Spirox War

Hearing the footsteps come closer, increasing in sound, his grip tightened on the shard. Maybe one more...Just in case. Kneeling down, he snagged another glass shard and nearly flinched at the sudden banging of the trash can. Did he just...Lunge in to the bin? He was expecting Darius to check the bin, but he didn't expect him to just Leeroy Jenkins the whole thing. Waiting for the right moment, knees bent, he kept his eyes focused only on the can until he saw Darius rise, completely distracted. PleaseletthisworkpleaseletthisworkGERONIMOO-- Leaping forward, right arm drawn back, he slammed it down towards the neck of Darius, hoping that he'd gotten a clear shot.

 

IMPORTANT POST FOR MUTANTS


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The hug was unexpected. Sure they were once close, but that was in the past. Now he was a mutant, a mutant ready to sacrifice himself for his own beliefs. "I did die. The man you once knew is no longer here. I am now Damnation and the arbitrator of hell itself. Now I have a speach to make. We can discuss things later."

He left his quarters an entered the auction hall. However right before then, he made one last shout out. "To the Mutants that haven't entered, the meeting is going to begin right before the auction. Come now." He stated, and then entered the sealed room. Auctions were for mutants only. No other race was aloud to participate or view. Only select few had such permission. Such as Doku, since she was hosting. He moved in front of Doku and nodded towards her.

"My fellow mutants. The auction for the slaves will begin momentarily. But first, we must discuss the cure for our mutations. The time has come at last where we can strike back at the humans and claim what is rightfully ours. 3 days from now, we will strike the government at its weakest. We ask of you fellow mutants to aid in the effort. We wish for you to create a distraction at a party they are having the night 3 days from now. That will give I and a select few time to infiltrate the base and claim the medicine for us all!" He rose his arm up and swiped down at one of the slaves. "No longer will the humans keep a cure from those that are suffering. No longer will they fill their greed. We mutants have a right to a normal life! Join me brothers and sisters and together we will win this freedom. And with that out of the way, let the slave trade commence."

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Neko's eyes glowed at the food that had just been thrown onto the table. She leaped out of Xero's arms and began to eat on some of the cheese puffs. She'd scarf them down if she was a normal starving girl, but instead she wanted to savor it. She didn't do so when she was one of the noble rich people. She turned to Xero and smiled. "You're pretty nice for a spirox user."

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Celsius waited outside for Pele to finish.

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The shackles went on and the girl began to shake. The fear of having to entice scum like them was worse than death. She didn't understand why this was happening. Would she fight back? She just couldn't get herself to hurt others. Damnation's speech spoke of freedom and that of equality. The idea was nice, but she experienced first hand what his true intentions were. They were going to buy it all though.

 

Damion watched his brother pounce the trash can. It wasn't the most graceful maneuver, but it probably would've been effective in catching whatever was behind it. For a moment he came up with nothing, until...That clever little rat. He set up an ambush. Against most, it probably would've worked too. At first, Damion wondered if it was some speed related Sphirox user, but such a simple distraction. It's a good thing they were who they were. The Right Hand watched as a man with a shard of glass leaped out and drove it down to his brother's neck. Lot of good that did. A strong hit barely pierced the skin. A small trickle of blood ran down his brother's neck, but by no means anything serious.


He turned to the girl in his grip. Pulling her closer momentarily as though to enforce his point and dominance over her. "Stay here. and later..." He leaned in and whispered in her ear something most women would have nightmares about. Lots of them. Letting go of her, he went to go assist his brother. He called back to her while on his way. "Oh, and if you think about running, just remember this: No matter how fast you think you are, i'm faster." ​

 

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"That all depends on what your offering me." Shade stated. Yes the temptation of getting a free meal was great, mainly cause it was a lot easier than hunting down and restraining his meals like he normally had to do. Still there were only 1 thing in particular that he truly wanted to feast on, that one thing was the main reason why he was working with Damnation in the first place.

