Role-Play .hack//Salvation (any can join!)

[Azalan]

Alyia growled at Dark Blade's last comment. " Trap me? Now THATS a funny thought! Your girlfriend is unconcious and you are thinking of little old me? That's so cute! But you can't kill me, need something from me." Alyia said with a grin. The grin was short lived though since Alyia was going through so much pain. However since Alyia enjoyed pain, there was a bright blush on her cheeks.

Such...pain. This is so nice. Even though I'm falling apart..damn. Alyia thought as her body spasmed and moved a couple inches from Dark Blade. Alyia was hoping Dark Blade would listen to her and not kill her right there since Alyia was at the moment quite defenseless. Alyia with much effort reached her hand out towards the scythe of eclipse but it was just too far away she couldn't get it. If only i could get my hands on that scythe..I might stand a chance! Alyia thought as a headache shot through her skull.

Sora had followed Dark Blade's request and held Lenae in a carry hold. He looked at the unconscious Lenae with caring eyes;It had been quite some time Sora had been this close to Lenae. He had forgotten how beautiful she was to look at. The black feathered wings, the snow white skin, her clothes, silver hair and pointy fingernails all of these things worked well for Lenae. Sora gently put Lenae on the ground, her body slumping there like a doll. Sora looked at Lenae's infinity symbol she wore around her neck. It was it's usual rust color but something was different about It. A menacing red glow was forming around the edges. Sora not knowing about what the glow meant just shrugged it off not thinking it important.

He turned his gaze back to the unconscious Lenae who was faintly breathing. No matter what Sora did he couldn't take his eyes off Lenae. In a matter of minutes he had become entranced by her beauty. Becoming overwhelmed with lust Sora not thinking kissed the unconscious Lenae. His mind was telling him to stop but his body wasn't listening to him. Sora held the kiss not realizing he was cutting off Lenae's air supply. Evidence to this fact was the unusual paleness gradually filling Lenae's face and her body going from moving every now and again to slowly not moving at all.

Back at the hospital:

Macha's mouth was open in surprise at Jay's statement. he didn't know her? He didn't realize who she was? This thought hit Macha between the eyes like a bag of bricks and she was for the first time in her life confused. If she didn't know him..than maybe she could prove he knew her. But for now until she could think of a way to answer him the best thing to do was stall for time. " Who am I? I am but one of the many who sleep deep in 'The World'. Here's a hint for you, I have been known to look for aromatic grass." Macha said with a smile, her eyes still locked with Jays. Upon further inspection of the girl's body, Jay might notice her dark purple hair and her lime green eyes. Her face was exceptionally pretty and from the bedsheets and quilt covering her, he could tell she had a frail figure. She had beauty but, didn't look all that strong.

[Dark Blade]

Alyia's little crawling show was quite amusiing to Dark Blade. He found himself smirking at the struglling Alyia. When he saw her reach out toward Lenae's scythe even when it was still some distance from her he had a nasty idea come to mind. "So. you want that scythe eh?" He walked over to it and picked it up and held it out in front of Alyia. "If you want it so bad take it ..." he offered it out to her with his right hand, still dripping with blood. A sudden look of shock and surprise appeared on her face. Was he really giving it to her? She tried to snatch it from him but as she did so Dark Blade fliped his wrist and sliced the top of her hand with the blade of the scythe leaving a deep gash. "Oh dear me. Just slightly too slow. Care to try with the other hand?" He was enjoying tormenting her to no end after all she had done to his friends, and especially all she had done to Lenae. Lenae ...

He stood up and looked over to where Sora should of been but he had moved and set Lenae down, and he was ...... KISSING HER?!?!! In a hurried movement that was little more than a blur Dark Blade was behind
sora. Using the blade of the Eclipse scythe he pulled Sora away from Lenae by the neck. The blade bit deep in to his neck. "If you value your life you will never do that again." Dark Blade spoke to Sora in a completly emotionless tone. Sora could tell he meant every word. "And aside from your transgression of touching her without her permission, next time pay attention. This may be a digital world but Lenae is coded to recognize this as reality. As such she needs to breath you fool." Pulling the blade tighter against his neck Dark Blade spoke again, "You nearly suffocated her. I should strike you down where you stand. And believe me I am entirely in the mood. I can corrupt your data as well and cause you immense pain ...... and enough pain can actually kill." With his left hand he grabbed Sora by the arm and tossed him aside casually as if it was nothing. Kneeling down in front of Lenae Dark Blade checked her very carefully to make sure she was breathing ok. She was slightly pale from not breathing but otherwise she was fine and getting her color back.

With his back to Sora he picked up Lenae and held her close to his chest. He was careful so that the blood on his right arm would not get on her dress. Motioning to Torch with his head Dark Blade signal was recieved. Torch went over to where Ember was helping Blaze. Torch turned in to a gurney and lifted Blaze up and carried him over to dark Blade, Ember never stopping her task to save the little dragon. Without turning around Dark Blade spoke to Sora, "Consider yourself lucky Sora. Were you not a friend of Lenae's I would have killed you." Without much thought about it he opened a dark portal under Sora and sent him to a different area. Once the portal closed Dark Blade kissed Lenae's head lightly, "It's ok now little one. No one will hurt you any more. Shadow Walk ..." A large portal formed under Dark Blade to accomidate everyone. As they decended in to the portal Dark Blade's gaze continusly rested on Alyia, his gaze seeming to burn a hole through her until finally his head disappeared through the blackness and the portal closed over him.

an odd sound from behind him made FATE turn around in his chair to see what was happening. Just in case Alyia had somehow managed to crack the defenses around the HQ and send another "pet" after him. When he saw it was a shadow portal and Dark Blade's head came out of it he partially relaxed. At least until he saw Lenae in his arms and Ember trying to help Blaze.

[GamerKale]

Torch was about to move to stop Dark Blade, but he got a message from Calcifer. 'Don't do anything Torch, I don't want to risk you becoming his next target.'When Dark Blade had thrown Sora, Calcifer fire-ported from FATE's control area to right behind Sora and softened the landing. What's gotten into Dark Blade? He's taking too much pleasure in hurting Alyia, and now he's turning on his own allies. Nothung, where are you? Calcifer remained sort of squashed beneath Sora, hidden from view and controlling his flames so that they wouldn't be visible to the others. "It'll be ok, I hope." He whispered to Sora as they disappeared.

Torch set Blaze down and then got very big in front of Dark Blade. "The way it looks to ME, Dark Blade, you just might be the biggest threat to Lenae, right now! Why didn't you listen to Nothung and KILL that witch, Alyia! You're not powerful enough to stop her from leaving! And FATE might not be able to do that forever either! Look over there, what do you see? It's Blaze, dying! He saved Lenae, not you. And then you nearly kill Sora, our ally. I might be a prankster and not be very strong, but I'm not blinded by rage or lust like you." Torch shrinks down to normal size again and floats over to his sister. He whispers,"What happened to the old Dark Blade? The one Nothung risked his life to try and save. I miss that man. And you know, Cal's gone. Maybe we should take Blaze and leave as well before he turns on us." just loud enough for Dark Blade to hear.

