Futuristic An Agent of Maniacles

[TheAdept]

Clayton began shooting as the brainwashed cops were breaking into the school. He mostly went for their hands to shoot the guns out of their hands as portrayed in the old wild west movies (yes, really.)

We can't harm the cops, they're clearly not themselves right now

"...Oops..." Clayton had just shot one of the officers downed by magic in the hand when he heard this. He wasn't used to missions where you couldn't kill the other people. Even the idea of a world where you didn't have to have your guard up constantly took time to get used to. There were plenty of civilized places back in his time but it was just the particular area he lived in during that era that made him who he was.

He followed Joe and Owl to cover them as they went up the stairs. Between the three of them he was most capable of sponging bullets.

 

[Exzalia]

"Oh...neat." owl thought munching on it, it didn't taste that bad either. She feels her strength return and at Joes command she springs into action, albeit not as fast.

"Hey slow down us mental mages are not known for their athleticism. And no I'm not drinking!" She catches up to him and takes his hand.

"It's the best way I can keep you mind clear, try not to let go of me." Owl says running with him. "now lets help Aria!"

mmarage

 

[KotaKotsu]

Kotsu looked at Joe when he took Owl and nodded. He'd have to trust Joe to keep her safe like how his brother had kept Aria safe. That left helping Fizzy with the vampire. Kotsu seen the bodies fall down around him and breathed a sigh of relief. Save when Clayton fired and blew an officer's hand to bits. Kotsu's left eye twitched but that would have to wait for later. Kotsu dashed toward the vampire, summoning the serrated blades on his whips. "Let's get crackin'." Kotsu said as he struck at the pirate man to give Fizzy some back up so Morgan could rest.

 

[Kinggunlucky]

Morgan do you copy? I've encountered a not so looking friendly vampire, is this related to the fog somehow? How are things at your end?"

Fizzy caught the machinegun Kotsu threw at him and charged against the creature while firing it. Taking advantage of Kotsu surprise attack.

He knew that kind of weapon was useless, but Fizzy would have to get in close range to face the creature .

The vampire pulled free his rapier.

Morgan responded, voice weak. "Yeah, yeah I'm here. It's bad. A vampire enthralled the police. I dealt with them. Kotsu is on his way to you. Owl got the kid under control. We're not what this is. One vampire said she was here for Aria."

The pirate looking vampire moved in a straight line at Fizzy, so fast it was like a blur.

"Shit" Exclaimed Fizzy stepping at a side, barely avoiding the rapier, or was it?

Blood flew from his right side, his clothes torn, it wasn't a deep wound, but it felt like a burn.

"After Aria? Why do you want with her? "Asked Fizzy.

Shifting weapons he produced his short energy blade and a gun on his left hand.

Let's see this now

The man charged shooting his gun, ready to slash him with the blade as soon as he entered in range again.

The vampire showed his tooth smile again, red eyes narrowing. He hadn't expected the human to ask a question. They were usually dead by now. "It's a personal issue. She killed a very good friend of mine, ruined a good thing we vampires had going. So this has been a long time coming." The vampire moved again, this zigzagging at Fizzy, blade at at the mercenary's chest.

"Monoshield deploy" mumbled, producing right in front of him a small sized shield which reflected the vampire's attack for a brief instant, which the man approached to slash his energy blade, target, the arm.

"Name?"

The shield caused the vampire to fall in his ass. Damn technology. It had made killing the cattle. He managed to roll out of the way of the energy blade. It burned through the section of roof he'd been on.

"Vlad," the vampire said. "My name is Vlad."

He turned into a bat, quickly flying over Fizzy's head, and into the thick fog. Bat Vlad came out a few moments later from the opposite side, he must have made a full circle around the building. The bat poofed away leaving Vlad in his human form again, rapier still in hand. He swung for Fizzy's neck as he came down from the sky.

Fizzy sent a reverse roundhouse kick, his prosthetics clashing against the rapier, protecting his neck.

