Heartbeat Institute for The Evolutionally Advanced || IC

[CountV]

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

"Ok, but I don't answer for myself if I see Sabotage... I will still place the safety of others above vengeance, but we are not even sure if there are lost students around."

I'm about to fly off when I realize, he knows the school far better than I do.

"Where do you think I should start?"

 

[xPureAdorationx]

xx John xx

"It won't matter. Students are always running astray. Just keep an eye out. Kill who you want, but if you kill your own team. You are so fucked when it comes to talking with hell."

I knocked off a few villains with the simulator. It seems as though illusions in the mind really knew how to mess with human anatomy.

 

[CountV]

"Well I don't really..." I notice he is distracted messing with villians "never mind"

I begin to fly around, finding a few students, and taking them to the auditorium. Phashing really comes handy, instead of evading the countess' brutes we can fly pass them.

I grab the kids roughly, they are only a mess in my plans, this is supposed to be the elite, they don't even know how to save themselves by running even with instructions from a gigantic speaker.

"Don't fight kid, you can't do this, maybe in some years" I tell one that was trying to attack an electric energy emmiter moving around

"Girls like heroes but your hair would end up being a mess"

I purposefully toss him inside the auditorium phasing him only enough so he could enter. I hear some tumbling inside and go to find more... one would believe that with the punishments they have here people would listen more

 

[NiteCrowe]

I turned quickly having heard something behind me. Sure enough, Artic seemed to be stepping back, Hell's kid gripped to his chest.

Quickly i grap at twelve of the chairs around me and lift them up in my mind, and without moving, shout out to him.

'Artic, you okay? Need any help.'

I have the chairs ready to fly at a moments notice.

 

[Infalk]

Raiden looked around the auditorium and smiled, getting into this place had been much easier than he had expected, the stupid sentinel didn't even realize he wasn't a student, he just brought him straight in.

I suppose it was better than blowing a hole in the side of the school's walls to get in, but not as fun.

He started to wonder where his sister might be, after all, he had no idea what she looked like nor any idea what her powers were...He supposed he'd just have to ask around for a Ms.Winters.

He doubted that anyone would pay attention to a new student materializing out of nowhere, even after the alert, so he figured he could take his time - maybe get some help with his other little problem.

 

[CountV]

Sabotage and Countess

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

Finally I finished bombing my way through the tunnel. Near the wall of Stroke. Bomb the wall in the building she said get out team out she said.

I caress the wall and place a standard C4 bomb on it.

1, 2, 3 BOOM! I smile being at the center of the explosion. Surprised I look at the walls, I only made a small dent and they appear to be "healing", repairing themselves.

"You can't defeat SABOTAGE!!!!!!!" I blow up a few small bombs in anger

And begin to prepare a bigger boom.

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

I place my hand on my forehead. "Oh this people... I should have spent searching another 10 minutes."

The defense team was working well, the freaking pulse team was defeating most of what my guys could throw. Luckily the crazy scared students running around were a big distraction for them.

I hear a boom at the building. Great Sabotage needs only a bit of more time. Time to get in the fight.

I walk into the middle of it and begin absorbing energy, out of anyone, luckily they are more than a few energy emitters out there. One student was even foolish enough to try to attack me... so sweet, I just had to break his neck.

In the distance I see Mack... saving a kid from one of my fighters, what does he thinks he is doing. I'll have to get him later for that.

I begin to fight my way towards where Mack dropped the other kid, that's the place that will cause the most distractions.

 

[Infalk]

He realized that now would be a good time to get an insight into these students powers, most of them were too scared to bother hiding them.

He laughed as he saw one of the students who was in the form of a bird clinging to the ceiling whilst a senior student was trying to coax him down.

He could also see some students being healed by a woman, nearby a strange pile of ooze that seemed to have a face.

 

[Infalk]

He then walked over to a bench and sat down to watch the rest of the fun.

 

[xPureAdorationx]

[Infalk please check the OOC]

Sorry guys I'll post as soon as I can...caught up with some problems.

 

[xPureAdorationx]

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

xx Arctic xx

I ran passed Matt with a grin. This would be the last time I'd see him. The last time I'd see anyone. I already knew what was in store for me, but I had to get Illeriya out of here.

"Matt take care of Hell for me kay?" I ran and looked back.

"Aim for the shadows..." I said as I ran down the hallway and out the exit door. I backed up as I came face to face with Victoir.

