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Post by Tiffany on Jun 9, 2007 22:31:22 GMT -5
Jason watched in horror as the guy maliciously attacked Terren. "What reason do you have for something like that? He meant you no harm!" He yelled as he lightly took Michellas arm. The last thing he wanted her to do was get near that psycho. He moved slowly to put her behind him, trying to not attract attention to either of them. He contemplated trying to save Terren, but he saw no hope for the man..but if he laid on finger...touched a hair on Michellas head..he would rip his throat out as sure as he stood there. He felt bad for Laodice, who had only tried to save his friend. Jason knew that he should do something to help, but he was at a loss as to what to do. He glanced back sadly at Michella, for he knew this must be killing her inside. He tried to move completely in front of her so she couldnt see the attack on Terren, but he knew she would move to see...to see if Terren could fight back. To see if Jason himself would do something to save her dear friend..but he didnt know how..
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Post by phantom on Jun 9, 2007 22:40:37 GMT -5
Terren clawed at sand as he tried to form it into something useful, but it wouldn't work. Blood stung his eyes and his vision blurred. The sand beneath him turned red and became muddy and sticky. He was losing a lot of blood very quickly. He looked up at Zefrum and winced in pain. He couldn't actually see him, but he knew that this would probably be his last chance to rid the world of the psychopath. He grabbed some dirt and slung it upward. He felt tears come from his eyes, mixing with the blood. He looked over, hoping to see Michella one last time, but his vision was completely taken away, his face a bloody mess, sand getting into the cut and stinging. _______________________________________________________
Zefrum smiled as he saw that the other two wouldn't dare touch him. He looked down at Terren. "This will teach you," he said, "and it will teach them. It will teach you that you never mess with me or get in my way. Oh, and real men don't cry. I'm sure, in time, these guys will learn that you aren't worth a single tear. Your memory will fade and they'll go on as usual without you." Zefrum smiled as he made his finishing comment to Terren, happy with the sadistic and painful message. He wanted Terren to die knowing that he was worthless. Zefrum raised the chain again, deciding that it was now Terren's time. The sand Terren threw missed him completely and he laughed. The chain fell fast and swift, the heart at the end being covered in Terren's blood. The acid he had dropped did its duty and Terren moved an inch for the last time before his body gave in. Zefrum smiled at the useless body on the ground and watched the white portal in the sky disappear slowly. He looked back at Michella and Jason. "Don't be a fool and make yourself next," he said, then walking slowly away from them, wiping the blood off of the chain with his shirt. He heard voices in the back of his mind screaming for him to stop the entire time, and that made the thrill so much better. He smiled as he left, thrilled to be able to put a new name in his book.
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Post by Marr-ee on Jun 9, 2007 22:55:32 GMT -5
Michella felt Jason's hand on her arm, to pull her back from the vicious attack on someone she once loved but still felt for. Her eye's seemed be closing to hide her vision from it, but couldn't seem to stop watching hoping that Terren would fight back. Fight to see her again. Fight just not to die, but as she did, Jason tried to hide her behind him. Avoid the sight of the death of her once beloved. She cryed into his back. Her violet hair cascaded over her cheeks, instantly becoming wet with tears and she could hear the yell from Terren. It only made it worse. She looked yet again, pulling away from Jason's grasp, she wanted to help him. To help him fight back, but her powers were of no use. They wouldn't be able to put the forcefullness of her hearts heaviness in an attack against this guy. He had easily taken Laodice out, and found him a few feet away from Terren's dieing form. She let out a whimper as the attack came to an end and the maniac took his leave. Her heart took a heavy burden. What would have happened had she not picked jason? What if she was with Terren? It could have changed this attack. she could have Teleported him away from the man. He would have been saved, but she blamed herself now for not doing anything. SHe had the power to take him away from the attack but her thoughts wasn't even on using her powers. "Terren... TERREN..." She took out in a full run away from Jason, falling at his side, taking in the site of him. Her body became racked in tears and sobs. They were uncontrollable. Her hands covered her eye's as she bent over the pain in her stomach reappearing again. She doubled over letting the day's events finally sink in. "DAMN YOU... WHy did you attack him? I should have taken you away from him.. I should have..."
