Heavy Midnight 2 - Shards

[Kyvios]

Ashtin glared at Darius as he entered the gym. His presence was unnerving and he didn't entirely trust this man, if you could even call him a man. Clenching his teeth tightly Ashtin closed his eyes and took a deep breath in and then out, relaxing himself a little so he would be more hospitable towards the mercenary. As he took a few steps closer towards the mercenary he felt the need to punch him for causing so much trouble back at the night club but Moxie seemed to trust him and for now that will have to be good enough.

 

"My name is Ashtin" he said as calmly as he could to Darius as he stretched out his hand.

[Cyborg Ninja]

Darius just nodded politely as Ashtin introduced himself. He could tell he was still mad at him for interfering with the mission. At least Ashtin was willing to let bygones be bygones for the time being. Darius waved to Moxie before looking back over to Ashtin.

 

"Look Ashtin, clearly you have a problem with me being here so I'll do my best to avoid you but I am Moxie's instructor and you're her friend from what I can gather which means we might be seeing more of each other than we want to. So for her sake and the rest of the group let's try to get along." Darius said in a whisper so only Ashtin would hear.

 

"Its nice to finally know your name Ashtin. Hey Moxie, does this place have any ice cream? I want a banana split so bad its crazy."

[SkywalkerRules]

"With all due respect, sir; I question those intentions." Baldur began. "First of all; do you believe me of being too much of a harsh teacher to guide young Moxie? I do follow proper protocol, but I must admit I am abit new to the whole "Student/Teacher" concept."

 

Manson looked down. "I'm not saying you're harsh to her, Baldur. I'm just saying that she needs to be more confident and actually talk to someone."

 

"Secondly; are you sure its the right decision to allow Darius to become her fulltime instructor, so easily? He knows very little about us and how we operate, and we know so little about him. He hasnt even gone through the Agent Training Program."

 

"That's the good part. I want Moxie to train under him so that she can keep an eye out for him, or report him if he tries anything. I trust she can do that."

 

"Lastly, who are you assigning me to?"

 

The old leader grinned. "An young person who has a mind and heart of a lioness. Her name's Sonya Edison."

 

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"Well I gave it some thought and decided to join up; so here I am."

 

Sonya smiled brightly. "Wow! I so didn't know you decided to join! What a small world we live in."

 

She motioned him to sit down and talk with her for a bit. She sat on one of the chairs. "So, how ya been?"

 

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"Hey sorry to bother you Mox and vampire whose name I don't know. Its just I'm really hungry and I don't know where to go to get food so I was wondering if you could help me out."

 

Moxie turned, and saw Darius enter the gym. She smiled. Before she could answer, Ashtin greeting himself.

 

"My name is Ashtin"

 

The young girl placed a closed hand over her heart, hoping that this would go smoothly between him and Darius. But seeing that Ashtin was being calm, she breathed silently.

 

"Its nice to finally know your name Ashtin. Hey Moxie, does this place have any ice cream? I want a banana split so bad its crazy."

 

"To get to the cafeteria, you just take a left, go down the hallway, make another left, and you'll see a large door. That's the cafeteria."

[DrPhil2501]

"An young person who has a mind and heart of a lioness. Her name's Sonya Edison."

 

Baldur nodded. "I assume her file is currently on database. I'll be sure to review it before I take the time in training her." he walked passed Manson. "I'll be in the boardroom... tell her to meet me there for a little Orientation before we begin the agent training program."

 

He suddenly vanished into a red mist, then into thin air. He aparated into the well furnashed board room. He sat onto the far end chair, and waited for his schedualed appointment patiently. In the meantime, he pulled one of the Laptop Notebooks infront of him and performed his usual routine of doing a background check on this Sonya Edison.

[Cyborg Ninja]

"To get to the cafeteria, you just take a left, go down the hallway, make another left, and you'll see a large door. That's the cafeteria."

 

Darius was overwhelmed with joy on hearing exactly where to go to get to the cafeteria.

