Topic: RPG-Superhumans

((From suggestions in the Chat room yesterday, no he's not really dead but everyone thinks he is.))

Vandal lay twitching as her eyes were moving from side to side beneath her closed lids. Images came to her and she could feel minds around her but things were hazy, she could wake no matter how hard she tried. All she could do was reach out and briefly touch other’s minds.

Vandal was growing frustrated as she was unable to manipulate anyone enough for them to release her. The beings around her were dark minds, none would help her, she needed to find her allies but chances of that were slim.

The silver man had knocked her down and flattened her like a bug. Vandal would make him pay, for surely it was him who now had her strapped down and sedated.

Vandal flexed her fingers only to feel a fresh wave of sedative flow through her. Her mind grew even more foggy and quiet once more.

Jack sprinted off in the direction that Void left.  "Sunburn where are some locations in this direction?"

"Well, we have a cement facility on the outskirts of town!  It's the only one in the area."

"Time to really haul."  After about five minutes of straight sprinting Jack began to tire.  Just then Starbright ((Can Starbright fly?)) flew up beside them asking what was going on.

"I heard Darklight is in trouble!  What can I do to help?"

"Stay away.  You'll just get in the way."

"Why do you care about Darklight so much anyway?"

Jack sighed, "When my superhuman parents died I was a mess.  I was careening closer to villainy every day. Darklight, my best friend at the time was concerned he showed me the light so to speak.  He pulled me out of the dark times.  And I owe him my life for that.  We need to get there fast!  Do you think you can get me there faster?  By flying?"

"I'll try... But you look a little heavy."  Starbright picked him up struggling to keep him up but managed to speed along faster than he would have running.  They were about to arrive at the cement when Jack noticed a pedestrians grouped around a crowd.  And then he saw it Darklight neck's being snapped by Void.  And then VOid and Darklight's body dissapeared.

"NO!  Let me go!"  Jack hit the ground running bodychecking several people in white out of the way who were about to grab a sword.  Jack remembered who they were.  He ran the nearest man through with his katana who was bending over picking.

The one who appeared to be in charge face grew dark. "We meant you no harm! What did you do?"

"I'm sorry!  One of your members attacked me a while ago.  Relfex.  Now where is Void?"

"Who?"

"Void the one who kiled Darklight!  Was there anything on the scene? 

"There was a sword..."

Jack saw the sword and snatched it up.  Immediately he felt good.  Too good.  Stronger.  Faster.  More aware.  But most of all a terrible hatred for Void was burning up inside him.

"I'll kill him."  He stowed the sword and made his way back the city.

((Darklight died in the streets, not in the assassin’s headquarters.  And Void took his body with him; there is no remaining corpse.  And the two civilian casualties are spaced out, over the course of a major street’s sidewalks.))

((Muahahahahahahaha! *cough* Sorry, I couldn't resist.))

Don jogged along on the side walk getting stares from passing by civves, he ignored them and tried to find a building he could recognize. "Oh no no no no... this is so wrong, thoses stupid scientists sent me back to far! Those idiots!" He yelled in frustration, but his helment was sound proof so it didnt matter. He saw a large croud and some people in uniforms massing around someone with a sword. He decided to ask one of the men in uniforms what year it was...

((14 pages for our first super-casualty, not bad.))

Oni sat in his private living quarters, massaging his temples. It was rare for him to remove his mask, but the door was locked so Oni felt safe. He swallowed another handful of painkillers.

Vandal. he thought. Never realized how appropriate the name was.

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Up above in the bar, Happy Harry was setting out drinks for the happenings to take place later that nice. Earlier, he had seen a bartender on TV spin a bottle in the air several times, while spinning hiself around and still catching the wine bottle. Harry decided to try to perform it. Surprisingly, it wasn't so hard.

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Starbright continued searching for her boyfriend, carrying the one called Jack all the while. If anything happened to Darklight, there would be hell to pay.

(Yes, read Mando's last post)

"Sir, now that our base has been found, what shall we do?"

