Kiba_the_Chosen

Rain?[ML][MS] [COLOR=DimGray]The morning sun gleamed through a crystallite window. One of many in the room of which a young woman with blond hair woke up in. The moisture on the window invited much life to spawn. Waking and getting off the bed she went over to the window. The windows were thrust open by gentle hands and the birds were chirping in the morning air. ?Ah befitted royal sun shine on my palace so-? ?Ms. Lea it is time for the royal Arching.? ?Oh I just woke up can?t anything wait around here Dreal.? (Pronounced Drā-ul) ?No sorry Ms. Lea. I?m here only to be your servant. I just direct time and-? ?You can stop before you start to repeat yourself Dreal. I?ll come out in a minute.? ?Yes sorry Ms. Lea. I will be leaving Ms. Lea.? The footsteps told the young women that her faithful guard was gone. ?All I ask for is peace in the morning.? She muttered to herself. She looked down and closed the window. She went through a door and you could hear water running. -In the field ?Nice to see you again Ms. Lea.? ?You too Dreal. Now what is the new piece of bow technology you brought for me today?? ?From the city my lady. It is the creators new exploding tip bow.? ?How explosive is it Dreal?? ?It is said to be the best in the city my lady.? She drew the bow back and launched the arrow at a metal target. It pierced clean through the metallic skin and jammed inside. A second later and the entire thing was caught in a fiery explosion. After the dust cleared there was only metal shards left. ?It will do Dreal. Good work. You said it came from the city.? ?Yes my Lady.? ?Which one of the cities haven?t been destroyed?? ?The city of Ronto Ms. Lea.? ?Really. We won back the city.? ?Only through the efforts of a couple of young men.? ?Who are they I would like to congratulate them.? ?We don?t know exact names but we do know that they aren?t the enemy. The reports have come in and it seems they have supreme skill of different things. It is like you with your bow my Lady.? ?Alright gather these people I will hold a ceremony in their honor.? ?I will be right on it Ms. Lea.? The guard ran off and Lea walked through the garden. It was quite peaceful. The flowers bloomed in the morning light. The bushes around her seemed to flow her way. It felt like she was a goddess. ?My Lady. My Lady.? A guard interrupted the peace yelling his way to her. ?What is it?? ?My Lady one of the town strong holds by the city of Ronto was found with two hundred bodies all deceased.? ?So what are the signs? Is it pyro?s, magicians, alchemists? Tell me.? ?We believe it was Alchemists. These guys also know their stuff.? ?So what can we do. I?m not going to sit here while the last kingdom in Italy falls. We need to make contact with the other kingdoms.? ?I?m afraid we can?t do that Ms. Lea.? Dreal came out of the path. ?Why?? ?You can stand down now.? The soldier left. ?They have disabled that town for tuning in on our communications. It is the place where all our communications go to. I?m sorry.? ?What about the people you said helped in the capture of Ronto.? ?They will have to come out on their own. They are the only ones in the entire world that have the power like you. We thought you were the only one left. Princess they are also going to strengthen our assault for they held the same powers as weapon masters, pyro?s, magicians, and alchemists. We don?t know for sure who has what and the number of people. We just know-? ?They are on our side. Dreal it is really bad when you repeat. It isn?t heroic it is stupid.? She laughed. Summary: I don?t care how many sign up for this but it needs to be at least three people with me. Alright for those of you that are going to sign up you start off in Ronto or the kingdom somewhere. There are four abilities you can choose from pyro, magician, alchemist, or weapons master. The difference between and alchemist and a magician is that a magician uses spells and creates things of magical essence like orbs that come flying at you. Alchemists can create things if they have the right ingredients. Pyro?s I hope you know what they do and weapon masters are people who can wield a weapon better than everyone else. You can be a combination of two but I don?t want Alchemist and Magician together. [/COLOR] Name: Age: Appearance: (I want some detail) Bio: Weapon: (Only two) Ability: (Remember it can be a combination but not of Magician and Alchemist.) Ms. Lea will be my character so have fun making yours. PM me if you have questions.

OOC: Sorry about the confusion. Let?s just try to meld from this point forward. [COLOR=DimGray]Taikaru walked along the road looking at the crumbled columns and the papers flying. ?What a dirty town. Especially when the paranormal inhabit it.? She kept walking on. The gargoyles started to hover above instead of swoop down and attack. They seemed to have a quiet since of waiting. Taikaru looked up in the sky for re-insurance of this. They hovered above the coliseum. Taikaru looked back down at her feet and closed her eyes while she walked in almost complete darkness. ?Farel you can stop hiding.? ?Hey how did you know I was here?? ?You just said.? ?Well I guess you got me.? Suddenly Farel appeared two feet from Taikaru. ?Actually not only that you smell of gargoyle.? ?It is the smell of a warrior. Not of someone who didn?t take a shower in awhile.? ?Farel come on. You know I?m looking for somewhere to stay.? ?Then why don?t you look at the buildings instead of me.? Farel said. Taikaru didn?t notice but a bit of blush wiped across her face. She looked at the buildings most of them in better condition. ?Farel have you ever been to Rome?? ?No.? ?I guess that makes you not such a good tour guide.? Taikaru said. They happened upon a hotel after that. It was huge and the only part that was actually broke looked to be the electricity to it. Taikaru turned on her communicator. ?Everyone I found a place. It is a hotel that is pretty hard to miss. It is called the Foot of Mount Olympus.? ?We?ll be there a little later. Hold your position until we arrive.? It was M on the intercom. Taikaru looked at the hotel again. ?I guess we should go in. It will be nice to get you cleaned up Farel.? They both laughed and went through the front door. The room was dark and had statues in the main lobby up to the fifth floor ceiling. The name was right for the hotel. Farel was right behind Taikaru not to get lost or something on that line. ?Farel do you have any light that we could use?? ?Let me see.? He opened a bag and rummaged through it. ?Here we are. We have these flash lights. They should last us until someone gets here.? ?Alright Farel if this is all we have for now let?s check the perimeter. I don?t want any gargoyles going mad here. I also don?t want any zombies left over. If the virus did come here it must have turned most of the population into gargoyles. The last bit is zombies.? ?So in other words we get to go zombie hunting again.? ?That?s the plan.? ?Oh great. I thought we had enough trouble with those things in Hong Kong. But how do you know they are here?? Farel asked. Taikaru pointed the flash light down to the floor. There was blood there just like the zombies in Hong Kong. ?I get your point.? ?Ok now we don?t have anything to light up these zombies and we don?t have anything of a holy matter. So we will have to sever their spines in the end. You can sneak up behind them and break them. I will use something I been working on to kill them.? ?Ok I now get the part about the zombies but how do you think we will be able to find them all in this large place.? ?I don?t expect to.? Taikaru turned with the flash light after that and started to walk down the hall. Farel treaded close behind. Following the blood they reached a closet. ?Farel you will have to open it so I get a clean shot.? ?Ok Taikaru I hope you know what you are doing.? ?I?m taking out a pitiful zombie.? ?Alright let?s go with that.? Farel opened the door but the only thing found was a zombie already severed along the spinal cord. ?Oh god.? Taikaru looked away. Inside were more heads of zombies and living things too. Maggots infested all of this. It smelled fowl. ?Close the door Farel.? ?No need to ask.? Farel closed it gagging on the stench. ?I ask who could of done that to the zombies.? ?My guess is the gargoyles couldn?t have mindless zombies around so they went and killed them. They seemed to have done a good job piecing them up. I?m guessing this used to be zombie HQ against the gargoyles and the Roman coliseum was the gargoyle HQ.? ?So how do we know if this place is safe or not?? ?I don?t think it is. It is zombie HQ. Something tells me that we ventured in a little too far. We should go before we are something?s dinner.? They walked back down the hall. Metal and other things were crashing. They herd the moaning of the zombies. The zombies were coming. They were right under the balconies in the main lobby when from above fell a zombie right on top of Farel. ?Get this thing off me. It feels like a walking swamp.? ?Hold still for one second.? ?Do you think I can hold still while a zombie is trying to claw at my throat?? ?Yes I do.? Taikaru then let out a shot from her pistol. In the light you could see the spinal cord right at the neck exploded and shattered when the bullet hit it. The head lay limp and Farel tossed it off him. ?Thanks.? ?No time for thank you?s yet. We still got to get out of here.? ?We are right by the door.? ?You forget that we are at zombie HQ. We are no where near a safe zone if we step outside. But we will have more room.? Taikaru and Farel ran out the door and found zombies on every street coming towards them. ?Now are we screwed yet?? ?Fight them off. We really need Andy at a time like this.? The night was dark and the machine that projected the darkness into the sky even reached to the hotel. The only light visible was the dropped flash lights and the guns firing. The familiar sound of bones cracking came from all over the place. ?There are too many. Do you think we can still hold them off?? ?I believe so.? Then there was a click instead of a shot. ?Or maybe not. I?m low on ammunition.? ?So am I. Shall we go one on one.? ?It is up to them. And from the looks of it I think they want to go one on one million.? ?Works the same for me. I hope you don?t mind.? ?No be my guest I will get the west road. You can get the east road. We then both charge up the north road to get back to the jet.? They nodded and the fight was on. This time it was close combat of blood splattering in their face. There was enough there to make any training day fun. First one Taikaru took out with a horizontal slash with her small blades. Next was a diagonal thrust downward and out. With her small blades she barley cut the spinal cord of the two. ?I need to change tactics.? She put her hands together and formed a dark sword made form materializing her energy again. ?I only hate it when I have to go deep inside them.? She swung with great power and cut ten zombies spinal cords and decapitated five of them. ?Twelve down and nine hundred ninety nine thousand nine hundred eighty eight more zombies to go.? The thrust given to the zombies over powered them and shoved them to the floor. The zombies started to close in though. She was being over numbered. The north zombies started to close in on her. They probably started to close in on Farel as well. ?That is it. M anyone that can defeat evil creatures from a virus that mutated in Hong Kong. I need you over here immediately. I don?t care what you are doing but I need?? Taikaru took a pause to kill a zombie coming at her with her dodges. ?Sorry but I need anyone here to help us out.?[/COLOR] OOC: Hope you like this. And sorry about the confusion.

[COLOR=DimGray]She had mistaken herself. Taikaru didn?t see Lee but something that looked like him. As for the things on the ground they were dogs. The fleet came closer flying at intense speeds. Their stony figure hinted of gargoyles again and Taikaru had to take action. ?Red they are here.? Taikaru said talking to the underside of the plane. ?Alright just hold them off. Ivy is about to wake.? Red yelled. *How does he know she is about to wake. Who cares I will just have to keep on killing. Show Red he can?t kill me.* The gargoyles came closer every second. Then a familiar voice came to her. ?Everyone at the ship. Get into gear. The gargoyles are coming your way.? It was M talking. ?We are going to infiltrate while they are attacking. Wake up Ivy somehow. You need her to help.? ?M this is Taikaru. I will have Red wake her right away.? ?Just do it. You don?t have much time.? M turned off his signal. ?Red go wake Ivy now. I don?t care what you say just go and wake her.? ?Alright.? Red said. She herd him go up the ramp. Then she looked back at the fleet coming in. She was ready to kill them. *I don?t care if they are abnormal or human. They are threatening our existence. They will all die.* She felt the power flow through her and the energy ready to burst. She was ready but something was happening to the gargoyles. *Red must have woken Ivy. They are all exploding.* All of them were turning into ruble. The exploding suddenly stopped after five minutes. The fleet was still coming. Taikaru drew swords out of nowhere and started at a battle stance. The first of the gargoyles had landed. One swift blow and it crumbled into dust. Then there were two that landed. With her swords both were crumbled. Next was four then eight. Sixteen came down and Taikaru had no problem. She wasn?t even grieving. She was actually chuckling at this. A gargoyle finally got a chance at a hit. It flew in and tried to ram her. She side stepped and tossed a sword at it. It crashed into the plane and was destroyed when the sword hit the gargoyle. The sword disintegrated after that. More came and they were easy to take down. The total number that had landed on the building and hovering above was now at a grand total of two hundred fifty six gargoyles. She noticed the ramp was closed and she was left to defeat them all. ?Pitiful filth. I will grant you what you all want.? She backed off her battle stance and opened her arms to the sky. She didn?t know what she was doing. One gargoyle took his chance. It reached two feet from her when she saw what she wanted to see. Her power made a creature but yet again she fainted before she could see what it actually was. -Dream ?Come on sis let?s all have some fun and not ask questions. It is your birthday.? ?Alright. I will.? Taikaru said trying to get the jest of what was happening now. She ate her rice and all of them sat at a mahogany table. It looked fine crafted and with chairs that matched. It seemed quiet and peaceful. All were eating and quietly pleasing what they had. Then the day started to go down. All of the light coming through the window started to become a light orange. Outside warm colors of red and orange shown in the clouds and the family started to wind down. ?Well I?m off. I got to go and catch my flight.? Her father said. ?Make sure you come back soon dad.? Her brother said. ?Ok and you listen to mom alright.? ?K dad.? He said. ?And Taikaru make sure you listen to her as well. I will be back again. Bye.? ?Good bye.? She said without thinking. She turned back to Nomi. Then she turned back to the door. The day was over and now she went to her room. She kicked off her shoes and lay in bed. She thought about where she was at the moment. Where in Osaka. Her brother came in cautiously. ?Uh Taikaru.? ?Yes Nomi.? ?You seem to be acting more adult right now.? She forgot that she still had to be like a kid. ?Oh uh. Well I?m excited that uh father came home.? ?No I think it is more than that.? ?Nomi I don?t believe that I?m any more adult than I am now.? ?Well if maturity is last on your list then just act like it.? ?I am.? ?Taikaru you need some serious help. Speaking of which.? He took a slight pause. ?With you being my younger sister and all I would like to say that if anything were to happen you could find me. Find me at my favorite place. I will help you.? ?N?Nomi?? She said in a concerned way. -Reality The gargoyles started to back off. It was the same group. Taikaru got up and they all flinched. They had a cowardly look in their yellow eyes. All of them were glancing at each other and then back at Taikaru. Finally out of the silence she herd a voice. ?Taikaru get back in here.? It was Ivy. Taikaru ran up the ramp and to the room where Ivy was. In her hand were about twenty little golden orbs. ?Taikaru you may want to buckle up.? ?Sorry Ivy I?d rather not.? ?It is your funeral.? She tossed all of them over the broken window. All of the gargoyles went over to investigate. They all exploded two seconds later. The golden orbs made a such a huge explosion the entire plane started to tip over. ?Oh crap.? Red said with him ramming against the window. Taikaru quickly put her hands to the floor and made a support on one side. Making the support grow slowly the plane tipped back to upright position. ?That was close.? Taikaru said staring at the huge gapping hole down to floor of the building they were on top of.[/COLOR]

