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The hair on the back of Strider neck stood on end and he stiffened. He turned and saw Skollozier and his eyed widened as he saw the stone in his hand. He picked Brianna and Oliver in his arms and fell over Gue and the man on his back and in a flash they dissappeared.

((Follow the leader!))

Skollozeir stumbled forward as Noreen grabbed onto the man in red a second before they disappeared. As they reappeared somewhere else, the onyx slab went hot and flames of pure shadow reaching up to 10 feet into the air encircled the ground around the group, trapping all of them in. "Heh heh heh, not so fast, child..." It spoke in a deep voice, using Skollozeir's mouth for it's purposes and directing what It said to the man in red. The demi-god went confused for a second, and if he'd seen his eyes, he would have seen them turn a shifting combination of red, black, and purple.

"Um, what's going--?" Oliver managed to say before he heard Gue give a confused growl. The ground left beneath his feet for a second, until he felt it again. He couldn't see what was going on, otherwise he might have understood it.

((YOU RUINED MAH PLAN! GET BACK HURR! scream ))

((That's the second time he ruined one of my plans, no wait, 3rd time, in an RP. Well, not this time!))

"Calm yourself, Mab Flann...", It said calmly. Skollozeir tried to ask what was going on, until It shushed him a little impatiently. He settled back, or, watched from his eyes as It moved his body without him wanting to. "I haven't been sleeping for all this time, just to let Azeois escape my clutches." A hint of annoyance came into It's voice and It gestured with the hand that held the onyx rock. A pool of shadow formed on the ground underneath where It knew the man in red was and tentacles dragged him down. Within 2 seconds, the man in red was standing in front of Skollozeir and Noreen, tentacles wrapped around him tightly to keep him from moving. "My my, you are a hard one to pin down, are you?"

((Lol. Oh, that little thing right there? Its pretty much just a rock that lets Skollozeir communicate with an ancient and evil power that Strider will come to know and hate. ;D ))

Skollozeir watched Strider point the sword at him, and he felt the power radiating from it. He became frightened, but It shushed him again. It nodded in response the Strider's conclusion and lifted the slab of onyx to chest level, showing the front and back. "You are correct, this allows me to confer with the man that you see here, Skollozeir. Though, he's only watching now, and I am using his body as a...a temporary host." It gestured carelessly and eyed Strider with it's multicolored eyes. Then It chuckled. "How interesting, you think that if you unleash your power, then you'll be able to beat me?" It gave a fake yawn. "Very well, you can no doubt try it, though it won't be effective in the least. Except for damaging this man's body, of course, and most likely killing Mab Flann here. Though, do tell me," It looked genuinely curious as a question rose up, "Who do you think I am?"

Oliver untangled himself from underneath Gue's body, and stumbled into a standing position. He heard an odd sound coming from the woman, almost like she was having an anxiety attack. "What's going on?" He asked again, sounding like a frightened child. Which, he probably was.

((Bingo, ya guessed it. I think I made it too easy for you, though. 'Cept for Dragon, she and her charrie who/what it is.))

Skollozeir's first reaction to a sword coming at his head was to block it. But It knew that a simple parry wouldn't stop the empowered weapon at full swing. It turned a little to the side and raised the knife, shadows covering over the metal, then averted the sword diagonally into the ground. The shadows disappeared and It reversed It's grip on the hilt, stabbing it deeply into Strider's right shoulder, completely disregarding the pendant's protection. "Oh, but this is very important." It's eyes flashed dangerously, It's next sentence coming out as if it echoed. "Now, child, I believe I asked you a question. Who do you think I am?"

Skollozeir was a little surprised that the man had guessed so easily. But Darkness just laughed and smiled. "Very good, at least I do not have to give a brief explanation of myself. Doing so would bore me." Darkness acted like It was admiring the bent end of the knife, which curled back a fair amount, but It spoke again. "Though I am particularly interested in how you figured it out. As far as my knowledge goes, you have never met, well, let's not say me, but who I am."

Strider grabbed her staff before she jabbed again. "If you wish to keep your staff in tact..." A crack began to run down it. "I suggest you back away." He threw the staff and her away. "Now we may have not met but I see more than even this young demon believes." Strider removed his shades and his left eye was closed and had a scar running down his eye like his eye was cut by a sword. "Beware. What your about to see is exactly what it seems." Strider opened his left eye to reveal that it was solid black with a red star as the pupil. "This is no ordinary eye as Darkness may know." Even as he spoke a dark aura began to emminate from the eye. An aura more powerful than Strider's real aura. "This eye is a curse of immense proportions. This eye allows me to see the future. Now I could ramble on like this but let's just say that you two don't kill me here. Nor do you ever kill me now here in a few seconds you'll see why." Just then a great roar was heard and the Raylore leaped through the passage way and skidded to a halt snarling at Strider. It straightened up to stand on two feet and it roared again and it reached at it's side and from there a molten sword formed. It was going to do a downward swing at Strider but before it did the sword hit the ceiling and made it fall unto the three enemies standing in front of Strider. They weren't dead, he felt it, but they were burried under rubble. "Well I believe that's my que. Laters." Strider dissappeared to the others and extinguished the flame and dragged everyone out of the exit and teleported them some miles away.