Shadow Hunters

[Call Sign Oracle]

Santiago

He sat there in a chair, simply watching the room in silence. He didn't feel tired, he just felt...worn out for some reason. As he sat there, he was trying to contemplate his future, what exactly it meant to be some demon hunting weirdo..he'd probably never have a life again. Hell, he didn't have anymore friends anyway. The chick that he came here with, seemed like a real downer, prolly a major goody two shoes or something. And that scout guy was just a freak. He shook his head and looked over at Raven, she was tossing and turning and murmering in her sleep, probably a nightmare, but he kept quiet. Just letting her sleep. No reason someone else shouldn't get they're sleep even if it was rife with nightmares. He honestly for the first time had no clue where his life was going now. Though it was intriguing, it was also a bit frightening. He took a sip of his now warm beer and just continued to think, until Raven finally woke up....

"Nightmare?"

He said in a calm quiet voice.

 

[chewbacca71]

Samuel

Samuel makes the only intelligent comment of the night so far. *HIC* Damn I dont remember drinking this many beers. This voice in my head has been droning on for hours. Does it have some sort of volume switch.? Samuel reaches down and places the newly emptied beer next to the other 10 dead soldiers in the case. "Only ONE left? Damn, and its too late to go to the packy. Well, I better make this one last. "

Samuel reaches into the drawer of the endtable and pulls out a pack of cigarettes. He takes one out of the pack and places it in his mouth. He pats down his pockets looking for his lighter. "Gooddamn it, what the fuck did I do with it? Must have lost it in the alley. Now what the heck am I going to do? "

I can help you with that. Hold out your left hand. Dont worry it wont hurt.

"Hey, I thought that last beer had shut you up. Now what do you want? If I do this, will you shut the hell up? "

Samuel raises his left hand and suddenly a red orange flame appears on his fingers. "Wow, this could come in handy. Maybe I can use this to make smores. " He lights his cigarette and then waves his hand around, the flame going out quickly. He pops open the other beer and sits back in his chair relaxing.

 

[Lady_Siren]

Raven's gaze flew to the man sipping his beer. "Something like that" she said softly running a hand through her hair. She bit her lip for a moment thinking then she turned to Santiago "Are you happy that you were chosen?" she asked curious about this stranger. They were going to be working together for the rest of their lives so she might as well get to know the guy a little. "I'm Raven by the way."

 

[The GrandMage]

Thallock

He lay on the bed, waiting for the sun to rise. He never really 'slept', but he let the others think he did. It was a habit he couldn't remember forming. He'd lay there, eyes closed, and just feel.

Everything felt loud. He understood the others only felt what they touched. But he felt everything. Strangely, he was used to it. Although the reality of everything around him tended to upset him, make it impossible to relax.

 

[hybirdx]

Shadow didn't have time to talk with the voice in his head or the guy who was stone in his tracks. As soon as he caught sight of the kid Shadow bolted torwards him

 

[Call Sign Oracle]

Raven's gaze flew to the man sipping his beer. "Something like that" she said softly running a hand through her hair. She bit her lip for a moment thinking then she turned to Santiago "Are you happy that you were chosen?" she asked curious about this stranger. They were going to be working together for the rest of their lives so she might as well get to know the guy a little. "I'm Raven by the way."

*He gives a shrug at her question.*

I don't know what I feel, other than that its odd. And I'm sure its only bound to get weirder as time progresses. This whole demon hunting thing is pretty wacked out, but I guess if people can be as evil as monsters, whats to say there really aren't actual monsters pullin strings?

*he chuckles a bit at then and gives nod.*

I'm Santiago.

 

[gohan18]

'Follow that demon and that kid. I am in the mood for a fight'

"What"

'Don't worry you will be safe just get going'

"OK, whatever you say"

I take off running after the both off them. The only reason I am able to follow them is because of the White and Red waves moving.

Just as I am starting to get winded from the run we come to a dead end alley and the demon is cornered in the back and the other guy has a sword drawn.

 

[hybirdx]

Shadow went through a wind of twist and turns, until they halted to a ally "Ok, no where to run, no where to hide. So you have two choices, let the kid go, or I'll come in after you!" Shadow slowly pulled out his sword as the kid emited an low growl "...n....ne...never!"

