[IC] Protectors.

[Skinner35]

"Oh, you are different indeed. He must see some potential in you." He says, as he continues to clean and organize. "He says that you are our final hope."

[Shadow Dragon]

"Final hope for what? My only purpose it to fight mortals......like you."

[Skinner35]

He chuckles. "Oh... You think that I am like you? Heh, nice try. No, I am naught but a Angel that had better things to do." He says as he sets up a bar. "Your kind are extremely uncommon, but never unwelcomed. Come, sit and drink. You need a break."

[Shadow Dragon]

He nods, and sits back at the table, and sighs. Steam billows from the joints in his armor. "I'm even stranger then the others. I regularly fight humans. But my reasoning is sound, I think. None of the other Protectors believe me. What do you think of a Protector fighting the very thing they were meant to Protect?? I've never had the opinion of....are you a Angel anymore?"

[Skinner35]

"Everything happens for a reason. Fear not, your time will come." He says with a smile as he pours a drink, and slides it to Xerc. "I am still an Angel, but I no longer abide by the rules of the 'Great Beyond.' Now, I do what I can to help those who come to me." He says as he makes a drink for himself.

[Shadow Dragon]

"But what am I? I'm a Protecter of war. In all the laws that govern this world, I shouldn't exist." He sips at the drink, thinking.

[Skinner35]

"You sound like one of the Horsemen. The laws of this world do not effect the supernatural." He says as he drinks. "You are, as I would assume, a Protector, whether it makes sense or not."

[Shadow Dragon]

"The Horsemen of the Apocalypse? I suppose I sound like War. Huh. I wonder if that means that there are three others like me....?"

[Skinner35]

"There very well may be. The Earth is quite vast. But, I wouldn't bet on it." He says as he pours another drink. "Just follow your gut. Tends to work out in the end."

[Shadow Dragon]

He sighs. "My gut tells me to attack the humans."

[Skinner35]

"Then maybe don't follow you gut." He says with a laugh. "I'm sure that your penchant for attacking Humans can be used. Words going around that some Humans are beginning to side with the Almighty powers."

[Shadow Dragon]

"Humm.....I offered to do something like that earlier, but the other Protector shot me down."

[Skinner35]

"Yeah. That sounds about right. They literally protect humans. Anything that could harm a human terrifies them." He says as he looks to the still active street. "Man, what I would give to live like them. Not a care in the world."

[Shadow Dragon]

He laughs. "Not a care? Have you ever seen the work those guys do? They constantly risk their lives to protect the humans. I don't agree with there methods, but they are quite effective. But there is a problem. They're gone."

[Skinner35]

"I mean the humans. Day after day, I watch them. They come in and out of my store. I've watched them experience love, hope, and loss. Once, there was a human child born in this store. A couple came in, and the wife went into labor. The kid experienced his first breath in my shop. But us? We will never experience that stuff." He says, obviously envious of Humanity. "As for the Protectors, they only know how to protect. Most of them don't feel regular emotions. Most of 'em don't even know how to experience joy. Their methods are a bit rash, but they get the job done. It never really matters how many of 'em there are. Each of them fights like twenty men."

[Shadow Dragon]

"I know how to fight better then any of them, yet they reject my powers and assistance when they tried to change my fundamentals. I want to help, but this is the only way I know how." He shakes his head. "I've tried their methods. It only poisoned me." He lifts his hand and looks at the flames in his gauntlet. "But now they're gone. All of them. I can't find a single one. Athe found me. As for the rest....."

[Skinner35]

"Don't worry yourself about them. You obviously have more to think on. Your time will come." He says as he begins putting everything away.
"Oh, by the by, it will only get harder from here. Also, you may want to check outside." As he says that, Xerc faintly hears a scream, that sounds like it is quickly moving closer towards the shop. Suddenly, Athe smashes onto the sidewalk, landing on his back, and groaning in pain. "Xerc…" He says as he coughs. "A little help? Big... Guy..." He says as he begins to stand, obviously in pain, and using his sword to help him stand. "Okay... Okay... I'm good."

[Shadow Dragon]

He sighs, and steps outside, drawing his axe. He looks at Athe and smiles coldly, looking down the street. "You want a fight?" His eyes burst into flame. "I'll give you a fight." His axe burns with the same fire that makes up his body, and he swings it through the air. "You might want to move."

[Skinner35]

"Oh yea... This will be fun." He says as the ground shakes with the pounds of monstrous footsteps. Then, a behemoth of a monster rounds the corner. (It looks like the Behemoth from Evolve.) It looks around at the buildings and fleeing people, and begins lumbering down the street. Its broad shoulders are scraping against buildings on both sides of the street.

From the looks of it, this will be a tough fight, even for Xerc.

[Shadow Dragon]

He gives a roar of battle, and climbs up a building like a lizard, flinging himself onto the creature's head. He holds onto it's horns, laughing to himself.