The Lord of Shadows rising [Cain] [London,England]

Cain watched what she did to the whips with interest, having done something similar like that before and knew now that any shadow manipulation would be useless tonight. The income of John surprised him but was also something that was good, they could use all te help they could get. When she slammed her foot down on the ground he an Vlad both jumped over the fissure sent out at them and continue in their treck twoards her. "Your one to talk miss, think your the better me. No one is better at being me than me." He snarled out and stopped the whips that were sent out at him an Vlad and sent them flying onto the chains above her. Sure he didn't know what that would do but it stopped her from attacking them as well. Rushhing up he remembered the armor the necromancer big used in the alley, and the one he made himself against the other manipulator girl and dawned himself in it. Upon getting close to her he sent a punch flying out at her face with all of his might, backed also by the force and strength of the 'armor' which was basically an extension of his skin but with all his power too. So if the punch connected it would be as if he was punning her in the same spot he ha just two seconds before had a shadow hand smack into. On her otherside Vlad sent a sweep kick flying out at her attempting to knock her off her footing right after Cain delivers his building toppiling punch. With their combine power as well as John's there was no possible way they could lose this fight...hopefully.

When she attempted to grab his fist Cain was ready for t, as it was the exact same thing he himself would have tried. So he pulled his hand away quickly and sent all the shadows in the room down as far as they could go. He had an idea, a crazy idea that only he would ever think of but it was an idea he knew would work and so he yelled to John. "John! Cover the entire fucken room with ice! I don't want any light in here! Make the shadows dissapear in your ice me and Vlad will protect you just do it!" He shouted and made the shadows in the room dissapear, and stood his ground a good three feet in front of the girl and between her and John. Any attempt to use the shadows he would counteract with his own powers to make it nul and void. Like the trial before he was eleminating the possibility of both his and her most powerful asset and game changer. Or more so her most powerful game changer, because right now if the ice boy listened he was Cains biggest game changer. Vlad seeing what Cain had in mind and knowing it was a crazy plan, but one that should work, rolled out of the way of the girls foot and jumped out in front of her. When he jummped he imideatly sent out a punch with all of his strength right at her face, it was a punch that Cain could never seem to dodge, and hopefully would be one she herself couldn't either. Besides with Cain counteracting the shadow, making them dissapear, and John hopefully making this cavern an ice craven with no light and no shadows they could do this. If she somehow got past Vlad she would still have to deal with Cain before getting anywhere near John, and Cain knew this but he couldn't risk attacking until the ice was there and the shadows were gone. That was his main priority as of now, making sure no shadows existed in this room right now. "Bing it on psedo-me, you won't win.." He muttered, pity it was her own 'trial' that would end up being the reason she lost this fight, if she had gone through all of them instead of just stopping on the last one she might have actually one. But she didn't because she was overconfident on her abilites just like Cain was before the last trial.

((thanks for completely ignoring Vlad’s punch xD))
Cain looked at her with a scowl upon his face, she had more power than he believed possible at first. Sure, he had learned how to make the shadows even if there were none there but only recently had he been able to do so. She seemed to be emitting the shadows as if built by them, but no not her, the kilij it was the kilij that gave her the power. “You think your more powerful than all three of us combined, then you are surely mistaken my dear.” He snarled out stopping the blasts that would have surely killed Vlad and redirected them right back at her. Then he focused on the kilij in her hand, the thing seemed to be made of pure shadows but not at the same time. If he could somehow get a hold of that then he had a feeling he could defeat her; but how he was going to get it was the question that was buzzing through his sick and twisted mind.

"John, Vlad, the Kilij that’s the source of her power. Knock it out of her hand somehow!” He shouted and raced out at her, redirecting any and all attempts to attack him with the shadows right back at her. He was pissed, and she was the source of his anger. So, he was going to do the only thing he saw necessary, he was going to end her life by grabbing her and pushing them both off over the edge. Hopefully during the scuffle he would be able to grab the kilij or something like that. Vlad seeing what was going through Cain’s mind groaned but went along with it as he raced behind the girl and got down on all fours right behind her legs, his body touching hers. If Cain’s tackle worked he would be the object that sent her toppling over and into the unknown abyss down below them.

As the shadows came flying out at him Cain sent them flying right back at her, attempting to do the same thing to her. Vlad simply moved his hand and hit her foot with his fist, and though it stung it was not the worst wound he had sustained in his long years of life. When she said she created the shadows he scoffed "You aren't the only one bitch." He muttered unde his breath the shadows erupting from under neath her in the form of spikes attempting to either impale her or sending her jumping up into the air. Either way he jumped at her and had a shadow arm from behind her try to pull her backwards over Vlad. Cain was sill attempting to tackle her down into the pit anyway he could. Though Vlad now stood up and moved out of the way, still behin her though, sending a round house kick out at th back of her head using all of his strength. He would crack her skull in if given the chance and he would do it as hard and brutally as possible. Even though he wasn't loosing now, Cain could tell they were not winning either as they had barely mad a dent on her. John's spear trick and ice really only being the things that effected her, but Cain would cut her head off in the end or watch as she fell down the pit tumbling to her death. Then it hit him that was just it the ice. Johns ice was really the game changed as she couldn't do anything to stop it really only delay his attacks. "John just keep hitting her with everything you've got... Your the game changer, she just like me can't stop practically anything you throw at her." He muttered jumping out at her, fist in the air aiming for her gut to knock the wind out of her before he'd either push her back if the shadow hand didnt work.

