Blade Racer

Blade took the card and nodded at Patsy.

"Thank you, im sure this will come in useful sooner rather than later. But i can see im keeping you from your work so I will thank you once more for your help here and let you be on your way." Blade looked over the card a few times and waited for Patsy to leave.

Blade looked at Patsy for a few more minutes, but having not been present at Tomb's murder, he had never seen her before. Still he wondered as to just who she was.

"I'd still like to know your name Miss, and a way to contact you incase your needed again. We need all the help we can get these days after all and you seem able to take care of yourself." Blade asked politely, hoping the woman would be truthful.

Blade nodded at Pious' words and turned to the Officers. "Well if thats all Officers then please stand down. This is a Cathedral and Ray seems to have sought out sanctuary. As such he is in our custody until he can be returned to the Isles. Im sure you have other more pressing buisness to look to than a battle already finished. Should he cause more trouble I assure you he will be delivered to you. Thank you for your assistance and for taking the trouble of coming here to help us."

Having dismissed the police, Blade turned and walked over to Ray and Patsy, his shape changing back to his more human image robed in the classic Nighthunters armour. "now then, just what on earth are you two doing here? and the truth please, im not really in the mood for lies today."

Shadow was sent flying by the force of Blade's attack. He quickly recovered, but looking around saw that he was quickly becoming out numbered, and in odds he did not favour at this point. Without another word, Shadow took his leave and fly with all haste back to the Rogue Isles. He had seen what he needed in any case.

Blade let Shadow flee the scene. There were more pressing matters at hand. Blade surveyed the scene below. The falling dragon with black smoke coming from one ear, Blade could clearly see the demon and with a single burst of dark energy and muttered chantings, audible to anyone with good hearing, of "Maker, send this parasite back to the depths from which it has been summoned".

With this, Blade turned his attention to the men below. With in seconds he landed infront of the frozen dragon, his yellow and black demonic suit transformed into his shining white silvatian armour. The effect looked similar to an angellic warrior. "Everyone is to stand down, the situation is being controlled officers and it would be best if you left it to us to handle. What ever reason you have for being here, say it and trust we will deal with it as it should be dealt with."

As the Air bourne Dragon had swallowed Pious, Shadow hesistated. His tactical mind told him to let the Dragon destroy Pious, as this would weaken his foe and let the weakling finally be put to rest.But where was the fun in killing an opponent like Pious in such a way. It would put a hamper on his games in this world if he let the old man die here, like this. So many undefeatables in this world, and now an incorruptible? Shadow would not yeuld his prey to another now.

He put to rest his spear and called forth his full rage. Flying with all speed at the back of the Dragon, Shadow grabed whold of one of it's wings and pulled, hard. Using all his strength, the man of black and red with the burning aura of pure evil, began ripping the wing from the Dragon's back.

It was then that Shadow realised his mistake. A single itch had formed at the back of his mind but his anger had caused him to ignore it. Now he was vulnerable, and what was worse, He was upon him. A second spear, comprised of Black and Gold, struck Shadow from the Dragon.

"You will not harm that beast any more!" Came the cry of the Blade Racer.

Shadow gave Pious a glance before charging at the dragon. Using his shield to protect agaonst any fire, he used the points on the shield to create a spear of dark energy aimed at the dragon's heart.

Shadow had given up trying to get Pious to use his powers. The man was nothing like his alternate version. This Pious seemed far too pacafist, it seemed the rumours of the Nighthunters leader being all powerful were false. This fact urked Shadow and he turned that to a rage that made his spear sharper.

Shadow laughed, hard and deep and dark. He was actually impressed."You ask for my help against these monsters, yet help I have. Did i not turn the hell beasts against each other? Did I not dive into the mouth of a dragon to distract it from your cathedral and pit it against its brother? I came to see the might of this world's incorruptible Pious and I must say, you don't disapoint." Shadow was calm as he spoke, showing no sign the heat effected him.

"Perhaps it is time however, to show you the strength of your foe." And with that, Shadow let forth a roar that made the dragon shake, finally belching sending both men out in a pillar of fire. Shadow hovered in the air, smoking slightly."let's have some fun!"

Taken by surprise, Shadow failed to block the kick from Pious. He reeled from the pain but stood his ground. "Finally" Shadow exclaims, a tone of triumph in his voice "Lets test out that hply power of yours Priest". Shadow moves forward, using his dark powers to increase the power of his attacks, striking for the priests chest with the sharp points of his dark shield and aiming second punch at the priests face, striking in unison.

Shadow watched the Dragon dive towards him, and grinned to himself. This would work. He dove into the mouth of the fiery beast, his dark magic shield taking the brunt of the flames, and held himself in its mouth. From there he began to work his dark powers, corrupting the creature's mind and body, bending the Dragon to do his bidding, hoping against hope his armour would hold up against the heat.
He'd never tried this on a Dragon before, demons and hellhounds were one thing, they were the imbodiment of corrupt forces and so easy to manipulate. Even Humans had weak wills and often failed to resist his touch, now he just had to see if a Dragon had any darkness in its soul.

Shadow had let go just in time to avoid getting his hands cut off by Centurion's energy blades. Getting to his feet once more, Shadow positioned himself to defend against any attack that was sure to come, raising his shield to the sky, ready to bring it down onto the skulls of any ground attackers while protecting himself from ariel assults. Slowly he began to move toward the cathedral again.

Shadow knew he had delayed too long, he could sense Blade Racer's presence closing in fast, the pair of them able to sense each other as Shadow's concentration had slippedin battle, something he now had to work on. But he still had time, and began to run towards the cathedral doors, Shield still in its ready position, keeping a watch on Centurion for any movement.