 

"Say you two wouldn't be interested in getting some ice cream there with me. I don't wanna brag but I've been known to make a mean sundae. Besides it'll give me a chance to talk to you about what I wanted Moxie, and it'll give all of us a chance to get to know each other better."

 

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"So, how ya been?"

 

John took a seat in the chair and leaned back.

 

"Lets see, getting pulled over for speeding, doing more parkour...you know the usual crazy stuff. What about you Sonya?"

[SkywalkerRules]

"Say you two wouldn't be interested in getting some ice cream there with me. I don't wanna brag but I've been known to make a mean sundae. Besides it'll give me a chance to talk to you about what I wanted Moxie, and it'll give all of us a chance to get to know each other better."

 

Moxie smiled. "Well, I think it'll be cool. What about you, Ash?"

 

She turned to look at Ashtin.

 

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"Lets see, getting pulled over for speeding, doing more parkour...you know the usual crazy stuff. What about you Sonya?"

 

Sonya shrugged, smiling. "Well... I was planning on going to college. But I wanted to be like a secret agent or something. Have more adventure in my life, ya know?"

 

Suddenly, a man came up to the two teenagers. It was Manson. "Sonya Edison?"

 

"That's me, sir," Sonya smiled, standing up.

 

The old leader smiled and chuckled. "Good to see you have another friend. Your instructor is waiting for you in the board room."

 

Sonya smiled. "Thank you, sir." She glanced over at John. "Well'p, I'll see ya later, Johnny. Instructor's come callin'." She smiled and waved good-bye.

 

After Sonya left, Manson turned to John and smiled. Extending his hand to him, he said, "William Manson. Leader of this organization. And you are...?"

 

(Meanwhile)

 

Sonya finally came to the board room's door. She breathed silently, then opened the door, stepping inside.

 

But when she stepped inside, Sonya quietly gasped. This was her instructor? Sonya gulped, and smiled sheepishly. "Whoa..." she thought to herself. She stood there at the end of her table by her seat. "Um... hello... sir." Sonya smiled, lost in her own world.

[Kyvios]

Ashtin slowly closed his eyes and licked his lips lightly. He was starting to get hungry but not for a ice cream sundae. With a small sigh and a shrug of his shoulders he nodded his head. Speaking at the moment didn't really seem necessary to him, sometimes speaking could be considered a waste of energy.

 

The memories of the time he use to be able to hunt for his food flooded his mind. In a small way it made his mouth water. It was a thrill to hunt for his food, to see the terror in they're eyes. Now... now he is stuck trying to survive off of blood packs that don't give him as nearly the amount of strength as fresh blood from the veins did. In a way, thinking upon his current situation you could almost consider him to be human.

 

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Rusu had grown a little tired of the room his friend Manson had provided for him. And he still wasn't familiar with the place he had traveled too. It would be true that Rusu was feeling rather tired, the trip being long, but he was getting an uneasy feeling that he couldn't shake. Like something about this place was about to go down. He found his way to the cafeteria and decided that eating would be a good idea.

 

"I doubt Manson prepared for my arrival with something I could eat." Rusu mumbled to himself as he walked down the cafeteria.

 

Nuts, dried fruit and a various assortment of vegetables was all Rusu needed to survive. His people frowned upon the killing and eating of the flesh of other living creatures. Everything had a right to live upon this planet and thrive just like the next creator before it. However respect for living things in these days was growing short and was becoming very popular. As man kind grew, so did the space they needed to inhabit, which meant eradication of other beings that inhabited the area before them.

 

Slightly to Rusu's surprise he found a bag of dried fruit. Taking it he could hear the bag crinkle from his grip. Walking over to a table he opened the bag of dried fruit and took a seat.

[DrPhil2501]

Baldur heard the door of the board room open, but he was still staring at the laptop which scrolled through Sonya's personal biography. He shut the screen back down, and glanced up at his expected arival. He took his hat off and placed it onto the table, then he clammed his hands together.

