It's a Strange World

Episode 15 Lock Up ​

July 15 2013​

"Alright I'm going to take Russ home. I'm sure your parents have a missing persons out on you." Cole said as he got down the stairs. "I'll go with you kiddo." Michael said. "No, we'll just go alone. Give us time to talk." Cole snapped. Michael looked like he was about to say something but didn't. "Let's go Russ." Cole ordered. Russell gave him a nod and followed him outside. Michael sighed. "Damn, he's still angry." Michael muttered to himself. Michael then went upstairs and into Arthur's room.

"Does the term **** storm mean anything to you? I was counting on you!" Fisher yelled at Elizabeth. "Too hell with slow and careful, I want there heads on my desk! Take Martian, the Golem, and my latest troops and get it done." Fisher ordered. "Gabriel is already sharping his sword to take my head." Fisher sighed. He was worried, which is something that doesn't happen often. "You know you don't have to do this? There are places for you to hide out of Gabriel reach." Elizabeth pleaded. "There is only one place I know that I can hide from him and I would be dead as soon as I set foot on that damned island. This is for the best, not just for me but for all of us. Now go."

"So, umm you want to talk about it? I'm sure a good cry would help you." Cole said half joking while he was taking Russell home. "You are such an ass." Russell said with a chuckle. Cole parked about a block away from Russell's house. "Alright, just tell them that a couple of punks from school thought that keeping you in the woods a few days would be a funny prank." Cole ordered. "And they'd believe that?" Russell skeptically asked. "Well then make them." Cole said. Russell opened the door but before he got out he turned to Cole. "Where's Eva?" Russell asked. "She....uh.....she's gone." Cole sighed. "By gone do you mean?" Russell began to ask. Cole looked at him without a word. "Don't blame yourself. It's Martian to blame." Cole reassured him. Russell didn't say a word and went to his house.
Cole started back to the safe house. It wasn't to long after he dropped Russell off was he pulled over by the cops. "Is there a problem officer?" Cole asked the officer that pulled him over. "Cole Jackson?" the officer replied. "Oh this ain't good." Cole sighed. The officer pulled Cole out of his SUV and read him his rights.

 

Morning
A young police officer escorted Cole to a jail cell in the station. Along with him in the cell was a obviously drunk guy who was fading in and out of conciseness, a rather large guy with tattoos that covered his body, and very slim pale white guy who was shaking all over. "Hey Barney Fife where's my phone call?" Cole asked with annoyance. "Barney who?" the cop had a puzzled look. "Barney Fife? Don Knotts? You know 'The Andy Griffith Show'? Oh come on that's classic television!" Cole replied. The officer rolled his eyes and handed Cole a cell phone. Cole not sure who to call, he called Michael.
Michael's cell was downstairs in the living room when it rang. Michael was still upstairs so Stier answered it. "Hallo?" Stier answered. "Stier?...um.....Wo ist Michael? Ich muss mit ihm reden, ich bin ..... im Gefängnis." Cole asked. "Gefängnis?!" Stier yelled. Adler came into the living room with a bowl of cereal. "Wer ist im Gefängnis?" Adler asked as he took a sip of cereal. "Cole." Stier whispered to his brother. "Stier, legte Michael Arthur oder am Telefon." Cole ordered. Adler gave him a nod and went up stairs.
Adler pounded on Arthur's door. "Cole's in trouble!" Adler yelled through the door. Arthur opened the door. "Cole's in jail. He's on Michael's phone." Adler said. "Damnnit." Arthur said as he went downstairs. Arthur jerked the phone out of Stier's hand. "What happened?!" Arthur asked. "I was pulled over and they took me in. They were talking about vandalism and murder charges." Cole replied. "Ugh. Let me make a few calls. Don't do anything stupid." Arthur sighed then hung up the phone. Cole looked around the cell and at the others in it. "So....anybody know any good show tones?"

