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 Posted: Mon Jun 16, 2008 1:01 am
Draega had slowly and quietly slipped away after Kain had left her. She would have liked to have dealt with the woman...Maya, she believed...but felt that it was unnecessary at the time. That and, Draega's nerves ached to be quieted. So after awhile Draega merely drifted back home using the pendant Kain had provided. Finding herself suddenly at home in her cozy living room was a little jarring but Draega, so used to traveling quickly through solid objects, soon found little to object to.
Instead, she found she had a great deal to think about. Sighing deeply to herself Draega looked down to the sword she held in her hands. She had to admit to herself...it was beautiful even sheathed. For an instant she wondered what the blade would look like, but decided against it due to Kain's reference of the sword possessing powers. So Draega gently took the sword with her upstairs to her bedroom where she flopped down face-first onto the wide bedspread and let the tension of the day flow out of her.
So much had happened in such a short amount of time. And now that she was alone she found her grief over Micah's death to be utterly crushing. She gripped the sword to her chest and placed a hand over her eyes as she wept for her friend. Someone she had grown close to and loved. And eventually her tears dried up and all she could do was cling to sword Kain had given her and slowly fall into a restless sleep, tears still clinging to her cheeks. More than anything...she simply wanted to take away the pain.
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Posted: Mon Jun 16, 2008 2:09 pm
Micah jumped, he hadnt noticed anyone come in. Instantly his hand was on fire burning black. Ever since he awoke on the forest floor he had been amazed at the new things he could do. He was sure so much time had passed but he couldnt be sure how much. All he could do was drag himself from the forest to here. In all honesty how he had bypassed security and everything else in the way he wasn't sure.
He peaked over a corner and saw it was Draega. Micah would have liked to have stood up and went over to her, but in the last few days his brain had played trciks on him. Besides how did he even know this was Draegas apartment. He didnt and so he laughed quietly to himself as he slumped over. Micah sat quietly just trying not to die. He had managed not to get hit by dagger but how it had worked was difficult all he knew was, Seth was going to pay dearly.
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Posted: Mon Jun 16, 2008 7:44 pm
Draega awoke suddenly and at first she could not understand why. Everything was silent. And yet Draega found herself on edge. She did not sit up, did not move, and instead kept her breathing steady, as if still sleeping. She listened to every minuscule sound. And then she heard it, the breathing of someone else. Someone she had not even sensed. Truly frightened Draega fought back both her fear and her panic and remained as calm as possible.
Then, swift as the wind, Draega sank through her bed, through her floor and back up behind the intruder. She pulled the sword Kain had given her without a second thought and held it to the man's neck. A shiver of both power and fear ran down her spine upon seeing the blade of that sword and holding it as she did, yet she felt oddly comforted as well. Still, these events were not something she was used to, nor something she truly wanted to experience. More than anything she was afraid of using this sword to kill this man as she found she did not have the stomach for it.
"Who are you? " she asked, her voice hoarse from crying and lack of sleep. "How did you get past my security system? What do you want?" the last question was laced with a sort of desperation, as if pleading him to leave and let her go back to her sorrow and uneasy sleep. "Answer...or I will be forced to kill you. "
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Posted: Mon Jun 16, 2008 8:27 pm
Micah didnt even need to answer her. He just held up his hand and placed it on hers; warming his palm. He slowly turned around on his knees so that he was face to face with her. His shirt was bloody and he was delrious but he knew her. Maybe his mind wasnt playing tricks on him, but it didnt matter she was here in this moment.
He lets his warmed palm follow from her hand, down her wrist, to her elbow, to he hsoulder, up her neck, over her jaw, to her cheek and finally behind her ear.
"I missed you..." He spoke softly.
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Posted: Mon Jun 16, 2008 10:54 pm
When he turned and Draega was finally able to see just who it was who had intruded in on her privacy and her grieving she stopped breathing. The sword in her hand dropped from her stunned hand as she found her body going numb. The world stopped for her as she felt his hand travel up her body to entwine just behind her ear. And for the first time in her life Draega's mind went blank of everything. She merely stared in shock at the man who stared in front of her.
At last Draega managed to come up with a single word, strangled and fearful, as if afraid that speaking it would force her to wake up from what so obviously a dream. "...Micah..? " she asked softly, almost too quietly to be heard. Her hand trailed up to grasp the one he held behind her ear and as she gripped it she registered it's warmth, it's realness. "...Is this a dream?" she asked, her voice choking on emotion, sorrow and relief and a dozen other emotions clouding not only her eyes but her expression and tone of voice as well.
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Posted: Tue Jun 17, 2008 7:22 am
Miach sat there his strength was gone and most of his senses were failing him now all he could manage to do was just stare. She looked so different that he was almost sure it was a dream.
"Dunno, must be a dream cause Draega never cries." He said back as his eyes slipped closed and he slumped up over. His breathing went steady as a man sleeping and finally he lost consciousness. It had been a long time since he slept inside.
