It's a Strange World

Episode 20 Who Wants to Make a Deal?
July 21 2013
OOC: Sorry for being MIA. Finals is coming up and I've been really stressing.
Morning
"No....I'm.....I'm fine." Wyneb sighed as she staggered up from the ground. "It's just.....something really bad has happened. The Veil has been torn. That's all I'm allowed to say." The elder explained. "I'm going to need to go. The elders are going to have a meet. The little resistance your friends are in need a direct line to the elders. You're that line." Wyneb said as she started packing things up. She took out a small vial of some blue liquid attached to a piece of string and placed it around Angelina's neck. "Keep this on you at all times."

Cole rolled out of bed with most of his hair parted to one side. Cole grunted as he went downstairs. "Why does the floor have to be so cold?" Cole muttered as his bare feet touched the kitchen floor. In the kitchen the twins were eating cereal and toast. "Yo ist, wie mein halb Tier Brüder tun?" Cole greeted. "You know you don't have to speak German when I'm around right?" Adler asked. "Yeah, but I just like seeming worldly." Cole replied with a smile. "Well you want something to eat? I could-" Adler started to say before he froze in place. Cole looked around the room and saw Stier frozen as well as everything else. Cole walked over to Stier who was in the middle of pouring himself a glass of milk. The milk stopped in mid air. Cole poked at the milk stream and his finger caused a hole in the stream.
"Ok this is the most screwed up dream I've had yet." Cole said in disbelief. "Don't worry boy-o. This is reality." Rumplestiltskin said as he sat on the counter top munching on a very greasy hamburger. "But what counts as reality?" Rumple pondered as he took a bite from the burger. Cole quickly glanced around the kitchen and grabbed a knife from a countertop. "Who are you?!" Cole demanded as he held the knife up. Rumple rolled his eyes and pointed at the knife Cole had. Steam started to come from the knife and it turned orange. The knife became too hot for Cole to handle and he threw across the room. "Goddamn witches!" Cole yelled in pain. "Please don't insult me." Rumple said. "Well what are you then? Only an elder has the mojo to pull this off." Cole asked in a angry tone. "Oh I have forgotten how cute this realms naiveté is. The little things are truly what you miss." Rumple smirked. "Who are you!?" Cole demanded. "Sorry, names trade secret. But I can however tell you what I'm here for." Rumple said as he hopped down from the counter and walked over to Stier. He took the glass Stier was pouring the milk into and scooped up the milk into it. He then took a big and long sip from the glass.
Rumple continued to sip the glass of milk. Cole was getting increasingly irritated. Cole smacked the glass out of his hand. "What do you want?!" Cole yelled. "Tsk, tsk. You won't find yourself a good wife with a temper like that. Or is this realm still so concerned about marriage and such. The idea of marriage terrifies me personally. Haven't to stay with the same person till death, madness." Rumple said. "I don't care! What do you want?!" Cole continued to yell. "Sorry I got distracted. Ok I have a offer. I'll tell you what gives Fisher the power he has. And in return I want a favor of my choosing in the near future." Rumple offered. Cole rolled his eyes. "Just think it over. Put this outside your window when you have your answer." Rumple said as he gave Cole a piece of string made of gold. The imp then disappeared and everything went back to normal. "Whip you up something if you want?" Adler said not realizing the things that occurred. Stier finished pouring his milk and it went all over the table. "Was zur Hölle?!" Stier yelled out. As the twins took paper towels to clean up the mess Cole put the string in his pajama bottoms pocket.

