Apocolypse

[Wulf064]

Wulf collapsed on the ground, he could go no further, Wulf looked up at Tidus "If he has to withdraw from the evac point I want you and Shadow to leave me here. I don't have enough strength to continue if he doesn't show up and I'll just slow you down." Wulf was looking grim, he didn't have much left in him. Wulf wouldn't admit it but he considered the whole team his family, and he wouldn't endanger his family any longer. "And tell Nikkiola, that I died in combat otherwise she will go looking for me." Wulf begins coughing again.

[Tidus]

He set down his radio and knelt next to Wulf the green smoke swirling around his coat. "Don't talk like that man, he'll be here and he'll get us out, and if he's not, i'll haul your sorry hide outta here myself, i'm not gonna leave a brother behind." he gave him a smile.

[Dr. Strange]

Sensing more than hearing it, Nikkoli left the old man where he was, grabbed her radio and raced off into the alleys of New York. When she got within scent distance of Wulf, she quickly found him and sharply inhaled. Her eyes were blazing as she looked at his bullet wound.

"Are you just plain stupid, Wulf?" She demanded, shaking him angrily. "What the h*** is your problem? I warned you if you hit trouble to call me, that's what radios are for you foll." She scolded, touching his face gently, really concerned. Wulf was her only 'real' family and it hurt to see him like this.

[Wulf064]

Wulf tried to put on his nothings wrong face, but he could tell it wasnt working, "Nikkoli, Its not that bad its only a scratch I just didnt want to concern you." He could tell she was not buying it. "Dont worry I'll be fine. See" Wulf tryed to sit up but was unable, "Im just taking it easy laying here"

[Arke]

As Nikkoli shouts at Wulf a young coyote slips past her and onto the roof, his backpack bulging with supplies. He drops the bag and leans against the wall of the stairwell, panting softly. Shadow sees him and smiles, leaving Wulf to give the coyote a pat on the head. "Good job, Arke." The boy smiles, looking up at Shadow.

[Dr. Strange]

"You and I both know that's bull****. Don't kid me. I'm here to take you home. Fight me, it'll hurt more later on. Now take my hand and we're leaving; if anyone's got a problem with that, run it by me when I'm done doctoring him up. And Tidus, you might want to use routes 1-4 to go undetected for your next job. Most of the guards are well-aware of your profiles. I'll find my own way back." She stated clearly, waiting on Wulf to grab her hand.

Her first tail, pitch black in color, slid across the floor to grasp a vial from inside her boot. The second, bright red, opened it and gently rubbed the liquid into Wulfs' wound. Her third, a two-tone grey-blue, stuck straight up; tip rotating in tiny circles as a sort of radar for trouble and other such things. When the first released the vial, the third started to flicker from grey-blue to greenish-yellow. Nikkoli perked her ears then flattened them rapidly, deciding swiftly whether friend or foe was approaching.

"Guards, two o'clock. Downwind. Might want to hurry with those routes, kids. WE've got a helluva fight coming." She murmured tp Tidus calmly.

[Tidus]

Shaking his head, "Look Nikkoli, a helicopter will be here in a couple minutes to evac us, just stay up here and we'll give you a lift too, there's no need to run down the stairs into the guards with wulf wounded, if we stay up here it shouldn't be hard to fight them off." he peers down the stairwell to see them heading up the first couple floors.

[Dr. Strange]

"Uh huh..." She glances at them and sighs, annoyed. "And to think that I actually thought this morning would be boring. Fat lot of good I did..." She growled, dropping the pack easily off her shoulders and removing her six inch dagger from its sheath.

"They won't pass me. Ya'll stay up here and stave off the ones who, by some curse-ed miracle, get past; can you do that? And, Wulf? Stay down this time. No heroics. It'll get you killed and I'll have to go on another mob-job." Nikkoli replied, looking at Tidus out of the corner of her eye, waiting for his confirmation before she could walk calmly down those stairs, stair Death in the face, and do her best to give them a chance to get out alive. She'd been training for this and strategizing every step since she'd been born. Today was tha day....She WOULD make it. She had to.

[Tidus]

Umm, alright Nikk, be careful though, tell ya what. When the coast is clear i'll come help clean up your place kay?" he picked up his radio waiting for Miles' call, "And please radio us if your in trouble, we don't need to lose a friend today." he smiles at her waiting for her departure.

