The Impact:waking up to blood((closed to Aether, and Koyoko))

Dante listened to the pleasantries and orientation about the situation at Sea Cove, listening in for any sort of clues or information that had escaped his attention. Though his attention remained constant, Dante heard very little that escaped his own information network. He was unaware of any other theories created by top scientists, which were always good, as they could provide possible clues to the entire investigation. Dante wanted to know what was in Sea Cove, something in there held great power, power beyond what he could accomplish. He had to prepare about the fact that something could go wrong, whether the projectiles hit the helicopter or whether in fact that the barrier might do something unorthodox like repel and destroy the helicopter. With all of his preparations, all that was left was up to fate. Dante obediently followed his teammates to the helicopter and sat idly inside of the appropriate seating, the closest to the opening hatch.

During the ride, the calm before the storm, Dante observed his teammates, two young men, seemingly brothers, and a teenage girl. They were both not something that Dante would expect to come to the mission, but it wasn’t the first time that he had seen young people flung into the world of violence and chaos. As the batteries of an unknown origin began to fire green projectiles, Dante sat back and allowed his teammate to take the initiative, observing his extensive and impressive cryokinetic powers. Dante appeared nonchalant, but in his mind he was searching through possible origins to which the attacks could be from. He also attempted to perceive their firing trajectory, to know the locations, should the need ever arise. Overall, the young man did well in protecting the helicopter, his special ice holding up against the attacks, while not obstructing the view of the pilot too much.

However, barely anyone could have predicted what was going to happen next. The helicopter traveled to the designated area, the old factories, it never occurred to Dante what could possibly be the reason for going to such an architecturally unsound structure, but he wasn’t there to judge, but to investigate. Once the helicopter touched the surface of the roof and no longer had the lift of the propellers, the entire roof gave way. In that moment of falling, Dante’s first reaction was to fly, allowing him to levitate into the air. His second reaction was to surround himself with aether, burning a hole through the hull and ensuring that he would be safe from any sort of falling debris.

Dante surveyed the after damage, attempting to find some signs of survival. He looked at the cockpit to see the situation of the pilot, trying to see if there was a possibility they could have survived the ordeal. Unfortunately, the crew of the helicopter did not make it, the pilot dead via a pipe through the chest, indicating a slight amount of suffering before he died. Dante gave a brief prayer and then continued along his way, surveying his surroundings. The building was unsound, and would likely topple at any given time with the roof now missing. Dante made his investigation quick, seeing that besides the metal poles, there was little to no metal inside of the factory, which was very uncommon, and very suspicious.

Dante's search continued until he found evidence that one of his teammates, the ice user, was in fact alive but seemingly injured. Following the tracks, it was obvious that he was favoring one leg over the other, and was using some sort of support in order to assist with the walking process. Dante soon quickened to the sound of voices, exiting through the door to find both of the young men. Dante rushed to their side, stopping to catch his breath, his newest body not being the most impressive in cardiovascular health. Dante looked at both of them with content and happy eyes, he had to act like he actually cared for their safety.

"It's good to see you both made it out of there alive" Dante said through ragged pants "I wasn't sure if I was the only one to survive that, the pilots are dead, nothing could be done"

Dante looked past them towards the hazy smoke, which covered a large section of the city. Pieces to the puzzle were located there, and he had to get to them. Dante then looked at the condition of his teammates, both were slightly injured, though the ice user was even more so, having created himself a crutch with his powers. Dante rationalized that he would travel with them for a short while, until they became too much of a liability for his search. Dante was ruthless, but he wasn't without a heart, he would allow these young ones at least a brief moment of safe passage before leaving them to their own devices.

((Calm down wally. You need to give Kiyoko time to make her post before you carry on.))

((I'm really sorry about not posting guys. I've been unable to get on the computer all weekend... ))

Kiyoko woke up in a pool of blood. She sat up abrubtly, causing a sudden feeling of wooziness to come over her. Her first observation was that she felt unharmed, and therefore the blood could not be hers. Her second observation was that the blood was coming from a wrecked helicopter, and the carnage that could be seen within. The helicopter's crash caused the death of the enitre crew, jagged pieces of metal tearing through there human bodies. Tears welled up in Kiyoko's eyes as she repressed the urge to vomit, and she looked away and covered her face with her hands.

Oh my god... all those people... Kiyoko wondered, panicking. What happened here? She wracked her brain, attempting to remember anything from the past few hours. Slowly but surely she her memories began to return, revealing the events that had led to this abandoned factory. She had come here with a group of heroes as an effort to find out the truth behind an apparent alien invasion. As their helicopter flew towards it's destination, the team was attacked, but through the help of one superhero on the flight, they were able to safely make it to the factory. Unfortunately, the factory roof wasn't designed to hold up a helicopter, and the roof caved in almost as soon as it touched down. Beyond the helicopter falling, Kiyoko could only remember flashes of moments, and a kaleidoscope of different scenes. It was obvious that as the helicopter fell, she had instinctively turned into her alter-ego, Karasu, and used the the transformation skill to escape harm.

