Chapter Sidestory: Two Masters (Live Chat Event 3)

[Keara Aithne]

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Beta Towers F14

Ripper *the elevator doors open but nobody exits*

Ripper wonders how many vamps are here in the halls

Robert A few moments later the lift doors open again and Robert growls. "Get the **** away from me you demon spawn!" His hands find Zoey's shoulders and shove good and hard into the corridor, then walks out himself, turning the corner to try and find Enver as he'd said he'd meet him here 15 mins before the start time.

Amaranthia This was where she was supposed to be meeting with Lucinda, but the girl was no where in sight. Exasperation lit her features as nails pressed against the soft flesh of her palms. She HATED waiting. Hated. Hated. Hated it.

Ariadne stood in the corner, having hidden herself away a short time ago when the elevator stopped on this floor and she heard a several voices... aside from the usual ones in her head.

Amaranthia Blinking, she watched a man shoving another woman into the corridor. "What do you think you're doing?"

Amaranthia No gentleman should ever treat a woman so! she walked towards the two.

Doc arrived at the location as he had read on Pratt's phone, and entered the elevator, and took it to the floor from the message and stepped out, just about the time he saw Amara yelling at Pratt.

Psyche had been waiting up on the floor for a time now. This was were the texts had said the meeting would be going down, so he'd ensured to show early. He watched the doors open and Zoey get pushed into the hallway, followed by shouting. "**** just got real."

Enver 14th floor. He'd been told that by Pratt and so he had sent Hannah there earlier in the day to investigate and report back any weird ****. She texts him back what she sees and he finally makes his way down from another floor to see Pratt. "Hey buddy." He sees Amaranthia, to which he taps his hat to. "Evening, Amaranthia. You look frazzled. Everything alright?"

Serendipity as per the usual, Seren had went up a few floors from her apartment floor, taking some time to regain her energy out of the way and unfound. Usually, she would tome home but... someone had taken that from her. She sat 'round the corner, peaking as she heard the commotion.

Nemesis stumbled back from Robert, in such a way that the back of her heel caught on the threshold of the elevator. Her rear met the ground, hard, and even though the whole thing startled her, Zoey burst into a fit of giggles. "My dad will get a kick out of that." She smirked, then pushed up onto her feet and dusted her jeans off while she took a look around. There were several vampires here - some she recognized, some she didn't. "Psy!"

Amaranthia Enver! You know! I'm sure of it. There is no excuse for a man to treat a woman like that! He just shoved her into the hallway!

Killian Killian had arrived at 9:30 that night, a sports bag in hand. The man went toward the elevators, but decided against that at the last moment, opting instead to use the stairwell in the back corner. It would be more secluded and make him less likely to be discovered. As far as he knew, Charlie was outside with the van running, ready for evac when he returned. Hopefully with a prisoner in tow. The Killer waited for ages, until he heard chatter echo up the stairwell. Familiar voices, but not ones he would be able to name off the top of his head. But still, that was his cue to change into his riot gear. Flak jacket, with armored crotch and thighs, as well as a ballistic helmet and gas mask. Then, his shotgun was produced from the bag, and he checked to be sure it was loaded with non-lethal rounds. Then, two tear gas grenades. Those would be the fun part of the night. He had borrowed all of these items from the local military station at the QZ fence earlier tonight.

Kira Kira had been in the area dropping off someone had ordered, her thrall was busy with another order otherwise she wouldn't have been here. Though she had heard that something else might happen here tonight, she had to know. She stopped short at the corner as people were yelling. Damn they are noisy, she thought.

Kira *something someone ordered

Nemesis peered up at Amaranthia and blinked several times. "It's fine, ma'am. I'm alright. Really."

Amaranthia Are you sure? Why would you allow him to treat you so harshly? He certainly has no honor.

Enver Some women are in to that sort of thing. He countered at Amara with a cheeky grin.

Psyche "Zoey. What the hell's going on?"

Robert Robert didn't give a rats *** that some random woman was shouting at him. Zoey was no woman and where she was concerned - he was no gentleman. He simply flipped the stranger the bird and then spotted Serry and grinned, making his way over to her and leaving Enver to do his PR thing.

Amaranthia A slow grin curled those precious pink petals, he was a clever sort. However, she really did doubt that is why the male had shoved the woman.

Doc watched from afar, it wasn't his fight, and he didn't want to get distracted from why he was here. His gaze followed Pratt.

Nemesis smirked and shook her head. "He'll get what's coming for him," she said, eyeing the direction Pratt had gone. "He always does." When Psy commented, she laughed and shrugged her shoulders. "I don't know. I followed the crazy man here, and... well... voila." She arched a 'brow. "Do you live here?"

Serendipity perked a brow as she watched Robert handling the woman the way he was and got up, dusting herself off and made her way towards the, now gathering, crowd. "easy people...Im sure there is a reason" She commented and stared at Robert, leaning into him as he joined her. "The hell was that about?"

CharlotteC sat in the van as Killy had asked her to, the thing was running, doors open, everything to the letter as far as she was concerned, he told her to wait for 20 minutes after gunfire. She hadn't been pleased about the leaving him for dead, and if she was at all truthful to herself she didn't intend to listen to that. She would wait, for now... but if he wasn't down in 15 she'd go up. She checked her gun just to make sure it was ready to go and then leaned back.

Nemesis ... "Hold that thought."

Amaranthia Canting her head at the gesture she furrowed her brows. "I'm sure that was supposed to mean something to me...but I'm afraid it is far to juvenille a gesture to have been brought to my notice before. I shall have to discuss it with Sammael when I see him tonight. Have any of you seen a young lady, hair of fushia, lips of night?"

Nemesis crept down the hall in attempt to keep an eye on Robert.

Enver Anyways, what brings you out tonight, Amaranthia? Enver slides up besides the fellow allurist, then shakes his head. "Can't say I have, my dear. I'll keep an eye out for her though."

Serendipity No, Amara, I havent. Im sorry. "Seren commented in her direction before eyes cast back to Robert.*

Killian Killian started to bound up the stairs, two at a time, until he heard shouting, then the calming voice of Enver playing the usual Public Relations role. He stood behind where the door would have swung open, to conceal himself as well as possible. The man made a mental note of the floor number. 14. That meant it would be a long trip down, unless he found a window and rappelled to the ground. But, he'd forgotten his damn rope.

Ariadne slipped over to Doc and placed a gentle hand on his shoulder, her lips close to his ear. "It's Ari, Doc. Please don't indicate that you've heard or felt me. I don't want to be discovered just yet."

Amaranthia imagined herself holding a thought. It simply didn't make any sense. How did one hold a thought? Was it not intangible? She knew hers was not a mastery of the telepathic powers, yet even this seemed too powerful for them.

Robert He wrapped his arm around Serry and placed a kiss to her temple, grumbling slightly. "I swear to Lux. A less patient man would have killed it by now. How are you dear?"

Serendipity smiled softly to the kiss upon her temple and then nodded a bit before speaking back to him. "Im well but it seems youre a bit out of sorts here. Im very confused on what seems to be happening. Fill me in?"

