PROJECT RECON - The RPG Forum Story

[Evangelion_01]

"Well that room was rather tiny, but comfortable enough...They could at least have thrown in breakfast for free..."

The vampire nodded in agreement, listening to the blood Goddess' comments about the hovel inn, as they wandered through the deserted, dusty streets, the crumbling buildings overrun with Mother Nature's growing vines. He smiled, amazed by her resilience, even in these horrible times. A sharp, stinging pain brought him back to reality. He winced and cursed aloud, holding his head.

"OW! What the heck was that???"

The blood Goddess was now nearly doubled over in laughter, holding her ribs as he sat on the dusty road, knocked to his feet. She held her ribs with one hand, giggling while pointing up at an outstretched I beam from a lump of concrete, which the vampire-distracted as he was-walked headlong into. He removed his hand from his hairline, on which was now a dark red stain. He had sustained a rather painful cut from the sharp edges of the jagged metal. He got to his feet groggily, swaying slightly and dusting off his worn travel robes.

"Damn these things aren't cheap..." he muttered as he reached into a pocket and dabbed some liquid from a thin vial on his forehead to relive the swelling.

A tiny, unfamiliar thoughtspark streaked through his mind suddenly, disapparating just as quickly, making him look around warily, as if searching for someone who had just dashed past him.

"You're SO hilarious sometimes Evanguard..." The Goddess replied, panting softly as she tried to recover her breath and stop laughing, folding her arms across her chest to ease her sore ribs. The vampire rubbed his aching head, growling at the thought laughter from Galghiel in his pocket, trying to decipher the vague thoughts aroused by the fleeting thoughtspark.

"Aw screw it...my head hurts too much...."

He hurried after the smiling Goddess along the narrow, hot streets, cursing an impending headache.                    

[~*Ashiee*~]

lol @ beat up
(me to eh)
i know i not a part of this but i jus wanted to big up to and although i doh understand it very much
it is very interesting                    

[Zero-X]

As he left the inn, searching for Kalaila, he ventured through the city and was eyed down by the remnants of the city.....as if they never saw a cyber before and thought that it would mean danger, so the remnants watched him carefully, while being cautious....

"Master, it seems as if these so called 'people' never saw a cyber in their lives before....and i also have doubts about this journey..."

"Do not worry Zerokun, something or someone is bound to show...."

"Yes Master, i shall keep looking...."

Then he sensed something out of the ordinary, as if someone is in pain....he tried to focus on this strange sensation, and from what he could gather, it originated from a room in one of the city structures.....he used his speed and hastened up the building in search of the disturbance.....he stopped in front of one of the rooms....the disturbance was strong now, he broke down the door and found a young man and a pet lying unconscious on the floor, as he walked past he noticed that they were still alive and unharmed and as he approached the window, a young woman outside of the building, unconscious, unsure of whether she was alive or not he jumped out the window to her.......

"Miss....Miss!!! Are you ok?? Answer Me!?"                    

[The_Dark_Goddess]

Amaya crested the pile of rubble that she and Evanguard were climbing, and immediately shouted for the priest, who was a few steps behind her.
Evanguard quickened his pace and stood beside her, the two now exchanging worried glances.

Lying before them was a young oriental girl. She was pretty, her clothes showed signs of travel, and she lay at their feet seemingly asleep.

"This is the new prescence" Evanguard said evenly, bending down over the girl, who remained oblivious. Amaya stooped next to him, on the opposite side of the youg woman, studying her closely.

The girl's eyes moved rapidly behind her lids, and every so often, she would make a stifled noise. Curious as to what the child may be dreaming, Amaya touched her forehead with a finger.

Immediately she was swept into the girls dreams, images and noises whirled around her, buffeting her senses and smothering her, stiffling her. With a gasp she threw herself back from the girl, breaking contact.

Evanguard looked at her. "Bad dreams?"
Amaya, pale at the moment, swallowed. "No, prophetic dreams. Whatever you do to her Evanguard, do not disturb her dreams nor her thoughts. She will wake in her own time. I think we ought to bring her with us. I couldn't sense her before, but now every fibre of my body is aware of this child."

Evan frowned slightly. "A seer," he said blankly.
"I have a feeling," he continued, "that whatever brought you here is the being responsible for all these strangers. Whether that is good or bad, is yet to be decided."

Amaya stood and brushed herself off. "Either way, there isn't anything we can do about it now. Pick her up Evan, gently. Let's get as far as we can before night"                    

[Polios]

Polios teleported back the devastated city.

