Re: Welcome To the Abyss

by Bliss September 6th 2013, 1:50 am

Sitting pretty on a highway, nestled between the quickly decaying outskirts of the small town, two titans of destruction took form. It mattered in a greater context, but for now the swarms of demons moved throughout the fray of the hectic battles with rampant dismay. "I think we're doing better against the demons." Or, at least it looked as though the rampant destruction would prove problematic until the new wave of heroes crashed through the demonic horde.

"Okay, so you're a Tyuki. I met the princess of the Tyukis once in Minnesota, but she's dead now; I'm sure that was tragic, but we did our best." Before the swarm of demons could regroup and descend upon the trio, Elaine pressed another six rounds into the chamber and closed it with the pleasing click.

"You pushed her in the gaping hole." The corgi retorted.

"She would've died any number of other ways. Princess Tyuki was a dumbass." Elaine looked back towards the abyss to make any number of assumptions as to what her next move should come as. The next move came to her.

"Any opinions on the situation at hand?"

"Someone needs to tell the Abyss to stop gazing into me because it's pervy."

"I'm sure the abyss is having second thoughts on its gaze."

"This shouldn't be all that hard. Twelve year olds don't have anything to live for, so the kid standing over there can sacrifice himself as a diversion. After, that we can flank the demons and fight them from each angle with anyone who can fly or defy space. Also, you die after the kid for obvious reasons." The heroic team assembled before the gates of chaos and lightning crashed before them. "Everyone got your assignments?"

Before any answers could come or any children could be flayed alive, Elaine shot through the titans and came out on the other side with her pistols unholstered and pointed in between the titans. Two round would impact in the middle and stay dormant until the she flipped the guns back in her hands. Her fingers slid towards the detonation triggers. A burst of energy would heat up the humid air with a violent explosion rupturing from the ground. If her plan worked, she would break up the titans and divert their attention from being able to fight as a team. She slid her legs around to shift her hips in a rotation to bring her to face the titans in their next range of actions.

As the explosion blasted up, Ame went in to action to try and avoid what Elaine felt so obvious. "Drive Darkness Back!" Throwing a ward towards the titans, Ame tried to build on the momentum of Elaine's surprise element and drive a wedge between the two titans. When the smoke cleared, the ward would stay in place to keep a barrier between the divided fights. "So good so far."

by **Arcana** September 8th 2013, 1:54 pm

Sean let a drawn out sigh pass between his lips, perhaps slightly annoyed by Ouro having to take his leave for now, though he was sure that he would come back soon enough, once the weaker half was taken down a notch or two. ”Don't keep me waiting too long.” He noted taking in the nether mist that slowly suffused through the town, though that within itself gave him nothing, except perhaps a slight pleasurable tingle. He could sense two larger sources of Nether, and something about them drew Sean closer as if like a magnet and so he would approach them. If anything, perhaps they would be the Titan's that he was half expecting, and if so his destiny could begin soon enough.

The two Titans looked down upon the mortals struggling against an army that would never end, an army that for all purposes would only continue to spawn until either the portal was closed or their objective was complete. Still, it was admirable as to how they continued to fight, and perhaps the extents that they would go to keep such a pointless settlement safe. One of them would lash out with a bolt of energy and the two made no attempts to move as it seemed they would be eviscerated by such power, though in the wake as what seemed like a black mist. The mist would begin to move as it formed back into their humanoid forms, though now they were perhaps slightly impressed at the mans capabilities.

More attacks would follow, one being a rather powerful burst of magical energy, which once again failed to do anything, and then a newcomer to the frey would make their move. When all the attacks were done and the smoke was cleared, they still stood together, though were still reforming as the mist. The female removed the two twisted blades at her hips, as the ruby eyes seemed to glow with malevolent intent, as if it knew it would draw blood today. 'Alright, you had your fun. I think its our turn.” With a start she moved along the battle field with a wild grace, movements so fluid that her skill was obvious before she even began to fight. People were easy enough to circumvent but there were two that would prove real threats within this equation, being the lightning boy and the mage.

