Cierra's upgrade. Transfer some blood directly into the chains heating them almost instantly and they can reach the same temperature as her blood, boiling point. (100C) Not hot enough to melt anything but would leave severe burns.
Xepphiras was surprised when her keyblade came back around. She never did get the answer if she did it right but it seemed that she found her way into the middle of a conflict. She just wanted to learn but instead these two idiots seemed to want to fight. But not with keyblades or swords... with Umbrellas? "Whats going on? I just want to learn. Please I need to be stronger for this battle. It is no time for petty grudges." Xepphiras stepped between the men. As much as she viewed Gexln as a superior in the ranks of the darks, it was time she stood up and pointed out what was wrong. They were preparing for a war and all these two imbeciles could think about is petty rivalry. Xepphiras decided to try something. In the end she had no idea what she was doing but she had to try something. In the same way she had formed the dark firaga she envisioned a wall of flames between the two men. She didn't know how how this would work but she had to try something. And to her surprise it worked. A dark flaming barrier appeared in front of her separating Beuce and Gexln. Xepphiras had remained on the side with Gexln. "... sorry" She said quietly knowing it wasn't her place to act. "I have to do it alone. If anyone comes with me they will try to stop it, or cause more problems. This is my burden to face. No one needs to see me die. I can promise you that it will not be a pretty sight." Karina explained. Her voice was almost monotone at this point. She seemed to have made up her mind and feel nothing towards it. "And yes Kel I was dead and now I am here. I died giving birth to my children, I honestly don't know how I came back to life. I just appeared in the underworld not long ago. Not much has been explained to me, but all my fears have returned, those plus more. I can't do this.... I can't be here....." She then heard him promise he would pass the message along. "Thank you..." Karina said quietly. She hesitated a moment before giving him an awkward hug. "I am sorry about everything in the past. How mean I was... all the yelling... I never truly hate you or anyone really just myself. You are a good friend, thank you..." She said quietly. The woman's eyes where empty as she listened to R talk. Xindai was gone. She wouldn't know what to do with herself now. "Yes he wed... it was his choice not mine. Set up by m brother..." She started to explain. Then the mention of research papers. As much as the woman didn't care what happened to her now due to her having no reason to be around she would not have given them to the strange people in fear of her husband escaping and her being in trouble, but the woman was as kind as she had been in her younger years. "Follow me. I will take you to his office." She instructed. "My name is Dawn." She smiled and held out her hand to shake R's and Xero's. Dawn had a warm smile as she turned to lead them away. As she walked her eyes rested on a slender sword covered in dust. A relic of the old days, the days that she was out fighting heartless defending her home. But that was a long time ago. Dawn picked up a pair of keys on her way down a long dark hall before reaching the end and unlocking a large, elaborately carved door. Walking into the room she lit a couple candles with some fire magic. "If he wrote anything down it will be in here." She told them as she stood to the side of the room.
Laying on the ground in great pain and self pity, Cierra watched the fight through a film of water as tears cascaded down her face. Sven and Gawain together seemed to be well on their way to gaining the upper hand. This didn't last long however. Cierra let out a loud cry of agony once again as the chains that dug into her shoulders where yanked once again. She was flying straight for Sven, or more so the pillars of bone sticking out of his back. At the rate she was flying, she would surely hit them. Cierra closed her eyes and awaited the cold sharp pain of bone stabbing through her, and the warm embrace of death. It almost sounded welcoming at this point. Yet it didn't come. She slowly opened her eyes again wondering if she misjudged the distance, but she didn't. Sven had both retracted her bone pillars and ducked out of the way. Cierra just prayed that none of her blood would hit him as she flew by. She wasn't bleeding that much due to the hooks blocking the gaping holes in her shoulders, but she was bleeding and every drop of her blood was boiling. She didn't want to hurt Sven. She never wanted to. Looking back up as she flew through the air she realized another problem. The half blood was attacking the Warden. She was about to collide with both of them. Even if Gawain was to get out of the way that still left her colliding with her worst fear. She would fall at his feat and have no escape. The moment his hooks gouged into her back she had no escape, she knew this. The Warden had a reputation for that. The moment you where hooked by him you where his. She could accept that for the most part, she didn't have much choice but that didn't stop her from being scared out of her mind. She closed her eyes once more and felt her body crash and fall to the ground. Cierra refused to open her eyes. She whimpered but besides the one whimper cried silently on the ground.