 

"Goodevening. You must be Edison." he greeted. "Please, sit down."

 

He waited to do as she was told. Meanwhile, he unholstered both his heavily customised revolvers and placed each one beside him on the table. "I understand you had some involvement during the AWO Massacre in New York last year. You know it took a long time trying to cover the conspiracy of Vampire and Werewolf existance."

 

He picked up one of his guns and began toying with it by spinning it with his fingers using the Trigger Guard. His gaze didnt leave the sight of Edison. "Given your involvment with helping taking down those Ametuar Dog Hunters, I suppose that does make you a logical choice of candidates to join our Organisation. We are professionals who have exisisted for hundreds of years."

 

With a snap, the pistol stopped spinning. Baldur's gripped the hand piece, and placed the gun back down onto the table.

 

"Before we begin, there is something I will need to ask you; have you ever killed anyone?" he grinned.

[Cyborg Ninja]

"Well, I think it'll be cool. What about you, Ash?"

 

Darius looked over to Ashtin intensely. He was overwhelmed to see him nod his head at the idea of getting food. The merc jumped into the air with joy.

 

"Whoo!" was all he could let out.

 

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John waved to Sonya as she walked away and turned to the man who walked in.

 

Extending his hand to him, he said, "William Manson. Leader of this organization. And you are...?"

 

John smiled at him and shook the man's hand.

 

"Its nice to meet you Mr. Manson. The names John Carmine, I'm a friend of Moxie and Sonya...but I'm not here to catch up on old times, I wanna join up."

[SkywalkerRules]

((Going out of town. But I'll be back this Sunday to post. ^^ ))

[SkywalkerRules]

((I'm back! ))

 

Moxie smiled when Ashtin agreed to tag along. She held his arm and rested her head on his shoulder. "I'm glad you're coming too, Ash." She looked at Darius, who was also excited, and smiled.

 

"C'mon! Let's head to the cafeteria." And with that, she began to walk towards the door.

 

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After sitting down, and listening to Baldur speak, Sonya was in her own little world. She kept staring at her new instructor, smiling. It was like she was hypnotized by his looks. And to top it off, he wore red and black, just like her!

 

Sonya came back to reality, after Baldur stopped spinning the pistol, due to a snap from it.

 

"Before we begin, there is something I will need to ask you; have you ever killed anyone?"

 

The young girl gulped and chuckled nervously, playing with her fingers. "Well... ya see... heh heh... I uh... not really. Do bugs count?" Sonya smiled nervously.

 

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"Its nice to meet you Mr. Manson. The names John Carmine, I'm a friend of Moxie and Sonya...but I'm not here to catch up on old times, I wanna join up."

 

Manson nodded with an impressed smile. "I see. So... what are you good at? Shooting? Spying? Both?"

[DrPhil2501]

"Well... ya see... heh heh... I uh... not really. Do bugs count?" Sonya smiled nervously."

 

Baldur exchanged a grim look of disapointment. He rubbed his eyes with the tips of his fingers. "This may be more difficult than I first imagined." he muttered. "Then I'll assume you have had no previous firearm training. Dont worry, thats soon about to change."

 

He stood up from the table, after placing his pistols back into their respective holsters. Then, out of the occurance suddenly vanished into red mist. He suddenly materialised behind his new apprentice.

 

"Lets begin our Orientation, shall we?" he placed a gloved hand onto her shoulder, and after a second the two vanished. They then materialised into the Proving Grounds of SS Headquarters. They appeared right behind one of the many cubicles of the Shooting Range.

 

"I want to see how well you can use a pistol before we try anything more extreme." he added.

[SkywalkerRules]

Sonya was shocked and surprised. Did he make them come here? And... how'd he vanish through that red mist and appear behind her?! So many questions about him and this Organization...

 

"I want to see how well you can use a pistol before we try anything more extreme."