"Who do you think you are, answering a question like that, V?" Jay closes his azure eyes and rubs his temples. Asleep? So, is she a coma victim too? But I don't think any of those knew us. "You know, I've had many friends who looked for aromatic grass, and all of their characters could be considered asleep in 'The World'." He reexamines her. Why does she have to be so bloody pretty? And close? And why does she have to sound like that? He rolls onto his other side, looking away from her. "But there's only one entity I know of that I've seen recently that fits that description, but the temptress wouldn't care if I was alone. Unless she intended to use me. But I can't imagine why she would."

[Azalan]

A look of shock was on FATE's face. Not saying a word he walked up to Dark Blade and took Lenae from his arms and carried her over to a research table. Then doing as he had done once already FATE placed his hand on the table changing it's code into the bed found in Aura's area when she was a child. FATE then tucked Lenae in covering the unconscoious AI with white sheets and a wool comforter. Lastly he pulled a posh looking pillow out of mid air and gently placed it under Lenae's head.

That being done FATE stepped away from the bed and he turned around to face Dark Blade. There was a look of anger in his eyes. " Dark Blade you just couldn't do what I told you could you? I told you NOT to leave until you had killed Alyia. I don't know where your little fetish with causing peopel pain came from but you need to keep it in check. If I find you even leave a bruise on Lenae, your punishment will be worse than that of a lost one. You just fail to understand don't you? Alyia loves pain even if it is inflicted to her. With the wounds you inflicted her Alyia is just going to hunt us more. The thing which annoys me the most is, what makes you think I would want to seal Alyia in an area? I want to KILL her! But how in Aura's name did you not make Lenae use data retireval on Alyia? Consequences be d***ned we need that data! I don't care if it changes her! This is how it has to be!" FATE said with a growl.

The mass of ones and zero's on that was Blaze formed eyes with much effort and glared at Dark Blade. The eyes held this glare getting more hateful by the minute it seemed. Blaze was still functioning albeit rapidly falling apart. I don't understand why he had to let Lenae get hurt! After all I sacrificed to protect her! Blaze thought as he was occupying space on the stretcher.

Although Lenae was unconscious her ears were still open. When she heard what torch had said about Dark Blade tears of blood started coming from her eyes. It was almost as if the AI understood what she was hearing. her right hand made a fist and grabbed some of the fabric from the bed and made a ripping noise. Lenae's black featherd wings moved briefly but barely enough to notice. Some of the feather fell from her wings floating slowly to the ground. Lenae's black pointy fingernaills also started getting longer and gradually becoming thicker slowly resembling the claws Lenae had that one time Dark Blade had witnessed her physical appearnce change. The red glow Sora had seen was also getting brighter and it started to make little red cracks in Lenae's infinity symbol. The talk about Dark Blade being a traitor was making Lenae sad and it was starting to break her heart.



In an unknown field in "The World"

Sora opened his eyes looked around the field he was in. It was quite empty and all around Sora everything looked dead and lifeless. Sora let out a sigh and got up off the ground. Seeing the squished Calcifer up off the ground letting him perch on his shoulder till the poor little guy could hover again. Sora opened his map and checked the area him and cal were in. " Hidden reaper's solitude huh. I don't like the sound of that. I have a bad feeling about this." Sora said as he took out his empty skies with a swift motion. Sora started walking until he noticed a sharp pain from his throat. Upon further inspection he noticed he was bleeding severly from his neck. Letting out a sigh Sora took a couple of health potions and stood in still for a few minutes. After this time the cut on sora's neck had healed and it was just scabbed over now. With this taken care of Sora once again took out his empty skies and started walking cautiously through the new area him and cal were in. I don't recognize this place but, I can't help thinking I've read about it before. Sora thought as he was walking.

Unknown to Sora, four skeletons were sneaking up behind him and cal weapons out and ready for battle.

Meanwhile back in the hospital...

Macha smiled at Jay. "This is all new to me. This room, these clothes, this form. I haven't ever been anywhere but 'The World' before." Macha said as she closed her eyes and let out a sigh. Macha was warm covered up the way she was. This was a new feeling and Macha liked it. While laying in the bed Macha started humming the first few lines of the area she had been in when she had first met Nothung. As she did this Macha seemed to relax a little bit more, not being as tense as she had been a few moments ago. I wish he would remeber me. I remember him! Macha thought as a slight blush formed on her cheeks.

On the wall next to Jay there was a mirror. If he looked into it he could still see the girl in the bed next to him. He would notice her blush and how she had relaxed a little upon humming the tune Jay had heard.

[GamerKale]

Ember knew that Blaze was fading fast and began preparing herself. Torch put a warning claw on her. "Ember, don't do it." "Torch, you can't stop me." "What about Nothung? What about the rest of us? You know what this will mean, don't you?" "I don't care about any of that." Torch floated away from her and sat down on FATE's shoulder. Is it the curse of being part of Nothung? First Nothung, then Zack, then Calcifer, and now Ember...I'll be alone.

Ember grabbed hold of Blaze's foreclaw and kissed him. "I'll always be with you." The flames that had been making up her form disappeared, and there was nothing left of her to be seen, no blackened form, but Blaze's data began repairing rapidly until it was restored, although there were now purple flames, the same as Ember's were, at the tips of his wings and on his tail. Torch only glanced at the little dragon briefly. "I hope you're actually worth as much as my sister thought you were."

---On to Cal---
A chill ran through Cal's core. He didn't like this. "Hidden Reaper's Solitude? Rather foreboding. I get a feeling Raven would love this place though." He settled in on Sora's shoulder and turned around to watch his back. "Uh, Sora, we've got company. Four skeletons at six o'clock."

---Back at the hospital.---
Jay's eyes managed to find their way to the mirror. He sighs. "Your face is red. You know, if you're hot you can take off one of the blankets they gave you. It's can be like a sauna in these places sometimes." Sauna? Wasn't that where I heard that tune before? "You really are a frequenter, or at least a long time member of The World, aren't you? I only ask because that tune you were humming, I've only heard it once before. It was in a very old portion of The World, and very few now still know, and have, the keywords to get there. Delta: Hidden, Tempting, Spring. As the name suggests it was a hot spring."

