NationStates Jolt Archive

"Yeah, it's good to see you again who ever you are." Arthur was a little afraid. He had no idea who this person was. Arthur shook his hand and took it back. Thinking back to all the people he has meet the face doesn't look familiar.

Enertro was enjoying the moment when his communicator crackled to life. Prism was trying to contact him. Enertro sighed and slowly walked to it.

"General Prism, I'm glad you have left the ship alright. You are heading towards Los Angelus. You will probably be escorted to a hotel, in which you will wait in, with Legion and Surge. Diaphanous and I will attend a meeting where the subject of destroying the NJLU will be discussed. Once we return, we will report the discussion and create or elaborate plans. Then we will complete the first step to this quest of mine," smiled Enertro.

"If you have any other questions, General Prism, General Surge will probably be able to answer them. I am a bit...busy. Enertro, over and out."

As soon as he turned off his communicator, Enertro chuckled and layed back in bed. He smiled as he continued where he left off, kissing Diaphanous constantly.

Diaphanous grinned. "You need a secretary." She chuckled. "Enertro, I have a fabulous idea," she whispered between kisses.

"How does this sound to you: Secretary Surge." Diaphanous laughed uproariously. "Just a thought," she winked jokingly.

"It really would be nice to have no interruptions sometime soon." Diaphanous looked lovingly into his eyes. "However, I'll take any time with you that I can get." She smiled and kissed him passionately.

ooc: Sacer wears an armored faceplate btw.

Sacer wondered how a fight between the three would go. Fenrir could save him from getting turned into a vegetable instantly and Quickspe- err Arthur wouldn't be able mount any immediate severe damage. Sacer smiled as he calculated the potential victory.

He swirled his drink and sighed as it seems Haze didn't come to fight though.

Haze looked at the new Kid Flash and said, "You don't recognize your old friend. That is Reave, or Sacer now." Haze knew exactly what he had to do if a fight broke out. He looked at Kid Flash. If Sacer decided to attack he would probably go after him first. Haze went to Kid Flash mentally and said, Reave is not to be trusted. Stay close to me. Haze looked into Sacer's eyes. Fenrir was with him. He would have to get past Fenrir if he was to get to Sacer. Haze decided against it. Sacer could always turn around and rejoin the NJLU.

"The NJLU's and any other organizations like the NJLU, only objective is to protect the innocent at any cost. We are not controlled by any government." Haze put his hands together. "You say that modern governments are evil, yet you now work for the government. That is very hippocritical. Don't you agree?"

"You know who is not controlled by any modern government. If he was that would go right against his plans for world domination. We are only using them as a means to an end, which is what everything is coming down to... the end."

He folded his hands neatly and leaned forward.

"I see the end of mankind in many ways; one to the beasts of hell, one to the wars of government, and one as a united rule under you know who. The NJLU proposes no plan to dismantle modern government and replace it with something more secure and lasting. This is why I follow him and that is why my name is Holy, because my decisions and actions will set them free."

"Reave or Sacer, it's nice to meet you again. Oh I go back the new name of Kid Flash. When I went into the speed force I got rid of Quickspeed. So where is Athena? I will still protect her until the day I die." Arthur faced Haze. In his mind he thought. "Haze I will not hurt a friend."

"It is not the government that is the problem. The problem is that some politicians are corrupt. They always want more power. Still though there are good people out there," Haze replied to Sacer.

Haze looked at Sacer and said, "The government would not have picked you know who if they did not have a way of defeating that person. Every person that each government picked was looked at and studied highly. Every government knows there person's weakness. One way or another if the villian they have hired will listen. The government rules them. Not the other way around. The government will not be defeated by a bunch of rogue supervillians. I tell you now. They have their ways."

"Reave or Sacer, it's nice to meet you again. Oh I go back the new name of Kid Flash. When I went into the speed force I got rid of Quickspeed. So where is Athena? I will still protect her until the day I die." Arthur faced Haze. In his mind he thought. "Haze I will not hurt a friend."

Haze heard his thought. Arthur you wouldn't have the chance to hurt him. He would destroy you before either of us could move.

If he comes to fight I will not fight against. I will move, but fighting against a friend is wrong. He gave me mercy so I will give him some. Arthur answered with a reply.

Diaphanous broke off their kiss.

"Enertro, I just thought of something... something so obvious we haven't even seen it.... The governments who have hired us control us and not the other way around. I believe that the governments have studied all of us and our weaknesses. We have to get stronger and see if we can get some new powers if possible. Some of mine are beginning to show. With my type, new powers arrive with age. Also, I think the nuclear arsenal must be protected. It may be our only bargaining chip. I do fear that the governments know everything about us, actually, and I think it is only common sense that they plan to destroy us as well."

Diaphanous continued. "They want all the power. We must come up with a plan not involving any of the governments... to stop them from destroying us, and dismaneteling their power." Diaphanous sighed. She was weary by now. "This will be a huge undertaking and require much planning, but I believe it is vital if we even want to live through this." She looked at Enertro with concern and a look of knowing on her face.

"I guess this is my first real suggestion as Master #2." Diaphanous giggled, trying to lighten the mood. "We have a real tough situation on our hands. The NJLU, and all the governments of the world as well....Damn!"

Contra had no problem at all aquiring a private jet from the Artemis facility. In fact, they seemed to let her use it gratefully, even supplying her with a pilot. Of course... she hadn't been in costume for all of that.

Now, a few hours later, she had slipped back into the usual getup complete with cowl as they taxied off the landing strip in LA. Her mind was burning with questions, the most important being who they had chosen for her second?

At the terminal, the pilot greeted her warmly and escorted her across the tarmac. At the door, he shook her hand. "Have a good afternoon, Ms. ------!"

Thankfully, there weren't many people in this part of the private airport. Her outfit would have brought undue attention otherwise. Calmly, she waited for the mystery individual to appear.

ooc: I have to say something. Haze's mind is closed to outside thoughts. It always is when talking to criminals. Also Haze put a block on Sacer's mind. He didn't reject it. He just told him that he had the security Fenrir. Dia wouldn't know that. And from what I remember she doesn't have a third eye technique like Haze so she cannot get the information.

Contra had no problem at all aquiring a private jet from the Artemis facility. In fact, they seemed to let her use it gratefully, even supplying her with a pilot. Of course... she hadn't been in costume for all of that.

Now, a few hours later, she had slipped back into the usual getup complete with cowl as they taxied off the landing strip in LA. Her mind was burning with questions, the most important being who they had chosen for her second?

At the terminal, the pilot greeted her warmly and escorted her across the tarmac. At the door, he shook her hand. "Have a good afternoon, Ms. ------!"

Thankfully, there weren't many people in this part of the private airport. Her outfit would have brought undue attention otherwise. Calmly, she waited for the mystery individual to appear

A Russian general walked into the airport. In his language he said, "Where is she?" Contra and this general had met on previous occasion. He had given Contra the necessary gadgets to control Superman and the rest of the original JLA. His name was General Zaroff. He was a funny man. A little odd, but funny. He ran through the airport until he ran into a woman. This woman had on a cowl. He looked at her and muttered in Russia, "There you are my lady. I do believe we have a meeting to attend." He waited for her to turn around."

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Haze looked at Arthur and mentally said to him, You better be able to run nearly at the speed of light if you don't want to get hit. Sacer is not one to be slept on. Haze returned his gaze to Sacer.

No I will not run away and be a coward. There is some good left in Sacer. Kid Flash stated in his mind.

No I will not run away and be a coward. There is some good left in Sacer. Kid Flash stated in his mind.

Haze looked at Kid Flash again and stated with his mind, I hope that you wouldn't be a coward. I am just saying you should get some distance first before starting a confrontation with him. Haze looked at his hands. Look at your hands. They are glowing. Looks like you gained yourself a new power.

ooc: fine, but she is going to realize on her own that the gov'ts won't let them have control.... so I'm going to keep Dia's convo pretty much the same.
I didn't know Haze blocked his mind. Nothing was said about that. I was talking about reading Haze because Enertro said it must be him, so she focused on him... not a 3rd eye... or whatever... but she's going to get that "eureka!" thing about the gov'ts. Actually, it is really common sense.

ooc: It is perfectly fine if your character has theories or hutches about the government. I am not completely sure what I am going to do with the government.

Black looked at his watch. Four hours and forty-five minutes had passed. He stood up and popped his neck. He retrieved his earpiece and a very special gun. He put on his hat and walked out of the room. He thought to himself, Now the plan trully unfolds.

Enertro laughed at Diaphanous' joke about "Secretary Surge".
"I don't think I want to know how he would react to that," he chuckled.

He recieved the passionate kiss and closed his eyes, loving every last bit of it. Then, Diaphanous broke away.

Enertro lay back in bed. "Please, my love. Don't speak of nuclear weapons here..." he whispered, once again tapping his head for her to read his mind. I have no idea if this place is bugged or not...

"As for powers, I haven't a clue if I have anything else in me...But I suppose I can perform tests and the such or even develop a new weapon for me to use..."

Diaphanous flopped on the bed and Enertro chuckled a bit. "Diaphanous, I am happy we are together. To me, our love is our greatest power," he stroked her hair and lightly kissed her on the lips.

Wooshaba']"It is not the government that is the problem. The problem is that some politicians are corrupt. They always want more power. Still though there are good people out there," Haze replied to Sacer.

Haze looked at Sacer and said, "The government would not have picked you know who if they did not have a way of defeating that person. Every person that each government picked was looked at and studied highly. Every government knows there person's weakness. One way or another if the villian they have hired will listen. The government rules them. Not the other way around. The government will not be defeated by a bunch of rogue supervillians. I tell you now. They have their ways."

"Without politicians, there would be no corruptness, I see." He mused lightly.

"The government is no match for me and these blades. By the time the government mounts an effective defense I'll already have torn the capital to pieces." He finished looking at the eye swats between Kid Flash and Haze. Sacer focused his thoughts hard so Haze could hear them.

If he thinks to battle me he had better have a good plan other than brute force. It is not my intention to battle anyone...today.

"Without politicians, there would be no corruptness, I see." He mused lightly.

"The government is no match for me and these blades. By the time the government mounts an effective defense I'll already have torn the capital to pieces." He finished looking at the eye swats between Kid Flash and Haze. Sacer focused his thoughts hard so Haze could hear them.

If he thinks to battle me he had better have a good plan other than brute force. It is not my intention to battle anyone...today.

Hearing Sacer's thoughts, Haze smiled. He chuckled and said, "I have no intention on battling. I just wanted to know what was your purpose. I had no intention on fighting you. It would be to dangerous here. People would get killed and I don't want to be the cause of that." Haze looked at his blades and said, "But really don't seem to care about causes people sorrow and suffering."

Haze looked out over the town. He then stated, "The government is a sneaky force. At times they can be trusted but at other times they cannot be. They can be your greatest ally and your greatest enemy. Remember who your true allies are. Not those who seek to make you into there destruction machine and use you. Remember those who would care for you like a true friend. Remember the NJLU." Haze stood up and held out his hand to Sacer. This could possibly the last time that they would be at peace with one another.

Sacer stared at his hand, stood up, and headed toward the door.

"I like being used, for I am nothing but a weapon. A sword can never be used to construct only to destroy and there might be a day when swords won't be needed. However, that day will never come through your ideology. You can't be afraid to get your hands a little bloody to accomplish your dreams."

He paused and looked over his shoulder.

"I care for no one but Fenrir and my dreams. God have mercy on anyone who tries to take either away from me." He finished walking out the door.

Before Sacer left Kid Flash got up. "How about Athena?" Arthur just looked Sacer. Then sat down he faced Haze. I will follow Sacer to see what he will do. He is my friend and I care for him.

"Athena is dead!" Sacer replied harshly.

Arthur was shocked to find out that Athena was dead. He vowed to protect her, but he had failed. It must of happen while he was in the Speed Force. Arthur took off his mask and threw it toward the ground. Walking outside he looked at Sacer. "When did she die?"

Wooshaba']A Russian general walked into the airport. In his language he said, "Where is she?" Contra and this general had met on previous occasion. He had given Contra the necessary gadgets to control Superman and the rest of the original JLA. His name was General Zaroff. He was a funny man. A little odd, but funny. He ran through the airport until he ran into a woman. This woman had on a cowl. He looked at her and muttered in Russia, "There you are my lady. I do believe we have a meeting to attend." He waited for her to turn around.
As a general rule, Contra liked General Zaroff. He was perfectly camoflagued against his role: unassuming and confident. And all the personality quirks aside, he did manage to make her smile. Very few who were not either in pain or at her mercy could accomplish this response.

She followed him quietly through the airport, forced to endure the suspense of her counterpart's identity. Contra had a few ideas, but with the other figure half in shadow as she was, it was difficult to say for certain.

"Yesterday afternoon. The day following my death." He bowed his head in reflection.

Tears started to come down from his eyes. Arthur looked at Sacer. Then they started to pour. Looking toward the ground he felt pain. "I did nothing. I promised you." Looking up toward Sacer. "How did she die?"

"I killed her, I drove my blade through her heart. My memory of the moment is very unclear. I remember burnt humans, flesh, and blood everywhere." He said unhesitantly.

The tears fell down from his cheek. Arthur turned the other way. "Then I must fight you my friend. I vowed to protect, but I failed. So I will destroy the person who killed her. You. I promised to protect Athena." Arthur walked back inside and put on his mask. Coming back out he looked at Sacer. "Why?"

"I had no memory of her nor her history with me. All I saw was a woman's face covered in the blood and bone of forty humans. My unforgiving rage wouldn't allow such an act to go unpunished. If I had my memories though." Sacer said calmly looking into the distance.

"You don't think I feel any pain for my act? That murdering in cold blood the woman whom I loved for over 1,200 years. To sacrifice yourseld to save her and then to kill her is a realm of suffering you will never understand. Thus, I must redeem myself and make it so no one ever has to suffer in such a way again." He paused for a moment trying to deflect any pain.

No one will understand the pain I've felt; that not once have I been allowed to live a normal life; that not once have I been able to live with the woman I truly love; that not once have I been able to stop running and raise a family.

ooc: Blastit, assume I communicated that last convo to you by telpathy... duh... I haven't slept for days...

"Enertro, I agree, our love is the greatest power." Diaphanous conveyed to him. She received his kiss and kissed him back passionately. She began kissing his neck and removing the rest of his clothing.

"Why don't we make good use of the rest of our time," Diaphanous whispered seductively. "I don't think I can sit through a meeting without expressing my love, passion, and lust for my soul mate first" She explored his body with her hands...

Haha Sacer you're such a fool; a pawn from the very beginning. No longer can I hold in my brilliance. When I need Alucard disposed of I tricked you into killing him, when Athena threatened turning you 'good' I framed her and had you kill her, and now you think you're saving humanity when in truth I am only convincing you to destroy it. Then when no one stands in my way I'll have us reopen the gates of hell only this time it'll be me to control the army and not that extinct fool Alucard.

The disembodied wolf floating around Sacer's mind was too arrogant to keep his plans secret anymore. He wanted everyone except Sacer to know because Sacer trusted him beyond all rationality.

Haze, I know you can hear this and you as well Dia. Know that when this war is over I will scorch the earth and make it mine. All the while this pathetic human Sacer will do my dirty work with nothing outside of my convincing. Haha!

Sacer rubbed his faceplate as he suddenly became lightheaded.

Thankfully, Enertro's and Dapahanous' hours of passion were over when Diaphanous received the telepathic message from Fenrir. She was stunned.

