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Kira chuckles and then nods at him. "Oh I probably could...I do have a few computers and stuff hidden out somewhere but....I am not to sure how to track down a witch or if I even want to." She said, still smiling at him and then sighed a bit. "Yes well....don't we all have sad stories." She looked at him. "So this tail thing...you are not like one of those touch the water and change huh? hmm maybe I've seen to many movies." She chuckles again and then looked back over at Jason. He seemed to be perfectly happy with the TV. She wondered if he felt out of place here. Later she would talk with him, turning her attention back at Rhys, she gave him a smile. "I do also hope....you will stay to find out...wether it is a good different or not."
 
As Hood offers his help to her, even stating that he can likely get her father out of jail, Caroline can hardly believe it. This man...thing...whatever this Hood...creature is...he's going to go with her? Now? RIGHT NOW?! He can get her father out of jail- he can get off the bars- he can probably scare people so badly they won't even try to stop him...he could have her back with her father by the end of the night. He could do that...and he would?! NOW?!


Caroline's heartbeat quickens, and she can feel her skin begin to tingle faintly, almost vibrating with her excitement. Opening her mouth, she starts to blurt out her "yes" right away...and then it dawns on her. Jenny. She's supposed to be helping Jenny. She's supposed to get RHYS to do this...but...what if Hood can do it now? What if she doesn't have to wait?


Well what if Hood is tricking her...and she promised, she promised Jenny...


But she wants her father. She wants her father so badly that Caroline, torn between her promise and her need, raises her eyes and looks up at Hood's shadowy form, swallowing all doubts.


"Thank you, Mr. Hood...I would like you to help me. Um...I don't want to be pushy or anything...but can we go today, maybe? He's...he's at Rykor Prison. I think it's about..." She swallows, then mumbles under her breath, "Six or seven hours from here."


She is so exhilarated by the very possibilities now bright before her that she almost misses Kira's story, and even the parts of it she hears do not register as they normally would.


Relieved that May cannot know her thoughts, Sheena smiles back at her, her lips quickly resuming a serious positioning as May admits her difficulty with her coping. Briefly she knocks her shoulder into May's, not admitting out loud what she herself feels, when she lets her guard down...utterly lost. Lost, sad, and frightened for her future and her own self...doubtful of her worth, of her place in the world, of the potential for anyone to notice her, let alone love her.


But what she says to May is also the truth of how she feels.


"Yeah...it's been...some really bad days...but what's weird? Is...it's kinda been good days to. For me. I mean...it's just...there's people now. With me." She pauses, wondering if this is taking it too far, pushing too much over the line, but then she adds almost in a whisper, "there's you."


Quickly plunging past that, she nods, saying, "Let's...go get Devin, I guess." There is a noticeable lack of enthusiasm in her tone.


(yes I pulled that prison name out of thin air...)
 
Hood listened to Kira's words as she explained a bit more about herself to the 'merman' creature called Rhys. Tilting his head, he realized how little he really knew of the other, making a mental note to find out more once he had time. Before he could speak on the subject, however, Caroline moved toward him, excitement on her face, but also caution. Hood seemed to make no note of this, but gave a knowing nod when she spoke. "I suppose there is no time like the present," the creature said, voice calm despite the many thoughts in his mind. Already he was thinking ahead on just how he planned to do this.


"Rykor Prison? Yes, I know of it. What a strange and small world." Though, he did not say it, his last Host's mother had gone to Rykor for trying to kill her son. Pushing the thoughts away, the creature spoke again. "Before we go, I must try something. There is no way I will be able to make a seven hour trip looking as I do now," he explained, stepping back. He seemed to concentrate, body starting to shift and move on it's own, colors flickering this way and that before going back to black.


Scowling to himself, Hood kept trying, breathing quickening pace. More colors and tones began to appear, less wild this time, seeming to take shape. Finally, starting with his feet, clothing began to form, moving up as if writing itself directly over him. When it reached his hands, they shifted to the color of flesh. More clothing began to etch its way up, a dress shirt and tie under an open suit jacket. Lastly, facial features began to form.


