xxxxxxThomas "Devil's Fear" 13th
xxxxxxxxx
xxxxxEveryone says you should swallow your pain,
xxxxxyour pride, your perversity, swallow your sins and give
xxxxxa sickly smile. I'm what happens when you just can't anymore.
Thomas rolled his eyes at his boss, "Goddesses above and below you are rude."
Gesturing at the "creature", he said, "I saw our friend here and asked him to come to the tower, to help me develop my ability you know evolving my body based on different germs and parasites, plus he can cook good, and you burn everything."
Pulling out the Titan rule book he said "Paragraph three, page 360, "Any Titan may invite aid to the Tower at the discretion of the team. To ban a person from the tower a entire team vote is required, and 3/5ths of the team must vote in favor of the banning multiple personalities don't count."
Thomas knew the rule was technically meant for non costume friends or significant others. However that wasn't in the rule itself. Thomas had the half demon beaten with loop holes, the best way to defeat anyone of demonic blood. Sticking his tongue out he added, "So kindly go suck it "Team Captain", if you weren't a b***h more of our team may stick around."
Suddenly Thomas's body language shifted. He went from easy going to hard and serious as he Lead her to the cross. Pointing at it he said, "Oh, by the way serious threat alert."
Thomas took a deep breathe, showing his leader the X-rays he'd taken upon arriving at the tower. 126 broken bones, both lungs ruptured along with both kidney and his liver was bleeding small but badly. Not to mention the missing arm. Along his left knee was severely damaged. Basically a death for any humans and a possibly very bad day for any demons. That was before you figured in the holy energy.
Thomas set his smart team leader absorb the -ray before saying "I was on patrol, heard screams for help and came in in gargoyle form, probably saved my life."
He had been moving farther away from Leopold. He did like the guy, but at the same time showing his team leader the proper respect and seriousness of the situation. Two small demon appeared. One would absorb a the sound wave outside of five feet The other would project what Thomas wanted it too. An image of the Super Nazi appeared. Thomas let out a breath, "Super Nazi their was damn fast came up on me from no where, of course it was a trap, but still I didn't' sense him until I felt the energy charge from the cross, raised my arm to shield myself from it, and that saved my life."
He snarled slightly, "******** was juiced like Super man, but instead of sun light, it was holy energy, I don't' know if it was super speed, or some artifact to cloak his presence but he snuck up on a Gargoyle hunters of the night, I've heard a foxs heart beat on a clear night six miles away and it didn't' sound like super speed, but an artifact could have covered that."
Thomas revealed the worst part, "As I was thrown deeper into the alley, a half dozen silver mono filament, blessed, the fact I'm human with demon spirits kept it from cutting me into swiss cheese, then Super Nazi and a dozen of his homies started beating on me with meta level strength, blessed silver bats, Super Deush hit me hard enough to crack the concrete under me, they were planning to kill me and chanting a half dozen religious verses while doing it if I'd been you, or anyone else I'd have been powerless."
This wasn't an insult. Dark magic "Good dark" or "Bad dark" and the "Light magic" that represented holy energy didn't like each other. While Thomas didn't' doubt the female could and would have survived ((Gods loved heroes after all)) it was obvious these guys knew what they were doing. To Thomas a potentially deadly situation was a deadly situation. He wasn't insulting her but more warning her, skilled demon hunters were dangerous, and any zealots were dangerous. Thomas looked at her, "I thought I was going to die for a bit, luckily y training kicked in I summoned a dozen hell hounds to rip their faces off, Captain Nazi ripped two in half but he screamed like a girl when a plague rat chomped his face, he's not dead though he just left his homies to die."
Thomas looked at her, "On my way out I got the cross it's bad new Arch angel fire from heaven bad news I went spirit wraith and came here pulled the thing up, and had to eat to regain mass, plus I knew you and the spirit were taking."
Thomas added, "Oh and BTW, I'm working on a second body, it will take time but the answer is obvious."
He pulled out a scroll, as if it were obvious to keep such things in your throat "This is one of Baba Yaga's grimoire scrolls ash from a dead Maiden's bones, skin made from milk, I figure e ink it up with the right spells and incantations she'll even have a decent facsimile of Lotus's powers."
Nodding he said, "Best thing is, people donate their bodies to science all the time, and ump Memorial owes us me a favor, I get us the bones of a teen who died naturally drug over dose hit and run cancer, we purify them and they will work since they were given willingly it's more of a good bad, then bad bad right?"
Thomas remembered the carpet as he said "Sorry about the carpet outside your room I had to get rid of it my blood is a level 12 biohazard for humans and demons my bile is much MUCH worse I've handled containment of it inside of the tower, the Alleyway was so saturated in holy energy I'm guessing it was burned away, I should go check but it's like a nuclear fallout area to you or me."
Looking at her he said, "I figured you could warn the other Titans, maybe put word out to some of the non combatants, especially the high profile ones. If a hate group is targeting US heroes, neutrals and good bads like your mother are a likely target."
Thomas knew the woman would see the drained look in his eyes and body posture. He hadn't been ready, he'd rushed to get back on the front line and now it was biting him. Thomas and the woman had fought together. They were a team. Closing his eyes and rubbing them he said, "Next time I go on patrol, and say I need back up, YOU need to listen."
He knew he was crossing a line but he had to get it out He wasn't' really angry at the woman as he said "I could have died tonight anyone else MAY HAVE Lotus is MIA, and don't' tell me the soul copy spell fixed that we have an a** in a seat. Knowing something and doing it are different, Lotus has trained and studied a long time, the copy hasn't plus that weird inner being screwing with the spell that was dangerous."
Looking at her he said, "That said, are you okay I know the stress of running our team is a b***h, another one on top of it, we need to get everyone here and vote you offical temporary captain or have the second seat sworn in as a temp captain."
Thomas looked at her and said, "So boss lady how do you want to play this?"
Thomas remembered Leopold and said, "Oh, and let the Lizard stay please, he seems cool, and he's an awesome cook, I'll have Meggy watch him, and keep an eye on him as well."
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxSay "Hello" to my pets, you are probably their next snack!!!!
400
200
100