"Kill all lights on the surface. We're disappearing off the map for a little while."

"Yes, sir."

All lights above the ground at the cement complex immediately powered off. No matter how hard it was tried, not even a satellite could see this spot of land when the lights were turned off. No eye could see this complex either, super or normal.

((Hey guys, a little *ahem* late, I know. But I was wondering if Icould jump in. Okay with you Ph34r?))

((I'll leave Ph34r to decide...))

Haze watched as Chromium and Starbright shook hands. Then suddenly, Starbright turned her head and shot into the sky.

“That was rude,” Haze said as she watched her cousin fly off.

“I’m guessing she got an inkling as to where Darklight is,” Chromium said as he lowered his hand. “Do you think we should follow her?”

Haze shrugged, “She’ll call if she needs me. Besides Elmo will disown me if I don’t feed him. How about I meet you back at the Bell Tower in half and hour?”

“I have a feeling you’ll get into trouble if I don’t go with you.” Chromium said.

“I’m only going home,” Haze pointed out.

“You might get mugged,” Chromium said in response.

Haze laughed, “Oh that attempt has already been made.” As if to make a point Haze lifted Chromium off the ground but did nothing more.

“Okay, I get the point,” Chromium said. “I’ll wait. But I’m walking you to your door.”

“Deal,” Haze agreed and lowered him back to the ground. The pair walked along chatting until they reached Haze’s apartment building and then went their separate ways. Haze fed Elmo and gave him his due affection for leaving him for so long with out food and love.

Haze sat down on her bed, removed her boots and gave her feet a bit of a rub. Next she got undressed and had a shower. Once that was done she redressed. This time she selected one of her other ‘super’ outfits. She put on black tights and a chocolate brown skirt. She put on a long sleaved dark orange shirt which hugged her form nicely and then slipped on a pair of matching orange boots that stopped just below her knee. She was in her usual colours.

Haze then raided the fridge for a snack and decided on a chocolate bar. As she left her apartment she thought she saw someone in the shadows but dismissed it. She was getting paranoid.

Don walked up to the closeest person in the crowd. "hi...uh can you tell me what year it is?" The citizen just stared at his rifle. "Look its not a hard question!" yelled Don The woman (for the citizen was a woman) cringed and backed away. "Oh, good god why couldnt this helmet have a calendar..." moaned Don. He walked up to the next person, and tried again...

Flame had woken up again. Someone was outside, he tried to yell, but his mouth had been taped shut, like an animal control officer would tape a crocodile or an aligator's mouth shut. It was very degrading. He could only manage muffled yells, which you could hear about a foot away from the room he was trapped in, if you listend very carefully.
His powers were still not working, there was apparently somthing in whatever had been slipped to him. He could, however get a very vauge sense of people, when they were near.

((Fine by me, just try to keep up with the hefty amount of continuity. ;) ))

Oni was getting impatient. Where were his cohorts in crime? Jericho was present and accounted for, but Flame and Voidhunter were missing.

Oni decided to go searching.

Flame had been haning from a bar or somthing by his wrists for quite a while. Luckily he was a little tall, so he could stand. He had tried to kick the door down. It didnt move, he was tired, and he  went into a slight doze.

((Hey, no worries, I spent the entire day reading the thing... Okay, new character))
Character: Frost
Affiliation: Hero
Age: 24
Appearance: White winter camo, kind of a snowboarder dude
Personality: Surfer type, likes to joke around, and even though he comments a lot when fighting, he’s deadly accurate
Powers: Has the ability to conjure ice from moisture in the air. Also is an amazing sniper, and has a rifle strapped to his back at all times

Frost decided to do something... He had been watching footage from super battle after super battle on the news, and finally told himself, I know I said I would never get into this again, but I can’t sit around waiting for these heroes get their butts kicked by a city’s worth of bad dudes at that meeting. Frost still had connections from his former life, and liked to keep tabs on “super” activity. Thus thinking, he got off his couch, put on his white thermal camo, grabbed his sniper rifle from the display on the mantelpiece, and headed out the door. He had heard about the death of Darklight, an old friend of his, and this was part of what had spurred him into action. Frost didn’t know where he stood in this thing yet, but he knew he had to go to Happy Harry’s…

(If it's too late for me to join, don't sweat it. I'll delete the post if you tell me to.)