While the female moved, the male would lash out with powerful bursts of shadows that were made to either kill, or divert their attention as they planned their own offensive. She would aim to attack one, perhaps whom she saw as the weakest of the foes, and it came down to the one with the white wings. She aimed to bisect the woman with one fluid motion of the abyss black blades.

by **404NameNotFound** September 10th 2013, 1:54 am

"Yeah, I'm good now, Zell. Thanks for the assist. Something strange is happening though. They're..." The girl's 'teen' comment reached Vaga, cutting him off midsentance.

"Teen? I'm not a teen! I'm..." Vaga paused as he realized how silly he would sound, claiming to be a few thousand years old. It never got him very far into most conversations. Superheroes would likely be the easiest to convince, but still. He finished with "...twelve-ish." before shifting his feet uncomfortably. A retreating demon clipped Vaga, but the healing energies already focusing on him helped him shrug it off. A quick counterattack incapacitated the demon, despite its attempted escape. Where were they headed? He turned to follow the demon hordes. They seemed to be going towards the graveyard... where the other heroes were located! Vaga looked at the two heroes at his side. Both could fly, obviously, so a rescue would be an easy matter.

"We should probably give them some help. Your shield is working wonders, Zell. But the graveyard is going to be overrun VERY shortly if we don't save em!" He grinned, an infectious (if lopsided) smile. His cloak spread open, looking almost menacing if not for being strapped to a little kid. He tried his best to stay calm, but Vaga was ecstatic inside. These were REAL SUPERHEROES helping him! And it was AWESOME. He tried his best not to look back, hoping they would follow once he took off.

But he never got the chance. One of the more powerful-looking demons Vaga had seen came barreling down through the battlefield. Vaga could follow the demoness's movements, but only barely. It seemed like she was headed... straight for Vaga's new heroine friend! At the last second, Vaga yelled "Restaf!" and activated his boots. Matching the demoness's speed allowed him to jump into her path, knocking Tyuki out of the way. He swept Falcon's Talons to block, but the force of the attack sent the boy spinning backwards into the remaining demons with a slash deep across his left shoulder. Vaga rolled over to his feet with a groan, making sure to look around in case a different attack came his way. Hopefully he bought Tyuki and Zell a moment to prepare for the demoness's attacks while he slowly got back to his feet. The sheer speed of the collision knocked the breath right out of him. It was going to be a tough fight ahead...

by **Zell** September 12th 2013, 9:26 pm

The A.V.A.T.A.R gave a quick scan of the “Woman” before them, and the physiological report and energy emission decipher protocol had told him all he needed to know. She was faster, stronger more durable, and her twitch-fibers were infused with a strange energy, one that made Zell’s blood boil. He let out a growl and with the snap of his fingers Misanthropy levitated, acting as Zell willed without the need to actually wield it. A little talent that his Ethereal-ridden blood had granted him. Zell wasted no time sending Misanthropy to lash out at the Titanic woman.

”One of Sean’s little toys? Why does it not surprise me? Little jackass sends a woman to fight his fights.” Zell snapped at her. Meanwhile he was charging up a large protonic blast for her. There was nothing more to be done. The woman stood between him and the THING that started this all. ”Unfortunately you’ve come at a bad time…you see you are hardly a match for me alone, and yet you attack while I have the distinct advantage. I’m going to crush you…to shred you, and in the end I will utterly annihilate you. You will be nothing more than a wasted memory, a stain upon my mind. You come before me and you are already tragically outmatched. But all this in place and I honestly can say that my only regret….is that you won’t survive long enough to watch me destroy the pathetic thing you serve.” Zell said, with that, he held out his hand and the protonic pulsation shot out, aiming to destroy the woman.

by **Chellizard** September 15th 2013, 2:11 am

Tyuki could not take the time to reply to everyone around of her. There was no time wasting words on others. Especially with what she had just heard come out of the Silver headed Goku kid's mouth. Zell had said 'Sean.' Sean. She knew a Sean. She used to have sleep overs, and giggle fits with a Sean. Was this the same one? Was it the same boy that saved her life more than once? The pain in her heart. It was true sorrow. But, it quickly turned into false hope. She was hoping it was a different Sean.

