Tell you what Youko. You can be in the next one.
EDIT: That is Metal WOLFFE and Blood WOLFFE, Techsupport. You know this story could use another tragic loss of a hero....
lol, you caught that too huh? I don't think a blood waffle would taste ever good either
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lol, you caught that too huh? I don't think a blood waffle would taste ever good either
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And metal waffle is very hard on your teeth... 
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Another tragic death? *swoon*
Well... if it needs one... 
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Butbutbut... What about my love scene?
I mean... He's like... 37 in this thread. Debonnaire, white-haired, good health and handshome in that Shean Connery shtyle ala Jamesh Bond... erm.. ok... So I exaggerate a little.
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Butbutbut... What about my love scene?
I mean... He's like... 37 in this thread. Debonnaire, white-haired, good health and handshome in that Shean Connery shtyle ala Jamesh Bond... erm.. ok... So I exaggerate a little.
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My heart is pitter-pattering.... except, well, The Steele part of me sees that Neem Avatar and goes wild. Pandora is a single girl, 35, built like an athletic Marilyn Monroe....
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Butbutbut... What about my love scene?
I mean... He's like... 37 in this thread. Debonnaire, white-haired, good health and handshome in that Shean Connery shtyle ala Jamesh Bond... erm.. ok... So I exaggerate a little.
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My heart is pitter-pattering.... except, well, The Steele part of me sees that Neem Avatar and goes wild. Pandora is a single girl, 35, built like an athletic Marilyn Monroe....
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Im sorry. Was Fabio on the cover of this thread? Was the word Eternal, Embrace, or Fire in the title? I dont think so. 
Anyways, the price the Ring will have to pay is high and more heroes will pay the ultimate price on their mission to stop the Center and his war-ending machine. Who will pay that price? What does the machine do? You will have to wait and see. I would put the machine's potential summed up into these words...
There will one day spring from the brain of science a machine or force so fearful in its potentialities, so absolutely terrifying, that even man, the fighter, who will dare torture and death in order to inflict torture and death, will be appalled, and so abandon war forever.
- Thomas A. Edison
Except the man who controls it will use it. Next chapter coming soon.
Could the machine be.... *gasp of horror* a Blood Waffler? The mother of all breakfast irons?!?!?
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OH NO....not The Blood Waffler! Where's it devilsih sidekick Molten Syrup?
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That is Metal WOLFFE and Blood WOLFFE, Techsupport. You know this story could use another tragic loss of a hero....
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I'm spreading.. Fear me!
"If I didn't enjoy the ludicrous mayhem of an 8-person pick-up team and my eventual glorious triumph over seemingly impossible odds bereft of lucid and competant comrades, I would have left this game a long time ago. " - mean_liar
WOW, Awesome stuff, wish i'd found it sooner. Great job Blood_Wolffe!
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WOW, Awesome stuff, wish i'd found it sooner. Great job Blood_Wolffe!
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Rest comforted in this.... if you had been along from the beginning, you would have suffered a tormented existence with the rest of us as we waited with baited breath for each successive chapter.
Oh, I don't know if I can wait another day!!!! Or three!!!!
/emote angsts horriblly
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I know what you mean Steele. Everytime I see someone has posted here I go check it immediately just to find that the Blood Waffle has struck again.
I'm gonna die if I have to wait another day...
Ditto.
/emote pokes at Blood_Wolffe
/emote whines "PLEASE! Mercy!"
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(Okay, you all have suffered enough. Thanks for the compliment EmeraldField)
XV. The Gate Keepers
The Ring of Resistance huddled inside a the ruins of a toppled building, warming themselves by a fire as the smoke wafted slowly out the broken window facing the sky. It was a surreal scene, as they sat on the wall looked to their left and right at the floor and ceiling, and all the furniture and loose items broken and piled against a wall. They had not spoken a word since they broke Blood Wolffe out a few hours ago. They had to be discreet as Winston hired some bounty hunters to get back one of his biggest money makers.
Blood Wolffe was the first to speak up.
"What exactly do you need me for anyways?" He asked.
"The Council is making some kind of super weapon. We dont know what it does, or even if it is real. But we have to do something. We got some information that it is in the Council's main base. You are the only one I know that has ever even seen it, let alone been inside." Captain Neem said.
"That means we have to leave the city. Which means we have to cross the wasteland. Where is your vehicle, you must have had one to cross it since you dont all fly?"
"Vehicle's wasted. Crash landed here." Eternal Twilight said.
"You have no vehicle? Let me get this straight. You are trying to fight the strongest army in the world by trying to destroy a machine that you arent sure exists, in a base that you dont know the location of, and you got yourself stuck in the theives' den which is surrounded by hundreds of miles of impassable land?" Blood Wolffe asked.