All of an sudden a strange shadow Grabed Shadow and tossed him to the side

 

[gohan18]

As I am standing thier watching the seen unfold I see the kid get flung to the side.

'Hold up your hand this is going to be a little wierd but I found it while going through you mind'

"You mean you have been snooping through my personal thought. We are going to have a long discussion when we get some private time"

I hold up my hand and notice a slight burning feeling and then all of a sudden a beam of light as bright as sunlight comes from my hand.

After it happens I feel myself grow light headed. Before I can catch myself, my legs give way from underneath of me and I hit the pavement. Then I pass out.

 

[hybirdx]

Shadow soon got up to see two humans knocked out, and one really pissed off demon. "What did you do to me!?! I want my body back"

"Fiesty one aren't we?" Quickly and without warning Shadow jolted at the demon giving it a headbutt knocking it out. "Now to end this... SAY GOOD BYE FREAK!" And with one quick and Cold hearted stab the demon withered, and tuned to brim stone dust

"well at least the demons dead... But how am I going to get those two up?"

'You know, your hotel room is just about a block away?' Shadow slowly look out the ally to see if any body was looking "Maybe it's not so bad to have another person iside me... But don't be looking at my personall memorys got it!?!"

'Yeah yeah!' Shadow then walked back to the man, and put him on his shoulders, then swept the Child into his arms

 

[Lady_Siren]

She smiled "It's nice to meet you. You are taking this rather well. I admire your ability to adapt to even the strangest of situations. Most people wouldn't be able to accept that all the scary bedtime stories they were told when they were kids were real" she shrugged swinging her legs over the edge of the bed. She sat there studying Santiago for a minute. "Has your ... " she hesitated "spirit talked to you?"

 

[poohlive]

It was a bad part of town. The kind even demons seldomly visited. It looked as if even walking on the street barefoot meant getting a tetanus shot. Discarded tires and whisps of trash were nearly everywhere.
The car stopped in front of a small apartment complex. It was delapidated, just like the other buildings, and looked as if a good breeze would take care of it. He watched as a woman walked down the street. In the middle of the night like this, she could only be doing two things.
She was either trying to sell or trying to score. Scout glanced back up at the front door, which had a broken window. The owner had repaired it with some plastic and a roll or two of ductape.
Walking inside, he went up to one of the doors. Behind it, he could hear the television being played.
"I sure hope you know what you're doing," he paused for a moment, and then nodded. Not all things were as they seemed, there might be a diamond in this rough yet.
He knocked on the door.

 

[Call Sign Oracle]

She smiled "It's nice to meet you. You are taking this rather well. I admire your ability to adapt to even the strangest of situations. Most people wouldn't be able to accept that all the scary bedtime stories they were told when they were kids were real" she shrugged swinging her legs over the edge of the bed. She sat there studying Santiago for a minute. "Has your ... " she hesitated "spirit talked to you?"

*He gave another shrug and took a sip of his beer.*

If I can believe in a god, and a devil, why can't I believe that they have forces working for them? I don't know what to make of everything really, but I do know that there's something in me that wasn't before, and yeah, it talks to me. Dunno if I should be listening since I could just be going crazy, but what the hell its not like I've got anything left to lose.

*he sits back a bit more in the chair taking another swig.*

 

[Guest]

[/B]Raven[/B]
Raven frowned slightly "You do not have a very nice outlook on life. I suppose that understandable though, these days not many people do have a nice outlook." Her mind turned to her brother, she missed the old him, when they were children he protected her no matter what. He was once put into the hospital because he defended her against five other guys. Raven had always been ridiculed and an outcast because she was different from everyone else. Even then people seemed to sense it. Her parents faught often over what to do with her but they never had the chance to decide. It wasn't long after the hospital visit that her brother began to change. Realizing Santiago was looking at her curiously she shook her head pushing her thoughts aside. "Well do not worry you are not going crazy. When this scout guy returns with the rest of the awakened hunters then he will explain everything."

