Asildur

((technically, the explosion didn't even begin yet.))

"You fool! Do you have any idea what it is you have done?" Shadow Mastiff jumped to his feet, and reached in his pocket. "That thing has an untamed vortex within him! Anything that can be used as a powersource that touches it, excites the vortex. We've only a matter of time to get out of here!"

The armor charged forward with unimaginable speed. It left a trail of dark energy in its wake, and that trail began to rotate around itself, turning into a torrent of black energy. The shockwaved knocked all 3 of the heroes to the ground. Derrik once more jumped to his feet. "This won't work, there's not enough time!" The armor turned to face Derrik, a whirlwind of black energy escaping through the armor slit, repeleing anythign that gets near it. 'You have sealed your own fate, now die!'

The armor charged forward, Derrik led the being towards it's own maelstrom. AT the last second, Derrik sidestepped, and the armor went flying into the maelstrom. The thing screamed as the 2 massive powers combined.

"Now! come to me you two!" Derrik yelled over the wild overflowing power. -This will be an explosion to remember- Derrik thought to himself.

((no it's not too late))

Derrik moved closer to the suit of armor, assault rifle at the ready. 5 minutes after the shot, the armor stopped screaming. It lay, slumped on the ground. Derrik kicked it, "Get up, I know you're not dead. Quit faking it, I've fought guys more immortal than you."

The armor slowly pushed itself to its feet. 'Very peceptive Shadow Mastiff.' The thing hissed, sending cold chills down Derrik's back. 'I've underestimated you, but now that I've studied your tactics, your soul is mine. It will make for a very tasty treat!"

The armor lunged forward, and Derrik sidestepped. The armor turned, and threw a puch aimed at Derrik's face, the fist completely covered in dark energy. Derrik ducked, and the punch went through the wall.

"It seems you're getting slower." The armor looked at it's hands. 'What is going on, my strength is fading!' "You are nothing more than a mere shell of a living thing. You are nothing but a power source. Your strength, derives from your creator. And let us all hope he never returns. ((By never returns he means the memory))

'Nooooo! I cannot be bound! I am the eater of souls, the reaper of lives! This cannot be!' AT that the armor rushed forward with a surge of energy. This caught Derrik by surprise and took the blow in his chest, sending him flying down the corridor. A bright demonic glow surrounded the armor, and he turned towards the other two heros. 'I will begin my feast with you two!'

Rashak slowly grabbed Derrik's hand, and before he could stop him was yanked forward. Derrik let go, and as he did so, slid a token into Rashak's hand. Rashak fell forward, and crushed the token with a squeeze. The token spewed forth portal entrails, that teleported Rashak away. Derrik then turned to the green and black armor. He pulled out his assault rifle, and took careful aim. Immediately, the armor's glow surrounded hi, but Derrik knew where to aim.

"Remember, the one who defeated you is none other than Shadow Mastiff. Don't feel bad though, no villain can defeat, especially the 5th column." Derrik's ego is quite high, but not without good reason.

Derrik was an officer of the 5th column, he alone was responsible for the condition of boom town. Many citizens of Paragon city tremble at the mention of Shadow Mastiff, thining he came back to take over their city. The 5th column tremble because Derrik was betrayed by them, and now seeks the ut most revenge upon them.

The armor hissed in anger before a loud resounding shot echoed through the halls. The bullet traveled into the slit in the hellmet, and the armor keeled over, letting loose an earsplitting screech.

"You must go, it wants me. That ain't no barrier blocking our way, and no mind tricks are strong enough to fully stop him. He'll be able to break down any barrier given time. Go!"

Rashak turned and ran back inside the building, The ripple in the air moved and followed, quickly flashing green and black once more. As Rashak ran, he decided to draw some of his power, and found his strength came from this being. "What the hell?"

The being enclosed once more, and hit the telekinetic barrier. The force made the barrier ripple, and Rashak was kncoked to the ground. Whatever this thing is, also became stronger the closer he got to Rashak. Rashak turned a corner after pushing back to his feet, and passed another person clothed in black. He didn;t even notice this person. All of s sudden, there came a hissing sound and the armor's invisibility disappated as he caught fire. The armor couldn't move, and Rashak kept running.

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Derrik dropped his hand afrter entrapping this thing in a ring of fire. He flipped the fire gem in his palm, then ran after Rashak. He caught up, and passed him, then stopped in front, causing Rashak to skid to a halt. "Who are you!" Rashak demanded. He noticed a metal hanging out of the tactical belt of this new person. It had a picture of a mastiff on it. "Who I am is of no importance, if you wish to live, take my hand." He held out his hand to Rashak, waiting for him to accept.

Rashak turned a corner, and nearly ran head on into Tribal Steel. The place was now getting quiet, as the sounds of battler were slowly dying down. Rashak stopped, and studied this new person. After a moment, he was quite sure this was a hero, not a villain.

