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 Posted: Tue Oct 08, 2013 12:55 pm
Aaron looked over at Lizz and blinked. He had to double-take. Then he chuckled. "Lizz?" He smiled. "Lizz! It's-what are you doing here?! My Almighty its been so long!" Aaron extended his arms out for a hug.
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Posted: Tue Oct 08, 2013 2:51 pm
Nexan followed beside Jacob when they exited the limo. She was starting to grow tense as more people showed up. More people she didn't know. She stepped a bit to hide behind Jacob, a weary look on her face. She wasn't the most social to begin with, and crowds made her nervous. She wondered if any of these other people were to be trusted, she knew that the man named Conner seemed to trust them, but Jacob seemed to be enemies with Conner from what she's heard and seen. She figured she'd just stay near Jacob for now until told otherwise.
Reno glanced to Loki when he seemed to grow tense. He raised a brow, finding it odd that someone like him would ever be visibly tense.
"What's wrong?" He asked him quietly, looking concerned.
Clone gave a small nod when Luca asked if she was okay, "I'm fine. Just worried is all. I've never been a part of anything like this before..." She said. The only dangerous things she's done before is steal food when she was homeless as a child. Even then that was a small scale thing. Getting involved with organizations such as the Order was ten times worse. She feared for both her and Clayton's lives.
She looked to Jin as she spoke to her, and she gave a small smile in return. He did seem to be giving off a sense of confidence, but that fear still lurked in the back of her mind. Those 'what if's that kept looping through her head. She tried not to think about them right now. Instead she focused on the new arrivals. She knew of Conner through Clayton, but had never seen him before. This was the man he worked with?
"Aah, nice to meet you." She spoke up to him, giving a polite smile.
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Posted: Tue Oct 08, 2013 3:27 pm
Laughing she hugged him tight, "I bartend for Conner and have been absorbed into this crazy group so" shrugs "here I am to rescue Clayton. Look at you! You look so good!" she said smiling wide.
She couldn't believe after all these years she was seeing him again it had been so long and something she didn't think would ever happen. It was hard to believe how much both of them had changed since the last time they saw each other.
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Posted: Tue Oct 08, 2013 10:55 pm
Jin laughed loudly as they spoke about the order. He gave a huge grin. "Yes I understand, but they are not going to get in my way no matter what or who they are." He said proudly. "I'll tear down their whole ivory tower in the end there is no light or darkness there is only color and whether you one of them, all of them or none of them." He said with a louder laugh.
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Posted: Wed Nov 06, 2013 9:09 am
Loki didn't look at Reno. He didn't even know that he showed a visible tenseness. After all this time, Aaron still had a special place in Loki's heart of pure hatred. He would kill Aaron if he could. His relationship to Irene was a threat to him. "This isn't the time to speak about it," he told Reno. He relaxed again.
"Your confidence is promising. It's radiating off of you even," Connor said to Jin, "But we shouldn't parade in there without a game plan. If we had a little inside knowledge-"
Aaron interrupted, "Actually, Connor," he gestured to Leon, "He's part of the Order. But I guess he's gone rogue? What do you think?"
Connor walked over to Leon and looked him right in the eyes. "Leon, is it?"
Jacob lowered his eyes. "That's the one working with Peng. I recognize him."
"Working with Peng?" Bill repeated. He looked at Leon with a bitter and cautious glare. "Can we trust him?"
"If I remember correctly..." Jacob walked up to Leon fearlessly, "You barged into my cafe and demanded of me under threat of a customer's life. You are a wolf, wild, out of control, and with no clear path in mind. I am a gambling man, but even I wouldn't gamble on something like YOU. Though on the other hand, you're much too narrow-minded and simple to pull off a spy mission, so you going rogue doesn't surprise me in the least. You can't take orders well... CAN you, puppy?"
"That's ENOUGH, Jacob," Connor hissed, "If he's willing to help us then we're in no position to be picky. Put your pride off to the side a minute and let me talk to the guy. Last thing we need is tension."
