Mutant Lovers

[Isolde]

Celia

She look hard at the cat woman and then at Angel lying there in her arms, bloodied and unconscious. She knew that nothing was worth this gentle man's life. And she knew she would give up anything-even her own life if it ment he was well again. It was her pride that had gotten him into this in the first place.

Leaning forward, she gently kissed him on the cheek and then stood up and back so that Dawnfire could aide him. Tears still streaked her face as she watched the woman work. She did not like her but she would cooperate if it ment that Angel would be well.

 

[Firegirl976]

Dawnfire

I felt the conflict ripping through the lady. I worked as quickly as possible trying to tend to angel without touching him unnecessarily. I talked to him mentally hoping that it would keep him calm while I worked..."Angel try to remember the feeling of flight.....think of how the sun feels against your wings, the way the wind lifts you ever skyward...." I intentionally tone my mind voice to be calming. I draw on the winds to raise him so that he looks like he is levitating while laying down. I open a pouch on my hip and withdraw several powders which I mix all the while sending mental images to angel and slowly sending cool winds to both keep him aloft without his help and to cool the wounds. I speak breifly to the young one as I work...."There iss a sstream not far from here towardsss the othersss.....pleassse take thisss container and fill it with water....pleassse hurry", the strain of using so much of my powers is starting to catch up with me and although I have an unlimited supply of power it takes a toll on me physically to use them. I continue to concentrate on angel as the young one runs off to gety the water...."Angel....stay with me, " i once again whirl the winds holdng him to give him the feeling of flight...."Just think of how wonderful it feels....tell me what you are feeling." I continue not to touch him with my body but I cannot sotp from talking and caressing with my mind...anyhting that will keep him safe until I can treat his wings.....

 

[Isolde]

Celia

Celia took the flask and went to the stream. As she passed the others, she threw a warning look to Nightray and a pleading one to Violet. Bending down, she watched as the waters flowed into the flask.

She was so confused and hurt. She had never had anyone look down on her like the cat woman did. She thought of her as no more than an untrained child and it irked her. She didnt see Celia as Angel did-someone with potential if it was trained right. The cat woman only saw that Celia did not have the type of power she did and Celia knew that the woman had trouble staying away from Angel.

Why did that bother her so much? She had only met the man and here she was showing so much jealousy that it had gotten Angel hurt. She shook her head. She had to stop this. So she didnt like the cat woman's attitude and she really didn't like being treated as a child. Celia had to admit that she was Angel's equal whereas Celia, herself was not. She would stay and help get Angel better but she did not know how long she could stand the woman's condescending attitude and the people she had started out with were simply tearing each other apart.

Sighing, she rose and started back to Angel, hoping Violet would have gotten there and already be healing him. The woman was good but Violet could make sure that Angel surived and that was what was important now.

 

[Firegirl976]

Dawnfire

I almost dropped Angel out of relief when Violet appeared out of the trees. I kept him aloft however while she starting using her healing powers to clean and heal his wounds.....his wings were going to be hard however and I knew the healing powders combined with the pure water would be the extra oomph needed to keep the birdman flying with the ease he was used to. Celia came back with a quickness that did not surprise me knowing that she cared for him the way she did. MAybe if I include her....."Celia pleassse mix the water with the powders in this flasssk...then spread it over Angel's wingsss, once all of the injuries are covered have him drink the ressst." I broke off my mental link to Angel preceeding it by letting know what I was doing..."Angel I am going to let Celia talk to you know but I will leave you with this...." As I prepared to release the birdman from our link I sent him an image that had played over in my mind since I first saw him...i smiled at the feeling of warmth that was sent back to me just before i broke off the link and the slight smile on Angels face. I turned my attention to Celia while keeping my mind on the winds. I saw she had finished her task and with that I slowly lowered Angel to the ground on some moss so that he would be warm....looking towards violet and seeing her looking satisfied I knew that our combined efforts had made the difference. "Celia....connect with him gently....soothe him with your feelingsss....but do not let your disstassste for me taint what you project to him...keep your thoughts pure." As I make this last statement I motion to Violet to follow me out of sight of the couple and she speaks to me of our next move while we walk back to Lokken and the wolfman....