OOC: Forget about me changing my name I will stick with it. [COLOR=DimGray]The plane sounded like it landed and Taikaru found it safe to go and see. She walked towards the ramp and saw Lee examining the building and all the shadows starting to come in. Then he looked in one direction with a motion of curiosity. He lifted his pistols but Andy got to it first. The fire being projected didn?t burn the beast only tickled it. Taikaru came down the ramp as Lee left to go see the body. ?Hey Andy what is your definition of safe in this case?? ?Staying away from the creature and shoot at it some more.? ?Thought so.? They saw Lee reach the body and examined it. Next the claw grabbed out from the shadowy figure and it took Lee for a dive. Taikaru started to run over. ?Idiot why did he go over by it.? Taikaru was too the edge and saw Lee going down. The building was quite high though. So she put her hands to the ground. ?Hope this works.? A flash of light came from where she was standing and a dark line traveled down the wall to the ground. There on the ground Lee crashed with the monster. The soft landing Taikaru made succeeded. But the creature wasn?t done. Whirling back for another round he headed for Taikaru this time. ?Oops.? ?Taikaru duck!? Lee yelled from down the wall. But it was too late. She was already knocked half way across the roof. She hit her head on the ramp but quickly recovered. Blood was coming down the back of her head and she felt it. ?Damn monster you will suffer for the injury you have caused me.? Then she felt the feeling again. It was somewhat familiar. She stood up and she made a maniacal smile. Then she opened her mouth and said ?Die!? She made some kind of energy. Out of her hands came a sudden burst of her shadow cleaving energy. The creature turned and it disintegrated. A big flash of black colored energy filled the sun setting sky. Taikaru immediately after that felt tired and exhausted. ?Taikaru that was?amazing.? Andy came over to help Taikaru but not in a careful way. Her leg was asleep and her palms were numb. She couldn?t move. She was laid right by Ivy and got some heart monitoring equipment. M then came in with the brain monitor. ?M I don?t need that. I am an able functioning member.? M looked at her with eyes of sorrow. ?You are hurt and you can?t move. You might as well say in Ivy?s condition right now she is able to fight.? ?But just don?t hook up the brain monitor.? ?Sorry but rules of the first aid. It is necessary to hook up the brain monitor.? Red said coming in the room. ?M put it on and then turn it on.? ?What have I said about orders Red.? ?Yes right. Just make sure you get it on.? Red left and M turned to Taikaru. ?You know he has a point.? ?I don?t care.? M ignored this and plugged it in. First it was working normally, then a second later it exploded. ?Well I can see you aren?t going to get hooked up.? M said as the bits were still falling. ?Don?t try again. Nobody should be hurt because of me.? ?I know you feel that way just don?t face off against a creature we never fought.? ?Alright M. But if it would be possible could you get Farel in here.? ?Alright Taikaru.? M said with a smile on his face. It gave her hope that she would get out of her ?glitch?. For a little while Ivy was the only one in the room. *I wonder how it feels for her. She is in a coma just like me. I hope she will wake up soon. No one wants to suffer like this.* Thinking about the strange Taikaru saw Farel walk into the room. ?What is it Taikaru?? ?First things first make sure Ivy is asleep I don?t want her to hear this. Second it is about the creature. Third I had dream again.? ?Well that is a lot of steps. But I will do it anyway. You can?t get up so I will have to do it all.? Farel joked making Taikaru smile. Farel went over to Ivy and tapped her on the shoulder. ?Hey Ivy you awake.? He waited five seconds and she didn?t move. ?I guess she is still in the coma. So what is it you want to talk to me about again?? ?The creature I got this cut from, it is a gargoyle. It only is stone and prays on any blood it can get its hands on.? ?Interesting. I also saw that you saved Lee.? ?Yes I did but don?t get too off track here. Finally I wanted to say I saw my father in my dreams. He is a tall man.? ?Do you think he?s alive?? ?No I don?t I believe he is dead. Every year he goes to New York on New Year?s Eve. He was probably killed by those things.? ?I?m sorry for your thought loss. Don?t worry Taikaru it will be all right.? Taikaru cried into Farel?s arms when she thought about how her parents were dead. ?Taikaru you better get some rest. Tonight is going to be ruff.? Taikaru stopped crying and looked at him. Her eyes were still moist but she didn?t care. ?Alright Farel. Remember you are the only one I can trust with these feelings and memories.? Farel looked down on her like a priest in a chapel looking down on a young child. Farel then left without another word. Taikaru fell to the bed weak and light headed. The blood was pumping hard enough that the gauze were soaking in blood. She lied down thinking about what happen to her brother. She then fell gently asleep. -no dream this time guys She woke up to find that her head wasn?t bleeding anymore and the light from the sun wasn?t there. She looked around for a clock in the room but there was none. She got up to go outside. Taking the gauze off she felt no blood or cut. She came to the ramp to see Red at the bottom.? Good uh what ever it is Red.? ?Nice to see you awake and healed.? ?What time is it Red?? ?It is 8:00 a.m.? ?Why is it so dark?? ?Seems that while you were asleep the gargoyles started with a plan of their own. They blocked out the sun so they could live all day and night.? ?I see. What about the others?? ?They have gone off to look for the machine. Only you, Ivy, and me are left to defend the ship.? ?Ivy is still asleep. She is breathing now but she is out of the coma. There is still a chance she could go back into the coma.? ?I know that, that is why I left her alone.? ?So where did they scout off to?? ?We think it is somewhere beneath the Roman Coliseum. The beam came out of there. And don?t think about leaving. If you go there will be no protection from the ship. Ivy would kill them easily if she was awake. It is only you and me guarding and the gargoyles will kill us all if they find our ship.? ?Alright Red. I will stay if you want me to. But when Ivy wakes up I?m out of here.? ?That will be fine. Now go to the other side of the ship. The Roman Coliseum is that way. If any gargoyles would come it would be from that way.? Taikaru nodded and went to the other side. Nothing was in sight. So she thought of things. *Is Red trying to kill off his enemies? If so he is doing a good job of it. Taking this mission with us, it is the only way he thinks he can kill M and I. He wants to be top in command again. Well I?m not buying it. He is a foul snake that he is. To kill me and M is his only goal for right now. He wants us out of the picture. He wants to have power.* Then she noticed a figure flying with no wings. As it came closer it looked human. It was Lee coming back. Next she noticed the rest of the fleet on the ground. Then from the Coliseum there came a bigger shadow. It was the massive aerial fleet of gargoyles. [/COLOR] OOC: There make up what ever you want when I was asleep and thinking to myself.

OOC: Now I think that the heaven team needs to wear some protective head gear. Everyone is falling into comas. Taikaru looked for the man that was in the big room. The place where he sat was covered in blood. His arm was lying on the ground and he was no where in sight. Then Taikaru felt a small drip on her shoulder. ?What is this?? She touched her shoulder and looked at her hand covered in a dark red staining liquid. She looked up and there were dozens of zombies hanging over head. Farel looked up as well. ?We need to contact M.? ?Right. M there is more zombies on this plane than we thought.? ?I know. Ivy has just fallen into a coma and Lee I don?t know about.? ?If they are both down then we have only a few left. How are Eric, Carl, and Julius doing?? ?We haven?t got a report from them yet but we should soon.? ?So who is all left.? ?Well there is Eric, Julius, and Carl. Then there is Andy and me.? ?That isn?t enough, unless Andy heats and burns the zombies to a slight crisp.? ?That isn?t possible. The metallic parts in here would conduct not only heat but the electric current that would go nuts from the heat.? ?Isn?t there any way to kill these zombies without setting us all in a dangerous situation?? ?Well you could just rip out the spine as you said.? ?Can we hurry this up they look like they want to come off and eat us.? Farel said staring up at the ceiling. Taikaru looked up to see the zombies prying themselves from what hung them from the ceilings. ?M we will report back in about 20 minutes. No use trying to get Andy to burn them.? Taikaru turned off her ear piece. ?This isn?t looking good.? ?Well take out what blade you have and start decapitating these things.? They both took out what blades they had. Next they backed up against the open door. The zombies started to fall and blood splattered all over when they hit the ground. One fourth of the zombies were killed just from falling and turning into a mesh of organs and blood. ?Now let?s begin.? Taikaru got a feeling in her that she could feel with intense recognition. The zombies that were left from the fall were now coming at them with sluggish force. With Taikaru?s intense speed she was already behind one and with a blink of the eye she had cut open the zombie?s back and ripped out the spinal cord. Farel saw Taikaru do this with precision so he jumped on in. The blood was spewing everywhere. ?Taikaru I think if we keep on doing this we will have killed all of them in no time at all.? ?Maybe.? She was working on decapitating a zombies head and finished her sentence. ?Ivy and Lee are out though.? ?What? How are they out?? ?Ivy got caught in a coma and Lee tried to save her.? They both sat down in the blood, organs, and shredded spinal pieces exhausted. ?So they are both in a coma.? ?I?m not sure but I know Ivy is. Lee just went in to save her and now he is on the verge of death as well.? ?Well are there any more zombies we need to take care of?? ?There are two main areas that must be protected right now. That is the cockpit and the illness center in this plane. If one of those are knocked out there are two possibilities. One: Lee and Ivy become one of them and we have to kill our own friends. Two: We all crash and burn and the world becomes a hell pit for all these demons and other paranormal things coming out of veins in the universe to destroy the human race.? ?I?m surprised you actually call them friends.? ?Well attitudes towards other people can change. We must protect one of the areas.? ?How about we protect both.? ?What do you mean?? ?Well you could protect one area and I could protect another.? ?So who is going to get what?? ?Haven?t thought of that. I guess you will need to protect the cockpit because all we need down the illness center is a watch dog. I seem to fit that perfectly.? ?Alright then. Just to let you know it is not the illness center that needs to be guarded. It is the room next to it, Ivy?s room.? ?Alright. I will just be watch dog for what ever. You just get to the cockpit stat.? They both ran off in different directions after leaving the room. In a brief moment she was already at the cockpit area. The doors were reinforced steel. Taikaru sat in one of the seats from the secondary cockpit and watched for any abnormities. Five minutes passed and nobody came. The bridge was silent and it seemed just a bit spooky. Finally something came and passed the door. For a moment it looked like M. But as it came into view it bared five cuts to its throat. For some reason she didn?t feel scared of it. The zombie came closer to her. She didn?t feel scared or even fearful. She felt like some other presence was over here. She even sat down and saw the thing come closer. It reached for her and when it did she felt like she went to sleep. -Dream. She stared up to see her father by the table. ?Well come on Taikaru you?re not going to miss out on your birthday.? Once again she was trying to get into character. ?No I?m not going to miss it.? She looked at the table and a birthday cake was sitting on the table. There was no frosting or anything but it looked good. ?Don?t forget Taikaru this is your birthday so I made your rice ball cake.? Her mother said. She went over to sit by her brother at the table. His face was calm yet there was a small glimpse of excitement. They were served the rice cake and they all started to sing a song that she recognized but couldn?t place. They finally got to eating after the little song and her brother turned to her. ?You know sis, I?m going to one day travel to where dad has gone and more. One place I know I would love to go is that one place.? ?What place?? Taikaru said hoping she would get an answer. ?I would like to go to Mexico and brave there. They say they got ancient ruins there and I would like to see them.? ?Where would you live?? ?I would live in Chile. That way I could go and climb a mountain and be back in time to have a day at the beach.? ?Taikaru so what did you want from your father?? Taikaru turned to the big guy on the other side of the table. He pulled out something from his pocket. ?Here it is a souvenir for you.? It was a long necklace that was made of gold. -Reality She woke up from her sleep. She saw Farel above her. ?No sleeping on the job.? He said trying to be like a comedian. ?Hey I wasn?t sleeping. I was uhh...well you caught me off guard.? He let out a laugh from this. Everyone was back in there seats except for Ivy, Lee, and M. The loud speaker came on. ?We are about to land in Rome. Please buckle up until we land.? It was Red. The plane landed in Rome and everyone looked out the windows to see what effect the virus had this time. It had mutated as expected. They all saw from the window people in cased in stone. OOC: If you don?t want gargoyles or something along the lines of stone people then just say that we mistook some statues or something. Also I will be coming soon with a new name.

Taikaru watched in amazement at Andy?s revealed power. It was destroying everything. A pyroclasm of flames and heat ripped through not only the cafeteria but the vents as well. One thing Taikaru did notice is that something was happening with the vents. She found a grill to talk through with low enough heat. ?Andy the bolts are loosening. Stop with the flames otherwise we will all wind up with broken legs.? Andy didn?t reply. She gazed around her and all was in flames or melting. Zombie remnants were nowhere to be seen. ?Back up she has gotten too amazed at what power she has to care about the bolts loosening. Back up now.? Everyone started to back up. Julius was the next to speak. ?She is right. It is natural for all of us to get too caught up in our own power that we forget about the others. I would have to say we go back to the office and go down the main corridor. Agreed?? ?Alright. Maybe we can talk to Andy that way.? M said backing up. They dropped in the office and saw the vipers bleeding. Lee and Ivy were there too. ?What happened with the distraction?? ?Seems they are bigger and smarter. I?m not sure but these vipers seem to be like human beings only evolving faster.? ?Well the path is clear and we can get back to the ship now.? Farel said. ?Alright I will carry Ivy.? Lee said picking Ivy up with telekinesis. They went into the halls and found the doors open to the cafeteria. ?Andy come on. We are leaving now.? M said. Andy stopped and looked to M. She headed towards him. She then whispered something Taikaru couldn?t hear. On the roof there was no blood to be seen. All was quite except for the shattering pieces of glass. ?I don?t like this it is too quiet.? Taikaru said looking around. ?I agree with you. This is quieter than sneaking into an abandoned building while I?m invisible.? Farel commented. ?Well stay on your guard. I don?t want anything to happen.? Red said in desperation hoping he would live long enough to get back to HQ. They walked to the ship and they got to the ramp. There was something on the ramp slouched. ?What is that?? Andy asked as they came closer. They got to the object and it was Jung?s torso. His body was ripped apart. They found a foot lying a couple feet away. The rest lead up into the ship. ?There are a couple of zombies in there so you all be careful when getting on board. Otherwise you will end up like poor old Jung here.? M said ready to head up the ramp. They got in and closed the ramp. All the lights were on and they looked around. The parts lead deeper into the ship. The trails of blood and intestines led them to a door by the engines. They opened the door to find a creature. It was holding Jung?s head sucking on all of the innards. It turned around stared them all in the eye and leaped for them. ?MOVE IT!? Andy yelled and knocked everyone to the ground. Flames burst in front of her and the zombie was incinerated. Taikaru moved towards the head. She picked it up. ?Not a real good move Jung.? She tossed it into the fuel tank and walked back to the door. Everyone got into the cockpit. Then they noticed the absence of the pilots. ?Pilots are gone but blood is everywhere on their seats. They must be in here too.? M said looking at the seats then at the team. ?We will need to assemble a party. This ship is bigger than it looks. It is also new so we don?t know the layout that well. We will have to separate into groups. Red and I will take care of flying the plane. Ivy, Lee, and Andy you will search the way back of the plane. Eric, Carl, and Julius will search the front of the plane. Finally Taikaru and Farel you will search the mid sections. The amount of pilots up here is enough to overwhelm one person. So make sure you stick together.? ?May I ask how many there were.? Carl asked hoping for an answer. ?The total amount of pilots up here were three. Then when you include the rest of the people back in the plane you will get a total of twelve zombies left on the plane.? ?Who will be patrolling the cockpit?? Taikaru asked finally speaking up. ?The door will be locked and if it were to open I have my own powers to help me. Now you must kill while on flight the twelve zombies. Once they are dead you can shove them into the fuel tanks as not to spread the virus. Remember we still need to go to Rome.? They all moved out of the cockpit and M shut the door. The lock clicked and they all went out to their positions. ?Farel is there much you know about zombies.? ?No not really. All I know is that they will die when you properly kill them. They also like to hide.? ?Then we will have a problem finding them. If my thoughts are true then we will be put in more danger when we get to Rome.? ?Why would you think that?? ?If the virus mutates then we will have something different then zombies to deal with in Rome.? ?To be honest Taikaru I think you are overanalyzing the situation.? ?Farel there is more to it then overanalyzing. It is only science of the body and disease. I seem to have configured the data. I know we will have something different to deal with.? ?Alright I will believe you I just want to keep up this search.? There was a silence after that and then Taikaru said something out of the blue. ?Farel I never gotten to say this out loud and mean it to its full potential. Farel I love you.? After that Taikaru opened a closet and let out a scream. ?Duck Taikaru.? Farel pulled out a gun and shot a couple times. The zombie that was hidden was shot in the head but didn?t die. Taikaru took out her blades. ?Die!? Her blades were hurled upward and sliced the zombie in three sections. Then she cut across severing its spine. The zombie now was cut into nine sections. Blood covered Taikaru?s shirt and the zombie pieces just lied there. ?Now I will need one of them famous Rome baths.? They both had a chuckle at this but then again Taikaru knew what happened. *Fear. Is this what triggers it. I?ve noticed in the past few times I was unconscious and the enemies just disappear. This started with my coma. The robber was found with no head. Next there was that vampire. He was incinerated by something. After that it was when Farel was lying in bed and the viper got up to the window. It was gone and no new entry holes. Finally I almost had that feeling right now. I think I will need some more control.* ?Taikaru we should go and search for more.? ?What oh alright. I will need to radio in.? She turned on her ear piece. ?M we got one.? ?Alright that is three down and only nine to go.? ?Three down?? ?Yes Julius, Carl, and Eric got one. Ivy, Lee, and Andy also got one. Hope you find the rest. We still got two hours until we reach our destination.? ?Alright M.? She turned off the ear piece. Taikaru took a glance at Farel and moved on. ?Taikaru I must tell you that I am glad that you are my partner.? Taikaru looked at Farel. ?I am too.? They trudged on to the ammo supply in the ship. This big room was quiet and dank. There were no bright lights and most of them looked broken. ?Farel maybe for this we need a light.? ?If we don?t go in now they could migrate somewhere else.? They went in. There was no blood and there wasn?t any signs of zombies. Then there was a clank. They turned around quickly. ?Who is there?? Farel said. There was a groan. Then a voice. ?He?help?help me. I?Don?t?know what is going on. I feel like I need?blood. Please kill?me.? ?Interesting there is a point of pain before the transformation.? Taikaru said looking at the dark figure. ?Let?s kill him Taikaru. I won?t like to see another in agony just because we won?t kill them.? He turned as well as Taikaru to look back at the figure. It disappeared. OOC: It?s a lovely day in the land of hell.

