☼ Demon Hunters ☼ Destruction of Angels ☼

[Ylva Rane]

((Psh. Don't be sorry. I can count many a time when I responded a little less than terrificly... or a lot less. XD))

.* Liam Storm *. & .* Elaine Emory *.

Liam could safely say that he never actually thought his cloning capabilities could help someone else's powers, except for giving them more targets to shoot at. Maybe someone from the Thorn family could supply him with weapons, but... that was about it. The Storm family was relatively new to this world, so all their powers were a little new to them. As far as Liam knew, he could only clone himself. That was it. There wasn't exactly much he could do for anyone else, so Liam just respectfully watched in silence.

Elaine could see where this might go, and she wasn't liking it one bit. Her first class at this academy, and she already had to work with someone? She was fully prepared to walk in, blast a few things, get lectured, and then leave again. Cooperation? What could her electricity do for anyone except run their...their computer or something? She sighed silently. Damien could just go back to reading his book. Elaine was fine with standing around doing nothing all class period.

.* Our problem is not having enough to do *.

.* Music opens the gateway to your soul *.

[Placebo Effect]

...........................aιden тнorn.
...............Aiden should've probably been paying attention in class, considering powers in combat was what he needed to work on most. But he wasn't, because he was thinking about something else. Or more to the point, someone else. He'd been worrying about Kage ever since she'd been bought down from what was left of the roof (he would be surprised if there was no leaks next time it rained). He dropped a throwing star to the floor and used his powers to move it under the door. He then transported himself to his weapon and broke into a job down the hall.

He ended up in the infirmary, leaning against a wall near Kage's bed, wondering if she'd wake up anytime soon.

ѕтaв мe ιn тнe вacĸ мeтapнorιcally, ι'll reтυrn тнe ғavor lιтerally

...........................∂aмιen ѕтave.
...............Damien sighed inwardly, and had to stop himself actually dismissing the class straight away when Aiden disappeared. "Right... Anyone else want to leave while we are at it? Feel free to, I have better things to do with my time." He picked up his book again and began to read once more. It was rare for Damien to be even slightly annoyed, but it did happen when he finally gave into all the stress of teaching, and when he got so frustrated it suppressed his angelic side (And making sure Trinity didn't go killing random vampires and werewolves phh). "Just go kill each other isn't that what you do in Caia's class?" He flicked a page in his book, wondering if he'd actually been reading the last chapter or just staring at the pages.

ѕєєιиg мσяє нєαяιиg мσяє - ιѕ тнαт яєαℓℓу ℓινιиg мσяє؟

...........................caѕтaneт alazne & тrιnιтy ℓσυя∂ кane
...............The car pulled up at the row of houses and Trinity climbed out of the car, smashing her sword against the head of a demon moments later, the vampire crumpled to the ground as its head rolled off along the ground.

Castanet shook her head, climbing out of the car and grabbing her spear from inside the car. “That’s just gross Trinity; can’t you kill them with a little less gunk?” In seconds, the spear head was through a werewolf’s stomach and she pulled it back out leaving the werewolf whining pitifully. “Actually scratch that I’m as bad as you. Don’t kill this one, its life will be given in exchange for Angela’s” She shut the car doors, leaving Trinity to take care of the last demon.

Trinity took down the last demon quite easily; the arch demon went down with a sword in its heart. She then made her way inside, ending up in a room furnished with just a bed. Angela Thorn lay on one of the beds; she’d only been dead for a day or two and looked deathly pale, the dried blood staining her front helped with the deathly appearance. Trinity stepped back outside for a few moments, dead bodies she could handle, but not when they were her friends.

Casta rummaged through her bag for some chalk and begun sketching out symbols across the floor and bed sheets. She then wiped the werewolf blood from her spear onto her hand and pressed the hand against Angela’s forehead as she began speaking the spells that would bind Angela’s soul to her body.