Character: Acero
Affiliation: Superhero
Age: 27
Appearance: The muscular Acero stands nearly six feet tall. A rough, metallic-colored jumpsuit fits loosely over his athletic frame and he stomps about in heavy terrain boots. Two titanium manacles on his wrists are attached to heavy chains that go down to his ankles and act as his only weapons. His by far most distinguishing feature is the steel mask secured to his entire face. The mask is sleek and narrow, but old and beaten from use. It contains holes only for his eyes and a rounded slit for his mouth. The impression is given that the mask was secured to Acero's face via the bolts on his forehead. A thick mane of black hair juts out wildly matting the back of his head.
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Personality: Acero almost never speaks and moves slowly so as not to cause noise with his heavy attire. It is clear that this man became a hero not for the glory, but for his own strict code of justice behind his actions. No one is quite sure of Acero's intentions yet.

Acero stepped out from behind a building as the orange and brown girl disappeared into the heart of the city chewing on her candy bar. The link in his mask beeped once as he watched her go.

“Cero?” said the static-ridden voice. “Cero? You there?”

Acero made no reply other than breathing. He briskly turned a corner finding himself in a sort of market square. He set off among the stalls wrapping his chains around his wrists to secure them.

“You creep me out you big lug, y’know that? Anyway, you find the Haze broad yet?”

More breathing.

“I’ll take that as a yes,” said the voice. “We got sources saying she’s likely to meet up with some of the more notorious baddies. If that’s the case, then all you gotta do is take them out. Comprende?”

No answer. Then Acero gruffly whispered one word.

“Hero?”

“What?” exclaimed the voice surprised to hear a spoken answer. “Oh, the girl? Well we’re not sure exactly. As far as we know she’s one of the neutral ones. But don’t take any chances with her big man. There’s a rumor that one of her parent’s was an omega. Who knows what this bombshell could do.”

Acero had stopped in the middle of the square to listen to the last bit. People passed around him shooting curious looks as they went about their daily business. The agent’s eyes stared straight ahead oblivious to everything but the Headquarters’ instructions. When the man on the other end was finished, Acero reached a finger to the side of his mask and cut the transmission without another word.

Darkness was absolute, unchanging.  The void was inside him, and he was the void.  He was master and slave, captor and captive, ruler and serf, both cowardly and brave.  His power was growing, his essence healed.  The time of retribution was soon approaching.  He had made the first move, now it was his opponent's turn.  Let the pawns do their work while the Titans duel.  He laughed quietly, and closed his portal of shadow.

((Well, well, looks like this rp is experiencing a second coming...))

(yup somebody save me)

((New heroes and villains?  Well, hopefully the older ones don't all leave.  And I also hope they don't throw "too many" twists and turns into the mix.  My poor old brain might fry.  Then again...that might be a good thing...get rid of excess junk...This IS a good RPG, it is no small wonder that it should keep going, eh?  And I can't really save you right now, Adeptus; Void's busy gloating, and Darklight's kaput.  I may have to cut Void's celebration short.  Speaking of celebration, when's the whole super-villain meeting gonna happen, Ph34r?))

(*cough*ph34r/mel*cough*)

((Hey Dash, glad to see you made it ;) I'm coming to Flame's rescue...))

The feeling of being followed didn’t ebb for Haze. She was really starting to get nervous and she didn’t want to reveal Chromium’s hideout to yet another super.

She walked around the markets and decided to take a detour passed Starbright’s apartment, at least then she might find out why her cousin had left in such a hurry. As Haze entered Starbright’s street she felt a familiar sensation. She stopped and looked around.

The sensation faded for a moment until Haze drew closer to Starbright’s apartment and she felt it again. Flame? she called with her mind.