"You can't have her." I say as I build a wall of ice between us and run trying to reach the front. I hear the loud cracking and know he's coming after me.

xx Annihilation xx

I only smiled and devoured his bombs. They disappeared into the granite and made a muffled explosion. I took a smaller form, my real form. A vision of a petite girl in liquid metal. I was hungry and he was pissing me off.

I walked over to him and tapped him on the shoulder. Uttering one word of the English I had known.

"Illeriya..." I hiss as I stare him in the eyes.

Toying with my food was always proper before eating it.

xx Brenden - Crosswind xx

Hell had already warned me about Countess. She could try and suck all the energy out of me, but we all knew that she'd be shit out of luck there. I only had one weakness and annihilation was holding it.

I left Hell alone to make sure the kids in the Auditorium were okay and noticed the girl who Hell was going to have a lot of fun with. I landed right in front of her the ground cracking slightly.

"Ah shit... Hell's going to kill me for that." I put my arm around her shoulder in a death grip.

"So you're the countess everyone's been chattering about. You know Helen has been dying to meet you."

I drag her along with me. There's no way she could have gotten through my grip unless she was Victoir.

 

[NiteCrowe]

I nod as Artic runs past me, and take in his advice.

Shadows?

Then it clicked.

'Everyone get on the floor now!' I yell, and shoot off three of the chairs like spears, into the shadows near where artic had being stood.

To the other pulse members guarding the room, I yell, 'Watch the shadows!'

At the same time i pull out my three remaining balls and let them float around.

Then something else in my mind clicked...something that artic said....

Shit.

'ARTIC, get back in here, it's safer!'

I feel myself torn between going after him and protecting the students...

What should i do?
And
Had I stopped or hurt the shadow assailant?

 

[Infalk]

Raiden went to the floor and heeded the strange mans advice about the shadows.
Even though he could easily use his light powers to detect the enemy lurking in the shadows, he decided against it, these guys looked like they could handle it.
He would just continue the guise of the innocent student.....But could he just stand by and let people die simply because he didn't want to act?
He hoped it didn't come to that.

 

[xPureAdorationx]

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

xx Arctic - officially deceased xx

I ran and ran and then like that it was over. I was so blinded by trying to make a wall that I had forgotten about the world above me. In moments something was tight around my neck and no matter how hard I tried to cut myself loose with the ice it didn't work. Everything around me got dark and the last words I would ever hear came from Illeriya.

"If you leave me, I'm going to hurt Veleera...."

"I'm sorry..." I managed to croak and then it was all over.

xx Victoir xx
I smiled and loosened my grip on the boys neck and let him drop a few yards away from Hell. I had what I wanted. I held her against my chest the crying little girl. She wasn't as useless as Clea. With Illeriya I could bring Heartbeat down to it's knees.

xx Hell xx
I had taken down so many villains. The group was already being slaughtered. Annihilation had sabotage and Brenden was holding a woman I knew to be Countess. There was now only silence as I took down the last of the villains outside the school and inside the school they seemed to be doing fine.

I turned to survey my surroundings and then the horror set in. I ran over to a figure in the distance. There lying in the dust of the desert dressed in Pulse uniform was Arctic. The flames around my body disappeared as I pulled him into my arms.

"No....You can't die...oh god this is my fault." I pulled him close the tears leaving my eyes.

He was so bent on protecting Illeriya that he couldn't even protect himself. I let him go as two of the guards from Stroke came to bring him into the morgue. I stood there flames wreaking havoc all over my body and the dark shadowy wings emerging from my back. Countess would pay...

xx Brenden xx
I knew there was something completely and insanely wrong, but when I saw that look in Hell's eyes. I already knew they had Illeriya.

xx Veleera xx
The whoosh of air and silence developing over my surroundings was a sure indication that our mission was accomplished. I emerged from the shadows. The tall statuesque and pale features. Then in moments I was gone. Back to Victoir and back to our headquarters that's where I'd go...

 

[Infalk]

Phew...It looked like it was over. Probably a good time to get out of the area before they start counting heads.

He walked over to the guy who had thrown the chairs and told them to duck.

"Hey, uhhh...I kinda passed out on the opening night, and I didn't get a room, could you please tell me where to go? This whole thing has worn me out, I just wanna get into a bed."

He hoped this guy would lead him out of here and assume he was a student.

 

[NiteCrowe]

I look at the guy with disbelief....After everything that had happened?

