Fire and Ice (Closed for JokerWild and myself...thanks)

[AmbrosiaCaress]

~ Ice paused, she turning her pale blue gaze upwards to the moon overhead. It seemed that moon was staring down at her, telling her that this was wrong. All wrong. But was it? He was the enemy, the Predator, the Hunter. One of many for her kind, unfortunately. But to capture one, that was a feat. Many wondered how she had done it. Hell... SHE wondered how she had done it.

The trap had not been set for Him. Well, not for Him specifically. She had not even set the trap. It was set by the outter *Watchers*... The ones who guard, protect, her inner circle. Her...kind.

Who were her kind? They were commonly known as shifters. Beings who were not of pure blood, but a mingling of creatures. Magical, animal, human. The blood that ran in a shifter's veins could be most anything at this point in creation. The blood that ran in her heritage was a enchanting mix of the most magical of creatures, Unicorns, along with a entwining of Elven and human. Ice truely was a shifter. A magical creature that looked, human, most of the time. As human as she could.

Ice bore the marks of what she was. Her skin was pale, almost refecting the hue of the moon that still gazed down on her from above, but her skin was not pristine in that it was unmarred, hers showed the markings, of the Silver Unicorn. She was an animal. When she shifted, she was a unicorn of the most rarest, with pale silver stripes that lined her form. She was the daughter of the Silver Unicorn worshipped by all others. Long silver white hair spilling down her back. Eyes as crystal pale blue as diamonds.

Ice was young, intelligent, and destined to one day perhaps rule her *gathering*... her kind... but this day, as she paused in the moonlight, she had to wonder first off, how had she managed to capture such an enemy, such a Predator. And now that *she* was sent to, intterogate and eventually eliminate this, enemy, she had to wonder how she would manage to do that.

Killing was not something Ice liked to even think about, let alone have to contemplate. Now that this creature, and she was sure He had to have been another shifter, who had been stalking HER, had managed to be lured, by her, into the Watcher's metallic net trap... it was up to her to gather information. Any information, as to what He was, for He had never been seen before by the Monarch, the Silver Unicorn, who was also her father... or any of the Watchers.

There was fear that perhaps a new shifter now hunted them. A new Predator that sought to feed from their magic, their flesh, their blood... Her magic.. her flesh.. her blood... was all she could think as she started again walking to the cave where the Captured was chained....
Magically chained, for the golden chains that held Him were forged with the blood of their own deceased, infusing those chains with greater strength. Able to contain another magical creature. At least for the moment.

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Ice

A shifter of Unicorn/Elven/Human heritage.When she shifts it is to a White Unicorn with pale silver stripes. Shifting is usually only used when escaping from an enemy or when the *Gathering* (group or clan of families) needs to move quickly.

She is 20 in human years

Long pale white hair, diamond like pale crystal blue eyes

Skin is pale, with pale silver stripes that can be seen

She is the daughter of the Worshipped Silver Unicorn, the mightiest in the Gathering. She is destined to lead, altho she does not feel that calling. Ice would rather live simply, with a mate and a family. She is an accomplished healer when needed... and a tracker as well.. her magic aides in her healing and in tracking, enabling her to *see* things others may not. Altho her one downfall...weakness.. perhaps is that where she can track almost flawlessly, enemies behind her .. perhaps tracking or stalking her.. she can barely detect.. her magic goes out from her, it does not circle behind her to see what may be prowling. This makes her very vunerable.

She is soft spoken, but intelligent. Beautiful, yet alone... many of the males of her Gathering are .. intimidated by her heritage, her Father.. the Great Silver Unicorn, the Monarch of the Gathering.

Ice tends to want to, bridge the gap between her kind and others. She tries to understand humans, other shifters, even enemies. She tries to understand what makes them what they are.. and why.

That is her main interest in the Captured. SHe is more interested in who and what He is. She is interested in why He indeed was stalking her, hunting her, but more for the reason of why they are seen as enemies or prey, than anything pertaining to herself specifically.


Ice: http://photobucket.com/albums/a360/AmbrosiaCaress/?action=view&current=Behind.jpg

 

[AmbrosiaCaress]

~ As she drew closer to the cave, her slender fingers curl tighter around the twisted blade she held in her hand. The metal gleaming in the moon's reflection..

Twisted blades were common to her gathering. They were made by the Watchers, usually from swords either taken from the dead in the great forest, or purchased when one of her kind ventured into town. Many could pass for human and ventured into the local villages that dotted the landscape. Mostly to purchase supplies, food, and weapons.

These swords were then dismantled, and the blades heated. It was when heated, and softened, that the Watchers would use their strength, and magical ability to not feel pain, an ability not all of her gathering had, just the watchers, to grasp that searing metal and twist 2 blades togeher into one twisted blade. It truely was a unique weapon for her kind.

Hers was small, made specifically for her. Many named their blades, but Ice had not. She did not feel it ...right.. to give a name, and therefore a personality, to a weapon. She used it for protection only. But she was honor bound to use *her* twisted blade to end the life of the Captured once she was done...