The voice in his head was distant, almost unheard. He tried to respond, but he could not respond with his own voice. He sent an image to Haze, and his captors voice, the drugs in his system almost slurring them together.

((the meeting will happen as soon as we save Flame's bacon.))
Oni flew around town, looking for his flaming compadre.

Flame? Bubelah? You hearin' me? Oni howled in his mind. The big lug had to be somewhere.

In time, Oni spotted Haze. Perhaps she could help.

"Haze, mon soeur, you seen Flame anywhere? Big guy seems to have gone AWOL."

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Back at the bar, Harry was preparing for the meeting. He knew how long Oni had been planning. How splendid it would be.

At this point in time, Sunburn had almost NO idea for what to do.  He had followed Jack around, when the kung fu guy found the sword in the ground, when they found out that Darklight was dead.  Now, he didn't know where to go, or what to do.... *I should go to that abandoned cathedral, it's nice and quiet there, I can get some time to think....*  He thought, and after he digested the thought, burst into flames and flew over to the cathedral.

Frost was beginning to feel nervous. He was walking normally, not revealing his powers prematurely, as he headed towards Happy Harry's, but he couldn't help feeling something wasn't right. He turned a corner, and  came out onto a street that he knew the hero Starbright's appartment was on. He saw who he knew to be Haze walking down the street, and she was constantly glancing backwards, like she was getting jumpy or something. Whoa, I'm jumpy, she's jumpy, what's going on, man? Frost waited behind the corner, and watched Haze, trying to discern what was wrong.

Haze nearly jumped out of her skin when Oni presented himself to her. “You frightened the crap out of me,” she said giving him a slap on the chest. “I think Flame is here somewhere. I thought I could feel him.”

“Really? I didn’t think you could do that.” Oni replied.

Haze lifted a brow, “Just how much about me do you know?”

“Oh enough I’d say.” Oni said and Haze could here the smile in his voice.

Shaking her head, Haze ignored him and concentrated on finding Flame. She stopped as she felt a weak response and a fluttering of images entered her mind. She looked immediately to the basemen door to the side of the building and made a beeline for it.

A heavy padlock secured the doors but Haze snapped a link with her mind and pulled the chain free. “Have you been following me?” Haze asked Oni.

“No, I found you more by luck then anything.” He admitted.

Haze took in a deep breath. “I think someone has been following me. Can I trust you at my back?”

“Have you said yes to my deal?” Oni said in turn.

Haze paused, “I want to hear your plan in full before I make any commitments.”

“Smart girl,” Oni remarked and headed down the dark stairway before her.

Flame was still in there, but it felt like the drugs were wearing off. He began to movie his wrists, trying to break free.

Don had at last discovered that it was the year 2015, more than 150 years into the past then intended.

He had no idea what he was supposed to do now, he didnt even know if the suit still worked. Out of habit he started to jog down the street, he could think better while he was running. He started a list of vialble options: 1: go to the military and hoped they believed him, 2: Find a private group of scientists to help him 3:....well there was no three thats all he could think of at the moment. He was trying to think so hard that he nearly collided with a woman in black tights and a brown skirt. "uh...sorry ma'am, just moving through...hey, you wouldent happen to know a group of timeshifting experimenting scientists would you?"

As Oni walked down the stairway Haze looked up and saw a shadowy figure. He was tall, muscular and Haze could just make out some sort of mask on his face. She stared at him and waited for a reaction but there was none. She tilted her head sideways and studied him.

“Hello?” Haze called quietly but there was no answer from the masked man.

Haze decided to try something else, with her mind she reached out to him and spoke. Hello? Do you understand me?

Before he had a chance to answer, a man ran into her and asked a bizarre question about scientists. She stared at him for a moment, “Um no I don’t know anybody like that.”

Then Frost appeared, Haze wondered when she’d become so popular.