 

Morning
Cole stood there in deep thought about his conversation with Rumplestilskin and watched as some of the milk drip down from the table. Cole snapped back into the room when Angelina walked in. "Hey!" the twins said with a warm grin. Cole tucked the gold string deeper into his pocket. "Hey.......I've got some stuff I need to take care." Cole said as he made a small nod to Angelina. He kept his head down as he walked past her. He wasn't sure where they stood. "Was hat ihn zu essen?" Stier asked. "Something happen? He was a little vague about the shape-shifter elder thing." Adler asked.
Cole quickly got up the stairs and into his room. Cole kneeled down and took his old leather journal out from underneath his bed. Cole hopped up on his bed and laid the string and journal on his bed. Cole opened the journal up and started flipping through the pages. He was looking for something, anything about the imp. He couldn't find a thing. But when he got closer to the back he found something...off. Pages were missing from the book. Cole found signs that the pages were ripped out. Cole flipped the pages back and forth from the rip. "The hell?" Cole muttered. The page before the rip spoke something about a major discovery and after the rip it talks about the end of some other secret war.

 

Morning
"Alright then." Adler replied to Angelina. He could see that something was bothering her, but he didn't want to push it. "You want something to eat? We've got toast, I could make some waffles if you want." Adler offered. "Too bad we don't have any milk!" Adler said glaring at Stier. "Es war nicht meine Schuld! Das Glas verschwunden!" Stier replied. "Glasses don't disappear dumbass!" Adler yelled back.
"Son of a whore!" Cole yelled in frustration. "I don't get it? How does four years just disappear?" Cole asked himself. He's pinned down the lapse in time, but for now he has to wait to see if Arthur knows anything about it. Cole placed the string in his journal and slid it underneath his bed. Cole sighed and went over to his dresser and threw on a shirt and pair of pants.
Michael finally woke up. He grunted as he got out of bed. Michael started his way out of his room but was interrupted by his phone ringing. "Yeah?" Michael answered. "Michael, I've got news for you. A dragon's coming to town." Arthur said on the other end. "What? You sure?" Michael asked in disbelieve. "Yeah I know. I can't get there at the moment, but you know Fisher's going to try to get his hooks into her. You need to reach her before he does." Arthur ordered. "Got cha." Michael said before he hung up.
Michael walked out of his room just as Cole was his. "Perfect timing. We've got a job. A dragon's coming to town, we need to reach her before Fisher does." Michael said. "Right a dragon. And if things go south? What do you want me to do? Glow my eyes at it?" Cole said in a mocking tone. "Hopefully it won't come to that. Besides your an Alpha, you're a natural leader." Michael replied. "I'll go poke the sleeping bear and bring him up to speed. You get the twins updated." Michael ordered. "And Angelina?" Cole asked. "She's back? Well her too." Michael replied. Cole gave him a nod and went downstairs.
"You're gonna need to take that on the go. Michael's got a new mission for us." Cole said as he entered the kitchen. Cole kept his eyes from Angelina, he's still not sure where they stand. "A new dragon's coming to town. And something that powerful is bound to catch Fisher's attention. We're going to make sure Fisher doesn't get his hands on a new asset."

 

Andromeda walked through the city, covered in a shroud. There were too many humans around, and she would immediately attract attention if anyone saw the purple scales on her arms. She shivered, but not of the cold. Out of fear of being hunted. She did not know by who, but by werewolves. She ground her teeth silently out of anger. To think petty werewolves could drive her out of hiding. Her! A 15m dragon that could beat any peregrine falcon in a dive! And now, she felt especially vulnerable in the city, not knowing friend nor foe. She couldn't even fly out! The nerve. Luckily, she had took off prepared. She had brought money, but no food. Though she was half human, it didn't hurt to take a chomp on some livestock. Sure, there may have been reports of a huge bird/plane flying over nearby rural areas, but nothing too major. Right?

She sighed in frustration, and took a deep breath, and continued to walk the streets, looking for any place to hide out in. That's when she saw it. An abandoned apartment. The door and windows were boarded up. Perfect.
Andromeda looked around. There were significantly less people in the area, and the streets looked a little dirty. She went up to the boarded up door. Taking another quick check around to see if anyone was watching, using her raptor-like vision to pick out those from far away. No one turned a head from a 5-mile radius. She turned back to the door, and grabbed one of the wooden boards. She heaved, and tore the nails off the hinges. She wasn't buff, but being a dragon does make you stronger than the average human. She finished off with the rest and gathered the unhinged boards under her arm. She checked the doorknob. Locked.