Looking down at the gleaming metal... she shook her head.. hoping she could do that.. she had to.. ~

 

[JokerWild]

Fire/Inferno as he refers to himself.

A shifter of Dragon/Elven heritage, born of magic. When he changes he turns into a black dragon, his wings are red and his eyes are gold, in his dragon state he is only about 20 feet long and it weakens him when he goes back to his normal state. His scales are metallic like and have served him well in battle. Shifting is only used when he needs to take out mutiple enemies.

He is 22 in "human" years

Short black hair, wild red eyes that still hold a reptilian like feature even in human form.

Tanned skin, with light scars across his body.

Born of magic, he has no place among anyone truly. His elven half desires to live somewhat peacefully but the dragon blood that rages through his viens want nothing more than power and chaos. He knows his mother was once a ancient Lady of Fire, a priestess that began to tamper with dark magic which produced him. The elven people had no choice but to kill her and abandon the child in the forest. He was raised by "dark elves", who hoped to tap into his power and use it for their own. Needless to say when he was old enough and smart enough he brought them down with a powerful display, but he did encounter several people who helped him control his powers, they used him for assassinations, many of whom he killed were shifters.

A sharp tongued cock s.o.b, but smart even though his comments make it seem as though he's short of a few screws. He has yet to find someone who isn't truly afraid of him and his destructive power.

Inferno wants nothing more than to tame his "inner-demon" and live in peace. He stopped trying to live peacefully with humans and shifters a long time ago, he belives humans and shifters will one day bring descrution to eachother. And since it'll happen one day soon, why shouldn't he be the one to bring it to them.

IC:

He laid against the wall of the cave, his eyes closed though he was awake. He wore simple clothing, black pants, a white tunic-like shirt, and a black hood. He'd let the one thing happen that he had never thought would be possible...he was captured. No less by a woman...one woman. Not an army...or even a group. One Woman. These thoughts ran through his mind and caused his rage to burst.

His eyes flew open as he tried to transform into his dragon state, his face changed slowly, scales appeared over his arms and legs but the chains that bound him glew feirecely making him weaker each moment that passed. His face slowly began to take it's normal state. He breathed hard as he glared at the floor. He yelled in rage as he tried to use brute strength to break the chains. It was useless...he never experienced that feeling before...he hated it.

He had been successful in his hunts this year...sixty-four shifters dead... eighty-four human hunters destroyed...but now...now here he was bound by a woman....ONE WOMAN. "Inferno...you idiot." he said to himself as he closed his eyes once more.

 

[AmbrosiaCaress]

"Inferno...you idiot."

~ Ahhh.. so His name was Inferno... It paid sometimes to pause outside of a room, or in this case a cave, where others were. To hear, to listen, at what was being said inside. Ice had learned that little trick.. early on.

She had heard Him try to shift. The Watchers had infused the magic of Moon to those chains as well.. Moon was the sister Unicorn to her Father.. the Silver Unicorn. Her magic was specific. Where as the moon, often triggers shifters to change, her magic prevented it, which Ice realized was a good thing at this point.

She had no idea what He was, but He was classified as a predator. That meant that if this shape of His changed, He would be even more dangerous. It was easier to deal with Him in this shape.

Ice stepped into the shadows of the cave.. the moonlight reflecting behind her.. she was wearing nothing more than a silken slip of a dress.. as silver as the twisted blade she carried.. bare feet.. normally she was naked... her kind did not like clothing.. they found them very binding.. but to face another outside of her gathering, or when outside the encampment... home... she was to wear something..

She levels her pale blue eyes on the Captured.. She hated having to do this.. the Watchers were so much better prepared for this.. more intimidating in size and stature.. but she caught Him... He was hers to question.. and kill...

"Inferno... is what You call Yourself.. yes?"

She still felt that baleful gaze of the moon... telling her that more killing was wrong... very wrong.. she tended to agree.. but what choice did she have??.....

 

[JokerWild]

"Inferno... is what You call Yourself.. yes?"

He didn't look up, pissed he had made another mistake on mentioning his name. Tonight wasn't his night at all, he opened his eyes staring at her, the dress she wore was leaving nothing to his imagination. Pretty...very pretty, he let his eyes lock onto hers for only a moment before closing them once more. "Save me the trouble of breaking these chains and release me..." he said quietly.

He didn't give her a chance to answer before he tried to break free the chains again, they rattled violently as his now opened eyes burned with rage. "Free me now..." yelled Inferno still shaking and yanking on the chains. He stopped as took notice of the blade she carried, he smiled as his eyes went from the blade to her eyes. "You plan on using that...against me?" he said, his voice held no laughter or hate, it was like he didn't care. She had taken his weapons away the moment he had been captured, a short sword and clawed gauntlet. He continued to stare at her, even in the situation he was in now he couldn't help but think about how she would feel underneath his body.

He shook the thought from his head though, he knew he need to stay focused at the task at hand...and that was getting free.

 

[AmbrosiaCaress]

"Save me the trouble of breaking these chains and release me..." he said quietly.

