Everflame 2 (FINISHED)

[Asia Kali Yusufzai]

The lioness eased the car along, simple and smooth like a sunday drive.
"Who are you and what do you know about the ambassadors?" her voice was harsh, but to cars driving past, she put on a face of pleasantries.
"Thankyou," Leia said, as she stared out the window. The Lioness gave a quick glance at the mirror with a confused cocked eyebrow
"For what?"
"What?" Leia jumped at the words, coming back to reality. "Sorry what?" The Lioness sighed and grumbled.
"Who are you?"




Tabby rested a large case onto her back, and walked out of her house, dressed in the same armoured jacket Chronin had given her, with a zip corset t-shirt, slightly undone to show off her cleavage. She also wore black microshorts that clung to her hips, with a large utility belt hanging off, covered in different military equipment, including two pistols, two extra magazines, and a pair of knives. She strolled over to a hired transport, and relaxed in the backseat as it silently carried her along to the port.





Reggie buttoned up his shirt, then turned, displaying his now clothed self. "So what happens now? How's Blaze?"




David motioned for Tess to follow and led her into the ship towards the crew quarters. Jaack's room was locked, but with a quick kick, it buckled and bent, allowing for it to be pulled open.
"Take what you want, but there's a price on everything."

[Chrono Blackwyng]

Chronin was at a catwalk just above the south-side entrance to the port, and climbed over the railing before digging his claws onto the ground. He waited for there to be nobody on the ground where he would land, and simply let go. In mid-fall he reached behind him and caught onto the sign that dangled a good ten feet above the entrance, and Chronin dropped the rest of the way.

He landed with minimal pains, but realized that he shouldn't be doing such things since it left evidence in the form of rather large claw marks along where he grabbed. However, there was noone there to witness what he performed so he just walked off as nothing happened and made his way over to the ship; he was completely unaware of the transport Tabby was taking, but he also made sure to restrain himself if she decided to wear revealing clothing...

[Kitt_R_Beesley]

Kitt felt his reactions slow from the blast cursing himself for so foolishly rushing in. As his opponent went about his way launching the mysterious orbs into the walls it occurred to Kitt what they may be. 'I'm willing to bet that those are to amplify or produce something similar to that blast!' Kitt thought to himself. Standing upright against the wall where he had come to rest, Kitt plunged his hand into the concrete around one of the orbs and after lining up the shot as carefully as he could, hurled it towards his opponent. With hopes that if they hit it would not only cause damage but effectively be used against the plan his opponent was enacting. For Kitt had noticed that his opponent wasn't paying too much attention to him unless it was to stop an attack. 'He is setting a trap!' Kitt thought to himself. 'I can't get too close or he'll render my limbs next to useless, guess I'm using ranged weapons to try and keep his mind off of laying more of those orbs.' Kitt smiled as a plan crystallized in his mind.

[Asia Kali Yusufzai]

The transport hummed to a halt in the port, and the door slid away into the front, allowing Tabby to step out into lights. She reached to her belt, and pulled out a pair of sunglasses, stylish and slim, sliding it onto her nose. She gave a smile and scanned her eyes across the port, before she sauntered with insouciant sway towards the entrance of the ship, tossing her case over to one of the crew. It thudded into his arms making him stumble back and grumble as he carried it over to the other personal effects. She strolled into the ship, and spotted Chronin, standing with his powerful, muscled body. She licked her lips and stretched a smile.
"Hey boy, have you become a man yet?"





Kitts opponent watched beneath his mask, seeing the concrete fly. He set his feet, punching the rock, bursting the module, and sending fragments and rocks shooting off in every direction. If he could see under the mask, Kitt would find a smile, as the modules lit up, and hummed as kinetic force built up around the opponent, lifting him off the ground, hovering in the air. Then, in a flash like a bullet, he shot forward, hurling a fist.

[Chrono Blackwyng]

He raised an eyebrow at her, and was tempted to make a comment, but held it in as he nodded his head.

