Blade Racer

Lucard watched Leon and Erez' confrontation, smiling to himself, up on the burning ruins on the school. He had a lot of anger to work off here. Raising both his pistols he shouted at Leon "Well Hello again Leon! Tell me, can your children dodge as well as you can?". Lucard smirked darkly and opened fire with a hail of bullets at the younger DeFeurard's, mixing in a snareing trap of dark magic to hold anyone attacking the giant mech in melee in place.

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Blade rebounded off the machine, his blood covered armour sending blood spraying in all directions as he spun in the air. He recovered quickly however, but noticing the missles released, he turned his focus to protecting what remains of the area, slashing at the missles as they flew up, doing his best to stop them before they could cause more harm to the civilian populace.

Blade looked in Pious' direction in disbelief. This disbelief lasted for only a moment, there was a job to do. He flew up high, as high as he could and then turned and looked down at the giant machine below. As he watched the machine moving, he sent a message to Pious over the amulets. "Pious, get out of here! I'll shout at you for that stupid comment later you hear me?! Right now we need to focus on ending this machine and if your wallowing in your grief too much to do that then get out of the danger zone, because right now, your not helping anyone!" With that, Blade went back to his duties.

Turning into a nose dive, his sword at his side, Blade plumetted with all the speed and power he could muster. He aimed for centre of the machine, hoping to punch right through it, using dark energy to form a second spear tip around his entire body.

Blade flew onto the scene, focusing on the giant robot. He assessed the situation quickly and knew what he was going to do. Without saying a word to his fellows, he unleashed a bout of dark energy at the machines front armour, following up quickly with a spinning spear tip attack towards the machine. He muttered to himself as he flew towards the machine at speed "please let this work".

hang on, where do we post replies? on the forum page or on the wiki?
slightly confused

Lucard nodded to Jack and looked at Elizabeth. "The Ghost of Death has left us for a while. She left that note after we had a row about her actions during the attack, her attitude and how she doesnt deserve to be a Templar, her attitude does not help this Court, and i hope she chnges it before she returns". Lucard's voice was steady, but a small hint of emotion showed how he upset he was at having driven off an ally he could truely go toe to toe with in an arguement.

Lucard reached Elizabeth's office, knocking once before entering, he placed the piece of paper on her desk, a solem look on his face.

Lucard smiled to himself. "i hope you will be Ghost, as i will be watching for you. Do not hate this courts evolution, adapt to it, for it is still a haven for those who wish it to be". He walked away, a new peace entering his mind, the letter floating to his hand as he headed towards the Countess' room.

Lucard picked himself up, he wasnt impressed by the childish and weak show of power that Ghost had shown him. He wasnt hurt, and he laughed loudly. "What? Was that it? the extent of your power? you make things move? was that meant to impress me?" he said scoldingly. He walked back into her room. "you failed to do anything, you couldnt kill Jemma Moore and you cant hurt me. If you can lose your temper like a little child like this, then your not worthy of being a Templar."

Lucard looked at Ghost directly and stepped up to her so that they were so close as to be toe to toe. There was no fear in his eyes, if anything he seemed amused by her tantram. "your nothing without your old host Jemma, you need her obviously, and so you need Storm, so now i ask, just what use are you any more? what influence or power do you really have here?"
Lucard smiled "and as for you missing the older generation of vampire....Elizabeth, is a younger generation than i am you stupid b****".

Lucard entered Ghost's room, a rage filling him that he had not felt before.

"How dare you!? How dare you call us fools?! you and Jemma Moore are exactly the same! weak foolish spoilt girls! you think your the best, that the world should bow down to you! but where were you huh?! the last of the original templars left, knowing full well she would leave the court weakened if she did so! And then you have the nerve to call us weak? to say we are useless? you were in that hall as those intruders just walked in. You say you have all this power, yet out of all of us, YOU were the ONLY person doing nothing to stop them! we lost an ally and all you can do is call the people trying to help him fools?! just what did you do for the countess before because i havent seen you do ANYTHING worthy ofthe rank of Templar! Just by what scale do you call yourself powerful!?"

Lucard took cover from the explosion of Sword's armour, stunned by what Storm had done. He had never thought a Nighthunter would kill a human, even a member of the Court, but he had just seen it and he realised he needed to rethink what the Nighthunters were caperble of.

