[MISSION ONE] DAM IT TO HELL

[Kibi]

Man- this isn't as fun as I was hoping. sighed Claw with a bored expression. She'd gotten so pumped up for a fight, only to have been let down completely. While she let Aiden work on the Feather-Brat, Squishy was playing with some fuzzy animal now (something that didn't quite surprise her, for whatever reason), and Claw was just waiting for something to happen. All the while, her scythe crowed complaints and slurs that could only be understood by those of her world, which she chose to ignore rather than acknowledge, for she learned long ago that it got her nowhere at all. She wondered if she should just go and help Aiden out, but.... Why do that when she could have the satisfaction of saving his ass later? If he had a dept to her, she'd have a lot more fun than just bugging him by stepping into his battle. This way, I only have to worry about the wait. she thought with a grin, leaning up against her scythe mid-air.

Oh, but of course her plans never went through. The moment she decided to kick back and enjoy a show, she heard a strange noise from behind her. Turning, she found herself witnessing the Tin Man from than strange human movie with the yellow road and courage the cowardly dog... no no that was the lion who needed courage- or was it a book? Maybe both- running at her and turning into a man with a sword. Sorta like Iron Man, but not. She found herself cocking her head to the right, mouth opening slightly in confusion, and letting out an 'eeeeh?' of absolute confusion. This was her first time witnessing something quite like that. She turned her back to him, looking around to see if she was the only one seeing this odd display coming at her.. Woah. Hold the phone there, chief. Coming at her...? Aw shit.

Spinning around once more, Claw was now face-to-face with the foe, holding his blade and readying for a hit. She immediately reacted with a... sneeze? Well, as unexpected as it might have been, she suddenly found herself in a massive sneezing fit, each release of air through the nose making her fly farther back than before, and it wasn't much longer before she found herself getting dizzy. With an annoyed look, she threw her scarf over her face and tied it tightly before another fit could come. Whatever the hell that was, she did not want to deal with it again.

The succubus glared at the mighty morphin whatsit and huffed. "You smell funny, human." she bit angrily, holding Repentance out to point at his almost accusingly. The eye of the scythe looked over at their enemy hungrily, not minding whatever his partner might have picked up on him at all. "Just who the hell do you think I am? You can't just run up and hit me!" she practically boasted, whilst drawing her scythe back to her side, feeling it's demonic energy enter her arms like a poison in her veins.

A burning sensation spilled through her limbs, and the gloves she wore began to change shape as her scythe melted into nothing but the black energy that entered Claw's body. The demon tried to keep focused on the odd thing before her while the transformation took place, her gloves extending into gauntlets, each with one of her scythe's eyes on the top and long silver claws extended out like blades, but found some complications and instead took to nervously edging away. Though she was strong, Claw learned never to underestimate an enemy or get a big head, and while she loved breaking this rule, the transformation brought about an embarrassing vulnerability- and she would not stand for any shame to go on her head. No fuckin' way.

Just when she was ready to go at her new friend here, she heard something interesting below. She sighed with irritation, holding up a Claw with a quick "Yoi nihyum, jtioni.", before turning to look below. Squishy was finally fighting something, while Aiden... Him and Bird-Brain were no longer in the sky. Instead, they were in the, uh, water. At least Scott was.

^{ooc// BLEH.}

[Kibi]

ooc// What.... No, nevermind. I don't even think I should ask...
Aw what the hell.
What on earth compelled you to do that? And why would you even go through with it? XDDD
Sometimes I wonder just what you aussies do all day.

[Arky]

(Pffft. ouo You forget we're all psychotic, crocodile wrangling daredevils who were only put on this earth to harm ourselves.

...okay so he said he could hit the ceiling and I said 'bet you can't' and when he went to kick off the wall to jump he actually slipped and hurt his arm so yeah uhm my bad.)

[Axis]

Ooc/: No no, she lies. She's been blaming herself for it even though I KNEW the bottom of my shoe was wet because it slipped even when I was running towards the wall, I just figured "What the hell." and tried to make it anyway. I've done it before, many a time, back in the day. ( I'm just fat now.) Long story short, MY bad. KILLER CROC WRANGLING. THE BLIGHTER GOT ME.

And now, at the risk of spamming, I apologise, I will post again, as Arky's gonna get rid of our happy conversation once Kib's reads it. Ask more details elsewhere if you need to. AS WE WERE SAYING.......:

[Axis]

Ooc/: Now...


