Achievement Unlocked: Paler Than Most
It's been 3 days since.... Jet's death. "Okay," Aaron says as he puts down his sword. "Let's get to the topic of this shall we? Chloe? CHLOE!" Aaron calls as she just stares at him. "Ah! Yeah lets get to it!" She says quickly. Elliot looks at the sword with intent and says "I can see everything! Demon wood handle, strong blade but lightweight! I love it!". Chloe grimaces at the sword and says "Yeah, well that sword triggers me and we need to know why!".
Widow then ask her "Speaking of which, what do you remember from that? We all saw you change as if you had gotten really strong!". Elliot sniffs the blade and then covers his nose saying "AH! I know why it's so strong! It's made with angel blood!". Aaron backs away from the weapon and Elliot says "Not just that, ROYAL angel blood! This might be the only weapon tough enough to handle a very pissed off dragon!".
The window next to them opens up and Lily fly's in. "Sorry I'm late! I found this weird envelope with Chloe's name on it.". She hands her a red velvet envelope with.... White ink? "What is it?" Aaron ask. Chloe looks up puzzled and says "Not sure, all it is is an address.". Widow looks at it and says "It's the location of some old abandoned warehouse. I pass by there sometimes when I'm looking for content.".
Aaron looks at the letter and says "Well then let's all go, it says 9pm so we can make it.".
Little did they know they would come to regret this decision.
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*9 pm*
The 5 of them all go to a huge abandoned building and Aaron immediately says "This looks like a trap!". They go in anyway. They get to the center of a large storage space and Aaron says "Well we tried! Let's go, right now!". He starts backing up until they hear a large clang, and see the way out is blocked. Elliot brings out his claws and says "Okay, so maybe Aaron was right! I'm gonna torch us a new-". He stops as a single red knife lands in the ground.
They all look up and see someone wearing a blood red cloak, and a large face mask covering their facial features, two black leather gloves, and black combat boots. Whoever it is jumps down and then Aaron's eyes flash blue and he sees the energy in the room. "Everyone duck!" he shouts. The figure pulls their hands and small energy based threads tug out, and the same knives pulls back to their hands.
"So you aren't stupid? Bummer. Would've made my job a lot easier!" They say in a teenage male voice. Elliot burst out at him and blast fire. He creates more crimson threads from his fingers and makes them stitch themselves into a shield. The blast hits and the shield holds. "HOW?!" Elliot says getting wrapped up. "Just let me do my job and you might live, okay?" He says.
Chloe charges at him with her scythe and when she swings down....! "Nice try!" He says. The same but more maroon colored energy forms into his hand, and using his threads, makes a machete. They both start slicing at each other until Widow webs him still and Aaron punches him into the wall. "OW!" He says. He looks up at them and sends out from his fingers, a thick red sheet of cloth and wraps it around everyone.
"Time to get serious!" He says. Two white horns appear on his head and a white tail as well. No attack? "Wait for it.... NOW!". His horns curve upward and his tail gains a spiked ball on the end of it. His hands get large crimson gloves that go up his arms and he glares at them. "Didn't Chloe do that?!" Widow says as he goes closer. "Today you five will die at the hands of a power far greater than a royals," He starts saying.
They all get the same idea and get scared. "No! It- it can't be!" Lily says. "A power long forgotten and shunned,". Chloe then says "NO!". "The demonic power, of a Scarlet Pale!". Chloe starts shaking and breathing heavily like last time. "Chloe! Don't freak ou-" Widow tries to say as she undergoes the same transformation from the fight against Aaron.
"Hm? Oh! So that's why I was told to hunt you!" he said turning towards her. She rushes at him with her gauntlets in hand and pulls back her fist for a punch. "Oh shit!" He says getting knocked back. Her friends get released and Aaron pulls out his sword. "Come at me!" Aaron says as he runs over to him. "Your friend has no control! I bet she doesn't even know what SHE is!" He says as they clash blades.
He then whistles and red mist fills the air. "What is this stuff!" Widow ask getting drowsy. "About time Red!" He calls behind him. A girl his height wearing the same outfit looks at Chloe and says "Just take her with us, and the others too. No one can know we are here yet.". He nods and wraps them all up. After that he lifts them all and carries them away.
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"Where the hell am I?" Aaron asked slowly rising awake. He was in a large cage and had almost no room for his wings. "Great, first Jet and now this! Brother you have no idea how much I want to talk to you right now!" He says slumping down. In his head he recalls the times when him and Jet were younger and he had more free time.
