War of the Realms (Private IC for Tarnis Cross & Lexah)

[Tarnis Cross]

The Story So Far...

Thanatos was rather silent as he leaned against the wall of the old building, the building was once in fact a store back in the day. But as it always goes the store closed down an became a part of the slums of this lovely little town. The slums were more or less not what human souls would know of in the mortal plane. Slums in this town were a lot worse full of creatures and demons of the dark that would kill you just because you were there. Most of the smarter souls avoided this place, and perhaps that was a better choice, because only ones who were never human come to this place, either to hide if they are strong enough to survive, or to wait for unsuspecting prey to enter their territory. Thanatos had no real fear of this place, in fact he owned the slums of this town, he was by far one of the most feared entities in this place. Feared because no one truly knew what or who he was, when he came here over a millennium ago he was like the rest, just another entity damned this place. But what they did not know is back then an even now, Thanatos came to place of his own free will not because he had to because he wanted to. From the realm of the mortals Thanatos descended to this snake pit and made it his new dwelling and his only real care was to eliminate the wondering souls of the humans. That was why at his feet lay one such lost soul, unconscious but was slowly coming to. The boy at his feet was no older then sixteen at best, he had died over fifty years ago an was brought to this plane by the Reaper. The boy however instead of moving to where he belonged he stayed in this place, he defied the natural order, and this is what brought him to Thanatos. Looking over him now Thanatos felt no pity for the boy, he never felt pity for them or anything for that matter, that's what a hunter was, a ruthless sentient, even though the few other hunters here were sentimental to these souls.

There emotion was their true weakness, an their weakness is what allowed this such boy to linger here for as long as he has. Thanatos knew the boy would not willingly leave like most souls who remained here. This is why Thanatos was the most revered of all Hunters because he was not afraid to do what had to be done. Looking down at the boy his eye's had opened now, like clock work he jumped to his feet, the fear was in his eye's he looked frantically as he knew not how he got here or why he was here. The boy was frantic as he turned every direction as he lay eye's finally upon Thanatos his fear was now at its highest peak. Thanatos as his best was a 6,6" man, muscle brimming and his outfit was that of an assassin black as the night, his face covered, his demeanor frightening. The boy in front of him his name was Gregory or Greg as most called him, whom of was now backing away slowly. Thanatos uncrossed his arms as he stood to his full height his gaze behind the mask, his glowing red eye's focused on Greg. Greg was beside himself ready to run, that is when Thanatos spoke, his voice was accented heavily, an his very words chilled the air, his voice was deep an dark.

"By all means boy run, run as fast as you can, but your not going to, because you know this place. You know what lurks here in these walls and these buildings. You might get perhaps with luck, twenty feet away from me before they grabbed you an tortured you, then finally kill you. But if you think you can make it I won't stop you, either way my job is complete. Your other choice is you don't run and remain here with me and accept your fate, I can guarantee what I will do will not be as painful as what those demons will do.

Thanatos became silently but kept his watch on Greg, the boy was between a rock and pit of spikes ready to be impaled on. Tears were streaming down the boys face now, probably wondering what he did to deserve this, crying inside for his mommy and daddy wishing they were here to protect him from this evil man in front of him. But reality is a cold bitter wind that freezes you soul in this realm an that was no the boys dieing fate, to face reality for what it was. The boy id not run but remained in his spot about seven feet away. It was silent for a time but Greg finally spoke up, shakily but directly.

"Wh..why are you doing this. I have not don.. do.. done anything wrong."

Thanatos uncrossed his arms once again as he walked forward, the boy instinctively back away but not far. Thanatos reached his hand up slowly and removed the black mask from his face as his glowing red eye's were now visible. He spoke directly to the young man and very cynically.

"Your not the first to say such a thing as you will not be the last. It is.. not required for me to explain anything to you boy, but seeming today is of a special importance to me I will indulge this question and make you understand why your here now."

Thanatos slowly circled the boy as he spoke, the boy kept his eye's on him as his feet made no noise at all on the cold dark dirt filled ground, just the wind whipping his black cape made any indication he was there.