Darius

"What do you mean you can't find her?" Darius asked, his voice dangerously low and threatening. The servent cowered under his masters gaze. "I-I sent out the feinds but they came back empty handed. They couldn't even sense her." Darius began tapping his fingers on the desk. SOmething he did when he was thinking. Which was never a good thing where Darius was concerned. "How is it possible not to sense my sister. Her psycic energy nearly radiates off her!?" he rounded on the servant. "I'I do not know master. perhaps something is sheilding her from detection?" the servant took a step back afraid the master wouldn't like the suggestion. THe master hated it when people interfered with what was his. But Darius only nodded "You know perhaps you are right. But it that is the case who has the power to sheild my sister, my own flesh and blood from me?" Gulping down his fear the servant stood up straiter trying to be brave "Master there is only one man that has been able to hide anything from you." Darius's eyes narrowed on the servant turning the servants words over in his head. "Of course!" Darius glowered "Why didin't I think of it!" The servant spoke up "You have been so busy with you work Master, you would have surely thought of it in seconds if you weren't so preoccupied." Darius looked at the slave for a moment then began to laugh. "You have kissed my ass enough today worm. Get out!" the servant jumped at Darius's command and raced out of the room. Darius chuckled, "so the scout has recruited my sister. This is definitly a surprise. But a welcome one. With a spirit inside my sister I can finally capture it and find out where their power comes from. First I must find Raven." He stepped onto his balcony looking at the city at the base of the hill where his fortress sat. "You cannot hide her from me scout. I will find her, then you will all learn the true extent of my power." he smiled at the image of strangling the life out of the scout and his laughter floated into the night.

 

[Lady_Siren]

That last post is me.. Lit logged me off when I posted.

 

[Lady_Siren]

BUMP

OOC: Just giving this thread a quick bump to the top.

 

[Lady_Siren]

Is it dead?

Please don't tell me this thread died out. I had such high hopes for it. Is anyone still interested?

 

[chewbacca71]

OOC: Sorry, but I am not able to access Lit much right now. But I am also confused. Pooh, are you knocking on my door now?

Chewey

 

[poohlive]

Well, chewy, read the Ooc and you'll see that there's a note taped to your door. If you still want in this, go ahead and read it.
As for everyone else, sorry to see you go, the rest of us can have some fun anyway.






Scout eased the car into the driveway, coming back up to his apartment. Dry clicking came as he finally shut off the vehicle. The poor thing had been running nonstop for nearly the entire night. It needed some rest.
Scout walked back into the apartment, grabbing a bottle of water out of the fridge. It looked fancy, maybe even imported, but it was nothing more than tap water. He didn't mind tap, so long as it was cold. Since he had a bunch of old fancy imported water bottles around, he would usually just fill one up and pop it in the fridge.
It was nice, like a little treat he had set aside for something. A tiny pleasure in this fucked up shithole called earth.
"How you guys doing?"

 

[Lady_Siren]

OOC: I still want to make this work, I'll just be posting kinda infrequantly what with school getting in my way. Sorry!

Darius

Darius stood in his altar room in a black cloak. He stood over his altar his eyes closed grounding his energy and power. One his altar was his athame and a book of spells as well as a bowl of water. His eyes opened and he smiled when he felt his power grow stronger within him. He opened his book of spells and turned to a spell for locating someone. The book he possessed held power behind human comprehension. It was given to him by a very high level dark priest when Darius had pledged loyalty to the darkness. Her touched the page taking a deep breath then he began the spell. Anyone who overheard him woudln't understand what he said but they were understand the power behind him. His voice rose as he spoke the ancient words and traced the ancient symbols in the air. power seemed to crackle like electricity throughout the entire room. His voice grew louder, his motions sharper and stronger. Tension built, power rose then.. silence. Complete and utter silence filled the room. Then a low chant could be heard issuing from Darius's lips. He touched the surface of the water in his bowl continueing his chant. The water rippled and an image began to form. An image of his sister sitting in an apartment with two other people. The image however was blurry and he could hear nothing. He cursed violently realizing the scout must have some psycic safe gaurd around his place. He closed his eyes focusing all of his power and entered his sister mind. He gritted his teeth against the mental strain this caused. With the safe gaurd up it made it nearly impossible for Darius to get through but Darius was just powerful enough to slip through. ' Hey sis' He sensed her surprise then her fear 'you haven't done anything wrong. Now with this spirit I can finally analyze them and find out how to destroy them once and for all. Come home...' he sensed her refusal before she could say anything. He also sensed something else. A fondness for the scout...' You little bitch. You aren't going to help me are you? Your gonna help that bloody scout just because you like the bastard. They won't succeed in beating me. You know they won't, come home now and I will forgive this mistake!' anger filled his senses. That scout was constantly causing problems! 'I will not come home Darius. I will not help you do evil, I am going to help the scout and try to find a way to save you!' Darius laughed 'Save me dear sister? From what? Have you not learned that I do not need nor want to be saved. I chose this path on my own. You will have to kill me to stop me.' he sensed sadness in her and for a split second the old Darius rose up and he felt the urge to comfort his sister then the darkness rose once again ''I will find a way brother. I know the real you is still in there. But if worse come to worse, so be it. I will do what I must to rid this world of the shadows. If that means killing you, then that is what I must do' before he could reply she severed the psycic connection abruptly and he was thrown back to his body. He groaned at the pounding in his head from exerting so much power. "I'll kill that scout very slowly. I'll make him beg for death!"