"What a cliche name for a vamp." Stated Fizzy.

This time he jumped back and instead of shooting he throwed his gun at him.

"Trigger"

It exploded right on Vlad's face

Vlad screamed in agony as hot metal and plastic stuck to his flesh, blistering and deforming his skin. He started running around the roof, failing his arms. He hadn't felt pain so intense in awhile.

He realized he was leaving himself open. Before Fizzy could capitalize, Vlad's hand moved faster then eye, digging into his side pocket, and whipping throwing knife at Fizzy. It struck him in the shoulder. Direct hit. Two more knives followed.

Vampires are though bastards, simple methods don't work with them. Fizzy hated to fight these creatures.

He fell as a knife impacted his shoulder, the next one his left forearm and third one his left thigh.

Not enough.

The man produced a different weapon, this time gun with a large cannon.

The assholes regenerate...

He aimed at the creature, feeling the pain in both arms which bled profusely.

Explosive rounds, this will be noisy.

He fired the weapon, a loud bang crossed the air, the recoil punctures through his wounds, an intense pain, he felt tears forming on his eye and almost fainted.

The explosive bullet struck true in Vlad's stomach, making the vampire yelp, and sending him flying backwards. He sailed past the just arriving Kotsu and landed on his back near the edge of the roof. Vlad coughed up an unhealthy amount of blood, his eyes drifting towards his stomach...to where his stomach used to be. He could see bits of blown apart organs and pieces of bone sticking out.

A piece of the fog floated over the roof, dancing around Fizzy and Kotsu. It started changing shape, slowly becoming more humanoid, a very large humanoid. The new vampire stood over seven feet tall, a large buttoned up grayish trench coat clung this large frame, a gray trucker's cap covered, a scarf covering his mouth. Two impassive, nearly bored eyes, fell on Kotsu and Fizzy Roy. He looked over at the still regenerating Vlad.

The large vampire waved a hand at Fizzy and Kotsu, then turned to mist again, snaking around both men. He changed back to a physical form. His first attack was fast, far faster then Vlad had been. A kick. It struck the younger vampire, Kotsu, in side of the stomach, destroying it completely in an explosion of flesh, and sending Kotsu off the roof.

Noz turned on Fizzy next, backhanding him, freeing several teeth from the man's mouth, and likely fracturing his jaw. Noz grabbed the mercenary his leg, dangling him upside down.

Vlad climbed to his Fizzy, grabbing his rapier, and limping over to Fizzy and the new

"Thanks Noz," Vlad said. "You...you human. I'm gonna be picking metal out of my skin all week. "I'm not really one for torture, but you're getting a slow death."

***

Morgan jumped when she heard all the banging and crashing upstairs. She hoped Aria would be okay. The others to. Fizzy and Denton went back a ways, and Kotsu...well he had a good heart and a hell of a right hook.

She thought about going to help, but decided against. At least not yet. Vampires were easy for her. e. Blood manipulation. It can deal wonders of damage to anything. She just had to have the chance to use it. Vampire speed was hard to telegraph. One second they could be as still as statue, the next their hands around your neck.

"Owl, Joe 02, Clayton. Lets get the kid we came here for. Bickle. Not to mention the other people still here who are probably confused as hell." Morgan sent a message to the team. "We need to fallback if possible. Get out of here. We didn't come here for a fight like this."

 

[KotaKotsu]

Kotsu, taken aback by the foot going through his stomach, and getting thrown off the roof started to chuckle. "I think I'm finally getting used to this shit." Being burned alive by an Andras and slammed around through his eye sockets was helping dull his current pain in comparison as he pulled out a blood pack and sunk his teeth into it as he was crashing toward the ground, catching himself with his whips against a cop car on the street. "You all pissed off the wrong person." Kotsu sprinted at lightning speed to attack Vlad with an uppercut with all his strength, using the blades on his whips to slash him backward as soon as the uppercut connected to his chin.