"Have you looked around?" Jacob hissed back, "Useless orphan boy, what do you hope to accomplish with a group like THIS? The peacock, your loyal muscle lackey and I seem to be the only worthy fighters in this little group. the rest, why, nothing but delinquents, rejects and common people."
"Hey!" Blade shouted and flipped Jacob off. Phoenix looked at him and put a gentle hand on Blade's, "I'm sure he only means to prove a point, friend. Do not let words cut you so deep... As much as I trust my leader, this does seem to be a desperate team."
"I came to free Ren the dog zodiac, only as a favor for bringing Nexan to my cafe. I don't CARE for your 'kitten' Clayton. So you only get one chance, Connor. Once I have reached my goal, I am taking the two under my care and leaving. Do not expect any favors from me."
"Well if you WANT Ren out of the Order's clutches, Jacob, you are going to have to follow my lead. Say what you want about my fighting and my leadership, but no one here can plan a better team than me and you KNOW it. If we all work together, then we all can get what we want. But you HAVE... To trust me. Just for a little while." He looked at Leon, then at Aaron, and Jin, and at Clone, then all the others. "Please, just trust me. Everyone will make it out of here alive, I promise. Let me lead you and everything will be alright."
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Posted: Wed Nov 06, 2013 9:46 pm
Lizz stared at Leon, he looked familiar and then it dawned on her where she knew him from, he had come into the bar accusing them of being a gang. Okay they were but she wasn't sure of this.
"Look if Conner isn't leading then I'm not in and I'm heading back and I'm sure most of those who came feel the same so Jacob good luck getting to Ren without much help, I have a feeling you are severly underestimating The Order" she sighed remembering all of the stories that she had heard of the Order as she grew up, and her own experience with Peng.
Looking at Leon dead in the eye she took a step closer to him studying hoping to find something out bout him through his eyes, and then turned back towards the group. ".....I'll deal with Peng...." she looked at Will first and prayed he wouldn't fight her on this, her eyes locked next onto Conner. "Let's get inside to shelter, I don't like the idea of some one over hearing us here"
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Posted: Fri Nov 08, 2013 6:07 pm
Jin's eyes locked onto Jacob. He did NOT take kindly to his tone. He took off his sunglasses he had been wearing and his eyes glowed a bright gold. A sudden rather oppressive wave of pure confidence flooded through the area. The kind that would make a weaker man surrender immediately to do the sheer believe no one could match a creature of such power. "Excuse me? Do I strike you as a fool? A worthless bird? I am the only one of my kind that has ever survived this long and amassed this much power. Do not underestimate me little prince." He said tail flaring out also glowing gold. "I may just surprise you." He added with a smirk putting his glasses back on and the power vanishing just as quickly as it came.
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Posted: Sat Dec 07, 2013 12:16 pm
To say Leon had tensed as the others approached would be an understatement. He just knew there would be a ton of conflict, but he couldn't completely blame them. Gone rouge? Leon smirked a bit, that was an interesting way of putting it. He tensed as Connor looked him in the eyes close up, but didn't back down even though he was smaller than the other.
As peng was mentioned Leon's fist clenched up. He took a few deep breaths trying to calm down. As Jacon started his verbal attack Leon took a step back. A low deep growl eminated from his chest as he did all he could not to shift and attack Jacob. Connor interrupted though, and Leon barely managed to reign in his anger and frustration. Then he insulted Leon's strength? He had half a mind to shift and show him just how strong he was. Another growl ripped from this throat. The sudden onslaught of power was only serving to put him on edge.