"You see boy long ago, the earth realm or the mortal as we call it here was created. Now back in that time there was a.. dispute you could say about giving you human free will. An not to have your lives already layed out for you, an no freedom to become what you wish. Through bad or worse you were granted free will. Now there are four planes Mortal, Heaven, Hell, and the Cross Roads. The Cross Road plane was created not only as a sanctuary to supernatural beings but as a.. give or take a passage to either Heaven or Hell for souls that pass from the Mortal plane. Back long ago you.. souls accepted your fate when you died an went to where you needed to go. But as time.. passed on you became resilient to death, you refused to accept you were dead, an in doing so instead of leaving this Realm an going to where your fate resides, you fight to stay here. This place was not created for human souls to linger forever, this place was create for beings like me a place away from your... mortal world. Naturally a plan was formulated to combat this oncoming of lingering souls, beings like me we are called Hunters. Our soul purpose is to dispatch the lingering souls to where they belong if it be Heaven or Hell. Your fate is sealed boy with me, your have lingered hear against the natural order, and now you must leave an go where you belong."

The boy stood there for a time not really speaking or moving, he didn't know what to say, most didn't when face with the reality. There were few who fought but they fell because the human soul has no power in this place. The boy looked at Thanatos with hateful eyes, which now Thanatos knew he would not leave willingly he was an angry soul and they did not listen to reason.

"What if I don't wanna leave, what I wanna stay, I have lived here this long what is to say your not bluffing and your not just... just... some.. bully he wants to scare me. People like you made my life hell when I was alive, and now even in death I am still tortured. Just... just... GO AWAY! If you don't I will hurt you, your a LIER!"

Thanatos showed no form of emotion as his eye's glowed brighter, replacing the mask on his face he put his hand on his sword which was deemed Life and removed it from its sheath. The boy was not going to go quietly it would seem, it was time to end this charade and send him on his way.

"Stay back!!!!!!"

The boy raised his hands to fight as Thanatos walked forward, it was time to end this stupidity. Without so much as hesitation from the boy, out of he anger he lunged at Thanatos his intentions now turned to lunacy. With a stiff direct punch the boy punched, Thanatos with not even an ounce of fear let the shot hit him straight in the stomach. The boy quickly retracted his hand screaming as there was now blood covering his knuckles. Try to back away the boy fell an hit the ground and quickly backed away. The attack was sudden but a hand reached from the darkness gripping the boys head. Screaming the boy was in panic, Thanatos now moved with speed as he lunged forward and drove the blade right into a demons chest. It screamed in anger as Thanatos put his hand out and flung it away with a swish of wrist dark chakra flinging it away with force.

"The boy is mine back off!"

Thanatos seemed to his at the demon as it quickly fled into the darkness. Looking down at the boy Thanatos spoke in another language.

"به فرمان پروردگار از مرگ من بدین وسیله این روح طولانی از این عرصه قدردانی و به عرصه بود که مدتها پیش به این روح بخت." ("By command of the Lord of Death I hereby commend this lingering soul from this realm and to the realm which was long ago fated to this soul".

Thanatos swing the blade directly into the boys chest, his eye's widened as a light of purple emanated from the wound. As he lay down slowly his eye's glazed over, and his body disappeared slowly until it was gone completely. As the ground now lay bare a small indentation of where the boy had layed, Thanatos retracted his blade and replaced it in its sheath. Behind his mask his eyes no longer glowed red, but were subtle yellow and green. Swishing his cloak Thanatos made a small hand gesture as the spot glowed bright gold for a mere second an then it was gone. His job done Thanatos turned and walked away silently, disappearing into the subtle darkness of The Cross Roads.

[Lexzah]

The sound of many footsteps echoed around on of the streets as a mob of angry supernaturals chased a girl who ran ahead, her features covered b a tattered old cloak, her odd wings barley visible under it as they folded tight against her back, The girl known as Rachel held stolen Items in her arms as she ran though it was mainly only food and other things she needed to live in this hellish place that she she couldn't escape.
She looked over her shoulder at one point to see the angry people gaining on her, looking ahead again to try and pick up her pace without exposing who or what she was, no doubt people would just hate her like the Angels and Demons do. Rachel blindly ran around a corner and ran down a street that entered the slums of the city and was about to make her escape until she crashed right into someone, dropping some of her stolen goods and almost falling back though managed to catch her self as she growled, keeping her head down and faced covered her eyes flicking to another man who had spoken to the one that she crashed into
"Damn people, don't know how to get out of the way, move it before I make you" She quickly gathered the dropped items and looked behind her quickly to see the mob still hot on her tail as she prepared to set off again

[Tarnis Cross]

"you could have been a bit more considerate to him you know!"