Karina was surprised to see someone more annoyed and angry then she was. Krowley in the midst of talking to Aux got overly angry. She could see why too. Aux and him seemed to be friends before but now where on different sides. Karina stood quietly and watched. She had already got her words in despite being ignored. She wasn't going to get in the middle of this. Finally after a lengthy argument it seemed to be time to fight. This was what Karina was waiting for. She would kick Aux's butt and then get Belle back, or at least that was her plan. Collapsed on her hands and knees Karina started pounding the ground. "No! No, No, No, No! I can't lose!" Karina punched the ground harder with each strike, once every time she said no. "I failed again! I was going to get her back! I was going to be useful!" Karina yelled out. "I just wanted to prove I should be here...." She finished more quietly. Her voice was angry but over all sad. She felt like she was a failier. She didn't belong here, she didn't have anywhere else to go though. Karina was desperate to belong somewhere but she didn't. She couldn't prove her worth here. "Why did I even try...." Karina said a she picked herself up still looking quite dazed. She simply stood there amongst her fallen allies not sure what to do next. There was not much she could do next, after all she could barely stay standing.
Sitting on the ground seeing as both Sven and Gawain where about to attack, Cierra felt fairly safe. Her chains where far to hot for the Warden to hold onto much longer and he needed to worry about the other two not her. Although it seemed this accusation was wrong. Instead of letting go of her chains he used her as a way of blocking and counter. Cierra was jerked once again from her seated position and was sent flying at Sven. Her chains had left Xerxes's hands meaning she could cool them now, but she had no time to react or thing about it. Her entire body would be searing hot, not safe for most humans or lusters to touch. However due to Orpheus's quick thinking, she didn't have to concern herself with hurting Sven as Orpheus threw an undead to separate them, minimizing contact. As she hit Cierra looked up at Orpheus with grateful eyes. His quick reaction had saved Sven a lot of pain and her a lot of guilt. Before Cierra had a chance to speak and express her gratitude, she let out a cry of agony. Two hooks had wedged their way into her shoulders. Tears filled her eyes as the pain only grew. The dislocated shoulder, though painful was bearable but this however was getting to much. Cierra only prayed that as the Warden dragged her towards him she would make her death as quick as possible. But the Warden didn't show that much mercy. Instead of dragging her to him and ending her life he yanked her again throwing her at Orpheus like she was some kind of weapon. Her searing skin was a weapon though, one she was just learning to fully control, but it was now controlled by someone else via chains that hooked into her shoulders. These chains where much thicker and made of a different metal. She couldn't manage to transfer her heat through them all the way to Xerxes's hands. It was only seconds between the hooks hitting and Cierra being thrown at Orpheus. Orpheus was quick but she didn't know if he was prepared to avoid her. Cierra's eyes closed tight not wanting to see the outcome. Tears streamed down her face as she flew threw the air. When she had come to a stop something seemed off to her. The body she landed on top of seemed more muscular then Orpheus would be. For the general of the army he was somewhat scrawny. Cierra's tear filled eyes opened to see a white haired man in a red coat trying to dislodge the hooks from her shoulders. All noise around her seemed to fade slightly. It seemed that all Cierra could focus on was her pain and nothing else. As Beuce tossed her to the side to deal with the bird her mind started to fill with not only physical pain but emotional pain as well. She was scared and angry and sad and disappointed in herself. Long ago she had turned off her emotions and created a shell to hide behind. She had not cried because of anything other then pain in a very long time. But over the time with Sven those walls slowly where chipping and coming down. Sven had always been so nice to her. He not only helped her away from the Warden but he took very good care of her and helped her relearn a lot of things she should have already known and learn some new things. He had helped her hone her skills too. As time went by she developed feelings for him and slowly started to let her barrier down more and more little by little.Each time she did this is seemed to crack it slightly when it was time to put it back up due to a situation that would have hurt her or made her uncomfortable. Even Orpheus had helped her demolish the barrier. Although he had a habit of being overly harsh the man gave her direction and a purpose. He was the one to keep everything in an order he gave her a place within his army and the strict structure of the army helped her due to her only knowing a strict structure from the jail. Her entire remembered life before that was ruled by structure and rules. To have little to none of that would have been a major shock to her system. Under Orpheus's lead she knew where she belonged and would remain there, within the structure of the army. But now it seemed all that was being taken from her once again. Cierra laid on the ground crying out of pain, sadness and fear. The barrier she had made to keep her emotions in had fallen down leaving only a pile of rubble. She couldn't contain it any longer. All there was left to do was lay there until the Warden either used her as a weapon once again, killed her, or threw her back in jail where she would likely die due to her injuries.
Karina looked slightly behind her to see Base approaching fast. At least someone was on the ball like herself. Karina didn't respond however, she simply grunted, looked straight ahead and continued running full force towards Maurice's house. Karina approached Maurice's house to the sight of Eclipse beaten on the ground, the headless horseman riding off with Belle and Aux standing in the middle of it all. Karina eyed Aux with a very angry look. "First snow white... Now belle... You and your... Your group are going to pay for this. Karina already had her keyblade in her hands. Not only anger could be heard in her voice and seen in her eyes, but sorrow as well. All Karina really wanted to do was show the world she could be something, be of some use to someone, but as it seemed she failed. Try as she might it was ripped away from her time and time again by these people in masks and she hated them for it.