 

The young girl smiled. She then made a girly laugh. Covering her mouth, Sonya looked up at Baldur. "I'm... I'm very sorry, sir. I didn't meant to do that." (( ))

 

She rubbed her neck, looking down. "Sir? If I may ask... how'd you do that? Ya know, with the whole disappearing thing?"

[Cyborg Ninja]

Darius looked over at Moxie and Ashtin. His rather joyous mood was replaced with concern for the girl. Not only was it very uncomfortable for him to look at but this would have to be something he'd have to bring up.

 

"Right behind you Mox," Darius said as he turned to follow the girl.

 

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"I see. So... what are you good at? Shooting? Spying? Both?"

 

"I've never tried sneaking around so I don't know how good of a spy I'd make, but I know how to shoot." John replied.

[DrPhil2501]

Baldur exchanged another silly looking grim looked towards Sonya when misintepreted his words. "I'm... I'm very sorry, sir. I didn't meant to do that."

 

"This one is gonna need some more work than I thought..." he whispered under his breath, that it almost sounded like he mumbled.

 

"Sir? If I may ask... how'd you do that? Ya know, with the whole disappearing thing?"

 

"Ah yes, my apoligies. I didnt give you the chance to ask any questions before we started. How rude of me..." he crossed his arms. "Very well. In answer to your question; what you just witnessed was a Self Transmutation that atomises my form in with the oxygen, and can channel my conscience to another place instaneously. A form of Teleportation, to simplify things."

 

Baldur walked over to the glass cabinet across from them. He pulled out a SS Standard Issue Semi-Automatic Pistol. He handed Sonya the pistol, as well as the magazine that came with it.

 

"Tell you what... If you can beat the Initiate Score of 55, you can ask me any question you wish that I am enabled to answer. I'll give you three shots of practice, before moving onto the task."

[SkywalkerRules]

"Ah yes, my apoligies. I didnt give you the chance to ask any questions before we started. How rude of me..." he crossed his arms. "Very well. In answer to your question; what you just witnessed was a Self Transmutation that atomises my form in with the oxygen, and can channel my conscience to another place instaneously. A form of Teleportation, to simplify things."

 

Sonya looked down, wondering what he meant. Maybe he was some kind of magician? Magician or not, he was cool...

 

"Tell you what... If you can beat the Initiate Score of 55, you can ask me any question you wish that I am enabled to answer. I'll give you three shots of practice, before moving onto the task."

 

Sonya sighed, looking down at the magazine and pistol. "I guess..." She looked at the fields aimlessly. "You want me to start now?"

[DrPhil2501]

"I guess..." She looked at the fields aimlessly. "You want me to start now?"

 

Baldur flicked a switch, and a spotlight flashed onto the target made from a large A2 sheet of paper.

 

"You may begin." Baldur replied. "I want to see how you fire a pistol. Then, I can help correct your mistakes. Afterward, your Orientation may conclude and we can start preparing you for your first assignment."

 

This one held great promise in Baldur's eyes. With a little fine tuning, he will look forward to seeing her in action. "But first..." He approached her, placing a hand on hers that was holding the gun. "Safety off." he smirked. He paced away from her and watched from the shadows. "Fire!" he barked.

[SkywalkerRules]

"You may begin." Baldur replied. "I want to see how you fire a pistol. Then, I can help correct your mistakes. Afterward, your Orientation may conclude and we can start preparing you for your first assignment."

 

Sonya smiled and nodded. "Gotcha." Sonya placed the magazine down beside her, and began to point at the A2 sheet of paper in the target field. But before she could fire, she heard Baldur from behind.

 

"But first..." He approached her, placing a hand on hers that was holding the gun. "Safety off." he smirked.

 

Sonya nodded, switching the safety off. She then bit her lower lip, smiling and blushing that Baldur touched her hand. She cleared her throat, and stood in correct position. At the age of 15, her father, who was in the U.S. Army, taught her how to use a gun. Her mother forbade it, but it was to teach her how to protect herself from any harm.

