The Rift

[Haseo{Terror of Death}]

His eyes fell in love with it at sight, but he would not to show his childish emotion. He simply walked over to a mechanical horse, patted it and said in his calmest voice, "I'd Like to have this one."

It neighed loudly and stomped its foot. A small screen on the back of its neck turned on, "Hey! What's up dude? Name's Wesley, but you can ca- AHAHAHA! Look at your get-up! I LOVE IT!" Hibiki looked at his attire quizzically. "W-What exactly is wrong with it?" Wes grinned, knowing he'd come across. "Oh nothing! It told you, I love." He smiled and looked directly at Hibiki, "So what's your name Master? By the way, call me Wes." his face zoomed out to show him bowing respectfully. Hibiki stared at the weapons room and replied accidentally, "Hibik-I mean Jacques." Wes raised and eyebrow. Hibiki shook his head to correct his mistake, "But this organization gave me the name 'Shark'." He said walking back.

He looked around, looking for weapons and such. He picked out a plain suitcase, which had a suit inside it. He emptied his pockets into it and looked off for a weapon to use in case of an emergency. An old fashioned rapier caught his eye and he proceeded to pick it up. 'M-maybe the frills make this comical to Wesley..perhaps I should exchange clothing?' He took off his gloves and had a ring on his right ring finger.

((Err....hehe Um, playing with colors as you can see^^ Anything in black is an image^^
Also is this good for the A.I.? Or is Wes too much?))

[Haseo{Terror of Death}]

His eyes fell in love with it at sight, but he would not to show his childish emotion. He simply walked over to a mechanical horse, patted it and said in his calmest voice, "I'd Like to have this one."

It neighed loudly and stomped its foot. A small screen on the back of its neck turned on, "Hey! What's up dude? Name's Wesley, but you can ca- AHAHAHA! Look at your get-up! I LOVE IT!" Hibiki looked at his attire quizzically. "W-What exactly is wrong with it?" Wes grinned, knowing he'd come across. "Oh nothing! It told you, I love." He smiled and looked directly at Hibiki, "So what's your name Master? By the way, call me Wes." his face zoomed out to show him bowing respectfully. Hibiki stared at the weapons room and replied accidentally, "Hibik-I mean Jacques." Wes raised and eyebrow. Hibiki shook his head to correct his mistake, "But this organization gave me the name 'Shark'." He said walking back.

He looked around, looking for weapons and such. He picked out a plain suitcase, which had a suit inside it. He emptied his pockets into it and looked off for a weapon to use in case of an emergency. An old fashioned rapier caught his eye and he proceeded to pick it up. 'M-maybe the frills make this comical to Wesley..perhaps I should exchange clothing?' He took off his gloves and had a ring on his right ring finger.

((Err....hehe Um, playing with colors as you can see^^ Anything in black is an image^^
Also is this good for the A.I.? Or is Wes too much?))

[Haseo{Terror of Death}]

His eyes fell in love with it at sight, but he would not to show his childish emotion. He simply walked over to a mechanical horse, patted it and said in his calmest voice, "I'd Like to have this one."

It neighed loudly and stomped its foot. A small screen on the back of its neck turned on, "Hey! What's up dude? Name's Wesley, but you can ca- AHAHAHA! Look at your get-up! I LOVE IT!" Hibiki looked at his attire quizzically. "W-What exactly is wrong with it?" Wes grinned, knowing he'd come across. "Oh nothing! It told you, I love." He smiled and looked directly at Hibiki, "So what's your name Master? By the way, call me Wes." his face zoomed out to show him bowing respectfully. Hibiki stared at the weapons room and replied accidentally, "Hibik-I mean Jacques." Wes raised and eyebrow. Hibiki shook his head to correct his mistake, "But this organization gave me the name 'Shark'." He said walking back.

He looked around, looking for weapons and such. He picked out a plain suitcase, which had a suit inside it. He emptied his pockets into it and looked off for a weapon to use in case of an emergency. An old fashioned rapier caught his eye and he proceeded to pick it up. 'M-maybe the frills make this comical to Wesley..perhaps I should exchange clothing?' He took off his gloves and had a ring on his right ring finger.

((Err....hehe Um, playing with colors as you can see^^ Anything in black is an image^^
Also is this good for the A.I.? Or is Wes too much?))

[GamerKale]

He doubted very much Mike would follow through with his threat just yet. Ken would be a good meat shield for him yet and Mike seemed the practical type. If his bike ever broke down how many people in this group could actually fix it? And how quickly? He looked over the weapons throughout the armory and began setting some things aside for when he could move them straight to his vehicle. He touched his sword for a moment and let his arm drop. He didn't need weapons, but they were helpful at times. Explosives of various types(a generous number of handgrenades), a couple of machine guns and several extra mags(not that he thought they'd be terribly useful but better to be prepared than not, a rocket launcher and a few rockets. All and all he felt like he was prepared to stock an army and he was fairly certain Constantine would be pissed when he discovered how much military hardware had just been taken.