Bring back that, which hath been so wrongly taken,
Take in return blood of forsaken.
Bring back the spirit and mind of Angela Thorn,
In return for the words I’ve sworn.
Return her life, bind it now,
Close with the-

Trinity, who’d just stepped back into the room, couldn’t hear the rest of the words Casta was chanting, because there was a loud ringing in her ears, blocking the sound. She could however see Angela’s skin suddenly becoming covered in thousands of silver marks, and darkening into a much healthier tone.

wнen lιғe ιѕ laιd oυт вeғore yoυ, ғιgнт тo вreaĸ ғree.

[center]ѕнoυld we ℓινe тo eхрeтαтιonѕ or ғιgнт тo вreaĸ тнeм?

[LunaSoul]

*Present Time*

~Kage Pearce~
A small groan escaped Kage as her mind slowly start coming to consciousness. She felt horrible, especially her wrist and side. Everytime she took a breath, her side complained. As she became conscious, she cracked her eyes open and groaned again, shutting them again from the bright light. She couldnt remember what had happened, let alone were she was. She moved her arm over her face as she tried to remember. She could feel some type of cloth under her fingers on the hand on her side.

Kage's mind finally registered why her body was sore, which brought memories of the previous day... no... she had no idea the amout of time that passed. She opened her eyes as she put her arm on her stomach, looking up at the cieling, which when it came into focus, she guessed she was in the infirmary. With a soft groan, she pushed herself up to a sitting position despite her protesting side and looked around. She looked around, and her gaze fell on Aiden. She frowned slightly, "Aiden?" Her voice came out as a harsh sounding whisper. She pulled a face at the sound of it, rubbing her throat, "wh- what happened? Hakan's dead right? How much time's passed?" The questions came out before she could stop them. She grummbled and rubbed her face, her hand falling back to her side as she looked at Aiden for answers.

[Placebo Effect]

...........................aιden тнorn.
...............Aiden had to admit, it was just ever so slightly weird that Kage had woken up when he'd been wondering if she would wake up. He stayed out of the way while she gained her bearings of where she was, figuring that people moving about in front of her would confuse her if she didn't understand what was happening. However, instead of leaning against the wall, he dropped into the seat next to Kage's bed when she began to start asking questions that he assumed he should get around to answering. After all, if he kept his mind busy, he couldn't think about Angela. There was a slight stab of sorrow when her name echoed through his thoughts that moment and he quickly pushed it away. Sat down he could make out what she was saying, rather than being confused as to what she meant in her whispers. "Well, I think there was an explosion... You looked like someone had used you as a punch bag... The Lure demon is dead and looks worse off than you... It's morning, you slept about twelve hours... And I'm sorry I wasn't there to help you."

ѕтaв мe ιn тнe вacĸ мeтapнorιcally, ι'll reтυrn тнe ғavor lιтerally

[Ylva Rane]

.* Liam Storm *. & .* Elaine Emory *.

Elaine shrugged and began to stand. 'Well, since he offered...'

"Wait, Elaine." Elaine froze as Liam spoke, glaring darkly in his direction. Liam just smiled back and turned to face Damien. "In Miss Caia's defense, sir," Liam had been taught to always respect his elders. His parents made certain of that, and as he grew up, he always refered to an adult with a title. In Damien's case, it was either Headmaster Damien or "sir". Also, it was a natural instinct to defend people. "She's trying to teach us how not to get killed, and since the academy is being attacked so much recently, I think we need both her class, and yours...sir."

Elaine hated when people made sense. This academy smelled like trouble. She was surprised it hadn't been destroyed before Claie, what with all the demons constantly attacking it. But she remained standing even though she somewhat, and silently, agreed with Liam. Just in case.

.* Our problem is not having enough to do *.

.* Music opens the gateway to your soul *.