She told Enertro word for word. "Guess we have even a bigger problem on our hands. What have we gotten ourselves into? I know nothing of the occult." Slowly, Diaphanous looked up at Enertro as they were lying in bed. "Enertro, I don't think the the NJLU or the governments are our biggest problem. Sacer believes Fenrir is helping him, when he is deceiving him. In order for me to affect Sacer's mind, I need a lesson in the Dark Arts... Black Magic... Occult, whatever you would like to call it... Unless..." Diaphanous thought a moment. "... there must be some White Wiccan magic out there that can defeat this, or perhaps, only otherworldy beings such as angels can help us. I agree the NJLU has to be dismantled, but... and I certainly won't even consider changing my mind on anything unless you do, and I doubt you will; Fenrir is a far greater threat than the NJLU. Fenrir actually projected his plan to me. That is how confident he is."

Diaphanous furrowed her brow. "Do you know of anyone who can contact spirits, angels, or otherworldly powers? I think we may need that more than anything."

She thought of Athena, but wondered at what 'hereafter' she was at, and if contacted, would she have power over Fenrir, or would she care anyway?

"Mmmm... Just hold me tight Enertro. You know... I'm sick of thinking." She kissed him.

The wolf now suppressed his thoughts.

Excellent, these humans are so easy to influence. Diaphanous will come after me, Sacer will see it as betrayle and fight back, and once again he'll take away my enemies without me even lifting a finger.

--Sacer's Subconcious--

Stupid wolf, you think I'm that naive to trust what was once a ruthless demon. Then you actually state your plans inside my head for everyone to hear except for me. Unfortunately I can hear and I will remember your treachery. Now unfortunately for me I need you to protect me from the likes of Haze and other mind benders. Alucard was right when he called you a simple minded, predictable, and arrogant drone.

Enertro looked at Diaphanous, his eyebrow cocked as she suggested magic. "My love, I would have thought you crazy if I heard that from you many years ago...But if you want to be tutored in black magic, I suppose I can look for a teacher of it to tutor you. Although you must promise me that you will not attempt to it on me..." The corners of his mouth curled up in a slight smile. "Not that I'm expecting you to. About Angels and white magic...I haven't a clue where to find any of these people...If they even exist. But we can search for them as well."

"My love, I could hold you tight all eternity," He brought her closer to him and kissed her passionately.
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Surge was sitting in his room, growing impatient. He took another nap for three of the hours, but got prepared soon after. He sat on a nearby chair, timing how fast he can get his gun/guns out into a firing mode. After being satisfied with his times, he began to flip his guns out of his pocket and back in, just like the cowboys in the American Western movies. He yawned as he looked at the clock.

Legion ,on the other hand, fell to sleep as soon as his head hit the pillow. He was too big for his bed, his feet dangling off the end, but he didn't care. He hasn't had a good sleep for nearly two days.

"What did you do to Athena? You didn't kill her." Arthur faced him. His face was serious and no more tears. The tears were all but gone. Now he was going to fight Sacer. He had changed from the man he once was, Reave.

Prism arrived in LA. He walked out of the copter and was escorted to the hotel. He used the communicator. "Enertro, Surge, or Legion. It's Prism. I'm at the hotel I was brought to. Need some more information. Over."

Diaphanous snuggled up to Enertro with her head on his chest. "If I had a choice, I would go with White Magic. For some reason, I believe that there may be an advantage there. Fenrir is ancient and probably knows close to all the dark arts. I wouldn't mind learning the Dark Arts, however, I think White Magic would be more effective." Diaphanous continued. "A tutor in White Magic would likely tutor more intensely knowing the situation, while someone with the Dark Arts might ally with Fenrir. I wish we had an Angel on our side... We need someone to, cliche'd as it is, 'save the world', or help us do it. It really wouldn't matter if the NJLU was gone if the entire world, including us goes with it. I just wish we could think of how to contact such a being."

Poor Sacer... now "he" will be part of destroying the world. That man has suffered far to much. She thought.

"By the way, Enertro," she looked up at him, "if I learned any of the dark arts I wouldn't use them on you! I wouldn't want to ever change a thing about you. You are perfect as you are." She kissed him and smiled, her eyes sparkling.

Haze heard the wolf's threat. He smiled and said, "Like Sacer would let that happen." Haze was already halfway to Gotham. He had found a new way to use his telekinetic energy. It was quite fun. Haze paged the Watchtower and said, "I am on my way."

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Black was now in front of Enertro's door. He looked at his watch. Exactly five hours since they had landed. Black nodded and smiled. He knocked loudly on the door and stood waiting for Enertro and his lady.

Enertro smiled and lightly kissed Diaphanous. "I love that look," he said as she looked at him with a sparkle in her eye. " I'm glad you wouldn't use your powers on me, my love. And you are perfect in every way as well. So that must make the perfect couple."

He heard a knock on the door and noticed it had already been five hours. "It is time for us to go, then, my love."

Enertro got out of bed, yelling "I'll be out in a minute," he called out. He dressed in his suit and armor, fitting a gun in a hidden pocket under his armor. He smiled at Diaphanous and opened the door enough for him to get out, and Diaphanous to remain out of sight.

"General Black, Diaphanous requires a little more time to get ready," said Enertro smiling.
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Surge picked up the comminicator and walked outside. "Prism, It's Surge. Good to know your trip went well. I am currently walking outside. We are not allowed to go to the meeting, but we can might as well make certain plans of our own," he replied as he walked outside.
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In an abandoned warehouse, two large men armed with heavy machineguns surrounded a small family consisting of a Man, his wife, a small son, about 7 or 8 years old, and a girl, around the same age.

"Eric...Eric, Eric...It seem's you haven't given us our money to insure your 'protection'...If you can't come up with it now, well...let's just say things will get messy," smiled a fairly large man behind a desk.

"B-b-but, Antonio, we have paid our previous dues on time...just give us a little more time!" cried the man, on his knees. His wife stood behind him, holding onto her children tightly. The whole family had tears on their faces.

"My patience has ended...Boys, you know what to do..." said the mob boss.

Just then, a heavy thumping sounded above them. Everyone looked up in time to see a massive armored figure float to the ground, angelic wings outstretched. As the figure landed in front of the begging man, the wings folded behind the figure. "No harm shall come to the innocent!" he called in a deep, stange voice that seemed to echo around the warehouse.

"Kill them!" shouted the mob boss, pulling out a shotgun and shooting towards the angel.

The angel summoned from his hand a large shield, deflecting all the bullets away. As the mobsters reloaded their weapons, the angel extended his wings again and flew with incredible speed towards them. With great arms, he picked up one of them, knocking away his weapon in the process. With his other hand, he used what little light was provided by a hanging light to blind the other two. As they were blinded, the angel walked up to them, knocking away their weapons as well.

As he stopped diverting the light into their eyes, he picked up the mob boss. "'Be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good,'" he said as he brought the boss up to his face, lifting the large man a good foot off the ground. He threw the man out the window, as well as his two henchmen afterwards.

"Do not worry, they are alive and well. The cops have him under control...As for your family," he began, walking towards the still kneeling man and picking him up to his feet. "You have lost much to this group. You will find a certain sum of money in the safe under Antonio's desk. It is open for you all, having lost so much."

With little more words, the angel backed away and spread his wings, flying upwards and into the air, leaving the family alone in the warehouse. The man was still weaping, but these were tears of joy.

OOC: Just began Guardian, but if it is later decided that we shouldn't have him, I'll just delete this

Sacer felt Kid Flash's aggression building and immediately surrounded by a white aura. Two magnificient angelic wings exploded from his back as he lifted in the air. White runes covered the walls of the buildings in the streets and glowed brilliantly.

"You stand no chance of defeating me!" His defining voice boomed over the horizon.

Kid Flash charged foward toward Sacer. It was faster then the speed of sound. He was ready for this fight. The power inside of him felt strong.

Prism walked out side. He looked outside for awhile. He finally saw Surge. He walked up to him. "Good to see you again. So where's Enertro? Hanging out with Dia? And what did you mean by make certain plans of our own?"

A couple steady swings drew enough energy to level half the town.

"No matter how fast you run my blades will find you." He echoed over the distance.

"Enertro is indeed with that w- err They are going to the meeting. And our plans will be the destruction of the NJLU and the aftermath of course," replied Surge, a hint of a smile on his face. "Come walk with me, we'll find a park to sit and talk."

Prism smiled. He was going to prove himself, and he made Surge a little angry mentioning Dia. Why did he hate her so much? Oh well, that's not my problem , he thought. "So, do we know any members of the NJLU?

OOC- Last post for the night

Kid Flash dodged the blade and went toward Sacer's face.

Quickly flying higher into the air Sacer unleashed a hellish assault on the earth below. The energy unleashed was almost equivelent to a hundred carpet bombings.

"Of course, thanks to the media, and the skirmish on the ship, we know of Raven, Quickspeed who I've heard quit, and Enertro and...Diaphanous, have spoken about Haze," replied Surge as he walked along the sidewalk.

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The large angel flew towards a large cathedral in the city. He landed in front of the large doors and quietly opened them. As he walked in, he closed the door behind him.

"Father, I have accomplished our duty," he said as he bowed his head. The cathedral was very dark, which would make the angel uncomfortable in most cases, but this was Sanctuary. He felt invincible here.

An withered old man who was praying up front finished his prayers and walked towards the hulking angel. "Guardian, you are a gift from the heavens. You have done so much good for us. I wish we could repay you in some way," he replied, in a hushed tone.

"My payment is that good has been done. I wish for nothing else," Guardian replied. His bright white eyes was all that was visible through his helm.

"Father Gilbert...I feel...I feel as though I am not living up to my full potential," he confessed in a somewhat sorrowful tone. "I feel there is so much more I could do..."

Father Gilbert merely smiled. "Guardian, you are only one...angel. You cannot be everywhere at once. You must live up to your limitations, but that is as far as you can go. If you'll excuse me, I must get some rest."

As Father Gilbert walked away, Guardian walked up the aisle and knelt down at the steps and bowed his head. He didn't need rest, but he prayed when most people went to sleep. As long as there wasn't someone to save that is...

Kid Flash saw him go up into the air. Running as fast as he could he can to a mountain. He saw the destruction. Arthur thought "I can't take that thing alone. It take a whole force to defeat him." Kid Flash turned around and started to run.

ooc: I like the guardian!

Hearing the knock on the door, Diaphanous knew it was meeting time.

"I just want to freshen up a bit, Enertro; it won't take but a minute." She told him as she ran into the bathroom, brushed her teeth and hair, and such. She never really needed makeup, as on her planet, females were born with long, thick, black eyelashes, the look of eyeliner that went beyond the eyes and turned up somewhat like a cat on top only, and deep crimson lips. She liked to play with makeup anyway. She put on some red gloss over her crimson lips. She actually found some gloss that lived up to the boast that it did not smear or "kiss away".

When females on her planet became of age, they automatically had a seductive look, and were stunningly beautiful by earth standards. She would have been just another face on her own planet... perhaps even considered a bit more beautiful than most, but she saw herself as having a plain face. Diaphanous knew she had a voluptuous body by Earth standards, just by seeing others and by reactions. Usually rude ones by men she did not know, she thought.

Diaphanous came out and put on her costume sans armor. "This is so much more comfortable than that armor. If I have to wear armor again, I would just as soon have it custom made. I look like a diesel dyke in yours!" She laughed. "Shoulders out to here," she widened her arms to show width, "and the rest." She was finally dressed. "I love leather. Black and red. They are both my favorite colors and always have been."

It just occurred to her that Enertro wore those colors. Diaphanous grinned. "You know, it only occurred to me now that those are the colors you wear! We are really on the same page."

Diaphanous looked at Enertro. "You look stunning, darling... and very authoritative." He did. Enertro was a fabulous looking man.

She walked up and put her arms around him. "Enertro, do you have a few weapons I may carry?" She kissed him as she whispered. Who knew where the bugs were, and the room had to be bugged. "I would like armor piercing ammo with a highly accurate pistol, along with a capacity for 20 rounds or so, and extra clips... full of course. Do you have anything like that along? Moreover, if you have any other weapons you are not using, may I peruse them? Even old Shinobi weapons, although I doubt you would bother with such things, would be an advantage for me."

Waiting for his answer, a thought occurred to her and she transmitted it to Enertro via telepathy:

"Remember they can block telepathy. Who knows what else they can do. We need to be very careful. I just don't trust them, or they wouldn't bother with the telepathy block device." Continuing she came up with a suggestion... "When we get back, we should search the room for all bugs. What do you think? Perhaps you can disrupt the energy in this room and blow the bugs from wherever they are?" Diaphanous thought this was a good idea then she came up with another thought. "Ewww... Enertro, that means they were listening to us today!" Diaphanous grinned. "Well, I am quite sure they enjoyed the show!"

Aloud she stated, "Enertro, I am ready for the meeting."

After Kid Flash had fled the battle Sacer fell to the ground like a rock. The destruction he had cause was taking a price on his soul; no longer were there any sympathies towards humans or the like. His memories, a reconfigured jumble, quickly wrapped themselves tightly and exploded. There was a dark aura surrounding the once holy knight. Fenrir sprang from Sacer's mind and began spewing blood everywhere, slowly his muscels ripped and bulged, tendons torn, and skin snapped and peeled as he grew into a massive hellish figure.

The dark aura surrounding Sacer faded revealing his true darker form. Reave was never evil, Sacer never good, but this form was something truly heartless.

The two devils stared at each other and smiled sinisterly.

The dark figure stared at his grotesque partner who was utterly massive, blood ripped from his gargatuan jaws that burned holes into the ground.

Not a word needed to be said and they both knew what had jsut happened. The devilish figures both recalled back to something Alucard had said.

The most sinister being of any realm is a fallen angel for such a creature knows both the light and the dark. Such a creature is to not only be feared but obliterated for their motives are nothing short of utter nihilism. They will go through the motions of solitude and peace when in actuallity they're just putting their destructive plans into fruition.

"A fallen angel." both the sick figures said simultaneously and smiled once more.

"So, what are you planning on doing?"

OOC- I'm going away for the weekend, so I won't be on much. Just have Prism do whatever.

Captain Black said, "That is fine. We have five minutes." As soon as the couple were ready Black nodded and began walking with the two behind of him. Black smiled at the villians and led them down a hall. When they got to the hall there were already five other villians waiting. Black turned around and said, "Diaphanous this is where your journey ends today. Your job is to protect us and the other villians in side of the room up ahead." He pointed at a door down the hall. "At all costs. These other people are of the same rank as you 3rd-in-command. Once the meeting is over you and Enertro can do whatever you want. Is that understood? You won't be able to get into the room. To protect us from the NJLU we have a mindblocking system and that door can take a couple punches from Superman, so don't worry Enertro will be okay." Black smiled at Diaphanous.

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Omino was sitting inside of the room. There were only four other people in the room. They all looked like cheap skate villians. They were all pitiful. Omino just sat there waiting for some real villians to walk through the door. He was especially interested in meeting Contra.

OOC: tnx! I like him too lol


Enertro scanned Diaphanous. She was incredibly beautiful. He laughed at her joke about his armor. "Ah... another reason that shows we were meant to be together. My favorite colors are black and red," he laughed again.

"Thank you, lovely 2nd in command. I must say the same to you," he said in a playful authorative tone as she commented on how stunning he looked. He smiled at her. He kissed her as she whispered in his ear.

In a hushed whisper, Enertro responded, "I'll give you the most accurate pistol I have," he pulled out a pistol and handed it to Diaphanous, making sure to keep it hidden through the transfer by his cape and his body. He gave her several clips as well. "Although I didn't bring a weapon with incredible armor piercing capability, I do have have several others than can pierce through it, but wont guarentee the death of it's target," he handed her another pistol, but slightly larger with a large barrel.

"If they were listening to us...I bet they wished they had a partner like you," he chuckled quietly. He kissed her passionately, hoping he wouldn't smear her makeup.