Kenpachi walked over to a red mustang and started to get in when the AI chimed in. "Hello Kenpachi, I'm Hal." Ken nodded his head once and hurried away. "Goodbye Hal." A shiver went down his spine, no 2001 a Space Odyssey reenactments for me. I will not be killed by an AI especially not a HAL 9000. He walks over to a red truck with two metal boxes secured in the bed below the window. "Hello?" A familiar voice greeted Ken's ears as the door opened. "Kenpachi, as I live and breathe. I thought they'd locked you up for poor maintenance." "So this is where they put you, Kiva. Mind if I ride with you?" "Yes, but that won't exactly stop you." "Thanks, I'll go get my toolset and be right back."

He placed a strand of rope on the metal horse and started for the stairs when Sue coughed, Ken immediately gave her a big hug and a peck on the forehead as he grabbed his tools and weapons setting the rockets in one of the bed's boxes and the other weapons in the other. He didn't want to risk jostling them too much or anybody deciding to play with them so he made doubly sure they were secured. Supplies, provisions, and his tools were stowed in the back of the cabin. He also installed NOs onto his truck, enough for two quick boosts, just in case. ((If cars don't run on gasoline anymore than whatever the equivalent to NOs would be.)) Fortunately with his enhanced strength, speed, and his handy dandy finger welder all of this only took a little over fifteen minutes. "One other person can fit in here if you like. And by the way, rope is made up of many strands of which you each have one. Think on that as we make our way to the target." He shouted to the others as he set up a gun rack in the back window a loaded M16 awaiting placement.

Truck, Ford F-250: http://s2.desktopmachine.com/pics/Ford_ ... 24x768.jpg it also has a couple of metal boxes in the bed right up under the window.
Kiva, the AI: http://coolsurface.deviantart.com/art/M ... l-83578310

[Haseo{Terror of Death}]

His eyes fell in love with it at sight, but he would not to show his childish emotion. He simply walked over to a mechanical horse, patted it and said in his calmest voice taking off the rope Ken had put on it and placing it on the floor. "I'd Like to have this one."

It neighed loudly and stomped its foot. A small screen on the back of its neck turned on, "Hey! What's up dude? Name's Wesley, but you can ca- AHAHAHA! Look at your get-up! I LOVE IT!" Hibiki looked at his attire quizzically. "W-What exactly is wrong with it?" Wes grinned, knowing he'd come across. "Oh nothing! It told you, I love." He smiled and looked directly at Hibiki, "So what's your name Master? By the way, call me Wes." his face zoomed out to show him bowing respectfully. Hibiki stared at the weapons room and replied accidentally, "Hibik-I mean Jacques." Wes raised and eyebrow. Hibiki shook his head to correct his mistake, "But this organization gave me the name 'Shark'." He said walking back.

He looked around, looking for weapons and such. He picked out a plain suitcase, which had a suit inside it. He emptied his pockets into it and looked off for a weapon to use in case of an emergency. An old fashioned rapier caught his eye and he proceeded to pick it up. 'M-maybe the frills make this comical to Wesley..perhaps I should exchange clothing?' He took off his gloves and had a ring on his right ring finger.

((Err....hehe Um, playing with colors as you can see^^ Anything in black is an image^^
Also is this good for the A.I.? Or is Wes too much?

EDIT: WTF I posted three times and they didn't show?! Look when you make your post >.>))

[Dark Blade]

((OOC: Haseo ... Be that a picture of young Walter from Hellsing I spy? If so you have very good taste. Kale as for fuel it's kinda up in the air. Your vehicles can run on gas or it can have a reactor of some kind. On one last note .... why do almost all of us have female A.I.? lol))


Mike had his head under the lower portions of the bike. He was checking for any holes or bombs the general might have left as a going away present. "HEY! WHAT DO YOU THINK YOUR DOING?!" Mike raised his head in surprise and hit his head on the engine. He stood up rubbing his head and found himself face to face with a small hologram of a girl. "What the hell?" She smiled, "How do you do. I am Lilith." She blew a kiss to Mike. "I Will be your constant companion for the duration of your mission." She bowed and blushed, "I am still inexperienced but please take care of me." Mike ran his hand down his face. "By any chance do you have an off switch?" "Maybeeee..... If you want to find out you'll have to look ALLLL over me yourself." Lilith giggled. He sighed, "Just ..... Just behave yourself and be quiet for the time being. I still need to grab my gear." Mike walked over to the armory, one hand on his forehead. He felt like he had a headache.

