Heartbeat Institute for The Evolutionally Advanced || IC

[nickdelight]

Armel stopped, something wasn’t feeling right, and soon something was definitely not feeling right. The little finger on his left had started tingling quickly escalating to white hot pain. The back of his eyes lit up and white light streaked backwards in his vision like a sci-fi movie answer to space travel. He saw with horror his little finger detach and felt the warm stickiness of blood spurting down his hand. A sickening feeling rose in the pit of his stomach, he wanted to just puke, but he fought it down. He fell to his knees, as instinct took over. He wanted to scream, but it was too painful to so he just whimpered. Tears welled up at the corner of his eyes. In an effort to master himself he stuck the bleeding hand into the sand and with more concentration than ever before forced it to turn to ice. He put all his concentration, all his energy, and all his soul into changing the sand, more than he’d ever done before. The sand around his left hand rapidly turned to ice spreading out to encompass all the sand under Armel and around him. He was beginning to lose consciousness, but he couldn’t stop the change. He felt everything drain out of him and still the area turned to ice. The temperature dropped and with it Armel collapsed unconscious on the hard ice.

 

[NiteCrowe]

Matt stopped, and slowly dropped down to the ice, looking at Armel.

The best way for people to obey rules was to have a constant reminder about it. for him, it was the large burn on his left arm....a burn that hadn't being placed there by Hell.

He stopped though, and picked up Armel, and made his way to exit the simulation room, in order to go to the infirmary.

He also remembered to pick up the severed finger....with any luck, it should easily be re-attatched.

 

[CountV]

I was a bit surprised that nobody bursted into flames, until they left. After a long wait I finally got my hot water, so I prepare my tea and go away, taking the fastest route I go through the wall and move towards my dorm. I hover slowly above the ground, thankful to finally be in a noncrowded place and look up at the moon.

Then I feel a mental tap, like a knock on the door. I know only one person that can do that.

/What do you want Elizabeth?/ I mentally reply

“I just want to talk no need to be so impolite my dear friend” she answered

Not sure why, maybe it was boredom, but I allowed her to contact me. Elizabeth had a share of dangerous powers, this one in theory wasn’t so harmful, she would enter a meditative state and initiate a way of astral travel that allowed her to communicate with someone, it took either training or keen psionic abilities to make her need to ask for permission to let her image haunt you, I had the first one. Before my eyes a semi translucent figure begins to appear, like out of a mist. A figure I knew well.

First the raven black hair, then the unblemished pale skin, then the teasing catlike yellow eyes. Then encased in a tight red pants and top her voluptuous body appeared. She smiled when she was done, showing her pearly white teeth and her unusually long fangs. All this appearance could be done in less than a second, but she always made it last long to bask in the admiration that the “receiver” paid to her features.

“The Cheshire act gets old after the first time you know?” I look around glad that noone was there to hear me talking to myself.

“Really Mack, what about the white thing? That doesn’t get old? I bet that is even white tea you are drinking”

I gulp the rest of my tea and evade the question “Let’s go to my room, if I recall correctly I’m the only one that can see you and I don’t need people to realize I’m crazy so soon”

“No sightseeing for me? You are so mean” she faked hurt

Knowing it was the fastest way, I fly to my room entering through the wall. The embodiment of Elizabeth being forced to follow me because of the mental link, opts for starting to rub my shoulders. I had forgotten she could touch me like this. It’s like having an imaginary friend…

As soon as we arrive I disengage from her hands.

“Now we can talk, what do you want?” I say in a serious tone

She walks around the room slowly, “That’s it? Not how are you? I missed you? You never visit? Red makes you look hot? I have always been in love with you?” she mocks

“Be serious Elizabeth, you know I don’t fall your games…”

“…right now” she completes the sentence “I’ll have you again sometime and we both know it”

“I appreciate that you take the time to squeeze trying to seduce me in your tight schedule” We both knew that at least half of her attraction was because I kept rejecting her advances.

