Spirox War

"Sure, why not." Chrona said before glancing in Neko's direction. They were probably less likely to notice a cat oppose to a group of spirox users. Besides it saved him the trouble of having to use his power, which in turn would save him from any potential headaches from any over use.

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With a quick smile, Kaied took Xaria's hand and shook it. "It's a pleasure meeting you then." Once the handshake was over, he released her hand before pondering what exactly to do next. He'd already informed her of everything that he currently knew about the mafia group and there wasn't much else that he could inform her about. "What do you plan to do now, if I may ask?"

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Hearing the mans words, Shade thought about his offer. While it was still a bit vague for his taste, so long as he was guarantee a Spirox user he wouldn't care. "Very well, I agree to the terms."​

 

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Dead left the little shoppe and soon wandered around the city again. It wasn't until she happened to find herself back in the Dynami district. This time, instead of hopping along the rooftops, she decided to wander the streets. Still sporting her previous look, she got lost in thought. She was daydreaming...nightdreaming...about the food she had just eaten. "I'll have to go back there later...it was great." she commented to herself. She was so lost in thought that she hadn't realized she bumped into somebody. A mutant to be exact. Looking up, she stared at Valinton. "...Oh." she said. Staring at him, she noticed he too had horns and strange hands. "Bigger..." she said, muttering to herself. Turning around, she stepped away before allowing her look to dissipate and soon she revealed her true self to Valinton.

"Who are you...? Why are you in this district?" she asked him. Tapping her finger against her chin, she snapped her finger. "Did you just recently turn mutant and are lost?" she said. "I could probably help you, you know..." she stated.

 

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The feline looked up to Xero, then to Hiro, and so on so forth. "Nyan, I suppose I could play cat burglar. None of them know about me except for that mob boss. He tried to get m to join a little while back." She transformed back into a human like being and sat down on one of the open chairs. She licked the back of her hand some and then smiled. "What's in it for me if I go through with your little plan?"

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Damnation placed his hand onto Doku once more. "You will now enter the 2nd Cycle of Damnation. Let your mistakes repeat." He chanted, unlocking another step further into psychological suffering for Doku. Every moment Valinton took was another moment allowing his precious loved one to suffer. Damnation only took joy in this. Making worthless spriox and humans suffer was more enjoyable then anything he knew.

His gaze went to Ethel. "Good work on the defense back there. Your abilities have improved significantly." He complemented. Someone as powerful as her needed to be thrown on a leash. If she managed to go rogue, it wouldn't be good for him.

 

Valinton suddenly bumped into someone as he frantically searched the Dynami district. He looked at her with a raised eye brow as she began questioning him, "I should be asking you the same thing..." he said as he continued to look at her mutated features, "And to answer your question, no I'm not new or lost, I'm Valinton. I'm also looking for someone that has a bounty on their head..." He said with a bit of a growl.​

 

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Dead giggled at his growling. It was pretty cute when she heard mutants growl about things. The same goes for people, but they almost never growled unless she asked them to do so. Even then, they made awkward growls that didn't sound as unique as the one she had just heard. "That growl was pretty adorable. I take it that the person in question probably pissed in your oats, hm?" she spoke. Circling around Valinton, she began to size up her prey...er...new acquaintance. "What ever could somebody have done to make you angry, Valinton? Ah, my name. Dead. That's my name and don't question it." she giggled again. Her eyes stared at Valinton, as if searching for something. In truth, she was trying to pry into his brain to see if she could decipher his greatest fear. It was proving rather hard, what with his mind fluttering about on many subjects. But so far, it seems that the loss of the person dearest to him was at the top of the list. This could be used to her advantage...or disadvantage. "Gotta be careful..." she muttered to herself, grinning again.

