Aura looked around as the night drew closer, their wa sstill plenty of people on the streets, which made Aura a bit nervous. When one man bumped up against her, Aura instinctively revealed her Aura, though she manged to turn it off before anyone noticed, or so she thought. Turning into a super markit, she ran her fingers threw her unkempt hair, wondering why she had some in her ein the first place, with Sanctuary food, buying food was almost pointless.Spotting a cork bpoard with verying notices on it, she saw one from an anti-mutant group and without a thought ripped it from the wall and crumpled it in her palm.

Walking back out of the store, Aura barely had enough time to bring her Aura up, before a rock struck what would have been her cheek. Looking over into the darkening parking lot, she saw about a dozen males who looked much like street thugs. Most were armed with chains and bat's, Aura did notice most of the bat's were of the metal verity. They moved closer to Aura slowly clearly figuring she was a mutant. At once Aura realized they had prolbely followed her from before. With a smile of her semi chapped lips, the Aura around her Arms formed into blades, but neather side moved, in fact the thugs seemed to think about their idea again, now thatbtheir target had showed them her power and wa snot backing down.

The young girl deflected a blow from one of the bats and slashes open the first man's stomach, her blow had been shallower then she had hhoped but the effect was still extreamly painful, or should have been. The Wounded man gripped her Aura and lifted her into the air, holding her arms at her sides. The Men laughed as Her blades faded away melting back into her Aura. As the man thre Aura, her foot struck his cut a newly formed blade tore into the man's stomach even as Aura smashed through the glass behind her, landing on top of some of the stores carts. The Man' aura had stabbed wa son the gound now but laughing a strange white powder escaping his hands as the man shook with laughter unable to feel the pain that would likely kill him. Curiously Aura noted, his freinds seemed unefected by their friends death. As a second man came At her, Aura cur through the chain the man swung this time slicing off two fingers but again the man seemed to not care. Just what were these guys on, she wondered.

Although Shade had not been seen in a month did not mean he had not been around. Instead, he had remained in the shadows, hidden from anyone and everyone. There a separation had grown between him and every other creature that walked in the light of day. The shadow mutant had become a shadow. He would stalk people for days, learning their routines and habits until he knew they would be alone. Then when they were alone, he would kill them. And he wouldn't do it slowly either. Shade had been a cold killer before, but now, he not only enjoyed it. It was an obession.

As he stalked another target, he was suddenly distracted by a commotion. A young woman was being mugged by a large group of men. Shade cared little for incident. It was New York. Muggings were common., eventhough the girl was a mutant. He turned back to his victim. However, she was gone. Shade muffled a growl as he turned back to the brawl that was now in progress. They had made him miss his kill. Now, they would take its place.

Suddenly, one of the attackers disappeared from view beneath Shade's invisible cloak. He appeared a second later drowning in his own blood. Amazingly, he still seemed to try to attack the girl. Shade sliced the ankles of another one. As he stumbled into the light, the shadow mutant jumped on to his back and drove a knife into the back of the human's skull. It had been the first time in months since Shade had been in the light. His skin was ghostly pale, he had a shaggy beard growing, and his cloak was covered in dried blood and dirt. He was a sight for friend or foe alike.

Aura leapt ut of the store front, her blade melted forming instead into a hammer, which as it struck the side of one of the attackers skulls, the skull easily calapsed as the force carried the man off to her side a bit. She did not see the man dissopear, but noticed as the man reapeared drowning in his blood. Aura scanned the area for a moent unable to see who had done so. She assumed it could have been one of the gang members but if so why not strike at her.

Then she saw a man stumble into the light and his agressive attack on the human. Aura smiled even as she felt a pipe strike against her aura. Turning her head to her attacker, she drew a shallow line across his shoulder. The Man backed away and aura assumed he was just smarter then the others, looking over she finnaly was able to see the other mutant, he was very pale as if he had not seen the light in quite some time. His cloak drew her eye to, it was clear the man had killed before both from his cloak and from his assult.