"Let's go then," he said, holding Diaphanous' hand and giving her a smile before they took off.
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Surge had walked into a nearby park and took a deep breath. He loved fresh air. "General Prism, that is why we are here. We must figure out what we're going to do. So far...I believe Enertro wants to lure the heroes away from the watchtower...and plant explosives on it. You could probably guess the rest," replied Surge as he grinned.
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Morning came with little interuptions. Guardian had made his nightly rounds around the city, watching out for criminals out to do there dirty work. It seemed after the several years he patrolled the city and the surrounding areas, criminals have begun to fear the massive protector, even though he has never killed anyone. He has only brought them to the police, where they would be taken care of.

Many times, Guardian would hear the citizens pleas from Father Gilbert, whom the people of the city loved like a father. They would tell him their problems and worries, without the knowledge that Father Gilbert told Guardian all of these worries.

When Guardian first arrived at this city, it was a dump, overrun by crime, much like Gotham was before Batman came to be. It was dark and a terrible storm had been pouring everything it had on the town. Father Gilbert was out, trying to stop a thief from taking a girls purse, but was knocked over and nearly shot, when Guardian came from the heavens, his gold and silver robes swaying in the wind, his matching armor glowing, even with the little light that was out. His wings were a marvelous sight to behold, about the size of two and a half grown men in diameter. The thief was so shocked at the arrival, he kneeled in front of the angel and asked for forgiveness. That was the beginning of the redemption of the city...

Now, the city seemed to have been made clean, one of the biggest mobsters having finally been caught. The people were rejoicing at the thought, calling it "The day crime gave up". Guadian made no comment when Father Gilbert told him, but Guadian seemed to give off a happy mood when talked to.

Guadian stood in the bell tower of the cathedral, admiring the tower's beauty. It was about time to ring the noon bell when Father Gilbert came in with a look of sorrow. "Guardian, something bad is happening in Mexico...it seems a figure of evil is terrorizing the place..."

Guadian stood silently as he stared at Father Gilbert. Guadian had felt that evil earlier, but had not known where it was. Now he knew. He bowed his head at Father Gilbert. "I'm afraid I must leave this city then, Father," he said sorrowfully.

Father Gilbert was tearing up as well, as he put his hand on Guardian's shoulder plate. "We know, Guardian...we know. We'll always be awaiting your return. We all thank you for the good you have done us."

Father Gilbert gave his angelic friend a friendly embrace, as Guardian returned it. "Do not worry. I will be back," he replied. He walked outside and made one last look at Father Gilbert, before stretching out his magnificent wings and taking flight. With one last look at his home for many years, he headed towards Mexico...

The fallen angel mounted his monster companion and signaled him toward the desert. The town he had just laid waste to was in complete ruins, nothing could have survived even the single celled organisms were probably annihilated.

"I wonder if this was the power Alucard tried to unleash in me?" The devilish human asked himself.

"Doubtful, why would Alucard create a monster stronger than himself?" His gargantuan wolf comrad resonded in an earth quaking voice.

The sun was slowly setting as Saint Vicious absorbed the cool desert winds absorbing the full pleasure of his new powers.

Guardian flew over the Mexican-American border above the clouds, unseen to any from the ground. He continued on, letting his senses tell him where the demon was. He lowered his altitude until he spotted the demonic dog creature. Guadian circled around, noticing the darkening sky. This could be troublesome, he thought. Darkness weakened him a small amount. Enough to worry him atleast...

As the Guardian flew lower, he noticed that the massive dog accompanied something else... A fallen angel. Guardian slowed his discent until he floated a short distance above the demons.

"Cease your acts of violence and ask for forgiveness in so that you may be redeemed!" he called with a strong other-worldly voice, as if speaking through the thoughts and out loud at once. His voice carried a slight echo as well. He flapped his wings steadily, his robes swaying in the light breeze as his armor gleamed with a beautiful, heavenly light.

Saint Vicious woke up from his nap on Fenrir's back when he heard the otherworldly voice. This creature was magnificent, almost beautiful with his wings stretched completely.

"Well my friend it is nice to meet you, my name is Saint Vicious, but you can call me Sacer for short." He walked to the front of Fenrir patting the juggernaut's head. "This is my loyal companion, Fenrir, he is quite an unusual friend as you can tell."

He sensed aggression in this angel, a vindicator. Slowly Sacer rose off the ground with an otherworldly force. Suddenly a large single black wing stretched from his back and an enormously long sword materialized from air.

His long silver hair wavered in the wake of a cool desert breeze and his eyes were a cold blue that flickered in a falling sun.

"It is not my intention to fight you unless that is your wish. I just want to be alone." He said as the clouds above darkended. Fenrir was far below watching with curiosity.

"I cannot allow you to further harm humanity. You have done enough damage to them already. If you agree upon this, you may be spared," he called. He watched as the strange angel creature floated up to meet him. One wing, and one long sword... A fallen angel...I pity him... "I will comply with your request, if you comply with mine."

He called upon his own holy powers, bringing a massive broadsword to form in his right hand. In his left, a large kite shield, with a beautiful design of the cross engraved in it.

"It is mearly self defense against mankind's wretched design. The damage they have done to me is irrepairable, the damage I'm doing to them is replaceable." He spoke in a louder more emphatic tone.

The dark clouds from above began surrounding the fallen angel like a blanket then crashed into the earth covering the ground in a sack cloth seath. He then dove into the cover and vanished. Fenrir just sank like a doomed ship smiling at the angel the entire time with his massive blood drenched fangs.

"If it is your desire to defeat me then follow me into the depths of the abyss otherwise go tend to your precious humans." A disembodied voice boomed over the landscape.

Fenrir and Sacer floated in the blackened abyss waiting for the hero to come charging in blindly.

"It is not acceptable to kill this angel Fenrir, I would rather keep him alive." He ordered and the wolf nodded subordinately.

"It is not by humanities hand, this damage you speak of. It is only by your hand," he called, as the fallen angel flew under the cover of the clouds.

"Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it," quoted the Angel, more to himself, as he floated in the air as he contemplated the possibilities. He looked at his reflection in his sword. He sighed and dove with incredible speed after the fallen angel.

"I am no one's servant; not the devil's and not god's and yet I did deeds for the both and the consequences were devastating. So do not put me in the same house of one who I oppose. Destruction be from the human hand, god's creation, god's favorite treasure. I have seen the light and the darkness and no good will come from either. I am a third party who seeks to end them both." He responded the Angel's diatribe.

The magnificent creature plunged into the blackened void and landed on 'solid ground' which seemed to fall forever into the darkness. The fallen angel appraoched with the wolf at his back.

"I am the combination of the craftsmanship of God, the Devil, and Humanity. The product is the sinister figure in which I am. It is my conclusion that they are truly evil and they must be destroyed. The only innocent beings around are the souls in between, souls like us." He finished turning his back toward the angel flexing his darkened wing.

Guardian felt uncomfortable in the blackness, but what had to be done, had to be done.

"And what of your friends? Your family? What of all the lives on this earth that have no idea of your sorrows? Of your pain? You wish to kill them as well? Slaughter until there is none left to slaughter? Repent and come back to the light. Only then, will the path to enlightenment be shone."

Guardian circled around, barely able to see two feet in front of him. He heard slight noises close by, but he couldn't pinpoint the location. He kept his wings unfolded, ready to take flight if the need arised.

"There will be no slaughter, only enough to change the world." He watched the angel treading lightly in the darkness and smiled. "My family were all killed before eyes, my friends always betrayed me, I was a slave to the most vile being in history, I had to kill the woman I love, and now I am stricken with this appearance for self defense. Something is unjust and I intend to fix it."

He moved to a close enough range to be seen. Roughly three feet away he was prepared to deflect an attack but not ready to strike.

"The darkness is a cold and lonely place friend; I've spent enough time here to know my way around." He finished smiling.

No I'm not a bad person; I closed the gates of hell and saved the world afterall. I sacrficed myself to finish off Alucard and yet I can never be forgiven.

Diaphanous gave Black a deliberate phony smile. Oh yippee, third in command. Diaphanous was pissed off. She expected to be let in on the meeting as #2 Master. Fuck this. Protect them from what... The NJLU? The idea of Black as #2 in command was suspicious to her.

"Enertro", she whispered, "I want you to know that I am not happy; ne, outraged that I have to sit out here and miss the meeting. I thought I would be part of the meeting. By the way, I find it suspicious that one of their people, Black, whom I would not trust if I were you, is #2 here and I cannot be let in. They seem to have some issues with any more than one person from each team inside. I hope you apprise me of all the details after the meeting. If they have messed with your head, I will be able to tell." Diaphanous looked at Enertro, clearly suspicious of this meeting, and quite unhappy and frowned at him.

"Well, have fun all of you who don't have to sit out here playing cards," she said sarcastically. She kissed Enertro. "Be careful." she mouthed.

"Well, we might as well make the best of this." Diaphanous said to the others stuck outside, while rolling her eyes. "Anyone want to play poker? No mind reading allowed!" She sighed. "This sucks."

The fallen angel sighed as the darkness collapsed around them and returned into him. The sun had set completely revealing a beautiful starry night.

"I did the most selfish acts and commited the most selfless acts all in one life time. Right now I just want to live alone and in peace. However, I will not be lectured by one such as you!"

The fallen angel steadied his weapon beckoning the hero.

"If we're going to fight we'll do so on even terms." He said staring down his blade.

Enertro smiled weakly at Diaphanous. "I love you too, Diaphanous. I will be sure to tell you everything In the meeting."

He kissed Diaphanous and smiled as she mouthed him to be careful. He turned around.

"Let's not delay any longer, General Black," he said sternly, as he walked towards the general.
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Guardian sighed. "You, who walk the path of darkness, shall feel the flames of truth and all that is holy, so that you may be redeemed," he shouted. Although the clouds were gone, it was still somewhat dark out, hindering Guadian's powers slightly. Guardian remained in his slightly crouched position, his wings stretched behind him to make any swift movements. His large kite shield blocked most of his body, while his sword was held parallel to the ground, ready to block or perry any move his opponent would make. Guardian never attacked first, believing that doing so would give others the impression he was a warmonger. He waited for the fallen angel to make his move.

"I've never met someone so thickheaded and stubborn. Blinded by your 'truths' you could never see beyond your own hands. You could never understand I have done acts holier than you can even dream." He finished crouching lower prepared to strike.

Fenrir thundered directly behind him and the fallen angel gently leaped onto his compaion's snout charging the angel.

Diaphanous gave Black a deliberate phony smile. Oh yippee, third in command. Diaphanous was pissed off. She expected to be let in on the meeting as #2 Master. Fuck this. Protect them from what... The NJLU? The idea of Black as #2 in command was suspicious to her.

"Enertro", she whispered, "I want you to know that I am not happy; ne, outraged that I have to sit out here and miss the meeting. I thought I would be part of the meeting. By the way, I find it suspicious that one of their people, Black, whom I would not trust if I were you, is #2 here and I cannot be let in. They seem to have some issues with any more than one person from each team inside. I hope you apprise me of all the details after the meeting. If they have messed with your head, I will be able to tell." Diaphanous looked at Enertro, clearly suspicious of this meeting, and quite unhappy and frowned at him.

"Well, have fun all of you who don't have to sit out here playing cards," she said sarcastically. She kissed Enertro. "Be careful." she mouthed.

"Well, we might as well make the best of this." Diaphanous said to the others stuck outside, while rolling her eyes. "Anyone want to play poker? No mind reading allowed!" She sighed. "This sucks."

Black looked at Diaphanous and said, "Well either I have very good hearing or you can't whisper. There are more than two members of the team going into the room. He pointed at Enertro. "He is going in." Then he pointed at himself. "And I am going in. I do believe that is what the organizers of this meeting said. But then again I could be wrong." He looked at Enertro and said, "You are the first-in-command right or does she wear the pants inside of your organization?" He walked up to the door and entered. he held the door open for Enertro.

Guardian was taken aback at the comment. "I pity you then...If you had done acts holier than I, you would not be in your current state," said the Angel.

As the giant dog creature thundered from behind, Guardian leaped into the air, soaring gracefully and speedily towards the charging figure. As he got close enough, he prepared to cut a long slash along Fenrir's right side as they went by.

The fallen angel quickly parried his attack on his monsterous steed and leaped directly at him shifting his fighting stand frequently. His long blade looked uncomfortable but he could handle it with ease.

Sacer let loose a fury of assaults with his massive blade trying to overwhelm the angel's defense.

"General Black, if we go with the deal, you will address both of us as Master. And I expect proper respect to the both of us," He walked into the room as Black held the door open.

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Guardian blocked each attack, by repelling with his own sword, or by his shield. I cannot keep this up forever in the darkness... he thought.

At the next blow, Guardian let the attack carry him backwards, his wings giving him altitude. He was soon soaring as if floating on his back, before he spun around and rose to an even higher altitude. Satisfied with his altitude, he flipped around, and with a giant burst of speed, he angled himself so he flew just above his oppenents head, but under the monstrous beast's stomach. He placed his sheild in front of his face, and folded his wings, letting physics take care of the rest. He resembeled a large bullet as he sped faster and faster towards Sacer.

Sacer flew directly upward into the bullet tackling him into the sky. He then pushed higher into the sky and then directly back down at the target.

Fenrir only on with amazement as the angels battled ferociously in the sky.

As Guardian was tackled from the sky, he had to deal with a bit of vertigo. As he floated, he looked up to see the fallen angel return for another blow. Guardian pointed his sword straight at the target and sped towards him, knowing that if both traveled at a fast enough speed, the fallen angel would get skewered by the large sword. Guardian flapped his wings furiously, quickly gaining speed.

It was truly a marvelous sight, an ultimate battle between good and evil, constantly battering each other in the clear sky...

"General Black, if we go with the deal, you will address both of us as Master. And I expect proper respect to the both of us," He walked into the room as Black held the door open.

Black closed the door. Black looked at Enertro and said, "Let me tell you something. I don't work for you. I work for the United States of America. I am here under the President's order. You have already signed the contract. You must go through with everything the US orders you to do. You are first-in-command over your team. I am here to relay the objectives the US has given me to you. That is my job. I am also here to help you strategize. If you want me to call you, Master, I expect the same from you. You are not my master. You are an employee of the USA. I will respect you and your mistress to the fullest but I will not discredit myself by calling anyone master. I will call you sir and call her madam. Is that clear sir?" After he said what he needed to say he pointed to a seat that had a panel in front of it that said United States Representative "That is where you will sit. I will be with the generals from the other countries over there." He saluted Enertro and said, "Good luck." He walked over and joined the other military officials.

Enertro was somewhat angry from the outburst. That was alright though...once the NJLU gone, he would have his fun...

A man in a yellow suit came from the back and said, "Our meeting will commense as soon as Contra arrives." Omino nodded his head. He had began to lose his patience.

ATTENTION GAELTACH!

Contra hadn't responded to Zaroff yet. The General looked at her and said, "Is there something wrong?"

The fallen angel only sped towards his skewer even faster at the last second he spun around the blade and launched an attack from the side.

This is the battle I dreamed about my entire life He thought as he both drove and admired his opponent through the air.

Fenrir looked up and only saw flashes of the blades clattering in the night sky.

Wooshaba']Black looked at Diaphanous and said, "Well either I have very good hearing or you can't whisper. There are more than two members of the team going into the room. He pointed at Enertro. "He is going in." Then he pointed at himself. "And I am going in. I do believe that is what the organizers of this meeting said. But then again I could be wrong." He looked at Enertro and said, "You are the first-in-command right or does she wear the pants inside of your organization?" He walked up to the door and entered. he held the door open for Enertro.

In a very cocky tone, Diaphanous stated, "You might notice we are both wearing pants." She rolled her eyes. "Of course Enertro is first in command, and by asking us both to be called 'master', what he is referring to, is to treat us both with the same respect, not necessarily use the word. I am #2 in the organization."

