Thunderrar

lol, me thinks its because this is all in the past, means nothing truly bad can happen to our chars coz if it does then why wouldnt they have said anything before now? also bathory releasing tower who then immediately goes for talos but it takes like...a week? perhaps it all should have started in the Moth cathedral post.

Regardless Towers activation is a direct result of open season so perhaps all is needed is for the post to be copied or maybe even moved to the Moth cathedral post, anyway makes sense to me but then again im insane....aheh!

At this point Adam might have made a taunt, joked about something like a home run, hell if he'd really felt the need to be demeaning he might have even started counting down from ten, but right now wasnt a time to joke, there was nothing funny about this situation and Storm knew it, this was a real fight, something he hadnt been in for a very long time.

He had fought many demons and monsters with the Nighthunters, but always as a team, supporting each other, using their strengths to counter their weaknesses, but this wasnt a team effort, his own daughter had joined the fight to keep the demon off him, that meant the longer he fought this sword maniac, the longer she was fighting some demonic beast who was eerily close to the Worn cover, too close in fact.
Whatever it was he was sure it was a cut above the rest, different from the lesser demons he had faced tonight, and thats why he needed to win this fight, this needed to end now.

Dropping from the sky to the ground Storm began running forwards, his arms placed slightly behind him as he raced forwards, whatever was slicing the air around him wasnt the same as before, he couldnt feel it with his abilities, so he needed to rely on his own instincts to stay alive for this one.

He dodged left for the first one, then back to the right, jumping forwards he shifted his body to the right so he was diagonal, flying through the air for a moment he could have sworn he saw the air ripple as something flew past by him.
Spinning in the air he landed with his back to the shinobi, catching a glimpse of Alexia with her shield and sword out, he knew she was safe now, he could continue.

Spinning around on the spot he threw his right arm back, moving his body to the right as something else flew past him.
Storm pushed off the ground, sprinting forwards at his unknown assailant, he seemed to have stopped attacking and was now standing still, never a good sign, that means hes confident.
about something.

Storm kept his arms back again, electricity swirling around them again, focusing around his arms he brought them forward fast, coming to an immediate halt his arms clashed, creating an 'X' shape that fired at the Shinobi.
Pushing off the ground Storm flew through the air, aiming for the Shinobi, his fists balled together, electricity from his body swirling around both of his fists, concentrated in one attack.

Storm saw the destruction the unknown man was causing, his blade seemingly slicing through the very air and anything in its path, yet it didnt feel like magic, it was something else, some sort of skill he had aquired perhaps?

Storms thought process was immediately lost when he heard his daugthters words above him, firing shots at the demon across the street.
He was trying to take down the Circle of thorns members, the demon was one of them, any resistance he faced he had managed to take down with relative ease, it was a game at this point, there was a goal, the portals, a boss to defeat, the centre portal, but now...

Everything seemed to slow down for him, the second set of shots fired by Alexia rang through his ears as the unknown man leapt through the air, his blade aimed directly at him, this wasnt a game now, there was no fun to be had, no minions to stop, no fooling around, now there was something...someone here he needed to protect, and nothing, would stop him.

The very air around Storm began to heat up, steam seemingly coming from Storms body, clenching his fists the building underneath him began to crumble, what was left of the roof collapsing to the floors below.
He began screaming, a single noise that turned into a howl which filled the air, he was holding nothing back now.

A massive ball of white light erupted around Storm, engulfing any parts of the building still around him and disintigrating them instantly, as the light faded in that instance Storm was a different man, his skin was Jet black with glowing golden, lightning shaped marks over his chest, his hair was a golden color except down the middle which was also Jet black. Golden gauntlets were around his wrists and a mask covered his face.

Storm flew forward, a sonic boom following his departure, straight at the unknown assailant, his fist outstretched as powerful heat was pushing forwards, golden electricity swirling from his fist, all the way around his body. He was going to meet him head on in the sky.

Storm became alert, he felt something in the air, a new type of energy, something strange and different to what he had felt before.
Leaping backwards he hovered in the air, a few feet off the ground for a second looking up and down the streets until he saw a man down the road, holding a blade in the ground as a loud noise swept through the air.

Floating backwards he landed on a roof across the street from the building the demon had attacked. He kept an eye on the demon but his main focus was now on the man down the street from him.