Cierra didn't expect the Warden to be watching her and notice her attack so quick. She wasn't the threat in this fight, and even though she was his target, it wasn't worth his while to keep an eye on her at this point. Unfortunately that was not how things turned out. The Warden knew to keep an eye on her and was able to stop her attempt of distraction. She hoped that at least the Warden would be distracted enough to allow Sven or any one really to attack. Perhaps if they where able to get one hit then they could injure him enough to keep going and fend the warden off. Cierra felt her chains being yanked instead of her yanking him. Cierra heard a small pop from her shoulder as the sudden yank had dislocated her shoulder. She let out a small whimper as she flew through the air. It took till after her face hit the ground only feet away from the Warden for Cierra to actually think of heating her chains once again. She was attempting to take the Warden by surprise but instead she was taken by surprise because of how quick the Warden had reacted to her attack. Her attempt at helping had only ended up with her getting hurt. She could only hope that the Warden would drop her chains as he heated them and give her a chance to escape. With her one good arm Cierra tried to pick herself up a bit despite her chains still in the Wardens grip. Cierras nose was bleeding. The blood dripped over her mouth as she looked on at what happened. Sven had in fact taken the chance to attack, not only him but Gawain as well. It seemed that her pain was not for nothing, or so she hoped. Cierra had to wait and see what the Warden did. If he reacted as quick as he did with her it was possible he would find a way to fend off both of them, but at this point Cierra couldn't tell how it would turn out.
Xepphiras hesitated greatly at Beuces request as he had told her to magically throw her keyblade at Gexln. She didn't want to hurt anyone and the target was the middle of his face. But then again Gexln had her throw a dark fire ball at Beuce. Perhaps they where both just durable enough to take whatever magic she could throw. Or maybe she was simply weaker then she thought she was. Xepphiras summoned her keyblade and stared at it for a moment before focusing on trying to create wind magic. She envisioned a swirling tornado around her keyblade. The more she focused the more wind she could feel wind around her hand. Finally Xepphiras felt it time to throw her keyblade. She lifted it up over her head and threw it towards Gexln letting it topple end over end as she had thrown it vertically. Her aim was decent but something about what she did didn't seem right. "Did I do it right?" She cringed slightly. Karina hesitated as Kel asked about what she was talking about while sitting by herself. "Oh... um..." Karina was at a loss for what to tell him. After a moment of thinking about it she decided to be truthful. If there was one person least likely to talk her out of her plan. Before saying a word Karina took her voice recorder and placed it in Kel's hands. With a sigh she started to explain. "Look Kel. I am not supposed to be here. I had eternal peace and have had it yanked away from me and replaced by a war. It was good to meet my family but I can't stay here... After we fight those agents, if they don't kill me I am returning to my home world. Death awaits me there but before it comes I need to show the people there, especially may father what I can do, what girls are capable of... That recording is for my family when I am gone. I don't want them to cry over me or seek out vengeance. Do me a favour and make sure they get it after the war?" She asked Kel. Karina doubted that he would care to listen to what was on the recorder but in case he did she continued on. "There is a bunch of recordings to Eric from my time at SOS on there too. If you are curious go ahead and look, I am no longer ashamed..." She admitted. "Oh and Kel? Please don't try to stop me or change my mind. I have made my choice. Nothing you or anyone else can do or say will stop me." Karina's voice was soft and almost kind at this point. There was no hint of anger, something that had been rare with her during most of the time she knew Kel. But now things where a bit different. She had allowed herself to feel instead of hiding all her emotions, redirecting them to anger.Karina looked away while waiting for Kel to respond. She had no idea how he would react. A young woman in a dirty torn white dress sweeped the halls of the old abandoned castle. Her face was pale as if she hadn't seen the light of day in years. She walked around with a damp cloth in one hand and a bucket of dirty water in the other as she started to clear the dust off some of objects down the hall she was in. It wasn't long before she reached the main entrance. She kept cleaning at first not noticing the two people who stood just inside the door. The young woman was to occupied cleaning and humming one of her favourite tunes. After about a minute or so she finished cleaning one thing and turned to clean the next only to see the people. She stopped humming and turned to them. It wasn't long before she approached the two of them without a word at first. It wasn't before she was right before them that she spoke. "Who are you? Why are you here? You must leave my husband won't be happy if he found you here." The girls voice was soft and kind but she seemed to fear her husband. "He has been gone for so long I am sure he will be back soon. I need to finish cleaning." The woman turned away from the two guests and started cleaning once more.