She glared at Black. Bastard. "I can see how diplomatic and official your behavior is by your very well thought out and appropriate comment about who wears the pants. Yes, that is appropriate for a diplomat or representative of the US. I am sure your superiors would love to hear the way you speak. It's so official. Your diplomacy is commendable."

Diaphanous turned around and asked the other #3s again if they wanted to play cards. "Maybe we should introduce ourselves, or perhaps some are missing? Either way, we have to pass the time somehow..."

Guardian was constantly changing from being on the offense to being on the defense and back again. Unfortunately, Darkness had not helped him at all, and he was constantly giving ground. If things didn't change soon, Guardian might have to retreat until the sun is out.

Guardian parried the next attack, and thrust out, hoping to catch his opponent off guard.

At the same time the fallen angel lunged his massive blade out narrowly avoiding his foe's strike. The angel's blade slid across his cheek cleanly leaving a faint trail of blood behind. He watched as his long sword extended forward.

Never before have I felt so alive, this is incredible!

OOC: Hyper looks like you got your stories crossed. Aeschia? I do believe she belongs to a certain vampire RPG. ;)

Black didn't hear Diaphanous' sarcastic reply because he was already in the room while Diaphanous was outside guarding for potential enemies.

ooc: See how exhuasted I am! I'm getting off line pretty quickly!:p

Wooshaba']Contra hadn't responded to Zaroff yet. The General looked at her and said, "Is there something wrong?"

"No. Nothing at all."

She stepped off, suddenly feeling a little irked although she wasn't quite sure why. Contra kept her thoughts to herself as she allowed Zaroff to lead the way.

Guardian was slightly satisfied seeing he struck blood within the creature, but realized he was now somewhat open to attack...

And attack is what came next, Sacers blade extended towards his face, which Guardian barely dodged, the blade sliding past his helm, causing sparks.

"Begone, evil one, and plague humanity no more!" he called out as he flew back a few feet, returning himself to his defensive stance.

The fallen angel landed stroking the blood on the side of his face and licking it from his palm.

"I must know, my friend, what is the origin of your awesome power? Never before have I felt so incredible and it is because of this I call you a friend." He said chuckling; Sacer was having the time of his life.

"I recieve my power from the light, the heavens, and all that is holy," he replied. He still hovered several feet above ground, ready for nearly anything. "And you...you have been a formidable opponent...What is your name, dark one?"

"My name is Sacer, but that is only due to a recent turn of events. I can feel that you are not at your strongest right now. Perhaps we should postpone this battle for another time when you are not as weakened." He said bowing to his worthy adversary.

Strange...this being does not show the usual attitude towards an opponent as other demons have... Guardian remained in the air, slightly confused. "Sacer. Holy. If it only were so..." a hint of sadness crept into Guardians voice as he looked Sacer over. He wondered what could have happened to the man that caused his downfall to the devil...

"That would be...most...favorable..." replied Guardian, slowly. He had no idea if this was a trick or not. "But If I notice damage to humanity by you, be warned I shall return, whether by the light of day, or the darkness of night..." Guardian slowly ascended, keeping his form, and watching Sacer.

"I am not without my honor kind angel." Sacer said folding his wing into nothingness. "It was never my intention to attack the humans mearly my lack of restraint in defense that led to such devastation." His long blade evaporated into dust that were quickly absorbed.

"Come Fenrir!" The fallen angel called and the behemoth stormed aross the ground to his master. He leapt onto Fenrir's back and waved to his opposite as the wolf carried him away.

"No. Nothing at all."

She stepped off, suddenly feeling a little irked although she wasn't quite sure why. Contra kept her thoughts to herself as she allowed Zaroff to lead the way.

Zaroff looked at her and said, "We are late. That is not good. Not good at all. Now they will think of you as weak." Zaroff quickly ran outside with Contra behind him. He had a car waiting for them. He opened the door for her and ran around to the driver's seat. When they were both comfortable inside of the car he said, "Let us be off then." He cranked up the car and pulled away from the airport.

The fallen angel quickly remembered a book he had read while under Alucard's wing called The Triumverate.


And god created three divine spirits to rule over man and creation after the mourning star. Holy, Law, and Fortune were the three angels created to protect the innocent from the Devil's wrath. Holy is the slayer and hunter of god's enemies. Law garuntees stability among mankind and the angels themselves. Fortune grants miracles and hope to mankind. It is Holy's ultimate fate to fall into darkness after slaying a great evil. Law and Fortune will battle against Holy in a time known as the Advent Apocolypse. Events taking place in this time period are pre cursors to judgement day and the grand arbitration.

Sacer rubbed his chin and dismissed the book as pathetic religious speculation.

She settled into the back seat comfortably, staring blankly out the window. She wasn't taking in the sights, merely allowing her thoughts to wander.

They might think of me as weak? Let them. Underestimation is my greatest ally.

As they pulled up to the building, she allowed Zaroff to lead the way to the meeting, insisting he hold the door for her. Afterall.. it was only chivalrous. Contra entered the conference room a stoic and confidant woman, yet barely flickered a gaze over the occupants. She merely strode to her seat in silence.

Diaphanous was bored. She knew all the repesentatives were not there and was interested in seeing who else was coming to the party.

Suddenly she felt some odd Mojo. Yes... odd, as if the balance between Good and Evil was at stake, including the fate of the Earth.

Ahhh... Shit! Diaphanous sat down on the floor, her back to the wall next to the door and began playing solitaire. She sighed.

She settled into the back seat comfortably, staring blankly out the window. She wasn't taking in the sights, merely allowing her thoughts to wander.

They might think of me as weak? Let them. Underestimation is my greatest ally.

As they pulled up to the building, she allowed Zaroff to lead the way to the meeting, insisting he hold the door for her. Afterall.. it was only chivalrous. Contra entered the conference room a stoic and confidant woman, yet barely flickered a gaze over the occupants. She merely strode to her seat in silence.


Zaroff entered the room quickly after Contra. Being his goofy self he walked around and said hello to everyone. Omino looked at him and thought, He is a fool. That is when he saw Contra. The only woman who had nearly bested the NJLU. He nodded at her as she sat down in a seat next to him.

The man in the yellow suit quickly ran from the back and said, "Finally everyone is here. Now we may begin." He looked around and said, "Looks like everyone has gathered a worthy leader for there group. My name is Mr. Bellis. I am in charge of this operation." He smiled and nodded. "I do believe at one time or another the annoying NJLU has thwarted your plans. They must be destroyed. That is our purpose." Everyone in the room nodded in agreement. "The purpose of this meeting is to introduce everyone to one another and to display everyone's abilities." The man in the yellow suit looked at Contra and said, "Because you were the closest to destroying the NJLU I do believe you should display yours first." Everyone looked towards Contra.

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Haze was in his secret hideout in Gotham City. He was there researching a certain book. It was premonition about the future of the world. He had run into it once but didn't bother to look at it. Today he had seen a symbol from the book on Sacer. He had to know what the book said. Perhaps these things that are happening are connected. He continued to research the book.

"Hey Fenrir, what do you think about the situation?" Sacer asked.

"Do you mean that is it coincidence that your name is holy and that everything in The Triumverate describes you to a T?" The wolf responded.

"Yeah, I always thought it was wierd that I was born the day the second war for heaven ended. Do you think I am the angel Holy who fled to earth and entered Decimus?" He asked again.

"It's possible, and then the key to hell being a half angel/half demon. Then Alucard used us to do exactly that. I guess you are the fallen angel Holy." The wolf replied calmly trudging along the landscape.

"So who am I then?" Sacer asked his oldest endless friend.

"You are who you want to be Sacer, not even god can take away your free will." The wolf said trying to motivate his comrad.

"I am Decimus the human, Reave the half demon, Sacer the angelic knight, and St. Vicious the fallen angel. I do not want to destroy the earth, nor kill any more innocent people, but I fear I am stuck in a destiny I cannot escape. Seems like nothing I do is my own will. Alucard, You, Athena, Enertro, all of you seemed to make my choices for me." The fallen angel said in a somber tone.

"Rest Sacer, you had one hell of a fight." The wolf pleaded and Sacer agreed as his black wing hung limp over the side of the armored wolf. He laid pack with his head leaning on a metal spike and his eyes rested for the first time in days. Before he fell into sleep he gazed at the stars overhead.

"Whatever I did, I'm truly sorry. I was only a victim to my destiny." He muttered under his breath to the sky. He saw the noble angel he had foguht earleir. "Whoever you are, you are my true friend and my utmost enemy." He finished as his eyes closed finally.

She eyed Omino half-heartedly, and responded to his nod with the barest hint of a smile before regaining her look of haughty indifference. When the man in the yellow suit took the floor, she had the strange sensation of having stepped into a Curious George book. When he asked her to introduce herself, she didn't bother to stand.

"Very well. I am Contra. My.. ability.. well, you'll see for yourselves."

She closed her eyes and engaged Hex. The air in the room suddenly felt strange, as if it were electrically charged somehow.

"There. Who's next?"

Her words had an edge to them. She disliked being the first to lay down her cards. This way, they would not see what she was doing until they tried to display their own strength. The plan was devilishly amusing.

ooc: I'll take the color off when I disengage Hex. Also, for the purposes of getting used to what Hex does, if anyone wants me to say what would happen to theirs char's ability these first few tests, that's fine. Just let me know.

The man in the yellow suit looked around at everyone. Nothing had changed but a little electricity in the air. "Well Contra what did you do?" She didn't reply so Mr. Bellis went to the next person. He looked over to the man who represented France and said, "You are next. He stood up. When he fully stood up, he was 8'8 tall. He had the strength of ten bulls but the mind of a calf with madcow disease. This man had disgusted Omino. He smelled of cheese and he talked as though he had never been educated. Omino thought to himself, Leave it to the French to go for the body, not wits. This man was probably the strongest man there. Then the giant opened up his mouth to speak. Omino turned his head because he couldn't stand the sound of the man's voice. What he heard was totally different from what he expected.

"My name is the Giant. This is the most awkward thing that has ever happened to me." The tall man looked at himself in surprise. He looked back at the the representative from France. The Frenchman just strung his shoulders. "Well this is interesting," said the yellow man in the suit, "Before Giant couldn't even mumble a complete sentence; now he probably speaks more professionally than anyone." He looked at Contra in suspicion. He cracked a smile. "Did you do that Contra? Explain to us how you did that." Everyone turned around and faced Contra again.

Omino tried to generate a fire on the tips of his fingers but all he got was water. Then he tried to make water on his hands and got a small flame. He looked at Contra and said, "Have you reversed our powers?"

"No, not reversed. It's a disruptor. Try to teleport across the room and you may end up in the middle of the street. Try to run like the Flash, or my cousin Pietro.. and you may find yourself unable to move. These are but a few examples."

Something in her eyes glinted malovolantly and she rested back in her seat with a small, knowing smile.

Mr. Bellis looked at Contra and said, "Well can you turn off your hex for a little while." He smiled. "It is going to be very useful, but we really need everyone to display their powers. Omino popped his knuckles. I'll have to watch out for that. Giant was still standing waiting for the Hex to be released.

Kid Flash ran away for the longest time. Stopping he wanted to get back up the watchtower. Then he was transported up. Getting up he got out and looked around. "Ok Sacer, went on a rampage and I also got killed back there."

Static looked at him and said, "You got killed? Did you try to fight him after Haze left? Why didn't you leave? You can barely run the speed of sound and yet you are trying to fight one of the strongest beings on Earth. Have you lost your mind?" Everyone looked at Kid Flash. Impulse shook his head and thought, This isn't going to be pretty.

Kid Flash looked at Static. " I fought Sacer.You know what just maybe I lost my mind." Then he ran directly at Static with his hand in the shape of a fist. The fist was directed at Static's stomach. The only problem Kid Flash would have is Impulse.

OOC: Good read Canadstein that is just what I was looking for.

Kid Flash looked at Static. " I fought Sacer.You know what just maybe I lost my mind." Then he ran directly at Static with his hand in the shape of a fist. The fist was directed at Static's stomach. The only problem Kid Flash would have is Impulse.

Impulse didn't react in time. But he didn't have to. Static had seen it coming. Static sent a static bolt that froze Kid Flash in his place momentarily. "Oh so you want to fight." Static presse a button and hole in the floor opened up underneath Kid Flash. Kid Flash fell into the room underneath. Static looked over at the others and said, "Come on." They made their way down to the training room. Static popped his knuckles and said, "Now you wish to fight your superiors. I think I'll teach you a lesson before kicking you out of the NJLU and the Teen Titans." Static pulled out a piece of metal that turned into a metal disc. Static looked at him and said, "Let's see what you got." Static balled his fists up and electricity began to pulsate around Virgil's body.

"You will teach me a lesson. It will be the other way around you fool." Kid Flash made a stance and as a could. It was a little slower then the speed of light. He started to punch Static. Arthur gave a massive punch to Static's Face.

Contra shrugged indifferently and released Hex. She was still annoyed at showing her hand, but resigned herself to it for the moment.

Enertro watched the giant of a man stand up. He reminded Enertro of Legion, but he knew that Legion had better hygene...

Enertro was slightly amused as he watched the other villains test out their power, figuring out Contra's doing...

Enertro reclined in his chair and conjured up a small glow in his hand that slowly dimmed until there was nothing left.

"A question, dear Contra..." said Enertro as he stared at his dimming fist. "What if I were to," he whipped out his pistol with one of his hands, and aimed it right at Contra, all in a matter of a seconds. He smiled confidently as he continued. "Shoot you right now? Do not fear, I will not, but what is to stop someone who can?"

Contra had sparked his interest, being the only one who has gotten close to the NJLU...
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Legion had finally waken up to an empty room. He lazily got up and stretched, wondering where everyone was. He slowly took a shower, brushed his teeth, and dressed. Soon finished, he walked around, exploring the hotel. He soon saw Diaphanous playing cards by herself. He smiled as he walked up to her.

"Want some company?" he chuckled as he multiplied himself 3 times, making a total of 4 Legions.

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Guardian had stopped at a small church in Mexico for a short time to pray. He recieved many stares as he walked into the church, and the priest himself bowed to the angel.

After an hour of prayer, Guardian began to leave the church, until he was stopped by a young girl.

"Please, you have to help my son...He is very sick. He may die," she said in Spanish. She began to cry uncontrollably.

Guardian put a reassuring hand on her shoulder. "There there, child. By the grace and kindness of the Lord above, I will assist in the cleansing of your son..."

Soon after, he was led to a small hut and into a small room, where a tiny child layed in his bed, sweaty beyond belief. Guardian walked slowly towards the boy and lay his hand on the boy's forehead. It felt incredibly hot. The boy moaned.

Guardian knelt down beside the boy's bed and stroked his head several times. His hand began to glow with each stroke. Soon after, Guardian stopped stroking the boy's head and stood up. The mother ran to Guardian.

"Is it done? Is he healed?" She noticed the boy unmoving in bed. "Did you kill him?" Tears filled her eyes.

"Rest assured, he is fine. Let him sleep and he shall return to you, free from sickness."

Guardian walked outside the house, the boys mother trailing him the whole way, thanking him constantly. Guardian opened his wings, before turning back to the mother. "Daughter of God, don't thank me, thank the Lord."

Guardian crouched, about to take off, when someone shouted "Wait!" Guardian looked back and noticed a crowd of people, some carrying children, some pictures, some showing crosses. "Please help our family!" they began shouting.

Guardian looked at the people a short time, before folding his wings back in, and aiding the villagers with their sicknesses.

Nearly a whole day had passed, before Guardian was finished healing the town. With every healing, he was regarded as a hero, the town's savior. He merely responded to all thank's with "Thank the Lord, as I am merely a servant."

He finally had taken off, back to the United States, after the whole town had gathered to see him off, and give him a final thank you.