When it was all finished, the creature was no longer something out of the ordinary. He was, or rather looked, human. "Now, we can go," he said plainly, deep voice matching the form he'd taken.

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Caroline's face stiffens, her eyes nearly unblinking as she watches Hood shift form, and she grips the edge of the table, her lips drawing into a thin line as she tries not to shiver. This will definitely take some getting used to...


She is relieved when Hood emerges as human in appearance and pushes back from the table slowly, her legs somewhat rubbery as she stands and goes to his side, but is careful not to touch him. Glancing back at the others before looking up at him, she says, "Um, can you drive...or are we going to walk, or...appear there? Somehow? Can you do that?"
 
"Well before I became forcibly human I could not actually leave the water. I could come to the surface of the water, but I had to remain in it. I could not go onto land." Rhys had watched humans before sometimes but he had never the urge to join them on land. He was happy with his undersea life. In a way it was much more easier than the one he lived now.


"But when I get my tail back I am unsure. I do not know if I will revert back to my original form and condition which may not be good depending on where we are or I may become something different."


Rhys listened to Hood's and Caroline's conversation with a bit of a frown. None of them seemed like they were very lawful people which made sense and did not matter to Rhys. He wanted to murder someone.


"It is okay Kira. I will find her on my own." He was a little unsure of her asking him to stay. But he nodded. "I will be around for a while I should think."
 
Kira looked over at Hood and then chuckled. "Hey! Shifting is my thing you little thef!" She giggled and then looked at him again "Wow...that is really cool." She said looking him over and then leaned back on the chair. She slowly started thinking again, kira....always liked to think things over. It wasn't a bad thing to do with her old job. She looked over hood again completely amazed in hius transformation, which was odd for her being a shifter. It must have been the shock from him being this black thing to a perfectly normal looking human being. She looked back at Rhys and then smiled a bit. "I see. Well I'm glad you will be staying for a bit." She said and then looked at Hood and Caroline. "Wish you the best of luck on retreaving your dad....I would insist on going...but I am....rather useless in this state." She said with a deep sigh.
 
May nods, agreeing as Sheena speaks about the bad days being mixed with the good days because of the people around them. But rather than stiffening and going all bi**hy when Sheena adds almost silently, 'there's you' She smiles softly, her eyes seeming to grow...warmer? She liked the warmth that spread through her, she had helped someone have a good day? She, the lost, helpless, vulnerable Siran....had helped someone else? No. She was May now. Siran was almost gone for good.





May hears Sheena's next words a few moments after she speaks them, actually letting out a light laugh at the obvious lack of enthusiasm. "Don't worry. If we are lucky, he should have left already." She shrugs, "If not....we will get rid of him somehow." She flashes her a grin before stepping out of the room, glancing around and on cue she hears an unmistakable snore from down the hallway, she rolls her eyes. "Looks like we are out of luck. That is most defiently Devin's snore." She follows the noise along the corridor to open a door and see Devin stretched out on a couch, his arm hanging off the sofa and his mouth wide open as another snore racks his whole body, May pauses, glancing to Sheena and speaking in a whisper, "Do you reckon he would wake up if we smuggled him into the boot of a civilian's car?"


 
Jason wasn't sure which drama to watch, the one on the screen or the one in the kitchen. He'd look over to see an airplane heading off to somewhere on the TV, then peer through the door to see what was happening. He completely missed the location the plane landed and, apparently, how the protagonist had parachuted down in the middle of the flight as he stared at Hood's transformation. What- even his voice had changed!


He found it hard to really pin Hood down. He could- and did- look like so many things, it was hard to remember him as a real person. There was this new human likeness... had it been conjured out of nowhere? Did someone in the world now have an identical, parasitic twin? It was hard to think about someone who didn't have a specific appearance. What were you supposed to imagine them like in your head?