 "I've gotten over yesterday if thats what you mean, and why must you tempt me with those short shorts?" One of the men that signed up for Black Ops, a tiger, had put a hand on his shoulder to spin him around. But what actually happened was Chronin lifting up his left leg to kick the tiger in the gut before wrenching the hand off and back-spinning his fist right into the tiger's face. The tiger, who is now suffering from a bleeding mouth and minor lacerations to the abdomen, had staggered back in confusion as the tiger's physique was marginally larger than Chronin's.

"Can you keep your hands to yourself, since I have no idea who you are?" Chronin asked as he turned to face the tiger, who only growled before going back into the transport before Chronin wiped the slobber off his hand. He turned back to Tabby with a small look of embarrassment.

"He could have been polite and asked, but he just grabbed my shoulder..." his voice trailed off as he feared her possible retaliation.

[KittKat chunky~]

Annie smiled, looking Reggie up and down "They said Blaze is stable, and just needs some un-interupted rest..." She walked up to him, tail swishing lagnuidly "So... Perhaps we should get some un-interupted rest ourselves... As a first class Explorator, i'm entitled to my own bunk quarters..." She bit her lip tenderly, laying one paw across his chest "So... Whadya say?"

The young lynx scuffed his boot on the steel flooring, looking between the two awkwardly "I'l just... Go.... Yeah...." He backed out of the cell, almost knocking into the very same pair of engineers and pane of glass. The two wolves gave a shout of anger, as the lynx ducked underneath...




Tess followed behind David as they walked through the ship. She flinched as he kicked open the door, but seemed unpreterbed by the prospect of who had previously owned the room or its contents. She nodded, pulling open the door "Sure thing... What i dont want, I'm sure i'l find someone on this carrier that does want it..."

[tangletail]

Leo looked over to Leia, knowing who she was talking too just not sure about what before looking back to the lioness.
"I'm Dr. Leo Cyrule... Scientist over at burton street and Space Station Oupost 345..." he said rolling his head back wishing for the migrain to leave.
"As far as the ambassadors, I only know of them, because I'm helping out my friend here, who is looking for them."

[Asia Kali Yusufzai]

Tabby raised an eyebrow, listening to his excuse, before sighing and shaking her head.
"Yeeaah... real mature." She walked past, flicking her tail across his leg, and looked back just before headed to the passenger quarters. "You're gonna get these short shorts off me in NO time." Her voice jarred with cold sarcasm, and she disappeared through the archway into the quarters.




Reggie gave a little smirk, and slid his arms around Annie's waist, pulling her to him.
"Honestly," he said, his eyes glowing with earnestness. "After all that's happened, having a little company would be nice." He lowered his head, and kissed her lips, slow and soft, before letting go and nodding to the door. "Lead the way."




David leaned against the wall, hearing her step over all the clutter, hearing things crumple and drop, clanging against the metal floor.
"You break it, you pay for it," he said, and leaned around the corner to watch her, just in case. "Hey, when you're finished here, maybe you could go through this other room. Don't worry the lock's been shot off so it's open."




The lioness, was silent for a while, thinking it over as she drove around the block over and over.
"And why are you looking for them?" she asked. Leia trembled.
"Because... he told me too. That... that person, the hyena. If I don't tell him where the ambassadors are, bad things will happen." The lioness stopped the car, and looked back at her.
"The hyena? As in the imprisoned one?" She looked over at Leo. "Is she talking sense?"

[tangletail]

Leo took a look out the window before looking back to the lioness, nodding a bit "Yes the same locked up hyena. She's not exaderating this, infact I doubt it's even possible" he said pointing to the blood stain in his hair next to his ear. "I really dont know how to explain this without makeing it sound incredibly impossible..." he groaned.

[Entaru]

Leia could feel Nero's irritation as the car stopped.  While his appetite may have been infinite, his patience certainly was not.  ...YoU InsectS HavE A BaD HabiT OF ProlonginG ThingS WitH QuestionS....Haven'T TheY HearD ThaT CuriositY KilleD ThE...ER...WhaT DO YoU CalL ThosE AgaiN?...BlasT IT!...NoW I'M DoinG IT!...

[Chrono Blackwyng]

Chronin was apparently no better off than yesterday, and as he walked in, it was just like when he joined the Elites. Everyone he came across had only heard how hostile and strong he was, which only made things worse as he ended up in a room alone, only to have the same tiger from earlier come back, and apparently not treated for his injury.