~ She did not answer His... request. Instead, just watching as a moment later He struggled in the magical chains once more. His voice filled with a rage, a pure hatred she had never heard before...

"Free me now..."

She had witnessed the Watchers with predators before, as they questioned the chained beasts. She had heard screams, rage, anger. But this one was different. He was different. That had already been decided.

The usual was Wolf Shifters. Her kind had gotten adept at hiding from, confusing, and in the end, when needed.. fighting Wolf Shifters.. That was where the use of the moon chains had come into play. Wolves were their #1 predator. But lately, something else had been attacking, successfully, her own gathering, as well as another gathering of Unicorn Shifters. That gathering had almost been wiped out by the vicious attacks. Much more brutal and vicious than Wolves. But what was it? The Watchers seemed to think that perhaps this, Captured, either was the Killer, or part of the killing group of predators. But just what was He? That was up to her to find out.

His notice of her blade took her eyes from His little display of rage to the twisted weapon she held. She had His weapons at her den. They were awarded to her as trophies of the capture. Both peices scared her. Both were wicked looking alone. She had to wonder how much blood those weapons had spilled, and whose. Her own kind for sure.

"You plan on using that...against me?"

She did not answer Him. He had to already know that answer, He was not stupid. She walked around the side of Him, her eyes examining the chains. She had watched His struggle, He was definitely giving these magical chains a workout. She had to get the questioning done and finish Him before the sun awakened.... the chains lost much of their strength in the sunlight. The power of the moon was strongest at night. That was why the Watchers always set traps, hunted, and interrogated at night. When the chains were at their strongest.

"what are You? I know You are a shifter.. but You are not Wolf.. nor Feline... what are You, Inferno?" she asked outright.. she was not going to beat around the bush so to speak... ~

 

[JokerWild]

He growled lowly as she watched him, her expression remained somewhat nonchalant as he stopped struggling, he could tell she was studying him, her eyes traveled across his face and body as he closed his eyes. How did he let himself get captured..."Stupid...cocky fool." he though to himself, he opened his eyes looking at the woman as she continued to stare him down. "You didn't answer my question...you plan on killing me?" said Inferno staring at her.

He had begun his personal vendetta against the shifters when they tried to kill him...hunted him for several years, now it was time for payback. The Unicorn shifters and some Wolf shifters decided to take him out when he failed to join either of them...his punishment...death. But he wondered if she knew the real reason they wanted him dead, the reason he hunted them...the reason she was to kill him.

She looked away from him for a moment staring at her blade and stared back at him. "what are You? I know You are a shifter.. but You are not Wolf.. nor Feline... what are You, Inferno?" she asked outright. Inferno licked his lips and yawned, the chains rattled when he stretched. "Wolves...fierce creatures...but stupid....Felines...agile and very beautiful...but weak....if you come closer and I'll tell you..." said Inferno his eyes flashing red for a moment.

 

[AmbrosiaCaress]

"Wolves...fierce creatures...but stupid....Felines...agile and very beautiful...but weak....if you come closer and I'll tell you..." said Inferno his eyes flashing red for a moment.

Ice turned and instead of approaching Him.. she moved to the mouth of the cave, gazing up at the night sky, judging the time before sunrise. She then turned her cyrstal eyes back to Him... she knew just how close she could get, she knew how long the chains were.. at least she thought she knew.. having the moment of doubt.. but she could not doubt... she had to do this..

She steps back into the darkness that encompasses the cave... she wanted... needed... to know just what He was. The Watchers would not be happy if she did not find out. Her father would not be happy. Facing his disappointment was not something Ice wanted to do.. perhaps that clouded her judgement.. because she indeed did approach Him...closer... closer... closer than she should have...

"tell me.. " she said.. looking at Him.. He was different looking... handsome.. if He had not been a Predator.. the males of her kind tended to be... almost on the... *pretty* side.. with fine features and pale skin.. cyrstal eyes... where as He.. looked much more... male... strong.. rough.. powerful... and those eyes..His eyes were especially fascinating to Ice.. she had never seen eyes like His before.. ~

 

[JokerWild]

Inferno watched as she walked to the mouth of the cave, her hips swayed in the moonlight, the dress that clung to her showed off every curve on her body. He bit his tongue reminding himself this was not the time to fantasize or think with his little head.

As she approached him slowly he kept his eyes locked onto hers, until she stood almost face to face with him. He could smell her...roses and honey. He leaned forward enough to be next to her ear. "I'm your worst fucking nightmare." he whispered.

He leaned back and began to pull the chains once more growling as he did. He yelled trying once more to shift, his face and hands changed...dark scales covered his face and skin, his hands slowly shifted into claws. A estranged roar escaped from him as he slowly changed back to his normal form, but he didn't stop trying to free himself, he continued to pull on the chains with all his might.

 

[AmbrosiaCaress]

"I'm your worst fucking nightmare."