"I see they found the other seer," said Polios grimly. " Well, I guess I shall go join them. Though they are still separated, I guess I can bring them together. Probably don't need permission for that."

He stared at the orange clouds of the dusk.

" It will be nightfall soon, I should hurry..."                    

[Lafiel]

Rei sat up looked around and then groaned loudly.

"Where on earth is she now?"
"Pyro! Pyro! wake up. She's gone."

Pyroslasher rolled over and continued to snore loudly.
"I guess i have to look for that stupid girl myself."
Rei rose to her feet and dusted off her skirt.  she closed her eyes and began to hum softly.

"Spirits of the light. Past, present and future. Show to me the one i seek."

No matter how hard she tried Rei could not contact Kalaila. Rei feared that she was loosing control over her. That could only spell bad news for herself, and the council.                    

[Asian§pices]

From deep inside of me i can feel a great source of power trying to reach out to me. Trying to tell me something, but yet i cannot reply. I can feel the strength of the power but yet i do not understand it. I do not understand what it is trying to tell me... but i MUST! because i fear that many lives depends on this...this knowledge that i possess. A knowledge that i posess but yet do not  inderstand.....

Suddenly i can sense a presence...wait not only one but two. A man and a woman...the closer they got towards me the clearer they became...
As clear as if my eyes were wide open i can see them.....
but my eyes are shut...
Yet how is this possible?
The man now is a little difficult to see, he is a bit blury, but i can sense he is not totally of human form...
Ai, i can feel the woman reaching out to me, trying to read my dreams....
The woman is of 5'9", green eyes, blood red hair worn in a thick braid that ends at her waist...
Yet she pulls away from my thoughts mortified at what she saw.....
Those same images that i must see, images that i cannot escape from unless i wake...
I want to tell her that i mean no harm to her nor her companion,
I want to let her know that i am confused as to why i am here and how i got here,
I want to open my eyes and wake up and ask her where I am?
but yet something is keeping me traped.
Traped from opening my eyes, traped from allowing me to move ...to communicate...
holding me back......but she pulls away her hand before i got a chance to tell her this.....                    

[PyroSlasher]

PyroSlasher awoke suddenly. He looked around but no one was there. He got up and washed his face, then looked in the mirror at his face, his white eyes staring back at him.

He said to himself:

"Kalaila shold be back by now.Something must be wrong!"

He went by his bed and put on his long cloak,then placed in his swords and took out an antique silver watch. The time was 1:02:52.
Then in a sudden movement, he was gone in less than a second.
Aa figure appeared behind Kalaila who was holding her head and checked his watch

1:02:54

PyroSlasher thought to himself:

"A whole 2 seconds ...I must be getting slow!" but ignoring that, knelt down by Kalaila and asked:

"Whats wrong?"                    

[Zero-X]

"It seems that she is unconscious.....for she may have come across a certain aura of power......perhaps the same sense of power i received before....."

As the black cloaked cyber watched over them......with saber in hand and buster armed to fire......

"I sense a powerful aura in you as well, so i assume u are accompanying this young woman, but i must admit, you are indeed a skilled warrior to have found her here.......perhaps you can help me with my search."

And with that he approached Pyro steadily with caution so as not to provoke him.....                    

[ShowTime]

Rested, fed, and clothed, Serene heads out of the inn and towards the entrance/ exit of the city.  Making use of her keen senses, she again ascertains the presence of other beings around her.

“So many strong auras.” She turned a corner, keeping the same wandering pace as she was used to.  “Strange, when I first arrived, there weren’t as many people around.”
She remembered some of the persons that she actually caught sight of.  There was a couple.  A man and a woman, however, she sensed a third aura amongst them.  That aura was different, like a different species of life.  An animal, perhaps, she thought.  There were too many new smells in the area to determine.  Then there was the man she saw inside of the inn. His appearance was uncanny.  But why?  Why was she sensing so many life forces in so many different places?

“I’ve been alone for so long that I don’t know what’s been going on in the world.”  She reached the remains of the city gates.  Gazing towards the sonorous red horizon, she almost laughed, “Well, I guess I wasn’t completely alone.”  The wind sifted through the trees, almost as a sign for the dragon to immerge as gracefully as the doves that decorate the heavens.  She gazed as the holiest of all the creatures upon the earth cut through the air with ease using it’s massive wings to ascend through the clouds. The size of it only seemed to overwhelm Serene as it used it’s powerful wings to land a short distance from her.  

“You’ve been out for a long time haven’t you, Ignaius?  It’s getting dark soon so we may have to stay here again for the night.”

