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Posted by vampyremage on Jun 12, 2010 17:40:28 GMT -6
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Meld wouldn't admit it to anyone, but the encounter with the vampire had shaken her. The killing she was fine with, she and Aura had gone to kill and that's exactly what they had done. She was even fine with the fact that someone had tried to play hero in an attempt to stop them. She knew how extreme her views and her actions were and it didn't come as a surprise that someone would see what they did as evil and try to stop them. It didn't even bother her that their enemy had been some sort of vampire, complete with drinking blood and all. After all, what was a little blood drinking when compared to the massive blood shed she had been involved in? What bothered her was the fact that the vampire had apparently known her and she didn't remember anything about him except for some vague and unshakable sense of unfamiliarity.
Meld should have been getting used to these incidents of vague familiarity by now as she had been getting them since she had first lost her memory and in some ways she was. This, however, was different than the usual tinges of the familair. This seemed more important, like there was something vital here that she should remember and that she needed to remember. It felt more personal somehow. Yet, no matter how much she tried to grasp at the feeling and expand it, she got nothing except for a headache. It was infuriating and, even more telling, terrifying. How was it that she didn't know about something and someone that had probably been so important in her life?
Meld kept her thoughts mainly her herself as she drove her stolen vehicle back to Sanctuary, paying less attention than usual to the laws of the road. What did it matter now if she attracted attention anyway? She parked a block away from the building and killed the car with a touch of her blue veined hand and walked the remainder of the way to Sanctuary, entering its golden doors. Hopefully Lori had gotten Aura's message. She needed to know what had happened and Meld needed to find herself someone to tend to her injured ribs.
"Been awhile since i felt so....outclassed" Aura admitted looking at her own hand. She was not just referring to the silver eyes mutant either, no she was beginning to see just how much Meld had really progressed as well. She felt like she had fallen so far behind her and maybe she had or maybe Meld just had a much more powerful mutation, either way all she could do is give herself harsher training to ensure she got better. Next time she fought the silver eyes mutant she had to be able to at least give him a fight, inflict a serious wound on him.
Focusing she tried to reason with herself that maybe normal means like blades could not hurt him, but then what could, even if he was Aura reasoned that cutting his head from his body would likely end the pest. Shaking her head she reminded herself he was a mutant, powerful yes but she had no reason to kill him quite yet, no orders to do so. She had tried to Kill in the past without orders though, like when she tried to kill the water bag lady. She could not recall why she had openly tried to kill her though she remembered her intent.
Bringing herself back to the current, Aura got out of the car, slipping another pipe bomb out from beneath the seat. She looked back at the building before the sanctuary entrance, trying to see if they were followed. it was very possible the guy would not pursue at all and that she was really just being paranoid, but either way it bothered her, if only because it had been literally beaten into her to never go straight back to a base, with a chance of a tail. People could wind up dead that way and the last thing she wnated was to lose another team, becuse of her mistakes.
They hadn't the time to rustle up Sebastian. That was one definite disadvantage to letting the man live off Sanctuary grounds. Lori was unsure of how hurt her Orderlings might be, if at all, but she knew some of her most unshakeable soldiers had been spooked enough to run to momma. And here she was ready to fight tooth and nail for her family.
Fresh from a meeting at Faust Pharms, Lori had taken the time to shed her suit jacket and pull her hair up into a ponytail, but that was it. She looked a like a high dollar executive assistant in her black pin stripe pants and button-up shirt. Even with heels the petite blonde stood shorter than both the returning Sanctuary residents.
"Come inside. I need to know exactly what you're bringing to my front door." She also need to know what to expect relations-wise. These two always seemed to get themselves into public bloody battles that proved to be more like one step forward and two steps back. These gold doors had survived police and adapteds as well as a heinous host of the abnormal.
She would stand in front of them to fend off whatever came next if need be. She just needed to know why.
Hunter knew that the girls would have quite a lead on him. It didn’t matter and he could use the time to heal. The gashes would be all but healed by the time he arrived though the deep ones on his calf caused by Meld’s taloned foot would still hurt but no longer be serious. His shoulder however would be a little different. He’d been shot clean through and that would take time to properly heal. While he had regained use of his left arm it wasn’t fully healed and he’d have to watch for taking further damage to it. He hoped that it wouldn’t come to that. The reason he was coming to the Sanctuary was not to fight but to talk.
Hunter was moving across rooftops at a steady pace and wondering what could possibly have happened to Meld. He had only known the girl for a week but they had come to know one another well in that time. At least he thought he had. While it was possibly she was lying to Aura about not knowing him he could not think of a reason for her to do so. Meld had a stubborn honesty streak in her and it would take a very serious reason for her to lie. More likely she had lost her memory. If that was the case then he would do what he could to remind her of the work she had done with him and the progress she had made. He didn’t know if it would work but she deserved to know. What worried him most was would the Order let him speak to her. He wasn’t looking for who was behind this, what was done was done, but if there new leader Lori had organised this to reverse Meld’s change of heart then they might have a problem.