Thanatos stopped walking as a voice came out from behind him, not really to far from his current location. He knew the voice of course, Thanatos knew all who resided in Cross Road, at least that they existed anyways. But this one in particular was like a thorn in his side in a general sense. Ike was what could be considered one of the new Hunters. A young guy eighteen or so it appears anyways, he had an overwhelming capacity to be... sentimental to the lingering souls here. More then once Ike had let his emotions cloud his judgement and he allowed a soul to stay, which is reality Thanatos himself dispatched because of it. Thanatos was well versed with Ike, in fact they had more then several conversations over the past year about their methods of Hunting. It always came down to the same conclusion every time, Ike considered Thanatos to be an emotionless brute who was way to rough, and Thanatos consider Ike to be an over emotional, weak, pansy who should have never became a Hunter. But Thanatos could just walk away, but for one reason or another he did not, in fact he turned silently and walked up to Ike towering above the young man. He glared at him for a couple minutes not moving, not breathing, just glaring from behind the mask. It was Thanatos who broke the resounding silence.

"I don't know how many times we have had this conversation Ike. Your disrespect for your elder Hunters, your sentimental journey you go when your hunting a lingering soul. Let me ask you something Ike, what would you have done? Would you have sat here with him, arm around his shoulder, would you give him something to eat, or to drink? Would you sit here and hold him while he cried for mom and his dad? An then would you eventually side with him and allow to stay? It seems to me that if I am to rough, then that means your the exact opposite an your not rough enough. Our job is simple, it is to dispatch lingering souls, not offer them asylum with in our home, somewhere in the middle you lost you way. Your going to learn that every... single... soul... you allow to stay... meets their fate by my hand. I believe you knew the boy, otherwise we wouldn't be having this conversation or at least I should hope we wouldn't be. When it comes down to it, all I do is clean up your messes, because your to WEAK to o what your here for. So tell me Ike, why should I give a damn about anything you have to say about me?"

Thanatos ha gone silent, but before Ike could even respond Thanatos heard many foot steps and angry voices yelling. Looking up a young look girl turned the corner and crashed into Ike. Dropping her items she quickly scurried to collect them and spoke rather harshly.

"Damn people, don't know how to get out of the way, move it before I make you!"

Thanatos neither moved from his position or cared that he had been threatened. Thanatos's large bulk of a body blocked her only escape as the mob that seemed to be chasing her caught up. They all stopped dead as they looked up the face of Thanatos the girl now in front of him. They all looke at Thanatos but ared not move any closer to him. There was an uneasy tension until Thanatos spoke to the mob of people.

"Does there seem to be a problem..."

Thanatos was direct and cold and he awaited an answer from either one of the mob or the girl who ran into Ike.

[Lexzah]

"That Thief steals from us!" One man called out from the crowd "We are going to put a stop to it" Another called out yet no one in the mob moved or wanted to get near the Hunter.
Rachel just scoffed at the mob, looking to the man who patted her shoulder before she went moved around the man she crashed into and continued to walk, her odd wings still just visible under her tattered cloak, a pure white feather falling out from one side and lightly hitting the ground
"It's none of your damn business, but as long as you are there would you kindly keep those morons at bay so I can make my escape" She glanced over her shoulder, purple eyes glaring out from under the shadow of the hood before she turned her gaze forward again.
"The thief is getting away" the first guy shouted and the mob went to make their move not wanting Rachel to escape but they were far to frightened by the Hunters who stood in their way to move forward "Let us kill the abomination"

[Tarnis Cross]

Thanatos did not really care for the fact that these blundering fools allowed themselves to be robbed in fact many of them were on his future hit list of lingering souls. He knew they would dare not come any closer if they valued the ability of being able to stay in Cross Roads. Thanatos slowly pulled off his mask an set it aside as his eye's glowed their very dark tinge of red. Walking forward the man who declared him an abomination quickly took a few steps back towards his mob of loyal fools. Did they really think for five seconds they would have a chance at Thanatos or even Ike for that matter, he was a weak fool but only in emotion not physical prowess. Thanatos for the first time let a small smirk that could chill anyone cross his face as he pulled out one of his swords the one named Death. It glowed with dark purple energy and he started slowly walking forward towards the mob of people. The crowd stood their ground but they were rank with fear and doubt, Thanatos could taste their fear, it was like a cool breeze to him. Stopping about three feet from the mob he spoke, coldly, chillingly.

"You call an abomination... but many of you are abominations yourself, to this realm and to yours you resided in before you died and came here. Perhaps it is not clear of whom you deal with, so let me demonstrate for you... exactly who I am, and what I do."

Thanatos looked at the man closest to him the one who declared him and abomination. Raising his sword in a straight arc he pointed it straight at the mans chest. Within a split second the tip of the blade glowed a dark purple. Pulling him arm back Thanatos lunged the blade forward it was only inches from the man face. Then as a medium size beam of dark purple energy came off the blade an impaled the man straight in the middle of his forehead, his eye's widened as his body shook violently.