[/url]Upon arriving at the food stand, Chrona bought an apple and a few pieces of candy. Sure health was important to him, but his powers made it even more important to keep his body in well condition. A few things of sugar and sweets were fine, but something like Xero was eating probably wouldn't have the best effects on his body, especially if he ended up overexciting himself. Chrona found himself a seat at the table Xero and Hiro were sitting at and chuckled a bit before speaking. "You both argue like you've known each other for awhile, if not that then a married couple."

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Feeling like he'd done enough looking around, Haru placed both his hands in his pocket and started to walk away from the black market. Just like he'd figured, there was nothing there that particularly caught his interest. No stones of light, no stones of darkness, not even a completed stone of darkness. Though it wouldn't even matter if he had found any of those things. Not like his sword can shift into ten different forms or anything like that. Anyway he was in his own little world, with no way of knowing how far he'd traveled, before he heard the sounds of trash cans clanging. Even though he assumed that it was some sort of animal, he was still drawn to look in the direction that he hard the sounds.

Well he was right and wrong about what had caused the clanging sound. He right about it being an animal due to how it was acting as it seemingly searched for something, but he was wrong because a closer look showed that it wasn't an animal, in fact it was a man with what seemed to be a sharpened bone for a arm. Considering that there were actually mutants walking around in this day and age, you'd think something like that would be of no surprise. You'd be wrong, it was sheer amazement that the arm that really surprised him. Back to the topic at hand, the bone armed animal hunter was soon stabbed in the neck by some one else. Seriously, just what did he walk into.

It was also at that moment that he noticed the other bone armed man, this one seeming less animal like and also holding someone hostage. Haru sighed. Darn his code of honor his teacher drilled into him. If weren't for that, he wouldn't turned around and left them to do whatever they were doing. Now he was going to have to rescue, assuming his little understanding of the situation is right, the girl. Quite the situation he'd gotten himself into. While the other boned arm man was assisted the one who'd gotten stabbed in the neck, Haru used his samurai stealth to approach the girl on the wall. "You okay?" He asked in a hushed whisper. Was the question cliche, probably. Was the answer obvious, most likely. Did any of that matter, not in the slightest.

 

Hiro turned to Chrona with a glare, "No." He simply said as he turned his head away with a, huff. A very light shade of red could be seen on his face. He looked into one of Xero's bags of junk again and stole a box of pokey and turned his back to the group, ignoring Xero as she complained about him taking them. He popped one in his mouth and ignored everyone else. ​

Xero smiled at Neko and handed her more food, "You're alright too." She said. She then heard Chrona's comment about her and Hiro. Xero's face almost immediately went red after Chrona basically called her and Hiro a married couple. She looked at Hiro then at Chrona and made and awkward smile as she then quickly stuffed her mouth with food and turned away from Hiro, face completely red. She wasn't going to lie, Hiro wasn't a bad looking guy all. But, Chrona's comment was a bit unexpected. Xero sat there awkwardly as her body went stiff, "T-That's stupid Chrona!" She stuttered out her words as her mouth was full and tried hiding the blush.​

Valinton just stared at the prices Doku wrote down with almost a wide eyed look. Surely no one would buy these slaves due to her pricing... But he didn't bother questioning and just locked the jail cell afterwards. He followed her to the auction hall.​

Ethel only stood there confused and not sure what to feel about his comment. As he walked out of the room she still just stood there silently. The gravity around her began to feel heavier and heavier, her arms wrapped around herself as she fell to her knees. Ethel was very confused and felt heartbroken, her surroundings soon began being crushed and braking by the increasing gravity. She then realized that her emotions began affecting her abilities and stopped. She still sat there staring at the ground as her eyes began to water.​

- RENO -
Reno walked along the food stands and gazed around for what he was in the mood for. But he had heard of a mafia group holding a meeting somewhere and didn't like the sound of it. He wanted to go investigate, but he didn't want to go alone. For all he knew, it could be riddled with delinquents and other mutants that could kill him. Even if he was speedy with his abilities, that didn't mean he was invincible...