'Just what I needed. An A.I. that likes to tease. And I thought my sanity was already a tad shakey.' Mike walked past all the larger weapons and explosives and went straight to the back wall where there were some sealed cases. One came off the wall and landed gently on the floor in front of him. He knelt down and punched in the code on the digital lock, 33284, D-E-A-T-H. A rather simple code but still one he could easily remember. The locks released and he found himself staring at his personal weapons, customized over the years just for him. Four handguns, 44 calibur magnum, 24 shot clip per gun with eight extra mags. Each could be broken down for maintinence or parts of each could be interchanged in case of damage. Each one also had one special part that when all four were put together it created a special ion battery that went in to the clip slot creating a makshift energy weapon. It was only good for five shots but each one could blow a hole the size of a semi-truck in a mountain. Next were his two primary guns, two SMGs which he had customized. Each of the SMGs could now fire their entire clip in three seconds, where as this was in no way a cheap means of saving ammo it allowed him to get the job done fast, and with his speed and reflexes each bullet always found it's mark. Along with the SMGs were four extra clips, he put the extra clips for the magnums and the SMGs in special pockets inside his coat, he then put the respective guns in holding straps on the inside of his jacket over their respective extra clips. And last but not least, his sword.

The katana to end all katanas. The entire weapon had been made specifically for him. It was made of ultra-light tritanium, a carbon-steel and titanium mixture strengthened to withstand up to 6000 PSI and 7000 degrees fairnheight. The balance was perfect. The handle was created so that he could hold it for hours on end and not get uncomfortable. The blade had a back edge on it, not exactly traditional but it made it easier to kill his target. Both the primary and back edges had been laser sharpened. The sheath had to be specially created to hold such a weapon. It held the blade in place with a high strength magnetic feild which required no outside power source. Mike pulled the sword out of it's prison and held it loosely. The case his weapons had been in floated off the ground and rested in front of him in mid-air. He flicked his wrist a few times and released the box from his hold. It fell in 10 pieces to the ground. With a satisfied look on his face he put the sword away. The sheath fit perfectly in the slit in the back of his coat. "Hey whats taking so long?! We got a world to save here!" Lilith was yelling. Grunting in frustration Mike left the armory and headed back to his bike.

"Sheesh. If you moved any slower you'd be going backwards." Mike sat in the bike's seat and started the engine. He gave it three good revs before putting his helmet on. Lilith's hologram disappeared and her image appeared on one side of his visor's display. "Give me a full rundown of the bikes parameters and capabilities." Lilith went to an attention stance and saluted, "This vehicle was created by the combined efforts of Doctor Sue and the milit---" "Just give me a writtin version please." "Aww, alright." Mike scanned through the data, "Lets see now. Power source .... mark three ion drive. Top speed .... mach 1.3, not bad. Max operating time before recharge .... eightteen days. ...... no off switch." "Hey thats cheating! I told you you had to look yourself! "Lilith." "Yes?" "We're going to make two stops before we leave the city. No back talk. It's important to me." Mike opened his faceplate and shouted back to the others, "I got a couple of things to take care of before we leave the city. Our exit point from Haven is military checkpoint five. I'll meet you there in about half an hour!" He put the faceplate back down and peeled out from the garage area. As he hit the top of the exit ramp he went airborne. When he came back down he was outside the complex on one of it's back roads. He hit the gas and made a beeline for his first destination.

A.I. Lilith: http://sage666.deviantart.com/art/little-devil-94099366

[Haseo{Terror of Death}]

((Indeed it is^^ Indeed it is >=D BTW, I have a man AI ^_^ I'mma call the horse Wes too for my own convenience))

Hibiki mounted the horse, "H-Ther-Er...." "Hehe, you got changed? And you're shy too? All for me? Well thanks....Sharkie!" "S-Sharkie?" Hibiki looked at Wes, who was sitting in the air as a hologram. "We've two stops before we start?" "Don't worry bro! I'll get ya there lickity-split!" Hibiki grabbed the reins and Wes neighed and bucked and took off, Hibiki placing his suitcase under a storage compartment under Wes's saddle.

He was out of the place at last. 'We're to sacrifice ourselves for the world? Well...I guess it wouldn't be so bad. Giving my life to make sure nothing th-' "Seem pretty tense there in your new get-up!" Wes's screen inflated his image, then tiled it. "It's nothing Wesley." Hibiki said trying to hush him. "NAH! Don't be so formal! Wes! It's Wes!" "S-Sorry Wes..." He said in a monotone voice that trailed off

((Happy Merry New Year!))

[GamerKale]

((Yeah Haseo, that is really strange. It shows up whenever I go to post, but not when I'm just looking at the thread. And a happy new year to everyone as well.))

Of course he ran off without us. "Alright lady and gentlemen, the one man army apparently has 2 errands to run. Which gives us about half an hour. If there's anything you need or want to do go ahead. Jacklyn, you'll ride with me so that there's a psychic for defense in every vehicle." A quick nod from Dr. Sue and she began helping Jacklyn towards the truck.

"I don't want to ride with him." "I know dear, you don't want to ride with any of them, but he won't do anything to you. He's old fashioned and isn't exactly the talking sort so he won't be much in the way of conversation. And if you want you can just read his mind. I know I've said that you shouldn't do that to people, but if you're worried about your safety go right ahead." Jacklyn nodded as she stepped up into the truck. She had a death grip on Dr. Sues hand. "It will be fine, you'll do great. Remember don't be afraid to read Ken's mind. He won't know unless you tell him since he's not a psychic and hasn't had the training I've had." Jacklyn slowly let go and put her hand in her lap as Dr. Sue closed the door.