Off he soared, to his small hometown in middle California. As he floated in the peaceful skies, he thought of the battle he had two days previous. He was a fallen angel, one wing. Powerful, yet fighting with dignity and honor. Proud, yet somewhat disappointed in himself, as if he hasn't made decisions for himself in so long...But he has. It is his fault he has become demonic, his fault I must finish him off sometime... Guardian felt slightly saddened at the thought. He disliked taking away someone's life, believing he has done too much when battling demons and monsters long ago. But even moreso this figure, because he was so different from other demons he has battled, so...cultured and civilized. Evil, with some good...

Guardian sighed and decided he should pray...perhaps a thought or solution will appear after a bit of prayer. He descended in Los Angelus, into an allyway. Guardian decided he should disguise himself somewhat, lest he attract the attention of a whole city. Not that he wished to purge this city of crime and sickness, moreso, he wanted to pray and offer his own thank you's to his own masters....

Guardian folded his wings and flattened them against his body. Even with this, one could easily see his wings on either side, as they strectched nearly to his feet. Guardian conjured up a long white trench coat, that covered most of his wings, yet left a small bit of the tip uncovered. He summoned a white Parson's hat on top of his head, to cover his helm. Leaving the collar of his trench coat upwards, one could see very little of his face.

He walked out into the street with this get up and recieved a few laughs, stares, and a lot of cat calls. He ignored all of these. To all who looked at him, he looked strange. He looked bulky, unknowingly to others, because he wore armor. He made his way to the church to pray.
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Legion had just finished asking Diaphanous if he could join, when out of the corner of his eye, he caught something flying past the window. He ran to the window and looked out.

"Diaphanous! I just saw something wierd! Like a giant bird or something! I only saw it's wing!" he was talking very fast and excitingly. He never knew of a bird so big...It didn't even come to his mind that it may have been an angel...

"You will teach me a lesson. It will be the other way around you fool." Kid Flash made a stance and as a could. It was a little slower then the speed of light. He started to punch Static. Arthur gave a massive punch to Static's Face.

Static once again made a static cling grab slow Kid Flash. Static looked at him and said, "I may not be faster than light but my electricity moves at the same speed." He released Arthur from the cling. He then hovered in the air on the metal disc. "You are probably one of the fastest guys I have ever fought. Come on. Give me more of a challenge." Static clapped his hands and sent a mighty bolt at Kid Flash.

Enertro watched the giant of a man stand up. He reminded Enertro of Legion, but he knew that Legion had better hygene...

Enertro was slightly amused as he watched the other villains test out their power, figuring out Contra's doing...

Enertro reclined in his chair and conjured up a small glow in his hand that slowly dimmed until there was nothing left.

"A question, dear Contra..." said Enertro as he stared at his dimming fist. "What if I were to," he whipped out his pistol with one of his hands, and aimed it right at Contra, all in a matter of a seconds. He smiled confidently as he continued. "Shoot you right now? Do not fear, I will not, but what is to stop someone who can?"

Contra had sparked his interest, being the only one who has gotten close to the NJLU...

Omino looked over at Enertro and said, "Why use a gun when you have natural powers?" Omino's eyes glowed and then bent the pistol head around so that it pointed at him. Omino then said, "What would you do if I used my telekinesis to make you pull your own trigger?" Everyone watched as tension grew between the two.

Kid Flash moved out of the way. Anger built up in his body. Then it was released. A beam of light came out and toward Static. This what Impulse must of been talking about. With this new power he attacked Static with the beams of light.

The beam of light blinded Static and knocked him off of his disc. "I wasn't expecting that." He looked at the enraged Kid Flash and said, "Is that a new power? Hope you know how to harness it because you are going to need it." Static generated a ball of lightning in his hand and slung it at Arthur.

Kid Flash repel it with a beam of light. Then moving foward at a quick speed he shot a bunch of light at Statich then ran up and blasted his metal disc.

Diaphanous was delighted to see Legion. "Fantastic! How about Blackjack?"

As Diaphanous and the group of Legions were playing cards, Legion suddenly startled and said he saw something with a wing fly past the window... like an angel. This concerned Diaphanous. This whole conference is giving me bad Mojo. Bad Mojo from the conference room, bad Mojo from the outside... and where are the other #3s? Perhaps they had enough sense not to show up, as it was a drag, and now it is only Legion and I to protect everyone?

Diaphanous also didn't care for several of Enertro's new comrads. She didn't trust all of them.

"Legion, I don't know what to say other than I've been feeling bad Mojo ever since I got here." She wished she knew more, and had something better to tell him, but she did not.

I hope this meeting ends soon, or I'm leaving.

Kid Flash's light beams were weak so they didn't cause Static any damage. They just blinded him. Static closed his eyes as a light beam shot at him. Static's disc was reflective so Kid Flash's light beam shot back at him with twice the amount of force. "You should be more careful," Virgil said to Arthur as the light beam shot back at the speedster.

OOC: Hyper the other third-in-commands are just sitting around watching the walls. They are in a similar situation to Dia. If you want to NPC them then you can.

"Fool" Kid Flash ran up to Static and grabbed him. Then started to run. "Hey Virgil let's see how your body can withstand going at the speed of light." Kid Flash looked at him a smirk and kept on running. They were getting closer to the right speed.

"Fool" Kid Flash ran up to Static and grabbed him. Then started to run. "Hey Virgil let's see how your body can withstand going at the speed of light." Kid Flash looked at him a smirk and kept on running. They were getting closer to the right speed.


"Looks like you are the fool. You have just become a human lightning rod." A spark of electricity came into Static's eye and then he let Kid Flash have it. He electrocuted Kid Flash with one of his most powerful volts. There was no escaping this charge because Arthur himself had grabbed Virgil.

The pain flowed threw his body, but there was no chance now for Static. Kid Flash kept going and was slowly entering the Speed Force. Looking at Static he said. "Bye fool."

Static saw that they were entering the Speed Force. Static knew he had only one shot. Static used the rest of his electric energy to make the ground into a huge magnet. All of the negative charges in his and Kid Flashes body shot into the floor leaving only positive charges. Then Static let nature do its thing. The electrons and the protons quickly attracted to each other bring both Kid Flash and Static to a stop. Static grabbed Kid Flash's hand, shocked it so that he could momentarily paralyze it, and slung Kid Flash hard into the ground. Gravity along with the magnetic forces brought Arthur to the ground quickly.

Getting up Kid Flash looked at Static. Then started to run again. With the last of his engry he shot a beam of light at Static. Kid Flash was going to end this.

Diaphanous suddenly began singing a very sad song... one of her favorites. It seemed appropriate for her mood.

O Fortuna,
velut luna
statu variabilis,
semper crescis
aut decrescis;
vita detestabilis
nunc obdurat
et tunc curat
ludo mentis aciem,
egestatem,
potestatem
dissolvit ut glaciem.

Sors immanis
et inanis,
rota tu volubilis,
status malus,
vana salus
semper dissolubilis,
obumbrata
et velata
michi quoque niteris;
nunc per ludum
dorsum nudum
fero tui sceleris.

Sors salutis
et virtutis
michi nunc contraria,
est affectus
et defectus
semper in angaria.
Hac in hora
sine mora
corde pulsum tangite;
quod per sortem
sternit fortem,
mecum omnes plangite!

Very sadly, it reminded Diaphanous of Sacer. The lyrics seemed written specifically for him.

Getting up Kid Flash looked at Static. Then started to run again. With the last of his engry he shot a beam of light at Static. Kid Flash was going to end this.

This was a strong beam. Static didn't have a power source to relinquish some more energy into him again. Static looked at his disc. He grabbed it and held it in front of him. The light beam bounced off of the the reflective surface again and shot directly back at the speedster. Static thought to himselfThat could kill him. Static looked at Impulse and nodded. Impulse quickly swept in and grabbed Arthur.

"Let go of me Impulse." Kid Flash looked at Impulse then at Static. "I could have gotten rid of you." Getting up he pushed Impulse aside. Then looked at him. "I thought you have been different."

Contra glanced to Entero boredly, unflinching as he leveled a firearm at her. She had been about to take the matter into her own control when Omino moved to her defense.

"You see.. this is why teams of 'bad guys' never work out. Too much in-fighting."

She half-grinned, watching the confrontation.

Sacer had awakened when he heard the screams of several people. He lept off Fenrir's back and released he had carried him toward a small Mexican Village. Thankfully Fenrir didn't attack anyone, the people just ran from his horrid appearance. Sacer could see the villagers covering their children from the windows as he walked down the street with his one black wing extended proudly. Fenrir trudged behind, each step he took shook the earth, and sent villagers into a panic.

A little child who hadn't been able to run slowly walked up to the unholy pair and wrapped her arms around the disfigured giant wolf in a warm embrace. The giant wolf had to focus from wagging his tail in happiness. Sacer turned and smiled warmly but then he felt his heart sank.

Have I not done good things? I don't deserve to be this way. After all I've sacrificed my only reward is the form I'm in now. A meer shell of my former glory. This isn't fair...

Sacer fell to a knee leaning on his sword driven into the ground.

"How can you use natural powers when they are hexed?" he replied calmly, staring Omino in the eyes, keeping his cocky grin on his face. Another telekinetic character... he thought, as images of Diaphanous appeared in his mind.
"Typically, I wouldn't be in such a situation, My own guards would have shot you down as you turned my pistol on me...And if the hex was not active and you did happen to do this...let's just say, my gun would be a small puddle on the ground...If you could do it..."
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Legion gave a look of worry to Diaphanous. "Perhaps you should go check it out...If it's one of the NJLU, they could hamper this whole movement to destroy them...I'll stay here with the others, unless you feel I should come with. In fact, I'll have some of my multiples follow you."

Two of the three multiples stepped closer to Diaphanous, while the real Legion looked out the window again. "When you get down there, use your mind powers to detect any stangers or super beings."

A tear fell from Sacer's eye as he thought back to Athena.

What would my child have looked like?

He saw the child's long brown hair blowing in the wind. Slowly the other villagers began surrounding the pair in curiousity. Sacer was completely surrounded by peasants gently poking and touching him muttering in spanish.

Has everything I've ever faught for been for nothing? I've slayed millions of demons, made the ultimate sacrifice, and still I cannot be granted a joyous existance.

Slowly his anger began to build to a frustrated climax, he was ready to slaughter the pathetic humans around him who irritated him greatly. Suddenly he remembered his promise to the other angel whom he had admired.

I know how to make god cry; I'll take away his blessed child and make him suffer just as I have. There will be no mercy, no honor, no kindness. I will make the heavens cry.

He stood up pushing his way out of the mob and jumping back onto Fenrir.

"Take me away from here." He ordered

On top of the monsterous wolf Sacer remembered Enertro, Prism, and Diaphanous. Slowly and sadly Sacer began humming a melody he had learned in Japan a long time ago. It translates to Sound Life.

Guardian Angel, you will die only as a means. The end is out of my hands.

The group of peasants followed Sacer and Fenrir through the desert yelling in Spanish until one of them actually spoke in english.

"What is the meaning of life dear angel?" The man asked.

Sacer jumped down from Fenrir and squared up with the short man flexing his large black wing. The man was terrified and Sacer saw him mouth the words "demon". Something inside the fallen angel's mind snapped as he ran the man through with his massive blade.

"The meaning of life is that it has no meaning, we are forlorn." He finished sliding the blade out of the man as the rest of the group screamed in terror.

"Why are you afraid of me!? Do you not know what I have done for you!?" His voice quaked the earth knocking the followers to the ground. Sacer lifted himself into the air and smiled wickedly. "Fenrir feast." He whispered.

The giant wolf pounced on the group devouring them one by one and at one point chomping down on five at a time. The little girl who reminded Sacer of his dead unborn child stared helplessly as the demonic wolf made a quick meal of her.

"Surely you cannot let this slaughter carry on anymore Guardian Angel! Surely you will come to your people as a champion!" Sacer's voice boomed over the horizon. His eyes burned crimson red in the wake of a rising sun.

Guardian made his way into a nearby church, and kneeled down behind the pews, knowing he probably wouldn't fit between them.

As he prayed, his battle kept entering his mind. Who is he? When I battled him...it seemed as though we were tied together...A sort of bond... Guardian would have sighed, but his strange voice would have attracted unwanted attention. A puzzle I hope will be answered soon... Guardian finished up his prayers, one of them being a prayer of guidance, to find out this 'bond' between the two...

Guardian felt it. A stabbing pain within him...something was wrong. Guardian stumbled outside, people staring at him, wondering if he were drunk. Then, his wings stretched out, bursting through the trench coat, leaving it in tatters. Each piece fell to the floor, beautiful white strips, dirtied by the puddles of dirty water.

Several gasps emitted from the passerbys as they stared in awe at the angel in armor. The angel bolted into the sky, straight to Mexico. That demon wishes for another confrontation... he thought angrily.

The fallen angel squinted as the sun bent over the horizon and he felt some of his power drain away.

It is not important, I will destroy him if only to make a point. I am no one's pawn.

He stood amongst the carnage of Fenrir's feast, at least sixty people died in a manner Sacer was familiar with. Fenrir snapped around as the light angel approached from the distance. No longer were Sacer's eyes kind, they were narrow and sinister.

"God I no longer want your forgiveness; I want to have the opportunity to forgive you after you see what it is I have done!" He yelled to the morning sky.

The angel heard the challenge, as well as his words of his goal. With those words, the angel roared his own challenge, one that he used so long ago...back when he fought demons daily. One that sent chills through even the most heartless. "Demon, you have called upon me at the wrong time!" he shouted. His sword materialized as well as his shield as he dove down.

"Perhaps you are beyond forgiveness," he called while he slashed at Fenrir as he flew along his massive body, avoiding his bloody maw, and smelling the horrid stench of death.

Fenrir roared as the blade slid through his flesh, turned and spewed a large amount of blood at the angel passing.

Sacer stood with his back turned to the assault summoning a dark power.

"I am no demon angel." The fallen one said calmly as a black cloud shot into the sky and left an ominous cloud overhead.

Guardian's flight was hampered by the blood the massive dog was belching at him. Guardian used the light to cleanse away this blood, but found that clouds began to cover it, as the demonic creature had his back turned to him. Guardian continued to fly towards Sacer, his blade drawn, and his sheild now formed. "Then what are you?" he shouted as he closed the distance.

In an instant Sacer had shot into the sky where the clouds began to rumble and lightening scattered throughout.

A loud disembodied voice broke the horizon. "I am a devil, angel."

Suddenly Sacer exploded from the cloud dragging it down with him toward the angel sword in hands. The black cloud resembled that of a massively long cape.

The angel was startled as the massive dark mass sailed towards him. "Then you will fall, as the devil has!"

His massive sword lit on fire with a bright white flame. His shield was ready to block an incoming attack.

"How can you use natural powers when they are hexed?" he replied calmly, staring Omino in the eyes, keeping his cocky grin on his face. Another telekinetic character... he thought, as images of Diaphanous appeared in his mind.
"Typically, I wouldn't be in such a situation, My own guards would have shot you down as you turned my pistol on me...And if the hex was not active and you did happen to do this...let's just say, my gun would be a small puddle on the ground...If you could do it..."
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Omino smiled at Enertro. Your guards would not have had the chance. Believe it. Omino looked away from Enertro and towards the man in the yellow suit. Mr. Bellis looked at them and said, "Come on guys. We are on the same team." He looked around nervously. "Enertro, why don't you show us your powers now." Everyone looked at Enertro.

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"Let go of me Impulse." Kid Flash looked at Impulse then at Static. "I could have gotten rid of you." Getting up he pushed Impulse aside. Then looked at him. "I thought you have been different."

Static looked at Kid Flash and said, "If you were able to do it you would have. You are not powerful enough." Impulse looked at Arthur and said, "I thought you were different. You are the one who tried to kill Static. Static and I just saved your life." Impulse pointed at a large hole in the wall of the training room. "If Static wouldn't have signaled me you would have had a hole in your body. You should be grateful." Bart turned his back and walked away."