"I'm so sick of you fuckin' bastards givin' vampires a bad name, dammit!" Kotsu's teeth grew as he eyed down Noz before tossing Fizzy the remaining salve he had for his wounds. "Get going. I'll handle these chuckle fucks. Get the survivors to safety." Kotsu smiled deviously as he flash stepped before Noz, sharpening his nails to rip into Noz's stomach and curved his whip to get stuck in his sternum, throwing him hard against the floor and away from Fizzy as well. "I'll keep em occupied. If I need back up, I'll give you a ring. Now get going."

 

[Freikugel]

The new vampire really made a mess out of Fizzy, he finished by throwing him against the rooftop.

There lied Fizzy, his body covered in wounds and bleeding from many places. Luckily for him, Olivia 's prosthetics was resilient.

I could use a cigarette right now... wonder what's Sam doing?

He heard Morgan order, yet it was useless.
"Can't... right now..." replied painfully.

Aren't vampires though customers? Thought

Fizzy couldn't move most of his body, it was painful to, yet he realized an important fact, it was just pain, his body was still functional.

Retreat order? I'll end this man whole career.

He produced something from one of his inner pockets....
A sharp pain on his body, but a couple of seconds later he stood up again in front of his surprised enemies. Slowly the pain becoming numb, his body becoming hotter.

The man took his vest off, revealing his thorny and bloody shirt.

"The thing about vampires is that you guys think you're invincible and lazy. You play with your prey; you should had killed me."

Something was different with Fizzy this time. He didn't mind the wounds of his body, both of his hands curled into a fist and bleeding.

He placed himself in front of Kotsu.

"Stay quiet, I hadn't heard the bell yet. You can have the other. I hadn't finished with this one yet"

By now Fizzy body was numb and hot, yet that helped him move. Also he felt his physical capabilities beyond his limit.

The man jumped twice and jabbed the air testing his body.

The man smirked at the vampire. And suddenly his figure wasn't there anymore. Instead he was in front of the Vlad, his mechanical knee raised and impacting his thorax. He used his legs boosters to propel himself against the creature.

Next he grabbed the vampire's head with both hands and headbutted it with an immense strength.

Not being over, the man held the vampire thorax with a muay thay grip followed by repeated hits by his knee on the creature's abdomen. He powered them with the boosters, that would sure pay him back in the hip later, but it didn't had meaning.

Hadn't finished, he released the creature only to pummel him with repetitive jabs at the face. It turns Fizzy broke two vials, one in each hand. Made of earth and water power, both living forces. He assumed the vampire would felt a greater pain from that attack.

For an instant the creature managed to pull it's own counter attack however.... Fizzy saw that coming and avoiding by a breadth of hair he pulled his own counter move with all his strength, a furious blow against the creature's head. Fizzy could felt his hand's bones cracking, but that didn't mattered. There was no pain.

He finished the assault with an axe kick, powered by the boosters and enhanced by the metallic structure, it impacted right over the vampire's head knocking him down completely.

The man's body, covered in wounds and blood was still filled with energy after that.

"I used an stimulant, it makes me feel no pain and briefly surpass my limits... That's not all I can do by the way. Understand Kotsu? Do something to Denton and you'll end as disfigured as this thing".

Fizzy spat on Vlad and then he kicked his body with such strength it was sent flying over the rooftop and more.

He turned to both Noz and Kotsu.

"He is all yours..." stated as he jumped out of the rooftop following the retreat order

 

[TheAdept]

Clayton scoffed at Morgan's order to retreat.

"Never ask a real cowboy to run from a fight, miss." He said with a smirk as he finished his bottle (he always had one on hand).

Vlad was an asshole, but it looked like Fizzy had him taken care of. Or maybe Clayton was only thinking that as an excuse to go after Noz first. Noz' large stature reminded him of the big guys he used to take on in bar brawls. Clayton lifted his lighter in front of his face.

In spite of his seeming sobriety, Clayton had reached a point in his drunkenness that he did in countless battles before. He had drank so much that he stopped slurring his words, he arms felt stronger, his feet were quicker and his breath was now flammable.