Ic/: Axis watched the girl’s strange reaction and sneezing fit with a mixture of intrigue and… amusement? Her wierdly left fielded view of the situation reminded him of someone...
He continued staring at her, ignoring the repetitive scanning and readouts in his HUD. The demon seemed dangerous. She was dangerous. But there was more, something underneath. She seemed to enjoy, to crave violence and bloodshed. But at the same time...

“You smell funny, human."

Axis looked up, realising again that his mind had wandered. He considered her words for a moment, surprised once more at her first impression. Resisting a primitive urge to lean into his shoulder and test her words, he wondered if she was talking about his blood. Her movement and words dripped with obvious contempt for him, as if he were nothing more than an annoyance. Something he had grown used to his opponents doing.
"Just who the hell do you think I am?..." Maybe she IS just as haughty as the others..."You can't just run up and hit me!" He cursed his lapse in honor. He'd make up for that...
A signal drew his attention to her weapon, errors in the suit's calculations cueing up as it began to disappear into her arms. Axis blinked twice and the readouts disappeared too. He needed a clear view now. He could recalibrate readouts and useless data later. He watched the succbus as her weapon transformed, her eyes locked onto him. He didn't move. He still found the spectacle of these... demons, interesting. Her eyes remained focused, though not on him. Suddenly, she shifted, breaking her gaze, her movement giving away a hint of... weakness? No..
The lapse was quickly replaced as long claws took shape on her arms, and her attitude returned.
Interesting...
Axis raised his sword as she turned, but she cut him off in the native dialect to look below instead.
...Well.." He thought as he joined her in looking down, "At least that was polite..."
Seeing the leader of his now-allied forces holding the head of the demon's leader underwater, he felt pity at the sight of the being's flailing arms and wings, but closed his eyes as he pained himself not to react. It wasn't his place.
But his anger grew. He looked again at the demon girl in front of him, caught between wondering whether or not to alert her, or prepare to fight, and why she didn't help.
But then, why didn't he?
He pushed the thought aside, looked again to the girl, and raised his weapon, clearing his throat. "*Ahem*.... Shall we?" He said.

No bloodshed, unless it's your own....

[Kai]

((Awesome xD Okay, gimme 5 mins~))

So, everyone was busy, were they?
Well. That just won't do.

Lutec scowled, kicking the earth with the edge of his shoe. Too many times he'd been told to 'just stay behind, you'll only get yourself hurt'. Well no more! This time, he'd followed the others to their mission. What? He is a scout - it's his job to spy on people! At least, that's how he reasoned it. He slowed as he reached the edge of the dam, lowering his body to the ground. No point in getting himself caught, now, was there?

"Man, why do I always get left out of the fight?" He breathed, fingers just curling over the edge of the dam as he looked down upon the battle scene below him. He'd figured it was safer to stay up here, at least for the time being. A quick burst of air from his lips wafted his fringe from his eyes as he continued to watch the fight. It was... kind of inspiring to see Aiden and the others battle like this, although admittedly he couldn't resist a smile as Aiden got a faceful of water. He knew he was supposed to repect the guy, being the Zukai leader and all, but that didn't mean he had to like him, did it? He wondered who the other guy was, the one holding Aiden down. To be honest, he didn't know many names from either side of the battle. He recognised Claw, however, who was locked in battle with... was it human? Hell, he couldn't tell anymore. Claw wasn't - he knew that much.

"Ffff learning all these species, my ass. Why can't it just be good guys vs bad guys, no questions asked." He muttered, shifting his position slightly as he became uncomfortable on the concrete. He wrinkled his nose as the stench from below caught the wind - ugh, how disgusting. He'd walked through some pretty miserable places, but this one just had to take the biscuit. Jesus, it stank. He bit his lip in an effort to ignore the smell and continued to watch the others. What looked like a raccoon girl and a guy - or was it a girl too? - with white hair were taunting each other over the other side. Not much bloodshed there yet, but then again, never judge a book by its cover, right? "Always watch out for the quiet ones." He recited, still in a hushed tone, and trying to imagine what the two would look like if they really let everything loose. That would probably be an epic battle.

The teen's tail flickered from side to side with excitement. It was a rare thing for him to actually ignore direct orders and watch a battle like this, and he just longed to dive right in and join them. But that little voice inside told him he'd lose within five seconds flat, so for now, he remained a small grey blot on top of the dam, watching the scene below.

((Dear lord x.x Sorry xD))

[Kibi]

Caught between the decision of saving Aiden now, which would cause possible confrontation of the bird brat (something she'd rather not do), or letting pretty boy save himself somehow. Either way, there was a situation that she didn't like. She muttered something inaudible, most likely a slur f grumpy swears, before giving her attention to the form-changing tin man who appeared to want it.

