Of Feathers And Flames- A Wings of Fire AU RP

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Owens parked the car, throwing the door open and sprinting towards the stocky, grey beared truck driver, who was slowly making his way towards the back of the truck.
"Don't tell them, don't tell them," Owens begged, the humid night air stifling. A car whizzed by, dangerously close.
The trucker pushed Owens against the truck, flipping the driver off, though the car was obviously long gone. "Quiet, lass. Here they come."
A pair of officers strode up, guns in hand as if on high alert. "Registration."
No 'good evening', no nod of the head, absolutely no exchange of pleasantries, which only increased the tension in the air.
The trucker handed him a few papers. The other officer nodded at Owens. "Have you a relation to this man?"
"Daughter." The trucker answered immediately.
Owens nodded.
"Huh." The cop handed back the papers with unnecessary force.
He banged on the side of the truck. "Let's see what's in here." The officer extended his hand. "Key."

Eclipse stood frozen in front of the door to the transport. She could hear the sound of human voices squeaking on the other side of the thin metal. One of them sounded vaguely familiar, but the others were completely strange. The sound of other, smaller transports whizzed past theirs, and Eclipse assumed it was one of the solid paths that laced over every corner of the continent, likely where the truck had been a few moments before.
Something suddenly banged on the metal door and Eclipse flinched, taking a couple of steps back, her eyes slitting and spines rising defensively.

@_-Captain BRM-_

 

[_-Captain BRM-_]

Eclipse stood frozen in front of the door to the transport. She could hear the sound of human voices squeaking on the other side of the thin metal. One of them sounded vaguely familiar, but the others were completely strange. The sound of other, smaller transports whizzed past theirs, and Eclipse assumed it was one of the solid paths that laced over every corner of the continent, likely where the truck had been a few moments before.
Something suddenly banged on the metal door and Eclipse flinched, taking a couple of steps back, her eyes slitting and spines rising defensively.

@_-Captain BRM-_

"The- the dragons, they're free in there. It was, uhm-"
"Dr. Ferrin's breeding program." The trucker finished. "The dragons are not drugged an any way. We were given strict instructions not to open the truck."
An officer snorted, "Give me the key."
The trucker fished in his pocket for a moment, and Owens took a step back, feeling sick as the officer threw the lock to the ground, and, lifting the bar, he wrenched to doors open.

 

[-Kiwi-]

Eclipse was silent for a long moment, unsure where to divert the conversation next.
She glanced up at the dragons in the transport again, this time, spotting Sunspot nearby, watching them, her ears pricked in interest.
Eclipse felt the scales under her eyes start to glow again and she gave the Solarwing a hard look before standing up and pacing to the back of the transport closest to the door, and furthest from all the other dragons.
Will this trip never end? she thought in frustration, sliding to the ground again with her back facing the other rescues. She thought again vaguely if Tobias and Roe ever got out of the Den. The longer she thought about it, the more guilty she felt about leaving them behind. Would it have changed whatever outcome they came to? For better or worse? What if they had both died because she wasn't there to help them?
Eclipse remembered somewhat wryly how much she had hated them when she'd first come to the Den. All she had known about humans to that point was that they were insane and violent. That nothing good ever came from them.
Tobias had shown her otherwise. She could easily see how vastly her perspective on the creatures had shifted because of him. Because of all of the humans in the rebellion. They were complicated. If not all of them, then at least a decent majority.
And she'd left them behind.
Eclipse growled softly and folded a wing over her head, trying to redirect her thoughts.
There's nothing you can do about it now, she thought bitterly.
Suddenly the transport shifted something about the gravity inside the space shoving forward. Eclipse lifted her head sharply, her ears flicking toward the sides of the machine where a soft shrieking noise was sounding.
The transport jostled as it began to slow even more and Eclipse stood up, along with a few other dragons. Finally, all movement in the vehicle stopped.
No one moved, all the dragons falling silent, alert.

@Mary Poopins Love @-Kiwi- @_-Captain BRM-_

Sunspot made a face at Eclipse and Bloodmoon before freezing, ears pricked. “We’re stopped.”

Eclipse stood frozen in front of the door to the transport. She could hear the sound of human voices squeaking on the other side of the thin metal. One of them sounded vaguely familiar, but the others were completely strange. The sound of other, smaller transports whizzed past theirs, and Eclipse assumed it was one of the solid paths that laced over every corner of the continent, likely where the truck had been a few moments before.
Something suddenly banged on the metal door and Eclipse flinched, taking a couple of steps back, her eyes slitting and spines rising defensively.

@_-Captain BRM-_

Sunspot let out a low hiss, her crest rising defensively as she narrowed her eyes towards the doorway. She assumed this wasn’t the plan, judging by how tense the atmosphere had become.

"The- the dragons, they're free in there. It was, uhm-"
"Dr. Ferrin's breeding program." The trucker finished. "The dragons are not drugged an any way. We were given strict instructions not to open the truck."
An officer snorted, "Give me the key."
The trucker fished in his pocket for a moment, and Owens took a step back, feeling sick as the officer threw the lock to the ground, and, lifting the bar, he wrenched to doors open.