(poor Flame.....locked in the closet of a neutral persons apparently over protective cousin....completely forgotten)

Flame continued to try to escape, he thought that the tape was begining to give, but that may have just been imagination. He lifted himself again, and kicked at the door with both feet again. It didnt budge. He didnt know if Haze was near, but he let out the mental equivalent of an emergency flare, hoping the signal allowed her to find him.

((Wouldn’t miss it for the world))

Crimson stared off into the sun. The city was beautiful at this time of day. A sudden chill caused her to pull her red cloak tighter around her body. The woman jumped forward in surprise as a rough hand was laid on her shoulder.

Crimson immediately jumped into battle mode. A scarlet burst of energy began glowing in the palm of her hand as she faced the newcomer. It was Acero.

"You." muttered Crimson closing her hand and extinguishing the glow. “What do you want?”

Acero silently motioned to the dark stairway the woman was standing in front of.

“Yeah, he’s in there. Not that it’s any of your business.”

Crimson straightened her cloak and turned away from Acero. He stepped forward into the sunlight to stand next to her.

“They’re trying to turn her,” Crimson was muttering over and over. “I can’t let him do it… I can’t…”

Acero turned his masked face to stare at her. Crimson spoke to him without returning the gaze.

“Yes, the pyrokinetic. Although I think that nutjob has a few more tricks up his sleeve.”

Acero turned away torn. The women’s paranoia had a reached a new level of insanity. With her measure of power, she was dangerous. He knew others would be here soon to rescue Flame. He couldn’t let Crimson interfere when they did. He needed to find that meeting at all costs.

In one swift motion, Acero grabbed Crimson by the mouth and dragged her into the shadows of a nearby alleyway. She kicked and struggled for air, but Acero’s grip was like steel. Crimson was nearly screaming now and scarlet and purple bolts were flying in all directions as the desperate woman grasped around. The energy bursts began to slow, and Crimson’s kicking began to die down and soon she was finally unconscious. Acero bundled the woman in her cloak and gently set her in a nearby dumpster slowly closing the lid.

The silent man was barely out of the alleyway when he saw two figures at the stairway. One of them was Haze. The other was…

Acero drew a breath. The legendary Oni had just entered the building. Should he alter his plan and attack now? The Oni character was wanted by the authorities in countless districts. No. He couldn’t turn back now. He had to find that meeting.

He turned his head and saw Haze studying him. Panicking he ran.

"right of course you dont..." Don shouldered by a large man with a mask on his face. Don glanced at him but didnt say anything. Don looked around an his HUDs threat indicator told him that someone was around him was armed. Don looked up and saw a man in snow camo with a rifle on his back, "finally," he wispered someone who isint a civve. Don steped in front of the man blocking his path. "I need you ask you some questions..." Said Don.

Acero was bumped by Don as he hurried away from the scene. Suddenly the air got cold. There was a cryokinetic nearby. Sure enough, when Acero turned around, Frost was standing there with a rifle on his back.

Acero slinked off into the shadows as Don prepared to question Frost. He was sure Freezer-boy could handle things by himself if things got ugly, but he'd stick around just in case. Never leave a friend in danger.

((Just a suggestion, why don’t Frost and Don pair up as a fighting team? Haze is rather popular at the moment and she hasn’t even gone back to Chromium yet!))

Haze was brought back to Flame’s plight by his telepathic call. Haze went in after Oni as he was taking too long. Haze found Oni near a door, “I think he’s behind here.”

Haze nodded and ripped the door off its hinges with her mind and there was Flame. “Looks like you were right.”

Oni freed Flame. “Okay I’ve got to get back for this meeting. You coming?”

Haze nodded, “I will be. But I’ve got something to do first.”

Oni assisted Flame to his feet, “Fine but don’t bring any of your hero buddies.”

Haze smiled politely, “Wouldn’t dream of it.”

Oni hauled Flame out to the street as the scaled man was still rather woozy. “I’ll take Flame back, though I hate carrying another man.” Oni stated as he threw Flame over his shoulder.

Once Oni was gone Haze made a run for the Bell Tower, she was already ten minutes late. She was just outside when she saw Tanis waiting for her, he immediately transformed into Chromium. “What took you so long?”