So with that he exhaled onto Noz, and a mass of flames erupted onto him. The rooftop lit up and everyone could feel the warmth radiating form the point. Before the flames and smoke had even fully dissipated Clayton was right up on Noz laying into him with bare knuckles. He was no martial artist, but being in as many bar brawls as Clayton taught a man a few things.

 

[mmarage]

Joe put a hand to his left ear, the one containing the earpiece. "You've got it." He said. He looked over at Owl. "Alright, new orders, we need to find the hostages and the mage and escort them out of here. So... where should we look first?" He asked, not knowing the layout of the school, or where the mage would have hidden the hostages, or himself for that matter. They'd gotten to the second floor of the highschool at that point and had gotten to the roof access. At that point, Clayton had ran off. "C-Clayton, we need to help the hostages!" He called out after him, but it was already too late. He was gone. "Darn it..." He mumbled.

 

[KotaKotsu]

Kotsu's left eye was twitching hard when it came to what Fizzy had said, but a wicked smile had come across his face, watching Fritz locked in combat. He could analyze him more. Fritz said something to Kotsu.

"I used an stimulant, it makes me feel no pain and briefly surpass my limits... That's not all I can do by the way. Understand Kotsu? Do something to Denton and you'll end as disfigured as this thing".

"Hah. Your body is breaking down because you're surpassing your limits. Don't threaten me lightly, you filthy human. I'm more consistent than you." Kotsu shook his head.

HE IS A FILTHY HUMAN, THAT'S RIGHT. NOW SHOW HIM HE TRESPASSES UPON VAMPIRIC MATTERS.

Kotsu's red eyes start to glaze over as the last thing he sees is Clayton breathing fire as Fritz runs off the roof. Kotsu arrives within a second to Noz and Clayton. "It seems you've taken my prey. How unfortunate."

Kotsu said in a more calm voice than usual. It was almost unsettling how out of place it was. Kotsu dives between both Noz and Clayton and pushes Clayton away with his whips as he twisted his body at a 45° angle and cracked Noz hard in the jaw to the point it made a sickening crunch. Blood spurted out of Noz's mouth as well as a few teeth and Kotsu grabbed Noz by the face using his whips to make them travel down his throat, activating his blades on his whips again to latch onto Noz's internal organs, he unhinges his jaw slightly to lick the blood pouring from Noz's face. "Hmm... Not the best, but acceptable." Kotsu said with a wide grin, as his teeth started to elongate. Kotsu sunk his fangs deep into Noz's body, the whips still inside of him, moving their way throughout his intestines while Kotsu was biting deeper with each second. "Mmm.... Fuck this is good..." Kotsu said to Clayton, "Did you want some, comrade?"

 

[Exzalia]

"Joe 02 stay close." owls telepathy says to him. "I'm going after the kid he's in the principles office don't let go of me."

She leads him on knowing Bickles exact location based on her psychic conversation with him, her face is one of determination. She promised the boy he would not be hurt and she would make sure he wasn't.

 

[TheAdept]

Clayton had his ways of getting to the strongest drinks a person could find, but when straight up offered blood, nothing could mitigate the temptation. Seeing Kotsu bite into Noz, blood smearing on Kotsu's face, Clayton fell to his knees.

"I can't do this too often." Clayton said before biting in. Among vampires he knew, Clayton was known only as a drunk. He drank more alcohol than blood, but he still needed it, and nothing could replace it.

 

[mmarage]

Joe nodded. "Of course." He said as he kept hold of Owl's hand. He followed behind her, his bow still firmly in his hand, ready to strike out at anyone that was going to charge at them. They'd need to get a vehicle big enough to get everyone out... wait... could there be school buses parked nearby? That could work. He put his hand up to his ear, the one holding his bow. "Everyone, look for a vehicle to transport the hostages and get it ready, we're on route to the principal's office to collect the mage, and then we'll work on getting the rest of the hostages. We're at a school, so there may be a bus still around that could be used to transport everyone." He said.

