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Outside Club XS

:: Exiting the front of Illustra, a few club patrons remained out front, waiting patiently for their cabs. Everything was quiet except for the soft rumbling of thunder in the distance. Looking upward, Persephone could feel the thunderstorm brewing. the distinct smell of rain overtaking her senses. There was going to be a massive summer storm hitting any minute. ::

:: Standing patiently waiting for her driver to pull the car around, suddenly Alison's voice caught Persphone's ear. DELILAH!. Whipping her head around to where the horrid scream came from, the patrons near by were shocked as well. While they scattered, afraid of the prospect of having a preditor or gang hurt them as well, Persephone began to run down the sidewalk toward the alley way behind XS. Sprinting at top speeds, she rounded the corner just as the rain began to pour full force down on the city. Lighting flashed above and thuner crashed. ::

:: Rain soaked hair clung to Persephone's equally wet face and body. Her designer dress--offically ruined--stuck to her unforgivingly. Finally reaching the scene, Persephone's hunter eyes went wide as she haulted instantly. ::

"Oh my God..."

:: High winds whipped throughout the alley, sending the falling warm rain water's direction to become erratic. Still as stone, the goddess was shocked at the sight of the original Dire Wraiths...the ones who murdered her friends. The ones who destoryed the coven she helped built. The ones that forced Ororo to cast her to stone to only awaken 25 years later with nothing left. Her shocked expression soon turned into utter hatred as her eyes melted from green to black. ::

:: Suddenly the winds began to pick up behind Persephone sending debris and trash cans flying into the brick walls. Lifting her hands out to her sides, lighting crashed behind the goddess, gaining the attention of the Dire Wraiths. Suddenly the hurricane-like winds blasted forward, hurling the Dire Wraiths back away from Alison with ease. Moving forward, she gestured her arm out, sending one of the massive garbage cans flying to where the Dire Wraiths laid. ::

"YOU MURDERED MY FAMILY!!"

:: Persephone's voice thundered loudly around the immediate area as a massive lightning bolt crashed into the garbage can, making it explode into billions of pieces; sending sharp metal shards of debris flying every which way. ::
 
deadly reunion

the dire wraiths converged upon this woman who was powerfull than she looked. not only would they assume her substance and form when they "brain drained" her, but they would add her own mystical powers to their own already deadly dark magicks. but their second round with the witch was halted as they were confronted by another woman...a woman whom they thought had DIED ages ago.

Dire Wraith: in a deep, evil raspy voice YOU!? she hissed with contempt[/b] this isnt possible. you should be DEAD with the others! Back in.....


the winds SLAMMED into her and her sister wraiths. Persephone's powers were more refined and precise in this reality and they were swept away from Guardian , down the alley as the storm raged around them. picking themselves up, the wraiths flooded the area with their enchantments to deflect and counter the metal shrapnel that Perspehone sent flying around

Dire Wraith: HOW is this possible? the Darkchilde and her coven....we nearly destroyed them all! Darkchilde was the sole survivor and she destroyed all of the wraiths but our might queen, Volx!

they quickly discussed among themselves. the females of the wraith species were the dominant ones, the intelligent ones, and the ones who weilded magick with deadly precision yet they did not count on Persephone being in THIS timeline.

We must destroy her if we are to succeed with our plans. Capture the witch...KILL Persephone!

the wraiths began to advance, lashing out at Persephone with magickal attacks that blasted at her body and set her skin on fire with an acidic sting. two of the wraiths went after Alison all the while the storm rages in the night sky around them all.
 
Nicolas smiled at Delilah's offer of a drink. Combined with Alison's restraint, he was thinking that maybe they would get along well after all.

"I would be delighted. Now what'll you ha- Eh???!!!"

Nicolas mind picked up the panic outside and the anger of Persephone. He reached out with his TK and noticed hideous creatures confronting both Guardian and Seph. He "saw" the battle as it began to pick up.

"People, our team has bad news outside. Hurry to the alleyway immediately!!"