[Dr. Strange]

She nods, silent as the night as she slips down the stairs and leap into the fray with a dangerously alluring grace. Slashing through several guards, she is shot by one in the arm. Grunting in pain, Nikkoli continues to use her good arm to fight off two dumb enough to move closer. Her arm began to throb; black dots clouding the edges of her vision. She blinked back tears as a wave of nausea and pain washed over. The edge of another guards' 9mm screamed as it collided with her dagger. Nikkoli contiued to fight them back, losing more of her vision as her arm throbbed harder.

"***d*mn it.." She cursed under her breath, gasping for air as something ice-cold slammed into her ribs.

Falling onto her knees, Nikk struggled to see her attacker, alomst blind now with those curse-ed dots of pain. She barely managed to keep from vomitting as the smell of her own blood invaded her nose. Her second tail whipped under the closest guard and slammed his head into the wall, rendering him useless. The third, an angry purple, sliced razor-like through the second to last guards body so that he fell, perfectly sliced in half. THe first tail, wrapped around her arm to staunch the bleeding, vurled tighter around the useless limb, twitching spastically.

"No...Not gonna happen." Nikkoli ordered herself, slashing out blindily to the last guard to slit his throat from ear to ear. He fell behind, rolling down the stairs.

She smiled for once, happy to feel the adrenaline pumping and stood on her feet, shaking a little. Her vision cleared and she surveyed the damage she'd dealt and been given. Her arm was turning a sickly yellow, the fur matted with blood. She frowned at this, numb from her right shoulder to her fingers. She put the dagger back and picked up the radio off the cement where it'd fallen when she fell.

"Tidus, I'm gonna need ya. I just got shot in my upper right arm. A medic and a crutch would be much appreciated. Thanks." She groaned, falling onto the concrete steps and embracing the sweet chill the stone provided as her vision blurred.

[Arke]

Shadow watches Nikkoli walk down the stares as Arke pulls a brick of plastic explosive from his pack. "A little late to blow the stairs pup. But if you want to help you can give Wulf a drink... And keep the medkit ready." The coyote smiled and dug a soda out of his pack, holding it out for the injured canine.

[Wulf064]

Wulf laid there on his back as he took a sip, "thanks kid" But Wulf was more concerned about Nikkioli, "Don't blow the stairs the buildings integrity isn't so good." Wulf was very concerned about Nikkioli. He didn't want her fighting or in harm's way but she was doing exactly what he would do if she was here laying on the floor. "Nikkioli get back here if your hurt so help me!" Wulf found himself getting up off the floor and walking toward the door, "NIKKIOLI get back here we can always mount a defence from up here!" Wulf almost collapsed on the floor but kept heading for the door until he fell. Wulf then began crawling toward the door with tears in his eyes, this was a side of Wulf never seen before by his team. Wulf couldn't be her protector from up here it was in his mind to make sure she was OK and guard her with his life. Wulf made it to the door but couldn't reach the handle from the floor but he was unable to make it to his knees, he could go no further and pounded on the door with his right arm. "Nikkioli please get up here" Wulf was begging and whimpering. "Please come back", Wulf turned aroun "Shadow, Tidus someone open the door for me I must go get her." Wulf had over exerted himself and tried his best from passing out.

[Arke]

((Ugh, get ready for the Great Wall of Text... :th_PyongLlora:))

The coyote followed Wulf to the door, looking from him to the door handle. Slowly he pushes the injured canine back away from the door, grabbing Shadows pistol and opening the door. He was almost through when Shadow grabbed him. "There is no way I'm letting either of you two down there." He pushes the coyote backward and kneels in front of him, staring him in the eyes. "I want you to stay here and look after Wulf, okay? I'll go get Nikki, and then you can get her patched up. Now just stay here." As Shadow runs down the stairs with his AUG at the ready Arke sits beside Wulf, laying down his pistol and getting the medkit ready. Shadow smiles as he comes to his injured comrade, lifting her and letting her lean on him for support. "C'mon Nikki, let's get back up to the roof."

[Wulf064]

Wulf was so tired but refused to rest his vision blurry and could barely lift his head up, "I'm not giving up not till' I see she is OK", he tried to move his right arm and crawl through the now open door, but thee small coyote stopped him, "move please I have to see if she is OK" The little coyote held his ground, that was it for Wulf his energy was spent all he could do was sit and watch.

[Tidus]

Tidus listens to the call and was about to say something when wulf seemed to snap, he decided it would be better to keep it quiet that she was hurt until Shadow got back, so he sat next to Wulf putting an arm gently around his shoulder. "It'll be alright buddy, she's a fine warrior, there's no way a few guards will be a match for her."