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Cynder stretched her long, black neck and laid her spines flat against her neck. She went up to the large doors and placed her large, taloned paw on the middle of the right one. It creaked and swung open. She sighed happily and entered. The dragoness lay down, relaxing. Suddenly, she decided to leave back to where she came from - the burning fires of Hell. She disappeared back into the portal, as some disturbing news in Downtown Los Angeles reached her draconic ears...

((Exit to Downtown Los Angeles))

Cynder's gigantic head shoved it's way quickly to face the Lycan. Pushing her immense body through the doorway, she glared down at the Lycan who dared set foot at the Legion's Heart. "What is so important that you dare bother the demonic Cynder?!" she hissed menacingly, scraping her claws against the floor in a sign of displeasure. "If it is no good reason, I might not keep you alive." she added with a growl of mocking.

Cynder narrowed her eyes. "Why should I meet with Lycans and Vampires?" she asked disdainfully. "Ah... You wish to see the light of moon, don't you?" she glanced up at the darkened sky. "This does not seem as dire importance to me. I grow bored. I give you a few moments to explain why I should go, else you won't live to see the next moon." she threatened menacingly, baring her sharp fans that dripping with the blood of her savage enemies.

Cynder laughed harshly. "What does your Alpha care about demons?" she hissed in fury. "What care does he have that he wishes to save my race when there are few of us left anyways?" she added with a cynical smile. "But, I am intrigued a bit, so tell me more about this. I wish to know more so I can make my decision."

The lycan was beginning to become angry at Cynder in her aloofness and suspicions, something that he couldn't keep from his words when he spoke to her next. "It is true that my Alpha most likely wishes mainly to save our race, but he isn't stupid! He knows that it will be nearly impossible for us to do it on our own and thus, wishes for your help. We are not the only ones that need help, you are as well! If you refuse this request of friendship and peace, then you are the idiot instead and you would be dooming all of your brethren to death! The choice is yours..." He finished, staring directly at her, all forms of fear wiped away. When a lycan became angry, he no longer cares for the consequences of what he does or says.

After he finished speaking, he realized what he had just said, but he knew he couldn't take it back now. He waited, wondering what it would feel like to have his flesh burned away.

(So, does Cynder the character relate to courage, in this case anger, better? wink )

Cynder gave the lycan a cynical smile, and spat the burning fire on the ground beside the lycan. It splashed up toward his arm. "Ah... Now, finally, I can see you truthfully. Your fear disguised your true ability to be courageous." The dragoness narrowed her eyes thoughtfully. "Alright, I will come. But if anything happens, nothing can stop my fury and, in this case," she stated coldly, gesturing at the boiling liquid that ate away at the ground where it landed. "That poison." She shoved her whole bulk through the doorway. Her scales shone with an eerie light, and a depp raven-black. They rattled slightly when she twitched her tail boredly. "I'm waiting. Show me the way, lycan, or I won't have a guide anymore." she smiled menacingly.

(( Not really - she couldn't tell that the Lycan wasn't covering up his true emotions until he got rid of his fear. xd ))

Cynder grinned to herself, and nodded her head in satisfaction. The dragoness followed the Lycan.

(( Exit to DSS Warehouse. ))

(As leader of the guild, I give myself permission to be here. xd )

Silver stopped outside of the restaurant, this being the limit of his knowledge on the demon's abode. He had no idea who...or what he would find when he stepped inside, but he knew that he needed to find Cynder. The door to the restaurant swung open noisily as he pushed on it, obviously not having been used in a long while. I suppose they have another way of entrance and don't use this.

He stepped through the empty facade of a restaurant and went through a back door that was supposed to go to the kitchen, though it didn't. Instead, it led to a rather large tunnel that sloped down into the earth. Silver walked along this nervously and glanced around him from time to time. After a few minutes of walking, he arrived in the main chamber of the demonic horde's tunnels. It had been many hours since the deaths of the demons in this chamber and nothing could be seen now of what happened, but Silver knew nonetheless. His lycan officer had informed him on what had transpired down here.

"Cynder!" he called out once he reached the middle of the chamber. Maybe this wasn't the place she returned to. Maybe her magic sent her somplace else? If this was true, then he knew that he had no chance of finding her. "Cynder, are you there?!" he called out once more. He was ready for an attack at this point, as her anger against him wouldn't have faded that quickly. Actually, he was ready to let her have a free shot at him; he felt that he deserved that much.

Cynder hung suspended from the roof like a bat, except all her talons were latched onto the supporting beam. Her wings curled around her, and there was no noise. She opened her mouth, and spat sizzling poison at Silver. "What are you doing here? If my demon hordes ever find out, there'll be nothing I can do to help you! When they smell anything other than demon, they won't listen to me, let alone anyone." she hissed.

"Yes, of course." she hissed. "But what about the clan of Slayers? Are you saying we now shouldn't fight them?" she mocked.