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Haze had finally found what he was looking for. The book was named The Triumvirate. He pulled himself closely to the computer and began reading the first half of the prophecy.

And God created three divine spirits to rule over man and creation after the mourning star. Holy, Law, and Fortune were the three angels created to protect the innocent from the Devil's wrath. Holy is the slayer and hunter of god's enemies. Law guarantees stability among mankind and the angels themselves. Fortune grants miracles and hope to mankind. It is Holy's ultimate fate to fall into darkness after slaying a great evil. Law and Fortune will battle against Holy in a time known as the Advent Apocalypse. Events taking place in this time period are pre cursors to judgment day and the grand arbitration.

Holy, Law, and Fortune will have a great battle. Holy will defeat both, but fall to them in the third battle. Law and Fortune will then raise their blades to the sky and the Celestial Light from Heaven will come down. Holy will repent and the Celestial Light will enter him giving him a new wing of white. The Light would then return to Heaven. Holy now having a wing of black and a wing of white will join the other two angels and cast all of the darkness out of his body.


He read all of the first part until he saw that an angel with a black and white wing will cast all of the darkness out of its body. Haze thought to himself, Could this be connected to today's events. He jumped up and ran to the teleporter. He needed to find Morph and talk to him about all that he had seen.

Sacer struck the shield with full force and the earth surrounding the Guardian cratered from the power. Earth, rocks, and dirt flew into the sky as Sacer backed off. He stood slowly absorbing the darkness around him.

His eyes were now a pitch black as tears of blood spilled down his cheeks. Blood was flowing from every oriface on his face; ears, nose, mouth, and eyes.

"The devil is a coward and a trickster; a fool who hides behind his legions." The fallen angel spoke viciously as he charged again. This time half his body was covered in shadows. His movements were unpredictable and unhuman.

Kid Flash ran in front of Impulse. He looked at him. "Then Bart why don't you fight me. Or you afraid?"

"Repent and seek redemption you could have achieved!" shouted Guardian as his sheild was thrown out of his hand, a short distance away. With both hands on his single sword, he had to remain on the offense. Less chance of attack, the better. he thought grimly. The demon has gotten stronger...

Guardian looked up at the sky. The sun still shined brightly in the sky. Guardian redirected some of the light onto him, creating an incredibly bright barrier between the darkness of the fallen angel, and the Guardian himself. Guardian stepped out of the fallen angels Path and brought his sword around towards the creatures lets in a horizontal sweep/lunge with his sword.
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Enertro looked at the man in yellow with the same cocky grin. "Of course..."

Enertro remained reclined in his chair, as the lights began to dim. Soon, they all went out, as well as the clock, computer, and all other electronic objects in the room. He then casually set his hands on the table. Soon, the table began to glow, and eventually, it vaporized with so much energy being poured into it. With a chuckle, Enertro released his energy into the remaining electroncs, practically exploding them from the surge of energy that was absent a second ago.

Kid Flash ran in front of Impulse. He looked at him. "Then Bart why don't you fight me. Or you afraid?"

Bart looked at Arthur and said, "There is no point. You are a friend trained by the two Flashes before you. They even let you have the title of Kid Flash. There is no point in me fighting. I would not want to shame my family by battling a person who is not my enemy." Bart pushed Arthur out of the way and began walking with Static and the rest of the Teen Titans.

Sacer's shadow like body gently danced just over the edge of the blade and landed right on his feet. He raised his hand to the sky summoning more darkness to shield himself from the light. From the void he had summoned a horde of chains burst towards the Guardian furiously.

"The darkness I have embraced has given me more comfort than any time spent in prayer." The devilish figure said manipulating the chains' furious attacks.

Fenrir was tempted to jump in but he might only get in the way. He raised his head toward the sky and began charging dark power for his ultimate attack.

"Well Bart now you can call me a enemy now. I will grow stronger and defeat you and Static. One day I will become faster then Barry, Wally, and you. For now I will leave the Teen Titans like I did the NJLU." Arthur threw the communicator and got a beam of light, then threw it at the communicator. The communicator was destroyed. Then Arthur walked over to the tranporation device. Arthur walked in and was transported back to Earth.

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Enertro looked at the man in yellow with the same cocky grin. "Of course..."

Enertro remained reclined in his chair, as the lights began to dim. Soon, they all went out, as well as the clock, computer, and all other electronic objects in the room. He then casually set his hands on the table. Soon, the table began to glow, and eventually, it vaporized with so much energy being poured into it. With a chuckle, Enertro released his energy into the remaining electroncs, practically exploding them from the surge of energy that was absent a second ago.

Omino nodded at Enertro. "Very nice lygokinetics. You have been using that the art of controlling raw energy for a long time I presume." Omino thought to himself, That is a very rare talent. Very rare indeed. Contra and him are the only ones here who are even on my level.

Mr. Bellis smiled and said, "Very nice indeed." Mr. Bellis looked at a person who had a musical note on his clothes. He was from Brazil. His name was Wave. He was a audiokinetic and sonokinetic. As soon as he began speaking Omino tuned him out. Omino waited until Mr. Bellis called on him to show his powers.

"Well Bart now you can call me a enemy now. I will grow stronger and defeat you and Static. One day I will become faster then Barry, Wally, and you. For now I will leave the Teen Titans like I did the NJLU." Arthur threw the communicator and got a beam of light, then threw it at the communicator. The communicator was destroyed. Then Arthur walked over to the tranporation device. Arthur walked in and was transported back to Earth.

Impulse looked at Static to try and stop him. Static looked at Bart and said, "He must teach himself his own lessons now. He will come back and do the right thing. He is not corrupted." Impulse nodded and walked over and joined the rest of the Titans. Static went back to the computer.

Using the momentum from the sweep, Guardian spun around a full 360 degrees, until he faced Sacer who shrouded himself in more darkness. Chains burst forth from the ground, catching Guardian off guard. He leaped back, letting his wings carry him out of reach of the first few chains. He batted the chains away with his sword, cutting some of them in pieces. Yet more came. He continued to leap nimbly backwards, but he knew he was losing this battle. Guardian batted away another surge of chains, when several more wrapped around his free arm, pulling him closer to the ground. One knee on the ground, Guardian continued to battle his way through the onslaught.

"Demon, you have underestimated the light..." he muttered as his sword arm was chained as well, making him lose his grip on his sword.

Kid Flash ended up on a earth. With this new power he was going to have to master the skill. It was weak now, but the power would grow strong. Lookng around he started to run toward where ever it took him.

Fenrir saw the Guardian getting pinned down by the chains, he leveled his snout and took careful aim before unloading a massive beam of black energy.

Sacer raised a dark shield protecting the Guardian from the attack.

"This will be enough to save you, but not enough to completely stop it." He said summoning more chains to bind the hero.

OOC: @Theao: Aren't Morph and Raven on the Watchtower? Or are they somewhere else?

"And then what, Demon? Would you kill me, your equal, like you did the villagers who did no harm? Would you slaughter every man, woman, and child? What have you become? You were not this mad before..." Guardian continued to struggle against his bindings, his wings flapping trying to free him from the chains. He glimpsed behind at the massive bolt of dark magic heading towards him.

Guardian braced himself for the impact, adding his own light magic to take some of the damage from the blast. He moved stretched his wings around him, as if sheilding him from the light. Then he felt it, the impact on his barrier and into him. The massive blast nearly knocked him over, but the angel refused to move any more. Guardian grunted as the blast finished and moved his wings back, painfully. Both sheilds had taken most of the power, but what remained of the blast was still painful, and it seemed to have damaged his wings greatly. Using his healing powers, he began to heal them.

"Those that are just always win..." he muttered.

OOC- Hey everyone, I'm back. Can someone tell me what happened over the weekend? Thanks.

OOC- Hey everyone, I'm back. Can someone tell me what happened over the weekend? Thanks.

Someone will tell you in the OOC thread.

"Equal?" the fallen angel began laughing at the wounded savior. "You are hardly my equal anymore. I will only sluaghter enough until God apologizes for its own sins." He walked over to the guardian and kicked him hard breaking the rest of his tattered chains.

Sacer summoned another wave of dark magic as Fenrir approached the angel.

"It was at the end of the second war for heaven that I fell...no was banished after taking the brunt of Hell's army. Alucard, Hrist, Brahm, and even Damien were no match for me as I slayed them all on the ethereal plains and pushed them back into hell. What was my reward? To be forced into a human body that became a slave to Alucard! Where is my justice angel of Law!? Where!?" The devil emphasized his point by grinding his heel into the angel's neck.

"I am your justice," muttered the angel. His sheild and sword came flying back to his hands, as he spun around to slice off the leg that was previously grinding into his neck. His wings opened up again, as he was freed from the chains.

Sacer stumbled backwards as the shadows quickly rebuilt another leg. The one that had been sliced off evaporated and absorbed back into the fallen angel. His eyes burned a crimson red as he used the black energy to create a wall that slammed into the Guardian. Fenrir swooped in behind the wall and helped drive it.

"You are no form of justice; your work in the war for heaven was minor in comparison to all that I gave. All the divine blood I spilt was for nothing. The gentle angels and the innocent humans rested easily while I fought off an entire division of Hell's furious army. I even lost one of my wings to Brahm and Hrist." He finished flexing a stub that was left of his left wing.

The fallen angel melted into a pool of blood that swiftly and horridly moved about the land. Two bloody hands rose from the puddle holding his elongated blade as it chased after the angel.

"And as you fought the foul demons, I was the one that sealed the gate, saving you from losing the rest of yourself to those demons!" he shouted as he got pushed by the wall. He once again used the power of the light to disspell the wall, evaporating it.

Guardian leaped into the air, onto Fenrir's back and plunged his sword in it.

"You were given the gift...the gift to return as a human...a gift many could only wish for. Yet you squandered it...now look at you...a mess... I begin to wonder if I should have left you to die..." there was a hint of sadness in Guardians ethereal voice. Upon learning this, he realized that both combatants were brothers in arms, comrades, once fighting for the very same cause...

"Is it a gift to lose your family in one night? To become a slave to Alucard? To be hated by the woman you love? To sacrifice yourself to save her, only to be revived and tricked into killing her? I was given nothing but sorrow, I would have gladly perished in Hell than continue this existance." The devil spoke sadly.

Sacer reformed into his peasant human form Decimus. Handsome with kind eyes; suddenly a hole formed into his throat and he reached out towards the guardian before falling into a pit of darkness.

Fenrir did a front flip with the angel on his back trying to crush him under his weight.

The massive dog flipped itself over as Guardian pulled out his sword. As he was nearly crushed by the immense bulk of the dog, Guardian leaped out of the way. He couldn't fight both at once...He couldn't keep this up. Already, he was losing this battle.

"They were your decisions. You chose to join up with Alucard, thereby losing the love of your woman. You chose to sacrifice yourself to save her and in return were revived, only to be tricked by your own evil to kill her. I pity you, demon, yet I feel no sorrow for your choices..."

Guardian gained a little altitude as he soaked up the sun's light.

Sacer burst from the darkness in the ground completely absorbed in the energy. Nothing of him remained human, he was a bulk of black power flying into the sky. He drew his blade and attacked the guardian at incredible speeds.

"Had I not joined Alucard my love and I would have perished. In the darkness it is hard to see, but in the light you become blind." He said with vindication as he blitzed the Guardian with a hellish assault. His blade moved with such unholy speed it blew sandstorms across the landscape.

"I am just! I will not be decieved again!" He barked continuing his brutal attacks.

Guardian defended as much as he could, yet the horrid fury of the fallen angel was too much for him.

Guardian perried a blow, but another attack came as soon as he perried it. Again and again he continued. His sheild which had previously been on his left arm, had disappered when the wall of darkenss pushed against him earlier. Now he wished he had kept the shield conjured.

He deflected another blow and pushed against the fallen angel, propelling him farther away, so he could get a moments rest and prepare himself for the next onslaught.

"Yet you had told me you would rather have died than live this life. Redeem yourself, before I do it for you!" he shouted as he reoriented himself.

"I would have prefered to have been obliterated during that fateful war, but now I see my new Destiny." The dark beast pointed his blade at the hero. "To bring about the Third and final war for heaven."

A sphere of darkness surrounded the fallen angel and he reemerged with a second gargatnuan blade as well as a suit of heavy black armor with a long black cape that danced in the desert wind. His helmet resembled a metallic wolf's head the opening between the teeth being the visor.

His single black wing rose as a dark portal opened at the tip of his blade. From this black abyss shot a volley of large spears in rapid succession.

"Show me your faith angel." The demon muttered.

Guardian watched as the fallen angel morphed again into a more heavily armed menace. "The good and rightious always win, demon..." he replied as his sheild was resummoned and the spears were deflected as Guardian strafed around.

"Only in fairy tales naive angel." Sacer said before ceasing the volley and rushing again. This single attack cause both his blades to strike crossed against his foes shield. It was so powerful that the clouds were torn, the earth shook, and Fenrir had to turn.

The fallen angel was zipping around at ungodly speeds looking for his opening to strike. He saw it and blitzed again with another furious assault.

Guardian's sheild cracked at the mighty blow from the angel. Guardian quickly unsummoned it for fear that it could break and take his arm with it...

Using both hands to hold onto his sword, he defended himself from the next onslaught. A swift perry sent the first barrage away from Guardian. Guardian twisted and turned, both deflecting each others. Yet something happened as Guardian deflected the next blow.

He twisted his sword around, sending Sacer's blade away, but the other blade came soon after, as Guardian was preparing his next perry. Defense unprepared, Guardian paid a horrible price...

There was a horrendous crash, and a massive roar of thunder, and Guardian drifted as time seemed to slow. He watched as his hand was sliced off, sword remaining in the grip. Guardian watched Sacer, unsure what was to come next.

The unholy angel drew a wicked smile as he cocked both of his blades back ready for a final strike. As the just Guardian drifted through the air Fenrir had lept and slammed into his back pushing the Guardian forward toward Sacer. The fallen angel palmed his face dropping his blade toward the earth and with the use of a little black magic it stuck blade sticking up.

"Only in fairy tales naieve Angel." He repeated blasting the guardian towards his blade in the ground. His now massive black wing completely blocked the sun covering the land in shadows. Time seemed to come to a crawl.

Guardian felt the end approaching. Was there an afterlife for angels? he wondered as he plummeted towards the ground. Memories filled his head, the happy faces of people he saved , the joy he's made...humanity...humanity...

"This is not over..." he muttered to himself. "Not yet..."

As Guardian fell to his imminent doom, he changed his course. Using his powers, his sword flew in his remaining hand, as a new hand formed where he had lost one. He had to regain his strength, his conscious, his purpose...only then could he fight the demon.

"We will meet again, fallen angel...And next time, it won't be so easy," Guardian pushed his speed to it's limits, traveling back from where he came. Perhaps something will present itself to make this task easier...

The fallen angel hovered in the sky watching his opponent flee.

"As I expected young angel; we will indeed meet again, but first I must find the Angel of Fortune and then we can have our epic battle." He muttered to himself as the darkness surrounding his body faded and he returned to his normal form.

Fenrir trudged up to his master. "What now master?"

"We wait for Fortune my noble Wolf." He replied digging his second blade from the ground. Both swords in hand they evaporated into a black mist that took themselves back into Sacer. His mighty black wing folded and disapeared as he took his human form.

"Perhaps we should go find our friends first?" Sacer asked.

"Hmm, I'm not sure where they are. Call for Diaphanous." The wolf suggested dipping his head for the fallen angel to mount.

Diaphanous, this is kind Sacer, your true weapon and ally. I would like to know how things are taking place, are the negotiations going well? Are you well?

Sacer's mind had changed to more soothing and enchanting voice.