"Bastard" she hissed in reply as she pulled back.. just as He growled and yanked mightily on the chains.. He was trying to shift, and as Ice watched, dark scales formed on His face, claws tipping His fingers, it was almost as if a muzzle, a reptilian muzzle, formed...complete with razored fangs.. but it was for the briefest of moments only.. before He reverted back to human, with a roar of disgust and frustration.

Ice had backed up to the cave wall, staring. He was a Dragon shifter... She could not believe she had a.. perhaps THE only Dragon shifter in chains. Did the Watchers know? Her father needed to know..

Her eyes shot to the chains... were they strong enough to handle His repeated attempts to change, to break free? She had to kill HIm. She had no choice. He was more than dangerous.. there had been talk of a Dragon shifter.. talk that it was the Dragon that had slaughtered all those Unicorn shifters... Vicious, brutal attacks.. Agonized screams that had echoed into their homeland.. bodies found mutilated.. torn.. the look of utter terror left on their unmarked faces.. both human and unicorn... mattered not to the Killer... He killed no matter the form of the victim...

Her breath caught... she was staring into His eyes...

Clutching the blade, she took a deep breath. "Fighting will do You no good.. Dragon... I have to end it... " She hoped she could.. because if He got loose.. and killed again, the responisbility would be on her shoulders..

She approached Him... the blade held tightly in her hand.. she would just thrust it thru His heart, that's all.. just thru His heart... but could she? She dares to take her eyes off HIm, looking outside once more.. the light.. the dawn was approaching.. and approaching fast.. She had to end it now.. before He could break the chains... ~

 

[JokerWild]

He laughed as she backed away. "Bastard" she called him... he glared at her before growling using his all his strength to pull the chains that bound him, his viens and muscles began to bulge as he continued to pull.

"Fighting will do You no good.. Dragon... I have to end it... "

Inferno stopped pulling on the chains, his reptilian like eyes met hers never blinking as he looked at her. "End it...you have no idea what you're doing." growled Inferno as he yelled once more concentrating all his strength to his right arm, blood rushed to his face making him red as a beet as he pulled the chain from the wall, he fell to the ground breathing heavily, his left arm remained chained to the wall.

He looked up at the girl sweat pouring down his face. "Run while you can...I swear I will make you pay..." he said as he struggled to free his left arm.

 

[AmbrosiaCaress]

~ Ice was caught in that gaze, within those reptilian eyes.. her own staring back, clear crystal to flaming red.

He was right, she had no idea WHY she was there, what she was doing.. Just because she happened to be the one that had captured Him, that had lured Him into the trap... lured Him...

lured...

She had been bait...!!!! The thought suddenly struck her. There had been so much talk about the killings.. No one was safe, for even Wolf and Feline shifters had been killed, not just Unicorn... There had been so much talk of capture, of setting a trap, but none had worked.. not until now...

She had been the bait that had lured the Dragon Shifter to His capture.. but why.. why send her to interrogate Him? Did they think because she had been the bait, that He would talk? Or was it to piss him off into talking, seeing the girl, the one lowly female, who had managed to capture Him? Was she there to humiliate Him?..or at least try to???

Ice just realized that the Watchers had never allowed themselves to be seen by Him. The only one He had seen was her... What the hell were they thinking???

ANother thought suddenly formed in her mind... what if this whole thing was a trap, a trap to capture the Dragon Shifter, using her as bait, to have her interrogate Him, under the premise that He was her capture.. He seeing her would only agitate Him. Piss Him off.. enrage Him.. Enough to break the chains.. Enough for Him to attack her.. but the Watchers.. being male.. counted on Him not killing her right then, but bringing her back to His den, His encampment.. His Gathering.. They were counting on Him to want revenge... She would be bait again to distract the entire of His kind, and they, following, could swoop in and kill... If He were indeed the only one.. they would kill Him with the knowledge that there were indeed no others to threaten them in the future...

Ice's eyes widened... another of her talents.. other than healing and tracking... was... second sight.. Once she grasped onto the thought.. if that thought.. that idea.. were true.. were correct.. her Second Sight would take her thru the whole scenario....just like it had...

She had been sent into this cave as a sacrafice..

Did her Father know this??? Or was this the work of the Watchers who did NOT want a female to rule....

The sound of His roar.. and the chain being pulled from the wall... startled her out of her thoughts....

Her eyes widened as He then pulled on HIs left arm.. the chain coming taut... Ice knew .. He would be free in a matter of moments... she had to get out of there.. she would NOT be the bait... the sacrafice.. for the Watchers...

"Run while you can...I swear I will make you pay..."

And run... she did... ~

 

[JokerWild]

He watched as she ran out of the cave, he didn't care at that moment, for now he was concentrating all his efforts on the final chain that held him captive. He closed his eyes as he began to pull, with an inhuman roar he ripped the chain from the wall and fell to his knees, he fought the urge to shift...to turn into the one form that not even he could control.

Once more black scales appeared over his body, breathing heavily he groaned in pain as his bones began to grow, using his clawed hands he broke the chains off of his wrists. "Fight it..." he yelled to himself. He slowly reverted back to his normal self...sweat poured down his body as if he had jumped into a lake. He looked down at the two long chains, broken at the ends but they were still long and strong enough for him to bind the girl, he picked them up letting them rest against across his neck and back. He stayed there for several seconds before he found himself running out the cave and into the forest his black hooded cape waving behind him.