So much was going on around her. Cierra watched the warden take out multiple undead without much of a though and now Orpheus was sending Sven at him... by himself. Even Cierra knew that it was a bad idea. She wasn't smart, she wasn't as skilled as most but she knew when a line should be drawn. Cierra looked around at those around her seeing who else might be there to help... There was Beuce but he was busy flirting and even if he wasn't Sven didn't like him and would not allow him to fight alongside him. Orpheus simply hid behind his undead, which he stopped sending after the warden after the last time. Most soldiers where shaking in their boots. But then there was the one other one. He seemed to stand up to the warden and they knew each other. Not in a friendly way however, the half blood was another of the Wardens targets. Cierra wondered what he had done to deserve such punishment. Either way as it seemed the half blood was not able to defeat the Warden. They where going to need more help. With shakey knees Cierra stood up trying to suppress her fear. One of the chains slowly raised up and Cierra tried to figure out what to do. Her eyes caught a shard of bone from one of the undead. Cierra started to run towards it. She picked it up and forced the smaller end through her chain. She then used her powers to throw it at The Warden. If her idea went as planned, she would throw it and hook the smaller part into his arm with a club and pull it back. She tried to restrict his arm movement as long as she could knowing he would probably over power her telepathy soon enough. "Now Sven!" She yelled out trying to hold the Wardens clubbed hand back giving an opportunity for Sven to strike. If she helped enough that Sven could take down the Warden then she was safe, if not, her fate was sealed.
Cierra was hardly able to keep from crying especially when the Warden through one of his hooked chains in her direction. The hook had knocked one of her chains that she was trying to use as a guard out of the way before it was stopped by a boney hand. Cierra looked up and over a slight bit to see what had just happened. As it seemed, General Orpheus had commanded one of his undead in the way to stop the hook. Cierra had not expected him to offer her any help much less stand up for her. Although him calling her his property didn't sit well with her, she still felt good being under his protection. As she sat back and thought about it, perhaps all she was was his propery, after all, he had no reason to let her be there with them, he didn't have to protect her, but he did. As she thought about it more she realized that all she was to anyone was property. She was property of the jail when she had been there, or a toy more like it. And now she was property of the general. Just another pawn in his game. However at least here she could feel useful. Cierra was jerked from her thoughts by a much more kind voice. Not that he was talking in an overly kind tone but his words brought her comfort. She believed that Sven would protect her. With him alongside Orpheus, she felt that she was safe. The Warden would not be able to get to her, or so she thought. This thought didn't stop her from shaking though. Cierra was still in a ball, still shaking, but this time her defenses where down as her chains laid down on the ground around her. The glow of them started to dim as she didn't feel like she could keep up with the hot chains much longer. It actually took some amount of energy to make sure that the heat was properly transferred. With one fowl swoop Gwen grabbed an arrow out of her quiver and swiftly threw it at his feet. She didn't say anything as she rolled her eyes and walked away. Gwen once again had no intent to hitting Hunter but it was simply warning. Without Gwen realizing it she used an arrow that she had already shot at Theo so even if she had hit Hunter the poison would be far less effective due to the smaller amount on the arrow. "Just watch your mouth..." Gwen said sounding almost tired instead of annoyed. She was not in the mood to argue any more so gave him a simple warning. After that she didn't care what he did. Due to the distance he was behind her and his previous activities she could guess. But she was far from caring at this point.
Xepphiras looked away from Beuce after shooting the dark Firaga at him. It seemed as though she might have out done it. Beuce and Gelxn soon started conversing in a way that made them seem like both friends and enemies, before their attention turned to her. "Uh... um... What?" Xepphiras tried to sort out what Beuce was talking about, but then he himself soon passed it off as nothing instead turning to talk about her skill set. Beuce spoke of Elemental guardian magic but she had no idea what that was nor did she understand the comment about her having to beat him. Next both Beuce and Gexln asked what else she knew. Xepphiras hesitated for a long while before coming up with any sort of answer. "Well.... once when R was saving me from my own darkness I was fighting... well something in my own mind I think.... And I used some sort of dark barrier, but I don't know how..." She explained. It was honestly the only other thing she could think of that she could do besides swing a sword around. Xepphiras then looked down realizing how useless she was. ".... Sorry I can't be any better at this stuff." She told the two men. "Do not wallow in sorrow over losing me... You really haven't lost anything. Keep going with your life and never..." "Brooding in a corner I see." Karina was cut off by someone approaching behind her. She quickly turned off her recorder and shoved it in her pocket. "Oh... uh... Kel hi..." Karina said not turning to face him. "Should have known you of all people would show up in some random place like this due to your wandering." Karina seemed a lot more calm now then she did before after talking with Eon. Her emotions had calmed and she knew although Kel would occasionally judge he was more into joking then he was intending to actually hurt her. As much as she never showed it she thought of Kel as more of a friend then most people she had met when she was at the land of departure. He didn't try, that is what she liked. He was just kind of there and would give her space but wouldn't completely ignore her half the time. He treated her as she deserved. Sometimes he just seemed kind of there. Then again that was her in this world. She was never much, she just happened to be there passing by day to day. "So what brings you to this brooding corner of mine?" Karina asked after a long moment of silence not knowing what else to say.