“Don’t ask,” Haze said, it’d take her too long to explain.

(yay.)
When they were back at the base, Flame ripped the ductape off his face, and stretched his jaw. He was still a little woozy from the drugs, and when he tried to make fire, it only sputtered and died. He grabbed a bottle of water and chuged it, then tried again, it worked slightly better. The drug was wearing off, he could sense the people around him again.

"Man Flame, you are one crazy lizard. Don't you know you don't ever go alone? No matter how sure you are of victory?"

Flame didnt say anything, he continued to check himself, looking for any thing out of place. Like more ductape.

"Yeah, that's what I thought." Jericho smirked.

Flame looked at Jericho, and snorted angrily (like the veloca(spelling i know) raptor on Jurasic Park, the first one)
He tested his fire, and was almost supprised to find it worked normaly.

(say, does oni or jericho enjoy the occaisional cigar?               
Been dying to make flame say "Need a light?"
Huzzah for starcraft. And the firebats.)

Jericho smiled and pulled a cigar out of his coat and proceeded to light it.

Flame sat on the couch. Jericho's lighter wasnt working, and he looked annoyed. Flame looked over, "Need a light?"
Jericho looked over for a second, eyebrow raised. "Uh...Yeah sure." He held his cigar over, and Flame moved his hand over, flicked his thumb over his forefinger, as if he were igniting a lighter, a small flame came up, and lit Jericho's cigar. "Thanks"
"No problem" Flame said as he turned on the T.V. (Assuming you have one that is)

Chromium was relieved that Haze made it. He was about to go after her but she showed up just in time to stop him.

"So we make for Oni's now?" He asked Haze.

"Yea, lets fly so we get there quicker."

Chromium walked over to Haze and he put his arms around her and she did the same. He looked into her eyes for a brief moment, and she looked into the pits of pure white light that were his eyes. He then looked up and blasted off into the sky.

Just as Chromium left the cathedral he looked back at his Bell Tower home. He saw the one called Sunburn fly towards the tower and land on the top. He sat down and looked at the city below.

Chromium flew over to question him about his presence.

"Is that Sunburn? One moment Haze. I think he could be useful." Chromium told Haze

"Ok."

He changed course and flew over to the top of the cathedral and Sunburn looked up at the random new visitors.

"You are the one called Sunburn correct? What brings you here to the bell tower?" Chromium asked Sunburn.

(((Hey Night good job creating an Ice powered hero. I was wondering when one was gonna show up. I thought about creating an evil ice villain woman. but i can do that later now that there some balance with you.

Also, cool characters Dravage....by the way are you Dash?

PS, Mel, ealier in the thread i said something like "That was pretty serious." I wasnt refering to the Haze Chromium thing we talked about yesterday, i was talking about the death of darklight. Sorry i wasnt clear.)))

((Hey thanks Valthonin, yeah I like the idea of an ice showdown by the way, have fun with that))

"So...Frost, right?. When'd you get involved in this?" Don asked. "Acero told me you were out of the game."

"I was, dude, but man, these people need my help. They're up against a flippin' army of baddies, and they need all the help they can get. Besides, I haven't been ice boarding in a while. The most I've done with my cryo is put ice cubes in my coke."

"So you're with us?"

"Dude, did I not just say that?"

"Ummmm… sure. So what now?"

"I think we gotta find Haze, I just passed her a while ago, and she was crazy jumpy, man. Kept looking over her shoulder like there was a tidal wave behind her. She's the swing vote, man. I've been following her moves through my contacts, and nobody knows what the deal is with her. Bad girl, good girl, nobody knows. Anyhow, we gotta find her."

"So how the heck do we find her?" Don said, frustrated.

"Dude, chiilll. Heh heh, that's like, ironic. Just leave it to me, man..."

((Thanks Valthonin, that means a lot. Even if they're on the same side, I'm still half hoping Chromium and Acero can have some kind of face off. And yes this is Dash. I presume we've RPed before?))