He'd find her...he leapt into a nearby tree. He stayed there for a moment looking up at the moon which was slowly disappering, now it looked as the sky was on fire. He began to jump from tree to tree, the large old oaks that he landed on didn't even creak under his weight, they had to be there for ages. He leapt to the ground and landed in front of several tracks, she was in a rush...otherwise he knew she would have been careful not to leave any trails behind her.

He looked ahead and stood still closing his eyes, if she was as nervous and panic-stricken when she left the cave then he had the advantage. But he wasn't going to let himself get too cocky...if he could help it. "Come out...you're only making it worse!" he yelled angrily. He waited silently his ears twitching to pick up any sound she'd give off.

 

[AmbrosiaCaress]

~ Ice was not sure how far she had run, as she shifted back to her human form. One thing she did, was run *away* from her home. She would not lead a monster such as the Dragon Shifter to her home, as well hidden as it was. She could not. She, was on her own.

She had not taken the time to cover her tracks, she could not spare those precious moments. She needed as much distance between her and that, Dragon, as she could. She had no perception on how fast He could be. Or how long it would take Him to break the other chain.

"Come out...you're only making it worse!"

She cants her head, listening. He was loose now, and from the sound of His voice, and the direction, she were perhaps a mile from Him, to the east, toward the rising sun. Her ears were sensative, even in human form, she had no doubt that His were too. She would have to be careful, so very careful.

Ice debated whether she should shift back to her unicorn form and run. It was faster, stronger. So, she closes her eyes, whispering the needed chant...

*gods of summer, winter, spring, of the colors of the fall
bring forth the seasons where life is born,
gods of all creatures of life...
bring forth the Unicorn*

The magic took hold, and she began her shift again. Where as His shifting looked almost brutal, hers was flowing, fluid, her form shimmering within a bathing of silver, the shadow within changing, a silver striped Unicorn appears..

She ran then, her hooves like thunder on the ground, the wind urging her to lead the Dragon, away, away from her Gathering. She would not be responsible for another Gathering of her kind being slaughtered... she would not.

What she did not see was the trap, not set by the Dragon, not by her own Watchers. This trap was set by the Wolves, and Ice, in her fear and haste to lead the Dragon away... never saw the concealed trench that had been dug.. her front feet collapse into it.. the whole of her body rolling forward... It was ment to break a fleeing prey's leg or legs, it did not break hers, as her front hooves hit it, Ice realized what it was and with one quick scream, she shifts back to human, not taking the fall as hard, but still she thuds to the ground with a painful yelp.. the sound echoing thru the forest.. she coming to rest on her back... panting... and stunned...

And.. a pack of Wolf-Shifters .. were approaching, having heard her running.. having heard her hit the trap, and having heard her come crashing to the ground.. ~

 

[JokerWild]

He moved on, he knew she would shift. It would make it harder, the only way for him to capture her now was to shift also...but that he wouldn't do. He stopped after hearing something move several feet away from her, he hated the fact she took his weapons, letting some of the chain drop from his right hand he gripped it tightly as a large form leapt out of a nearby tree. He turned around quickly whipping the chain towards the figure, a yelp filled the air as the end of the chain wrapped around what seemed to be the figure's neck, pulling hard the figure crashed to the ground. Inferno looked down smirking, it was a shifter...a wolf.

It growled as it struggled to free itself, it's eyes looked up at him with rage, but Inferno's held no emotion as he stared back at him. It opened it's muzzle and growled "Free me you abomination!". Inferno couldn't help but laugh out loud...it was only moments ago he was threatening someone to be free...someone who had the power to end his life and didn't...too bad he wouldn't make the same mistake she did. He shook his head as he pulled the chain crushing the poor soul's windpipe, he knew it was an elder shifter...it had the ability to speak while in it's wolf form...but he didn't care.

Unwrapping the chain from around the deceased mutt's neck he removed the black hood from around his shoulders and took off his shirt. Closing his eyes he concentrated on his dragon state...his bones slowly expanded making him groan in pain. The skin on his back began to seperate splitting in half on the back of his shoulders, in an instant two red leathery wings about seven feet in diameter sprouted. Breathing heavily Inferno looked to the sky, as the thought of taking to the heavens appeared in his mind his large wings flapped once blowing a small dust cloud in the area he took off in.

The wind embraced him making him feel apart of the sky itself, he let the cooling sensation overwhelm his body as he opened his eyes, he could see her lying in a ditch...he smirked. There were six wolves coming in a circle from the forest, he knew she couldn't see them...but they were closing in on her preparing to strike. Folding his wings to a certain angle he felt himself dive down towards the area she was in, in a matter of seconds he landed, he stood behind her the two chains he held rattled as he whistled towards the direction of one of the wolves. "Be a good dog and go back to your home..." he said.