"Jacques, until Mikey boy gets back I want you riding vanguard. When he does get back he'll probably want to be up there, just stay with him. You and he are the most maneuverable so if anything should happen up there the two of you should be able to handle it. Jason I want you covering the rear. You're very fast so if something happens up front you can get there to help in 2 shakes. And I'm confident you can handle anything that might be chasing us. So if there are no objections and unless somebody needs to make a stop let's head to the rendezvous so that we can link up with Mikey."

He hopped into the driver's seat and with a roar the engine started. He put on a headset with one eyepiece. On it was the distance to each member of their little squad, as well as the distance and direction towards the next nav point. In this case the rendezvous. When they got there he'd get a map out and make a route to their target as well as a way out and a way out that didn't involve coming back here. Much as he might want to return to work on his new car he doubted the others did.

[Haseo{Terror of Death}]

((This thread hates meh >.>))

Hibiki nodded, "Come on Wes, let's go ahead." He looked back to the two, "How do we keep in contact?" "US! Haha Sharkie, I can talk to our buds wireless....Right guys?" Wes grinned childishly. "Well then..I guess there's nothing else stop us?" "Unless you'd like to go see a fiend...mayb-" "I'm a foreigner here...I don't have any friends to see here." He looked back and waved his allies off, grabbing the reigns as Wes took off in a burst of speed, "Au revoir!"

He sped through the ramp, Wes taking a gallant leap. He landed gracefully, and checked his wristwatch. "...I wonder..." He shrugged it off. "Wes, please take me to the rendezvous point." The horse neighed and an image of Wes levitated out of the screen. "Oh captain, my captain!" He bowed respectfully after saluting and pointed towards their destination. Wes charged at all his speed towards his destination, avoiding all pedestrians.

[Azalan]

(OOC: For Jacky here thoughts will be in italics. Her words and thoughts will also be pink as dictated by Kale.)

Jacklyn watched Doctor Sue walk away her eyes following Sue's every move. I don't know what I'm going to do. I'm sitting next to this monster...a man. Back then I didn't know much about men, but they've only done wrong by me....I hate them! After thinking this; flashbacks of her experiences at the lab she was tortured in flooded her mind. As much as the girl's mind had tried to forget, it couldn't.

This would become obvious to Ken as the floor under his new vehicle started to crack and the garage started to shake. As this was happening all color in Jacky's face drained away and she passed out, her head hitting ken's car door window with a loud smack. The girl's body then went limp in the seat next to ken not moving. A lone tear of blood ran down Jacky's face and her right hand fell open. In it was the strand of rope Ken had thrown to her. Sue had given it to her after the briefing had ended.

In the chaos that enveloped the garage there was destruction all around. Other vehicles unused by the group had been damaged and there were weapons on the floor scattered everywhere. Doctor Sue had remained unharmed as she had ran over and hopped into the back of Ken's truck when the mini-quake had started.

General Constantine stormed over to the garage after the quake had stopped. With him he brought six of his best soldiers. They were armed to the teeth. When he entered the garage the anger which burned through him was unlike any he had felt in a long time. " Look at what your abominations have done Sue! I told you it was a bad idea to let them out! I want the one responsible for my garage being trashed detained for ten months!" Constantine said; anger filling his voice. The soldiers than surrounded to car weapons drawn ready for anything.

[GamerKale]

((Ah, didn't mean to dictate. I just wanted to differentiate. On the bright side, we all have colors now.))

"Well, that went better than expected." "You expected this? You have the strangest tastes in women." "If you're anything to gauge by, then yeah." Before Kiva could get in another comment they both heard the sound of Constantine's barking. "Can't be helped." Kenpachi stepped out of the truck and slowly removed his blade from his back, setting it next to Jacklyn. "Watch over it for me, alright?" He whispered as he placed her empty limp hand on the sheathe. "Sue, get in and follow Kiva's directions. I need you to get Jacklyn out of here. GO!" "Stand down, whelp." "No. Jason, make sure they get out safely." Sue scrambled into the truck. "Men, take aim!" "Stand DOWN!" "Sue, get out here right now or I will open fire." The engine started and as Constantine's mouth opened to order them to fire Ken hit him square int he chest sending him flying back threw the broken glass of a car and into the backseat. The soldiers turned their weapons towards Ken and opened fire as Sue and Jason drove off.

