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 Posted: Sun Mar 01, 2015 11:12 am
Pirimus was a little harder to rouse. He yawned, rubbing his eyes as he sat up. Wearily he ran a hand through his knotted hair, only serving to cause the strands that weren't already standing up to join the rest. When had it...? "What's going on?" The growing panic was enough to force him into full alert. Three bodies, and only one female - the assassin!
He jumped up from his spot on the floor, intent on grabbing hold of the moving male. "Gabriel, don't!" But it was too late. His hand hovered uselessly in the air as he took in the scene outside.
While only a few sentinels stood not far from the little cabin, he could hear the rustle of others just beyond the tree line.
"How pleasant," A crimson naga lead the company. She wrung her hands together with malicious glee. "-to have found our quarry so quickly! Now be a good little kitty and come over here."
Pirimus couldn't bring himself to look away from her. His eyes widened with recognition. "Raveena..."
"It's so lovely to see you again, Doctor." She laughed openly, delighting as the others joined. "My daughter did us a big favor in leading you here. I couldn't have asked for more from her."
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Posted: Sun Mar 01, 2015 12:20 pm
Gabriel's fur bristled. "Warn me a little earlier, next time?" he growled back at Pirimus out of irritation. He knew it wasn't the feline's fault though. He stuck his arm out to block the door and Pirimus. "He's not going anywhere," he growled.
Her daughter? He couldn't help looking back into the little shack, eyes searching for the small naga he'd fallen asleep next to.
From inside, Wyatt pushed himself to stand. He fought off a wave of dizziness, feeling better than before, and walked to stand next to Pirimus, leaning slightly with his good side. "That's... Pirimus, why would she be after you?"
"Like I care!" Gabriel snarled. "Where's Quintessa?"
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Posted: Sun Mar 01, 2015 1:57 pm
Pirimus frowned. "If I had know..." He trailed off on a growl. Every bit of his long fur stood on end. Not at Gabriel, but the situation they were trapped in. He knew the male had more pressing worries, but it surprised Pirimus that he chose to defend him, none the less.
After having made her grand escape by pushing through some rotten wall boards, Millicent made a wide arch to join her mother. She feared getting too close to the males on the off chance their ire turn to her.
Raveena held her arm out for her daughter to cuddle close. She clucked her tongue. "Tsk tsk, what rude little boys you are! Questions, always with the questions, and all without inviting us in." She grinned. "Do you think I really care about what happens to that cat? If you want her so bad, come take her."
A few of the warriors pushed through the tree line, dragging a beaten Tessa behind them. Her hands were bound in rope so tight it cut her skin. While her fallen locks covered a portion of her skin, what was visible was clearly bruised and cut. When she looked up one of her eyes had blackened with a trail of blood falling over it.
One of the warriors slung the broken remnants of her spear onto the ground, and sneered. "Serves her right."
Looking to Wyatt, Pirimus moved to wrap an arm around the foxtaur in an effort to help brace him. "I don't know." He should his head, honest confusion marring his features. "Raveena, please! What have I done to you that is so-?"
"You ruined everything!" She shrieked. Whatever false kindness she had was gone, and even Milly jumped with fear. "You and your fool father. My husband was a leader. He was going to start the revolution that would put us back on top where we should be and then they killed him. Those peasants that your father protected so valiantly. The damn villagers...we fought back and it would have been settled if they had just died because of the venom, but you two had to step in."
She advanced now, coming closer with each hissed word. "Our leader may have died that night, but he'll have his revenge in the after life! I've already sent your father to him, and now it's your turn. Your noble work ends today."
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Posted: Sun Mar 01, 2015 6:53 pm
Gabriel glared sharply as Milly came into view before them; though, it looked more saddened than angry. To use a child like that... It wasn't right.
His gut clenched when Quintessa was brought forward, torn now between running to her and standing in front of the other men. Of course, Tess won the battle though, and he was soon enough at her side. Pulling her back toward the shack a little, at least to be out of reach of the naga, he bit through the rope to free her hands, and then smoothed hair hair back to look at her face. "I'm sorry, love," he murmured, feeling like he should have noticed sooner that she was gone.