Nicolas teleported outside to the alleyway between Alison and the advancing wraiths. As he erected a quick TK shield in front of Persephone in order to slow the battering of her body, he reached out to the closest wraith and tore out its throat with one motion. The other wraith he kicked down the length of the alley as he gracefully backflipped in place, taking advantage of his height to attack the beast.

"You guys REALLY picked the wrong night to fuck with us..."
 
they were greeted by yet ANOTHER super powered human. a tall, ebon skinned man who appeared to be full of vitality. powerfull as he was..he had no idea just who he was dealing with as he found his attempt to rip out the Wraith's throat FAILED completely. he was UNABLE to breach the extremely dense, rough skin and physical structure of the wraith. as he kicked ANOTHER wraith away from Guardian, the Wraith he had FIRST attacked GRABBED his wrist as he had reached out for her.

Dire Wraith: So! Persephone has found new humans to allign herself with. WHERE is the mighty Darkchilde? is she not here to try to protect you and FAIL as she did with her coven? Is this some TRICK on her part?

the wraith laughs as Rampage tries to control the situation

FOOL! You cannot destroy me so easily. I am as beyond your frail physiology as you are beyond that of the amoeba!

Rampage would find the strength of this hideous "female" creature was MORE than a match for his as she used her magicks to PARALYZE him and then began to CRUSH HIS wrist. her "hand" glowed with dark magick as she began DRAIN the life and energy from his body, removing his will to fight as vigorously. she pulled him forward and opened her jaws to reveal the long snaking tongue with the drill spinning edge which was now about to puncture the center of his forehead

meanwhile, the other two wraiths had transformed, using their shape shifting powers. they were now deathwings. extremely large avian creatures enshrouded in shadow with red eyes, they flew with INCREDIBLE speed and agility and were immune to psychic attacks. they began firing deadly powerfull concussive AND blasts of mystic flame at Persephone and Guardian to keep them from trying to help Rampage
 
As the wraith bragged about her advantage over Nicolas, he raised the wraiths internal temperature using his pyrokinesis to several hundred degrees as he grabbed her hand that was latched to his wrist and flipped them both to the ground, using a Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu arm bar technique to tear her arm off, or at least break it at the elbow using his legs.
 
behind XS

Sage - green eyes carefully inspecting the pictures of Diana aka Malice. Blaze sat cross legged in her leather swivel chair, still hidden in her back office of XS. A small pair of Gucci glasses adoring her green eyes, supplying a studious look to the woman.

A few cigarettes now littered her black marble ashtray. A perplexed look written across her beautiful face. She seemed troubled by this woman and not just the events leading up to tonight. Her fingertips dancing across her keyboard to make a notation of Diana's manipulations.

She's a clever minx, you almost have to admire her craft.

She thought, setting her glasses above her widow's peak, rubbing her tired eyes. Leaning back in the chair. Her eyes scanning over the small biography that she kept on her computer. It was a faint list of Diana's capabilities as far as she witnessed. If Alison's assumptions were correct than both herself and Nicolas would be placed in a dangerous game of cat and mouse.

Blaze knew the final result of that deadly hand, she would lose. A fire manipulator against a woman who could copulate with her brain. Malice could stretch and twist the truth. She was exactly like Katherine from Basic Instinct except far more deadlier.

Saving her progress she shut down her computer. Standing up with a stretch before setting her glasses on the desk. She needed to be returning to Illustra anyway, it was getting late. Striding towards the door of her office exactly when she heard a long grasp for Delilah. Alison's voice bellowed out enough for Blaze to overhear this. It wasn't in the Seer's nature to ask for assistance, which meant it was serious.

Picking up her walk to a faster pace, she walked out of the office. Hurrying for the exit with Nicolas informing the remaining ladies trouble had been brewing. Was it Malice again? Running faster but not enough to cause a scene. Shutting the club doors behind her, Blaze disappeared down a darkened alleyway.

Persephone's sultry voice easily identified but the last remark stunned her. Family? It couldn't be Malice. Blaze's petite form had been enshrouded in shadow due to the degree of the moon, plus the on - going battle.