Doku passed out again as soon as Damnation touched her head. Memories of things she regrets began to fill up her mind and soon she was feeling a little overwhelmed. The first vision to reappear was the day her parents had forced her to stay in her Lord's house for a week. She had regretted not running away or begging not to stay there. The next memory that appeared was when she had slapped her Lord one night when he touched her breast. It was after that incident that he forced her to stay chained in a dark room with little sunlight. Food and water were also on short supply and she was only granted such if she fulfilled her Lord's wishes. The latest regret was the one she had the deepest regret for. It was her regretting going out for a night of drinking with Valinton. She found herself standing alone in darkness with two versions of herself speaking to her. The one to her left said, "You love him, do you not? That night was the night you both confessed your love to each other. Be happy that you are pregnant!" The one to her right said, "Yes you are pregnant, but do not forget that you are simply using him and do not TRULY love him. Once this is all over, he is going to leave you in the dust anyway, you know!" Doku grasped her head and knelt down, trying to force these apparitions to go away. She opened her eyes and looked forward to find Valinton standing there. Next to him were both apparitions of herself, gripping an arm. They spoke in unison, "You love and do not love him, forget the man and wipe away the regret!" They both giggled as all the times she regretted something began to wash over her.

Back in reality, Doku's body was shaking and her fingers were scraping on the floor as she sprawled across the floor. In her eyes were tears that began to pour down her cheeks as her mouth opened to make a sobbing sound.

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- RENO -
Reno looked at the girl as she became a human again. He was rather impressed, "We will go tomorrow evening. Tonight we should plan things out. We can go to my place in Kikei and talk things out there." He said as he began walking in the direction of Kikei expecting the others to follow.​

Xero grabbed her bag of food and stood up. She looked over at Chrona, Isamu, Neko ans Hiro, "Well, let's go you guys." She said with a small smile as she began following Reno.​

Hiro sighed in frustration as he said nothing and began walking as well. He wasn't all sure about this Reno guy... Why did he want to know why the mafia wanted the antidote anyway..?​

Ethel just looked up at Damnation for a moment and then looked back down with a small relieved smile, "T-Thank you..." She said quietly, "Um... I-Is there anything else... I can do?" She asked, rather hoping he had something for her to do.​

Valinton began feeling jittery, he didn't have time for this, "Look, I don't have time for this. I need help finding a certain human or else Doku's going to most likely die!" He snapped in frustration at this Dead girl, "Are you going to help me or not?"​

 

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Damnation had already given her an order to watch the body of the girl. There wasn't much else he had planned for her. Not yet anyway. "As it is, I just need you to guard the body of the girl. You are the most powerful being other than myself that I am able to trust with such a matter. If you have any inquiries, you may relieve them and ask."

More time had gone by, more pain to be given to the girl. Valinton was half way through the cycle now. His speed wasn't going quickly enough. The time had come to activate the 3rd Cycle of Damnation. He moved towards Doku again and unlocked her nightmares to show that of regret.

His eyes drifted back to Ethel, "Oh, if there is something else you'd like to do as well, perhaps you could demonstrate your abilities some more by fixing a bit of this place up. If you don't I'll just get some other mutants to do it. Its not mandatory of you."

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"I'll catch up with you-nyan. I have some business to attend to." She walked away towards Idenshi. Although they wanted to discuss it, her curiosity got the best of her. She'd go and check things out before they made their little plan. She turned into a Rusty-spotted Cat, also known as the worlds smallest feline. She'd been invited before so knew the location of the big hideout. It wasn't long until she relocated the mafia base. She found a crack in the wall that allowed her to sneak in undetected.

Once inside, she began to look around. The place was trashed from some battle with a plant controlling user it seemed. She was high above on the platforms that kept the upper building from collapsing on top of them. She then came to see Damnation, Ethel, and... her aunt? She saw her twitch in pain as Damnation placed his hand on her. It was some form of psychological torture.

She gave a small, faint growl at the sight. She had one of two options, let the others know or take action herself. If she were to go alone, she risked herself being captured alongside Doku. If she went to get the others, that would leave Doku helpless and maybe by the time they got there, she'd be dead. This was a troublesome matter indeed.

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Lights began to flash. Electrical wiring detached from her back as her eyes opened to view the laboratory she had come to build over the years. Her yellow eyes glowed across as her mechanical parts were recharged. It would be more than a week now before she needed a recharge, that was if there was no extensive battling. She lifted herself from the chair she sat and looked up.

"Lambda, statistics report please."

"As you wish, Zeta." A voice came from nowhere, replying to Zeta's request. "Psi is finished and only requires programming as well as oil. The satellite requires additional parts that we do not have within the mines. The organic research is successful according to Mu. All that is required now is oil and unobtainable machinery."