Storm leapt upwards into the sky again, a field of electricity filling the air as he did, hitting the green flames and mixing together to form a thin wall of electricity and flame.
Once again Storm has to wonder what the demon was talking about, but as always, he decided not to give a direct answer, and instead replace it with more of a taunt.

"Try your local Library!!"

Storm turned around in mid air, he raises his left arm to the sky and pointed his right arm at the building as the Demon struck, the sky crashed with thunder as a lightning bolt fell down hitting his hand, travelling through his body and firing out of his right palm directly at the Demon below.

Storm decided not to rest this time, falling fast to the floor he hovered for a split second before landing on the ground, stretching his arms backwards he thrust them forward, cupping his hands and in a split second firing a bolt of golden lightning.

Pulling his arms back, golden orbs started to glow around his hands, rapidly thrusting his hands back and forth the golden orbs shot forwards, surrounding the area of the roof the demon stood on, hanging in the air until there was around 20 of them.
Storm outstretched his right arm, palm facing the sky.

"Tesla cage..."

Storm clenched his fist, the orbs of electricity connected with each other, electricity shooting between the orbs in a continuous stream, filling the air with a golden light that seemed to heat up the surrounding area.

Storm saw the demon coming but didnt expect for it to move so fast, having no time to dodge he did something drastic, shooting a high powered bolt of lightning from his right hand directly at the floor he manages to use the resulting explosion to roll to the left, barely missing the attack from the demon.

Pushing off the ground with his legs he shot into the air then slowly lowered himself onto an adjacent building, planting one foot on the edge of the roof while keeping the other one raised a few inches from the floor.

"Theft? im afraid your a little confused here, you attacked this city, you burned its buildings, attacked its people, i dont give a DAMN what reason you think you have to do something like this, im sending you straight to hell."

As Storm finished talking, golden electricity surged all over his body, small orbs shimmering around his hands, stretching his arms out forward he cupped his hands together and pointed them at the demon, slowly pulling his arms back he thrust them forwards, a stream of golden lightning reaching outwards straight at the demon.

Storm leapt over an expanding crack in the road, running towards the ruin mage resposible, two life mages on either side of him, as they brought their hands up towards him he flew into the air, holding his hands together in a ball he hurtled to the ground with only one thought in his head, they already made one crack in the ground, im sure one more wont hurt.

Hitting the ground, golden electricity exploded from his fists, the two mages flew in opposite directions, volting forwards at the ruin mage he placed his hands tightly on either side of the mages head, bringing his own head straight into it, leaning it backwards as he did with enough force to break the mages nose, then flying just a few inches off the ground he brought his head down again, directly into the mages face once more with a loud thud.

The mage fell to the floor, unconcious as were the two life mages. From the alleyways around him and running down the road towards him, guides, thorn wielders and roughly 8 or 9 energy mages all ran at him ready to attack, powering down for a minute he decided to conserve some energy. The energy mages appeared to be keeping back, raising their wands together a mass of energy began to form in a line from one wand to the next.

The first guide reached Storm, he managed to grab his arm and spin him to his left, as another one came along he kicked him in the stomach, raising his right arm as to twist the other mages arm behind his back, then he brought his right arm back, using his elbow to smash the other Guide in the face, grabbing the head of the mage he had hold of with his left hand he pulled it down into his knee then pushed his back hard, he fell to the ground like the other Guide had.

Another Guide came along trying to hit Storm while one of them stayed back, pulling out his crossbow and aiming it at Storm while a Thorn caster threw a throwing knife directly at him.
Using the back of his right hand he smacked the Guide in the face, catching the knife in mid air with his left hand he used his right knee to push the Guide next to him right into the path of the arrow the other guide had just fired, hitting him in the shoulder and pushing him to the floor.

Storm twirled the knife in his hand and in a split second threw it, handle first, into the face of the bow wielding Guide, disorientating him for a moment. Taking advantage of the moment Storm rushed forward, bending down he grabbed at the leg of the Thorn wielder, pushing foward he placed his other hand on his chest and followed through by picking him up over his head, then moving forward and smashing the Thorn caster down on top of the Guide.

Storm attention was now on the Energy mages, reaching forward he cupped his hands together, fingers stretched forward, the energy mages were ready, together they had collected a massive amount of energy and were ready to throw it. The centre mage pulled his wand forward, sending the mass of energy directly at Storm.