Glad that she had figured out what happened, Kiyoko now took a closer look at her surroundings. Careful to avoid looking at the helicopter's gory wreckage, she observed that the factory looked quite barren, missing something. But Kiyoko couldn't be bothered to try figure out what, she had never been in a factory before and didn't know what one would look like. Besides, she was still a little woozy from the smell of blood and her loss of consciousness. She couldn't see anyone else inside the factory, which meant they were either dead in the helicopter wreck or they had left. Staggering to her feet, Kiyoko made her way to the destroyed remains of the helicopter, reluctantly looking inside. She could see the mangled remains of the crew, but no bodies that could be identified as her superhuman teammates.

So they left without me... Kiyoko thought, dejectedly. They must be carrying out the mission now, while i was over here fainting like a little girl! She kicked herself and began searching an exit, nearly slipping on blood in her haste. When she was able to regain her balance, she heard a dangerous creaking noise above her. That can't be good. she worried, looking up towards the source of the sound. The roof had a tremendous hole in it from the helicopter's fall, and what remained looked as if it was going to give way at any moment. Kiyoko decided it would be a good idea to leave the factory before it caved in on her.

As Kiyoko left the factory, she heard a group of voices in conversation. "Guys?" She squeaked, her voice so weak it was almost a whisper. Shaking her head and clearing her throat she tried again. Hey guys! She approached her teammates, The two brothers and the other girl around her age. Putting on the bravest face she could muster, she gave them her own take on the events. "Those lasers... They had to come from somewhere right? And this place is mostly abandoned, so all we have to do is find some clue to civilization." She didn't really want to talk about the crash, because it just brought imagaes of carnage to her mind, so she had just stuck with what they could do now.

Looking around, she saw that like the factory, the town was unnaturally barren. She suddently realized what seemed to be missing. "Uh... Where'd all the metal go?" she asked, wondering what could have stripped the metal from this place. Then, for fear of looking stupid in front of these heroes, she added "I mean, maybe its a clue to whats going on or something.

Dante turned to the pitter patter of footsteps coming from behind his vision, seeing that the last member of their group, the little girl, had survived. This was a good development, the two brothers wouldn't last in their condition without additional help, not that he cared about their safety. Dante was thinking more of the the fact that questions would be asked if several superhumans were killed, which would cause complications that he did not have the time for. Dante needed to make sure that these “heroes” would be able to survive even without him, should he need to leave when they become useless. To make sure that they would survive, Dante decided that it would be best if they had help on his side. Dante handed the ice user a small vial of green liquid, the first of his batch of Aether Potions, the weakest version he had, but it was enough to take care of his wounds.

“Drink this, it’ll heal all your wounds, but it will only do so once, so choose wisely when you want it done, you can either do it now, or when you gain more injuries that hinder our progress. I don't mean to be rude, don't take it that way, but with your wounds, I just want to make sure you can go on in case we were to encounter any trouble.” Dante said, closing the ice user’s fingers around the vial, the liquid inside glowing as it detected wounds and things that required its uses. Should he use it, his injuries would heal rapidly, as if he had a healing factor. It would make sure he didn’t slip up while injured. “But more importantly, I believe introductions are in order, to make sure that we address each other properly. I am Anna Blade”

Dante looked around noticing that girl did in fact make a point, it wasn’t something that someone would notice at first, but most if not all the metal was gone, not even small little bits of metal could be found. Dante took the time to further inspect his surroundings, looking to see that the once invisible barrier around the city was now a green color, most likely a sign that nothing was getting out anymore, possibly the outside still being as invisible as always. Dante also made a note that the color seemed to become more prominent when heading towards a certain direction, on that he would investigate soon, should the opportunity arrive.

“And yes, what our teammate says is correct” Dante nodded, pulling out a cigarette from his pocket and began to smoke. Right now was not the proper time, but Dante required to take on every now and again to maintain the bodily functions, due to the instability from rapid cell regrowth used to quickly age his body. Dante took his time to smoke before he continued, the smoke creeping out of his mouth as he talked like a mist “The metal missing from the area is indeed a strange thing to happen, possibly due to a strange phenomena, or it could be done on purpose, either way, it is up to us to figure it out. The first thing we could do is search through the down town area, the dark cloud should be a sign of caution however, or we could take a look for more clues here, or find the other heroes around here.”