sinister v e n g e a n c e.

[Pockyy]

James felt a shot of pain run up his spine as the hold around him tightened. Riko stood straightly as a gentle breeze blew past her; calm before the storm. Xaria, James' sapphire dragon had flown in from the forests, torrents of wind gushing into enclosed meadow. The dragon landed swiftly behind Riko, back a little over a head taller than the fallen angel. The blast of wind from the land whipped her grey hair around her face, a strangely evil complexion plastered on both their faces. Xaria folded her wings by her sides, snorting small puffs of smoke as she glared at Natsume and Kojack with venom. "I guess this won't be easy..." Riko said with a small shrug, a sarcastic 'what can I do?' expression as she leaped into the air, sword drawn in front of her as she aimed for Kojack. She just needed one small mistake, one small slip up for all that gold from Brythe.

"So, I've heard the whereabouts of the newest dragon rider. Unfortunately, that pesky Natsume took him." She said, smiling gleefully. "Maybe we shouldn't use that warehouse anymore." Olah frowned slightly, her pale forehead creased as she said, "What will you give for the dragon rider, Brythe?" The old man chuckled, "Haven't I given you enough? I'll match Riko's offer for you, first one with him back wins." Olah narrowed her eyes, scowled as she thought about that fallen angel. "Deal." She replied coldly, sealing the prospect of more gold for herself.

[Mayiamaru]

Kojack didn't move, just because Natsume glared at him. With a snap of his fingers, Natsume summoned two more portals. From one came a ghostly bird with wings tipped with golden feathers. From the other, a part dog part man-like creature. It's body was covered in marron coloured fur and silver bone-like crosses throughout it's body. The dogman had grabbed Riko's blades and knocking it from her hands with incredible speed, while the bird swooped towards Riko, it's blank eyes locked on her.

[~Lotus~]

Louts walked along, and then looked around to try to find something. She then tried to open it. The door wouldn't open, so she went to look around to find a tool. Lotus looked around a corner, and then found something. It was a rusty crowbar. Lotus then got back and opened the trap door. She then went in, still with the crowbar. Then, she went in. It was dark, and cold. Water was still dripping down the steps.

[Jump.Jump.Fall.]

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Eleven was breathing heavily, pistons pumping and her muscles tense as she ran. What remained of her damaged heart, was pounding against the wall of her chest, propelling blood through her veins. The tires attached to Eleven's metallic legs scorched against the ground, causing a loud hiss-like sound into the air. Eleven dashed towards the edge of the town, dodging large buildings and whatever humans were foolish enough to be loitering about the pathway she proceeded down the street. "The things I do for my clients..." Eleven grumbled under her breath heatedly. She glanced down at the machine guns that led to her shoulders, quickly turning her gaze back to the path ahead of her. The metal of Eleven's arms slowly expanded, revealing a bone-like structure underneath the panels of metal. The multiple metal panels raised up, slender metal poles keeping them attached to her arms. The panels flipped over, shrinking back down into the shape of arms. Eleven dashed away from the town, the tires attached to her feet were nearly flat now, most of the air had seeped out. She raced into the forest, but her tires couldn't tread over the underbrush without rattling the girl fiercely. Eleven skidded to a halt, her tires screeching as they scraped against the hard ground. She slipped, falling heavily onto her right hip; the sound of snapping metal sounded in the air, echoing throuh the trees for a few brief moments. Eleven moaned under her breath, closing her eyes and rolling onto her back as she placed her hands on her injured hip. Her robotic legs transformed back into humanoid ones, the tires hooked to her feet detached, dropping to the ground.

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[Pockyy]

Riko tutted as her weapon was knocked out of her hand. "Ditching the rules are we, eh?" She muttered, looking her fingers together as she stretched them in front of her in a comical way. Shrugging her shoulders as she loosened her tired muscles, she jumped out of the bird that had flown to her. She had leaped into a tree, poised like a cat as she gazed inquiringly at his new minions. The dragon roared, stamping her feet into the ground, forming deep scratches into the earth. If you insist, Riko thought to herself as she jumped down, landing squarely beside her sword. Grabbing the gold grip, she swung it expertly over her head before aiming a roundhouse kick at the dogman.

[~Lotus~]

Lotus went deeper, and found she was underground. She had been in the tunnel for about a half an hour now. This is a long tunnel. She thought, as she saw something glisten. She realized that it was metal. "A door?" Lotus said out loud. She reached for the door, and twisted the nob. Lotus was hit with sunlight. She quickly shut the door, and went back to the dark. She then slowly took her time to let her eyes get used to the light, one little inch of light at a time.

[Bluestlove]

[[Bleeeh I dunno what to start out saying >.< ]]

[Jump.Jump.Fall.]

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Eleven lay in the tall grass of the forest, her long hair sprawled around her and her expression twisted with pain. She moaned under her breath and then slowly placed a hand down on the hard ground. Eleven pushed her back up off the ground by propping herself up with her arm, but she was unable to move her legs due to the damage she had received to her hip. "I need to get back home..." Eleven mumbled under her breath, closing her eyes and clenching her teeth together as pain shot through her injured leg.

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[Mayiamaru]

Natsume shrugged to Riko's question and smirked lightly when Riko had beheaded his dogman minion. "You don't show any mercy, now do you?" Natsume laughed as his bird went towards Riko's neck with it's razor like feathers hardened as it dived. Natsume's demonic bird shrieked terribly as it sped up, it's beak gleaming in the light. Kojack had gotten a silent signal from Natsume to mobilize. He was strong enough to lift James a good five feet off the ground, but his slow and heavy movements weren't as easily undetected as his tail was strong. Natsume followed Kojack, keeping an eye on Riko.

Ryzionad heard the sound of the underground tavern's door opening. His head rose quickly and his eyes shot a glare at the door of his grandfather's office. "Grandfather. We have a strange visitor." He said, narrowing his eyes as he listened. The footsteps were hestiant and the breath he heard was shaky. Whoever was at the door was never here before and may be a threat if they were to get away. "What are your orders?" Ryzionad hissed lightly to Brythe.

Skye could feel something from the prison in which he was kept. Skye doubted that his abilities would work under these circumstances. He needed to do something though, so from the little rectangular window, Skye sent a silent message on the wind. It only too seconds for his partner, Rioku, to come to him. "Follow these directions and help this girl. Something much more has gone terribly wrong." Skye said in a hushed breath so he was not to wake the others or rouse any suspicion from the guards. Rioku nodded lightly in response and dashed away as quickly as he had come, darting into the forest. He found a girl in the grass, sniffing around her. "Metal?..." Rioku said in his mother tongue as he looked the girl over, not daring to disturb her position until a movement was made.

[~Lotus~]

Lotus continued on. It was a room with a beam of sun in the middle, which reflected off of a gold case into the door. "That's what blinded me.'' She said, and took a step into the room. "What's this?" She said as she looked it was, a crate, a gold case, or crate, and it was shaking, like something was in it. She then poked it. Nothing happened. Then she saw there were chains on it.