«We Could Be Legends»

[Cluckcluck1215]

My sister and brother-in-law are dead, my husband is dead, and likely I just let my daughter go die.
Not about to let on, Ash sighed as she stubbornly tried to keep the image of her longtime friend in focus. Her knees were begging to buckle beneath her. "Not too much use out here like this, am I?"

“I guess not,” Mikki replied, her eyebrows furrowing in concern at her friend’s weakness. She reached out and helped her stand, nervously letting go when Ash stood on her feet and keeping an worried eye on her. “Can you walk? I can float you if that’s easier on you.” She offered.

"Guys? Guys, I hate to panic you, but we have a problem." Taylor ceased her obsessive tapping on Ash's shoulder to point at the cat eared, ginger and black haired woman leaping in and out of battle. "I thought Wolfram and your daughter went into the woods to find her?"

 

[Thing2]

"Guys? Guys, I hate to panic you, but we have a problem." Taylor ceased her obsessive tapping on Ash's shoulder to point at the cat eared, ginger and black haired woman leaping in and out of battle. "I thought Wolfram and your daughter went into the woods to find her?"

“So that’s Mapleshade?” Mikki asked, watching the shifter fight with narrowed eyes. “Sorry, I don’t know much about this situation yet. Where did they go into the woods? Maybe we can find them quickly.”

(I kinda regret knocking out Brisa and bringing Mikki into this because I suck at playing two charries at once and now Mikki’s becoming too involved and is being put in situations that I’d rather have Brisa in. What do I do? )

 

[Cluckcluck1215]

“So that’s Mapleshade?” Mikki asked, watching the shifter fight with narrowed eyes. “Sorry, I don’t know much about this situation yet. Where did they go into the woods? Maybe we can find them quickly.”

(I kinda regret knocking out Brisa and bringing Mikki into this because I suck at playing two charries at once and now Mikki’s becoming too involved and is being put in situations that I’d rather have Brisa in. What do I do? )

(I have that problem sometimes XD erm mm....idk.)

"That's Mapleshade." Taylor growled. "I don't know which way they went. I wasn't paying all that much attention, and Wolfram just took off. Ash? Do you—" Her voice was cut of as a massive bang split the air and the ground shook. She whirled, the spot were some shifters and fire-benders had been standing and fighting furiously was burning with blue-gray flame. Her gaze flickered to Mapleshade, watching the shifter whisper to a very tall man, cloaked in shadows. "Ok then," she whimpered in a small voice. "Mapleshade is so much smarter then we thought, and I don't know what we are going to do."

 

[Thing2]

(I have that problem sometimes XD erm mm....idk.)

"That's Mapleshade." Taylor growled. "I don't know which way they went. I wasn't paying all that much attention, and Wolfram just took off. Ash? Do you—" Her voice was cut of as a massive bang split the air and the ground shook. She whirled, the spot were some shifters and fire-benders had been standing and fighting furiously was burning with blue-gray flame. Her gaze flickered to Mapleshade, watching the shifter whisper to a very tall man, cloaked in shadows. "Ok then," she whimpered in a small voice. "Mapleshade is so much smarter then we thought, and I don't know what we are going to do."

“Who’s that?” Judging by Taylor’s reaction it seemed like she knew who the frightening man was. “He seems powerful.”

(Ignore my awful writing . I’m not super inspired atm.)

Brisa jumped at the sound of a nearby explosion, crawling forward to look out the side window. She saw her mom standing by Ash and Taylor and breathed a sigh of relief that she was okay. Then she noticed a tall, shadowy figure talking to Mapleshade. Where are Wolfram, Jessi, and Bleddyn? She wondered, noticing their absence from the fight. A sinking feeling filling her stomach, she tried to focus on the man but couldn’t quite seem to. She attributed it to her wonky vision but couldn’t quite shake the feeling that he didn’t even have a solid outline. She felt a little better after resting, and the water Toby had given her had seemed to help, so she opened her car door and slid carefully to the ground, testing her balance. She almost fell over, so she pulled herself back into the safety of the car and slammed the door shut behind her. Sliding across the seat to the window that was facing the battlefield, she found that it was rolled down about five inches. “Yes!” Her voice still sounded strange. Putting one foot on the floor and her knee on the seat, she stuck her gun’s barrel through the crack and sighted down it, firing and dropping a Pure member fighting nearby.

 

[Cluckcluck1215]

“Who’s that?” Judging by Taylor’s reaction it seemed like she knew who the frightening man was. “He seems powerful.”

(Ignore my awful writing . I’m not super inspired atm.)

