[IC] Operation Hell's Fury (War of the Scales saga #4)

[Lexzah]

Rachel felt someone pick her up over their shoulder, though her eyes were closed and she was clutching her chest again in pain and groaning as she was carried off to safety. Everything to her seemed so slow and hazing as she cracked her eyes open to try and see what was going on, though they quickly closed again as she near passed out to the pain in her inner soul and what the mark was doing to her as well.
She was feeling so useless to the crew and so weak, wishing that she never left for a walk almost wishing she never existed so that the angels never hunted her. Trying to figure out who was carrying her, but she just couldn't make out the voice or see him from her position plus her sight was blurry and it was getting harder and harder to open her eyes. Every soon the hybrid had completely passed out over Death's shoulder as he carried her from battle.

[MonsieurShade]

Jacque took note of Spartan putting away his blades and raised his brow once more, "So hand to hand? Sure what the hell." he said before re-sheathing manō and dropping the small orb he'd kept back. Jacque upped the ante further by dispelling his water armor before he popped his knuckles, then gave Spartan a look that read 'be sporting'. "So, before we start round three, I have two questions to ask. One: how many of you are there? By you I mean your group. I never got a good enough lock to count. And two: Are there people more powerful than you on your team?", as he asked this, Jacque got into a stance typical of a practitioner of pradal serey.

[NacNak]

Spartan continued to walk towards Jacque, not stopping to listen to what he had to say, from what Spartan gathered it was just another trick for them to play into, which he wasn't going to fall for so he didn't bother to answer Jacque, he didn't know this who this guy was, he attacked them for no reason and would possible attack the others as well, he was considered a danger and Spartan wasn't going to let that stand, when Spartan got close to Jacque (about a 2ft or so) he quickly grabbed Jacque's neck with his left hand and pushed him back making his feet scrape against the ground until he pushed Jacque into the wall of the castle and pinned him against it, he held Jacque with an iron grip, as he reeled back his right fist and aimed it at Jacque face
"you not in a position to be asking questions, but you are to answer them" Spartan said in a dead serous tone of voice
"you have about fifteen seconds to tell me who you are, why you attacked us and why your here before I punch a fist shaped hole in your head..." he said in his dead serous tone again, slightly tightening his grip on Jacque's neck

[MonsieurShade]

Jacque glared down at the hand wrapped around his throat, his eyes then flashed a bright shade of blue. All of the water that remained sprang up and engulfed Jacque, "You wish to know who I am?" he inquired as his body dissolved into the water leaving nothing but the glowing eyes, "I am the swallower of man, beast, and vessel alike. I am the sea." a distorted voice from within the water claimed before a torrent, one that was stronger than what Jacque had used prior, violently pushed Spartan back and pinned him to the ground. The water undulated slowly as Jacque resumed solid form and dispelled the water around him and Spartan once more before rubbing his sore neck, "You really aren't the sporting type are you? Hmph. Kids today, not a single honorable bone in their bodies.". Jacque could tell he'd likely get nowhere with the conversation if he didn't answer the questions asked, so for the time being he conceded, "The name is Jacque Baila. And as for my business here, I came to test the worth of your team. Now then, how about answering MY questions? I'm getting tired.". Tired was an understatement, truth be told, Jacque was exhausted, full integration with water was a difficult task to even an advanced hydromancer, and with Jacque having been tired prior to engaging in combat, the strain placed on his body was immense.

[NacNak]

Spartan got to his feet, the water seemed to roll of him as if it wasn't touching him
"nice to meet you Jacque, and did you ever think that maybe people would be more sporting if you didn't try test them after you try to dump water on their head when they're sleeping" Spartan shot back as he lightly crossed his arms, still on guard
"as for your questions, I'm not to sure how many people are with us, some of them might have left, and everyone has their own strengths, it doesn't matter who's the strongest, we work as a team" Spartan said to Jacque as he took a more relaxed stance

[MonsieurShade]

"Well if I didn't go on the offensive, how would I know if any of you could hold your own in a fight? A team full of weaklings wouldn't stand a chance against the beasts that roam this planet." Jacque explained with a weary yawn. The elemental folded his arms and shrugged, "Well, in any case you passed the test, now whether its because you earned the win or i'm literally about to collapse from exhaustion is up for debate. But hey, a win is a win. I'm in.".

