Fantasy Heroes and Nightmares

[kjsprk]

-Ayumi-


Ayumi started walking towards the hooded man. She heard what Berendil has said but did not retort and instead wanted to warn the man that this was a crime zone. She didn't recognize him as a hero, nor a living nightmare. She was curious.


A police officer had beat Ayumi to the man. "Excuse me, sir, this is a police crime scene. I'm gonna have to ask you to back up please." The officer said, arm outstretched to push the man back.


-Gunner-


Gunner was still in a daze when one I the officers had approached him. This, of course, snapped him out I the daze in a startle. He could see Ayumi had started to approach him as well. He panicked and drew his attention toward te officer.


Gunner grabbed the officer's arm, freezing her instantly in a statue of ice.


-Ayumi-


Ayumi backed away in horror as the officer was frozen in her own statute, drawing one of her swords as she did so.


"What the hell!" He explained not to the man, but to her own thoughts. She had never seen such strong elemental abilities. Whoever this man was, he obviously dedicated a lot of time to honing his skills.


(((Sorry I've been spacey, school just started for me so when I post I'll probably post quite a bit, I'm also trying my best to stay up to date. It won't be like this forever. If need be, you can control my characters.

 

[Aldur]

Still not getting a response,Berendil went to look for her


"Ayumi,did you not hear me?" he said before coming to the door and witnessing the statue and the odd figure.


"GET BACK!" Berendil yelled loading his small crossbow with a curious looking bolt and then aiming at the figure.

 

[Girouette]

Rath. Just as he entered, and expressed his complete dismay on their being no evil to battle. Wasn't even greeted with a hello from anyone but Berendil.


Considering that's one out of the two people in the store besides the dead guy, it wasn't that bad of a greeting. But as Berendil decided to go on a spiel (Although that may be exaggerating) about the murder. Something he had a complete lack of intrest for, learning how the murder was committed when he could be out there blasting some criminals face off.


Sure, he was saddened by the death of someone who seemingly had a wife and kids, but standing here now seemed to be a waste of a detour.


Well, at least he'd get to catch up with the other heroes, considering they don't die of course. But it seemed there was no danger...


As he was still standing close to the doorway, his back was hit with an icy chill. And the Cat saith waltz passed him and out into the cold for seemingly no reason


He was still wondering this and when he'd get to fight something, when Berendil dashed past him following Ayumi.


And it was then, it dawned on him, that there was most likely a nightmare out there, and that they were now going to engage in a mighty battle and destroy it.


And then, he turned around, to witness Berendil And Ayumi standing out, seemingly not doing any battling and instead staring at a hooded man, that seemed to be some kind of ice carver, considering the statue of ice.


But what kind of ice statue do people make in the middle of july?

 

[Der Kojote]

Alkesh's walk back to the probable scene of the crime became a full blown sprint after the first scream. A second yell followed shortly afterwards. He rounded a corner from the alleyway he was traversing; when he came upon the scene.


Three heros, a frozen police officer, and one hooded man. He wasn't an ace detective by any means, but it didn't take one to guess what was going on. He channeled fire in his hand, the dragon's tounge was ready to be used. Still before action; he needed diplomacy.


He started off with a deadpan tone. "Sorry, but I get the feeling I'm interrupting something... care to step away from the frozenbody?"

 

[Aldur]

"Ayumi,get back! As for you...we got you surrounded,one wrong move and this here bolt will melt your head in a blink of an eye!"


Without turning his head towards him,Berendil greeted Alkesh.


"How was your day,Alkesh? Seen anything worthwhile?"

 

[kjsprk]

-Gunner-


Gunner circled around the frozen officer, smirking under his bandana. He ran his finger across the ice, cracking it as he did so.


"Sorry, but I get the feeling I'm interrupting something... care to step away from the frozenbody?" Another hero approached. He was now surrounded.


"Aye, feelin' a little hot headed, mate?" He chuckled and faked an Australian accent so he wouldn't recognized by Ayumi.