“Well I know you like things tight…” she let that line float in the room before getting serious “I need a new team, my last one kinda fell apart when almost everyone got caught at a bank robbery”

“A bank robbery? You got caught at a bank robbery? Those are kid’s games”

She blushes “I wasn’t caught… I just fell to the floor” she says as she kneels and gets teary eyed “crying explaining the nice officer that I have been abducted by those bad bad men and that I needed his manly protection.” She laughs softly standing up. “Besides it’s not like we had my favourite security expert on our side”

She then reaches for my neck…. And I remove her hand “Your favourite security expert has better things to do than rob banks”

She raises her eyebrow “Being a school teacher? Please, you can’t really judge me either professor” She stops for a moment and reaches for my neck again “Can I see it? I can only touch you not things” she says seriously “Just to remember the good times”

Perhaps I feel nostalgic; perhaps I’m not so over her as I enjoy to think. I undo part of my shirt and show her the scar at the left of my neck, the scar her nails caused the first time we met. As I do this she moves closer.

“You live for the challenge… you’ll get bored here, I want you to help me break an elite team out of the stroke… that prison is the ultimate challenge, you know it,… join me, together we can be even greater than Victoir. We can even wipe them out if we see fit”

I listen to her trying not to do so… she goes on “… Sabotage says he can get them out” she taunts.

I stand up angry “I’m sure he can get them out, but not in one piece, he would just blow up the whole building, no wonder you got caught robbing a bank if you are hanging with that useless maniac.”

She looks at me, knowing she made a mistake at mentioning Sabotage. “This is your chance to prove you are better than him, help me Mack”

“I don’t do those things anymore”

She reaches for my gloved hands in an attempt to reconnect with me “What was that silly tune you sang?” she hums softly “Macky wears” snaps her fingers making a tune “white gloves… he was never stained by crime” she smiles sweetly looking into my eyes, when she does that it’s hard to believe she is anything other than an innocent girl, I can’t help but smile back and she takes my brief distraction to place a quick kiss on my lips and move away before I can react. “I’m just asking you to not get stained again”

I stop for a second this, time really thinking it, it’s important, is my attempt to become “one of the good guys” serious, or just an excuse to get out of jail time. I make my resolve.

“Goodbye Countess”

She knew it, whenever I spoke to her using her codename I was being dead serious.

“This isn’t the last you’ll see of me Mack” she said before disappearing. I focus on emptying my mind, to make sure she is really away and not just hiding.

I took a moment to review what had happened. Then decided I go out again.

“I need to find Hell… she might just throw me in jail to be sure I won’t betray them… but I need it’s a safer bet than the warden” I say speaking to myself

I go to the cafeteria to see if anyone knows where she is… the same people I’ve been trying to ignore… the universe seems to like to make fun of me sometimes.

 

[xPureAdorationx]

xx Hell xx

"Computer Terminate simulation...."

The computer responded and I opened the door for Matt locking up after him.

"Good job Matt. I expected less from you, but that was very...interesting.."

I say softly. I had seen gore like this all my life, it wasn't much a surprise to me. I wasn't coldhearted or heartless. I was simply just used to it.

"Take him to Skeltra. She'll have it fixed in about an hour. I feel sorry for Armel now. Once I tell Arctic about what you've done. Oh he'll be working hard to meet up to your standards."

I grinned patting him on the back before pushing him quickly out of the room. I shut and locked the simulation room and put in a passcode.

"Computer after passcode has been approved enable DNA scan along with power scan."

I put my hand over the scanner and my hand burst into a bright blinding white flame. The heat was so intense it nearly melted the scanner.

"Scan complete..."

The machine replied and I walked off to the coffee shop.

 

[CountV]

I'm lucky... at least right now. Guess the kid I asked had some powered up eyesight because he was able to see Hell coming from far away.

I decide that it's better to meet her in the open, and fly towards her... after all there isn't even a tiny chance to surprise her with the moonlight I'm like a shining beacon.

"Hell" I call "... I need to talk to you in private" I state seriously

 

[xPureAdorationx]

I could already smell trouble. Mack was one of the more... well carefully watched of my staff. He was one that I would kill in an instance if he was feeding Victoir information. I didn't trust him nor the team within Stroke. Warden had even smelled another one coming close examining our prison. I was sure it wasn't a student.

"Come with me..." I say sternly walking in the other direction towards Stroke.

"I already know what this is about. You're feelings are very interesting. The Warden will want to hear about this. Plus it might be a reason to bring out annihilation."