OOC: Since it seems that we all joined together then let?s all take a car. Taikaru knew what was coming. The car was ready to go through the entire army of zombies that blocked their path. Farel, who was now once again with her, comforted her for the ride of bumpy terrain. ?Here we go.? Said jung now stepping on the gas with his foot still on the brake like street racing. The tires squealed and they saw all the dust kick up in the back. He let go of the brake and a big jolt forced them all back. ?Keep going Jung I have an idea.? Taikaru said hoping it would work. She stuck her hands to the seat and in the front were something like blades. ?Andy can you swirl some fire around the blades up front?? ?Sure.? Andy burned a hole through the windshield and a blaze of flames started to cumulate around the blades Taikaru made. M and Lee tried to help and started to shove zombies out of the way. Eric, Julius, and Farel sat hoping the ride would be over. The army was getting closer and the blades were working full force. Once they hit the army blood and burning organs started flying all around them. ?Holy crap!? Eric said with the organs flying all over. Night was starting to set in and they needed to get back to the plane. This time support was already on its way because Red now could fear for his life. Red was calling in all support he could. *Bound time there was a change.* Taikaru thought. But even with the blades spinning with flames there was no clear view of anywhere. All the streets were blocked by organs and still standing zombies. They rounded some places that Taikaru could recognize. Buildings and everything started to look like she knew them, and she did. The airport came into view with a big landing on top of the building. Their plane sat up top. ?Get out and to the jet. There is not much we can do here anymore.? M said fearful of losing a teammate. They got into the building and it seemed quiet. Papers were strewn through out the entire place. ?Don?t get separated. Chances are they got in here too.? M said looking around each corner. ?We have several floors to go up. If we get separated we will meet out side up on the roof. To be exact how many floors not including the roof then we have seven.? Everyone nodded in agreement. They walked through looking around. Only some things made a sound. They could here papers being rustled. They herd metallic parts being clanked. Doors sounded like they opened and closed. It was all creepy. They traveled down another corridor. The final sound came that gave off the sign. The sound of glass shattering echoed through the hall and it gave terror over the entire group. Then around the corner they saw something appear. It was moving slowly. The hand that appeared around the corner was bloody and pointed downward. ?We aren?t going to get to the plane without a fight eh. I say we should find an alternative rout.? Farel said while he was starting to blend in with his surroundings. ?I agree I will meet up with you at the rendezvous point.? Taikaru said hoping others would join. ?Farel get me up to the shaft there.? ?Alright.? She felt someone grab her and boost her up. She opened the lock on the shaft and crawled in it. After she was in she made a rope with her powers. ?Anyone who doesn?t want to been turned into Hong Kong?s supper get up here.? Even M thought this was better then fighting. ?I don?t know the layout of the building entirely so we might head to a dead end.? ?Well none of us do so push on ahead.? M said trying to get away from the gate that was forced open. To there suspicions they found their way to a dead end quite quickly. They turned ant twisted through all of the turns and corners. Finally from the silence they herd someone speak. ?I think we should navigate on foot if we are ever to get out of here.? Ivy said. There was a gate close by and it was forced open. They landed inside a control room. ?What luck. Everything on camera. We can see the entire building from in here.? Farel said hopping out. ?We can navigate from in here. There is nothing else we can do unless we know where we are going. We will have to stay out of the main halls and find a side rout out of the place. From these cameras we can see that they take on regular human traits as well. They gather in this area here when they eat.? M pointed to a camera full of zombies in what looked to be a cafeteria. ?If my suspicions are correct we will find a blue print of the building in here. Now we have to find the blueprint before we get out of this place.? Everyone started to search. ?What if we can?t find it?? Red said looking into the drawer. ?Then we have no choice but to navigate by camera.? M said in reply. The time was ticking and everyone knew that the zombies would find them eventually. Taikaru then spotted a camera that showed the parking lot. It was filled with moving objects on the ground. All of them were zombies. She went over to M. ?M I think you may want to see this.? ?What is it Taikaru?? She pointed to the monitor of the parking lot. ?Holy crap.? Is all he could say. They watched the screen for awhile until getting back to the blue prints. ?Our time is running out. Where are those blue prints?? ?I found them.? Red said holding a sheet of paper. They examined the piece of paper and found only one rout. ?This is one of our most dangerous missions yet. And it wasn?t even assigned to us. The only way to get out of here is through the ventilation shaft and travel to an office. We exchange shafts there and head towards a cubicle room. Finally the most treacherous of the vents we must take is the last one. We will be going right over the cafeteria. Fortunately the vents are high up but if they brake under our weight then we have a problem. I will let Julius continue.? M explained. ?Thanks M. Now the amount of a support these vents have is only enough to support two of us at a time max. With all the people we have there is about a seventy percent chance of the last group breaking the vent and falling to their doom. This is due to the bolts weakening as a group passes. The bolts won?t hold in forever so we will have to move quickly. Finally as a precaution if you have any weight that you can lose then lose it. We will have to strip down to the last layer of clothing we have. That does not include taking off our pants. If you have any food with you leave it. These are all just precautions to lower the percentage of going through with the last group.? ?So who exactly will be the group that goes last?? Red asked. ?That is up to chance. Or it is up to volunteering.? Julius said. ?Then I will volunteer.? Taikaru said stepping away from the desk in the shadows. ?So will I.? Farel said. ?Alright we got our two volunteers. We must begin this operation quickly. There is no telling when they will all flood out of the cafeteria.? M said. They got back into the vents and followed where they needed to go. Right at the first turn Taikaru started to feel an unknown impulse. *What the. Is this another feeling? I hope not. I can?t deal with my feelings right now. If I get them in the process I will surely die. I have controlled most of them. But this one is unknown. It feels like fear. But it is something different. Wait no I will focus on the mission. The mission is to get out of this place. I don?t care if I go last. If I would fall I will try to get up there as fast as I could. Alright now I can focus.* After thinking there was a loud crash that came from outside of the building but didn?t effect the building. ?What was that?? Lee said. ?We?ll be able to see soon. We are almost at our first point and it has a window.? Julius said. They dropped down out of the vents and went to see what was going on. There was hole and a huge amount of blood. Next the ground was shattering in the parking lot and out of another hole came another one of the dreadful beasts. ?Sandvipers.? Taikaru said. OOC: Yes indeed surprising.

Taikaru sat in the car staring out over the sides and looking at the bodies. The same symptoms as the serum had come over them. There skin was a dull grey but there was no invincibility. Now that Farel has gone with M Taikaru was able to think on other things and possibilities. *If the virus is air borne then the serum must be air borne too. And what is with the people with the grey skin is it some kind of side effect disease. It has to be something. If we can?t figure this out then I think we have already failed the mission.* Taikaru looked up to the higher windows and saw people laying half way over the window. Then she saw something peculiar. It was blood. *Wait a minute. There was blood all over the place without us knowing. If it is just a virus then how did blood get all over the place.* ?Stop the car and get on gas masks or something we need to have a look outside.? Taikaru said to Red who was driving. Red came to a screeching stop. ?Why?? ?The bodies I want to a temporary autopsy.? ?Alright then the gas masks are in the trunk. The seat folds down.? Taikaru looked behind her and there was a spot that folded down. She rummaged through the boxes and found the gas mask. She got out to look at the bodies. Everyone else followed her with their gas masks. *Okay it is for certain now. The ligaments look like they have been chewed off. And with all the destruction around I wouldn?t think a virus would be capable of that. I should have a look at that serum I took with me.* Taikaru took out the vial of the serum. It has changed into a greenish color. ?Amazing it mutates.? ?What mutates?? Ivy said. Julius answered for Taikaru ?It is like the virus H.I.V. It mutates and takes a different form. Therefore no anti-bodies can defend against it.? ?You?re right Julius and it looks like it didn?t only mutate that way.? ?What do you mean Taikaru?? Red asked from behind her. She was about to answer when something down an alley caught her eye. ?Something moved down there.? Taikaru said pointing to the alley way. Everyone looked over to the alley way but there was nothing there. ?I think you may be losing your mind Taikaru.? Andy said. ?Trust me I?m not losing it. I saw something move. It was slow and sluggish but it moved. It looked like a person.? ?Come on Taikaru it couldn?t have been a person. They are all dead look around us.? Ivy said trying to argue. ?Don?t you think it be strange that the serum has mutated and the virus is air borne. Don?t you think it is strange that the grayness of skin could be something and not anything? Finally don?t you think it strange the amount of blood around this place?? ?Well yeah I found that strange but just didn?t think of it.? Ivy said. ?Well maybe some of us know what we are dealing with.? Taikaru looked at Andy. No response was given. Then she looked at red then back at Ivy. They all had the same response. Julius though spoke up. ?Could we be dealing with the deteriated flesh of a carnivorous beast from hell that feasts upon only the meat of its own species and has no idea that it is immortal to anything except fire, holy like weapons, and ripping out the spinal cord?? Taikaru looked at him surprised that he knew the dictionary definition. ?Why yes we are defeating those. Julius would you mind telling the others what we are dealing with in a way most humans could understand and not the technical stuff.? ?Alright.? Julius turned to the others and said it flat out. ?We are dealing with zombies. The mutation of the virus mutated from vampire to zombie.? ?Well how could that be?? Red asked. ?It is simple. This is just like some of the viruses you can?t treat because anti-bodies won?t set up enough protection. In other words the virus will take control of another and turn into something else. I think once we are done here with zombies then we will have something completely different when we get to Rome.? Taikaru said while still examining the body. ?This one has been died for about an hour now.? ?So you?re saying that we are now here to fight the immortal and the undead.? ?Basically. We will have to warn M and the rest.? ?I will do that.? Ivy said. Taikaru trotted off to the car. She got out a couple of viles. ?What are those?? Red asked in curiosity. ?This used to be our serum. Now it is mutated back to the form it first took. It is back to vampire.? ?How do you know that vampire was the first form it took.? ?It is a hypothesis. If the vampires infected the president?s daughter with this and only her then she must have been a guinea pig or something. Otherwise they would have given this to all of the people in London.? ?I see what you mean.? Julius said. Yet now that they were out of the car and paid a long due to a conversation they herd a trash can crash. They all turned to see where it had crashed. The people hanging out of the windows were gone. The bodies on the ground still remained. Ivy came back and stared in aw and amazement as their assailants came closer in a sluggish movement. ?BACK TO THE CAR.? Red ordered. They got back in and started it. They took off with a bit of umph to the engine. They ran down zombies corner after corner. ?Do you think this is a safe idea Red?? Andy asked. ?Safer than being outside this vehicle.? ?Andy we need you right now.? Taikaru looked at Andy and purged her way to her eyes. ?They are only able to be defeated by fire, holy like weapons from church, and ripping out there spinal cords. You fit all three at the moment. Please.? Andy looked down then back outside where the zombies were crashing against the car. The car crashed into a bank and the dust flew into the air. It was dark and Andy didn?t even get time to think. ?I think now you need to Andy no choice. We will be your back up.? Taikaru made a sword out of nowhere. *If only Farel were here they would be ripped up to shreds. I hope they aren?t on the same verge as us. We?re out numbered and no ride is going to come.* Taikaru looked at the army coming in and the light being blocked by them. They were all in position. Then Taikaru spoke loud enough for everyone to hear. ?Si mero ahora I will go out fighting.? (Si mero ahora. If I die now.) ?I just hope it won?t be like the vampire one.? ?It won?t zombies have no brains. They are also sluggish and are only carnivorous beasts.? Julius said to lighten the mood. With there masks still on they were ready to fight and Andy made the first move, just like the white?s in chess. Flames shot from her hands. ?You ungodly creatures.? OOC: The zombies were Kairi?s idea. I just didn?t want the idea to die.