The two entities, Titans, were coming for them. The more female looking one came for Tyuki first. That was going to be a bother. Her wings arched and she brought her arms up as a defensive maneuver to avoid the attack head on. It was a mistake, because it sliced right through her uniform and gashed both of her arms. The poison on the blades added a stinging bit of a feeling to the already painful blow. She braced against the blades though. She was not going to hold off.

"Is that all you've got?! Some adorable knives?! I AM THE IRON CHEF! Welcome to my KITCHEN!" with her wings snapping open, then flapped, forcing Tyuki forward. With her amazing strength, she made to knock back the titan woman while calling out for back up.

"ELAINE! Time to teach her a lesson!" she cried out, her eyes becoming a brighter white, if possible, and the her healing energy washed over her arms to patch up the damage. They were now down to simple scratches rather than insane gashes. The poison was also subdued, but a tiny bit was left to leave her in pain. She would just have to get over it. There was no time to dawdle. She had some asses to kick, and names to take.

by **Forceaus** September 15th 2013, 7:40 pm

"Okay, so are we all operating under the assumption that taking out these two newcomers will stop the neverending horde of these demons as you call them? Sure looks like it." It was a possibility, maybe an unlikely one. These supposed demons were still everywhere and these two things had entered the fray. After confronting them immediately upon their attack upon the group that was working together to oppose this rampaging army, Forcewave now stood there unfortunately barefoot and looking at the two of them. What were they about to do? These Titans were surely greaters foes than the legion of demons under their control.

The fight was on. Forcewave quickly took down the demons nearest him and ran forward towards the two titans. It might be easier to hit them if they were closer. The female titan had already begun her onslaught. She was too far away for him to do much. The male was closer though, and no demons stood between them at the moment. "Let's try this instead." he breathed out as he pulled out a clawshot and fired it at the male titan. Forcewave then sent a stream of electricity through it that he could have fire out at any point on the thing. He was going to attempt to defeat this one as quickly as possible. The longer this battle went only granted more potential for things to get completely out of control.

by Bliss September 17th 2013, 11:46 pm

Elaine dropped low to get under the savage blows coming towards her. In the heat of battle she lost her assignment on who she needed to attack. Plans were dumb anyway and somehow Ame caused all this bad planning to happen. While mentally downgrading Ame on her likability, Elaine took note of the blasts the devilish man sent out shadowy blast and the fiendish woman seeking to cut the glowing winged girl in half. Now the glowing girl looked even more familiar than before. "I think I've seen that girl somewhere before."

"It's Tyuki Gold. She's a pop star; I've got some of her stuff on my phone I can let you..." Not wanting to fully direct her attention to showing Elaine the Girl Alive! playlist she kept handy, Ame continued to erect wards and send flasks to blaze the area.

"Shut up, I'm thinking!" Thoughts came quickly and out of order as she put different puzzles together logically out of any logical order. "She knows who I am because I'm adorable. Now I'm going to take care of this guy."

"I think we need to focus our attacks Elaine..."

"Way ahead of you Merlin." Elaine pushed Ame into the thick of the environment to draw away the attention of the titan. Two bullets flew from her chambers and blasted into the ground, allowing her to put up a smoke screen when the shells erupted.

"Drive Darkness Back!" She chanted and threw out a ward to try and lessen the impact of any attack the titan would send her way, but prepared for the worse of the blow as her partner worked on the diversionary tactic.

As quiet as a corgi, and twice as magical, Elaine jumped to land on the man's back. With her motion moving forward, Elaine would leave the dimension with her passenger in check. Elaine would come out directly in front of the dangerous woman and allow the shadowy blasts the man had blasted her companions with to rain destruction upon his partner. Hoping to take advantage of the confusion of his attacks, Elaine would fire two rounds into his back and try to make her escape away from the melee and back towards her possibly dead and dismembered friend. "Tyuki! Let's Sailor Moon the shit out this guy!"