She tilted her head to the side, as if considering the question for a long time, then sighed. "I suppose. Don't blame me if your processor gets jammed or whatever." Technology wasn't quite her thing, so the sarcastic remark fell from her mouth awkwardly, as if she wasn't sure she was saying the right thing. She was smart, but not so much with mechanics and tech- that was Alicia's area of expertise, as the once-human ghost spent her mortal life fixing cars and bleeding human bodies. Claw had only spent a short while (for a demon, anyway) in the human world. If anything, this guy the succubus was looking at had to know his shit about gadgets and whatnot.

To make up for the lame remark, she smirked, drawing her twitching claws up to show the glass-like eye on the top of each hand rolling madly. Claw grinned, twisting her crossed arms so the claws curved toward Axis, then threw them out in one swift slice. Her black wings seemed to grow as they spread out, extending until each wing was about three times her size. They beat in sluggish strokes, sending off dark purple currents of energy shooting every which-way, while their occupant, meanwhile, was bulleting at her opponent with a tight fist, the claws disappearing in her grip with the punch.

It was Claw's main focus that she watched this Axis fellows blade. Something about it made her suspicious, and along with that, it was always in anyone's best interest to disarm their opponent. While the she-demon, meanwhile, had a weapon that, in it's current form, became one with her body. That meant that disarming her would, well, quite truly disarm her. Hey- that gave her an idea. She could slice his arms off! He's a robo-man right? He could just get mechanical arms or something. she decided, smiling at the thought. If he survives.

^{ooc// Studying for finals suucks. OTL}

[Axis]

"I suppose. Don't blame me if your processor gets jammed or something."

Axis stopped, briefly confused by the girl's remark. Again, her rections surprised him, and she seemed genuinely unsure of what she was actually talking about. He wasn't sure what she knew about technology. Suddenly, his own knowledge of technology made him feel foolish, as if it were shameful. He was about to remark that he didn't have processors when the demon gave a flap of her large wings, sending out pulses of energy and vaulting straight towards him, her hand balled into a lethal fist. Axis steadied himself in the air, sheathed the Omniblade, and set himself in a stance with his left hand forward. He caught her hand as she connected, taking up her momentum and flying backwards in a counter, before resisting it, slowly beginning to push back against it as he absorbed the blow and stopped them both in midair, her fist pushing into the palm of his glove. She's strong, there's no doubt about that...
The waves were still emenating from her wings, and his suit's thrusters flared, both energies lighting up the air around them, despite the daylight.
Axis then dropped backwards, flipping over and throwing her over the top of him. He stopped and hovered, remaining upside down.

She hasn't hit you yet...

Ooc/: I'm sorry if I did it wrong! D:
I had a second reply, I wasn't sure whether Claw had her claws out or not. And I'm sorry it fails so badly!
I blame the fact that my little fag brother's watching a Pokemon movie....
.... I can change it if it's wrong.
(hurr, Axis feels like a nerd. :3 )

[Arky]

Oh shit this was bad. But all he had to do was stay calm, right? Everything was cool, everything was fine, there wasn’t a problem…

….HOLYSHITHECOULDN’TBREATHEWHYTHEFUCKWASNOONEHELPINGHIM?!

Aiden stared up in horror, pupils shrinking to pinpricks as he watched the bubbles that escaped through gritted teeth, precious spheres of air that he was in such dire need of. He’d found that struggling did nothing but exhaust his already low oxygen supplies but, fuck, he did it anyway – clawing at the arms of his captor while flailing his broken, bloodied wings uselessly. Some had to have seen him drowning by now, someone should have been coming to help him.

So why the hell did he still have lungs filled with water?

By now his brain had ceased any sort of rational thought, the inner workings of his mind slowing to a complete standstill as he lapsed into some sort of half state between awareness and sleep. His limbs went numb, arms falling limply to his sides and wings finally stilling as he struggled to move, to do anything at all. Sure his lungs were screaming something along the lines of ‘fucker, get up and move or I’m going to explode’ but his brain really just couldn’t give a shit by now. So that was it, then – Aiden’s eyes flickered closed and the last of his air escaped past his lips, bubbling to the surface where Aries still crouched over him, smirking in triumph.

The Lao officer stretched, rolling his shoulders as he continued to hold the opposing demon down, wanting to be absolutely sure that he wouldn’t pose a problem in the future before moving on to another of his team mates – who still hadn’t seemed to notice the fall of their leader. “Not exactly observant, are we?” He mused aloud, chuckling and shaking his head.

“Your skills of observation are sorta lacking too, mate.”