A powerful stream of lava came spluttering through the pitch darkness toward the being holding Nicolas. Yellow eyes glowing through the darkness until that 5'8 form was revealed. A palm raised in the air with the appearance of Blaze. Her spicy lava was moving with its own lively velocity toward the Dire Wraith's jaws.

"Relatives of yours, Alison?"

She remarked, her eyes easily following the red - eyed creatures. Cartwheeling over to one of the parked cars.
 
the alley behind XS

:: Guardian was prepared to fight to the death, and soon, Persephone came to the battle. The Seer was INSTANTLY reminded of what she saw in Darkchilde's timeline when Persephone cried out for vengeance.::

The Dire Wraiths...they MURDERED Darkchilde's coven...their timeline's version of Karen and Ororo....they were also killed by them! We saw the astral replay in Darkchilde's castle!

:: deadly concussive blasts came from above as DEATHWINGS began to attack Guardian and Persephone. the Seer extened her hand and manifested a circular force field to deflect the blast which immediately began to ricochet as it fractured into mini blasts and hit the walls of buildings around them::

:: now recalling her knowledge of the creatures, she called out::

Nicolas, your psychic attacks will NOT work against them. they are IMMUNE to telepathy.

:: it was too late as one wraith was upon him and using her magicks to paralyze him and drain his life force. but even as she reluctantly decided to TELEBLINK him out of harm's way, he managed to TURN THE TABLES on the powerfull wraith and as he damaged her physical body Foxfire's lava blast sealed her fate as she shrieked with pain and was mangled by the lava.::

:: hearing Blaze's comment, Alison turned and snapped on her::

OPEN YOUR EYES, FIRE FLY! these are the creatures that decimated Darkchilde's coven..her FAMILY. They killed Karen and Ororo in that timeline and Persephone and DC were the only ones to survive.

:: at that moment the Deathwing above made a DEADLY pass at Guardian and Foxfire. Guardian dodged as she used her newly honed LEVITATION to vault over the winged creature. twisting her body in the air, she landed on a metal stairwell and now had a higher vantage point. she locked on that deathwing and took aim as she extended her gloved hands a dark halo of magick formed around them::
 
they keep coming!

<< with the efforts of Rampage and Foxfire, a second wraith went down. two were left NOT COUNTING the two deathwings.>>

<<thankfully with the wild summer storm, the sounds of nature overpowered the sounds of battle and no one was around to see what was happening in the nighttime terror behind XS>>


<< Guardian gracefully evaded the deathwing's deadly pass and was now at a higher vantage point. the deathwings were fast...despite their immense size and if their blasts connected with any unprotected body...they would totally OBLITERATE whatever they touched. as that particular deathwing began to close in Foxfire, Guardian took aim, preparing to show them that SHE was not without magickal power herself.>>

<< meanwhile, the cries of the fallen wraith didnt go unnoticed by her sisters as ANOTHER of the four wraiths slammed Rampage in his head with a blast of dark magick and if it didnt knock him out..it WOULD leave him with a painfull headache. before he would realize WHERE she was he would be confronted with the image of "Guardian" while GUARDIAN herself now "appeared" to be the WRAITH. The Wraith had used her power of shapshifting to assume the form of Alison Marble and cloaked the REAL "alison" in a real as life illusion making it appear that GUARDIAN herself had fired upon Rampage!>>



<< the last of the four wraiths joined deathwings in the FIERCE assault against Persephone and now Foxfire, as she flooded the area around them with enchantments that began to DETONATE around them designed to prevent them from free movement and jarring their bodies with concussive impact.>>
 
Revenge in the Alley

:: Rain pounded heavily on Persephone, hearing the Dire Wraith's speak with such hatred and contempt toward her. With shock and confusion. Their voices so familiar to Persephone it literally made her sick to her stomach. With clenched teeth, as they spoke of her friends--the people she loved--the goddess' anger level sky rocketed. ::

