Wings

[K9Guardian]

Clang! Dari dropped a plate, which shattered as it hit the floor. Zeve looked into the mirror above the sink and cursed silently. The face reflected back at him could have won a confrontation with a bowling ball. He was not going to get out of answering her questions this time.

“Girl?” he demanded, trying to keep the hoarseness from his voice. “What girl? Who do you think I am, sir?”

 

[deepgreen11]

Cerie looked at Lex as he explained to the professor he was fine. She was wide-eyed and horrified, but calmed when she saw no wounds or grazes. She gently took the shirt from him and took it to the laundry room, producing a clean one from there almost instantly. Regaining her composure, she helped the man up from the floor and coaxed him toward his bedroom, holding him steady as his legs wobbled and waved.

Following Ceres's strong yet gentle leading, Professor Swhint walked wearily to his room. He felt much better knowing Lex was alright, but was still concerned about the threat of danger. Suddenly, he realized: the boy. The blood had something to do with the boy sitting at the table. As he headed into his room, he dismissed Cerie's help and called weakly into the kitchen "Sorry for the disturbance, lads! See you in the morning." Swhint slowly dressed for bed and eased himself beneath his covers, the warmth unable to aid in the chill in his bones. He took a drink from his glass of water and sighed, closing his eyes and letting the remainder of the panic pass, finally drifting into the shelter of sleep.

After guiding Swhint to his room, Cerie came out and sat at the table with her own plate of food, eating it slowly and beginning to calm down.

 

[LightofHeaven]

Lex put on the clean shirt Cerie had handed him and helped her lkift Swhint to his feet. "Get some rest, doc." he said. He watched Cerie lead him out of the room. He sat at the table across the table from Paul. "Sorry about that."

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He heard the loud clattering sound and Zeve's muttered curse. He knew at once that he had the man on a hook. He would keep him like that until the time came.

"There is evidence that you, Zeve Beraht of the Enforcers, killed a girl in Warehouse 88B this evening with a shot to the head."

 

[K9Guardian]

((88B, bro. Not 888.))


Pressure built inside Zeve’s chest and sweat broke out on his body. He could feel Dari’s eyes on him, reading every nuance of reaction he gave off. “I don’t know what you’re talking about,” he growled into the phone. “Who are you? If this is some stupid joke you’re playing, I’m not laughing. You’ve got till the count of three to take that back before I hang up. One… two… “

He started to hit OFF.

 

[LightofHeaven]

"I will not stop you, Zeve." Hugh said; keeping his calm. This was going exactly as he had expected. He nodded to a dark figure who stood just ouside the circle of light cast by a lamp that hung from the ceiling above the desk. The figure saluted and left, closing the door quietly behind it. "But be warned, there will be consequences. I am sure Jackie would be disappointed in you."

 

[Sayci]

This was all too much. How could she protect the kid and somehow find a way to rescue the others. She just wasn't this powerful or skilled. But she couldn't leave them, they were friends, bonded by an instantaneous kinship. Elana watched the child walk out from his hiding spot and followed him out the door, "Yes, I'm coming." They made their way down the back stairs on the apartment complex and walked out to Leo's car, "I can drive, but drive where?"

 

[rockerchic]

Syl tossed the keys to the girl and gave here an are you kidding me? look. "We have to go to some ware house across town, 88B. Didn't you hear the guy? He said to be there in no less than twenty four hours. I thought he was clear enough." Sly said firmly. "Now i dont know where the ware house is, but if you get us across town i can find Leo." Sly sighed, "We'll come up with some plan along the way. " There was a hint of resentment in his voice when he spoke to Elana.

 

[Sayci]

Elana sighed, "Are you a bearer?" This kid was giving a little too much attitude for her liking and she really wanted to stuff him in a dumpster or something instead, but she knew he was just worried about his friend.

 

[rockerchic]

Sly sighed, she was really anyoning him. "Yes, i'm a bearer and i know alot more about it than you do." He started getting the car. Once they were both in the car, Sly turned to Elana and in all seriousness said, "you know this is all your fault."

 

[LightofHeaven]

(eek:))

 

[Donkey_Kong_JR]

