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Post by niko on Mar 14, 2009 13:33:47 GMT -5
"In the ancient city where our race was born. A human child will defy the will of the gods.... and a door will close" --Ancient dragon prophacy
The information was alot for Kits interogater to take in. He just showed her to the rest of the others who by now had been cleaned up from there interogation. "I'm sure our leader will love to hear such fantastic tales" He said to kit with a hint of not quite taking what was said seriously.
It was not long until little Zarza came into his home with muddy footprints. His father was far from happy. "How many times have I told you to wipe your feet! Just because we live in filth does not mean you have to be filthy!" Zarza put his leather satchel on the table with a loud bang.
"Sorry papa. I just got back from the old shipyards" His father perked an eyebrow. "you mean battleship row?" Zarza in his Irish accent replied. "Aye, When I woos on the beach Me found a strange rock" He pulled out a perfectly oval black stone covered in barnachles. His father leaned over to look at it. "Looks like an egg of some kind" His father said and ran a hand over its serface.
His father was a superstitious man. "The things aint right. Toss it back into the cursed sea from whence it came boy. And hurry. You have to look presentable when we go speak to that dragon lass that you said saved you.
Zarza put the black stone covered in barnackles back into his satchel now forgetting all about it. "Oh how I do love dragons. They scare and facinate me all at once" His father sighed and smiled. "I know. Thats why you should not be on the surface playing games. Just salvage what you can. The dragons would make a meal of any one of us. He paused in that thought to add. "And these talking ones are no different. Keep your wits about you boy. Your a McCreary. Not yet has one to run off with one of my sons.
But that was not to say his wife did not fall prey to the giant predators. Zarza went up the ricky stairs of his home to his room and tossed the satchel on the bed. Changing into more presentable cloths. (Just ones less dirty and covered in holes)
Zarza went over to the bed to peak at the strange stone one last time. "What a queer thing you are" Zarza said to the stone. Pulling out a old army knife he found on an abandoned base Zarza started to pick the barnacles off the ancient stone that had not seen light of day in untold thousands of years. There was a blinding flash and Zarza pulled his hand back as a burning ice cold pain swept over his hand. "Bollox!" He hissed in pain to throw the knife at the stone. It did little more then bounce off.
His fathers voice could be heard calling through the floorboards. "Whats wrong?" A strange scar had already started to form and Zarza was fearful of a beating from his father. After all. He was told not to mess with the stone. Fearing his fathers anger Zarza put a glove on his hand to keep the scar out of sight, and hopefully out of mind.
He stood up to point at the evil looking black stone with red veiny colors now slowly appearing. "When I get back its back to the black oceans with you cursed stone" No storys had ever been told of a evil dragon. True riders could be evil and currupt there scaled companions. But in this case. It would be the reptile that tempted man..... It reeked of evil to those sensitive of it.
Niko was sitting at a large banquit table with exotic foods all displayed. "That human can hit hard" He grumbled as he rubbed his soar jaw. Atakai was holding a bag of ice over a black eye and looked to Jack. "Well Niko just be grateful you dont have a glass jaw like poor Jack. Jacks jaw was broken unfortunatly in the interogation room.
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Post by Mai on Mar 14, 2009 14:56:52 GMT -5
Yeah, well, it'll heal. Can't die, can't stay injured. I'm a walking miracle, people.
Jack's voice was muffled, since he was still hardly able to move his jaw, but it was obvious it was, indeed, healing at an incredibly quick rate.
Course, if I hadn't laughed when they pointed a gun to my head, it wouldn't have gotten broken at all.
Kit happened in at that moment, entirely unscathed except a slight bruise. Jack, had he been able, would have dropped his jaw in awe.
Shield and diplomatic converstaion go a long way.
She replied to the stares, laughing as Alexx's hand got qhacked away by the Doctor's. The cut near his temple apparently hurt.
If it isn't clean it'll get infected! You big baby.
Alexx grumbled to her father who, childishly, stuck his tongue out at her. Clearly everyone was perfectly fine, the only one left without cuts and bruises being Jack. Shed learned not to worry about Jack.
However, she sighed, sat down, and motioned.
Whoever wants healing, step right up.
Fell and Rylee were fine with healing each other, and the Timelords of the bunch decided not to. Alexx because she wasn't all that hurt, the Doctor due to pride. But Kit looked at Niko and Atakai, wondering if they would fight over who got healed first, or also let pride get in the way.
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Post by niko on Mar 14, 2009 23:01:42 GMT -5
What some people would have thought surprising. Others would have not as Niko and Atakai did not put up some sort of disturbance about getting healed. Hell, the two of them were probably to sore to really be bothered with eachother at the moment.
