Apocalyptica's Rainfall

[HyenaKing]

as he was guided to his sleeping quarters, he had large amount of thoughts churning. He thought quite a bit in his bunk before going to bed. he thought and thought about what had happened today until he slept. His dreams were the actions of today, repeating over in his head, constantly gripping, thinking, slowly figuring out how to treat everyone.

[ShiroTenshiRyu]

Night was his favorite time. It was her time. Helios was supposed to be a creature of the sun. He had been branded thus. And yet the more time he was with Luna the more he enjoyed the night. He sat out on the roof of the Guardianship roof and stared at the moon. He'd been glad he moved his room up here. It was quieter and he had a ladder straight to the front entrance as well. He thought more and more of this new kid Vulps. He like him, his gut told him Vulps would probably be energetic at first, but then again even Helios was when he first joined. Vulps would need a mentoring team to get field experience when his training was done and he was hoping it would be the perfect excuse for him and Luna to be out in the field again like the old days. As he dozed off dreaming of the old days he felt Luna curl up next to him.

[Tayy]

The moon was at its brightest on this night, a full moon at its best. Luna drank it in happily as she curled her three tails around Helios' waist. Vulps had gone to bed, Helios would be fully sleeping soon. It was then she decided to make her move. They could wait no longer, and the anticipation was making her itch. She removed the bandage from her head with an irritated swipe and no blood ran down her face. She grinned and gently moved from Helios, dancing on the roof in the moonlight. Although she had almost been past the point of simply passing out just earlier, the moon invoked the night energy within her blood. She could almost feel the silver light racing throughout her veins, her seven points of energy aflame. With a sigh and a last turn, she crept back into Helios' room and went to find the male who was even more in charge than she.

[HyenaKing]

Vulps had been awakened by Luna from her walking around. He was indeed a light sleeper. he stayed in his bed and feeling fully rested,he sat in his bed and started thinking again. He does not need much sleep to run on.

[ShiroTenshiRyu]

As always Helios was up at dawn. As he walked past the open doors of the rooms to the training ground he smiled. He loved being the first one awake. The corridors were quiet, but he didn't mind it so much. He had spent many a long morning training with his weapons and had become one with them. No today he had a special idea for training. Today he'd start getting back into shape. His fur was a vibrant gold and the black and brown spots on him had nearly faded when he started his warm ups, and by the time the room began to fill with mor furs, his fur was a darkened brown his spots even darker so from the sweat he'd worked up.

[Tayy]

"What do you mean you don't know?" Luna snarled at  the commander in front of her. It was near daybreak already, and she had been prying him for information all night. The lion put his head in his paws, sighing heavily. The wooden desk beneath him creaked with his sudden weight. "Luna, we don't know. We've gotten word of this 'cure', but no one has tried experimenting. It's from somewhere in the West, way West. Beyond our control. We don't have the abilities to test it!" She threw her paws up and turned, staring out the window. Minutes passed in silence, the commander knowing she was thinking intently. Finally, she turned around. "I'll test it."
"Luna, no, you don't know what-"
"Exactly! We don't know, and we won't know until research is done. Besides... something in me tells me I'll find it... this reversal." She gave one more look at the lion and he grimly nodded. With that, she turned to find something to do. Her paws were itching to get dirty, her muscles wanting tiring. She mindlessly passed other furs through the labrynth of the base, not hearing any greetings.

[HyenaKing]

Vulps is waiting by the archery grounds, silently tempted to give a crack at the weapons before he knows about them completely. Ge goes for it and starts operating the crossbow, quickly figuring out how the mechanics work and how to operate it.

[AJ Fawxe]

Alex trekked through the desert tirelessly-or perhaps that wasn't entirely true. Every step the fynx took sent waves of pain through his legs and his whole body cried out for sustenance, something more fulfilling than the meager rations he had picked up some many miles back. The blazing sun had not yet risen but the hybrid could feel that it was fighting to break the hard line of the horizon. His unusually blue fur had thinned since he moved into hotter areas out of an evolutionary reflex, but it wasn't enough for him to move comfortably through these harsh lands.


