Royal Shadow

[Hellfire]

Darren paused. "I don't like this." He said as he looked in the room they were just in. After a moment he sighed. "I doubt the guilds will want to harm the servants, unless they get in the way of their prize. As soon as they are safe I am coming back for you." He said to Isabella. He began leading the servants out of the room with the help of Nathan.

 

[RavenMist]

Isabella nods, holding the gun tightly and watching them leave, she moves out after them, moving into the oppostite direction moving toward the side of the house Shadow had covered. She remains quiet, the silence starting to bother her more and more.

 

[Hellfire]

"Does it really take 12 of you to take out one guy. That is kind of-" Shadow's voice can be heard nearby. He is cut of as someone punches him.


"Where are your friends? We know you have started working with others." A unknow male voice said.


"Far from here by now, and even if they were close they wouldn't come back for some fool like me. Happy hunting to you." Another hit, Shadow gave a wet cough.

 

[RavenMist]

Isabella's face shows a pained expression, biting the inside of her cheek slightly as she hears him and she moves silently forward. Her eyes gazes carefully around, twelve people was a lot and knew this wasn't going to end too well if she just strolled in. She continues to head near the room he was in. It was an open room, two doors that were already open. She sees Shadows sat in a chair, facing away from her. A few men stood behind the one one talking. There wasn't twelve men in the room so some of them must have left to search the rest of the house. She stays to the side of the door, so she wouldn't be seen.

 

[Hellfire]

The man leaned down, locking his gaze with Shadow's. "If you will not tell us, then we have no use for you thief. Give us the location of your friends or die."


Shadow spat blood in his face. The man punched him,rocking the chair back.


"Even if I did know.." Shadow said, smiling up at the man. "I wouldn't tell you."


The man pulled out a gun and placed it against Shadow's head. "Only a coward would kill a bond man." Shadow comments, not at all concerned.

 

[RavenMist]

Isabella continues to watch, "You don't need the location." She calls, stepping out, her gun pointed at the man, "This is my house, you come here thinking your numbers concern me, that you rule under my own roof." She says shaking her head and tutting, looking at the other men who instantly move forward, "Step closer and I'll shoot. You're all testing my patience, today of all days I suggest you don't." She says, calmly, though adrenaline raced through her, "Shadow, be a dear and hush for a moment." She says, smiling slightly, her gun still at the man, her head turning slightly to glance at the other men who all pointed their weapons.


"Have some manners man, you'd have people thinking you don't have hearts. Though I'm sure most of you are here for a reason, at least some of you would have family's? Yes? And I have the power to take everything away from them, right?" She says, picking her words carefully, a sarcastic smile playing on her lips, "You see, through recent events. Though I'm nothing like my father, don't go assuming I'm all nice. With how much testing people are doing on my patience recently, taking a life or threatening those you love might seem easily than before." She says, laughing softly as none of them move.


"Shoot me, go for it? Or are you scared that friends of mine might just hurt someone you love?" She taunts, facing back to the main guy, "Touch another hair on Shadow's head and I'll personally see to your death, Comprehendè?" She states, moving slowly forward, her gun pointing toward him. Though instead of shooting him, she throws a small silver ball at his chest and watches it shock him, before looking back at the other men and smiling sweetly.

 

[Hellfire]

Then men stayed frozen, all to aware that her words were true. Shadow twisted in the chair, looking back at her. "Be careful what enemies you make girl." One of the men stepped forward, he appeared to be the leader of the group. "You may have power now, but it won't be long before the balance shifts."


Shadow struggled against his bonds, looking at the man. His teeth were clenched. "It is good to see you again Blake, although I had heard rumors you were dead."


"Don't you just love it when rumors are wrong." Shadow spat at the man.

 

[RavenMist]

"All you need to worry about is whether you need me as an enemy right now." She says, her face cold, her head shifting to look at the leader, "I'm trying to better this region, guilds such of yourself should worry that my need for you is thinning." She says, looking at Shadow and then the man, she moves to shadow and slowly unties his arms, "Don't do anything stupid." She murmurs into his ear, her gun still aimed. She looks at the leader again, "What would you like anyway, attacking him yesterday, coming here?" She asks, looking at the other men again, "I get why you're here, you have family's to think about. And if I had a family and was in the same boat I'd probably be just inclined to retaliate too. I'm trying to do best by this region." She says, "So I'll give you a chance, walk away from all of this. Give me a chance, to make the lives of your children better, for the future. Starting a war against me will only bring more hell." She murmurs, looking back at the leader again.

 

[Hellfire]

The man laughed. "They are doing this for their families." The leader gestured to the others. "Because if they didn't, then their families would be killed." He looked to Shadow, who stood with his hands balled in fists. "We have come a long way since you have been gone Blake."


Shadow flinched, his hand reaching inside his cloak. "The only reason you are still breathing Lucardo is because she asked me to not do anything stupid."


The man smiled. "I forgot what a monster you were, but it surprises me how easily you have been tamed. You have become weak Blake."