:: Suddenly an onslaught of acidic attacks hit Persephone, burning her flesh and creating gash like wounds on her exposed skin. Holding in her screams of pain, she REFUSED to allow the Dire Wraiths to hear her cry out. She wouldn't give them the satisfaction. But the attack soon faded once Rampage enforced a shield around her. Lifting her head up, drenched locks of black hair stuck across her face, covering most of the gashes and sores created by the acidic attack, but still revealing that she was hurt. Persephone's eyes were as black as the sky, her face expressing sheer hatred and anger. ::

:: Before she was able to unleash an attack, blasts began to detonate around Persephone and Foxfire, causing the goddess to put up her arms defensively as her body began to bounce in different directions from the explosions. Jarred and dazed from the impacts of the explosion, Persephone could feel the pangs of pain along her body from the impact of the assult. Soon, high winds began to circle around Persephone's body as a small cyclon formed. The goddess instantly lifted into the air, bypassing the enchantments, before landing feet away near one of the Dire Wraiths. ::

"I'LL MURDER EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU!"

:: As she screamed out her threats of vengeance, the heavy winds continued to pick up, blowing toward the Dire Wraith. Suddenly the winds behind the Dire Wraiths changed direction as well, blowing toward them too, creating what could only be discribed as two "walls" of gail force winds slamming into the creatures. But as Persephone stepped forward, the summer's warm soon turned a blistering cold--the winds suddenly becoming visable to show two actual ice block coming from both directions ready to SLAM into the Dire Wraith and CRUSH her whole. ::
 
Mytikas Summit, Greece

Meanwhile, half a world away, Haleigh sits perched on a rock at the top of a mountain. The time difference between the tranquility where she is and the chaos in New York could not be more noticable: it is the pitch of night back at home, where her comrades fight for their lives, and the sun rises here. Haleigh gazes off in the distance, taken by the spectacular view. The sound of pebbles scattering down the mountainside to her left grabs her attention, and she turns to see the gleam of a handgun between her and Ava Cassadine. Haleigh is less than concerned. She turns her eyes back to the sunrise.

"Do you really think that will help you, Ava?"

Ava:"Your draw was always quicker than mine... do you mean to tell me you are unarmed?"


Haleigh sighed and shook her head, as Ava tucked her gun away in her purse, slightly surprised... but then... these very circumstances were surprising for Ava.

"I've no reason. I wouldn't kill you... Mom has already lost one daughter..... she doesn't deserve to lose the other."

Ava kept her eyes on Haleigh, as she sat down on a flat rock a few feet away. She knew Haleigh was here for a serious reason... but the past proved to be so heavy between the two that they fell into an old rhythym.

Ava: "Whatever. I talk to her every couple of weeks... but I can tell she'd rather be talking to you. She always loved you more... because you were a living, breathing reminder of him-- her true love. All I remind her of is second-best... a failed relationship that ended in divorce and disappointment. [She gives a short laugh] I remember going to your funeral years ago... she cried... and cried... she could hardly speak.... and NO ONE could understand her when she DID put words together. and I remember realizing that... she wouldn't weep like that for me."

Haleigh snapped her glare to Ava, a scowl on her face... she wasn't having this game.... not today.

"You SHUT up. She's your MOTHER, and She loved you too... she had to accept that you'd rather run off to be Stav's little princess... but she wanted you to be happy.... no matter what that meant for her... and it was HARD for her to see you go. So you just shut your mouth."

Ava seemed stung... mostly by her older sister's scolding tone. There had been sibling rivalry between them since as long as Ava could remember [instigated by Stavros, who also knew and resented what Haleigh represented for her mother]. But Haleigh's harsh tone put a stop to fires that had been stoking for years, and brought what was between them to a crashing halt with her response, and the insight into their mother's state of mind after Ava followed her father to Greece. Ava found her voice, and, in typical younger sister fashion, deflected the focus back to Haleigh.

Ava:"Alright then... what is it that you want to talk about so badly? You have some guy drag me up here to the top of Mount Olympus at the crack of dawn.... whats with all this cloak and dagger shit?"