[Spriggs27]

Seiko kept walking down the hall following the trail of what was flying down the hall way, but soon stopped feeling that something was going on, something that was wrong, or someone was in trouble, she started to follow her instinct to where the trouble was, when she stopped she figured out what the trouble was, Spartan was fighting some guy, she wasn't going to interrupt the fight, she saw the guy from earlier carrying Rachel and didn't feel like bothering to save her, knowing she was going to be either snarky or snippy about her saving her.

She chose to help Spartan in his fight, she went to Spartan's side and looked to Jacque," I doubt that I'm going to get any sleep today with many things going on at once. Captain are you okay ?" She asked Spartan sounding like a cadet.

[NacNak]

MonsieurShade said
"Well if I didn't go on the offensive, how would I know if any of you could hold your own in a fight? A team full of weaklings wouldn't stand a chance against the beasts that roam this planet." Jacque explained with a weary yawn. The elemental folded his arms and shrugged, "Well, in any case you passed the test, now whether its because you earned the win or i'm literally about to collapse from exhaustion is up for debate. But hey, a win is a win. I'm in.".

Spriggs27 said
Seiko kept walking down the hall following the trail of what was flying down the hall way, but soon stopped feeling that something was going on, something that was wrong, or someone was in trouble, she started to follow her instinct to where the trouble was, when she stopped she figured out what the trouble was, Spartan was fighting some guy, she wasn't going to interrupt the fight, she saw the guy from earlier carrying Rachel and didn't feel like bothering to save her, knowing she was going to be either snarky or snippy about her saving her. She chose to help Spartan in his fight, she went to Spartan's side and looked to Jacque," I doubt that I'm going to get any sleep today with many things going on at once. Captain are you okay ?" She asked Spartan sounding like a cadet.

"think about it, if we were forming a team to save this dimension from whatever is threatening it, do you honestly think we'd consist of "weak" beings?" Spartan shot back with his arms to his sides, his hands balled into fists, not giving him time to reply as he activated his jets, he then looked to Seiko
"everything's fine" he said simply, before looking back to Jacque
"you've made it this far, you can find your way to the front doors and the dorms, we ship out at first light" Spartan said as he blasted off, going over the castle and taking another way in

[Spriggs27]

Seiko saw as Spartan blasted off again, she just shook her head before turning her gaze upon the Water elemental, " Well if Spartan is allowing you freedom to explore the castle then go ahead and explore, but it's after midnight so I suggest getting some shut eye." Seiko told him in a cold tone before walking away from the guy.

Before Death could notice a Shadowy figure grabbed Rachel and dropped her into the hallway with a rough thud, the figure left before Rachel could get a good look at it, and a familiar voice echoed through the hallway," I won't always be around Rae, get yourself a demonic blood transfusion, that should help."

[Lexzah]

Rachel hardly had time to wake again before she was grabbed and dumped roughly on the stone ground of the castle, groaning in pain as she lay on her side curled up still to out of it to really even try to get a look at this figure or to hear what they were saying , something about a demon blood transfusion? What ever that was.
The hybrid tried to get to her hands and knees but she was simply to weak at the current time, needed desperately to rest and let her body heal what it can of itself, falling back to the ground as her eyes closed on their own. Rachel hopped that someone would notice her and help as she couldn't help herself at the moment, though she also plotted revenge for the intruder for after she woke up. Slowly blacking out again as she lay there on the hard stone floor.

[Stryder]

The bat winged female quickly averted her attention to the angel half breed, quickly following into the castle. She waited patiently for Seiko to let her go, she silently flew over and lifted her up. She overheard a demon blood transfusion of some kind, maybe she could be of use, the blood she produced was useful for any blood type so maybe it would work now. Carrying the angel to the med-bay she looked down at her, her face lacked expression as she placed her on a bed. "I'll do the best I can to help you.." She sai to the angel.