 

[nightray]

I her Raphaels screem I run to wer he is just in time to see cat lady cery hem away. I go to wer he wos atackt and snef the aer. I cach the sent of two strangers I smile thinking more fon. I externd my nowly strankthind mind power to scan the aera and I find a blank spot not to for from wher I stand. I smile the idets did to good a job. I folow the sent of the two guys ceeping in the shadows and making not one sownd I also make sher that my mind is shelded to keep them from finding me.

 

[Isolde]

Celia

I looked after the cat woman and I felt my anger rising again. She just couldnt stop treating me like a child! I looked down at Angel and frowned at the smile he had on his face. I had heard part of her thoughts to him. She was going to 'let' me talk to him! Ohhh..that boiled my blood!

Then she had the gall to tell me how to connect with him as if I had not done it before! I really hated her condesceding attitude!

Kneeling down at Angel's side, I placed my hands on his face and tried to connect but I felt some resistance. This puzzled me for he had never resisted a link from me before. I tried probing deeper, losing any thought from the cat woman but he kept pushing me out...or something did. I changed my tactics and just let my thoughts float and I could sense the reminants of what the cat woman had last put in his mind. Shocked I broke off contact. I had not gotten much except for the feelings she felt for Angel from the start. I stood shaking and tears running down my cheeks.

I had never known anyone who could do something like this. She knew what I felt for Angel and yet she had used everything she could to draw us apart. Well, it had worked. She did not feel like fighting this woman and, maybe, it would be for the best. She would not shame herself or make herself lower in Angel's eyes by fighting another woman for him. She knew he would hate that.

Stepping away, she walked over to where the cat woman stood with Violet and faced her. "Ok, you've won. Whatever you sent to him last has effectively blocked communication I have for him. I want to tell you...I dont like you and I dont think I ever will. But if Angel is happy than I will tolerate you for as long as I can. You hurt him and I dont care how powerful you are...I will come after you with everything I have. You tell him I will be around..even if he doesnt see me..I will be around."

With that, I turned on my heel and left, tears flowing and heart breaking and hoping that I had done the right thing.

 

[Firegirl976]

Dawnfire

I listen to the young ones speech allowing her to let her anger and hurt pride run free. Then watch her as she turns to run off, stopping Violet from going after her. "Let her heal Violet....She is young and proud, and she thinksss that I am out to destroy sssomething that I have nothing to do with...." I shake my head and look at Violet sadly...."You heard me warn her to keep her thoughtssss pure...Angel's power is based on kindnessss and purity of thought...he cannot tolerate any type of hate or cruelty either in mind or in action." I turn to look at the birdman who has caused me so much grief...."Celia is letting her pride cloud her thoughtsss..even on an unconscious level, that is why she cannot connect to him in the deep state of sleep he is in." I turn back to Violet with tears in my eyes "She hasss more power than she realizesss and part of my reason for helping you was to sssee if she was worthy of being trained....I have watched you all since you entered my land several days ago attracted by the odd combination of powers I sensed." I pause and watch Violets reaction to what I am telling her. "Her only hope to control her power isss you.....You must teach her inner peace, how to deal with all that she has seen in her life asss you have.....then and only then will I be able to tutor her in the mysticsss." I sit down suddenly exhausted..."If blaming me will help ease her sssituation then let her...eventually she will learn the truth and until then I will have her guarded,,,,she will be safe and we will always be close to her." I look skyward and raise an arm as a Golden Hawk Eagle swoops down and lands on my arm, bowing his head to Violet. I look him in the eyes then give him wing and watch him take off in the same direction as Celia. I suddenly feel Violet's hand on my shoulder and a warmth as my strength is returned to me. I each up grasping the offered arm and stand my legs once again solid. Looking at Violet i see an understanding that I have not felt in years and it eases my mind. I once again summon the winds to carry Angel as we head back to Lokken and Nightray Violet in the lead.....

