Prowling the Night (Invite Only)

by **Chellizard** June 17th 2012, 1:14 am

The night was clear for now, but a storm was brewing, and even if it were an inky black, and the stars were trying to light up the night, it would soon just be a black blank slate. But, that's not exactly true. The streetlamps and city night life would be crawling around of Chicago, Illinois. And on top of a building, a certain apartment building, was perched a man that stood a nice six feet, three inches. He wore a pair of solid black converse that mimicked dress shoes, black jeans, and a simple red button up. On his face was a masquerade type masque, keeping him hidden from the world. His eyes were still that gorgeous cerulean, though. That would never change. Nor would his black and white wings. But tonight? He wasn't Nathaniel DiMartino; he was the Cor Domitor. He had on the ring she gave him. But, of course, he could never bring himself to take it off.

His wings spread and stretched, the feathers ruffling before they pumped once and brought him off of the roof top and into the air. The wind was rushing to hug him and give him chills. And then, upon the wind, he heard a scream. A cry for help. He dove, then, and was on his way to the rescue. His eyes were frantic, searching through the whizzing buildings, trees, and finally he was brought to the park. He landed and his wings stretches and folded behind of him before he ran toward the screams and cries for help. He found a woman and two teenage boys grappling her and grabbing for her purse. He narrowed his eyes and willed his powers on to them. "You'll let them go... right now." He growled, his form rushing so quickly that it looked like he teleported in front of the boys. He then swept his right leg out and brought one of the boys down, and brought his fist around and clipped the other kid's jaw. The woman had fallen onto her rump in shock and was crying, shaking with fear.

"Oh my.. god! Oh my god! An Angel?!" The girl was crying out with glee now, wiping her tears in a hurried fashion. Nate, hidden behind of his mask, held out his hand and spoke with his rougher voice. "Are you okay?" He asked, his eyelids half down to hide his bright blue eyes. The woman nodded and dusted herself off after being lifted up by him. "Good. Go home." He pointed her away from the park, annoyed that anyone would wander out to a place like this at Midnight of all times. Especially for something like a midnight stroll. Now Nathaniel was glancing about, listening for more trouble. He saw a couple cop cars whiz by, so he decided 'why not?' and followed after them while flying.

by **Mockingbird** June 17th 2012, 2:03 am

Mockingbird stood on on the high rooftop, her eyes scanning the city that lay beneath her. Her new suit had been successful. The nanobots making it up were able to phase right through her skin and shift their density and volume so they could hide inside her body and come out when she needed the armour. It responded to the commands she gave it mentally. The lens on the mask was a major difference this time, allowing her to see out but no one to see in. It also got rid of any glare problems she may face. Luckily the suit was waterproof, helping keep out the rain that was staring to fall from the sky. She loved the suit, feeling kinda proud to have made it. It wasn't complete though, she still needed to install the AI, artificial intelligence, into it. It had already been installed in her new location with Gracie and Sachin but she had been lazy and kept putting off uploading it into her suit, as it was created to do in the first place.

Her eyes continued to scan the city below through the blue tinted lens. Finally, her dark brown optics spotted something going on down below. Jumping off of the rooftop, she spread her cape so that she could glide down to the surface. Landing in the alley way, she was behind the man that was pinning the young girl to the wall. Her hand tapped the man on his right shoulder as she stepped to her left, leaving him to fall for such an obvious trick and let go of the girl in favour of turning around. The moment he came face to face with her, she smashed her knuckles into his face and grabbed the back of his head. He then got nice and personal with the brick wall beside them. "Asshole." She muttered as he fell unconscious, giving her the opportunity to handcuff him to the metal pipe nearby. Occupied with this, she didn't see thepolice officer coming her way. "Hey! You!" Came the shouts of the out of shape man. Mockingbird looked around in mock surprised. "Who? Me?"

"Yeah, you. Who are you?"