Aura rushed forward forming her aura around her secound hand into a hammer much like the first and then she struck with all her force on either side of his face, squeezing it like a grap, a fountain of red blood sprayed up into the air, the man dropped as Aura removed her Aura hammers. She noticed the remaining Humans were starting to back off, finnaly realizing their error, but to Aura it was much to late, aura moved forward slowly a sif stalking pray. "Your help in this dance is msot kind" she said as a bullet struck her aura from behind, cuasing her to syumble forward a bit from the blow. That had had hurt a bit as her Aura was spread between the hammers and her body. breathing in Aura allowed her hammer on her left hand to melt back into her defenceive aura. She had not heard the bullit and whatever it had been wa sstronger then the police revolvers she wa suse to playing with.

The light, and shock of seeing his body again, put Shade into a trance.
The shadow mutant was frozen in place as he admired his shoes, his clothes, his hands. He had almost forgotten he had hands. Slowly, he observed every detail, from every scar to every dried (and not so dried)blood spot. Shade didn't even flinch as blood from the brain of the thug spattered across his hands and face. Then the woman spoke to him. She actually interacted with him. Shade's unseen eyes stared straight into the young mutant's, then for an unknown reason, she stumbled forward.

Shade took a step back to avoid the girl, vanishing as he entered back into darkness. One human tried to take advantage of the stumbling mutant as he rushed to tackle her. However, a black blade inbetween the eyes stopped him dead, literally. The misfortunate thug crashed to the ground before the dark blade wisped into nothingness.

He stood at a heafty four hundred pounds and a steadfast six foot six. most but not all of that weight was muscle. natural worked for muscle....well maybe the steroids helped. He work a bright green mohawk. a black shirt that sported some deathmetal band with the sleves cut off, like wise the jeans he wore were holey and ragged. black boots adorned his feet and leather at his wrists and neck.

He called himself Rhino, everyone followed along with his stupid nick name because of the massive size that backed up what he said. he loved to rush into a fight even if the odds were against him. He was sick of mutans in his neighborhood, not cause he hated them for what they were but for where they were , this was his slice of the apple and he didn't share nothin. Rhino picked up a large chain and began to twist and pull swinging it, at the en was a heavy lead ball. It had taken plenty of lives, and today the thug would be taking two more. or so he thought.

He twisted and swung throwing his body mass toward the female with the crazy stuff around her, the mass carried the heavy lead ball toward her. with out even bothering to see if it connected he spun himself and sent it into the shadows where the male should have been.

Aura watched as the guy faded from her veiw before her eyes, Aura was unsure who the guy was but he seemed to be able to make himself invisable. She realized most of the attackers had to be dead or wounded but she noticed these ones had a bit more snese in them. Still she had littile time to consider it she no sooned turned to look at the falling human attacker then a fast movement came out of the courner of her eyes. She was surpised to see a very large man chargeing at her. This one was very dffrent then the thgs she had been fighting.

She tried to block the ball with her aura, her hands hammer swung at the brute but her reach was two short and the lead ball sent her flying back several feet. SHe staggerd a bit the blow having made her dissoientedm she had to avoid another direct shot from that weapons, seeing no one comming after her, she cicelled looking at the overgrown man tryiiny to find an oepening, everyyone had one that aura knw. Aura melted her emining blade back into her aura just in case this one got another lucky shot in.

Shade's mind was still numb over the shock of finding out he was actually still a living being. For months, he had made himself believe that his body was lost, all he was now was a being. A spirit entity whose one purpose was to frighten, torture, and kill. Now that Shade had found he had a body again, it opened up senses he had forgotten. The taste of copper returned to his mouth, the smell of sweat and blood flowed back into his nostrils, the pain of hunger caused him almost to double-over. How had he eaten? Then the memories of the tortures returned. The stale taste of blood made sense now.

Shade's brain was now working in overdrive, trying to piece together the last months in seconds. However, the sense of time was lost. Things came back with no beginning and no end. Everything turned into a giant jumble of thoughts all meshed together. Suddenly, instint kicked in again as another human tried to assault the invisible mutant.