Haleigh looked back out at the horizon.... she decides to shoot for the hip. She passes Ava a manilla folder and explains as best she can under the shotgun circumstances. "Your father's in over his head with this Mystech business. Mystech is going down... and I have a colleague who is investigating Stav thouroughly.... I have reason to believe you might be in danger as well... there is a woman.... well.... she's a wildcard.... there's no telling what she'll do... to him or you."

Ava: "So throw them off. You've done it before...."

Haleigh shook her head again. "Its too late for that. They've got information on you both.... that no one else would have.... and they are going after Stav. in that folder is id, passport, travel money and a one way ticket to Kentucky. Tell Mom to pick you up... She'll wait to ask questions until afterwards... There will be a safety deposit box wait for you with plenty of money for you to RETIRE on."

Ava:"and what? LEAVE my father high and dry? Are you insane? You expect me to just--"

Haleigh's eyes flash with slight agitation and she cuts Ava off. "I EXPECT you to do what you do best- THINK ABOUT YOURSELF! Stavros is no longer your future.. no more than Mom was when Stavros ran off to Greece to get filthy rich and you went with him."

Ava: "You're a FOOL if you think I'm not going to tell him about this."

Haleigh sighed and covered her face with her hands. Nothing was ever easy. She considered that she potentially put several lives in danger-- both Ava and Stav's AND her own friends who were going after them....

"Do what you want... I don't care. I have done everything I can... your life is in YOUR hands now... and let me just say... Stavros is going down.... and YOU are a fool if you don't do what necessary to protect yourself. You are more useful to these people of you are gone... as in... nowhere to be FOUND."

Ava: "What AREN'T you telling me?" She asks with narrowed eyes.

Haleigh shrugs and begins to disappear. "Tell Mom I love her." Haleigh's voice lingers eerily. Ava has long known that Haleigh can work 'magic' with technology, and that she heads up an agency that specializes in futuristic gear, so the sight of her sister disappear from view isnt startling. Ava herself came along with one of Haleigh's men who used a molecular dispersement chip hidden in a watch.... a man that had left them immediately to privacy.

Ava:"Wait... dont TELL me I've got to hike all the way down this DAMNED mountain!"
 
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Awesome post Lexi. I really enjoyed the interaction between Ava and Haleigh. :) And it gives a glimpse into a part of Haleigh's character we've yet to see! Great job!
[ Delilah began to return Nicolas' smile - maybe it was worth giving him another chance. Her thoughts were interrupted, however, as her head was invaded by Alison's call. Her own name reverberated in her ears. Before Nicolas could verbalize what he was seeing, Delilah was running. Running to Alison.

Reaching the alley, she gasped in shock as she saw Persephone and Foxfire engaging one Dire Wraith, while Rampage faced another and Guardian battled the deadly deathwings.

She saw that Persephone's ice walls were closing in. ]

"Damn."

[ That girl sure had some fun tricks up her sleeve. ]

"You guys started the party without me."

[ Delilah raised her hands to the sky, firing green photon blasts directly at one of the deathwings. ]
 
alley behind XS

the dire wraith who had joined the deathwings in attacking Foxfire and Persephone now found herself gripped by the painfull COLD of Persephone's attack! could this wretched "goddess" have REMEMBERED what Ororo had said when last they fought? that the sub zero cold was one of their weaknesses? even after all this time? whether it was because of that or just a random selection on Persephone's part..the wretched woman's attack had DEADLY effect as the wraith cried out

Dire Wraith: ARRGHH!! the cursed cold!!! it saps my strength...i cannot cast my spells!!!


falling back and shaking violently from the furious cold, the walls of ice SLAM into her. she screams before she is crused. her body unable to channel dark magick, or function properly, she is rendered inert by the attack and her broken body falls to the ground

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meanwhile

the last wraith who now appears to be "Guardian" is attacking Rampage, making it look like Alison has fired upon him for no reason. she continues to pepper him with mystic force bolts that LOOK like Guardian's and have the same deadly concussive impact.