Shadow laughed as he was flipped, using his wings to negate the force of the impact. This was a worthy opponent at last. Shadow lashed out with his tail, the sharp point striking randomly at Centurion while Shadow grabbed the man's legs and lifted, attempting to throw the swordsman off balance.

Shadow stopped and landed, making tracks in the ground as he stopped. "Ah, the leader of the time jumpers, interfering with history once more eh? you mst think so highly of yourself to believe you can make a difference in this world!" exclaims Shadow, his tone going from polite to highly annoyed. "Out of my way time jumper, this battle is not for you to interfere with!" He lets out an almost primal scream and charges, using his shield to push Centurion's sword out of the way while bringing a fist, coated in dark energy, in to attack his side.

Shadow smirked under his helmet at Pious' reply. He crouched inplace and put his hands to the ground. "No holy might nor unholy power will stop my presence, I am the Shadow, corrupter of all" he said aloud.

A hellhound pounced at Shadow, letting out a roar as it flew forwards, aiming razorsharp teeth at Shadow's throat. Shadow met the teeth with the palm of his hand, gripping the creature by the jaw. They glared at each other for no more than a moment, before Shadow let the creature go. Without a second glance, the Hellhound turned on its brothers. "thats a good boy, now, lets see just how much power this Priest really can summon, and if it's enough to save his life". With that, Shadow took to his wings and gave chase to the fleeing Pious.

Watching the battle from his view point on the cathedral, the fiery demonic vision of the villianous Shadow wondered just what this Pious was waiting for. Shadow had been watching the Priest for a week,waiting for a glimpse of the power of a man who had supposedly cheated death twice. He was now tired of waiting.

Jumping from his hidding spot, Shadow's body burst into blood red fire, which solidified to form his black and red armoured form, still burning. Floating to the ground on his great wings, Shadow landed behind the weakened Priest. "Good evening, you are the powerful Pious, yes?" he asks with a calm, almost polite tone. As he spoke, a shield of dark power formed around his right arm.

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Blade Racer had been on the other side of the city when the call came out. His Patrol had him engaging with members of Nemesis. Blade knew he couldnt abandon the fight, and prayed he could finish them before his friends got into too much trouble.

well that was alot of fun, even with the lag. Giving suggestions to the devs to help them make the invasion seem more planned helped too grats to whoever that was. hope they do that again soon, dont want Praetoria out of the game just yet.

Lucard sighed, he would have to talk to the priest about Tomb's body, it was too dangerous to be left in the hands of te heroes, even if it was lifeless. He shook his head to Patsy, lifted off the ground and began to fly back towards his homeland, he needed time to think before he reported the events to the council in person.

hmmmmm, will edit the post since howling twilight is meant to summon the nearby essences, he could focus all the poer on Tomb's essence and then its up to CB and Tech if it revives Tomb.

Lucard really wants Tomb to suffer, but its up to CB if the rez works or not. Also i dont expect the negative energy bullets to work on Nightwalker or whatever his name is, but they should keep those floating essences away from him, i think.

Lucard watched Tomb fall, his face a mix of rage and relief. Her death meant his people were safe at last, but now her attrocities would go unpunished. He watched the Nictus take Tomb's essence, and let out a howl, imbueing his pistols with dark energy and firing at the Nictus as it tried to flee the battle field. He began to run foward, blasting the Nictus energies away from him as he tried to ressurect Tomb with the same powers he had used on the Priest, still firing to keep the Nictus at bay, focusing his essence summoning powers purely on Tomb's soul.

Hope Lucard healing Pious is ok, and he'd be using the rez and heal powers he has so not illegal as far as im aware. Loving him taking charge though.

The feral that Erez'zul's attack had been aimed at crumpled to dust, the attack having a full impact. The second feral however dodged the shot, but was hit by Lucard, who had fired a single shot into the creatures head. They had servered their purpose and could burn with the island. Lucard however was not finished and looked toward the purple man. Using dark powers, Lucard cast a pit of negative energy around the purple man and Tomb, hoping to prevent them escaping. Lucard looked at the fallen priest and sent some of the same magics into Pious, healing his wounds. "it is not your time to fall young man, get up and help me! Erez'zul! Do not let Tomb escape!"

He turned to Patsy and shouted simply "shoot them!" begining to unleash his own volley of bullets at the fleeing pair.

right! think i missed the part were it said Tomb was inside i cave. I wasunder the impression we were on a cliff ledge, not in a cave. will rewrite to allow for this, sorry, too many posts and not enough time to read so been skimming through them inorder to keep up with the rediculous back log. I swear i sleep in one day and i miss all the good stuff.

Also just noticed, how is the nega-energy guy teleporting on an island where teleporting doesnt work?

The Ferals were on seperate sides fo a circle, they were focused on Tomb, but not blind to attacks. With sickening speed the targetted creature moved to the side, dodging the attack.

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Lucard moved slowly towards the group with mild interest, his eyes focussing on Tomb, raising his pistols. "The girl comes with me, and noone else".

The ferals hadnt reached the Isdium plant and were still very close to the beech, they followed the strongest scent of Tomb to find her, which would lead them to Tomb herself as Damsel would have only a small amount of Tomb's scent on her but moving very fast to confuse them

the ferals are excellent trackers, having grown up in caves and underground systems with little light.

Lucard was distracted for a moment as Suraya fled to Tyran's side, firing his pistol at the spot they had been instead. With a howl of rage at their escape, Lucard turned and was about to smash Pious around the face with his second pistol before stopping at Bathory's message.

He's eyes seemed to burn with a red glow as he throw his red tinted glasses to the floor. He too could feel the power taking over this island, but he cared not for it. It was just another ancient power, and so many had awoken in recent years for this to be of any concern. He growled "this is not over Priest, i will have vengence for your assisting a wanted criminal escape justice". With that, Lucard began to fly after Erez'zul and the Ferals.