Everflame 2 (FINISHED)

[tangletail]

Unsure of exactly what was going on when she pulled him close to her. His ear flicked when she wispered, leaveing him even more confused than he was previously before hand. Very akwardly he wrapped his arms around her hopeing that this will comfort her as he wispered "It's alright, your safe" before over his shoulder to Nero, wandering what he did to make her like this.
Slowly removeing one arm from her, he thought it would be best to lead her away from the group. Useing the hand thats on her back to guide her out of the crowd and away from the block before asking. "What happened? Why are you so scared?"

[Rasu]

Yu-Razul breathed in as he prepared for the next part. He need to find where these explosives were going, he needed to get on board one of there ships in the chaos. Yu-Razul grabbed three smore grenades and through them, running through the smoke he grabbed a flashbang and launched it high into the air. The noise defeaned everyone including himself, a stray energy bolt slashed into Yu-Razul's arm and he dropped and rolled under one of the ships. He pulled out his short sword and looked for the maintenece hatch. Spotting it he moved along the ground towards it, he could hear the sounds of the mercenaries firing into the smoke. He forced the hatch open with his sword and climbed into the maintenece corridor. Yu-Razul closed the hatch behind him and quickly found some pannaling that was easily removed, he crawled in a closed it behind him. Once inside he began to look at his wound, hopefully he could keep it from being infected.

[Asia Kali Yusufzai]

Kateri dropped the vest in the corner, letting it thud against the floor, before walking back to the head of the bed, folding her arms and leaning to the wall. Her eyes went from the fiery dragon, to the little cat sitting at the foot of the bed, and looking nervous.
"Well, I guess this is quite interesting to all of us," she said, running a hand through her hair. "Now we all need to explain who we are and what we're doing here, but I think I should start, for your sake." She nodded over to Vuranin, the pushed herself up off the wall and put her hands behind her back. "You're not going to like what I'm about to say, but please don't turn violent. That won't help anything. The reason Chronin is here, with us, is because I took guardianship over him after his father was killed in an unfortunate security incident, not long after you disappeared." She looked down at Chronin's sleeping face, then to Vuranin, gauging her reaction.






"Oh thankyou," Seema said as she took Kitt's hand, and stood up off the canteen chair in an effortless and elegant manner, smiling a little at his gesture. "Come with me. Your training partner should be ready by now." Letting go of his hand, she headed off into the corridors, with her huge and soft tail swaying behind her. After a few turns, and some double doors, they entered an impossibly large hall, stretching wide like a hangar bay. In the centre stood a figure clad in a tight fitting body-enhancement suit, connecting to his form. The figure watched them enter, and shook his limbs to ready himself.
Seema stopped at the entrance and stood beside Kitt. "All you have to do is immobilise him. Try not to kill him, but don't underestimate him. He's a dangerous man." Her voice was soft and smooth, and formed to her smile.






Above Yu-Razul, footsteps of heavy boots thudded and stomped, as mercenaries searched around.
"Hey, he bust open the maintenance hatch," one of them said, followed by the sound of someone climbing into that corridor, and flicking on a flashlight, looking down into the shadows. Yu-Razul could see the light spill through gaps in the panel that hid him, scanning across from side to side. "He's not here," said the mercenary, who crawled back out onto the main deck of the craft.
"We can't wait here forever 'cause of one guy. Do one last search and then we leave. If we're late, we're dead."
"Yes sir!" The footsteps intensified, with people rushing around, pulling objects away, searching in every corner. Eventually, the sound of the explosives behind rolled onto the ships filled the dragon's ears, followed by a final call of
"The area's clear!" The engines began to heat and hum, churning into a roar, heating up the maintenance corridor and the silver dragon hidden inside.


Outside, the lone female desert hare looked up from behind her mask, and saw the pack of ships lift and burn through the atmosphere, out into space.

[Chrono Blackwyng]

Vuranin only shifted in her seat after Kateri told the fate of her mate, but it was obvious to the keen eye that she was trying to not have a break-down in front of her son's unconsious body. She could only mumble her words as it took too much effort otherwise to restrain herself. "Because of Everflame I came to find you, because of Everflame I grew to love you, then had to leave you..." her hair's blaze turned blue and became brighter as her sadness was reflected in her appearance. Her voice became easily heard when she addressed Kateri without looking at her. "When he wakes... you will have your time for farewells before I clean his mind of the memories during his father's death and all that has occoured afterwards, then we will both leave this realm with the empty Everflame."