'Go ask someone else' I mutter angrily, things were nagging my mind, was the attack really over?

And how was Artic and Hell's daughter?

Cautiously he leaned out throught the auditorium door?

'Artic?? Illeriya?? You guys okay??'

No one answered, so i edged out of the room with the balls whizzing around me...

Then I saw Hell, with Artic's body below her.

I drop to my knees.

'No....'

 

[CountV]

catching up: the two burglars and a fair noblewoman

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

A petite girl made from metal taps on my shoulder and hisses "Illeriya..."

"Come to see the biggest boom?!" I ask over excited and I stare at her as I keep producing dinamyte sticks and C4 connected by a wire to each other, taking them out of my sleeve as if it were some kind of magic trick.


Mack-------------------------------------------------------------

It appears that everything is ending, there are lots of bodies in the ground, I'm glad I managed to save a few of the students, the yard was a slaughterhouse.

I see that John is by the east wing of the auditorium, I fly over there, and see that Leandra is down, I didn't expect to see a pulse member down, I see her breathing so I'm relieved when I realize she isn't dead. I kneel beside her and try to accomodate her the best that I can until we can get her proper medical attention.

"Everything is ok, you can wake up now" I whisper softly

"I think it's over now" I tell John "Please tell me this kind of thing doesn't happen often"

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

Captured by the mighty Crosswind, now this is something to be proud off, I begimn to absorb the energy of his grip not only to weaken it, but to increase my own, besides my strenght and agility, my beauty also increased from taking energy.

"So you're the countess everyone's been chattering about. You know Helen has been dying to meet you."

I begin to cry "yes...Crosswind, I'm Countess" my words are interrupted constantly by my sobs "I was forced here... by Sabotage... I never wanted to hurt anyone... I just acted in self defense I was here and I was attacked... aghh... please loosen your grip you are too strong to me, you are hurting me, I can barely breath... please" I looked deep into his eyes... "Help me"

 

[xPureAdorationx]

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

xx Annihilation xx

The thoughts of Hell, Arctic and everyone in the vicinity flooded her mind. The anger raged within her own heart and she knew from then on that this was her target. Like some kind of extending metal coil her arms and hands wrapped around his neck. She pulled him closer until she was close enough.

"Boom..." She said before devouring his entire head. In moments the crack of bones and the fountain of blood was all that was visible or heard.

She stepped back licking her lips and in the seconds that passed she finished her meal.

xx John xx
Illeriya was gone. How the hell was I supposed to cope with that? I should have seen it coming. I should have told Hell. I shut my eyes and slid down the wall facing Mack and Leandra.

"No... things like this don't ever happen. Victoir and Veleera have pulled the final straw."

Leandra was stirring and she looked up. She knew exactly what I meant.

"She's going to call a code Apocalypse isn't she?" Leandra was always the first of the pulse members to join in the action. Now she was ready to stand by her own kind.

"It's the only way..."

xx Crosswind xx

I glare at her. After being in a relationship with Helen Ting that kid of bullshit seems petty. I only grip her tighter. The more she sucks energy from me the more she'll find that Helen's heat is quite painful.

"Look Countess. Because of your ungrateful ass and your arrogance my daughter has been put in the line of fire. The only reason I haven't killed you yet is because if there's anything I fear more in the world than the loss of my daughter. It's Hell's rage." I grabbed her by her arms and twisted them behind her back.

I kicked her in the back of her knees and forced her to kneel in front of Hell.

xx Hell xx
Hell had to work hard to keep her breath even. Her breaths were now deep and controlled as she stared at Brenden and Countess. The flames were so hot that the sands were now molten lava under her feet. Annihilation was working hard behind her to make sure the lava was contained.

Hell brought her hand hard across Countess's face quick enough that only the heat and the pain would be felt.

"You deserve none of my breath. I'm only going to keep you alive because I struck a deal with Mack. If he releases you believe me I'll hunt you down and burn you alive." Hell's shadowy wings extended and her flames burst out in a few flares.

"If my daughter dies I'll torture you until the pain in my heart goes away and believe me I live forever." She struck her hard against the fact again.

"Because of you a war will begin and I will show no mercy to anyone that decides to walk into my path." Hell removed her belt and began heating up a silver vine.

It was a silver design on her belt that resembled the vines you would find at a vineyard. It was a pretty Celtic design that was granted to her when she lived in Europe. It was red hot now and enough to make anyone wish they were dead.