He approached Jacob, his form shimmering slightly as if he was repressing the urge to shift. "You don't understand s**t. The only reason I'm here is because the Order has my family hostage. Their lives are in their hands, and their memories of me have been wiped." He snarled out angrily. "The only reason I'm working with you is that and that alone. The order needs to be taken down, messing with someone's family is not okay. I don't give a s**t about you or the zodiacs. I just want my family back, if you take a step back from your paranoia, maybe you would see why I wouldn't betray you. You guys are my best bet at rescuing my family, so as long as you guys don't do anything to harm that mission, I have no reason to betray you. Even if I want to kick your a**." He snapped at Jacob, and solely at jacob. Leon had no reason to care about, let alone hate any of the others there, he was no threat to them.
Out of frustation he wandered a a near by tree, unable to repress the growl once again in his throat. He brought his arm back, shifting it to a massive gorrila arm as he slammed it into the trunk of a near by young tree. The power of the punch snapped the rather young tree and it fell over with a crash as Leon shifted his arm back, rubbing his hand. Punching a tree hurt a lot more than he thought it would, but it did help with his frustration. He looked at connor for the decision, as far as the group went, Leon liked Connor the most.
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Posted: Sat Dec 07, 2013 2:06 pm
Jacob took the words from the others and brushed them off. He didn't care much for them, though 'little prince' amused him a tad. The peacock did seem like a worthy fighter, or it could have been the air of pride and confidence within him. Leon seemed to be strong too, to be honest, but he was too erratic and risky. Jacob betted on him losing it and trying to be the lone wolf. He had a feeling Leon couldn't stand taking directions. His emotions were too close to the surface. Even if he did mean to help, he would fail. Jacob felt sure of it.
Connor, on the other hand, did see an erratic young man, but he also saw passion for his family. Connor thought about how he would be if Irene or Max were taken from him. In this, he felt connected to Leon. He believed the former member of the Order when he spoke to Jacob. He fixed eyes on Leon again, and just gave him a nod. It was a nod that was to say, 'I understand, and I will help you.' Afterwards, he looked to Aaron. "I'm sure you didn't have us meet here for no reason."
Aaron blinked and shook his head. "N-no... Beneath the water tower... Its an abandoned basement. A house used to be here and when they demolished it to build the water tower they forgot to fill the basement. You can still get down there. No one knows it exists except Hannah and myself."
Hannah was the horse zodiac. Even with her captured, the basement would still be safe. It was such a simple thing to overlook.
"Let's go there, then. We can sleep there for the night. Come morning, I'll have a plan." Connor rested his eyes on Leon, "Some blueprints or ideas as to what the inside of the building looks like would be really handy. Jin was it? You'll be a great first offense. It seems you're more than capable of making a grand entrance, and we'll need that. And Lizz..." Connor turned to his employee, "IF you're sure you can... I trust you. But for Almighty's sake be careful. Peng can't be trusted. As close of friends as we had made with him... He isn't who we thought he was."
"Boss," Bill spoke up, looking timid for a man over seven feet tall, "I want to go with her."
"We'll talk about it in the morning. Let's rest for now; we'll need all the sleep we can get."
"I don't think former enemies should be sleeping in the same place," Ron muttered, following the crowd close to Connor with his board under his arm.
"None of us would gain anything attacking each other," Connor told him, "If we can just get along for 24 hours, that's all I need. We'll save the zodiacs. We'll reunite Leon with his family. None of us will die. As long as we can all get along for one day."
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Posted: Sat Dec 07, 2013 6:16 pm
Lizz nodded to Conner's comment, she knew he was right but part of her still felt like she could trust him to some extent. Out of everyone here she knew him best and knew what to expect out of him to an extent; that is if she could even get close to him.
The Order was not likely going to let her any where close to Peng and she was sort of counting that. Part of her plan was to draw attention away from other things as she tried to get to Peng. Hopefully that would cause enough of a diversion to allow the gang to sneak in an unguarded way. Her plan would not work if Will was with her. He wouldn't agree with almost any of her plan and would probably hinder her with trying to protect her.