"And we're following the blind man to the base." Mister H said.
Blood Wolffe nodded at the forgotten detail. "To get out of this city you need either a vehicle that flies, which is preferable, or you can go south. There is Lord Mordachai and his vampire clan. They know the only way to cross it. But I have to warn you. Not everyone who goes to them to cross it lives. Some end up their food."
"Can we fix Irene? Acier? Techsupport?" Steele Magnolia said.
"Nope." Techsupport said
"Even if we could, it would probably get scavenged apart faster than we could build it." Acier said.
"Okay, we will go to the vampires." Steele said.
They waited for a few hours until they left to head south for the vampires.
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A bounty hunter hired by Winston was hot on the trail of the Circle of Thorns who took Mad Dog. He knelt on the ground, and looked up to the direction their tracks led. As he started in their direction a man stepped out from behind a building.
"Who the hell are you?" he said as he pulled out his shotgun and pointed it at his chest.
"I am Metal Wolffe. I will not let you get anywhere near the people you are after. If you want to live, just go home and forget about this job. I am being generous with you, take the offer, or I will make an example out of you."
The bounty hunter looked like he was considering the offer while he pointed the shotgun at him.
"Nah, I think I will just shoot you." he said as he pumped the round into the chamber and blasted Metal Wolffe with 12 guage .00 buckshot.
The bullet sized pellets peppered Metal Wolffe and he fell down, blood spraying from the wounds.
"Everybody's a tough guy till someone backs their word up." The Bounty Hunter sighed as he rested the shotgun against his shoulder.
He walked over to the corpse to see if he could get anything of worth. At the very least his boots could be sold. Looking over the body he noticed a lack of blood, and wounds. Metal Wolffe snapped his eyes open and looked at the man, morphed his appearance and said,
"Everybody's a tough guy until someone backs their word up."
The bounty hunter stumbled back and pumped another round into his shotgun. He fired three more rounds into Metal Wolffe. The rounds again peppered him but they healed instantly as Metal Wolffe got up and started walking towards the bounty hunter.
"I told you to go home. I told you I would make an example out of you if you didnt. I told you I was being generous. Why didnt you listen?" Metal Wolffe said.
He raised a hand to the bounty hunter.
A few moments later a scream could be heard in the city. A few hours later another team came to the same scene, on the same trail to the Circle of Thorns and saw the charred remains of some unknown, headless man, still steaming and holding a half melted shotgun strung up on a lightpost. They looked to the middle of the street and found the man's head on a steel pole.
"What the hell did that?" said one of the gritty men.
Another, older man looked at the body, "Plasma burns. Never seen 'em cover a body though, takes alot of energy just to fire one little plasma blast. Be careful. Spread out."
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Requiem stormed down the hall, his medals jingling highlited his anger with each step. Scientists and guards dove to get out of his way as they stared in awe as he walked by. When he was this angry it meant someone was going to die usually. He angrily punched his code into the security panel on a lab door, ignoring the two guards on either side popping to attention and saluting him. Requiem walked inside to find Captain Helsinger watching over Tick-Tok, who was hooked up to wires that were monitoring his brain activity. Reading his mind.
A scientist who had not yet noticed Requiem spoke, "Minimal residual memory. No signs of any emotion. A high level of-"
"Get out." Requiem said to the scientist.
The man looked up with fear in his eyes, gave a quick "Yes sir." and quickly left them in privacy.
"I found out about your disc Helsinger. All of it. Do you realize you have given the enemy critical intel? You ought to be melted down into bullets for your treachery! Explain yourself!"
Captain Helsinger calmly turned to face Requiem, "You and I both know that they would have found out eventually Requiem. They would have went to get Blood Wolffe but we wouldnt know when. Since I have controlled that, we know where they are, where they are going, and where the one man who knows where the base is located is. It was necessary for the greater good. It also gives you the opportunity to use some of your favorite projects. Tell me you dont want to use the "pack". I will be leaving with my latest project soon to thin the herd and to lay down some psychological problems for the Ring of Resistance. I didnt tell them everything about it. Just enough to bring them out of hiding."
Requiem thought about what he said. He was right, they would have found out and then it would have been hell trying to find out where they were.
"You better watch yourself Helsinger. You are spinning out of control just to get to two insignifigant heroes. Go to far and The Center will crush you into a ball with a single thought. However, this will prove to be most interesting for my experiments. Metal Wolffe has been a great success as has the pack. After you are finished with your little project I want a full report on their direction, speed, location, and strength. I will send one of the other elites to intercept them."
"Yes, Requiem. As you wish." Captain Helsinger said.