"You really aren't grasping the concept of a mask here, buddy." She said to him, spottign the gun coming out of it's holster. "I wouldn't do that if I were you." She informed him as she rushed forward at superhuman speed and snatched the gun from him, unloading it and tossing the ammo and gun to opposite ends of the alley. As the cop went to gather his weapon, she sent a grappling hook to the rooftop to allow her to get out of there. Once she sprinted across a few more rooftops, she arrived just in time to see a masked, winged figure save a woman below. The wings....they were familiar. Nathaniel. The boy she had just dumped a week before. She really did not want to see him again, but at the same time, she did. The necklace that he had given her was hidden under the suit. She wanted to apologize and make up, to fix her mistake. She knew it was wrong to break up with him over his sister but she just couldn't bear to go back and beg for forgiveness. Not her style. But, she spotted another man coming up behind Nathaniel. This man didn't get too far though, as he quickly found her foot against his back as he was knocked to the ground.

by **Chellizard** June 17th 2012, 3:47 pm

Nathaniel heard a soft thud and then a body fell behind of him. He was lifted off of the ground, his wings flapping to keep him there as he rose a brow and looked around. He saw a faint outline of a person, but shrugged it off, a small internal smirk lacing his lips. His mask, just covering his eyes, would need to be updated soon. He had ideas of a full face mask that covered his mouth, and barely had holes for his eyes. Or was like a one way mirror. He'd figure that out eventually. But, that so familiar tingle ran down his spine and his heart skipped a beat. Whoever just knocked out the attacker that was behind of him was someone that could recognize him based on his wings. Or was just being nice and saw the chance to be heroic.

He then darted off with a pump of his wings and was on the trail the cops had followed. It was an old fashioned breaking and entering into a suburb house. Nathaniel swooped onto the roof and entered through a window. The cops had the place surrounded, and the culprit was definitely still inside. The soft coo of a baby was heard, and so was the whimpering of a woman, or younger girl. Nathaniel was crouched and moving as silently as possible toward the closet where he heard the coo and opened the door. The girl was backed into the corner, clutching a cellphone. She was no older than twelve or thirteen. "Shh.. I'm one of the good guys.. how many bad people are in your house?"

The girl rose a hand with three fingers held up. Nathaniel frowned and nodded. The girl was crying, but holding on to her baby brother and rocking him gently to keep him calm. "They.. k-killed daddy.. mommy is at work.. but they killed daddy.." She sobbed and tried to hold it together. Nathaniel took off his mask and nodded. "Well, they're not getting away with that. You have my honest promise." He was whispering so softly, he was sure the girl could barely hear him. He then heard other voices, and foot steps pounding up the stairs. He placed his mask back on and shut the closet door as quietly as possible, he then hid around of a corner and waited for the loud voices to reach him at the top of the stairs.

by **Mockingbird** June 17th 2012, 4:13 pm

Mockingbird followed the trail the cops were on too, by the ground though. She darted in between the police cars at her top speed, which was faster than they were willing to go on this road. The red and blue lights cast shadows over the area as she darted ahead of them, keeping her eyes on Nathaniel in the sky. She saw the one neighborhood watch van in front of the house. Oh, I feel so safe with the wannabe cops on patrol. These people are worse than the transit police. She joked to herself as she arrived around the back side of the house, where the cops and wannabe cops couldn't see her.

Using the window as her entrance into the house, she used her mask to scan the house. Three robbers. One trying to get into a safe in the office. One in the next room over and one making his way up the stairs. Shit. She thought to herself as she saw the two little kids hidden upstairs. But, thankfully, a winged figure swooped in. Nathaniel. Thank God. She thought to herself as she noticed the blue outline of the robber coming into her room. Dashing against the wall, she hid behind the hat rack that stood next to the door. Her hand reached up and picked a hat off the rack. Once the man entered the room and got in front of Andree, she stepped forward and pressed the hat to the front of his face, squeezing his nostrils and cutting off his air long enough until he was unconscious. "Night night."