Silver smirked and shook his head, "Of course not. I did say once this is over. We'll make sure to pound them into the ground so hard that it will be decades before they could make another offensive against anyone. Do you agree?"

"Yes... I agree." Cynder hissed in agreement.

Silver once again glanced at the bullet he held, "And i'll start with this. I thank you for acquiring it for me. I shall find a way to defend against this and they shall not be able to stop us."

Cynder glanced back at Silver. "Believe me, Lycan. I have looked it over, realizing it could do harm to all races. Inside the bullet is a garlic leaf to harm vampires, the bullet is silver to harm Lycans. It has holy properties - probably blessed by those cursed angels, so it does harm to my race, the demons. We are all at risk here. We cannot judge them for one second, nor sit around and wait. We must find an attack plan to destroy them once and for all!" she hissed.

Silver thought about the properties of the bullet she said and tried to think of a way to defend against it. Finally, he growled in annoyance, "I don't see a way to stop this. Short of dodging it...I suppose we'll do our best though. You are right that we mustn't charge in without thought, nor will I take forever in thinking. I'll find a battle plan against them...don't worry about that."

Cynder changed into her human-demon like form and walked over to Silver. "Now that's the Silver I know." she laughed kindly, smiling. "There's your courage, and your strength. You just needed to find it." Cynder started walking towards the darker shadows. "Remember, Silver. When your hope and faith disappear, just look to your sides. You will find Demons and Vampires, Lycans and leaders, staring at your with their own hope. It will give you strength. Your hope and faith will return, and you shall stand strong. That is the day that is forthcoming, Alpha Silver. The day when we stand under one banner, together, to destroy our most feared but admired enemies - the Angels and Slayers." she added wisely, her crimson eyes staring out at Silver from the darkened edge of the shadows.

Cynder changed into her human-demon like form and walked over to Silver. "Now that's the Silver I know." she laughed kindly, smiling. "There's your courage, and your strength. You just needed to find it." Cynder started walking towards the darker shadows. "Remember, Silver. When your hope and faith disappear, just look to your sides. You will find Demons and Vampires, Lycans and leaders, staring at your with their own hope. It will give you strength. Your hope and faith will return, and you shall stand strong. That is the day that is forthcoming, Alpha Silver. The day when we stand under one banner, together, to destroy our most feared but admired enemies - the Angels and Slayers." she added wisely, her crimson eyes staring out at Silver from the darkened edge of the shadows.

(That...was a great speech. 3nodding Your talent for writing is shining right now.)

Silver was surprised at what she said, especially in that it was true. He did feel strong again and there was courage within him. A grateful glance was sent to Cynder, "You never doubted me...heh, you know who I am better than I do. Thank you, Cynder, I won't let you down," he said quietly. WIth a small smile, he left the cavern and headed back up to the streets above to face what needed to be faced.

(Exit to Los Angeles Downtown)

Cynder smiled after Silver, then sat down suddenly on the ground. Holding her wounded arm close, the demonic queen in her human form wrestled with the bandages. Her black blood dripped onto the ground, and she swore loudly in frustration. "This is what I get from trying to find out what those stupid Angels are up to!" she hissed crossly, flinging the bandages against the wall and leaving an imprint of blood dripping down to the ground. Wrapping another bandage securely around her arm, she started onto her head wound. "These bullets..." she moaned, staring at the silver, blessed with garlic inside bullet sitting on the floor of the demonic domain. "Why are they working together?" Cynder mumbled to herself.

(( Thankees, Silver. 4laugh xd ))

Cynder rounded on him. "Don't step on the bullet you fool!" She hissed in fury, pointing to the blessed and holy bullet in front of Kojima. The Demonic Queen shuddered in anger. "You disrespect me, even though I am of the same rank as you." she growled, her human form clenching her fists. Cynder narrowed her eyes. "If you must know, I did. Those Angels have better aim than I expected. Now, I'm going to my room. I wanted to make sure Silver had left." she added crossly, then her image wavered as she strode right through two heavily barred doors to the right.

(( Exit to Demonic Queen's Domain ))

There was a muttering noise from inside the building. Hundreds of Demons milled about in confusion, wondering why they were called here. Yvara, the Werecat Commander, stood stock still in fear. The noise quieted when Cynder appeared.

"Silence!" she roared. "It is time we show those Slayers what we are made of!" she yelled. The Demons gurgled with pleasure, flinging their arms up in joy and crying out gleefully. "Today, we go to war!" she cried. Deafening cheers resounded throughout the building, causing it to shake.

"Follow me, my loyal friends! Today, we fight for our lives! We fight for Maren, Silver, Akina, Yazoo, Senia, Noble, Alexial, Vlos, Zzeill, Yami and all the others! We fight to save our friends! Let us kill or be killed! Let us die a death to be remembered! Let us show those Slayers what we are made of!" the cheers became louder as Cynder led her forces out the door, marching through the streets with resonating cries of joy.

