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And it was at this point that Alec thought he and Luna should make a tactical retreat. While still utilizing Twilight, he could see everything clear as day through the haze of fog. Luna was right in front of him, and as the flames died down, Alec came up and grabbed her from behind. He shouted loud enough for her to hear him over the commotion in the room. "We need to get outta here. Hang on, this is gonna feel weird." And with that, Alec closed his eyes and envisioned himself and Luna in Enlil Corp's lobby.

Two seconds later, a bright flash of light was seen in the room Ialo was in, and the two of them were instantly teleported from the room to directly in front of the main desk. The red emergency lights were still on, and everything was bathed in their off-red glow. Once Alec and Luna were safely in one piece, Alec let her go, fully expecting her to feel sick after going through a teleportation sequence that quickly. That kind of transportation was something that people had to get used to, and some never fully did.

Ialo reached up and patted Kai's hand. "We'll have to catch up later, I'm sure you've wonderful stories - but if you don't mind, this is my fight right now." He sized up Krauser. The old man was a hulking mass of muscle - he wasn't. But Krauser couldn't fly, and he wasn't a dragon.

"But you're only-"
"I am a quarter dragon, thankyouvery much, you pesky hu-"
"SHUT. UP."

Okay, Ialo wasn't a full dragon. But he still had a dragon form, and he still had wings, and he still had magic, and he still had a damned good reason for carving out Krauser's guts and eating them from a bowl. And that was reason enough.

Ialo charged at Krauser again, a short, heavy black sword quietly materializing in his grip.

*KACHNK*
The blade pierced Krauser's stomach. He had opted to stand in place and take Ialo's attack head on, and he now stood impaled. Blood dribbled out in several places, but as Ialo looked up, the hulking old man merely grinned.
With a flash he had the boy's wrist, god what strength he had! Joints began to pop and move under the vice-like grip, and it became readily clear that Krauser planned on drawing out the pain before finally snapping Ialo's arm like a twig.
"You idiot. You god damned worthless idiot! To think I expected to make a Bio-Weapon out of you, you're worthless! Did you honestly expect that a sword would end my life? I've mastered every aspect of biological science, including advanced cellular reconstruction. I'm immortal you little freak, now bow!"
There was a snapping sound, a rather gruesome one at that, as Krauser sent Ialo to his knees.

Krauser merely smirked as he began to clap over-enthusiastically. "And just who's terrain are we on boy? MINE!"
He slammed a vicious elbow into the wall to his left, creating a gaping hole of crumbling cement. The hole led directly outside, and a cold and vicious wind began to flood the room, dissipating the steam.
"Learn your place, I've been in heated combat decades before your parents were even born!"
He bolted across the room in a flash, his musclebound legs hauling his immense bulk quite quickly. Without hesitation, he slammed his fist through a monitor on the wall.
Red lights began to flash. Sirens sounded.
"And now, meet your better."

A massive cylinder slid in from a hatch in the floor. As the steel panels began to retract and break off, a familiar form could be seen floating in the green fluid.

Kai sighed sitting up from his rather comfortable wall. the rush of cold air hitting his face blowing through his hair. "Ialo, Would you like me to take care of this new development? Or will you handle it solo as you are right now?" His eyes narrowed viewing the familiar character in the tank, but showed little more emotion to the gruesome scene. "you've been busy ..."

Whatever answer Ialo had intended to give Kai was abruptly interupted by Riser's outburst. Ialo could feel the god's rage inside his mind, not just in the heavy, angry air. It compounded his own rage, and Ialo responded with a cyclone of his own. Not a wild one like Horus's - a manipulated wind so strong and precise that it sliced past Horus and ripped Krauser from where the b*****d stood. The air formed a barrier around Krauser, and Ialo commanded it to lift and propel him out the hole in the wall. That was the dragon's only target, and Ialo refused to waste time and energy on Horus. Let Kai take care of him.

Ialo himself crossed his arms and collapsed his wings, before jumping backwards out the building and taking flight. He felt a savage glee, riding on the currents of air. Not even the fact that the Zurich police were beginning to respond to calls of chaos in the city center could distract him right now.

Meanwhile:
005, 003, and the rest of the satellites were suspended over the western hemisphere, gazing down magic-enhanced optics. Though they were machines and there was no actual speaking among the group, the satellites all had minds and personalities of their own, and had ways of communicating beyond what technology could offer. And currently, they were debating at when to step in, and how.

"We failed him regardless, in not protecting him..."
"He's always been stubborn about that - he never does what he should do, and then complains when he doesn't like what happened!"
"Still, - "
"To err is human, to forgive is divine..."
"Oh, don't even GO there!"
"... and as he is a creature with his own psychology, we are but sentient machines and are as likely to make mistakes, just as he has, does, and will. The difference is that our mistakes are very fast, and very accurate." 008 seemed to enjoy the perplexed silence of his siblings. "I agree with 003, that we failed our orders in that we allowed him to put himself in a dangerous situation."
"He was kidnapped, and he had plans for him..."
"And thusly," 008 continued blithely, "he would not have attempted to kill him. He was in no danger, until now. He chose to respond to his provocations."

Were anyone following the satellites' conversation, they might find the constant use of pronouns confusing. But the satellites didn't get confused, and that's what mattered. They were telepathic machines and could easily supplement their messages with images of who the were referring to.

003 was satisfied with 008's explanation and saw where this was going. "So because NOW he's in trouble, we go help him?"
"Well, yes. We will continue to observe him though. Magic evolves in ways unlike flesh or machine."
"Oh look, the police were called in....."

((Owwww!))

Ialo yelped as he was grabbed and shaken, and thrown into the building. The glass windows broke, sending billions of shards of glass into air and to the ground below. His eyes fluttered open, and his red eyes locked onto Horus. The boy had god-like powers, yes! But he was not a God in the true sense - Gods had free will, and Ialo sincerely doubted Horus had any under Krauser.

He shouted the first thing that came to mind, unaware if it actually had any standing "And I am of the line of a God among men and beasts alike!!

From where he was tending to Nathan, Ophiuchus was suddenly overcome with weakness, his vision graying and a chill of dread in his gut. As soon as it came, it was gone. Ophiuchus sat in the floor, disturbed. What was that? Who could have possibly done anything like that?

Ialo flew up and transformed into a dragon. It was different from his usual form though - this dragon was larger and his scales were a glossy dark blue, bordering on black, with black claws and horns. He stared at Horus with his cursed eyes, red pupils now crowned with a ring of cyan.

((Chaos in 3, 2, 1...))