Doc ran a hand through his hair, making no other movement or sound. It was an indication to Ari, that he understood. He resisted the urge to smirk.

Amaranthia Are you... She frowned, suddenly quite concerned. "the one who led my Oria away?" Tears filled those peace loving eyes. It couldn't be...she'd never laid eyes on him...but no. It couldn't be.

DM The lights in the building suddenly go off as the elevator doors open. Inside the elevator are a group of men dressed in riot gear. They have on night vision goggles and begin to barge their way past the people gathered near the doors. "Get down," one of them whispers as he waves to the civilians to get out of dodge.

DM The men move to the end of the hall and break in one f the doors calling for any occupants to make themselves known and come out peacefully.

Robert He and Serry were away from the group and the lift, down the corridor and he glanced back and then leant to her ear. "You remember I told you about the incident at the Docks? With Pi and Madison and such? Well, this is stage two. Some are here on invite, some by happenstance, others...." He glared at Zoey who'd followed and was lurking closeish "Are here because they're nosey sods...." He was cut off as the lights went out, flattening Serry to the wall and pressing a finger to her lips, hoping they'd not be seen.

Nemesis "Hm..." Pratt didn't seem to be discussing anything particular interesting, so she turned back around to face Psyche. "Sorry. I got dis--" Her voice cuts off the second the lights flicker, and it takes her eyes some time to adjust. At the sight of the men coming off the elevator, she moves aside and hisses beneath her breath. "The hell?"

Psyche moves out of the way of the geared up men barging out of the elevator, as they pass he follows suit keeping distance and ducking into the door frame of a side room. Interesting developments, indeed.

Enver Who me? Enver looked at her incredulously. "Hate to break it to you, but she swings for the other team, dear woman." Enver chuckled and shook his head. "I know Oria, but I don't know her that well." He says at about the time the lights go out in the hall. He grabs at Amara's hand to pull her around a corner and out of harms way.

Kira Kira took out her phone, acting as if she was checking something on it. She had listened to Dru explain the events of the other night. Noticing the one who had taken off with the information. When the guys in gear came in, she pressed herself against the wall. She tilted her head. This must be it. She moved along the wall to try to hear what was going on.

Ariadne pulled Doc back against the wall gently and whispered. "Stay here. I want to get a closer look."

Serendipity tilted her head, listening to his word, nodding at the comment about Pi nd Madison the other night, she was still pissed about that. More listening came before the lights went out. Her back hit the wall and she froze against it and Robert, her eyes trying to quickly focus in the now dark hallway to see what wasd happening.

Killian Killian knew that tear gas wouldn't really effect anything other than the vision of the vampires that had filled the corridors of the 14th floor of Beta Towers, but it would serve the intended purpose of disrupting their vision, allowing him to do what was needed. Then, the lights went out. The man blinked a few times, letting his vampiric night vision take over. He opened the door to the corridor and tosses in one of his tear gas canisters into the hall. It went off immediately, spraying up a cloud of smoke and CS gas that would obscure vision, before he slipped into the room in a military style, shotgun at the ready. The man made his way toward the sound of a door being kicked in, while making sure to avoid stepping on civilians that had hit the ground, as well as doing what he could to avoid being spotted by the other vampires.

Amaranthia Panic seizes the flower known as the mistress of the necropolis, suddenly grateful Enver was aware enough of her to pull her out of harm's way. She follows his guiding hand, pressing herself firmly against the wall. The last thing she needed was for her thrall to show up, seeing her with bullet ridden clothing.

DM Anyone who moves closer to the scene is able to just catch a glimpse of a very standard looking apartment and a guy being wrestled to the ground.

Ariadne flattens herself against the wall in case anything interesting is said

Robert Robert made sure his body was placed firmly between Serry and whatever the hell was going on in the apartment not too far away. He could see someone being wrestled to the ground within and frowned. With night vision goggles these couldn't be vampires, right? So who or what were they? Then his mind went back to the text message, something about a team going in. Well, with all of the films he'd watched - this sure as hell looked like an extraction team or something similar. ****...... Had he misunderstood the message? He crept closer, hoping Serry would stay safe, and tried to see if there were a radio or an ear piece that he could take - something so that he might be able to see what was going on.

Psyche turns back around and moves next to Zoey. "What're you doing here? And what the hell are these guys doing in friggin' riot gear?" He kept his eyes inside the room to watch the team.

Doc 's eyebrow lifted as the lights when out and the riot police showed. Then Ari pulled him backward. It was looking like it was going to be an interesting evening, complete with distractions. The riot police don't concern him however, he wouldnt put it past Robert to have called it in himself.

Nemesis pulls her shirt up over her face to keep from inhaling the gas too much. She coughed into the fabric, her being one of the few vampires that was actually susceptible to toxins. "I followed him," she said, jutting a finger at Robert Pratt. "****... What is this ****?"

Amaranthia She stayed back, keeping an eye on the elevator. The last thing she needed was someone else coming up behind her. It wasn't like they'd start shooting through the wall, right? Maybe they hadn't even seen her.

Ripper **** hide the Bishop Weed!

DM A great deal of shouting came from inside the flat and a man was soon brought out. He was restrained but not particularly well as his hands were not handcuffed, he was just being escorted, with men on either side of him. In total there were 5 men detaining the male who appeared to be of oriental descent.

Serendipity spoke into Roberts mind as he began to creep closer to the scene that was unfolding, her eyes stinging a tiny bit, vision blurred. "Be careful please?" She said and then backed up a bit more, trying to stay out of sight, waiting for the smoke to clear a bit.

Nemesis squinted through the gas, before her eyes, red and watery, widened. "****. He's one of them," she whispered to Psyche, with a nod toward the man in custody. "A sorcerer." Frowning, Zoey looked about to see if anyone else was ready to make the first move. Surely, someone had to. Right?

Ariadne relaxed a little as the riot police left the apartment. The man they had reminded her a bit of the monks that she had encountered a few nights ago. Perhaps this one had some secrets as well? No time like the present to find out...

Robert Yeh, this didn't sit well with Robert. There'd been no ear pieces or radios to take and all the guys had seemed to remain silent while the one being restrained was the one doing all the shouting. A cloud of.... something crept up and around him, coming from the lift and it stank. Well, he wasn't going to let them just frog march him out without a word, so he stepped out, directly into their path and nodded. "Just a quick one gents. What the actual ****?"

Amaranthia The...bishop weed? Is that what this was all about? They thought it was an illegal drug? She saw something like this in the movie Enver showed her. Her eyes widened as she caught a glimpse of the oriental male, being escorted out, she tried to seduce one of the guards, attempt to get his attention, but he just ignored her.

DM The man pleaded with the men saying he was innocent of all charges and that they had the wrong man. He emplored those watching to help him, as if the spectators had any reason to try and interfere.

DM "Help me," he said to Amara. "They've got the wrong man. Tell them. Please?"

CharlotteC noticed all of the police that had shown up. It was a bit disturbing to see but thankfully that hadn't noticed her, or the van that was idling. It made her antsy, but instead of wanting to go, she wanted to know where her sire was. She looked at the time and shook her head. No, she would give it a few more minutes. And so far as she had noticed, she hadn't picked up on gunfire. However, she did open up her door a little bit, getting ready to do what she promised her sire she wouldn't Going into the building to find him.