 

[Isolde]

Celia

Celia walked for how long she did not know...or care. She could only think that she was the cause of Angel's condition and right now she was hating herself more than she hated the cat woman. Tears streaked down her face again as she felt how shut out of everything she had felt since the woman had entered their lives.

She had been doing fine before her and she was certain that she could do fine after she had left. It was as if the woman was trying to push herself onto Celia. Not like Angel who was gentle and asked before he instructed her. With Dawnfire, Celia felt ever under scrutiny and ever judged. She also felt as if this woman were trying to direct her life and Celia was just too independant for that.

Coming to a river, Celia sat down and bathed her feet. They were sore and hot from walking. She was getting too used to flying with Angel-that was something she was going to miss.

She sighed as she unbraided her hair and then worked to redo it again. It had come undone with everything that had gone on. She sat there, listening to the sounds of her unwanted companion. She had been aware of the bird since it had started circling her and she knew who had sent it. Still playing the 'mother' to her 'child'.

"You know," She said to the air as she plucked some berries from a nearby bush,"If your mistress would stop treating me like I dont know anything and stop assuming that I needed her to show me how to do things we might get along. I always did take a dislike to people who pushed themselves on other people whether for their own good or not."

"If she has something to say to me or something she wants me to do...she can start asking and stop assuming that I will thank her one day for her pushy ways."

"Who does she think she is coming out of the blue and assuming that I need this or that? She may view me as a child but even children get to have decisions in this life. She is leaving me with none. Go and tell her that. And tell her I do not need an escort from her or anybody. As far as I am concerned, she can get out of my life and stay out of it."

With that, Celia closed her eyes and mentally pictured the bird and felt where it was. With enough of a push to move it but not injure it, she reached out with her mind and forced the bird back the way it had come. When the feeling of being watched subsided, Celia put her shoes back on and walked along the path once again.

 

[Firegirl976]

Dawnfire

I stopped suddenly at the feeling of distress that came to me.....I looked skyward and saw my beauty being pushed through the sky. "Do not fight it" I sent to him but it was too late...loyal to a fault I watched him fight Celias power and lose control due to it. I rushed in the direction i saw him falling only to find him tangled in a tree high above me. Using the wind i raised myself to him and untangled his wings one of which now hung injured, I calmed him as best I could soothing him with my voice as I made my way to Violet. I felt no anger at what had happened only regret that I had been foolish enough to send him after her. If she wanted to be alone she would have it. With a quick but effective mental probe I found the area she was in and silenced any and all life except for her. Warning the others of what I had done I made one simple statement after my decription of my actions..."She needsss to be taught a lessson...She is more angry at me for trying to run her life than anything....I know thiss due to the thoughts she sssent to Vree here." I caress my beauty then continue...."Violet what would you have me do....she will need help but I dare not ssend anything non magical to help her.....Anything you name I can find......you wissssdom would be appriciated in how to teacht he young one a lesssson without her coming to harm...." I look at Violet as I say this and wonder why she is grinning at me like a cheshire cat....

 

[Isolde]

Celia

Celia sat down and leaned up against a tree. Her mind was busy playing back memories. Sweet ones. There were memories of her parents when they would play hookie from their work and they would go on picnics or hiking or just any little thing that they could think of. It didnt matter, they were together as a family and they were having fun.

She sighed. She missed them. She missed their ideals and their wisdom and the way her mother would look at her when she would try to get away with stuff that she knew she shouldnt. The way her father would hold her in his arms when she felt bad or lonely. She missed them. They had not been dead for very long. Killed by a virus they were trying to make a cure for.

She had never felt that close to anyone else until Angel. She shook her head. She didnt understand half of what was going on-just that she had gone from one world straight into another that she didnt seem prepared for. The memories of Nightray tearing the heart out of Fuge flashed through her mind and made her shudder all over again. The memory of Angel charging the dark man played itself out and she could see how she had lost control of the situation from that point on.

