Gracious Violence (closed to Dark Fang)

Ace Stormer was out and on the prowl for crime. The night so far had been pretty uneventful. He had bagged one purse snatcher and two drunken idiots attempting to hold up a newspaper stand with broken beer bottles. Ace had handled it all with ease and was up for a challenge. The Thundering Hero was a former secret agent for gods sake he needed and adrenaline rush. He needed to get his blood pumping. "What I really need.." He thought out loud " Is a super powered foe to smack around." He flipped off of the roof top and onto another this one a little close to the ground. And he waited for something...anything...to happen.

Trace sighed, standing up from his place at the bar, his bloodshot eyes betraying that he'd had quite a few beers. "Does it help, Faolan? Does it keep the voices quiet?" Romolus snarled sarcastically, then, in his palace, reeled back from the mental backlash Trace had hit him with. "You will pay for that!" Romolus yelled.

"Oh shut up. I'm not in the mood." Trace snapped. Romolus growled and a warm sensation crawled down Trace's spine. "No!" Trace yelled, breaking into a sprint for a couple of blocks before he fell to his knees as the warm feeling rose into a furious burning in his body. He stretched his arms wide, looked up towards the sky with his smoky green eyes and yelled "IT'S SCRATCHING AT THE DOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOR!" What few people were on the streets stared at the drunk with skepticism, and some people looked out of their windows to see the reason for the ruckus. Trace collapsed, his hands slapping the ground and headbutting the ground full force. "Run." He said darkly, then shouted. "RUN!" Nobody heeded him.

"YES!" Romolus bellowed, followed by a bout of evil, slightly maniacal laughter. Trace's muscle mass began to grow, bulging, and he grew taller as well. His heart thundered as his blood felt as though it was boiling, and his face pulled into a wolf-like shape, dense growths of dark brown fur covering his form. He stood, now far taller than he had previously been, and a completely different being. "You should have listened." Romolus growled and shot forward, his anger needing an outlet, and, instead of killing Trace, who had invoked his wrath, which would not have been very smart, he would instead begin to kill his avatar's human kin. His sharp eyes caught the image of a man jumping across the gap between roofs. Putting his powerful muscles into action, he leaped straight up, dug his claws in and climbed the rest of the way to the top of the building. He stared at the man. "Heh. Perfect." He grinned, and ran, swinging one set of razor-sharp claws at the man.

Ace was still running on the rooftops waiting for some fun. He had a cloud hanging over his head just in case there was some trouble. Ace was just in between rooftops when he heard shrieking coming form the ground below. "Probably just some drunk Saint Patties Day party goers getting drunk and being crazy." Suddenly he heard a voice shriek " IT'S SCRATCHING AT THE SURFACE!" Ace stoped for a minute after hearing that and decided to see what the commotion was. "But it wouldnt hurt to check after all I'm no longer a spy for the government which makes me a superhero now. And besides with all the super wackos around here it could be a real villa......." Just before he can finish his sentence he hears a noise behind him. But before he can turn around he is attacked......

"What the hell!?" Ace shouted as a claw scratched him in the back. He turned around to see a werewolf like creature attacking. "Shit!" He yelled "I should really be careful what I wish for!" Ace stares at the creature for a long moment trying to figure out how to take it down. He sends two large lightning bolts at the creature from a cloud that Ace had created above it. Then he attempts to soak it with rain and send another bolt at it hoping to electrocute it. " Who are you and what do you want from me?!" Ace shouts after launching his attacks. He stares at the monster deciding it would be best to hear what it wants before attempting to kill it. He conjures up one more cloud above the beast to zap it in case it tries to attack again.

"I am Romolus, Lord of Wolves!" He roared. He spotted the lightning bolts and jumped, twisting so that the bolts shot past him, leaving little more than a warm sensation. A cloud appeared above him and let out a downpour of rain, soaking his fur.

Oh great. Trace thought, held captive in his own psyche. Wet fur stinks for hours. A dark growling was all he heard from the eternal darkness around him.

A third bolt shot at Romolus. Water increases the conductivity of a body by lowering the natural resistance of that individual. Oh crap. Rom thought, rolling out of the way. "And I want your mind and your heart!" He roared, charging forward, jumping at the hero, narrowly missing the lightning bolt that was apparently a defensive mechanism. Hmm...Weather based powers, primarily those of storms. I must be careful. Romolus bared his fangs and aimed them at the hero's throat.

Ace watched as his bolts missed the wolf who called himself Romulus. "I don't think you want either.." he shouted to the Romulus "They're both artificial!" He jumps back as Romulus tries to bite at his throat. One of his fangs cuts Ace's neck and trickles of blood begin to drip. "First Blood goes to you...lucky shot loser!" Ace shouts at Romulus. He then sends three more bolts at Romulus and then attempts to kick him in the side of the skull.

(Sorry Short post I'm sort of busy.)

Artificial body organs. Hmm... His long tongue flicked over his tooth, and he tasted the man's blood. An evil grin spread across his face before he dodged to the right, then ducked, before jumping to the side. Luckily, that took his head out of the path of the man's kick. Unluckily - "GRAH!" He groaned, having been thrown clear from the rooftop and landing on the street far below. Slowly, he climbed to his feet on top of the car he'd landed on. Vaulting down, he picked up the vehicle, took two steps and threw it with all his might at the insolent human.


Trace's mind
"NO!" Trace shouted as he watched the car fly at the man. He didn't want Romolus to hurt him. The being that seemed to be made of shadows and fangs and claws approached him. "Stay back!" Trace ordered. It didn't even slow down. "I said stay back!" Trace shouted. It was nearly to him. He charged and tackled the monster, wrapping his arms around its stomach, knocking it down. With a casual slap, it threw him away. He got up and put his fists up. "Last warning. Get out of my head." He warned. Silently, the beast charged.

(It's alright duder.)

Ace jumped from the rooftop and grabbed a pipe using it to slide down to the ground in pursuit of the monster. He saw as it lifted a car above its head aiming it at Ace who jumped onto it and aimed a bolt of lightning at it. He then jumps off of it hoping the explosion will blow the car up and injure the wolf.

Although the man's moves seemed like some choreographed fight scene, this wasn't Hollywood. The car began to burn, but there was no explosion. He stood there calmly, watching the burned hulk of the car as it fell to the ground. He looked around for the man, sniffing the air for the scent of his blood. "That only works in the movies." He said deeply, then charged, pouncing at the man and swung with his claws attempting to decapitate the man.

Ace watched as his plan failed and quickly dodged the claws that were coming his way. He ducked down and then aimed another two bolts of lightning at the wolf. "Come on! Fry already!!" He says annoyed. at the creature. He runs behind the wolf and then aims a powerful kick at the creatures spinal cord. "Go Down!" He shouts angrily.