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The Ring of Resistance made it out of the city with nothing more than a few supplies packed into some backpacks they carried on their backs. They came to the top of a hill and looked over to see the cracked desert in front of them. Noxious, green gases spit up from between cracks at random intervals, and occasionally a patch of land would sink, then fall into blackness, followed by a green cloud shooting into the air. Sometimes a mass of land would rise quickly into the air, forming a new obstacle or path.
Blood Wolffe sniffed the air, "Their cave should be nearby... Over there." He said pointing at a large hole in the side of a cliff on the outskirts of cracked region of earth that expanded into the horizon.
"How can you do that?" Lord Raymond asked, "How have you survived fighting blind every day for years?"
"The other senses were already sharp when I lost my eyes. Beyond what science understands. Then they got sharper. I am sure Tigonus could tell you all about animal senses. I could tell you that Steele Magnolia has Hero 1's flag in her pack." Blood Wolffe said.
Captain Neem looked in surprise at Steele, "Where did you find it? I thought it was gone in the explosion."
Helen looked at the ground, "I found it on the ground. I am carrying it for Larry. I want to make sure it flies again."
"Me too." Captain Neem said putting a reassuring hand on her shoulder.
She smiled at him, taking comfort in his touch. Even though he had to reopen old wounds recently with someone who betrayed him, he was still a rock in a stormy sea.
"Lets see these vampires." Michael said as he stepped off toward the cave.
The rest stepped off as well.
A few feet into the cave was pitch black nothingness.
"Blood, we cant see anything. Little help?" Captain Neem said.
"Oh right. Sorry." He said as his hands burst into flames.
Some bats flew over their heads as the source of light startled them. The cave echoed every sound and its dark corners made it seem more and more like a bad idea to come here. They were making slow progress when Techsupport felt a presence behind him. He slowly turned around to find a vampire staring at him eye to eye, hanging upside down from the low ceiling.
"AAAAAGH!" He screamed as the vampire flipped over and landed on his feet.
The Vampire unsheathed a sword and pointed it at him.
"Who are you all and what do you want?" The vampire said.
Captain Neem spoke up, "We are the Ring of Resistance. We are trying to cross the wasteland and heard you knew the way."
He sheathed his sword, "Come with me."
They followed him into a large chamber where another vampire sat in medieval armor on a throne made from scavenged wreckage. Other vampires stood beside him, or were sitting in other parts of the cave. All were watching the newcomers.
"I am Lord Mordachai. I hear you wish to cross the wasteland? I am sorry to dissappoint you but there is no way across it. The path recently collapsed."
The group gave a collective, frustrated sigh.
"As it does every four years. It will be another four before it opens up again. Until then you will have to wait."
"If you live that long." Another vampire hungrily added.
Captain Neem ignored the vampire's comment, "We dont have that kind of time. I dont know if you heard of the Council's plans, but they are building a super weapon that will end the war in their favor. We only have a little less than three years. There has to be another way."
Lord Mordachai glared at the vampire that made the comment. "We know about the Council and their machine. We know that there is an imbalance right now that needs to be corrected."
"So you will help us?" Captain Neem said.
"Yes. But I can tell you now that The Center is too powerful for all of you. He will destroy you all with only his mind. We can give you protection with certain incantations and spells. But it will take time."
"How long?"
"Researching the incantations and spells will take a long time since they are so ancient, they are powerful yet sensitive to any error. One wrong syllable or artifact could result in less than desirable effects. A few months to get it right. You have to wait almost as long for another path to open up anyways."
They thought about it. If The Center was really as strong as they said he was then they needed all the help they could get.
"Okay." Captain Neem said.
He didnt like it. Everyday the Council was growing stronger and smarter. He wasnt sure if Helsinger's statement about the machine's completion time was accurate anymore, or if it was in the beginning even. It felt like they were running out of time.
Very nice read.
Steele's guilt trip worked!
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*giggle*
Vampires.... *shudder*
For months.... *shudder*
Might be lunch... *shudder*
Blood Wolffe, you are a bad, bad man.
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Thank God, I needed that fix...lol.
Another great work of art. Bravo
Hopefully, he has already begun the next one... I don't want to rush the process, but I also don't want to wait, so...
*Whips Wolffe's back* write damn it! *whips again* write!
jk.
No I havent started it yet. But fear not. That is because I hit reply, write the chapter, give it a once-over and post. I dont have the luxury of Microsoft Word so I have to work out the story in my head and as I am writing it.
I would say take your time but... don't :P This chapter was Worth the wait.
Blast. The more I read the more I love it and wish I had gotten a character in. XD Oh well, doesn't stop it from being one of the best things I've read on the boards in a very long time. =) Even for someone like me who doesn't know any of these characters (names like Captain Neem and Steele Magnolia ring all sorts of bells though), I still find myself getting to like them, thanks to your excellent job of portraying them. =)
Keep up the great work, Blood_Wolffe. =)
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