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Ryan appeared, throwing his back to a ruined wall and making sure he was unseen. A section of ceiling remained, serving as a makeshift overhang, and it was angled down to give cover from above. Checking around one corner, he saw the main body of fighting - he had managed to enter behind the enemy lines. If there could be said to be such things as enemy lines.

Checking the other corner, he didn't see anything. As in anything. No rift. No gate. Ryan pulled out his map, checking the hospital layout. "It should be right there...where the hell is it?" Ryan cursed himself. Unless he was wrong, they'd arrived too late.

Ryan's toe hit something soft, and he realized he had hit a body. A dead one. Checking the squad insignia, he noticed that it was sixth - two dead members of his own squad. Likely unseated. However, over their eyes..."Just what I needed." Crouching, Ryan took the scanners off their eyes. "Rest well, both of you. You have fought for your cause and served it. Go now, for the torch is ours to hold." Ryan would have recited the whole poem, but there was no time. Hoping Envy and Captain Nagi could see him, he gave a nod and a quick thumbs-up - all clear, get over here now. Not like he saw any other adequate cover. They'd need to hold a small conference, though, and figure out what to do. Laying the map down and using the two dead bodies as a makeshift table, Ryan sat down on a neatly placed piece of rubble that would serve as a makeshift seat. Hopefully they could get something done about this.

As they had entered the building, Nagi's blue eyes continued to dart this way and that, keeping an eye out for any hidden enemies. The moment they set foot here, there was this sudden odd feeling that was difficult to shake. With its eerie lighting and familiar smell, the appearance of the run down place sent chills down his spine. It didn't take Nagi too long to realize that they were in an old hospital. Though he didn't look nervous, a cold seat began to accumulate along his hairline as the sick, haunted feeling continued to seep in. For as long as Nagi could remember, he had always felt this way whenever he entered a medical ward. He just hated them.

"We're too late?" he asked, suddenly curious as to what could have happened. Though he was a bit distracted by their location, he did notice that there weren't so many fluctuating spirit energies within the area. It was as if most of the fighting had stopped. Many inquisitive thoughts began crossing Nagi's mind at that point. Was the fight over and were Yuki and Onalim finally safe? It would have been great if Yuki were okay... but what about Hogosha? Was he still alive or did someone take him out? There was no way to know for sure at that point. Nagi was still trusting his gut feeling and that was the best option was still to move forward.

Even though he was trying his best not to let all this get to him, he stopped dead in his tracks as he caught sight of the two dead shinigami before them. There were many things that Nagi did not like to see- obviously hospitals being one of them. Seeing dead people was another. It just stirred up more emotions and memories that he didn't wish to feel or remember. He didn't move as Ryan began to lay out the map over top of them but merely shuttered at the thought of even going near them let alone touching them.

"There has to be something we can do..." he finally said thoughtfully as he leaned himself against the wall.

Tansen finally managed to get a grip on himself and grabbed Tsumari-Renkin off the ground. He had a pained expression on his face but sheathed the blade without a word. he was about to turn and head back to his mansion when he sensed something, three familliar reiatsu's. This is...Feldric-san? And Nagi-Sensei? Suri too...i better see what's going on. Without another thought, Tansen quickly shunpo'd to where the three were and walked over to them, deciding not to inquire about the two dead shinigami and the ground. "Feldric-san, Suri, Sensei, what are you three doing here?" The painful look was still in the young shinigami's eyes as he adressed his comrades.

Ryan looked up and noted Tansen and Suri's arrival. "Hello, Tansen, Suri. I wasn't expecting to see you two here, but anyway, I guess you two should know what Captain Nagi, Envy and myself are doing..."

Ryan felt the ground next to him and his hand touched a pen - probably had fallen as the hospital collapsed. Pulling it up, he cleaned it on his uniform then shook it, holding it with the tip straight down, before he circled the rift. "That rift is supposed to be over there." He pointed off to where the rift should have been, and now was not. "We were supposed to be entering it to infiltrate Hueco Mundo. Now, though, the rift is gone. Either my map's off, or it's been closed." He looked up at Tansen and Suri. "Do either of you know what happened? You've both been here, so I assume you would know."

Realizing a bit belatedly that Suri had thanked him, he added: "It's not a problem. I myself failed slightly in my duty at the wedding in not protecting Tagg. Leave it aside for now, though - time is of the essence for us."