I scoffed. Anakura was not a secret. Everyone knew she existed. That was it no one understood us. They never knew what we were or how our powers functioned. Though mind readers have often died trying to create illusions in our mind or they've gone insane trying to read our past. Therefore we try to block out our thoughts, but only one of us has accomplished it perfectly and that was me. The Warden on the other hand..his mind couldn't be read he was immune. Annihilation was the only one that drove people insane with her thoughts.

I could already feel my skin heating up. I was born and forged from the fire. My natural form was flames. To contantly keep myself human was a task that required patience and calm. I never had the patience nor the calm.

 

[CountV]

"ok"... "freaking psychics... " I mutter under my breath... I was hoping to get my chance to explain at least once before they brought out the real interrogation on me.

I adjust my gloves and go with her "for what it's worth, you can calm down, there is no reason to freak out yet"

 

[xPureAdorationx]

Hell, Annihilation, Crosswind[warden cross], Arctic, John, Victoir && Veleera

"You don't know the first thing about who we are do you Mack? The founders of this institution. There were eight of us. Now only three are left. The first to to leave us were Victoir and Veleera. Veleera is a shadow shifter which makes it nearly impossible to kill her. As for Victoir oh. He's special. He has only one weakness. A soft spot right near his right shoulder blade. A typical achilles, but only he doesn't get cocky."

I say as my skin begins to turn a bright red.

"Then there was lovely clea. She was the youngest by appearance, but older than any of us. A doll of a thing Clea was. Her power consisted of mind control and reality bending. Veleera captured Clea and mummified her alive and sent the body back to us. I will never forget how that affected her father Avalanche. Avalanche is my surrogate father and Arctic's biological father. Avalanche committed sucide. He disappeared years ago. He was flying towards the sun when we last heard from him. We assume he's been long dead by now. Then there was our last member. Boltera. She was an amazing young girl. The power to create lightning and control it at will. She was the cheerful one. Victoir tricked her into thinking he had another of her kind. He used her own power against her and she died."

I sighed as my skin began to flame. It was a slow process for me. I never let go to quickly or it was a small explosion the scale of a few C-4's strapped to a tank filled with propane.

"Now it's just me, Warden and annihilation. I was born from fire. I don't remember any of my past, but I'm the last of my kind. My natural form is in flames."

Though that was partially true there were still some stories yet to be revealed.

We stepped inside and the Warden was already sitting in the control center to greet us.

"Like I always say. I can smell that arenic from a mile away Hell..."

I rolled my eyes. "Thank you Brenden. Warden Cross this is Mack. Mack this is Warden Cross."

I was at full heat now and was standing far from the two of them. I was standing on metal that was threatening to melt. I took a deep breath and the flames dissipated.

"Still having trouble taking human form huh?" Brenden said coyly.

I rolled my eyes.

"Go ahead Mack. I'd like to know what's so important.

 

[CountV]

I take a breath, sensing the tension in the room that the story created

"Before while I was out there, at a time I asociated with "Countess" not sure if you ever heard of her... probably not, she knows how to stay clear after she has been misbehaving... much like I did you know when I was taking historical art..." I catch myself smiling so I cough before I go on " she didn't tried to get famous by letting people know she was the one that did the impossible heist, and that has pretty much secured her safety, all of the lower underground know her as "Elizabeth of Bathory" and are afraid of her, but above the middle nobody thinks she is the real deal... kind of a safe place to be"

"The point is, she has contacted me, seems she is tired of anonimity, and wants power, some serious power, she tried to convince me to help her break an elite team out of the Stroke. She knows I'm the best at avoiding security measures" I better shut up this people made this measures... I think silently and go on "Her plan is to take out even victoir... that isn't so bad, bad guys killing bad guys, but I'm guessing that she and whoever she has recruited out there are going to start here"

"So far the only thing I know is that she is working with "Sabotage"... you know the second best at bypassing security systems"

 

[xPureAdorationx]

xx Brendan Cross - Formerly Crosswind - Warden xx

I scoff and inch closer to Helen noticing the strange color of her skin. It seemed she was extremely pissed off. Hell didn't like it when people challenged her. This place was fool proof the only two people that would probably be a fit task for us was Victroir and Veleera. As for countess, Boltera's archnemesis. Well she was nothing.

"Sabotage is a piece of shit when it comes to bypassing security systems. This place is manned twenty for seven. These guys might take shifts, but even during shift changes I'm there to make sure nothing is wrong. I don't sleep, I haven't for the last eight thousand years."