A colum of fire rose up beside Cynder, from inside it Kojima stepped out. A cigarette was in his mouth and his arms were crossed. "Well, well, well....We're finally deciding to go to war?"He chuckled, flicking the cigarette to the ground. "And ya didn't invite me, heh...."He glanced at Cynder. Fire formed in his hand, it started to take form. It was forming into the Katana that he owned, in a moments time it popped into his hands. He grinned and bounced it in his hand, "Well what are we waiting for?"

(( I gotta go. stressed Dx Bye. ))

Cynder grinned. "You're late." she chuckled, racing down the street. "Hurry up!"

There is a large palace far underground. It was Yami's palace from when he was the first Demon King. It has many rooms and numerous halls. The main rooms are the throne room, the library, and the gathering hall.

The throne room is further underground and remains dark besides the few torches that light the stairway and hall that lead to the room. The room is empty besides a throne chair at the back of the room and a small end table right by the chair.

The library is very large and is filled with numerous books. The books consist of many topics. There are books about many fighting styles and books about different types of magic in example.

The gathering hall is where demons used to gather. It is quite large.

The whole palace seems very old and aged. Yami transported the palace under Los Angelos from its original location long ago with magic.

It is well hidden and rarely visited by even Yami.

Yami walked up to the old but still sturdy wooden doors that led into the underground palace. He quickly shut them and sealed it shut. Yami slowly and silently stalked down the Main Hall and at the end of the hall he pulled out a specific brick. Rattling chains were heard greatly and then bricks in the walls seperated from each other. The bricks stopped moving and what looked like a doorway was there. Yami pushed the brick he had removed back into its spot in the wall until it clicked. He then walked into the doorway and stared down the staircase before him.

The hidden passage was much more dark than the rest of the palace which had been fairly bright. Yami began to walk down the staircase which was lit with a few torches hanging on the walls; the bricks shut together tight behind him, a steel door slid and locked in place in front of that, and finally magic enchanted metal chains latched to the walls, ceiling, and floor in front of the steel door, creating a complete blockade from entering.

Yami made his way down the seemingly neverending staircase until he came to two large steel doors. He pushed them open and entered his throne room. He then shut the two large doors, sealing him in darkness. He sickly made his way to his throne and fell back in it. He held his head as if he had a headache with one hand and with the other he grabbed a bottle of alcohol on the end table near his throne chair. He dressed the bottle's open top against his lips and began to drink.

This room would be hard to find and get into for any how wished to find him. The entrance was sealed and the there was no hint of a secert passage. The only way he could be tracked was by the demonic power that resenated from his body and the scent that only brought somone to the front gate of the palace and then ended.

The steel doors slammed shut behind Maren, making the darkness flow in; this darkness was darker than the night and made it hard to see even for a vampire.

Yami's eyes slowly opened and glowed yellow in the darkness. His eyes were the only thing of him visible. Sounds of taking sips from a bottle were heard but his eyes stayed focused on Maren.

"Welcome to my palace. The Lost Palace of the First as i have named it. There is much you do not know about me....Oh and I know what you've been doing." The last statement was fierce yet sutile.

His eyes quickly glanced at her fiercly. "That's the thing. When you love someone, you change for them. I know you must eat but you feast on innocents, You just feast on them cause they taste good. That is no reason at all. I have turned a blind eye to this for a long time and can not any longer."
((crappy post but got rushed as always))

"You don't care about who you kill. You only see them as substinence when they're not. They try to live in the world just like you. You went beserk at the park and let your hunger take over. You let your hunger control you when you're stronger than it. Vala does not need the deaths of the other family members of that girl on her conscience because of her mistake and you overreacting to it. If she went to the police, they would call her insane and ignore it. And they would never be able to find her if they did believe her. And I know about you feasting of people at a party, they were teenagers trying to have a good time. You would not like it if you were in the humans position would you? All your actions make me wonder if you have a conscience, do you? You know how I feel about this thing, yet you don't stop killing innocents. You give in to the hunger but you can overcome it, believe me." His eyes remained emotionless and no light was in the room except the light emitting from his eyes.

A devilish grin spread across his face. "It appears we have made progress. All of which you have said is bullshit. I know you have to feed. I don't care about you feeding; the only thing I care about your feeding is the innocents. Everytime you feed on an innocent its like you're feeding on Vala, who is very innocent."

He took a sip from his bottle. "And your idea of killing the family at the park was not right. It was very wrong. Violence does not solve everything; killing is not always the solution."

"And as for a conscience, the fact of how you reacted to this and the fact that you care what I say proves you have one." He took another sip of the alcohol.

"If you had no conscience, you would not care what I thought of you."

"That familys' deaths would be on conscience. Because she killed Anna which would have caused you to kill the others. And because of her mistake a innocent lives would be dead and on her conscience. Things never leave your conscience; it would have always haunted her."

"Innocents are innocents no matter the age. I have a proposal though. You feed on my blood. I have an infinite amount. I will never run dry. Plus its the blood of a Devil, not a normal demon."