Aries yowled in surprise as he was thrown off Aiden, rolling across the dusty field before flapping his wings and righting himself in time to skid, on all fours, for a metre or two – causing dust to plume behind him like some sort of vile cloud as he turned his head to hiss at the new arrival who was dragging the incubus from the water. To be honest he seemed fitting as the saviour of the defeated – his hair was a snowy white, almost blinding depending on how you looked at it. Large wings, white speckled with grey and black like a snowy owl, sprouted from his shoulders and fanned out behind him, feathers spread in an attempt to look larger, more intimidating. But he wasn’t large, not at all, in fact he was sort of small for an angel, for that’s exactly what he was.

The man glanced upwards, bright blue eyes piercing under a fringe of white as he crouched over the fallen Zukai, sharp teeth flashing in a mocking smile as he finally inclined his chin to look Aries in the eye. “It’s good to see you again, Captain.”

He spat, nostrils flaring as he pulled himself to his feet and drew his blades again, glaring down at the little angel before him with a look of pure hatred. “It’s funny,” Aries growled, each word injected with enough venom to murder a million men. “Not once did you call me that before you walked out on us, Onyx.”

The man dubbed Onyx smirked, dipping his head as he, too, got to his feet. “I guess I just didn’t have that much respect for you.” He replied simply, shrugging his shoulders nonchalantly as he stepped around Aiden. To be honest he probably should’ve checked on the poor bastard to see if he were breathing but he was too busy being a bad arse to worry about something as trivial as that, now wasn’t he? Aries’ lips twisted into a furious snarl as he launched forwards, wings snapping in the wind to propel him forwards, attempting to crash into the newcomer. But the white angel was ready, crouching and drawing two pistols – their forms carved in the likeness of a celestial weapon – pulling the triggers in quick succession. The pistols didn’t fire bullets of the usual sort – their projectiles has traces of metal like those found in the human realm, but each bullet seemed to be made of condensed light, colliding with Aries’s chest in burst of sparks. The dark winged man flew backwards, body slamming against a pillar, unable to defend himself as the smaller angel barrelled into him, sending the two spiralling back to earth. For an angel fresh from the nest, the white man had no trouble holding Aries beneath him, and when they hit the ground it was his turn to be crushed. And crushed he was- there was a painful snap as one of his wings broke, another as an arm crumpled beneath him, and a third as his skull collided with the dirt, knocking him unconscious.

So now the teams were down their leaders, and the Zukai had a new mysterious fighter on their side of the board, who sprinted back to Aiden’s side a moment later to see what could be done there.

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[Rah]

OOC: Ignore my last post; I'll continue our little thing now. Sorry if it's short ^^;

Roxy narrowed her eyes slightly,[red]"Who said I wasn't being serious?"[/red] She meant what she said; an opponent that makes it obvious when he attacks is no fun. If she was going to fight this guy, she wanted it to be fair, and announcing your attacks isn't exactly fair to themselves or the other person.

She tightened her grip on her knives, giving a small grin, and once again sprung at Mia, although this time she didn't flip her knives to their blunt ends. Her strategy was simple: attack him while trying to stay clear of his attacks.

She constantly stayed in motion, slashing at random areas on Mia's upper body and retreating before repeating it again. Some of the slashes would be fairly easy to dodge due to her attacks being slightly spasmodic; however she may be able to land a hit whenever he is in the middle of a dodge. She'd continue her little frenzy until Mia either found a way to knock her down or until he counters her attacks with an attack of his own.

[Kitteh.]

Mia blinked as she saw the tention in her hands grow. Then the shape-shifter leaped at him. All the first few attacks were fairly easy to dodge and so minor that he chose not to move much. The slashes left stingy wounds on his shoulder and arms, and one annoying one on his cheek. An eyebrow raised in amusement, meaning he obviouly disgarded the minor and annoying stings of the wounds.

"You call this serious?"
His eyes followed the girl as he made minimal effort to dodge.
"What is your tactic? Trying to cut me down with your speed? " He shook his head. " You're not going for any fatal spots. "

He didn't give her any time to respond. He lunged at the younger girl while she was in midflight, slapping her right hand away while his other drew the hidden wrist blade on his free hand. He was aiming for her thigh, although her stomache was an open target. He didn't want to kill her, just immoblize her. Though, while Mia was only being able to slap one hand away, that left her with her right hand to attack his shoulder or chest or maybe give her a chance to parry the attack.