"Understood, Lambda. Continue to run operations as normal. Alpha, Beta, and I shall journey into the city to acquire that which is needed."

"Very well, Zeta. Shall we also begin preparations on Omega?"

"Denied. I will build him myself. Take care, friend." Zeta called forth the two robotic beings Alpha and Beta. They were her first creations as well as her closest friends. They didn't talk, but she understood them. Unlike many of the other robotics, she was more precise with their programming in understanding emotion. The slight human instinct Zeta could not rid herself of.

"Approximately 2 hours is needed to reach the city. Alpha, Beta, return to the storage cube until we arrive." She grabbed a cube and allowed the de-atomize process to occur and absorb the two robots. Zeta climbed aboard her own built hovercycle and began to speed off into the town.

 

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Dead grumbled and crossed her arms. She had found exactly what Valinton was most scared of now. And the fact he mentioned the name of somebody important to him helped further her delve into changing into his worst fear. "This Doku person must be very important to you!" she giggled. Skipping around, she stood behind Valinton. Out of view, she shifted her appearance to appear like Valinton's greatest fear. She looked like Doku, except she had blood all over her body and a stomach split right open. Her eyes were bleeding and her fingers were stained with blood. Dead was waiting for Valinton to just turn around and nearly scream at this. "I'll help you, I just need a little something from you in return, you see." she said, smiling widely.

Doku gasped as the hand on her face caused her to begin dreaming of her greatest mistakes. She awoke, lying in a bed next to Valinton. They were both naked and she felt scratches on her sides. They hurt, but the worst part was when she looked down at her stomach and saw it was a mound under the covers. Next thing she knew, she was lying in bed at her family Doctor, a bassinet beside her. Inside was a baby, or at least, what remained of a baby. It's head was split open and a vile sat next to it that was a murky, bright red mixture. Doku's eyes filled with tears as she reached over to stroke the child's head. At the end of the bed was Valinton, hunched over and asleep. Reaching her hand over, she felt him turn to dust before her. The dust reformed into Valinton beside the two selves from an earlier dream. "Give us the child." said the one on the left. "And wipe away the debt" said the one on the right. Doku looked back to her left and the child, too, turned into dust. Doku curled up in the bed and began to sob greatly. Back in reality, she squirmed and writhed, sobbing lightly in her slumber. Unbeknownst to her, somebody was going to help her soon enough.

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Ethel looked around at the area. It was a bit trashed after that small battle that just happened... She decided to try getting rid of the vines first and walked over to one of them. She was able to rip it from the walls and ground using her gravity abilities and crush it into a smaller thing that would be easy to throw away. She continued to do this until all of the vines were gone and walked back over to Doku's body that was twisting and tossing around.​

Valinton turned to glare at the girl only to see a smiling mutilated Doku. He froze with wide eyes as he stared in horror for a few moments then realized that this girl was creating illusions. This only pissed him off. Valinton grabbed the girl's neck and lifted her off the ground as he glared at her as he bared his teeth, "Don't f*ck with me you wench! I can end you right here and now if I wanted!" He threatened with a dangerous tone that said he was not messing around.​

 

Caleb stirred slightly in his sleep. Lazily, he opened one eye. He was very tired, so he moved slowly, but after a few moments he did acknowledge Oerva. With a soft sigh and a short nod of the head, he rolled over further to one side of the bed, leaving plenty of room for Oerva. He said nothing, merely yawning as he began drifting off back into a deep slumber, where he would lie until the dawn arrived.

Stephen Castra wandered the Outskirts, his mind open and constantly searching for a certain person's presence. He had not personally met the one he was searching for, but he was sure he would know her when he saw her. Why he was searching for her was simple. He was a man of peace, ultimately, and he believed that peace did not come easily, and many lives would have to be sacrificed for it. He had heard of a group, a group that was more than a little on the darker side of peace, and so long as they existed the wars and battles would never end. So, he was searching for one that could be the one of the first of many that could perhaps turn the tides in his favor. Days earlier, he had approached another individual, one who had similar ideals to him, and formed a mental link with them, and he sought to do the same to this other individual.

