The Void I'd like you to continue the search and surveillence of the darkness. Leave no stone unturned.. I will call a meeting of the Vanguards upon Twilight's return to better decide what can be done about this threat.. report back if you've learned anything new.."
With that, Shae clicked a button on his desk opening the doors to the chamber, signalling for Shade to leave. Once he had, Shae stood up and walked over to the Ermacian Eye, a pool designed specifically for looking down unto Mobius. This was handy to have, as Shae was not omnipotent like the former Lady Aurora. He stared into the puddle, seeing the transpirings on the planet. His earlier assumptions were right.. the dark energies of the Shadow Queen were still present on the planet's surface, and she was indeed in hiding. He came accross a Shadow Walker watching two mortal heroes battle a gigantic spider. When he recognized the feline Ci Ci, he became intrigued.. he watched as the battle progressed.
Elsewhere; High above the planet, Eggman had just left the mechanics bay of his flying fortress when a video screen popped out from the wall infront of him. It was Lucian making his report, a look of somewhat disappointment bt also relief washed over the face of the good Doctor.
"Well.. as long as there is no damage done to the support systems, then all is fine and I need not get involved other than the final access codes.. you've done well and I am relatively pleased. You may tend to your hungers and your minions, but I want you back to the fortress by noon tomorrow.. is that understood?"
Eggman was being overly and unusually assertive in his tone, despite the exceedingly good news given by his mechanic about Apophis and the news that the Horsemen were well on their way to full activation. The Doctor had many plans up his sleeve.. only time would truly tell to what end those plans meet.
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Post by CC on Feb 22, 2007 20:45:07 GMT -5
The sound of sirens sounded in the distance and it was clear that the local authorities would soon arrive to check out things, chances were also very good that they would not get involved, this sort of thing was way over their heads. CC knew that and was not all that concerned, it was fine as long as they saw that it was being taken care of and no one tried to get involved, it was a situation that she had hoped would never come up... powers such as what she and Amon, and it looked like Tayuu, possessed were not looked upon kindly and this sort of thing had to be tread with extreme caution and care.
Regardless, she had better things to think about, Tayuu was effectively distracting the creature, but how long would his powers last, how trained was he? Would he make a mistake and get himself killed? The kid seemed sure of himself and quite shockingly was able to get himself out of a few close misses, but they had still been close misses. trying to shut her brain off, CC fires another small blast towards the arachnid, hitting its leg and making a sizzling sound as the spider's attention was once more turned towards the feline. It now favoured that leg, but the cat now knew that light attacks such as that which she had just used were a waste of energ,y she needed to bring out her more powerful moves. It skitterred towards her eagerly, a new prey to focus upon but another of Tayuu's Kunai hit it on the abdomen and it screeched in frustration, once more turning towards where the shot had just come from, but the male cat was nowhere to be seen. Without being able to see its other target it found itself able to concentrate on the one that was still visible, the female feline who had used the distraction to sneak a bit closer for a better and more thorough shot. But CC, who was concentrating on getting over the rubble and gathering energy for her next attack had yet to notice that the spider had once more focussed its attention upon her.
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Tayuu
Fresh Meat
Ninja Pirate Neko
Oro?
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Post by Tayuu on Feb 23, 2007 4:30:31 GMT -5
Despite the sudden additional feeling of dread from the distant sirens (not just the huge monster), Tayuu instantly convinced himself not to run away and to keep on task.
The catgirl looked as if she was charging up a big attack... “Hey!” yelled out Tayuu suddenly appearing directly behind the spider as it’s focus locked onto CC, “Don’t ignore me you multi-legged jerk!” Mirroring his earlier clone training with Amon, Tayuu let loose two kunai at the same time but at different angles. Both were perfectly aimed and cut into two of the spider’s back legs. It probably didn’t do much damage, but by the looks of it the kunai had caused some major irritation. There was an angry loud hissing sound as the spider yet again turned 180 to face Tayuu. This time however, the thief stayed visible. He only had so much energy left and didn’t want to keep wasting it, besides, he might need it to escape the local authorities after all this. The spider’s red eyes all gazed on the catboy but he stood his ground and stared right back, half in fear, half in excitement. “Did that sting?” grinned Tayuu at his overwhelming opponent, “Well this nest trick is really going to hurt.” Reaching back into his inside pocket, Tayuu pulled out… nothing. Tayuu’s faced dropped and all the confidence faded away. He took a second to scan the area. Several kunai were embedded in parts of the spider, but most of them were scattered here and there around the field, all quite far from where he was standing. He only had his two main daggers on him but his mind didn’t even consider them for what he had planned. The spider seemed ready to do something unpleasant to the catboy. “Crud…”
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Post by Stealth Greyblade on Feb 23, 2007 11:53:00 GMT -5
Stealth glanced to his radio to his radio as he drug in the hulk that was tesla into the station. He frowned at it and shook his head."Damn must be picking up the commissioners signals agian."he sighed as he dropped the body by the clinic and shook his head."Bt it sounds like paranormal activity..Ill go take this down the hall."he said shaking his head and ran down the hall to his commaders.
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Post by Psychosis on Feb 23, 2007 13:09:05 GMT -5
"Erradicate... annihilate.. eviscerate.. destroy.. destroy.. FEEEEEEEED!"
These and similar things echoed through Amon's head, he had tapped into the mind of the spider while trying to regain his own strength. It was overwhelming, so much hatred, such lust for death. Its desire to destroy was stronger than even the Demon Syntaru's how could such a creature come to be in that nothingness known as the Zone of Silence. This question burned into the pit of Amon's soul. He could hear the battle around him.. the sirens in the distance.. he could sense Ci Ci's energy rising and collecting. His pupil, Tayuu's energy seemed to go flat and then spark up again. As if he was there one moment but not the next.
He shut the world off around him for a moment. He focused his mind, scanning across the planet taking bits of psionic aura from every living thing. Bit by bit it was making him stronger, he coudl feel the warmth of his own aura returning. He prayed it would regain its full power in time. Suddenly, something caught his mind's eye, an image. The weakpoint of the beast.. but he couldn't spare the energy to telecommunicate his findings to Ci Ci or Tayuu.. he made the effort to concentrate harder on gathering the psionic energy needed.
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