Finally it was Omino's turn to display his powers. Mr. Bellis pointed at him. Omino looked around at everyone and then said, "I am an omnikinetic." The Giant looked at him and said, "Umi-what?"

Omino rolled his eyes and said, "Omnikinetic, meaning that I have mastered at 13 different kinetic arts." Mr. Bellis looked at him and said, "Well show us your powers."

Omino nodded and said, "Okay. First I will start out with chlorokinetics or plants." A few seconds later a pot on a shelf grew a beautiful exotic flower. Omino snapped his fingers and the plant began shooting it seeds like bullets directly at the general's corner. They all yelled but before the seed bullets even got over there they froze in midair. "Telekinesis." Omino pointed his finger down and the seeds dropped to the floor and zoomed over in front of him. He rubbed his thumb and index finger together and the seeds began to freeze. "Cryokinetics." He rubbed his same fingers in his opposite hand together and the seed burst with an explosion of heat. "Thermokinetics." Then Omino held his right hand out and began stating his other kinetic abilities. "Photo, Pyro, Geo, Electro, Ferra, Aqua, Aero, Umbra." As he said each a mere fraction of his power showed in his hand. First came Light, then Fire, Earth, Electricity, Metal, Water, Air, and Darkness. Omino closed his palm and said, "And finally, Vitakinesis." Omino pulled out his blade and stabbed himself through the palm of his opposite hand. He held up his hand and showed everyone the hole that began to drip with blood. He smiled at there astonished looks and then his eyes began to glow a vibrant white. His skin began reattaching itself and repairing everything. In less than five seconds his hand was completely healed. Omino nodded towards Mr. Bellis and said, "That is all."

Contra was careful to keep her expression decidedly neutral during each display. Her new "teammates" had powers ranging from the mundane to the outright astonishing. She watched Omino shrewdly. He was the one to keep an eye on.

Mr. Bellis nodded and smiled. "Well it looks like this meeting is over my friends. Do not share the aspects of everyone's powers to every member of your team. Be careful with who you trust. I will be in contact very soon. The NJLU will be destroyed. Thank you." Mr. Bellis walked to the back of the room and through another door. Omino stood up and began walking out of the door. Black walked over to Enertro and said, "Are you ready, sir?" Zaroff ran quickly over to Contra barely avoiding tripping over a chair. "Did you enjoy this meeting madam?"

She stood as Zaroff approached, watching Omino and the others leave.

"It was.. enlightening. Can't say I enjoy this type of function, however."

Zaroff shrugged his shoulders and said, "Can't enjoy them all." He looked around. All the other generals were gone. Zaroff was supposed to join them later on to discuss the strike against the NJLU. "Would you like me to escort you to your room or do you think you can get there by yourself?"

"I think I can probably manage, thank you. I just need the specifics."

For the first time in a while, she felt bone weary. Perhaps a short rest might do her some good. Or course that was assuming she could afford herself that luxury.

"Quite useful..." replied Enertro. "When do we plan the destruction of the NJLU? I was expecting that..." He watched as the others walked off

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Guardian sheathed his sword and flexed his newly formed hand. He would go back to Los Angelus first, to pray and regather his thoughts...this was indeed a dark day for humankind...

"I think I can probably manage, thank you. I just need the specifics."

For the first time in a while, she felt bone weary. Perhaps a short rest might do her some good. Or course that was assuming she could afford herself that luxury.

Zaroff pulled a key out of his pocket. "Well this is your key. You are staying in the third penthouse suite on top of this hotel." He pointed to an elevator. "That is your personal elevator. Russia sparred no expense. You were fitted with on of the nicest rooms in the whole neighborhood. If you ever need me just call the number on the back of the key." Zaroff bowed to her and ran off.


"Quite useful..." replied Enertro. "When do we plan the destruction of the NJLU? I was expecting that..." He watched as the others walked off. (snip)


Black responded, "It is up to you sir. I have a brief meeting with the other generals and then when I get back we can have it then." Black saluted Enertro and walked off.

Sacer slept well as the giant wolf carried him around the desert. His long silver hair gently draped across his face like a soft curtain.

Dream

A pure angel pushed back millions of demons with a single attack. His blade cut through and mowed them down with ease.

A massive man with a giant Zweiwander approached, his skin a dull grey and his muscles buldged to the point of breaking. This was Brahm. A devilish young maiden approached with long black hair and elogant black armor with a large spear. This was Hrist. A sick and twisted figure morphed from the shadows wearing a red suit and dainty hat. This was Alucard. Finally, an enchanting man with a well trimmed beard stood behind his generals. This was Damien.

A beautiful angel called out in a delicate voice. Holy retreat!. It was too late as the furious angel engaged the four in a hellish battle that shook the ethreal plains. One by one the demonic generals fell but not without spilling the angel's blood. With one last swing of his sword Holy had banished Hell's high command from whence they came. The cost was great as he had lost a wing and was mortally wounded. Dieing, he collapsed to the ground with a smile driving his blade into the earth.

Sacer snapped awake in a cold sweat.

Diaphanous listened to Legion. "No, I think I will wait until the end of the meeting, but thank you for offerring to take my place. I don't think I can do a whole lot right now."

Diaphanous, when she was done singing, thought to herself, Please don't let the world end this way.

She tried to connect with Sacer, but all she heard was a song:

Sooooo.... On the first evening a pebble...
From somewhere out of nowhere lands upon the sleeping world...

It was one of her favorites... Sound Life, and it was coming from whatever Sacer is exactly. She could not read his mind, but knew something changed in him... and it was not a change for the good.

Diaphanous eventually actually received a telepathic message from Sacer... but Sacer did not possess telepathy. He could only receive.

She answered him as if she didn't notice: I don't have a clue what is going on, just that I am bored.

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ooc: I'll come up with a profile later... too tired now.

Fortuna was watching the fight between the other two angels... She wished all was as it had been eons ago, before Holy had fallen. That was not the case. She knew it was only a short matter of time before she would have to do battle herself...

I just had an 'encounter' so I'm still on my toes. I can tell you're sensing something new about me and it is true. I have found myself and I know my purpose. As I conquer the heavens you and Enertro shall take the Earth; it is quite beautiful.

Sacer slowly laid back on the wolf and stretched his arms. The darkness was quite powerful, much stronger than he had expected.

He focused his thoughts hard again.

I'll see you and Enertro again, but I must do something first. I have to make things right again.

He continued humming the song hoping to keep Diaphanous entertained as she sounded very tired and frustrated.

"What now Sacer?" The wolf asked.

"We walk the earth Fenrir, we walk until the pieces fall into place." Sacer responded and continued humming the song. Although completely absorbed in darkness and heartless there was a sense of divine justice he could not shake off.

Prism had been walking with Surge for hours and he still had said nothing worthwhile. Prsm tried asking him again. "Look, what are we doing. Cause if you think I'm staying here while everyone else has fun, your insane. So tell me now what we're doing."

Sacer, I don't know what to tell you. You are not the same man. I do not know if this is a good thing or a bad thing. Helping Enertro and I certainly appeals to me. By the way... I have always adored "Sound Life". She smiled.

In reality, she felt his thoughts to be twisted somehow and wasn't sure what she could and could not believe. Diaphanous was becoming impatient waiting for Enertro to come out of the meeting. Two of the others that interested her, were the cunning Contra, and the arrogant Omino.

I already like them. She thought, smiling. She admired Contra's detachment, coveted it actually, as Diaphanous was well aware that her emotions played a huge part in her life. However, if she lost that, she never would have had her soul mate. I love him so much. I will never leave him for anything in the world.
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Fortuna did her best not to let what was going on below affect her usual duties.

She was listening to a woman sing 'O Fortuna', which was only one side of fortune. The sad, despairing side. Fortuna carried a double edged sword that split in two as a metaphor for her duties. Good and Bad. She had to dole it out to the humans.

But she did not want another fight with her two former comrads. Fortuna faced the realization that she would have to fight Sacer sooner or later.

She felt the tiniest speck of good in him. If it would only grow and consume him... it is there. He is not forsaken yet.

Wooshaba']Zaroff pulled a key out of his pocket. "Well this is your key. You are staying in the third penthouse suite on top of this hotel." He pointed to an elevator. "That is your personal elevator. Russia sparred no expense. You were fitted with on of the nicest rooms in the whole neighborhood. If you ever need me just call the number on the back of the key." Zaroff bowed to her and ran off.

They certainly didn't.. she thought upon entering her room.

It was plush and well-decorated, a welcome and drastic change from her usual standard of living since her debacle with Superman and the others. She circled the room slowly, examing the furniture and the view from the windows. Without question the place was bugged.

Feeling tiredly suddenly, she decided to attempt to catch a little nap.

Haze thought to himself, I wonder if Sacer has fought one of the angels, yet. The battle will be happening soon. I must find them and evacuate any innocents before a battle of the giants begins. Haze quickly changed his path and headed straight to Mexico after detecting where Sacer's aura was.

Sacer felt completely forlorn by his destiny. Only Fenrir was by his side while everyone else seemed to forsake him.

Can't blame them He thought smiling.

The sun was now setting over the desert and his dark powers were coming into full control. A shadow like cloud shot from the sky and consumed the fallen angel welcomingly. He was renewed with a new sense of vindication and wrath as his body took a less corpreal form.

"I am nothing but of what my destiny decides." He muttered to himself in a dark twisted voice that crackled with a split of fury and misery. Fenrir looked on as his master seemed to lose control.

Enertro walked out of the meeting room and smiled as he noticed Diaphanous there, looking bored.

"Did you miss me, my love?" he asked as he put his arms around her and lightly kissing her. He noticed several Legions standing there as well. "Playing cards?" He chuckled at the thought. "We are free for a while, I think," he said with a smile as he kissed Diaphanous again.

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Guardian had made it back to Los Angelus, and returned to the alley he had previously gone to. He summoned again his white suit he wore earlier, and walked calmly out of the alley. There must be a way to defeat him...

Guardian turned a corner to return to the previous church he visited, but there was quite a crowd huddled around the entrance, as people shouted excitedly about his previous showing, so he turned around and continued walking to no where in particular. He finally came to a deserted park, surrounded by trees, and crouched in a small opening amongst the trees. The tranquility of Nature... he thought as he felt a breeze ruffle the feathers on the tips of his wings. Los Angelus....The Angels....How fitting he thought grimly.
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Surge looked seriously at Prism. "General Prism, I am not having fun. None of us are. Enertro and Diaphanous were the only ones allowed at the meeting, while the rest of us have to do what we can to take up time. Soon, we will hear the official plans. Other than that, we are on our own. And we can't commit any crimes either, since we made that truce with the United States..."

"Of course I missed you!" Diaphanous exclaimed. "It's good to see you again. No offense to Legion, but the card games was getting a bit dull." She sighed.

"Where may we discuss what happened in the meeting, or should I read your mind? I must say that of all those who attended, Contra and Omino impressed me the most... other than you of course." She smiled seductively.

With telepathy, she informed Enertro; "There is a problem... Sacer... he reached me with telepathy. He does not have that ability. He stated that he would do every thing in his power to put you and me in charge of the world. I do not know what to believe. It seems he has undergone another transformation. He began singing one of my favorite songs at one point." Diaphanous felt she was just rambling on and on nonstop.

"I don't know that we can trust him. I know he is battling an incredible force in Mexico... a being with abilities no one here has... very strong. Considering that is the case, Sacer must have become equally strong. I sang one of my favorite songs. Who knows... perhaps the Angel of Fortune heard me."

Diaphanous rushed to Enertro, buried her face in his chest, and held him tightly. "What is happening with Sacer and this other being is far beyond the capacity of anyone else on this earth. The NJLU is nothing... Honestly, we should deal with this other problem with Sacer first. Defeating the NJLU means nothing if there is no one left on the planet. I do not know what we can do. Can you tell me what happened in the meeting? I will read your mind. This entire hotel is likely bugged."

Diaphanous was growing weary of all that was happening to Sacer. She sighed and held Enertro tight.
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Fortuna heard the song... such a sad song. I will have to involve myself, perhaps as soon as tonight, she thought.

She knew this battle was coming and could not avoid it, however, it was a battle she did not want to take part. Quoting Rodney King, she thought, "Why can't we all get along?"

The fallen angel stood at the edge of a cliff overlooking Mexico City, one of the most populated cities on the planet. Even in the dead of night there was so much bustle and chaos.

"Is this what I fell for? Are these the ants I shed blood for?" The shadowlike figured asked Fenrir.

"What will you do Sacer?" The wolf asked bowing his snout under his master's arm. Although a twisted and vile being the two shared an unbreakable bound.

"I would loving nothing more than to burn this abomination to ashes, but we must focus on putting Enertro into power first. I owe him and his orginization that much and when I conquer heaven I will repay the debt." He said in a cold and bitter tone embracing his comrad's warmth.

They turned from the human metropolis and walked back into the desert side by side.

"I will put the pieces back together. Yours and mine." He spoke softly to the wolf.

Legion shrugged at the comment Diaphanous made. The other Legions followed with their own shrugs as they disappered back into the real Legion.

Enertro smiled and looked lovingly into Diaphanous' eyes. "Omino and Contra were certainly unique amonst the groups. Although I have nothing against the others, I believe they would be more suited to following orders, rather than giving them. Want to go to my room so we can continue our conversations in private?" asked Enertro as he looked around.

Legion scoffed. "Hey! I'm your trusted General!" he replied jokingly. "That's alright, I'll just be at the gym." With that, Legion trotted off to find the gym.

Enertro smiled rubbed down Diaphanous' back. "Let's talk about Sacer in my room, my love," he whispered in her ear, adding a kiss on her neck.

Arthur wanted to stop being Kid Flash or a superhero for awhile. Once back on Earth he went to Keystone City. There he left his costume at the desk of the curator of the Flash Musuem, Dexter Myles. Now he was know as Arthur MacGregor. Once rid of his costume Arthur ran to a new place to start a new life. He went to an island in the Pacific to train himself to use his new power. Slowly he gained control, but before he blinded himself for acouple of days.

Prism sighed. He was so annoyed. He could do nothing but wait. This was irratating him to no end. He was close to blasting Surge with all his might. "Keep cool" he told himself. Prism continued to walk around until he found someone playing guitar, and doing it horribly. He walked up and said "Mind if I play?" He grabbed the acustic guitar and began playing "Comfortably Numb"

"Hello?
Is there anybody in there?
Just nod if you can hear me.
Is there anyone at home?
Come on, now,
I hear you're feeling down.
Well I can ease your pain
Get you on your feet again.
Relax.
I'll need some information first.
Just the basic facts.
Can you show me where it hurts?

There is no pain you are receding
A distant ship, smoke on the horizon.
You are only coming through in waves.
Your lips move but I can't hear what you're saying.
When I was a child I had a fever
My hands felt just like two balloons.
Now I've got that feeling once again
I can't explain you would not understand
This is not how I am.
I have become comfortably numb.

O.K.
Just a little pinprick.
There'll be no more aaaaaaaaah!
But you may feel a little sick.
Can you stand up?
I do believe it's working, good.
That'll keep you going through the show
Come on it's time to go.

There is no pain you are receding
A distant ship, smoke on the horizon.
You are only coming through in waves.
Your lips move but I can't hear what you're saying.
When I was a child
I caught a fleeting glimpse
Out of the corner of my eye.
I turned to look but it was gone
I cannot put my finger on it now
The child is grown,
The dream is gone.
I have become comfortably numb."

After playing the song perfectly, he walked off. Maybe later he would call Enertro soon.

Surge listened to Prism's song with an impassive look on his face. He had to admit, Prism was a good musician. Surge had only learned to play kazoo as a very young child. Surge almost smiled at the memories but caught himself. He walked away, following the path until he came up to a figure clad in white crouching unimaginably still. Surge watched him for a couple minutes.