It was then I noticed the dark look on Hell's face. I jumped towards mack and put my arms around him my back turned from Hell.

"Oh this is going to hurt."

In moments the ground shook and an explosion went off. The entire prison shook as hell burst into a ball of bright flames. The smoke from the explosion quickly disappeared and hell was covered in yellow flames.

"I'll kill her the very second she steps onto this compound..." Hell said in a hiss filled voice.

"I'll even let her live and throw her into Victoir's palms. She'll die the moment Veleera feels threatened."

Hell came so close to me the heat actually hurt. My heat resistance suit began to melt. She stepped away and fled the compound and for a few moments silence was all that occured and then an even louder and much more ground shaking explosion occured. Luckily hell was probably in explosion zone. Though she never really hit supernova. She didnt' want a black hole devouring the only home she had.

"Yeah. She's pissed and if you're smart you won't help those guys. If you do. She'll burn you alive or she'll leave you some kind of mark and throw you into the maximum security wing. No one has ever escaped from those cells. Merely because Annihilation lives there."

I sighed running my hand through my hair knowing that what happened wasn't the worst of hell. She was a monster when it came to her powers.

"Hell was a villain too once, but now she uses her knowledge of evil against those who try to destroy her. I'm letting you know now Mack. We have no mercy for their kind. We kill to make the world a better place. So if you're smart you'll stay on our side. If not I'll give you to annihilation as a play toy."

Hell came back into the building and smoke was still rising from her skin. She looked like metal that was heated. A bright pulsating red. Though it was a normal sight for me.

"Who do you want?"

"I want countess. I'm going to make her suffer..." Hell was gone. She was far from the mild mannered woman she pretended to be. She was what she was born to be. A demon forged in the fires of hell. At least that's how I saw it.

"Inferno or heavy artillery?" I asked her knowing that the heavy artillery wasn't really needed it was just nice to use after all these years.

"Heavy artillery..." She said.

This meant that hell was going to use her other power. Great...that's just what we all needed.

 

[CountV]

"Sabotage is a piece of shit when it comes to bypassing security systems. This place is manned twenty for seven. These guys might take shifts, but even during shift changes I'm there to make sure nothing is wrong. I don't sleep, I haven't for the last eight thousand years."

"You don't get it... Sabotage isn't like me, he doesn't bypass systems... he blows them up... if we don't stop this people before they act, some casualties are meant to happen"

Hell's self control then went to hell, and I decided that my begs for mercy in the spare of Countess could wait.

"Hell was a villain too once, but now she uses her knowledge of evil against those who try to destroy her. I'm letting you know now Mack. We have no mercy for their kind. We kill to make the world a better place. So if you're smart you'll stay on our side. If not I'll give you to annihilation as a play toy."

"Spare the threats, if that is what kept me on your side I wouldn't be here"

Then I met the berserker side of Hell

 

[xPureAdorationx]

xx Hell xx

Now it was my turn to laugh. Casualties my ass. I could handle all of those pathetic whelps on my own. Perhaps their souls would be an exchange for my own.

"And?" I say calmly my skin dangerously hot.

"If sabotage tries to blow up this place Annihilation will kill him. Have you noticed what the walls are made of."

I say looking at the strange colored granite.

"Annihilation built this prison. It's part of the reason we can tell who comes our way, because annihilation can feel them. As for heartbeat Crosswind over here and the pulse team can hold the fort. Of course pulse can handle it alone."

"Hell we really can't kill the girl. We need her to send a message right back to Victoir..."

I shook my head too much was at risk. "I won't kill her, but I'll make sure her memory of me doesn't fade."

I looked at Mack sternly.

"Guess what. You just got a first row seat into the unveiling of my real power."

I turned around and threw three fireballs into the wall. The prison shook and a figure came from the wall I was facing. It was a duplicate of myself only metallic form.

"Hi sweetie hate to bother you, but someone wants to blow up your building."

Annihilation made the most frightening and menacing noice. It was like listening to a t-rex, a lion and the grudge mixed together. She disappeared back into the wall and I looked at Brenden who was shooting me a warning look.

"I can't believe you just pissed her off like that Hell..."

I looked at him.

"I'm doing this for Heartbeat. This students and people are like my kids. I'm a mother who'd give up anything for her kids."