"Power..."

The mass of energy flew through the air, tearing the road apart as it did.

"SIIIIIINK!!"

Storm pulled back his arm, keeping his hands cupped together, the mass of energy being drawn inwards through his hands until it was all absorbed.
Placing his arms at his sides he clenched his fists, golden electricity swirling around them giving off a strong, bright glow, his eyes burst with energy as his whole body shone brightly, the ground shaking slightly as the golden glow from his body seemed to glow bright and brighter, spreading throughout the street, electricity sparking everywhere, shattering windows, lamp post lights and setting off car alarms.

Storm looked at the mages, his eyes burning brightly, they simply stared at him for a moment before turning around and running off down the street. Storm decided to let them run.
He didnt feel safe going any further from the Worn cover, even if he had rather grudgingly moved a couple of blocks away, just to misdirect the Circle.

whoa, very very cool! =)

thats because Thor rocks my socks and i want his love child =)
but yeah i do love Thor and kinda base adam on him sometimes, also nice to finally get him in an ic fight, yey!

lol, bugger, too slow to reply, ill try and edit it a little to make a tad more sense

Edit: little better now...

Storm heard Pious' voice over the amulet, not one to trust magical protection he decided to head to the Worn cover anyway to make sure it was safe.

He then looked at the Succubus he was holding in his hand, wrapped around her throat as she struggled to breath, three behemoth lords lying motionless on the floor around him.

"You got off lucky here, try to remember that..."

Throwing the Succubus into a wall he burst forwards, the sound of a sonic boom shattering the windows of the buildings around him, flying straight for the Worn cover he saw a few demons near it, causing seemingly random destruction while perhaps not realising how close they were to the Nighthunters base of operations.

He flew directly at one of the demons, he wasnt sure what type it was but at this point it didnt matter, wrapping his left arm around its waist he pulled it along with him, then while still flying he brought it forward, using his right arm he delivered an electricity fueled punch to its chest sending it flying down the street and into a parked car, resulting in a massive explosion that seemingly destroyed the demon.

Storm landed, turning around to see the other demons surprised look he flew forwards again, directly at it, in the moment it took for Storm to reach the demon it had tried to hit him with its claws, unfortunately for it Storm was able to catch its arm mid swing, electricity surging around his hands he sliced through its elbow with the very energy he was producing, it howled in pain before Storm brough his knee to its stomach, silencing the beast and causing it to collapse on the floor.

Before its head hit the floor however Storm delivered an almighty kick to its face, sending it flying over to the pavement in a bloody heap. He looked around, more would be coming and at this point he might be the only one to defend the bookshop, clenching his fists the sky began to grow a little darker, thunder could be heard as the lightning swirling around his body started to surge towards his eyes, growing brighter they seemed to burn a hot white energy.

"WHO ELSE WANTS TO TRY ME!!"

Storm thought to himself, first the countess, now this, probably connected somehow, and just how many more times could we let something like this happen...

Storm spoke through his amulet again answering Blades questions while fast walking down a street path.

"Well theres me....and, im here...then theres me, and i think im here...me again and possibly bob....who is me. Havent seen anyone else around so..."

Pausing briefly he delivered a swift kick to the face of a CoT spellcaster who ran out of one of the alleyways, immediately turning to attack him, the caster went down fast, hitting the ground hard rendering him unconcious.
Storm looked at him for a brief second before continuing onwards, once again speaking through his amulet"

"So unless you have anyone to call i guess we either wait for the other heroes to come or take this whole thing head on alone, personally i'd enjoy the challenge but..."

His train of thought was once again lost as he came to an immediate halt, down the street staring at him, growling, hissing and snarling were 3 Behemoth lords and a Succubus.
Storm glared at them for a moment before finishing his sentence over his Nighthunter amulet.

"...It might just be too big for us."

ah, ok that makes more sense, aye thank you!=)

wait what just happened? schmitt was about to attack and then he vanished or something? that last post confused me...

Down a dark alley in Steel canyon a group of five Circle of Thorns members gathered, ready to fight as a collective force, upon hearing a noise they turned to see a Behemoth Master walk a couple of steps into the alley before slumping to the wall on its right, bouncing off of it and collapsing on the floor with a loud thud.