"You might not want to go in any deeper, I believe something very evil is coming our way, and I for one do not want to meet it." At that, Rashak ran past Tribal. Too late before he noticed, something green and black flashed in his eyes before he was knocked on his back. When he pushed himself up, he saw nothing. The exit was right in front of him, but could he make it? He tried to go forward again, and this time he saw a ripple in the air before getting knocked back clear across the room.

Rashak stopped running and loom around for wherever the voice came from. He knew it was in his head, so he thought back, maybe this new person could hear and help him. "Umm, hello? I'm Rashak...I think...And I don't know what you mean, good or evil. I haven't a single memory of my past." As he thought this, he could feel this powerful presence getting nearer. "Not to rush you or anything, but I have a bad feeling something big will happened here, and if you're smart, you'll noy stick around." Rashak sprinted again, for the nearest exit.

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The nacht officer stood and watched his men leave through the porter's portal. All of a sudden, one of the nacht guarding the door screamed before dropping to the floor, apparently with not a mark on him. "How the hell...." The officer cut off as a huge person came in completely covered in green and black armor. "Who are you, and what business, speak or I'll open fire."

'You bow to a superior, you are bound. The bound do not order me around, but instead, they feed me. Your soul will be a very tasty treat!' The thing rasped. "Open Fire!!" The officer yelled. Gunshots rang in the room as 30 nacht emptied their clips into the person. The bullets bounced harmlessly off, and the officer noticed it glowing a very demonic aura, it seemed to make him invulnerable.

With unimaginable speed, the thing rushed forward and dug its hand into the stomach of the closest nacht. A black mist creeped into the nacht, and he screamed. As the nacht rifle slumped to the ground, the thing was seen holding up the nacht's soul, before a vacuum suction pulled the soul into the mouthpiece of the armor. Then, the armor disappeared in a flash, and reappared behind anothing, cutting him in half with a dark mist covered punch. Then, gathering in the shadows from around, distorted the light, and became invisable. The fight soon became a carnage, then a bloodbath, as each nacht was slaughtered merclessly. The officer was the last to be killed, and he had his head bitten right off, and his body hung on the sharp metal hook above the doorway.

The being left, only a ripple of air gave away it's position. This being had no mind. It once did, when it was alive as a dragon slayer, but the dange sorcerer tricked him into wearing the armor, and his body was slowly eaten. The armor is just a shell, holding in a rampant soul that fuels a vortex within. If that vortex were to escape, everything in the world would be destroyed. The thing only knows how to kill, and eat. It needs souls to keep its strength up.

Rashak opened his eyes, and pushed himself up. The room was darl from the previous incident. The medical bay was completely desereted by the 5th column. faint scream announced what was left of them getting beat by something, or someone. The power source he felt before was still there, but enclosing fast. He had felt a similar bond when the vision of the armor appeared in his head. He noticed that as this power seemd to come closer, he also gained strength, to the point that all he had to do was think of a task, and a shadow mist would appear around the appropriate body part to complete that task. He also found he could lob orbs of dark energy wherever he wanted. This power felt familiar to him, and he had no problem controlling it, almost naturally.

Rashak decided to leave this place, to find out why he's here, and what that peice of armor is. Whoever is inside that armor is powerful, and whatever he wants, Rashak was not going to let this thing get him. Rashak turned, and sprinted down the hall, away from the direction he felt this power.

On the floor above the medic bay, just below the main floor, the nacht adviser updates his nebel superior on the situation.

"If we don't get this mage to help us, we will lose this point. Reinforcments are weeks away. The commander is massing his might for an all out assault on atlas park. He needs all the men he can at his other outposts. We NEED this mage, but the problem is, something has happned that has turned him against us. We lost all contact with the mdeical bay, that's 1/3 of our forces."

The Nebel officer stopped to think this over. "Gather as much of the troops not engaged in this battle and meet me in the porter room. There, we will have our porter allies teleport us to the next closest outpost, we will regroup, and take back tis facility once we get more members. See if you can enlist the aid of Shadow Mastiff. He'll be of great use to us, especially sense he led that attack on boomtown."

"Sir yes sir!" The adviser saluted, and turned. He ran down the hall gathering all nacht and nebel he can find. The Nebel Officer continued walking towards the elevators. "If those heros come in, they'll have to fight this mage. Hehehe, they will be expecting nacht all the way down, but no, this will soon be the mage's territory.

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'Rashak....Pull yourself together.....I can feel your weakness, and it weakens me.....say the word and I shall clear this facility of everyone for you."

'No....I don;t know who you are, but get out of my head!'

'I'll never be gone.'

'NOW!'