by **Arcana** September 19th 2013, 6:36 pm

The female titan felt her attack do something substantial, biting down into flesh and the poison beginning to take some effect. However before she could continue with a rain of blows, the woman pushed her back a considerable distance and another strange mortal began prattling on about how some Sean was a coward, though that mattered little. Unless of course he spoke of the newborn sovereign, and then she would have to dismember him. Fingers grew tight around the black blades, as the female took a few flips backwards, deftly deflecting a strike from the mans strange blade, and moving out of the way of the protonic blast. ”How cute. Do you presume to be able to kill me, or is that more of the big talk all mortal men like to spew before they see their own guts? Last one who spoke to me like that roared like a dumb animal while his intestines rotted, and fell to mush. Not that it lasted long of course, seeing as how one can't really yell when their inner organs all begin to turn black.”

Her black attire blew somewhat in a dark wind, as she took a stance, a sadistic smirk running its course across her face as muscles prepared for another course of rapid movement. That being until she felt it, a powerful energy that caught her attention and perhaps pleased the Titan general more than anyone could believe. Without batting an eye she began another series of rapid movements back to where her companion was, though he was busy with his own troubles, in the form of a dangerous shadow jumping cowgirl and the electrical superhero. ”Looks like you two made a find mess of the situation.” The clawshot that was aimed for the male Titan was sent off direction by a blast of dark energy coated with a red aura. In a blur of motion appeared the diminutive half-titan, leaping through the thick black mist.

”Tyuki, Zell, John, and the cowgirl. If this isn't a party, I do not know what is.” Dust was thrown up from an explosion, and the Male Titan could only revert to his mist form once again, while he felt something pass through the essence that could have killed him. He would move to the immense amount of Nether, next to the heir that would be king. Sean now had the two Titan's standing at his sides, both seeming to show him the proper respect. ”If this were done in a day instead of a week, perhaps we would not have so many heroic types here, but I guess thats what they get for trusting incompetents like you two.” It seemed that the heroes were more powerful than the two Titan's had initially expected, and the male had a good amount of scorch marks on his right arm. ”So Zell, you come to get some revenge? On the evil man that killed your girlfriend? Oh wait, that was you wasn't it? Shame though, she could have done soo much better.” Did he care what Zell thought of him? No, Sean did not, it weas only the darker side that he harbored, but that lovely side was not around, and only the weakness had shone.

by **404NameNotFound** September 27th 2013, 2:15 pm

Vaga caught his breath and looked around. What had just happened? He had jumped into the path of the demoness, he had thought. As he staggered to his feet, he realized his mistake. The lesser demons were still ready to fight, and one of them had intercepted him! Vaga dusted himself off, wincing slightly at his slash. When he had sped away, a demon slashed at him from the side. His reflexes had stopped the attack, but his speed added force that his Vest couldn't withstand, and his own blades had recoiled into him. It hurt, but at least it wasn't poisoned.

He turned back to where the action was. The Demoness and her mate had both retreated near yet another individual foreign to him. Vaga quickly dispatched the demons surrounding him, then edged closer. It seemed the new guy was addressing Zell. Vaga's brow furrowed in confusion. How did this guy know Zell? Who was he? Was this the source of the Demons? The Eternal Youth would wait to see the others' reactions before he committed to another headstrong attack.

by **Zell** October 2nd 2013, 10:38 pm

"News flash sweetheart...I'm going to kill Sean. Get the hell out of my way, or join the masses I'll lay waste to under my boots!" Zell yelled as he charged at her with Misanthropy in hand. As he did, a sudden rush of energy supped him. his own body pulsed with sickness and hatred for it. He knew already who it was, it was an energy he had become all to accustom to feeling. The titan's seemed to flock to him, like moths to the flame, or rather bees to the hive. Zell would hold Misanthropy in hand, the evil looking blade still sealed off from it's true power. Seeing Sean was almost...refreshing. But any form of that was immediately drowned by the waves of despair and hatred that brewed within the young man. Sean would speak, directly to him it seemed...but what he said wounded him in more ways than one could know.

      ”So Zell, you come to get some revenge? On the evil man that killed your girlfriend? Oh wait, that was you wasn't it? Shame though, she could have done soo much better.”