(OOC: I’m going to have Hunter arrive next post if that’s alright)
Posted by vampyremage on Jun 13, 2010 14:20:17 GMT -6
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"Come inside. I need to know exactly what you're bringing to my front door."
Seeing Lori, looking so collected and professional, just inside the golden doors of Sanctuary brought Meld an unexpected sense of relief. Even if the vampire was to follow them back to their home and base of operations, he couldn't possibly hope to stand against then with Lori lending a hand as well. So her and Aura had been schooled by the vampire, they hadn't been so outclassed that another skilled mutant wouldn't have been able to turn the tide in their favour. After all, even though they had been forced to flee they had still managed a few good hits on the silver eyed mutant before they did.
"He's a silver eyed vampire. Drank the blood of a dying girl. Enhanced strength speed and senses as well as healing, from what I can tell. Skilled too. Even against myself and Aura, we were still forced to flee." Everything was explained quickly and professionally without the slightest inflection of emotion. It stung to have been so easily defeated, but she wasn't about to let Lori know just how much it stung. The woman may have helped her when she was at her most vulnerable, when her memory had first been wiped, and she may be the leader of The Order, but Meld knew enough that the woman was dangerous in the extreme and not someone she wanted to show weakness in front of.
"I've got at least one cracked rib but it doesn't seem to be entirely broken. It'll need tending to but not right away. Also, the vampire appeared to know me." Meld watched Lori's face very carefully as she revealed that last bit of information in hopes that she'd let something slip, something that might give her some hint as to who that vampire was and what their relationship may have been.
Aura was happy to see Lori waiting for them, it told her more then anything she was valuable, and that their leader cared for them. She had fled the church because it was an unnecessary risk to die their, however if it was needed she would fall on the steps of sanctuary to defend it and her leader. For those two things were more important then anything else, other then her orders of course. If they had been followed only a fool would actually try and attack them within sanctuary.
She lisented to what meld said before adding in her own information. "Right, he was able to handle as both at the same time from what i could tell he was not aiming for the kill, if he had, i'm not sure we would have made it back. We wounded him but even when we did, the wound's healed faster then he could cause the next one. If he has a weakness we were able to find, it's that like most mutants who wish to save humans he won't risk a hostage" she said which seemed to cover the entire event.
"I am unwounded but with his strength, i would likely only be able to withstand three or four blows from him" she said honestly trying to give a gauge of just how strong he was. "Originally however we went to stop an anti-mutant rally, he wished to save the human's, the fool, but one i have never met before." she said honestly. She had no idea who the vampire really was other then he had silver eyes and was powerful, very powerful. She still regretted coming straight back to Sanctuary even though they had no idea if they were really tailed or not.
"Just what were you fleeing from?" The scene of a crime? The efficiency was greatly appreciated, but it left a little to be desired. This had better not be another of their unsanctioned crusades.
"Aura, if he shows while we talk and you truly think it the most effective way to milk him for information, take me hostage. Take me suddenly and make it real." There was more than one way to bury a man without killing him.
To Meld, Lori turned her main attention. They could have a lot of time. The vampire might not be coming at all. Then again, they might not have any time at all. She had to hurry her explanation to Meld, but as always, be careful of timing and detail. She was always careful.
"I don't know if you remember, but in the time that you lost your memory you were away from the Sanctuary. I don't know how long exactly and I don't know who you might have met. You came back... lost and that means we know about as much about your vampire as you do." There. Truth as much as she was able to impart without giving away the fact that Meld had left purposefully.
Hunter paused as he surveyed the Sanctuary from a nearby roof top. He unconsciously rotated his left shoulder, checking how it was while he decided what to do. One thing he wasn’t going to do was start a fight against the Order. That wasn’t why he was here. The reason he was here was to find out what had happened to Meld. There was no reason for this to dissolve into violence.
The impressive golden doors of the Sanctuary were closed. While they weren’t often locked if the suspected he was coming then they might have locked them. Rather than force his way in Hunter tried a softer approach. Stepping off the edge of the roof he landed lightly on the ground below and made his way up the steps and stood before the doors.
“Meld!” he called out loud enough for any on the other side to hear, “It’s Hunter. I’m just here to talk.” Now he waited. He wished he looked a little more presentable and less like he was coming here to fight them. Having used his top to bandage the wounded before help arrive he now stood bare chested and bloody. Also with his powers active he couldn’t help but have a predatory aura about him. He sincerely hoped that they would be willing to talk.