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Posted: Tue Jun 17, 2008 10:00 am
Draega was so surprised by Micah's statement that she almost didn't catch him. She sagged under the weight of the sleeping man for a moment, still too stunned to believe that he was really there. After awhile however she came back to her senses and managed to drag Micah to her bed where she helped position him so that he would not fall asleep on his stomach. Draega then stood back and took this moment to simply stare in awe. Micah was alive. This information clouded her brain with relief and joy, as well as a general amount of confusion.
Eventually she turned away from Micah and gathered up the sword that she had dropped earlier. She stared for a moment at the blade before pressing the flat of it against her forehead. She closed her eyes and took in a deep breath. "I'm sorry..." she whispered and gently brushed the blade with her lips, apologizing for dropping it with such carelessness. She couldn't help but feel bad for doing so, as it was truly a beautiful weapon. She sheathed it then and went back to Micah's side. Simply watching him, making sure he was real. After a moment she reached to the pendant around her neck. "I should...go and tell him..." she muttered, knowing that if Kain didn't already know that Micah was alive, he'd want to. Yet she was still loathe to leave the side of the friend she had thought she had lost.
Finally, with a sigh, Draega leaned over and placed a gentle kiss to Micah's forehead. "I'll be back...soon...I promise. " she whispered her voice torn with not knowing if he would still be there when she returned or not. She clutched the pendant to her chest and disappeared back to Kain's Black Rose.
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Posted: Wed Jun 18, 2008 9:27 am
Micah awoke later with a small jump. He had better focus and the nanites in his system had finally finished repairing his chest. He hadn't managed to melt all of the blade before it hit him so he got about an inch of molten steel blade in his sternum. After pulling that s**t out and searing the wound he had slept for a real long time, he wasnt sure how long; the nanites sent his body into a sort of hibernation so they could work without his interference. Only side effect was they shut him down before he could get another injection of nanites. So he was working with a few small amount. Probably why all the bone and tissue repair had taken weeks.
"Draega?" Micah said sitting up, her sheets falling off of him revealing his dirty body. He needed a shower and hoped Draega wouldn't mine him using hers. "Might as well..." He said heading for the shower.
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Posted: Sun Jun 22, 2008 8:11 pm
Draega returned once more to her living room and collapsed onto the floor. For a moment she merely gripped the carpet in an attempt to steady her feelings, and her unsteady legs before she stood. A solemn and determined look to her she ascended the stairs to her room, where she had left Micah. When she entered the room and found him gone she almost panicked. However, as she turned from the still-warm sheets of her bed she heard the sound of the shower running. Draega smiled at the closed bathroom door a bit sadly and let out a heavy sigh before she turned and headed toward her closet where she already had a suitcase tucked away, in case she had ever needed to run out in the middle of the night. When she returned to the room with it she set it next to the bed and then sat down upon the messy sheets herself as she waited for Micah to emerge from the bathroom. So that she could tell him goodbye.
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Posted: Wed Jun 25, 2008 10:16 pm
Micah popped out of the shower looking oddly relaxed. He had been thinking while he was in there about alot of things. All the plans he had made past, present and future and how all of them were just trash now. He had been partially consumed with hatred for his brother and his betrayal. Though for the most part he was happy the world thught he was dead. It gave hima severe tactical advantage over the H.E.C and anyone else opposing his cause. It was so odd to think of all of this in the same timeframe. It seemed like if anything he should be thankful for his life, but other near death experiences had prepared him for most anything. Although it did shake him up a little how close he had came this time around.
He looked up as he came out of the bathroom and noticed Draega sitting on the bed. He smiled so widely that if his face had been glass it would have broke. She was the first person he wanted to see. Not on a professional level but on the level that she had always been there for him in time of need.
"Now that is a blessing. I swear seeing you just makes me feel like gold." He turned around and went back into the bathroom slipping on his old pants. It was odd to shower and put on dirty pants but hey it was all he had. "Im sorry i randomly showed up here but it was the only safe place i knew. Plus i just had to see my angel before i possibly went to hell." He went over to her and got down on his knees infront of her. He wrapped her in a light hug and looked at her. Something in her eyes told him there was something wrong... But instead of acknowledging it he just buried his face into her body and sat there. It was good to be near her after all that had happened.
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Posted: Wed Jun 25, 2008 10:51 pm
Draega's heart gave a unsteady lurch at Micah's words but she shoved it away and smiled at him as he hugged her. She returned his hug and patted him gently. " Micah...you know you are always welcome here." she said softly. Then her smile faded away and she let out a soft sigh, "...Micah...my dear friend...I need to say goodbye." she said solemnly. She gently pulled away from Micah and stood, her stance strong and determined, though her eyes held a deep sorrow there as well. "Please understand that what I'm doing...I do out of love for you. You know that to me the Faction has been the only family I've ever known...but when I believed you had died...I had to make a decision...and I made a promise. I cannot break promises. Which is why I will not break the one I made to you."
