Zephyros Aetai
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Post by Zephyros Aetai on Dec 6, 2009 2:24:50 GMT -5
" 'The kid' is feeling much better and more than ready to help get Seth and Jason out of there," Zeph retorted, sitting up carefully and holding his ribs. He waved off Ayden's help, sitting very carefully. Continuing to control his breathing as he had in the other car, he just saved his strength to fight later.
Then he would pass out... Hopefully without panicking Jason. Yes, that would be preferable.
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Post by Jason Hiller on Dec 6, 2009 2:55:08 GMT -5
Jason looked up at Seth, his eyes full of pain and fear. He pressed into the touch of Seth's hand on his ears, gleaning from it what comfort he could. Then he stilled his body and steeled his nerves, his thoughts drifting back to a month ago.
Remember what you told Professor Harris when Zeph was kidnapped. Face your fear, acknowledge it, and defeat it. Go for the balls. Pretty soon you'll get the chance to do that for real, he told himself, and almost laughed. He kept his eyes on the door, his body tensing slowly, prepared to fight if he had to. When he had to.
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Post by paulaharris on Dec 6, 2009 3:01:30 GMT -5
The van pulled up to the ranger station that was apparently the cover for the hidden lab. Once it had come to a stop, Paula cleared her throat.
"We do this quickly and quietly." She said as if she was speaking to a police task force. "Our first priority is saving the children. Our second priority is taking down the scientists themselves. Zeph can blow the door in. Once that's done, I'm on point, and Casper and Demetri are directly behind me. Ayden, you're in charge of Zeph. He can use his powers to help but I want him out of the line of fire. Ready?" Without waiting for an answer, she threw open the door to the van and took the safety off her weapon. "Go!"
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Zephyros Aetai
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Post by Zephyros Aetai on Dec 6, 2009 3:15:19 GMT -5
Zephyros carefully pulled himself from the van, his eyes deadly serious in a way he'd never really shown before. Out of the line of fire... I don't think so. Not without Jason by my side.
He stood carefully, raising one hand and narrowing his eyes. The door swung open as Paula approached it, nearly ripped from its hinges by gale-force winds. Zeph's hair and clothes whipped around in a steady wind that swirled around him, under his control and yet not. His eyes were solid gold, even the pupils and whites of different shades of gold. Breathing was far easier now... Controlling the wind had its advantages, but he knew he couldn't do it for long. Long enough to find and save Jason and Seth, certainly...
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Post by Jason Hiller on Dec 6, 2009 3:22:45 GMT -5
Casper's eyes widened in shock at what Zeph had done, but he knew there was no time to waste with questions or staring. When the unnatural wind died down, he charged forward in Paula's wake, his heartbeat fast, but steady. Adrenaline coursed through him, fuelling his body and mind. We're coming, Jason. You'll be free soon. Just hold on.
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Post by Seth Larisha on Dec 6, 2009 3:33:00 GMT -5
Ayden gaped a little, looking at the rather frail young man he was supporting. The boy had just blown in a door without moving... Okay, he'd raised his hand but... Wow.
Demetri just ignored what had happened. Door was open. Good. Let's go save Seth. Nothing else mattered until then. After he knew Seth was okay, then he could stare in awe at Zephyros. Otherwise, everything was par for the course.
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Post by paulaharris on Dec 6, 2009 3:41:17 GMT -5
Paula, who had seen such displays before and worse, merely charged through the now-open door with her gun raised. Two guards had run to see what was going on. Paula dispatched them with two clean shots. "Leave them." She ordered. "We need to find wherever they're running the tests in case they're in the middle of some. Then we can free the others from where they're being kept." Leading the group through the halls, Paula tried to make sense of the occasional sign.
After a little while searching, Paula located a direction that looks promising. Opening it, she saw a long hallway filled with cells. Inside the cells were various wolves and humans. And inside the hallway were a dozen guards. Paula turned and pointed wordlessly, indicating that they needed to move.
