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Post by Kendra on Nov 25, 2009 18:19:23 GMT -6
David wanted to curse himself for not being close enough to stop the shooter before he pulled the trigger. It all happened so quickly- everything went dark and cold, the gun-wielder pulled out his walkie-talkie, turned the gun on the girl... At that point, David was in motion, not even listening to a word he said, but he was too late.
The sound of gun fire echoed in the cold as David lunged for the man. Two green belts and a black belt in karate, taekwondo, and judo respectively were more than enough experience to take out a shooter in close range. Or so he hoped.
Bodysnatcher or not, David didn't like anybody going around and firing on people with a vendetta. Mayhaps he was biased in that he wanted very much to be sure no one came after him in a like manner. Someday, someone would be hunting him, the gun would be pointed in his direction. He planned to be able to defend himself, but what if he wasn't? What if he was taken by surprise like the girl just now? He'd hope there was someone somewhere with enough good will to stand up for him as sparky did for his friend. Someone quick enough, smart enough to prevent the vigilante nonesense. The gun had been fired, but maybe the bodysnatcher had survived. Maybe David could still help.
As the distracted man kicked out at a chair, David came at him from the side, with superhuman speed. He grabbed the fabric of his shirt just above the shoulder, pushing him backward to upset his balance and sweeping his leg in from behind taking the man at the ankles to send him plummeting to the floor. Eyes on the gun, David was diving into a roll over the man before he even hit the ground, reaching for the wrist of his right hand.
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Post by Ryugexu on Nov 25, 2009 23:50:54 GMT -6
"NO!" Yushira's shout was only half-heard due to the deafening blast of the gun. His emotions were radical, angry, and most of all out of control without someone to remind him to 'step back' from a situation. Yushira was only mere seconds away from becoming a full-fledged polterguist so long as he allowed his stronger emotions to lead his actions. The TV static grew louder and the battle-shouts over the intercom system grew closer and more violent. In the TV static there was distant and poor quality noise of shinto death prayers being said by an old woman's voice. The prayers were on hopes of letting a soul be guided through their journey in their life after death to prevent the soul from becoming a monster or demon.
Jo vanished from sight too quick for Yushira to understand what had happened but the tv's chanting was distracted with Yushira's attention to the shooter throwing a chair in chase of the little creature.
If he was chasing, Yushira suddenly realised, then Jo is on the run, and must be alive in order to be chased as such. The volume of the battlecries was lessened a bit.
Before getting his chance to lunge on the guy or even do the head-spinny thing to scare his opponent, the gun weilder was attacked like a flash of lightning would strike the earth. Damn!
Yushira turned his attention to his furry critter. "Jo! Jo! Come here!" he said loudly through the ringing noise in his ears from the gunfire. Yushira knew that he could probably muster enough energy to take one bullet for his friend, but only one before his help would be as useless as believing a summer breeze would protect you from a bullet. Hopefully, Yushira realized, he could hide Jo somewhere...
But mutch like little boys who bring home pet toads and squirrels, he didn't have the best clue of how to do so.
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Post by Netreemic on Dec 8, 2009 17:31:43 GMT -6
Back impacting the cold tile, the man let out a pained gasp as his vision went white. It was all that more terrible when the kid grabbed his wrist, bare skin burning on the frigid surface. He hated the cold. Their special medical rooms were always kept tropically warm for him, but venturing around in the general hotel was always horrible. The public areas were never well regulated in the heating system. Add in supernatural mischief makers and clearly it got more cold. Whatever that meant the two boys were. At the moment, his normally quick wit was in absolute fail mode. And COLD. He ached to his very core, especially the arm he had broken years ago. It felt like everything was being iced over. His hand clenched tighter around the gun on reflex and his barely aware mind sent his other hand speeding in for a jab at blonde’s side. Because no matter how much his arm ached, getting Mr. Hero off was worth it.
Already visually impaired, having her sense of hearing knocked out by the chanting was absolutely terrifying. Tiny heart thundering in her chest, Jö let out a startled yelp as she ploughed into what she could only assume was a chair leg. Reeling sideways, she barely noticed the harrowing chanting was quieting down until she heard Yushira calling. It was an electric bolt of energy. Ears snapping to attention, she refocused and sped across the tile, head ducked low.