Although he was fast enough to dodge the bullets he still had some blind spots. Fortunately instead of bullet holes he just got some bruises at worst. He just evaded as best he could until they had to change magazines. "Alright boys, you all can either stop right now or I can give each of you a lump." Constantine shouted out from the car. "KILL HIM!" The men looked at one another, Ken could tell they knew how this would end if they tried. "I'll be gentle." He whispered as he systematically broke each and every weapon on them and knocked them all out. Leaving just Constantine and himself conscious. "Alright General, it is down to you and it is down to me." The general scrambled out of the car, his uniform disheveled. "Monster, prepare to suffer for what you've done." He picked up a rocket launcher off the ground and loaded it. "General Constantine I have three powers like Mikey. Thus far you and your men have witnessed 2 of those. Strength and Stoneskin. You should know full well what my 3rd power is, assuming you've done your research." "All I need to know about you things is that you need to do what you're told or die." Kenpachi caught the rocket with his left hand. The explosion washed over Ken like a summer's breeze. His clothes were ruined, but he was otherwise unharmed. "I'm a thermal, not nearly as omniuseful as being a psychic but so much more theatrical at times. Do you understand now? Bullets, blades, and bludgeons, useless against my stoneskin. Explosives useless against my heat resistance. The ultimate shield. And unlike a psychic I can't be caught off guard by a sniper bullet, saved my life a couple times that." "Monster." "Yeah, you've said that." Ken rushed forward and picked Constantine up by the throat. "Now, I'm going to talk a little and you are going to listen. You're a good man, that's one of the two things that's keeping you alive right now. The other is because I need you to do something for me. Now you call me a monster, but you know what true monsters are? Men who commit terrible atrocities such as raping a defenseless woman. Jacklyn the woman from my group is a victim not a monster." He dropped Constantine to the ground, coughing and wheezing he listened. "Look into her "doctors" and bring justice to them or I will take up my blade again and do it myself and I'll kill you too for letting them live. I'll come back alive from this if only to do that. Oh, and give the good doctor a break."

Ken took the contents out of a ruined container, it was a spare set of clothes he had down here for when he was working on cars, he changed quick enough that. Constantine was just standing up to watch as Ken walked out into the sunlight. "You get all that Kiva?" "Yeah, want me to save it?" "No, delete it. I don't want anything incriminating for Constantine to possibly be found." "You need a pick up?" "No, I've been meaning to stretch my legs a little and I think I'll go check on Mikey. Let Sue know she shouldn't be having anymore trouble with Constantine." "You sure?" "Yes, let me know when you girls get to the rendezvous point, Tiger out." "Ooh, Tiger. You're going to be like that, are you?" He didn't reply, he just crouched and pounced onto a rooftop. As soon as he got traction he broke into a run and made a beeline for Mike's location.

"Sue, Ken I mean Tiger's going to be catching a ride with Mike. And I got a rare video file of him changing. Want me to put a copy on your hard drive?" "No but thanks for the offer Kiva." "Alright, your loss. Make a left at the next intersection."

[Dark Blade]

((OOC: You know it occurs to me I never gave a picture for Sue. Well lets fix that ---> http://rolfplus.deviantart.com/art/Faux ... t-35415940 ))


Mike pulled his bike over on the side of the gravel path and turned it off. He put the kickstand down, took off his helmet, and walked over to a headstone in one of the city's smaller cemetarys. "Hey dad." Mike kneeled down and took off his gloves and laid his hand over the marble.

Kevin Taylor
2415-2468
Loving father and Devout husband

"I wanted .... I wish I had ....." He trailed off, tears going down his face. His father had passed away earlier that year, on the anniversary of Mike losing his soul energy. Since his father was not wealthy enough to afford the better doctors of the central city districts he slowly succumbed to cancer. It had been Sue who told him of his father's passing initally. His emotions ran wild and for the first time in four years and he transformed. He wrecked his room and even knocked one of the three foot thick concrete walls down. But in all of that he never once laid a hand on Sue. The entire time she simply moved out of his way and let him express his sorrow at not being there in his father's final moments. Eventually he just let out a long mournful howl and curled up in a corner and began crying. Sue had gone over to him even transformed and gave him a hug. Her warmth calmed him down enough to at least regain his human form. She sat and hugged him until he cried himself to sleep.

After he had calmed down he requested permission to attened his father's funeral; Constantine turned him down flat. He had been furious. All he wanted was to be allowed to attend his father's funeral. He even told them they could strap a bomb to him in case they thought he would run or try anything. Still he was refused. On the day of his father's funeral Mike attempted to escape. Just to say goodbye to his father properly. He was tracked down and stopped three blocks from the cemetary. He did his best to restrain himself, to show that he could be trusted to stay and come back after the funeral. For his efforts to behave and act civil Constantine had him electrocuted to knock him out. Ever since that day he has been simply waiting and bidding his time until he could end the General's life with his own two hands. He would make that man beg for release. He would make Constantine feel as helpless as he did. And finally he would show him just how much of a monster he could be as he slowly choked the life out of that demon and watched the life dim in his eyes.

A light psychic presence alerted him. He stood up and put his gloves back on. He took a toy out of his pocket, along with a folded piece of paper, and placed the toy on the paper in front of his father's grave. The toy had been a present to him for his twelth birthday. His father had made it himself. It was unique, one of a kind. Mike turned around and walked back to his bike. As he walked he passed the source of the psychic power. His mother and sister were walking toward his father's grave. His heart skipped a beat when he saw them but he kept walking, his head slightly turned down. He nodded at them as he passed by, keeping his face out of view.