      It sunk in, and he remembered that it was Misanthropy and that strange blade from before. The blades killed Shara, HIS blades. But it was true enough that he could not control such powers...nor would he ever had needed to if the damn Titan had never made himself known. But the strange part about it...was for the first time in a long time...all of him agreed on one thing...Sean saying that...pissed him off. All of him, the voice inside him even went silent at this remark. Yes. Zel killed Shara, and he would answer for it. But Sean was truly responsible for such events. Now it was only the matter of basic philosophy. Whom is responsible? The puppet, or the one whom pulls his strings?

      "You're right..she could have done much better. She could have had someone to protect her, someone to keep her from dying because of something like you... Ultimately you're right Sean. You tried to kill her, for go knows why, and in the cross fire of me trying to protect her, she was killed...and that's my fault. You've utterly destroyed my will to live, but you gave me a reason to exist too...I always wondered what I was going to do with my life...seeing as I never age, I'm going to be here a while..." Zell said nonchalantly as he looked up at Sean with a confident smirk, uncharacteristic of himself. "Even IF you get out of this alive...I will hunt you down..." He said, gridding his teeth through the smirk. "For the rest of my days!" his voce changed and he charged anyway, he had enough skill to keep up and hold his own, hopefully the other heroic figures would have his back, because if not he might die just trying to get to Sean.

by **Chellizard** October 13th 2013, 12:27 am

There was no time to waste, but it seemed time was not even an issue here. The Titans were falling back to stand near him. Tyuki was stuck with her attention misguided, and her arms still stinging with a numbing pain. She looked over toward Vaga and sighed, her shoulders noticeably slumping.

"I feel so bad for you; getting messed up in this situation... But I think I'm speaking from a personal stand point. I use to have sleep overs with him," she said, raising a hand to point at Sean; the scary pale guy with red markings all over his body.

Time stood still, but nothing else did. Everyone around of her, the screaming, the yelling. Elaine's declaration of Sailor Mooning a bitch. There was just so much chaos among them. It made Tyuki miss her boyfriend, John.

Then, Sean started to talk.

He listed everyone that was here; and one of those people were John. Could it be her John? Was it? Glancing around she let her mind actually click into gear. It was hard to focus on all the little details when there was so much going on. So much being Sean, one of her... best friends (Was he even that any more?) held a town captive and killed innocent people. Innocent. People.

She listened to the kid with silver hair. He had a lot of spunk for such a kid of his caliber. He was adorable, to say the least. But he looked a bit too anime sometimes. Maybe that was just because of the dim lighting. Tyuki mentally shrugged and held out her hands to Elaine.

"I GOT YOUR BACK DUDE! Vaga! Clear a path; Forcewave! Let's do some standard crowd control; HERMIONE! Time to show these noobs what you can do... AND ELAINE! Let's... sailor moon a bitch!" Tyuki had engaged hero mode. It was time.

As soon as Elaine had accepted Tyuki's hands, she spread her wings and went straight up, grasping the petite cowgirl tight. There was no way Tyuki would drop her.

"I swear, this better work," she said, her wings pumping before arching and diving straight down, guiding Elaine into a smooth nose dive. The perfect angle to unleash a rain of badass cowgirl action.

No one could break meta like Tyuki and Elaine.

by **Forceaus** October 15th 2013, 12:04 am

Despite the obvious fact that were severely outnumbered and surrounded by these supposed demons and the two powerful titans had joined the fray, the heroes that were gathered were generally somewhat relaxed. They weren't letting the full scope of the situation get to them and were staying calm. Well, most of them were. Forcewave himself wasn't exactly calm, but he wasn't freaking out or anything. He was just dealing with what was present, as best he could. Same old, same old. He was mostly trying to take out one of the generals of this army, the male one that was seemingly less aggressive, perhaps more defensive orientated of a fighter, but he found it hard to not be distracted by all the conversations going on. There was just so much to keep track of. No, he had to focus. If he could take out one of the two generals, it would be a huge blow to this demonic army.

