MOVING PIECES III (Ch. 93)
Vin beheld the cold winter's fall, Russia's dimmed winter skies, the subdued forest plains, bathed in blinding white, his obsidian orbs shifting measuredly across the blanketed grounds,
(Stale), the word came to mind, the air, the wind, the life, the tangibility of that life, the 'Force', like fingertips through honey, slow, sluggish, nigh unresponsive,
(I'm close), he grins, pulling away the cigarette between his lips to exhale, he cycles the sluggish 'Force' with increased fervence, his body found heat, his heart's pace quickening, a dull bang against white soil, a blur past frozen trees, searching eyes zoning in and out to find it's mark,
(Found you), he grins, before him a distortion, an illusion, one erected by a Domain, no, by the creators sheer magnitude of 'Force', Vin wastes no time, he ignites his 'COMBINATION TECHNIQUE', his Enforcer combined with his Defensive, 'Bone Armour' 'External' 'Heat'+ 'Force' Manipulation', His Visage warps, the air around him steaming, his eyes sink, his bones pushing outward like a coloured lining, glowing ember red, his frame exoskeletal in nature, like a true armour of bones, Vin steps through the domain with unexpected ease,
(He's sensed me...as expected), behind him a shilouette of a man, towering insidiously above seven feet, Vin turns calmly watching the man, white mane like hair, fair winter paled skin, a hulk muscled like frame and lastly sharp inhuman like eyes glowing winter white,
"Garinth" Vin calls,
"What business do you have here boy?",
"Advancement" Vin gives in reply, "Brain Control, Stage one",
"Why?" Comes his inquiry, like the sharp rumble of cracking ice, Vin smiles, taking his shades off as his face becomes ever more manaical,
"For it's sake" Vin grins igniting his Striker technique: 'Absorption Springs', by absorbing 'Force' then compressing muscles into tensed states increased striking and defending power is experienced,
His frame bulges, his boneless muscles Absorbing and compressing to saturation within an instant, 'Force' rolls of him in waves, a second later the 'Force' around him freezes,
"I see" Garinth states watching, with not a shift in his expression, "What you seek is knowledge, a 'Force' Vortex" Garinth smiles, "Very well then, show me... Show me why, why i should not freeze and shatter you where you stand" he chuckles insidiously, Vin struck!
Raven remained layed, his eyes staring at his low ceiling with contemplation,
(It's about time i move), raising his body he moves through his box rummaging through for a pair of clean clothes,
(Definitely need to do the laundry),
"Bingo" he mutters having found a pair, he pulls on it when a familiar diary rears it's hear, he frowns, he and Silver we're fairly sure KV was Ethan Raine, even if wrong Raven was sure he'd be able to at least help in deciphering the contents of the book, he picks the book up placing it beside his sleeping mat, putting his cap on a call buzzes from his phone,
"'Hello?'",
"Rave..." A thud and a scramble latter a very familiar voice follows with speach,
"same place, same time, a minute late and she...well, let's just say there are quite a number of interested adolescent teens" Jimmy states,
"You're dead" A growl tears through Raven's throat in response,
"Not even a minute late Raven Nathaniel Voss" An apathetic reply follows.
Raven ignites his Enforcer technique: 'Force' distruction', blurring out and away from. His apartment he fly's past from roof to roof while upping his momentum as he pumps 'Force' through his body faster, several minutes latter he arrives on the roof to find a person, a girl, tied and seated, gagged for added measure, her face aimed downward,
"Laura!" He calls rushing towards her, upon getting close he's able to tell, (they've just knocked her unconscious) he sighs with heightened relief, Raven pulls her aside as he trows himself out of the path of his assailants strike, Leonardo turns grinning manaically as he stares down his prey,
"So you're the highly acclaimed Raven Voss, I've heared quite a bit about you, Show me!" He bellows, empowering his Striker technique with no delay, : Lion's Roar, his fist swings forward towards Raven whose several meters away, a violent burst of 'Force' ravages the surrounding area as it sunders the path while making towards he and Laura, Raven empowers his Defence technique: Force Distribution, taking center, he shields Laura's body from impact, instantly he switches to his Enforcer blurring to his opponents side his kick already in motion, Leo takes the blow with an arm guard his Defence technique: Lion's Roar empower, Raven's blow is followed by a burst of 'Force' from Raven's point of impact blasting his leg back, a blur of the formers hands later Raven is lifted and crashed and clattered through the ceiling, Leonardo follows a Lion's Roar burying Ravens skull deep into the lower floors grounding, Raven Empowers his striker technique: 'Force' Compression', before taking the brunt of Leonardo's next blow hitting with a counter in reply, the blow entrenches him deeper, while reeling his assailant back, a shift to his Enforcer and a surge of 'Force' distributed throughout his back and legs allows him burst out of the trapping of the ground, Leonardo Empowers his a combination technique, Striker and Enforcer, Lion's Roar plus Lion's Roar, they're execution different, their strength in both techniques uniformity, an explosion of 'Force' and a rippling of air currents and waves latter, Raven's skull cracks back, finding floor with a shattering boom, his vision goes dark as he lays downed, unconscious calls to his consious but his will to hold in fear of Laura's fate rouses the sleeping tiger, an explosion of pain from the side of his face ensues, not from a following strike but from his unwelcome guest, the one in his head, he wrestles with control when another blow to the jaw forces the thug rope away from his splintered palms,
"Is this really it?, Surely he hadn't gotten me excited for nothing" he frowns, "Either you entertain me or die!" He roars empowering another combination technique, A domain, all four techniques he'd mastered, his founding three the Lion's Roar, his Auxiliary the Area heal.
Leonardo's imprinted 'Force', the product of 'Force' having intermingled with their existence, 'Force' itself a reality consequence of the existence of Life itself, the liberance of life, the domination a product of his domain, the area around him spanning meters according to it's hosts will and capabilities, 'Force' exited, bursting out from the entirety of his frame while simultaneously reverting into his body withing a given area, an area which Raven himself was present in, the result was the absence of ambient 'Force', non Raven would be able to manipulate to his will, Shifter's under Zone had no Vortex and by extension no specialized storage apart from their bodies themselves which were only really suitable to act as a Absorption tool and converter for ambient 'Force' to Imprinted 'Force', Raven raises from his position, his eyes Darkened, his pupils white as winter, the unwanted guest in control, Jimmy spectates with ardent intrigue from a ways away, Leonardo extended a finger towards him, an action symbolic of his exercision of superiority, every ounce of 'Force' withing the area bears down on Raven, he finds a knee, no quite as it remained hovering just slightly before ground, a concentration of 'Force' in his knee, a burst that allows him momentarily release, Raven tenses his muscles willing every ounce of 'Force' in his body to empower his Combination technique: Force Distribution and Force Compression, all three founding technique as well one that would give answer to Raven's question, an Auxiliary technique: Mirroring, His 'Force' surged into life, seeking liberance from Leonardo's suppression, Slowly he rouses ambient 'Force' from beyond his opponents domain in and into himself, his domain expands past his frame, the two domains clash in a battle for dominance, Leonardo shoots a grin,
"NOW WE'RE TALKING!!!", They clash.