He turned his attention toward the older hero. "Cool your jets pop pop." He held his hands up.


-Ayumi-


"Step away, from the officer before I make your day a whole lot worse." Ayumi threatened the man. Ayumi stepped around Berendil and drew her swords, her tail flickering back and forth.


-Gunner-


"Who said it was bad to begin with, love? I might have just found a way to make it more...interesting." Gunner wound up his leg and kicked the frozen body of the officer, shattering her into a million peices. He then went into defence mode and made a wall of ice to surround him.


(((Having major writer's block, I'm trying my best

 

[Aldur]

"That is the worst accent I've ever heard,laddie!What makes you think you have the right to go around and play with others' lives?"


From a pocket inside his jacket Berendil sneakily took out a small explosive the size of a little rock and kept it well hidden behind himself.


"I am going to ask you nicely,do you want to come with us peacefully,or is force necessary?"


He gestured his eyebrows at Rath and Alkesh to cause a distraction if things go south thinking "I sure hope you lads remember this from the training."


((Berendil has a scottish accent))

 

[Girouette]

As Rath was standing there contemplating what angle to come at this very obvious evil-doer. As his allies seemed more content with standing and staring.


And just as he was about to express his dismay and charge at the injustice portrayed in front of him. His intentions were cut short by the bursting of his ice-sculpture. Which Rathnait finally realized was actually a frozen person. Which made it very clear this man was a murderer, and therefor free game to be utterly-destroyed, or so Rath hoped.


Berendil was once again talking, something the action-oriented being of Rath as expressed before, had a complete lack of interest in.


And, unsheathing the rather large and seemingly unwieldy boomerang that had rested on his back and waited for the release of crime-fighting for far to long. And by the time Berendil had finished his attempt at speaking to the murderer. Rath had let out a gust of wind to propel himself into the air, to hopefully land rather close (Or preferably on) the nightmare and engage it in glorious combat of justice.


(Yea. Glorious combat of justice. I'm having a bit of writers block here as well...)

 

[Aldur]

"What the livnig-RATHNAIT!"He quickly shot the bolt at the big ice block and it melted down.Berendil then took cover as he was only wearing his casual attire not his armor.


"Ayumi do you have a sword to spare?"He said as tore down the door using his crossbow's pointy butt and claiming it as his shield.


((Yes.A door))

 

[kjsprk]

-Ayumi-


The hooded man had eclosed himself in an ice block, which Berendil had just melted with a bolt.


"Ayumi do you have a sword to spare?" Berendil had asked.


Ayumi flipped one of her swords around and handed it to Berendil. She slowly walked toward the now exposed ice elemental man and gripped his shirt and pulled him close, holding her sword to his throat.


"I hate the cold; strike one." She threw him to the ground and walked over to him, stepping on his chest. "You killed that officer for no reason; strike two." Her remaining sword could now be found inches from his face that was still covered with a bandana. "Would you like to strike out?" She flicked her wrist, causing the sword to cut the bandana, revealing her brother's face.


Ayumi's mind shot back to the day; the last time she'd seen him. She watched, holding a stuffed animal cat as she stood watching her brother fall. His body hit the frozen lake. Anger, hate, sadness, sorrow, flowed through her mind causing her eyes to be instantly be filled with tears. Her ears dropped and flattened against her blue hair. The rain turning to snow then back to water as it hit her face to join the tears falling off her cheeks and onto her black boots. He hand relaxed, dropping her sword to the ground, the metallic sound of the blade against the cold, hard, and wet ground echoing in her ears.


She let out a quivering exhale, then more tears. She looked into Gunner's eyes, they were stern, emotionless. It was at that moment she knew, he did it, the bank robber, their parents. She slowly backed up, behind Berendil, toward the shop.


"K-" She sniffled and pointed to her brother. "Kill him..." This was the hardest thing she'd ever find herself ever having to say, but she meant it. "Kill him." Her voice echoed in her mind.