He eyed a group of people eating at a picnic table. A black haired girl who ate a lot of junk food, a cat like mutant, and three males. Reno walked over to them cautiously, for he didn't want to alert them. He knew how people didn't like mutants very much around here, "Oy." He said to them, attempting to get their attention, "Mind if I ask you guys a favor? I know, you don't know who I am but I'll explain soon enough."​

 

Pele emerged from her apartment and shut the door behind her. Turning to lock it, she placed her arms on her hips and smiled at Celsius. "Now, where do ya wanna go? Just lead the way, Queenie." she smirked at what she just called her. It probably wasn't the best thing to do, but she didn't want to keep calling her the same old thing. It got pretty dull and boring doing so. Besides, she was named after a unit of measurement for temperature, who the heck does that sort of thing anymore? Though, she decided that maybe calling her Queenie might be a bit much...

Doku stopped to let Damnation make his speech. She felt a little awkward being here, seeing as she was a Spirox user, but even she hated the fact she was one in the first place. Scrunching her face and looking down at her stomach, she looked at the protrusion and frowned. As of now, she was doubting if this plan of hers would work and Valinton would stay and be supportive. But at the same time, she knew it would only be a little longer. Either way, she stood there as she felt a pang of pain shoot through her body. She was silent until Damnation was done speaking out to the mutants at this auction. Doku tried her best to hide her pain until the auction was over. After that, she could finally go home and rest with Valinton. They would also talk of many things tonight, but suffice to say, she still had to go to work tomorrow morning and that girl would be there most likely. Mentally facepalming, she remembered Xaria and cursed herself. Hopefully that girl won't suspect a thing about her being pregnant. Maybe if she wore a ring and said Valinton was her husband...? Thoughts were pooling in her head about what she could say, but in the end she could only stand there and hope that Damnation wouldn't notice anything. At least, not until the pregnancy was over. Day by day that was getting harder, unfortunately, so she knew she would have to start wearing clothing that she could try and hide it.

Having finished his speech, Doku straightened herself and held the microphone as she approached the first slave. It was a young man, he seemed about seventeen and had auburn hair. He wasn't very handsome and had quite a bit of acne. A mutant that had only one eye won him. She was happy and immediately paid and left. The second slave was an upgrade from the last, but still not beautiful. Each slave got increasingly more beautiful until they reached Oerva. She was the most stunning and each audience member were stunned. None of them raised her flags, mostly because they knew she was a mutant just by the looks of her. Doku turned to the girl and then back at them. "Starting price is $25,000. Raise your flag if you would like to bid on her." Slowly, the audience were bidding on her. Doku gave them time to make their bids as well, seeing as she knew they would be hard pressed to purchase a mutant.

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Darius was still rummaging through the garbage, still trying to find a scrap of a hint for how to find his prey, when he suddenly felt something penetrate the back of his neck. Due to his disorder, the animalistic-male did not feel any pain whatsoever when it happened, and it didn't penetrate very far due to his spirox abilities, but he had still felt it, as did he feel the small trickle of blood now running down his back.

Quickly, the hunter turned around to see Alcer standing there. A wide grin appeared on the man's face, although it was hidden by his mask, and he pointed his bony weapon at this other creature, this prey that had eluded him and tricked him. "Gehehe..you're a fool..you just saved me the trouble of finding you!" he exclaimed, lunging forward with Hatter(boned weapon).

Amidst the bidding mutants, Caleb stood silently. He didn't want to make any movements to attract attention. It had been sheer luck that he hadn't been found out for being a human as it was, somehow he had managed to sneak by the people supervising the event, so he didn't want to push his luck too much. Caleb held the flag tightly, knowing full well he couldn't save all the slaves unless he pulled something truly spectacular off, but perhaps he could save the mutant, or at least try. He thought of the money he had with him; hopefully it would be enough. He waited a few more moments, and then he, too, began bidding, ensuring that every time his bid was beaten the flag found its way raised again. No matter the cost, he would free this slave.​