OOC: It may be a typo but I think you mean avenge her Meddigo. Or you mean to get revenge on the creatures. It kinda confused me. "Guys there is something I need to tell you all." Farel said. Taikaru knew what he was about to reveal and she grabbed Farel?s hand in comfort. *He really is going to say it. But he can trust the rest. I myself will be at a disadvantage in battle if revealed my past. At least his is will be easier to relinquish.* The entire time she thought Farel was letting out his story. Fare sat back down by her and had a sense of relief on his face. ?You finally got it out.? Taikaru whispered. ?Yes I did.? Farel whispered back. After that silence filled the ship. Andy wasn?t talking to M for some reason again. Ivy was helping Lee concentrate. Eric and Julius were the only ones talking but they were working on strategy it sounded like. Taikaru leaned back and was glad she finally had a moment to think to the best of her ability. *Farel does care for me I know it. I also know that Andy cares for M. Ivy and Lee look like they could be up to something. Oh well everything will reveal itself in due time. For instance I would like to know what side of Andy is the real one. Is it the stuck up brat or the caring silent one. M left his past a mystery as well I will mine to everyone but Farel. Now for the sake of thought, let?s review everyone?s abilities. Eric and Carl have none. Ivy makes things blow up. Andy is a pyrokenetic. M is some kind of extreme telekinetic. Lee is a telepath and telekinetic. I have my shadow cleaving. Farel has his chameleon abilities. Now what about this odd character. He looks too curious. His head is wobbling from one side of the ship to the other. Is he analyzing something. Maybe he thinks the ship is too clean.* Taikaru chuckled at this thought. She didn?t know how loud she chuckled but Farel was able to hear it. ?What is so funny.? ?What? Oh nothing.? Taikaru went back to her thoughts. *Well I might as well meet the new guy before it is too late. I suppose I?m the last to greet him.* Taikaru looked up to see the new guy still looking at everything around him. *I need to greet him in a quite place. I don?t like making introductions to everyone unless I?m forced to.* Taikaru walked over to the new guy. ?Hello. I don?t think I met you before.? *I might as well greet him now.* ?The name is Taikaru and I see you have the document 66.98 power. It is what the martians call some kind of disease.? ?It seems all of you know my ability. Well you should also know that I can process data five times faster than a normal human.? ?Well that will be a good assessment to our team. I?ll see you when we land.? ?Alright. By the way my name is Julius.? Taikaru gave a nod to acknowledge his name. She went off to the cargo. Yet again they were carrying tons of serum. The smell of cardboard boxes and metals filled the already fowl air. *Maybe I should just tell him. It wouldn?t hurt. Would it? No I stole this chip for my own use.* Taikaru took out a data chip from her pocket. She put it in the little screen that she called Mr. Netashima with. She accessed the government files. Clicking fast through the files she found what she was looking for. Yet disappointed. *I can?t believe it. They still haven?t found him. I?ll have to search on my own. Even if this search takes me to back to mars.* ?Hey what you doing down here.? Taikaru jumped and quickly put away the monitor. ?Oh Farel it is you.? ?Something wrong?? ?No it is just that I can?t find where my brother lives.? ?You mean where Nomi lives.? ?They have only gotten leads on him and I am truly the one that must find him. I may even have to leave the heaven team.? ?Leave Heaven team?? Farel said in shock. ?Keep quiet alright. It would be a vacation with work.? ?Oh you mean a temporary cease in command profile.? ?You?ve worked with the secret service long enough to know their profiles.? ?I see you have too.? ?Well I will go back to my seat now and wait out the rest of this trip.? ?Alright I will see you back.? ?Oh and Farel.? Taikaru turned slowly. She looked nervous. And without warning she gave him a slight kiss on the cheek. ?Thanks for being there.? ?No problem Taikaru.? Farel said them now whispering. They got back into their seats and there was still an hour until they would get to Hong Kong. *I don?t know why I did that. Is this what M and Andy were doing. Still I can?t change what I did. I must put my mind to other matters.* Taikaru looked at M. *I don?t get why he won?t take my observations serious. Maybe he thinks that grey skin and being invincible to viper bites aren?t anything to be concerned about, or maybe he is thinking about Andy. Either way we have to set our minds on this mission. I will have to think about the people in Hong Kong before I think about Farel. That is the only way to achieve our goal in this mission. Rome is next after two days in Hong Kong. But?I?forget it. It is not what you should be thinking about. There is an hour left and your not getting sleep.* Taikaru drained out her thoughts and closed her eyes. She forgot how tired she really was. -dream ?Taikaru please wake up. You got school today. Get on your uniform soon okay.? Taikaru got up in the bedroom again. She went to the mirror to see something. She found what it was. ?A little girl again eh.? She brushed her hair like the last dream and she got to breakfast faster that time to see what else the dream had in store. *But this doesn?t feel like a dream. It feels real. It feels like I?m really here at home.* ?Hello Taikaru. It?s your tenth birthday today and Father is coming home. He?s going to be coming back from America.? ?What do you mean Nomi?? ?Sis you know Father is in America. He is in New York every New Year?s eve as the American?s call it. He lives in that place New Jersey Taikaru.? Taikaru nodded and went to her breakfast. *If we?re not in America than where are we. And wait a sec if my ?Father? goes to New York every New Year?s eve, then that means?* Taikaru got a scared look in her eye. ?Come on sis it is time to go to school.? Nomi was by the door. Taikaru came over to him with her backpack and felt the warmth of the radiant sun. Her brother was older than her from what she could tell. She got to school following close behind her brother. The first day of school was written on one of the boards. Taikaru reported to her assigned room. ?Today class I?m introducing myself to you and you will be introducing yourselves to me. My name is Mr. Karota and I will call you off in alphabetical order. Please say here if you are here.? Mr. Karota called off a couple of names and then came to hers. ?Mrs. Shinro.? ?Here.? She looked at the teacher thinking back to when she trained back to normal health on mars. ?Now that I got your names I will begin the first unit of the year. Geography of our country. We will study Osaka first. We will continue off of there when we get finished with that.? The day went by faster than she thought. It came to a close when they were talking about population. She met with her brother outside the school doors and went home. The dusty road was blown with wind from her right. This kicked up dust into her face. Taikaru looked up into the sky. *If only I were taller.* They got home to find someone Taikaru had never seen before. ?Welcome home my daughter.? -reality The captain was blaring though the cockpit. ?We?re about to land anyone who is still not ready get ready.? OOC: (Hint) If you know your geography then you know what the country is in ?Our ?Country?s? Geography? is. Also I?m sorry if it was again a ridiculously long post. You can tell me if you like R.L.P.?s or not.

Taikaru looked up to find Farel looking at her. ?Hey. What?s wrong, you don?t look so good?? She looked at him in comfort to see that she finally was being answered. *I already turned up my from my past no holding this back now or our mission will be in jeapordy.* ?I had?I had.? ?You had what? Please you can tell me. It will help.? ?I had a dream.? Farel was silent showing he was listening. ?My room. I was in my room. And my brother greeted me.? ?A brother. Sounds normal.? ?Well you see I only remember that he is my brother. I don?t know what happened to him after I fell into a coma. I looked up on the computer and found Nomi to be my brother. He isn?t deceased.? ?Don?t you want of find him?? ?I have been thinking that over. He must of ran off when my mother died. If he did that and never came to ask about me then I don?t know if he would want to see me or not. It is very confusing.? ?You must feel worn from this pondering. Why not talk it out with me?? ?Alright the last bit of information I have regarding this is our last name.? Taikaru started to hesitate but then looked into Farel?s eyes. *He?s lost loved ones too. I should tell him mine.* ?My last name is Shinro. I don?t know why I couldn?t remember it.? ?Well Ms. Shinro I would be glad to escort you to your room.? Farel said trying to lighten the mood. Taikaru went along trying to get away from the mystery for awhile. She lifted her hand like some sort of young princess and said ?I will be glad Sir Farel.? They started to walk to the door when M came in through the door. ?Where were you two?? ?Here in the garden.? Farel replied knowing Taikaru had to recuperate. ?Well we have a mission in thirty minutes get your stuff ready.? ?Sorry about the delay.? Taikaru said. Farel and Taikaru walked off to their rooms. ?I will see you on the plane. I got to go and get myself ready now.? ?Alright Farel.? Taikaru said closing the door to her room. On the cold steel wall Taikaru saw the weapons that have served her for a long time. Hanging there were her two pistols that blended in with her clothing. There were also the two blades hanging on the wall. They gleamed as Taikaru turned on the light. She grabbed them from the wall and remembered how that Lycans took her over. She looked down again to see her feet. *That won?t happen again. Never will it happen. But I must tell M about what I have found I never gotten the chance.* She pulled the weapons off and put them on her belt. She then took off from the room. ***Platform 78-C*** Taikaru walked up to the plane to see Farel standing by the ramp. The jets were off right now but Taikaru knew they would be on soon. ?Hey Farel. Whose on right now.? ?M, Ivy, Carl, and a new guy. I think his name is Julius.? ?I?m going aboard. I need to talk to M.? ?Alright M told me to look for the others right here.? ?I will see you on board then.? Taikaru walked up into the small second cockpit. She saw the new guy but passed him and went over to M. M looked up. ?You need something.? ?A conversation between only us.? ?What for?? ?The mission.? M looked back down and un-buckled. They got up and walked down the ramp past Farel and to the corner of the platform. ?If it is about Red then I have it controlled.? ?No it is about the people we saved.? ?What about them.? They were whispering now. ?I have seemed to have made some mysterious observations.? ?What kind of mysterious observations.? ?They grayness of skin and the fact that the people didn?t die when they were struck by one of the vipers. I believe we are dealing with something else.? ?Look we will talk about this when we get to Hong Kong.? Taikaru nodded in agreement. They got back on the plane. Taikaru sat down close to the ramp. She saw eventually Carl come on. Then came Ivy and Lee. Finally came the others. Eric sat down by Julius and Farel finally came up the ramp. ?Alright we are about to take off.? Without asking Farel sat right by Taikaru. As Farel sat she noticed some strange saddened but happy face on him. Taikaru looked down to see that the ship was clean. The other one was wrecked in the village they left. *I wonder if contacting him isn?t such a bad idea. First I would have to figure it all out. Maybe by the end of the mission I could see him. Yes I will have that set for me. No going back.* She herd the engines kick in. ?Quieter than before.? Taikaru said in amazement that jets could be that quiet. ?Yes it let?s us have a pleasing flight.? Farel said. Taikaru almost jumped. She forgot he was there. ?Farel?? Taikaru looked at him. ?Yes.? ?I need to tell you one more thing.? She said starting to whisper as quietly as she could. ?What is that?? Farel asked as he whispered too. ?I need help?with the feeling?love.? Still whispering Farel leaned and said ?I will help.? OOC: Hope you like it. I?m sorry if I haven?t officially greeted Julius Retribution. I will soon.

OOC: Retribution if you make things go to fast then there won?t be a story. Also stories have their moments of dullity. Taikaru was at a table in the mess hall and Farel went off somewhere after eating. She was left alone to eat. Farel seemed to have took off with one of the others. *I wonder who that guy was. I would have to ask him about it.* Taikaru put down her sandwich and went over to the door. She was one of the last to leave. It was getting late, around 11:00 p.m. She went over to her room but didn?t go in. She stood there staring at her feet with an intense gaze. ?When was the last sleep I got?? Was all she said. She went in laid down in bed and fell asleep. -Dream ?Sis you awake?? Taikaru opened her eyes to see a small boy. ?Finally we are going to be late for school. Come on and get your school uniform.? She willingly got up and saw a bedroom with little things. Nothing there was out of the line of suspicion. ?Mom made us eggs and bacon. Come on.? The small boy started to look somewhat familiar. ?Alright I?m up.? Taikaru said still in wonder of what was going on. ?I?ll be there in a second.? Taikaru went to tidy up here physical features. She felt small when she went into the bathroom. The mirror was like it was deliberately placed out of her reach. ?I need a chair.? There was a small stepping stool to her side which she pulled over and got up to the mirror. She blinked her eyes a couple of times and saw in the mirror a small child. ?Uh oh. What is going on here? I am age 25. My name is Taikaru and I work for Heaven but not like this.? ?What you talking about sis. Come on.? ?Coming.? She got off the stepping stool and came out of the bedroom which she thought to be hers. She went through the hall and found the kitchen. ?Good morning my child. How are you today?? Taikaru looked up to see a woman she seen before. It was her mother from previous times. She looked at her with a smile and a pan on the stove. ?Breakfast will be ready soon sit by your brother and wait until I?m done.? *My brother.* She looked at the boy who woke her up. She knew this was a chance to get some information. She thought back to the mind of a child to get the information out of him. ?Hey brother I want to give you a one question quiz.? ?What kind of quiz Taikaru?? ?How about What is your name?? ?Taikaru you know my name.? *Dang didn?t work.* ?Come on what if I forgot overnight.? ?Ok Taikaru. My name is?? -back to reality The alarm went off and Taikaru, feeling groggy turned it off. ?What morning. I need to shut this alarm off. I almost knew his name. But I never saw him die. What could have possibly happened? My mother died. She was the one killed by the robber. Is it something that?never mind. What am I thinking. I should get out and do work.? Taikaru left her room and went to the room. She knocked on the door after thinking about it for awhile. ?Come in.? A voice said in response. ?Hello it is Taikaru.? ?Oh Taikaru sit down. I was just going to talk to you.? ?Uh what for Red?? Red turned in his chair and sat his hands down on his stained oak desk. ?I wanted to ask you about going on the mission you are currently on. There is no room on this team for members who almost kill them selves just because someone was injured.? ?I am sorry Red. It was the first time I felt care.? ?Well don?t let it happen again. I don?t want you to be lost to them creatures.? Taikaru looked up and saw the real reason. ?Or is it because you are afraid of M?? ?Of course not. He poses no threat to me if he went and fought along with the monster creatures.? ?You are a cruel man red. I will let you know this though. If you expect me to complete a mission with two bullets and fifty vipers around me than you will not even be able to say oops before your neck hangs from a noose.? ?I?ll keep that in mind.? Taikaru got up and left. She didn?t tell red what she wanted to tell him from his obnoxious attitude. Taikaru was walking away from the door when an idea sprang from thought. *I wonder if I could get it. If he has it I will be able to find out this mystery.* She went back to her room. Still be cautious of being alone with these calls she pulled out the monitor again. ?Hello again Taikaru.? ?Hi Mr. Netashima. I wanted to get some information.? ?Oh and what information do you want from me.? ?I want to know what my last name is. I told you not to give it to me before but now I have feelings. I need to know it.? ?Alright Taikaru. I will just need to pull it up.? She waited for five minutes ready to hear it. ?I got it here. Your last name is Taikaru Shinro. I think it is quite the name for you. Why did you want to know the information.? ?Just out of curiosity.? ?Now that is done. Just call me if anything pops up Taikaru. Good bye.? Taikaru clicked off the monitor before she said a dues. *With this information I will be able to find it.* She walked out of her room to see Lee and Ivy making noise down the hall. *I wonder when we will go back to the mission. Something still troubles me about it but it is probably nothing.* Taikaru turned to the other hallway and walked forward. Before she knew it she found what she been heading to. The title of the room was in black letters over head. ?Government Computer Center? She headed through the door. She sat down at one of the many flashing computers. Some people were in there but they worked down here. *Where is it? Where is it? There. Now to read this profile. Yeah yeah yeah. Had one sister. Current status unknown. His name is. Found it. The sun of a family who was attacked sister found almost dead. Mother died from bullet wound to the head. The child named Nomi not found. Evidence points to fleeing the scene. I wonder where he lives now.* Taikaru again got up and went into one of the gardens. She eyed everywhere to talk to someone. She even thought of telling the stuff to M. *No Farel is the one I can trust. I must find him. Invisible or not.* She looked down again. She felt curiosity fall upon her. The silence of the garden made her thinking sound like she was screaming. She looked up to see if Farel would come in any direction. ?I need help. I need it. I also want to know where he is. Can someone help me.? She muttered to herself. She looked back down at her feet and lost complete control. She wanted to know where he was, why did she have to die?, and most of all, where Farel was. She then felt a hand touch her shoulder. It was cool and felt nice upon her. Her anger infuriated her. She looked up and turned to see? OOC: I kinda want Kairi or Meddigo to finish this up. If you want to finish it up then do so. I also know this is an R.L.P. (Ridiculously long post.)

