[IC] The Blood Compact

[thewizardguy]

Dresden chuckles, reverting to his normal form, before rolling the tree off his master. "I'd almost be worried, if you were one who needed breath" In truth, Dresden nearly had killed his master, and he was silently berating himself for using that form. He had simply wished to surpass his master too badly, and he knew that no unarmed vampire could stand up to the legendary Werewolf Form. Had he killed his master, he would have taken his own life as recompensation, and the vampire horde would have been stopped right here. "I have not exceeded you, Magnus. You were unarmed, and I cannot in all honestly say that I was as well. While I wielded no weapon, that form in itself is a weapon, and one I should not have wielded in a match such as this." Dresden held his head high, baring his neck, the vampire sign for admitting defeat. If Magnus had wished, he could have struck Dresden down in that moment with ease.

[Shikaru]

Magnus stood up brushing himself off. "I in all honesty cannot say I was unarmed as well, for if you were not in that form and I had used my illusions on you it would have been quite the easy match for me." Magnus said with a grin, "Let's just call this match a draw, shall we? Neither of us exactly fought unarmed". Walking over to his claws he proceeded to put them on, after which he grabbed Dresden's Blade and tossed it at him. "Let's get going, shall we? We don't want to miss all the fun." Magnus said with a menacingly evil laugh only capable by a vampire.

[thewizardguy]

"Of course" Dresden lowers his chin, catching the blade, before dashing off towards the killing ground, grinning.

[Shikaru]

Magnus dashed off after Dresden, easily catching up with him despite his head start. "It truly has been a long time since we have hunted together, hasn't it?" Magnus said out loud, mostly to himself. Eventually they reached the outer enclave where the vampire horde were putting on bullet proof armor. "Vampire creativity has come a long way over the years..." He said to himself. He spotted a SOLDIER amongst the ranks of vampires, he appeared to have more authority than the rest of the group. Perhaps this was Dresden's sireling? He couldn't see any other way he would allow someone to lead his group. Magnus walked over to the new vampire, he could tell he had only been turned recently. "Hello there. I'll assume you are one of my son's sirelings? Let's hope he chose well, from the looks of it he did." Magnus said gesturing the to tanks and vampires with armor. "Have to admit, never would have thought of it myself."

[thewizardguy]

'You old vampires have tons of power, and no idea how to direct it." Johnathan spits at Magnus' feet, before smiling mockilngly. "I assume you're another one, as you're Dresden's friend. Let me be plain. I'll devise the weapons, and make the plans, and we'll win. If I die, SOLDIER rushes in, serie-bombs the entire area, sends in hundreds of men with Holy Water, performs a PURGE across the entire country. As you can't kill me without killing your race, I don't care how old or badass you think you are. If you're done standing there like a buffoon, go kill something." Johnathan turns back to his notepad, shooing Magnus away.

[Shikaru]

Magnus grinned wickedly before grabbing the front of Johnathans shirt and lifting him off the ground. "You'd best watch who you are talking to boy and show some respect. You wouldn't be standing here if I hadn'tve sired Dresden nearly two milleniums ago. I don't care how damned smart you are, if Dresden hadn'tve sired you you'd be dead right now." Magnus told him before throwing him to the ground. "Now. If everything is clear I will help with this, but I will do things my way. I don't need your armor either, nor do I need your plans. So, when do we strike?" Magnus asked.

[thewizardguy]

Johnathan glares upwards at Magnus, but then breaks into a smile. "When? Why, my lord, I'd have thought you'd wish to strike right now." Mockingly, Johnathan bows. "My fellow vampires, may I have your attention? This is Magnus, a friend of our honored leader Magnus. In fact, he's such a badass, he came up to me just now, and convinced me, all these plans are useless. Our armor, which prevents the holy water vapour from burning our skin off, is just a coward's tool, right?" Johnathan laughs, looking around at the now assembled group of vampires. "Well then, I think it's obvious Magnus should lead the first attack, in typical vampire style. No armor, no plans, just running into the face of 151 heavily armed, prepared, desperate SOLDIER, through a wall of Holy Water Vapor." He smiles at Magnus as not a single vampire volunteers for this suicide mission, and once more, bows down. "Well then, most esteemed Magnus, it seems you'll have 151 SOLDIER all yours for the picking." Johnathan tosses over a grenade to him. "Maybe when your body is being crushed by bullets and arrows, you'll be smart enough to pull the needle, and your 'heroic death' can be of some use to the clan." Smirking, Johnathan turns his back on Magnus and walks away, leaving the sixty vampires looking expectantly at Magnus.