"I don't know where you got that power, but I guess you're more normal than they say." the tiger tossed a blade into a trash-bin that he may have brandished when he was grabbing his shoulder.

"They said you had a body that metal couldn't go in, and I bet against it, your reaction had obviously proven the claim false. Now they just keep their eyes off me since I got all bloody, nice back-hand by the way." Chronin tried to hold back a laugh that he turned hostile over a bet between 'expert' soldiers. He opened a pocket next to his ankle and handed a canister, that was half red and half white, to the tiger.

"Nano-meds, good for facial injuries and mild cuts." He said bluntly as he noticed the tiger's puzzled look.

"Oh, thanks... who was that girl you were talking to anyway?"

"She calls herself Tabby, but don't get any ideas, shes a Widow-maker of a cat. She tells me to act like a man, but all I know is being a soldier: attacking first and almost never questioning." The tiger held back a laughter as he could see the image he was given being melted down to a relationship-challenged dragon.

"I may only enough experience to count as a novice swinger, but she probably ment you should be able to be 'stable'. I can tell her that I was about to stab you over a stupid bet, and that you probably could tell that before you even had to look in my hand before beating me up." Chronin thought about it, then shrugged.

"She'll think your lying if you get your face fixed..."

"Just give me a chance, its the least I can do for helping me get a thousand credits richer...." Chronin just let down his head and sighed before nodding. The tiger took the blade out of the trashcan and noticed Tabby was standing at the door, apparently listening to what they were talking about.

"Heres the blade I tried to stab him with, good day." He quickly left the two while applying the medicine Chronin gave him, leaving the two a partial stand-off. He couldn't tell what her emotions were at the moment, but he straightened himself out and looked Tabby right in the eyes.

"You don't have to stand there since I can see you outside the door, Miss Tabitha." She quickly left his sight, then sighed before going into the room and sitting in one of the seats.

"Now, we could either fight it out, or tallk it out, either way. I'm finding out what gives you the right to call me 'boy'." He said as he shot a glance at the door and it slammed shut.

[Asia Kali Yusufzai]

"Please!" Leia blurted out. "Please take us to the Kateri woman." The lioness peered closer at the ferret, looking into her eyes. They were paralysed with fear, unable to focus. The lioness nodded.
"Alright, I'll take you to her. Sit tight." She set the car moving again, put it into autodrive and unclipped her seat belt to crawl into the back seats between the two passengers. Leia shrunk back against the seat. "Don't worry, don't worry," said the lioness. "I'm just checking something." She put her hands on the ferret's head, holding her still, and pulling her eyelids back with her thumbs. She put her face close, looking into her dark eyes. There was a colour in them, like lightning being sucked into the black. "What is that?" The lioness murmured.





Tabby stretched, sitting upright on the seat with the blade in her hand, letting out a soft little mew. After dropping her arms onto her lap, she locked a stare with Chronin. Her eyes were deep, and condescencion whispered despite her smile.
"All you know is how to fight, right?" She said, tilting her head. "Even in that twisted family of yours. Even in bed, you thrash and attack, and fear; constantly on edge, constantly defensive, constantly afraid. It's attractive in a toy, but ultimately ugly and undignified." She looked at the blade, running her finger along its edge. "When he 'attacked' you with this, you weren't thinking. You were reacting. You could have pulled your toes back when you kicked him, to avoid the chance of slicing his gut open." She pointed the blade at her stomach, pressing the tip along the zip of her corset. "You didn't have to punch him in the face, you could have used his hand to twist him up, disarm him." She moved the blade up the centre of her corset, to where it opened revealing her cleavage, pressing down against where the zip came together. "You could have held him, asked him questions, but instead, you punched, slashed him, and let him go." She pushed the knife down, undoing her corset, further and further. "You're a ball of fire, and yes that makes me... very... hot. But you're not a man." The corset opened, freeing her body, her dignity covered only by Chronin's old jacket. "You're only good enough for a toy... boy." In one swift move, she slid off her seat, and straddled his lap, pressing against him, with the blade at his throat.