Hell brought it down diagonally on the countess' face. Making the vine from the top right of her face and down to her jawline. One of her eyes was now welded shut. She held against any protests or struggles and lifted it once she saw the burn fitting.

"You took away the beauty of my life. My daughter. I'll take away yours."

She put the belt back around her waist.

"Mack! She's all yours!" Hell turned to Annihilation and pressed her forehead against her shoulder.

"Code Apocalypse my sister." Hell whispered silently.

xx Annihilation xx
"Illeriya...." I replied.

That was all I was concerned about. The welfare of the child who could have been my own.

 

[CountV]

xx Sabotage xx Deceased xx

After my head is off somehow I have enough conscience to make the bombs explode... my final boom

xx Mack xx

"It's the only way..."

"John, please there has to be another way... look at this place, the only difference between their team and our own, is that they were trying to break in and we to force them out... we are supposed to be the good ones, and we resort to same means than them... look around and see the death... it wasn't only them..." I shut up... this wasn't the time to try to convince them to not be so beligerent, my advocacy of no violence would have to wait, the best thing I could do was to try to stay in the frontlines... and try to save as many people as I could from the apocalypse... now I know why I chose this side... but am I the only one that cares... "kill whoever you want" John's words before the fight sounded in my head again.

"Mack! She's all yours!"

I sigh and make my way to Countess, if John and Leandra weren't convinced I wasn't going to try with Hell... and to think this night started with me asking her out.

xx Countess xx

The bastard grips harder... he is either gay or a sadist... and I'm quite convinced is the second one.

"Look Countess. Because of your ungrateful ass and your arrogance my daughter has been put in the line of fire. The only reason I haven't killed you yet is because if there's anything I fear more in the world than the loss of my daughter. It's Hell's rage."

The bastard twists my arm, and I scream in pain as he kicks me to force me to kneel I bite my tongue so I won't answer. I absorb the heat coming from Hell, but it's too much there is no way I can drain her completely. I'm kneeling and close to what could be my death... but I feel so powerful.

The bitch hits my face with her flame

"You deserve none of my breath. I'm only going to keep you alive because I struck a deal with Mack. If he releases you believe me I'll hunt you down and burn you alive."

Then Mack saved me... I knew that deep underneath he kind of liked me

"If my daughter dies I'll torture you until the pain in my heart goes away and believe me I live forever."

"Because of you a war will begin and I will show no mercy to anyone that decides to walk into my path."

I supress the urge to roll my eyes, did she really think I would care about what she plans to do?, giving this speech like some megalomaniac... like a villain out of a cartoon... I mean really

I scream as the hot vine burns my face, not the pain, I could deal through things much stronger... but my face, the bitch was destroying my face.
I take out as much heat as I can from it but it's too much.
After she removes it I fall to the ground in tears.

"You took away the beauty of my life. My daughter. I'll take away yours."

"Mack! She's all yours!"

I just lay there on the floor crying like a lil girl, crying for the first time in many years, a part deep inside me hoped Mack would come and make everything alright again.

 

[xPureAdorationx]

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

xx Annihilation xx

I heard the explosion in the background and felt the change in the pulse building. It wasn't much of a dent, but it healed quickly. I sighed. Always just another pathetic attempt at someones life.

xx John xx [I know coining a line from the best movie ever....]
I ran outside after Mack. How could he make it seem like we were the bad ones. He was the one after all who was acquainted with those sick villains. I ran far enough to stay ahead of him and I looked him dead in the eyes.

"Code Apocalypse is a war. Just like the one that forged this school. This time we're taking down Victoir for good. No one has to die. This is between the Trio and the exiled. The rest of us only have to be here if something goes wrong."

I wanted to strangle him at this point. We were protecting our kind. These villains that forced their way in were trying to kill innocent students.

"If you think you're the only one that cares about the people who died. Go tell Hell. See what she says. She lost her brother. One of the last and only things she has left. We don't know what it's like to be them. They've lived for thousands of years trying to cope with what they do. They save lives. It's kill one save a thousand." I looked at Hell who seemed so pained and distant. Brenden was probably still trying to mask his hurt.