Brenden knew exactly what I meant. He looked at me with those kind eyes and I figured he had recently been on a trip.

 

[NiteCrowe]

First NPC -- 'Dordon'

Eventually I managed to get Armel to the infirmary, expecting too get an earful from Skeltra.

Luckily she wasn't, Unfortunatly Dordon was.

I groaned automatically. Dordon was one of Skeltra's 'Trainee's', and whereas Skeltra could be nice, Dordon radiated a pure viscousness when it came to her work, which is why i tended to avoid her as much as possible.

I don't think it helped than I had recently broken up with her.

'Where's Skeltra?'

Not many things scared, but Dordon scared me even more than Hell.

And that was when she was in good mood.

'She's dealing with a couple fo students at the coffee shop,' she answered coldy, 'some kid caused the hot water machine to explode. Why....who is that?'

'New Student' I mutter, trying not to make eye contact, 'Just had detention.'

Her features softened, 'Damn, Artic and Hell are gonna kill the students one of these days.' She paused as I help up his severed finger, 'Artic and Hell didn't do this did they?'

She didn't get an answer, I'd already ran out of Infirmary.

 

[xPureAdorationx]

Brenden and I were standing quite a distance away from Mack. We were discussing several plans and several other things as well. Though we took advantage of keeping very quiet so that Mack couldn't hear. It wasn't that we didn't trust him, but manipulation of the mind was severely easy.

"I thought I told you not to visit her this week..." my voice is barely audible.

"I haven't seen her for months hell. I deserve to see her as much as you do." He said almost bitterly.

"It's too dangerous now Brenden. What if they find her? Victoir and Veleera will have no mercy. I won't let them have her." I said the anger raising fire in my voice.

"I won't let that happen I promise..." He discreetly pressed his lips against my forehead. "You think that their will ever be an us again?"

I shrugged, but said the same sentence I had when he first asked me out. "I don't know Cross, you tell me."

I gave him a little wink before walking back to Mack.

"You're coming with me to heartbeat. I have to prep the pulse team on what's going on."

I led Mack back to the school leaving Brenden to his work. It wasn't long until I was back in the school's comfort. I grabbed myself a Java chip from the coffee store and looked at Mack.

"You can't come to the meeting. It's strictly Pulse. I can't risk the well being of my daug...my daughters and sons here at Heartbeat." I sigh taking a sip of the frozen drink greatfully glad that I had corrected myself.

I walked away to my office and addressed the school through the intercom.

"I ask that all Pulse Members meet me in my office. All Pulse team members. As for the rest of you continue sleeping."

I lean back into the chair my nerves obviously fried.

 

[NiteCrowe]

I Paused as I heard the intercom and turned, breaking into a run as I made my way to Hell's office.

Now what was happening? Today was being one hell of a day.

I paused as I reached the Office, not knowing whom else would be present, or i was the first or last to arrive.

So I knocked.

 

[xPureAdorationx]

I got up still holding the Java chip frozen coffee in my hand. I opened the door to come face to face with Matt. I urged him in noticing Arctic coming through the hallway along with John. As soon as they came in I shut the door.

"Matt what I'm talking to Arctic and john about is not to get out to anyone am I understood? If this gets out I'll personally cut your throat myself."

I looked at John and noticed the calm look on his face. I turned to Arctic who seemed his normal cheery, but very tired self.

"Where is she now John?" I ask him about my daughter.

"I took Illeriya to her father. Should we really be discussing this around Matt..."

I shook my head. "Matt can know."

"What's going on hell. Why'd we have to bring Illeriya to Stroke?"

"A group of villains has decided they want to take on Victoir and in order to do that they are going to try and break into Stroke Prison. Brenden and I have discussed how to deal with it and let me tell you Annihilation is extremely pissed that Sabotage is going to try and blow up her home."

Arctic scoffed. "Annihilation eats villains like Sabotage for breakfast."

I nearly slammed my fist into his face. That wasn't funny. Annihilation was strictly vegetarian. She only ate the greens she ordered and the occasional veggie burger.

"Where does Brenden plan on hiding her."

"He says that hiding her would be dangerous. He says it brings out the real hell in you if she's in plain sight for motivation."

I roll my eyes. "My baby has seen way too many fights."