 

Sadly, her father died in the war. This broke her heart, seeing that she never killed or picked up gun again. Until now...

 

"Fire!"

 

Doing as Baldur told her, Sonya fired the pistol. Her shot was a few inches away from the main target. She shot 5 more shots until she stopped. Placing the gun down sadly, she glanced down quietly.

[Kyvios]

Ashtin walked with Moxie, his arm draped over his shoulders as he held her slightly close to him. As they walked he couldn't help glance over his shoulder a few times to look at Darius. So that baboon was now Moxie's instructor, that situation himself gave him an uneasy feeling, last thing he needed was for Moxie to be more rash.

 

"So tell me Darius, what do you plan on 'teaching' Moxie anyhow?" Ashtin said trying to keep his attitude in the positive range.

 

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Rusu could hear footsteps in the background. The level of spiritual energy varied between the three that approached. There were many odd thing about this place, and Rusu was looking forward to his talk with Manson about the operation he had started here. Not a lot was known about this place to Rusu. That didn't make him uneasy in any way, just more curious then usual.

 

Rusu's eyes stayed upon the entrance to the cafeteria door hoping for a glimpse of the ones that maybe walking by. While his eyes stayed fixed upon the door, his right hand continued to pick up piece of dried banana's, cherries, and apples. The sound they made when his teeth crushed down upon them was slightly thrilling to Rusu, the vibration upon his mouth was a pleasant and welcome feeling.

[Cyborg Ninja]

Every time Ashtin turned to look back at Darius, he would wave to him like a little kid would. Had this been a few hours ago Darius would be confused by Ashtin's actions but now he knew why. For some odd reason they were a couple which Darius saw as completely wrong.

 

"So tell me Darius, what do you plan on 'teaching' Moxie anyhow?"

 

Darius shook his head and laughed at the vampire's attempt at small talk.

 

"Well if you must know than I guess I can share with the class. Moxie's going to be shadowing me on the next mission the big guy plans for everyone. Its great experience and I can keep an eye on the rook."

[Kyvios]

Shadowing wasn't exactly a bad idea to Ashtin, perhaps observing would help gain Moxie's courage a little more. Though the thought also crossed his mind that Moxie observing a deranged lunatic might also turn her into something similar. But the thought of Moxie turning into a mindless killer was hard for him to believe any how. A small chuckle formed in the back of his throat that was quickly suppressed at the idea Moxie would be able to kill much of anything.

 

"As long as she doesn't get killed" Ashtin said nodding his head.

 

In all honesty that he kept hidden from others is that he was glad Moxie chose to avoid rushing head first into a dangerous situation. He knew himself to well and knew that her presence would be a slight distraction for him since his desire to protect her was a strong one. And that could lead to them both getting hurt or being killed. As the thought traveled through his mind that he could lose Moxie, his hand gripped her shoulder a little tighter as if he was trying to make sure she was still by his side. Such emotions that he had thought he locked away so long ago came rushing back with a bull's fury with her very presence. Sometimes he feels like running from her, and others he simply just wishes to embrace her... and he knew... he knew to well that... that once time continues on what they have will grow old and simply die.

[DrPhil2501]

Baldur watched as Sonya fired at the target. Baldur was amazed that a rookie such as Sonya was even able to hit the target. It wasnt that pleasing, nor was it that bad.

 

Baldur smirked. "I'm impressed. You obviously had previous experience with firearms. But, with a little fine tuning - you ought to make a great asset to this organisation."

 

He flicked another switch. A light beamed from behind the paper target, outlining the bullet holes she made. "Unfortunatly, you didnt pass the Initiate Score. But this is to be expected. The whole point of this exercise was for me to know a little about you - to analyse how proficient you are. The Supernatural Society relies on their agents as what you could describe as a law enforcer against Vampires, Werewolves and demons. They're combat specialists, trained to deal with; extraction, apprehension, espionage, assasination... the list goes on. I can tell alot about the person from the way they use their gun and their skills. You require extensive training before we can begin on your first assignment."