Enver Enver noticed Killian and reacted accordingly. Killian always did things to the extreme, that was for sure. Gas traveled up, right? He ducked down to the ground and decided to creep around the corner. Where was his secretary? The thought of Hannah being shot, just threw the man in some sort of protective, yet strange rage. Who the **** was that asshole who made this big commotion? He didn't care, he didn't know. He was confused about the whole thing because it literally seemed like something out of a movie in Harper Rock and Hannah was in the middle of it all! He rushed past the five men in a panic state, his shoulder bumping in to one of them with the intent to try and pass his confusion on to one of the men.

Ariadne found herself unable to enter the apartment and decided instead to watch events unfold for the time being

Serendipity did what she normally did to slip into alter ego to make her presense less noticable but she felt nothing as she continued to blink, trying to focus on what she was seeing. Why had her power not worked? Perhaps it was due to the gass and everything. Her powers were, after all, tied to her emotions.She just stayed back now, waiting for Robert or a sign from him, afriad the rest of her powers would not work as well.

Enver As soon as his shoulder connected with the man closest to him, the temepermant changed completely. The guy who was once so set on whatever mission he was on, was now ensued with a state of panic.

Amaranthia She wanted to stand up for what was right, it was her very nature, however in this instance she just didn't know what was the right thing. "Excuse me, gentlemen, where are you taking this man? Perhaps he can help you find the true culprit, if he is innocent as he claims?" Pacification, was attempted on each of the guards, hoping to slow them down. Make them think, and wait.

Doc saw the male being lead was Asian, jsut like Nems had mentioned about the group from the evening at the docks. The question became, who to follow the Asian or Robert. His money was on the Asian at this point. He watched as the Asian keyed in on Amara. Even Pratt was watching the Asian. Doc looked at the riot police, there was something off about them.

Kira Kira watched as the group left with the man. Now things were getting interesting, though could have done without the gas in the area. She followed behind them, she was aware of the other vampires but she had no idea who was on the same page. She was going to try to grab one of the ones from the back but she heard someone speak to them. Now the man being held was pleading for help. Now seeing one in panic, she wanted to follow suit but she wanted to grab one to get information out of him.

Killian Killian tossed his other tear gas grenade, this time directly at the feet of the other men in riot gear. Popping smoke was almost an instantaneous action, and at the very least it would cause them enough disorientation for Killian to move in. But who would he yell t-- ****. Robert had just stepped where the gas had been thrown, and it would likely hit him. Looks like it was getting close to time for plan B. He was prepared to rack a shell into the shotgun chamber and begin to open fire, but he wasn't sure who to target first... Then Enver ran out ahead. Those two clearly were not combatants in a past life, or the current one. 'God dammit, why the **** can't this just be an easy snatch and grab?!' But then a solider began to panic. That would lighten the odds... or make it that much more dangerous. He made a hand motion for the person closest to his left to get down, preparing for things to go to ****, even if it didn't happen. He wanted no horrific injuries tonig
ht if it was avoidable.

Amaranthia She watched as one by one, they paused after she concentrated on them with pacification. All but one who seemed more...determined than the others.

DM One of the men put his hand out to brush Robert aside as the need to d so suddenly faded. A enchanting woman had addressed them and with the exception of the one who was looking decidedly confused, they all now seemed to be staring at Amara.

Psyche Curious by Zoey's whispered claims of sorcerors and the man's insistant proclamations of innocence, he peers into the Oriental's mind, his eyes going completely white. Images flash as he sifts through his memories and sees brief images of important plans being made... and a crow. His eyes regaining their color, he looks to Zoey and his eyes open wider. "He can't be taken. The Crow. He knows."

Amaranthia Ever gracious, she stepped towards them, "Now, gentlemen, what seems to be the matter?"

DM "Orders miss. Plain and simple. We were given this address and told to arrest the man inside. Bring him back to the office for questioning."

Nemesis looked over to Psyche with a smile. He'd beaten her to it, and now... they just needed to get the man pleading innocence. With a sigh, she slowly drew out her gun and glanced to the one in five soldiers that didn't seem to take the pacification. Taking a few steps forward, she focused on him intently and pushed her power onto him with all the force she could.

Robert Amara was suddenly beside him, standing in front of the guys in riot gear and the man being led away, and he raised an eyebrow at her. Cannisters dropped at his feet and he kicked them back to where he'd guessed they'd come from. Things were getting out of control and he could see some vampires were milling about and getting antsy. Stepping backwards and away from Amara, he headed back towards the apartment and tried to use uninvited guest to enter it, see if there was anything of interest in there before he moved on to see what was happening with the man. However try as he might, he just couldn't get his damnable powers to work. He turned and glared, looking around for Killian - sure that his damn gas had made his powers fritz or something. And boy, was he going to get it.

Amaranthia She glanced back at the man held camptive, fingers brushing across his cheek. "Then allow me to accompany you. As you can see, he is merely an old man, does he really seem the type to cause harm? Are we certain he is the party you were told to arrest? What if this man has been set up? What if he has been replaced? I think the man you are after is over there. He came prepared for battle. " She indicated Robert Pratt to the guards. "Doesn't it look like he's far more dangerous?"

Doc watched as Robert also seemed distracted by the Asian and what was happening to him. Then there was gas, and movement of several at once. He stayed where he was content to watch.

Serendipity as soon as the power was cast, Seren could tell as she stared down the hall. Something about the mans reactions made it very clear. She had heard Amara was an Allurist and seen her but she had never met the woman. It was lovely to see someone use their powers the right way. Slowly and cautiously, Seren moved a bit closer down the hall now, sensing it was safer.She continued to survey the scene as it unfolded, not feeling entirely safe as of yet. She was still far down the hall, just not as far. She watched Robert as he tried to get in the apartment, biting her lip. As he couldnt get in, she had no choice but to giggle as she thought it funny when shadows couldnt use their little ability to come and go as they pleased, like so many had into her private space before.She continued to survey before a growl left her as Amara rdirected the guards attentions to Robert. She spoke into her mind as she focused on her. "Id be careful if I were you."

CharlotteC stared at the clock in the van, watching the time tick away. Still she hadn't any real commotion but the cops were still in there from what she could tell. Sighing, she turned off the van, knowing Killian was going to be pissed with her but not caring, he was her sire and she was going to make sure that he was ok. Plus, she was curious. She slammed the doors on her way and slipped into the building. She glanced at the elevator for a moment and then shook her head. No, the Stairs were better. Thankfully he had told her which floor.. She ran as fast as she could and then stopped just inside the door. Hearing the voice of a woman pointing out a man 'ready' for battle. She hoped to god it wasn't Killian she was pointing at.

DM The men all nodded accept the one that was confused who turned an looked at Robert as if he were trying to recognise him. "Oh we agree miss. He doesn't seem threatening at all. But orders are orders."