Celia sighed. She suppose the cat woman ment well. And Celia was sure she knew what she was doing but, whenever her mother used to want to change her mind or tell her she was doing something wrong, she used an old fashioned thing called talking. She would come into her room and sit on her bed and say,"Celia, we need to talk." Sometimes Celia would be a bit nervous at that statement but alot of times, she would welcome it. In the end they always came to some sort of compromise and no one's feelings got hurt.

Dawnfire may look at her as a child but that was one thing that Celia seemed to know that she didnt. You dont go pushing yourself on to people. You approach them and talk. She had her mother's stubborness but she also had her parent's rationality. Why didnt the woman come and talk to her? Did she view Celia as that far beneath her? She shrugged. She knew one more thing-she couldnt live around people who were tearing each other apart like that. It was going to get them all killed. If they wanted to help Lokken, they were going to have to start working as a team and Celia didnt see that happening.

She knew about team work. Her parents had been shining examples of it and she knew if the people she met would just get together, they could defeat whatever it was that Lokken was chasing. She smiled as her eyes began to feel heavy. All the excitment and emotional stuff that was going on finally got to her and she fell asleep under the tree.

 

[Morgoth]

Lokken walked out next to Celia where she was sleeping. He looked at her in sadness and began to weave a balnket out of magic. When he was done, he laid it over her and hid back into the bushes. "I will make the bastards that did this pay", he says to himself, memorizing the fleeing figures of the two remaining attackers. "And Fuge will die for good", he growled to himself. Then he set up his small camp. He made a fire and caught some fish and began roasting them over it. With that dne, he dissapeared into the bushes, where he maintained a constant vigil over the sleeping Celia, the fire, and the fish.

 

[Toku]

Spy

"Boss, servants did well, Birdman is out for a while." "A, good for one thing, those normo's, we wouldn't want the bird boosting their powers, would we?" "Only one problem boss, DS thinks we are noticed by WildWitch and Wolfman." "Ah, the wolfman, I find it odd he's on their side, he seems to be more like....us. Bah, their side, what a weak creature it is than." "Maybe some distraction for him, boss?" "Allready working on it, but we also should find another hideout after we walked the dreams of the young girl. The wildwitch is strong in her own wicked forest......mmmmm, this reminds me of something, a fire elemental would do the trick, distraction and weakening the Wild Witch by burning down the forest.....she would like that, and it would remind her of the old days, I would like that a lot!" "Boss, make distraction, I'll walk the dreams of the young one, do some damage there." After this DS's body seems to go in some kind of sleep....for real he used his powers to pass on his essence into Celia to cause some nightmares. Mul starts mumbling, murmuring enchantements, calling upon the elements, calling upon his master, and by this creating a small fire that starts growing into one enigmatic being of fire, it's only purpose, destroy. "Have fun Wolfman, see if you can handle this one. Now let's go Thanya, we need to go, maybe on some peaceful spot I could have some fun with you. Tears start to swell in her eyes again, "Good luck DS, if you survive, you know where to find the 'boss'," Mul starts to laugh, graps Thanya, opens a circle of light and steps in, sending on the very last moment before the circle fades away a message into Dawnfire's mind, reminding her of the days he used her like he uses Thanya nowadays.

After the circle fades away, only DS's body and the elemental being of fire stay behind. the being slowly starts to move, randomly spreading fire around the forest.

 

[Toku]

Raphael

Raphael opened his eyes, the moemnt he awoke he felt the pain. at least he wasn't bleeding anymore. But he was weak, even the powers of Nature and Violet could remove the terrible weakness. He looked around, only Violet and Nature were here. Flashes of the Leathered men flew through his head, Nature talking into him, the warm touch of her and sweet Violet. But also the sight of Celia trying to make contact, her soft hands, he wanted to reach her but couldn't, something stood between them, between him and her. Where was she. "Princess...." he tried to speak, "Nature, where is.....she.....and Black Trenchcoat....maybe he h-h-h-hurts her......or worse, the men, evil men.....where is Celia!" Only after saying it he notices he yelled at the last few words. Again tears swell up in his eyes. He tries to stand up but is too weak, he has to wait but can't, he wants to see Celia.