All he heard in reply were several loud howls and growls. Shifting his wings as if he were shrugging his shoulders he smiled and shook his head. "Suit yourself...mangy mutts." he yelled...

 

[AmbrosiaCaress]

~ Ice lay in the ditch.. the trap... trying to regain her breath. She had hit the ground hard, knocking the wind out of her. At least she had the wherewithall to shift, if she had not, surely her 2 front legs would have broken. at least now, she was just dazed, and bruised.

A trap, it took another minute for that thought to register. A trap meant, that Predator's were near. She sat up, shaking her head, trying to clear it, her long sliver white hair tumbling down about her shoulders. She would not be hard to find in the darkness, even tho the sun was indeed beginnging to awaken.

She heard a howl, low and deep, but from a bit of a distance, the sound suddenly cutting off.. Wolves.. Wolf Shifters. This kind of trap was classic for them, to hunt her kind. That mean that a pack was near. But ... where.. She had to find a place to hide, and quick.

Trying to get to her feet, her head spun. That fall had jarred her worse than she realized, the world was twisting around her. She falling back to the ground. She would never be able to hide, fight, escape, in this condition. It was then that Ice felt that cold, so very chilling cold, fear in the deepest part of her belly.

She closed her eyes, her thoughts turning toward the fact that the Wolves would be on her in a moment. In her mind's eye she saw them, approaching.. closer.. closer... A shadow... a dark forboding shadow suddenly appears between her and the Wolves...

Ice snaps open her eyes, the second sight thought gone in that instance.. but the shadow.. the shadow was NOT.

"Be a good dog and go back to your home..."

Ice felt all color drain from her, and if she felt that chilling finger of fear before, now she felt the grip of terror.

It was HIM...in FULL DRAGON form...

Things just got worse, she thinking she would rather face the Wolves, than HIM...

All he heard in reply were several loud howls and growls. Shifting his wings as if he were shrugging his shoulders he smiled and shook his head. "Suit yourself...mangy mutts." he yelled...

She tried to get to her feet again, but the spinning would not cease enough to let her balance. Shifting was out of the question. For her to shift she had to concentrate, and say the verse. She could barely think, her mind was circling so fast, in fear, in utter terror.
Crawling, she slowly tries hide, only to hear the deep snarl of a Wolf-Shifter, those hungry eyes staring back at her, mouth open to reveal fangs that could, and were about to tear her apart.

Ice no longer had her twisted blade, having abandoned it when she shifted, she had nothing to protect her... from it or the Dragon.. that horrible Dragon...

A moment later and the Wolf shifted, the man was muscular, dirty, when he curled his lips into a gruesome smile he had a couple of missing teeth. He reached for and grabbed Ice, his thick dirty fingers gripping her hair, and around her throat to drag her to Him.. with a low growl..

Ice screamed then, unable to stop the terrified sound from slipping from her lips... she clawing at the Shifter... ~

 

[JokerWild]

Inferno turned around to see the woman being attacked by one of the shifters, before he could get to her he felt himself being tackled. The rest of the shifters were upon him, out of their wolf forms they began to beat on him with their fists knocking him to his knees.

Roaring he began striking out at them with his wings, the group fell to the ground but were quickly up. Inferno took to the air disappearing above the trees, they stood there wondering if they should go after the girl or wait for him to attack...they didn't have time to take action. While in the air Inferno linked the two chains together forming a single long chain, he flew down diving through the limbs of the trees, lashing out he used the chain like a whip striking one of the shifters in the jaw knocking him unconscious.

His wings beat against the air as he floated above the shifters, flying towards two of them he grabbed each of them by the neck and flew back into the air above the trees. His hands slowly shifted into their claw like state. They struggled as he began to push his sharp claws into their throats killing them, he let their bodies drop back down the earth, as the bodies fell before their comrades two of them ran off, the only one that remained was the wolf that continued to try to pull the woman into the forest.

As he glided towards them he dived towards the wolf tackling him deep into the forest, grabbing him by his hairy throat, Inferno held hiim against a tree with one clawed hand. He let his face transform into it's reptilian form, opening his muzzle like mouth he shot out a stream of white fire.

The wolf let out an agonizing howl as the flames ate at his face and body burning his hair. Inferno backed away as his wings slowly disappeared into his back, some of the scaled armor that covered his face and body began to disappear also, the smell of burnt hair filled his nostrils but he didn't care...he wasn't finished yet.

He turned around walking back towards the ditch and the woman, on the way he picked up the chain and let it rest across his right shoulder. "Run again...and I will destroy you. It's time we talk girl..." he growled as he neared her.

 

[AmbrosiaCaress]

~ Ice saw none of the battle between the Dragon and the other Wolf Shifters... altho she indeed did hear it well enough, between the howling screams of the Shifters and the roar of the Dragon..

The Wolf that was dragging her also heard the battle, but did he drop her to help his packmates? No.. his only interest was the girl and dragging her, even as she struggled, away from the Dragon. If he could get her away, he would first of all enjoy raping her, and secondly, the rest of the pack, an outlaw pack of Wolf Shifters, would feast well on her.