In a flurry of movement, she threw a lot of power in her left leg, concentrating it on the lock. The force was enough to break the lock completely, rendering it useless. Sure, that may lead to intruders, but Andromeda knew that if push came to shove, she would get out of there in her dragon form. She walked up the steps, and broke the lock (She's got a hammer of a left leg) on the door of one of the many apartments. As she opened the door, she heard the squeak of mice as she walked in.

The apartment was barren, dusty, and slightly dirty. Andromeda sneezed. Make the "dusty" comment into "very dusty". She closed the door and took off her coat, putting it in a nearby coat rack and walked into the kitchen. Also dusty. If she decides to stay for a little longer, she might tidy up the place a little. Maybe, being that she might be able to catch some of the mice later on. She hit the dusted sofa, bringing off more dust, and settled down a little. She will rest for now.

 

Noon
"Alright let's go get another Godzilla." Tenga said as he walked into the living room with Michael shortly behind. "Right, any Intel?" Cole asked. "All we have is a name, Andromeda." Michael answered. "Let's get this over with." Cole said as he lead the way out. "Adler, get your bird on and give us a eye in the sky." Cole ordered. Tenga growled under his breath, Alphas really don't like others to order their pack around. Adler gave him a nod and shifted into his eagle form. Cole hopped into the passengers seat and Michael took the wheel. Stier got in the back seat and Tenga hopped on his Motorcycle.

Martian, Rivers, Elizabeth, Gezichten, and The Golem all walk into Fisher's office. "We've got a new creature in town. A dragon." Fisher stated. "My little bout with Rumplestilskin has left me weakened. I need you to go and bring her to me." Fisher ordered. "A dragon? I've been waiting to face one of those since the scuffle with the big daddy." Martian said as he cracked his knuckles. "We try to recruit first, if that fails then do whatever you want with her."

Meanwhile at the dusty apartment Andromeda is squatting in Rumplestilskin appeared behind her with a small plate of French fries. "Well let me be the first to welcome you here little dragon." The imp said as he was munching on the fries. "You've picked a interesting time to visit this fine city. Of course you didn't have a choice now did you?" The imp continued. "That itch in the back of your head that was just telling you to come here, it wasn't natural."

 

Andromeda's eyes snapped open and back flipped off the couch, hitting her back to the wall in surprise. She let out a short growl of pain and eyed the imp cautiously. Though she wasn't exactly fond of beings who can shapeshift to animals, or anything for that matter, she was definitely not fond of imps. In fact, she despised them because of there uncanny ability to pop around like mice. Andromeda figured she must of intruded on this imp's territory.

But there was something else about the imp that she couldn't put her finger on. She decided to play the dead hand.
"I don't care if me coming here isn't natural," She grunted, "I needed a place to stay. Besides, I don't need anyone to show me around. Every place is the same, and faces disappear easy. Just leave me alone."
She went to the kitchen and looked behind an old greyed-out fridge. Sure enough, there was an aged broom and dustpan leaning on the wall behind the fridge. Andromeda took it out, and she began to sweep the kitchen as best she could. Though she looked as though from there on out that she would ignore the imp, she was paying attention to any of the slightest info she could use against him.