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Post by Jason Hiller on Dec 6, 2009 3:47:22 GMT -5
Casper followed quickly behind Professor Harris, keeping pace with Demetri. He rounded on the first guard he neared, felling the man with blows to the groin, solar plexus and head. Another guard rushed forward to help the first, and Casper attacked with no remorse. He looked around the room, daring any other guards to approach him. Paula and the others were doing well dealing with the rest of them.
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Post by Seth Larisha on Dec 6, 2009 15:30:53 GMT -5
Demetri knocked two out quickly, skipping the distracting blows to just slam their heads into the wall. They sank to the floor and he looked around, glaring at the other guards.
Ayden blocked one from coming at Zeph, then grabbed the boy's arm as he moved to fight. "I don't think so, kid. Magic maybe, fists ain't no way in hell."
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Seth paced, his fingers clenched around the wound in his arm. He wanted to communicate with Jason, but they all needed to work together... He moved over to their unused computer, one that didn't have a network connection, looking at the keys and lightly touching them with his fingers. He nodded slowly and looked at the scientists. "We all need to be able to communicate... At the moment, he's unable to talk to anyone except when I'm in wolf form. These keys are large enough for me to hit with my nose... I could go wolf one last time, and I'll be better prepared to fight in any case."
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Zephyros Aetai
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Post by Zephyros Aetai on Dec 6, 2009 15:44:50 GMT -5
Zephyros glared at Ayden, then closed his eyes and nodded. They opened again and locked on the remaining guards, almost solid gold now as his hair and clothes were whipped about him again, Ayden only barely caught in the edge of it. First one, then four of the guards fell to their knees, holding their throats and trying desperately to breathe. Zeph narrowed his eyes as the men struggled to draw breath and failed. They died quickly, far more quickly than was normal with suffocation... he'd drawn the air from their very lungs, though now he was on the edge of trembling. Focusing on such a small amount of air had been difficult. He looked around, hunting for another target.
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Post by Jason Hiller on Dec 6, 2009 16:04:27 GMT -5
Jason wagged his tail in response and looked up at Dr. Hargrove, who nodded. "Whatever works. Go ahead."
Dr. Hargrove picked up an unused scalpel from a counter, gripping it tightly as he looked back toward the door. Whatever happened, they had to be ready to fight for their lives.
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Casper was unable to help himself -- he stared in horror and fascination as Zeph literally ripped the air from the men's lungs with his magic, suffocating them in a matter of seconds. There was that infamous temper they had spoken about that first evening in Nuremberg... And this child has been living under my roof, sleeping in my son's bed...
Well, he thought, he would simply have to speak with the boys about this later. Much later. Once they were safe and at home again. For now, they had to get the boys safe and at home again.
Zeph looked around, and Casper met his gaze and shuddered. The boy's eyes were solid gold in color, glittering like coins: whites, pupils and all. The wind whipping around him only added to the unearthly spectacle. He remembered that the Greek gods were never known for their mercy... and in this case, Zeph was taking after his namesake with frightening accuracy.
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Zephyros Aetai
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Post by Zephyros Aetai on Dec 6, 2009 16:09:51 GMT -5
Zephyros moved forward a little, then looked at Casper, pausing at the man's expression. "I'd rather beat them, but seeing as I'm not allowed that satisfaction, this will have to do. I'll be more careful not to kill next time," he said, his tone flat and emotionless.
He really hadn't entirely meant to kill them, but dead guards meant guards who couldn't call the alarm, or wake up later and cause them more trouble. His hair continued whipping around his face, the curls dancing in his eyes and forehead. Were they going to go save Jason or what?
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Seth Larisha
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Post by Seth Larisha on Dec 6, 2009 16:16:31 GMT -5
Seth nodded, "I'm going to need my leg bandaged again. It's rather irritating, that we lose any sort of covering switching forms... Which is why I wanted to be able to communicate in wolf form..." He pulled off the coat, then paused. "By the way... next time you want to know about creatures such as us, you might want to ask first... without kidnapping. We'll usually answer your questions if you already know what we are."