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Post by Tiffany on Jun 9, 2007 23:04:19 GMT -5
Jason felt her pull away from him. He was at a loss for words. "Oh no.." He staggered forward to Terren. He hadnt expected the man to kill Terren. Not here..not now.. The full force of the realization hit him as he neared the still body. He heard Michella scream. "There was nothing you could do..He would have killed you Michella..You know that.." He hit his knees beside Terren, hoping to find something that registered as him still being alive. It was a small hope, but hope was better than bleak despair. He examined the hole that had burned through his back. He closed his eyes and leaned back. He rocked back up on his heels and stood up straight. He turned to see the receding form of the man that had, in front of all of them, just killed Terren in cold blood. He walked fast to catch up with him. In his anger, he could not transform seemlessly like he always did. First his legs began to change, muscle building and turning furry. His chest swelled out and took up a distinctive tone. His face and arms changed last completing the form of a tiger. He had caught up to Zefrum. His hind hauches bunched and rippled as he sprung into the air. "It is your turn to die!" He yelled out as he went for Zefrum's throat.
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Post by phantom on Jun 10, 2007 10:57:16 GMT -5
Zefrum turned and his eyes widened. He hadn't expected to be attacked. He created some acid, but not enough to bore through the skin. Throwing it in the tiger's face, he ducked, hoping that would be enough. He had never fought an animal before and wasn't sure of its limitations. He became worried and knew that he didn't stand a chance against the beast. Ok, he said into his mind, Let's see if they have it in them to kill you... Zefrum closed his eyes and let himself go, allowing Jaden to take over. Jaden looked up and was immediately hit in the face by a tiger paw. He fell to the ground hard and looked up. "What did he do," he yelled, "Did he hurt anyone?" Jaden looked over, dizy from the impact on his head. He saw the lifeless form of Terren and starte to cry. "Why?" he asked to no one in particular and put his face to the ground, crying.
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Post by Tiffany on Jun 10, 2007 15:51:26 GMT -5
Jason's head ducked to miss the acid that was thrown at his face. A growl escaped his throat as he swiped at Zefrums face, trying to knock him down. Better to get to his throat when he is facing the right way. Jason bared his teeth, saliva dripping down his long, sharp teeth. The snarl was abruptly halted when he noticed a change in Zefrum. He paused in his assault on him as he slitted his eyes to study him. He leaned in close and sniffed the air above Zefrum's face. It still smelled like Zefrum..the musty odor of death..but..there was another smell..one more distinct now that Zefrums attitude had changed. It was much more pleasant...Jasons nose wrinkled as he tried to process the change. He backed off when the guy began to cry. He remember what Zefrum had just said about crying.Oh, and real men don't cry.[/i] But here he was, crying his eyes out at the sight of Terrens body. He changed into himself. "Why?..why?..Because you did it! Thats why!" He grabbed Zefrum by the shirt collar and jerked him to his feet, showing no remorse for the physical pain he knew it was causing him. He drug him over to Terren and pointed at Terren and Michella. "You are why this happened..You killed him..And now you will pay for it.." He said angry at seeing Michella so hurt. He turned to her , "Do I kill him quickly? ...Or do I make it slow.." He twisted Zefrums shirt collar, constricting his airway, "And painful?" He asked Michella. It was up to her.
