RPG Archives Superior Species- The Elixir of Life Saga: In Game Thread

Serenity glared at Haven. How dare he say such things about Lynx. Serenity picked up her daggers and started to move around as silently as she could so that she could try to throw the daggers at him from behind. She wouldn't let him hurt lynx and she was thankful that Adam was away from this danger.

 

Lynx gave a half smile. She felt the blade at her back. She heard his words start which had made her smile. The swords disappeared becoming one. Inside her mind she called her mate making a connection, ‘Adam?’

‘Yes?’ He thought and into the connection. ‘Are you all right?’

‘Fine. Have Serenity help you with Ebony.’

‘Why? What are you planning?’

‘A little…fun.’

‘You wouldn’t use that,’ Adam thought in his mind. His face became crestfallen. He took a step back making Ebony miss her attack. He swung up his sword at the same time. It sliced at Ebony lightly running across her arm. ‘Would you?’ He thought but the connection was broken.

Ebony looked down at her arm. There was a light wound. It was just a scratch. Lynx mate wasn’t a healer but he had ten years experience fighting. He was muscular practically ripped. She wanted to test her sword against them but he had quick reflexes coming from his experience making it heard on her. She looked back up. Her wound had already healed over. Adam was already gone.

She sensed where he had gone. He was nearing Haven possibly to get the girl. She gave an evil smile. Lynx was planning something. She could feel it. She would love to watch. She vanished into the night.

Adam touched the shoulder of Serenity stopping her from attacking. “Come with me,” he told his younger sister. “Lynx will be fine.” He reassured her. Ebony appeared ten feet in front of them.

“Ready?” Ebony said taunting them. She held a hand up beckoning them to come at her. Adam went towards her feeling Serenity presence behind him.

After Haven had finished his words Lynx felt the presence of Adam he was with Serenity. “You have never gone against a healer have you?” She smiled an evil smile. She took a step back into the sword taking her enemy by surprise. It sliced into her body crushing her spine.

A normal person would have died or become paralyzed. Even a werewolf or vampire wouldn’t be able to stand. To a healer it had no effect even with the blade jammed into two vertebras.

At the same time Lynx brought her sword around. In a fluid motion she stabbed it by her side towards her opponent. It was a samurai’s last resort trick. She knew that it would miss his body turning into vapor again.

She wasn’t done there though. “Do you know what a healer is? They say we can heal but…” The ground started to crumble around her. The cement looked as if acid was poured on it. It bubbled and slowly started too dissolved. The impact of it stretched further. The buildings on either side fell. The brick became small fragments floating in the air. They dissolved into dust then vanished.

“A healer is much more then that,” she said. She reached up and pulled out the sword with her hand. Her wound glowed and it healed over.

***

Zeltra stood up watching Terva until she reached the door. She opened the door. She told the men outside “Levthain.” They nodded at her. She closed the door returning to her seat. In a few minutes two men came in caring her weapons. She had brought so many one man wasn’t enough. They put them on the table. She started to put them in place.

Another man joined them. “Terva, I bring a report from the museum.”

Zeltra secured the last weapon at sat back down. She watched the man as he spoke. She knew something would go down at the museum.

“Vampires are attacking the humans that are in line there. It is a total panic. There are a total now of fourteen plus two ancients. We fear some humans will turn though. We wait your command.”

“Looks like I am going hunting. Coming Terva? Or do you just sit back and command?”

 

Haven snorted a bit through his nose, a slight smile on his face when she asked her first question. "Actually, I have fought against a few healers before, although that was long ago," he said to her. When she stepped back on his sword, Haven raised an eyebrow as to what she did. He didn't seem the least bit surprised, but instead, interested. The fluis motion of her stab was seen as clear as day to Haven's mind as it stabbed through him, moving like smoke once again as Haven's body disappeared into smoke. Interesting, thought Haven to himself when he appeared again after the creator was made, a smile on his face. Although, this smile seemed to show amusment but also interest. It was a strange combination for Haven as never did he have this look as far as anyone else would know. "Wonderful, simply wonderful," he said, small laughter meeting his face as his smile widden. He looked at Lynx in interest and laughter, his sword still in his right hand. "I thought you were much weaker than this, a lot weaker but now I see why Ebony has had such a hard time. Werewolves and vampires at young ages could never get this kind of power until hundreds of years later. I have only meet a handful of Healers but never one this powerful. I see now why Healers are feared for being in battle very clearly." Haven looked to the side for a moment, watching some of the buildings around fall like stones on the ground, some just disappear altogether. "Acid," he said in a whisper, looking back over at Lynx. His smile was gone, his interest also gone as it was replaced with a blank look of expression, an look he saved only for when he was reading something. A look that he used to figure out his own enemies. Only Ebony would know this at the moment to what this look meant. Anyone else that know it would be very afraid right now as when he looks like this, something's going to happen. "A very common element that can be found in most creatures. Most acids are so common you can find them where ever you look. Nice attack but acid is not a favorable element to use in most cases, but good enough for now. Tell me, why do you think we ancients are feared most amoung all races?" Haven moved his sword over to the right slightly, off to the right. Haven seemed to be completely calm after the little show of power from Lynx but another thing that seemed odd about him was that not only was in inside of the creator, he was hovering slightly in the air. His feet was just cenimeters above the ground, casting a very dark shadow below his feet. Although his height difference was not noticable unless you really payed attention to it from the very begining.