"Come in. Come in Cero! Do you read me?"

Acero was so intent on observing the hurried interaction between Frost and Don that he didn't realize HQ was trying to contact him.

"Acero!"

"Oni," put Acero simply.

"What do you mean Oni?" said the flustered technician. "No one can touch that guy. The note on the corpse was just to attract attention."

Acero was silent.

"Alright fine," said the voice reluctantly. "Oni... may be related to this thing. And if that's the case you're gonna need serious back-"

Acero cut the transmission right there. He worked alone. Partners may watch your back from time to time, but mostly their cavalier attitudes and dry sarcasm served as distractions. Acero figured he was better off on his own.

The hero rewrapped his chains around his arms and started looking for Haze's trail. Just because the girl had found a friend who could fly didn't mean she was untraceable.

Haze found herself somewhat loathe to leave Chromium's arms as she didn't know what sort of reaction they'd get from Sunburn. She had slightly detained him and Jack from escaping Oni. However they would have been a lot longer if not for her intrusion.

Sunburn looked somewhat lost, as he spoke Haze and Chromium found out why. "I've lost Jack, have either of you seen him?"

Haze shook her head, "Last time I saw him he was with you."

Sunburn snorted in frustration then looked at Haze. "So what's the deal with you?"

Haze smiled, "I'm the fence sitter, makes life more interesting."

Jack burst into Happy Harry's Bar.  He beelined it to Harry who was practicing some flair bartending and setting up drinks.  He put his much anger and hatred into his voice as he could.  Which wasn't too hard as he was full of it.  And he needed to vent.  "Where are they?"  He grabbed Harry by the collar and pulled him close.

"W-w-who?"

"Cut the crap Harry.  There is a meeting today.  I want part of it.  I'll ask you again, only once mind you," Jack pulled his new blade feeling the power course through him again.  He put it up to Harry's neck.  By this time the entire bar was silent, "Where are they?"

Harry was trembling uncontrollably, he seemed to be weighing to options, and to persuade him a bit Jack drew a little blood.

"They're in the back!"

"Smart man you are Harry."  Jack shoved him back down.  Passing a mirror he looked at himself.  There seemed to be something different.  His skin was paler than it usually was.  His eyes seemed to have changed.  Almost a shade of grey.  He looked at the sword and smiled with glee.  Spying the door to the back room Jack kicked the door in and entered.  He immediately saw Flame and Jericho.  Putting up his mental blocks he asked, "Mind if I join you?"

Vandal convulsed within her bonds. There was power, such power and it certainly wasn't the lizard man this time. Vandal's thrashing caused the IV to come loose. Her movements slowed and her mouth opened in a scream before she woke up staring at the ceiling. Something truly evil had just entered the bar and Vandal needed to get away from it.

Vandal rolled off the bunk and onto the floor. She found that her body was like rubber and hard to control. She had to get out, she could tell that Death was coming.

((Sorry for the double post, but I'm switching characters again...))

Haze froze and looked towards Happy Harry's, something strange was happening. Haze could feel something telepathically and that was odd, she couldn't do that unless around someone who was a telepath. "Sunburn do you have mental abilities?"

"Not that I know of." Sunburn said looking at her strangely.

"Then someone very powerful has just hit town and I suggest they're at Happy Harry's." Haze told.

Really not caring either way, Jack sat down on the couch anyway.  They were still awestruck.  Just then Oni entered stopping in his tracks.

"Hello Oni my friend.  Yes I know you are suprised.  So much has happened in the past few days, no?" Jack smiled.

"How did you remember?"

"Ah, that's my secret."

"You think you can come in here and end our little meeting-"

"On the contrary, bubelah I believe you say?  I have come to join it!  I came to a realization that I was fighting for the losers.  I would like to be a winner."

Flame burst in, "You expect us to believe that?"

"Ah yes I knew that would come.  But I am fully prepared to do whatever you ask.  I am your humble servant.  He made a theatrical bow demonstrating this, "Ask and ye shall receive."