Posted by vampyremage on Jun 15, 2010 8:59:21 GMT -6
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Aura added to Meld's version of events and between the two of them she was reasonably certain that they had covered all the relevant details. If the vampire was to somehow follow them back to Sanctuary, not that she had seen any tails on the mad rush back, then Lori would, at least, be prepared to deal with him. There was much more she could do.
"We were fleeing from a church," Meld answered. Instinct told her that, perhaps, it was best not to give out all the details of the incident just yet. She wasn't certain what to think when Lori told her that she had left Sanctuary for a while. Why would she have left and where would she have gone? Sanctuary was home, she didn't have anywhere to go too let alone a reason to leave. Did she? Meld frowned in contemplation. Something wasn't adding up here, she just had no idea what and that fact was more frustrating than almost anything else in the situation.
Unfortunately, or perhaps fortunately, depending on whose opinion you took, Meld didn't have much of a chance to consider the inconsistencies as, apparently, the vampire had followed her home. The vampire who announced his name as Hunter and who apparently knew her by name. A vampire who apparently 'just wanted to talk'.
"Why should I listen to you," Meld called back through the door at the man. She wasn't about to open it without the say so of Lori. Either that or Hunter would just open it himself. She didn't know whether or not she should believe him and his assertion of 'just talking'. What had he been to her? How did she know him? Why did he care?
" As you wish" Aura said nodding, as her Leader gave her permission to take her hostage if the situation called for it. She would do if it was needed, though she was unsure it would be needed. Still it was certainly a good option to consider. For all the silver eyed man might know Lori could be entirely innocent simply running the the homeless shelter and having nothing to do with the actions of Meld and Aura. Aura considered drawing her sword, but then figured her own Aura weapons would do well enough. Aura moved to slightly behind Lori, though stayed a few feet from her.
"From what i know Meld, you left, but we often did things together anyway, so in many way's it was like you did not, however i do not know where you went or why you left" She said which was pretty honest. She did not really recall why Meld left exactly and they had never talked about it, nor where Meld went to Live. She did recall that Meld had wanted to help mutants in a different way then the order would be doing under Lori however, but Aura kept this much to herself.
Aura heard the Vampire's word son the other side of the door, and Aura out of reaction almost called out to her Aura just to be prepared but she decided it might be best, to hold off on it. Aura mad eno move to open the door instead she decided to let Lori or Hunter do so, Lori was her leader after all, and Hunter would put himself at a disadvantage if he did so. "It seems he may not wish to continue the dance" she said though she did not quite understand as to why. Maybe he was smart enough to realize he would lose a fight at these doors.
He showed. This was just another situation to handle, like so many others weeds that had cropped up in the forming of a mutant eden. Lori unbuttoned her shirt cuffs and started rolling up her sleeves. The vampire could be ignored for now. If he was there to talk then he could talk through a door just fine.
Some small sound that Lisa made had Lori inspecting the stalwart secretary. She knew a lot about mutant politics in New York and she definitely knew something about this man. Lisa didn't look too happy about him being at the door. That alone was indicator enough for Lori to be cautious.
"Why were you running from a church, Meld? Did they wave crucifixes at you?" Her tone was teasing. Anything to lessen the tension of the moment and coax out an honest answer. If Meld did not answer, Lori could easily turn to Aura. Her pink enforcer would answer her without shame. The poor girl didn't know any better.
“Because I’m someone you came to in a time of need,” Hunter called back in answered, “You left the Sanctuary because among other reasons you felt that all the killing was becoming too much. That each death that was by your hand was taking a little piece of your soul with it. You came to me to find a way to stop the cravings that you have for killing. I was helping you overcome your violent impulses. We were making progress. Then you disappeared without so much as a word. You didn’t even take any of your stuff from your room. I became worried and came to look for you. I was on my way to the Sanctuary to see if you had returned when I came across you and Aura at the church.”
He had been honest and truthful to Meld. While there was more he could say he felt that he’d said enough to at least make her think. He didn’t know who she was with on the other side of the door and he didn’t much care. His words rang with the truth. Whatever had caused Meld to lose her memory he hoped that his words might jog some buried memory in Meld’s mind.
Posted by vampyremage on Jun 16, 2010 23:25:48 GMT -6
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Aura's clarification regarding Meld's departure didn't really help resolve things in her mind. Why would she have left? Why leave her family within The Order and continue her work outside of it? Clearly it hadn't been Aura that had prompted her departure if she had still done missions with her and she knew she had because she had the mutant hand to prove it. What had it been then? What was she missing that she wasn't being told about?
"Why were you running from a church, Meld? Did they wave crucifixes at you?"