"Guardian": once your DEAD no one will miss you ANYWAY!

the masqueraded wraith smiles with a demonic gleam in her eye as she continues to attack Rampage while posing as Guardian, she calls out to the others, who have NOT seen her attacking Rampage

THERE's ANOTHER WRAITH ON THE STAIRWELL! DESTROY HER before she can cast one of her spells!

pointing at the REAL Alison who now is cloaked by an Illusion and looks like a Dire Wraith. with the rain falling and thunder crashing, followed by lightning. everything looked and FELT so chaotic. the rain made it harder for some to see but would anyone present see through this clever illusion before they wre tricked into destroying one of their own?
 
controlling the situation

<< after a relatively short but harrowing battle, the members of the Six finally began to show signs of triumph over this sudden attack by this new and mysterious group of foes. with one more wraith fallen there only remained one other and now with the arrival of MorningStar, a deathwing is blasted quite efficiently out of the air as she NAILS it with her photon blast, a powerful pressor beam of focused light photons that activates at the "speed of light" and is powerfull enough to smash through a solid mountain!>>

<< as she blasts the deathwing, it lets out a cry of pain before it spirals down smashing to the ground, a large gaping hole now on its underbelly, the deathing dies and begins to discorporate right then and there, leaving on one more deathwing to deal with>>

<< MorningStar, Presephone and Foxfire are left to deal with the remaining deathwing while Rampage is confronted by a most difficult situation...and Guardian is an unwitting pawn in the remaining Wraith's strategem. Will the others be able to figure out what is going on before its too late? as the storm rages on...we shall see.>>
 
Diving forward to avoid the deadly swoop of the deathwing, who had been targeting both Guardian and Foxfire. Rolling into a tumbling stance, Foxfire glanced back at Guardian who addressed her comment. She figured the Seer would become irritated, which is exactly what she was going for. Blaze had lightly manipulated Guardian’s emotions to secure their battle with these mysterious beings. It supplied the Six with a bit of edge, especially when Alison was flustered.

Large droplets of rain soaking her attire, making it difficult to be mobile. Standing up, Blaze shielded the falling rain from her eyes. Blinking any water from her eyes, unaware a deathwing was approaching.

Stepping next to Persephone who was clearly agitated. Although Foxfire couldn’t blame her, these monsters butchered her beloved friends and family. Zooming in on the outline of the zooming figures in the sky, Fox attempted to lock on their silhouette but found it to no avail.

Small fragments of enchantments surrounded Persephone and Foxfire. One of the enchantments hidden underneath the rear end of a black Lexis. The enchantment exploding on contact with the car lunging upward a foot or so. The trunk area of the luxury car catching fire through the fierce summer storm.

Blaze, who had been standing beside the side of the car felt the ground tremble. Her own body reacting harshly to the adrenaline surge she suffered. The explosion enough to deafening even her keen ears. Her body rocked and shook from the impact, jumping backwards only to see chunks of pavement and concrete splash through the air. Raising a hand to shield her eyes, her palm shooting out as a blast of fire hurried through the air, melting the rubble.

It felt like a war jet had been dropping bombs on herself and Persephone. Shaking her head from the ringing in her ears. The rain assisting to extinguish some of the flames around the car. Fox barely heard Persephone’s war cry for vengeance. It came out in splutters of words, almost incoherent.

Cartwheeling away from the fallen enchantments, Blaze noticed the sudden appearance of Morningstar. When did she get here? Blaze couldn’t recall but the assistance of another team member was greatly appreciated. Vicious icy winds whipped throughout the eastern coast or so it seemed. At first, the mutant thought it was the stormy weather.

But after noticing Persephone she put the pieces of the puzzle together.

Surveying the team, Blaze made sure to check on the others. A bit of a chill coursing through her cool body from the lashing winds. Blaze’s firepower wouldn’t be as useful in this situation but she had other ideas. Moving to assist Morningstar and Persephone, Blaze walked right into an enchantment. The small magical device imploding against a brick wall. The bricks spraying bullets at Foxfire. Unable to react fast enough, Blaze was hit maliciously.

Buried under a rumble of bricks, the fire manipulator was in trouble. A small gash adored her forearm where she had protected her head. Dust and dirt rolling off the pile of rubble. Blaze found herself suffocating under the debris. Pushing her way through the bricks, moving them out of her way. Her head poking out of the rubble, feeling dazed. Voices dancing off the back alleyway, some of them she could identify.