He never even saw the Dragon coming, but Ice did...
"Oh Shit" she manages to cry out as the Beast came in low and a moment later the Shifter, with a shriek of surprise and pain, having let go of her to try and shield His face from the onslaught of the Dragon's claws, was ripped from the ground and tackled. Both he and the Dragon crashing into the forest.

Ice did not see what happened, again she heard the agonized scream that went suddenly silent. She tried to get up once more, but the world spun around her and she fell back to the ground, shaking her head slightly to try and clear it.. to try and stop that infernal spinning... whimpering slightly, she closing her eyes. She would have to concentrate.. and concentrate hard, to be able to say the chant, to be able to change, but, could she be able to stand upon 4 legs? or would the twisting world around her bring her down again, only to be slaughtered as prey for the Dragon that now hunted her. That was now so close, so very close...

He turned around walking back towards the ditch and the woman, on the way he picked up the chain and let it rest across his right shoulder. "Run again...and I will destroy you. It's time we talk girl..." he growled as he neared her

His voice prevented her from even being able to begin the chant.. the growl.. the menace.. the threat that lay within.. she did not move, nor did she look up to face Him... her body tensing.. she expecting to be struck down.. to be ripped apart as the others found had been...

"father.. I am sorry I failed" she whispers to herself, wishing she could see him one last time... ~

 

[JokerWild]

Inferno watched as shivers ran through her body, it was easy to see she was shaken by the wolves attack, but he knew it was more him than the wolves that she was frightened of. He smiled on the inside but kept his face grim and serious as he leaned down to grab her shoulder bringing her to her feet.

"father.. I am sorry I failed" he hears her say before he picks her up. He stops for a moment and looks down at her. "Failed you have...but at least you live...for now." he said to her snatching her up. Bringing her hands behind her back he bound her wrists with end of the long chain that she had once used to bind him.

He held the rest of it in his hand, there was just about two feet of length left over. He pulled her towards him grabbing her by the face he made her look up at him. "Your den...where is it? And please...don't lie to me. I've had a very bad night" he said his eyes flashing red even though he spoke calmly.

 

[AmbrosiaCaress]

"Failed you have...but at least you live...for now."

~ Ice stared into His eyes.. she saw pure hatred within.. seeming to consume those fire red orbs... She did not say anything to Him, but as she is pulled to her feet, the world twists around her once more. Only closing her eyes seemed to stop the infernal motion...

She felt the chain wind tightly around her wrists as He bound her.. the magic was gone from them.. Or perhaps His own had overridden the moon's magic that once enchanted the chains.. mattered not.. she could not shift with her arms bound as such.. if she did, her legs would in turn be bound behind her back and as a Unicorn, that could viciously break both...

Ice kept her head down.. eyes closed.. she trying to keep her trembling under control.. She had failed miserably... the Dragon lived to kill... and she would be slaughtered without being able to even warn her gathering...

Yanked to Him, she felt her body brush against His... the touch bringing a soft whimper from the captured Unicorn Shifter..

"Your den...where is it? And please...don't lie to me. I've had a very bad night"

Forced to open her eyes to His, she stares at Him.. there was no way she could tell Him where her den was.. that would be revealing her entire Gathering to Him. She would not let Him slaughter them.. she would die before she could ever let that happen... but... perhaps........

.....there was a den that she used when she needed that away time from the others. Something that Ice indeed did need more often than not. As He growled.. His hand tangling within her long white mane.. she suddenly got a vision.. of her laying at His feet, her throat torn open.. why? Because she did not tell Him where her den was... blinking suddenly.. her body beginning to shiver almost violently.. she manages to blurt out the location.. and thank heavens her mind was coherant amidst her fear to tell Him her alternate den.. not the one at home..

"It's... It's near the waterfall... there is a cave that burrows under the steep hillface of the falls... that.. that is where I den... Dragon" she manages to hiss... ~

 

[JokerWild]

As he pulled her to him he dropped his hand from her face and managed to let his fingers trail down her back for a slight second, she was shivering against him, he didn't care...he fed off of her fear. "It's... It's near the waterfall... there is a cave that burrows under the steep hillface of the falls... that.. that is where I den... Dragon" she hissed.

"Dragon huh...you called me by name when you had me bound in that cave...now you call me Dragon as if I am nothing but a mere animal...a monster to you." he said shaking his head as if scolding a child.

Inferno smiled as she revealed the location of her den, he turned her around pushing her ahead of him, after she took a few steps he yanked the chain hard enough for her to know though she led him he was still in charge. "Lets go...I'll let you show me where it is...my new home for the time being." he said staring into her eyes.

She was furious and scared all at once...he had to keep his eye on her but he knew he was in control...unless he let his gaurd down again and got cocky. As she stepped in front of him his let his eyes roam over her backside, the dress she wore was more revealing in the morning light, unknowingly he asked "What's your name?".

 

[AmbrosiaCaress]

"Dragon huh...you called me by name when you had me bound in that cave...now you call me Dragon as if I am nothing but a mere animal...a monster to you."