 

Noon
"Sir, Cole's here in the station. How should we proceed?" the cop who brought said on a cell phone. "We'll handle him." Rivers said on the other end. The cop quickly hung up the phone when Commissioner Price entered the station. "Where is he?" Chuck asked. "He's.....uh in lock up." the cop said nervously. The Commissioner gave him a nod and went to lock up. In the lock up Cole and the others in his cell were all singing Don't Stop Believing. "Enough." Chuck said in a stern voice. "So I take it your the head pig here?" Cole smirked. Chuck rolled his eyes.
Outside of the station two large vans pulled up to the station. Martian, the Golem, Elizabeth, and several heavily armed men got out of the vans. "Ok we do this quick, clean, and quiet." Elizabeth order. She turned to a slim ginger haired man. "Go put on a good face." She ordered. He gave her a grin and went inside. He had a pistol with a suppresser hidden on him. Inside there was ten cops in there just going about there day. he went to the closet cop to him. "Excuse me ma'am?" He said in a polite voice. She turned to him. The man put his hand on her shoulder and changed into her form. The shapeshifter smiled and took out his pistol and fired a shot into her head. He fired about more shots into the other cops in the room before they even knew what was happening. With everyone down he went to the front door and signaled for them to come in.
Cole ears flicked as Chuck was reading down a list of Cole's charges. He could here the pings that were coming from the suppressed gunfire. "****." Cole muttered. "What was that?" Chuck asked. "I'd like to make a confession. Just take me to a interrogation room." Cole demanded. "Why the sudden change of heart?" Chuck gave him a skeptic look. He's handled guys like Cole before, or so he thought. Cole could hear them coming towards them. "Screw it." Cole muttered. Cole grabbed the corrupt cop's gun through the cell's bars. Chunk drew his gun as well. "Put it down. Now!" Chuck demanded. Cole looked over and saw the shapeshifter about to round a corner. Cole fired at the shapeshifter. Of course without silver those bullets might as well be rubber bands. Chuck shot at Cole. The bullet went into Cole's gut. The other guys in the Cell with him were staying on the walls. The corrupt cop backed away.
The shapeshifter came storming towards Chuck and took aim at him. Cole acted quickly, he grabbed Chuck's tie and pulled up against the cell door causing the shifter to miss. Cole fired a few shots over Chuck's shoulder. "Let me out and we both might get out of this!" Cole demanded. Cole continued to shoot at the shifter until he was empty. Chuck reluctantly opened the cell door. Cole tossed the pistol at the shifter and it hit him square on the head. Cole tackled the shifter and forced him against the wall. Cole stared him in the eyes and saw his true face. His face was completely burned. Cole gave him a huge right hook that knocked him out. "Follow me." Cole ordered. Chuck and the corrupt cop followed him.
Martian and two guys rushed into the lock up. "Where is he?!" Martian growled to the guys in the cell. They all pointed to where they went. Martian took a pistol from one of the guys with him and shoot the three men in the cell.

"Ok good news." Arthur said as he came down the stairs. "I just got off the phone and I can get Cole bailed out. Angelina, Michael will you come with me if you please?"

 