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Ayako walked down the streets of Kikei and then saw a bunch of people entering one area.Curious, she went inside. The guard looked at her curiously. "What, you never seen a mutant before." She snapped, and then was allowed in. She took a seat, unsure of what was going on. Flags were being raised. An auction. She couldn't afford these prices, she was sure of that. She barely had enough to feed herself today. She sat back in her chair. She had mixed thoughts and feelings about this, but didn't say a word. Everything happened for a reason. She twirled her colored hair with her finger. She didn't plan on getting side tracked today. ​

 

"Sold to the masked mutant in the back." Doku announced, pointing towards the hidden Caleb. "Auction is over, you may all leave. If you purchased a slave today, come and grab them and pay your money now." she announced, watching the crowd disappear. Many stayed in the room, however, talking amongst themselves about what Damnation had announced as well as catching up on things. Doku stood there, handing off each slave and getting the money they were worth from each person. Oerva was last and Doku was curious as to why the masked man hadn't come and grabbed her. She kept her hand on Oerva's arm and dug her nails into the Mutant's skin. She really wanted the girl gone, seeing as selling her left a bad taste in her mouth. At the same time, Doku just couldn't wait for this whole auction to be over and to be able to go home and relax, finally. Looking over at Damnation and then to Valinton, she nodded towards them both, smiling meekly. She couldn't let them notice her pain, she didn't want to seem weak to them. Especially to Damnation, seeing as he put a certain amount of faith into her already. Adjusting her belt, she looked at the Mutant and asked her a question, waiting for the masked man still. Her hand loosed and soon let go of the girl as she spoke to her. "What did you do to Damnation to be put in this auction? He does not do this all too often, you know..." she sighed.

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Smiling at having made the shot(Yeah, I just killed man, woot woot!), he soon realized that something was wrong. The shard wasn't going in as much as it was. It felt like something was blocking it from going any deeper. Not only that, but this person didn't seem to be reacting to it, as if he didn't notice...Or he didn't feel the pain.

Oh great. A tough skeleton with no pain sensors and a giant boned arm. Alcer loved his life.

"Gehehe..you're a fool..you just saved me the trouble of finding you!"

"I appreciate the compliment, but--Oh fudgesticks." Not having the time to finish his previous sentence, he leaned backward and fell in to a backflip. Now at a safe distance away, he turned to check on the other brother(lol)and the hostage. Well, the good news, he didn't see her, meaning she must of escaped or she was hiding. Bad news? His eyebrows knitted together at the sight of the other heading towards him, arms flinging out to his sides.

"Okay, bye--" Yeling and waving with the shard still in hand, he turned and ran across the street, looking around for some sort of blunt weapon. Sure, sharp objects would do jack ****, but it was a much better weapon than nothing. Perhaps he could even get an eye shot.

While Alcer was having fun trying to avoid getting his ass HANDED to him by the Hands of Madness, Raiden recovered from his initial shock and made it in time to get another Spectro ring to refuel his arm. Breathing deeply, glad he recovered feeling, he made his way around town to who-knows-where. That's when he heard a noise that reminded him of getting blown through a door, without the explosion.

Turning towards the noise, he walked down the street and turned a corner to see... "Not the strangest thing I've witnessed." He muttered out loud, making his way towards them. Standing between them, he switched glances at the both of them.

"Hey!" He called out. "I don't know what's going on here, but surely, you guys can find a better place to fight than here, right? Why fight at all, anyway?"

 

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Celsius gave an odd expression towards Pele. The name was... not the most enjoyable on. "Just call me Celsius." She gave a slight smile afterwards then yanked on Pele, dragging her along. She did the same to Celsius, so it was only fair. "There is this one place that just makes my stomach burst into flames." It was also in the mutant area. After spending some time out in the area, one came to know some popular places.

Arriving at the restaurant, she walked in, wide smiled. "Hey Flint, get me the usual will you please?" She called out. The usual for her was something they never really served. It was a sandwich right off the grill filled with peppers. Of course, there was a nice burger on there too. "Might want to take her order too." She pointed at Pele.

