Blade Racer

Sword Runner stepped out in front of the group of Courters. "well well now, what do we have here?" he asked them "running from battle are we? cowards?". He drew one sword and stood in an ungaurded stance, the sword pointed at his feet. "well? where are you going to?".

Hey is everyone ok with me bringing in a villian group (non sg) that i created for AE arcs? Their basically Arachnos only a secret organisation. Can remove them if people dont like the idea.

With as much speed as they could, Silvas and Laya headed toward the dungeons. Upon reaching them, they saw Erez taking to the freed Damsel. Standing still and silent, they watch, they're bodies as indecernable in the gloom as the shadows they walked in.

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Outside Leeches soldiers began to fire upon the four figures stood before castle Bathory. Blade lifted his sword and fly high up, headed on a collision course with one of the gunships, his armour's defences ready to punch right through it. Meanwhile the dark skinned man raised his hands and projected a force field around the himself and his companions, then began to raise a zombie horde to defend against ground assults. The other two men readied their weapons, preparing for a good fight.

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High past leeches machines, a small, cylindrical drone floated surveying the battle. It sent a video feed wirelessly to a satilite which redirected it to a secret underwater base in the ocean between Paragon City and the Rogue Isles. The video displayed on the wall of a room, were ten men sat in comfortable armchairs around a table watching the feed. "Is everything ready as planned?" asked one of the men. "yes, despite the early retaliation of the hunter heroes, we are ready to begin holding up Arachnos reinforcements" replied another. A balding man at the head of the table nodded thoughtfully "then give the order, Arachnos must not interfere with this battle, is that understood gentlemen?". All the men pulled out cell phones and began talking into them, giving their orders. after finishing this they each turned back to their leader, "Yes Sir".

"So much for stealth" said Silvas as he and Laya began moving into the castle, past the two swordsmen, cloaked in shadows. "Pious must have given in, should we call in the reinforcements?" Laya asked her father, silently moving through the bars. Following her, Silvas replied "not yet, they will be needed later". As they began moving into the lower part of the castle, they became silent, focusing on fining the prisoners.

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Outside the castle Blade Racer and three other men watched the attack, focusing on anything coming out of the door, leaving the helicopters to others. One of the men wore a black trench coat, his dark tanned skin shining in the light of the fires. Another wore a hood and black body suit, with two blades on his back. The final was in heavy metal armour, painted a dark blue with golden linings and an automatic rifle in his grip. All four stood waiting for the word to enter the castle and bring down all hell on the countess' forces.

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Blood stirred from his sleep as he heard the commotion outside, rising to his feet he smelt the scent of his cousin outside, an began to head towards the door.

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On the opposite side of the city, Parasite Knight heard leeches voice from the loudspeeker. He began to move towards the castle, jumping onto the rooftops and moving as quickas he could towards the battle.

Ok, Liz, whats this about Mary's brother being locked up? and for the record his name is Jamie not David and you only stole Mary in the first place.

Gah! i gotta get Lucard lvled up quick then.

Cap Au Diable, Rogue Isles, Castle Bathory Dungeon

Mary's eyes turned from a green glow to a pure blue one, and a man's voice spoke from hr lips. "Elizabeth, what is all this now? release your hostages will you please? I can assure you, this will not end well for you if you dont. Your making enemies far older and stronger than you are". The being possessing Mary gave the girl the strength to rip past the etherial beings and focused its gaze on the countess. "your time is almost up" the voice said before the glow faded from Mary's eyes and she slumped to the floor in a deep sleep, a protective layer of darkness surrounding her

Cap Au Diable, Rogue Isles, Castle Bathory Dungeon

Mary stopped her sobbing ar Joar's words, looking up at him and her expression becoming angry as she recognised Moril. Her eyes turned a bright green, filling up with the light as darkness began to cloud her hands. letting out a very loud wail which shook the bars of the cage and sent ripples across the water, she sent a blast of raw, untamed dark energy into the gaurd, sending him flying, then turned the attack on the Countess blasting the metal bars apart as the attack hit Bathory full on.

Lucard is from Ancient Rome, if Leon is infact older than Lucard then my only defence is Lucard doesnt think any unknown vampire is older than he is.
How old is Leon?