As Alexia's robots started to fire into the main hall, Lucard returned fire with his pistols. Though his aim was good the robots were highly armoured and resistant to his bullets. Focusing his am on the fleeing Jemma Moore and Storm, Lucard increased his fire rate, attempting to execute the traitors.

Sword was tunned by Storm's attack, and his head was thudding. He was watching Storm pound his chest in as if he was watching a movie. He couldnt move, his armour was showing warning signs and damage readings, and he knew what was coming. Slowly Sword closed his eyes as Storm delivered his final punch, letting his body rest as the pounding in his head stopped, his heart having been shocked into stopping, the electrical current of Storm's punches amplified by the energy redistribution system in his suit. Sword died, his armour shattered, broken and burned, the last piece of a universe destroyed, now gone forever. But the worst was yet to come, as the charge from Storm's attacks reached critical levels, Sword's suit glowed brightly, red warning signs showing on the inside at its deceased user.

The suit exploded, sending shards scattering in all directions, ripping Sword's body to shreds. the only thing left intact, a small black box which showed a hologram of Sword and someone looking like Black Scorpian, no words were uttered.

Lucard sighed as he watched Jemma run to her room, then turned and walked through the wall. He headed up to the main hall in time to watch Ghost and Jemma appear. "if i were you, waiting isnt something i would do. Hatred and vengence will get you killed, just kill the girl and be free of her for ever" he said sneering, looking up at the ceiling.

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Blade was already hurtling towards the Castle. Morilanthi's message and Pious's call was a clear sign to end this war. Moving as fast as he could, Blade's corrander armour started to glow alittle as he air friction heated it up. He hoped he could make it before Storm did something he would regret.

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Blood was roused and ready for battle before anyone came to see him, but he was stalking the dungeons, incase any of the Nighthunters tried to come in that way, once he learn why his sleep had been disturbed by the strange noises coming from the castle itself.

Sword stepped into the torture room. He looked over the scene, not showing a single sign of emotion. "Countess, it seems the Nighthunters have launched their assult against us, the one known as Adam is above the castle, wielding lightning against us" he said calmly, drawing both swords. "I will deal with him, you should escape to safety while you can" he said, turning to walk away.

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Lucard stepped forward and smiled down at Jemma. "what a perfetic sight, needing your husband to come and claim you from us?" he said, a dark and evil tone in his voice "do you think you will escape us now we have no use for you?". He looked at Ghost and smiled politely before giving a small bow and saying "Good evening Ma'am"

Lucard smiled as he watched Jemma Moore's torturing, even if he had to do it Phased out and hidden so Elizabeth didnt know it. He grinned delightedly, he hated the Ghost of Death and her 'im better than you' attitude, and loved the fact that this was where it had brought her, on her knees, all but begging for her life. Lucard knew that Jemma was likely to do the 'right' thing and torture the officer, but just incase, he was ready to send the woman to hell with a single bullet if need be. Silently, he watched on.

yeah Pious, was kinda expecting someone to come and find him

hope noone minds me posting there, just been waiing for a while to do that

Rack Up passed across the rooftop, looking at the scorch marks the circle had left on it during their raid. Sighing he dropped onto a fire escape and climbed to the street below. His rifle was on his back and his stealth suit was on, though he hadnt bothered to activate it. The gangs were keeping a low profile while heroes and PPD were on high alert for Circle activity in Steel.

He heard a sound from a near by sewer entrance, a scream of a person in trouble. Entering the sewers, Rack Up followed the screams along the dirty pipeline, coming out in a large room. He walked up and along the railings, his stealth field activating as he stepped out, watching the seen below.

The council had a poor helpless woman, bound to what looked like an operating table, the dirty covered it, but the metal still shone slightly. The woman struggled as a council agent brought a machine close to her and activated it. "now we have you squidy, your gonna be very helpful to us arent ya?" said the lead member in a slimy, repulsive voice. "ofcourse she is, whether she wants to be or not! hahaha!" laughed a far more commanding voice, obviously the leader of the, now twelve council members.

Rack Up didnt wait to hear any more. He lept from the balcony and began firing as he dropped. Three of the council dogs fell as he hit the floor, and his web grenades brought down two more, tripping them over so they cracked their chins on the floor, knocking themselves cold. A second clip was emptied at the Council members, as Rack Up dodged bullets and energy blasts alike. He took down four more members, then followed that with his knife, bringing the other two down with swift combat fighting. The final guy looked from him to the victim, then laughed at the machine and shot the girl in the chest. Rack Up was watched as the girls chest exploded, the machine falling to te ground with a cracking noise.

