"Give me a second", said Lokken. He began to concentrate. A beautiful horse suddenly appeared. Lokken didn't mount it. "This is for anyone who doesn't wish to walk", he said, watching the exact duplicate of his wife's horse. "My wife would have wished it so", he said, his eyes filling with tears. Then he pressed them back.
"We should expect nothing. But I doubt we'll get that. We must go into this Canada place.Most likely, you'll want to expect the unexpected", said Lokken, being serious.
I say I'll fly for a tim to at that evry one exsept violet looks at me in sopris. I shroug uncumftrbly from ther sters. I desid I mite as will deminstrat I jump 20 feet strat up therw the hole in the celling. At the crest of my jump I tern in to a crow and fly back down and perch on an exposed rafter. I cock my head woching the others deside whot to do next.
I smile and say, "I have my own horse." I look at the animal a little warily, and let out low whistle. A chesnut colored mare trots up and I look at Lokken. "Could you give me a hand? I haven't quite gotten the knack of mounting her without a saddle."
Raphael laughs for the first time, he surprises himself with it, he can't remind the last time he laughed. "You're as light as a feather princess, so please don't worry." Than he touches her shoulder, squeezes it a bit and waits on a signal to move.
Lokken stares at the violet woman. "Gladly, madame, your wish is my command", he says as he lifts her up and puts her onto the horse easily. "Well, we should get moving", he says as he mounts his once wife's horse. He begins a trot into the forest by them.
Our horses keep pace and I glance at sky every so often to see Rapheal and Cecilia. "I wonder how long he can fly with both of them?" I attempt conversation. I know nightray is tireless and can barely sense him on periphery. While I wonder more about Lokken he has more loss in his past than I even though mine is probably more recent. I knew better than anyone that time only healed physical wounds.
I take off in a northerly decion ceeping my eyes on the grownd woching looking for a good path to folow. As soon as I rech a part of the land that I havint putrold as much. I fly down clowser to the grownd so I can see beter. I see a rather larg forest a head so I fly in to the tree woching for any sins of danger. When I rich the lemit off the hores I dubil back to tell the rest about the terane.
I fly up next to rapheal and flick my wing in greting he nods at me still wery of me fore som resin. I look down at violet and lokken tolking. I dive down and at the last minit I tern back in to humin form. I trot next to the horses ceeping up esily. I say folow me with that sed I run in front of them so as not to spock the hourses. Then I tern in to a black panther to shouw the safe way throw the forist.
Celia held tight to Angel who had his arms wrapped about her to prevent her from falling. She wasnt worried about it though...she knew she was safe with him and spent the time enjoying the view. She could see why he so loved the sky-the feeling of freedom was incredible.
She looked back at Angel as he flew-his wings beating the air around her-but he was watching the ground and the others.
Celia turned back and watched the transformation from bird to cat with facination. This was indeed and interesting group that she had been led to.
While holding Celia very tight, Raphael watched the transformation of the Black Trenchcoat, wondering if the creature had any weaknesses. If so, he hid them well.
"I think are worlds are widely different. It would be interesting to compare them during this long trip don't you think?" nightray dips low and flicks into human form, sometimes he can be very annoying even as he lopes ahead in his wolf form.
"What he lacks in charm he makes up for in shapeshifting." I think I almost see the grim warrior smile. "do you mind telling me more about your world? and your family, if it's not too painful. Otherwise we can choose safer topics."
Celia was silent for a long time, getting up the nerve to approach Raphael about something. Finally, she broke the silence between them and said,"Angel, I have to ask you about something."
"That vision we shared," She was a bit hesitant about asking,"What was it all about? Why were those men trying to kill you and the others?"
"If you do not want to talk about it, I will understand. But I cannot think why someone would want to harm someone as sweet and kind as you are."
I stop subinly in front of a forst that I had scowted just a few hours agoe som thing's not right I sens somthing that wosint ther before I look over my sholder and see that I had got to far ahed of the rest. I can just make out the horses a littil over two miles back. I tern back in humin form thinking it ben som time sens I've and som fun. I look in to the would and send a mentil chaling to wot ever whos in ther wating for use. I sens it's supris at being detked.