 

[Kinggunlucky]

Noz ignored their attacks, standing up. Oh the damaged showed. He bled, they drank from him, he let it happen. The hulking vampire was beaten, battered , bruised. He didn't stop, though. Noz kept coming, a slow walk, his injuries healing. He shrugged, staring at Kotsu and Clayton with...nothing. Yeah. No hatred over the beating he took. Noz enjoyed the pain, testing the strength of others, measuring how they sized up. The results so far had been...interesting. Still not enough, though. Nobody ever had enough.

Noz examined his body.

His wounds were gone. The only remaining evidence being the blood on his clothes. Noz took a step forward, then vanished, a flash step.

Noz's overly large hand encircled Clayton's neck. He broke it. In one mighty swoop the country vampire's head went through the roof of the school. Kotsu started moving. Noz brought Clayton back up, using the tried and true tactic of beating another vampire into the ground with another.

Noz whipped Clayton at break neck speed. The vampire slammed into Kotsu. Noz turned to fog, traveling quick and with purpose. He reformed in front of Clayton and Kotsu. Noz's hand moved in a blur knocking off Clayton's jaw with a nice 'snap' sound.

Then a boot smashed into his rib cage launching him skyward. Clayton ass first on a spiky tree branch.

Noz turned, looking at Kotsu.

This one had done a good deal of damage. It hadn't stuck is the problem. Okay, maybe in time, though. He had potential, but potential needs fostered. Noz moved faster than Kotsu could react, catching one of the whips around his ar. One giant fist smashing into the younger vampire's face. Them another, then another, then another, then another. Kotsu fell over. Noz kept pounding until only 'squish' sounds were coming.

Noz pulled down his scarf, grabbed Kotsu's leg. The monster vampire's jaw unhinged like a snake. He ate it. No not drained. Ate. Devoured. Oh Kotsu fought back. Fought back hard. Fighting. Noz ignored it, shaking Kotsu off him. He stomped on Kotsu's chest with one heavy boot.

Kotsu went through the roof, then third floor, then the second, then into the school basement.

Noz jumped after him, landing on Kotsu's back and neck, crushing him further into the ground.

 

[KotaKotsu]

Kotsu had seen Noz beat the ever-loving Jesus out of Clayton in the flash of an eye. "Haha! It seems this one has fight yet!" And then Noz turned on Kotsu and started to pound him into the ground repeatedly. Kotsu felt his bones shatter in his face before it turned into a bloody paste like substance. Kotsu tried ripping at Noz arm while he had grabbed at his leg. Kotsu's scream would have echoed throughout the building had he not been faceless. Feeling Noz slamming into his back, and without the feeling of eyes to guide him, Kotsu had no choice but to focus. Focus on the rhymthic slamming into his spine.

Kotsu slowly slinked his whips across Noz's body. Not as an attack, but as a way to feel for the creature as he unleashed an assault. He reached into his belt and slammed all four elemental bombs into the creatures throat.

 

[Spoiled Bread]

Aria​

Vampira sighed, still staring through scope of the sniper rifle she'd obtained. What a load of hogwash. She didn't recall Aria having any sort of psychic abilities really, but it was the only explanation that made sense. They were good shots. She looked through the scope again, watching Vlad fight one of Aria's 'friends'.

It made little sense to Vampira as why any vampire would want get chummy with a human. Such things only ever end in heartbreak or bloodshed. Not to mention it's not as if humans go around befriending what they eat. No, not true. Some did. She had when before she'd turned. A different life.

But, people and vampires doing it doesn't make it right. They were lambs for the slaughter. No disrespect to the lamb, but food is food. Her high tuned vampiric ears picked up the sounds of something scaling the building she stood on. Vampira slung the sniper rifle over her shoulder and walked to the edge. Aria was making her way up.

"Hey, seriously?" Vampira said. "You said I could kill you."