Sitting back on the bike he put his helmet back on and started the engine. He sat there for a few seconds debating whether or not to run back to his family. He decided against it for the time being and pulled out of the cemetary. As his mother and sister approaced the grave they both noticed the trinket he had left. Mike's mother picked it up and examined it while his sister unfolded the piece of paper. On the paper only four words were written.

'I am alive.'
Mike

They both quickly ran after the rider of the motorcycle but he was already out of sight. He had one other stop to make before he left the city.

"Kiva, i'm getting out here." "You sure doctor Sue?" "Yes." The truck pulled in to a parking lot and took a place. "Please inform 'Tiger' that I will be leaving here. I know this neighborhood. These are good people around here, they wont do anything to any of us." Sue was getting out when Kiva asked nervously, "Sue are you ABSOLUTLY certain you'll be alright?" Sue just smiled, "Don't you worry about me. I can take care of myself when I really have to." Sue got out, locked the door and closed it. She went around the corner of a nearby building and could no longer be seen.

[GamerKale]

A rooftop after Mike had stopped Ken realized that he had stopped at a cemetery. Guess he's not the heartless bastard he makes himself out to be. "Tiger, hehe, Sue's getting out. Should we proceed to the rendezvous without you or would you like us to wait?" "No, go on ahead but display your route and progress to me. Alright, I'll link up with you shortly after you cross 7th. Keep the doors locked until I get there." He turned and continued running this time away from Mike. "Kiva, pull up the official file on Mike for me. Including any incidents he may have had." A few minutes pass. "Well, they certainly don't like people snooping around about little Mike. I had to go through several layers of encryption not to mention half a dozen security walls." "Thanks Kiva." Hm, probably his father. "Ooh, there's some deleted files regarding him too." "Can you get anything of them for me?" "No, they were deleted very thoroughly. It looks like they might have had something to do with his powers though." "Who deleted them?" "The good doctor." "Hm, this is troubling. Check Angie's data for anything and also look through any reports the general might have filed in regards to Mike. He may have used a code name for him." "It'll take some time for that info to be gathered." "That's fine. Leave a data ghost to do it and contact Rudolph for me." "The red nosed reindeer?" "No, the other one." "HIM!?" "Yes, him. Next to you he's the best hacker I know. Make sure he gets copies of anything your ghost finds." "Ok, it's done. Eta?" "Now." Kenpachi jumped, grabbed a fire escape and flipped himself up and over a building, he landed on the sidewalk next to the truck. The door swung open as he leaped in. The truck just continued speeding off, paying no attention to onlookers.

[Dimitri]

(Sorry, since the New years I've been kinda busy, and I've tended to sleep when I've not been busy x_x)

Jason had gotten out of the garage just moments before the destruction had occured. He too had someplace he wanted to go, though not of any real emotional significance. He stopped and got himself some junk food, a burger, and fries. The facilities food wasn't bad, but the scientists had a tendiency to worry more about the health of the subjects than the taste of the food.
"At least I managed to get myself a last meal." He mumbled to himself.
After finishing, he went to wait for the others at the rendezvous point.

[Haseo{Terror of Death}]

((I had a book report do do....sorry >.>))

Hibiki looked plainly as Jason had arrived at the rendezvous point. "Where are the others? I assumed as the red-haired man had said, you'd have taken the rear." He paused for a moment then continued. "And if that's the case, then you should have-The others should have been here by now." "See I told you to live a lil! I bet everyone's having fun since we're to meet here in AN HOUR!" Wes was flailing his arms around as he spoke. Hibiki just took it and responded quietly. "...I wanted to be here on time..." "Hehe, sorry! So...chat with Jason!" Wes grinned and turned on standby mode. "So...Jason is it? Is everyone else in this group from Haven?"

((Did a little editing since I was in a rush this morning...BTW can I make up my city's name? I plan on taking 8 since that's my fav number))

[Tsukuyomi-no-Mikoto]

Name- Tatsuya Kobayashi
Handle- Nakajima
Gender- Male
Age- 24
Abilities- Thermal, Transformation, Physical
Appearance-http://media.photobucket.com/image/anim ... Swords.jpg (has three 4inch scars on his face from when he was attacked by a wolf and a tattoo of a dragon wrapped around his left arm. Also doesn't have the wings)
Weapons of choice-two 5ft swords, one 7ft odachi, and his fists
Bio- At the age of six, on what was a peaceful day became a nightmare. It was the middle of winter on a blistering cold night when the creatures attacked. His parents did all they could to protect Tatsuya but it was to due to their attempts at safe guarding their child that the creature found him. The creature paid little mind to the adults it just slaughtered and went for the younger energy. Tatsuya, shivering in fear, begged the creature to leave but this display just enticed the creature. The creature attacked Tatsuya in a flash, devouring his soul and leaving on his face a scar, to remind him of the ordeal.As Tatsuya lie there expressionless and eyes blank. his body began to change. The memories of the ordeal kept his sanity in check through the change. Ever sense then he has hunted the creature and all of its kind.