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Post by Marr-ee on Jun 10, 2007 16:03:01 GMT -5
Michella was still haunched over Terren's body, she could smell the blood from the attack on him and she finally felt like she had no more tears to cry. She wiped her eye's as she looked around hasitly for Jason. Where was he? Her eye's grew big as she spotted him finally, going after Zephrum. "NOO...JASON.... DO.." She managed out as he took a leaping bound to take down the hidious creature that killed Terren. Her eye's prayed for him to be safe, but found no strenght to get up. No JAson. don't do it. He'lll kill you too. If you die as well... I..I She forced her eye's closed as Zephrum threw an acid stream at him. Her heart seemed to stop and everything was in slow motion as she hesitated opening her eye's to see what was going on. Fearful that the one she loved was now dead as well as her one loved one. Today was a sad day indeed. Her eye's opened slowly hearing a slight words from the form of Zephrum and she couldn't tell why he was being so nice. He just killed someone. He killed Terren. This poor person was now crying? She couldn't tell why... Spotting Jason, she found him to not be harmed and was thankful. Michella got up, her legs were weak, but she walked over to Jason and this guy. Her eye's showed pity for him. Her vision went to Jason listening to the choices. It was up to her? To what? Decide whether he lives or dies. He gave Terren no choice, but to her. She couldn't bare to see him die as well. Not after Terren. "Jason... I don't know. I ... Don't ... Know..." She fought within herself. "Jason... I don't...wa..nt to see ano..ther die, but he.. deserves it...?" She could feel her heart breaking more. Now the fight was more involved.
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Post by phantom on Jun 10, 2007 23:01:00 GMT -5
Jaden cughed and gagged with the pressure on his throat. He tried to explain what was going on, but the words couldn't escape his throat. Trying hard to focus, he decreased the density of the dirt on the ground by his feet, some of it escaping as a hot gas into the air. It dug out three words in the ground: "It was Zefrum." He tried hard to breathe, but his airway was almost completely closed and he was crying besides that. The tears still fell, but not a single sob could escape. The powerful hold of the beast Zefrum had been fighting was far superior to his own strength. He glanced over at Terren's body and thought that it might be better if he was simply killed then, taking Zefrum out of the world. But then he thought of Belle and he couldn't bare to leave the world just when his life gained some meaning. He didn't struggle, knowing that would simply depleat his air supply. He simply gestured to the message on the ground, hoped for the best, and cried. _____________________________________________________________
Laodice woke up with a terrible headache, but the most incredible feeling of power. He felt like he had the strength of two men. Getting up, he saw a tiger holding down the man that had attacked Terren. Looking to the other side of himself, he saw Terren's body laying in blood, his back burned, staining a ring of blood on the tattered edges of the hole in his yellow vest. He would have checked him, but he knew inside himself that life no longer flowed in the body of Terren Vince, brother of Nora Vince, admirer of Michella Tullia. He knew everything about him, but now there was nothing left to know. He looked over at the man who had attacked him and looked at the tiger. "What are you waiting for?" he asked, "Kill him."
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Post by Tiffany on Jun 11, 2007 19:02:24 GMT -5
Jason was confused by Michella's reaction, but understood it. Although this man had killed Terren..She didnt have it in her to condemn him. His gaze softened as he looked at her. He had to face it..he loved her gentle soul..he loved her. After all of this was over..he would make sure to tell her that. He saw something written on the ground. He did a double take as his gaze crossed over it. "It was Zefrum?" He looked at the guy he had a death grip on. "Meaning it wasnt you right?" He asked him skeptically, and was even more confused by the profuse tears that seemed to liberally pour out of his eyes. This seemed nothing at all like the man he had seen walking toward Terren with an intent to kill. He loosened his grip on him. "So if you arent Zefrum...who are ---" He began when he was interrupted by Laodice. "What am I waiting for? Answers..Look at him..Dont you notice something is wrong here..something is...different?" He shook his head. Of course Laodice didnt know..he was unconsious. "Look at him.." He pushed him in Laodice's direction. "If you think it is still the right thing to do to kill him..." Jason let go of Zefrums shirt completely. "Then you do it." He walked closer to Michella and put his hands on her shoulders. He messaged them gently as he leaned forward and kissed the top of her head. He knew that she would disapprove of such violence..and didnt want Zefrum to die..so he would not have the mans blood on his hands.