[MonsieurShade]

Jacque chuckled as Spartan and Seiko left him standing in front of the castle wall, "Well if the universe is fucked, at least i'll have a bit of fun before I die.". The elemental shoved his hands into his pockets and entered the castle, only to freeze just as soon as he stepped over the threshold. "Manō, you feel that too?" Jacque asked as he looked down to his sword, which rattled about in its sheath wildly, the smile on Jacque's face faded into a scowl as the word passed his lips, "Phoenix.". A Fire elemental, how could he not have noticed it until now? Jacque let out a small growl of disdain and sat cross legged on the floor beside the entrance. Jacque decided that he'd just have to forgo the exploration, he was too tired, and didn't particularly feel like getting into it with what was basically his polar opposite on this night. "We'll deal with that when we come to it, sleep well manõ." Jacque mumbled to his blade before slipping into a deep slumber, too tired to even care about how hard the floor was.

[Lexzah]

Stryder said
The bat winged female quickly averted her attention to the angel half breed, quickly following into the castle. She waited patiently for Seiko to let her go, she silently flew over and lifted her up. She overheard a demon blood transfusion of some kind, maybe she could be of use, the blood she produced was useful for any blood type so maybe it would work now. Carrying the angel to the med-bay she looked down at her, her face lacked expression as she placed her on a bed. "I'll do the best I can to help you.." She said to the angel.

Rachel opened her eyes again when she felt herself placed on a bed, seeing a strange person who she had never seen before "I don't need help" Rachel grumbled a little as she rolled onto her side "Just...need to rest" she mumbled and closed her eyes again wanting nothing more than to rest and be left alone. The hybrid was due past her alone time having so many things to do that involved spending time with other people, she didn't want help and still believed she didn't need it either being as stubborn as she was.

[Spriggs27]

Seiko waltz into the Med-bay seeing Rachel hurt," She's hurt yet again huh ? I'm not gonna say I'm surprised, I saw her begin carried by that guy, maybe we shouldn't help her, from my point of view she will just be a liability and bring us down." Seiko told Allura.

[Lexzah]

"I'm not hurt" Rachel grumbled to Seiko as she cam waltzing in like she owned the place "my inner being is just out of balance, just...want...some...rest" She gritted her teeth a little "Please just leave me alone so I can rest" She placed a pillow over her head and closing her eyes tighter to try and sleep, she wasn't a liability and she would prove it, just once she got herself back together.

[Spriggs27]

Seiko was almost about to smile, but held it back to keep a straight face," If your not hurt then what are you doing sleeping in the med bay ? Last I checked you didn't work on the team as a nurse or doctor." Seiko responded to the hybrid.

[Lexzah]

"Don't know don't care, I just want some rest and it is a bed I happened to be in" Rachel grumbled as she held the pillow tighter over her head "Now please go away" She asked in a muffled voice starting to get a little irritated by this.

[Spriggs27]

Seiko grabbed the blanket that was at the foot of the bed and tossed it over Rachel, " I think it's about time some of us went to sleep, day's about c-" As Seiko spoke sunlight started to beam through one of the med bay's windows and shined onto Seiko and Allura's feet," Never mind, day is here and we have to report to Spartan, let's leave Rachel here to rest, maybe we can leave her behind on purpose." Seiko joked with Allura in a cold tone.

[MonsieurShade]

As the sunlight began to pour into the castle, Jacque let out a small, somewhat pitiful groan as he opened his eyes and blinked a few times. "Jesus christ Mother Nature, give a guy a break will you?" he growled as he rubbed his eyes and got to his feet. Despite having gotten such a paltry amount of sleep Jacque had always found it near impossible to sleep peacefully once the sun had risen, "Well if i'm going to be up, I might as well figure out where the hell the kitchen is in this place. I'm starving..." the elemental muttered to himself as he trudged off in a random direction, somewhat regretting his decision now to not explore the building when offered the chance.

[Lexzah]

Rachel groaned as she got out of bed slowly, glaring towards Seiko as she continued to make these harsh jokes "Keep it up and you will be seeing through the back of your head" The hybrid threatened as she slowly got off the bed and sulked towards the door, feeling rather hungry and deciding to make her way to the kitchen before they had to go and report to Spartan about their plan of attack. Wondering if the kitchens even had anything decent in them as she was feeling like some sort of meat to bite into, and some chips, always gotta have some chips at some point.