|
Post by fierano on Apr 30, 2007 8:30:06 GMT -5
The demonic appendage attacking Ebony struck her spikes, causing it to recoil with a painful screech as it came into contact with the holy water. The painful screech enraged the demon even further, causing it to mutate even further, and lash out with other available appendages - this time at both the Ferrari and the Viper.
|
|
|
Post by ebonyviper on Apr 30, 2007 8:43:17 GMT -5
Ebony gasped as the appendage bounced off her spikes and backed up in response, still holding herself steady. She wasn't going to run away this time, but was going to face this demon which had been plaguing her since the Poisoning in Miami. She was going to show it that she wasn't going to be afraid of it.
"Contego prodeo!" Tempest shouted, bringing up a nearly transparent shield made of tiny pentagons to protect herself and Ebony from the demon's second attack.
(((((OOC: Latin for: Shield appear.)))))
|
|
|
Post by Reiji Neko Mitsukai on Apr 30, 2007 8:54:16 GMT -5
The screech made her wince and recoil. She didn't know what to do... The situation was utterly beyond anything she had experienced before. The demon didn't even look like a car anymore; she feared for everyone's safety... but most of all, she feared what was happening to Eddie throughout the ordeal.
(Yeah. Not quite sure on what to have her do here. First thought was to have her shove Tempest in an attempt to get her to stop- break her concentration and such, since the demon didn't show up until she started.)
|
|
|
Post by fierano on Apr 30, 2007 8:56:46 GMT -5
The demon's tentacles ricocheted off Tempest's shield, and ultimately withdrew after an extended barrage proved of little effect. It then turned its attention to the foundations and other structural features of the warehouse around the two, lashing out at nearby pillars and trying to carve holes in the roof.
It directed its tactics so that Anastasia would not deliberately get caught in any collapses that might occur...but its rage would very likely mean that Anastasia could accidentally do so anyway.
|
|
|
Post by ebonyviper on Apr 30, 2007 9:12:55 GMT -5
(((((OOC: Annie could try, but Ebony is beside Tempest with her spikes out and that might prove a difficulty, but if something else breaks her concentration...)))))
Tempest looked up to see that the demon was trying to create holes in the decaying structure of the warehouse, which would ultimately bring about its collapse with them all inside it.
"Dilato!" Tempest shouted, expanding the shield to protect everyone against the structural collapse.
Ebony suddenly recalled that she had encountered a demon before two years ago in Vegas called Hichiro Datsun, who had been after her because it was presumed that she had something that he wanted. She never fought him, but others had subdued him to the point of docility. She couldn't remember anything after that as memory lapses were still a problem for her, but what if Hichiro sent this demon to destroy her? That scared Ebony.
(((((OOC: Ha! I'm foreshadowing! Actually, Hichiro (Tracker89's character) was featured in In Da Streets as an arch enemy to Ebony. He wanted some kind of power that she was unknowingly carrying inside her, which turned out to be one of her babies who was the magic-sensative one. But he was subdued and sent away, never to be heard of until six years later.)))))
|
|
|
Post by fierano on Apr 30, 2007 9:16:12 GMT -5
"Annie...get out of here...get...to safety..." the demon shouted, diverting some of the appendages used to destroy the structure back at Tempest's shield. It could easily teleport out of the collapsing structure if it hadn't been weakened too much...but the mortal Annie had no such power to do that.
((@reiji: It's not really doing much at the moment, so any post you were working on shouldn't be affected too much...))
|
|
|
Post by Reiji Neko Mitsukai on Apr 30, 2007 9:26:33 GMT -5
She shook her front in flat denial of the demon's instructions. "No! Not without Eddie!"
With a squeal of tires she took off, this time hoping to go around Ebony to give Tempest a distracting nudge. She had to do something... and the demon hadn't shown up until the Ferrari had started. Maybe if she could get her to quit, it would calm down...
|
|
|
Post by ebonyviper on Apr 30, 2007 9:40:15 GMT -5
Tempest gritted her teeth as the demon stuck out at her shield again and again, trying to destroy it. She poured on more energy, but wasn't at all sure how much longer she could hold out, afraid that the warehouse may collapse on all of them. The shield would hold up for, perhaps, several hours before it disentigrated completely, leaving her and Ebony vulnerable. And she was beginning to tire already. "Wait! Don't!" Ebony shouted at Annie as she charged toward Tempest, "You'll bring the whole building down on all of us!" She did not wish to hurt anyone with her spikes, but she may not have that choice now. (((((OOC: Maybe we should make the warehouse collapse down on them all, but Tempest manages to hold up the collapsed structure with her shield to allow everyone to escape... just a thought... ^^; ))))
|
|
|
Post by Reiji Neko Mitsukai on Apr 30, 2007 9:47:06 GMT -5
(Maybe Annie could break Tempest's concentration enough so she'd stop the exorcism, then placate the demon enough so it would go away and then they could all get out before the building collapses? After all; with the shield down, she'd be more than susceptible to falling debris, and the demon doesn't want that.)
"It didn't start until she starting pulling it out!" she countered, not changing her course.
|
|
|
Post by fierano on Apr 30, 2007 9:55:55 GMT -5
The demon's attacks started to slow as it saw Annie pleading with the two. It did not want to see her caught under the same rubble as those two.
"Annie...get out...these people...deserve their fate..."
|
|
|
Post by ebonyviper on Apr 30, 2007 10:04:42 GMT -5
"If she didn't, than how much more suffering is there going to be if that demon stays?" Ebony countered hotly, "I've got children to protect!"
|
|
|
Post by Reiji Neko Mitsukai on Apr 30, 2007 10:09:30 GMT -5
"But how can you protect them if you're DEAD?!"
Turning sharply, she applied her brakes and slowed, giving the Ferrari a nudge on her back end- not enough to hurt her, but hopefully enough to distract her to stop the exorcism...
|
|
|
Post by ebonyviper on Apr 30, 2007 10:20:12 GMT -5
"What would happen if I DON'T do something to protect them?" snapped Ebony. The bump was enough to completely bring Tempest out of her trance and disentigrate the shield. Now the storm began to die down, but there was something else that was happening. Looking up, the Enzo could hear rumbling getting louder and louder. The warehouse was starting to collapse and they were all still inside. Tempest wondered how much time she had to bring the shield back up. "GET OUT OF HERE! NOW!" she shouted, "IT IS COLLAPSING!" But, as Newton's Laws of Motion state: Every object in a state of uniform motion tends to remain in that state of motion unless an external force is applied to it and... For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction. That meant that the warehouse was going to collapse VERY soon. How much did they all have to escape? (((((OOC: Sorry. Science geek in me coming out. ^^; ))))
|
|
|
Post by fierano on Apr 30, 2007 10:25:47 GMT -5
((I'm a geek, it's not a bad thing. D:))
Meanwhile, the demon's external forces - regardless of how they were slowing down - were accelerating the warehouse's collapse.
"ANNIE....I'LL BE FINE...GET...AWAY..." it roared, before loosing whatever tentacles were damaging the warehouse toward the two now-unprotected cars. At least it could divert its attacks away from Annie given that all three cars were in front of it...but she could still be caught in the collapse if she didn't get out soon.
|
|
|
Post by Reiji Neko Mitsukai on Apr 30, 2007 10:28:59 GMT -5
(Oops... I'll fix...)
Now that the shield was down and the exorcism stopped, Anastasia pulled away from the women. "You two go! I'll be right behind you!" She wasn't leaving without Eddie...
She turned towards the demon. "What about Eddie? I'm not going to leave him here!"
|
|