Karina only half listened to what everyone else was saying, lost in her own rage. Karina hated herself for not being able to stop the horseman, for not being able to protect Belle. Her attention was caught when Vincent asked the mirror where the horseman was... He was at Maurice's. "Please Eclipse don't let the world order or whatever be disturbed. Stop him." She spoke as she headed for the exit. A walk quickly turned to a run as she headed for the forest not waiting for anyone else. Karina didn't even turn around to see if the others where following her, there was no time for that. This was her chance to fix her mistake and to complete her mission. Perhaps she could be of some use here So far no where she had been she felt like she had done anything useful, but if she could save Belle and protect Maurice then maybe that would change. As Karina ran another thought crossed her mind. Earlier the mirror had shown them Aux was at Maurice's residence. What if Eclipse failed to stop him? What if they had to deal with both Aux and the horseman? It might not be so simple. Sure Karina was strong but would she be able to take both of them out before they where able to take her down? After all her defense wasn't great. She relied on taking the enemy down before they could take her down.
Cierra could tell that Beuce was heating himself up, don't ask her how but she could feel his heat in the air. She tensed up as Sven went to punch him knowing what the outcome would be. It was similar to someone touching her chains at this point. However as she focused on the events between Sven and Beuce a dark aura grew near. Cierra bit down on her thumb as she looked over to see her fear come to life. He was here, he had finally come for her. Cierra moved her thumb out of her mouth. Her entire body shook as a hardly audible "eep" escaped her lips. Cierra backed up until she bumped into one of the undead. "M-m-master Sven...." Cierra stammered as her eyes grew wide and she tripped over herself and fell to the ground. Cierra completely froze up. Fear gripped her entire body. It was just hours before she was explaining to Sven her fear of this man, but she didn't think she would be like this when the time came to actually see him once again face to face. Cierra was trying to become whatever she needed to be for Sven, learn to fight if that would aid him, but now she felt completely helpless. Cierra had her chains floating in front of her like some sort of barrier. There was only so much they could do but it was all that Cierra could do at the moment. "Xerxes Break...." She said quietly saying his real name for the first time since she had decided to go mute in the jail all those year ago. Cierra looked over to Sven then to Orpheus. She trusted Svens power but still questioned his ability against the warden. Meanwhile Orpheus was still mad at her, she didn't think he would help at all in this situation. Cierra was almost convinced that her fate was sealed. There would be no escaping him a second time. Gwen had not expected Hunter to take the comment as harsh as he did. After all he was always making rude or mean remarks at other people. She gulped at the knife being held up to her throat. Although she knew he wouldn't do anything at this time she was aware that she would have to watch her step for the next short while. That was until Hunter calmed down. Either way Gwen stopped trying to fight his rude or inconsiderate retorts with ones of her own but instead stopped and turned back to Hunter. "Look sorry for offending you, but never! And I mean never! insult my body again or you will get the same thing back! I don't care if you stare, go right ahead but call me fat ever again and one of these poison arrows goes through your neck." Gwen finally snapped at him. She was fed up with trying to deal with him before but her reactions where pretty tame compared to what they could be and as he angered her more she simply found other ways to vent. But with this outright threat Gwen felt the need to express what she was truly feeling. Hunter brought out the best and the worst in her at times. On one side she became a lot more sarcastic, snarky and easy going, but he also made her snap more easily. Of course she would never follow up with her threat, she saw Hunter as a friend, it was the only way she could think of to show she was also being serious. After that she fell silent, nothing to be heard but the echo of footsteps through the tunnel.