Taikaru stood there in shock of what Farel had just said. She still could feel the cool breeze on her cheek when the wind blew on her trail of silent tears. ?Farel?? She said stretching out her hand to comfort him. He sat there. His tears were quite different from hers. His were of sorrow and remorse while hers were of regret and anguish. The day started to pass on and the sun started to set. Farel was still in a moment of remembering what gory scene he had told her about. Five minutes of trying to care for one another, and even more themselves, finally, someone spoke ?You don?t have to feel sorry for me if that is what you are thinking.? ?It isn?t that Farel. I was thinking about where I live. Or used to live. I think it was on this Earth somewhere. It was on a countryside. A field as far as I could see. You know Farel once we get down to the basics we are pretty much the same.? ?How so?? Farel asked in a voice that sounded like, how could you have felt the pain I have felt. ?Because we only have vivid memories and we can only remember the worse more than the better.? ?Maybe you?re right.? Farel said gone with the voice before. They watched the sun set as they thought. The mere tip of it was going down when Taikaru turned to face Farel. ?Hey do you think you could help me out with some of these emotions?? Taikaru said knowing she was finally putting away the barrier of teamwork. Farel turned to her ?I?ll do everything I can for you.? Taikaru looked at the sun again and remembered one of them bad coincidences. ?Uh Farel doesn?t the bases security program keep us from going back once the sun sets?? She said in an oh crap voice. ?Oh son of a?? He didn?t finish he went off towards the elevator down. Taikaru ran after him. With the night setting in estimated time to getting to the base in time was a window of five minutes. Taikaru was running right behind Farel ?Didn?t it take us about ten minutes to walk here?? ?Then we will have to run back.? Taikaru stopped running and looked at Farel who looked back. ?Come on Farel we won?t make it back there in time if we run.? ?What can we do then? You expect me to camp out until morning?? ?How about fly there?? Taikaru put her hands to the ground and made a two seat air plane. They took off and were back at base in two minutes. Quickly they ran into the base and went down. ***Training room #3*** ?I thought I would need to train you in a secluded place.? Farel said when he looked at her. ?I?m not combat training.? ?I know. This is a quite place to perfect what you need to.? ?Alright then let?s get started.? ?First we will start out with meditation. You must focus your thoughts into one to begin. Now once you gather your thoughts fell them flow.? ?I feel something.? ?Now the boring part is over.? ?What?? ?You must now conquer all emotions. You can trust me. Tell me what emotions you need help on.? ?Alright.? Taikaru said sorry she thought of the idea. She started the list ?Jealousy and joy.? *If he learns I can?t control fear or my love he will suspect something. I don?t know what to think. For now I will just leave it at this and see what he does.* Taikaru stared at him while thinking. ?Well we got a start. Now when do you feel jealous?? ?When someone else gets my kill. I feel like I could rip out one of their spines.? ?Sounds to me like a combination of anger and jealousy. I believe all you have to do is focus. That is it, no serious training.? ?I?ll believe you Farel.? *You?re the only one I can completely trust.* They both walked out of the training room with resolved concept. ?Farel how long has it been since we ate something?? ?I don?t know probably the day. We were up on the skyscraper awhile.? ?Well I?m going down to mess hall. Do you wish to escort me.? ?okay.? He said while Taikaru knew he doesn?t like to be alone. Not even in the corridors. It is quite the walk to mess hall so Taikaru got to some thinking. *I wonder how it feels to be married. That Mai person he loved so much. Can I show as much care towards him? I?m sure I could. After all he is only human. We all have the same emotions run through us. Maybe to talk to him is not such a bad?no absolutely not. I can?t fall into his trap. He wants to be the helper of the group, he really does. But for some reason I think he needs the most help. I can?t help forgetting his conversation with Red. It sounded like he was controlled by them but he was his own person. It is just too confusing right now. I will just eat. But Farel, he cared for his fiancé. He wished nothing but the best. Now those monsters gave him to me. It is the will of the fortune that he ended up with me on this team. I will take my chance at it. I need to know the full concept of love though.* Taikaru dazed off to the ceiling while walking. ?You?ve been really quite.? ?What?? Taikaru was caught of guard. ?Oh I was just thinking.? ?We?re almost there. Just around the corner.? They reached Mess hall to find a couple members. There was Andy and M sitting by each other as Taikaru expected. Carl sat at the far end. Lee and Ivy were not to be found. But there was one more she could see. One more that looked to be trying to get into a conversation. *If that guy wants a conversation he should be looking at Farel here. I known from day one that he was the talkative type.* OOC: Alright Meddigo again I pass the baton to you.

Taikaru was just waking up without opening her eyes. She felt a presence around her. She couldn?t tell who it was. *Uhh where am I? Oh yeah I remember. I came in here.* Taikaru then opened her eyes to see that Farel was watching the ground. She sat up and Farel looked straight into her eyes. ?So this means that the venom is gone?? ?Appears to be so.? Farel said still looking into her eyes. She saw a sad and happy mix of feelings in his eyes. They looked like he cried but there was a slight smile on his face. Taikaru stood up to look at the clock. There were none in the operating room. ?Uh Farel how long have I been out?? ?Oh don?t know. I woke up to find you here lying on the bed there.? Taikaru passed her eyes from Farel and looked to the door. Then she looked back at Farel with kind of the same smile Farel was giving her. ?I think we should go find out what everyone is doing.? ?Well you may be right. I haven?t been out of here for awhile.? Farel hopped off the bed and Taikaru stood up from hers. They opened the door and went around the corridors heading to the living quarters. There they finally found a clock. ?Seems only to be seven twenty one. We have time to do what we want. Right Farel?? ?What do you mean by that?? Farel asked with a wondered look in his face. ?Let?s see here. Ah yes an idea just hit me. I know the missions we been on dragged us from reality of the civilians. Why don?t we go up there for some fresh air?? ?I guess I?m on that vote as long as nothing venomous comes at me again.? ?Well New York here is safe. That is probably why this base is here. We haven?t had an attack here in almost six months.? ?Alright. I will follow you. I got some places to visit too up there.? They headed towards the door. ***Surface*** Taikaru stretched to finally have room. ?Farel I was wondering.? ?What about?? ?You say you come from Mars eh. Well I?m just going to say I don?t know where I come from. You?re lucky to have a memory.? Farel looked down and looked somewhat puzzled. *I guess this is one step forward.* She thought to herself. ?Shall we walk through the city first?? ?What I figure is this entire place is a city.? ?Alright. Where should we start?? ?Hmmm?Want to go to the top of that skyscraper?? Farel didn?t answer but gave Taikaru a small nod. They walked off. Along the way people seemed calm and always busy. The streets were crowded and the traffic was bad. The skyscraper Taikaru pointed to was a sky view tourist attraction. They went in and everywhere there were elevators. They took elevator 1-b to the roof. Once up there they finally let down an unspoken vow of silence. ?Farel do you have memories of doing things like this?? ?What?? Farel asked confused to the sudden leap of words. ?I mean memories of well?you know?this.? Farel seemed to figure it out eventually. ?Yes I have some memories of this.? The entire they answered each other they kept turned looking out over New York. They both went back to silence again for about five minutes. Finally one of them spoke. ?Taikaru.? Taikaru turned to show she was listening. ?I wanted to ask about your memories. What are they like?? ?Let?s see. If we start from what I do remember that would be about three years ago.? ?What do you mean three years ago?? Farel looked confused again but cleared up soon. ?I mean?well how would I put it.? *How do I tell him this without relinquishing my past? I don?t want my past to become the enemies strength and my weakness. Maybe it will get rid of all this guilt I feel about him. This guilt is what kept me from my mission. I need to tell him of my past. Only him I will tell.* ?Taikaru?you were saying?? *sigh* ?Farel what I?m about to say now could you keep a secret?? Farel thought for a moment but quickly said yes in response to not lose trust. ?Here goes nothing. From when I was around ten and before I don?t remember. From ten to three years ago, as far as I can remember, I was in a coma.? Farel stood there and had a slight wince when she said coma. He looked to be keeping under control and understanding. ?I have been remembering things in my sleep. Dreams have come to me and I see more things. That is it. Any questions.? ?Just one. How did you fall into a coma?? Hesitating for a moment Taikaru finally blurted it out so it would get done and over with. ?Some low life thief came into our house after stealing from a bank I think. When he shot my mother in the skull he turned the gun on me. After that I passed out. I awoke my body like this. I lost all emotion control cells in my brain. I had no feeling of hope, happiness, sadness, joy, anything. Now with the sudden explosion of these cells returning I feel these emotions. There are a few I do not like and a few I really like. Now as I said don?t tell anyone about this.? Farel looked at her calmly. He nudged closer to her and wrapped his arm around her waist as he saw the tears rolling down her cheek. ?It is alright Taikaru.? He said comforting her. ?Farel I have another question.? ?Ask away.? He said in a quite voice. ?I herd a name. I think you know who they are.? ?Oh and who?s that?? ?Who is Mai?? OOC: There you go Meddigo. Alright I just want to say that I didn?t have the conversation with the little hellknight.

Taikaru was somewhat happy to be back a headquarters for a bit. She sat in front of the one way mirror to Farel?s operating table. *I guess I can trust them. Or was it what M said on the intercom. I don?t know about his past or much about his present him. All I know is that he cares for us. The fool?s caring is what puts his life in jeopardy. Never will understand that feeling. I know I have felt it and Farel put me in a tight spot. But I gone blank for awhile and that viper disappeared. I still don?t know what happens during that time.* Taikaru got up knowing Farel would be alright. *I wonder if M knew what he was talking about. His voice changed when Red didn?t answer. He sounded like?one of them. That is why it seems so familiar. I just hope this rest here will clear his mind.* She was walking down the hall as she saw M come out around the corner. ?Taikaru you should get some rest.? ?M?? She stuttered a bit thinking about how to put her sentence. ?Yes?? ?Well?? Taikaru was still thinking. In the end changing the subject was the best way to complete a sentence. ?Well I was thinking about the people at the village we went to.? ?They will be fine without us.? ?Yes but when you guys were in the tunnels and you were unconscious for a little while I went to oversee the virus effects. They seemed strange.? ?Really?? ?Yes indeed. I have reports of graying of skin. Also some of them received fatal viper bites but there was nothing wrong with them. I believe something suspicious is going on.? ?Taikaru don?t worry about that. It is your health you should be worried about now. Please rest for the days to come. We will eventually be landing in Hong Kong.? ?Your right M. I should go and get some sleep.? ?Yes I will see you tomorrow.? ?Oh M.? ?Yeah?? ?I just wanted to say that maybe you should go talk to Andy she looks confused and angry.? ?I will keep that in mind Taikaru.? Taikaru then shoved off down the hall to the delta wing. ***Delta Wing*** She peered into the hellknights cage and saw that it noticed her without thrashing. ?I know you know me.? A ghastly whisper came from the cage. ?Yeah. You are a creature that wants to poison this world.? ?No you know that I can see into your power. You know that your power is what we seek.? ?I suppose that would be true. The werewolves told me and they are the only honorable creature in your universe.? ?Yes they may be honorable but they are the weakest out of us.? ?Back to the subject. I don?t think it is only my power you want now is it?? The ghastly voice didn?t answer for awhile but finally gave up the truth. ?You?ve locked me in my prison and I have nothing for suicide. I will tell.? ?Good we finally got some cooperation.? ?That is wrong human. I will just tell you. It doesn?t mean you can stop what is to become of them.? ?I guess that would be true.? ?You have what we call our sacred power. I still can?t believe it is within a human. The next is the one you call Farel. There aren?t that many chameleon like creatures where we come from. After that is the M character. Diving into my thoughts I will kill him for that. But not until we harvest his power. Lee is a telekinetic. He is worth it. Finally there is Ivy. With her exploding our troops she would work as a powerful ally.? ?You say all these things but why would any of us join you?? ?I will only say one thing. We have more technology than you do.? Taikaru sat there wondering. Something was missing. ?What about Andy.? ?The pyrokenetic? She is worth nothing but common filth. There are way too many pyrokenetics within our world. But I saw into what she could do. That phoenix follows her. I believe we could make an exception.? ?Well you are trapped in the bindings. You can?t do any of this. You can only sit and be studied.? ?Who says I have to? I will eventually see this happen.? ?Now wait a minute. Why tell me this? I mean, I am not any different than the others.? ?Sure you are. You?re about as different as I am from the human race.? ?Again I will ask that you tell me why you?re telling me this?? ?Because in a short while I will die. Our lives our short lived and as a warrior we relinquish knowledge onto another being. I just hate that it be you, you filthy human.? ?So you are kind of religious.? There was no answer. The figure lay there through the hole motionless. ?So that is why creatures fight each other. I should have seen it in our first mission. They believed in different things. The honorable lycans and the evil vampires.? *That is not the only reason why they fight. I guess this mission Red sent us on was to observe the creatures and how they behave between each other. He doesn?t want us to save anyone. I will have to keep this from M. If he found out he would let the creatures kill each other.* ?I guess some creatures can be somewhat more tolerant of humans.? ?What are you mumbling about down here?? Lee came down the steps. ?Nothing. The hellknight passed away.? ?What? That was an amazing creature.? ?Well not amazing enough to live.? ?I wanted to see it one more time.? ?The corpse is in there. You can take a look at that.? ?I will head up to my room then. If there is nothing down here to interest me.? Taikaru followed Lee out of the Delta Wing like a lost puppy. Keeping close behind him until they reached a corner where they parted. ?Good night Lee. I will be ready tomorrow to train to go back to Hong Kong.? ?Good night Taikaru and I just wanted to let you know that Farel is going to be fine.? ?In the end good news comes out of everything.? Taikaru took off down the hall and made it to her room. She was able to dodge M. Laying there on her bed she thought about what the hellknight said. ?Religious huh. They are like us in different forms when we were without the president. Wait a minute. The president. We were sent to get his daughter. But I don?t think we actually herd where he was hiding. Hold on a minute. How am I able to know that people were like this when I was little.? She took off into deep thought and closed her eyes. OOC: I hope I don?t seem like a fast poster on this one. One thing about the different religious beliefs of the monsters is, that is why they were fighting in London. For anyone who didn?t catch on. When KariKIce2 brought up the thing they were fighting against each other I wondered why aren?t they fighting the humans. So I kind of mingled that up. Gave it a little stir.