"The war is between the trio, Victoir and Veleera. No one gets hurt. It's fought right here in the middle of no where. After that we're free to live again. Our team will only have to capture not kill. If you think we killed these villains for fun. Take a look at Arctic, blitz and Solara they're dead. We have at least fifty of Countess' villains in captive." I turned away from him. How could he say the things that we did. He pulled cards out of a hat that he didn't know the language to. Apocalypse wasn't an apocalypse at all. It was just a chance at a new life.

xx Brenden xx

I released the countess and took hell into my arms. The flames dissipated and she broke out into a fit of sobs. There was no way she was going to cope with this. The war had been called and Victoir and Veleera would be assembling troops soon.

"They won't kill her..." I said reassuringly. "They need her alive to twist us to a fate they want. I promise even if it kills me. I won't let anyone harm our baby."

xx Annihilation xx
I stared at hell and brandon and gave them the recent fit that John had just thrown. Probably not the best idea.

xx Hell xx
"You're calling us bad!" I turn angrily to face Mack .

"You think that I wanted this to happen." My voice was frantic and broken. I looked down toward Countess.

"If you would have just joined us. I would have gave you, your precious team. You could have taken out Victoir with our help. You could have chosen a better lifestyle." I gasped in pain feeling the twist in my heart all of this was too much.

"But no! You came here to test our strength and with that you've cost so many precious lives. You let them take my...Illeriya..." I collapsed blacking out.

To live long enough to be turned into the villain was not what I wanted. I wasn't the Villain. They were just making me look that way.

xx Brenden xx

"We thought you'd understand Mack, but obviously your just another person who thinks they're the only one that cares." I lifted Hell into my arms and carried her off back to the school.

I'd take her home later. I still needed to discuss our tactics with the students. Mack obviously didn't know how this school functioned. Annihilation went back to the prison in case somebody tried something funny.

 

[CountV]

"Code Apocalypse is a war. Just like the one that forged this school. This time we're taking down Victoir for good. No one has to die. This is between the Trio and the exiled. The rest of us only have to be here if something goes wrong."

"Do you think I care for Victoir, the moving shadow or the freaking Trio?

Look around, and see the dead ones, not only the students, the idiots that countess managed to bring along, half of them didn't know what the fuck they were doing, all I'm saying id that there has to be another bloody way.

"If you think you're the only one that cares about the people who died. Go tell Hell. See what she says. She lost her brother. One of the last and only things she has left. We don't know what it's like to be them. They've lived for thousands of years trying to cope with what they do. They save lives. It's kill one save a thousand."

"That is just the part you don't understand, caring isn't about the ones that fall on your side, of course they are our fathers mothers, brothers sisters, friends, maybe even more. Of course you care for them, of course Hell cares for them, I'm not minimizing the pain, I can't even imagine the pain she felt over the years or the pain she is feeling now.

I'm complaining about what was caused on the enemy that is when we must act differently... I don't expect you to get it John... you think I'm just a thief, the friend of the people that caused this, but I know what is to be confused and pick the wrong side in a fight... I just wish those that made that mistake would have another chance... I saved at least 5 students today, who knows how many lives by warning the facility of the upcoming attack, but if I had been on the other side, would have any of the pulse team give a second thought before killing me?

"The war is between the trio, Victoir and Veleera. No one gets hurt. It's fought right here in the middle of no where. After that we're free to live again. Our team will only have to capture not kill. If you think we killed these villains for fun. Take a look at Arctic, blitz and Solara they're dead. We have at least fifty of Countess' villains in captive."

He turns away... but I don't say anything, I know he can't understand... the pain has him blind... the deaths have me blind as well that is probably why we don't get each other

"You're calling us bad!" "You think that I wanted this to happen."

I turn to hell "I'm not calling you bad, I'm calling you angry and blind, I have no idea how much you are hurting right now, nothing could be taken away from my life so I could understand what you are going through. It might be unfair of me to ask you to try to see things in another way now... but before I think there was a chance."

"We thought you'd understand Mack, but obviously your just another person who thinks they're the only one that cares."

"And you are just another person that thinks their way is the only way"

 

[xPureAdorationx]

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

xx Brenden - Crosswind xx
"You wanna know what other ways there are." I yelled back balancing Hell in my arms.

"Humans can try to wipe us out with their nuclear weapons, or Victoir can take out the entire united states on his own. How many more lives are we going to let him take on his own. We're not pulling anybody with us into this war. Hell, you could be in the Bahamas when we're fighting this out. We're not risking anymore lives."

I could see a few of the pulse team members coming up behind Mack. Leandra, Johna and a few others.