-Gunner-


As the bandana that once covered his face hit the ground, he was filled with anxiety, then peace and relief. He no longer had to hide from his sister. He hated her, convinced that he killed her along with his parents. She was living proof that he was a failure, he mustn't be a failure. He stood up fast as soon as she ordered the others to kill him. He grabbed the sword off the ground and threw it at the older man, then tossed a few ice crystals at the younger fire elemental. He took off down the street and into the darkness of an alley way.


(((I hate writer's block, so much. I wish I could punch it... .-.

 

[Aldur]

"Ayumi!Get down!"he shouted.Suddenly a sword came slashing right through his improvised shield stopping millimeters away from his chest.As soon as that happened he threw the shield away and in his adrenaline rushed towards Ayumi who was just standing there and grabbed her taking her to safety.


"Are you allright?What happened?Who is he?"


Berendil's questions came one after another as he looked the girl in the eyes and saw nothing but a blank stare.

 

[Girouette]

Rath, who was hurtling toward the ground as the events above were unfolding. And saw Ayumi, who if he recalled was a rather strong-willed justice seeker. Dash forward and confront the strange ice-murder.


Well, he decided it was perhaps a good idea to slow his descent, and he rippled the air around his feet just enough to make him glide more than hurtle toward the inevitable ground, where he was hoping to simply land and slice the murder in half. But if one of his allies was about to kill him herself, well an easier method of removing the injustice was always welcome.


And then, well. I'm sure you all know what happened, and suffice to say. The man was not quickly disposed of, despite the opportunity.


Although, Rath spent no time wondering why she wavered, and instead propelled himself with a blast of air down the alleyway that Gunner had rushed into. Shattering the glass of the buildings next to it.


He hadn't heard Ayumis request for the death of this individual, but it was his intent to brutally exact justice upon him.





Rath, for all intents and purposes, was now not bored. A large difference to ten minutes ago. And was instead actually grinning with delight and seemingly having the time of his life. Chasing down a murderer to bring justice to the world.

 

[kjsprk]

-Gunner-


Gunner fled down an alleyway, his sister's sword still in his hand. The glass from the two buildings around his shattered when an idea struck. He climbed to the roof top of one of the buildings and waited for a strong breeze from the storm. The storm was dying so he only had one chance at this. He leaped into the air and his body materialized to snow and he was carried away. Ayumi's sword was dropped back down to the ground, Gunner was on his way home.


-Ayumi-


Berendil had Ayumi, pulling her off the street. Here gaze of fear still washed over her sight. She slowly awoke back to the present. She was now overcome with blind rage as she broke from Berendil's grip and ripped her sword from the door and started charging over to the last place she saw Gunner; the alleyway. When she arrived, He was already gone, her sword left abandoned.


"Come back you bitch!" She yelled at the sky. She threw her sword at the wall, it bounced off and came back at her, cutting her shoulder lightly. She dropped to her knees in a weeping mess of tears and anger.

 

[EmilyPower]

Elizabeth woke up with a bucket of ice cold water in her face. She woke up and fell of her bed because of the shock. She looked up to see her brother already dresssed. He looked at her with an angry face and helped her get up.


"Why the hell did you do that?"


"Because we have to go to the hospital and you were still asleep!"


"The hospital? Why do we have to go there?"


Elizabeth´s brother looked at her with a dissapointed her and took out his phone showing her the date.


"Oh crap is that today?"


"Yes! How could you fucking forget!? Our brother is still in the hospital and you dont even remember we have to visit him!"


"I´m sorry ok?"


"Im going to see if dad is ready to go"


Elizabeth´s brother got out of her room and closed the door behind him. Elizabeth entered her bathroom and took a quick shower, she put on a t-shirt and some jeans and got out of her room. She could hear her brother and father arguing


"What happened?"


"Dad´s not going to the hospital"


"Why not?"


