Unleashing Evil (RP)

[link_sama_rox]

Much has happened in recent years in Dalmaest. The Great Creation Sri Lok has settled in his temple in Lake Bakash, the Mother Tree has ceased to speak to living creatures, great wars have ravaged the land, power has passed between many rulers in less than one Queen's lifetime, and powerful, ancient beings have begun to walk the land where mere mortals once tread freely. But perhaps most frightening is the occupation of the Great Goddess of Evil's temple. The Dark-White Goddess Akira now waits in her place of worship, trapped by members of the once denounced Beast God Pantheon.

Two thousand years after her sealing, a series of large wormholes opened in a delayed burst of power from the battle, and from them fell beings from different worlds, all snatched up by the Goddess's last attempts to save herslef. These beings were thrown into the land of Dalmaest without warning, and those that survived both the initial impact and the native's suspicions are now left to wander aimlessly in confusion with no clear way back.  

[FaeFyre]

XXXXXXXXFyre and I were Running, Chasing, and sending blasts of energy in attempt to slowdown the rapidly receding figure but no matter what we did the shadow just faded into the fog. "Fyre, I think he's gone." I turned to him as I slowed down. "There's nothing we can do. Let's just find Arsen and go back to Kandi."
XXXXXXXX"Yeah I guess. I was just hoping we'd finally beat the test" My purple haired companion sighed heavily before he turned back the way we had come. We passed building after building before coming upon a small cafe on the outskirts of town. Sitting at one of the round tables was a boy about 17 of small stature with light brown hair and matching eyes. He was leaning back in a chair under the shade of a tables umbrella reading a dark blue book.
XXXXXXXX"Hi Arsen." He glanced up from his book on quantum theory just long enough to see that we were alone before going back to his page.
XXXXXXXX"I see you failed again. Just because you show promise doesn't mean they won't scrap your project." He was somewhat resentful of us being part of Project AngelGuard because his project had been scrapped to make room for ours.
XXXXXXXX"We'll get it next time!" I was sure we would, after all we were so close this time. "Let's get back to headquarters and see Kandi before she goes home. I'm sure she'll want to know how we did so she can change our training" Arsen stood up putting his bookmark on his page before shutting his book. The three of us then wandered through the city. None of us really wanted to disappoint Kandi again. Finally we were there, Angel Tech. We looked up into the eyes of the black winged angel adorning the front of the building. We walked through the revolving doors and stepped into an elevator leaving Arsen to sit in the lobby. He wasn't allowed up because he wasn't part of a Project. DING! The elevator stopped at our floor. We stepped out of the elevator and looked down the long hallway glad that Kandi's office was second on the left.
XXXXXXXX"Well here we g-" Fyre didn't have time to finish his thought before the alarm went off signaling an unexpected surge of energy was almost her. The building was going on lockdown.
XXXXXXXXI barely had time to think before a feeling like being submerged in an icy pool smashed down on me. Everything was dark. just solid blackness everywhere I couldn't even see my own fingers in front of my face. At least thats where I thought they were. I felt as if I couldn't breathe no matter how hard I tried but it was okay. I didn't need to.
XXXXXXXXWhat's happening? Where am I? Where's Fyre? Why isn't he with me? Questions without answers I knew plagued my consciousness. Sudden brightness blinded me and I could the sound of comfortable silence around me. I only had the time to realize I was layer out on grass before my mind succumbed to sleep.  

[link_sama_rox]

"Okay, we'll try this again. Just focus very hard on the energies around you, Shadowedstar. Feel the pressure pushing against you. With the three of us here you should definitely be able to feel something." Vithmon said with a small sigh in his patient voice. I blushed and realized that I was boring each of the men surrounding me. Both Vithmon and Victor had vacant glazes in their eyes, and Val wasn't even trying to hide his lack of interest; he was sprawled out on the ground half-asleep, clearing dozing as he looked up at the sky. Irritated by my obvious failure, I threw my hands up and snarled.

"I'm never going to get this. I just can't do this kind of stuff unless Zeikel is helping me. You three have been doing this since you were children; I’ve never even known it was possible to sense other’s power.” I moped and kicked a lump of dirt, making Vithmon shake his head. Victor sighed heavily and walked over to me from where he had been sitting, then took my face in his hands and made me look into his gray eyes.