“You should get some rest.”  She coaxed.  Taking a step backwards, she ritually raised a single hand towards Ignaius, holding a deep state of concentration.  

“Return!”
Like a tornado of spirits and countless grains of sand, Ignaius began to disappear, returning to its’ resting place the lie within the confines of it’s master.  When the un-summoning was complete, Serene stayed outside until she watched the sunset and then ensued once again within the city, returning to the inn.                    

[PyroSlasher]

PyroSlasher looked at this being made of metal and flesh and asked:

"What is your name?"

The figure onlyreplied: "Zerokun.....and you must be PyroSlasher."

PyroSlasher drew his sword saying

"I only just met you and you already know my name....but not for long!"

And with those words he jumped high into the air ,his sword seeming to slash the moon in half and set it on fire. Then he decended with a perfect blow to the center of the cyborgs head.But his sword did'nt penetrate.
PyroSlasher jumped back, stunned and asked himself  :

"What is he made of?"

Then Zerokun raised his left arm and fired.

A crater occupied the spot where Pyroslasher was a split milisecond before.

"He obviously wasnt worthy enough to protect Kalaila."

He felt the hot tip of a flaming sword lock at his neck, and the whispered words:-

 "Or was I?"

And as PyroSlasher was about to deliver the killer throat slice blow when Kalaila raised her head, supporting herself feebly and muttered:

 "No .....he means.....no ..harm...." and collapsed.

PyroSlasher looked at the cyborg and replaced his sword.

"Ill take her word for it ......for now.But I'll keep my eye on you."

They then both rushed to Kalaila's aid. Thankfully, she was breathing...Faint and weak...but breathing...                    

[Lafiel]

Kalaila groaned as she raised her head.  She had a killer headache. Two down and a few more to go she thought. Things were begining to get strange.  She had never passed out like this before. Something was going terribly wrong.  Kalaila raised her hand and rubbed the back of her neck.The collar around her neck delievered a small shock.  She pulled her hand away and smiled.

This was about to get interesting.  Very interesting.  THe collar was shorting out and this was going to be her only opportunity to escape fron the council's grip.                    

[Evangelion_01]

Evanguard stooped near the beautiful girl's body and Galghiel popped out of his pocket and sniffed at her warily.

"Master...I don't like her....she's....weird..."

Evanguard glanced down too, a frown etched on his handsome face as he looked back up at Amaya.

"Her skin is warm Blood Goddess...should we take her?" Amaya nodded.

"Yes take her up Evan, we shall carry her back to the inn...again..." The vampire growled.

"I don't like the idea of the inn, but it seems we are bonded to these people...let's go..."

The vampire swaddled her in his cloak as Amaya picked up Galghiel in her arms. Placing her in the warm cloak, he put her body over his shoulders, her weight a mere feather for his strength and they turned and plodded back to city and the Inn...Hopin for answers...                    

[The_Dark_Goddess]

As they walked bacl to the inn, the wheels in Amaya's head began to turn at a rapid pace, assimilating every bit of information she possessed.

The girl was a seer, the strange cloaked man she had first met also had that seer-type aura about him, and a strange scent...strange yet...familiar.

Several strange beings, beings obviously foreign to this world, including herself and Evanguard, were arriving at a very rapid pace. Summonings were thick in the air, and she knew that Evan felt them also.

Whatever creature (or creatures) that brought her here were powerful indeed, not just to have dragged her across the Realms, but also to bond her, and summon all these others.

And then, there was the girl who she was now so acutely aware of, and yet before they had come across her, Amaya's senses were oblivious.
The girl herself seemed to be struggling in her sleep...perhaps this girl was not in the natural sleep of a seer...perhaps she was trying to wake up...and couldn't.

It was true that Amaya had felt a strong prescence when she entered the dreams...but had she left too soon?

Too late now.

She glanced at Evanguard, who was now holding the girl carefully in his arms, trying to balance as they walked over some very uneven, rubble-strewn ground.

He looked up when he felt his eyes on her, understanding to her worry written in his gaze. Amaya shook her head and looked away; at the inn, they would see...at the inn                    

[Lafiel]

"Its now or never ." Kalaila muttered to herself.  She quickly rose to her feet, starterling her two would be rescuers.
She closed her eyes and began to slowly rise into the sky.
"Council try and stop me now."
A blue beam shot from the sky and engulfed Kalaila's body. She screamed in agony as an electrical current shot up her spine.
Just as fast as the light came; it left.
Kalaila's body fell to the ground with a thud.  She groaned and staggered to her feet with a sadistic smile on her face.
"They will all pay.  They will all pay for my pain."
Pyro and Zerokun stood in awe at the sight they had just witnessed.What the hell was going on?>                    

[Polios]

Polios looked through Phitros's eyes, gazing at all they could see. He grinned.