*Why must I feel like this is there something wrong. No it isn?t possible. I do care for Farel but he is only my teammate.* Taikaru sat there wondering at the edge of the bed. The folds were wrinkled and damp as Farel laid on the bed in his own sweat. Eric was outside the door in his own thoughts. *Trusted Farel I did and what did it get me. Misery of seeing him like this. Never shall I reveal to anyone what I see from my past for it is all an omen of bad luck.* M came in and Taikaru pulled away from her thoughts putting up an intense mind barrier herself by thinking of the past mission. But all she could think about was what Farel did for her. ?Taikaru?? She made a small glance at M and looked back at Farel. M came to sit by her. He took his hand and moved it slowly to Farel?s head. Without her knowing the word came out of her mouth ?Wait!? ''SSSHHhhhhh...dont worry Taikaru; I'm not using my powers on him. Farel has always been quiet about his feelings...and I plan on keeping it that way. Please....relax...'' M then requested of a soaked towel. Eric went down stairs and M stared at Farel. ?M I know of one way to heal him without having to go anywhere.? ?What is that?? ?As of one who comes from a research facility I know someone who will have a anti-dote ready in about two days.? ?By then we would have probably finished our mission.? ?Oh well it is better than trusting red to get us the hell out of here in a hurry.? ?Well you may be right.? Then there was rumbles they could feel. The boards the houses were made out of were shaking and coming off somewhat from the poor craftsmanship. ?What is that?? Taikaru asked already knowing what it was. ?Must be a sandviper.? M went towards the window. Everyone was running into the houses. One of the moving humps of ground came to the hut they were at. The sandviper broke through the ground or that is what they herd. ?They aren?t getting Farel!? Taikaru put her hands to the floor and it turned into the usual black like color that she made with anything. After a couple minutes Taikaru let go of the barrier. ?I have never seen you powers in action. Quite a good performance.? ?Too bad it wasn?t to kill the thing.? Then a viper came through the window and M was flung outward. He wasn?t swallowed like she saw a couple others were of the heaven team. He crashed head on into a wall of a different building and went through. ?That isn?t good.? Taikaru looked past what she should have been looking at. Right when she made her eyes focus on what was blocking her view. She saw the head come at her. In the last second she felt fear overcome her. She felt like she passed out. She awoken to find that the entire plaza was in ruins. There were huge holes in the grounds that seemed to lead to nowhere. Buildings were split and splinters were everywhere. She remembered what happen to M and looked out over to where the viper had tossed him. The hole still looked fresh. *What about Farel. Good nothing happened to him. I?m sorry but I will have to leave you for a bit.* Taikaru looked back down where M was. She jumped out the hole made by the viper and raced over to where M lay. She found him sprawled out on the floor looking happy then sad while he was unconscious. ?M are you alright. I know that wouldn?t hurt you.? She examined his body to see the leg scarred. ?By an analysis I believe that he won?t go into Farel?s condition. As long as he doesn?t hit the venomous teeth he will be fine.? She said talking to herself. *I wonder where everyone else went. Even while swallowed you can still kill a viper.* -one hour later *I?m still amazed at how the people here received venomous blows and still didn?t die. The serum must be great for the first hours. As for M I think he will be waking up anytime. Maybe should be the time to call him. Well there isn?t any harm within it.* Taikaru pulled out a thing that looked to be a little tv. The same little screen she pulled out back when she couldn?t sleep. ?Now he will have some useful information. I will also have to send him the venom. Nicked it off the floor earlier.? ?Yes hello.? ?Mr. Netashima how are things up there.? ?Oh Taikaru how are the emotions coming.? ?Well I am getting a hang of the basic ones.? She told him with some enthusiasm. ?That is wonderful. Hey you didn?t call me just to say hi did you?? ?No actually I called you about the snake venom I grabbed from the attack earlier.? ?An attack eh. Well I will have the results in about two days.? ?That is the best news I herd all day.? ?Well you?re welcome Taikaru. I wish you luck on whatever you are doing now.? ?As well as you with that venom.? ?Good-bye Taikaru.? ?See ya Mr. Netashima.? *He will get the venom antidote soon Farel. You just have to hang on. I can?t look for the others either. Otherwise you will fall into danger.* Taikaru went up to Farel?s room after thinking about that. She looked at him. He looked like he was ready to ball. Then he said something not quite understandable. ?No don?t go. I won?t Mai.? OOC: Nice and slow I hope. If you have any problems I will edit it. Just PM me.

OOC: Nice way to get into a coma. Taikaru sat there waiting for someone to come. Her anger flared within her. She felt it as some kind of new species brewing inside her. The monster wanted to lash out and Taikaru held it in. But then she remembered something. The shot that Farel gave to the viper would at least have bruised it. *I know how to track that viper down. Farel will be avenged. These blood thirsty animals will be spared no mercy.* ?I say pity on their souls.? Taikaru said softly. Next thing she knew she herd something in her earpiece. ?The serum works it is a success.? It was Lee on the radio. Taikaru got up with some liquid type running around her cheek. She could feel the cool wind upon it. It was a tear. ?Guess we all have to feel sad sometime.? Taikaru once again pulled out the little radio. ?This is ground unit south side. We need pick up in a local village. One of our members is unconscious. Team survey will commence first before needed pick up. Estimated time will be 1300 hours. Pick up then. Taikaru out.? ?That is confirmed Ground unit south. Falcon will hover until then.? Taikaru put the radio away and walked over to Farel. ?The wound isn?t critical. It is only a small scratch on the leg. If you can hear me Farel do something.? Taikaru was waiting. She knew that he would be able to live but she didn?t know how long the coma would last. ?Farel come on. I don?t want you to have to live what I lived through.? Taikaru yelled quietly. ?Your stupid enough to put your own life at risk for some slithering brown snake. Is this what you wanted on this mission? Farel you don?t have to live through this. It isn?t?? Taikaru fell to Farel?s torso and didn?t finish her sentence. Ivy took a couple of steps towards her. Taikaru could barely see through her watery eyes. ?Don?t worry Taikaru he will be alright. You said it is only a scratch.? ?Your right Ivy. I don?t act like this. I should keep to the mission.? ~later Eric entered the village and Taikaru was sitting on a bench. ?Hey Eric. Anyone else coming?? ?No. But I will help as much as I can.? Ivy, Taikaru, and Eric all looked at Farel for anything life threatening. ?Looks to be only a coma. He is lucky to escape from that situation like this. One question. How do we get him back to base?? ?I?ll bring in Falcon unit. This is ground unit south we are requesting pick up now. Soldier Farel is harmed and in a coma. He needs immediate attention.? ?Roger that ground team south. We?ll be there in five minutes.? ?Well anything we can do for now. We got everyone in the village with the serum. Everyone seems to be doing fine. Some side effects are registered here.? Taikaru tossed the book at Eric. ?You?ll find dullness of the skin and pain numming. I think that the serum still does work well.? ?Good observations. I think this will be valuable to later accounts.? ?This is Falcon coming in we are now five-hundred meters above you. We are closing in and landing.? ?Received Falcon we will be waiting your arrival.? Taikaru again put the radio away. ?I have fear for some of these people though. The only thing more dangerous than a sand viper is a gapping hole left by one. The viper could come up out of the ground un-noticed and strike these civilians.? ?I see that you have done some research on these things.? ?Yes I got a whole file of them in my computer. They are the most deadly creature I have encountered.? The sound of the jet was above them. They saw the jet coming down. Slowly it hovered by them. ?Alright let?s put Farel in.? Ivy said. They gently lifted Farel and walked to the jet. ?Falcon be careful if you hover to close to the hole the...? suddenly the snake came from it?s hole again and bumped its head into the jet. The snake saw it as a threat. It lunged its head back. ?Falcon get out of the way.? Taikaru tried to call to the jet. The jet was struck by the humongous snake and shattered the cockpit. The jet crashed and the snake went under again. Farel was set on the bench and Taikaru and Ivy went to look at the pilots. It was Taikaru who got to them first. ?At strike from the teeth to the throat. What a way to go.? The pilots both had a huge hole in their throat. ?Ivy you should check the engine. See if it is still working.? ?Right.? Taikaru followed her to the back. ?Seems that there isn?t that much damage.? ?Good. Flight training will finally pay off.? Taikaru radioed red on her ear piece. ?Come in red.? ?Oh Taikaru how are you?? ?A better question would be how is Farel. I am requesting permission to transport Farel back to the main facility.? ?Permission denied Taikaru. We need you to help these people.? ?Red don?t agitate me. I will get you in the end.? ?I?m sorry Taikaru but there is no help.? ?Fine Taikaru out. I got to radio in anyone else. M come in. M are you there.? ?Yes what is it?? ?To make this long story short, Farel got bit and we need to take him to a medical facility. Red has denied permission of transport to the main facility. Is there any alternatives?? ?Let me see. Well I think there is an army strong hold I saw to your east. They may have a medical bay. If they don?t then there isn?t any.? ?Alright M. I?m taking this off with Farel. You and Eric will need to wait here until I come back. We need to study the abnormalities of the virus and the functions of the serum.? ?Alright Taikaru just hurry back. And what about the snake.? ?The snake?s weakness is it?s eyes. It can?t see you unless you move. Implode the brain or shoot it. That will make it cry for awhile and then fall. You?ll have to do all that extraordinarily quick though. The snaked love to kill.? Taikaru then took off with Farel. ~Army base. ?What do you mean no medical bay?? ?I?m sorry.? ?Assholes.? ~Village The jet came down softly and Ivy was there. She stood in front of a dead sand viper with a hole in its head. ?What happened here?? Taikaru asked in surprise.

Taikaru was wondering why they had to ask. *It doesn?t take a fricken genius to figure out that Farel came from Mars. The time spent here is better than up there. Maybe I should tell at least him.* Taikaru looked to the ground and made a depressing sigh. She looked up again into the sky. *It would be nice to finally tell someone. I can only trust someone who won?t blab under pressure. I know Farel has talked a lot. Well I could and not be cold. I could finally do some good for myself. Or I could end up like the little just-because-he-helped-me-from-being-angry-and-walled lover. I shall not take chances for this. Until I know that he can be trusted with this then I won?t tell him.* ?That will be good.? She muttered. ?Did you say something Taikaru?? Ivy asked. ?No I just was letting a big sigh out. Hey Ivy could you look at the map and tell us where the hell we are?? ?Well let?s see. Uhh?seems we are headed to Hong Kong but we will be in the swamp area beside it.? ?A swamp area eh.? *The perfect spot for them sand viper?s. They may like to stay in sand but those swamps are like a weekend spa and served dinner to them. Wait a minute. If I remember my geography correctly the only place around here where there isn?t any swamp is Hong Kong itself. That Red trying to kill us. I better tell the others about the snakes other wise we will all die.* ?Hey you guys.? ?Well Taikaru finally back to reality I see.? Farel said with a small grin on his face. ?Shut up Farel. I need to say.? A voice called out and Taikaru stopped. ?Well.? Ivy said in annoyance. ?Shhhhh. Don?t you hear that?? ?Hear what.? Said Farel. Help help A voice came from up further. ?Ok I herd it.? Eric said with everyone a little surprised to finally hear his voice. A little girl came running to them. ?Misters and misses. My father and my entire village is sick please help us.? ?Well this really isn?t the case where I need a bazooka.? ?Exactly Farel. Now just wait here. It is ok little one.? Taikaru took out a radio from her pocket. ?This is Taikaru to Falcon. We need a village?s worth of water on the coordinates of 92 degrees Longitude and 153 degrees Latitude.? A jet sounded above them and there were crates coming down. ?They forgot to put on parachutes for these things.? ?Well that poses a problem. How is the water going to get down safely?? Ivy asked. ?Well all I know is that none of us can stop it.? Farel said looking up. ?Really Farel you give up to easily.? Taikaru said. She took a deep breath and put her hands to the ground slowly. ?I will make a safe bungee landing. If the crates don?t make it then I failed my powers.? ?Woa woa woa hold on. This is your power. Making little black bungee things.? Farel asked trying to be demeaning to her power. ?No Farel I could also slit your throat with a knife made of my energy. If I were you I would try running with the girl while I get the crates. Little girl how far away is your village?? ?Yes it is down that road for awhile.? ?My speed should be enough just go with her.? The rest went and after they went over the horizon the crates were safe on the ground. ?Alright.? Taikaru once again made something. This time it turned out to be a car with a wheeled platform attached. Taikaru put the crates on the platform and started the car. The screeching of the wheels made it sound so real. Later ?Where is Taikaru she should be here soon?? ?Well I would say that walk to about a couple hours.? Eric said on a bench. ?This village sure looks to be better than what I expected.? Ivy said in a happier tone. ?What do you mean it is sick with people.? Farel said. Soon the sound of a motor came. ?Who would have a car out here? Wait a minute could it be Taikaru?? Taikaru in her car came over the hill and landed with a screech in the main square of the village. ?Hey I think that I won?t get a license when we go back.? She said when getting out of the car. ?I would be to destructive.? The car disappeared and Taikaru sat down. ?My power can really take it out of me.? ?Well at least you got the water here.? Ivy said trying once again to cheer things up. ?Well Ivy you and I got some training to do when we get back.? Taikaru took a breather for awhile and then looked up to Farel. ?Farel would you mind if we could talk alone?? ?Uhh?sure Taikaru.? Taikaru got up and went over to the bench. ?You guys uhh?oh yes take the anti dote to all of the people here. We should find our first discovery to curing the virus.? ?Hey Farel. I wanted to say this to someone but I couldn?t find the right person. Now I will just say it and not go into any details.? ?You lost me.? ?Well you?ve been in the Mars research centers haven?t you?? ?Yes. I was there for a couple years.? ?Did you have clearance to high security Northern Mars Alpha division?? ?Now that I think about it I only looked into the Eastern and southern mars stations. But why do you ask?? ?I was in that place. I was a survivor of my own power. You saw me when I came. That car just disappeared. It was only a twenty minute drive. I couldn?t control my power when I was a child though.? ?One question before you go on. Why are you telling me this?? ?As I said before you are the only one I can trust with this information. Now I fell into a coma from my power. I wish not to do it again. But little tiny things from my past come back bit by bit. I also feel like someone other than who I?m dreaming with is watching me.? ?Sounds like you are paranoid.? ?No I feel a presence. A stalker feeling. Like someone is watching me even if I don?t notice them.? ?Well I will believe you.? ?Now don?t include this at all in your report. I shall remind you I didn?t include the part in the last mission where I was captured and you volunteered to save me. Now don?t include this.? ?Alright I won?t.? ?I also want to not be like Red. I am somewhat glad you brought a bazooka. Because?? OOC: You can make up your own way this turns out for us. Just make it interesting.

OOC: Ok a couple things. One I?m sorry for that post that moved to fast. I just wanted a break from the story a bit. I had other things to do. Second thing I?m just going to say that entire incident with the lights and all happened while I was walking back to my room so that way nothing would be changed. Taikaru woke up after the pilots announced they would be landing soon. ?That always means around an hour or more. I wouldn?t trust a pilot with the time.? ?Oh so your awake.? M said who was sitting right on the other side of her. ?When did you get back to this part of the plane? I remember coming in, and you were sitting somewhere up there.? ?Well does it really mean much if I move?? ?To me it does. I mean a heart attack could have happened from your face.? ?Are you implying that you don?t want me back here?? ?You are correct.? ?Well that is sad. I will sit here and only here.? ?Alright I?m done arguing. You are as stubborn as some familiar memory. I need to get my rest still and the pilot woke me up and now this. I don?t think I need much more of it.? Taikaru gazed her eyes around looking at her surrounding like a small puppy that doesn?t know where it is. Taikaru caught sight of a window. They were to high up to see anything. Nothing but clouds a few feet below them. Taikaru once again set her gaze upon the crew. Looking up and down the seats she saw something that was out of the ordinary. *Well that is odd. If I saw what I thought I saw yesterday then M should be up in the front. Why is he back here and what is with him looking like he killed someone that he cared for? Oh well it isn?t my problem. I figure the better I stay away from people?s past the better they will live. No one wants to bring up old memories. I should start thinking about the mission. What will I do?* Taikaru thought while observing. She finally saw something weird under Farel?s chair. It was long and looked metallic. It was green and a small handle. It was a bazooka. *Figures he would take something like that along. He will fire it with rapid fire if he gets separated from us by his own choice again. But it was nice of him to do something like that for me. I really wish I wouldn?t have gotten myself into that situation.* With out knowing it Taikaru was looking into Farel?s face. ?Is there something you want Taikaru?? In an instant she snapped back to reality. ?No it?s nothing.? Taikaru looked at her feet knowing there was a slight blush on her face. *Alright I guess the only thing right now I can do is mentally make a memo of what emotions that I hate.* Taikaru thought to herself for awhile about that. She got into a struggle about the disadvantages of love and the advantages. ***OVER THE COAST OF CHINA*** One of the pilots turned around in his chair and announced ?Now hovering over the coast of China. We are to land soon so be ready.? M was the first to get up and then came Andy, then Lee, Farel, Taikaru, Carl, and the rest. M delivered a message to the team ?Alright this isn?t a mission of blowing things up. This is a mission to help the people in need. Try to save as many people as possible. This epidemic is sweeping all over. We don?t know what to expect so keep your guard up and those people safe from the virus.? Everyone got out on the coast. ?Uhhh?so where are we. There isn?t that many people here.? Lee asked. ?From the looks of things I would say that we are somewhere on the coast of South eastern China.? Taikaru said looking in every direction. ?That is the general area Taikaru but you must pinpoint the location.? Commander Red came in on the intercom. ?What Red are you here?? M said in surprise. ?No but I modified the toys you called earpieces. They extend for a long distance. It is long enough where I can here you even in the ground in New York.? ?Well would you tell me exactly where we are?? Taikaru was getting impatient with Red. ?Alright. You are in the South Eastern Rice fields. They are the suppliers of rice for 90% of the entire world. We are looking for survivors of the virus and even the start of it. From the looks of things the virus started to infect others in your general area. You all have a couple locations of where the virus is taking the most damage. You will be separated into teams. I made them from the last mission. M and Andy will go north.? ?Now hold on there just a second Red.? Both Andy and M blared into the intercom. ?I should be the one that chooses the teams.? ?Wrong M I am the one in command. Now as I was saying M and Andy will go north. Lee and Carl will go to the west. Finally the rest will go to the South. When you are done with everything on your mission you will rendezvous with the pick up in Hong Kong. That is south west of your area. Try to treat your buddies with respect now. Or you will all have to answer to me. Red out.? ?So much for happy beginnings.? Taikaru muttered. ?Well I say that we will have to work together first. Let?s set out as a team and survey the area.? M said with sternness in his voice. ?Wouldn?t that be defying orders from Red.? Taikaru said in not much of a surprised attitude. ?Yes it will I guess we can decide later if we want to break into those teams or not. I have a feeling Red just has destruction planned out for us.? ?Right well not too surprising. I?ll go with the group idea until M says to end it.? Taikaru said modestly. OOC: Alright the main thing with the teams is Red wants to see how good each person?s teamwork is. Red also reviewed the reports extensively and decided upon the teams. Just in case the geography stumps you no one can go to the east unless they can make a boat. M wants to go with the whole team. It is up to KairiKIce2 if we break up. Heh. :)