“Was-ka, you can do this. It’s the same thing that you do to call Zeikel. You’ve done it many times before. You must learn how to do this at times other than when you are about to be violently-” Victor’s soft words cut off abruptly as he snapped upright and directed his attention to a place deep in the forest. Vithmon did the same a moment after, and I glanced at Val to see him looking at his brothers curiously.

“What are you two-” Val’s question was ended by a massive power surge that shook the forest and sent leaves flying everywhere. I leaned close to Victor as I felt the blast crash into me, but then it was over. Immediately on full alert, Victor snapped a few orders to Vithmon and Val in Damectian and they warped away with rapid nods, leaving me and my husband alone at the edge of the forest.

“Stick close, Was-ka. That surge left…something.” Victor told me quietly, and I stayed on his heels as he began to walk in the direction the strange energy had come from. We walked in complete silence for a while, both noting that the trees had gone quiet and that the animals were all in hiding. What had that blast been? An attack? Was Vladimir already coming for us? Already fearing the worst, I actually flinched when the tree line ended and I noticed a figure lying on a small spirit knoll, seemingly unconscious. Nothing moved as Victor stopped in his tracks and looked at the figure with his eyes narrowed. After a moment, he appeared confused.

“It’s a human.” He said, surprise clear in his tone. Tilting his head thoughtfully, he approached the knoll and crouched near the figure, who appeared to be a young man with blonde hair and modern mortal clothes. How had he gotten here? “He’s human…but something is off about him. I can’t tell what it…hm.” Victor muttered to himself for a moment, then roughly moved the poor boy away from the knoll and left him in a heap on the forest floor.

“Well I can’t leave him on the spirits, can I? They’d do worse than shove him; you know that. Now wait and watch him; I think I can feel another one somewhere nearby…ah, poor sucker is up high. He landed in a tree.” Victor chuckled at my scandalized glare, and trotted off into the trees to locate the other person. I shook my head at his retreating form and edged close to the unconscious blonde. He looked normal enough to me…

“Hello? Are you alright? Can you hear me?” I asked hesitantly, hoping that he was okay. Naturally he didn’t answer, and remained knocked out. I shifted him into a more comfortable position and sat beside him to wait for Victor.

A minute or two later he appeared from the trees with another young man, this time with purple hair, slung over his shoulder unceremoniously. He shrugged at my hopeful look and moved close to pick up the blonde.

“This one was out cold too. We’ll have to take them back with us and wait for them to wake up.” Victor said, and I blinked at his quick decision to be kind to a pair of random humans. Since when did he care about them? He saw my baffled expression and grinned.

“You would have chewed me out for not helping and you know it. I’m saving us a step this time. Don’t get used to it.” He told me, and began to head in the direction of the castle. I decided against making a snide remark and instead trailed quietly along, peering curiously at the young men we had found.

As soon as we arrived at the castle, Victor called in two of his werewolves and had them take the boys to the special floor of the hospital wing, making it very clear that they were to be under guard no matter how harmless they seemed once they woke up. The werewolves said they would fetch Havoc and Cedric for the task, and then they were off with their cargo, leaving me to wonder if the two would be alright. Waking to Havoc and Cedric after having something strange happen seemed like it would be…difficult.

“You can go after them if you want, Was-ka. Those two won’t let any harm come to you.” Victor said after a slight pause. He seemed to dislike the idea, but he trusted his familiars. Smiling, I gave him a quick kiss of gratitude and hurried toward the hospital wing, humming a song to myself as I ran.  