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Post by Marr-ee on Jun 11, 2007 19:35:17 GMT -5
Michella let her gaze move away from the guy on the ground that was at the threshhold of being killed by Jason. Her thoughts were afraid of what might happen if this guy changed back suddenly. Her views on this guy didn't chance. She was now fully filled with hatred for him, even if he said he wasn't who he was minutes ago. She felt the tears leave her eye's as though no tears were left. Her eye's red from crying and her cheeks still heated. I hate him... I don't care who he is... I hate him. She looked behind her as Laodice woke up and she heard his words of 'Kill him'. She fought against her voice to scream out to release the pain and confusion that she was feeling inside. Instead, her voice whispered out. "Don't kill him... just make him pay for what he did...." Her eye's seemed to have a glossy effect over them, and she had a blank stare at Jaden. Jason's hands were on her shoulders. She could feel that he was comforting her, but it seemed to not help at this moment even with the kiss. Jason had let him go, but now it was up to Laodice to kill him if he was meant to. Michella turned her head slowly at Jason, her eye's seemed to show too much emotion that they were as if she couldn't focus on what was going on. She moved away from Jason and walked slowly over to Jaden. She let her arms hang to her side as she bent down beside him. Her eye's never met his face as she spoke out quietly. "I don't care who you are, but it's your fault. You killed him and you will have to suffer as I am. You are my enemy.... " She stood up and looked back at Jason, walking back, she passed Jason as she neared Terren's body again, stopping. "I'm sorry Terren... I'm so sorry..." She let the days events take hold over her, letting her body give in to everything. Her form fell slowly to her knee's, her head moving to the side.
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Post by phantom on Jun 14, 2007 16:01:11 GMT -5
Jaden was on his hands and knees, looking at the ground, gasping for air. He was still crying, now both for Terren and out of fear for his own life. He looked down at his message on the ground. "It was Zefrum," he said, still breathing heavily, "It was all Zefrum... I'm Jaden... we..." He paused for a moment to breathe. He looked up at Michella and noticed the sadness in her eyes. "I'm so sorry," he said, "I couldn't control him... If you can find it in you, please hate him, not me... If we didn't share this body, I would destroy him." He hung his head again, then wiped off a cut that he had gotten on his forehead. He looked up at Laodice, the one who's hands he was in. The one who would decide whether he lived or died. Perhaps it would be better to rid the world of Zefrum at the cost of Jaden's life, but he lacked the strength to say such a thing, visions of Belle flashing through his mind. ______________________________________________________________
Laodice looked down at the boy before him. So young, yet so dark and disturbed. He held out a hand, getting ready to cause his body to crush itself. He felt hate flow through him, but he couldn't do it. Listening to all of the things he had said, he began to wonder about the intricacies of the situation, the things only visible to an open mind. Part of him struggled to kill and another struggled to protect. The ground around Jaden lowered, the gravity being increased. He watched Jaden sink about six inches. The gravity field around him increased slightly, holding him on his hands and knees until Laodice could decide what to do. Laodice heard something inside himself, not a voice, just a message in itself, a separate emotion from his own. It fought his rage and calmed him. He looked over at Michella above Terren's body and felt a strange emotion, as if he were outside of himself. He walked over to her and put his hands on her shoulder. "He's ok," he said, "Just a little different now."
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Post by Tiffany on Jun 15, 2007 22:29:13 GMT -5
Jason watched Laodice expectantly. He had known that Laodice couldn't kill the man. For he was truly not the person that had killed Terren. Jason walked forward slowly, never taking his eyes of Jaden. He kneeled down in front of him and looked him in the eyes. "I know you are not the one that killed Terren." He stated simply as he grabbed the man's wrist. "And I am sorry that you must pay for what Zefrum has done." He began to pull his arm toward him. "But you must pay." He said, with Michella's words racing through his mind. Don't kill him, just make him pay for what he did. He grimaced. You are my enemy Passed through his mind as he cruelly jerked on Jadens arm and brought his knee up, breaking it at the joint. He would continue to hurt him as long as he had Michella's word that she wanted him to feel more pain. He grabbed Jaden's other arm, waiting on her word.