As Vlad round house kicked her into the back of the head he dived out of the way seeing the incoming Cain. Luckily for him he had dived to get rid of the diving Cain but he was not luckily enough, the girl had a reach with her feet and kicked him hard. She kicked him so hard that he grunted, feeling the wind go out of him for a bit as he fell backwards and onto the ground. When she was sent flying Cain stood there thinking he had gotten her down and out, literally. But, it apparently wasn’t enough and she came right back but obviously Vlad’s kick had done the damage needed.

He could tell just by looking at her, from the blood from John’s attacks and the dizziness from vlad’s kick that she would be out soon. Seeing the Kilij still in her hand he got ready to stop anything she was going to throw out at them, knowing he couldn’t use shadows now. The reason being that he had to deflect everything she sent at him and mostly everything right back. When the shadow wave was sent out it startled him by he caught most of it, stopping it in his tracks he redirected it right back in at her. Vlad still on the ground behind her muttered something underneath his breath as he blinked getting the air flowing through his lungs again.

Coughing he watched the two shadow manipulators duke it out power by power, retaliation after retaliation. He stood up grudgingly and regained his composure he walked up behind her silently and wrapped his arms around her waist as well as her arms squeezing as hard as he possibly could. Cain seeing this walked over and attempted to yank the kilij out of her hand then head butt. Once done with the head butt Vlad released her and Cain attempted to stab her in the chest with the stolen kilij. If successful, and how close to the ledge they were, he put his foot on her face and kicked her off the kilij over the edge. “Bitch please, I am the Lord of Shadows.” He spoke out loud eyes glaring down at her.

Cain listens to the words she spoke as she fell into the pit, whipping the spit off. The words set in as he took his kilij and chucked it down at her body as hard as he could using the shadows to push it even further and faster. It impaled it's self right in the middle of where the heart would be as he sheathed the new kilij. So, it seemed she was his sister, even if only half-sister, and had grown up with thief father. The man who unentintionaly and unknowingly pushed Cain to this path the day he was conceived. First by leaving his mother whom thought he over her with not even a dime to her name and an unborne child with no way to pay for it. When he was borne a male and not a female, for she could have felt without looking back at the splitting image of the man who broke her, she snapped even worse and became the alcoholic, drug addict ,abusive, prostitute mom he grew up with. Because of the constant mutterings of how his father had been and delt with life and his mother he slowly became less and less distant to his hating mother, never once feeling the emotion of love or care from a mother or father. Not only that he was abused and told constantly no one would ever live him, that it he wanted respect he had to go out and fucking take it. So, that's what he did and subconsciously he had done everything he has to hopefully gain the respect, and love, of his father the man he never met.

"You are not my sister bitch." He muttered the shadows in the room settling down as if bowing to their true master. When he walked into the new room and saw The Boy's 'throne' it simply collapsed and disappeared into nothing, becoming one with the shadows again. Unconsciously Cain committed that act as his mind was still elsewhere at the time. Not paying attention to any if the slots he walked straight up to John and his boss, Vlad next to him. Upon the entrance of the new girl he crossed his arms and cracked his neck. "Who the fuck are you exactly? Here to give me more damn tests to prove I'm the true Lord of Shadows even though the shadows have picked their true master?" He spoke watching her every movement, he had learned not to trust anyone that came from this place.

Cain looked at the girl arms still crossed as he listened to her speak, not quite sure what she was going to have happen. Or who exactly she wanted him to meet until he came out and revealed himself and spoke those two words. With those two words his heart almost stopped and he almost dropped the Kilij. He could not, no would not believe the man in front of him was his father, it just could not be true. The man had his hair true but it just would not process in his mind for the simple fact that he never thought he would ever meet the man who helped to produce him. Keeping a stone cold look on his face he sheathed the Kilij and walked up to the man looking him dead in the eyes. “You, are not my father.” He muttered blood red eyes glaring into this man’s own black hues.

Cain seemed unphased by everything this man was saying not believing any of it, that wa of course until the man mentioned his true name. He faltered only slightly before regaining his composure. No one knew his real name, he had eliminated everyone from his past who knew that name so he could start a new life. Or so he thought; for eithe this man truly was his father or the smartes man on the planet. Looking up into his eyes he simply blinked, noticing the shift in the eyes though his mind still set on the last thing he said. His father, his father was proud of him. Those were the words he had secretly and subconsciously been waiting to hear sense he was old enough to understand his mother would never love him. Vlad on the other hand was fully focused on everything going on between father and son, seeing these two stand next to each other one would think then brothers. Cain looked like an exact replicate of his father that much waa certian. Though still he kept his guard up and watched to make sure nothing would be going wrong in this encounter. Quickly he notice the glowing hands and eyes switching color and Vlad knew that this was not going to end well if this man decided to turn upon his son. "A-Are you really my father?" Josh, or Cain, asked with confusion then smirked as he thought of something to hopefully trick the man."If you truly are my father them answer this, what day was I born?" He knew that this question would prove it or not. Then he asked something else"If not where did you learn that name, all who knew it were killed by my hands personally."