He didn't continue describing it. Part of him didn't want to. He had found it shortly after what had happened to Raven. When he arrived there was one other 'player' there, seemingly waiting for him. She had purple hair, and not bright purple a natural looking purple, and bright green eyes. He rolled back over to face Macha, remembering the way the character had looked back then. At first he had thought it was a player, then he decided it was an NPC, after he had gone back several times and she was always there. Eventually he discovered her for what she was. An AI. He hadn't cared at the time though. She had been there to console him then. And after that she was always there when he wanted her to be. One day she didn't show up though. And she didn't come back. And then he left The World, forgetting about her. Or had something happened to those memories? Jay couldn't be sure anymore. His mind has been messed with on several occasions. The most recent being when he tried to fight Cubia, and then he became Alyia's servant. It was a wonder he still had any memories at this point. And something was still missing. "Tell me, what is your name?"

[Dark Blade]

The entire time FATE had been scolding Dark Blade his hands kept clenching in to tighter and tighter fists until finally the claws on his right hand had started to dig in to his palm casuing his own blood to mix with the drying blood that was already there. The very system that he had loved and called home for so long seemed to have forsaken him. His friends were dying and leaving him alone. Others that he trusted looked at him with disdain in their eyes. How had it come to this? Was his past comming back to haunt him? Was "The Reaper" resurfacing in him even though he had buired him so deep? NO! He would not become that person again. That person was full of hate and anger. He never wanted to be that way again. But it was all too much, far too much. All he wanted to do was go back. Back to his area. Back to his place of sleepless rest. His area of endless combat to make him forget again. His place of begining. It held all of past memories and thought and feelings. There were many copies of him that wandered the area. All of them facets of himself, each holding some of his memories and feelings from the times they were from. He wondered what this new version of himself would be like.

With a long deep breath Dark Blade unclenched his hands. "Alyia did terrible things to Lenae. She deserves no better." Speaking quietly as he turned a shadow portal formed in front of him. "...... But if she is truly needed to help us find Aura then so be it. I will bring her back here so that Lenae can integrate her data with herself. In her weakened state she is no threat." With one foot in the portal he stopped and looked back at FATE with true sorrow and weariness showing on his face for the first time in a long time. "I wish I was just a lost one. At least then I would still be able to hold out hope of having a living body to return to." He turned his back on FATE, "I am nothing more than a ghost. I leave no trace in system files aside from my equipment, namly Diamond and Obsidian." Having said all he was going to on that matter Dark Blade steped through the portal.

Back in the dungeon where Dark Blade had left her Alyia had managed to get up and start limping for her discarded weapon. It would allow her to leave that area and give her much needed time to repair herself. Dark Blade stepped out of another shadow portal that formed near where she had been on the floor. With a grim look on his face he moved toward Alyia, "You have a role to fulfil princess." At his words Alyia started to move faster. She was almost at her weapon when a small shadow portal formed on the floor in front of her just in front of her weapon. She stared at it a moment not knowing what to expect. But nothing happened. She quickly looked back at Dark Blade who had his hand on the floor, a pool or darkness under his right palm. Panicy she grabbed for her weapon only to have her wrist shackled by a black chain. With her free hand she grabbed wildly trying to free herself only to have her other wrist shackled. She looked back at Dark Blade that same grim look still on his face. More dark pools formed around her with more shackles comming out of each one until she had one around each wrist, her ankles, her throat, and her waist. Pulling his hand off the floor Dark Blade made his way over to the now immobile Alyia. With each step he took the chains pulled her further down until finally she was on her knees, the chains tought and holding her firmly. "RELEASE ME AT ONCE!" She screamed at Dark Blade but to no avail. "You have a role to fulfil." he repeated as a rather large portal formed under himself and the held Alyia. They both sank in to the darkness, Alyia screaming at Dark Blade.

Back at the Salvation HQ FATE had been monitoring what Dark Blade was doing, still unsure of what he would do. A small black portal formed in the center of the room which quicly grew in size, Dark Blade and the restrained Alyia slowing rose out of it. Alyia was still screaming threats and curses at Dark Blade until she saw where he had taken her. A look of actual fear resided on her face, it seemed as though she knew what awaited her. Alyia began pleading, "DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA WHAT HE PLANS?!" She struggled to get free, "HE DOESN'T CARE ABOUT BRINGING AURA BACK! WHY WOULD HE?!" "SHE WAS THE ONE WHO SPLIT MORGANNA APART IN TO US IN THE FIRST PLACE!" Still with an impassive face Dark Blade accknowledged her words, "You are telling me nothing I don't already know." "DO YOU KNOW WHAT WILL HAPPEN IF ALL THE PIECES OF HER ARE REJOINED?!" Alyia was getting desperate now, trying to go on everyone's fear that Morganna might be reborn. "We all know. We all are aware of the risks. NOW BE SILENT! If you wake Lenae I will have the chains tear you limb from limb." Looking down at her abdomen Dark Blade noted the spread of the corruption he had implanted in her. He would have to remove it so as not to affect Lenae. A process he wished he would not have to undue to someone so deserving of slow deletion.

Handing FATE Black Tempest Dark Blade went towards a back room in the HQ. "The chains will hold her for up to seven minutes, if she doesn't get free first that is. Kill her if you want or wake Lenae and have her integrate Alyia's data. Either way i have nothing more to say to you." As he passed Blaze he didn't look at the little dragon, instead he drew Diamond and stuck her blade in to the floor near him. "She'll help you through this ..." Was all he said as he continued in to the back, in to the darkened areas. The darkness .... where he belonged .....

In an undetectable area in "The World" .........
Alyia's scythe appeared at the feet of unknown figures standing in a dark room.
One spoke, "So it would seem our sister has fallen."
Another spoke, "She was foolhardy to play with the humans the way she did."
A large one spoke in a deep voice, "Alyia got what she deserved for leaving us and trying to act on her own."
There was a growl that preceded the voice of another, "You should of just let me deal with her. Then this would of never happened." There were some approving grunts and yeses.

All sound and chatter ceased at the approach of footsteps, "Despite doing what she did and how she went about it she was still one of us, she was still family. Perhaps we have let that fool FATE and his little band of imbecils run rampent for too long." Waving a hand through the air a floating screen and keyboard appeared in front of the newest one to join the group. "But this one ..." Pointing at the screen the others came around and looked to see who it was that had grabbed their leader's attentions. "This one is different. He seems unstable and ready to break. We may have use for him." There on the screen was Dark Blade sitting in the Salvation HQ in a back room in the dark, he had collected all the blood off his right arm and condensed it into a crimson sphere that he held in his clawed right hand. He stared at it for a short while as if pondering some greater meaning. A look of disgust took a place upon his face and he crushed the hardened orb in his hand. He lossened his grip and the crimson shards fell from his palm on to the floor. Dark Blade's voice could be heard over the monitor as he spoke to himself in that small room, "Nothung ..... Where are you? I seem to be loosing my grip ...... I need .......... Help"


((OOC: Wow am I glad I realized that with Alyia out of the way we needed to introduce some of our new enemies. Anyway that was a short introduction to just a select some. There will be others. Some even more dangerous and deranged than Alyia. Maybe even one who might be helpful, or maybe not. The future always holds mysteries and uncertainties. Will our heroes be able to take it all in stride? Will they come out on top? Or will their world come crashing down around them? All will be revealed, but not now. With the succesful capture of Alyia chapter one of the epic SALVATION comes to a close. Chapter two, "HIDDEN AGENDA" will continue the exciting story that so many have read, been a part of and enjoy. NOTE: CHAPTER TWO WILL STILL BE POSTED IN THIS THREAD. SIMPLY THE NEXT PART OF THE STORY WILL BE STARTING SOON.))