Forcewave fired the clawshot at it, but it was knocked away by an energy attack of some kind. He was about to fire the lightning blast from its tip which was now behind the male titan when somebody else arrived. Another Titan perhaps. Maybe even their leader. A young man with similar glowing tattoos to the other two, and a familiar face stood there. Wait, that's Sean. That's Sean. Somebody whom he had been allies with in the past. What was he doing here? Was he now allied with these things? How? Why? Why would Sean be causing an attack on this city? That wasn't like him. At least he didn't think it was. He hadn't known Sean all that well, but Forcewave was pretty sure he wasn't like this. What could have happened to him?

Wait, he knew him? How? Who could have told him? The only person who knew was Darren and-. Oh, right. They knew each other. He probably told him. John was going to have to talk to that kid at some point.

The three titans were standing side by side, staring down at the gathered heroes. Were they going to fight, or just leave them to the army of demons? What kind of plan should the group of protectors of this place go with now? If Sean was the leader of this army, then taking him out would probably be the best course of action. It seemed they already had a volunteer. The only one who was definitely angry was charging directly at them. Well, there's their plan for now. Help this guy get to the leader of this invading army. Was as good as any. Forcewave decided to back him up. Their plan of attack was in full motion.

Forcewave kept up with the one dude that was charging directly at Sean. He was primarily providing cover for him. Whatever happened when they reached their destination would happen. He was ready to fight. Forcewave blasted away the demons between them and the titans. Now what would happen?

by Bliss October 16th 2013, 2:30 am

"Why does she think I'm one of those Tyuki and you're a cowgirl?" Bullets serenaded from Elaine's pistols as the duo dove towards the ground. Embracing the blessing of the empowered fire power, each bullet spun with a feverish velocity, taking in the ecstatic energy in the air and delivering an infernal explosion with each impact. Fire would sear the wound and trap the bullets inside to fester the wound.

Landing after the successful aerial assault lent Elaine a trick of her own to help alleviate the danger of the maneuver. Kicking her feet, Elaine shadow jumper herself and Tyuki to a safer distance from the Titans, while Ame erected a barrier to stand between the reloading Elaine and her dangerous adversaries.

"We've got a little time before they realize what hit em."

"I didn't get mentioned in the villainous monologue. I've been here longer than you and even did things in the lead up."

"Yep, I think I just saw a kid get sucked into an abyss, but the biggest problem is whatever you're talking about."

"They'll probably mention that dumb little dog you pretend to talk to before me."

"Hey now, she doesn't pretend to talk to me; she only pretends to listen."

"Why don't you do something useful for a change? If you really wanted to help you could become corporeal, fly around, and shoot lasers from your eyes."

"If I do that, will you shut up?"

"Yeah."

"Neither of those things are true, so I'm not going to."

"Can he do that?"

"Yeah, but he won't."

"They even named his dead girlfriend before me."

"If his girlfriend's dead, that means you have a chance to be his next dead girlfriend."

"Not likely."

"Yeah, he should hook up with Drake's hot girlfriend Chloe; she is always up for a night of clubbing and then hardcore fuck. Aw Yeah!"

When Ame's fall fell beneath the barrage of energies, Elaine already planned out her own reciprocation. Springing out and darting towards Forcewave and Zell, Elaine would take advantage of his charge and move towards the side to open a flank.

With Elaine not giving heed to the demons, Ame stepped to fill the void of keeping Elaine from being eaten by the demons who literally filled the void behind Elaine. Flasks exploded with immediate exposure to oxygen once lit with Ame's brief spark. Seeing other heroes step to the demons, Ame turned her attention to the leaders of this force. Minor tricks and flashes of light shot from her staff to try to bind the man who stepped forward and keep him from moving away from the charge moving towards him. "Hold still"

by **Arcana** October 19th 2013, 1:31 am

One thing that he could always seem to count on Zell at this moment was him flying off of the handle, and doing it without a real thought within the world. ”You’re going to hound me for the rest of my days? Oh Zell, I don’t think I’m ready for marriage yet.”It was not hard for him to chuckle at the pathetic conviction that his eternal foe showed, but then again Sean intended to make that aspect disappear forever. His eyes followed the males movements, making sure that nothing was amiss within them, and mentally preparing to react with equal skill. The other Titan’s knew what their purpose within this was though, they would have to deal with the others while Sean had his epic showdown with the male know as Zell Atterrius. Whatever his relation with this strange male was, they would not step into this little spat.