"به فرمان پروردگار از مرگ من بدین وسیله این روح طولانی از این عرصه قدردانی و به عرصه بود که مدتها پیش به این روح بخت." ("By command of the Lord of Death I hereby commend this lingering soul from this realm and to the realm which was long ago fated to this soul".)

The man slowly disappeared as what was left of him was not gone like it was never there. Retracting his blade and lowering it he made the same hand gesture as before, it glowed a dark red as it quickly faded. Thanatos looked up at the rest of the mob as he heard scare excited exclaims.

"Hes... hes.. a.. hunter..."

Thanatos looked at the crowd with glowing red eye's and spoke again.

"As it is customary for my race I now give you the chance to strike me down, what is your decision?"

[Lexzah]

Rachel had jumped up into a roof, using her wings for no less than a second before hiding them away again, she turned and noticed the mob of people had gotten themselves a fight with the hunter, so she decided t sit on the edge of the roof and watch while eating her stolen food.
"Stupid people, they really should learn to mind their own if they want to stay alive, that's how I have stayed alive this long" She said to herself with a grin, wanting to witness all these people fall
"Hmm when they do die their stores will be free to raid, I will be set for years now" She plotted to herself now as she watched with her bright purple eyes that penerated though the shadow of her hood

[Tarnis Cross]

The mob of people did not move, their eyes were fixated on the sword that lay in Thanatos hand, they were in shock as, as Thanatos could imagine, friend was just slain without remorse right before their eye's. Thanatos lost his smirk as a cold icy glare engulfed the mob of store owners. Looking down Thanatos looked at his sword an then back at the mob. Then without hesitation he placed it back in it's sheath, then he reached down and removed the black leather belt they were attached to and gently set them aside, they glowed with purple chakra as anyone who attempted to touch them would find themselves quickly without any hands. Thanatos put up his hands as they glowed slightly, he looked at the mob of men and woman who held wooden weak weapons.

"No swords..."

Thanatos spoke coldly as the crowd looked at the sword just mere feet away from Thanatos, it was as if something clicked in their mind as one of them lunged for him with a wooden rake. Thanatos watched the man as it was as if time had slowed down to Thanatos, the swing was only at a fraction of a speed. Thanatos reached out his hand as he caught the rake with ease an ripped the man who held on to the rake off his feet, swinging the rake Thanatos swung it as the man let go from the force of the throw and hit a wooden wall really hard and crumple to the ground. There were still about eight shop keepers in the mob and they all seemed to have new life. Two more lunged forward as one swung a wooden hoe and the other a sharpened stick. Thanatos side stepped as the two men missed their target, stepping back forward Thanatos put a large hand on each side of their heads and crushed their heads against each others, they both fell to the ground hard as they shook slightly then moved no more. The last five of the mob stood idly by this time they came in a group all five against Thanatos, surrounding him they all held large fat sticks ready to do damage. Like cowards they move in at the same five on one. All attacking at the same time Thanatos jumped up and grabbed a near by piece of wood, all their weapons hit nothing as Thanatos landed behind one of the mob. Grabbing him from behind he wrenched him off his feet and tossed him like a rag down into one of the buildings. Watching the man crumpling to the ground, another of the mob came for him. Swinging wildly with the piece of wood Thanatos caught the mans hand and pulled him in. With a fierce head butt blood flew from the open wound now in the mans head as Thanatos kicked him away.

The next two tried their luck as they attack in unison from each side, Thanatos felt the wood hit him in the left side thigh and the right side calf. Spinning around quickly in a 360 the wooden weapons were wrenched from the hands of the two men by Thanatos. In quick but hard movements Thanatos swung up upper cut catching the first man in the jaw knocking him back, then with the other hand he slammed the piece of wood into the side of the mans head. The man fell sideways and slid across the ground as Thanatos turned to catch a punch for his back, with one move he wrenched the arm as there was a sick crack, the man screamed as Thanatos bodily wrenched him onto the ground. With his knee Thanatos landed it on the guys temple taking him out fast. Getting back to his feet there was one of the mob left a small man who stood shaking with fear. The bodies around Thanatos littered the ground. The small man taking caution to the wind flew and started running Thanatos not having it bent down and picked up a medium size rock, with precision he threw it as it struck the man in the back of the head knocking him to the ground.

