Truth through time.

Tom also had returned to watch Rita and Amatae from another roof top way out of sight. But as he watched something caused him to look up and see he was not the only one watching them. There was another dark figure, standing by the chuch roof around the cross. Tom frowned. As he watched the figure moved backwards suddenly, he did not know who it was but he did not like the look of them. Although, he knew all too well appearences can be deceptive.

 

"Oh, I just had a wander around, y'know, take in the scenery" Rita lied to Amatae. She then suddenly felt a little dizzy, as if someone had just opened and closed her her mind as if it were a salon door. "Woah." She muttered

The young Rita got up from her bench and transformed into an orange bird, she then took off into the air and began to fly around a little, noticing 2 suspicious looking figures up on the rooftops, but not not noticing the others on the ground. She flew around to the farthest away one, who seemed to be focusing on the other person on the church.

 

Tom glanced back down at Rita and Amatae though he still felt unsettled about the person on the church roof. He watched them eagly for a few sconds before an orange bird caught his attention. For some reason something about the bird seemed familiar to him for some reason, he examined it closely trying to figure out why before just sighing and shrugging it off. "Hello there, little birdy. How are you today?" He spoke absently as he redirected his attention back to the couple down on the ground, while still chatting away to the bird just for company, "I really shouldn't get distracted so easily, you know? Else I'll miss all the action"

 

Drake's shock to his mind, alerted him back into reality and noticed someone else watching the two women. More of them? How many others from the future are there? Gabriel....what did you do that I'm not in the future? Turning, he put his back to the strange man and glanced up to the sky, where he knew his ever judgmental father and sweet-hearted step mother were. His cruel birth mother lie in the fires below him, "Father, please! I just want to know! Why aren't I with Gabriel in the future?! I don't understand! Please speak to me! Father!" he tired to yell loud enough for them to hear him, and he was sure they could. If only he could enter Heaven again.... Drake's depression worsened and he lifted his bow of dark lightning, a lightning arrow notched into it. THe lightning glowed darkly in the setting sunlight.

ooc: assuming it's getting dark by now.

 

"I'm fine thanks, what's so interesting about those woman?" The young Rita chirped, still not noticing her future self.

 

Gabriel led Eliza back to the others. His calm chatter never ceasing until he saw Rita and Amatae. "I think we found them. Hopefully Drake is far away by now."

 

Tom hid his suprise and realisation as to why the bird was familiar, he also realised the two Rita's must not meet. "Oh, I've just got to make sure they're okay and things happen as they should. If they don't, or something happens, well put it this way it's not good news." He kept an eye on them on the ground as he talked though not obvisously.

Eliza smiled as she saw Rita and Amatae, "Hey guys!" She said waving before she quickly ran over to them.

 

"Things happen as they should Does that mean your from the future or something, and that your secretly guiding a group of hero's through the past and if something goes wrong a time paradox will be created and the space-time continuum will be messed up, is that what your saying?" The young Rita enquired.

Rita looked up at the sound of Eliza's voice, "Hey, where did you two wander off to...you weren't, erm, well...you know..*hint hint nudge nudge wink wink* Were you?"

 

OOC: *Rapidly comes up with new plot line*

"What?! Um, I don't think so. You know you really remind me of someone else I know, when you say stuff like that." Tom said shaking his head.

Eliza raised an eyebrow, "Get real, Gabriel found his past self and brother. I went along to make sure he didn't do anything stupid, I told you before I went."

 

OOC: lol

BIC: "Really? Aww , I thought I was the mot confusing person Ever, tsk, how annoying. So, why must you watch their every move like a stalker?"

"Uh-huh, sure Eliza, sure.." Rita sniggered, trying to wind Eliza up.

 

Tom shook his head, a small smile on his lips, "Oh I woundn't worry about competition, you're in a league of your own. But no, I've got to watch them because all I know is something bad is going to happen, really bad. And I can't afford to miss it."

"Oh come on" Eliza said, slapping Rita on the back jokingly.

 

"Cool, Maybe I should go get a better look at them..." The young Rita chirped, preparing to woosh over.

Rita laughed and shoved Eliza back, "Okay, Okay. So how'd your little recon mission go?"

 

Tom shook his head grabbing hold of Rita, "No, no, I really wouldn't advise that. Well, no you could if you really wanted. But well, you'd regret it if you did."

"It went okay, we didn't get killed which is a plus. But we did learn Gabriels brother is phsyco" Eliza said with a smile.

 

Gabriel laughed lightly as if he were afraid he'd break if he laughed too hard about his brother, "Please, ladies, some respect. Drake...wasn't always like that. He used to be such a kind boy when we were young." Gabriel still looked young, but he'd never officially told his age. "He's changed a lot though. I never expected him to attack us so violently."

Drake watched Gabriel and the woman he was with join the two other women. His rage mounted higher. "How dare he. How can he be happy in the future and I'm not in a shred of their memories? What is he hiding from me?" Again, Drake tried to pry his way into Gabriels' mind and met with a solid wall. "Dammit, Gabriel!" He let loose his lightning arrow again at his brother's back.

 

"Oh so THAT's the bad thing you were talking about! Okay then, I won't go, or else a time paradox will be created and the space-time continuum will be messed up."

Rita started to laugh but ta crackling sound coming from behind them cut that laughter short. She looked around and saw a lightning arrow flying straight towards them...but it was facing Gabriel a bit more, "Hey! Gabriel, look out! Behind you!" She screeched, blasting him with water to try and make him move.

 

Tom frowned, he wasn't sure what Rita was talking about and wasn't convinced that would happen but if it stopped her from going, then he'd go along with it. He glanced over just in time to see the figure fire the arrow, Tom swore under his breath, muttered, "Knew he was bad news, they can't die yet" and vanished, teleporting away.

Eliza grabbed Gabriel's arm and phased, so the arrow would hopefully go straight through them.

 

Gabriel frowned, wondering why everyon was screaming about. Suddenly a sharp pain pierced his chest through his back. Glancing down, he saw the arow before it faded away and smiled in surprise, "Well, well, well, Drake." Turning, he looked up at his brother on the church roof, "Couldn't fight me fair and square huh? You just had to shoot at my back. Y'know you make yourself look like a coward." Drake seemed suprised and Gabriel shook off Rita's water and Eliza's hand, stretching his wings out threateningly, "Try that again, brother, I dare you!"

Drake stood frozen to the cross. Gabriel was still standing. He must have grown in power to refuse aid from that woman, take his arrow and still be able to theaten him. "I would take my chances, but then I really wouldn't be in the future now wouldn't I?! BUt you already knew that, didn't you!" Out of the corner of his eye he noticed the man on the other roof had disappeared.

 

"Um...who is this?" Rita asked, pointing at Drake.

The young Rita sighed as Tom vanished, "Now what do I do...OooH! I'l go talk to that other guy!" She chirped, speeding off towards Drake.

 

"Gabriel's brother" Eliza informed Rita, "Not good news. But Gabriel seems to be in control right now."

 

Gabriel managed to keep his wings expanded, though he felt increasingly tired. Blood still poured from his chest. "C'mon Drake! Why don't you throw another of those fancy lightning arrows at me!?"

Drake felt real fear at his brother's anger. Though being the elder of the two, he had always been afraid of Gabriel. He took after their father a little too much for comfort. "N-no. You've suffered enough. You...you told me wrong! I thought I was in the future! You lied to me!" He could tell Gabriel was laughing at him, not just by the laughter that echoed up to him, but the look on his brother's face, "You're kidding me right? This is all over that you're not in the future? C'mon Drake, that's ridiculous. Everyone's there. Whether or not you're in my future means nothing!"