Jason, musing, turned back to the TV as Caroline spoke to the new Hood. The character was pushing through foliage in a jungle.


Huh. The guy sorta looked like Hood.


Jason grinned slightly.
 
Sheena is relieved when May doesn't seem to be uncomfortable by her admission. Thank god she didn't just think Sheena was still trying to hit on her or something, or that she was pathetic or sappy or something. In fact, May even smiled at her, like maybe she liked what she said. Was it possible she sort of felt the same, or at least kind of similar?


It was stupid to even hope that. At least she hadn't been disgusted.


As Sheena followed May- and the sound of Devon's snoring, she half smirked, half scowled down at his sleeping form, suppressing the urge to smack him hard across the face, just because. But May's suggestion perks her up. She grins, snickering behind her hand. "Let's find out." Not joking at all, she walks towards him slowly, intending to lift him.
 
The Witch was getting impatient. Sure he had a long life and so plenty of time to wait but with that... person out there, looking for her, wanting to kill her. She could not let him get away with that. She would teach him a lesson she should of when she stole his tail. He thought being human was bad? Well at least she had spared him. But no more. Rhys would pay. He would die and it would not be an easy death.


But yet she had to wait. Wait for that young human to do as she was told. If she did not do anything soon, The Witch was inclined to see what was holding her up. If she herself had turned, having been told the truth and believed it. Well no one gets away with betraying her. She was immortal. She was powerful. And those weaker than her would learn that.


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Rhys was thrown off by Hood's change in appearance to put it lightly. His own story was difficult to understand but opposite to Hood, he felt his situation was simething simple as the ABCs. He wanted to say something but was not sure what. He didn't want to sound like an idiot by saying 'Not bad looking.' or 'Nice face."


Rhys looked at Caroline again. She was so adamant about her father. He wondered if anyone else should go with her besides Hood. Not that he didn't think Hood could handle it but still.
 
Kira looks at Rhys and then stands up. She sighed and then looked out the window. Without meaning to she sent out a dog's growl. Kira was looking straight at the man who was hunting her. He smirked his eyes pure red. He was a demon, and Kira new all to well what he could do. He suddenly disappeared but Kira didn't relax. She suddenly spun on her heel and then walked out of the kitchen. What was that darn demon up to? She pushed her hair back behind her ear and plopped down on the couch in frustration. He knew she was here, why was he waiting? Was it hood? No that demon did a number on Hood before. She gripped her side looking down at the floor.


He was walking away from the house in a hurry before any of them thought of following him, he could shift out of his human form but that would be to much trouble for just Kira. He looked around when someone caught his eye. Instently he knew who and what she was. He chuckled a bit to himself.
 
When Caroline's face stiffened, fear washing over it, the new form of Hood frowned. "I apologize... this must be so very strange for you," he admitted, wondering just how the others would react to his new-found ability. "I was planning on driving, yes. That van out there should work very well. And, if anyone asks questions along the way, this form will be much easier to explain than the other."


When Kira's words hit, the male turned and gave a smile. "Before this moment, I did not know I could do such things. I must admit, it is no easy task to change into something else." Rhys' sudden silence and the look on his face caused Hood to blink slightly. "Erm... yes. Sorry for changing so suddenly like that," the creature said with a bit of an awkward chuckle.


Not thinking of anything else to say, he looked to Caroline and gave a nod. "Shall we go then?" he asked calmly, face set and determined. Looking toward the others, he nodded once more. "Could someone let May and Sheena know that we've left?" He pondered going to find them himself, but did not wish to bother them anymore with this new transformation.
 
Rhys raised his hands and shook his head at Hood.


"No it's okay. I guess I'm just not as use to everything as I thought I was. Things on land are so different from underwater. I guess I still am adjusting to it all. Still I think it's good you look human if you're going out in public. No need to cause a riot or something." Rhys looked at Kira when she suddenly stood.


"Kira...you okay?" But he spoke too late as she had already left the room. "Never mind."
 