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The girl had finally calmed down a bit. She knew she was going to be a slave. But what made her so calm was that she actually planted a little trap for the other mutants that bought slaves. She conversed with them before being auctioned off saying she had a way to help them, if they were willing to suffer a little pain and bleeding. Most of them agreed to it. She had planted her seeds into their wrists. Eventually, the plant that grew would bend and break the metal cuffs and free them from the awful future. She couldn't do the same for her. All she could do was pray this man wasn't going to use her for sexual acts or other despicable things.

Oerva looked at Doku with a light glare. "I refused to work for him. I don't believe in his beliefs. Everyone has the right to make their own choices..." She said. Her head turned to Caleb, her fear beginning to seep out again.

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Damnation nodded back towards Doku. Her job was done. His attention moved towards Valinton. "I wonder just WHO the father is. Perhaps there are some things being kept secret." He spoke as if he already knew the answer. He could tell the strange shift in appearance from Doku's usual slim figure to that of a knew bulge. Her slight pains could be seen at the small wincing and other habits. The fact she was so determined to speak with Valinton was another sign of just who the father was. All this meant was that Doku is now under his protection until the baby is born. If it is a mutant, she will be given more reason to live. If its a spirox, he would care less.

He returned to his chambers where Ethel sat in horror. "Ethel, what is it you seek. I would have expected you to have left by now. Perhaps you believe there is still some of that man still in me?" He bent down closer to her. "I am curious myself. What would you do to get him back I wonder."

 

Quietly, Caleb began walking towards the 'stage', where Oerva and Doku stood. He walked slowly, trying to complete his plan before he got there, and when he finally got there, the only thing he heard was Oerva's reasoning for why she had been put up as a slave. Caleb smiled slightly behind his mask. He was glad he had made the decision to help this one, she had the right ideals. As he walked past her, he nudged her slightly with his elbow, making it appear as though he simply bumped into her. "Get ready to run" he whispered quickly, hoping she caught onto what he was about to do.

Caleb took a deep breath. This was the tricky part. Quickly he unsheathed his katana, and he swung it with all his might at the shackles on Oerva's feet, making sure to twist it to make sure it did break the chains around them. The moment he heard the chains hit the ground, he looked now at Oerva once more. "Go" he said simply. He stepped forward swiftly and pushed Doku back by ramming his shoulder into her, then he spun around and grabbed Oerva's wrists. The shackles were still on, but there wasn't a lot he could do without taking another few seconds; a few seconds which could easily mean the difference between life and death. Still holding her wrists, Caleb leaped into the crowd below, pulling her along with him as he began pushing through the crowd, using the people in it to hopefully make it harder for them to be seen, as well as assist in their escape.
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The battle was getting more and more interesting. He had expected his prey to fight back, as a last statement to his will to live, but no. His prey was running. Normally this would have annoyed him, but not this time; this time it was almost a game. Rushing after Alcer, Darius held his bony arm up, ready to impale Alcer should he be given the chance.

 

Valinton stiffened and his eyes went wide as Damnation asked him the rhetorical question if who the father was. Suddenly he saw Doku fall and reacted fast as this masked person pushed her out of the way for his escape. He caught her just before she fell on the ground and shot a glare at the masked man that ran out of the auction hall. Valinton quickly set Doku down and unshethed one of his katanas. He then threw his katana, blade first, at the man and then ran toward him and unsheathed his other katana in attempts to slash at him.​

Ethel quickly turned around to see Damnation enter the room once again. She had sat there for at least 3 hours trying to comprehend everything. He couldn't have changed.. he was so different now, "Ethel, what is it you seek. I would have expected you to have left by now. Perhaps you believe there is still some of that man still in me?" Ethel just looked up at him silently as tears rolled down her face. She nearly flinched as he bent down closer to her, "I am curious myself. What would you do to get him back I wonder." Ethel looked at him with her eyes filled with little hope. She sat there for a moment trying to think but nothing in particular could come up, "Anything..." She quitly whispered as she looked at the ground.​

 