Brisa jumped at the sound of a nearby explosion, crawling forward to look out the side window. She saw her mom standing by Ash and Taylor and breathed a sigh of relief that she was okay. Then she noticed a tall, shadowy figure talking to Mapleshade. Where are Wolfram, Jessi, and Bleddyn? She wondered, noticing their absence from the fight. A sinking feeling filling her stomach, she tried to focus on the man but couldn’t quite seem to. She attributed it to her wonky vision but couldn’t quite shake the feeling that he didn’t even have a solid outline. She felt a little better after resting, and the water Toby had given her had seemed to help, so she opened her car door and slid carefully to the ground, testing her balance. She almost fell over, so she pulled herself back into the safety of the car and slammed the door shut behind her. Sliding across the seat to the window that was facing the battlefield, she found that it was rolled down about five inches. “Yes!” Her voice still sounded strange. Putting one foot on the floor and her knee on the seat, she stuck her gun’s barrel through the crack and sighted down it, firing and dropping a Pure member fighting nearby.

"I'm not sure, but I do know that if Mapleshade has someone like him on her side, then we're better off dead." Taylor murmured. The cloaked man lifted his head, vibrant blue and yellow eyes looking across the battlefield from the shadows of his hood. There as a roar as blue-gray flames rose from the ground, obscuring all vision.
There was sharp shrieks of terror and agony, and Taylor backed away, even though the flames weren't near them. "We have to find Bleddyn, River and Wolfram. Now."

 

[RiverStorm]

Bleddyn detached her grasp from the tree and came up alongside River, reverent by a strange sense of disillusion. So Wolfram had killed his---their---arch nemesis. Just like that.
And now it seemed...seriously anticlimactic. Bleddyn realized that she hadn't expected this to go down so simply. Where was the last-second move that, like one of those devious UNO reverse cards, should've instead had him facing the death he intended to inflict? What about a swarm of elite backup that sprang out of nowhere?
She suddenly felt compelled to cast a probing glance around the quiet clearing. Nothing.
Yeah, after all the intricate, relentless confrontation, this was weirdly conclusive. Heck, she wouldn't have been too astonished if it turned out Maple had somehow bargained for immortality. Or maybe nine lives for the cat part of her.
Bleddyn looked at the very dead woman, her very conflicted killer, and decided to keep all of this to herself.

Wolfram didn't speak a single word as his reached forward, pulling the blade from Mapleshade's throat, though something felt so off as he took it, like he missed something. Slowly, he rose to his feet, staring at the blood coated blade. He gave a involuntary shudder, turning slowly, again having that sense of dread that he missed some vital information. He glanced between Bleddyn and River, though he found his vision was to hazy for him to focus on one of them simply. "It was to easy. Way to easy. Don't get me wrong...she could have turned immortal or something like that...but that...was..." Suddenly he couldn't really focus on speaking, because when he turned to beckon at the dead shifter, something caught his eye. Something he hadn't expected. Mapleshade's lifeless, hazed eye was not green.
It was dark brown.
Slowly, he dragged his gaze to look at Bleddyn and River again. I knew it...it was to easy...to easy...Mapleshade wouldn't have just given up like that, she had a gun, knives...
The conclusion he came to was utterly horrifying. "That's not Mapleshade."

River turned back to him, eyes focusing on the body beside him, and she strode forward, inspecting the corpse and pausing when she saw the brown eye. "Great." She moaned, turning to him. "That's just great. She could be anywhere and planning anything."

"I'm not sure, but I do know that if Mapleshade has someone like him on her side, then we're better off dead." Taylor murmured. The cloaked man lifted his head, vibrant blue and yellow eyes looking across the battlefield from the shadows of his hood. There as a roar as blue-gray flames rose from the ground, obscuring all vision.
There was sharp shrieks of terror and agony, and Taylor backed away, even though the flames weren't near them. "We have to find Bleddyn, River and Wolfram. Now."

Camilla whirled, her eyes widening as she was met with the sight of blueish-grey fire springing up from the scuffed up soil, and racing towards her. She tensed, rooted to the spot where she stood, her heart beginning to leap into sporadic beats, when something gripped onto her shoulder, yanking her back away from the flames and dragging her to a considerately safer zone of the battle field.
She turned hurriedly, nearly ramming into Finlay as his hand slid off her shoulder. "You okay, Cam?"
She gave her cousin a quick nod, noticing with off-hand amusement that his left hand still was clutching a piece of wood. "Yeah, yeah I'm fine." She murmured, turning back to steal a glance at the flames, her eyes pausing on a man wearing a shadowy hood, before the odd flames rose higher and obscured her vision of him.

 

[Cluckcluck1215]

River turned back to him, eyes focusing on the body beside him, and she strode forward, inspecting the corpse and pausing when she saw the brown eye. "Great." She moaned, turning to him. "That's just great. She could be anywhere and planning anything."