Enver Hannah, where was she? Hearing some of what was supposedly going on by one of the people here for that asian guy alleviated him somewhat, but not enough for Enver to stop looking for Hannah. Then he saw her, on the groun down the hallway and she gave him a thumbs up. Knowing that she was alive, Enver's mind and priority shifted back to what was needed tonight. Pratt and Killian needed him, but it seemed Amara had smething up her sleeves. That wouldn't do. Nothing against her, but safety in numbers. The male manuevered himself next to Amara and waggled his brows at her. "You call him dangerous. You should swing by my theatre later." Hopefully, the guys in swat garb were distracted while sh was distracted.

Nemesis frowned when she realized a power had already been used on him. Well, at least there was that. She took a step back and watched as the woman seemed to woo them, one 'brow lifted in curiosity. With telepathy, she spoke into Amaranthia's mind. ~We can't let the man get away.~

Killian The Killer dressed in riot gear saw each man pause, and that made him smirk under his gas mask. Someone had just helped him out immeasurably, even though they didn't know it. His gear was almost identical to what the tactical team was wearing, so he would be hard to distinguish. 'Aww, ****. I think I just became the target of a room full of confused, angry vampires. This never ends well for me.' was the thought that ran through his head for a quick moment, before he decided to move. Killian rushed forward, tearing off his gas mask in the process, while trying to grab the oriental man that had just been spoken about by a heavily tattooed vampire he had never met before. If he knew something about Crow, then there was no possible way that Killian could let him get away. This was the target. And there was a window on the other side of him that he could go through... but it was 140 feet to the ground. Unless he was lucky enough for there to be a fire escape. But that
was his best option at the moment.

DM The room had been slowly filling with gas but oddly very few people reacted, even the guards seemed unaware of it, though maybe that was more to do with the enchanting woman in front of them.

Amaranthia Orders are indeed orders...let me assist you then. Allow me to calm your captive, and perhaps make this whole ordeal a little easier on all of us. She stepped into the man's personal bubble, pressing her svelt form against his, as her lips whispered the last words for his ears. "What do you think handsome?"

Robert Robert heard what Amara said, and so did his shadow. It uncoiled invisibly at his feet, hardened and lashed out at Amaranthia, striking her hard - while Robert stood there totally oblivious to it all.

Kira Kira sighed, by time she was ready to do something, someone else already had them swayed under their power. She was hoping to knock some heads around but this wasn't going as she thought it would. If it wasn't for the fact that she wanted to know what was going on, that they all needed this information she would have said **** it and leave. She leaned against the wall, waiting for something more to happen.

Psyche He felt awkward as various individuals were gathered throughout the halls around the guards and the mystery man, as this woman sweet talked the men like the beginning of some sultry adult film. His eyes had stayed on the sixth man in the gear, who'd removed his mask though. His actions were very different from the group who'd detained the asian man. What the hell was this man up to?

Nemesis narrowed her eyes at the male charging toward the group. As soon as the mask came flying off, she recognized him immediately as Killian. "Not you again," she snarled, lifting her weapon and taking aim. This time, she didn't hesitate to shoot him a second time, her aim set for his head.

CharlotteC could pick up on the things being said so she peaked inside the door but the entire room was filled with gas. She tried though to find Killian to see where he was. She hoped that she had not missed him.

Psyche watched as Zoey raised her gun up and took aim at Killian. "Well, so much for subtle."

Killian Killian's rush job to attempt to grab the prisoner, wasn't going to happen. He had slipped on the tear gas canister that Robert had kicked backward, but that enabled him to dodge the bullet that was fired at his head. It instead caught him in one of the only places on his upper body that he hadn't covered: The forearm. The man growled out, doing what he could to ignore the pain. He was going to get shot more this week, than he had in the last two months, it seemed.

CharlotteC spotted the woman aiming at someone and then followed her line of sight, growling under her breath when she saw that it was pointed at her sire. She ran at the woman, in hopes of knocking her down.

Serendipity continued to watch before she saw a masked man tearing hs mask off and charging. She sighed and shook her head, spwaking allowed, but to herself so it was quiet. "Jesus ****, Killian...." Her head lowered a moment, almost in disbelief and then she looked up again, just in time to see the gun raise and be fired. No hesitation, no thought, nothing. She wanted to scream but, then she would be noticed and she was doing her damn best to keep that from happening right now. Assess and react when the time was right.... Robert had taught her that. Patience and Killy was a vampire. He would be alright.

CharlotteC ran into the woman, but instead of knocking her down, she herself fell on her ***. She growled as she looked up at the woman only to do a kip up to get mback up to her feet. She kept her eyes on the woman as she took a step nearer to Killian. "Got tired of waiting... I see the party has taken a special interest in you. This always happen?" she asked Killian without moving her eyes from the woman.

Ariadne was caught off guard by the general chaos. However she did notice that the guards focus was off of the captured male for a short time as they attempted to deal with Amaranthia and the others. Seeing an opportunity to act she attempted to slip past some of the guards and grab the man

Ariadne quickly wove around the guards surrounding the Asian man. She grabbed his arm and unceremoniously pulled him away from the guards and the rest of the crowd while they were otherwise occupied. the man protested but a little as she pulled him down the hall.

DM The men seemed oblivious to their surroundings still focused on Amaranthia, one of them incredibly happy with her current proximity and the others feeling pangs of jealousy.

Nemesis took a step back to move out of Charlotte's way. She didn't recognize her, not at all, but clearly she was an ally of Killian's. She shook her head, but took just a fleeting moment to make sure the oriental man was safe, for now. With her eyes back on the strange woman in front of her, and Killian, she spoke into Psyche's mind. "Thanks for that. Please help me make sure the man over there stays alive, and doesn't leave with anyone not on our side."

Robert Robert saw what Enver was doing and grinned, having an idea. He stood and concentrated on the shadows around him, pulling them into his body as fast as he could. He figured that with the nightvision goggles then the sudden lack of night was going to cause them issues, and seeing Ari with the guy, he didn't suppose she or any vampire would be able to adjust their eyesight that fast. He glanced to Serry, making sure she was aware of what was going on, and once he had her eye contact - he pulled the shadows to him immediately until there were none left on the floor at all and waited for Enver and Serry to do their things, hoping they'd get the sorcerer away and Enver in his place.

Psyche looked to the side and watched as Ari quickly removed the sorceror from the crowd before looking back to Zoey, "Looks like that's our cue?"

Killian Killian rolled onto his back quickly and readied his weapon, prepared to return fire at the people that had shot toward him. A round in the chamber, then he screamed "Charlie, grab the Asian guy! The one that might have pissed himself! And for the record, it happens more often than you would expect." Those were the words out of his mouth as he steadied his breath, then pulled the trigger while aimed at Zoey. A clean miss as the beanbag flew right past her ear. But he couldn't concentrate on one target for too long. Covering and suppressive fire didn't work like that. So another round flew toward Psyche, missing his face by inches. Those things didn't fly like normal slugs, apparently, and he would need to learn to use them at the range.

Nemesis smirked at Killian. "You missed." With that, she nodded to Psyche and took off after Ari, gun still tight in her grip. She spun around, watching for any that might think to attack. She had Ari's back.