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(@ Kai)

" You're not suppose to be here. "
A voice, calm and emotionless sounded from behind the shapeshifter. Haru had been quietly watching the fighting from afar, almost from the top of the dam, like Lutec. He didn't really want to take part of the mission unless he was needed, and he was just about to interrupt when the leader of their mission was knocked unconcious until he noticed a gray spot on the dam. Was it a sniper? He quietly made his way to the boy's back, pausing to notice he didn't have any weapons drawn. But he was no doubt a Zukai. He was an enemy.

[Kai]

Lutec rounded, letting out a yelp as a voice came from behind him. He looked up at the man before him, heart racing from the shock.
"Awwh man, now look! You may not wanted to get in this fight, but you're in it now!" He thought. The dog demon growled, not happy to have been caught so off-guard. His ears should have picked up this guy! Or perhaps they had, and he'd just been so preoccupied with bashing Aiden that he hadn't noticed.
Lutec, following the growl, clambered to his feet, his left hand hovering over a pocket. He'd need to be quick against this guy, it seems.
"What's it to you, Lao?" He barked. What? The guy was hardly gonna be Zukai, was he? The demon's tail swished anxiously, refusing to stay still. He doubted he could run fast enough to simply escape the guy, but at the same time, he didn't want to make the first move. So waiting, eyes narrowed and teeth gritted, was his solution.

[Rah]

Roxy smiled slightly,[red]"This is just a warm up, Snowy."[/red] If Mia thinks she's insulting him, it's completely unintentional. Considering they never properly introduced themselves(like it would even matter in the current situation), she was pretty limited as what to call him, and calling him "kid" may have annoyed him more than the snowy comment.

Roxy's eyes widened slightly when Mia's attack hit its mark, but not without a price. Just as he was in the middle of his attack, she used her free arm to get him in the shoulder.

Thanks to the cut on her thigh, she landed awkwardly, slightly wincing from the pain coming from it. It was bleeding, but not too badly; it would probably stop in a few minutes.[red]Nothing I can't handle.[/red] The cut may slow her down a little, but that wasn't going to stop her. All Roxy hoped was that she wouldin't fall in any of the gunk that was around them; now that would be bad.

She readjusted her grip on her blades and immediately sprung again, this time having a more controlled attacking style. Each slash was aimed at either his arms or his torso, and the cuts she made were deeper than the ones from her previous frenzy. Her leg was stinging slightly, but she chose to ignore it for the time being.

[Kitteh.]

Snowy? /Really?/ Well that was certainly new, and very amusing. He knew the reason why she called him that, it was because of his hair. ... He really needed to get it cut sometime soon, but he needs an escuse.

When Roxy's counter met his shoulder Mia didn't even wince, he knew this was probably going to happen. He landed, his gaze never leaving the woman before him. Blood soaked the fabric near his wound. He adjusted his shoulder, testing how much control he still has over it, and was pleased that he still had full control, despite the pain. He leaped to the side as soon as sprung toward his direction, dodging. He didn't want to risk another cut, what he did want was to imoblize this girl somehow while trying to avoid killing her. He had a few tricks up his sleeve, but he wanted to reserve those for later.

When he felt debres on the tips of his toes, he immediately launched himself toward the attacker, wether or not she was heading for him. He's not going to keep dodging like she wants him to, he's going to meet her head on to see which is stronger or faster, and who has the most edurance. He quickly started to wonder if this sort of tactic is tiring her out.

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Haru wasn't at all intimidated by Lutec's growl, he didn't even blink or move. His gaze is fixed, stern, and unmoving.
" My mission is to rid of any Zukai on the dam. Leave now. "
There isn't much to tell about his appereance, except for one, he was definately not the type to mess around with, especially if you're on opposite teams. Another thing you could tell is that he was the anti-social type, also that he was a blade user, telling by the kanta to his side.

[Kai]

Lutec stood his ground. He knew he wasn't the biggest or the strongest fighter around, but that didn't mean this guy would get away with being so... so... nonchalant! He growled again, amber eyes sparking with the hot-headed fury Lutec found himself making a name for. For a moment, impulse decided to take over.
"FUCKING FIGHT ME!" He yelled, throwing a careless punch at the guy's stomach since that's the height he was against him. He instantly regretted the decision, but stuck with it, quickly drawing the small blade from his pocket and thrusting it towards the man. He wasn't taking no for an answer, and he was gonna show not only Haru, but everyone else here, that the little dog boy could take care of himself.

"Come on Lutec. You're not a kid anymore. Show them what you're made of!" He thought, grinning as he toyed with the idea of actually beating this guy. The most he'd managed so far was wrestling other scouts to the floor and taking part in the occasional 'friendly' back at the Zukai HQ.