As he walked, he thought of the rumors. Supposedly, the one he had sought was one of the first to be discovered with the Spirox gene, and one of the dangerous ones. If the stories were true, which he suspected they were due to what people had told him under his 'guidance', the woman not only lost control of her powers many years before, but also burnt down a large area as she did so. Such power wasn't exactly uncommon, but she had done it by accident. What could she do if she tried? He wondered. A few seconds later, and suddenly- there! He could feel her presence! It was warm, and almost inviting, yet held a hesitant edge to it.

Hello, Weaver of Flame. You are most likely wondering who I am, why I am here and the like. My name is Stephen Castra, and I am here to return you to the civilization you fled to, so that it may be changed for the better. Stephen sent telepathically to the woman. Along with that message, he sent various images of people being tortured, innocent people being killed and eaten, and an image of the slave auction being disrupted, in the hopes of convincing her.​

 

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Damnation was quite speechless at Ethel's flawless efforts to rid the disaster. Her abilities were much further along than he imagined. He was glad she was so infatuated with him now. "That was impressive, Ethel." He complemented, a rare gift he ever gave.

His eyes drifted towards the hidden mutant that made himself clear. "Ah, Zylen. Yes," His attention moved again to Doku to activate the next cycle: Inescapable Fears, the true definition of a nightmare. "Right now Valinton is tracking down a person who ambushed the mafia just recently. As for you, I'll ask you to do th-"

The sneaky cat had managed to get herself close to Doku. Damnation had finished his next cycle, and once he left, the girl transformed into a saber tooth tiger, grabbed Doku with her mouth, who wouldn't feel a thing of course since she was still incapacitated, and ran.

Damnation stopped talking at the instant she was taken. A shapeshifter of all things managed to snag her away. He began to speak in a calm voice, yet it implied he were ready to rip the head off of every person in the building. "New task, kill them. Both of them."

Neko caught ear of that last part and threw Doku onto her back, shifting to a Cheetah. 60 Miles per hour was going to do the trick on escaping, it had to. "Aunt Doku, now would be a GREAT time to wake up." She yelled, she didn't know that the trance wasn't going to lift for at least a few minutes.

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The young girl smiled as Caleb allowed her some comfort. He may have said nothing, but the guestures were enough to make her aware. Oerva crawled up next to Caleb and quickly fell asleep, her arms going over him, as she shook from the nightmares.

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The hovercycle hummed as it sped across the barren wasteland that had become the outskirts of the city. The stars shined down on her metallic clothing, glimmering like water in the air. Her attention was focused on an individual who seemed to be wandering the outskirts alone. It was of no concern to her. If the person managed to navigate themselves to the lab Rho, Sigma, and Tau would take care of them.

 

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Dead chuckled as she wriggled out of Valinton's grip. Dead decided it was best not to mess with him at this time and simply stood in front of him, looking like her normal self. Her eyes glowed in the darkness, as she committed his face to her memory. "I see that you aren't playing around, what with calling me a TOOL and all that." she said, dusting herself off. She tapped her chin and snapped her fingers. "I just need something for your help. Something delicious, you know? Money for delicious things will suffice if that's what you wanna do. Either way, I will help you so get to telling me what I need to do, dragon boy." she smirked. Leaning back, the skull charm had grown back up and was supporting her as she looked at the sky.

Doku gasped in agony as the next cycle began in her dream. Within her dream, she was walking down the sidewalk, holding the hand of somebody. This somebody was also holding onto a child in his arm. Doku, for whatever reason, stopped as they were crossing the street. The man turned in time to look at her as a car ran him and the child in his hand over. Doku stared, wide eyes full of tears as his body flew and slammed into the ground. He rolled, crushing the child beneath him, until he stopped against the curb and a light pole. Doku screamed, both in her dream and out of it, as she ran over to the body. Staring down, Doku saw that the body was Valinton and their child was mutilated in his arms. Leaning over his body, she wept while events unfolded outside of this dream of hers.

Soon enough, she felt herself flying backwards into the dark abyss of her dreams. Looking ahead, she saw a faint light and could hear a familiar voice ahead. Bracing herself, she gasped, waking up on the back of a cheetah. By now, they were quite a bit away from the black market and she was gripping onto the cheetah, not wanting to fall off. Then she recognized this cheetah. "Serena...?" she spoke, with a raspy voice full of strain. Her hair and clothing were a mess and her eyes were puffy from the tears she shed. Her throat was dry and her stomach was aching. Doku was not feeling quite well at all. "Are we going back home...?" she asked, nuzzling onto the cheetah. "I would really like that...seeing as I am quite hungry....and thirsty..." she muttered, taking time between a few of her words.