Wyatt scowled as the story revealed more and more. A revolution leader? He gripped the fur of the feline's back slightly. Pirimus'... father? Did she just admit to-? He put a hand on the one that held him up, and gave it a squeeze.
Gabriel snarled sharply and stood, taking a couple steps away from Quintessa to keep himself between his wounded family and the enemy. "If you're so eager to please your husband, you should join him yourself instead of trying to send others. Hey, I'll even help ya with that one." Quintessa was injured, Wyatt's shoulder wasn't completely healed yet, and Pirimus didn't seem to be the fighting type... He would already have trouble on his own with the few naga in sight, but there were more hidden in that shadows. Yet, his nerves kept his mouth open.. "It's the only ending you deserve, using a child to do your dirty work. If your husband was half the parent you are, Milly's probably lucky he's dead!"
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Posted: Sun Mar 01, 2015 7:49 pm
Pirimus squeezed Wyatt's side as his own shook. His father-? It couldn't be. Surely she didn't...The feline put a hand to his mouth as his body fought the urge to retch. What have we done?
Looking up at her mate, Tessa just smiled. When her hands were free she wrapped them around his neck and hugged Gabriel close. The assassin was as likely to admit to being afraid as the sun was to turn blue, but when she held onto him she shook. There was a time where she thought she wouldn't come back at all. "You're not the one whose going to be sorry," she whispered into his ear, and pulled back with a grin. They had made the mistake of letting her go back to him, thinking that without her spear she was useless.
Big mistake. Tell 'em off, baby!
Raveena hissed, baring her fangs as the others shifted behind her. "How dare you! Millicent will grow to be a strong leader like her father before her, and see the rest of your wretched kind in chains as they belong!"
"Is that what you really want, Milly?" Pirimus asked. He gently seperated himself from Wyatt and stepped to the forefront with Gabriel. He shook with nerves, but he stood as tall as if he had fought his entire life. "Even if you were just spying on me, Mily, your help was invaluable. I treated you like an equal because that's what you were to me. Young or not, you were smart enough to keep up and-"
"Do not talk to her as if you-"
"DO NOT INTERRUPT ME AGAIN." He bellowed. Pirimus' eyes glistened with unshed tears. The healer puffed up his chest with rage for the crimson female. "You have my sympathies Raveena for what my family put yours through, but murder is never the answer. It only causes more problems, and that bigoted hatred will continue on through Milly." He seethed. "Her life is worth more than this!"
"And who are you to say what is best for my child?!" She looked to her warriors, and waved them on. "The time for talk is over! Destroy them!"
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Posted: Sun Mar 01, 2015 8:25 pm
Gabriel gave Quintessa a grin. She still had some spark in her~ "Oh, the dead leader you mean?" he shot back. "That's no model for a child."
Wyatt stepped forward when Pirimus did, though he remained back to lean against the door frame. To find out a loved one had been murdered... Both foxes looked to Pirimus with surprise at the sudden strength behind the voice though. Wyatt felt a little smile rise. Everyone had strength within them...
Gabriel glanced at Tessa again, and then looked at the nearest sentry. "His advice is a hell of a lot better than anything you've said so far!" he snarled, though his physical attention was leaping at the nearer naga. He only needed to give Tess a chance to breathe~
Wyatt's brow knit, and he found himself looking for Milly. He shifted further out of the shack and bent to be at her level when he spotted her. She was far on the other side of the yard, but he still held his hand out toward the frightened child. She shouldn't be involved in this mess... She was innocent in this; doing what her mother told her... She had to be...
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Posted: Wed Mar 04, 2015 8:19 am
Pirimus may have looked strong at that moment, but inside he was breaking. His poor father...the man had been nothing but a pillar of moral goodness and had been shot down for it. As a son Pirimus as obliged to avenge him, but at what cost? Violence only ever brought on more violence.