Stinger made his way down the stairs and out the door just behind his men and Jakob. “Where’s the rest of ‘em?” One of his men who had been waiting outside asked. Stinger just glared at him, “Let’s go, the girl will probably want to get to the warehouse quickly, we need to be there waiting for her. Tie him up and throw him in the trunk.” Stinger ordered. The group did as they were told and put the man in the trunk of a Jaguar XKR-S. In fact Stinger had three of them, all new. “How’d you get these?” Jakob asked as his jaw hit the floor when he saw them. “A donation from my new employer.” Stinger informed as his men closed the trunk with the tied up bearer inside. “It’s not too late Jakob, you can still join us. The pay is easily worth any trouble the agency might give you. Jakob gave the simple answer of shaking his head, “All right, have it your way then.” Stinger fished out some keys from his pocket, “Here.” He said throwing the keys at Jakob, “Take one of these as a gift from me. Maybe it will give you something to think about.”
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Jakob watched Stinger and his men pile up into the two cars and drive off. Jakob worked quickly to tie up the former griffon, then after making sure he ws tied tightly stuck him in the back seat and buckled him up, “Safety first.” Jakob said to himself with a chuckle. He got into the driver’s seat of the car and started it, after buckling his own seat belt, and drove off towards the edge of the city.
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Paul sat and watched as the old man nearly feinted from the blood on Lex’s shirt. Paul looked down and played with his food while the scene unfolded. “Sorry about that.” Lex said to Paul once the professor was gone, “It’s fine.” Paul mumbled. He got up from the table, “I’m going to go for a walk.” He announced as he headed over to the door. He wasn’t sure why he felt the need to announce it, but he wasn’t sure what else to say. He walked out without another word.

 

[rockerchic]

Leo head hit the roof of the trunk as the car hit a pothole. He began to wake up. "ahhhh..." His head was throbbing from the earlier hit that had knocked him unconcious. It was very dark and samll and Leo tried to figure out where he was. He tried to move, but he was all tied up. This was particularly uncomfortable considering Leo did have the chance to get rid of his wings before he was knockd out, so they were tied down to his body. It was a rather small space to be stuffed into. He figured he was tied up in the trunk of a car. Luckily that wouldn't last very long. As soon as Leo was taken out of the trunk and had enough room, he could easily snap the rope with his super strength. The car came to stop. Leo wasn't sure where they were taking im but was quite happy that they hadn't killed him, yet.....

((yea, if you give him th chance, Leo will snap the ropes.))

 

[LightofHeaven]

Lex didn't object as Paul exited the house. The kid needed his time alone. Lex would let him have it. "Let him go, Cerie" he said, before taking a mouthful of food. He got up and climbed the staircase to the second floor and re-entered his room. Lady now satn in the open window, waiting for him. She clicked her beak in greeting.

"Lady, we nehed to go up."

She clicked again.

"You'll see when we get up there."

The sparrowhawk turned and flapped her wings. Lex approached the window. He stuck his upper body out and twisted so that he was sitting on the windowsill; his arms clutching the sides of the window to keep from falling.

He called up his wings and he released his grip and let himself fall. He caught himself in midair and rose toward the roof where Lady waited. He landed quietly and moved to the other side of the roof.

He would leave Paul alone, but he wouldn't let the boy go unwatched.

 

[Sayci]

"You know this is all your fault." His words echoed in her mind, the words that her parents repeatedly accused her with in her life. Tears stung her eyes and they glowed a faint red color, her voice was barely above a whisper, "How is it my fault?"

 

[rockerchic]

Sly was angry, he couldn't help but say what he was thinking. He could see that she was hurt by his word but he felt more hurt inside than he could discribe. "Leo and I were doing just fine until you showed up. No one ever found us, and the minute we let you in, people with guns come bashing down our door. Those men were clearly after you, for some reason i dont yet know." Sly sighed and looked away from Elana as she began to cry. "just drive."

 

[Sayci]

Elana blinked back the tears and whipped the car into Drive and sped off out of the parking lot, "If they had been just after me, they wouldn't have taken Leo and Arguile!" Her brakes screeched as she turned sharply down a dark alleyway, her eyes were glowing brighter red now and she could feel rage welling up inside of her. This had not been the night of comfort or friendship that she had hoped it would be, she had been hurt, shot, terrified, angry, and now she was being accused by a kid.

 

[rockerchic]

Sly was now yelling at Elana. The arguement had heated far beyond he thought it would. "The only reason they took them was because they couldn't find you because you were too busy hiding! The man in charge was asking you if you knew why they were there! Do you? " Sly had no reason to accuse her of these things, he himself knew that she had nothing to do with any of this. He just didn't know how to handle all of this. "Will you stop this car you're going to get us both killed!"

 

[Sayci]

Elana flashed an angry glare at him and sped up as they turned down another alley, she slammed on her brakes and got out of the car, "If I had come out they would have taken me too! Now I have a chance to help them! Obviously you can't handle this because you're too young so you stay here and I'll sneak into the warehouse." Elana let out a shaky breath and foced herself to calm down, "I'm sorry they got taken, but I have no idea why those guys would be after me...I just don't know..."

 

[rockerchic]

"i know." Sly said quietly, he too got out of the car. "listen, you cant do this on your own; i can help. but we need a plan." Sly looked around as he thought. "We have twenty four hours, maybe we shouldn't rush into this. We need to ge somewhere sit down and come up with a plan. Where do you live? Maybe we can go there and settle things out. "

 

[Sayci]

Elana watched him with sad eyes, "I don't know if we can even do this together..." She sank down on the grass in the park area nearby. It was very early morning now and could feel the weariness and the despair sweeping over her form. "There are so many of them...we're not warriors...what are we going to do?"