Abruptly, the whistle stopped, and Rashak slumped to the ground, unconcious once more. the dark magic began to dissapate, but the residue would permenately shade this placed a dark shadow, and forever be tainted with black magic. The walls, are now alive. The souls of the two trapped nacht struggled more, but the darkness of the tentacles began to seep into those souls, and drain them of strength. Slowly, they were devoured, and the tentacles disappeared.

The building echoed the noises of the nacht wepaonry outside. "What is going on, get some recons up there and tell me what the hell is going on!" The medic said into a micro-phone. "Listen, you must regain your strength, we'll need your help."

"What are you talking about?" The being replied. The medic answered, "I didn't want to say anything in front of the others, I am no ordinary medic. I am the psychic adviser of a very power and influencial unteroffizier. I have reached you before, in your home, I have called you to me even if subconciously. There's too much to explain, but I know you're a mage. We of the 5th column want domination over atlas park, and you're the key to helping us."

"So...I'm just a tool? For your use? What happens if you achieve your goal, will you throw me on a shelf to gather dust?" The being flexed his muscles against the straps holding him down. "You will obey me, either willingly, or I'll bind you to me with my psychic powers, but you will help."

"Never.....I serve no one.....If anything, it will be you who will serve me....." The being then began to glow with a black aura. The straps shattered apart, and the being floated upright. 'What is this feeling? It feels familiar. There's something giving me strength, something moving.' The being thought.

"Security to the medic bay, the package has escaped! gr--ARGHHH!" The psychic medic was silenced from a particularly large dark blast that also punched a hole in the wall. The nacht guarding the medic bay turned to see the being float into the hallway surrounded with a demonic glow. Black smoke trailed from his eyes. The nacht turned to run, but black tentacles sprang from nowhere and grabbed their legs. "NOOO!" They both screamed before the tentacles ripped their souls right out of the body. The souls writhed and struggled against the tentacles as the bodies slumped to the ground.

Abruptly, the being placed his hand to his head. A vision of a piece of armor running around appeared in his mind's eye. The armor stopped, and turned towards him. "Rashak...." It breathed. The voice was raspy, and sent a great deal of chills down the being's spine. "Rashak......" It breathed again. Rashak fell to his knees as he began hearing a high pitched whistle in his head. The whistle got louder, and higher, and soon Rashak was rolling on the floor, oblivious of a wild torrent of black energy surging from his body, slaughtering all nacht that got too close. The alarms in the medical bay sounded red alert, warning all nacht and nebel to stay away. The dark energy shattered all lights in the bay, and all sound stopped, except for the low humm of dark energy that radiated from Rashak.

"Hey Joe! Got a live one here!" One of the Nacht Rifles nudged this being with his toe. "better take him to the infirmary, perhaps we might be able to get some answers from this guy."

A large Unteroffizier stepped up next to the rifle. "you think he caused this building to explode?" "he might have, but we won't know unless he can talk right?" The Unteroffizier nodded. "Take, but keep him under close eye."

The Unteroffizier stepped outside while a group of Nebel medics came and grabbed the being. He scanned the area, and nodded in satisfaction. He had been dispatched to find out what caused a giant black explosion, so he took several hundred nacht and nebel with him. The rise of heros kept him on his toes. He turned to his two lower-classed unteroffiziers who could transform to werewolves. "If anything moves and doesn't display the alliance code, shoot it." "Yes sir!"

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An hour later, the strange being awoke inside a damp room with bright lights. "Where am I?" It said. "Calm down, your in a 5th column medic bay. We should be safe from those accursed heros here, we've plenty of nacht rifles and a few nebel rockets patrolling the corridors."

((this should be where we all meet up.))

((char from any server allowed))

Vanessa Devore experimented with her mind powers. She made a mage open a portal to the netherlands, so she could tap into it's vast magic deposits. The mage did as he was instructed, and the vortex opened. Before he could stick his head in, a wave of dark magic shot out, and made the mage explode. When the smoke cleared, a person stepped out. He was wearing a black hood, with a black robe. Under his hood, sharp white teeth were revealed in a smile.

"At last, I am free." Vanessa sought to destroy this new threat to her, but when she tapped into his mind, she found worse than she could imagine herself. The mind was wild, and untamed. The mind of this new being slipped through her grasp as she tried to bind him, or turn him "off." Vanessa attacked him with her most powerful mind spell, just as the new being gathered energy for his blackstar spell.

They both cast at once. The spell Vanessa had wasn;t strong enough to kill this being, but it knocked him cold, and wiped his memory. The blackstar spell hit Vanessa in the chest, and she vaporized on the spot. The room cleared, and while This being was uncocnious, a suit of armor, green and black, slipped out and ran into the streets.


((for those who don't understand what's ahppening, I'm setting up a connection to this being and the 5th column. You'll find out more later in the rp. You can join anytime, just start with what you're doing.))