"You think that we don't feel any different about villains. Why do you think Hell started Stroke. Why do you think she started the rehabilitation program. She was the only one who believed that they could be better. She was the only one at first. Everyone thought she was crazy. Then we saw what it was. But because villains like Victoir, Veleera and even countess over here. They abuse their freedom. Do you know who gave Victoir and Veleera a second chance? It was Hell. And what did they do. They killed, killed and killed some more. Now it's our chance to put them behind bars or give them their penalty. We do what cops do everyday. We put away the villains. It's a shoot to kill thing. If it's life threatening then we have to get rid of them. We saved as many as we could...."

Leandra and the others had passed Mack and were standing behind me. There were only a few standing behind him. John lifted Hell off the ground and carried her in his arms.

"It's not just about her, it's about what we want to." Leandra spoke softly.

"We're a family here at heartbeat. We decide what's best for us." John was the next.

"It's funny how you think we'd kill in a second. I might. I know that for sure." I replied.

"But what about me Mack. I gave every of those villains a second chance. What do they do? They knock me down and try to kill me." Leandra pulled back her bangs the blood still fresh from the wound on her forehead.

"We always offer a second chance, but not many took it." It was one of our teachers. Whirlwind.

"There is a group of at least fifty being admitted into Stroke right now. Most of them will face rehabilitation." John said calmly trying to cope with his emotions.

"No we know this isn't the only way, but it's the only way that'll cost less lives. If we can take down Victoir and Veleera. We sacrifice our lives for everyone here at Heartbeat. Hell and I only have one thing left to live for and that's Illeriya. By now thanks to the nice distraction." My jaw was straining shut.

"She's probably dead. Therefore there's nothing left for us. We'll fight this while the students are living normal lives back here at the school. John will take over the facility. No lives lost." I glare at him.

"Don't you dare assume the kind of people we are. We dont' know you and you definitely don't know us. I won't assume anything about you, but assume all you want about us." I walked past him as the students followed.

It only took a few moments until we were in the auditorium.

"Student's we are calling a code..." John came up behind me and put a hand on my shoulder and uttered a few words.

"Code Whirlwind. John will be your new headmaster. Annihilation will continue her guard over Stroke. Hell and I have chosen to give up our lives in order to save yours."

There was mass hysteria in the auditorium. Cries of outrage and anger rang throughout the room.

"Listen to me!" I said silencing them all.

"We've lived long enough. I can't die kids. There are some things you won't understand, but you know what it feels like to lose someone. We all can't be heroes and that's why Hell and I are going to make sure that you all have futures. This way you can do whatever it is that you want. Please go back to your dorms." I stepped back from the podium and collapsed into a chair. John had already settled Hell in a chair as well.

She looked so peaceful. I wonder how much longer it was until we received a casket.

 

[NiteCrowe]

Matt simply stood, lost for words.

He understood what was going on, but at the same time he didn't.

Part of him wanted to KO Mack, the other part didn't

He simply lay against the floor, neither crying or shocked, just...

Torn.

 

[Infalk]

Hmph. That man just brushed him off without a second thought, typical.

He took a look around and saw that people were crying all over the place, holding dead friends hands in an effort to somehow make them come back to life...He saw the dead being taken away to be buried and the wounded being treated.

It was then he realized that none of it made an impact on him. Was his soul that torn? Had past events twisted him beyond recognition? He almost weeped for the long lost innocence he once held, when he thought that nothing could ever go wrong...

These people called themselves "The Good Guys" yet where was the good in this? Even now he realized that they were going to start an all consuming war, which would end even more lives - their pride would never let this go unpunished. All they had managed to do with this school was herd every evolutionally advanced young person into one spot, ready to be massacred by whatever passing evil might come their way.

If this was good, he didn't want a part of it.

He heard the announcement, and his thoughts were confirmed. Hell and Crosswind were going to 'Save our lives', just another excuse to justify murder.
He followed some of the students and eventually found an empty dorm room, he lay down and after going through the days events in his head, he fell asleep.

 

[CountV]

I heard them talk, I knew they meant well, I knew I had been harsh... I still think I was right, there was no use in arguing, at least they believed on what they said

"No we know this isn't the only way, but it's the only way that'll cost less lives. If we can take down Victoir and Veleera. We sacrifice our lives for everyone here at Heartbeat. Hell and I only have one thing left to live for and that's Illeriya. By now thanks to the nice distraction."