 

[Isolde]

Celia

Celia frowned in her sleep as images of death crossed her sleep. Her parents laying there, bloated and pale after the virus killed them. The images that she had shared with Angel when he had been betrayed and hurt. Nightray holding aloft Fuge's heart and then devouring it. Angel trussed up in a net, bleeding and near death.

Angel, she could see his face...feel his gentle touch. But then the touch was gone and she felt empty. Then the vision changed and men were holding Angel down and beating on him. Hitting and kicking him. His face was turned to her and she could see it bruised and battered, blood oozing from cuts. She cried out and tried to run to him but something held her down.

She fought against it as she saw one of the men taking a knife and began to stab Angel's beautiful wings. She could hear again the heart rending sounds of his crys and she fought even harder to get to him but she was held tight. Turning angrily to confront whomever or whatever was holding her and found out it was the cat woman.

Struggling, she yelled at her and swung out at her face. When her fist connected with the cat woman's face and she gasped as it shattered like porcelin. Yet the face was still there...only it wasnt the cat woman...it was her. Sobbing, she screamed out at the other Celia laughed and pointed to where Angel was laying on the ground, bloodied and broken and not breathing. Then the other Celia had her hands around her throat and was choking her. Celia gasped and tried to take in air but she couldnt. The fingers tightened and Celia fell to her knees, clawing at her throat.

Looking up, Ceila could make out the forest and the stream but she still could not get any air into her lungs. Clawing at her throat, she realized she was taking in smoke instead of air. The forest was on fire!

 

[nightray]

I git to wher they wher hinding in time to see two of them desaper in a white circl of lite leving the outher semingly a sleep. I then hear it the berning I look over to my right and see a fire but it's odd it sems to be alive. I wolk over to it woching it cerfily wen with out worning it jumps at me seting my close on fire. I feel my flesh begin to coock and blackin but I dont feel any pain becous my rage is egnited agen. I lashout at it my hand just pasis therow it I woch in shok as my hand begins to blacin and blester from the fire. The elamentil lafs with gle at the site of me berning. Whith out thot I telaport to a ner by strem and drop in to it puting out the flams then I send a mentil call to lokkin cum my frend ther is a fire elamenil her and I can't fite this thing. I need you or the cat lady to cum and help pain in vois both fisikol and emosinol becous I'm not one fore asking help unles ther is no other chose. I crowl up to the shore my close stil smoldering and my berns not heling as they shold I colaps unconchis as the fire speds arond me.

 

[Firegirl976]

Violet

OOC....intriguess was out of town all weekend....i suggest we give her today to read what has been posted and let her catch up and respond to some of what is going on before we create anymore havoc....then we can continue with the fire creature...sound ok?

 

[Toku]

OOC: Perfectly okay with me, gives me time to ask something. I hope you all don't mind I introduced some villians and obstacles?

 

[Isolde]

OOC: Fine by me on both accounts. Your villians are great Toku. Very easy to play to.

 

[intriguess]

violet

OOC I leave for weekend and you all blow up...*smile*

IC

My head pounds from the mental telepathy. It had to be my one weakness, I did not tolerate mental communication with any grace. I'd have to talk to our feline friend. I spent time healing physical wounds. Those of the heart and mind were so much deeper and harder to move. We had settled down to rest when I felt the inside of my head explode. The forrest was on fire and the pain was exploding inside my head. Tears rolled down my eyes the fire reminding me of my lost lover. I held out my hand and with a focused rage a small curtain of white light spread outward quelling fire and restoring trees. For my power allowed me not only heal humans but to heal plant life as well. I had first discovered my talent with plant life and it seemed my rage gave me extraordinary focus. I blinked away the tears and crouched, sapped of that primal energy.