Everything from her vocal emotion, and her lack of body movement had practically broadcasted how determined she was to back up her statement. Luckily Chronin had faked his unconsiousness for a good minute-half when he actually woke up from being placed in the bed. He suddenly sat upright, and tackled his mother to the ground, holding her hands high above her head with one hand and pushing her head to the floor with the other. "You are twenty-five years too late to order me around, I'm staying!!"

[Entaru]

Nero stood up in the cage, his own stature dwarfed by the officer...but not in presence. "When I find that you and this piece of scrap iron have nothing left to offer me."  In a lightning quick motion Nero's hand shot out of the cage, grabbed the officer and pulled him within millimeters of the plasma field.  The hair and flesh on Nero's arm cooked as it sat between the inside and outside of the cage.  "And that could be any time I want....maybe now, maybe a year.  Good enough for you?"

Inside Leia's head Nero was conducting a search of information for the Everflame.  He searched in vain, only finding stories and rumors...many of which were preposterous.  ...YoU TolD ThE TrutH...GooD GirL...NoW I HavE A JoB FoR YoU...FinD ThE AmbassadorS...HowL AnD SeekeR...DO IT QuicklY EnougH AnD I MaY GivE YoU A RewarD... Leia could feel an incorporeal hand caress the side of her face as he 'spoke'.  ...NoW TrY NoT TO WorrY...I OnlY PunisH IgnorancE, LieS, AnD RudenesS...AnD YoU Aren'T AnY OF ThosE ArE YoU....

[Rasu]

Yu-Razul cringed as the area heated up, he had forgotten how hot it could get. Luckily his scales were buit for the heat, it was very uncomfortable to say the least. Yu-Razul began to focus again, calming himself, meditating on what had happened. That Desert Hare just wouldnt leave his mind. What had she been getting at, why didnt she kill him?

Yu-Razul could hear muffled taling from above, he must be beneath a bedroom r something. It wouldnt matter until they arrived at there destination. His wound could wait for now.

[KittKat chunky~]

It was a full ten minutes later when a dark furred wolf walked out of the ICU, closing the door behind him he pulled off his surgical mask and dropped it into an incinerator chute. He sighed, looking across to David Annie and Reggie "There is never an easy way to say this..."
He sighed again, taking a step closer "We did the best we could, but by the time we had pinpointed the bacterial strain, the infection was already too far developed. It had spread to his lungs, causing massive internal haemorrhaging, which lead to cardiac-arrest..."

He paused, looking over at Annie "Your son is finally stable, we managed to clear the bacteria out of his system, though he may have sustained some minor lung-tissue damage... Nothing permanent I assure you. That engineer and her bucket of bolts are in there with him now... Despite our best attempts to keep her out..." he sighed a final time, turning back to the ICU door "You can come in now, if you wish..."

[Asia Kali Yusufzai]

As Vuranin spoke, Kateri gave out a long, drawn out sigh, and put her hand through her hair. Then Chronin burst out.
"Woah!" She ran to Chronin's side, kneeling beside him and pulling on his arm that held his mother down. "Chronin, calm down. We can deal with this like adults. Come on, let her go." She glanced up at Tabby for help, but she was dumbstruck with a smile.





The officer grimaced, and felt the heat at end of his muzzle.
"Yes, I guess I don't have a choice about that. Now could you let me go?"

Leia put her hands over her ears, trying to block him out, and tears flowed into her fur as she felt his tender touch.
"Yes... Yes I can do that, I'll find them for you," she said, louder than before, while nodding vigorously. She stepped closer to Leo, still shaking with a puffed up tail, still nodding frantically. She looked to him.
"I've got to go, I've got to find someone."





The flight went on for hours, as the fleet floated through space with only idle conversation to keep the mercenaries busy. Then, there were shouts.
"The Felix and Komayer have been hit!"
"Sir, they're gone!" Frantic running of heavy boots thudded over Yu-Razul.
"I don't have a target!" An explosion blasted through the ship, and the engine died.
"Where is it coming from?!" There was a sound, like giant claws thudding into the hull.
"We're being boarded!" Gunfire lit up the ship. Smoke poured into the maintenance corridors, seeping into Yu-Razul's nook. More feet above him, more shouts, turning into screams until everything stopped. A few final shots rang out.

"Right, where is he?" There was a pause,  and people crept around, with softer footstpes. Someone jumped into the maintenance corridor, followed by another. He could hear guns being prepped and ready. "Come on out, or we'll shoot."






Reggie sat on the floor, his back against the wall, staring across at the opposite, with its pale blue paint. David leaned towards him, keeping his distance.
"Reg, do you want to go in?" The fox didn't reply, so David turned and moved to herd Annie away towards Blaze. "Come on, leave him alone for a while." He stopped still, then took her arm, looking dead into her eyes. "Seriously, for your own sake, stay away from him for a little while. He gets dangerous when he's like this."

