“Wait, where’re you going?” Vicki took off after Alex, catching up to his side at the stairs, keeping pace with him.
”You said there’s more people with powers? How many of u-...how many of them are there? Can you take me to them?”Before they could reach the top of the stairs, Vicki bolted in front of Alex, blocking his path. The light from the diner shown in through the staircase, casting Vicki’s silhouette into the damp, blue darkness of the basement. The illumination caught beautifully in her albino hair.
Vicki looked at him wide-eyed, with her lips tensed up. The confusion on her face was apparent.
”Look, I know you just met me and everything, but...I just don’t know what to do. This is all really sudden and just...weird. If there’s more people with powers, I’d like to know what they’re planning to do.” Vicki paused momentarily, before pleading,
“Please.”@EklispeRaze sprinted down a wide alley, splashing up water from a murky stream running down a gutter in the center. Just as he approached an intersection, a loud crash resounded from behind Raze, followed seconds later by rocks gouging out of the earth and rising to block off his path. Raze skidded to a halt, bracing himself against the rock wall to prevent himself from crashing full force into it.
Almost as soon as he touched the rock wall, it exploded out towards him, pushing Raze to the ground. An orange revenant burst from the rubble, leaping towards Raze, now on the ground. He rolled to the side just as its malicious claws stabbed into the ground, and pushed himself up to a standing position.
The ghoul shot its gaze at him, howling like nails on a chalkboard. Raze screamed back at it, summoning his spear in its signature flurry of balefire. The ghoul lunged at Raze, its needle-like talons extended out to grab him. Raze thwacked it off to the side in mid-leap, the ghoul crumpling into a pile on the ground just in front of his glasses-bearing pursuer.
Raze lost focus of the young man after the rock wall came up, and he could now see that the boy chasing him was huffing and puffing on the ground. Despite being at least 20 feet away, Raze could clearly hear him wheezing loudly. This wasn’t just exhaustion from running at full speed.
Raze stood there for a few seconds, contemplating what to do. The boy sounded like he needed immediate attention...but on the other hand, he just sent a pack of monsters after Raze.
His choice was made for him as an elongated shadow began to stretch across the sidewalk at the end of the alley, accompanied by dainty footsteps. Raze sent away his spear and took off down the opposite end of the alley, clambering over the wall rubble wall and disappearing.
@Cubix @EklispeNow I won't take much of your time, Garret, so I'll make this brief. You will be working for me and my accomplices from now on, or at least if you want to ensure your own security. I'm a busy man- as I'm sure you are as well- so time fooling around with loose ends are troublesome. So how about we agree to help each other?Garrett didn’t trust this man at all. He had given him no reason to trust him, let alone to help him, and Garrett had no idea what sort of help this man could possibly provide him. Rather than giving any sort of response, Garrett decided to remain silent and wait.
Now you may be asking yourself, 'Why would I work for you? How did you get this number? How on earth do you know I have the powers of Zed?'Garrett’s heartbeat fluttered for an instant, his body immediately going into alert mode.
No really, how on earth DO you know? he thought. Immediately, a knock sounded at the door. Garrett walked out to the living room, even more on edge. His lips were now pursed and beads of sweat beginning to form on his forehead as he approached the front door cautiously. His broken arm began throbbing.
Trust me... You don't want to find out these facts. Now be a good little ninja. We'll be in touch soon. Before Garrett could even respond, the other line was cut out, and a whining dial tone filled his ears. Keeping his eyes on the door, Garrett gingerly placed the phone in his pocket, as if it were an unstable bomb.
Now standing barely a foot away from the door, Garrett contemplated what to do.
I could just leave...I’ll make a shadow clone at the bottom of the alley and teleport down.Every cell in his body screamed for him to escape and leave Darkwell. Some small voice deep inside of him though wanted to know…
needed to know what this was.
In a flash, Garrett summoned his wrist blade on his free arm, opened the door, summoned a shadow clone behind his visitor, and then pointed his wrist blade directly at them. Garrett’s head was tilted down slightly, glowering at the stranger.
”Talk fast.”@Leolycan 