 

Night
"My, my what has this realm come to? So cynical. I love it. First the Alpha and now you." The imp replied. "Well my dear I would offer to help you clean up, but you'll have company very soon and I don't feel like dealing with them, or at least not yet." Rumple said before he disappeared.
Cole looked up at the night sky as Michael drove them to where Andromeda hold up. It felt like they've been driving forever. Michael finally stopped at a pretty abandoned part of town. "Alright our lizards somewhere around here." Michael said. Just then a van parked a few feet in front of them, the same van that carried Fisher's people during their raid on the police station. "Should have guessed something would happen." Cole groaned. Adler flew down and landed near Michael's vehicle and shifted into human form.
"Block head." Elizabeth addressed the Golem. "Go give our friends a nice big huge." She ordered. The Golem got out of the back of the van, shaking the whole thing. The Golem stood in front of the van and stared them down. "Stier, bist du oben." Cole ordered. Stier gave him a nod and hopped out of the vehicle and shifted into his bull form. Stier stomped his hooves on the pavement and lowered his head in a threatening manner.
Stier charged at the Golem at full speed. The Golem was able to grab Stier by his horns and slid back a little. The Golem lifted Stier up over his head (who weights 2000 pounds in bull form, give or take) and slammed him on the pavement. "Well then. We need to get to the dragon. That's the goal." Cole said. "Right, Cole you go after the dragon. We'll cover you." Michael ordered. Cole gave him a nod and hopped out. Cole shifted and leaped on top of the vehicle. Cole pounced from top of the vehicle and into a second story window of the apartment building.
Martian growled as he watched Cole leap into the building. Martian got out of the van and shifted as well. "Martian! Now is not the time for your grudge match!" Elizabeth yelled. But her voice fell on deaf ears and Martian leaped on top of the van and pounced inside the apartment across from where Cole entered. "Might as well get on out." Rivers said in a mocking tone. Rivers and Gezichten both got out of the back of the van. "Fine, who needs plans anyways?" Elizabeth muttered to herself.

 

As the imp disappeared, Andromeda's ears perked up at the imp's last statement. More company? Great. And just when she was getting settled in too. She put away the broom just in time to hear the screech of tires. She walked quietly to one of the boarded up windows and peered out. There where two vehicles that she saw stopped nearby. She sniffed. The scent of leaves, testosterone, and hair partially filled the air. She growled in frustration. Werewolves. Just what she needed.
She immediately grabbed her shroud of a ripped coat from the coat hanger and opened the door cautiously. No one out there. She heard some talking from outside, thanks to the walls being incredibly thin. The talk soon erupted into a fight. If Andromeda had to guess, both vans had to be two opposing sides. If anything, she had yet to know who they're on, and what they want.

She quickly walked up the stairs, scaling it to the top. She broke the door down to the roof exit to get a better look at the fighting. She wrapped her shroud tightly to hide her appearance as she looked on at the fight. There were 7 people out there. She couldn't pick out who's side is who, but she knew that she need to act. She breathed in a lungful of air, as she felt the air around her lips began to prickle and discharge. She then picked out the van from where he rock-headed figure came from. She then opened her mouth and blew hard. A shocking charge of electricity blasted outward, firing at Fisher's van, and throwing her back into the air. Normally, she wouldn't fire bolts if she was in human form due to knockback, but in this case, she was desperate not to get captured.

The bolt hit the car in an explosive crackle. The car started up own it's own, then fizzled and the engine exploded from the overload. The smell of hot metal and rubber reached Andromeda's nose, giving her the OK to move. She took a running start and leaped over a moderate-sized gap and took off.

 