[Azalan]

(OOC: I'm sorry it took me so long to post guys, I have just been under stress with school these past few weeks. I am getting sick and I have to clean house and get ready for relatives to come over for my Eagle scout Ceremony.)

FATE looked to Darkblade as he sulked off after handing black tempest to him. " Your so ungrateful you know that? Lenae is too good for someone like you!"
He then proceeded to erect numerous data barriers around Alyia throwing her into the cage of shields which had formed and was cascading over the AI hitting her with one hundred thousand volts of electricity. FATE then began scanning Alyia and going over her data. " Your so complex and powerful, but oh so foolish. You really think you could avoid being caught by us forever? Your funny you really are, but at the same time your so Pathetic!" FATE said to the bound Alyia as he laughed loudly. FATE smiled; he hadn't had a day this good in a long time. Today might be the cause to throw a party.

Lenae's eyes shot open. Their black orbs looking empty and void of emotion. She got up out of the bed and flew towards FATE claws extended towards him and sharp as ever. With a smile Lenae watched as her claws impaled the AI a look of shock forming on his face. Taking adavantage of this, Lenae knocked FATE to the ground and she headbutted him in the face. Letting out a gasp of surprise, FATE got a concussion. " Don't EVER say anything about Dark Blade again! Or I will make sure you are made to suffer. Do you hear me? Do you!!?!?!!" Lenae said as she ripped out her right clawed hand and left the other one to impale FATE and keep him stuck into the ground. Eventually, FATE's face was bloody and he had ceased to move blood coming out of his nose, mouth and ears.

After her rage was over, Lenae looke down at her bloody claws and hands. " What's wrong with me...what have I done? What am I? Dark Blade where are you? I feel good after doing this!" Lenae exclaimed with a loud ear-splitting cry which could be heard throughout the entire base. Lenae then hugged the damaged concussion laden FATE. "I'm sorry, I'm so sorry!! FATE wake up! Please wake up!!" Lenae said as she started crying. After a few minutes, she was crying so much she wasn;'t making any noise. Her arms and wings were just hugging FATE closer and tighter till it hurt the poor girl. Lenae wished she could take back what she had done to FATE, but she knew she couldn't and was ready to face the consequences.

Blaze knew what Ember was trying to do and he tried to stop her. The little dragon wasn't about to let Ember sacrifice herself for him. Blaze used all the power left in his programs to try and stop ember from being assimilated, but to his disappointment and sadness he was unable to. when hearing Ember's last words Blaze cried a solitary black tear. I won't forgot you, no not ever! Thank you Ember...I wish you could still be here though...I'm sorry. Blaze thought as the tear ran down his face. Blaze then braced himself for data-repairal and re-introduction to the system. Blaze took in a breath and slowly let it out as his data reformed and he assembled next to torch. Blaze saw the purple flames which were on his body and was sad. But it was then he felt a presence is was one he couldn't quite describe but he had a vague idea. Speaking the words he had previously heard another black tear ran down the little dragon's face. " I'll always be with you too Ember. Thank you!" Blaze said as he turned to face Torch.

" Fear not Torch I won't make Ember's sacrifice mean nothing." Blaze said with a serious look on hsi face. Blaze was about to reply to Dark Blade's statement but the boy stormed by him stabbing diamond into the ground next to him in an abrupt motion. Blaze with much effort then pulled the sword out of the ground holding it by it's hilt. Blaze looked at the weapon wondering how it was going to help him.

Meanwhile...at hidden reaper's solitude:

" Thanks Cal." Sora said as he wheeled around to face the skeletons. Though there were only four skeletons they were heavilly armored and equipped. They all had a short sword and a mace in their hands, Full plate armor with the exception of a helmet, and were putting off a very dark aura with their presence. They were also wearing flowing ornamented black capes with gold trim. These skeletons were quite decked out for monsters. Three of the skeltons kneeled around the most heavilly dressed skelton and the one who was being bowed to looked at Sora right in the eyes. " Why are you here? Don't you know this area is off limits to players?" The skeleton said with a growl. It sheathed it's weapons and blinked. It's red eyes looking at Sora with a malicous stare.

Sora was surprised he had not expected to encounter the ones he was standing in front of now. They were legendary. There were at once many of them but now they had been widdled down to small numbers. Sora was in the presence of the Black Knights. " Bimbaldi, it's been awhile since our last encounter hasn't it? What have you been up to?" Sora said with a grin. He was stalling for time, Sora had no clue if the knight before him was Bimbaldi, he just was going on a whim. But it would help if it was, the knight was an old friend of Sora and had trained him in pking at one time.

Back at the hospital.

Macha grinned upon hearing Jay's reply. That's the Nothung I knew. Could it be you? Are you him? she thought as she pushed back one of the quilts which had been wrapped around her. When the sauna had been mentioned, Macha's blush returned. It had faded when she had uncovered herself a little, but it was now back. Feeling it was safe, she decided she could answer Jay's question. " Yes I am a senior member of the world. I remeber being in the hotspring. I used to wait on a player for hours just to see him. That first day, I was at the hotsprings because it was a place I had not been before and it seemed nice. I just happened to run into him that day. But coming back over and over I began to...develop feelings for him. I miss that player." Macha said as she rolled over to face Jay.

Her green eyes staring into his she spoke. " Who am I? I am...Macha." The girl said in an emtional tone of voice. Macha was scared. She wasn't quite sure what Jay would do, but know he knew who she was and her secret was out. Now she could only put her trust in his judgement and hope he would not harm her. A smile forming on Macha's face, she kept her gaze locked with Jay's. Staring into his eyes trying to fathom their mysteries.

[Azalan]

(OOC: Hello everyone, I don't normally post like this but.....its been a while I know theres spring break and everything but someone needs to post! If no one else can, please pm me so I can edit my post as needed to continue the story. Sorry for the inconveinance this may cause anyone.)

[GamerKale]

(OOC: Its looking like we're going to fall back into that old rut of one post every millennium. Seriously though, sorry. I just haven't gotten around to posting on this great role play, for some reason.)

