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Post by Masina on Oct 25, 2009 17:46:43 GMT -5
Ayla screamed as he touched her tattoo. She batted his hand away, panting heavily and clutching her head. She fell onto her hands and knees as she breathed heavily. "Get lost Axel." She said through heavy breaths. She coughed repeatedly, blood coming out with almost every cough, before clutching her chest, forcing herself to stop.
Herutsu walked into the large room where everyone was gathered, even Elle. Who sat alone on a table close to the door, waiting for him and Ayla. She looked up as he entered, seeing the look in his eyes made her stand up. "Everyone." He called, a couple of people turned around. "Oi!" Elle cried. Everyone turned around and looked at Herutsu. "Thanks." "No problem." Herutsu looked over to Peter. "I think I can finally give you a just reason for attacking the organisation, Peter."He paused, he saw Elle look away out of the corner of his eye. He could tell she knew what was wrong, she was good at that. "They have Ave." "What?!" Peter cried. "How? What happened?" "I cannot tell you that." Herutsu sighed. "Just get back to your posts now. Until myself, Kara, or Rildax, or Elle, tell you otherwise. Just be ready if we ask you to do soemthing. Right?!" "Yes sir!" Most of the people shouted in unison and left the room. Peter remained behind with Elle and Josh. "What happened Herutsu?" Josh asked him. "I already said I can't tell you." He snapped. Josh and Peter backed away before nodding and leaving the room. Elle stayed stood silently at the table she had been at. Herutsu walked over. "Hey. You okay?" "They killed my father. My brother. Not her as well. Not Ayla." Elle stared at the floor, biting back tears. "It'll be fine. I promise." He walked to her so he was stood beside her. He hugged her tightly and she hugged him back. "You can cry Elle. But you know Ayla, not to mention Vexa. She'll be fine." "I know. But what if she..." "Don't." He said fimly. Elle looked up at him. "She won't." Heurtsu stared over Elle's head. She knew he would feel worse than her. For years Ayla had been all Herutsu had left. He was in a lot worse condition than her now. He knew Ayla better as well. "We should get to work then. Right?" She let go of him and took a step back. "Right." He smiled, letting go also. "Come on. I should go and wait for Kara and Rildax to come back." "Sure." She followed him out of the house. When they got outside she turned to him. "So you going to tell me what happened?" "Kara could explain it better. Besides I promised I wouldn't say anything." "Vexa." Elle nodded. She didn't sound angry, then again, Elle wasn't the sort of person who got angry. She rarely got upset. "Yeah. Vexa caught her. Attacked her. But Vexa didn't want to do it. She was just following Ayla's orders." "Huh?" Elle looked at him in surprise.
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Post by Skarlia Kara Strife on Oct 25, 2009 18:05:52 GMT -5
Kara reappeared from the corridor of darkness and glanced about. She began to walk towards Herutsu when more black flames opened out to reveal Rildax, Cloud and Khali. Kara ran at her brother and leapt into his arms. He grinned. "Thank god you're alright," Kara smiled. Cloud nodded. "You too," he said softly. "But we need to get to business." She nodded and let go of him. The four of them began to walk towards Herutsu when Kara suddenly whispered in Rildax's ear. "Oh, and by the way, congrats, you're gonna be a dad." The casual tone Kara kept made Rildax go into a coughing fit, possibly because he'd just swallowed three chewing gums he'd had in his mouth. "What?!" He whispered urgently back. "Ayla's message," she shrugged as though it were nothing.
Axel smiled. "Oh I can't do that. I know all of the worlds." He tapped his head with two fingers, leaning forwards slightly. "I guess you could say I got them memorised." He stood up fully, walking towards the bars. "I suppose I can't harvest your heart; it's no longer pure. So just sit tight and be a good girl." He vanished and appeared on the other side of the cell. "And congratulations. Though I doubt you or Rildax would make good parents. You never did." He began to walk away, his footsteps echoing in the deafening silence.
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Post by Masina on Oct 25, 2009 18:15:04 GMT -5
"I swear to god Axel, if Masina doesn't kill you I will." She shouted after him. Did she really need reminding of how bad a mum she was to Eve? No was the answer to that question. he froze as another voice came from the wall opposite the cell. "I doubt you can." Vexa stepped from the shadows. "You have had many oportunities to kill him, and just left. You beat him in both of your previous fights, then just took off." She walked up to the cell. "What are you doing here?" "My job." She said simply. "I don't just take orders from you and Axel." She whispered, so quiet it was barely hearable.
Elle noticed them walking over. "There." She told Herutsu. He nodded, he had climbed a tree whilst Elle sat on the bench in from of the house. "Cloud and Khali are there." "Who?" "Ayla's brother, and a friend." He told her. "Oh, right." Elle nodded.