The other occupants of the room took the gunman being distracted as their opportunity to book it. Holding his arm to his chest, the boyfriend dragged his girlfriend towards the bathroom since the two men were dicing it out too close to the door. The other man quickly tailed after them shooting a terrified glance at the particularly large rodent bee lining it across the floor towards the creepy boy. They made surprisingly good time in the semi-darkness, door snapping shut behind them with a definitive click.
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Post by Kendra on Dec 8, 2009 23:31:59 GMT -6
Having successfully brought the man to the ground and grabbed his wrist, David moved swiftly into a jujigatame cross armlock (see the following: judoinfo.com/jujigatame.htm). The movement brought his side out of reach, but the gunman's jabs did manage to connect with his knee. The first one hurt, but he gritted his teeth and bore it, filled with too much of an adrenaline rush to let up. That gun was practically in his face, and while he knew it could not kill him, the thought of taking a bullet got his blood pumping. Speed was the key, because once he got his opponent in the hold, there was no getting out (as long as he'd done it correctly). David was running on the hope that he could stretch out the arm enough to weaken his grip and he'd simply drop the gun. Then he could easily get that under control, and the man would no longer pose a threat to those in the hospital or the bodysnatcher if she was still alive. While the cold certainly slowed his movements some, for the most part it went unnoticed. Adrenaline heated extremities that would otherwise be numb, and his only worry was that the excitement would force him into an unwelcome change, forcing himself to focus on keeping his other-self under control.
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Post by Ryugexu on Dec 10, 2009 18:49:58 GMT -6
Yushira was rellieved to see his furry friend, alive, running towards himself. "Jo!"
He kneeled down and quickly held his hands out on the floor, scooping Jo up and held safely against his chest. "I'm glad you're alive." his whisper sounded slightly out of breath. He carefully stroked Jo's furry head and looked about at the room to regain his bearings. His focus had been regained upon contact with his friend- the intercom silenced completely at last, and the television lost it's image and sound and returned to being just snow.
Yushira saw David fighting with the man who'd attacked them. It seemed that David was using a good move to hold the guy. Nonetheless, Yushira would extend help just to be certain. "Hey, um, do you need any help?"
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Post by Netreemic on Jan 14, 2010 16:07:43 GMT -6
They say when you are blind, your other senses kick into high gear. Having the intelligence never to throw herself into a blind person before, the experience of another force acting on her small body without her seeing it was freaky stuff. Being lifted by what her ears and nose told her was Yushira incited a short panic attack on her already adrenaline-blazing body. Being able to feel his strange flesh, smell the electric tang, and hear his whispers on a heightened level did not completely waylay her terror of Yushira’s motions coming out of nowhere. No warning as his fingers came out of the dark to grasp her. Animal instincts screamed to bite the unseen, but the back of her mind dredged up Yushira’s earlier words “I swear- I'm trying to HELP you, Joe…” And then she found herself nestled against his chest, hands running paths of comfort through her fur.
She’d really have to talk to him about her “don’t pet” policy, but it was momentarily acceptable. And calming.
The man on the floor was anything but calm. Having someone wrenching your aching limbs into new and interesting positions has a way of speeding up even the most frozen blood flow. His left eye was clouded by the ruptured blood vessel in his eye, but he didn’t exactly need sight to inform him of the strange position he was in. Seemed Mr. Hero frequented a dojo. Being a slimmer man, he was quite certain brute force wouldn’t free him from the hold. Fighting fell as a responsibility to other folk in the organization, he was supposed to just patch them up. But that didn’t mean he didn’t know how to survive. Any number of evil pureblooded bastards would have already eliminated him if he couldn’t fight back.
Sucking in a sharp, deep breath, he jerked and the flattened spines all over his body snapped up. In a second, his coat was liberally shredded as the sharpened spines torn through to gouge into the body twined across his chest. For good measure, he bit savagely into the youth’s calf. No one got away with this crap in HIS hospital.
[thanks for the pics of the hold…hopefully the responses are feasible in that position? Can change things.]