"Change of mind." Aria climbed the last few floors with such haste that she felt some of her fingers broke in the process. She leaped onto the rooftop and landed on the middle of it. "The only one who will die today.. is you!"

Are you trying to be cool or what?

Aria pointed at Vampira. She didn't even realize that her index finger was bent in an unnatural way and stayed that way even though she should start regenerating by now if this were a normal circumstance.

"Why me?" Vampira huffed. "You're the one who betrayed Master Alucard. He wanted what was best for us. It could have been great." She leveled the rifle at Aria. "You just take you punishment."

She fired.

And missed.

"Okay, Aria, like for real. You can't just cheat like that."

"Vampira, you should check your eyesight. I think you're getting too old that your vision start deteriorating."

No, she's just an idiot.

Vampire stared Aria, stared at the gun, stared back at Aria, then stared at some hidden fourth wall were an audience would have been, then back at Aria. Vampire whipped the sniper rifle in a super speed throw at Aria's head. It cracked off her skull.

"HAW, HAW, HAW! That gun got you bitch."

Aria wiped the blood from her forehead, then slowly absorbed it back through her skin. She altered her bloodstream, focusing on her hands to make an unescapable grip before launching herself and swung her hand at the other vampire.

"Vampira, why now? Why here?"

Vampira screamed at Aria's speed and fell over once she'd been hit. "It was smart. You were weak. Your team was weak. We had our chance. We've been out our own survive. I've been surviving. You were living it up on some Maniacles base."

Aria used the chance to dig her nails into Vampira's shoulder, locking them into a close range encounter and slammed the older vampire's face onto the floor.

"You shouldn't drag the other into our matter!" Aria was angry at the fact that she was the reason why the team was once more put into unnecessary danger, but more importantly she realized another implication of Vampira's words.

"Wait what? 'we'??"

"Uh...nothing." Vampira tried to push Aria off of her, fanged teeth gritted in pain. "It's just me...let me go, please? I'll leave."

Hah, she's as bad at lying as ever.

"I will let you go."

Aria lifted Vampira and walked towards the edge of the building. She extended her hand and let Vampira dangle on the sky. Die or not, falling from this height would surely hurt. Just like what she said, Aria let go of the other vampire.

Vampira fell with the grace of wingless duck, spinning, flapping her arms. trying to grasp for something. Her scream was loud, loud enough to shatter windows. "AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH - " SMACK!

Aria grabbed Vampira's sniper rifle and use the scope to see the surrounding. There seems to be several fight going on, but if Vampira was truly lying then there's someone who the group should run away from. Noz.

She spotted a gaping hole on the other building, a big one. If Noz was here, then he would be in that place. Aria gathered her blood in her legs and jumped to the designated building.

 

[Exzalia]

Owl hears the rumbling of the building as Kotsu and Noz smash through the ceiling on there way to the basement. She stops casting true sigh to see through the rubble.

Kotsu's leg was missing, and he was losing, badly. "Kotsu!" She cries out then spins to Joe.

"We have to help his is going to die!" She spins back to the gruesome scenes bellow and summons her mental magic, her brain links with Noz's and for a brief moment he feels her ire, her rage, her unbridled fury. It manifests into the mother of all migraines and then her spell hits like a mental nuke.

She unleashes her mental magic blue eather floods his mind with her fury and she over casts Stupefy trashing his mind both conscious and subconscious with brutal force, albeit only temporarily.

KotaKotsu

Kinggunlucky

 

[mmarage]

Joe nodded. "Alright, just... k-keep a hand on me, just in case." He said as he drew one of the Earth arrows, he knew he'd have to use them up soon, otherwise they'd wear off and return to being normal arrows. He walked to the hole, nocking his arrow, and taking aim down into the pit, waiting for the vampire fighting Kotsu to make an appearance. He'd want to aim for limbs. The earthen spikes should pierce through them and, if not severing an arm or leg entirely, would at least make it much harder to use.