[FaeFyre]

XXXXXXXXIt was dark, very dark. I could hear voices three of them. Two men and one woman. I couldn't make out what they were saying but I had the feeling they were waiting on me to wake. They had to know I was here. I mean, I fell unconscious in what felt like a tree and now I think I'm in a bed. Where's Tetsu, He was right next to me? Panic was starting to settle in. I had no clue where I was or if I was alone. I felt a consciousness rub up against mine. Hun I know you're awake. You have to calm down. Come on, open your eyes. It was Tetsu. Open my eyes? I slowly opened my eyes realizing that was why it was so dark.
XXXXXXXXWhere are we? Should we call to those people I can hear? Maybe it would be okay. Maybe we were just in a part of the facility we hadn't been to before. We hadn't been allowed to explore above the third floor. But there was no way this was part of the facility, The walls were stone. It felt like an old building. There was a lot of residual energy all over the place. It needed a good psi-scrubbing.
XXXXXXXX I'm not sure. We should probably keep quiet until we know more about what's going on. He was looking around what looked to be an hospital room. Although there was little more than beds there. His eyes trying to take in every detail.
XXXXXXXX Maybe I should try sensing them. Maybe their energy would have some more to tell us. I could feel the blast of energy that pulled us in lingering around us somewhere but I couldn't be certain if it was from them or some other source. My mind was racing trying to wrap itself around the situation. WAIT! What about everyone else? Were they okay? What about the facility Is everyone else okay? Kandi? Arsen? I voiced my opinions to Tetsu only to be ignored. He continued glancing around the room trying to find any clue as to the people that picked us up.
XXXXXXXX Tetsu. Don't ignore me. What's going on? He looked at me for just a split second not saying anything. He gave me a look that said stop being a brat and we'll figure this out. I waited as he continued looking around his eyes once again analyzing and calculating. How long could this go on? I mean there is only so much stuff in this room. After I felt I had waited long enough I spoke to his mind again. So what do we do?
XXXXXXXX"Fyre, SHUT UP! I just woke up and I don't know!"Oh no. The voices outside the room stopped. "Oops." Ugh well at least we can find out what's going on.  

[link_sama_rox]

“Eh, I’ll admit they smell a little weird, but they’re humans. They probably just got transported over from the mortal realm or something by a demon with a nasty sense of humor. Happens all the time.” Cedric said casually. I frowned at how certain he sounded, but felt like it was something else. Normal demons in the mortal realm didn’t have the level of power that had shook through the forest…

“We can just ask them when they wake up. You two are being way too serious about-” Havoc’s words cut off as one of the boys we had been discussing started shouting. Cedric immediately shifted into his Halfling form and went on alert, and I saw Havoc’s eyes lose their nonchalant gleam and become more focused. Well, there went the playful atmosphere.

“…let me speak to them first, okay you two? They did just wake up.” I asked, and they both nodded. Shaking my head, I let them follow me and opened the curtains around the two strangers, making my smile as cheerful and friendly as possible to make up for the two men behind me.

“Hello. My name is Shadowedstar, and this is Havoc and Cedric. How are you feeling? You didn’t have any injuries other than a few bumps from your landings, but you’ve been out for a little while. Is there any dizziness or nausea? You’re in the hospital wing of Benevolt castle, do you know where that is?” I asked brightly, glad that I was there. As kind as they normally were, Havoc and Cedric would have immediately leapt into asking questions about the two humans, despite the obvious confusion on their faces.

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“Hadrian, what in the world was that?” I asked my husband after a shockwave of energy nearly knocked me off my feet. He shook his head and looked around again, his gray eyes sharp.

“…I’m not sure. But it happened all over the place. It left a bunch of life forms behind…hmm. Most of them are blinking out so I don’t think many are surviving…shall we investigate, my dear? It doesn’t feel like something Vladimir is involved in.” Hadrian asked, taking my arm. I smiled and nodded amiably, and we started off toward the rocky mountainside where Hadrian had sensed the first blast.

We had only walked a short while when a dark shape rolled out from behind a rock at the top of a short cliff in front of us and groaned loudly. It looked to be a brunette woman, with large wings and horns. She stared at us dimly for a moment, and then passed out with another groan. Startled, Hadrian and I rushed to her and made sure she was okay. She had a few scratches and bruises, but was otherwise unharmed.

Hadrian stood up suddenly and walked around the rock the woman had been behind, sighing as he shoved it aside to reveal a long tunnel. I peered into it curiously and looked at Hadrian.