Silvatian Guest Rooms, Silvatian Palace, Silvatian Universe

Blade opened thedoor, his face sour and slightly pale as he looked at his Sister and her Husband. "its what we feared Laya, Elizabeth has them." he says in a hurt, almost unhearable voice.
John slumped into the chair behind him, a shocked yet angered look on his face.
Laya had tears in her eyes as she looked at her brother, anger coursing through her viens "where is dad?" she asks, her fury evident in her voice, but quiet like her Blade's own.
"he's preparing back on Earth, his new apprentice...but he'll be ready when we are" he answered her. "the question now is, how long do i wait before going in there".
Laya looked at her brother, straight in the eye "dont you mean We wait? or do you think im gonna leave my daughter in the hands of that woman with the power and training i have?".
Blade answered quickly, a little smile moving across his lips at the thought of what his sister would do to the countess "No, infact i hoped you wouldnt. but we cant let the Silvatian army go in too. It would cause a war that we dont want."
"that your too afraid to fight you mean" stated John, coming out of his daze and looking angrily at Blade. "if you and your 'hero' friends had just taken the Rogue Isles long ago, we wouldnt have this problem, and my child would be safe. So tell me, why cant you fight huh? you heores too cowardly to take the fight to them? even to save lives?!"
Blade and Laya both looked taken a back, it was the first time they had seen John act like this. "your right, we dont want to take them out, cause the resulting fight would decimate both worlds". Blade's tone was serious "we hae to organise, get a plan together. Mary's a Balfear, and she can hold out, so can my wife. I have faith in them both John, dont worry, We wont let them get away with it, So lets go talk to the Council, and start preparations." With that, Blade and Laya and John got up, and headed off to the Silvatian Council Chambers.

Port Oakes, Rogue Isles

On the top of the Arachnos headquarters in marconeville, Lucard Vas Normak stood watching the sunrise. He remembered the appearance of the vampire at the tower, smiling to himself as he began to understand that here was a foe worthy of his attention, and perhaps his guidance. Placing his hat on his head, Lucard straightened and leaped off the building.

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Cap au Diable, Rogue Isles, Cave system Beneath the University

The sunlight illuminates the cave systems, redish brown rock covering the walls, a small pool of water shimmering in the light, a stone block of thesame stone as the walls, a man lying on the block. Eyes open and glow red for an instant before dulling into a dark green. The man stands, the black skull painted on his chest and face shining in sweat. He moves to the pool, and walks into it, his trousers becoming soaked through. He dives under for a minute before surfacing, his blonde hair unmoved from its mohawk. The figure appears to be ill at first glance, getting healthier as he moves into the light, exiting the water, his body now shining from the water. At the cave entrance, a dark substance covers his body and then receeds, leaving his body and trousers dry. Looking into the light, his back to the darkness of the caves. "Mistress, i am ready" he says, then smiles in an almost evil way, "for war"

Flashback: Lilith's Hell, a few hours after the abduction.

Mary began to wake, feeling heat on her face. Looking around her expression was one of confusion, turning to fear. "mom? MOM?" she called out and, realising her mother was nowhere to be seen, began crying, loud. Her voice reached a high pitch, but it was the darkness seeping from her that was hurting the demons around her. a Gargoyle demon that had approached the poor girl jumped back as the tendrils of dark energy snap at it. "I WANT MY MOMMY!" she yelled.

Out of nowhere, Lucard sends Leon a mental message "do not mistake me for one of these court disciples, nor a half breed, I am Lucard Vas Normak, servant of the Vampiric Empire, Born a vampire, an Assassin and warrior. Do not call me inbred, im older than you or little miss Liz, so watch your tongue young half breed, or i will rip it from your skull next we meet"

The cathedral doors burst open as Blood burst through them, cuts all over his body from Blade's sword. Transforming into the winged creature he had been before, he flew after his mistress, headed towards the rogue isles.

Blade can flying quickly after him, chasing him to the edge of the battle field. He turned to servey what was left of the battle, having left both the bell tower and the Cathedral's interior in a bad way.

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Back up on the tower, Lucard Vas Normak the vampire circled Leon, guns at the ready. At the countess's command he began to move away, heading back towards the edge of the tower. "ah i fear i must take my leave brotheren, till next we meet on the battle field" and with that, he stepped off the tower and was smothered in darkness, disappearing once more.

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the figure that had so easily climbed the mech cut the Helicoptor passengers free and was taking them, one by one to the ground, hurrying to get them all away before the machine retreated like its cowardly mistress.

His own master battled the cyborgs on hoverboards, flying in circles to avoid their weapons but making strikes at them every few minutes.

A hail of gun fire assulted Leon, a man in a red and black coat, with red, rounded glasses and a red long brimmed hat firing directly at the vampire, highly accurate shots from two pistols, one black and one white.