"I was not running from crucifixes," Meld answered, coldly. Something wasn't adding up, someone wasn't telling her someone and she didn't like that feeling. This was her life and she had the right to know what had happened. Not only that, but if, as her suspicious were beginning to surface, she was being deliberately lied to, that meant she was also being deliberately manipulated and that was something she liked even less. The gave Lori a long and appraising look, deliberately deciding not to answer the question.
Hunter's words sent a chill down Meld's spine. Could it be possible that he was telling the truth? Even if half of that was right, why would she feel that way and why come to him of all people? She tried to force her thoughts in that direction, tried her hardest to simply remember something, anything, that might corroborate his words, but all she ended up with was a splitting shard of pain in her skull.
"I don't know you," Meld answered, her voice coming out both more defensive than she intended and more vulnerable than she liked anyone to hear it. "The deaths I cause are justified. Why would I come to a complete stranger and ask him to help me stop them? Even if what you say is true, why not go to the people I know and care about instead?" Except that she was beginning to suspect that something had happened between herself and the people that supposedly cared about her, she just had absolutely no idea what that could possibly be.
Aura was silent to Lori's question as it had not been directed to her. Aura heard Hunter's word's and looked quite confused as she looked over to Meld. Whoever this guy was did seem to know who Meld was though it had to of happened the short time Meld lived away from sanctuary. However the Idea Meld, one of her favorite partners in justice would have been bothered by killing human's was something that Aura did not understand. Aura had trouble imagining Aura showing mercy to human animals at all.
"While i was with you, i do not recall you ever having issue's killing human animals and we killed a lot of them" Aura said honestly the idea of Meld showing mercy to a human was almost laughable, if a guy with the vast array of powers this guy seemed to have......wait. "Is it possible this silver eyes man, is not responsible for your memory loss?" Aura asked as it seemed to fit for her, meld had been fine, came back without her memory and this man seemed to be the only thing different at all.
Aura was quite glad when meld stood up and told the guy he was wrong, and her words made sense and brought another point to aura's idea this man was the issue at the heart of everything. "Besides that, if you had an issue like that, im pretty sure i would have known she said still looking confused at the man's words. She was sure she would have known if Meld had any issue's like he was describing.
She spoke louder now, her confusion giving way to a tone that rang with pride and confidence. "What kind of person has trouble killing mere animals anyway, I myself have killed more people then i can count or recall, i have not a single reget of any of it? Why would any warrior?" Aura asked blissfully unaware of just how unique her own mind set could be. "Heck the only reason i stopped eating human is because it tastes awful....except the heart, that's not bad with salt" she said getting lost for a breif moment in thought. "You yourself drank the blood of that dieing girl before you attacked us, your own kind. Di you do so because you enjoyed the way her life tasted between your lips?" she asked beleiving at the very least he was little different then them. His word's about Meld did not help her annaoyence with the mutant with silver eyes at all.
The look in Meld's eyes made Lori want to slap her. The blonde had been judged her whole life with looks like that. Stuffed into a box of assumptions rather than being heard out. Sometimes it was useful. Usually it was just plain old insulting.
She closed her eyes. She of all people should know better than to raise a hand against her own family.
If Meld had really not trusted her enough… that would explain why she left. And that meant the only way to iron things out was with the help of an intermediary. Today there just happened to be a vampire outside willing to help. It also helped that everything he said was some of the change that she had been trying got bring to this Sanctuary.
>"…Why would I come to a complete stranger and ask him to help me stop them?"
Lori opened her eyes. "Because you never gave us a chance." And with the words that Aura was spewing the blonde could certainly understand why Meld would go to an outside source. Aura was wholly unashamed.
Finally it was time to address the pink warrior. She loved the girl, but… cannibalism? Maybe vampirism was romanticized and that was why drinking blood didn't sound nearly as horrible, but eating hearts… with salt? That made the magnetic manipulator's hair curl.
"Aura, do you remember the day we hunted together? How we applied our skill only when needed? That makes it a more powerful tool. I don't know exactly what happened at this church, but if I had to guess, you guys went and picked a fight." She put up her hands to placate them and to urge them to let her finish.
"That endangers our entire family. We're lucky the repercussions this time are only a single vampire." Though by Lisa's reaction, he was a dangerous one. "I'm not saying violence is unwarranted, it definitely has its applications and justice should be served to those that call for it. I'm saying to give me a chance before you start another massacre."
Obviously they had a lot to work out here. "I'm letting him in. Stay on your guard."
The sun glinted off the gold leafing as the door swung outward. Lori, 5'5" with her heels stood ready to face a blood fury.
"I think you can help here, but you're a very dangerous man, Hunter. You'll just have to forgive us for not inviting you in sooner." She didn't have to know him to know he was trouble. Everything they'd said verbally and non-verbally confirmed it. Lori motioned her hand inward, but remained physically wary.