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Terva turned his head toward the sound of the man, hearing him as he had his face staring at the man. It was just scary sometimes how the heck the guy acted as he was blind but faced someone as if he was looking straight at them. It was all too weird and some of the soldiers even wonder how they ended up following Terva in the first place. With the mention of ancients, Terva was off from where he was off in a heartbeat and out the door like mad. The soldier blinked, not being able to have followed Terva's movements at all for now, nothing remained from where Terva sat. Even his sword was gone, most likely taken on the way by Terva as he got up. After a moment of silence, the noise of everyone in the place rose like mad, yells coming from every which direction as everyone was moving. Terva came back into the room and stood there for a moment. "Soldier, go along with Vir Team 5 to watch the vampires," he said to him. The soldier nodded, going out now as he passed Terva. Terva waited for the door to shut before he spoke again. "Are you going to need some transportation from me to get there?" By that, he meant a way to get there quickly.

 

Serenity followed her big brother. Her daggers ready and loose in her hand. Ready to fly at the slightest movement. She trusted her brother and she knew that as long as she was going into battle with him she was safe.

 

“Why ancients are feared the most…” Lynx said then paused for a second. She gave out a half smile. “Power...” She said in a whisper. She watched him as he hovered. He had figured it out instantly. ‘Heh,’ she thought. ‘This is going to be fun.’

Lynx pulled her sword back to her body. She held it up. Making flames ignite the blade. It was a lot easier and faster this way. They danced around it. The next second they engulfed her. It grew in size. It was now as if a giant fireball sphere was around her. She then sent it out in all directions. The wall of the fire sphere rippled like a rock being thrown into the surface of a pond.

It sent out throbs of fire. After the second throb she moved. She disappeared. Reappearing where the enemy was she brought her flamed sword down on him.

Adam moved his blade up. His sister was with him. He motioned her to come at Ebony on the other side. Together they would attack. He brought up his sword. Holding it firm in his hands he disappeared. He brought down the sword on Ebony.

***

Zeltra had followed Terva every movement. She was right behind him the whole way. He had experience she could tell. He was able to act in a second. She had come across many hunter groups every other one except this one had to think about the situation. It was nice to see that Terva acted fast. The one thing they had to do was save lives.

As she reached the outside air she heard screams. This town was creepy enough. She had come weeks before to check it out. It was a ghost town at night.

Though the museum was miles away she could still hear the blood curling screams. There must have been a massacre going on. How many vampires were there? How many was turned?

Terva asked her about a ride. She reached into her pocket and pulled out her keys. “I have my own.” She pressed the auto start button. Her car was loud. It could be heard from where they stood. It was an American muscle car. It purred beautifully.

Zeltra took a step forward then turned around. “What do you use for contact?” She could tell that Terva was experienced. He would either use a special cell phone with encryptions so no one would hear the calls or a walkie talkie only made for a certain frequency. She like so few had watched as these devices came along. Before was just a normal radio. In time the vampires had learned to pick up the calls. She had to explain too many hunter groups about these devices. She hoped here she wouldn’t be disappointed.

 

Serenity had crept over to the other side, as her brother had indicated. When he launched his attack she aimed and let her daggers fly towards Ebony. One aimed for the Vampire's heart the other to hopefully maim Ebony's dominant hand. Serenity said a quick prayer for Adam's blow to land on course and for her daggers not to nick him at all. She then looked over towards Lynx, to see how she was doing. Lynx seemed to be holding her own.

 

Ebony moved with her katana she blocked Adam's attack. He kept on swinging at her. She blocked each one while taking a step back.

Adam tried to make Ebony not be aware of Serenity's attack. But it didn't work. She moved up the blade enough to stop Adam's attack and deflect the dagger flown at her heart.

