Blinded In Chains

[Kitane Blackfyre]

"All the better. It's guaranteed that you'll make it back alive then. Guardians are rare, and you've possibly stumbled upon one that is also a Messenger of Death. Touched my Death itself, she is both light and dark. A nearly unstoppable force." He explains, a slight smile forming across his scarred muzzle.

[Cifero Windtail]

Zephyr nodded. "I see..." He looked over at Atticus. "That's what I would do for you if it came to it." He smiled. "If one of us is gonna die, I'm going to make sure it's me. Count on it." He looked up at Axel. "So our chances are pretty good, then?"

[JohnnyP789]

Atticus smiled slightly and closed his eyes,"i don't want you to sacrifice your life for me..."

[Cifero Windtail]

Zephyr looked over at Atticus. "I would do anything for you guys," he said. "Even die." He smiled. "That's what friends do, right?"

[JohnnyP789]

He smiled and nodded his head,"Yeah, that's what friends do...." he closed his eyes, his voice sounding tired," but if one of us has to live.... I want it to be you..." he then slowly drifts off to sleep, holding kitae close to him, but always keeping his paw on the sword at his side.

[Kitane Blackfyre]

"Your chances are greater than you think." Axel says with a nod. "I brought all of you some spare clothes, and will let you sleep. I hope to see all of you return." He says, smiling genuinely for the first time in years. The near blind wolf walks on down the hall after closing the door behind him, humming some strange tune. He eventually falls asleep once he gets into his room.

[Cifero Windtail]

Zephyr sighed and smiled. "Sometimes I just don't understand my own kind," he said to himself, getting up and walking over to the clothes. "Hmm... let's see..." Looking through the pile, he began to arrange them so that each knew what was theirs.
"okay, so then..." He blushed deeply and widened his eyes. "I'm just going to leave that part alone," he said, glancing at the underwear. He turned around to go back to the bed...
"Hello there, old chum."
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!"

[Kitane Blackfyre]

Kitane's jolts awake, looking around somewhat confused. "What's going on?" She asked groggily before laying her head back onto Atticus' chest. Almost immediately, she falls back to sleep after giving up trying to fight back sleep.

[Cifero Windtail]

Zephyr stared at the hunched figure before him.
"Rake?!" he whispered.
The creature, a grey humanoid being with long claws, smiled at him. "Yes. Jeff called me..."
"But he said... oh, he must've started calling people before kitane told him not to..." The cat breathed heavily. "You nearly scared me to death, man. Geez..."
"Sorry," Rake said. "I do that."
Zephyr yawned. "Well... you're here so you might as well help, I suppose..." Walking over to the bed, he curled up at Kitane and Atticus's feet. "Good night, dude."
He sighed. I wonder how Kitane and Atticus will react...

[JohnnyP789]

Atticus woke up when he heard the scream, and groggily looked around. He looked at rake, and fell back asleep. He then quickly woke up again and drew his sword and bolted out of bed, tackling the man and putting his sword to the mans throat,"who are you?!"

[Kitane Blackfyre]

Kitane awakens as Atticus jumps out of the bed, yawning and looking at him curiously. "What's going on guys?" She asked, putting an arm over her eyes. She was still tired, but she wouldn't fall back to sleep until she knew what was happening. Sitting up, she props herself up on one arm, crossing the other over her legs.

[Cifero Windtail]

Zephyr fell to the floor with a thump. "OOF!" Getting up, he quickly dashed towards Atticus, bowling him off of Rake and pinning him to the wall. "Atticus, calm down!" he said, breathing hard.  he glanced between Kitane and Atticus. "Rake's a friend."


Rake got up and rubbed his neck carefully, chuckling. "Some welcome party..."

[Kitane Blackfyre]

Kitane hissed at Rake, her ears pinned back and her lips pulled back into a snarl. "I thought I told Jeff-!" Her eyes widen slightly. She facepaws and sighs, realizing her mistake. "He'd all ready called for them before I'd said anything, hadn't he?" She groaned, flopping onto her back and letting her arm fall off to the side.

[JohnnyP789]

Atticis felt the man attack his side, knocking the wind out of him, and pinning him up against a wall. He snarled, and then calmed down after he was told that he was a friend. He nodded to zephyr to let him know he was okay, and he looked at rake,"i'm sorry, i'm just... Jumpy." he smiled.

[Cifero Windtail]

Zephyr glanced over at Kitane. "Hit the nail right on the head, probably."' He gently released Atticus.


Rake smiled... a very frightening thing to most. "It's fine. I'm used to getting reactions like that."