”Let me deal with the winged woman and that cowgirl.” The male Titan offered keeping his arms crossed over his chest, as the shadows around him writhed. Many of the demon creatures stood no chance against the Metahumans and their arsenal of tricks, but then again he did not really have to worry about how his army fared. In an instant shadow would rise, forming razor sharp blades aimed at both Zell and John, aimed mostly to force them to separate. The female would once again try to kill the white haired one, maybe this time running a blade across her throat, and seeing how quickly she could heal that one. Sean really only stood back as the assault would commence, looking over the many foes that had gathered before him. He had a good enough guess as to why one of them was here, but so many familiar faces were strange.

”Hrm either the heroic population here has skyrocketed, or this has taken far too long.” Sean mused to himself with arms crossed over his chest, eyebrows scrunching as his own nether energy would build up within his right hand, forming a small sphere with large amounts of destructive force/ It would not take long for the attack to finish, as the ranks of amphibious looking monsters would continue onward, spitting their acid at random and otherwise just looking as strange as possible. While progress was not being made, Sean felt like the heroes would have to buckle soon enough under the pressure coming their way.

by **404NameNotFound** October 20th 2013, 9:43 pm

"Really? You know this guy? Then we shouldn't beat him to pulp? "

Vaga was listening carefully to Zell and Sean's conversation, trying to figure out the connection between the hero he had just met and the villain he had come to stop. What was going on? Vaga severed another demon limb trying to get closer, before he heard Zell's voice change and Tyuki's orders. NOW we were talking! Vaga grinned, digging his blades into the ground and whispering "Restaf" to the wolf-like coverings on his feet. They responded instantly to his command word, pulsing with energy and growing over his feet. The power rushed into his body, and Vaga took off like a bolt of lightning, using his blades to pull him along even faster. The resulting run looked almost lupine, until he started leaping from demon-body to demon-body, using each as a kickboard as he closed the distance to Zell.

The other hero had already started his approach when Vaga landed just ahead of him. "Consider the path cleared!" he yelled back to Tyuki, brandishing his blades menacingly. Demon slaying; just another step on the path of the hero. This would make for an excellent addition to the comic book he was writing in his head. Too bad no one was recording this for posterity. Vaga mentally shrugged as he charged, keeping ahead of Zell as much as he could. Demons rose up to meet him, and were struck down just as fast. Vaga whirled like a dervish, blades biting into unholy flesh as he danced. He moved fluidly, hopping from one body to duck under an attack, only to take out the attacker with a rising slash and landing on a third with a falling strike. He lept from that body, driving a knee into another. He rolled forward, pushing off the ground with his blades and driving a clawed foot (claws first, of course) into the eyes of yet another. Was that the fifth or seventh? He was losing count quickly as he returned the devil-spawns to whatever satanic plane they came from. The darkness surrounding the proceedings left little light in the area, but what little was still present glinted off of his ichor-coated blades as they bit into the enemy time and time again. Vaga twisted, grabbing a demon arm and toppling the owner over. The next demon, however, had the jump on the eternal youth. A claw was already extended towards Vaga's face, and all his speed couldn't save him...

Thankfully, another hero could. A beam from Forcewave took out the demon with a sniper-shot straight to the face. Vaga laughed at the narrow miss, and flashed Forcewave a thumbs-up before turning back to the target. Between Forcewave's blasts and Vaga's blades, the demons were thinning. Zell would have almost no trouble at all making it to Sean at this rate. They just had to keep everything up and...

Whoops. Jinxed it. Almost as if Vaga's bout of hope had summoned it, demonic blades had started towards the heroes. Vaga frowned as he realized the blades were going towards Zell and Forcewave. What? Was Vaga not good enough for the demons? He clicked his tongue, viciously slashing into the remaining ranks of the enemy. "THAT." -slash demon- "IS." -murder another demon- "NOT." -impale a monster through its own hand raised to block- "COOL!" -One creature became two halves- "'CAUSE I'M A HERO TOO, JERK!."

