RPG-Superhumans (Page 29 of 40)

"Alright then, we got a job to do Kaylene. Harry must be stopped." Tanis rose and extended his hand towards Kaylene.

She took it and smiled up at him. She rose and stood next to him, handing him the black bundle that was his cloak. He relaxed his body and closed his eyes. Kaylene never released his hand.

All the hair on his body fell off and he winced in agony. His eyes began to glow and his eyelids shot open. THey became pure light. Silver liquid was excreted through his pores and it covered his body, converting the flesh into metal. He exhaled and breathed deeply.

"Thank you." Chromium told Kaylene.

"Of course."

He looked down at his silver body wearing civilian clothes. Kaylene giggled. He took them off and draped them over his arm after putting on his thick black cloak. He took Kaylene in the other arm and looked around the park, checking to see if anyone had jsut seen what had transpired. No one.

He flew to the house they took the clothes from and he placed it back on the clothes line.

Then he grabbed Kaylene with both arms and he blasted into the sky, heading towards Mission City.

Although Desdemona did as Jack asked it kind of contradicted her reason for being there. If Void lived she would not reach her quota, at least not for a while. As Jack and Darklight squabbled Desdemona looked at Void, who was panting heavily as he tried to catch his breath, and then she looked at her own hand that was not nearly as translucent as it had been.

A crazy thought went through her head. If she killed Void than she could be human and stay with Jack. She quickly shook the thought away. To do such a thing was a breach against her contract with Death and there were worse fates out there than her own.

As Darklight suddenly began to comprehend what was going on, Void launched himself at Desdemona. His hands clutched her throat as he threw her against the concrete floor. Desdemona did not scream and not did she struggle. She felt no pain at Void's violence as her body returned to its ghost like form, she easily evaded his grasp until he realised the shadow within.

((It was supposed to be released, but hey realised works too))

Desdemona walked over to Jack as he held Void to the ground. Desdemona let her hand dematerialise enough that she could sink it through Void's outer surface and into his mind, "Jack doesn't lie. Let me show you the fate that awaits one such as you."

Desdemona gave Void a flash of his current future when he died. She let him see the way his soul would be sucked away into the depths of hell where he would receive tortures beyond his imagination. She also allowed him to feel a touch of the pain they'd inflict. She removed her hand before he passed out. "Remember that Terry." She said coldly.

"What did you do to him?" Darklight asked as he watched his brother twitch rapidly.

"As I said, I showed him what would happen to his soul if he stayed on his current path." Desdemona said.

"What are you?" Darklight asked.

"I'm a soul eater" Desdemona said.

Darklight immediately went on the defensive. "We met one of your buddies, his name is Drakeus."

"Drakeus is an agent of evil. I serve Death, I merely deliver the souls by being the vessel. Drakeus destroys them because he enjoys it." Desdemona said to clarify. "If Drakeus is loose then you must not let Void die. I can protect you while I'm in this state."

Darklight looked confused, "What happens to you if Void dies?"

"I collect the last soul of my quota and become human, at least until I die again." Desdemona pointed out. "But I'd actually prefer to live as a human for more than a few hours." She looked at Jack and gave him a wink.

Ronin stood outside the coffee shop, cloaked, when the tall dark figure entered the shop. Aw, crap... He thought.

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Harry ,still disguised as Officer Simms, had received word of a scuffle going on in  a warehouse thanks to the officer's surprisingly helpful police radio. Upon arriving, he noticed that Jack was inside, as were 3 other individuals. He decided to see how this would pan out.

Void stopped his twitching.  They say darkness loved darkness, and pain enjoyed pain.  WHat he ahd seen was terrible, but he knew that Nick couldn't avoid a similar fate.  They were bound, he and Void.  As much as Void hated the fact.  And besides, even if he couldn't rid himself of Nick, maiming, or reducing to a vegetable meant dear old brother was still alive, right?  He smiled darkliy, and stood up.  He had had enough of his unpowered form.  He concentrated, and let his physical form go, quickly replacing it with the comfortable form of shadows and darkness. 

Ah, such freedom.  Finding the nearest shadows, he extended a tendril, touched the shadow, and sucked his essence through his tendril and into the darkness.  He shadowstepped to freedom...otherwise known as the other side of the warehouse, where he watched and waited.

"Jeez, freakin' Starbucks should really be more careful as to who they hire." Ronin said, appearing behind Drakeus, wristblades unsheathed.

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Harry saw Voidhunter slip out of the warehouse, and decided to try and coerce the shadow being to become a ally with him.
"V-Voidhunter." Harry called out. The shadowy villain turned around transforming his hands into blades just in case.

"I have no quarrell with you, my friend, as so I will let you walk away if you stand down." Voidhunter said, noticing the policeman who was speaking to him.

"Hmm? Oh-oh yes. Of c-course." Harry, realizing the misunderstanding, transformed into a like-shaped shadow being. "My n-name is Harr-Harry. I think we h-h-have similar goals. Would y-you like to wo-work t-t-t-t-t-together?"

((Ronin is "the villain formerly known as Oni" as Adeptus put it))

"Not really." Ronin said, answering Drakeus's question. "Nice katanas." As Ronin said this, twin compartments on his thigh plates hissed open and Ronin removed two of his own katanas, cybernetically enhanced to cut through nigh anything and withstand amazing force. "How d'ya like mine?"

Flame stepped into the cafe. Nice fire, interesting coloration... Flame voiced to Drakeus. "But I can do better."  Flame ignited his hands, then, to prove his point, he rapidly changed the color, from the normal orange to red to pink to a violet, then blue, and many others. It distracted Drakeus for a moment, then the fire snapped back to the original color, and he swung his fistt at the demon.

Darklight turned to Jack, grinned, and put his mask, cape, and hood back on his face.

"Let's go hunt the Void."

Drakeus ignored Oni, and turned to face the Flame weilding lizard, who apparently liked to show off his powers. Drakeus scoffed at Flames coloration changing, and cut a deep gash across his forearm with one of his katanas, as the lizard tryed to punch him. Drakeus relished the pain he had caused and steped back so he could face both of his opponents at once.

Desdemona followed the others but she knew where Void was. As her quarry, she would always know where he was until it was over. But Void had changed his fate for now.

Desdemona studied Harry, his time would come but he was not assigned to her. "Watch that one," Desdemona said quietly to Jack.

Fire quiclky sealed off the cut.  The skin was raw and waould scar, but at least he wasnt blading any more. Back up Jericho

"What?" Jericho hissed, clearly not used to voiceing

"Just do it" Flame hissed. Jericho did. Flame looked up at Drakeus. "Ah, a chalenge?" The demon said. "I am born of hell-fire! You can not hurt me!" 

Fire whirled around Flame's legs, rising to his chest (Like the area attack for fire in Jade Empire) He held his arms down at his side, but his forearms out, palms up. "What makes you so sure?" The fire flew forward,  whirling around civilians, redening their skin, but not harming them.