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Post by Kendra on Jan 16, 2010 21:36:15 GMT -6
[Definitely feasable, and very good. I love when things get interesting.] Pain. Sharp searing pain. At first he felt it everywhere, and instinct told him to lurch away, but instead he pushed himself even tighter into the hold. Then a deeper, more excruciating pain dug into his leg and David found himself growling with the effort to keep from howling. He'd bitten him! Instinct kicked into overdrive, and David could fight it no longer. It was as if his senses had been switched to on. His eyesight went a little hazy as he blinked a few times to adjust. He could hear the blood rushing in his ears, feel his muscles rippling and little ripples of fur sprouting along his arms and legs. And he could smell... oh, could he smell. He could smell the scent of his own blood. Fear. Adrenaline. Urine... apparently one of the people in the room had wet themselves before their flight took them to the bathroom. He could smell everyone there, and he knew all the normal people were in the bathroom, out of sight. That sense of safety removed what remaining barriers he had, and instead of fighting the transformation he focused on fighting. He had to get this guy out of here. Through the door would just lead him through the hospital in the way of more innocents and witnesses. Then there was the bathroom, where the others were hiding. Having no idea what this man might do, he had to keep him away from that bathroom- he had to protect them. That meant his only options were the windows. This thought process happened in seconds. Hardly any time had passed from the moment that man had sunk his teeth into David's leg. The spiny, porcupine man was going to be in for a surprise when he realized just what he'd decided to bite. David kicked the man in the ribs with his free leg, then launched his body into a flip that left him standing in the position he'd been in before he'd slid on the ground into the hold. He used his momentum to twist the man's wrist and snap the gun out of his hand and sending it flying across the room toward the bathroom. Half way through his transformation, hoping for the life of him that spiky wouldn't want to tangle with a werewolf, David hunched between him and the rest of the room's occupants. Civilians in the bathroom, sparky by the door, the bodysnatcher... with sparky. The body of the girl it had been in was dead on the floor, but he could smell the little creature now nestling against its friend. "I warned you," he snarled. "I didn't want any trouble, but you had to go and fire that stupid gun. If anyone's going to die here today, its you. So I'd calculate my odds and get the hell out of here, before I decide not to be so nice. If you aren't disappearing out those windows in another two seconds, you're going to wish you'd never crossed paths with me."
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Post by Ryugexu on Jan 17, 2010 2:15:05 GMT -6
Yushira made a small gasp watching David then begin transforming into a mythical beast after being injured by an equally strange ability that his opponent used. "A.... lugaroo?" he muttered, hiding the tanuki from potential harm.
Yushira debated on retrieving the gun but decided against it- after all, holding one object, or in this case, a person, was taxing enough on his technically non-solid form.
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Post by Netreemic on Jan 26, 2010 21:38:43 GMT -6
Tired of having no say in any of the rather big items happening at the moment, protected but kept in the danger zone, Jö felt she needed to alter her situation. A fricking wolf-man and crazy-gun-man and we’re staying in the same room as them! GAH! Quivering, she forced her limbs to lengthen once more, stretching fingers to dig into Yushira’s wrap. Tufts of fur popped into two ridiculous pigtails and, try as hard as she could, the tip of her tail defiantly poked out of the bottom of her dress. She twitched it in agitation, gunk-blinded eyes scrunching her toddler features in a mask of annoyance. Jö still felt far too small for the situation, but forcing anything taller was definitely beyond her energy at the moment.
The man was starting to feel incredibly frustrated. He was the research side of this operation! He wasn’t supposed to be trading blows with werewolves, tv ghosts, and an undead tanuki…oh how he’d love to observe them further…from safety that is. This was too close for his liking. And he still hurt from being bodily wrenched around. Flexing his arm and watching the bunch warily he couldn’t help but wonder how he got into these kinds of messes. Spitting out some rather foul blood, he rose to his feet, back straight. No pup was going to order him around. Flicking a spiked eyebrow at the hero’s declaration he shot a less than amused glance at the window. “Right, I’ll just chuck myself out the window and hope to survive the fall.” Angrily, he jabbed a finger at the werewolf feeling decidedly unprotected without the gun, remaining puffed up in his natural mode of defense. What point did he have in the organization if he couldn’t strike back at things like that empty soul lodged in the tanuki? “How about the three of you just walk away before security comes to deal with you and I assure you they are more than prepared to deal with people even as special as you, Mr. Hero." He sneered, well aware of the number of lives the boy's kind had inflicted. "This is my domain, only fair the intruders leave. I do have every right to protect my people from being snatched from their beds as fodder for evil beings.” His eyes narrowed, resting on the child-like thing. You will not get away.