Noon
Cole got them into a janitor's closet. "Anybody got a cell?" Cole asked. "Right I'll call back up." Chuck said as he got his cell phone out. Cole yanked it out of his hand. Cole flipped it open, yes it was a flip phone. There was no signal, it was being jammed. "Dammnit." Cole muttered. "Anybody know how they got in? And who they are?" Cole asked. He already knew the answer, he could smell the spilled blood, he just wanted to see there reactions to make sure he wouldn't need to expect a shot in the back. "I have no idea." Chuck said. Cole listened carefully to his heartbeat, he was telling the truth. "Me-e ether." the corrupt cop stuttered. Cole listened to his heartbeat as well, his heart rate was higher then it should even considering what's happening.
Cole looked around the closet to see what he had to work with. He grabbed a mop. "This'll do." Cole said as he checked the mop out. "Fo-for what?" the corrupt cop asked. Cole looked at him and grinned. Cole broke the mop's handle over his head. Then he took him by the neck and slammed him against the wall. "Hey! Let him go!" Chuck said has he took aim at Cole. "This piece of crap is working with 'em! Aren't you!?" Cole had an end of the mop pressed against his neck. "No.....I.." "Don't you lie!" Cole interrupted. "...Yes! Ok, I work for Fisher!" The cop admitted. Cole released him. "Why? Who's Fisher......wait you don't mean Marcus Fisher do you?" Chuck asked. "Yes. I was ordered to be on the look out for Cole and a few others. When I found him I called Rivers, Fishers right hand. I don't know why he wants you." The cop admitted. "Why does he want you?" Chuck asked. "Long story and I don't have time for 'the truth is out there' speech." Cole replied. While they were talking the cop grabbed the other end of the mop. The end was fairly sharp. The cop lunged at Cole when his back was turned and stabbed him clean through. Cole looked down at the wound. "Damn." He muttered. Cole pulled the mop right through him. Cole pulled out of the front of his pants the pistol that the shifter was using and shot the cop in the head. The Commissioner stood there with his gun drawn unsure what to do. "What? He stabbed me first."
"Alright we need to get to evidence. I've got a knife that will help get us out of here." Cole said. Cole took the part of the handle that the cop stabbed him with and handed it to Chuck. "That'll help you a lot more then your gun." Cole said. Chuck looked down at the bloody stick. "Uh, I'll take the other end." Cole rolled his eyes and handed him the other end. "hey your wound is healed?" Chuck noticed. "Like I said I don't have time for 'the truth is out there' speech. I'll tell you when we get out. Let's go. We don't have long till they find us. We need to get my knife." Cole ordered. Cole ducked his out to check the coast. Outside Martian, and his entourage were heading towards them. "Damn." Cole muttered. "Come on!" Cole stepped out and fired a few shots at Martian.

"Alright let's go." Michael impatiently said. He was a little uncomfortable around shapeshifters, mostly because he's never sure if that's there real form or what. Michael got into his old clunker of a car. Arthur got in the passenger seat.

 

Noon
Martian loudly growled at Cole as he dodged his bullets. One of his entourage disappeared in a blur and appeared in Cole's and Chuck's way. The guy revealed vampire teeth and hissed at Chuck. Chuck tried to stab at him with his end of the mop but he was way to slow, the vampire caught Chuck's arm. Cole turned around and as the vampire was distracted with Chuck, Cole rushed him. Cole shoved his end of the mop into the vampire's right eye. "Time's up *******s." Cole said with a smirk.
Night
Cole shifted as soon as he felt the moon go up. Cole lifted the half blind vampire over his head and sent him flying towards Martian. Cole and Chuck took this moment to get down to evidence as fast as humanly, or werewolfly as possible. Martian picked the half blind vampire up off of him and tossed him aside. Martian glared over at the rest of his entourage and gave them a sort of 'go get them' look.
They got down to evidence with little trouble after that. "Alright get my silver knife. You'll need something to protect you." Cole ordered. Chuck gave him a reluctant nod and started to shift through the mountains of selves. Cole walked out of evidence and tore the door knob as he shut it. Chuck rushed over to the door after he closed it. "Hey what are you doing?!" the commissioner yelled as he pounded on the door. "Sorry Commish. But your out of your league. I'll get you out, if I live." Cole said and then he ran off to face Martian.

"So, um Angelina was it? I'm Michael if you didn't catch it." Michael said trying to make small talk. They were almost at the station and he was just trying to make this less awkward, which he was doing the opposite. "I....uh....what the hell?" Michael said as they approached the station. He saw the vans parked in front of it and nobody in sight. It just felt off to him. "Something's not right. Arthur see anything out of the ordinary?" Michael asked. Arthur closed his and opened them back up, they were now his dragon yellow eyes. "Oh yeah got some magic going into the station. It looks like....Elizabeth. Got some Vampires, another Werewolf, and........a shape-shifter."