For all of her gumption Raveena was not the first to attack. She hung on the sidelines, waiting for a hole in the wall so that she could strike at the white feline. Tessa didn't give her the chance. Once the assasin had gotten her bearings, she barreled towards the naga. Her fist was full of lightning and had Raveena been a second slower to dodge she would have been hit.
Milly shifted around, moving back away from the battle, but her eyes found Wyatt. Should she...? What if mother got angry with her! But mother was scary now...Frowning, she knit her brows and moved towards Wyatt as quickly as she could. If she could just remain unseen...
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Posted: Tue Mar 10, 2015 8:01 pm
Gabriel felt the warmth of relief when Quintessa jumped into action. He would have been worried if she'd rested much longer. He was facing his disadvantage though; magic users against non-magic users. He ducked a spear of ice aimed at his head, and he darted around to jam his fist against another naga's throat. They were so outnumbered though... What would they do?! "Do something, Pirimus!" he shouted, looking back at the frozen feline. "Gonna get yourself killed!" Not that this wasn't going to get them all killed anyway....
Wyatt smiled encouragingly as Milly headed for him.She needed to be protected! Poor child... Of course, with so many sets of eyes against them, he saw one of the naga adults dart out after Milly to get her back. He dove forward, driving his shoulder into the naga's abdomen. While the naga gasped for air, Wyatt used his good arm to punch and knock the dazed enemy to the ground. Then he spun and scooped Milly up against his side, his numb shoulder tingling now from the impact. "I'll do everything in my power to keep you safe," he whispered to the child, hugging her tight as he made his way back toward the relative cover of the shack. He needed to tuck her away so she wouldn't get caught in the middle of this fight! Maybe into those bushes that wrapped on behind the shack?
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Posted: Fri Mar 13, 2015 9:25 am
Oh boy! Not having to be told twice, Pirimus moved and about time too. A nasty looking male had been about to side swipe him with a scimitar. It came so close he felt the wind sailing off the blade. "Working on it!" The naga moved in a second time, and this time Pirimus was down just close enough to the ground that he could scoop up a handful of dirt to toss in the nagas eyes.
As he howled in pain, Pirimus moved into take his weapon and cut his way through to stand at Gabriel's back.
"There's too many of them; every time I look another shows up." Tessa bellowed. She kicked an errant fiend away from her, and upper cutted another in the gut. Raveena was grinning behind her wall of soldiers now that she was safely protected. "We need something, anything, to get them off us!"
"You'll only be rid of us when you're-" Raveena began to snear.
"Oh sod off!" She shot a bolt of lightning at the another's face.
Milly shrieked and dove away from the fighting. She moved closer to Wyatt, though not so close as she would get in his way! As soon as he had hold of her she wrapped her tail about his waist. "T-the gorge! They don't know about the gorge," Milly looked about. "It's hidden by trees and really deep. Franklin told me 'bout it. I-if they could...if they could just get them there..." So many people would be hurt like that, though, but it wasn't as if they had much of a choice. Mama was scary, and there was too much fighting!
She shook like a leaf as she spoke. The child had already started to cry, and wanted nothing more than to bury her head in the dirt until it stopped.
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Posted: Thu Mar 26, 2015 7:57 pm
Gabriel looked around at his companions. This was a losing battle... "A big old dracotaur on our side would be nice right about now," he grumbled.
Wyatt frowned slightly. A gorge? That sounded really dangerous.... but their current situation was pretty much guaranteed to end badly for them. "Okay, Milly. We need to do something scary then. You just hold tight to me. Don't look at anyone else. Just tell me where this gorge is... and hold tight." Bending, he picked up a stone and threw it as hard as he could in the direction of Raveena. He was quickly noticed by the wall protecting the female, and most of the line hissed and charged at him. At least he could get some of them off of his family. "Where is it, Milly?" he asked as spun and ran into the woods, leading on those pursuing him.
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