Shade had not moved from his previous location so the ball and chain's throw had been on target. Well, it was before Shade instantly teleported ten feet to the right. Without him to the deadly weapon, it sailed right on by. A sinister smile spread across Shade's face as he eyes locked onto the Rhino. Stepping out of the shadow wiht his cloak flowing behind him, Shade's smile remained as he unseen eyes remained locked on the brute. With Aura in front of him and the shadow mutant to his left, the 'Rhino' was about to become extinct.

(feel free to Dissect him, whenever you are ready.)

Rhino released the chain flinging it at the male mutant and almost immediately drew a pair of large survival knives Rambo style. " You mutants might as well and go ahead and slit your own throats." He said as he swung wildly out in front of him toward the female. He waited a mere second and kicked out harshly to his left toward the Shadow man. His weight made the duel attacks come off awkwardly if he knew who he was messing with he would have focused more and dealt or tried to deal with one of them at a time.

"why cant you pathetic mutants keep to the dumps and sewers where you belong?'

The other Mutant seemed to be atleast in part distracted and Aura could not help but wonder as to why. Still these thoughts would need to be held until a more apropriate time, if the mutant even wanted to give the information out. She also wondered why he had chsoen to lend her aide, though she was not opposed to it, people normally had their reasons for doing things. She smiled as she saw the ball and chain fly off, that was a mistake he would regret. It's weight and comosition had made it an issue but the knifes the man drew she thought would be much less so.

Aura was more prepared this time for the attack and her Aura easily fended off. His words were like hot coals to Aura's mind, a human animal could not be aloud such disobedience and live. Useing the blade that was still formed, her blade aimed for the man's lung as she moved to the side as he was distracted by the other mutant, her blade length and his size meant the blow would not likely be fatal and so Aura formed a second blade and aimed this one for the cente rof the mans spine, hoping to snap it in to. Out of the corner of her eye she saw the other mutant telaport but was unsure what he actually did. Telaportation was a mystery to her still so the only word she had to call it was what she called all mutnat powers, Beauitful and wonderful gifts.

Taking on one deadly mutant was stupid; taking on two then losing your primary weapon was pretty much suicide. Shade wondered if the man had a death wish, or if he really was that dumb. For some reason, the shadow mutant was leaning more towards the later. And humans still doubted Homo superiors were the next evolutionary step. This was perfect example of why they were. Heck, this guy could almost be able to win a Darwin award. He sure fit the criterea: stupid, illogical, and soon to be, dead.

The man went after the glowing girl first. Of course, such a cowardly human move. He did little to phase her but then jumped at Shade. The female mutant managed to unlease some attacks of her own as the man's attention shifted. The unbalanced attack allowed the shadow mutant to easily side-step the assault. A black dagger materialized in Shade's hand as he dodged the attack. With a quick flick of his arm, he sent the dagger spinning towards the man's shoulder.

Rhino spasmed as he was stabbed through his chest and into his spin. blood flowed up through his mouth as he coughed and spat it out, it covered the gurgled insults that he was moaning as he was stabbed in the shoulder. he leaned toward shade his judgement of distane was poor as he tried to knock the hood of of him he colapsed to his knees and got a clear sentence out after he heaved some more blood up.

" The Church of humanity sees you. you're days....are....numbered." he spat out more blood and collapsed into it.

"Well now your church has a few less members, you also assume their will be enough of you left alive to hurt us" She mutterd, pretty sure the big oaf would not be getting back up, certainly not with the blood he had lost, and she was pretty sure she had cut into his spine. Not bothering to check if he was still breathing Aura knelt, down and forming a blade came down on the man's leg right at the knee. Aura was trying to gather bone material for her next project, she was hoping to hit it just right so she could then just peel back the flesh much like a banana. Aura saw it much like one would hang a dead moose head over their coach.

