Meeting at the Gateway to the West [closed to Sarah Milosi]

A serious situation.Something that should not be happening.Just totally unexpected.The businessman was no ordinary man at all.Not even close.The kid had attempted to get as far away from the man as fast as he could.He had been in his grasp and the second the man let go of him as part of the rouse the kid struck at him and ran for it.The smart thing to do for sure.It probably would have worked to if it were not for the fact that the man he was trying to escape from just so happened to have of all things his hands turned into extending coils.Those coils reached out and grabbed isak, thus preventing him from escaping.So much for getting to safety.He barely managed to take a few steps.

That young man was in perilous danger.No doubt about that.So was she.That man was after her after all.Sarah was considering trying to sneak away but knew it was not the best option.That man would continue to hunt her for whatever sinister purpose he was doing so for.It was a better option for her to take care of this matter right this very moment.There was nobody around to witness after all outside of the kid and she was sure he could be persuaded to keep quiet about this.

Ducking down even further she was now looking below the car.She could easily see the coils that were wrapped around the kid's legs.That only made this easier.She tapped into and released forth a blast of energy that moved so quickly it was nearly unnoticeable that cut through the coils and freed the kid from the man's grasp.

Snapping the coils with that blast of energy had been enough to rescue the young man if only for a moment.The immediate danger had passed but danger itself still remained.Those coils breaking apart had angered the man alot and made him suspicious.He seemed torn between two possibilities for what could have caused the coils to split like that.One was clearly the young man had somehow caused it.The other being that somebody else was involved with it.The latter option looked like the one he was thinking it to be.The man started looking around as if he was hoping to see somebody standing there in complete defiance of what he was trying to so heinously do.Instead of course, he saw nobody around.Sarah had made sure it would be hard for him to do so.She was quite well hidden after all.

The youngster was really fighting back with alot of determination to live.He certainly would not go down without at least a struggle.He threw a rock at the man's face, hitting him dead on and dove beind a car in hopes of improving his chances of survival.Unfortunately all it was really doing was just stalling the coiled armed one and making him really, really angry.He raised his right arm and brought the coil down on the vehicle that the young man was hiding with a powerful thud, denting it and breaking apart the glass of the windows.He did this a couple more times making the hiding spot far less of one.He raised the damn coils once more and started to strike down with it again when it too like the other one was snapped in pieces by some unknown force to them both.This time however it would not stay unknown.In order to prevent him from continuing his attack she was forced to come out of hiding to attack the thing thus revealing herself."Enough out of you.I'm the one you're after remember." she told him.

Sarah had finally made her presence known to the two of them and now was left with little choice other than confronting him for his hunting of her head on.There was really nowhere to run anyways.Might as well deal with this one here and now so she will not have to later on in the future at some point where it would be far more dangerous for her.The man seemed very pleased that she was here.She could not blame him all things considering.Despite all that he still had Isak trapped with the coils.Even though she had already broken apart two of them there were still quite a few still present.Sarah wondered just how many he might have.If he had too many things might get a bit out of hand.

"Going on a killing spree would not have made me come looking for you.I don't care enough to intervene simply because you decide to be homocidal.You would have just gotten yourself in trouble with the law." she told him for the sake of weakening his confidence.Sarah was far more interested though in finding out why he was after her.This was something she would need to know just in case there were perhaps more like him running around in search of her."So why are you after me?You don't seem like the type to be tracking down people who just wander about the land." she said to him

Sarah was going to have to deal with Isak being in danger as well as herself when it came to dealing with this guy.He would probably make sure to have that be the case. It was definitely a good idea for him to do so. Plus based on what he just said there may even be further advantages to doing so. The man finally gave away the reason why he had been hunting her for all this time and it was a really creepy and somewhat nightmare inducing one. He was seeking to consume her for her abnormal energy. Just plain gross. Even though she could recognize that he was faced with a matter of his own survival vs the survival of others, she mainly wondered how it was he knew of certain things. For instance how did he know that he had to ingest beings with unusual forms of energy in order to maintain his existence. Had he just decided to try it out and was successful? Maybe somebody had told him. However it was how he knew would probably be something she would go without knowing.

"You should have taken your appetite elsewhere.You're not going to be able to kill me. Those coils of your aren't exactly hard for me to destroy and if that is your only weapon then you're out of your league when it comes to me." She told him warning him of what was going to happen if he tried to attack her. "Now, you should just begone if you want to live through the night. Best hurry up and get out of here while you still have the chance to." she told him while her energy, the one he was after flowed through her ready to be unleashed upon this horrible abomination.