Bedecked in light robes designed to dispel heat and block out harsh desert winds and sand he peered out through the veil over his eyes and gasped. "Sweet rapture.." The voice was tight and raspy as he saw a city rising up in the distance. Taking a moment to satisfy himself that it wasn't a mirage he reached for his canteen for a moment. Realising that he had drained it long before then he knelt to the ground and took a deep breath, blood pounded in his ears as his weak body called to the water in the ground and a small trickle began to flow from one of the many cracks in the sun baked earth. A little ball of water soon formed in the palm of his hands and he carried it carefully to his mouth where he drank it down. Wiping his face he stood and with a bit of renewed vigor in him he stalks to the town, eventually bringing himself to a staggering halt before a guard who looked rather concerned. Reaching for and missing the cover over his mouth a few times he finally yanks it down and throws back the veil.


"I'm looking for.. a Guardian.." the fynx, having drained the last of his energy getting to town and stating his mission fell awkwardly forward and to the left and passed out before he hit the ground. Anyone could tell once he'd had his coverings removed that he was the definition of hunger, thirst, and all around over exertion. It wasn't a choice for him though, this had to be done. Even if it cost him everything, though somewhere along the way he may have lost track of where the extreme was, how far was too far-that maybe he needed to be alive and well when he met these rumored Guardians.

[ShiroTenshiRyu]

He wasn't happy that it'd be something this dangerous that they'd be taking Vulps on for his first time in the field, but Luna was stubborn and determined as usual and he wouldn't trust anyone else with training Vulps in the coming days. Helios sat that morning eating his potato. Luna sat next to him her mind obviously planing their next adventure. He watched Vulps take to the crossbow as if his hands were crafted for it. Sure he saw rookie mistakes, but Vulps seemed to taking well enough to it.




That's about when everything went to hell. One of the local Guardians, Malfor he believed his name was, came barging in. He had a contact in the cities guards, apparently about an hour or so ago some fur came into town asking for a Guardian. Obviously the locals had no clue about us, but it was well enough that he seemed to be on the brink of death. Luna would want to see him, and Helios wanted to talk to this guy himself. He grabbed his blades and looked to Luna ready to go.

[Tayy]

With a look to Vulps, Luna stood. "Come along if you'd like, but be prepared. Your choice," She stretched and shook her head slightly, clearing her cloudy mind. Krieg had already gone back into the barracks to get his own weapons and when Helios looked at her, she nodded. With her hand on her own daggers hilt, she began the trek to the city's hospital, as Malfor had informed them where the fur was headed. In passing through their base's narrow halls, she reached for a tan cloak that was hanging with others of its kind. Pulling it to hide her face as she walked, she glanced back at Helios and quickened her pace.


"It's better that we take this route," she explained as she led the way onto a nearby roof. She scanned the city for a moment before continuing, leaping where necessary until they were in front of the hospital. There was a fairly large crowd, which she expected. This city was always interested when something was different. Now there were whispers of the Guardians flying between furs below, hardly anyone seemed interested in the fur that was past the point of exhaustion. She scoffed at this and took her bow off her back, its beautiful polished wood with red accents glinting in the sunlight. She carefully fired an arrow into the midst of the crowd and the furs quickly moved out from around it, cries rising. "Calm down," Luna yelled as she leaped into the now open space. "You were all just in the way." She laughed quietly to Helios and retrieved her arrow, pulling her cloak further down as she moved through the rest of the crowd. Whispers rose once again, and she quickly entered the hospital. Once inside, she began scanning as to where this fur might be. If he was looking for a Guardian, and knew of them, he had to be important. And to Luna, he would be taken care of.


"Hm, I wonder where he could be." she sarcastically threw back to Helios, nodding in the direction where a small crowd of furs were surrounding a room entrance.

[HyenaKing]

Vulps Quickly catches up to Luna, bringing a couple water canteens and a crossbow along with spare bolts. He Said without hesitation,
"I'm Coming with you expecting a long trip requiring endurance, move on and i will reach high places and scout out for danger"
Vulps Runs off and Cannot tolerate the large amount of people.
He reaches a high point and is watching out for any danger for the current area.