Ebony then moved her foot up doing a half turn with her body. She kicked Adam in the face. He rubbed his face. Her kick hurt. A tinkle of blood was at his lip.

She moved her katana to block the last dagger thrown at her. She just didn’t block it she reflected it. The dagger flipped around and went back at Serenity.

 

Serenity almost couldn't follow how fast their movements were. She saw Adam get kicked in the face and started to run towards him. She saw Ebony knock away the first dagger and mentally cringed. She opened her eyes back up to see the second dagger coming right back at her. She had only a fraction of a second to react and she moved to the side but she wasn't quick enough. Her own dagger sliced through the side of her left arm. It clattered to the ground as she fell to her knees. She felt blood flowing from her and looked down to see that she now had a gash as wide as a dime and as long as an ipod across her left upper forearm.

Serenity cursed her stupidity for closing her eyes in the middle of combat but she forced herself to stand up, picking up her dagger. She held onto her dagger and charged at Ebony. She knew that she wasn't much of a fighter but she hoped that the scent of blood might just disorient the vampire slightly and maybe her injury would work in her favor. If not, well.... Adam was there... he'd help her in time... she was sure of it.

 

Haven matched her move for move. Instead of fire though like Lynx, there was a purple mist around him that covered him and a small bit of the space around him. This mist also seemed to move with a will of its own. Haven's blade was covered in the mist as he swung upward, striking Lynx's sword point blank with his sword. The force of the two blows was intense as the mist and fire was blown backwards by the force of the blows in the form of a shockwave blow outward from the point the two swords meet. The area was cleared away of any air that would block their eyesight, the very clouds seperated from their attack. Haven looked relax though as he had his sword fixed against Lynx's with only his right hand. "Good. Not bad for fighting an ancient," he said to her, teasing her as he smiled was on his face, his eyes narrowed dangerously. There seemed to be a sense of pleasure in his eyes, as if he was enjoying this...although in a strange way. His gaze was intense and the air around them was getting colder and colder, spreading out and continuing to get colder all around. Even Ebony, Adam and Serenity would be feeling its affects and if the humans came within a kilometer of the place, they'd notice too. "Of course, an ancient is more than just simply power. Tell me, have you ever faced the power of space itself?" He said, his eyes now turning black suddenly, his fangs growing longer. A small ball of energy, so tiny a human could never see it, appeared in front of Lynx.

'EBONY!' Yelled a voice in her head, Haven's voice talking to her. 'What ever you do, don't let this blast hit you. Because if it hits, that's it. Dead!' The tiny ball of energy expanded rapidly, becoming as large as a building in a single second from the very spot they were at. Haven disappeared before it happened but as for Lynx and the others....well, Haven's going to enjoy what ever the outcome was.

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Terva was glad that she was so resourceful. Guns, skills, her past about her fighting against the supernaturals and now cars. What next? But this pleasure of a smile that had appeared on his face as he seemed to look at her was short lived, a soldier coming over through the door as quickly as possible, yelling as he came near. "TERVA, IT'S HAVEN! HAVEN'S ONE OF THE ANCIENTS THERE!" Terva turned instantly toward the man, looking at him with a suddenly face of fear as he grided his teeth together. The soldier ran over to him and spoke into his ear softly and quickly. Terva's face turned pale.

"Continue to send forces to help the humans. Humans first! Only fight as self defence! I hear a shot fired, then there better be a damn good reason for it. I won't accept any other explaination for firing a shot unless it was for self defence! GOT IT!?"

"SIR, YES SIR!" The soldier said and then went out the door the next second. Haven walked over to the door but stopped, looking back toward Zeltra for a moment.

"I'll explain about Haven later but try not to draw his attention to yourself. Believe me, you don't want it!" He turned and left once that was said. In all that time, fear was on his face and his face was as pale as the color white itself.

 

“So be it,” Ebony said out load. She smiled an evil smile at her two opponents. She then slowly disappeared as she shifted out.

Adam stopped his attack. He looked around. The hairs on the back of his neck stood up. He had goose bumps running down his arms. His senses were keen being a werewolf after all. Something was about to happen. Ebony wouldn’t leave for any good reason.

The air was unusually calm. It was still even though there was a light breeze earlier. His senses told him to run. He looked in the direction of Lynx. A massive ball started to grow. He watched it for a second before coming to his senses.

“Ancient,” he growled. He grabbed his sister’s hand and ran. He knew Lynx had no time to get out. Part of his heart fell do to worrying.

“We need to get out of here. It isn’t safe,” he said as he ran hard. “If we make it to the car we have a chance.”

