Chapter Sidestory: Two Masters (Live Chat Event 3)
Posted: 04 Nov 2013, 21:11
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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.
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.