Cierra cringed as Beuce yelled out then got out of bed and ran up to her before she could leave. He grabbed her chain that was around her neck and suggested that he should join her, but she knew perfectly well it was not suggestion. Cierra gulped as he mentioned friends that would love to meet her. The chains in Beuces hands heated as hot as she could at this time, enough to give off a faint glow. This didn't do anything to Beuce however due to him having a similar power set. Cierra followed reluctantly as she was lead out of the human district like a dog on a leash. Cierra kept her eyes down and arms crossed making herself seem almost as small as she could. She knew some people would stare cause it wasn't a common sight to see every day, but even so she wished they wouldn't. As Beuce slowed down seeming to make the end of their journey Cierra glanced up momentarily to see a somewhat comforting sight of General Orpheus and Master Sven. However it seemed that she had returned at a bad time. One of the soldiers was laying on the ground whipped and bloody; meanwhile someone else that she didn't recognize was standing there seemly attempting to talk to the General. Cierra began to bite her lip as she averted her eyes. That was when Beuce began to talk. Cierra cringed as he made a comment on them having sex. They didn't need to know that much, she wished he had kept his big mouth shut. Now she had no idea how she would explain everything to Master Sven later. Cierra took a step away from General Orpheus when he spoke, glancing up once again she knew that he wasn't happy with her. She didn't blame him though, she was not happy with herself either. But she feared Orpheus and she knew that tone, it seemed calm but she knew he wasn't, she wouldn't want to say or do anything wrong for a long while if she valued her life. Not long after Sven noticed the situation. He seemed a lot more defensive of Cierra, calling her his friend as he ordered Beuce to drop the chains. When he did at last do as Sven ordered Cierra ran from Beuce's side to hide behind Sven. This entire situation made her uncomfortable and scared. She didn't know how to deal with it and she didn't understand what she walked back into when she returned. Cierra was holding her left elbow while her left thumb was brought up to her mouth as she chewed her nail. Cierra was watching what was about to go down between Beuce and Sven instead of averting her eyes, but she never looked over at Orpheus, she was too scared of him to even thing of it. "Uh huh, whatever you say..." Gwen replied sarcastically. She couldn't help but chuckle when she heard Hunter trip. A smile crossed her face as she turned around to see him laying on the ground trying to confirm his claim of being good at multitasking. He then tried to turn it into her fault by blaming her apparently fat ass. A frown came across Gwens face but was quickly replaced by smirk as she had thought of a comeback. Gwen walked up directly in front of Hunter and crouched down to look him in the eye as he was still on the ground. "At least my fat ass did something for us, unlike your microscopic penis." Gwen then stood back up and walked around Hunter kicking his feet out of her way so she could open the tile. "Well get off your lazy ass and let's go explore." Gwen winked as she entered the tunnel. She was surprised Hunter was letting her lead this much, he was never much of a follower. Apparently girls do something to Hunter... or just her. Goodness did she hope it wasn't just her. It would be creepy if he had a thing for her.
Karina was getting ready to go inside to check on the others inside, possibly help them with their fight when a bunch of men came running out. Karina took a step away from the door as she watched the servants follow them out yelling at them, apparently proud of what they just accomplished. Karina simply shook her head at their attempts at insult and once again to a step towards the door. This time she was stopped by the beasts cry following by Gaston yelling. A smirk crossed Karina's face as she knew Gaston had been defeated. "Serves him right." She mumbled having a feeling like the others around her would not appreciate her being glad at the death of somebody, however she didn't really care what they thought, she never really had. Karina's thoughts where interrupted by a laugh echoing behind her. Spinning around she saw a man in leather boots walk through a dark corridor and mount the horse that was standing their. He created a line of flames and started into the castle. Karina felt the need follow this man. He gave off dark vibes and she needed to make sure he didn't do anything. Karina leaped through the flames and ran after the horse. She was not fast enough to catch it however and got to where Belle and the beast where just in time to see him grab Belle and use more dark corridors to escape. Karina cursed under her breath as she turned away from everyone. "We promised we would get Belle back safely... I promised... I wasn't going to fail another mission." Karina slammed her fist against a wall before rubbing her shoulder that she put first when charging through the flames. "I failed again.... how could I... It is not fair." Karina turned back and started running in the direction she last saw one of the horsemans corridor. "Get back here you b*stard! I will not fail again! Fight like a real man!" She shouted into the cold air.
Cierra simply stood quietly and accepted whatever Beuce did. She didn't particularly like or appreciate him making her make kissy faces or calling her white haired wife number one, but she didn't seem to really mind in the moment. Her mind was wondering somewhere else, lost in her own world. She didn't even mind when he grabbed her by the chain around her neck and lead her in a house. She would normally feel like a dog and possibly fight back, but this time she didn't. She almost had a slight dazed look in her eyes as she walked. She was obviously not thinking much but going with what her body was telling her she wanted and in this case it was the man leading her by a chain. In opposition to Buce who was being very loud and almost feminine sounding Cierra was rather quiet through the entire thing. She made few sounds and when she did they where not that loud. It was not that she was being unresponsive, just abnormally quiet compared to most people. Although at times her mind would drift off and think about Sven. Even though she seemed to be enjoying everything a small part of her mind kept nagging her about how wrong all of this felt. She just didn't know what to do about it. She wanted this but at the same time she didn't. In the end Cierra's bodily desires won out against that small nagging voice in the back of her mind. After it was all over Cierra was laying with her head on Beuces chest. She was only half awake but smiling up at Beuce. She wanted to sit up a bit and kiss him again but right before she did her hormones began to calm down and her senses began to come back. Cierra's eyes suddenly became wide as she sat up. Her mind was racing questioning what she had just did. Cierra didn't understand what had come over her but it was gone now. She got out of the bed and began to put her cloths back on ready to run out the door. She didn't say a word to Beuce, she only got ready to leave. It was time for her to return to master Sven. Considering what just happened Cierra felt taken advantage of and closed herself up. It was when she became closed off that she seemed like she was a mute, she refused to say a word now. Her hands trembled slightly as she reached for the door to leave. She should have known it was a bad idea to leave Svens side. She should have known she would have gotten herself into something like this,but all she wanted was her masters approval. As Gwen walked along she could hear rather loud groans coming from the house that Beuce had just lead the young girl in. At first she assumed it was Cierra, like she somewhat heard Hunter say, but then she heard some variations in pitch, small slip ups that made her realize that it was a male. "Wow..." Gwen said loud enough for Hunter to hear. "He must think us real idiots if he thought anyone would fall for his impression of a female voice. Wait I guess he was right with some of it there is someone here that is idiot enough to believe that." She shot a quick glance over her shoulder at Hunter to make it obvious she was speaking about him. As she continued to walk she heard Hunters next comment. Instead of getting mad like she normally would she decided to try to almost turn the comment against him to make him stop. She knew full well that a punch or threat would not get through the thick skull of his. Gwen straightened up like Hunter asked to 'adjust her angle.' "Don't stare too long or else you might miss the fun stuff like, you know fighting? I mean how can you see the threat when you are staring at my ass the entire time, huh?" She asked him as she flicked her hair behind her shoulders. Hopefully with that he would stop, if not, at least he appreciated something about her, no matter how pig-ish it was.