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"Come on bro! You need more power then than that!" A younger version of Jet said. Aaron ran up to him and his him constantly with a wooden sword. Jet just stood there taking the blows until he focused blue energy into his finger and said "Hey brother!". Aaron looked up at him and when he tapped him on his chest, he was sent flying. Once he came back down to earth he said "HOW DID YOU DO THAT?!".
Jet just smiled and said "My power revolves around energy manipulation, so while you were attacking me I absorbed all your hits. I stored the energy in my until I could do what you just felt!".
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Aaron sat up and took a few deep breaths. "Jet! You old smart ass! Even in death you still help me!". He went over to the bars of his cage and spread his wings. "Jet could manipulate the energy in his body. So maybe now that I have his power...." He said. He grabbed the bars of the cage and envisioned the power flowing through his arms. He then pulled and heard metal creak and bend. He opened his eyes and saw a hole big enough to squeeze through.
"Time to find the others!".
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Elliot was in a similar situation. Only he was hung above a tank of electric eels. Widow was in a cage across from him. "I can handle the shocks!" He said looking at her. "Yes, but if you leave your cage the weight will shift and then I will die!". Elliot frowned and they sat there for a few more minutes. They then heard Elliot's stomach growl and they lock eyes. "I.... Have known you long enough to know that is a bad sign.".
"Yeah, I don't want to risk hurting you but I also don't want my hunger to-". He then got an idea. "I have a plan!" He said going in his pockets. He then pulled out a coffee packet and Widow said "NO!". "YES!". He scooped up some water and with a little fire, he drunk it. His pupils expanded and he snapped through the cage like butter. As Widow fell he caught her and freed her as well.
"Good dragon! Now-". He puts her down and then dives into the water. "Elliot no! We have to go save- Ah forget it!" Widow said just sitting down and waiting.
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Lily and Chloe were in two separate cages.... for good reason. Chloe was still out of control and in a much more sturdy cage and Lily.... She'd already been working on escaping. "You know, this would go so much faster if you would stop being angry!" She said to her. Chloe just ignored her and kept punching the bars. Lily finally picked the lock and flew over to Chloe's cage. "You've lost yourself to rage again.".
She then got a both good and stupid idea. She held out her hand and got ready to speed away. "Sorry for the headache!" She said. The moment she and her locked eyes she sped over, touched her forehead, and put her to sleep. "Hopefully that will unlock some more memories for you." She said as she started dragging her away.
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".... Again?!" Chloe said dreaming. "What hell will I go through this time-" She says interrupted by singing. She then appears in a nursery like area and looks in the distance to see a women with clothing covering her face, singing to a infant. "Two, birds, on a wire~. On tries to fly away, and the other. Watches him close, from that wire. He says he wants to as well, but he is a liar.". She kept singing and Chloe covered her mouth and started crying as she woke up.
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She shot up with tears in her eyes with everyone around her. "I'm guessing you saw something less traumatizing this time." Lily said helping her up. "I.... I think I saw my mother.". They all remained stunned at that until they heard running. They then see several people wearing the same outfits as well as the two from before surround them. "I should have known that you would have escaped." The one who was dubbed 'Red' said.
"How should I take you down? Should I box you in, or gift wrap you?" He said preparing some thread. When they were about to attack a loud voice of a women yelled down "WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU DOING?!?!?!?!?!". An energy based bust of energy appeared on the outside and broke through. "Hey look it wasn't-" He tries saying before crimson colored energy wrapped around his neck.
"Shut up! Let me see who we have here!" She said letting him go. The woman in question was 6 ft tall, skinny hourglass figure, with white long hair, and crimson colored eyes. She was wearing a flowing long dress that was a bright red with white clovers on it. She looked right at them and then glared at Aaron. "A royal?!" She said creating a blood colored scythe out of her power.
Chloe got in front of him and took out her scythe and when their blades connected, red sparks came off. "Who the hell are you?!" She said coldly. "It's Chloe BITCH!". The woman and her glared at each other for a few minutes until Chloe's weapon snapped.... Again. The woman then smiled and said "You are not from around here, are you?". Chloe glared at the women and said "No shit! I might as well have been kidnapped!".
The woman put away her weapon and signaled for the others to stand down. "I'm Eva, you can consider me queen of the scarlet pale. You my dear are.... Different. You aren't like the others. ELLA! VICTOR!". The two people who were chasing them before stepped out and she said "Put them in the guest rooms. I shall interrogate them in the morning.".
Once she left Aaron said "Chloe....". They all knew what he was about to say. "You're a scarlet pale.".
*Achievement Unlocked: Paler Than Most*