Doc saw Ari grab the Asian and was moving away and set out to follow them and cover them should they need it.

Serendipity sighed out visably as the bullets seemed to have missed Killian, all but his arm. He would live. If necessary, the bullet would be dug out later. No big. Just then, she caught sight of Ariadne. Her eyes widened as she realized what was happening. This would be bad. The last thing this city needed was a guy this, apparently, important in Aria's hands. Seren thought quickly and deicded on a dumb *** plan. Celerity in, grab the guy and celerity the hell out. That was IF her powers didnt jam up like before. Just thenshe caught sight of Robert. She could tell he was up to something but, the plan was still in her head. As soon as he dropped into shadows, she tried to activate celerity. She would run right passt Araidne, snatching the man and keep going.

Amaranthia Amaranthia blinked, as she saw Ariadne take the prisoner. "Well...that makes that easier...I hope it was for a good reason..." she mused. Brushing her skirt off she glared down at the woman who tried to run her over. "Who the hell are you?"

Psyche was out the door after Ari and Zoey, down the halls following suit. They needed to get the man away from this scene.

DM Lets do a scene check. In as few words as possible. Where is your charrie and what are they doing?

Psyche In the hall attempting escape with Ari, Doc and Nemesis with the oriental

Ripper *the tear gas is starting to make him want to cough. he look around to see where Killian left his gas mask*

DM The gas starts to affect the guards meaning that the powers cast upon them start to fail, they begin coughing as they realise that their lungs are burning and instinctively make for the elevator, leaving the oriental guy in all the confusion. Once the elevator starts to move all the lights come on again.

Amaranthia Amaranthia slipped back from the guard, puzzled by their answers to her questions. She saw Ariadne steal the man, and Enver had disappeared as well, yet the man was gone...which meant there was a switch-a-roo...either way, she was staying with the man who looked asian.

Killian The Killer was on his back, and he racked another round into his shotgun. He quickly fired it toward the fleeing Zoey, and then another round toward the gentleman that was covered in rather awful looking prison ink. Both of those were wide of their mark, too. He had no luck with his damned shotgun tonight, apparently, and it was beginning to piss him off. That caused the man to growl and push himself to his feet, then run toward the small group that was fleeing with HIS prisoner. His mouth became two entire rows of fangs, before his maw relaxed and he let out enough smoke and ash to nearly choke a mythical, flying, scaled beast from China toward the group. Hopefully that would slow them down.

Robert Sorry, can we have a catchup? Last I knew Robert was casting his Blackhole power, Serry was about to try and steal the guy from Ari, Enver had turned into the guy and Amara was yet to register the attack on her. Sooooooo what's happening and where is everyone? lol ))

Nemesis lifted her shirt over her mouth and nose once more, not wanting to inhale much of the gas. Upon seeing the cloud of ash rolling towards them, her eyes widen. "Guys... Run."

Ripper grabs the mask up off the floor and puts it too his face while he attempts resemble Killian's features.

DM No one has dibs. All bets are off. Lights are on. Ari has the oriental dude. All powers have stopped working. RP from there and make sure you read what has been posted while you were typing to make sure you don't miss something. ))

CharlotteC nods as she listens to Killian and turns her eyes on the girl with the male. But when the woman was stopped by the other woman, Charlie moved, quickly running down the hall as fast she could so that she could block the exit, she was ready to stop whoever tried to come her way

Amaranthia The man who Amara was standing near, turned out to in fact be Enver. "Do you think if we both adjusted our appearances, that we could trick her?" she messaged him telepathically.

Psyche followed behind the other three and their mark. He ensures to stay facing the rear and keeping an eye on anything that may be coming their way with Id raised and ready to fire.

Ariadne led her captive down the hall to the elevator. She knew several were pursuing her and she was determined to make it out with this man and finally get some answers. With Doc, Psyche, and Nems at her back she made a final push for the doors.

Kira Kira had to watch all of this play out, the important guy had been taken, that was the movement she was watching. She ran after them and attempts to cast hall of mirrors to distract and confuse them from moving on.

Robert WEll, it looked like vampires were impervious to Blackhole, or perhaps this lot were just colour blind and hadn't noticed. Who knew. However when the lights came on, it didn't much matter anymore. Robert looked at the barricade of people that had been set up with Ari in front and various people behind and knew he had no skills that could possibly manage to get him through them. Unless..... his powers had been a bit **** so far, but maybe he could manage to teleport into the confusion the woman was trying to create and then get out again. It was worth a try wasn't it?

Enver Enver had no idea what the hell was going on, but he was white again! Well, that sucked. He couldn't reply back to Amara, so he just shrugged before he grabbed a cigar from his suit coat, cut it and just watched **** unfold. There was an obvious line between people, so he was just going to enjoy his ******* cigar and let people make his in to a bigger cluster **** than it had to be.

Doc followed Ari, while pulling his glock from his shoulder holster. He trusted Nems and Psyche, but the blonde better back the hell off or he would shoot her.

Amaranthia Attempting to take her spider form, Amara closed her eyes but for a few moments.

Amaranthia She was simply out of energy, she needed to save up her strength again.

Doc closed in on Ari and the Asian. "Elevator or Stairs?

Psyche watched back as the woman following them suddenly multiplied before his eyes. "Ahhh ****. Guys, I'm not sure my covering the rear is gonna be a great idea anymore. This chick just went multiplicity on me."

CharlotteC growls for a second and then she turns quickly and casts bewitch on them all, unfortunately, or fortunately, it worked on one of them. She could feel it as she leveled her gaze on ari.

Ariadne twitched, some odd power working it's way through her body. Against her will she raised her gun and pointed it at Psyche. "I'm sorry, man. I promise that it isn't personal."

Nemesis looked over at Psyche, then shot her violet gaze toward the blonde. "Turn around and stick close to Doc, Psy..." Zoey Jane took aim for Kira's throat and squeezed the trigger. Without watching to see if her shot made its mark or not, she reloaded Prophecy and fired a shot, but this time it was aimed for Charlotte's head. This woman was getting tiring, fast.

Psyche watched as the gun raised to his head, "Awww crap."

Doc "****..." Doc muttered under his breath, as he saw Ari aiming at Psy, he made a grab for the Asian while Ari was distracted.

Kira Kira's eyes widened, well she didn't even do anything to harm anyone but now with shots fired at her. **** it. She manged to dodge the bullet, thankfully. She returned fire at the one who shot at her, she was surprised it hit.

Ariadne fired a round of bullets at Psyche, hitting him in the shoulder and knocking him back. As soon as she shot Psyche she felt the power the compelled her to turn on one of her friend wane and she aimed her gun at Charlotte, hitting the woman in the shoulder as well.

Doc Meanwhile, Doc grabbed the Asian, and headed him toward the elevator, as the doors opened.

Psyche fell back to the floor and landed on his ***. "Ughhh, damnit. That's gonna suck in the morning." Watching Kira taking her shots, he focused his gaze on her and let his eyes fade to white.