Blowing up the surrounding bricks, they bounced off her in the blink of an eye. Small flickers of fire lined the square bricks. Gasping and coughing a few breaths, she looked up to see Nicolas in trouble.

"Guardian" insinuating there was another Wraith on the stairwell. Raising a shaky hand to the real Guardian, attempting to fire a high powered fireball. The winds helping to blow the scent of Alison in her direction. Sniffing the air, Blaze frowned unsure what her eyes believed and her nose was telling her. Zooming in to see a more precise look, it resembled the Wraith but Blaze’s wasn’t sure.

Turning her eyes to "Guardian", Blaze could smell a contrasting odor. Lowering her hands, "I don’t believe that’s a Dire Wraith. Its Alison. That is the Dire Wraith." Fox’s slender index finger pointing to the real imposter.
 
Alley way

:: Persephone's ebony eyes gleamed as the sub zero winds whipped around the Dire Wraith, stunning it and preventing it from using it's powers. She had not forgotten their weakness, and she would use it to her advantage. Watching the two massive ice walls slam into the Dire Wraith, crushing it's body, her eyes stayed focus on the dead wraith, laying helplessly among the debris of ice. Heaving in labored breaths, the satisfaction of seeing atleast one of them die at her hand was short lived once hearing Guardian state that there was yet another wraith by the stairs. Turning her head into the direction of the "wraith", Persephone's long soaked locks whipped around in the air before connection and clinging to her face. She was fully prepared to attack until Foxfire alerted her that the "wraith" was in fact Alison. ::

:: Looking to Blaze, she knew the woman had a heighten senses and a connection to the precog. The goddess knew the Dire Wraith's had many tricks up their sleeves, and illusions was most definitely one of them. With Foxfire's claim and her own knowledge of the wraiths, that was enough for Persephone to turn her attention to "Guardian" who was attacking Rampage. ::

"Go to Guardian!"

:: Alerting Foxfire and Morningstar to protect/guard Alison, obviously the wraiths wanted Guardian for something; if not to kill her but to take her. After killing one Dire Wraith, Persephone could taste vengeance. A taste she desired more of. Sprinting forward, Persephone thrust both hands out in front of her, blowing the pooring rain into "Guardian" in a stream like effect. Dropping the temperature down once again to a sub zero level, the rain began to crystalize and freeze instantly at "Guardian's" feet, literally freezing her to the cement. Running forward, she leapt into the air near the brick wall of the building behind the real dire wraith. With cat like skill and agility, Persephone pushed her weight off the wall with her foot, spinning in the air and connecting the same foot with "Guardian's" face. As she completed the 360 rotation, a massive ice "stake" formed in Persephone's hand allowing her to SLAM the ice stake into the "Guardian's" neck, releasing sub zero temperatures INTO her body...not to mention giving her one nasty wound. ::

:: To the others, it looked like Persephone had literally killed Alison; the ice stake in one end of her neck, and out the other. Standing in front of the wraith, Persephone's black hair stuck to her face and body, mirroring her blackened eyes. She looked sadistic; every bit the devious and horrible woman that she was known as in her timeline. ::
 
The Alleyway

Nicolas was deflecting the blasts from "Alison" as best as he could while preparing to attack the wraith on the ledge when he "heard" Blaze distinguish the illusion. To his relief the "Alison" trying to kill him was the wraith, not the real team leader. With the attacks of Persephone (who also figured out the trick and seemed to have things well in hand) freeing him up, he quickly turned his attention to the Deathwing that seemed intent on doing something to the others.