 

He reached from within his coat a book, and placed it on the table. "This orientation is over. I advise you to read this book; it covers the details on how this organisation functions, rules and regulations you must obey."

 

He walked out of the target range. "I will be seeing you tomorow, Miss Edison..."

[SkywalkerRules]

As the the guys had their conversation about her training, Moxie continued to look down while walking in Ashtin's arms. She began to think about all the times they went through. Good and bad. Ashtin was this vampire who attempted to eat her when she was 17. And now... they were lovers.

 

Moxie suddenly felt a hand slightly squeeze her shoulder. It was Ashtin's. It was as if he made sure she was with him. The young girl glanced up at Ashtin, and smiled. She then rested her head on his shoulder.

 

They were finally at the cafeteria. "Well'p, here we are," Moxie said in a quiet voice. She glanced at Darius and smiled. "Let's eat."

 

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"I'm impressed. You obviously had previous experience with firearms. But, with a little fine tuning - you ought to make a great asset to this organisation."

 

Sonya straighten up, and looked at Baldur. She smiled nervously.

 

"Unfortunatly, you didnt pass the Initiate Score. But this is to be expected. The whole point of this exercise was for me to know a little about you - to analyse how proficient you are. The Supernatural Society relies on their agents as what you could describe as a law enforcer against Vampires, Werewolves and demons. They're combat specialists, trained to deal with; extraction, apprehension, espionage, assasination... the list goes on. I can tell alot about the person from the way they use their gun and their skills. You require extensive training before we can begin on your first assignment."

 

The young girl looked down, but followed every word he said. He then placed a book on the table.

 

"This orientation is over. I advise you to read this book; it covers the details on how this organisation functions, rules and regulations you must obey."

 

Sonya took the book and held it. She nodded. "Yes sir."

 

"I will be seeing you tomorow, Miss Edison..."

 

"Thank you, sir," Sonya said quietly, looking down with sorrow. The thought of her father still clouded her mind...

[Kyvios]

Rusu could hear the sounds of talking in the distance as the ones he sensed were coming closer to the cafeteria. As they entered the room his glance traveled to the female that was with the to two males. Something was familiar about her. Slowly Rusu stood up, folded the two ends in on the bag and rolled it closed leaving it upon the table as he walked over to the in coming group. As Rusu walked towards the group he made sure that face wrap was up over his nose so only his eyes could be seen. Not only was he interested in the girl, but also the unnatural relationship she had with the creature she was with.

 

Placing his right hand upon his left shoulder he bowed low to the group saying "It is a pleasure to make all your acquaintances."

 

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Ashtin looked at the man that was now in front of them. This man had a strange aura about him that he couldn't place. Was he another paranormal creature like Ashtin himself was, or just some specially gifted human. His presences was making Ashtin slightly uncomfortable, and he realized that became evident when he shifted back and forth.

 

"You haven't made our 'acquaintances'" Ashtin said in a low voice, slightly snarling at the man now before them. "To do that proper introductions should be made."

[Cyborg Ninja]

Darius continued to make faces from behind his mask as he watched Ashtin and Moxie. Just the sight of the two together was very uncomfortable for him, not to mention the danger it would cause. He was pulled back to reality by Moxie's gentle voice.

"Let's eat."

 

Darius smiled back at the girl, and took a deep breath before preparing his speech.

 

"Of course, but I really should talk about training..."

 

Darius was caught off by a man with a mask covering most of his face. Darius sighed in relief, giving him more time to prepare and laughed at the exchange between the man and Ashtin.

 

"You just pick fights with every new face don't ya? New recruits must really love meeting you then." Darius said to Ashtin before looking at the man. "You'll have to forgive hothead here, he's really quite the character once you get to know him...I'll let you know what that's like when I get there. The name's Darius Wilson, and you are?"