"I have to go to work Lizzy. There is nothing I can do but I will go the next time"


"I cant belive you are not going dad! One of your kids is in the hospital in coma and you wont even visit him because of work!"


Elizabeth´s phone buzzed and she quickly checked it. She tried to sneak out of the house as soon as she got the alert but her brother caught her getting out of the house.


"Where are you going?"


"Jake, please dont kill me after this but I cant go either"


"Why the fuck not!?"


"I got a report on the news about a murder and I have to go"


Jake was about to say something but he just turned around and left the house alone.


"He hates us"


"Dont worry Lizzy, he is just sad about Mike"

 

[Der Kojote]

The ice crystal were easily countered with a blast of flame...though it had taken too much time to deal with. "Shit he's getting away!" He could only see as Ayumi and Berendil tearing off after the ice elemental. People like this were the reason he reformed, the reason he wasn't a bloodthirsty killer, and he was just letting him get away. He tore down the alley way only to hear Ayumi screaming "Come back you bitch!" The man was gone Ayumi was crying. He stepped up. "Well...I know what I'm doing for the foreseeable future." The fire in his hand slowly faded. Looking back to where he had come from he could only think about the officer. "Going to render that sadist to..." He thought better than continuing that statement right now...they had a hero that was having a breakdown from the tears... saying it was bad was an understatement.

 

[kjsprk]

Ayumi stood up, she was drained. She failed in wiping the tears from her eyes as she grabbed her swords and flung them around before sheathing them. One of her swords were bent which made it difficult to sheath it, so she just carried it, she needed to sharpen them anyway. She grabbed Alkesh's arm and started pulling him back across the street to join the others.


"Don't bother going after him, because you won't catch him. He's a damn coward, but he's a strong one." She sniffled on the way over. Once they were regrouped up with Berendil and the others, Ayumi, still sniffling and trying her best to hold a smile, started trying to fix her sword to distract herself.


"His name is Gunner. He's my brother. Explains why we look so much alike..." She mumbled for everyone to hear. "I- I thought he was dead...I saw him die... Anyway he's strong and smart. Seeing as though he's one of those nightmares..." She shivered at the thought. "...he's probably behind some of the crimes in Ignition." She kept trying to unbend her sword, but to no prevail. "If you see him, don't hesitate to bring him to me, or just kill him yourself." She paused, giving up on the sword. He looked to the sword that was bend and noticed blood on the blade, she then remembered about her shoulder. She sighed, "I've gotta go take care of this...shit." Her eyes teared up again as she turned and started to walk away. The rain had past and the sunset could be seen.

 

[Aldur]

"Wait!"


He said quickly entering back the shop and going out equally fast.He had his umbrella in his other hand


"Take this.You need it more than I do.And about that cut...you can get a pretty bad infection."


Berendil cut a little bit of cloth from his jacket.


"Stand still...this might hurt a little.I'm guessing no one has another way of healing that?"


He gently pressed against the wound and put the piece of cloth around the cut and made a sturdy knot.


"I fixed it...now,you can go."

 

[kjsprk]

"Thanks" Ayumi mumbled as Berendil took care of her. She opened the umbrella and held up just above her head, her ears could not be seen for they were still flat. She turned and continued walking home, her bent sword dragging on the ground behind her, her mind racing with thoughts about killing Gunner.


'What if he kills me? What if he kills another hero? Wheat if we can't stop him?' These were just some of the questions that populated her thoughts. The next thing she found herself thinking about was weather or not she should, or could bring herself to kill Gunner. Syumi found herself back at home and went to bed early, not caring about her sword or arm.

 

[Girouette]

Rath. Who despite propelling himself with enough air to shatter windows around behind him, was to slow to apprehend and preferably decapitate the now-fled murderer. And doing a few circles of the alleyway where he was last seen. Propelled himself onto a roof. And then, when he couldn't spot the fiend from above. Decided that he had probably got away and would have to be tracked down.