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Posted: Sat Dec 07, 2013 9:37 pm
Jin ruffled his tail feathers a little and smiled. "I am not for stealth missions obviously someone as fabulous as me doesn't sneak and doesn't need to." He said jokingly and proudly. He followed after them. "I can stand watch..I don't actually need sleep." He offered calmly. "Plus I am an impartial party right?" He added.
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Posted: Sun Dec 08, 2013 4:46 am
Connor turned to look at Jin. He'd never seen such a vibrant contrast to a regular human as Jin. He believed the peacock when he said he didn't need to sleep. He thought only for a couple seconds. "A full night's sleep would help the rest of the party a great deal, thanks, Jin. But if you feel too strained at any point, go ahead and wake me up. I'll need you at your full strength most of all." Well, him and a few others. But Jin was a key component to Connor's quickly formulating plan, as was Leon, Lizz, Bill, Aaron and Clone. Though in truth, Clone was going to be the most important in saving Clayton.
The basement was cool, but not freezing at any point in the night. The fact it was underground kept the heat from the sun the day before quite well. Aaron had some blankets he passed along to those who needed them; it seemed he had been staying in there the past few days at least. For a man that was accustomed to life as heir to a mansion, he had a lot of pillows and blankets to pass along. It left him uncomfortable to just have three pillows and two blankets, but he didn't complain. He was almost too ashamed at how uncomfortable it made him, he felt like a spoiled brat. But at least the others had something to cover themselves with.
Connor had two, maybe three hours of sleep that night. He was too busy sitting in a corner drawing plans in the dirt with a twig. He asked Leon as much as he could about what was inside. He knew where Peng's room was, he knew where the restricted areas were, and most of all he knew where security would be tightest. He wished Jacob had brought Ace, but Phoenix and Jin would work fine for cutting surveillance and making a big scene. Connor recognized his plan had to be sudden, and it had to be a quick in and a quick out. The hardest realization he had made was that Aaron would have to be caught.
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Posted: Sun Dec 08, 2013 6:11 am
(Lizz just screamed no in my head)
It wasn't the most ideal place to sleep but she had slept in worse and as tired and worn out as she felt, this seemed exactly like a bed of feathers. She laid down near Will, and amazingly it took her a few hours to fall asleep.
Rolling over and over in her mind was what she was going to do the next day and how she could handle it. Conner said that they could get in and out with out anyone dieing and she prayed he was right but a large part of her worried that he was wrong. Once asleep she slept peacefully through the night.
Awaking the next morning she sat up and looked around quietly watching everyone waking and preparing. If this was to work, her part and Will coming out of this alive she prayed Will would be able to forget about her and focus on his own mission what ever that may be. For now though she would have to wait like everyone else to receive orders. So now she waited
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Posted: Mon Dec 09, 2013 12:50 am
Leon had nodded at how connor took charge. He could respect him, and something about him made Leon feel a tad bit connected to him. The internal voice in his mind had gone silent while this was happening, but he didnt mind at the moment. After the tension, he was starting to feel excited that he would be reunited with his family.
A question haunted him though. Would they be upset with how he was acting? He bit his lip nervously, the time was approaching and he would get their memories back. Still, he had a bad feeling in his gut.
Connor's questions were a welcome distraction. He answered as best as he could all of the questions. He recalled what details he could and gave them the best information he could offer. He did also try to suggest plans to connor that would avoid unnecessary causalities of office people, or other people that were just grunts. Leon was angry at the order, but the more he thought of his parents the more he imagined those people wouldn't want him killing unnecessary people. A lady working the front desk didn't take his family away from him, people like Nero and Peng did.
After Connor seemed to be done questioning him, he told him he could be woken up for any questions, before shifting into a wolf. He trotted in a small circle before curling up and letting out a sigh as he drifted to sleep, his mind on what he was about to do.
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Posted: Mon Dec 09, 2013 7:13 pm
Jin sat down in a comfortable spot and proceeded to keep watch. He watched Conner work on making his plans for while before going back to just sitting seeming to be thinking.
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