Torch nodded his approval of Blaze and then turned back to FATE and Lenae. What's wrong with everybody today!?! Crap, what to do what to do what to do? I'm just a comedian! Why couldn't this have happened to one of the others?! Torch looked around the area. Searching for something, anything that might help FATE. Healing was not in his repertoire of skills. Even if they do say that laughter was the best medicine he didn't think now would be a good time for it. His eyes land on the ruby. Aha! Its been the solution for a lot of things. Let's try it. He bobbed over to the gem and scooped it up. He gazed into it briefly. A depthless pool of crimson. He began to wonder, what was this thing's origin? Was it as bloody as the gem itself? He thought he saw something move within it, but what? The longer he gazed the more he was sure, something was moving within the crystal, but he couldn't see what it was. The red seemed to fade the deeper he looked. At its core, was this really a ruby?
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He closed his eyes slowly. "Macha...I see." The temptress, that would explain a lot, but what now? There's no way to know whether she's being truthful or not. But she went to so much trouble just to get here. What should I do? Just then there was a knock on the door and a woman with a kind face walked in. She had blond hair done up in a bun and green eyes behind a pair of spectacles. She wore a black suit and a pair of sneakers. She rushed over to Jay's bed and threw her arms around him. "Oh, Jay, you're really awake and alright! I was so worried!" Jay coughs and she pulls back. "Sorry, just couldn't breathe for a second there." "Should I-" "No no, its nothing medical. I just forgot that you gave such good hugs, Kay. You got here awfully fast, how far away is the place you work from here?" "Oh, its not even a block away. And I always carry these with me." She kicks out one of her legs to show the shoes. "I'm guessing your nice shoes are still at the office?" "Yes, I wonder how they'll react when they find my heels at my desk, but not me." "You still wear heels? Honestly sis I'm six foot four and you're taller than me, you don't need the heels." He glances over at Macha. "Oh, sorry. Macha, this is my sister Kay. Kay, this is my roomy Macha." Kay glances over at the girl. "Oh, its nice to meet you." She extends her hand to Macha.
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Calcifer rolled his eyes around his head so that he was now looking at the knights and sat there blinking slowly. In all of his time with Nothung, he had never seen anything quite like this trio. Sora seemed to know them, but that wasn't necessarily a good thing. Its like a cat knowing a dog. Sure they know each other, but they'll still try to kill one another. But they only seemed concerned with players, something Calcifer was not. So, he wasn't too worried about himself, but Sora...well he had decided to come with the player. And he was enough like Nothung to want to protect his charge, especially since he charged himself with him.

[Azalan]

(OOC: I had an idea, we'll continue with Sora, and torch along with the new knights soon but I have an idea. I think what I below here is interesting and a plot twist! Again sorry in advance for the god modding but...it has a purpose.)

" You see I-" Macha said in mid sentence but she was cut off by Kay. Macha watched the scene unfolding before her with interest. She was starting to grow jealous of the girl who hugged Jay until he pointed out it was his sister who had hugged him. Kay wasn't it? Macha smiled when Kay put her hand out to her and she gently grabbed it shaking kay's hand in reply. " It's nice to meet you Kay, I didn't know he had any family. You seem like and encouragement to him. Keep up the good work." Macha was analyisng Kay looking her up and down looking for anything that would make her stand out or be suspicous. After a few minutes she couldn't find anything. Macha was annoyed she wished Kay would leave so her bed could be closer to Jay's. When macha looked at Jay a small blush formed on her face. She liked him alot and she felt like he was Nothung. In her mind he had to be. You do act like him that's for sure. Macha thought as she watched his every movement.

Just then a nurse came through the door holding a syringe in her hand. It had a rediciously big needle and a big glass vial attached to it; inside there was a black/greyish fluid that had little red dots appearing in it every now and then. The nurse walked over to Macha's bed and looked at the girl. " I don't belive it! you and the boy next to you haven't been awake for months. You were diagnosed as a coma patient who is supposed to be braindead. There are a few people above me who would like it if you stayed that way." The nurse said with an evil grin on her face.

With a swift kickThe nurse knocked Kay to the ground. As she fell her head was hit on a metal pole and she lay there crumpled on the ground coughing up blood. The nurse then turned back to Macha and drove the needle into macha's arm in a swift motion. Macha let out a cry of pain and she tried to kick the nurse. But try as she could movement was becoming harder and harder for her. The nurse laughed at Macha's struggling and just kept driving the disgusting matter into the girl's arm more and more making sure to make ever last drop go in. Giving up and feeling weak Macha turned to Jay her eyes starting to close. "please...save...me." Macha said as she went limp in her bed. A solitart tear went down Macha's face.

[GamerKale]

Jay was dumbstruck for a moment when the nurse attacked his sister. He didn't like her too much, but she was still his sister, and this was a nurse. They're supposed to be the people who help you get out of the hospital not put you in it. But after the initial shock he sprang into motion.

Perhaps sprang wasn't the appropriate word, his muscles were still sluggish from being unused for so long. He gripped the tower holding whatever the liquid they were pumping into him through the IV and swung it over himself. It wasn't quite a sword, but it would do for his purposes. The metal rod smashed into the nurse's arms, Jay didn't hear the crunch he had been hoping for, but he twisted the tower and pulled, getting one of the legs behind the syringe and yanking it out before anymore of the goo could be pumped in. His sudden move, and extended reach seemed to take the woman off her guard and by the time she realized what had just happened Jay was already lunging for her face. She managed to stumble backward awkwardly, just out of what should have been Jay's range, but he released his impromptu weapon and let momentum do the rest of the work for him, ripping the needles out of the back of his hand and carrying the rod sailing into her face. She lost her footing and fell backwards hitting the corner of a set of cabinets where she slumped to the ground unmoving.

Jay hit the call button and then rolled out of his bed, making sure not to fall on any of the broken glass. He kept any of the blood coming from where his IV got ripped out from falling on the broken syringe. He picked up a piece that still had some of the liquid in it and jammed it in the corner of a drawer so that none of the stuff would spill out. He lifted himself up on the side of Macha's bed. "Hang in there, actual help should be here soon." He dropped back down and made his way to the cabinet where the 'nurse' had fallen. He rolled her head to the side and quickly turned it away. He turned his attention to finding some gauze and medical tape in the cabinets for the back of his hand. I thought I might actually get a break for once since I got back from The World. I had decided to just make the best of it and not worry too much about them, and now this happens. What did I do to deserve this?

A nurse walked in as Jay was biting off the end of the tape. "What the Hell?!" She shrieked and ran first over to Kay and then to the nurse. Jay sat there waiting until she actually wanted him to say something. She walked over to Jay and stared him in the eyes. "What happened?" He points to the nurse on the ground with his bandaged hand. "She beat the crap out of my sister and then tried to put something in Macha. I smacked the quote nurse, with my IV tower and broke the syringe before she could finish pumping whatever the stuff is into her. I forced the 'nurse' back and she fell hitting the back of her head on the corner there. Rather hard apparently. Now if you'll excuse me, I need to go throw up." He hobbled over to the sink, relying heavily on the counter for support as he vomited bile, the only thing in his stomach, into the white enamel bowl.