 

OOC: Phone post and AWAY!
Night
"So what's the plan Michael? Your more adapt at this sort of thing." Arthur asked. "Arthur you go in first to check the coast. And Angelina I've got some presents for you." Michael hopped out of the car went to the trunk. "I've got a extra machete and some silver bullets for you Angelina." Michael handed her a gun with two full clips of silver bullets and a very sharp machete. Arthur got out and rushed into the station. As he walked in he saw the dead bodies of the cops. "Damn." Arthur muttered. Arthur leaned out of the door and signaled for them to come in.
Meanwhile Cole decided to make his stand. Cole had a short wait before they caught up to him. "Alright Mutt let's finish this! Just you and me!" Cole shouted. Martian chuckled to himself. "As much fun as that would be, I need to get this done fast. So my boys are going to have to keep us company." Martian taunted. Two more vampires revealed themselves to Cole by showing their fangs off. The Golem stepped forward and cracked his massive knuckles. "Cute boy band." Cole quipped.

 

OOC: Another phone post. Will pretty it up later.
Night
Martian and Cole stared each other down for a good two minutes. Martian was the first to turn away when he heard Angelina, Arthur, and Michael enter the station. Cole saw this as his chance. Cole let out a huge howl that could be heard a few blocks away. The three vampires all rushed Cole at once. Cole kicked the one in the center in the kidney and slammed the other two too the ground by their necks. It was obvious to Cole that they were recently turned, they were too weak.
Episode 16 Ghost of a Chance
July 16 2013
Morning
As soon as Cole brought down those fangers he was forced to un-shift. "Times up pup. Golem, give him a hug." Martian smirked. The Golem charged at Cole full speed. Cole slid between his legs. Cole gave it a swift kick to the back of the knee, which hurt Cole more then it did The Golem. Golem slammed Cole against the wall and pinned him against it. Martian looked over at the shifter who was in his normal form. "Go check out the noise." Martian ordered. The shifter gave him a nod and ran off.

 

Morning OOC: Meant to post the morning part yesterday, but been busy.
"Cole." Michael muttered when he heard the howl. Michael was about to press on but Arthur stopped him. "Something's coming." Arthur said. The shifter rounded the corner until they were in sight. "Aw stront." he sighed. He then ran back the way he came. "Damnnit Gezichten." Arthur groaned. "Who?" Michael asked. "Tell you later, let's just focus on the task at hand." Arthur ordered. Michael gave him a nod. "Alright Godzilla you take point. Me and the kid got your back." Michael ordered.
"Well Cole it's your lucky day. You get the quick way out. Oh if we had the time." Martian mocked. Martian started to slowly stab his claws into Cole's chest. "Meh, sometimes you just need to treat yourself." Martian taunted. Cole grunted his teeth as Martian dug in. "Martian!" Gezichten yelled. "Arthur's here." he said with a bit of fear in his voice. Martian took his claws out of Cole and sighed. "Alright all of you go and handle them. I'll finish Cole." Martian ordered. The Golem released Cole and followed Gezichten as he lead it and the vampires to Arthur, Michael, and Angelina.
Noon
Arthur went ahead towards where Gezichten was heading. It wasn't long until Martian's entourage stood in his path. Arthur made his right hand glow white and placed it on the flour. A layer of frost crept from his hand and towards them. The frost stopped a little ways away from them and formed a thick wall of ice between him and them. Arthur rushed back to Michael and Angelina. "We've got trouble. Gezichten, and The Golem are coming along with a trio of vampires I think." Arthur reported. "Well girly I hope you know how to use those toys I gave you." Michael said as he drew his machete.

Elizabeth exited the station from the back with a bag that was dripping with blood. She calmly walked to the front of the station and got in one of the vans they pulled up in and drove off towards Timely Tower.