Kira looked up at Rhys who had tried to speak wiu her bu before she knew ot she had spoken back. "I'm fine!" she yelle in anger and frustration. She sighed not meaning to snap at him. "..." she put a hand to her head and then tried to calm. She looked down at the floor as he attempt failed with the pain that reminded her the he was still around. She leaned back with a sigh.
 
Standing, Caroline gives an awkward half smile to Hood before glancing around at the others. They don't seem all that uncomfortable, but then again, Rhys was a merman and thief, and a killer...and Kira was...well, she wasn't actually too sure, but she didn't seem all that normal.


Still, Hood was taking her to her dad. Hood was going to help. That was all that mattered.


Coming to stand beside him, she nodded. "I'm ready. Um...thank you. I've really wanted this...it's...you're really...thank you."
 
May grinned back; she hadn't been joking either. She snuck over to Devin's sleeping side, motioning for Sheena to grab his legs. She reached over and grabbed his wrists, mouthing to Sheena, 1, 2, 3. Lift! They both managed to lift Devin up from the sofa; besides muttering something unintelligible in his sleep, Devin did nothing. She glanced around, 'What now?' She mouthed to Sheena, taking a few steps towards the door.


(Sorry for the short post, writer's block)
 
"I'm....I'm sorry," Rhys called out, feeling stupid. As if any of them would really confined in him. He was new and he was sure he had not made a good first impression yesterday, sleeping in a room with a dead guy. Still he didn't mean to irritated her. Sighing, Rhys turned his attention to the remaining inhabitants of the room. He wanted to speak, say he would come with. Once again he didn't want Caroline just going off with Hood.


But then Rhys wouldn't be that much help. His head was beginning to hurt and he stood, moving through the house to leave. Maybe some fresh air would help him. Going down to the docks might be even better even if they were a way away. But he stopped seeing that May and Sheena were at the front foor with Devin.


"um...I'll go use another door."
 
Jason kept looking back and forth. He was beginning to feel strangely detached, like a spectator watching a historical play; it was right there in front of you, but it was also a thousand miles and a hundred years away, over mountains and oceans and continents. Weird. When he'd first met Sheena and May, he'd felt right in the middle of it, plunged into all this supernatural stuff unexpectedly; was he getting used to it or something? Now, it didn't feel any more immediate than the movie he was watching. He saw Kira look at something out the window and felt like he should see what it was, and wondered if he should answer Hood, or comment on Rhys' statement. But no, you didn't talk to the characters in a drama. You just watched.


It was one of those times where inertia played into more than physics. Like when you were caught up in all the excitement of a conversation and embarrassed yourself by not thinking through what you were saying, or when you were scribbling out a paper for school and didn't stop for hours on end. Only the opposite. He didn't feel like he could get up from the couch, caught in a cloud of lethargy.


He was even thinking weird. He got all thoughtful in moments like this.


Jason tried to convince himself he needed to do something. But why? He had nothing to offer to the conversation. He usually didn't like being ignored, but now, he didn't really care anymore. There were demons and guns and werewolves and stuff. It didn't matter what you felt!


The boy stared half-heartedly at the screen. The person that looked like Hood was emerging out of the forest, only to be apprehended by a trio of farmers with pitchforks.
 
Sheena's smile widened, her eyes lighting up as she realized that May was in fact serious, and for a moment she looks very much like a very ordinary teenage girl, happy and light-hearted, even silly, as her eyes glitter with mischief. Taking Devin's legs, she lifts him easily. Despite her deceptively fragile-looking frame, Sheena's Lycan blood gives her strength beyond the typical range for a girl of her size and age, and she supports most of Devin's weight as she opens the door with one hand and helps May carry him down the hall.


"Too bad there's not a swimming pool...is there a lake nearby?" she asks, only half kidding. "Fish pond? Large puddle? Gotta be something!"


Her grin widens as they stop near Rhys, still holding Devin, and she says playfully, "Gonna open the door or what, Merman?"
 