Ananta-2 Base-5 Beuce-4 Cat- N/A D'daear-N/A Eon-6 Etrius-2 Glen-4 Kaida-N/A Karina-1 Kel-5 Kross-3 Krowley-5 Luna-2 Steel-4 Stratos-N/A (5 is layer three of Karina's list. By no means does she like them but she has no reason to hate them yet.)
Gwen glared at Hunter as he spoke. The girl was dressed weird but she certainly didn't seem like a sex slave. And it was true that her repetitively saying she didn't want to kill them made it seem like she might at least try Gwen highly doubted that between her and Hunter that the girl could do much before one of them killed her. Then came the one comment from Hunter about some sort of payment. Gwen turned to Hunter and slapped him across the face. "You sick pig! Why would you think something like that?" She asked him furiously. This girl was their enemy not some toy for a middle age man to screw with. The fact that he was offering up someone to go back to jail didn't bother her however. She wanted the lusters off their back so if they had to sacrifice one person so be it. Gwen didn't care, it would save the lives of many Cierra's eyes lit up a bit when Hunter said they could work out a deal, but then he wanted payment. "I don't have any money just tell me where he is!" She demanded. Cierra didn't understand why the other girl had slapped him and called him a sick pig, but she shrugged it off as nothing to concern herself with. Cierra was about to launch a heated chain at Hunter for some... encouragement, on the matter the other luster she was holding with one of her other chains stepped in front of her and kissed her. Cierra at first squirmed and tried to break away from Beuce but he was holding onto her and her physical strength was not great enough to allow her to get free. After a couple moments Cierra actually began to kiss Beuce back? Gwen's bow began to slip from Cierra's hand as she loosened her grip on it. What was happening to her, she was actually feeling attracted to this guy. As she pulled away she looked at the man having a new found attraction to him. "T-that was really nice...." She said quietly having no idea how to act around him anymore. Cierra's face turned slightly red as she couldn't take her eyes off of Beuce no matter how much she wanted to. "You know you are kind of hot... I mean attractive, not like warm, well both I guess, but you know what I mean don't you?" Her face turned even more red as she began to ramble. In the back of Cierra's mind she tried to figure out what was happening to her but she really had no idea. Gwen turned from Hunter to see Beuce now making out with the young girl. Her mouth gaped open as she stared. "Are you fricken kidding me?! Really? Ugh you two are impossible to handle." Gwen said in frustration. "She is not some toy for you two to screw with. She is our enemy!" Gwen yelled out. Then she noticed something even weirder, the girl who was previously being aggressive towards them now calm and almost shy? She wondered if that was another of Beuces powers. "Oh no... do even think of trying that with me bud. If you do you have another thing coming to you, trust me." She warned as she walked up to retrieve her bow that Cierra had previously took. Gwen then walked back giving them room. As she walked back she noticed someone else behind a tree. "You're not sneaky, go home." She told the person behind the tree as she walked on. "Come on Hunter lets find that tile and leave those two to their... business...." Gwen said not impressed. During this whole ordeal one other thought had crossed her mind. How in the world was that other girl not getting burn by Beuce?