((OOC: Can you provide a grid for this NPC? Please and thank you))


The response was kind of expected though not one to be hoped for. Sarah of course had little more than a minor plea that the threat that she had delivered to the one hunting her upon revealing her presence here would actually work. As expected however it simply had no effect. The coiled arm man simply took it up as a challenge and gleefully accepted it. Such it was so much so expected that Sarah was ready for just such a thing. Since it was a fight that would now occur, it was a fight for which she was ready for.

Those coils that he used had been easy for her to break. Just one simple surge of energy through them had caused two too already have been removed. This guy seemed like no actual threat to her. She even flat out told him as a part of her intimidation tactic. It was the first thing he decided to address. By doing something that was rather idiotic. He was explaining how his powers worked. Giving away such a secret so offhandedly was a terrible idea. All such a thing did was allow for her to figure out how to counter it. The number of coils out went from eight down to two and as he so wickedly described they were now four times stronger than before.

The coils struck at her but she was ready for them. The one from his right arm she deflected aside with a pulse of energy striking it near its tip. As for the other one she grabbed it as she spun away slightly and pulled on it with as much strength as she could muster. It was not much but hopefully it would be enough to cause him to lose balance. Immediately after pulling the thing she let loose a powerful surge of energy through her hands in order to break the thing apart and then fired forth more energy directly at the man himself.

The attack him dead on. They all did. Her every move worked perfectly. Sarah was far more than a match for the coiled man. First off, his left arm coil was dispersed of without much effort, then of course so was he. The next blast came and went straight into him. His taunt was interrupted by the pain that quickly circulated through him as a result of being hit dead on by such a force. The man collapsed from such a blow having underestimated what she was truly capable of.

Sarah looked down at the fallen man with utter dismay. She was thinking of just how easily he was defeated. He had previously mentioned having killed other metahumans and fed off their energy. This thought still sickened her. It was probably best for everybody's sake that he now lay defeated. She then saw the kid finally getting back up and was slowly walking towards her. Sarah looked at him curiously as she considered the possibility of it now being time for her to get out of here. He seemed concerned about the man's health even though he had been trying to kill him. He asked her of his condition to which she answered coldly with "He got what's coming to him." she told him as he drew closer. Suddenly he stopped for the man's coil had wrapped around his leg despite barely even having the strength to stay conscious. Young Isak was now begging her to put an end to the man's suffering as he lay dying. Sarah looked down on him and said unto him "For all those you killed just to continue your meager existence." before shooting another torrent of power at his chest to finally slay him.

Now, he was dead. The man who had been hunting her down for what seemed to have been the last few months now lay dead on the cold pavement of this parking lot. His body now left to rot. It was not enjoyable for her to have had to do away with such a vile and sadistic person as this one was. Sarah had not expected things to come to this. Come to think of it there goes that opportunity of getting a good job. It had all been for nothing. Just a complete waste of time in even coming here. "Hope the next time turns out better." she thought. She was on the verge of becoming a gypsy at this rate. She turned away and prepared to leave. Let somebody else discover the body and deal with what comes next. She had wanted nothing to do with this matter in the first place.

She took only a step in the direction away from this scene when a voice spoke to her. It was the young man Isak. He seemed to have regained enough of his composure to talk properly again. And of course he once again wanted to talk to her. This was something she had been expecting to happen. He had wanted to talk to her earlier and was now pursuing the opportunity again. He walked a ways away hoping that she would follow. She agreed to do so simply thinking it may turn out to be a good idea.

They walked towards some bench and Sarah sat down with an impatient look upon her normally impassionate face. Luckily Isak got to his point quickly. His questions were rather bland. He seemed to still be shaken by what just occured. She answered his questions in accordance. "Well, he said he had to eat certain things in order to live. Doing so probably drove him insane."

Sarah's response to his question was rather blunt. She simply stated the most basic of logic that had been presentable right to him without even the slightest bit of reassurance in her voice. Surely leaving the young man to dwell in fear of his next possible encounter with someone who happens to possess extraordinary abilities. Even figuring this to be true she did nothing more but further cement those feelings of fear within him. "Yeah there are other crazy metahumans. They are people remember and there's plenty of evil people in the world so why wouldn't there be?" She stated, this time even more bluntly than the last time. It was the truth after all. Plain and simple.

He started to walk away with feelings of hopelessness looming over him. Sarah got up herself and addressed him quickly before heading off on her own. "You probably should not worry too much. Though if you can't then maybe you could prepare yourself for the next encounter like this you have." she told him then turned away and walked off into the night.


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