Nemesis hissed as she took a bullet to the leg, stumbling over until she was leaning her full weight on the wall. "******* *****!" She hissed, then turned to Charlotte with her eyes narrowed. The violet hues seemed to darken until they were a solid, pitch black.

CharlotteC lifted her hand as she was shot in the shoulder, hissing in pain for a moment. She was really really getting tired of getting shock. But thankfully, this time she was ready and she lifted her own gun to return fire at the woman that shot her.

Nemesis smiled when she felt her power neutralize Charlotte's own. "Hope you didn't need those, lady." With that, she took a quick look around to Psy, Ari, and Doc. Thank god, he still had the Asian. "Come on, you guys!"

Nemesis winced as she tried to place some weight on her wounded leg, as when she did blood oozed out and trickled down to her ankle. "Damn it..."

Doc shoves the Asian guy in the elevator, as the doors start to shut however, the Asian pressed something into Doc's hand, it was a purpose and green stone, it was had barely touched his hand when it exploded dealing a critical wound to everyone. Then the elevator doors shut.

[Keara Aithne]

Ripper presses the button for the next lift

DM The smoke cleared and everyone on floor 14 had taken a hit. The elevator had closed and the fate of Doc and sorcerer currently unknown. Every apartment door on the floor was open but oddly no-one emerged from any of them, meaning that they were all likely vacant. With little left to do it was up to the group if they would disband or work together to try and find out what happened.

Enver Well that was amazing and a waste of ******* time. Enver growled as he concentrated on the gouge in his chest, minimizing the effects on him with a learned power from the immortal path. "That'll leave a mark in the morning." He growled, pissed off that his cigar had been dropped out of surprise. "Great going guys. Hope it stings assholes." He scoffed as he looked back at the apartment and headed in, with a nudge to Pratt. "Dead end, so I'm going in here."

Doc was thrown backward into the back of the elevator from the force of the blast. He had no idea how long he was out.. but when he came too, his head hurt like hell, he had a hard time seeing, and his hand and arm felt shredded. Felt, because he couldnt really see it well at all.

Robert Robert's hand was on his chest and he was staring at the elevator doors he'd just shot a man through. He sighed and shook his head at Enver's nudge and walked through into the apartment the man had been dragged from, using uninvited guest to get in and summoning Enver in after him so he too could enter. "Yeh, might as well get searching before the harpies come round..."

Ariadne closed her eyes, taking a moment to send a quick message to Doc to make sure he was ok. That done, she slipped into shadows again, used Uninvited Guest, and went into the Asian's apartment

Nemesis coughed through the smoke as she tried to sit up, having been thrown back from the power of... whatever the hell that was. Explosion? When she moved, though, there was the sharpest pain in her chest that she had ever experienced. When she looked down, she saw that there was a massive, charred hole in her chest and she'd clearly lost a lot of blood. "Ow..."

Enver Enver heads in to the furthest part of the apartment and starts searching in it. Looking for anything out of the ordinary.

CharlotteC whimpered in pain as she lay on the floor, being so close to the blast, she got a good hit of the main explosion, the bomb burning half her body. On top of that she could feel shraplne embedded in her as well. She whimered again and tried to look for Killian.

Killian Killian stood there, a gaping hole burned clean through his chest. He looked down, then winced, before picking up the shotgun he had apparently dropped. He was surprised that whatever had hit him tore through the flak jacket. Those things stopped ******* grenades, after all. "I swear to ******* Nox, I'm going to find that god damn human and shoot him in the face... Any of you up for a hunting party?"

Nemesis looked around and called out her friend's name. "Psyche?"

Amaranthia She was going to be sick, ever the peaceful one, Amara really could not fathom what else to do but cry. Not the loud sobbing, but soft tears falling. Walking away, well more so staggering she starts looking at the third apartment to the left. Where she was supposed to have been meeting Lucinda before all this mess.

Robert Robert took the bedroom and began rifling through drawers, listening as Enver did the same elsewhere.

Psyche attempted to rise from the floor. Pieces of metal had sliced into his skull, a thick piece still sticking out of the side of his face, as he slowly used what strength he had to remove it. The shiny metal shrapnel frame dislodging with a thick coat of blood on it's surface. After, he stood and headed to the elevator to attempt to see what had happened to Doc. Yelling through the door, he pounded on it, "You alright, Doc!?"

DM Althose going into the room roll the luck dice. Opponent: None ~ Difficulty: None ~ Task type: Luck ~ Reason: Chapter Chat 3 You search the room in order of entering. PM me the results. ))

Kira All Kira wanted was information, was that so much to ask but now being shot at and having to shoot someone. She could all this coming back later in a bad way. Certainly wasn't anything personally, on her part anyway. But she couldn't see the important man any longer, then the explosion happened. Kira was knocked back into the wall and slumped to the ground. "****..” she muttered, her whole body hurt but worse off was her chest. She reached up, finding a damn pen stuck in there. What kind of cosmic joke was this? The pen was mightier than the sword. She pulled the pen out and tossed it aside, the flood of emotions threatening to surge to the surface. She held her head. "Damn it.” She had to keep it together for awhile longer.

Doc managed to get to his feet, but he was disoriented and it took him several minutes of feeling around to remember and realize hw was in an elevator, and he was alone. ****. He heard someone calling his name. "Yea.. I'm here.. ******* blind.. but here.. and the Guy is gone.. "

CharlotteC pushes herself up so that she can look up at her sire. "I'm.... In..." she said and then coughed for a good minute, feeling her charred skin and the pieces of metal moving around.

Serendipity laid there on the ground, a hole on the side of her head, her head bleeding. It looked like there was a piece from something wood had went into her head and then, she had pulled it out. She didnt remember doing it. She lay there, staring up at the ceiling and sent a message, she hoped, to Robert. "Ouch...."

Nemesis used every bit of strength she had to try to stand, and she did - barely. With one shoulder pressed into the wall to keep her from keeling over, she limped on over to the elevator door. "Let's try to get this door open..."

Psyche leaned against the wall and nodded to Zoey, "You alright?" Checking her over, he looked back to the door and contemplated how to open it. Super strength just wasn't one of his gifts to date after all.

Killian Killian walked over to where Psyche was standing and blinked at the horror show that had become the man's face. "Dude, your ink is fucked... so you're skull. But your ink is worse." Then his attention turned to Charlie. He shook his head and moved to her, offering a hand to help her up. "I told you to stay in the ******* van... should've listened." Then, Killian saw the feeble attempt to open the door. "Blast might've fused it shut... I've got a better idea." And with that, the man punched the floor, splintering the wooden beams with his Tunnel power, before dropping onto the floor below. "C'mon, we can go through these doors down here. And I swear to ****, if either of you two so much as shoot at me again, and I'll shove this shotgun so far up your asses that I'll use your spine to line up my shots."

Nemesis adjusted her jacket some so she could cover up what parts of her were exposed. "I'll be fine..." she muttered. "Doc, I'm going to see if Ari can summon you out, okay?" She looked down the hall and sent a telepathic message to the woman. ~Summon us inside?~

Doc had no idea that everyone had been hit. He that he took the worst of it. He replayed it over in his mind, the Asian handed him a stone of some sort, and then there was the blinding flash. So why wasnt there a body?Then He heard Nems, and called back to her, "Ok..I'm not going anywhere..."