[Chrono Blackwyng]

Chronin reluctantly let go, but then put the bed between him and his mother by vaulting over it, his hair still spiked out from his sudden hostility. Vuranin slowly got off the floor, somewhat surprised how easily she was knocked down and pinned without even noticing his movements. Her tone was becoming hostile the longer she spoke, and her hair was burning brighter and brighter until it lit up the whole room like the afternoon sun. "Miss Kateri, you had your chance to deal with it like adults when you dismissed our ambassadors, Howl and Seeker. I am either taking Everflame, or getting my only child to my dimension before he gets involved in a war that your short-sighted politicians perfer over giving up a dead rock!"

[KittKat chunky~]

Annie stared back, looking from David to Reggie. She tore her arm out from his grip, frowning she hissed through sharp white teeth"Dont tell me what i can and cant do..." She dropped the arm to her side, sighing as she watched Reggie sit hunched up. She watched his eyes, normally bright and alive, now glazed over. She looked back to David, and nodded "Fine... You know best..." With that she turned back to the ICU, tail flicking anxiously...



There where two beds in the ICU, the room now quiet with only one or two nurses checking over the machines. One was covered over with a white sheet, the indistinct form of a body beneath it, in the other lay Blaze. Tess stood at the side of the bed, even now ignoring the nurse hovering beside Blaze. At her side stood RUST-E, who was currently sneaking a quick re-charge from one of the power sockets in the ICU wall. Blaze himself was awake, though very pale.

[Asia Kali Yusufzai]

As Vuranin flared up, Tabby shifted away from her, crawling behind the bed, beside Chronin. Kateri shook her head, and put her hands up to placate the dragon.
"I don't have the authority to hand it over. It's probably the most important object in the galaxy, there are a lot of negotiations and procedures we need to go through before we can give it over. It'll take at least a week, it's barely been a day."





David walked over to the covered body, and pulled back the sheet.
"Oh heavens," he murmured, and covered him up again. He rubbed his arms and looked back out the window, knowing that just below it was a bomb in the form of a fox. One of the nurses, a young Pika walked past, and David moved in to get her attention. "Excuse me, when will the body be cleared. We need to take him back home to be buried." She looked at him with the best sympathy face she could do. She'd had plenty of practice.
"Well with your friend's unique circumstances, it might take a few days, just to get some information on what killed him, but after that, we'll load him onto your ship ourselves." David gave a soft smile back, which disappeared almost immediately.
"Thanks."

[KittKat chunky~]

Tess sat beside Blaze on his bed, while RUST-E watched them from his low view-point. Annie sat down on Blaze's other side, ruffling his hair carefully "Hey... Hows my champ doing?" Blaze shrugged, wincing at the slight movement.

Tess smirked, looking up to Annie "The docs gave 'im some anti-themics... Said he wont be able to talk for an hour or two, but it should make sure the damage to his lungs dont get worse..." She punched Blaze in the upper arm lightly, still smirking "Ah, i knew he'd be alright... You guys always pull yerselves outa' trouble..." Blaze winced again, despite the lightness of the punch, earning him an apologetic whistle from RUST-E.

 Annie smiled, standing up and turning to face David. The smile vanished as quickly as it had formed, she watched him carefully, talking in a low hushed voice "You... You sure he wouldn't like some company?" She nodded her head towards the ICU window, though it was obvious who she was talking about anyway. She rubbed her upper arm in earnest, looking from him to the body of Jaack...

[Asia Kali Yusufzai]

David shook his head, over and over. "No, you can't. When he gets upset, he gets aggressive, and he's never been this upset before." He looked into her eyes, with a cold and honest stare. "If you go over there, and try to help him, you could end up worse off than your son. It's best to just leave him be."

[Rasu]

Yu-Razul knew he was caught, but by who? The only way to find out was to go into the open, the problem would be the fact he'd be going into the open. He took in a deep breath and readied himself.

"I'm coming out, don't shoot." Spoke Yu-Razul as he prepared to open the pannaling. He pushed it aside and stepped out to look at these people who apparently were looking for him.

[Chrono Blackwyng]

Vuranin was about to go ballistic when Kateri said it had 'barely been a day' but caught Chronin's gaze and calmed down rather fast since he seemed ready to start off the fight where they last left off. She apparently put out the fire in her hair as he brushed her mane back, then nodded to Kateri. "You have two and a half weeks, otherwise I will come back for my son. Is that understood?"

It was odd how commanding she was, since she was actually a few inches shorter than her son and making a statement that ten years of war had proven difficult to accoplish....