"She has become stronger. The council must be angry...I hope she gets free. At least one of us will be..." Polios thought while looking at the amazing sight. "And one less person I must try to bend to the council's will..." He fingered his own collar at these words and cursed softly.

He sighed and went back to his own view telling Phitros to keep an eye on them.He watched Amaya and the vampire, who he didn't know but was shortly briefed by the council by, carry the girl to the inn. Everything was going according to plan, the pawns would soon be all put into place. Just Serene just had to meet up with the others then he would lead the pairs...as planned...                    

[Zero-X]

As he stood there in shock and distraught, Zerokun thought to himself....
"So many mysteries to solve in such limited time.....I only hope that Kalaila is unharmed but i must be careful myself.......Yet, these people, something strange about this whole scene, all of them with special powers gathered in the same city as myself.....something's about to happen........and soon....but i don't know what it is. Only time will tell......"

Then, without realizing it, his master Raikou spoke......
"Zerokun, it seems you have found Kalaila......good.....now only part of your journey is complete, you still have to assist her and her companions.....so, it seems that your work is not done yet wouldn't you say!?" he asked in a sarcastic manner......

"It seems so master, but i will not give up......not as long as there is still life in me.....Now i must devote my life to protect Kalaila at all costs....i hope that i may have your graces master and that you wish me luck...."

Then after a short silence from his master......
"Good luck Zerokun, you have my graces and be careful. If ever you need assistance, you know how to reach me......."

"Yes master....."                    

[The_Dark_Goddess]

As they entered the inn, Evanguard and Amaya came across the girl they had seen on Amaya's first day here: The girl with the dragon.

But where was the dragon?

"Pardon me," Evanguard said politely, brushing past the young woman and hurrying into the inn. The girl stood looking shocked for a moment, before turning, only to bump into Amaya.

"Oh! Sorry m'am" She said hurriedly, dashing quickly away.

At that contact, Amaya's senses were blown away yet again.
The dragon...was right there...within...the girl?
She was sure she had sensed the dragon, only stronger and it definately came from the girl.
Perhaps if she concentrated, she could track that aura and then...

"Amaya!" Evanguard called. Distracted, Amaya looked up to see Evan standing at the foot of the stairs, waitin impatiently.

"Oh hold your horses..." she grumbled, meeting him at the stairs, and ambling up the steps contentedly with him behind her, frustrating Evanguard no end as he was obviously in a hurry.

On entering the room, the two beings knew something was wrong immediately. The magical shielding Evanguard had placed around the room had been disturbed.                    

[PyroSlasher]

As Lafiel stood and began to walk away, weaving slightly as she gingerly ambled off again. PyroSlasher stopped her.

"Where you going now?"

"I need to get an answer...an answer to all my problems."

"So you're going to defy the council? You know you'll fail...There are more powerful beings out there than you can imagine Kalaila. I'm telling you if you try it...you WILL die!!"

Kalaila turned her head to the side and said

"But if I don't...I'll forever be in bondage...And it is better to suffer instant and painless death than slow and agonizing torture in the hands of a master..."

And once again, with only the aid of the moonlight as her guide, she began to walk, leaving the two warrior in a state of utter confusion.                    

[ShowTime]

'That was strange,' Serene thought to herself, closing the door behind her.  'Something happen, it just felt......strange.  Why did I run?  Yesterday, I was so excited to see other people here.  And now?  It just felt so strange, for a moment, but, it seemed as though...they weren't human.  At least they didn't smell human.'

She rested her back against the steadiness of the door, feeling a sense of security of being once again in her own room.

'Maybe...  But, what if they all aren't humans?  I feel so much power in so many of them.  This could be dangerous.'

She rushed over, and quickly grabbing her hooded cloak, she threw it over her shoulders and pulled the hood over her head.  She pulled her mage's staff from by the door and concealed it inside of the cloak.

'I won't be as obvious in the night.  I'll find out what's going on here.  This isn't natural.  Why didn't I notice this before?  People aren't supposed to have this much power in their bodies.'

Peeking out from a cracked opening in the door, Serene moved silently through the halls and down the stairs.  

'Those three auras I felt before are in this inn.  What about the others?  I have to get closer.'