"You're daughter watches WWE Raw with her father every chance they get..." Arctic was cut off.

"She jumped on me from the staircase and tried to put me in a chokehold." John replied.

I grinned. "She takes after her father...."

"No she takes after the both of us hell..." Brenden came in with little Illeriya propped on his shoulders.

I could have died right then and there. Why did he bring her here. Did he really have to let the whole world know she was alive. Illeriya was four and would turn five next year. She was just like me and her father. Here eyes were bright blue and she had dark auburn colored hair that fell in waves down past her shoulders. She had a plump, but very defined face for a four year old. As for the rest she was just another super genius four year old. Brenden pulled her off his shoulders and brought her over to me. I took her gently and sat her in my lap.

"Matt this is my daughter Illeriya. Illeriya say hi to Matt."

"Hi Matt..." She said in her little voice. I grabbed the sticky notes and a pen and gave it to her. She began doodling her little drawings.

"Brendan and I used to be together before the whole Heartbeat thing began. One night of unprotected sex and we had this Angel. After that we kept her in hiding because we were afraid Victoir and Veleera would send her back in a casket like they did Clea."

"Victo and Veleewa aw bad people." Illeriya cut in. I nodded soflty and kissed her on top of her head.

"I know baby.. I know..."

 

[CountV]

They still think sabotage is useless, but he is crazy... that makes him very competent at what he does, he won't go down without some major explosion... I kept thinking to myself they were avoiding to let me hear... guess they still don't trust me.

Hell asks me to go back to the school.

"You can't come to the meeting. It's strictly Pulse. I can't risk the well being of my daug...my daughters and sons here at Heartbeat."

There was something weird about that sentence... but I let it pass, not much I can really do.

"I don't mind not going to the meeting, but if you go after Countess and Sabotage I'm going with you... it's personal... I think you know as well as I do what that can mean"

I gave her a nod "I'll be at my room"

 

[NiteCrowe]

The door opened and I found myself face to face with Hell, and I was about to say something when she urged me into her office, noticing John and Artic behind me i stood aside in a corner.

Hell Spoke First;"Matt what I'm talking to Arctic and john about is not to get out to anyone am I understood? If this gets out I'll personally cut your throat myself."

I nodded, knowing that what she had just said was no threat, it was a promise.

I waited content to listen....what could be so important?

Hell spoke again, her attention now focused on john."Where is she now John?"

Who was where now??

John spoke, but not before giving me a look, "I took Illeriya to her father. Should we really be discussing this around Matt..."

Who? What?

Hell shook her hea,. "Matt can know."

Know what?

"What's going on hell. Why'd we have to bring Illeriya to Stroke?"

Who the hell was Illeriya??

Hell Continued..."A group of villains has decided they want to take on Victoir and in order to do that they are going to try and break into Stroke Prison. Brenden and I have discussed how to deal with it and let me tell you Annihilation is extremely pissed that Sabotage is going to try and blow up her home."

Ahh, now that sounded bad....

Arctic, who had being given me a look of distrust, scoffed. "Annihilation eats villains like Sabotage for breakfast."

Hell - "Where does Brenden plan on hiding her."

Benden? Did they mean the Warden?

John - "He says that hiding her would be dangerous. He says it brings out the real hell in you if she's in plain sight for motivation."

This was just getting confusing, i wanted to stand and say something, but my better judgement kept me stood....quietly...in place

Hell - "My baby has seen way too many fights."

Huh?

Artic - "You're daughter watches WWE Raw with her father every chance they get..."

Daughter??? Hell had a daughter? I began to realise why this was so secret?

John - "She jumped on me from the staircase and tried to put me in a chokehold."

What? The confusion came back once more...

Hell - "She takes after her father...."

"No she takes after the both of us hell..." Warden suddenly entered the room, with a little girl on his shoulders...Both??....It clicked....this must be Hell's daughter....which meant that...Warden was the father?

Hell looked like she could have killed the warden.

Hell - "Matt this is my daughter Illeriya. Illeriya say hi to Matt."

"Hi Matt..." She said in a little voice.

'Hi' I smiled and offered a small wave, which went unnoticed as she went to do some collouring and pictures.

Hell - "Brendan and I used to be together before the whole Heartbeat thing began. One night of unprotected sex and we had this Angel. After that we kept her in hiding because we were afraid Victoir and Veleera would send her back in a casket like they did Clea."