 

[RavenMist]

Isabella looks at him and then the man, "Oh of course this'd be your old guild." She mutters shaking her head and then clenching her teeth, narrowing her eyes, "Doesn't that just sweeten the plot because I'm pretty sure it was your guild that killed my mother." She mumbles, pulling a hand through her hair and looking at the other men and then back at Lucardo. Emotions race through her suddenly, the gun in her hand raising toward the man, "I haven't told him not to kill you, just not to be stupid. I'm not forcing him, I was half expecting him to attack you anyway." She remarks, the gun pointing at his leg as she fires, "That's for killing my mother, and for hurting me when I was little. Whether it was you or your men." She says a shrug.

 

[Hellfire]

The man cried out in pain. After a moment, he laughed from the ground. "You royals are all the same." He said through clenched teeth. "You just assume it was the nasty little slums man that does all the evil things." He kneels, handling his injured leg gingerly. "When we were weaker, royals controled us. Now that we are strong, we do as we wish." He points a finger at Isabella. "We were under royal orders when your mother was killed, and" he pointed to shadow. "When we killed his family."

 

[RavenMist]

Isabella watches him, "I'm not like them, I was never like that." She murmurs quietly, shaking her head, "All I have ever tried to do with this whole plan of taking over is making things better for every one." She says quietly.


"If I had assumed that the nasty evil slums men were to blame every time, I wouldn't have taken Shadows help, I wouldn't have taken the time to get to know people that I knew lived a completely different life to me." She says, shaking her head, "The main reason I shot you is because you waltz in here and challenge my power. Oh and you had the audicity to hurt someone that, quite frankly, I care a lot about." She says, "I could've shot you anywhere, I could've simply killed you." She says.

 

[Hellfire]

"Killing me would have caused more trouble for you than you realize." The man said as one of his fellows helped him to his feet. "If you speak the truth, then perhaps you are not like royals. This doesn't matter to me, you are still a danger to our guild. We will gain power, and we will not simply fade away."


The man gestured to the others. "Let's go!" He said, turning with the help of his men.

 

[RavenMist]

"Why am I danger? You fun out of people to kill, run out of people to kidnap, to attack?" She asks, shaking her head, "That's more pathetic than the royals if that's the case. I'm not competition," she murmurs, shaking her head. She waits for them to leave and sits down on the change Shadow was in before and rubs her face. She closes her eyes and sighs, "That's the last time, 'let's split up' is ever a good idea." She mumbles, "You worried me."

 

[Hellfire]

Shadow worked his jaw, wincing slightly. "I had things under control, you didn't have to come for me." His tone was soft. "When was splitting up every a good Idea?" He joked with a smile.


They heard Darren come into the room. "You know, that look suits you." Darren pointed to the heavily cracked mask. Most of Shadow's mask was gone, and it now only covered some of the left side of his face.

 

[RavenMist]

Isabella looks at him and sighs, "You know me well, I'd never just leave you. Not when something was wrong." She murmurs, shaking her head. She smiles softly at the comment. She looks at Darren, "Did you get the maids somewhere safe?" She asks, another look of worry covering her face. She glances at Shadow, "I can get another mask for you if you want." She suggests.

 

[Hellfire]

Shadow takes off his mask with a sad sigh. He looks at it as Darren gapes at him. "I never really though you took the thing off." Darren said quietly. Shadow turned to him, his eyes narrowing.


"I don't, but I imagine you can be trusted. Besides, I don't look like I usually do. Getting a beating does that." Shadow said sarcastically. "I'll figure something out." He looked to Isabella as he casted the mask away. He pulled his hood up so that it partially hid his face.

 

[RavenMist]

Isabella stares at him, "I've seen you without your mask before." She points out, shrugging, "I don't get why it's that big of a deal. If Darren can't be trusted then you can always kill him." She says, standing up and tossing the gun to one side.

 

[Hellfire]

Shadow turns around and looks at Isabella. "Darren is a good man." He said, angry. "I wouldn't kill him just because he saw my face."


Darren watched them with a startled look.

 

[RavenMist]

Isabella shrugs, "You never know, people are weird sometimes. I mean look at me, I just shot a man in his leg for something Im not pretty sure he didn't do." She mutters, her emotions everywhere. She turns to him and then looks away instantly, taking a deep breath and closing her eyes.

 

[Hellfire]

Darren stands behind Shadow awkwardly, looking away from them. "That man deserved to be shot, he kills for sport and power." Shadow informs her. "Darren only has killed to protect others. There is a big difference there."

 

[RavenMist]

"I still shot him, I still blamed him for my mothers death, for the maids death. Apparently that was only the royals to blame. The royals are to blame for your parents death too." She mumbles, her fingers against her temples, "Forget I said anything," she mumbles, sitting down on the floor and sighing.

 

[Hellfire]

Shadow looked back to Darren who shrugged, unsure. "That is the unfortunate thing about people fighting for power, Someone always gets hurt." Shadow said looking down at Isabella. "People are to selfish to realize or even care that they are hirting others, they only focus on power."

 

[RavenMist]

Isabella nods and looks away, "I get that, I did grow up with greedy ass people. I was one of those people, not any better than a rebel or a Royal." She says.

 

[Hellfire]

Shadow shakes his head. "No, you are willing to learn about things that most don't want to even think about." He laughed. "You are nothing like the rebels and royals, if you were we couldn't even be having such a conversation."