 

[Freikugel]

Fizzy regrouped with Morgan. The man looked like a wounded Jean Claude Van Damme at the climax of a movie. Except it wasn't a movie , neither the climax.

"I take, you are as confused as I am? Any idea regarding our enemies? I defeated one, but I doubt he is dead. Is the kid secured?" Asked to Morgan

He then could heard Kotsu's inhumane scream as he had his leg devoured by Noz

Shit shouldn't had left him alone, thought regretting his choice.

He was about to dash into the frenzy however a acute deep pain in his right hip assaulted him, he felt his body heavy.

Not now...

Yet he understood, the effect of the stimulant was running out and it was payback time.
Fizzy broke a healing vial in the most severe wounds of his body as he lied against a wall.
However at his condition he was unable to rejoin the battle

 

[KotaKotsu]

Kotsu pulled his whips back out of Noz's mouth and uses his whips blades into his body where the remaining elemental vials of Fire and Wind were stored and into his own body, and plunged the blades back into the throat of the beast to activate the elemental bombs stored now stored inside as a means to get rid of the problem before himself.

This should eliminate this problem. Regenerating from this damage, should probably be my primary focus after this. The heart of this one will suffice as a trophy. I'll eat his arms for his strength.



Kotsu thought to himself, his mind only on returning the favor for the pain he had gone through already. This was much worse than what the Andras had done. But that didn't matter. He had learned from that experience. And he'll never be weak again.

 

[TheAdept]

Noz had given Clayton a good beating, but Clayton was a vampire also, and with the power of the bottle (thats the new name of his super alcoholism) his power matched that of Kotsu and possibly Carmille (who seemed to have mysteriously vanished.)

Yes his ass was on a sharp broken tree branch. Yes, it was up his pooper. It was nothing compared to what that one tribe in Nevada did that one time centuries ago...

But that is beside the point.

Clayton grabbed his now broken off jaw and held it in place to heal back. The various gashes and fractures were healing also. Not instantly; he was nowhere near Noz' level and normally paled in comparison to Kotsu, but like he said earlier: a real cowboy doesn't run from a fight.

Yes he was in pain. He had turned about two hundred years ago, been drafted into two wars, been shot, blown up, burned, and who knows what else. He grabbed the tree branch keeping him ass first in the tree and pulled himself off. There were a few splinters inside of his rectum, but that would be solved later.

Clayton dashed up the side of the building onto the roof. He was still bleeding, he was still hurting, and yes his asshole was sore, but he wasn't out of this fight yet.

He let off a shot knowing it wouldn't hurt Noz, but would get the bastard's attention.

"You think that was all I had asshole?" Clayton said, so caught up in possibly getting back at Noz that he didn't know what was going on when the earth vial took effect and spiked started jutting out.

 

[Kinggunlucky]

The sound of Vampira's scream alerted her two compatriots it was a good time to flee. Aria must have defeated. Not a surprise. Noz stumbled when Owl's attack hit him. He knew it to. No way to fight against it, except kill the mage that was attacking him. Noz's highly tuned senses worked against him in that way. He crashed through one wall, then another, trying to balance himself out.

He made no noises as he did this. No grunts of pain or fright or confusion. Noz kept going, jumping upward, smashing up through the floor, and contuning to run. No knowledge of which direction he was going.

Noz's bloodlust had been scrambled, interrupted. The challenge he'd wanted temporarily taken away. He kept moving, running until he vanished into the dark wood.

***

Vlad the vampire groaned as he managed to climb to his feet. He'd heard Vampira's cry and the sound she made when she smashed into the Earth. Her night illusion was breaking, the fog vanishing. forest retreating, and the full moon beginning to break apart to reveal the still shining morning sun. Vlad took the form of a bat, he flew swiftly in the direction Vampira fell.

He saw her laying on the ground, her body stretched out and pancaked on the ground. Vlad turned back to normal form, stumbling as he hit the ground.