Zarza and his father finally came and were a little surprised to see that everyone had waited for them rather then going on ahead and eating. "Oh you did not have to wait. Please, do eat up"
With that said Atakai started to eat. Niko just stared at some of the wierd looking dished of food before him. Atakai turned to look at him. "Eat you fool or you might insult them." He added by mind. "From the looks of these peoples cloths I'd say the food they set before us is more then they eat in one year. This kicked him in the right spot and Niko started to eat.
Niko was eating some kind of meat ball smothered in sauce when he pointed a finger. "WoW! This is really good" Zazars father spoke then. "Well, we dont waste a single part of a animal we kill" Niko did not quite catch on. "Thats cool, wasting is a crime. Now what are these? Ground beef? Zarzas father laughed. "Oh no, Beef is almost impossible to come around here. I have traveled across the wastelands to your country once. They are not so plentiful here. No, those are breaded horse testicles"
Niko stopped eating to stare at the plate now. Atakai was eating some of the breaded horse genitals and looked at it on the fork to shrug and keep eating. Niko turned to stare at him. "What!?" Atakai exclaimed. "I have eaten worse in prison. It aint really that bad anyway. You have eaten stags before in your natural form havent you?
Niko grumbled as he reached for some pie. "Well I dont eat those parts of the animal asshole Zarza pointed to the pie as Niko pulled out a slice. "Liver and kidney pie. Good choice" With that Niko made a face like he was about to throw up and put the pie wedge back down.
Atakai leaned over to Kits plate and poked his fork into the meatball like food. "I suppose you dont want that" He sprinkled some salt and took a silent pleasure in watching Niko squirm. Before he ate he offered it to kit. "Want a bite of my salted balls"
What happened next was a perfect condac moment. Niko could not take Atakais flirting with his cousin any longer and quite literaly dove across the table and siezed atakai by the throat with both hands. Atakai fell back in his chair and the meatfall like food went flying into the air hitting the ground.
Atakai was a good scrapper though and put a foot in Nikos stomach to flip him over. Atakai rolled over and put Niko in headlock. Kit would probably have to help her cousin who everyone knew was not a good fighter.
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Post by Mai on Mar 15, 2009 8:37:30 GMT -5
Kit rubbed her temples for a moment, before waving her hands separate ways, separating the two quite efficiently with magic, which she had started to get in the hang of using.
Niko, give it up.
She found no point in scolding Atakai--She saw it as self defence. She let go of her "hold" on Atakai to use it to pick up the scattered food instead. Then, she promptly went between them, knowing Niko wouldn't risk hurting her to get to Atakai, and sat down, letting her cousin go as well.
Sorry about them.
She said, apologizing to Zarza and his father, before glancing sharply at the both of them, expecting them to apologize as well.
Jack had, in the meantime, regained full use of his jaw again, and had begun eating. He avoided nothing--He was hardly squeamish when it came to eating other food. After all, he'd eaten alien meats and plant life, so eating horse wasn't really something all that new. The same applied to the Doctor and Alexx. Fell and Rylee had glanced at each other, but had made sure to keep eating--It was, after all, quite good, and they didn't want to insult the people who had tortured them earlier.
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Post by niko on Mar 15, 2009 10:32:40 GMT -5
Before kit seperated them niko managed to get some payback on Atakai. his head may have been in a lock but his hands were free. Reaching up Niko gave Atakai his first, and worst titty twister ever forcing Atakai to let go of him.
As they were seperated Niko did not stop glaring at Atakai. They both understood what Kit wanted when she looked at them and appologized for there rude actions.
Zarza was amused by the whole thing. His father not so amused. But he accepted there appologys none the less. Meal continued. Rotating out from the dog and cat Atakai finally pushed his plate away. "I cant eat another bite" Waiting for everyone else to be done Zarzas father asked. "Was it to your satisfaction? Good. Now I must ask you to leave as soon as possible. Ever since we braught you here your lesser minded kin on the surface have been at unrest. We fear the longer you stay. The greater the chance of them discovering us" The man looked to his son who scratched at his gloved hand. "Whats wrong?" Zarza grunted as he stuck a fork into his glove. "My hand iches pops. Nothing to worry about"
His father sighed to rub at his temples. "then take the damn glove off" He looked at his son. "Well? Go on then" Zarza did so but was quick to put the hand with the geteway insignia under the table in fear of his father seeing.
Once the man heard what he wanted from everyone he stood up to pat his sons shoulder and leave. Zarza too stood up and waved his now visible hand. "thanks for saving me lady" Then he too followed in suit behind his father. The soldier in black tactical gear with the claw scar across his face finally spoke. "My men and I will lead you out...." It must have been funny to hear he speak. The entire meal he just stood there near the door like a stone sentry. It was a testament to his dicipline that was for sure.