[AJ Fawxe]

Alex slowly came to in a bed with people crowded around the doorway to his room. Petrified by the idea of all those people surrounding him he didn't know what he should do. If he laid still perhaps he could just wait it out until the doctors came. The room was closed off for privacy but some people still peered in through the door every now and again. Looking over with his eyes he saw his clothes were free of the sand and crime that had plagued them for some time. Eyes widening he looked around and saw his back pack and belt of pouches sitting on a table. Looking back to the window he saw two people jockeying for a view of the stranger. When they disappeared he lurched out and groaned, the little time spent lying down had done little to ease his muscles. When he pulled his pack back and tried hiding it under the sheets it happened.


"HE'S AWAKE!" Then there was madness.


Heart pounding the fynx watched as people fought more and more-was it to get a look at him awake and aware or were they trying to get into the room now? Opening the pack he looked inside and found his pouch of special trinkets and trophies and smiled feeling the bulge of his latest trophy. Looking back to the door he stuffed the pack under the covers and tried to calm down. God was he still hungry and thirsty though, comfy, still painfully hungry, just a bit better off-as long as the crowd stayed out there that is..

[ShiroTenshiRyu]

Helios looked around. He looked to Vulps who was doing a remarkable job as a sentry. Luna looked agitated in the crowd she hated them. But what could he do. This fur needed medical attention they couldn't provide at the base. Helios walked up the the crowd around his door. "Hey get out of the way." He barked at the crowd forcing his way through with Luna in tow. "We are his family come on move it!" People seemed to move fast enough. A couple of well placed scowls got them through the doors of the room. Luna feigned the part of a well intentioned sister well enough and soon they'd have all the time they needed with this fur who'd sought them out.

[Tayy]

"Finally," Luna sighed and shut the door, glaring out its  window before hanging her cloak from a nail that was on the wall above it. A small tremble ran through her body as she cleared herself of the irritation that came from being in such a small, crowded area. Then she turned to the fur lying on the bed. She could see the fear in his eyes still no matter how still he lay and took her hide-covered canteen from her belt. She looked at Helios and gently sat on the bed a the furs side, handing him the canteen. "We aren't here to hurt you," she murmured.
"In fact, we are who you were looking for." She watched him carefully, feeling Helios at her side. She looked out the large window and saw a blur of green atop a roof directly across, Vulps keeping watch. He might make a good soldier yet, she mused. Turning back to the fur in front of her, she waved a paw over his body. "Are you hurt? Or can we move you? We are not in a safe place,"

[HyenaKing]

His shouting Vulps thought was slightly rash, but worth the risk. The risk was worth it, but it turned out to pick up some attention. Two Heavily Armed guards were curiously coming to the same building. Guards he recognized. He quickly thought they would get recognized as soon as they entered the building. Vulps thought fast, but these people were approaching the door faster than he could think. He made a quick decision: Them having a higher chance of surviving, and vulps could be replaced if he had fallen, or 2-3 people possibly getting killed and no say to resolve such value lost. He shouted loudly attracting they're attention and put a bolt though one of the guards foreheads. He valued himself lower then the others. He re-loaded his crossbow while he was approving, and after finally loading the guard was on the roof, vulps discharged a bolt into his shoulder, though that did not affect him is the rage that his comrade had been killed. Vulps quickly grabbed another bolt and used it as a melee weapon. The Guard swung his sword, he thought it hit nothing, and he stabbed the gourd in the heart wit no hesitation. The guard chucked as he died. He heard a liquid dripping. most of His left arm was gone. Knowing what to do, he took off is shirt and made a tourniquet. the bleeding stopped. He walked with a reasonable pace to Helios and said,
"Gaurds were coming. I took care of them. They took something of mine along as i took they're lives. I'll survive, but i need someone to bandage the wound."
Vulps kept so calm because he knew if he had gone exited and into shock, he would die.
"I know what to do in a situation like this. I graduated the top of my class as a nurse. I temporarily cannot use my crossbow, my apologies. I did not suffer hardly any blood loss due to me realizing what had happened quickly and taking care of the bleeding."
"I'll be okay if we continue the mission as long as i am taken care of, or you can send me back, witch i most up mostly will not want to do."
He cursed under his breath and accompanies Helios, he could temporarily not scout our because of his injury.