"You are a Monster" she hisses back.. without thinking..

He merely smiled at her.. a smile that made her shiver against Him...

"Lets go...I'll let you show me where it is...my new home for the time being." he said staring into her eyes.

She stared back.. where His were flaming red.. hers were cool.. downright cold... but she knew she was helpless.. fighting would only get her killed... not that she wasn't going to die at His hand anyways...

She took the lead, the chain going taut between them. As she walked, her mind was racing. How would she get out of this? Was there a way out? Worse, would He indeed kill her? She thought so, and she had to wonder, as she walked, would He be as merciful as she had planned on being with Him? She would have made HIs death quick. She doubted He would grant her the same mercy... not afte what she had heard about the mutilated bodies...

As the sun rose, the morning light did illuminate her form.. with her long white hair and pale skin... the bare silken shift of a dress that she were barely covered her.. each movement of her hips as she walked.. her chest as she breathed.. allowed the silk to seemingly caress over her.. touching.. kissing her skin...

He had been silent for awhile.. she walking with her head down some as she tries to come to terms with what was happening.. His voice startling her just a little....

"What's your name?"

At least it did not carry that growl.. that hatred that she had heard within HIs voice before...

"why... so You can call me by name while You kill me?" she snaps.. trying to hold back her fear.. her emotions... she pauses.. before giving up.... she could not escape Him... she already knew that.. He had caught her already once.. He would not be giving her the chance to run again...

"Ice" her voice a soft whisper.. "just call me Ice"....

 

[AmbrosiaCaress]

~ the sound of the waterfall began to whisper to their ears... and as they emerged into a small clearing.. the tumbling water coming into view.. the place truely was beautiful. That was one reason why Ice had kept it secret. She did not want others coming here and destroying the beauty... She wondered how beautiful it was going to be with her dead body laying in the mid of it... but a quick shake of her head drives that thought away for the moment...

She stopped, her eyes focused on the ground before her. She could not beleive she had brought Him here.. HERE.. the one place other than her home, that she considered safe. It would never be safe again, that much she knew..

"the cave is to the right of the Falls.. " she murmers.. not looking up... "what are You going to do with me?"

 

[JokerWild]

"why... so You can call me by name while You kill me?" she snaps..

He didn't answer he only smiled to himself, they continued to walk silently for a few moments before she slowed down just enough to speak softly to him. "Ice" he hears her say to him.

"just call me Ice." he heard her say once more before she walked ahead of him. He nodded silently, he would have spoken to her but he was busy admiring the dress she wore...well what was underneath it.

He was lost in his own thoughts as the sun rose. At that moment he snapped back to reality, his thoughts of her dancing for him gone as the beams of light began to show the floor of the forest. After a few more minutes of walking he could hear the sounds of a waterfall, as they walked through several tall bushes and trees he saw the waterfall and the clearing.

It was indeed beautiful, and secluded. He stopped as she stopped, he watched as she lowered her head looking at the ground in front of her. "the cave is to the right of the Falls.. " she murmers.. not looking up... "what are You going to do with me?".

He ignored her for now pulling her along towards the cave, a small stream lay in front of the cave itself, it seemed that she herself had put several flat stones in the water to step on without getting herself wet. He walked ahead pulling her along. "Being the monster that you call me...I haven't decided wheater to eat you raw...or cook you." he said turning around and looking at her.

"But being the gentleman that I am...I'll allow you to live long enough to tell me about your clan." he said pulling her into the cave and holding her by the back of her neck. "Are there any traps...or any person in here?" he whispered into her ear.

 

[AmbrosiaCaress]

~ she hated that He knew her hiding place now.. hated that He led the way to her cave, her secret place, her haven, her safety... He pulling her along behind.. the chain stretching between them..

She nearly chokes when He finally answers her question.. that raw hatred lacing His voice once more...
"Being the monster that you call me...I haven't decided wheater to eat you raw...or cook you." he said turning around and looking at her.

"But being the gentleman that I am...I'll allow you to live long enough to tell me about your clan." he said pulling her into the cave and holding her by the back of her neck. "Are there any traps...or any person in here?" he whispered into her ear.

His grip tightens upon the back of her neck, His breath.. altho warm to her ear as He whispers, sends a cold chill rocketing down her spine, a chill that shivers thru her, she in turn shivering against Him...

"no traps, no people, this den is secluded, none will find You here... Dragon" she answers...

She said nothing about her gathering.. her clan.. she would not.. she would die first.. she hoped that maybe.. if the Watchers found the chains broken, they would move the Clan.. far and fast... Ice prayed they would .. but that also meant.. she would never seen them again most likely.. but then again.. she was sure she was already considered dead to her family, her kind...

"just kill me.. Dragon.. " she said softly.. fighting the deep urge to just cry... "just go ahead and kill me"... she was scared... angry... scared of Him.. angry at herself for failing so badly... She trembling against His body, His warm body... her own moving against His.. the curve of her ass.. barely concealed in that silk, quivering .. so close to Him~