In an accent with a mixture of italian, french and russian, the man said "come come now, attacking a beautiful lady and making such brash comments. How can any gentleman allow that to go unanswered, half-breed?". Spinning the man disappeared and reappeared behind Leon, firing once more "how do you like the taste of my silver lines iron bullets, blessed in holy water and covered in the writing of the damned?". The figure grinned, fangs glinting in the light.

On the mecha, drone after drone began to fall away in pieces, as though cut a part by some unseen assailant. It was moving quickly up towards the trapped Helicopter.

Somewhere above the battle field, a great winged figure hovered, looking for anyway to turn the tide of this war. The villian dove suddenly, heading for the drones on hover boards.

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Inside the Cathedral, Blade and Blood squared up to each other again, the two colliding with a deafening thud. Blood brought his fist down hard on Blade's helmet, and Blade responded by bringing his sword acroos Blood's belly. Picking Blade up by the legs and neck, Blood throw him towards the doors of the cathedral, but not before Blade struck him in the back with an exploding shuriken, sending him flying in the same direction. Blade struck the doors which buckled but did not break open, and Blood collided with him, crackng the front of Blade's armour as he stopped Blood from reaching the outside again.

As the Mech went into repair mode, a lone figure dropped onto the field of battle. He had no weapon, and made no move to engage either side, instead searching the rubble under the mech. He made no noise as he sifted through the rubble, searching quickly as six zombies dropped down beside around him, taking up gaurd positions. The man rose up, picking up Micheal in his arms, his face becoming visible in the lights, a polished white skull under a hood, robed in black and white arcane symbols, he carried Micheal away and jumped up onto a building far away from the battle, and began moving towards Talos Island and the hospital.

Blade sat down in a chair heavily sighed. He was soon joined by Laya, saying "Sorry bro, me and john are taking the kids back to the hotel now. Seems something didnt agree with Jamie and Mary is becoming...well...". Blade finished her sentence for her "alittle hyperactive?". Laya smiled "how could you tell?" she replied looking at the girl running dancing around wildly, only rarely taking her eyes from Moril to look at Morri or answer a question. "its past their bedtime anyway, but congratulations, it was a lovely ceremony, other than that demon. a few more seconds and we could hav had her, but i had to make sure the kids were safe ya know?" said Laya. "i understand Sis, have a good nights rest and i'll come and see you in the morning before heading off" replied Blade before hugging Laya and moving off to say goodbye to John, Mary and Jamie.

((whats this kidnapping of NH loved ones thing?! and yes probably good to have a follow up in game))

Damsel, its ok, i was just confused as to how they know about Drake when he was killed in his own home in Talos and not at the battle field is all. Sorry if i made you angry , its a good idea

Damsel, a little error in that news report, Alex Balfear and Blade Balfear are cousins not brothers. And agrreing with alpha, how do they know about Drake Flame and about Gabriel and everything when it only happened a limited number of hours previous?

Alex was knocked unconcious by the blow to Jack, and Blood once more came to the fore. Angered by Jack's nme caling, Blood's rage rose up and he swiped a claw at Jack before flying off after Blade again, smashing through the roof of the tower and heading for his cousin. "no idiot, will show...will kill" he calls out in a shriek of rage at his humiliation. Charging at Blade and punching into him with full force, Blade's armour cracking with the force and the pair crashing into the cathedral.

In mid-air alot of Alex's strength was made useless. Blade took full advantage of it, throwing Alex around towards Jack Wolfe in a powerful swing. Alex went backwards, unable to correct his path.
Blade then began to fly at all speed towards the robots, reaching them and cutting them down as quickly as he could, using both his sword and his knifes, doing his best to stop the robots from destroying the tower.

"heh, well....yeah i am." Blade smiles at Feline, blushing a little at being recognised so easily "ah please feel free to chat and mingle, we should be starting soon i hope".

In the basement of the Worn cover a wormhole appeared. a figure in blue armour and blue skin walked out, his great wings out straching from his back. "im here for the wedding of my son to Suraya. My name is Silvas, i believe you are Pious yes? but i do not know the Immam here". Silvas bowed politely to both of the men.

Silvas carried an object wrapped in yellow cloth adorned with symbols. "now i dont think either of you know Silvatian (thats silvatIAN pious, silvatIAN!) customs, so i should probably inform you that I and the head of the Orders have already made the preperations, all that is left is the gifting. This can be don last or during the exchanging of rings if you so wish"

Silvas looked at them and smiled warmly "im sorry but i am aware that time is not on our side right now".