CharlotteC nodded to Killian as she was helped up, she leaned against him for a moment until he started to punch through the ground. She felt dizzy "Right, Next time I'll stay in the van" She said and then coughed again before looking at the two who her sire threatened and laughed.

Robert Robert got the tele and left the apartment, finding Serry in the hall and frowning. He bent down beside her and gently lifted her into his arms with a concerned look. Hands around her, he used his powers to send blood into her body, making the cells multiply until she felt stronger, then he looked around, wondering what to do next with all this carnage around him.

Ariadne left the apartment, her hands empty. Her mind lit up as she received a message from Nems and quickly ducked into an empty apartment away from everyone else. She sat on the floor cross legged and gathered her strength, summoning Nems, Psyche, Doc, and the remains of the Asian into the now closed apartment ))

Nemesis landed on the floor with an 'oof'.

Killian The killer called out quickly to the floor above him, while slowly forcing the doors to the elevator shaft open. "Robert, Enver, Serry, you three gonna be alright? I'm going to go find that ******* piece of ****.."

Serendipity saw Robert coming and reached up to him. As he picked her up and held her, a moment or two longer and she felt blood flowing back into her. She began to feel stronger now and then smiled. "Thank you." She said grabbing her head from the headache as she looked around. "Oh god this place is a wreck....." She perked a brow before she wass about to speak again, hearing Killian. "You hear that, Robert?"

Enver Well, this room was a bust, so Enver went to the bathroom and searched there to find nothing else

CharlotteC looked down at the hole her sire created and sighed. She didn't know if she could bring herself to go down that way. The pain was just a bit too much for her

CharlotteC I can't sire man... i'm feeling a little toasted

CharlotteC and not in the good way

Doc was summoned, he stumbled and tripped, since he still did not have any vision. "Ok..thanks for getting me.. but.. where the hell am I now?"

Nemesis reached up to take Doc's hand. "Just sit."

Ariadne opened her eyes a little, some of the wear of thenight showing on her face pressed her good hand over her wounded arm and shrugged off the effects of the severed bits. "Just a room. Doc, what happened with the Asian?"

Psyche landed next to the three on his ***, staring up at the ceiling with the left half of his face and upperbody now covered in blood. "This day has been serious ****, I tell ya."

Killian Then, the killer blinked, his vision wavering a bit. He nearly fell into the hole, which would have killed him at this distance. He opted instead to step back to the hole in the ceiling and jump up, returning to floor 14. "It's alright, kiddo. You're gonna be okay." The man sighed out as he used his Blood Heal power to restore some of his childe's strength, while causing his own to waver slightly. He stumbled once, then moved toward where he heard the most voices. The room that Ari, Doc, Nem, and Psyche were in. "Hey, mind if I come in guys?"

Kira Kira sat there with her back to the wall, focusing on not losing it. The guy...she closed her eyes, trying to eye spy him, make sure he was really gone. Either the power didn't work, or he was gone. She didn't see anything but black. She opened her eyes, it seems there wasn't anything else left to do, she figured it might be time to teleport the hell out of here.

Doc nodded, he hated being ******* useless. "He was giving me something, it was purple.. green, felt like a stone of some sort, as soon as I touched it.. The thing exploded. When I came too.. I felt around.. he was gone. No body.. no nothing.. it was like I was alone in there..."

Amaranthia It all seemed pretty average, but the corner drew her near. Placed carefully upon a small stone table, she finds an identical purple and green shard. Looking behind her, she quickly slips it into her jacket, before walking back out towards the others.

CharlotteC watched her sire for a moment as he helped to heal some of her wounds, it seemed to make him a bit weaker so she tried to reach out to steady him before he moved away towards the voices. She wasn't about to be left behind so she moved with him, following him to the next room.

Killian He turned to pay attention to his childe quickly, then shook his head. "Go rest for a few minutes. Save some strength. I'll be fine. I've been at this a bit longer than you, and have had plenty worse than a hole in the chest. Trust me on that."

Nemesis frowned gently. "It sounds like a relic specifically meant for humans," she murmured. She cut herself off as soon as she heard Killian, and her whole body tensed as she reached for her gun.

Ariadne stood and leveled her gaze at Killian and opened her mouth to speak as Amaranthia joined them. Something felt off about the female. Ari opened her mind and reached out to read the other woman's memories. What she found brought a small smile to her lips and she sent the redhead a telepathic message. "I suggest you not try to leave with that. I don't think it belongs to you."

Amaranthia frowned at the woman's words. Her own voices muttering the words of the tome she kept always on her person. Taking her home.

CharlotteC blinked at Killian's words but did not argue with him. She moved to lean against one of the walls and leaned her head back, hissing quietly in pain because her entire neck was burnt still.

Killian He saw that attention was on him, and it appeared as if the people in the room were going to be hostile toward him. "If I was going to shoot you, I could do it from the doorway. I wanna see if any of you need help. I'm in no condition to shoot a 12 gauge right now, anyway."

Psyche waved his hand at Killian in a "whatever" fashion. "Fine here. This mess is a huge draw. Epic fail."

Nemesis "I'll get heals from my father."

Killian "You gonna make it there alright, kid? And what about the guy that was in the lift?"

Enver There had to be something in here, right? No way did he get this big *** wound for ****. So he moved back to the other room and started flipping the matress and dumping anything he could on the floor to find something, anything. Hell, even fifty bucks.

Ariadne Killian, you've been actively working against us since this mess started. Why do we have any reason to trust or speak with you?

Nemesis scowled some. "My name's Zoey. Not 'kid'." She looked to Doc. "You'll be fine, right, Doc?"

Doc heard Nems, "You got hurt? How big a blast was it?" He had no idea everyone got hurt. "Yea I will be fine.. who all got hurt?" Being blind was a ******* annoyance.

Nemesis frowned at him. "Everyone did..."

Nemesis wasn't about to elaborate on her wounds, though.

Robert Robert carried Serry into another apartment, letting Enver carry on with his own search. Gently he lay her down on the settee and frowned as he felt something under one of the cushions. He sat her up and pulled out the book that was under neath the cushion. When he flicked through the pages his eyes opened wide and his mouth hung open. "Serry....... Serry OMG!!" He wasn't hanging around, he first teleported off with the book clutched to his chest and then summoned her immediately afterwards. He had himself a tome. A damn AMAZING tome.

Psyche stood up and started out towards the door, "I'm gonna stretch my legs. This ****'s been a hanus bust." Heading out down the hall, his mind wandered as he thought it all over..there had to be something. Back into the sorceror's room, he searched around, watching as Enver flipped contents around.

Killian "Considering I came here for information, just like everyone else, and only dressed in riot gear because last time I showed up to something, I got shot at, by Zoey? Sorry that there's not a lot of trust to be handed out right there. But I'm trying to mend a bridge or two before it's totally burned."

Amaranthia Ugh, she needed to find Oria, ask for help healing this big gaping wound before her blood dolls saw her. Staggering she made her way through the maze of the oubliette.