[LunaSoul]

~Kage Pearce~
Kage breathed a sigh of relief, which ended in a wince. She stayed sitting up instead flopping back down like she was aching to do. She smirked at the punchingbag comment, "you could say i was one." She murmured and she looked at her wrist at her side, which now had a cast around it. Sh elooked up at Aiden when he apologized, "It's fine, Aiden. Wasnt your fault you wernt there." She paused as she remembered the dagger she used, "Actually, you did help. The dagger you gave me, i used that to kill the damn demon." She looked back at her arms, which here covered in brusies and cots, probably from both the sphere shattering in her hand and the roof crummbling under both and the Lure. She looked back at Aiden, "Trinity. Trinity, is she alright?" Her harsh voice had aquired a worried tone, which was also edged with an almost panic one.

[Placebo Effect]

...........................∂aмιen ѕтave. & jacĸѕon eмory & яιѕку мι∂мσσи.
............... Damien had to admit there was sense in Liam's words, no matter how many times he tried to look around it. He sighed quietly honestly regretting his idea of teaching. Though, he took the approach he always ended up taking when it came to teaching combat. He hated it, he admitted he hated it, but the students (as just reinforced by Liam's speech) needed to know it. He set his book down after a few minutes battle between his angelic side and his irritated side. As his thoughts battled he watched Ethel step outside with a bleeding nose. After a while his angelic thoughts won and he nodded, agreeing to do something, "Alright Liam, I was being sarcastic when I made the comment about Caia's class. I highly doubt she kills that many people in there... However since no one seems to want to learn how to combine powers... And Aiden's disappeared off somewhere... I would have everyone fight demons but I don't think that's a good plan considering what's just happened... So what do you propose I get everyone to do Liam? You seem to want to be the only one to learn right now." There was a roar from outside Damien's classroom window right then and Damien got up to shut the window so he could ignore the dragon outside.

"Jackson and Liam get up here." Damien ignored Jackson's grumbling and waited until the pair of them were at the front of the room. "Jackson you can cover yourself in flames correct?" He waited until the boy nodded, "And make things fire proof correct?" He waited for another nod. "Well, there's only one of you, and there can be several of Liam. Surely you can cause more problems for demons if there's a whole bunch of people that are on fire?"

ѕєєιиg мσяє нєαяιиg мσяє - ιѕ тнαт яєαℓℓу ℓινιиg мσяє؟

aғтer all - a candle can вe eхтιngυιѕнed вy a ѕιмple вreaтн

...........................aιden тнorn.
...............Aiden smiled slightly and a dagger appeared, dropping onto Kage's lap, "Perhaps i should give you another then? Just in case." Aiden, being Angela's sister had gotten a bunch of potions from his sister a few months back when she'd created a potion that could stop someone feeling pain. He took a small vial of the same stuff out of his pocket and passed it to Kage, knowing that she knew what it was because Angela had mentioned that she'd originally made it for Kage after she'd sustained a wound from a vampire. "Trinity? She hasn't done much since when she was on the roof. I sent her down to Damien via weapons and he told me he put her mind back together... Though from what I know, she hasn't woken up."

ѕтaв мe ιn тнe вacĸ мeтapнorιcally, ι'll reтυrn тнe ғavor lιтerally

...........................angela тнorn. & caѕтaneт alazne & тrιnιтy ℓσυя∂ кane
...............

Angela was quite confused; she’d been sat with a bunch of friends she’d met in the Afterlife. The bunch was a dance troupe who’d died on their way back from a competition they’d won. Their bus had crashed on a bridge then gone tumbling into the river below. The group had easily made friends with Angela and they spent most of their time discussing random goings on. The dance troupe had been very excited to learn about demons and angels and hunters, and Angela had found that having a huge group of friends helped a lot when you were upset.

But the dance troupe and the garden they’d been sat in had suddenly disappeared and everything had gone black.

“Casta are you sure this will work?”

Angela frowned, she knew that voice, and hoped the owner of it wasn’t dead... She knew that voice because it was Trinity’s.

“It’s going to work fine, she’s almost here.”

Angela didn’t know that second voice, though, it sounded a lot like a snakes hiss.