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Post by Mai on Mar 15, 2009 10:49:12 GMT -5
Kit nodded and stood up, making sure to keep herself carefully positioned in between her cousin and Atakai as they left. It was pitch black out as they got above ground, but Kit kept walking. Her reasoning? If they were causing trouble, they should simply leave. She heard protests, but she promptly ignored them. However, they'd only crossed half of what they needed to before even she began dragging her feet from exhaustion. Will-power can do a lot of things, but it can't keep you going forever, and they had all had a trying day.
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Post by niko on Mar 15, 2009 13:45:41 GMT -5
The man with four others led them out the building and into the underground city streets. People went about there bussiness. Others could be seen standing around flaming industrial drums. The reason why this sanctuary was called the vualt became obvious now. Since they were underground they were inside some sort of concrete dome. It gave a sense of security but also dread. There would really be nowhere to go if something bad happened.
The man and his men led the group out the main entrance that was really just a airlock of sorts. Now inside the city sewer system the man handed Kit a radio.
"We part here. But my son will meet up with you all on the surface" The man pulled his gasmask up so she could see his face. "Heed my words dragon and heed them well. Your kind have killed and eaten all 4 of my sons. This is the last one I have. If something happens to him while he escourts you out of the city.... I will hunt you down"
With that he put the mask back over his face and waved a hand silently signalling his men to follow him back into the vault. It was a smelly trip. But eventually they all found a ladder leading up to the city streets. No sooner had they come out when the radio came to life with the sound of a engine in the background.
"Outlanders, this is guardian angel. I got eyes on you now" Niko and atakai ducked there heads as a old but still functioning apache longbow style helicopter came to hover over them kicking up dirt and debree from the downwash of air form the rotors. These attack helicopters were two seaters and two young looking men could be seen through the helicopters glass canopy. The one in the front seat pushed up the black visor of his flight helmet and saluted everyone . No doubt the enigmatic soldiers son.
"Dont you worry. We will see you home." With that the helicopter stopped hovering to start moving and made a quick turn around a ruined skycraper to start a overwatching flight. Niko was amazed by the pilot. "What is this? Man now flys iron dragons?" It was kind of a stupid comment. But easy to understand seeing through his eyes.
It was nice to have the helicopter followig them. It was kind of like having a guardian angel. Everytime the stranger talked to Kit through the radio he called her outlander and himself guardian angel. Some kind of strange callsign or nickname.
Dragons did appear every now and then to try and harrass the group but the pilot was quick to shoot them out of the sky with his hellfire missiles and chaingun. "Contact!" he said over the radio and shot another attacking dragon out the sky in a burst of fire from his missiles.
"I dont know what you all did to piss the local brood off!" He said from the radio. "There are normally not so many in the city this time of the year.I'm out of missiles. Your all on your own. I'm bugging out to rearm and refuel. God speed outlanders" With that the helicopter turned around to come in low and fast over everyone on the ground.
That pissed Niko off as the gust from the rotors kicked up dust in his eyes. No sooner had he passed two wild dragons came out of nowhere and in fast pursuit. The radio came alive again but this time the pilot was not talking to Kit and the others. He was on a different frequancy. "SH#@ I got lizards on my ass! I cant shake em! A different voice came over the net. "Roger guardian angel fall back to the airbase helipad. Our SAM launchers will knock them out the sky"
Niko came over to listen to the radio and then looked at kit. "you think we should help him?" That question became obvious as the young mans voice came back. "Negative I cant shake em! Damn! Ones lached on to my underbelly!
By now Niko was changing and started to run until his wings caught some air. He swirved and turned around towering metal building until the helicopter was in view. By now the aircraft was in a mess. The tail section holding the rotor was broken off and it was spinning out of control. The glass canopy could be seen pushed open and the pilot made a ballsy move in trying to jump to the roof of a old car garage. He did not hit the ground as one of the dragons snatched his upper body in its jaws. Its partner in crime came flying up to take the poor souls lower half. With a sickening rip the two predators ripped the man in half and ate there pieces.
Niko turned away and saw his cousin staring at them. "come cousin" He flinched as the helicopter finally hit the city streets below in a cloud of fire. "We have even more reason to leave now. That poor mans father said he would hunt us down if something happened to his son.....
Atakai since he could not fly stayed in his human form with the others and waited for Kit and Niko to return. "Well?" He asked them. "Did you save the boy?"