Okay, firstly i didn't need to get told about the first bit. But the rest sounded bad....very very bad...

"Victo and Veleewa aw bad people." Illeriya cut in.

I simply sat their quietly....this was far too much too take in so suddenly, My brain felt like it was going to explode.

Then I stopped and took a breath. If we were about to be attacked i needed to be there completely.

'Okay,' I ask, 'Where do you need me?'

 

[xPureAdorationx]

Hell, Annihilation, Crosswind, Arctic, John, Victoir, Veleera, Illeriya

Illeriya was tugging on my halter and was showing me a picture. It was a pretty well drawn doodle of a...stick?..on fire.

"It's pretty babe, but mommy has to play WWE with the bad people okay?" I say knowing that she found me killing people funny. I realized that I wasn't the best mom in the world, but hey this kid was going to stay a hero for the rest of her life.

"Okay Mommy." I put her down and she ran around the office a couple times pretending like she could fly. I had a feeling when her powers started to mature she'd be just like her father only using my powers to keep herself from having an Achilles heel.

"The plan is this. Because they are targeting Stroke Brenden and I will take mid-field. The point between Pulse and Stroke. I have a feeling they'll try to hit Heartbeat too. As for you the rest of Pulse you'll man Heartbeat. Annihilation will handle everything inside and outside Stroke. I have to remind you all she eats humans. Only one stays alive and that's Countess. I want her alive. There's only one flaw to our wondrous plan. Mack wants to settle a score. Unfortunately I'm not letting him anywhere near Stroke. I don't trust him. My daughter and my students are at stake and I'm not putting their lives in the hand of a criminal."

I never believed in second chances. Not for me and certainly not for anyone else. Even if I wasn't exactly your average criminal, I had still taken souls for a place that didn't rightfully own them."

I sighed putting my hand against my forehead, but having lift my arms as Illeriya jumped back into my lap.

 

[NiteCrowe]

I nodded, understanding that words weren't needed. No one comes out alive...except the Countess.

Got it.

I remained standing where i was though, unsure as to what my postition would be. I simply guessed i'd be told where to go by one of the others.

 

[xPureAdorationx]

Hell, Annihilation, Crosswind, Arctic, John, Victoir, Veleera, Illeriya

I watched as the other Pulse members stepped in. I pressed the intercom button and issued a Basilisk Alert. Which told all students to come down to the Auditorium and seat themselves quietly.

"Arctic take Illeriya into the auditorium and let her play on the stage. Keep an eye on her and the students." Arctic nodded and gently took Illeriya from my lap. I sighed. He was just like his father. Always so caring and absolutely in love with Illeriya.

"John take your position inside the generation room." John was quick to leave.

"Matt you'll guard the western borders of the auditorium. Specterlight take the northern borders, Leandra take the east borders. Arrow Wing take the south."

I looked at the rest of my team. "I want the rest of you to scatter and make sure all students around within the auditorium. After I need you to spread out around the school to make sure no infiltration can occur. I stand up and take Brenden's outstretched hand.

"As for us we'll take our position right smack dab between the two."

I walked out with Brenden and as soon as I was stepping on the desert grounds I began to heat up. The dark shadowy wings emerging from my back as I assumed my true form. I turned to face Brenden.

"Reaping souls isn't my only job after all." I say as we continue to walk.

"Show them what Hell really looks like." Brenden said playing a pun on my name.

I grinned as we stood in place back to back. We had always been good teammates. As lovers it was a different story. We could never be together. Or at least that's how I felt. We were from different origins and from different places. He deserved better and our daughter did too.

There was a ground shaking growl in the distance. We both looked to see Annihilation emerge from the prison. It had grown. She had fortified it. She was now standing in front of the prison. In a large and enormous form. Towering far over the building was Annihilation in the form of some kind of cooled magma. The winds were gusting at high speeds around the prisons and we even noticed a few tornadoes pop up every now and then. Sabotage had picked the wrong Element controller to mess with. I was sure that she was even hungry. Especially after we stopped letting her eat the prisoners.

 

[NiteCrowe]

I nodded and made my way out with the others, not speaking, and quickly making my way to the western wing of the auditorium.

I couldn't help but smile; Hell had chosen well....one of the walls was lined with steel framed chairs.