A dark shadow steps out of the woods it look like a crow between a grezly and a reptile. It's scals glising black and tremd with red. I steps closer snifing.
I drow my sword an evil grin apers on my face I start chuckiling with antesapshon. Whith out worning it lungis at me I duck but clos rend my side opin blood gushing brefly befor my body can stonch the flow. I tern ceeping it in front of me the next lung I'm redy for and jump up over it landing on it back I stab down tring to sever it's spine but I don't hav enof levrig and the scale are stongr then I thot.
It stand on it's hinde legs cosing me to slip off I land on my feet and role a way befor it can attack agen. I git back on my feet I crowch redy to lung in any derction. It cargis my agen but this time I duck under it slashing up with my sword cuting it's bely wide opin. It takes a few more steps beond me and fols to it's nees and then to it's side.
I fall to my knees as a wosh of weeknes woshis over me now that the battil is over. I look at the thing ling ther and whonder wher it came from I look up and over the corps to see that the others hadint notist athing yet. I smile good the danger didn't hav a chans to rech violet with that I fall to my side in a healing sleep it's ben a wilel sens I'v ben injerd so suverly. My ribs on the righet side saterd and a lot of blood lose.
ooc you guys can talk about your pasts if you wont just cum to the batil sen wen you are redy.
" Family was raped and murdered when I was still a young man. My two year old daughter, three year old son, and wife were slaughtered. I was chained to a rock. When they came to try and finish me, I finally broke free and sent them all but their leader to Hell's Gates. Their leader, Fuge, still lives", he said, growing sad. "Twenty years later I saw a statue of gold being melted down by two robbers. Little did I know at the time, but the statue was of an opposing god, Peresphone, Goddess of Life. A little bit of the molten gold spilled onto my arm and she blessed it. The blessing made me immortal, so I could not die of age", he continued. "Next fortnight, I will turn 2002 years of age", he said, smiling a sad smile.
"reminds me of several Earth myths. Perhaps our worlds were closely connected once, but when ours turned to science and technology. Yours remained a place of Gods and magic." We bring the horses to a stop just in sight of nightray's battle. "I know the pain of loss, but it looks like nightray has found something to play with." I joke again unable to be serious.
I hear the hufbets of the hourses I git up to my hands and knees I can hear the last of my ribs pop back in plase. I grimes whith the pane. I git up to my feet. I look at the thing that did this to me and I smile I say that wos fun. I tern back to the woods and wolk in to them. As I wolk I look at the clow marks on in my trench cote and the tshert underneth. I think next town we cum to I need to find a new cote and shert.
"had a bit of fun there?" I smile at nightray and the slashes in his clothing. "You know clothing doesn't come cheap anymore. After all it's not like they are still being mass produced. Remind me to teach you how to sew," I wake over to creature with Lokken trying to figure out if it's mutant or what. Waiting for Raphael and Cecilia to find us.
I look at Violet and with a smoll smile on my face and say don't wery about it. I see Celia and Raphael land I smile at Celia to show that I'm fine and I rather had fun.
I tern to the wolds and folow bests sent to see wer it came from.
Lokken flew up off the horse, energy crackling around him. Those who could sense his power fell to the ground, holding their head in pain. "Except for one", he said. "Except for one!" he bellowed as the sky turned black and lightning began shooting down. "Come, old fool, I am ready for you", a whisper hinted from the outskirts of the forest. Lokken sent a lightning bolt flying, ripping the tree apart. "Fuge!!!!! Show your filthy hide!!" screamed Lokken, throwing lightning at the forest. A large figure suddenly materialized, Dual swords strapped to it's back. Two pure red ovals shone for it's eyes. It had the shape of a human, covered in great Knightly armor. Fuge had returned!! Then Lokken landed down. The superpowers had begun their clash!