Night
Michael took out a pistol and a extra clip and handed it to Angelina. "Sorry no silver bullets. But they'll still hurt." Michael said as he took out a pistol out for himself. Michael took cover behind the drivers door, and pointed the barrel through the rolled down window. Michael pulled on the hammer and was ready to fire but a lighting bolt came from the roof of the abandoned building and hit Fisher's van, blowing the engine up.
Rivers glared up at the roof. He only saw a figure leaving and nothing else. The Golem was distracted as well. It had one of it's massive feet on Stier, keeping him pinned to the ground. Adler quickly shifted and rushed at the Golem. Adler began pecking and scratching at the stone behemoth's face. The Golem tried to swat him away, but Adler was too quick for it. Adler finally got the Golem off of Stier. Stier got up and gave the Golem a powerful kick from his hind legs.
Rivers pulled out a Uzi and took aim at the twins. But before he could fire Michael shot at him. Rivers quickly dove behind the scorched van. Michael and Rivers both traded shots at each other. "Sure! Let the human do all the work!" Rivers moaned. "Big baby." Gezichten replied. The scarred shifter took out two throwing knives. Gezichten threw one of the knives at Michael hitting him in the shoulder. Michael grunted in pain as he took the blade out of his shoulder and tossed it aside. Gezichten readied to throw another but Tenga charged at him in his bear form. Gezichten threw the knife at Tenga but it barely breached his flesh. Tenga swapped the shifter with his massive paw and tossing him a few feet away. Gezichten took out his dual silver butterfly knives. "Alright Boo-boo let's go!" Gezichten yelled out.
Michael continued to shot at Rivers. "What about you witch? Care to join us?" Rivers asked. Elizabeth huffed in annoyance. "Ianuae Magicae!" she said and then disappeared in a puff of smoke. "Oh you *****." Rivers said in anger. Elizabeth reappeared behind Michael. Before Michael could react Elizabeth flung him against the building via telekinesis. Michael took up his pistol and fired at Elizabeth. Elizabeth waved her hand before he shot at her and his bullets stopped in midair. She sent them back to him, but Michael rolled out of the way.
"Well alright then." Rivers said. Rivers switched out clips in his Uzi to a fresh one. He went over and fired around Angelina's feet. "Well looks like you and me are left without a dance partner."
Cole charged at the boarded up door in the apartment he landed in, taking the door off it's hinges. Martian did the same. The two werewolves stared each other down, trading snarls and growls. After a good minute of giving each other dirty looks Cole was the first to make a move. Cole charged at Martian, and Martian did the same. Martian slashed at Cole, but he somersaulted over the Omega. When he landed Cole gave Martian a swift kick to his knee. Cole smiled when he heard the sound of Martian's knee cracking. Cole dug his claws into Martian's shoulders and tossed him down the stairs. Cole sniffed the air to get a lock on the dragon. When he knew where she went he rushed up the stairs. Cole made up to the roof to see the dragon taking off. Cole took off on all fours and leaped across the gap and towards Andromeda. "Wait!" Cole yelled out.
Martian got up with his neck snapped back. He twist his neck to it's rightful position and let his healing do the rest. Martian quickly leaped up the stairs and followed up to the roof.

 

Andromeda stopped at the sound of the lone figure's voice. She sniffed the air and groaned madly. She turned slowly, glowering at the werewolf in front of her. Why should I?" She growled back, "You werewolves are all the same; Hairy, destructive, unrighteous shapeshifters who can never get fleas out of their own hair during a full moon!" She sucked in more air, and fired another lightning bolt, turned, and took off, leaping the next building.

 

Episode 21 Fresh Meat
July 22 2013

Morning
Cole slid underneath the lighting bolt blasted at him. Although it's morning and he can't shift, he's still pretty agile. "I don't have fleas thank you very much!" Cole yelled out as he resumed the chase. Martian quickly ran out to the roof and side stepped the blast. Martian growled as he bolted towards Andromeda. Martian was still shifted thanks to Fisher's magic. Martian bulldozed through Cole by swatting him to the side, almost knocking him off of the rooftop but Cole latched on to the edge. Martian then got close enough and pounced on Andromeda, bringing both of them down. "You're coming with me you scaly b!tch!" Martian yelled.
Rivers quickly did a combat roll out of the way of Angelina's shots, but one shot grazed him on his right shoulder. "Oh you face stealing ****!" Rivers growled in pain. Rivers took aim at Angelina's head. "Semi-automatic trumps pistol. And silver trumps shape-shifter." Rivers said right before he pulled the trigger. He pulled the trigger but instead of bullets water came shooting out. "Da hell?" Rivers asked. In the distance out of everyone's sight Rumplestilskin was laughing uncontrollably. "Fine, we do this the fun way." Rivers said as he took out a pair of silver knuckledusters.
Elizabeth started shooting fireballs at Michael. Michael barely able to dodge them. One fireball caught Michael in his shoulder, burning his shirt and skin. Michael grunted in pain and held in some colorful words for Elizabeth. Elizabeth stood over Michael and conjured another fireball. She held her hand up ready to fire it, but the ball disappeared. She tried creating another but no dice. She tried using her other hand but still nothing. "Huh?" Elizabeth asked. Michael took this opportunity and swiped her legs. As soon as she fell Michael jumped up and with one powerful punch she was knocked out.
The Golem was trying to deal with the twins but the twins were two fast for him and were fighting as one. Adler glanced over to the rooftops and saw Cole hanging down. Adler flew up to Cole as Stier is able to match the Golem in strength. Cole finally pulled himself up by the time Adler flew up to him. "Go! Martian's with the dragon!" Cole yelled. Adler flew towards Martian and dive bombed him.