“Yushira, you have a sword.” Jö leaned closer, toddler’s mouth slightly lisping her words and whispered pleadingly, “the two of you could take him out. He’ll follow, send someone to follow.” She really didn’t like where the man’s calm rationality was leading. Get away, gotta get away. Can’t let him follow…they always follow. Eliminate the threat. Her petite features rippled, hatred unnatural on such an innocent face.
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Post by Ryugexu on Jan 26, 2010 22:52:24 GMT -6
Yushira let Jo do as she pleased though seemed not entirely prepared for the form she was taking. He was tense, now protecting a 'small child', as the man spoke to them all. Jo's whisper was a great idea, but Yushira hated the idea of two-against-one... At the same time, Yushira knew, Jo was right. And now that Yushira was involved, they'd chase him too for a crime he didn't commit! " Uh....Fine. But try to stay safe okay?" he muttered barely above a breath. He set Jo down and took a few careful steps towards David. He gave David a knowing stare, which could hopefully explain that 'we aren't giving up' without words. Yushira tapped the scabbard for his katana and then positioned his hand in a classic, thumb-against-handguard position which would make it easier for his sword to spring into action, not that one would know it unless they've used a katana. ((Pose example: api.ning.com/files/JXQSkNenjpG0LM60UuYmF7yI1gem3sV6Cl4KEGH3ThTRr-LKhiztFpq4PqzuDcJgdNnGUiOuNSfCq3JaqW521mlSbBQga17L/RurouniKenshin0005.jpg ))
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Post by Kendra on Jan 27, 2010 14:59:41 GMT -6
David knew what Yushira's look meant, especially when he took up his defensive stance next to him. However, he now wasn't feeling so certain of his position.
The gun-wielder claimed he was a protector of those in the hospital, and he guessed that made sense. He was making sure nobody was done any harm by the bodysnatcher. Of course, David did not agree with the tactic he had used, willing to shoot both the girl and himself just to make sure he got the right one, but some people didn't care so much about collateral damage as long as the majority were protected. Definitely not something David liked, but he could understand.
That being said, he knew a fall from that window wouldn't kill spiky. Injure him, yes. They were a couple stories up. But not kill him. However, his assessment was right. Once David had him out the window, then what would he do? The three of them would have to flee the hospital, and who knows what other guards they might run into before they made it out. If they fled through the window instead, they'd have better chances at getting away. It was the fastest escape.
He also felt stung by the mans prejudiced assessment of the bodysnatcher. Yes, David knew nothing of such beings, but he felt fairly certain that the creature was not evil. After all, everyone who had ever encountered him in wolf-form had come to the same conclusion about him. His nose crinkled at the thought, and a snarl escaped his lips. For a moment he looked poised to attack, but no.
David glanced over his shoulder at the girl, then to his side at sparky ready to fight. He shook his head. This wasn't necessary. He just wanted to get out of here now. He'd risked exposing himself to help these two when he could have just cut an run and noone would have been the wiser about his condition. Now, it seemed there would be even more people hunting him.
He just had to be sure first... "You claim to be a protector of these people," David said calmly to the spiny-man. "So if we leave now, no one gets hurt?"
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Post by Netreemic on Feb 19, 2010 22:47:42 GMT -6
[Lizard-man is officially named Dr. Hisao now…sick of calling him ‘man’]
Watching the ponytailed boy resituate his katana, Hisao narrowed his eyes. Whatever that weaseling creature had muttered in his ear clearly had convinced the boy to fight. From what he had heard from Kierlam, the accomplice had attempted to stop the pair from killing each other…amazing what half a day could do to one’s resolve. Sneering lightly in return for the none-too-subtle threat, he reassessed any leniency he’d originally thought of showing the boy. Clearly a pawn in matters he fully didn’t comprehend, the brunette would need to be dealt with. At least set straight by some of their organization’s more persuasive members.