The boy panted as his speed boost ended. The shoes returned to the appearance of normal wolf pelts, and Vaga felt his quickness drain. He had been taxing the greaves a lot today, and he was proud that they were holding up so well. A quick glance revealed that there weren't many demons still remaining, though that would change quickly if they dallied. Vaga listened for his next cues from Tyuki or Zell as he caught his breath. His eyes returned to the front, glaring at the demon who had ignored him. This thing wouldn't have a chance if it continued to underestimate the heroes gathered to stop them.

"It's all you, Zell. Have at them."

by **Zell** October 28th 2013, 9:58 pm

        Zell was just barely ahead, this Forcewave character not far behind, and Vaga even closer still. Something inside him was irked. Something wanted nothing more than to turn and ward away the other two. Hatred boiled inside him, nothing in the world would please him more than to see Sean’s corpse decorating the ground, nothing could please him more than to look into those silver eyes and watch the life fade from them...the same way he had to look into the blue ones. The ones that bore into him and scorched her name into his heart. His blood pumping, he couldn’t hear anything, he was too focused now, everything was hollow like in those war movies when a cannon went off next to them. He could feel his heart beat, the electrical impulses reaching his pulses all over his anatomy. His breathing was equally as hollow, in fact it was the loudest thing he could hear as he closed in with his target. He couldn’t wait to kill him.

         What am I? What happened to me? As he moved he felt himself almost brought to tears by the thought. He once selflessly threw his own life on the line to save total strangers, to bring people to true justice. He never wanted to kill or hurt anybody. He just wanted to be good, to be respected in some ways. But being good was more important than anything else. Sean began to close in, and all Zell could do was feel all the more bitter. He didn’t care about his transformation anymore. The monster he was destined to become was going to happen regardless and he wasn’t even talking about that. He was talking about what happened to HIM. Sean changed him, almost in the blink of an eye. He was a Hero, and here he was wanting to murder. No...he wouldn’t do it. If he killed Sean it would show just how much Zell had fallen, and if Zell falls then Sean truly wins. Ouroboros wouldn’t allow that. He activated his A.V.A.T.A.R and with that he activated the item he called “Save the Queen”. Despite the name it was a highly useful item, allowing for the shielding of his allies. While Zell himself was left exposed, he did not care, putting his life on the line for strangers is what he did. He was a Hero.

       And Sean would never take that from him.

        Zell had created a barrier over all his allies, it was weak enough to succumb to Sean’s energy, but strong enough to handle anything these lesser demons could deal, however the two “Generals” that Sean had was another question entirely. Seeing a barrier over Forcewave, or this “John” character made him feel a little better as he charged. Shara’s Visor appeared as it normally did, and Zell took only a second to concentrate.

        "Let me open a shot for you, but I'm gonna need you to drop back a step or two so you're not caught in the backlash." Zell’s message time was not an issue, though if the man listened that would be different. Zell activated his A.V.A.T.A.R again, opting for his newest project. Project: Empower and he granted himself a hefty speed boost to himself, and then granting himself a hefty speed boost, followed by a glowing fire that shined like some form of holy fire. He pushed off doing a twist while tossing the flame to Forcewave, hopefully he caught on to how badly Zell wanted Sean stopped and didn’t try to avoid this. (+2 speed to self and +2 Stat boost to Forcewave, allocated where willed) "This might help." he said very "matter of factly" through the telepathic connection.

       Hopefully this John guy listened, because Ouro ran a few feet ahead, reaching close enough to Sean. He jumped and arched an arm back. While Zell was nothing impressive power wise, what he intended to do was powerful enough. His nanite Assault was calibrated and ready for a total unleash. Zell aimed to punch Sean, if the woman Titan got in the way then she would be the one who suffered the wrath, potentially even Sean still. All that was certain was that anything near Zell at the point of impact, was going to feel this. As it stood...Sean was going to get the full front of it.

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