by **Chellizard** June 17th 2012, 4:44 pm

Nathaniel stepped out and snatched the man's gun and disassembled it quickly. The man was blinking, his mouth open and read to scream. Nathaniel 'tsked' and then threw an upper-cut into the man's jaw. The force knocked a few teeth loose, and he bit his tongue. Nate could smell the blood. He chuckled lightly and then grabbed the disgruntled man and wrapped his arm around of his neck and squeezed. "Sleep..." He said. Nathaniel's strength was so powerful, the man could barely move. He was knocked out in about six seconds. Nathaniel then picked him up and hoisted him over his shoulder and walked down the steps. He held the man so that he wouldn't choke on his blood and die while passed out. Once down the stairs, he laid the man on the floor, face down, so the blood would leak onto the marble floor of the foyer.

He then glanced about and listened hastily. "Rick, Andy? Where you guys at?" Called the last man in the house. Nathaniel smirked and stepped toward the office and then felt a body bump directly into his. He looked down and rose a brow, surprised. "Hello, stranger.." He said, his voice deeper than usual and a bit more rough sounding. Something alike to how 'Batman' sounds in those older movies. He gave a flashy smile, his fangs extended and his blue eyes shrouded by shadows. They were outside of the office door, and it was closed. The man inside was bustling about and knocking things over, making quite the ruckus while the police were outside, using a bull horn to direct the robbers to come out with their hands up.

by **Mockingbird** June 17th 2012, 5:23 pm

Once the man slipped into a deep sleep, Andree slowly lowered him to the ground so that he didn't make a sound when he hit the floor. A sly smile crossed her face from under the mask before she darted off to the office room. But, she didn't notice Nathaniel coming down the stairs and ran right into him. "Hi." She replied, her voice modified to a deeper tone. She didn't want Nathaniel to recognize her. But, at the same time, she did. She loved him still, and knew breaking up with him was a mistake. But she couldn't bring herself to apologize to him for it.

Quickly, she got herself to her feet. She was glad that he couldn't see her eyes and recognize her. She tried to ignore his beautiful, pearly white smile. She had to move on, otherwise she'd get too....sad, sorry, regretful yet happy at the same time. Moving to the door, she jiggled the handle. Locked. She placed one of her acid grenades on the door, pressing the button so that it released just enough acid to let her hand slip through the door and unlock it. Once the hole was made, she deactivated it and reached her hand through to open it. "You really know how to make a mess, don't you? Ever heard of DNA evidence? You're leaving it everywhere." She teased as she walked into the room. The man pulled out a gun and she just gave him a questioning look that was lost due to the one way mirror effect of the lens.

The man fired shots, he was obviously not trained in this. He missed them each time. Maybe he was just scared, maybe he just sucked. Either way, Andree left him to Nathaniel. It was the least that she could do for being so mean to him by breaking up.

by **Chellizard** June 17th 2012, 5:44 pm

The voice, even if he hadn't heard it in a week or so, was so recognizable. He had been on a few night trips with Andree, or Mockingbird as she was called when in her suit. Nathaniel chuckled at the 'hi' she gave him before destroying the door with an acidic grenade type mechanism. Impressed, as always, he commented on the trick. "Very nice handywork," he smiled while saying this, his rougher voice just barely audible before the door was open and 'Mockingbird' had the guy shaking with fear. Nathaniel calmly entered the room behind of her and smiled. "How much planning did you have before you decided to break into this house and kill someone's father?" He said this, to scare the man. Nathaniel had walked by the 'dead' father of the house. He wasn't dead. He had been tranquilized. The poor girl and baby boy upstairs would be so happy to know that their dad wasn't dead.