He smirked, then shifted wolf, licking at his foreleg and snarling what was just short of an understandable curse as pain flared through him. ~How's your back feeling, Jason? Did getting it closed and the painkiller help?~
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Post by Jason Hiller on Dec 6, 2009 16:18:04 GMT -5
Jason couldn't help but give a doggy laugh at Seth's remark to the scientist; Dr. Hargrove remained pokerfaced and nodded once, moving to find more bandages and wrapping Seth's foreleg again once he shifted wolf.
I'm doing better, thanks to you, Jason smiled in reply as Seth spoke to him. It doesn't hurt anymore, but moving is uncomfortable with the stitches. How am I going to defend myself if something happens? I don't even have my quills anymore, thanks to these people.
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Casper nodded, averting his eyes from Zeph's. "Frankly, I would rather have killed them than beaten them, but I didn't think to bring a gun."
He looked toward Paula and the remaining guards, feeling just as impatient as Zeph to get Jason rescued, but knowing that the professor was in command now. He didn't mind that too much; he was used to following orders as much as giving them.
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Post by Seth Larisha on Dec 6, 2009 16:37:32 GMT -5
Seth snorted. ~You won't need to do anything unless things get really dire. They have enough make-shift weapons and I'm getting to the point I can use my leg enough to attack if I have to. With luck, Zeph and your father will get here long before the people that have the scientists so scared and all of us will be out of here. Knowing Zeph, he'll make his parents help everyone get well and get home. You picked yourself a good one. ~
He kept his ears open for what was going on outside the room... and inside. Sniffing, he limped back over to Jason and laid down, one ear turned to focus on the door and the other on the scientists and the screen. Standing, he moved back to the computer and typed awkwardly.
Have you found out anything?[/color]
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Post by Jason Hiller on Dec 6, 2009 17:08:14 GMT -5
Jason smiled. I did, didn't I? He paused. You had feelings for him too once, didn't you?
He paused again, mentally scolding himself for bringing up something so trivial in their perilous situation. But maybe it would distract them from that very fear... he hoped.
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"Our system has definitely been hacked into," the redheaded woman answered, glancing at what Seth had typed. "They've been onto us for months... Shit. They must know everything... where we eat, where we work, where the werewolves are kept..."
"What we're wearing..." Dr. Hargrove muttered half to himself, coming up behind her and looking at the screen over her shoulder.
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Post by Seth Larisha on Dec 6, 2009 17:18:11 GMT -5
Seth raised his head, looking at Doctor Hargrove curiously. Wearing?[/color]
~ It wasn't much of a feeling. I was just fascinated by someone so like the Greek Gods, and I kind of over reacted. I'm surprised he put up with me as long as he did. Like I said, a good one. ~ His tail waved a little. ~ It really is amazing how he matchs the myths. All four of them, really. Even the right sibling rivalries. I research the myths all the time. ~
He bit at an itch on his shoulder, keeping his ear on the scientists. Did they watch everything? Or only specific things? That might help us figure out what they wanted.
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Post by Jason Hiller on Dec 6, 2009 17:26:37 GMT -5
Dr. Hargrove nodded. "Yes. Wearing. The man on the phone was able to tell me the color of my shirt."
The redheaded woman looked at him curiously as she answered Seth. "Everything. Especially the testing rooms. This guy seems to enjoy watching other people's pain."
Sounds like someone we know, Jason muttered mentally to Seth.
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Post by Seth Larisha on Dec 6, 2009 17:33:57 GMT -5
~Does it?~ Seth asked curiously. Then he chuckled mentally. ~Pity the pain he was watching was ours...~
Everything? I wonder what they are really after... [/color] Seth snorted, looking over at Jason. Interesting that you use 'people' when not two hours ago you thought us little more than animals.[/color]
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Post by Jason Hiller on Dec 6, 2009 17:59:04 GMT -5
No kidding, Jason murmured, keeping his breathing slow and steady. Well, if he's able to see us in here, I'm not going to give him the satisfaction of seeing any more of my fear. Doesn't change the fact that inside I'm still frightened, though...