She turned then and smiled sadly at him, "You will always be dear to me. Please know that. I will not allow you to die...and so I will impart you with some information that may well save you in the future." She returned the bed and sat beside him, taking his hands in hers, because hers had begun to shake Draega had to take in a deep breath to steady herself before she began again. "There are two people that you will need at your side. One, will be more than adapt at taking my place as spy. His name is Fredrick, he is a private detective and a U.H. who detests the HEC more than anything. The second is a girl by the name of Lilane, she is young, but strong, she will be able to comfort you in the times ahead I am sure. Please trust in them as you have trusted in me Micah...because...I can never again be by your side." As she said this a tear slid from her eye and landed upon his hand. "I will miss you...but what I have done...I do not regret. Forgive me my friend...I love you...but should we meet again after this moment...we will not meet on the same side."
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Posted: Wed Jun 25, 2008 11:18 pm
Micah had been used to getting bad news. After all when you control a large organization full of teen ******** ups its hard not to hear the occasional bit.
"So this is it? Your just leaving? Goodbye?" He found himself looking at her like she was a stranger. Someone he did not know and at the same time could not know. "Well then if you dont break promises tell me why your leaving? Because when you signed on for the faction i took you in as family. Through everything you were never far from my thoughts..." He was rambaling. He knew it but he was grasping for something stronger than he was in this moment. He couldnt find anything and instead he just looked her in the eyes and tried to understand all this.
"You leave and you break your promise to me. To always be here when i needed someone i could trust." He knew that promise was just something she had said when they met. But it was strong and it tied to so many other memories. Times they spent in the faction H.Q all the times they spent in his house. He just looked at her and then he stuck out a hand and grabbed her arm. Pulling her back to him he wrapped his arms around her and looked into her eyes.
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Posted: Wed Jun 25, 2008 11:31 pm
Draega gasped when Micah grabbed and gazed into his eyes with a tortured and sorrowful expression. She looked down, away from him, and was barely able to softly say what she had to say next. "What I'm doing...I doing to save your life. If you're alive...if you're safe...then that's all I need. You were always family to me Micah...a brother...and sometimes more than that. I don't want to hurt you Micah...not in any way. But if that is what it takes in order to save you...then I will." As she spoke the last sentence her voice hardened and became harsh, and when she looked at Micah her expression was determined and furious.
In one movement she slipped through Micah's hold, like the wind, she took hold of her suitcase quickly and jumped away from Micah. Tears no longer spilled from her eyes as she stared at him harshly, "I had hoped to end this differently. But if you will not let me go...then I will make you. I hope someday you can understand..." Then Draega gave a deep sigh and took on a defiant stance. "I am no longer yours Micah...I am now another's love. And although it pains me to do this more than I can say...it is something that I chose of my own free will. I only hope that we do not see each other again...because I doubt I have the strength needed to destroy you twice." Then...in a flash...Draega was gone.
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Posted: Wed Jun 25, 2008 11:47 pm
Micah looked at her as she faded and could only laugh. Then he could only cry for a moment. It was stragne but this was something he couldnt imagine feeling. His body started to freak out sending of flames before he could even manage to gains ufficient heat. His mind was a river of emotion and thoughts and all he could do was sit.
He sat for minutes waiting on her to return as he though and towards the end he knew she wasnt coming back. He laughed like a mad man. He reached into his pocket and pulled out a music player. It was only the size of his palm and and the ear buds were surgically implanted. So he started up the player and it instantly played what he needed to hear at that moment. He started to sing for a moment. He knew the faction had been destroyed. He knew alot of bad things had happened and now he lost Draega. So it would seem there was one final action he needed to complete before moving intot he next life.
"Every roommate kept awake by every silent scream we...." He headed fopr the window and opened it. Jumping out of it he landed lightly moving with a determination that couldnt be mesaured. As he walked he in the direction of the H.E.C main building he charged the area under him so he could take flight. Though he wuld need to charge the atoms here. God he knew this was going to hurt bad. Micah started grabbing at the air and pulling atoms in the air together and smashing them together. As he did it small explosions with no actuall force or flame -he controlled them- started to appear. He was trying to create a low amount of nuclear fusion. Supernova's were hard to control.
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Posted: Tue Aug 05, 2008 11:25 pm
As Lilane approached Draega's flat from the outside she noted the destruction surrounding it. She didn't have to guess who had done it...or why. That had been made painfully clear by Draega herself. The last communication the new Black Rose Queen had sent her had been about her imminent retirement from the Faction and her decision to join with the man known only as 'Kain'. Lilane knew little about love. After all...she was still a teenager and was rusty in the areas of romance...but she still thought her friend was foolish. As she opened the door to the flat however she assumed it must have been worth it though...to have given up the life she had built for herself.
Lilane stood for a moment in the doorway of the flat and studied it...noting how empty it seemed now that it's owner had abandoned it. With a shake of her head Lilane ignored that thought path and headed upstairs to hidden cupboard inside of Draega's walk-in closet. No one would even know it was there if they weren't looking for it...or didn't know exactly where it was. Draega was good about those sort of things. Still, it helped that the cupboard couldn't be opened. Draega had long ago sealed it shut when her powers were fully under control. And so Lilane was faced with a small dilemma. Break through the wall to reach the surveillance equipment inside....or not. Lilane studied the wall for a moment, a moment in which she weighed her feelings before finally sighing and punching and breaking away a large square in the wall where she knew her friend's secret life lay hidden.
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