Thanatos lowered his hands as swished his cloak with what sound like a HMPH. Walking over he picked up his swords silently and reattached them to his waist an secured the blades. Walking forward silently one of the shop keepers was coming to, Thanatos kicked him square in the temple knocking his unconscious once more as he walked to the small box and collected his mask. Putting the mask back on his face, Thanatos noticed something on the ground, walking over he bent down silently and picked up a white feather that no doubt was no of an animal in this realm. Observing it silently Thanatos knew it belong to an angel he had encounter a few before, but he knew the only other one in this alley had been that girl the mob had been chasing, this was very... interesting. Angels were not known for stealing they were to righteous in their heart, an never swore. His eye's glowing red again Thanatos looked around silently, nodding to him self as if realizing something he swished his cloak and as if he was never there he disappeared. Then like clock work he reappeared behind the girl from before who no doubt had got good show. Not bothering to move towards he spoke.

"Enjoy the show?"

That was all Thanatos said as he dropped the feather and stood upon the roof silently.

[Lexzah]

Rachel jumped when she heard the voice of the hunter behind her not expecting him to come find her again, spinning around to face him she got into a defensive position, face still covered as well as her wings though purple sparks seemed to dance around her finger tips
"I did actually, now their shops are free to raid to my hearts content" She replied with a grin though she noticed he had dropped something as her eyes flicked down to the object she saw a pure white feather, one of her pure white feathers, this cause her to curse under her breath as she took a step back from the hunter obviously not wanting to be discovered for that she is as her purple eyes turned back up to him.
"Oh so you found a feather? You must be very proud of yourself" She mocked him as she prepared herself for an escape, worst case she would have to fly if she couldn't run or talk

[Tarnis Cross]

Thanatos watched her movements as she was startled by his appearance behind her. She immediately took a defensive position, no doubt calculating an escape from him if a fight ensued. Thanatos walked forward slightly but he did not move his hands he just walked as if he didn't have much of a care in the world. Stopping several feet from the girl Thanatos bent down and picked up the feather again. He looked at the girl feather in hand as he spoke.

"Its belongs to you. Your chakra is emanating from it even now, it is fading slowly. Chakra if you unaware is the life force of the body, an energy inside all of us even the humans. But some have stronger, meaning they are not human, this belongs to you because it is same as the chakra your giving off now as your preparing yourself for a fight. To me its like a bad smell not that hard to find a smell when its bad enough, it was easy enough to located you, an now that I know your scent I could find you again if it truly came down to it. But you see I really don't care if you rob these weak peasants, if I did we would already be fighting about it, I am a sentient that attacks first asks questions later. You see you interest me, I have meant few Angels before, an I know for a fact that they are... incapable of stealing. They are as they say perfect beings of the light. Not even renegade angels steal for even though they are rogue they still live by their code, it is unheard for an Angel to break their code. Which leads me to believe that either your the first to break your code, or your simply not just an Angel. Your demeanor tells me alot about you, years of watching and hunting. Your very tense attitude tells me your hiding something, I do not know what but thats what makes you interesting".

Thanatos walked a bit closer to the girl as she was ready to fight him if he tried to even go for his sword or otherwise stopping again now maybe 6 feet from her, Thanatos started to speak again.

"You an me are not so different we both hide things, the only difference the souls of this realm are to afraid to dig too deeply about me. But you.. you seem to be quite popular among the shop keepers yet they know nothing about you. If they did they would not have chased you so blindly, you could have killed them, yet you chose not to. Such and interesting puzzle. Seeming you refused to kill them with the power you have in you that means your hiding from them. So tell me what are you hiding exactly"?

Thanatos looked around as he noted escape routes, easy enough for her to run if she wanted to, he had no intention of stopping her if she tried for they would meet again he was sure of that.

"By all means you can run from me, I won't stop you, but you cant hide from anymore. I would say.. the choice is up to you what you do from here. Life and death are the same.. choice wise. You make a choice and you do it, this is your choice. Make it."

[Lexzah]

Rachel watched the man as he spoke to her, her body tensed a little as he came closer, ready for any attack to come, though he then said that he didn't want to fight her and would let her run so she listened to what he had to say and though it, she could have killed them all but only half of her wanted that, the other half said no. after a moment Rachel shook her head she stood straight again as she stopped her magic from charging up, turning her back as she pulled her cloak around herself more to hide her wings, the part of her that gave her away.
"You are not wrong when you say I am hiding something and everything you say is true about my anticts but what I am hiding is of no concern to you, the less people know the better chance I have to live, now I will take my leave thank you very much" she walked towards the edge of the building and jumped off it onto the ground, her eyes turning to the other white haird hunter for a moment before she walked on silently her head bowed