“There’s someone else inside. I think she was trying to get them out but was too weak. I’ll be right back.” He told me, and faded into the dark cavern. I waited patiently, and not a minute later he reappeared with his arm holding up another winged person, this one a boy with dark orange and red hair. He was conscious, but barely, his black eyes glazed and unfocused. He squinted in the sunlight and growled quietly, glancing around blindly.

“Where’s Nova?” he rasped, making Hadrian look at me nervously before leading the boy to the woman.

“Is that her?” he asked hopefully, and the boy nodded with a smile and slumped against Hadrian’s side, unconscious. Hadrian shrugged at me and shifted the poor boy onto his back, taking the woman in his arms and squinting off toward the castle.

“Victor won’t be happy when we bring these two into his floor of the hospital, will he?” I asked with a sigh, already knowing the answer. Hadrian shook his head solemnly and smiled at me.

“No, but these two will be. Come on, lets go get them checked out.” He said, and we started off toward Benevolt castle. People appearing in bursts of energy…what was going on? Hopefully there wouldn’t be too much panic caused by all the new arrivals.  

[FaeFyre]

XXXXXXXX"DO WE LOOK OKAY?" Fyre shouted gesturing to him self lying in a bed.
XXXXXXXXYou stop that right now! I turned to look at this Shadowedstar woman. "I apologize for him. He's a little...."I took a slight pause to search for the word. "Offput. by these happenings." I finally noticed the creatures behind her and in my distraction almost forgot to mention that we had no clue where this 'Benevolt Castle' is. Fyre seemed to have noticed them at the same time I did.
XXXXXXXX"Who are you?" He pointed to a the red headed man. But that was before he noticed the creature on the other side. "And WHAT are you?"
XXXXXXXX"TACT Fyre, tact. I'm sorry there is little I can do about him. I don't feel dizzy. Fyre?" Fyre looked over at me chastised. I knew he'd be upset later but still..... Looking back to the strangers he responded shortly.
XXXXXXXX"I feel fine." So he would play it like this. I had grown used to Fyre's attitude towards new people. He had even been like this towards me but after I he realized he couldn't get rid of me we became friends and then... yeah. Hopefully he'll calm down a bit with the attitude until we get home.
XXXXXXXX" Umm I have no clue where this Benvolt castle is. Is it in Europe?" I had taken a lot of classes at school.

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XXXXXXXX "Where are they?" I was pacing in my office. That unexpected blast of energy couldn't have delayed them could it? BEEP! BEEP! BEEP! "GAHH" Oh it was just my intercom. I needed to calm down. I walked over to my desk and pushed the button. Hearing a little static before the voice from the first floor flooded my room.
XXXXXXXX"There is someone here to see you but she doesn't have proper clearance." Oh dear who could that possibly be?
XXXXXXXX"Tell her I'll be right down."I grabbed my stuff and walked down the hall to the elevator. DING I quickly stepped in and pushed the button to tell the elevator to take me down to the ground floor. When I got there the stepped out and walked up to the security check. When I was allowed passed I saw that it was Maria waiting on me. "Oh would you like to go grab some lunch? I was supposed to be waiting for the boys but I haven't seen them."
XXXXXXXX"Yes sure. That's what I need to talk to you about anyways. I'll wait till we get there." With that we left the building to goto a cafe down the street.  

[link_sama_rox]

When he started yelling at me, I flattened my ears and stared at the purple-haired boy in alarm. I’d only been trying to be nice. The other boy seemed to calm him, however, and he settled down a bit. His reaction to Cedric, however, made me feel a bit bad for the Halfling. Of course Cedric didn’t care what was said to him, since he personally found his Halfling form far superior to a human, but the bluntness was still a bit of a sting.

“I’m a Halfling, boy. Your kind calls me a werewolf most of the time, though. Pleased to meet ya.” Cedric said with just a touch of sarcasm. Havoc snorted in amusement and cleared his throat quietly, letting his jewelry jangle and make noise over his words.

“We ought to be asking who HE is, actually. Spunky kid. Victor's gonna love him.” The gypsy muttered under his breath, and I heard Cedric grunt in agreement. I rolled my eyes and smiled as the blonde spoke to his friend. I frowned at his confusion and wondered exactly how to answer his question. Europe?