He chuckled and leaned against the door way, his hands basically limp at his sides. The man was trembling and spoke up, "I-it wasn't my idea; I swears it man.. puh-pleaseee don't do anything.. pleaase don't kill me." Nathaniel laughed and looked at Mockingbird. He smirked and gave her a wink before using his speed to move behind of the man and disarm him quite quickly and easily. He took apart this firearm as well, the silenced gun a bit nicer than your average robbers choice of firearm. That part was impressive. He wondered who the brains of the operation was out of the three. Maybe it was someone else all together. He grabbed the man by the neck and looked to Mockingbird. "It's been a while, ya'kno'.. How've you been?" He asked, his voice that same deep, rough sounding timbre.

by **Mockingbird** June 17th 2012, 6:09 pm

"Thanks." Andree replied to his compliment. She didn't want to say more than one word at a time to him right now, it was all she felt up to. He made her feel a bit queasy and weak in the knees. She swallowed a bit, not wanting to feel like that for him right now. This was business, and even if it wasn't, she really didn't want to feel that way for him right now. Well, she did, but she didn't. She didn't quite understand if she wanted to or not. Whatever, she was done with emotions right now. Otherwise that afternoon she completely embarrassed herself in front of Scar during was in vain.

When Nate noted about the dad being dead, she activated her mask to tell her if that was true. Luckily, it was not and she breathed a sigh of relief. The Nathaniel asked her how she had been and she groaned. Dammit. He had noticed it was her. "Shitty." Was the only reply she could muster at the moment. She knew that she shouldn't have used the same voice she had used all those months ago when they had first met. On the inside, she was hitting herself for being so stupid. It was about as obvious as using her own voice. She should have just used someone else's voice. But, at the same time, she was happy that he found out. Thinking on it, she wondered if her subconscious had deliberately used that voice, in order to get his attention.

by **Chellizard** June 17th 2012, 6:30 pm

He chuckled and shook his head. He then patted the guy on the shoulder and glanced around. He found a neck tie and used it as makeshift hand cuffs after pulling the man's hands around behind of his back. "I'm sure you've had a rough week. Mine wasn't as good as I hoped it would be." The captive was groaning and commented, "Geeze, get a room.." Nate smacked up upside the head and rolled his eyes. "You get a room; in a prison; and your cell mate with be a big buff man named Bubba. Hope you enjoy your time there." He chuckled and looked to Mockingbird. "I'm going to go grab the other two. I assume you knocked the third man out?" Raising a brow, he shoved the man toward Andree and left her to escort him out. After he was told where the other unconscious man was, he grabbed 'Andy' the man who bit his tongue, and Rick that Mockingbird knocked out.

Nate then called out of an open window. "The hostages are safe. The robbers will be brought out now," and with that, he stepped outside, holding one man under each arm. His wings were folded behind of him, and he was ready to fly up into the sky. For a couple nights now, Nate had become a somewhat friendly being with the cops. He caught a couple robbers, rapists, and etc and handed them over. He even saved people from a fire three nights ago. The police, all rearing and ready, were glad that the robbers were captured. All three had on ski masks, so it was evident they were the robbers. Nate nodded toward them and gave a report. "Two children up the stairs in the right hand closet just before the bathroom. Man, late twenties, early thirties is unconscious in the middle of the living room. No one is harmed. A couple things are broken, but no one is dead. Blood on the foyer floor from this guy biting his tongue." He motioned toward Andy, the man he had knocked in the jaw.

A loud 'oof' came from the one hostage that was conscious. Andree had just tossed him out of the front door and possibly ran to the roof. Typical Mockingbird. Hopefully the cops were thank him for capturing the three robbers. He was wrong, of course. Nate then heard handcuffs and rose a brow. He felt cold metal be slapped around of his wrist and that was not going to fly with him. He jerked his hand away quickly and flew to the roof, grabbed Andree around of the waist and and smirked. "I can't lose you now that I've found you again; hope you don't mind." He then spread his wings and bolted into the sky, the cuffs dangling on his wrist as he flew. "What the hell? Why would they want to cuff me? I've been nothing but good to them.." he asked finally, a bit annoyed. He was a bit sad at this point, but flew until they were away from the scene and landed on a random roof top. He let her go and he walked to the edge and was about to fly off, his wings stretching and ruffling to ready for flight.

by **Mockingbird** June 17th 2012, 6:57 pm

"Coming from the man about to be locked in a room for a few years." Andree commented to the crook that was tied up with a necktie. What an asshole. It wasn't like she was into Nate...anymore. Was she? No, no she wasn't. Or at least, that's what she told herself, even if she didn't really believe it. She just didn't know what she thought of Nate. She liked him but...she just couldn't admit she was wrong. She was never wrong. She hated being wrong. The only reason they had broken up in the first place was because Chelle worked for Nightkill. Now she didn't and there was nothing keeping the two from being together besides Andree's stupid pride and inability to admit that she was wrong.