Rack Up looked from the girl to her killer, then looked at him in horror. He was screaming. Rack's blood was pumping so loud he could barely hear it. The council member was in the grip of a large demon, smaller than the behemoths, but the heat coming from the beast was emence, and Rack dropped his gun as the metal became too hot to hold.

"so we meet again, Mr Micheal" said the Demon "you may not recognise me, but i recognise you".

"Who....who are you?" asked Rack Up, stuttering as he watched the council member's face start to burn and boil in the demons grip

"Me? My name is Korgash, but you can call me Death, for i have come to finish the job of taking away all you have" Replied the demon cooly, then it looked at the man in his hand. "oh dear, looks like he didnt last as long as your precious wife Micheal".

At that Rack Up got angry, this was the demon that had murdered his family, and he was gonna make it pay. He lifted his knife and looked at the demon, but it had gone. Then came a pain from his chest, and Rack Up looked down to see a monstrous sight. A glowing red and orange hand had burst from his chest, and was burning him from the inside out. He screamed in pain as Korgash retracted his hand, letting Rack Up's body drop to the floor. In a flash, Korgash was gone.

Rack Up looked at the muddy sewer floor, watched the water wash around his limp body, and saw a single flash, before darkness enveloped him.

Tezkarial saw Pious arrive, and decided now was not the time for a fight. looking at the swordswoman infront of him, he breathed fire at her as he flapped his firery wings, pulling away from her with a grunt. "i will have vengence for my brothers Nighthunters! you will pay for your crimes, both against man and the circle!". And with that, Tezkarial's firery form solidafied and fell to the ground, smashing apart on the ground.

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Blade pondered over the names Pious had said, even as he followed Pious to Storm's location. he hovered above as the demon seemed to die in mid air and crash to the floor, then saw what Storm was fighting. Below him, Johnathan, Maria and Micheal came running down the street. Takin cover and aim, Micheal and Johnathan readied their weaponry, pointing at the unknown swordsman, Maria taking up an aggrassive poise, ready to attack if needed.

Dont plan on having Tez sticking around for much longer tbh, what wih the circle army defeated and all

yeah sorry, have reposted with it piercing his chest (not enough to kill him but hurts like a *****). hope thats better.

Tezkarial took the hit, Alexia's sword punching through his chest. He grunted and brought his flame sword back from her shield, bringing it around to strike at Alexia's own chest, the heat radiating from his body becoming near intolerable, for a normal human anyway.

((just going back to the Battle at Steal Canyon))

Tezkarial howled in pain as the blade struck his chest. He now focused on Alexia again and swung his burning sword to meet her shield, a shockwave of fire flowing forward from the blazing trail behind his blade. Bringing his fist around, Tezkarial hurled a great fireball at Alexia's face.

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As the last portal began to collapse, Blade looked and Pious and yelled "get out now!" and hurled himself towards the portal, exiting into a mass of demons trying to get in through it. As the Portal exploded behind him, Blade saw the demons still on the building blown apart by the energy released. The heroes on the building had been knocked to the ground, and the circle mages where wisely surrendering or faining unconciousness.

Blade looked around for Pious.

Confused. Should not your post, Eleven, be in the moth cathedral section? since currently thats is where that story is being inacted, since we are still in the middle of the Steel Canyon battle? just asking

Incase noone else has thought of it, Citadel in in Talos aint he? he's not gonna be swept aside easily, and neither is an member of the freedom phalanx who may enter the fray if Citadel is brought down

Note: if my spelling is off on Citadel's name please inform

As portal after portal fell to Blade and Pious, Tezkarial became more and more distracted. He knew time was short and let out a bellow, fire purging from his body at all around him, covering the street below and the air above in white hot fire. Half the building beneath the demon was destroyed, and Tezkarial focused on the Wron cover, the magical fires having broken the defencive spells around it. he began to fly towards it.

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As Blade and Pious worked to defeat the demons they came to the last Portal remaining. With every demon pouring out of it, it was a wonder that they could see Micheal, Johnathan and Maria fighting outside. The fight up tothe roof had been terrible, demons and mages had been massing above them, pushing back harder with each second but the three had broken out to the top. With no knowledge of how to destroy the portals, bullets, arrows and spines had been let lose at it, as well as much ice magic. However the full power of the circle was by now channeled into this portal and it would take alot more to seal it.