[Shikaru]

Magnus glared and began growling in fury at Johnathan. "What the hell are all of you looking at? Get back to doing what you were before I use this grenade on the lot of you!" Magnus shouted at them. He turned back towards Johnathan, letting the rage subside so he could focus. Closing his eyes he forced a scene to play out in Johnathan's mind. First he made himself appear in front of Johnathan. His mirror image laughed wickedly at Johnathan before dashing up to him and severing his arms from his body, the image then stabbed its claws through Johnathan's chest. All the way through out his back ripping his heart out before pulling his arm back through to the other side and crushing his heart as Johnathan crumpled to the ground. Magnus opened his eyes and grinned evily as the scene played out in Johnathan's mind and he panicked in horror. He walked over to him and said "Now that you mention it, I do think i'll take a Kevlar. Bullets and arrows will surely slow me down." Magnus laughed evily before finding a spare piece of Kevlar and putting it on. "I do however, not need your plans. Keep them for the other vamps, alright? And in case it wasn't clear and it hasn't registered in that smart head of yours. I'm not merely Dresden's friend, I sired him, just as he sired you." Magnus told Johnathan.

[thewizardguy]

Johnathan blinked. This was his reaction to the image. Then, he stood his ground, looking Magnus in the eye, calmly. "The weakness of illusion is knowledge. I know of your abilities, they're on your wiki page. A vampire as old as you has no privacy, no secrecy, and no surprise." Then, very calmly, he smiled at the other vampires. "Do you hear this? It appears that the legendary Magnus is backing down from my challenge. My dear Magnus, it appears you aren't that legendary after all." Johnathan looks at you with fake petty, and then turns away once more. "Don't try something like that again, Magnus, or you will be forced to challenge me. And in a fight, I will bring guns. You'll fight with your claws. I hope you like your chances of moving faster than a bullet." The other vampires begin to awkwardly laugh, watching as Magnus is humiliated by Johnathan.

[Shikaru]

Magnus grinned, he liked the new vamps attitude. Reminded him of himself in the beginning stages of his immortal life. Magnus chuckled at Johnathan. "You really do remind me of myself when I was young." He told him. "I should however mention, you'd best aim for the head. I also wouldn't go about challenging elder vampires, at least until you get fully used to your senses. By the time your finger pulled that trigger, I will have severed your hand from your arm."

Magnus looked around at the other vampires and said "If you would like to test that theory, i'd be more than happy to demonstrate it on one of your underlings."

[thewizardguy]

Johnathan holds up a hand, and makes a gesture. After a moment of confusion, the vampires produce machine guns and move into a crescent circle formation around Magnus, holding their guns ready to fire. "A concentrated hail of fire. No way to dodge. If I'd shown one more finger, you'd be dead by now. The difference between us is that you're not prepared to kill me, or I'd be dead right now." Johnathan walks away, as he begins preparing plans for something that looks like a smaller version of the Vampire Tank, as the vampires oddly disperse, chuckling about the oddness of formation combat.

[Shikaru]

Magnus glared in fury at Johnathan and the other vampires before cursing under his breath and walking over and proceeding to lean on a tree in the vicinity of the area. He hated when SOLDIER were turned, every damn last one of them nothing but arrogant pricks, though they weren't much different than himself. He stared at the ground thinking to himself while waiting on the preparations to be complete. He could in fact rush in a start things alone, but then again he didn't know the number of SOLDIER in there, plus Dresden would miss all the fun. He began to grin, sharp pointy fangs shining in the moonlight, thinking of the coming slaughter. He stood there, waiting on Dresden to arrive and oversee the final preparations so the fun could begin.