DeathMatch: Tournament of Blood

[Entaru]

The nanites on the ground stayed still...something was wrong.  Neither Wraith nor Y were active, the energy that had been in the nanites almost completely gone.  Then the nanites shifted slightly and formed a hand.  It was withered and skeletal but it seemed to grasp at the air in desperation.

[Chrono Blackwyng]

Chrono put an arm between Ryn and the hand, knowing that it could be either of the two since both had fallen in a heap. He stuck his other hand out and grabbed the hand, his own nanites guarding his scales against the possibility of it being Wraith.

[Entaru]

The hand felt Chrono's claw and held still for a moment.  Then, with a sharp bite of pain, the hand dug its nails into Chrono's claw and a few drops of blood fell onto the pile.  The hand let go and began grasping at the air again.

[Shenzii]

Ryn reached forward, her hand out stretched. She wasn't thinking, all she knew was that the nanites had some bit of life, which meant hope for Y.

[Entaru]

The hand reached out and took Ryn's.  It held her hand tightly, the withered fingers caressing it.  A face formed in the nanite pile, eyeless sockets stared into the clouds overhead as the mouth moved as if speaking.  No sound came through but the words, even if they weren't discernable, were there.  Ryn suddenly felt her veins burn like fire.  Something inside her was moving.  A small black cloud slowly floated out of her mouth and joined the pile on the ground.  The face melted back into the pile but the hand gripped Ryn's even harder.  Her pain was gone...but so was any trace of Y in her mind.

[Chrono Blackwyng]

Chrono shook the blood that was still dripping from his hand, but kept his wing over Ryn in case the rain didn't stop. He wanted to crush the pile into atoms, so nothing would vex him like the thought of dealing with another nano-entity.

[Shenzii]

Ryn collapsed. Her mind was throbbing. She wanted to think about him, she wanted him to be there. She cared for him, nothing could replace that. Her eyes floated up. Emptiness filled her body and mind.

[Chrono Blackwyng]

Chrono immeadeatly got Ryn upright and took her away from the pile, giving her something to lean against and keep her out of the rain. Ryn, wake up... come on... don't leave me!!

Chrono thought his birth form would have no second voice to pester him or spit doubts in the cracks of his faith. You pathetic sack of scales... can't even keep your woman from getting harmed, what good are you?!

Nothing would have prepared him for the kind of de-railment that this surprise gave him.

[Entaru]

The nanite pile began to shift along the ground.  It slathered itself in the blood that had fell from Chrono until the entire pile was red with the crimson essence.  A few crackles of energy began to pulse through the pile.  Chrono would recognize the energy as the magic that he had imbuned the pile with, in attempt to raise the Nano-Wraith ((That's what Y is...Wraith is just his old name)).

[Shenzii]

She sat still. Ryn's eyes drifted. They did not focus on anything, complete space, glowing. She said nothing. None of her body moved.

[Chrono Blackwyng]

Chrono pulled his focus away from the voice that was taunting inside his head, and tried to push himself into Ryn's mind, trying to find out why shes motionless. Only the voice in his head was aware that Y was coming back from his own life-liquid. Eh, I'll have to take control if that thing decides to go nuts.  it mused while waiting for Chrono to finish his 'moment' since it was his body...

[Shenzii]

Ryn's ears twitched and then layed back. Her eyes faded to their usual amethyst color. She got up and fell back down she sat on her knees, her feet out to the side and she hugged her self.

[Chrono Blackwyng]

Chrono stopped when his subborness gave way to the realization that his mental prowess was micro-sized by both Ryn and Blaire, so he couldn't peer into their minds like they could, which became an annoyance since she could see if he wanted her, but he couldn't unless she either said it, or expressed it blatantly. Face it, the only thing she would have to watch out for from you, is a set of chains snapping her neck, torso, and legs in two. the voice said as he opened his eyes and mumbled a few curses while he glanced at Ryn, then to the now moving pile of nanites. Her body isn't what I want although it is a rather nice bonus...

[Shenzii]

Ryn heard him. I'm stronger than Blaire. I can put up walls. Something she could never do. She didn't move. She remained where she sat.

[Chrono Blackwyng]

Couldn't even travel through the link, let alone actually run into your mental barrier. Sorry for my ignorant question earlier... Hey, Ryn, can I speak to Blaire, or is she busy being 'weaker' than you? the voice was similar to Chrono's but had a twisted inflection on it as well as its own phantasmal echo.