[Dark Blade]

((OOC: GOMEN!!! GOMEN!!! GOMEN!!! Please forgive my long abscence on getting to salvation. Even though I have been checking back now and then I had lost my ideas on how to proceed. And on top of that im back in 5 day college courses so my weekdays are no longer mine again. I'll try to get back in more often now that the first semester is comming to a close and i'm getting in the rythm of things.))


.HACK//SALVATION
HIDDEN AGENDA

Dark Blade had come out of the back room he had been sitting in to see what the sudden commotion was in the control room. He was mildly surprised to see Lenae hugging FATE while rocking back and forth. She was sobbing and talking to herself. Apparently she had attacked FATE. At least thats what she was saying as she rambled. Dark Blade motioned with his rearmored right hand and Diamond manifested near Blaze in her human form. "Have you finished repairing Ember's data?" Dark Blade asked. Blaze lifted his gaze to Dark Blade and then moved it over to Diamond who was looking at the little dragon. "Yes. But it seems she has integrated her data completly so I am unable to seperate it with my abilities. We would need Aura's help to do that." she reported to Dark Blade. "Is she awake and aware?" "No. Even though her data has been stabalized her mind has yet to awaken. But..." Diamond smiled and patted the little dragon on his head, "I think she will be awake sooner rather than later. But honestly i'm not sure how she will react. Both myself and Obsidian have external bodies still but she is now a part of Blaze." Blaze just stared at Diamond unable to completly comprehend what she was saying. Diamond stopped patting him but kept smiling, "Little dragon you are very lucky to have someone who cares about you enough to be willing to give up their existence for you. Now ember sleeps inside you. She will awaken with time but she will be unable to have a physical form or voice for the rest of us to hear, so you will have to relay any messages she has for us once she wakes back up." Blaze just had a dumbfounded look on his face with his mouth moving like he wanted to say something but couldn't.

Dark Blade walked over to where Lenae held FATE in a vice-like hug, his blood staining her outfit. Dark Blade watched FATE very carefully. He was one of the few A.I.s that did not have a breathing mimic subroutine in his code so Dark Blade had to look closely to see if he was indeed alright. FATE's coded eye was closed but his other one was slightly open but it did not move. "Hmmmm." Dark Blade picked up black tempest from the floor next to FATE. Lenae seemed to finally notice Dark Blade had reentered the room. "HELP ... HIM ... PLEASE!" Lenae sobbed out on different breaths of air. Diamond started to come over to see what she could do for FATE when Dark Blade held up his palm stopping her. Bringing Black Tempest up to the captive Alyia's throat he faced FATE, "Well I guess since he didn't have the chance to do it I suppose I am elected." Dark Blade brought the scythe up above his head and arced it down to chop of Alyia's head and end her.

Fate's coded eye flew open. There was a quick static noise and discoloration of Dark Blade as his body stopped moving. "So ...... You were awake." Pulling free of the still crying Lenae FATE stood. "I was attempting to show Lady Lenae that she must keep her emotions in check or she might hurt herself or others. What she did to me in a fit of rage clearly demonstrates I was correct in my actions." Dark Blade scoffed, "Oh really? Ever consider that without those emotions she might do even greater damage? Only following the logical path can lead to death on a massive scale." He grunted as he tried to move. "There is no point in you trying to move. Nothing can break the data freeze." "Is that so?" Dark Blade's body became black, small particles floated off of him, his body began changing shape and after a moment Chaos was staring at FATE. "Can it even hold me?" Chaos simply relaxed his posture and returned the scythe to it's spot in his inventory. In a reverse fasion his body became black again and then Dark Blade was standing before FATE again. "Your power can be overcome FATE. Just as my power is nothing and can be overcome by another. Thinking that you are always right or that the path you deem correct is the only path makes you weak." Dark Blade went over to the somewhat stunned and still teary-eyed Lenae. "Don't worry little one. FATE is fine. He's tougher than he looks. So it will take far more than what you did to actually hurt him. In fact I think all you did was neccessitate the need for him to change clothes." Dark Blade laughed and ruffled her hair affectionatly. "Come on Lenae. I believe you have something you have to do." He looked somewhat disgutedly over at Alyia who had thankfully been keeping quiet during the fiasco. Facing back to Lenae he had a genuine smile again, "Ok i'll even make a deal with you. Once your done i'll take you out to an extremly beautiful field I know of for some more flying lessons. I'll even keep them private lessons." He looked over at FATE who simply snorted and tapped a few keys on his control keyboard to change his clothing. "So please, stop crying. Your ok now. Nothing bad happened so lets see that beautiful smile again!"

Diamond and Obsidian found this an important matter so chirpped up in his head.
"What she did was try to kill FATE."
"If she knew his eye was his weak point she really COULD have killed him."
"Thats just it."
"What?" They both said in unison
"She does know that's his weak spot. Yet she still held back and simply let her anger out on someone who she knew could only be destroyed one way."
There was an impression of both of them wanting to say something but unable to find the words.
"Lenae has a stronger will than either of you know. After all I would know. I've met her in the past a few times."

[Azalan]

Lenae stood up from where she had been on her knees. She wiped the blood off her face and she turned around staring coldly into FATE's eyes. "Your right, I have a job to do don't I? But FATE your wrong! Emotions aren't worthless! Even though my ability to feel them is damaged after what Alyia did to me, there still there. I'm not going to forget the way I feel about my friends. Most of all the way I feel about Dark Blade!" After saying this; blushing at the bit about Dark Blade; Lenae drew her scythe and she flew over to Alyia who was standing in one place looking at Lenae with fear in her eyes. Alyia's mouth was about to open as if she where going to speak but Lenae laid her scythe on the ground and she hugged Alyia to the disbelief of the weakened AI. A solitary tear fell down her face. Alyia hesitated at first, but after a few minutes put her arms around Lenae as the girl had done to her. "Why...are you doing this? I tortured you in so many ways! During those two months I made you suffer more than anyone should have to bare." A tone of sadness filling her voice.

Lenae put on a forced smile. "It's ok, I think I know why you did all of that to me. Breathe easy now, I forgive you." Lenae said as she kissed Alyia on the cheek. Alyia was surprised; after all this, Lenae still forgave her. A sense of peace filled Alyia as the fear of what Lenae would do to her after she had the chance for payback were dismissed. " I'm sorry Lenae, for what I did and what they’re forcing you to do. I'm sorry for what there forcing you to become more like." Then with that Alyia let her arms fall to her sides and awaited for what she knew was coming. After Alyia had taken her arm from around Lenae, she ended the embrace gently letting go of Alyia. She then stepped a few feet away from her and picked up her scythe aiming it at Alyia she closed her eyes and began to concentrate. " I only wish we had gotten to know each other better, and that we had met under different circumstances. Goodbye Alyia."