“Nah, boy. That’s in the mortal realm. No Europe here. Just Dalmaest.” Cedric said over my shoulder, saving me the trouble of remembering places in the mortal realm.

“Although yeah, I suppose you could say this is an equivalent to Europe… sort of. It’s more between Europe and Asia, really…” Havoc piped in. I pursed my lips as I remembered that the two of them had grown up in the mortal realm, and decided to shift the conversation to more important matters.

“Where are you two from? Do you know how you got here? You appeared in the middle of a forest in a huge wave of energy, and you’ll have to forgive us for being a bit…concerned as to how you are here.” I asked curiously.  

[FaeFyre]

XXXXXXXI don't understand how we could have gotten anywhere. What did that energy do to us? Energy can only take you so far. That may have been a powerful blast but not more powerful than earthly transport. Wait? Mortal realm? Where can we possibly be. I was beginning to grasp how far we must have gone. More jingling from the strange man's costume broke me out of my thoughts long enough to hear Shadowedstar's questions.
XXXXXXXFyre hadn't been listening but he'd caught on to the tale end of my thought. Toto, I don't think we're in Kansas anymore. I could here the snicker in Fyre's thoughts. He was just blowing up how could he already have recovered enough to make jokes? Oh well, at least that means he's less likely to yell at people. I don't think they took to well to his abrasive attitude. Then again, it's to be expected. I didn't even take well to it at first and look at us now. Practically inseparable.

XXXXXXX"We're from the United States. I'm not sure how we got here the last thing I remember is a large blast of energy. I feel the energy hovering around us somehow. When you say mortal realm what do you mean?" Could that mean we had traveled across universes? How are we supposed to get back? Each new piece of information brought even more questions to the forefront of my mind. I looked over our 'saviors' (that is if what they said is true).

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XXXXXXX"Ok so spill. Do you know where they are?" I was at the cafe with Maria. She had said that she had information about the boys.
XXXXXXX"I believe they've been transported to a different world." She paused for a moment to let that sink in. "This energy is familiar to some that I've felt before. When traveling worlds" She took a particularly long pause. Looking back on it it makes sense . After all It should be a big shock to me. But with where I work nothing shocks me anymore.
XXXXXXX"Ok how do we find them?" I'd do what ever it takes to get them home safe and sound. They were my family now.  

[link_sama_rox]

Havoc jangled his clothing more to muffle a quick burst of laughter, and I glanced back to see him giving Cedric a pointed look, to which the Halfling sighed heavily and scratched the back of his neck thoughtfully.

“Erm…well, you’re certainly not anywhere near the United States, that much you can probably understand. I suppose the best way to put it would be that you’re in a different plane of the universe now. This is a world of demons and Gods, boys. You’ll have a hard time of it finding others to relate to here. We can’t say exactly what got you here, though, unfortunately…” Cedric said in a semi-soothing tone, his eyes watching the two boys for a possible dangerous reaction. I couldn’t really reprimand his expectations, honestly. He was right to worry that they’d take poorly to being told they were basically in a different universe…

“Once we understand what happened exactly we can figure out how to get you back if you wish, but for now I suggest you stay with us where it is safer. This place is much more…dangerous than the mortal realm.” I warned after letting their situation sink in a little bit. Even with something weird about them, they were still humans. Dalmaest could be a very dangerous place for humans. Hells, it was dangerous for Gods.

“May we ask your names? On top of that I have to strongly advise the both of you to allow one of our people to interview you quickly to make sure you don’t pose a threat to us. It’s nothing personal, I assure you. It would ensure our support and protection of you.” Havoc piped up suddenly, making me flush. Well wasn’t he just cutting right to the point? He was going to scare them away…and probably right into a hungry demons’ claws, too. I turned to scowl at him and received a crooked grin.

“Ah, they’d probably be fine, Shadowedstar. Victor sensed power of some sort in them. If they leave I’m sure they can handle themselves.” He said quietly, then without letting his jewelry make anymore noise he walked across the room and sat in a chair, leaving the rest of the matter to Cedric and I.  