 

Noon
Michael chuckled when Angelina demanded not to be called a kid. "Please kid, with the things I've seen, I call a sixty year old kid." Michael replied. "Are you done? Because they're coming." Arthur rolled his eyes. Ice chunks came hurling from the hallway Arthur came from. The Golem charged at Arthur at full speed with enough force that he knocked him halfway across the room. The vampires circled Michael around and was hissing at him. "Nice shiner." Michael said when he saw the bloody eye Cole gave one of them. The one eyed vampire rushed at Michael. As soon as he was a arm's length away Michael slashed high with his machete. The machete cut halfway through the vampire's neck before he turned into a cloud of ash. Michael flipped the machete around his hand looked at the remaining vampires. "Next." both of the vampires pulled a Uzi out. "Cheaters.'' Michael ran as fast as he could to a desk near him and hopped over it to take cover. The vampires opened fire at Michael. Gezichten calmly walked over towards Angelina. He took out a pair of butterfly knives made out of silver (of course) and started flipping them around just to show off. "I'm guessing you won't just give up? I do hate killing another shifter."
"End of the line." Martian said with enormous amounts of smugness as he took Cole by the neck. Chuck finally broke through the evidence door which took Martian by surprise. Chuck fired a few rounds into Martian forcing him to release Cole. Cole tripped Martian's legs as he staggered back from being shot.

Elizabeth calmly walked into Timely Towers with the bloody bag in hand, she got a few strange looks. She got in the elevator and went to the top flour. She tossed the bag on Fisher's desk interrupting a phone call. "I'll call you back." Fisher said as he hung up the phone. "This it?" he asked. "Yep, the bones of protectors. Hopefully cops count as protectors." Elizabeth assured him. Rivers came into the office not too long after with two more bloody bags. Rivers tossed them on the desk. "The bones of holy men and teachers. As you wanted." Rivers said. "Good the spell is almost ready."
"Rivers, I need you too go and bring a new asset of mine up to speed while we sprinkle the remaining touches on this spell." Fisher ordered as he handed him a folder. "Adhortantesque!" Fisher yelled as he blasted Rivers and he disappeared in a puff of smoke. "I hate when he does that." Rivers said as he dusted of his suit. Fisher teleported him to a warehouse near the docks. Inside the warehouse a single table with a chair on each side. A couple armed guards escorted Fisher's newest asset, a vampire named Sixx.

 

As sixx walked acrossed the rather empty looking warehouse, his footsteps echoing he looked for the person he was to meet, sixx studied him for a long time before speaking. " alright who am I after and where is my money?!" sixx said in a demanding voice. He then crossed his arms and stared directly into Rivers eyes. As he continued to stare he began to paint an image of the person before him, trying to picture Rivers personality before he even spoke to him.

 

Noon
"Well yes it is nice to meet you too." Rivers said in a sarcastic tone. "Your target, is Cole Jackson." Rivers opened the folder Fisher gave him and laid pictures of Cole and his associates. "Cole Jackson here has been a pain in my employer's plans for awhile, but we need him alive. He is a Werewolf, an Alpha to boot." Rivers said as he pushed Cole's picture forward. "He has one pack member, a local teenager Russell Wagner. Threat minimal." Rivers pushed Russell's photo forward. "The biggest threat other then Cole is the company he keeps. A small pack of Skinwalkers. The Alpha is Tenga, alias real name we are working on. He can shapeshift into a grizzly bear. The other two Skinwalkers are twins, Adler and Stier, alias as well. Adler turns into a eagle while Stier turns into a bull." Rivers slid the Skinwalkers pictures forward. "Then there's the shape-shifter, Angelina. She may be a bit of a problem, but nothing you can't handle. Also we've gotten word of a Protector hanging around them, Michael Travis. Fairly dangerous." Rivers pushed their pictures forward as well. "Then last but not least the biggest problem you'd face, Arthur. He's a dragon, and not just any dragon he's the Elder dragon. An Elder incase your not sure is the first of any given species and the most powerful."
"As for your pay you'll be half before and half after." Rivers said. He snapped his fingers and a guard brought him a briefcase. Rivers opened it up and laid it on the table. "Six million now and six million later. We've been relying on another Werewolf with a grudge against Cole to finish him but to no avail." Rivers chuckled a little bit. "In fact he's trying to kill him as we speak. But trust me Martian is very good, just not better then Cole even given the enhancements we gave him. But if somehow he does succeed we'll give you a new business venture. We have very big plans and someone with your skills could gain a lot by working with us."