Vampira wasn't dead, but Aria had certainly taken her out of action for a time. Years of planning down the tube. He knew he should have been the one to kill Aria. This fool, Vampira, had made a mess of things. He grabbed her small frame, draping her over his shoulder, took one last look at the school, and bolted away at super speed.

***

Bickle, book clutched tight against his chest, rose from his sitting position. The anxiety he had been going through him doubled when he heard entire sections of the building be upended and torn apart. His first thoughts were they had ended up sending some sort of monster to kill him.

He pushed open the principal's door, peeking his head out, he turned left. The coast was clear. He turned right...right into the barrel of a gun.

A woman with dark long hair was pointing it at him. a bored and tired expression on her face. She wasn't unattractive by an stretch of the word. Far from it. Sharp features, hypnotic green eyes, upturned nose, and just the right amount of freckles to be charming. She just looked like she had seen better days, as if someone pissed in her cheerios and then tossed her in a washing machine.

Bickle's jaw dropped, book tumbling from his hands.

The woman lowered her gun.

"Found ya."

 

[Exzalia]

Owl leaps down to were Kotsu lay and runs to him, cupping his head into her trembling hands. "Kotsu?! Kostsu are you okay?!" She cried tears streaming down her face. She had seen him regenerate before but the site of his broken bloodied body still shocked and traumatized her now young mind.

 

[mmarage]

Joe felt the rumbling beneath him as the vampire began to run away. "G-Guys, we might want to hurry up and get everyone out. The building could crumble at any minute. Who knows how much damage he's doing to the building's structural integrity." He said. He couldn't help but look down at Kotsu and Owl, biting his lip nervously. "O-Owl, hurry up and get Kotsu out of here! We'll get him to the hospital!" He called down to her.

 

[KotaKotsu]

Kotsu's skull sunken inward must have been a sight to behold for Owl with his body broken apart, him missing a leg, and a slight hole through his stomach repairing. His ears picked up on her voice and pulled back the blades on his whips.

It's the one we're fond of. Why is she crying?

Well we feel like shit, so we probably look like shit.

Kotsu weakily used his whips to Pierce a blood bag on his belt. He had two more remaining. Throwing himself off of Owl's lap and onto the floor, he held the pierced blood bag over the sunken in portion of the skull, a sick gurgling sound could be made as Kotsu swallowed the blood hungrily. His body repaired much faster as he regained the blood he had lost. His nose was broken at an odd angle, and his teeth still hadn't come back yet, but at least he was healing faster than usual. His leg could be supported by The Whip It.

Kotsu stood up using The Whip It to use his reach to support his body and stared at Owl and Joe. "Though appreciated, the assistance isn't necessary. I'd recommend for you all to leave. No use crying over this nonsense. Go save the kids or something." He picked up Owl with one of his whips, channeling his strength into his one useful leg and his whips, he effortlessly landed on the platform with Joe. "You're only being saved because I remember that I care about you. I didn't need you to interfere. I'd rather have handled that myself. Both of you." Kotsu's voice sounded more, critical and cold. This was a harsh contrast to his usual friendly behavior. He also had a bit of a more posh accent. He released Owl somewhat swiftly but would catch her if she stumbled from the release.

 

[Exzalia]

Owl blinks tears still falling, and then suddenly her sorrow turns to anger.

She slaps him right across the face.

"DON"T YOU DARE!" She shouts at him. "Not necessary?! you don't have a leg!" She was speaking Arabic with out realizing it. but her telepathy was clear and loud, filled with so much passion and anger it blares through ever ones mind.

"You expect me to stand there like some weak willed woman and watch my friend get eaten alive?! you were losing, BADLY, he was killing you! All this talk about wanting to protect me and you don't think I might feel the same way?! Don't you dare, don't you dare tell me you didn't need help! IDIOT!" She stomps her foot and crosses her arms spinning around scared, traumatized and angry.

Her mental tantrum finally subsides and peace returns to the minds of everyone there, instead of her voice in their heads they just here her mumble to her self in Arabic.