[FaeFyre]

XXXXXXXX"Well thank's captain obvious as if I couldn't figure out we weren't at home." Oh joy what a lovely time for Jackson to have a mood swing. Yeah genius let's just piss off the only people who might be able to help us. GREAT IDEA!
XXXXXXXXI apologize for my companion. He is not having the best day. I hope they would take my apologies. It would really suck if the only people who could help us were mad at us. I am Dustin and this is Jackson. Before the words had even left my mouth Jackson was interrupting me. I guess it was kind of my fault, but calling him Jackson had turned into a habit.
XXXXXXXX"Fyre. My name is Fyre." My partner sharply cut in. He had decided long ago to go by his project name, Fyre. Just like I had with Tetsu. But now he refuses to call me anything but Dustin so in return I always call him Jackson. It seemed to annoy him at first but now he's gotten used to it. He still won't let anyone else call him Jackson, only me.
XXXXXXXX"We'd be happy to go through your interviews and whatnot. Anything that will help keep us safe." I turned to look over at Jackson Daring him to question me. He smartly kept his mouth shut.
XXXXXXXXJackson calmly leaned over to my ear and whispered as best he could. Which is not very good I might add. He could definitely give a herd of stampeding buffalo a run for their money. "Na tourne ku." Why he choose to say it out loud in the language Maria taught us I don't know.

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XXXXXXXX"Well I'm glad you are taking it this well. Here hold this umbrella." Maria had started writing sigils and symbols and other such mumbo jumbo in a circle on the floor. Though the umbrella is probably the weirdest part I mean we are inside a house.
XXXXXXXX"Why do I need this umbrella?" She didn't even look up to respond to me.
XXXXXXXX"Just trust me you'll need it." This response was followed by even more writing on the ground. Each new symbol grab my attention and brought my curiosity even closer to bubbling out until I could barely hold it in.
XXXXXXXX"What do all these symbols mean? Do they actually do things?" She looked at me for a moment before glancing at the symbols.
XXXXXXXX"Well This one is his name." She gestured to the runes "This one here beckons the coming of a safe and swift journey." She pointed to a white mark to the left of the circle. "And this one means to not harm us when he arrives." She pointed to the marking directly across from the first one. As she spoke the rain outside picked up and slowly started creeping into the warehouse. A bright flash of lightning startled us but we payed it little attention. "And this one means to aid us in the ways we asked."  

[link_sama_rox]

Cedric snorted at Jackson, er, Fyre's rather blunt response, and narrowed his eyes slightly. I sighed as I realized that the Halfling would be significantly less helpful for a while until he got over the insult.

"Okay then. Dustin, Fyre. I promise it won't take long at all. Havoc, could you go get one of the readers?" I asked over my shoulder. Havoc shurgged and got to his feet, stepping over to Cedric to have a word with the Halfling before leaving. We all froze when Fyre spoke Damectian, and I glanced at my friends out of the corner of my eye to see their reactions.

Havoc and Cedric blinked obviously at the pair of humans, then glanced at each other with mildly curious expressions. Havoc muttered something to Cedric, and after a few exchanges the Halfling smacked Havoc's arm and flipped him off as the Sphinx retreated with a mocking laugh. Havoc saluted me playfully and left the room to fetch the reader, and I looked back at the humans with a puzzled expression. These two were just chock-full of surprises, weren't they?

"Well, assuming that you'll both clear the interview, I hope you two are able to enjoy your time here until we can figure out what's happened. It seems that you weren't the only ones that appeared here without warning, so I'm sure this will all be figured out in a few days." I said casually, not sure how to entertain them. They seemed alright just by themselves, but it would be awkward to just sit there watching them...

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"Oh, now, Maria. Is that what those mean? Is it really? Interesting. Because I could have sworn it just meant 'hey, Sri Lok; help us out please'. But I must be mistaken. I only made the languages." I said playfully, leaning over Maria's shoulder to view the symbols she had carved to call me.

"But I'm sure that you didn't ask for me just to discuss ancients scripts. What can I do for you, sweetie?" I asked as the two women spun around and noticed me. I smiled pleasantly and inclined my head to the woman I didn't know, assuming she was a friend of Maria. Curious, I nosed around in the knowledge of the world I was in and found her name. Kandi. That was a good name. She seemed a good enough person from what I saw.