Holding the dark firaga in her hands Xepphiras was about to throw it at Gexln as instructed, although nervous she might hurt him, but then another voice came up behind her boasting about his magic. Xepphiras turned to look at the man not knowing what to think of his suggestion or if she should actually trust him. That was when Gexln changed his order, he wanted her to throw the dark firaga at Beuce instead. "Um... okay... if you say so..." She hesitated before concentration to make sure she had her aim right. Xepphiras then threw the fire at Beuce with more force then she had hit R with back when she was first learning to control her darkness. The darkness and her control of it was a lot greater now, meaning there was far more force behind her attacks. Once the fireball left her hand and was en route to Beuce, she turned to Gexln for his approval and instruction on what to do next. Was she to learn for this man filled with light, or continue from Gexln, or maybe both. It sounded like Beuce was offering to assist but she had no idea what Gexln was thinking. She didn't know what she was expected to do now besides just stand their and wait. Karina finally sighed as she turned away from Eon. He had been far to silent for far too long, she knew what she said hurt him and he didn't know what to do next. "Forget it. I am going for a walk." She said at last as she turned and walked away. Her thoughts where not pleasant ones, they rarely where and she had yet to learn when it was time to keep her mouth shut around Eon. She knew his past and guessed that was the reason he was so fragile when it came to topics like this. It wasn't that she expected anyone to be overly strong when their loved one said they wanted to die again but most would find words to say, he couldn't seem to find those. It was unfair for her to sit there and make him wallow in the thoughts of what he could do to help her when her mind was already set. She didn't want to be here anymore. Walking away from Eon, Karina found a secluded spot to sit and meditate. Think over her options and what may happen over the next few days. The war may or may not kill her and if it didn't what then? She didn't want to be in this life anymore, she wanted to feel the release of death that she had felt once before. However Karina knew she was not strong enough to do that herself, she had tried a couple times before and could never go through with it. She also could never ask any of her friends or family to kill her... no that would be too hard on them.... Unless. Karina started to get an idea of what she could do. She had been running from her father for so long. She knew what awaited her on her home world. After the war, if she survived she would at last accept her fate, but before she did she could finally show her father what she was capable of. She was not destined for a life under his rule or that of another man she was married off too. She could have her own life and she did. But in the end Karina knew the fate she would receive there in her home world. Karina pulled out a recorder and started to leave one last note. Ever since she left Black Creek she had been using it to record herself talking to Eric, now it was time to make one last one for Eon and her kids, assuming they all survived.
Cierra took a couple steps back seeing she had alerted them of her presence. She should have known that it would have happened with her chains and all but it was too late now. One held a bow and arrow up looking ready to shoot. Another stood there commenting on a sex slave, while the third actually noticed her and approached. He put his arm around her and started talking but Cierra wasn't listening, instead one of her chains started to float and then wrap around around Beuce's arm. She then used the chain to move it away from herself and make him punch himself in the face. It was clear Cierra was not effected by the heat of Beuce's body but the same could be said for Beuce. He didn't seem to care for the rising temperature of hers, there was no need to heat the chain that held his arm. "I don't want to kill anyone.... I was not ordered to kill anyone. I just want information on the escaped prisoner. That is my current mission. I must complete it." Cierra's voice was slightly shaky. "Don't make me kill you. I don't like to kill unless master Sven commands it." Just in case Cierra had her other chains raised into the air and heated waiting a response. Gwen was almost relieved that Hunter was going to leave. She would always have other chances to show him up but for now he just annoyed her. But that wasn't the case anymore, he too had heard what she had, but with his sick twisted mind he thought it was a sex slave. Then came Beuce's response to her rules. It wasn't long before she had punch Beuce, shook the burn off and re notched her arrow as Beuce approached a young blond girl in chains. "So, you're the one that has been tailing us? Ha pathetic for a luster." Gwen looked Cierra up and down she was far too scrawny and weak to do anything in her opinion. Then again she was able to make Beuce punch himself. That was rather entertaining, plus she withstood his heat somehow. Gwen felt more intrigued by this girl then threatened. "What if I told you we know nothing about this prisoner you speak of? What would that leave you to do? You seem to have gotten past the zombies just fine and considering you don't look like much of a fighter I am going to say you ally yourself with that b*stard Orpheus. What is there stopping me from killing you now?" Gwen said still holding her bow at the ready, that was until it was yanked from her hands by another of Cierra's chains. "I don't want to fight. You DON"T have to die!" She repeated in a tone that sounded like she was trying to yell but was no louder then the average person speaking at a normal volume. Cierra now held Gwens bow in her hands. She stopped to admire the craftsmanship on the bow itself. Their was a lot of detail that looked hand caved into the bow itself. Having now disarmed one threat and holding the other. She looked at the third. "I just want to know where the boy is. I need to prove my worth." She told him. Her hands where shaking a bit but it was hard to tell what she was feeling at the moment. In fact she didn't even know what she was feeling, she was just doing what she had to in order to further herself in the mission and hopefully be able to report back to General Orpheus and Master Sven with some good news and make them proud of her. She was not the same scared girl that Sven had rescued about a year ago.