Angela’s eyes shot open and she stared in shock at the green haired, green skinned woman in front of her. Castanet was quite a shock to see when you opened your eyes. She had pale green skin, short vivid green hair, incredibly bright green eyes that were slit like a snakes, she also had bright neon lips and eyebrows one of these eyebrows were pierced. When Castanet opened her mouth to talk, fangs and a snake tongue were visible. There were patches of snake scales up and down Castanet’s arms, and a huge patch of them on her neck. Angela screeched and attempted to punch Castanet, a punch that was blocked by Trinity who’d been stood not far away.
“Welcome back to the land of the living kiddo.” Trinity helped the confused teenager sit up. “No punching Casta, she bought you back to life.”
Angela choked as she was helped to sit up, “She... What? Snake?... How?” She then wiped the blood from her head, “Why do I have blood on my head?”

a вυℓℓєт тo тнe нearт ιѕ no way тo lιve

wнen lιғe ιѕ laιd oυт вeғore yoυ, ғιgнт тo вreaĸ ғree.

[center]ѕнoυld we ℓινe тo eхрeтαтιonѕ or ғιgнт тo вreaĸ тнeм?

[LunaSoul]

~Kage Pearce~
Kage looked at the dagger, but didnt touch it, "alright, probably would be a good idea." She murmured, and took the vial he gave her. She regonized the liquid in it from the one she had been givin by Angela when she had been stabbed in the side by the vampire. She looked at it absently her vision slightly blurred as her mind echoed Angela's name. She gave a small shake of her head and wipped the tears from her eyes while murmuring a thanks. She took the top off the vial and drank the liquid, pulling a face at the taste. She passed the vial back to Aiden and close dher eyes as she listened. "I want to go see her, awake or asleep" she said, opening her grey eyes to look at him, her mind set. The pain was slowly ebbing away now.

Kage slipped out from under the blanket that wa sover her, swinging her legs over the edge of the bed, touching her feet to the floor. She stood, and nearly fell as her head swam. She put her hand on the bedpost until her head stopped spinning. Looking at Aiden, she asked, "Is she in her room?" She asked, and added, "where's, my whip and shortsword?"

(I apologize for slow posts... my brother keeps jumping on me and taking my pillow and glasses lol)

[Ylva Rane]

.* Liam Storm *. & .* Elaine Emory *.
Liam opened his mouth, but nothing came out to answer Damien's request. He quite liked the idea of learning how to cooperate with others, so... he couldn't exactly think of anything that would be better to do. Elaine just sat back down again, a little peeved that Damien was taking the initiative to start class. She would have been content going off somewhere by herself to play her violin.

Liam jumped at the sudden roar from outside the window, and moved quickly when Damien called him up to the front. He waited patiently, nodding every once in a while to acknowledge the usefulness of Jackson's abilities. Fire could be very destructive, but frankly it can be used as a more of a protective measure. For instance, Liam's mother told him how people, before there was all the modern technology, used a large fire to keep away the wolves while travelling through the woods. Fire was...

NOT for setting people on fire. Liam glanced from Jackson to Damien in disbelief. Jackson setting himself on fire was great and all, but Liam was not an Emory. He was certainly flammable, and he didn't care how fireproof Jackson could make things. "Er, well..." Liam stuttered, his mouth finally working. "I don't know about the demons, but I sure would have a problem being on fire."

.* Our problem is not having enough to do *.

.* Music opens the gateway to your soul *.

[Placebo Effect]

...........................aιden тнorn.
...............Well, Aiden's plan of trying not to think about his sister had fallen at the first hurdle since Kage's tears had reminded him of her. He took the vial, slipping it back into his pocket and nodded, "Alright." He stood up hurriedly when Kage looked like she was going to fall, but didn't attempt to steady her since it would probably hurt if he touched her arms in the state they were in. "I think she is in her room... That's where one of my weapons ended up." He made sure Kage wasn't about to fall over and then closed his eyes, searching for where the nurses had hidden the weapons. After a few moments the shortsword appeared on Kage's bed, shortly followed by the whip. "There they are." He picked them up and handed them to Kage.