Looking up from her work, her attention focussed on the other Mutant, and a smile came across her semi chapped lips. "Thank you for your aide, these humans at least the first two were different somehow like they did not feel pain. My Name is Aura by the way, i enjoyed our dance together, i always enjoy dances with people who have such beautiful powers" Shades appearance was somewhat lost on Aura. Aura saw all mutant powers as beautiful and having lived for two years where a bath was a luxury one often did not get for weeks, Aura tended not to notice such things as to out of place. "Humans really are such stupid animals, they even still cling to the idea that their sentient lifeforms" she said with a laugh.

Shade's face spread into a wide grin as the burly man stumbled towards him in his last blood steps. In his bloody stupor, the man even reached out for the shadow mutant. Shade didn't move an inch as the man's hand moved past his face. The bloody hand left a bloody streak as it slid across Shade's face. Light rushed over the mutant's face. His eyes were bloodshot with large bags underneath them from a major sleep deprivation. Shade's blond hair had grown almost to his shoulders. It was slicked back in a mat of old blood and dirt. As the dying human uttered his last threat, Shade leaned towards the man for his response.

"I'll be waiting." He whispered to the man before letting the human collapse into his own blood. Shade stepped out of the way, turning his back to the situation and letting the other mutant do what she wanted with the man. He quickly returned his hood, dropping his face back into the shadow. As the female mutant began to speak, Shade turned his head slightly to indicate he was listening. When the woman finished, a silence fell over th area. The shadow mutant stood unmoved for a full two seconds before a hand shifted, then a foot, an unintelligent grunt. It appeared the mutant was having a hard time figuring out exactly what to do first. Finally, he turned back to the face the young woman. He spoke with harsh, rasping voice, like it hadn't been used in some time.

"Well, thank you for the compliment. Names Shade. Your power aren't bad either." He only smirked at the last statement. Afterwards, he shifted awkwardly under the eyes of the other mutant. Obviously, he hadn't done this in a while.

Aura reached her hand into the cut that she made and began to pull, as she did, the bone moved only slightly, so Aura inserted the blade with practiced skill, and ran the blade down the leg, splitting the fleash and mucle tissue, all the while trying not to cause damige to the bone, even as the last of the blood in his legs oozed out onto her blade. Finnaly with a final pull the bone ripped out of the mans leg and Aura looked over it carefully satisified she let the blade fade away forming a bkunt edged object and used that to scrape what blood she could from the bone.

Even to Aura it was clear the man was unused to contact with others, weather this was by choice or somthing else Aura had no idea, and though curious she would not pry into such things. 'Thank you Shade, I am grateful for the help of a fellow mutant, though if we are to continue our conversation, we may wish to move to a new location. I don't mind danceing with the police myself but you seem to enjoy some form of mystery" she said unsure if she had actually found the right words. It was true the first few cop cars would likely be easily dispatched but when word got out they were up against a paor of mutants, they might said a heavier force which could prove bad even with the mans powers.

Aura tapped the ground with the bone she had extracted, it made a good sound but upon closer inspection Aura found an imperfection. Whoever the idiot was he ahd broken his leg at some point. The Fracture was finem for a Human to walk on but Aura would need to test it to see what it could bear. and Jugeing by the owner it was prolbel still sturdy, maybe she could use it for another purpose. "I make furnature from the bones i collect" She said looking back at the Stores shatterd Window with a grin. "It really is to bad that was all of them though" she said.

The girl took great care extracting the bone from the dead man's leg. Maybe it was her way of a trophy. Shade had never collected body parts personally, but he had heard of several evil mutants who did. One of the most bizarre was actually another female mutant. She collected the genitals of her male human victims. Apparently, it arose from hatred of her first boyfriend who had awaken her power by raping her. The man's death had come shortly afterwards.

"I guess you could say that. Yeah, let's get out of here." He moved into one of the shadows from the building, instantly disappearing. Several seconds ticked by before the shadow mutant returned, slightly red in the face, by stepping out of a shadow from the opposite direction from which he had disappeared.

"I'm guessing you can't teleport." Shade said, slightly ashamed he had forgotten that other people actually had to travel on foot for most of the time.