 

Andromeda felt her thrown down, and knew she was getting captured.
"Scaly B!tch??!" She shrieked, her voice deepening. Her snout began to lengthen, she flipped over, causing Martian to fall back on the floor and Andromeda on top. Her cloak tore off as her wings formed and her body lengthened. As soon as she completely formed, she grabbed Martian, and threw him to street level, letting out a hard shriek. She then turned to Cole, giving a challenging glare.
"He's lucky." Andromeda said, her voice deep and hard, referring to Martian. "If he tries to come here, I will kill him. So, werewolf? What's it going to be? You gonna help you friend? Or you gonna take me on?"

 

Morning
Martian tried to do something when Andromeda transformed but there was nothing he could do. She threw him down in the street and he hit the pavement with a loud thud. Adler flew back into the battle as he thought Cole could handle things. Cole looked Andromeda up and down as she talked. She acted like she wanted to fight. "Trust me. Me and the mutt down there are far, far from friends. And I'm not here to fight. Even if I was it's day, can't wolf out when the suns up. Martian down there is a cheater, uses magic to be able to shift at anytime of the day." Cole explained. "Me and my friends, the shape-shifter, the pack of skinwalkers, and human, were sent here to get you. By the Elders." Cole continued. "Yeah the Elders aren't fiction. Look we can play twenty questions after we get to some where safe. So please come with us." Cole pleaded.
Before another word could be said a chill entered the air. Cole looked around the surrounding rooftops and sniffed the air. "Something's.......not right." Cole said. He could hear a faint, high pitched sound coming from the distance. It sounded like the whale of a woman in pain. Cole continued to sniff the air until was fling across the roof top. Cole got up and saw a woman floating where he was standing. She had long black hair that looked wet. She was wearing a white wedding dress that was torn at her sleeves and at the bottom and has blood all over the abdomen from what appeared to be a gunshot wound. Her skin was pale white and dripping wet. She was obviously not human, or not anymore, she was a spirit. Suddenly another spirit appeared behind Andromeda and telekinetically shoved her to the ground. This spirit was a tall, muscular man with his right arm torn to shreds by what looks like some heavy machinery. He was wearing blue jeans with suspenders and a red flannel shirt. His skin was also pale white, but some how different from the female spirit, as he appeared as if someone drained all the fluid from him.
Rivers weaved around Angelina's shots, a few grazed him. After a couple of grazes Rivers ducked down behind Michael's vehicle. Rivers phone made a whistling sound. Rivers took it out and it was a text from Fisher. It said 'Helps arrived.' Rivers smiled. "Tell me. Are you afraid of ghosts?" Rivers asked. A small boy, no more then 10 years old appeared behind Angelina. He was wearing a small school uniform. He had large red markings around his neck from what appeared to be a rope. His eyes had black circles under them as if he's been crying heavily. He flicked his hand and tossed Angelina against Michael's vehicle.