Taikaru was in her room waiting for something to happen. Even if it was nine at night there was always something going on. With Farel in his room and only a few people she knew where they were, Taikaru decided to make something happen. ?It is bored waiting for a day to pass. I packed all the water in and I really only know where Farel and Commander Red is at the moment. But it has been awhile. I think I will.? Taikaru went underneath her bed and rummaged around for something. Soon she pulled out something that had a small monitor. ?It is only noon on mars. Maybe Mr. Netishima has anything to say.? She dialed the numbers on the monitor. ?Yes hello.? ?Hello Mr. Netashima.? ?Why Taikaru what a surprise. You look?happy?? ?Well I reached you didn?t I. I was bored around here. I need something to do.? ?Well you were never bored here. You were never happy either. Seems that the sudden contact between you and your missions have given you emotions.? ?Yes and they are working better than I thought they would. It is finally something that I wanted in life.? ?Well I never would expect you have progressed this far in a matter of almost three days.? ?Yes I have progressed. The feelings of joy, happiness, and accomplishment is somewhat overwhelming. I will soon get them under control.? ?Of course. I believe it is your emotions that may unlock the part of the key which keeps your potential hidden.? ?Maybe?by the way. How did you know I went on a mission.? ?Oh well me and Commander Red have contact between each other. We?re the ones who found out that the vile was the virus.? ?You expect me to believe that in a matter of a couple hours he was able to give the vile to you and you experimented on it and you gave it back to him.? ?Yes teleportation can be quite interesting. Especially with the virus made from the creatures.? ?Alright I will just have to hold that to Red like everything else. But anyway doc I need you to pull up my research on the underground sand viper. I need to look over it again.? ?Why you going somewhere that may contain these creatures.? ?Haven?t you been informed? I am supposed to go on a mission to the coast of Asia.? ?Oh I see. Well just a second I will pull it up. There you should have it now. I?m just happy to see that the emotions have returned under some control. Good bye Taikaru.? ?See ya Mr. Netishima.? Taikaru turned the monitor off and switched to a laptop. ?If my hypothesis is correct then I wrote down the key piece right here. Found it. Yadda bla bla yadda bla. Ah here it is. The Underground Sand Viper is a vicious killer. Not only is it longer than the equally vicious Levithan but it stalks by movement. The key piece becomes its fear.? Suddenly Taikaru felt really tired. ?Seems work has caught up to me.? She fell on her side to her bed and fell asleep. ~Next Morning Taikaru woke up with enough time to spare this time. It was seven and she was still sleepy. ?Taking a shower will be most enjoyable. Those filth made me ruin my body texture.? Taikaru hopped into the shower. With steam emanating from the shower she was glad to be rid of the foul stench of vampire claws and Lycan slobber. She got out to find that there was no breakfast being cooked. *It figures. No one is around to cook. Oh well I will eat later. There is nothing holding me back from training this morning.* She was about to run off when M came in the room. ?Good morning M. I presume that you got a full nights rest.? She said in a serious way. ?I don?t know about that. I hope you got some rest last night Taikaru. The mission is starting in a hour.? ?Yes I will meet you at the jet. I have some things I need to do before then.? ?Very well. I will be in Delta Wing is you need me.? Taikaru was glad that M didn?t want to come and train with her. She finally went off to the training room. ?Computer lower installment grid.? A tiny computer came down from the ceiling. Taikaru popped in the data. ?Computer run training program level one with new modification 11935.? A huge brown like snake appeared before her. It hissed at Taikaru as she was steadying her breathing. Soon Taikaru looked like she had been petrified into place. The snake looked around for something but couldn?t find prey. Taikaru took an unexpected slip and the snake jilted its head back and looked at Taikaru. It lounged at her. She put her hands up and made what looked like to be a huge wall with a hole in the middle only big enough to fit one tooth through. She herd it hiss and snarl. The monitors behind her showed her and the snake on the different sides. It started to coil. Suddenly spikes were made out of the wall and holographic blood spewed from the snake. She went at this for awhile but she knew this wouldn?t help in the real battles. *This is only an enclosed area. The snakes don?t coil up unless they have already struck once and they usually attack by surprise. I also can?t project a dome like structure over a diameter of seventy feet. This will pose a problem. Yet, I know how to get them in enclosed areas now.* ?Computer end program.? She said with a bit of weariness in her voice. ?I?ve got to get to the jet now.? ~Jet Holding Bay The Commander was standing by the jet with a clip board of the passengers. ?Taikaru I am glad that you got all the water in. Please proceed to the secondary cockpit. There will be waiting everyone.? ?So I?m the last one on?? ?Yes you?re late.? ?I?m sorry.? Taikaru walked to the secondary cockpit. She saw M. ?Taikaru you look worn.? M said from his seat. ?Does it really look that way? You are just an exaggerater. I?ll be fine.? Taikaru sat down in her seat and buckled up. Almost immediately she fell asleep again.

Taikaru was at the door of the Delta Wing and the guards there were natural looking. Their uniforms fitted them with their hair. Taikaru paid no attention to them as she walked in. Right when she got to the door the knob turned and when opened Lee and Ivy came out. ?Oh hello Taikaru. We just were just down there. I think you will be quite surprised.? Ivy said. ?I?ll be surprised as soon as something down there does. I don?t think now after seeing the slaughter I would be surprised by anything.? After that they all took somewhat of a moment of silence for the perished bodies of the ones caught by the vampires and Lycans. Taikaru proceeded downward. Looking through the cages of goblin like creatures and statue faced minions Taikaru came across something that caught her eye. She could hear something in a cage with a small hole. She went over to take a look. Through the glass she saw what looked to be the worst creature you can meet in the dark in Rome. It was the Hellknight and a fine specimen at that. ?What an interesting creature. This one is of great intelligence in battle. Rome and Greece had trouble keeping these things under control. Even though this is one big creature I remember the biggest creature, and most dangerous one, I?ve ever had to deal with. It is much bigger than those golems in South America. It is also slightly bigger than the Levithan in the sea. The underground sand viper is seventy feet in length. While it is burrowed it can strike any creature above the land with precision and deadly strength. The poison in their teeth is a powerful one. One touch of it and a human can be killed instantly. These creatures inhabit mostly Asia. Sometimes they can stray off into the ocean and find its way to other habited places.? ?I see you?ve done your homework.? A voice said from the other end of the hall. ?Yes and I was almost killed by that and you.? Commander Red came out of the shadows. ?I will apologize once again for the no evac thing.? ?I will accept your tried apology. By the way is there anything I can do that is useful to the team. I?m kinda bored at the moment.? ?Well let?s check it out shall we.? Red pulled out a small brown leather book. ?We don?t have the bottled water in storage for the team. Go to section 6-R and you can use the huge elevator there to raise all your luggage to section 4-A and stack in the water.? ?I understand Red.? Taikaru went up the stairs and out the door. *Section six R is right by training room three.* Taikaru reminded herself. She came to the door and from around the corner she herd training room three open. She saw Andy in a weird like bright mood. She saw a smile on her face. *That one can go from cold hearted to warm and open in nothing flat.* Taikaru thought. *Anyway time for the water.* She saw the button on the right leading to any of the sections. She pressed the button for section 6-R and it lit up and the elevator almost immediately took the cargo bay to 6-R. She loaded the water up and pressed the button for 4-A. This time it took slightly longer but it still was fast. The door opened to a huge jet. ?I guess shadow cleaving will be appropriate.? Out of her palms she made a cart that looked of pure energy. It was the same color as everything she does with shadow cleaving. She put the water on the cart and started moving it back and forth. -one hour later Taikaru was still loading in the water and there was still a lot more to go. She was just getting the next load ready when the door opened. ?I see you are participating for the team.? ?Well it is good enough for now. I was getting bored around here. If you want to help Farel it will be appreciated.? Farel bowed ?Certainly madam.? Taikaru couldn?t help but chuckle a bit at this gesture. Taikaru made another cart for Farel. ?So this is your powers being put to labor.? ?Yes I can materialize objects as long as it is all one part. Take a sword for instance nothing comes off. If you take a gun then the bullets must leave the barrel.? ?I see. What about these carts?? ?These are held together by screws and other things. If I could master this power to its potential I could create duplicates of me with my energy. Right now though I only have the power to create things with a black color to them.? ?So you haven?t completely mastered your power?? ?No far from it. Just don?t tell M about it. He?ll go and make me train with him and I don?t know about you but every time he trains with someone he makes them become a different person.? ?I?ll try to keep an eye out for that. I won?t say anything. But your power is quite extrodinary.? ?Yes but I haven?t gotten to use it much. I think this next mission will put my power to the test.? ?Yes and we?ll need carts galore.? Farel and Taikaru both laughed at this. ?You know I haven?t had this great of a conversation in awhile. I?m glad to be on the team Farel and I?m glad you are too. Look at that with all the talking we have done, we managed to get all the water into the ship without noticing.? ?Yes imagine that.? ?We should now head back to our living quarters and retire.? The clock already was at 9 p.m. ?You?re right.? Taikaru went back to the cargo bay elevator. She was about to press the button when Farel came to her. ?Uhhh?Taikaru could it be too much to ask if I could ride down with you.? ?Sure Farel. I would be surprised if you didn?t.? ?Thanks Taikaru.? She pressed the button and they were both on their way back down. They got back to the living quarters. Taikaru just remembered something from earlier. ?Hey everyone?? ?Yes Taikaru.? Everyone said in response. ?By any chance are we going to the coast of Asia?? Andy came up to her. ?Yes we are.? ?Then we have a serious problem.? OOC: I hope that everyone gets why I put in the water. If you didn?t we need fresh water. As I put in the virus can only travel through liquids. Also if you haven?t guessed the problem is the underground sand vipers. They are in the inhabited places but some may come to the towns. Just want some parts of the mission to be interesting.

The shows started over as all of you said. I don't have money to buy DVD's so I'm in a bad position myself. My overall interpretation of the sereis is simple. It is fighting with nice fighting. I really liked it. I am just so mad that they had to restart it. Oh well they also say that what is new is old and what is old is new. I would like to see some good episodes over again. Some things I do hate about watching the re-runs is that you sometimes want to go into the tv and start smacking them because they don't know as much as you do. That is some pure dramatic irony right there. I thought that [spoiler]when Gen Kai came back it was kind of weird. I think it killed the story just a bit right there. Gen Kai coming back after she died from a punch to the chest is not that amusing to me.[/spoiler] Oh well. Heie though is one bad *** demon. His attack he gets in the tournament is one of the best I have seen. I really liked it when he used it to disintigrate that one guy. Yep that is for me. Powerful attacks and people to use it on. The meaning, in my eyes, why people have these powers in animes. I don't care if someone has something against what I say it is my opinion. This is why I like these threads. No one can denie opinion. Go opinions. As far as it ending I will join in on the group that is sadden right now. *Walks over to group.* *Starts to cry and sob* :crying:

Taikaru sat there eating and listening to everyone eat what she had made. Listening to things like the various ways to kill Red for his orders. One thing that Taikaru knew is that she wasn?t alone in hating what Red did to them. Breakfast was going fast from all the hungry team mates not eating on the last mission. Taikaru sat there in thought about the next mission. She wondered if it would be as gruesome as the last one. ?Hey when is the meeting supposed to take place?? Taikaru asked in a knowingly but kind way. ?Yes I think it starts at nine.? M said. ?Well I?m going off to find something interesting to do before the reaper calls us in.? Taikaru said. She left and went to the training room. Taikaru dodged left and right of what came at her. The holographic looking shots were as real felt. She knew she was in the higher levels. The bullets were real and hurt like a son of a bitch. Their sting lasted awhile. ?Well if my emotions are going to come back now I might as well train with them.? All were of the targets were hit with precision. She also pulled out a sword that had a dark tinge to it. She sliced a few of the targets with it and it disappeared. ?Computer stop program.? The guns knelt down and Taikaru went to the door. She saw the clock outside and it was already eight fifty. ?Oh crap it already takes awhile to get down to the conference room.? With that she ran off to the conference room with speed. She almost tripped at corners and she saw all the lights whiz past her. She got to the door in seven minutes with her breath irregular. She walked in and apologized, ?Sorry if I?m late. I lost track of time.? Everyone was there. ?Oh yes Taikaru take a seat we?re just about to get started. ?Now I read all of the reports turned into me and found a couple to be most amusing. Well I shouldn?t go into detail yet, let?s begin with some of the others. Lee had turned his in and I saw that the barrier put up was quite extraordinary. I just hope your wound given to you isn?t quite long term. M I am happy to say that you did a fine job. The management of everything was precise and the team that you led down in the subway was the perfect choice. Fortunately the rest destroyed the head vampire otherwise you would be dead right now. Carl your gunmanship is some of the best I have read in ages and the Lycans you handled with precision and dead on aiming. Farel I am happy to see you used your abilities appropriately. I like the sneaking up on Lycans and killing them. This will be nice for missions to come. Andy I?m also of great pleasure to see that you have come out of that situation with the best use of your pyro abilities. In the end it really helped the team out from seeing to burning all of the creatures to their imminent doom. Finally I would like to turn to Taikaru. I found that hers was most curious. Her report included her wondering off when you were up top. I think it would be a perfect stealth maneuver but I?d rather see this from Farel. If you got in trouble they would have ripped you to pieces. But she found something useful in the caverns. She found a laboratory that had unknown designs to it. Amongst the rubble she found this.? Red held out a capsule with a clear liquid in it. ?This is why the president?s daughter was the leader. She was injected with this virus. This virus can travel only through liquids. This means a serious threat to Earth now. If they somehow get this virus into the drinking water all the people in the world are at risk. Nothing could be more horrorific than a world full of these creatures. This also explains why the werewolves didn?t transform you when you were scratched and or bitten. They can?t transform you unless they give you this. This is why that all you had to do was kill the head vampire. The bites of these creatures would only transform you for a month or two. The virus here is what fully transforms people.? ?Holy shit! Do you mean that any of us that got scratched or bitten are going to turn into a werewolf?? Lee said. ?No we have treated you all. You may not even notice it. I have put an antidote in the water you drink already in case of scenarios like this.? ?Just another thing you didn?t tell us about.? M muttered. ?From this I would like to move you to the next mission. There was a reason I had this mission set for you. Not only did you want to go on a mission I knew of the virus that was there. I never expected though that the virus would be injected into the president?s daughter. Finally as far as rewards and talking about this last mission I would like to award you by granting you passage to the Delta Wing. Yet it still can?t be accessed to people who haven?t read the papers yet.? ?Well at least we?ll finally be able to relax for awhile.? Farel said with glee. ?Don?t think that Farel. We still need to finish this conference.? ?I thought it was over.? ?No there is one last thing set. I wanted to tell you about your next mission which will be held as needed. I remember that you guys were told of this Wednesday?s mission. If you remember I need you to go on this one. The reason I made you go on this mission was to retrieve the thing I needed for this mission. We needed the virus to make a serum. The people of the lands from Southern Japan to Northern Indonesia has some monster trouble. This is the same case but the people there are rapidly being infected by the virus. There will be no head and you will have to slaughter them all. The width of this area is only a thin stretch of line. The line is diagonal in shape and is about five miles across. There is believed to be a rupture there. You have the rest of today and tomorrow to prepare. We will be departing nine in the morning on Wednesday. I hope you all have fun. You all may leave.? OOC: If I didn?t include some stuff in the conference you wanted to get in then just include it. I also just wanted to give a brief on the next mission. Hope you liked the post.