"Yeah, he's not moving." Andree responded to Nate, snapping out of her thoughts about him. Nate rushed off to get the other two and Andree grabbed the man by the neck. "So, how are you and lover boy doing?" The slimy weasel asked. "Shut up." Andree replied simply as she cut off his air for a bit as well. She held the man in front of her, now unconscious. Tossing him out in front of the police, she darted back inside and to the roof. She had already learned the hard way that cops didn't like it when you did their job for them. Once on the roof, she allowed the camouflage the suit granted her to disappear as she waited to see if Nathaniel would join her. It was not surprising to her in the slightest that they slapped the cuffs on Nathaniel. They were douche bags.

She allowed Nathaniel to carry her away as she got to the roof, a small smirk on her face. Of course, this was concealed behind the mask. "You're an idiot, you know that?" She teased, making it obvious that she was just teasing in case he took offense to it. As they settled down on the rooftop, she answered his question like it was the most obvious thing in the world. "Yeah, well, they're assholes. I already learned that. Want me to get those handcuffs off?"

by **Chellizard** June 17th 2012, 7:17 pm

He sighed and stepped down from the ledge of the building and turned to face her. The mask over his eyes was simple and sleek. Black with a bit of gold, silver, and blue curling designs around of the eyes and cheeks. It was tied loosely around of his head, the knot on the back of his head blending in with his black hair. It was already slightly longer than it was a week ago. Still short, but not as short. He cleared his throat and held out his right wrist. The same wrist with the ring on it. The digital message scrolled across it, showing the date they had their first dance. He gave a smile and sat down on the ledge, his wings stretching before folding behind of him. "It would be nice, Mockingbird."

He said her heroic name, only to make things a bit more business for her. Once she was close to him and taking the cuff off, his parted his lips and started to sing, his voice normal. "Years ago.. when I was younger; I kinda liked a girl I knew.. She was mine, and we were sweet hearts.. That was then, but then it's.. true.. I'm loove! with a fairy taale! Even though it hurts... Cause I don't care if I lose my mind; I'm already cursed." He slid his free wrist up her arm after she removed the cuff and stood up as he sung, the hand slowly moving around of her shoulder. He then moved his left hand to grab her's and spun her around, singing still.

"Everyday; we started fighting.. every night; we fell in love." As he sang, he was moving with her, dancing around the roof top in the light rain that was once a heavy storm. The heavy part had passed while they were in the house. He continued to sing, of course, not skipping a beat. "No one else could make me sadder; but no one else could lift me high above! I don't know what I was doing! When suddenly we fell apart!" He smiled and leaned his face closer to her's. The light mist that was kissing his skin and damped his red shirt felt marvelous, and it almost made Andree's suit look sleek and cat like.

"Nowadays.. I cannot find her; but when I do.. we'll get a brand new start..." and he cut off there, his eyes searching her's if she would show them through her mask. His heart was beating so fast at this moment, and he felt like he was floating. Oddly enough, his wings had spread and they were flying while they danced together. He brought them down to the ground and stood there, his forehead leaning against her's.

by **Mockingbird** June 17th 2012, 7:46 pm

Andree was just now noticing his hair was getting a bit longer again. She preferred it while it was long, to be honest. He looks nice, but I still like it long. No, no, stop it! Don't think about him like that or you may... She thought to herself, the words she didn't want to say was "fall in love with him again". She wanted to but didn't at the same time. It was confusing. Emotions, she hated the damned things right now. Why did she have to be stuck with them? Then she wouldn't have grown attached to Nate and broken her own heart, and his, by breaking up with him.