After escaping the eyes of his enemies, Torrik had made his way across the building in no time flat. Since he didn't have the time to stop and pick pointless fights with their enemy, he continued on his course as if there were nothing else happening around him. His mission was the only thing that mattered to him at the time. After its objective was completed, he'd be able to do whatever the hell he wanted to. The faster it was done, the better. His instructions were simple though they made little sense to him. Before he came to this place, a specific riatsu sample was dangled before him as if he were some kind of lame tracking hound. Despite his irritation of this, he complied to it anyway, considering it sounded somewhat interesting. Though he was curious as to how this would turn out, he only had one chance to get this right. If he blew it, then it was all over... possibly for him. Torrik didn't quite feel like dying just yet.

With the certain riatsu signature locked on, the third espada raced along his course, hoping to find the quickest and easiest route to the location. It wasn't too long that he found himself inside an empty examination room where he could clearly hear voices coming from a wall. Leaping up onto a rickety examination table, he pressed his ear against the wall, listening in on the conversation. The riatsu he sampled earlier was right on the other side as well. Glad that he finally came upon his objective, Torrik wasn't going to waste any time.

The next few seconds was a complete blur. Being the fastest of the espada, Torrik was not going to be modest to the title. As quick as his feet could carry him, he darted out of the room, around the corner, and into the occupied space where five high ranked shinigami stood. Appearing behind the man with the white hooded coat, Torrik reached out and with his long talon-like claws, ripped open a black hole that turned out to be larger than he anticipated. Figuring it was due to the adrenaline rush, Torrik's rift was easily large enough for a sumo to walk through but he didn't have a single second to worry about it. Before the shinigami could react, he appeared to the front of them with his hand already raised- his palm aimed in the direction of his enemies. An orange ball of light was already brightly pulsing against his hand.

His brown eyes seemed to convey a taunting stare as a slight grin appeared on his usual nonchalant face. He raised his other hand and slightly waved as though he were bidding them "good day" as the orange bala beam suddenly burst fourth. This attack wasn't as strong as it usually would have been for there was no real intent to injure. He merely meant it as a nice "shove" in the right direction. Unfortunately, the blast was still as wide as it usually was. Instead of prodding one shinigami backward, he instead managed to get three (Nagi, Ryan and Envy). Well... In Torrik's usual mindset, this was basically just two extra points for his side. On top of that, this action was just plain fun. It wasn't every day you could push someone into a black hole against their will. He honestly didn't care if the other two weren't on his hit list. As long as the one with the black hair and the hood was taken care of, he didn't care who else went with him. The new boss would most likely take them out too.

Calmly watching as the three shinigami disappeared through the rift, Torrik waited until they were out of sight before he allowed it to close. Once that had been taken care of, he was now finally free to do whatever he wanted to do. The grin hadn't faded from his face as he turned to face the other two, waiting for them to respond in the usual way.

Oh well... looks like I get to fight these two before I get to go eat something...

[lol. also exits....]

((whoever is playing the NPC badguy i posted back there if you didnt see...))

(( I'm fine with it. Btw Rhia, I don't have a T in my name, it's just Suri ^^;; ))

:The espada's appearance had not been wholly expected. Suri had thought that many of the hollows and such had left with Gin and Tosen. However, she was not off-guard. It would have been strategically stupid of her to think that Gin and Tosen were the only front that Las Noches was fielding. Besides that, the espada were almost a rule unto themselves. If they wanted to have a bit more fun and pick at Captain level shinigami, Suri had no doubt that they would have stayed around. It did deal a certain blow to her that Captain Nagi, Captain Ryan, and Vice-Captain Envy had been caught so fast. It made her a bit uneasy at the speed of the espada, but before the espada could blink back at her and Captain Tansen, Suri had whipped her zanpaku~to into an offensive position.

A strong reiatsu flickered into Suri's senses, and she chanced a peripheral glance to see Captain Rhia join in. That calmed her nerves a bit. Suri was still a fairly inexperienced Lieutenant, so it made her feel safer with two Captains near-by. Even if they had not been there, Suri would have taken the initiative to try to beat the espada, but at least now her inexperience did not put Captain Nagi, Captain Ryan, and Vice-Captain Envy at risk so much.

With a steel eyed glance, Suri took a step forward with her left foot before pushing off on it so that she came flying at the espada, a bit low. Her right foot swung forward an in attempt to connect with the espada's left knee-cap as she flicked her zanpaku~to from her right to her left hand and took a wide swing, sweeping the blade from the ground in an upward arc. The movement was quick, leaving a blurring after-image from the light that her white blade reflected. If it landed properly, she would be able to follow through the motion from the espada's right hip to the spine, and then clean up through the middle of the skull.: