Home Again (Sira, Christian, Open)

<Flame Control>

"Geroff me!!!!!"Christian roared, straining himself free with great force, small flames circling his body.
Watching Cole's attack draw near, Christian countered the attack head on with a stream of flame from his hand.
Cole's clawlike Innocence simply tore through the flames, and Christian caught the gauntlet with a flaming hand.

"It-looks-like...you're-not-that...out-after-all...huh,Shenson?" Christian gritted as he grinned malevolent face to face
with Cole, pushing forward with his formidable strength, his burning fingers all the time nearing Cole's face.

"Don't count on winning this round, Cole. Because you can't."

Chris stuck out his right hand, which lit up with flames too, and flung a fistful of orange-red fire straight at Cole.

Cole grinned cheekily. He had found his stride in the battle. "Down but never out." He grinned, hiding the pain in his right arm as he struggled to keep Christian at bay with the gauntlet. "Can't win is too literal a term. You should have said 'Nearly impossible,' or 'small chance.' Now you're just gonna look stupid when you loose." he said. Seeing the fire blasting towards him, he flipped himself up into the air, using his right arm as an Axis. "An Arm for an Arm." Cole spoke happily, trying not to show the pain still in his right arm while kicking down savagely with both feet straight at Christian's left arm. Fair's fair after all... He busts up my arm right before it's about to finally be healed, I bust up his. He thought, grinning.

((Sorry for the short post, I need to get ready for school.))

Frowning as Cole dodged his flame and launched himself into the air,Christian watched as the flame travelled
on further than expected and hit Sira. Oops, not meant to happen, he thought. Fortunately for the female
Exorcist, the flame had alreadly grew diluted with the distance and did not do too much harm.

At the same moment, Cole and Sira launched both their attacks-Cole a two-legged kick from above, and Sira a
spinning bullet. "...Now you guys are just pissing me off," Chris groaned as he tried to figure a way out of this one.

Whipping his hand out of range from Cole, Cole's legs hit air as theiy lost their target. However, encumbered by the
boy swinging around on him and surrounded by finders, the bullet hit him dead-on in his chest, knocking him a feet
backwards.

As blood poured from the wound, Christian laughed slowly, regaining his bearings. "Oi oi...was that your best shot?
Cos that didn't seem like it."

His hand flaming once more, he threw a flaming wall of heat at Cole and flung him aside, then charged towards Sira.

Cole swore angrily as his target dissapeared, and his feet hit the ground awkwardly, stumbling to the side. "You really should really get that checked into." Cole grinned as he watched the Noah get up, blood leaking from the wound in his chest. "Blood loss can lead to death, you know." He muttered as he regained his footing. He was caught by suprise as the Noah, apparently not hurt very badly, attacked again. Cole swore loudly as the attack hit him squarely, like a burning brick wall. The collision sent him flying backwards, bouncing on the ground twice before rolling another few yards. With an additional curse, he attempted to get to his feet, swearing again as his innocence reverted to it's normal form, and pain stabbed sharply throughout his arm without the innocence to support it.

He realized that it was worse than he had thought a few seconds later as he managed to get to his hands and knees before a sharp pain exloded in his side, and he coughed up blood again. Looks like I can't get tossed around like that without aggrivating the internal injuries from that other attack... Cole thought, holding his side. He noticed Christian was no longer going after him. "Shit, Sira, Move!" He yelled, as he saw Christian charging at Sira.

Sticking his tongue out, Christian whispered with malice in his voice:"
"Sorry, but I'm would've died long ago if such things could bring me down."

<Energy Contol>

Watching the two bullets fly from SIra's gun in slow motion, Chris blocked the first sho with his right arm,
letting a burst of blood spurt from the wound.. He then leapt upwards and actually stepped on the second
bullet, pushing himself off it to propel himself to SIra.

"Night night, SIra."

Christian laughed with a mad glint in his eyes. "Soul Break"

He grabbed Sira by her face and forced waves of concentrated power and ki pulsing through her mind,
attacking her soul directly with nightmares beyond her imagination...

Cole struggled to his feet, coughing and spluttering as blood filled his mouth. "Damn, it must be a lung..." He muttered, holding his side tightly while trying to stop the coughing fits. Two gunshots caught his attention, and he looked up, eyes opening as he stared at Sira and Christian's short battle. "Wait..." He muttered, trying to clear his airway and coughing out blood again. He managed to step forwards. Then again. Another staggering step forwards, eyes fixed on the ground, not wanting to trip and have to get up again. He looked up at Sira and Christian again, swearing loudly as he saw Christian's hand on Sira's face, and breaking into a shambling jog.

Cole was remembering vividly the last time Christian had managed to make direct physical contact with him. Christian had used some kind of technique to send something like an electric shock into his body that had literally torn up his insides. "Innocence, Activate." He murmurred. A second passed, and he glanced down at His Innocence. "Shit. Innocence, Activate!" he yelled at the glove, despite the fact he knew he was passed his limit already. Reaching Sira and Christian, he raised his left fist, slamming it down at Christian's arm in a hope of breaking his hold on Sira, despite the fact that his weak strike was almost sure to be ineffective as he had watched Christian take a bullet in the same arm and barely flinch. "Could you let Sira go, please..." He spoke, something close to pleading in his eyes.

Sira watched in amazement as Christian countered her attacks, seemingly effortlessly. "What the hell are you?" She muttered as Christian seemed to take her first bullet directly to his arm without a second thought. "A normal person would be unconcious, if not dead right now." She said, begining to raise her weapon to fire again when she felt Christian's palm against her face, obscuring her view. She felt what seemed to be an electric current pass through her forehead, and everything went dark. Lights played behind her eyes, and flashes of her memories, mostly bad ones, rushing by, overwhelming her. She saw her parents, mignled with akuma, her weapon changing for the first time again, and flashes of her, alone in her room, always wiht a pencil in hand or a book on her desk. Alway's alone. Sira felt tears run down her cheeks.

Sorry, I'm not really sure exactly how to rp getting hit by this attack.

((You faint for awhile. Sry, I've been partying the whole dya so I replied late(teacher's day, hang out with olf
friends)))

Just before Cole's ANti-Akuma Weapon touched him, Christian lashed out with his arm, knocking Cole's weak
attempt to disrupt his attack away, not even wincing though pain from the GSW tore up his arms to his brain.

The attack was halted, but the damage was done. Sira slumped over, tears dripping from her eyes as she
relived old and new nightmares.

Staring at Cole's almost begging face, Chris smiled with a kind of benevolance-sorta."Don't worry about her,
she's only taking a nap. Oh, she might have a small nightmare, but she'll find out soon enough that some
nightmares don't end when you awake."

Disappearing from Cole's sight, he dashed behind him and slammed a palm of energy into his back. "You guys
busted me up a little," the madman spat out some bloody spit. "I'll play with you a little...after I finish those...
obstructions." Christian turned towards the finders that were approaching him.

<Light Control>

Sending a bright flash that lit up the entire night sky, the Noah blinded his enemies momentarily, before ramming
a heavy fist into one of theim in the guts. The guy threw up immediately as he doubled up, and Christian threw him
aside, slamming into a piece of rock, throwing up a sandstorm of dust. Grabbing another finder's head, he slammed
it into the ground, and with one finger on his forehead, send a penetrating beam of laser into his brain.

"Laser Lance" He shouted above the terrifying cries of the finder, as
his brain was slowly roasted by the killing properties of his golden beam of light. "BASTARD!!!" the last finder cried out,
charging towards Christian."Don't worry, you'll get your turn..." With his free hand, Christian caught the finder by his arm
and threw him with the force of a lion over him and straight over the other finder. Holding him down by the neck with
one finger, he sent a beam of light through the other finder's body too.

"Not long now...what, 10...no, 20 seconds..."He grinned, stepping onto the finder's hand with the sole of his feet to keep
him from moving.

Cole swore as his arm was knocked away easily and he staggered backwards, Vision swimming for a second. Regaining his footing, a soft noise caught his attention, the muffled thump of a body falling to the ground, and he glanced in it's direction as his vision cleared. He saw Sira hit the ground, silent tears falling from her eyes. Cole looked back to Christian. "You know, I may not be remembering right as I was knocked unconcious shortly afterwards, but I think I remember telling you to leave her alone. Or am I wrong yo-" He was cut off as Christian dissapeared from his sight. Dulled senses reacting slowly, he heard movement behind him before an energy empowered fist slammed into his back. He flew forwards, hitting the gound and rolling twice before skidding to a halt and coughing up blood again.

Looks like I'm done for this fight... He thought, rolling onto his back, before choking momentarily as blood filled his mouth again. Spitting and clearing his mouth to take a gasping breath, he laid his head back hard against the ground and closing his eyes. The whole thing was his fault. He hadn't persued his suspicions, he had brought a powerfull enemy to the front doors of his home, and now he couldn't defeat the opponent. Not only that, he had allowed Sira to become hurt as well, which meant they were at whatever little mercy Christian possessed.

He watched the demise of the finder's with a sad, dettatched intrest. There was nothing left that he could do to help them, he would just end up getting killed faster. "You are a bastard, you know. These men have families, they never did anything wrong." He called at Christian as he saw the men taking attacks.

Sira lay on the ground, unaware that the attack had ended. She was still lost in the dreamworld of blended, horrific memories. There were her parents, fading to become her Uncle, who burst out of his skin to become an Akuma who spoke with her Aunt's voice before firing at her from point blank range. The burst of flame faded, and there was Cole and Christian, both standing together. Cole's innocence activated, and Energy coursed over Christian's arm. She watched, horrified, as Cole's gauntlet stabbed deep into Christian's chest, and Christian coursed energy into Cole's body. She watched her friends die. Outside her dreamworld, she stirred slightly, an unhappy moan escaping her lips.

Sorry for the short post, there's not really much to say.

"You are a bastard, you know. These men have families, they never did anything wrong."

"Well, personally I'd call it a mercy killing, Cole. Set them free from their suffering,ya know? NOt unlike how
you guys kill Akuma."Chris replied absently as he did the finishing touches, and the finders lay dead on his feet.

As he got up, another stigmata opened up on the area where the right side of his cheek met his neck, dying the
terrain an ugly red. Looks like I won't last for the hour...well, that's more than enough anyway, he thought.

"How about a tour of the Black Order, you and I? Sira won't mind if we leave her lying around, would she-I'd
hate to wake up the sleeping princess." With an upwards kick,Christian sent Cole flying up and grabbed him by his
cuffs.

"C'mon, I'm really burning to know more about the place."

<Flame Control> Walking into the Order at an leisurely pace, just as if he was going sightseeing,
Chris stretched out a burning palm and burnt all guards and finders in his path.

"What a warm~ place! These guys are literally dying to welcome us, eh?" Christian jested, swinging Cole
limply on his back.

Cole gritted his teeth. "You're definition of mercy is much different than mine. The Akuma suffer under the command of a madman, with no free will. Those men-" He was cut off again as a swift kick connected with his side and he felt a rib snap. With a hoarse yell as he was caught, he writhed for a second in pain before falling still and spitting a mouthfull of blood at Christian. "There's an upside, whenever I get to roughly treated I can do that." Swallowing, he continued. "As I was saying before, Those men had free will, right up until you killed them. They chose to do this, they could choose to do whatever they want. You took that away, and you have no right to do that." He spoke angrily.

Cole flinched as the Noah burned the gaurds, swearing angrily. "You really need to get a concience. Hell, you'd even be a bit better with a decent sense of humor." He said. Twisting awkwardly, Cole tried to wriggle free of his Cloak, stopping quickly as his newly broken rib twinged painfully.

Ooc: I think Sira's gonna be out of it for awhile. I'm gonna try and get people to join the topic.

Nodding wearily to whatever Cole said, Christian flung around more flames, setting the corridors alight
with red, dancing flames. "You there." He grabbed a guard whimpering on the ground with his free hand.
"Tell me, are there any Exorcists around?" "N-No sir...not to my knowledge, they've all went out on their
missions..." The pathetic worm pleaded, tears flowing down from his pig-like eyes. Snivelling, he pleaded
"Please, spare me... I have a young girl back home in Turkey..." "I'll offer her my condolences when I drop
by." Christian cut the guy's breath with a swift chop to his neck, then grabbing his tag and a wallet from him.
"This'll come in handy," he smirked, pocketing the items.

"You call the Earl a madman? Actually behind all that farce I find him more rational then the average man.
Being a madman myself, I'd think I should know." Grinning to Cole, he shifted the Exorcist's weight over his
shoulder and headed in deeper.

"Well, well, well, looks like your luck and mine aren't too good. No Exorcists around! Where's the fun in that."
Resting his hand on the door of a large hallway, he turned to Cole again with a smile on his face. Mad desire
seeped from every inch of his red stare. "Guess I'll help myself around here then...might as well make myself
at home."

Laughing, Christian gave the large door a strong push, sending it flying open. Dauntily, the Noah put his first step
into the legendary halls of the Black Order....

((I'm moving to the main halls section. Try to see if I can get soemone to 'return' from tehir mission or something
thx Sira!!! we wont forget you.Maybe someone will pass by and wake you up...?))