Oh, i would be hard pressed to run out of weapons...

 

[Infalk]

Raiden stood at the top of a cliff miles away from the school watching the activity going on. He was bending the light to make a makeshift telescope and could see the whole school clearly. He saw the three legendary heroes come out at various points.

He knew all about Hell, Crossfire and Annihilation, after all his father had been trying to kill them ever since he could remember.

He decided to wait until whatever was going on had finished until he would make his move, for now he would just wait and see what happened.

He saw Hell take on the form of a demon of some sort and then watched her and Crossfire turn around to look at something.

It was then that he noted with interest the wind mastery Annihilation was displaying and the way that she seemed to be in a shell of magma armour, he decided that with them on such high alert they might just detect him, so he bent the light around him to make him invisible and stopped the air currents around him, in case they could smell him.

He hoped it wouldn't last too long, he had a sister to see.

 

[CountV]

Mack Guile / Featuring Sabotage and Countess first non translucent appearance

Mack

After arriving at my room and preparing mentally for what is to come I receive a comunnication from John telling me that I should meet him.

He gaves me very specific instruction so I presume Hell ordered that. I hastily fly my way towards him.

"I'm here John, where do we go to?"



--------------------- Sabotage----------------------------

"SABOTAGE!" I scream, and run towards the college. Countess said something about ordering the shock troops, I don't really care, I haven't made anything go bum in like an hour.

I stop around 3 blocks away, and begin carrying out Countess plan, "The issue are the guardians" she said "make your way to the building" she said "blow your way in" she said. The rest I didn't pay attention to, it didn't include anything about blowing things up.

I kneel down and prepare a bomb. I close my eyes for a second and the materials appear before me. Four dynamite sticks and one detonator, I set them on the ground the detonator right in the middle " 1, 2, 3 BUM!" I say as I sit on the detonator, making a hole in the ground in wich I fall. I give a celebration jump and hear some noises I don't pay attention to in many directions, and begin to make the next explosive to continue my tunnel.

------------------------------------Countess-------------------------------------------

I hear an explosion in the distance, and send in the fighters... they are going to get seriously butchered, but well I went for number not quality. A few are decent and if they make it I might allow them to tag along in my next enterprise.

"Resistant ones in the front, strong ones second line, energy emitters in the back. hurry people!"

oh I hate working with amateurs

 

[xPureAdorationx]

Hell, Annihilation, Crosswind, Arctic, John, Victoir, Veleera, Illeriya

xx Sentinel (sent out by Warden to search for students) xx
The sentinel used the remaining heat in the area to spot him out. A stray student. This one Hell would take pleasure in punishing herself. His eyes turned white as he sought at the strange change in the air. He grabbed the student by the collar and transported into the auditorium with the rest of the students. The sentinel handed him over to Arctic. The little girl Illeriya watched in wonder. There was no possible way she could see him.

The sentinel disappeared and Arctic spoke.

"What is your problem kid? You're compromising your own safety and the safety of others. If you leave I'll let the trio have you themselves."

Arctic dismissed him into the crowd. He cared not for the insolence of some of these students. He had to protect Illeriya. He wouldn't let what happened to Clea happen to Illeriya.

xx John xx
I placed on the headset and focused on the field before me. Boy this was really going to be..****...in a strange way.

"She wanted you to scope out the school to check for lost students."

xx Annihilation xx
The ground shook beneath my feet and I looked to the ground. In the old language I spoke and in moments brought the layers beneath us to an eye level. There before me was the nuisance that was trying to blow up my home.

"You will die!!!" I say, but know he cannot understand me.

Tornadoes come from the sky as water seems to soak the ground from beneath us. The elements were mine.

xx Veleera xx
I wondered if young countess noticed her disappearing men. So far I had taken out a few. I needed my people here at heartbeat to be alive. I wanted them to see what was to come. I was going to take Helen of Troy's daughter. Oh the fame and life this Helen had lived. The bitch deserved no history at all. Roman princess, greek legend. The bitch deserved to burn in hell. I grinned she was already damned.

The shadows were my friends and now I made my way towards the unsuspecting child and Arctic.

xx Arctic xx
I watched the shadows and notice their odd shape.

"Oh shit.." I grab Illeriya.

I begin running noticing the shadow's build around me.