Then Lenae's eyes shot open and a purple glow was coming from her black eyes. Her infinity symbol was glowing yellow and there was a swift current of air forming in the room. Lenae's wings propelled her high into the air and a red beam of data shot out of the scythe pulling Alyia into the air and binding her in black spiked chains. Alyia made no attempts to struggle as she was at peace. In her other hand Lenae formed a ball of green energy. "Data-Retrieval!!!" Lenae said as she shot the ball of green fire at Alyia. Alyia closed her eyes and breathed in and exhaled slowly taking her last breath. As the fire engulfed her there was pain, then before her eyes was a field of grass. A shady tree and a swing under the tree.

Alyia ran over to the swing and lay down on it slipping off into a blissful sleep. The fire licked up Alyia's body consuming all the entirety of the AI. The fire then wheeled around and shot back at Lenae who absorbed it into her body. Allowing it to pass the firewalls around her data. The data retrieved there was a bright flash of light and Lenae was standing back on the floor. Her wings folded under the robes, her fingernails as they were normally, and her infinity symbol at its usual brown color. "It's done...she's gone." Lenae said as she let out a sigh and slowly fell to the floor. Retrieving the data had taken a lot out of Lenae and she was in need of a much put off rest. Alyia's data was integrating itself with Lenae and it was running through her head like a virus. "I'm sorry Dark Blade could you help me up? I'm can't move." Lenae said in a tired tone of voice.

[_Tri-edge_]

Okay. Guess it's up to me to bring this thing back to life.

Real Name: Seika Yatamori
User Name: Seika
Age: 16
Nickname: None.
Class: Adept Rouge, Dual Swords/Scythe
Physical Apperace: Pink Hair, Light blue eyes, black, gothic leather
Bio: As a rookie, she began playing The World with her sister Nayomi when times were pleasent. However, her sister was induced into a coma for an unknown reason after Seika found her, lifeless in her own room, with her Neuro googles still on. Her last words to Seika before losing consciousness were, "Save.....Aur...a"
Seika, now hardened with determination, set off into The World, playing from day in, day out, hell bent on saving her sister from the darkness that has plauged her mind. She vowed to find "Aura" and hoped that "she" was the key to saving her sister, but sadly, her thirst for revenge against the force that took her sister continuously shifts her from her main goal. Because of this, she wanders alone, looking for clues, answers, solutions.....
Start: Independent.
Reason for joining the Salvation project: None, at the moment.

Seika with her Scythe, Elagant Shadow.


Her Dual Swords, Divine Soul.

[Dark Blade]

((OOC: Well time to get back to work. And Tri .... WELCOME ABOARD! Please leave all sanity and valuables at the door .... thank you ))

Dark Blade went over to Lenae upon her request and gently took her hand as he proceeded to help her to her feet. As gentle as he was, the same could not be said for Lenae. After their hands were together she began digging her nails in to his hand. "Lenae .... Your hurting me ...." Dark Blade said softly. A look of surprise hit the A.I. and she immediatly let go of his hand, which considering the circumstances of why he was helping her made that a bad idea. Lenae began to fall backwards only to have Dark Blade put his arm behind her back and keep her from hitting the floor. She looked embarassed and apologetic toward Dark Blade. But there was another emotion lurking in her eyes. Something Dark Blade caught a glimpe of. It was anger. Pure and simple anger. It didn't mix with the other emotions she was showing and troubled him. Was her merge with Alyia the reason for the anger? A possible left over emotion? Or was she finally starting to remember......?

Regardless of what the reason was he picked her up in his arms and carried her over to the bed on the other side of the room so she could at least sit somewhere comfortable. As he carried her she blushed profusly but still carried that shadow of anger in her eyes. Dark Blade set her down so her legs would be hanging over the side of the bed as she sat, after which he sat next to her. Lenae leaned over on him and sighed. She found his left hand and put her hand over it. There was a tingling sensation and he realized what she was doing. Dark Blade snatched his hand away and stood up almost knocking Lenae over. "If you'll excuse me. There is a matter I must attend to." His normal expressionless demeanor was slightly cracked with a small showing of concern and fear.

Dark Blade bowed low and began sinking in to the floor where a shadow portal had opened beneath him. Before his head passed in to it he took one last look at Lenae. A look of knowing on her face but at the same time worry. As he exited the portal in to a deserted field he inspected his hand closely. It was starting to de-rez and small pieces of his finger armor would randomly show ascii code. Dark Blade sighed heavily as a white glow engulfed his right arm and subsided as the diamond gauntlet appeared. Standing, silently listening to the area's music, he worked on repairing his left hand's data.

[_Tri-edge_]

Delta server: Mac Anu

Seika stood on the bridge. She looked down at her computer-generated reflection in the river as she began to reminsce that dreadful day.

Seika dipped inside the house, flipping her shoes with a skilled fashion across the wall. "Onee-chan! I'm home! Onee-chan!!" She had just arrived from a long, tiring day at school. Her excitment was too much, as she almost tripped, sprinting across the streets like a demon possesed. She just couldn't wait to get home to play "The World" with her sister Nayomi. Seika leap-frogged up the stairs. "Onee-chan!! Didn't you hear me-" then she stopped, about a few inches away from their room. Something didn't feel right. A, small, faint beeping came from inside the room. Seika's heart began to race as she placed her hand on the door. "DING!..." Seika froze. "What....Was that sound?" it sounded loud, yet distant from her mind. She then opened the door at a slow, steady pace. Each passing second felt like hours to her as little by little, the room came into view, until... "O....Onee-..ONEE-CHAN!!!" Nayomi's body laid spreaded across the floor. Her M2D goggles were still equipped to her head as Seika ran towards her lifeless body. "Onee-chan!! Wake up!..Please!!" Seika's heart was rampaging in her chest as she continued to shake her sister, hoping to revive her. Seika took a quick glance at the floor. A red light had began blinking constantly near Nayomi's goggles. She then took a quick glance at her computer. Sure enough, in blinking, bold red letters, read... SYSTEM ERROR. Suddenly, a quick gasp had escaped from Nayomi's mouth. A tear-filled Seika immediately responded, "Onee-chan! Are you okay?! What happened?!" Nayomi's eyes were blankly staring at the ceiling as Seika removed the goggles. She then whimpered, "S-...Sa.." Seika's eyes widened. "Wha...What?"
"Save...Aur...a" Nayomi's eyes slowly began to close as Seika's tears rained down upon her sister's cheeks. "Onee-chan!! Onee-chan!!...ONEEEE-CHAAAAAAAAN!!!"

"Tsk!" said Seika as she closed her eyes. She then walked towards the chaos gate with a empty-ness inside her soul. Entering the area words, Hidden-Forbidden-Holy Ground, she gave a great pause. "Nayomi..." she said coldly. "Wait for me...I will save you..." Then she warped out.