They simply stared for a second before looking up to see a man in black and white robes, padded boots, no sleeves with black bandages wrapped around his hands all the way up to his elbows, the bottom of his face was covered in a black and white mask while his eyes glowed a dark golden colour, his dark red hair was left blowing slightly in the wind, made up into a ponytail.

Again they simply stared for a second, and that was all the man needed, vaulting forwards he delivered a punch to the face of the first one, spinning in place he used his right leg to kick another in the face, upon landing he knelt down for a split second before launching forwards and upwards, delivering an upper cut to the third one, then with both hands he fired two simultaneous lightning bolts from the palms of his hands at the last two Circle of Thorns members.

In this moment he had floored all five CoT members, placing two fingers on an amulet around his neck with a crescent moon symbol on it he looked around the alleyway for any sign of others before speaking psycically over his amulet.

"Blade, got your message, whats the situation here? Anyone else around?"

Open season on Tomb! =)

toothless gaunt decayed vampires, tortured relentlessly by a child then dropped a few hundred feet straight down with its tongue cut out just to deliver a message to bathory? nooooo, not gory at all=)-

thanks....that nice, really...

The triplets looked at each other for a moment then around the destroyed room, without even the slightest twitch in their facial expressions they walked calmly out of the building through the entrance Sword had made.

Elsewhere...

In a dark throne room a man was watching a glowing sphere, inside he had seen through the eyes of his minions, the triplets.

"Curious...he did all that and yet gives up so easy...then again those of the court have never been the most sane creatures..."

Swiping his hand through the air the glowing bubble dissappeared, walking down a few steps he went into an incredibly loud, brightly lit room. He walked towards the source of the light, it was from a massive cage, the top of which was alight with flames, inside the cage were several demons, roaring and snarling in general unrest at having being kept inside a cage.
The man placed his hand on his chin, lightly stroking his beard while watching the various demons.

"Still...the triplets seemed to test nicely, i sent them to defend the armoured fool and they did a nice job...in the end, perhaps a bit quicker next time"

Walking calmly towards the cage, one of the larger demons smashed into its bars, snarling at the man, baring its teeth in anger. He placed his hand on its head with a smile, feeling no fear towards the demon, as he did it began to whimper, lowering itself as the man petted it like some dog.

"With the corporation involved i suppose that means 'Big Game' is off the list, and with the Nighthunters remaining primarily in Paragon they could never be tackled full heartedly...the Countess' 'open season' on hunters seems to be just about over...but mine, has just, begun."

The man smiled again, slowly he began laughing until it became a full on maniacal laughter, the demon had backed away as far as it could howling in fear as it did, trying its best to claw out of the back of the cage to no evail.

ah rightyo, sorry dude but yeah it wouldnt make sense to have it otherwise, damn! that mighta been cool too=)

also techno didnt i try and drop a roof on you? you would probably destroy it but still, also my red guy was about to punch one of your bots, your on about being ignored....i know the feeling

sorry for intrusion? what? it seemed perfectly fine to me! um....ok, delete my post relating to your char...i guess

The green haired man looked upwards again, his sights on the already broken roof, opening his mouth once more his sonic scream pierced the roof above like a knife, for the briefest second it seemed to ripple before an enormous chunk broke off in one single piece, directly above the robots.

As he did this the red haired man rushed forward with lightning speed, reaching one of the smaller robots he aimed a punch at it as hard as he could.

The blue eyes one remained watchful, standing by Swords side.

The white clothed man stepped next to Sword, the red haired and green haired turned and almost instantly appeared just in front of Sword, turning around to face the robots they simply stared again, blank expressions of their faces.

With Sword seemingly in the all clear the white clothed man turned around, reaching behind his back with his right hand he unclicked something from the back of his belt, as he did so it began to unfold, unlocking bits and pieces until it formed a metal bow with no string, using his left hand he pulled back as if he was pulling back an arrow, his hand began to glow a slight blue, as it did a metal arrow formed, aiming it at one of the bots eyes he fired, and then another, and another, aiming for all of the robots eyes he fired continuously, each arrow firing at a greater pace that any normal man could have fired them.

The green haired man began focusing his scream at the robots now as the red haired man remained stationary, staring at the biggest robot.