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Valinton glared at Dead, "What do you need the money FOR exactly..?" He asked sternly. He was beginning to lose more and more patients, he didn't have time for this... Why was he still here?!

"I need you to help me find a boy. A masked boy that looks like this." He said as he pulled out a picture of Caleb, however he had the mask on his face. It was a security camera photo so it wasn't the best picture he had but it was good enough. He handed it to Dead hoping she had seen someone like this somewhere.​

Ethel looked down with a small smile feeling happy she impressed Damnation. She was taken by surprise when a tiger suddenly appeared and took Doku. She didn't have enough time to react in order to attempt to stop the tiger with her abilities, for it had already run off.

Seeing that Zylen had already taken off after them, she didn't go after them herself. Ethel turned to Damnation seeing that he was quite furious. She stood there not sure what to do, "Um.. Should I go after them too..?"​

 

Chrona nodded before following behind the others.Things certainly were starting to get interesting. First a mafia group, now the antidote. The question was though, how did it all link up.

"No probelm." Kaied said as she left. Since it was late and he didn't really have much reason to be out anymore, He soon decided to head home as well.​

 

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"Gr, fish sticks! We've been caught. This is why I hate flying things." She let Doku down and turned towards the god-damn bat man. Well fine, if the bat wanted a fight, she'd give one to him. Her cheetah mold had changed to that of a tiger, one of the most deadly felid species known currently. She'd morph into something prehistoric like before, but she was uncertain of her abilities stability for such a transformation. "C'mere little bat. This kitty wants to sick her claws into something."

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"Denied. He is a skillful assassin. He shall not fail." But if he did, Damnation had another set task for him to do. If he failed both, clearly there would be a debt to be paid. Bat's hate daylight, forcing him to withstand it for a set amount of time would work.

He turned around and began to walk out. "Follow me if you like, I'm simply going out to kill something." He stopped and spoke to Ethel, not looking at her. Once the words finished, he headed outside into the black abyss of night.

 

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Dead looked at the picture and tucked it away in a pocket. She tried to construct the face in her mind, but the just wasn't coming to her. Scratching her chin, she turned to Valinton and placed her hands on her hips. "I don't think I can figure out who it is. Mostly because it's hard to see a face behind a mask." she sighed. Stepping around, pacing really, she stopped and turned back to Valinton. "Got any pictures of all the people that work for the market? Ones that aren't accounted for right now, I mean." she smirked at him. "If I can see them, I can probably figure out if it was one of them. Probably." she said.


Doku oofed as she was placed down by Neko. Watching her attack the assassin, Doku stood up and wobbled on her feet. Her head was pounding from the pain of not only the nightmares, but also the fact she was in immense pain throughout her body. Looking right at the assassin, she opened her mouth. "Zylen...right? Damnation hired you, I assume..." she panted, groaning. "I...I know he hired you, but I ask that you do not harm this girl. She rescued me...without my knowledge. I should not be to blame for what she has done...." she grunted and propped herself against a building. "I tell you now, Damnation has more use of me alive than dead. For starters..." she pulled a potion out. "He needs me to create poison...for..for..." she put the potion away, grasping her stomach and wincing. "For the plan he has to get the cure..." she gritted her teeth. "He also needs me if he wants Valinton to find the man responsible for...stealing and killing...mutants recently...at...the auction!" she said, strained. "Would it not be better to...take me back...instead of killing me...?" she asked of him. This entire time, her body was screaming at her to pass out. She wanted to pass out too, but she knew she wasn't safe. Her eyes looked at Zylen and did not show any signs of lying. "Please...if you kill me...and Serena...we are not the only ones you would be killing....your kill count would up to three...." she grunted, slipping and sitting on the ground now. Her legs were not screaming in agony now, but the rest of her was still screaming. "Please...I do not...wish...to die...." she gasped at him, tears in her eyes. She was scared for the child in her as well as for Valinton.

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