Sunspot snarled, but didn’t lunge forward, as per her first instinct screamed at her to do. Instead, she dropped low to the ground, her wing-blades fanning out defensively, tail lashing. She was painfully aware of the fact that her fire hadn’t returned yet.

She waited for a cue.

 

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"The- the dragons, they're free in there. It was, uhm-"
"Dr. Ferrin's breeding program." The trucker finished. "The dragons are not drugged an any way. We were given strict instructions not to open the truck."
An officer snorted, "Give me the key."
The trucker fished in his pocket for a moment, and Owens took a step back, feeling sick as the officer threw the lock to the ground, and, lifting the bar, he wrenched to doors open.

Eclipse backed away further, hissing as the doors flew open. More of the dragons stood up, most of them looking panicked or furious. Eclipse didn't recognize the human standing in front of the transport or the one behind him, but from the looks on their faces, she assumed they weren't with the rebellion. A pair of smaller transports were sitting on the side of the hard-path, strange red and blue lights set on top that flashed in a weird pattern, beaming their light ominously into the back of the truck.
Eclipse glanced past them and saw one of the humans she'd seen in the lot with the Rainwings and Fracture, looking worried. Eclipse crouched a little, hissing again at the strange humans.

@_-Captain BRM-_

 

[_-Captain BRM-_]

Eclipse backed away further, hissing as the doors flew open. More of the dragons stood up, most of them looking panicked or furious. Eclipse didn't recognize the human standing in front of the transport or the one behind him, but from the looks on their faces, she assumed they weren't with the rebellion. A pair of smaller transports were sitting on the side of the hard-path, strange red and blue lights set on top that flashed in a weird pattern, beaming their light ominously into the back of the truck.
Eclipse glanced past them and saw one of the humans she'd seen in the lot with the Rainwings and Fracture, looking worried. Eclipse crouched a little, hissing again at the strange humans.

@_-Captain BRM-_

Owens gave a tiny nod.
"Docile." One of the officer's noted.
"Is that why that one's growling at you?" The other commented, his gun raised.
Owens locked eyes with the LunarWing mouthing, "Do it."

 

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Owens gave a tiny nod.
"Docile." One of the officer's noted.
"Is that why that one's growling at you?" The other commented, his gun raised.
Owens locked eyes with the LunarWing mouthing, "Do it."

The warping was in the air before Eclipse hardly knew what she was doing.
She heard the weapons firing and their projectiles bounced dangerously off the surface of the newly formed shield, sending chips of warping spiraling through the air.
Eclipse recollected the pieces and thinned them into a set of small knives, launching them blindly at the two humans from behind the shield.

@_-Captain BRM-_
I'm getting into the swing again

 

[_-Captain BRM-_]

The warping was in the air before Eclipse hardly knew what she was doing.
She heard the weapons firing and their projectiles bounced dangerously off the surface of the newly formed shield, sending chips of warping spiraling through the air.
Eclipse recollected the pieces and thinned them into a set of small knives, launching them blindly at the two humans from behind the shield.

@_-Captain BRM-_
I'm getting into the swing again

The trucker pulled Owens back as the officers dropped, the silver spikes shooting clear through their chests.
"Get in the truck and shut the doors!" The trucker jogged towards the front of the vehicle as Owens went around the back, stepping over a body as she gripped the left door, trying to scramble into the truck, the vehicle lurching forward quite suddenly.

 

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The trucker pulled Owens back as the officers dropped, the silver spikes shooting clear through their chests.
"Get in the truck and shut the doors!" The trucker jogged towards the front of the vehicle as Owens went around the back, stepping over a body as she gripped the left door, trying to scramble into the truck, the vehicle lurching forward quite suddenly.

Eclipse summoned her warping back, her heart pounding as the girl leapt into the truck, trying to get inside as the transport suddenly jerked back into motion. Eclipse stumbled forward a little from the movement, then reached out and closed her talon around the human's waist, pulling her into the transport as it jostled back onto the hard-path.
"What's going on," she said, glancing out the still open doors.

 

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@-Kiwi-

 

[_-Captain BRM-_]

Eclipse summoned her warping back, her heart pounding as the girl leapt into the truck, trying to get inside as the transport suddenly jerked back into motion. Eclipse stumbled forward a little from the movement, then reached out and closed her talon around the human's waist, pulling her into the transport as it jostled back onto the hard-path.
"What's going on," she said, glancing out the still open doors.

"Close the- close the doors," Owens yelped as the truck roared, turning sharply onto the highway.
Eclipse held her steady as the first door slammed into place. Sirens blared a truck screeched towards them, pulling out from behind the first officers car, the red, blue lights illuminating a form leaning out the passenger window, gun in hand.
The steady roll of the automatic weapon, and bullets careening through the air, ricocheting off the steel as the truck jostled and bumped, the vehicles easily pushing 80. Eclipse released her, focusing on the warped shield, which kept being snapped out of place with every jerk of the vehicle.
"Eclipse!" Owens half screamed over the roar of the engine, "Eclipse, we have got to play defense. Use your warping! Use your-" a bullet slammed into her chest, and Owens stumbled back.

(Yeah... Just- stop getting attached to my characters, K? Except Tobe. Your probably safe with Tobe. Sol? You're pretty safe with him. The others? Eehhh. Not so much :/)