Small hand scrubbing furiously at her eyes, Jö kept a hold on the hem of Yushira’s shirt. As much as the pain of the foreign substance was subsiding, the black blur was remaining pretty black. Unaware of the issues regarding the power and the lighting the girl was terribly worried by this. She couldn’t even discern a light source yet, which could mean the body’s eyes were completely ruined. That was a particular bother. Even though her energy was still rather low, especially after that adrenaline rush of near-death, she could still probably have managed to change bodies. Now, she would need physical contact…with out being able to see who she was jumping into. She definitely didn’t want to loose Yushira and any chance of someone willing to lead her to a new host. Scowling, she stared in the general direction from which the creeper’s voice had come from. Maybe she could just take him. Who knows what she could pick out of the man’s brain before the sparks died. If Yushira attacked, she could follow…get close enough to the man.
At the werewolf’s words, Hisao’s sneer wiped into a bland stare. “Certainly, if you get that thing out of the hospital, no one here will get hurt.” What happens when you hit the street is a different matter. Even at this late hour, there will be people on the streets. The city never sleeps after all. It will find someone to hop into… His eyes twitched towards the glowering child-creature. And we just have to get it before it does. “Everyone should be busy enough with the power, but that won’t last much longer. Gunshots are usually good at rousing interest after all.” He quirked an eyebrow, smile returning. “Any moment now~ might want to make up your mind kiddies. It may be three on one now, but it won’t last.”
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Post by Kendra on Feb 22, 2010 9:52:19 GMT -6
David understood well that time was short. He could hear beyond their current room, and knew that others were not far behind. Guessing that the camears were out from whatever sparky had done, and seeing as how the door was shut, any hospital staff would treat this as a hostage situation and call police to handle things. However, seeing as how spiny was a member of the hospital staff and weilded a gun against a body-snatcher, he could also guess that there were other members of the hospital staff that would not leave matters to the police.
He'd already done far more than he wished he had. Why couldn't he have intervened without his form shifting? He could have played it all off as being an overzealous, heroic human. But, he'd lost a bit of control with the adrenaline rush and excitement, and he knew exposure put him in danger. This man was a hunter of some sort, which meant he was sure to now have people on his tail. He had to book it and cover his tracks as quickly as possible.
Being given an out that involved no one getting hurt or killed, David was ready to leap on it before it was too late. He glanced once again at sparky, standing by his side ready to draw his blade. This was their chance. Leave now, no one gets hurt, and lose the trail.
"I'm taking the out," David said. "If you want my help, you'd better come with me. If not..." he shrugged. "The odds won't be in your favor in another few moments, and I'm not sticking around to protect you if you want to fight unneccesarily."
If sparky decided to come with him, David would help him and the snatcher lose their pursuit. If not, then he'd misjudged them and acted poorly in exposing himself for their sake. Spiny could handle them as he pleased. The innocents were safely out of the way.
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Post by Ryugexu on Feb 23, 2010 0:35:49 GMT -6
Yushira nodded at David but glanced back at his odd friend. Honestly, he wasn't sure if he could trust the doctor to let them go with the show of resolve he'd had previously.
Yushira looked to the doctor. "So, you'll let the three of us go if we do so now?"
The green eyes were attracted to the gun, which was fortunately far enough away from Dr. Hisao that if he DID dive for it, Yushira knew he could react easily.
"Jo," Yushira said. "We're leaving. We'll figure out your problem another day, I promise."
He looked at David again. "I'm sorry you got dragged into this. If you like, come with us. I have a place to stay... which I won't explain where for now."
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Post by Kendra on Mar 1, 2010 14:28:56 GMT -6
Tensing as the sound of approach grew louder outside their room, David did not wait to see how the spiny-man answered sparky's question. He'd offered his help and was willing to extend it if the odd pair followed him out the window. Following sparky's gaze toward the gun, he quickly moved to retrieve it, not wanting spiny to use it to shoot at them once they'd gone out the window. He watched the others to make sure neither came after him as he picked the weapon up off the ground and proceeded to empty the clip onto the floor. He then put the safety on, in case there was still a bullet in the barrel, and shoved it in the back end of his pants, before heading for the window, tensing as he passed the man he'd previously tackled and getting a good whiff of his scent.
"I'm out. Now. If you're going to follow me you'd best do so, now."
David then grabbed the gun and used the heel of the handle to break the glass, putting it back in his pants as he simply jumped out the window.
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