[GamerKale]

((OOC: Welcome Tri-edge welcome, my apologies for not welcoming you into the fold sooner. We are most grateful to have you with us. Not that I don't love roleplaying with Dark Blade and Azalan to bits but we truly appreciate the fresh blood and vigor. Perhaps it's just the thing we need to get this wonderful old bucket of bolts back into gear. And uh, sorry for not posting this before, I typed it up about a month ago, saved it to revise and plum forgot about it.))

Torch watched everything going on around the base. He felt cynical, something he thought only Calcifer would be doing out of the two of them, but here he was. His sister was integrated with a lizard, a very handsome and kind lizard with wings, but a lizard nonetheless. Which cut her off from her brothers. And Dark Blade was walking around like everything was normal and having his pets or weapons or friends or whatever Diamond and Obsidian were to him these days 'fix' things. Fortunately Alyia was finally gone, it had only cost him his sister and two brothers, sure one was just in the real world and the other was now part of the first but still they weren't anywhere to be found and he had no idea where Cal had gotten off to. And now Dark Blade was leaving, again. After some sort of...argument if you could call it that with Lenae. Something had passed between the two, the way she was looking at him now was off and what was with that freak out. He could swear Dark Blade had been afraid, but that seemed impossible. The dark knight feared nothing even when fighting Nothung with those incredible powers the man had shown no fear for himself, even if he wasn't entirely in his right mind at the time which Torch suspected. He wasn't sure any of them were still in their right minds or their left minds for that matter.

Torch bobbed over to FATE and floated at eye level with him, turning into an eye himself with the ruby as the pupil. "Here, we don't want this curse anymore." He plopped the ruby out into FATE's claw and then flew over to Lenae, spinning around her head rapidly forming something similar to a fiery crown that lasted but a second before coming to a stop and landing on her hand as she cupped it for him. "I'm afraid I need some air. Your body guard's back now though, so you should be fine. Toodles noodles." He flopped into several noodles on her hand and disappeared in a fiery teleport.

FATE was admiring the ruby. At last it was his. Ever since he had glimpsed it on Nothung's hilt, so long ago it seemed now, he knew he must have it and though it had pained him to wait so long he had kept himself from simply stealing it from Nothung. Though simpler it would have put him at odds with the man and he was too useful of a tool to be wasted like that. So he had waited, biding his time until he could convince the warrior of flame to give it to him and now he had it. And then he noticed Torch's exit rings. "Wait Torch. Don't go." It wasn't that he didn't feel capable of protecting this place, it certainly wasn't that especially now that he had the ruby, nor was it that he couldn't keep an eye on the little fireball, it was just that with Dark Blade's recent and continual appearances and disappearances, as well as Nothung's absence, made Lenae unpredictable, the little spark had remained a cheery albeit annoying companion for her. Not that the moods of others affected his performance, but it did Lenae's. And with her recent acquisition of Alyia's powers her being unstable could have dangerous consequences. He could only hope that whatever happened next his own new found power would be enough. He began integrating the ruby into himself, it became a focal point for the binary that formed his eye, dying all of the numbers a blood red. It would take some time yet for it to become fully integrated, but his powers would still be amplified, far beyond what had been possible before.

Torch had warped randomly and found himself in the cathedral. With a sigh he set himself to look like a floating candle on the off chance somebody might come in, maybe he could give them a little fright. Make them think this place was haunted or something. Of course it was just as likely that they'd think it was just part of the atmosphere of the place, but hey if that was the case he could flare up and shout out Boo!

[Azalan]

Macha's eyes fluttered close as the liquid in the vile started taking it's effect. Her body spasmed and she started coughing violently. After the coughing stopped green bile was flowing from her mouth. The nurse Jay had called was freaking out and she was trying to do everything she could to help Macha. Eventually the nurse ran out of the room to go get help. When she left the room Macha's Body spasmed again and it caused her to fall out of her bed and onto the hospital floor. The girl lay there on her stomach. Much to Jay's surprise her hospital gown had unbuttoned and he could see her body from her neck down to her feet. Though she was unconcsious she was lucky Jay didn't have a full frontal view of her. Macha lay there unmoving. The only movement present being her slight breathing every now and then. Upon closer inspection jay would also notice there were four plastic Iv's in her legs. They were still attached luckily and had not come undone by her fall. The were pumping a blue liquid into her legs. There was also a tatoo on Macha's back. It was a vine of hearts running down her spine.

_ - _ -_-_-_-_-

Lenae was caught by surprise as Dark Blade dropped her on her bed and left her. As he sunk through the floor a solitary tear ran down her face. Why did I try to hurt him. It's like a part of me said to attack him...I feel cold. As Lenae's thoughts were going through her mind. A laugh was heard suddenly by Lenae and she looked around the room. At first she was trying to find Alyia but then she remember she had been Absorbed only a few moments ago. You hurt him because I told you to little one. The voice said with another laugh. But why? I love him...I couldn't ever hurt him. The voice grinned; your starting to remeber. your not who you think you are you know. There are things from your past you don't remember. Over time they will become apparent to you again now that we are one. Alyia said with a laugh. Lenae than opened her eyes ending their conversation. Lenae then relaxed on her bed and drifted off into a deep sleep.

[GamerKale]

Jay turned away as a flush comes to his face. He looked for someone else to come through the door, or his sister to wake up, failing both he turned back to Macha and knelt next to her. He shook his head and managed to move his eyes up her back to the tattoo. "Hearts...the ones she's stolen?" He hit his head on the side of the bed. "Not a good time for that Jay, help her." He tied the back of her gown back together and started to move her when he noticed the IVs. "Hello there, what are you?" He glanced at her face and then grabbed her pillow from the bed as well as a blanket, placing them on the ground he rolled her over being careful not to pull them out as at the moment he wasn't sure what they did. He stumbled his way over to the counter and retrieved a paper towel to wipe the bile away from her lips. Her lush perfect- He shook his head again and blinked several times until he could concentrate on the IVs. He wondered if whatever she was injected with was reacting badly with the blue stuff and that it might be a good idea to remove them.

[Azalan]

Jay was indeed correct about his assumptions about the Iv's. As the fluids were pumped into the Iv's Macha's color was getting paler and paler. There were also red spots forming around where the Iv's were inserted. Every now and again they would pump in some of the goopy liquid Jay had seen the nurse inject Macha with. It would seem the goop was taking over the blue liquid. Normally it would be used to help re-generate the muscles in her legs. Now though they were just pumping poison into her body. Upon the Iv's color changing from blue the red and black; Macha's face become flushed and she began to sweat profusely. If he checked her pulse Jay would notice it was getting faster and had more pressure to it. Jay would also notice there were black marks on Macha's hips. They looked like the results of fractures. Macha's eyes shot open but they were starting to gloss over and look dull; their green color slowly turning white.