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Post by Skarlia Kara Strife on Oct 25, 2009 18:28:22 GMT -5
Axel noticed Lexu and Skarlia. The two looked up as Axel approached. "I thought you were asleep," Axel looked at Skarlia. "I was, but then I woke up," Skarlia shrugged. Lexu looked at Axel carefully. "She's alright here. It's not as if she has to be locked up in her room." Axel glanced at Lexu before walking past them, waving a hand absently. "Fine, whatever." Skarlia looked back at Lexu. "Did I do something wrong?" Lexu shook his head. "Don't mind him."
Kara sat down near the front of the house and watched the sky absently as the other three stood about. "Herutsu!" Kara suddenly called. She pulled the stone from her pocket. "Lyrin sent this. As a mutual ally token." She shrugged. "He said it had come in useful for locating Organisation members."
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Post by Masina on Oct 25, 2009 18:35:27 GMT -5
Elle stood up from the bench. She smiled at Kara. "Hey." She looked up at the tree Herutsu was in. He was just staring at the sky. "One second." She picked up a stone and threw it at him, hitting him right on his chest. "Ow." He scowled, jumping down from the tree. "Why did Ayla teach you to do that?" He said sourly. "Actually, she taught me to do that with knives. That was a pebble, you are lucky you aren't my target practice." "Yeah, Ayla said you have freakishly good aim." "Thanks!" She said cheerfully before spinning back around to face the four behind them. "Sorry." "Ignore her." Herutsu walked up behind her. "I do." "Yeah, then Ayla slaps you." Elle rolled her eyes. "And you still have the bruises to prove it right?" "Yeah, yeah." He said, dodging the subject. "How'd it go?"
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Post by Skarlia Kara Strife on Oct 25, 2009 18:44:56 GMT -5
"Erm, yeah..." Kara coughed slightly. "Lyrin agrees to forming an alliance for at least this fight. However he warned us that the Organisation have started animating the corpses of those who became experiments and are now almost invinsible Nobody slaves called the Undead Nobodies. Horrific things." She tossed the stone to Elle. "Take a look at that." She had felt it heat up slightly when Rildax had shown up. She imagined it was hotter the more 'heartless' the Nobody.
Reno sat up and glanced about. He wondered where everyone was. He guessed he'd missed a lot. He looked at the clock. Had he been unconcious that long? Memories began to reform in his mind. He began to remember everything that had happened... Oh, that was right. Who was that boy who had been with Axel? Axel had told Reno to ask Kara. But where was she? He sighed and heaved himself to his feet, groaning under the strain of the cuts all over him. His head span but nevertheless he began to walk through the door. He was still in his suit and his normal clothes. Perfect.
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Post by Masina on Oct 25, 2009 18:56:04 GMT -5
Elle nodded and caught the stone. "Can you take a look at it properly Elle?"Herutsu asked. "That's usually what Ayla does. I'm no good at analysing stuff. Hence the fact she's in charge of us." "Well, right now, she isn't here. So I'm in charge of you. So can you at least try?" He said firmly. "Sure." Her eyes flickered back to the house. "What is it?" "I'll check this later." She told him. "Reno." She said quickly, pocketing the stone. "He's awake?" "Yeah. And walking. He shouldn't be yet." Elle said, before running inside the house. "Okay then." Herutsu glanced at Kara. "I suggest you go and see him. There is some one you don't want to see due to turn up." He was reffering to Vexa.
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Post by Skarlia Kara Strife on Oct 25, 2009 19:06:07 GMT -5
Kara nodded and walked inside, hiding the fact she was grateful to be going inside also to see Reno. She spotted him staggering around a corner and she ran at him, hugging him tightly. He wobbled slightly but kept his balance. "Alright, easy!" He laughed. "I can hardly stand as it is without you helping gravity out!" Kara smiled, letting go. "Sorry." Reno smiled back softly. The silence dragged on before Reno broke it. "So, erm... have I been out of it long?" Kara nodded. "Long enough. I was by your bed for ages so I should know." "Ah I wandered why I kept dreaming I was talking to you." "Really?" "Yeah. You kept blabbering on about the 'old days'." Kara laughed. "Yep, you heard me." Reno's smile faded as he looked at the floor. Kara's smile also faded. "What's wrong?" Reno glanced at her slightly. "I need to ask you something."
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Post by Masina on Oct 25, 2009 19:11:47 GMT -5
"You can ask her whatever it is when you get back to the medical room." Elle's voice came from behind Kara. She was stood watching them, with her arms folded. "And just so you know, Cloud literally had to drag her away from you while you were unconcious. Ayla spoke to you every so often then." Elle told Reno. "Kara, take him back to the medical room okay? He shuldn't be moving around too much." She said sternly, before turning and walking away.
"By the way Rildax, why were you choking?" Herutsu looked over at him and asked suddenly.
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Post by Skarlia Kara Strife on Oct 25, 2009 19:22:45 GMT -5
Rildax's eyes widened briefly, but he was looking away from Herutsu. He composed himself and span around. "Oh, well..." he said. "Let's just say I'm never having three pieces of chewing gum again."