"You're going to throw him in a lake.." Rhys tried to think of a way to finish that sentence but gave. "Okay. Not my problem." He opened the door, and then stepped outside. It was so nice out and Rhys was sort of glad to be outside the house. The urge to run and keep running overcame him and he staggered a bit in the doorway. He looked back at Sheena and May and then moved to the side, allowing them through.


No. He couldn't run away. He had just found this place, these people and Kira. She had mentioned him sticking around. Even Sheena was nicer to him. Maybe it would be better to just stay with them until he could finish his revenge.
 
Kira sighed and then got up following Rhys. She looked at Sheena and may and then giggled. "Um....whatever your doing...if it mean to him good luck." She said covering her mouth letting out another giggle and then she looked at Rhys. She followed him out and then looked at him. "Hey...you ok?" She asked looking at him. "I'm sorry for snapping I had...an unpleasent sight." She said rubbing her head. She looked at him hoping she didn't upset him.
 
"No it's no problem. I can understand," Rhys said. He didn't want anyone mad at him or anything. "I will be fine. It's just I guess I'm not use to really staying in one place that the urge to keep moving kind of took me by surprise."


He looked at Kira and smiled. "I think I might go find my own body of water, not to throw myself into. I just feel better around water, especially salt water." What Rhys didn't mention was if it was near salt water for too though the urge to drive in got too strong for him. He knew the urge would only get him drowned though. "Anyone is free to come with me."
 
Kira looks at him and nods. "Well I could come with...but..." She looked in the house. "Since anyone can come....I would like to invite Jason...he seems to feel a bit down maybe left out?" She said and then looked at him again with a smile. "Of course if he doesn't want to go I'll still go with you." She said and then looked back inside the house.
 
May giggled lightly then suppressed it by biting her lip, trying to keep silent. She grins at Rhys, her eyes alight and happy as she mouths a 'Thank you' before carrying him out of the house with Sheena. She giggles again at Sheena's suggestions, speaking in a light whisper, but still loud enough for her to hear, "I'm sure he'd wake up if we threw him in a pond." As they carry him down the drive, her foot trips against a bit of stuck-up pavement and as her body goes forward, her grip on Devin loosens and she drops his wrists. She closes her eyes, forgetting to shift into an animal to protect herself, as she prepares to hit the hard ground.


Devin wakes with a start as his head bonks against the pavement, he lets out a groan of pain and his eyes shot open to see Sheena infront of him and May to his side, falling. His eyes widen lightly and before she can even graze the ground he has pushed his feet out of Sheena's grasp (unless she already let go) and has sprung to May's side, catching her. She blinks open her gorgeous chocolate eyes to look up at him and then a scowl crosses her pretty little face as she pushes him away. He ignores the stab of pain in his chest. "Get off of me Devin. I was fine." She steps away, so that she is standing beside Sheena rather than him. He groans and rubs his head, then glances around, "What the heck?" He looks back to them as May turns to speak to Sheena, "Sorry about that. I'll watch where I'm going next time." His eyes narrow, "Hey! Were you guys trying to get rid of me?" May shrugs, "What if we were?" Devin opens his mouth to speak, then closes it, not quite sure what to say to that.
 
As May had tripped, Sheena had moved instinctively, letting go of Devin with one arm to try to reach across him and catch hold of her while also shielding his body partially from hers. But Devin's quick reflexes as he awakened had pushed Sheena back off of him a little and in fact gotten to May before she herself could. Sheena blinked, a little stunned, a lot suspicious- did he have some sort of super power she hadn't yet heard about?


Her eyes narrow slightly as she observes Devin's concern for May, the way he attempted to steady her, but her heart lightens when May shoves him back and comes to stand beside her again. Fighting the smile that threatens to spread again across her face, Sheena looks Devin straight in the eye as she says in a deceptively breezy tone, "Pretty sure there were some mentionings of you plus large bodies of water meeting and greeting."
 
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