Camilla whirled, her eyes widening as she was met with the sight of blueish-grey fire springing up from the scuffed up soil, and racing towards her. She tensed, rooted to the spot where she stood, her heart beginning to leap into sporadic beats, when something gripped onto her shoulder, yanking her back away from the flames and dragging her to a considerately safer zone of the battle field.
She turned hurriedly, nearly ramming into Finlay as his hand slid off her shoulder. "You okay, Cam?"
She gave her cousin a quick nod, noticing with off-hand amusement that his left hand still was clutching a piece of wood. "Yeah, yeah I'm fine." She murmured, turning back to steal a glance at the flames, her eyes pausing on a man wearing a shadowy hood, before the odd flames rose higher and obscured her vision of him.

Wolfram froze in place suddenly, every muscle rigid and tensed. The ground beneath his feet shuddered and vibrated, and he glanced up momentarily at Bleddyn, wondering if she had done something to cause the ground to open once more. But there were no spiraling scars in the ground this time. A massive, freezing wind spread through the forest, leaves whipping wildly.
Slowly he turned back to River, trepidation clear in his eyes. "Like planning to murder every single one of us in the cruelest and most morbid way possible? Yeah, I think your right." He flexed his fingers, nails forming oddly into claws on his fingertips.
"We have to get back. Who knows what she's doing now..."

 

[Thing2]

"I'm not sure, but I do know that if Mapleshade has someone like him on her side, then we're better off dead." Taylor murmured. The cloaked man lifted his head, vibrant blue and yellow eyes looking across the battlefield from the shadows of his hood. There as a roar as blue-gray flames rose from the ground, obscuring all vision.
There were sharp shrieks of terror and agony, and Taylor backed away, even though the flames weren't near them. "We have to find Bleddyn, River and Wolfram. Now."

Mikki nodded, glancing anxiously toward the vans where her daughter was, then back at Taylor. “Where do you think they might have gone in? An idea of their location is better than nothing.” She began to float upward. “I can fly above the battlefield and make it easier for you guys to get to the woods quickly.” She offered.



Downing yet another Pure, Brisa aimed at a tall woman and pulled the trigger. Click. Frustrated, she reached beside her for the extra ammo Toby had given her and her hand came up empty. Great, this is really what I need right now! She thought angrily, sinking backwards so she wouldn’t be detected. Then she noticed that the keys were still in the ignition in the front of the car. Climbing forward into the front seat, she tested her vision and found it to be almost entirely steady. Taking a deep breath, she started the car and rolled up the windows. You don’t start learning to drive until you’re sixteen! Her brain shouted at her. Why did Mom have to make me wait an extra year? She wondered as she pressed the gas and the car jumped forward. “Darn, that’s more sensitive than I thought it’d be.” She said out loud, reapplying pressure more gently this time. She carefully turned the car toward the battlefield and then floored it, driving at full speed at Mapleshade and the strange cloaked man. Why not? A strangely calm part of her brain asked, while every other part of her was screaming to stop as Inhumans and Pure members alike jumped out of her way.

 

[FrankieDoodle]

Mikki nodded, glancing anxiously toward the vans where her daughter was, then back at Taylor. “Where do you think they might have gone in? An idea of their location is better than nothing.” She began to float upward. “I can fly above the battlefield and make it easier for you guys to get to the woods quickly.” She offered.



Downing yet another Pure, Brisa aimed at a tall woman and pulled the trigger. Click. Frustrated, she reached beside her for the extra ammo Toby had given her and her hand came up empty. Great, this is really what I need right now! She thought angrily, sinking backwards so she wouldn’t be detected. Then she noticed that the keys were still in the ignition in the front of the car. Climbing forward into the front seat, she tested her vision and found it to be almost entirely steady. Taking a deep breath, she started the car and rolled up the windows. You don’t start learning to drive until you’re sixteen! Her brain shouted at her. Why did Mom have to make me wait an extra year? She wondered as she pressed the gas and the car jumped forward. “Darn, that’s more sensitive than I thought it’d be.” She said out loud, reapplying pressure more gently this time. She carefully turned the car toward the battlefield and then floored it, driving at full speed at Mapleshade and the strange cloaked man. Why not? A strangely calm part of her brain asked, while every other part of her was screaming to stop as Inhumans and Pure members alike jumped out of her way.

Jessi looked up to see a car hurtling towards her, with Brisa driving it. Well that was unexpected. She thought, flying up to avoid being hit. She swooped down and chomped an unlucky person in half, spitting out his torso. She used her wing to salute Brisa and smiled at her, revealing her sharp, bloody fangs.

 

[Thing2]

Jessi looked up to see a car hurtling towards her, with Brisa driving it. Well that was unexpected. She thought, flying up to avoid being hit. She swooped down and chomped an unlucky person in half, spitting out his torso. She used her wing to salute Brisa and smiled at her, revealing her sharp, bloody fangs.

Brisa flinched as she narrowly missed mowing down Jessi, her eyes growing wider at her friend’s blood-covered face. She returned a strained smile as she passed, hurtling forward, her arms locked tight on the steering wheel as the van bounced over the war torn ground.