Kara nodded. She looked at Reno with a mockingly stern face. "Ok, come on," she said. Reno saluted the two girls with a serious expression. "Ay ay, ma'am." He began to march, then stagger back to the medical room. Kara threw his arm around her neck and supported him there. He smiled slightly at her. "Ugh, just like the old days, then?" He said. "Yeah..." The two got back into the medical room and Reno lay on the bed, on top of the covers. He looked a little like Axel when he had his hands behind his head. "So what was it?" Kara asked. Reno looked at Kara out of the corner of his eye. "It doesn't matter. I'll tell you later."
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Post by Masina on Oct 25, 2009 19:35:55 GMT -5
"Huh?" Herutsu looked confused. "Why? Hold on, why did you have three pieces of chewing gum anyway?" Back flames appeared by the bench Elle had been sat on. Vexa stepped out from them. "Well?" Herutsu looked at her expectantly. "She's unconcious, but she'll be fine." Vexa nodded to him. "Axel may have found both her physical and emotional weaknesses. Though, he should have already known them." "Meaning?" "Meaning Axel mentioned something about Cloud, Ayla got angry. He told her he found her weak point, and then that he found another one. Touched the tattoo, then she was falling unconcious as she was talking to me." She explained, she looked at Rildax. "Kara told you yet? If yeah, then Axel knows aswell. Apparently he 'sensed' it."
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Post by Skarlia Kara Strife on Oct 25, 2009 19:50:11 GMT -5
Rildax was about to reply when Vexa showed up. "She told me," he confirmed. "As for Axel... I dunno he changed. He can sense things like that. It's weird..." He smiled slightly before it vanished again. "Can't help thinking I'm gonna screw this up..." he said to himself quietly.
Kara looked at Reno again. His eyes were closed. "Reno, are you asleep again?" She said, but knew the answer. His breathing was slow and he wouldn't stir. Kara brush a few strands of hair from his face and watched him silently. She remembered how she and Rude had wound up Reno so much. Told him to get a haircut. He'd retaliated easily, begging them not to shave all his hair off and be like Rude. She wished she could move on from the past.
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Post by Masina on Oct 26, 2009 6:40:46 GMT -5
"You won't." Vexa told him firmly. She looked over at him, watching him for a moment before looking back at Herutsu. "By the way, the cell she's in will surpress her powers, so eventually, she won't be able to use them to contact any of us like she did with Kara." Her eyes flickered to Rildax slightly before fixing on Herutsu. "So whatever is wrong with her will get worse, and if she tries to use her power, it will get a lot worse." She paused. "As for Axel, if he touches that tattoo again, you should know that Ayla isn't healing as fast as she did, and it was hard work for her to recover from that anyway, remember?" She was referring to what happened with Fexier. "Anyway, in short, she spends too long in there, she'll die." Vexa finished bluntly. Herutsu froze. "Ayla won't die. She's stronger than that." "Didn't some one already tell you this? Ayla is human. And without her powers she's more human than ever. She's strong sure, but that doesn't make her immortal."
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Post by Skarlia Kara Strife on Oct 26, 2009 7:05:45 GMT -5
Rildax was looking at the floor. "She's only human..." he sighed. "We need to work fast. My city is ready to move into battle whenever. Especially after Texaelle's brilliant breakthrough..." he smiled slightly but decided to save the explanation until later. "I suppose Lyrin has more than enough people ready for battle." He glanced at Khali and Cloud. "Will you back me up?" Cloud nodded. "Until the end." Rildax smiled. "Thank you."
Kara felt her eyelids begin to droop. She realised how long it had been since she had a proper night's sleep. She was going to go into battle with everyone else of course, but she needed to sleep first. Yet watching Reno sleeping made her want to just sit there and watch him. She decided against talking to him though; she was sure he didn't want to hear more of her. She closed her eyes as she sat there and something like sleep took her.
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Post by Masina on Oct 26, 2009 7:45:28 GMT -5
Vexa looked at Cloud and Khali and smiled slightly. "Two more people that are bound to help." She pointed over her shoulder as Masina and Demyx appeared. "She found us earlier and explained what happened." Masina said lifelessly. "Saying what Masina's thinking." Demyx smirked. "Looks like us three take orders from you lot now." He looked at Vexa, who nodded slightly. "Well, what are we supposed to do first?" Vexa asked. "The organisation are not people you should fight all at once. It would probably be wiser to split them up. Xyrina will be on her own anyway, she's down a partner." "Fexier." Herutsu smirked. "How did you kill him exactly?" "Uh, the same way I knocked Ayla out, only I made sure his injuries were much more serious." She said quietly. "Could you give us the details on some of the members then?" Masina asked. "I can try." She said. "You really chose the wrong person, I barely pay any attention to them. But if you lot want me to, I could tell you what I do know."
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