Lynx watched as the ball of power grew. It grew at an incredible speed. She smiled. This was going to be fun. She held up her katana with both her hands. She felt the presence of Haven vanish. He didn’t completely disappear from her radar though.

Being an Ancient wasn’t all that great. Tonight she would prove that. In an instant her body was surrounded by a purple aura. Her katana it was surrounded too. The aura came from her life force known as chi. A strong force could be felt as it wrapped around her.

She ran forward while holding her katana. With her second step and a massive release of chi she blasted forward at an incredible speed. She couldn’t escape the giant sphere so the next best thing was to cut it in half.

Using her katana she tried to separate it. The power was immense. It continued to grow. There was a chance that she wouldn’t make it. She sent a blast of chi to her katana.

Her katana went into the mass. She adjusted her chi to match that of the giant sphere to not break the surface. The power around the sphere had enough force to start to tare away her outer layers of protection.

Keeping the same force in seconds she went threw the ball of energy breaking it into two. As the two balls hurdled away from each other Lynx turned around placing her katana by her side. Her speed hadn’t slowed down. She was skidding backwards. The cement kicked up as if it were simple rock in her wake. She placed her hand against the ground to stop. As she did it was like two bombs that were the balls of energy went off a good distance from her. It toke everything away in there place. It was as if they were just erased.

Her body felt the warmness as it tried to heal. It tried to catch up to the damage that she had created. Her fingertips had been rubbed raw. Her cloths were soaked in blood and were ripped and tattered. A wicked smile played at her lips. Her healing had finally caught up to her. It sealed over the protective layers on her face.

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Zeltra got into her vehicle. She adjusted herself as she got in. It wasn’t easy getting in and out of vehicles with all these weapons. But at least she felt safe with them.

Her heart raced with excitement. Everything was done. A plan was laid out. What she worked so hard for was here. An ancient hanging around confirmed it.

She swung her car out of the alley in which it was hidden in. She drove into the direction of the museum. She had decided to set her self up to snipe.

As she neared the museum she felt something off. Her intuition felt something. She looked outside. She watched as a ball of energy grew. She had seen it once before. It would leave destruction in its wake. The unlucky one who was targeted wouldn’t survive.

She knew an ancient would be the one to create it, a vampire ancient. It had to be facing off against a werewolf. A vampire wouldn’t waste it on a human.

As she drove towards the museum she continued to watch. She didn’t want to get to close to the museum. She mentally judged the amount of impact. Feeling a safe pace away she started to slow down her vehicle. Her eyes still on the sphere she watched as it split in two. She whistled. Who ever had enough power to break that most be powerful. She wouldn’t want to meet either of them.

She continued to drive. She turned into a back alley and got out of her car. She popped the truck with her keys. Grabbing a black bag out of the trunk she left her windows down and the car running. Walking over to a fire escape she started climbing the ladder. In a moment she was up it. She then started to ascend the stairs. Once she reached the top she set up shop.

Her precious sniper rifle in hand. She scanned around the museum counting the vampires and humans. At least seven more humans had been turned from the last report she heard. She waited there for Terva's command.

 

Serenity had been following adam but she just couldn't keep up with him. She looked back and saw that she was near the edge of one of the balls. She just barely dove to the other side in time. She lay there for a moment, slightly shocked at the energy and she knew she was way out of her league.

<But i can't leave lynx by herself, even if she is a healer.> Serenity thought.

Her decision was already maid as she pushed herself up off the ground and got to her feet. She turned and began running back towards the fight. She noticed a sword next to a pile of ash and picked it up, without losing her stride, as she ran back towards the fight. There were two ancients back there and one lynx now a kinfolk would be there as well and surely her brother would soon follow if not surpass her in getting there.

She noticed a car an alleyway that hadn't been there when they first arrived but she didn't give it much thought, figuring it could have stopped there when many of the humans had been fleeing. She could make out Lynx's wounds healing themselves and Serenity began to prepare her attack holding the sword with both of her hands.

 

"You have came back..." Lynx said. Her body had finished healing. She cracked her neck. The fight wasn't over by a long shot. But by now the vampires have gotten the needed information so they could retreat. She smelt a sweet fragrant. It was Serenity blood.

She walked over to the younger girl and put her hand on her shoulder. "How are you holding up?" She healed the younger girls wounds.

Adam had returned also. He was wondering about his sisters condition also. He also wanted to know what they would do next. They had gotten the information back to the leader by now.

 

Serenity smiled up at her brother and Lynx and said, "I'm fine. How are all of you?"

She seemed to be putting on a brave face but her wound wasn't fatal.

ooc- don't kill me for reviving the thread please. *peeks out behind her hands*