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Post by Mai on Mar 15, 2009 13:54:24 GMT -5
Tried, failed. Let's go.
Kit's reply was monotone, clearly showing she was not alright with what had happened. Knowing there was nothing she could do, she simply kept moving. Fell jogged over, in an attempt to talk to her, but a soft growl made her stop. Kit was not in a talkative mood, and she was not in the mood to be comforted like a child. Her eyes burned with an anger that certainly did not suit her usually peace-loving attitude, and even Jack, who was normally the fearless one and who would do anything to bring someone back to their senses stayed back. It seemed no one would talk her into letting it go, but, then again, not everyone had tried.
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Post by niko on Mar 15, 2009 13:59:12 GMT -5
Atakai was left confused as everyone moved on. One after the other people tried to talk to kit and were pretty much told off. it took a few minutes of contemplation before he stood up to the bat and went over.
Seeing her eye him Atakai said. "Now now. I'm not here to try and comfort you like a child. I'm just curious to know what happened exactly. Did he just crash and burn? There is an old saying. If a man tries his best. What more is there to ask" He laughed a bit. "But in this case the man is a women"
He seemed pretty okey despite the fact some young person died before his time. But Atakai the again always seemed cheerful. "Seemed anyaway.
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Post by Mai on Mar 15, 2009 14:14:45 GMT -5
He jumped, trying to get to the ground. They caught him in the air.
She didn't look at him as she spoke, a clear sign she thought she was responsible. After all, she was supposed to be some sort of saviour. She had an incredible amount of magic. But still, she had been unable to do anything at all. She couldn't help but think there had been something, that there must have been a way to save him. But not just him, all of them. What they were living wasn't life, not really. No one should have to fear going outside to get some fresh air, after all. She stopped, and sighed. They had stood up for themselves before, by stayed in the city that was theirs. But now, they may as well have just run away and found somewhere else to live. But, now that they had reached that point, they couldn't, because it had become too dangerous.
And then she started thinking, really, truly thinking. The Doctor's ship was bigger on the inside. It travelled time, space, everything, or so he said. Could they not load everyone aboard and bring them elsewhere? Wouldn't that work?
But they wouldn't accept help, not from dragons. Because that's all draca were to them. Dragons. Still, Kit knew better, and suddenly, her head whipped around to look back at the city, and specked on the horizon that were dragons, real dragons. Wild dragons, she knew, were fearful of dragons with riders. Some were in awe, some hated them, but all feared them, because together a dragon and a rider could be near unstoppable. And a plan began to form. She looked down at Atakai, a determined look in her eye.
I need your help.
She had the power to make them believe that she was a dragon with a rider, that it was her rider making the magic and not her. But she knew nobody else would help her. Atakai, though, might, as long as Niko didn't find out and stop the two of them.
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Post by niko on Mar 16, 2009 8:50:47 GMT -5
Atakai was caught a bit off guard with what she said. "I guess. What do you have in mind?"
Zarza after the dinner went back home and found the black stone broken into pieces. "What the?" He muttered. A black dragon came out from under his bed to look up with its blue intelligent eyes.
The hatchling looked quite odd indeed. Thin red electrical type strands of energy danced over its body constantly. Zarza was far to facinated to feel fear. And unfortunatly for him he was not sensitive enough to sense its evil or perhaps he would have killed it right then and there. But if that happened his story would never have come to pass.
"heh, it was a egg. Hello little one" He said and nelt to extend a gloved hand to rub its head and kneck. The hatchlings cuteness overwhelmed the appearance of its true nature. The little thing purred and rubbed against Zarzas hand. Opening his satchel Zarza put the hatchling in the bag and closed the flap. "We best get to the surface before my father discovers you" He said.
Making the journy to the surface Zarza took what he thought his new pet ouf of the leather satchel and set it down. Zarza wanted to take off his gasmask to see it better. But the mask helped to mask his scent from the wild dragons. Or so his people believed.
Zarza rubbed his hand over the babys body and took note of how his gloved hand passed right through the veiny strands of red energy coming off its body. He wondered what perpose it served. Zarza nearly jumped out his skin as a shadow passed over them. He scrambled under a old rusted car and watched as an adult wild dragon landed to start sniffing at the hatchling.
The little baby god took a brief breath and blew gently onto the snout of the adult sniffing at it. In seconds the flesh on the adult evaporated in a puff of blue fire. When the flames died down the bones crumbled to dust. Turning the little creature looked to its mortal rider and let out a joyful series of clicks and wistles as if to say 'come out, its safe' Zarza by now was far to freaked and crawled out from under the car to bolt for a old warehouse.