[tangletail]

Leo gave the lioness a questionable look before looking to Leia. "Let me see..." he said leaning forward looking into Leia's eyes. He noticed the color in her eyes and tilted his head a bit. He reached back raising his vest a bit to grab a flashlight off of his gun holster and turned it on to a very dim setting and held it up pointing away from the ferrets eyes, but close enough to illumiate them so they could get a better look. He soon turned off the light putting the flashlight away and returned to his seat silently.

[Chrono Blackwyng]

Chronin rolled his eyes back, and started to recall what he felt when his mother did something to him. He put up one finger, and Tabby's hand opened up on its own. As the blade clattered to the floor, Chrono lifted a second finger, and Tabby was up in the air before being put back down on her seat, although she couldn't move a muscle.

"See, now I get where you're coming from. Now unless you think I can be toyed with right now, I have to get set a few rumors straight." He got up and walked out of the room before letting go of the feeling and releasing Tabby from his new-found 'hold'.

Moments later he met up with the Tiger and he took him to the group that apparently started the rumors.

"What is this I'm hearing about me having steel skin, and a taste for sentient flesh?" His reply was one of the men pulling a gun on him. Tabby's words rang through his head, but he didn't raise his hands like someone who couldn't help themselves. Instead, he shot his arm out and twisted the gun out before emptying the clip and tossing it behind him.

"Come on, I'm really not that bad, I healed the cuts on your friend's face when my reflex's kicked in. We're all in the same unit, so why start putting eachother down?" one of them had a blade similiar to the one the tiger used, but he did the same disarming maneuver and the knife fell to the floor.

"Look just stop the rumors and I'll stay away from you unless your life is in danger, alright?. Can we agree to at least that?." two out of the five were soothing their aching wrists, but they all nodded. He mouthed a 'thank you' with clapsed talons before walking off, the tiger close behind.

"You know, they just said you were the only dragon in our unit, but I never did get your name."

"Oh, I'm Chronin, Chronin Epheral!" There were a few moments of silence before the tiger smacked Chronin in the back, throwing the dragon completely off guard.

"Chronin from squad C?! Man, its been too long!!" Chronin was lost for a few moments, not even knowing how this tiger knew about him like that.

"I'm sorry, I really don't think I know you like that..." the tiger suddenly grabbed him by the shoulders and shook him.

"I'm your squad-mate Jetho!!" Now it was Chronin's turn to be surprised.

"Jetho, man, how the heck did you get so big?!" They both started laughing and hugging, then let go for a moment to breathe before Chronin spoke again.

"Man, I feel really bad about hitting you like that."

"Don't be, everyone in our squad had been 'suffering' from stubborn muscle memory. We're the only ones to survive the entire war, cover-ups and all!" He realized how loud he was speaking, then quieted his voice: "Man, I knew you wanted to tackle him when he drew that knife."

"Come on man, I don't want to hear it, that war is still messing with me sixteen years later. We're Black Ops now, and I'm still emotionally recovering from the 'goodwill' incident." the tiger understood, but gave him another pat on the back.

"We lost half our unit that night. But we certainly paid them back, with interest, when morning came around. The only one of us who completely recovered from the war-flashes is right now far away from the Capital Sphere with her wife. Although it is a bit ironic that she was the only one who got some during the incident. Seriously, lesbians get all the luck in the Elite.". They both walked back to the room that Tabby had long since left, but judging by the periodic announcements, she hadn't even attempted to leave the transport. Chronin sat in the now empty room, and started to feel some of the past slipping away.

It was good to know that he wasn't the only one in his squad who didn't leave the Sphere despite the paranoia.

[Entaru]

Something stirred in the blackness of Leia's pupil.  Both Leo and the lioness could see it slithering just out of view.  On the other side however, it wasn't so obscured.  Nero glared at the onlookers from the back of her mind.  ...ThatS EnougH!!...  Black vein-like tendrils suddenly shot out of the darkness of Leia's eyes and reached into the eyes of the onlookers, grasping onto their souls momentarily to deliver a message.

....GO AwaY!!....

The tendrils sucked themselves back in and disappeared back into the darkness.