Still running, still dragging Oerva along, they were now almost at the exit. He was surrounded by people, so chances are he could lose any who would try to pursue him. His thoughts were interrupted as a mutant, one of the purchasers of a slave, let out a short cry of pain. Glancing over his shoulder, Caleb's eyes went wide as he saw the katana that stuck out of him. He had no doubt that blade had been meant for him, and it was his fault that he was dead. "They'll pay for this.." he thought grimly, continuing to run. However, going past the corpse was the mutant that had told him of the "organization" in the first place, charging at him with a blade. As Valinton swung his blade at him, Caleb simply parried it, and retaliated with a quick sweep of the legs, hoping to knock Valinton over, before he hopped back a little and turned to continue running. Hopefully, the members of the crowd would not take kindly to an innocent bystander being impaled and actually do something about it.​

 

"Ice cold..." she commented, as Celsius yanked her towards the restaurant. Pele stood there as she listened and heard Celsius order. Looking at a menu, she tried her best to find something that was cold or at least cool enough. Tapping her chin and reading the menu for a good five minutes, she finally ordered something. "I'll have...a number 14. With the coldest drink ya can give me, please." she ordered. Afterwards, she stood there next to Celsius, not sure if they were going to sit yet or not. "Ya know, I ain't ta much a fan of the hot stuff...considerin and all. But I guess it's okay ta have somethin hot now and again, even if I ain't gonna taste the heat." She chuckled, sitting down at a table.

As soon as she heard Damnation talk to Valinton about fathers, she knew that she had done a horrible job at hiding the fact she was pregnant. "Oh bother..." Doku sighed. Finally, the masked man arrived and was ready to take his slave. But wait, why was he talking to her and why...was she suddenly falling? The first thing she did was turn enough to try and take the hit with her shoulder, wrapping her arms around her stomach to protect herself and close her eyes. She braced herself to hit the ground. However, she felt something much softer than the floor. Opening her eyes, she saw Valinton had caught her. His eyes were looking rather wild as he laid her down. Sitting up, she watched as he flung a sword towards the masked man and rushed off towards him. The cry of pain that erupted from the audience let her know that Valinton had either missed or hit his target. Turning her eyes towards where he ran, she saw one of the purchasers of a slave was impaled. He most likely died in an instant.

Doku heaved herself up and made her way off the stage, walking slowly to where Valinton was. Stopping halfway, she watched as the masked man slashed at Valinton. "No!" she cried out, hoping Valinton wouldn't get hurt. Yanking her phone out of her belt, she feverishly dialed a number and began to speak with the person on the other line.

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Oerva's eyes were in shock as the masked man freed her from her shackles. She rushed along with the man. Her eyes were filled with tears of joy from the freedom. The blood shed was something she wished wouldn't happen. However it couldn't be helped.

The man that was impaled laid on the ground. His body would still be fresh. She took this time to shoot a seed into the wound created. Instantly, vines began to grow out of his body and filled the room. She grabbed the mans hand and continued to run with him. This would hopefully by them time.

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He grinned. "You say anything? But do you really mean that. Perhaps we will take a trip into your mind." His hand was placed on her face as his ability to force her into a deep slumber began. Now he could enter her subconscious and see exactly what the woman truly had in mind. The true test was what he could use of her. He would view her past, her desires, himself. Anything of use. If she knew too much, it might be better to dispose of her.

 

Valinton jumped up to dodge the man's sweep but suddenly vines blocked his way to another attack. He growled quite loudly as the two got away and turned to see other mutants eyeing him. He walked over to the impaled body and ripped out his katana and turned back to the crowd, "Let this be a warning to those who do anything stupid around these parts..." He said sternly as he wiped the blood off his katana on a window still. He walked through the crowd and back onto the stage and looked at Doku with an irritated expression, "Let's just get out of here already..."​

Ethel suddenly felt a hand on her face and instantly fell into a deep sleep. She could see her memories flashing through her mind, as if something was searching through them. Whatever was going on she didn't have any urge to fight it. She felt she had nothing left now that who she once knew had changed so drastically. What she said earlier was true, that she would do literally anything to get back who she once knew.​