OOC

hope that works for y'all

 

[Isolde]

Celia

Celia felt herself get weak from the smoke. She looked out to the lake and, with her last bit of strength, visualized the water rising up to douse the trees. She put the whole of her being into her vision and she was rewarded by a wall of water sweeping over her and the forest.

Collapsing with the use of the last of her energy, she called out Angel's name fearing that he had been caught in the fire and not able to escape.

 

[Firegirl976]

Dawnfire

I was once again calming Angel mind to mind assuring him that Celia was alright and very close by when I felt unbearable anguish from the forrest. I turned in time to see Violet send out a wave of power healing trees and plants as well as putting out some of the fire elemental just before she collapsed from the effort. I stood up calling the elements to my aid and looking towards the sky raised my hands heavenward, using my connection to the land to strengthen my resolve. The skies darkened and clouded over, lightening raced across the sky and just as the thunder started the rains came pouring from above us. It not only put out the fire it cooled the earth and washed away the ash ceasing the wailing of the plants and the very earth itself, calming the animals. I lowered my hands my aura evaporating and walked over to Violet. I looked at her as I knelt...placing a hand on her brow I used the energies from around me and fed them into the lady, giving her renewed energy and strength. I continued the transfer until I saw her eyelids begin to flutter then finally open. Before I released my link I gave her a small gift and finally quit the link between us. Smiling i looked at her and offered and arm down...."Welcome back to ussss healer."

 

[nightray]

I feel the rain put out the fire around me but my body is still smoldering the rain drops that hit me tern to stem instintly. I feel the power that I got from fuge feeding off of the Elementils flams ceeping them aliv with in me. I can also feel them heling my bernt flesh. Som how the combinashin of fuge's blood and the firelemenil's flams has awoke som thing with in me and som how I now that my body is not redy for the nowly awokin powers. I push my self up to my hands and nees trying to git up. I look at my body therw the taterd rages that us to be my clows and see the steem still rising from my baer flesh. I look up and see the chard remans of the man they left behind fore som resin. I slowly git up to my feet and wolk over to hem. I look at hes corps and think why did they leev thes one. I shrog and telaport back to wer the rest are.

I apear and look around I see the cat lady helping violet. I stand and whoch untel she sees me. I see her eyes go wide when she sees my steming body she trys to tuch my mind but can't git past my nowly strankthind sheleds. I say help me and I culaps my newly awakind powers playing havick in my body.

 

[Isolde]

Celia

Celia awoke in a puddle of mud. Getting to her hands and knees, she coughs and spits water and mud from her lungs. She feels her stomach heave and, if it hadnt of been empty, she would have thrown up.

She could feel her body being pelted by rain which was good because she was now caked in mud. It was in her hair, on her face, covering her body. Right now she is too concerned with whether Angel is ok or not. Struggling to her feet, she grabs on to a blackened tree for support and send out a mental search for Angel.

"Angel?," Her mind searches for his,"Angel...are you okay? Let me know that this fire didnt get to you. Angel...are you there?"

 

[Firegirl976]

Dawnfire

I help Violet up....."Can you tend to Nightray?" Before she answers me directly I close my eyes and send out a call......to Celia. "ANgel is fine but unconscious....it is a healing sleep though...we all made it through the fire...Glad you are ok." I look at Angel noting his improvement and send the image to Celia to help ease her mind...then I break off the link before she feels I am intruding, and turn back to the others..

 

[Isolde]

Celia

Celia smiled and sank to her knees. Weakness overcoming her. She almost laughed. The cat woman was glad she was okay. Well, she didnt feel very ok at the moment. Her head was swimming, she was having trouble breathing and she was fighting to stay conscious.

She did manage to send one message to Dawnfire, the first time she had ever opened her mind to her willingly. "Thank you," Was the thought she projected just before she fell unconscious again.