OOC: I agree with the virus thing. Being hunted is only so fun for awhile. And I was confused when everyone thought the vampire that confronted me was the head. I know it wasn?t but I included in my post that Taikaru was to be delivered to the head vampire to take my powers. I just wanted to point that out. Taikaru was glad to finally back in the underground research center. She sat in her room for the rest of the time cooling down and writing the report on everything that happened. From her capture to her discovery she wrote it down. *Even though I went off on my own for the group I was able to find something that may have something to do with the reason why we weren?t transformed into Lycans.* Taikaru recited in her mind. *The cuts from which the team got would have transformed them but I found why they didn?t transform. Teaming up with the wolf leader, which didn?t last that long, helped me get to the city of the vampires. In this cave I waited. I herd a sound later. It was the vampires being destroyed. This gave me leeway to go in the main tunnel. Once there I found a vile. This vile may be linked to other events. Later, I came up from the burrows and regrouped with the team. On the way back I was attending to Lee?s wounds.* ?Finished the report. Now to get to Red? Taikaru got out of her cabin to notice something that she wouldn?t expect to see. Andy was following M into his room. ?A game of chase?? Taikaru asked herself with a whisper. ?I don?t care.? Taikaru went straight to Red. Taikaru knocked on the door. ?Yes?? A voice said. ?Taikaru ready to give my report sir.? ?Yes come in.? The metal door slid open and she went in. ?I?ve been waiting for others but you?re the first one to turn in the report.? ?Yes I worked on it after landing.? ?Give it here.? Taikaru gave Red the report. After reviewing it for twenty minutes Red turned in his chair. ?I see. So where is it?? ?Oh yes. Here this is the vile I have retrieved from the cave. I learned on the plan that the president?s daughter was forced to take something. I believe this is what it was. This also explains to me why no one transformed into a werewolf when struck by one.? ?Good work. I will have our scientists be on this one right away. You may leave now.? Taikaru turned to leave. Half way she stopped and turned around. ?Red?? ?Yes Taikaru?? ?Is it true that you denied us immediate evacuation on our last mission?? ?You could say that.? ?Well I want to let you know, if you ever do that again M won?t be the only one after you. M wants to protect us. I know that because of this he was quite angry at you. He even held you to your throat. I won?t do that but you must be wary of ever doing that again.? Taikaru left and went to the living quarters. She was awfully exhausted from the last mission. She lied down on the couch and immediately fell asleep. ~Dream ?Alright get ready for it. These humans don?t stay asleep forever you know.? A vivid voice said. Taikaru was strapped to some kind of table. ?Where?am?I?? Taikaru said with a weak voice. ?The human is waking up inject it. Do it now.? Some kind of a needle was dropping down with an attached vile. The vile looked like the same one she had picked up. ?Ahhhhh.? Taikaru let out a scream of searing pain. The needle went through her. Then violent muscle contractions happened through her whole body. She felt it. Her arm wanted to move. Finally everything went blank. She awoke in her room with sweat coming down. Taikaru went to the restroom. She looked in the mirror. *sigh* ?What a relief. I thought that the dream was really real.? She spoke to herself and the sentence was getting slower. She noticed something abnormal in her teeth. Fangs. Taikaru awoke again, this time on the couch. ?I hate double dreams. They annoy pretty well.? It was morning and no one was up. The clock said it was six in the morning. ?Well I won?t take the chance of falling into another one of those double dreams again.? Taikaru got up and got out some pots and pans. ?Nothing like making a better breakfast. I wish Mr. Netashima gave me some more of those food tablets.? She got out the eggs and some bread. Her skill of cooking wasn?t like she remembered. She thought she was bad at it. She cracked the eggs and watched them sizzle and she had a memory jolt. A flash of her and her mother appeared before her eyes. ?Now Taikaru don?t burn yourself.? ?I won?t mom.? ?Alright I will get the toast ready.? It ended and she saw the eggs were cooking past the point where she could eat the over-easy. Farel was the first one up. ?Hey what is with you cooking breakfast. I thought you had them tablet things.? ?True but I used those up. I only had enough for ten days and the vampires knocked them away from my grasp. I guess they owe me ten days of breakfast, lunch, and dinner.? They both chuckled a bit. ?I hope that this stuff is good. I don?t think anything can get past an old fashion breakfast.? ?Don?t worry this isn?t poison. Besides since I?m up early enough I will make breakfast for everyone.? Later at the table, around seven in the morning, there was laid some corn beef hash, scrambled eggs, bacon, etc? ?Well who was the one who made this delicious looking breakfast?? ?Hi Ivy Taikaru made it.? ?Good morning Ivy. I hope you had a nice night. I will just be getting the dishes out. It will be ready in at least five minutes. Hopefully the others will be up then.? OOC: Ok let?s have a nice over-breakfast chat. :)

Taikaru just sat there in the dark with her little wolf friend just relaxing. ?How long is it until we can attack? I need to attack now.? ?Hold it or you will kill yourself. I am waiting for the order from M that the sun sets.? ?Well I?m going in.? The werewolf went off to the city. In no less then 20 minutes she herd the yelp of the last wolf dieing. ?That idiot. I wish they would actually listen for once.? Taikaru just sat there by her lonesome again. Waiting for the orders to come. It was becoming annoying just sitting there. But she herd something coming. It sounded like the wings of a bird. She looked over from where she was and a couple of vampires were coming to the spot where she was at. ?Oh crap I have to hide.? ?There is nothing else here. I think that was it.? ?Don?t be so stupid that wolf wouldn?t lie to us about enemies. This human he spoke of sounded to be of great power.? ?Well I still don?t see one.? ?Just be on your guard. You never know when one of those disgusting animals are telling the truth.? *I knew that werewolf would be a traitor and rat me out.* Taikaru thought to herself. *I need to get to the city soon.* The radio came on with a sound that could wake the dead. Taikaru jumped at the sound of M?s voice. ?It is sunset. It is just like you asked me. Now just do what you are going to do and don?t get killed. End of message.? ?Thanks a lot M.? Taikaru said with the radio off. The vampires were coming in her direction. Everything she worked for was to be put into this moment. ?Die unwanted beings.? She said quite softly. She took out both her handguns and shot both of them right between the eyes. They vaporized into the air five seconds after that. ?Looks like I can go in now. I hope they have a party waiting for me.? -One hour later Taikaru was in the city of the vampires. It was a cave like place with many vampires around. She kept ducking and running with the stalagmites in the place. There were vampires from army to vampires that just are like the normal family only that they feast on blood and like the thought of teaching their young how to kill fast. Wondering around the place just didn?t seem all that exciting. Even though that was the case she just kept pressing on. A little while after finding that the vampires don?t know she is there and taking a small picnic Taikaru finally found what looked like the tunnel to a deeper part in the cave. ?Stupid vampires have to make this place so confusing.? There were two guards at the opening of the end of the tunnel. They looked like they weren?t equipped but not to be stupid and come out guns blazing Taikaru had other plans. *Well now these guys pissed me off. If they hadn?t destroyed my only means of knowing more about this power I wouldn?t have had to do this grotesque art of my shadow cleaving. If only they could be killed in one shot. Even though they won?t die they can still live as a piece of nothing on the ground.* Taikaru amusingly thought. *Good they?re turned the other way now I can get them.* Taikaru started to walk over by the vampires with her guns ready. Quickly she put them away knowing what would happen if the vampires herd the shot. She took out her blades. She went right up to them and she was ready. (Hint was.) They turned around. ?What the hell.? They lounged at Taikaru. She took a quick duck and stabbed them in the back making them disintegrate. ?That will teach you to not mess my plans up.? Suddenly there was a shriek coming from everywhere. *I have been found I will have to fight my way out.* Was her first thought. But she herd a noise that sounded familiar. It was pyro blaze. Taikaru ducked back and waited for the team to get to her. Unfortunately she ducked back to sit in what was left of the head werewolf. ?You?d think they would try to keep this off the walls.? OOC: I am just going to let you guys do what you want for now. Make it interesting.

?Well even though that rescue was heroic of you Farel, I want to know why you did it. Why did you come after me when you know you could have gotten killed; when you know that you weren?t the only one that could save me. I could have easily done it. I am just wondering why you came.? ?Well Taikaru I just thought of your condition and what you would tell them.? ?Don?t try to hide it I know you came because you cared about me.? Taikaru said gently. ?But I must thank you for it.? She continued. ?So thanks.? ?No it?s?wait did you just say thanks?? ?Yes and I don?t do it often.? Farel looked away and Taikaru turned to look back into the fire. The camp was all positioned around the people and Taikaru dived into a thought. *Do those beings really have the ability to absorb powers.* She thought of what the werewolf leader said. *He said I had their sacred power. I wonder what my shadow cleaving has to do with that.* The Big Ben struck a meek Ten O? Clock. *The presence of him is still around here. I know it.* M came over to wait for night. ?How is everything going?? ?It is doing fine. I am in complete control over myself. By the way did you contact base control? I need to have a little talk to that Red.? ?Yes and there will be no relief until we run out in the open with the head of the head vampire. I guess we must put the rest of it on a platter for Red.? Taikaru got up to raise to his stature. She turned around. ?I am going to investigate something. I will be back by twelve. If I?m not back by then you can assume the worst has happened to the investigation.? ?I understand.? Taikaru was feeling a presence in the one spot she past. ?I felt it right around here.? The smell of gas again lingered into her nostrils. Yet, even in the darkness she found the hole. There was some white fur attached to a broken pipe as she went down the hole. Five minutes later. There were screams of Lycans and vampires getting louder as she went farther. A light gleamed in the chamber she was headed to. The hole was too small for her to fit through but wide enough she could see about everything. The head werewolf and, what looked liked and from his obnoxious attitude, the head vampire. ?You petty mongrel. I should have never have seen the likes of you in these caves. I?m sure that you will die down here though.? ?You are the petty one here. I see now that your plans are worse than I thought. The humans deserve to live with a full life. The one you speak of is not of which I think isn?t a full life.? ?Shut your trap mutt. I don?t think your words have meaning. As I say that in war there are no rules and these humans make good treats and obedient slaves.? A small child walked out from behind the head vampire. It looked to be that the child was ordered to challenge the head werewolf. ?Now as to please you I will let the child do the work. You don?t deserve to be defeated by me.? The vampire started to walk away. ?Don?t bruise the meat. Cook him all the way through.? The vampire left and the kid?s eyes started to glow. A field of fire flew around him and a wind blew with the fire. In a circular motion all the flames started to form an orb. It was colored orange and was turning blue. *Even though this goes against everything we are doing on this mission I must.* Taikaru stood straight up in the hole. The ceiling blew into bits and pieces. The kid fell over and the head wolf went up against the wall. They both opened there eyes to see Taikaru with a sword that looked like it had a life of its own. With Taikaru on one foot and standing with her left arm bent, her left hand against the blade, and her right hand holding it steady, she was ready to strike. ?You are the one that I had locked up.? ?Yeah thanks. I needed a break from all the fighting.? ?I will never hear such filth come from a human.? ?Even though one is about to save your but now. I mean you can?t take on the vampires alone and I need to know more about what you call the sacred power. You scratch my back I scratch yours.? ?Well I?? A pyro shot came from the ruble where the kid was barried. It hit Taikaru and she fell to the floor. ?Damn vampires. I am wolf enough to admit I need help but I don?t need help destroying you.? The werewolf leaped towards the kid and was pelted back by a rage of fire. The fur was still sizzling when Taikaru got up. An energy surged through her. She hadn?t felt this energy flow through her in awhile now. ?I know this feeling. It is like when I was scared and hurt a long time ago. The first thing that I remembered.? She lunged at the kid with her blade which was now a deep black purplish glow. Which was then followed by a red glow. The blade went through the child?s head. It then dissipated and the child fell to the ground. Taikaru stood back and went over to the werewolf. ?You need my help now.? ?Why should I trust you? I am the only one left and I need nobody to protect me.? ?Well I need to know about the power you speak of so I won?t leave. You know perfectly well that I or that thing over there can kill you.? The wolf just stood there for a moment?s silence. ?Alright I will but I won?t be happy.? Taikaru gave a smile and took her gun out and shot. There was a squeal and a thud. The child crumbled on the floor. She helped the wolf up and they went down the hall where they last saw the head vampire. ?You know when this is over I will kill you?? ?I know. But I?d rather be killed by a human than these things.? -later. ?There it is the big underground city.? The wolf said to Taikaru. ?Big enough and dark enough.? She pulled down a set of goggles. ?Night vision is needed at this point. ?I have my instincts. I still hate the idea that I am paired up with a human.? ?Yes but I am a great asset to you.? ?Well now that we are here what do we do?? ?We wait.? ?What that is the big plan you had stashed away? We wait.? ?Yep. There is still one last bit of excitement left. I have to radio the team. Hey M you there?? ?Hello Taikaru. Where the hell are you?? ?Well I?m not at the biggest scale to tell you that. I just want to say that you can find me later. I will be back at the wreckage at Three A.M. You can meet me there and I will have ½ of your mission complete. Hey if I get lucky I will have all of it complete.? ?Alright but I must have your coordinates. I need at least that much.? ?Sorry M but I can?t give you those. If I give you those then they will kill me. Just have some fun with everyone. I have my plans but they are bound to mess up. So just one last reminder, get yourself a vampire tonight. I will wait till night falls. You keep me informed of the top during the day and tell me when the sun sets. I will give you thousands of slaughters.? ?Fine this really doesn?t fancy me. I will warn you though. If one more thing like this happens then I will just have to do what I do.? ?Terminate crew on sight. I know what you must do. Just this once I have a chance like this. And could you be kind enough to just sit back for two seconds. Don?t you think about it silver haired monster. Good bye M. Hope you have fun up there.? OOC: I am finally back to posting. I had to read two pages of posts. This was over only a five day period. If we keep this up we may pass the longest story ever on the Otaku.