He then jumped down from the roof, making a burst of air just as he landed to prevent any broken bones, and slipped the boomerang back into it's clasp on his back.


At this point, it seemed all the other heroes had disembarked for their respective duties of probably saving the world. Which was probably for the best, as despite Rath being a bit saddened as meeting with the other heroes was usually a fun encounter and they might have clues onto the whereabouts of their ice-nightmare.


Then, with that thought, he realized he was just facing the wrong direction, As he heard Ayumis exposition coming from behind, and he turned around. Now realizing he wasn't that far from where the other heroes where situated. And could now hear and take part in whatever plans of justice they had in store...


And after hearing The spiel of exposition about their (Now not so) Mysterious Criminal, which didn't exactly tell him much on how to find and dispatch of him. Except for that he had the okay.


And then, he considered asking about where they might find him, and then realized she probably wouldn't know. And instead simply propelled himself in the air. Most likely to spend most of the night jumping around rooftops. And then at the crack of dawn would most likely be found lying on the grass, utterly exhausted and without actually finding the criminal.


That is, unless he was very lucky.

 

[EmilyPower]

Elizabeth closed her fist making a small platform of dark energy. She got on the platform and started to fly. She landed on a nearby roof and made the platform disappear. She started to look for the murderer but he was no were to be found. She looked down to see a teenager hitting a small kid. Elizabeth made another platform and got down of the building. She tackled the teen slamming him against a wall.


"Listen to me, if you ever hit anyone else again I will break every bone of your body"


Elizabeth let the guy go and watched as he ran as fast as he could. She turned around to see the other kid was gone too. Elizabeth continued looking for the murderer

 

[Aldur]

"Well,Alkesh...I'll be on my way now...I need to file the murder,I think I know who did it..."


He said crossing his arms and walking off.He saluted Alkesh and was on his way.


"I'll call the boys to clean up and give me a better perspective later!See you around,take care!"

 

[kjsprk]

-Gunner-


Having mad it back to his home, Gunner re-materialized in his human form in from of the bank where he killed his parents. Memories clouded his mind and thoughts of his sister made him angry. He wanted to she her that he meant business and that he was coming for her. He began walking down the street looking for heroes. It was becoming darker out. He heard a person nearby. Gunner looked down the street to see two children fighting. He smirked as the older teenager was winning until a Hero appeared from the sky and kicked the teenager's ass then let him go. The other child had ran away as well. Gunner approached the hero, ice dagger hidden behind his back.


"Hey!" He yelled to the girl. "Do you know the time ma'am?!" He smirked and kept walking toward her.

 

[EmilyPower]

Elizabeth looked at the other hero and started to look around, a bit panicked. If he had seen her anyone else could and Elizabeth had rules she had to follow. Her brother made it clear that no one could see her using her powers. One of the things Elizabeth hated about him was how she over-protected her. She looked at the hero and noticed he had something behing his back but she couldnt see it. Elizabeth decided to play along.


"That is not your buissness..." She said while taking a few steps back

 

[kjsprk]

Gunner kept approaching the girl, his smirk disappearing. His was shocked, now he felt as though he had an obligation to kill this girl, she was so rude and he'd never met her before. Of course, this thought was proof of his own insanity, which he embraced.


"Little rude don't you think?" His grip on the dagger tightened. "How is the time none of my business ?" He was now very close to her.

 

[EmilyPower]

Elizabeth looked at the guy straight in his eyes and she made her hand go completely black. She knew the guy was dangerous and the thing behind his back was not good.


"Yes, I believe it is rude. I am rude myself. How about you and I start this again with the right foot this time"


Elizabeth looked over his shoulder and saw the dagger and smiled. She put her hands together and made a ball of dark energy. She threw the ball at the guy. She made another platform as fast as she could. She quickly got to the top of the roof and started to leave the guy behind. The ball was not powerful enough to kill him.