Enver Then, something out of the corner of his eye on a desk caught his attention. It was stacked on top of other books, but this one seemed different. It was small and had oriental writing on it, so he pocketed it and kept flipping **** as he pretended he found nothing of use in there.

Doc "****.. " Doc "At least time.. you were ..shot?" his attempt at humor, was directed at Nemesis.

Nemesis shook her head some, and stood. "You just stay away from me." She glared, then turned to look at the others. "I'm going to see if I can look around. I'll be back."

Serendipity held to Robert as he carried her off into another room. She was laid down and then, he pulled something from under her. She blinked as he got so excited at what he had found. She didnt even have time to react before he teleported away. She sighed and then, she felt the pull. A moment later, she was staring at him again and she blinked. "where are we and what the hell did you find?"

Killian "You guys don't deserve my offer of help, after the clusterfuck you just caused, yet here I am, offering it. If you don't want it, then **** you too."

Ariadne I'm sorry... but who tossed the smoke whatever?

Nemesis muttered when she was blocked from the apartment. "Ari?"

Ariadne No one on thsi side, that's for sure

Nemesis "Ari!"

Ariadne Nems?

Nemesis scuffed her toe at the ground. "I can't get into these other apartments."

Nemesis "Specifically, this one..."

Doc "So what happened to the riot police..? Are they all dead?" He asked to whom ever might still be around him.

Nemesis pointed to the one that the asian dude was found in.

Ariadne sighed, leaving Killian behind and heading over to Nems "This one?"

CharlotteC opens her eyes and pushes away from the wall, she moved over to Killian "Personally I would have said that the moment they shot me... oh wait... one of them did." She said sarcastically as she leaned against the door frame.

CharlotteC they ran like pussies

Nemesis nodded.

Robert He was beaming when she arrived on the couch beside him and he pulled out his phone, texting Enver. "Mate, I'm gone. I got a tome that at a glance, tells me how to kill Crow. Get looking for anything else then get gone!" He then sent the same text to Killian before turning to Serry and explaining to her.

Enver came back in the room, then gave Killian a slap on the back. "See you brother, this place was a bust." Enver went back in the hallway, because he knew Hannah had to be there somewhere. When he found her, he pulled out his credit card and the thing he found. "Hospital to heal your wounds. Stay there until I can come get you." He watched her head down the emergeny exit before he celeritied to his theatre to do work.

Killian "It was tear gas. Not bullets. I was going to grab a guy, find out what he knew, and then put him on his merry ******* way." Killian just shook his head, then, and turned away from the room. Then his phone went off, with a text. He read it, before the killer turned toward Zoey. He raised his shotgun and used his Deadeye power and fired a shotgun round toward her back. "That's for the docks. ******* *****."

Ariadne summoned her power and went into the apartment to sift through what was left for Nems

Kira Kira teleported since there was nothing else to do. She needed to go before she lost herself.

Nemesis fell onto her knees before Ari could even open up the apartment and summon her in. She cried out, clutching at the door frame as blood poured down her spine.

Serendipity sat there next to him, looking at the time, though it looked completely forgien to her *** she knew nothing of tomes. He went to texting and she scowled a moment before finally, he turned and began explaining. She nodded and then smiled to him. "Okay honey. Im glad you have it and its made you so happy."

Killian moved as quickly as he could, then, grabbing Charlie's hand and pulling her toward the hole he made in the floor. He dropped through, then motioned for her to jump. "We have to go. Now."

Psyche hissed and turned quickly to Killian, projecting the pain of his face wound to Killian's. "*****!"

Nemesis laid down on the floor and reached into her holster for her gun. She lifted her arm as high as she could, and shot a few bullets off at Killian and his childe.

Enver Enver shot a text to Killian, letting the man know he found something in oriental writing that could be of use later. He was going to send it to someone to translate for him later on to see what, if anything it was good for.

CharlotteC nods as she moved with him and then jumped down into the next level with him, ignoring the pain she felt.

Killian felt the pain, but only for a moment as he used the last of his magical strength to zombie constitution away the pain of the wound. "**** you too, you Fae loving cunts!"

Killian hadn't noticed that a bullet embedded in his side just before he'd dropped through the hole in the floor. But he did when he landed. His right arm clutched over his chest and side, while his left grabbed Charlie's wrist and he began to lead her to the stairs as quickly as possible. The head start would've been just enough to help them get out a bit more safely. "Hope you left the van running, kid."

Nemesis set Prophecy down on the ground and slumped there, trying to take deep breaths. Unfortunately, every time her lungs expanded it was a whole new world of pain, and she couldn't move her lower half. The buckshot had screwed up her spine in such a way that there was nothing but numbness all down her legs. "Damn it..."

Psyche quickly went over to Zoey, and took off his short to wrap it tightly around her wound

CharlotteC shakes her head as she looks at him... "sorry, nope, didn't want to have some domb *** steal the thing while i was away from it." SHe pulled out the keys and got them ready

Psyche "****. We gotta get you healed up, Zoe."

Nemesis laughed a little. "Yeah, too bad I can't walk."

Nemesis "I sure could use a cigarette right now..."

Killian took the keys from his childe as he lead her down the stairwell as quickly as he could. They reached the bottom in minutes, and he pushed right through the fire exit door, setting off the alarm. The whole place would be swarming with law enforcement and fire department officials in minutes. "I'm driving, Charizard." He hadn't meant to say that, but he wasn't really concentrating on words right now.

Nemesis "... You have got to be ******* kidding me."

CharlotteC followed him downt he stairs and to the van, she didn't care if he drove or not, she actually didn't mind it. When he called her Charizard she snortted and then started coughing again.

Psyche "Ughhhhh. Should we try and carry you out of here? We could give it a go." Hearing her, he smiled and sat down next to her with his bloodied body and jacked up face. Pulling out a cig, he lit one for her and gave it to her before lighting his own. "This...has been...****."

Nemesis frowned gently and nodded. "You're going to have to, unless someone can summon me..." She trailed off when he gave her the cigarette, and she smiled, taking a puff. "Thank you." She reached up to lightly trail a finger over the edge of his face, then winced. "We both need to get patched up. ... Where's Doc and Ari?"

Doc nodded to himself. Nemesis had left, called Ari over.. and He had a feeling Psyche was gone to. It was ok.. He had a tome.. he would use it. With a little luck he might not get attacked by a fadebeast while he stumbled to find the elevator. He used his Tome...

Psyche "Ughhhh, first thing's first." Standing up he stepped into the room the Chinaman had been staying in, finding anything flammable and tossing his cigarette butt onto the bed sheets.

DM Sprinklers kick in and everyone left starts getting wet

Nemesis put out what was left of her cigarette, then reached a hand up for Psyche. "Looks like you're carrying me."

Psyche send s a telepathic message to Ari's mind. "Could per chance help us all out with a summon?"

Psyche "Prettyyyyy pleeeeeeaasee" he slumped down to the ground too tired from blood loss.

Psyche Psyche carries Zoe and helps guide Doc...Ominus Dominus. Nightey night.