The hatchling shook its head and rolled its irridecent blue eyes. With that she trotted along joyfully without a care in the world in pursuit of her rider while all the while leaving a invisible, but powerful trail of energy.
When Zarza stopped running and sat against a rotting crate box to catch his breath he heard something to look up and see his dragon standing on the box he was sitting against and looking down at him. From the angle Zarza was looking and the lack of light in the warehouse the red strands of energy dancing over its body gave the little hatchling a scary almost supernatural feel.
He let out a yell and started running again. Where? Hell, Zarza did not even know. "Stay away!" He yelled out loud and tripped over a fallen chair and fell down. His permenant companion just skipped over in her joyful way to leamp into Zarzas lap and rubbed against him like a cat. Zarza threw her off and got a angry hiss for it. She was not old enough to communicate with him yet. But she really wanted to tell Zarza to stop treating her so badly.
Had her fate not cursed her to be bonded to a mortal man she would have killed him already for his imputance and disrespect. For now she needed him.
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Post by Mai on Mar 16, 2009 9:23:09 GMT -5
Wild dragons are afraid of dragons with riders. I'm not the color of a normal draca, they won't know the difference. If we can scare them enough to stay away from the city, then the people won't have to be afraid anymore. I've got more than enough magic to make it appear like we are, indeed, dragon and rider.
She told him of her plan, but kept it a mental conversation, to avoid Niko overhearing. She couldn't risk her cousin finding out and stopping them. Of course, not that he would be able to now that she had set her mind on it, but she wasn't really thinking about that.
Now, the only question is when...
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Post by niko on Mar 16, 2009 22:26:34 GMT -5
Atakai had to agree with Kit. "You know, thats a good idea. But if we are going to stay in the city we should be careful." The reason why did not need to be said. The dead pilots father would no doubt be out and seeking revenge.
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Post by niko on Mar 17, 2009 9:30:45 GMT -5
Atakai paused in thought to add. "It will not be easy and will take alot of time....."
6 months later after much time and effort Kits plan to scare her lesser kin off proved successful. In the course of time that they stayed in the ancient city Kit encountered the grief stricken man who lost his son. Unfortunatly for the man and kit. She accidently killed him in the fight that broke out. A blessing for the man as he wanted to die.
They continued on to the end of the continent and with the sea finally at there feet they turned back. From there everyone pretty much disbanded and went there own ways. Niko returned to the capital and learned he now had a little sister.
Atakai went to the city of the alchemists where he had a unsucessful job as a firefighter. Especially when the city mayor disbanded them calling the experimental firefighter group, quote, "A waste of taxpayers dollers and time" Unable to hunt with tattered wings and unable to pay for food without a job Atakai turned to being a male prostitute.
Zarza left with his dragon and quickly grew. Mostly in part to the hatchlings doing. She excellerated her riders growth and maturization. As for Zarza, he was a mercenary now. And he worked for a local resistance cell in the alchemist city that opposed there peoples use of magic reactors. Giant reactors that quite litterally sucked the life and magic from the earth and everything around it to power the city.
Zarzas mission was to blow up one of those reactors. Collateral damage, so he was told, was expected to be very high. But he stopped caring awhile ago. The almighty coin was what he understood. And his reptuation as 'darkblade' was spreading fast. A mercenary of his his quality was worth alot of mony in the alchemist city. He had gone a far cry from the dragon riders of the past.
Atakai stood on a street corner talking to some women who wanted to hire his, uniqe skills, for a bacholorette praty. Zarza was sitting inside a train bound for reactor number 1. Civilian workers sat all around talking about how boring there day at work today would be.
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Post by Mai on Mar 17, 2009 12:09:47 GMT -5
Kit had taken to continuing to wander, knowing there was nothing at home for her. She had managed to save many lives that would have been lost due to natural disasters and murderers, but she still wasn't really sure what she was doing. She just figured it was better than nothing for now, until she figured her life out more. She happened to have gone back to the alchemist city, for old times sake, even though she was alone this time around.
She never saw Zarza, for she never used the train. However, she did happen upon the corner where Atakai was and she stopped, watching him for some time, before she realized she was staring and she turned away, leaning against a building corner. She certainly had never expected to see him again, though she knew she should have. She also knew that he might not even recognize her--She'd actually decided to let her roots grow out, instead of re-dying her hair pink, and she'd been told by Jack, Alexx and the Doctor(who had stuck with her for the first month and a half after the journey) had told her she looked entirely different, almost like a different person. She turned to walk away, figuring it might be for the best if she just walked away. However, she made the mistake of looking back, leaving him a pretty good chance of catching sight of the red eyes she had due to being draca. And, honestly, how many albino dracas were there? Few. Very few.
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