"Opinions change," the woman replied flatly, without looking at Seth.
Dr. Hargrove was silent, deep in thought as he fingered his scalpel. I hope you know how to get blood out of clothing, you craven cur... because when your friend gets here, so help me, I'm going to be covered in it when this is over. And I still intend to be standing when it is.
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Post by Seth Larisha on Dec 6, 2009 18:08:54 GMT -5
Seth snorted, glaring at the woman. ~If we were locked in with them, I would so bite her hand off. Or something equally bad. And fear isn't always a bad thing, Jason. It's a warning, and it sharpens your reflexes, your senses. ~
He moved away from the computer, having nothing more to say at the moment. Stretching carefully and whining instinctively when he tried to put weight on his leg, he laid beside Jason, yawning widely. Chuckling when several scientists flinched away, he snorted again and put his head on his paws. ~If I was going to hurt any of them, I'd have done it once they'd closed your back. Fools. And they thought we were the stupid ones...~
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Post by Jason Hiller on Dec 6, 2009 18:33:09 GMT -5
Jason nodded silently in response to Seth, keeping his ears pricked for any sound from outside. Sooner or later someone was going to want inside... Scheisse! The door is barricaded! How will Zeph and Father get inside?
The answer came to him as soon as the thought formed. Of course, Zeph was a wind mage. He'd probably blast the door open with a gale. But then, he risked causing harm to everyone in here when the barricade was knocked away... not that Jason cared too much about the scientists, but he and Seth were already wounded, and they needed all their strength for when the enemy got to them. There was no 'if' involved.
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Post by Seth Larisha on Dec 6, 2009 18:41:55 GMT -5
Seth whined, looking at the door. ~You're right... the door... if he blows the door open, we'll be hurt badl... Zeph can hear me. ~
He moved to the door, pacing in front of it and limping with his hurt foreleg. ~Zeph! Zephyros! You have to be careful at the door! You'll hurt us if you blow it open!~
He whined again, then limped back to Jason, falling almost pathetically. It hurt... not just his leg, but the burns on his arm and stomach, and the pain had seemed to beginning traveling up his leg to his shoulder and chest. He licked at it listlessly, whining again and putting his head down. Had someone cleaned the wound? He couldn't remember...
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Post by Jason Hiller on Dec 6, 2009 19:06:06 GMT -5
Jason's heart leaped, new hope surging through him. If Zeph could hear Seth, he had to be close! The place was big, but Seth knew where they were -- he had been conscious when he had been brought in. He could lead Zeph to them. Jason ran the idea past Seth mentally, his tail wagging a little.
His ears folded back against his head as he saw Seth fall, and he looked down at him in concern, whining as well. Are you okay? He wished he could communicate with the scientists using the computer like Seth was able to, but he couldn't even risk moving too much without harming his back.
A couple of the scientists moved carefully toward Seth to examine his injured leg again. One of them filled a syringe with painkiller, explaining what it was to Seth as he injected it into his uninjured foreleg. Jason watched them carefully, reading the label on the bottle of painkiller and assuring Seth that their intentions were pure, and that they weren't lying about what they were giving him.
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Post by Seth Larisha on Dec 6, 2009 19:11:44 GMT -5
Seth just whined again, his ears flat against his head. He licked at the bandage, his blue eyes watching every movement around him with concern. ~Zeph hasn't replied yet. I think he's still out of range. I'm not entirely sure what my range is, just that it's not very large. After all, I haven't been a wolf very long... Not even three years, really... and I didn't know about the telepathy until going to Dunehelden...~
He growled slightly as the one who had hurt him came closer, threatening to snap at him. Keep that one away from me... he thought to himself, his eyes narrowed.
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