"I'm sure it would be." She muttered, in regards to it being nice to get out of her handcuffs. Nate calling her by her 'business' name was weird to hear from him. She wasn't used to it and preferred if he just called her Andree. But, she just had to get the cuffs of right now so she wasn't caring. Her hands reached into a compartment by her thighs and pulling out a skeleton key to unlock the cuffs. Once she put it in and twisted it to unlock it, she pulled the key out and pulled the metal devices off his wrists.

Then Nathaniel began to sing, as he often did around her. It made her smile a bit beneath her mask. It was a sweet gesture. It made her feel fuzzy inside, warm and safe. As the two danced and he brought her into the air, Andree made the mental command to have the mask disappear. It split up into microscopic robots before phasing through her skin and hiding in her body. This allowed Nate to see her eyes and how the song just made her feel comforted and safe. "Is every day a musical with you or just when you're around me?" She teased before he got to the last line. The last line made her melt. All that she could do in reply was a small nod before their foreheads touched.

by **Chellizard** June 17th 2012, 7:54 pm

Nate smiled, a soft laugh passing his lips at her comment. It was true, though. He always found himself singing around of her. He loved to sing, though, and it was an excellent way to express emotion without stumbling over words and stuttering and making things sound too clingy, or even sarcastic. So, he chose song. He moved a hand up and caressed the back of her head, hooded or not, and then slid his mask off and let it hang around of his neck. He licked his lips and watched the nanobots shift and reveal her face. So beautifully breathtaking. "Andree.. I should have fought for you. I should have gotten on my knees and begged you to stay with me. I should have offered to take you away from Chicago and get out of here until my sister forgot about me again and moved on with her life.. but you do know she works for herself again, right? She's finally on her feet and doesn't need anyone to support her.. But I need you. I need you more than I need to breathe or feed." He gave her a sad look and stitched his brows together in sorrow, not in anger. He then caressed her cheek and gave her a soft smile, his forehead relaxing. "Andree Jones.. I, Nathaniel Xavier DiMartino, vow to love you and cherish your love and affection until you no longer want mine in return... But even then, I'm sure I will never fall out of love with you."

by **Mockingbird** June 17th 2012, 8:10 pm

What did I just do? Did I just say yes to getting back together with him? I'm not sure if that's a good thing or a bad thing. She thought to herself, leaning towards it being a very good thing. Andree liked him, she liked him a lot. He was the first guy she had honestly fallen in love with. He just knew how to make her feel so..mushy. He knew just how to treat her, how she liked to be treated. He just knew how to do all the right things with her.

When he spoke of how he should have fought for her, rather than let her just walk out so easily, she could only think about how he was right. She probably would have felt better about it if he had fought for her rather than make her feel as if she was just expendable and could leave while he felt nothing. Though, he did. That was enough for her. Chelle wasn't with Nightkill. Nathaniel cared for her, and he asked her rather than making her swallow up her pride. It was perfect. I need you too. She thought to herself as he caressed her cheek. "I will always return them." She told him, half hoping that he would kiss her.

by **Chellizard** June 17th 2012, 8:44 pm

And boy did he kiss her. His lips pressed into her's and his eyes closed and everything, at that moment, was perfect. Hell, it was probably more than perfect. He smiled into the kiss and bit her lower lip lightly; but no fangs, of course. His arms moved around her waist and he lifted her up and spun her around after breaking the kiss. He looked into her eyes and just sighed with joy and compassion. "You're amazing, did you know that?" He chuckled and sat down, holding her bridal style while his head leaned against the side of her head. He sighed and rocked her lightly. "Do you even know how badly I missed you? And how many women tried to jump me? I swear a transvestite tried to jump me, too.. and I went to New York for a bit to visit my sister.. I remember being drunk, too, and getting into a nice fight with a couple of guys. They were scared when I flew off out of nowhere. I probably scarred them for life." He chuckled and rambled on about his week away from her, hoping she wouldn't be upset that women were after him. He turned them down, of course. He could not bare to be with anyone else but Andree.

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