ѕтaв мe ιn тнe вacĸ мeтapнorιcally, ι'll reтυrn тнe ғavor lιтerally

...........................∂aмιen ѕтave. & jacĸѕon eмory & яιѕку мι∂мσσи.
............... Jackson, like Liam was struggling with the idea of setting someone on fire, however Risky thought it was a brilliant plan so instead of arguing with the teacher Jackson was having to divert his attention to stopping Risky doing something stupid. He finally got Risky under control with the promise that he'd let her raid the ice cream freezer later if she wanted to. "I'm not purposely setting someone on fire..."

Damien had expected that reaction, "Well Liam I thought you wanted to learn? I'm simply pointing out that if you pair use your powers together, Jackson's fire can be multiplied by however many clones you can create. But perhaps start off by just setting a hand on fire?" He would've added something sarcastic then like; 'And we have fire extinguishers at the ready!' But he doubted it would help with the situation.

ѕєєιиg мσяє нєαяιиg мσяє - ιѕ тнαт яєαℓℓу ℓινιиg мσяє؟

aғтer all - a candle can вe eхтιngυιѕнed вy a ѕιмple вreaтн

...........................angela тнorn. & caѕтaneт alazne & тrιnιтy ℓσυя∂ кane
...............Casta had waited until Angela had begun to make actual sentences before she spoke, she chuckled, ignoring the bit about the blood and sat on the end of the bed Angela was sat on. “I’m Princess Castanet-Constance Ariella Pandora Alazne of the High Court of Druids. Casta for short. Despite appearances, I was born looking human; I was cursed by a druid who tried to transform me into a snake. Trinity rescued me partway through the transformation and I’m now stuck half snake. However, I still have druid magic and therefore the ability to bring you back as an anomaly. Any questions?”


Angela just stared at her with wide eyes, “Anomaly?”

Trinity nodded, “Well, you’ve been dead too long to be able to bring you back properly... So Casta bought you back as an anomaly... We can send you back if you like?”

“N-no!” Angela shuddered, she didn’t mind the Afterlife, but she’d been killed at a young age and wanted to live her life. Well, what was left of it anyway... “Thanks for bringing me back...” She then frowned, finally figuring out what that feeling was. “It’s cold. Gosh, it’s been so long since it was cold...”

Trinity laughed, pulling off her jacket and passing it to Angela who wrapped it around her shoulders gratefully. “It’s only been a day Angela. I’d have got Casta to bring you back earlier had I not been unconscious... Sorry. Bit of a problem with some Affected.”

Angela frowned a little, “Right... You have a very extravagant life style Trinity...” She pulled the jacket tighter around herself and then noticed the odd marks across the back of her hands. She stuck an arm out and her eyes widened at the thousands of silver marks running up and down her arms.

Casta passed Angela a mirror, “The marks are the spell keeping you alive. Congratz, you’re technically immortal unless I kill you or you kill yourself.” She left Angela to look at the marks that were up and down her arms, legs, neck, shoulders; they even curled onto the edges of her cheeks.

“Jeese, I look like a sparkly thing...” Angela mumbled.

Trinity grinned a little, “Don’t worry, they’ll fade to the point you won’t be able to see them unless you’re standing in direct sunlight.” She offered a hand to help the girl up and Angela stood up, pulling at the dried blood that had splattered on her shirt, over her heart. “Perhaps we should get you a change of clothes? I have black clothes, black clothes, dark grey clothes or black clothes.”

Casta laughed, “You’ve given the girl too much choice.” She offered a hand to Trinity, who took it and one of Angela’s then teleported all three of them to her house. It was Trinity’s house in the Otherworld.

a вυℓℓєт тo тнe нearт ιѕ no way тo lιve

wнen lιғe ιѕ laιd oυт вeғore yoυ, ғιgнт тo вreaĸ ғree.

ѕнoυld we ℓινe тo eхрeтαтιonѕ or ғιgнт тo вreaĸ тнeм?