Raven

Raven looked up when the scout approached. The same feeling of recognition swept over her and once again she couldn't explain it. "We were just getting to know each a little better. Did you find any other hunters?" she asked curiously feeling competely at ease around this man. She felt as if she had known him all her life. Suddenly she felt a presence in her mind and she stiffened immediatly recognizing her brother. How had he found her? ' Hey sis' He sensed her surprise then her fear 'you haven't done anything wrong. Now with this spirit I can finally analyze them and find out how to destroy them once and for all. Come home...' she frowned feeling fear creep up her spine.
' You little bitch. You aren't going to help me are you? Your gonna help that bloody scout just because you like the bastard. They won't succeed in beating me. You know they won't, come home now and I will forgive this mistake!' anger filled his senses. That scout was constantly causing problems! 'I will not come home Darius. I will not help you do evil, I am going to help the scout and try to find a way to save you!' Darius laughed 'Save me dear sister? From what? Have you not learned that I do not need nor want to be saved. I chose this path on my own. You will have to kill me to stop me.' she sensed his anger, his hatred ''I will find a way brother. I know the real you is still in there. But if worse come to worse, so be it. I will do what I must to rid this world of the shadows. If that means killing you, then that is what I must do' then she severed the connection. She became aware then of everyone looking at her strange. "What?"

 

[The GrandMage]

Thallock

He muttered at the inconvience of being uprooted at this hour. But orders were orders, and to not follow them was to feel pain. Lots of pain. And the receiving of pain was an even worse inconvience.

He didn't bother to knock, but opened the door and walked rigght in. It was the most superior of his superiors. As far as he knew. He'd never met or heard about anyone higher. An essence of power radiated about. Magic. It made his skin crawl it was so,...so,...he couldn't imagine the word.

He went to one knee, spreading his wings a little. "I was sent for?"

 

[Call Sign Oracle]

Santiago sat there drinking his beer and just being silent. Not really answering Raven when she mentioned his outlook on life. What the hell did she know? She never had to live a life like his. Shit, she was probably some pampered queen. But then again, who really cared. He had a job now. He'd do it. No big deal. He didn't really even bother lookin at her when she spaced out. Not his problem, not his buisness.

 

[poohlive]

Scout took another sip, his eyes glancing between the two. Fear and doubt touched his mind, as they did each time he looked at the new meat.
It was horrible, to see these bright and innocent faces turn cold and cruel, and hateful. The spirit inside them wasn't totally pure, there were down sides even to that, but it did give them strength to conquer that.
Life was cruel, and this was no exception.
"Good thing," he priased their attempt at friendship. In this line of work, a friend truly was worth his weight in gold.
"Well, if you to aren't too tired, perhaps we can get started. I don't know if more are coming or not, but the doors open if they are. For now, we'll work with what we got."
He opened the first door, bowing slightly.

 

[Lady_Siren]

Everyone seemed to ignore Raven's little lapse in attention so she let it slide. No one needed to know she was the sister of the sworn enemy of the scout. She turned her attention to the scout curiousity in her expression. "I am ready to begin whenever you are." Her gaze was intense and determined as she met his.