With a nod of concentration, Nicolas removed all of the water from the Deathwing's body as he fired a concentrated TK blast at it.
 
a surprise

<< Nicolas managed to disable the deathwing long enough to force it to revert to its true wraith form which was now on the ground and very weakened but not dead but for the moment, the bigger question was "which was which" as the group was temporarily confused by the illusory spell cast by the other wraith.>>

<< after a few frantic moments of uncertainty, Foxfire was able to discern Alison from the Wraith and the group now knew who to attack but even as Persephone lashed out a this wraith and the spell was broken...a soft, wicked could be heard in the air as thunder rolled on. the storm seemed to slacken just a bit as a shadowed, feminine figure appeared down the way in the alley.>>

<< Alison was no longer on the stairwell, she was GONE>>
 
the alley behind XS

:: clapping her hands sarcastically as Persephone attacked the last wraith and dirsupted the spell::

BRAVO!

So "the Six" have added yet ANOTHER member to their parade of losers.

:: the cloaked woman stepped out of the shadows, revealing herself to be MALICE, and looking simply evil yet also sexy in her white, low cut, front lace up corsett and matching white hot pants along with her white knee high heeled boots. the outfit was rounded off by a hooded cloak that connected to the costume with a blue/white diamond brooch.::

and she is AQUAINTED with the Dire Wraiths? I'll have to keep an EYE on her.

:: Malice's wicked, gleaming smile flashed::

meanwhile, your precious precog is MINE now. I've already subdued her and captured her. she's somewhere you cannot reach her.

:: looking among them::

you may have held your own in this battle, but the truth is, this was ONLY meant to occupy you while I captured Guardian. I get tired of beating you down so i thought i'd give you something to do to make you feel good about yourselves.

:: looking at Nicolas::

care to try your luck?

:: looking at Blaze::

I always did like crushing the spirit of someone with a false sense of hope.

::looking at Morningstar::

I have what i came for, and the funny thing is, for all the flashing and flossing that some of your team mates like to do

:: looking at nicolas with a mocking expression::

I STILL managed to one up you...AGAIN! and THIS, is only the BEGINNING!

:: Malice extends her hands and a crashing sound of energy is heard lashes out with a wave of PSI LIGHTNING. beams of white energy surrounded by jagged , white sparkling lightning bolts that charge MADLY for the four members of the Six. With Alison captured, none of the others present possesed Psi Screens and Nicolas KNEW that Malice was a stronger, more vicious and experienced telepath than he was. the Psi Lightning would attack and SMASH through their mental defenses and violate their minds with the piercing white hot pain as it set them on fire sent convulsions of pain through their bodies::

:: she laughed out loud::

WRAITHS, FINISH THEM OFF!

:: from BEHIND Malice came an ARMY of wraiths who began to flood the area with their enchantments and streams of dark magick, it was a similar manifestation to what Morgan had done in the Citadle when fighting Imagiomg. all at once, in unison with Malice's attack...the Wraiths DETONATE their attack on her mark and the entire alley is radiated with a ballistic explosion.::
 
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The Alleyway

With th appearance of Malice, Nicolas realized that this was truly a setup. As she spoke, he reached out with his TK to verify that it was her and not simply an ast5ral projection, then looked for a way out, connecting with his three remaining teammates. As she projected the lightning coordinated with the new wraiths' attack, he momentarily linked their minds combining their wills and set up his best telepathic shield to protect them as much as possible and teleported the four to SWITCH them with the wraiths that he had already found from his earlier search, leaving the wraiths in the middle of the trap that had been set for the team.
 
Clara Oswald
Clara Oswald
Cool idea :)
Karma
Karma
quick thinking on Nicolas' part ;)
[ MorningStar stood in confused, stunned silence as she saw Persephone attack "Guardian". She hadn't heard Blaze's comment and began running to attack the goddess, who appeared to be KILLING Alison! But before she could attack, the illusion was broken and the dire wraith's true form revealed.

She looked back to where Guardian had been located before, then around the alley, but she was no where to be found. Then Malice appeared.

As the White Queen revealed her scheme, MorningStar immediately reached out trying to gather any soundwaves indicating Alison's location but found nothing. Just then her body was hit by Malice's psi lightning. She fell to the floor, her body wracked with pain, piercing her mind. She couldn't think, couldn't move, until...

She found herself teleported away from Malice's attack. Raising her arm she attempted to throw up a protective light shield around the group as a massive explosion rocked the alley. ]
 
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