"She's probably dead. Therefore there's nothing left for us. We'll fight this while the students are living normal lives back here at the school. John will take over the facility. No lives lost."

"Don't you dare assume the kind of people we are. We dont' know you and you definitely don't know us. I won't assume anything about you, but assume all you want about us."

He almost walks past me, I turn and touch his shoulder... "Wait.. please hear me out." A part of me thinks it should be ready to take a punch to the jaw.

"Don't assume anything about me, just think of what you know... this code, John said the trio will go to a final showdown with Victoir and Veleera... let me help....

I can't fight them, well not for very long, I can't turn half of the globe into magma with fire, resist anything they throw at me, or chew off a psychotic bomberman's head... but there is something I can do... and I'm the best at it... get somewhere take a treasure and leave, all of this unnoticed.

Go fight them, do it your way, but in doing so let me try to rescue your daughter... don't do this for death... yours or theirs... do it for life, have some hope in the safety of your daughter.

She might not be alive, but the important part is that she might be..."

I let go of his shoulder... her probably just wants to punch me and call me crazy.

"Please consider this, I'll be guarding countess"

 

[xPureAdorationx]

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

xx Brenden xx

I had to wait a while until Hell regained consciousness. I had to discuss with her what the students presented and what the others had presented as well. I sat her down beside me and I looked at her. We were alone in her office so that no one could disrupt our thoughts. She was utterly broken. She had lost everything and her deal with the devil was still locked. I hated the whole world for this. To break the one thing that meant so much to me. She might have never realized, but I loved her. It was funny how in minutes we were turned into the bad guys. The students were still under our wing and still believers, but then there was Mack and some other students that thought we were here doing this to kill off the the entire world. We weren't. We were just doing what was best for the school. One day they'd understand or maybe they wouldn't. This was one way that we could save lives. We would leave the school and take on the villains on our own. What was so wrong about that.

"We're pulling a code whirlwind. Instead of an onset war. We can take Veleera and Victoir down." I say putting my head in my hands.

"Then what is everyone so concerned about. It's not like we called an apocalypse. I'm not dragging everyone into a war. Why are they looking at us like we're killers brenden." For once she sounded human. Her voice was filled with emotion and she was back to the Hell I knew so long ago.

"I don't know Helen. I don't know." I stared at the floor knowing if I caught her eyes I would most likely break down in tears.

"Brenden how many casualties?" She said her voice cracking.

"The villains sustained a good casualty of at least a hundred. We have three dead. Arctic, Haze and Jordan."

"Make sure John makes the proper arrangements. Alert their families. As for Arctic I want to be here when he's buried." I felt her hands on my shoulders.

I nodded. "We won't leave until that happens."

I took her hand and we walked hand in hand down to the auditorium where most people stayed. Some of the students begged us to try and help, but we denied them. We weren't bad people. They were just making us the villains. We face Mack. Hell is still pretty upset.

"So what else do you want to ridicule us on? What made you think we were going to drag innocent people into this." She was starting to ramble.

I put my hand on her shoulder to quiet her.

"Like we said we're not dragging innocent people into this. We're denying you of your request. You deserve a chance at life like the rest of these kids. We're doing this alone. It's our lives against theirs. We're no worse than the X-Men, batman, superman. Whatever hero you have out there. Our explanations of what we do aren't clear. It's like a parent and a child."

Hell put her hand on my shoulder this time.

"We're going into the most empty and desolate part of the desert. Where we're far from civilization or anyone we can hurt. We lost three people today and so many more acquaintances. I wish it wasn't that way."

I cut her off. "We're doing the best we can. You might not like our plans, but we're doing this to save lives. I don't give a damn what other people think."

"You might think I'm being selfish, but I'm considering every child, sister, brother, mother, daughter, father, uncle in here. I'm thinking about my children too. If you think this is just for revenge and for Illeriya. You're wrong. Why would I risk my life and the life of my unborn child for revenge."

I would have opened my mouth, but I was still pondering her sentence. I looked at her for a moment and she smiled.

xx Hell xx

"Emotions tend to get the best of me now-a-days." I raised my hand and left for a moment. I quickly removed the girdle and came back.

"Twelve weeks. About three months now..." I say sliding my hand over my uniform and the small baby bump that was starting to form. It really only looked like I ate too much.

"According to gill and his weird psychic reading thing. It's a boy." I smiled a few tears falling down onto the floor.

"Pregnancy and emotions tend to cloud my judgment."