[Dark Blade]

((OOC: Sorry I havn't posted anything recently guys. Classes started back up this week .... japanese is sucking my time again. As well as philosophy. What possesses me to take such hard classes I will never know. The edit fairy cometh!))


"Ok I can understand the need to go see your father's grave but where are we going now?" Lilith asked as Mike drove through the city. He didn't respond; he kept focused on where he was going. Mike pulled the bike up to the front of a house and stopped but left the engine running. This time he didn't get off but scanned the minds of the occupants of the home he was in front of. There were five people inside. They were in high spirits, it was the birthday of the father in the home. "Six..." "What?" "There should be six people in that house." Mike scanned further. He found the minds of many people in the cramped suburb. Some he wished he had not touched for the thoughts that filled them. He found the mind of someone who was in the middle of assaulting a woman with the intent to rob and kill her; he also caught her thoughts. Those of someone with absolute terror in their mind at not being able to see their loved ones ever again. Mike caused the man to fall dead on the spot as he psychicly crushed the man's heart.

He found many people, many minds. But not the one he was looking for. Even with his tremendous mental powers he had a limit; and he reached it in his search for his friend Yoko. "Where are you?" Lilith filled his visor with a puzzled look on her face as she scratched her head, "Wheres who?" Mike ignored her as he stopped his search and reigned in his power so as not to be overwhelmed by too many thoughts. "Never mind. I'm done here I suppose." Mike turned toward the house and gave a small bow to show respect for the man's birthday before heading out once more to meet the others at gate five. But not before making a third unscheduled stop.

"HEY! What gives?! I thought you said we only had two stops to make!" Lilith was a bit cross that Mike had made a stop he didn't tell her about. "You might not have an off switch but that wont stop me from MAKING one." Mike threatened. Lilith smiled wickedly, "I love it when you treat me rough." That ... was not the response he had expected to his threat. Nevertheless he did not let it get to him as he parked the bike in front of a small music store. "This wont take more than three minutes." He told Lilith as he got off the bike. "It better not or i'm comming in to get you!"

A small bell jingled as he went in the store. It was a very small store with shelves stacked with all kinds of instuments. It was as if someone had tried to fit every kind of musical instrument on the planet in one tiny space. There were two things Mike searched for, one of which he found right away. It was an old holo-harp. Normally they were very expensive but this one seemed to be in need of repairs so it was cheap. Unpon quick inspection he found it only needed a small solder and it would be fine again. But he had no intention of telling the owner of the shop that as he grabbed the projection disc off one of the shelves. The next thing he looked for took a minute but he eventually found it. It was very dusty as he took it and the holo-harp up to the counter. The man behind the counter hit some keys on his register and motioned for Mike to put his thumb on the scanner to pay. Mike took off his left glove and pressed his finger on the scanner. After ten years of not being able to spend the money in his account, intrest had easily given him enough money to pay for these two items. He had, like the others, been given access to a military account for expenses but he used his right hand for that one. So instead of letting them know what he was doing he used his personal account.

Mike put the holo-harp disc in one of his coat pockets and slung his new guitar on to his back and tightened the holding strap on it. "THAT WAS FIVE MINUTES NOT THREE!" Lilith yelled at him when he put his helmet back on. "You don't need to yell. If you were bored go on the net next time and amuse yourself." "I would but i'm not allowed to." Her image turned it's back to Mike. "Wait ... Not allowed to? You mean you CAN but CAN'T?" Lilith's image started figiting, "I ... MAY have ummm ... caused a SMALL power outage the last time I went on the network. heheh....." "It was YOU that shut down half the city's power for twenty mintues last year?!" Mike started laughing hysterically. "HEY DON'T LAUGH AT ME! I was still ..... Newly activated and didn't know!" "No, No." Mike camled himself a little, "I'm laughing cause I wanted to shake the hand of whoever did that. Constantine's office door came down on him during the outage and trapped him. They had to cut him out with a welding torch. Broke three ribs too." He smirked as he started the engine and continued on his way to meet the others.

Mike did the speed limit on his way to meet the others. This allowed him time to simply drive and enjoy being outside again. In fact one of the whole reasons he wanted the bike in the first place was that it allowed him to be out in the air. It took about twelve minutes to finally meet up with the others at gate 5. Mike removed his helmet so the others could hear him clearly, "Alright, we all here and ready to move out? Good, cause we got about three hours worth of daylight left and I want to make up as much ground as possible before the sun sets. We should avoid moving at night for the most part considering all the chances to be ambushed. And don't give ME of all people the argument 'But we have psychics!'. The things we will end up encountering are more than a match for most, powers or not. And according to Doctor Sue there are a fair amount that are able to hide their thoughts and presence. I don't know about you but the longer I live the better. So come sunset I'm stopping and finding the best shelter available for the night." Mike put his helmet back on and brought up a map of the surrounding area and their first target.