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Post by Marr-ee on Jun 17, 2007 20:25:58 GMT -5
Michella shook her head from him, not letting his words get to her. She couldn't just forgive and forget, Terren Wouldn't, so she couldn't. She witnessed his death and she couldn't let him die with that on her shoulders. It's his fault, but I could have saved him... I could have let my powers be used... I could have shielded him... I.. Her thoughts disappeared from her head as she felt a hand on her shoulder. It was to comfort her, but she felt as though she couldn't be comforted. She wanted to run away from all of this. Take her self to the bottom of the lake and stay there, let the water cool her thoughts, but not without Terren. He was the only one able to release her thoughts. "Te...rre...n" Came her soft words, almost muttered. "What do you mean... okay? He's..." She caught herself trying to cry again, but forced herself not to. "...dead. How can he be different?" Michella looked behind her, hearing nothing from Jason's direction and thought the wordse... What she had told him he was now doing. Taking it upon himself to make him pay. She couldn't find it in her self to get up and run over to jason just to let him hold her instead of hurting him. She was hurting so badly... she just wanted to be held... rocked. Michella's gaze found his eye's and she quickly closed her eye's to what Jason was doing... "Make him stop.... make him stop..." She muttered under her breath to Laodice.
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Post by phantom on Jun 17, 2007 20:58:58 GMT -5
Jaden scremed as the pain shot through his arm. It felt as if two spears had pierced his eblow, dragging themselves through his arm and out his palm and shoulder. Blood came from the joint where the bone lightly broke the skin. He felt tears well up and his eyes stung. His arm felt as if it were on fire, yet he felt he deserved it. He wondered if Zefrum could feel the pain. He hoped so. "Please!" Jaden yelled instinctively, naturally wanting the pain to stop. Deep inside him, however, he felt that has cursed body needed to be punished. It needed to know the pain it caused and it needed to know what it was to cry. Most of all, it needed to know it was fragile, breakable. Jaden wanted Zefrum to know that he could feel pain. And yet, he wanted the pain to stop for his own benefit. He grabbed at the dirt beneath him with his other hand, not knowing how else to ease his pain. He couldn't move, so all he had left was to stay there and take the pain as it came. ______________________________________________________
Laodice crouched down next to Michella and hugged her, only wanting her to stop crying. "Trust me," he said, "he's going to be fine. I have him right here." Laodice pointed to his head. "Don't cry," he said, "Terren wouldn't want you to cry." He hugged her again, hoping that that would make her feel somewhat better, even if in the slightest. He heard her request and wiped tears off of her face. "If that's what you want," he said. He got up and turned to face Jason. "Enough," he said, "I don't think Michella wants to see any more pain. And neither do I." With that, he normalized the gravity around Jaden and waited for Jason to decide what he would do.
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Post by Tiffany on Jun 23, 2007 20:49:28 GMT -5
Jason stood up slowly. His face wrenched in horror at the sight in front of him. A poor soul that did not deserve that kind of pain. He shook his head. His hair flew out and he put his palms to his eyes and scrubbed his face with his hands painfully. He turned around and walked away. He had done what Michella wanted. He had made him feel her pain. Now all Jason had to do was get rid of the pain that was welling up deep inside his chest, constricting his heart and causing a lump to grow in his throat. "What did I do?" He asked as he kept going past the line of the forest. He left Laodice, Michella, Jaden, and the body that had held Terrens soul. He didnt look back.
{Omg sorry It took me so long to post..this thread got lost among the masses!!}
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