Taking in to account the top speed of the slowest vehicle in the group it looked like they would need to travel about three days to reach the closest prime. He sent the info to the other's and revved the bike's engine as the guards at the gate opened it revealing the world outside the cities walls. Mike gunned it and released the clutch, peeling out as he exited the city, the others right with him.

From the roof of a nearby building a lone figure watched the group leave the city. "May your eyes be opened to the truth before it's too late." The person jumped from the top of the building and landed softly where none could see before disppearing in to the shadows of the city.

[GamerKale]

((Sorry everyone, I haven't posted recently due to classes as well. Plus I'm working on a zombie campaign for a few friends so that's going to be consuming even more of my time, plus the guild hasn't even started yet. Anyways, yeah first week of classes happened fun fun fun.))
The other two seemed to be discussing something as Tiger and Jacklyn arrived. He didn't pay them any attention though, he was thankful the girl was still out cold. He doubted she'd take riding in the same vehicle as he too kindly. "So, who's your girlfriend, Tiger. Heheh, I'm sorry, I'm just going to keep calling you Kenny." Asked Kiva playfully. "She's not my girlfriend. In fact, she hates guys...she's had it rough." "Sorry. So, why's she even coming along if that's the case?" "Orders." "And she's riding with you, because?" "There's no chance of a psychic battle between her and me. Thus of all the guys here I'm the least threatening." "And if she decides to kill you?" "Well, then that would be interesting. I'm not completely unprotected from psychics y'know, I've had a dark history myself, but you know that well." "Yeah, you like to talk when you're working on a car." "Which reminds me, what are you doing here? This truck seems to be in good condition." "Ah, I was assigned to repair the A.I.. Something happened to it, something major. I'll show you later, maybe you can help me out, I've had almost no luck repairing it. I know you're more of a hands on kind of guy, but you've had to learn about computers for your work right, and also for some of the other vehicles." "Can do." "Another thing, why do you know so much about her if she's not your girlfriend?" "She reminds me of someone." "Girlfriend?" "...once." "Sorry." "It's fine, you didn't know."

Once they were under way he opened a private line to Mike, "Two questions. One, do you want me to run the perimeter when we get to the campsite? I'm faster than the others, quieter too, and if something's there I can send up a flare for help, if I need it. And two, I can't help but notice the instruments. You don't strike me as the emotional team morale boosting type, so are you just really good at hiding it or what?"

[Haseo{Terror of Death}]

((massive amount of finals...wishes for semester to END AH HAHAHAHAHA BURN BURN IN THE FLAMES!
*ahem* I mean... I also have...alot of work to do))

Hibiki was keeping up Mike, Wes only a few gallops behind Lilith. Wes's face looked confused, then nervous as he bit his thumb. "What's wrong Wes?" Hibiki asked, noticing Wes's dramatic gestures. "I'm the only guys here! AI wise, at least! I was told it we were made in one-one ratios!" "I can't really help you, but...we only have one female in the group? So...maybe...it makes up for it?" "I guess so.." Wes yawned and stretched out his arms, "Sharkie! It means so much that you care about me!" His image came out to give Hibiki a hug, which he accepted, but did not return.

((posts makeh the thread go round))

[Dark Blade]

((OOC: Again I took a long leave of absence and once again I apologise (this will prob happen alot ). Oh and Kale; Congrats on finally reaching 2,000 posts! And on one last bit of news I am considering starting another RP. Keep your eyes open for it. It will be quite interesting.))


Mike Listened to Ken's questions carefully and considered how he would respond. "To answer your first question; if you think you could find anything and deal with it I see no issues with you taking first watch for the night. And to answer your second question; the guitar is mine. I don't sleep easily and music helps relax me. As for the other thing ..." Mike touched the holo-harp disk in his pocket, "Lets just say i'm not exactly heartless. At least not in the philosophical sense." Mike cut the comm channel and continued to drive on in silence until the sun was almost ready to disappear over the horizon. There were some old office building ruins nearby. Mike decided that was the most defensible position and turned the bike towards them, with the others following.

He pulled the bike up to the front of the most intact building. The area was overgrown with trees and vines. Despite this fact the building offered a solid wall for their backs which meant there were only three real directions they could be attacked from. Mike pulled his helmet off and set it on the bike before opening a small comparment in the back of the motorcycle. Inside were some repair tools for the bike, including a soldering pen for the electronic portions of it. He took the pen and some wire solder then closed the compartment back up.

The others were also getting out and off of their respective vehicles and setting up. Lilith's hologram came up on the bike's projector, "Hey where are you going?" "Just looking around." Lilith eyed him suspiciously, "Fine. Just don't die and i'm good with whatever you do." Lilith's image leaned back and she took on a sleeping position as her image floated, "I'm going to take a nap so keep it down!" "A nap? Whatever." Mike said as he walked in to the building through the broken front windows. "Kenpachi. You wanted the honor of taking lookout. Hop to. I'm gonna check the building. Leave the girl in the truck and lock the doors. When she wakes up she can grab a cot and go back to sleep." Mike took the holo-harp out of his pocket as he walked to the nearest staircase. As he went up he started working on the holoharp's circuitry.