"Don't you belong in a fashion show?" joked Surge, but said it like it was any conversation. "Hey I'm talking to you," growled Surge. He was tired of being ignored. He picked up a decent sized rock and threw it at the figure. There was a metallic clank, yet the figure didn't move. "You make a good bird pirch..." Surge finally said as he continued back to the hotel.

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Guardian had been crouching there for hours. Listening to the birds, contemplating his next moves, trying to figure out how he would defeat this new menace in Mexico.

Someone clad in a uniform had come by and began to talk to Guardian. Saying something about a "Fashion Show". Guardian had no idea what it was, but detected anger in the individual. He heard a rock soar in the air and could have grabbed it before it got close to him, but Guardian just let hit hit him with a thwack, leaving a muddy spot on his spotless garments.

Guardian was crying inwardly. He actually had no idea what to do. Never before had he lost a battle. Espeically not to a demon. He began to wonder why he should defend humanity. Especially creatures as arrogant as this.

Although he didn't notice it yet, he had lost one of his long elegant feathers, which floated silently to the ground...

"Enertro," Diaphanous said, "I think you need to give Prism something important to do. You cannot hear it, but he is singing a particularly disturbing Pink Floyd tune... and very well I might add. Reading his mind, I know he is frustrated and feeling useless and angry." She looked at Enertro with puppy dog eyes. "Isn't there something you can have him do? Please come up with something, or he will just lose it," she pleaded with Enertro.

"Moreover," she was now projecting telepathically, "there is an extremely strong entity on this ship. Stronger than any of us. Shall I search him out? He is involved with Sacer. It is the Mojo again... although this time it is confusing, or would you rather have me stay here with you?" She asked Enertro.

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Fortuna saw all that had happened... the Guardian's wavering faith. She spoke to him telepathically in a soothing tone.

"Guardian, do not give up hope. I will be down to help you soon. Do not lose faith. Remember, we protect the humans because God wills it. He created them in his image. We are his humble servants and you are among the best. Please do not lose hope, no matter what the situation. You are one of God's most beloved. We must do as he asks and we should be grateful for the opportunity, even if it pains us, for not many have such contact with the Lord."

Fortuna was somewhat of an empath, and she could feel Guardian's inner feelings. A tear rolled down her cheek. "Please Guardian, do not cry. God loves you, I love you, and all the angels up here love you and are rooting for you. Understand and feel the love."

She tried to send him words of hope. "Guardian, one way or another, even if we lose the battle, we will win the war. This I know. Look in your heart and feel the love that has always been there... the love for the human beings which you are now, unsuccessfully trying to deny. Let that love overwhelm you. I will be with you shortly."

Enertro debated the thoughts a bit, before coming to an answer. "Ok, you search out this entity, while I search for Prism. Promise me not to get hurt or engage the creature in combat," he looked into Diaphanous' eyes and kissed her long and passionately. "I'll see what job I can have Prism do..."

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Guardian perked his head up as he heard the comforting voice of Fortuna. "Forgive my ignorance, Fortuna. I should never have doubted my faith. I have let pride and hubris take over me, and in that I was punished. Thank you, my guiding light in this world of darkness."

Guardian always enjoyed the company of Fortuna. She guided him through the darkest times and helped made his job easier. Fortuna and Father Gilbert were some of the only ones he was close enough to call good friends. He liked everyone, but these moreso than others. Of course, he had God as well, but that's different...

Guardian remained crouched under the tree, but he shifted his position a little, so that he could watch a group of children chasing each other around a nearby playground. Humans are woundrous creatures... he thought.

OOC: Finally Fortuna is going to get her hands dirty. Remember she is going to have to battle Sacer by herself at first.

Haze was hovering in the air. He looked one way and saw Los Angeles. He looked the other way and said, "Where will they fight? The City of Angels or the one of the most populated cities in the world." Haze didn't know what to do so he contacted Morph telepathically. They had to plan. Morph. Where are you?

Sacer felt a strong demonic presence in this city. A lot of dark forces simliar to his, no, closer to that of Alucard's. He drew a wicked smile. There were screaming innocents inside the city; a family being devoured by the undead.

"I'll be right back Fenrir, there are some freaks who need cleansing." Sacer spoke viciously.

His shadow flew through the city at lightening speeds until he reached a low cost apartment in a run down part of the city. He floated out of the window into the home. Blood stained the walls, blasphemous writtings and upside down crosses.

The fallen angel sighed as he morphed into the house. Three teenage youths cornered a young girl and her mother. The waved the limbs of what appeared to be their father, torturing them, savoring their torment.

"Pathetic freaks with no plan. Your kind are not welcome in my holy world." A black voice shook the walls as the three vampires quaked in terror.

"Who the fuck is that!?" one of them yelled before Sacer appeared in the room. In the wall behind the cornered humans his eyes glowed blood red before the shadow lunged into one of the undead freaks. His body convulsed before melting into the air leaving the fallen angel.

"Your kind are so weak. You are worth less than humans and have no place in my world." Sacer's words caused th walls to tremble.

"Wai-wait a minute man!" One of the vampires begged before being slaughtered by Sacer.

With the last undead freak purged Sacer turned to the petrified pair. The daughter had been bitten...

"I am sorry, but the girl must come with me." Sacer's shadow devoured and carried the child away from her mother's grasp. She pleaded in Spanish as the fallen angel faded into the night.

In the darkness of an alley the fallen angel stared down the doomed child who was frightened beyond tears.

"What should I do with you?" The dark angel asked himself as the child only looked at the ground. The girl looked exactly like Athena and Sacer was struck with a deep sense of pity. "I shall spare you hell if you become my servant. You shall walk where I walk. You shall listen to my words. I will train you to be able to what I have just done. You will become an undead slayer and one day you can return to your mother proud that you have avenged your father's death."

The child nodded her head vigorously.

"Excellent you are strong, but you will need more than will to survive." He reached into himself and pulled out a large handgun. "This belonged to a friend of mine, she used it quite well and so shall you with time." He placed the large weapon into the child's tiny hands. His shadow engulfed her and he carried them back to Fenrir outside of town.

The girl spun in bewilderment, this power was incredible. She felt a hot, disgusting breath on her, she turned and saw the most putrid thing. Fenrir was staring down on te child. She fell backwards horrified before running into Sacer's feet who placed a hand on her shoulder.

"Do not be frightened child. He will prove a closer friend to you than me." Sacer's words sent a chill down the child's spine. "You understand english, I am quite impressed. As a vampire your new name will be Sanguinea it is Latin for blood. Sleep well tonight, your training begins tomorrow." Fenrir plucked 9 year old by her shirt and threw her on his back.

"I will not engage the creature, but I will make my presence known." Diaphanous smiled at Enertro. "Your concern is so sweet, my love." She kissed him and began to walk toward the door. "Do not forget Prism!" She grinned, calling to him over her shoulder.

Diaphanous walked out the door and headed toward the strong presence she felt. It was outside. She had no idea what this was, as she had never felt such power. Diaphanous was frightened. She decided the best thing was to become invisible so the others did not see her walking around snooping outside.

Diaphanous began walking around, unseen, toward the strong Mojo. This Mojo is pure, she thought. As she got closer to the power center, she began trembling.

After searching around outside for a good long time, Diaphanous saw some sort of being near a tree. She assumed it could not see her with her invisibility. She warily walked up to it. It was beautiful and white with beautiful white wings. It appeared to be an angel, although she did not have the slightest clue.

Diaphanous walked right up to it from the back. It was a male. He seemed to be enjoying watching some children playing. He was a wondrous creature, and she had difficulty taking her eyes off him.

Behind him, she saw one of his beautiful feathers had fallen off a wing. Diaphanous instinctively picked it up, sure he had no idea she was there, and even the feather in the air he could not see, as she was behind him.

Just as he was observing the children, she was observing him.

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Fortuna was watching Sacer. It is time... I must engage him.

She readied her battle gear and headed to Earth, along with Xenix, her phoenix to Mexico where Sacer was. The first order of business was to save that child.

He is not going to take others with him. she vowed.

Fortuna located Fenrir and Sacer after a long flight with Xenix. Xenix let out a sonic scream blast, shaking and stunning everything and everyone around them. She then hit a speed so fast that blinding light was all that was visible, and she plucked the child right off Fenrir's back. While everyone else was still stunned, she put her hand over the vampire's bite, focused on her blood, and simply said "Heal".

The child no longer had vampire blood in her. Fortuna got on her Xenix and flew out fast. The child was crying. When she was out of sight of Sacer and Fenrir, she slowed so the child could see her.

"Darling, you will be fine. I have healed you. Do not cry. Your name is the name your parents gave you." Fortuna smiled a very reassuring smile at the young child. I shall bring you back to your mother and both of you to Father Gilbert for safety." She stroked the child's hair.

The child smiled, feeling content and safe, and drifted to sleep. Fortuna read her mind and a tear fell down her cheek. That... no THOSE bastards! I shall bestow good fortune on her and her family. She has earned it. In a millisecond, she took care of the deed… Good fortune for this child, who would otherwise suffer irreparable psychological damage, and become a demon of the night. Fortuna decided that if her father were not deceased, she would heal him as well.

For the moment, she flew with Xenix and the child to Heaven, as she knew that Sacer and Fenrir could not follow. It was then that she noticed the gun. Fortuna took the pistol, with her immeasurable strength, crushed it into a ball, and kept crushing until it was dust.

Fortuna would soon call Guardian to guard the family. She contacted him with telepathy, apprising him of the situation. Guardian, do not go until you have regained your strength. Sacer is extremely powerful, as you have seen. I can blind him and cover him in light. I will be down to join you very soon. Until then, I will telepathically reach the mother and urge her to move and tell her where. If the father is alive, I will heal him. I have bestowed good fortune on this little sweetheart. She looked at her as she was sleeping... so innocent, and that monster was going to corrupt this little piece of perfection!

I repeat, do not go to Mexico until your healing is complete. I will be in touch.

It was extremely rare that Fortuna brought a human to Heaven, however, it was best when it was a child. Children appreciate it, remember angels, and are soothed. Adults, becoming cynical after years, believe it to be only a dream. It was imperative that she did this, as she needed to remove the child to a place where Sacer had no entrance.

Thinking of Sacer, Fortuna began singing:

The sun is in your eyes...
The sun is in your ears...
I hope you see the sun someday in the darkness...

Sacer watched as the child was carried away. His blood boiled "Fortune!" He screamed that the earth cracked and mountains crumbled.

She was mine to raise; I would have given her the life that was taken from me. She would have loved it. It was fate that I find a doomed child simliar to Athena. Like the child that was taken from me...

His shadow like figure exploded covering the landscape. Fenrir watched in terror as the blackness absorbed even him. From the darkness a massive three headed shadow monster stretched into the sky; It's terrible roar tore the earth and the sky as streams of blood pooled from behind it.

All I wanted was to leave behind a legacy. That girl would have saved so many lives. Fortuna you Fool! She would have lived on to slay Hrist, Brahms, and Damien who still inherit the earth unchallenged.

"What would you do lady Fortune!? Bless them with bad luck?" He mused racing across the sky in his dark form.

Sacer despised Fortuna far more than Guardian. There will be no honor for her...

"You were never there when Alucard's wrath took over me, when my family fell to a King's corruption, when I was tricked into murdering my love. WHY!?" He screamed into the sky.

Suddenly the dark clouds parted revealing a blinding light where he crashed into the ground. He reamerged covering himself with his black wing. His hand extended and focused the darkness to cover the light.

"Foolish angel, who would never know what it is to serve god and humanity." He muttered.

--Sacer's Mind--

"Is this the right hand of god Alucard?" The behemoth like man barked while laughing while Alucard just nodded.

"He's so puny." The armored lady said poking Reave with her spear.

"Nothing compared to what he was." mocked a bearded man.

"We'll have our fun with him before using him for our plans." Alucard said placing a cold hand on his head. Suddenly he was thrown and smashed by a volley of lightening attacks. Every bone in Reave's body was shattered as he stretched his hand out to his master who looked on smiling.

"Maste-" Reave pleaded before the giant man stomped on his chest crushing his organs.

"How long do you want him generals?" Alucard asked wickedly.

"Ten years, that is the least we owe this angel for banishing us." The black armored lady said while driving her spear through Reave's hand.

Alucard left the church and wouldn't return for exactly ten years. Ten years of ultimate suffering. Ten years in complete darkness with no hope.

--Reality--

"Where were you then Guardian and Fortuna?" Sacer grumbled summoning an incredible amount of dark power.

OOC: Remember, Guardian still has his trench coat on with most of his wings covered, except for the tips. ;)

Guardian continued watching the children at play. He listened as Fortuna gave him instructions to carry out once he is done planning and healing. He figured he would finish up soon, hoping that traveling back to Father Gilbert would help clear things up a bit, as well as give him some more strength.

As he watched the children at play, he began to feel another presense with him. It didn't seem evil so he let it watch him. "You don't have to remain hidden," he spoke softly, without turning around to where he detected the presence. As always his voice seemed to speak through the mind, as well as through voice and had an otherworldly sound to it, seeming to echo slightly.

"But if you wish to remain hidden, I will respect your wishes..." he continued. He slowly stood up to his full height, along with the added height of his armor, and turned around to where he felt the mysterious figure. "I mean you no harm."

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Enertro went outside, looking for Prism. What should I have him do? I'll ask him what he feels like doing... Enertro smiled at the simple idea.

Listening to Sacer lamenting, Fortuna knew he hurt and his anger knew no bounds. She was well aware of what God had specifically told her to do, but unaware as to why. Fortuna trusted God implicitly and knew that whatever He told her to do was for the best, and that there was a plan.

Fortuna spoke telepathically to Sacer. Sacer, I could not intervene and bestow good fortune on you in those situations. God Himself told me exactly what to do regarding your situation. You will not believe me, but I have suffered when I have watched you from above. I have wondered what God has planned for you, but I trust him with all my being. He has something wonderful planned for you. I feel it. I had no choice in my bestowing your past and present fortune. God does not make mistakes. Although we are destined to clash, I know that in the end, God will tell me to bestow you with happiness and good fortune, for you have done nothing to deserve what has been bestowed on you. Thus, there is a plan. It is part of the Grand Scheme of things. God never would have told me to do this if He did not believe you were strong enough to handle it. In time, you will be happy... and pure. Believe me Sacer... I do love you. Guardian and God love you as well. I know you do not believe it; however, your destiny is contentment and joy. How or when, I have no idea. What He has planned for me and Guardian is a mystery to me as well. Please...

Fortuna stopped abruptly realizing he did not believe a word she said. She cried for him and a tear dropped on the little girl, but she remained asleep.

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To Diaphanous' surprise, the being spoke to her and stood. He was huge, however she did not feel him to be malevolent... quite the contrary, actually.

Diaphanous slowly made herself visible while staring at him in awe. "Uhhhh... who a-are y-you?" she stammered staring at the huge man. He was very beautiful. She instinctively handed him the feather that had fallen. "I believe this must be yours," she said.

Diaphanous felt quite confused. This being was unlike any she had ever encountered.

"I'm sorry... I do not know what to say to you. You are unlike any being I have ever encountered." Diaphanous could not break her gaze away from his beautiful eyes. She was stunned and it showed.

"Uhhh... my name is Diaphanous.," she told him, speaking almost like an automaton.

"Wha... what are you? Who are you?" she asked while nearly hypnotized by this man.

The figure gently took the feather. This is not good... he thought. He twirled it in his fingers slowly, until he held out his hand with the feather.

"You may keep it, Diaphanous. A gift, if you will," he replied. "I am an Angel from heaven, a protector of humanity. Come, follow. We will chat as we walk to a more secluded area, I do not wish to be noticed by too many..."

Guardian began to walk onto the path before he stopped and turned to face Diaphanous again. "You may call me Guardian, if you want." He then continued to walk to a more wooded area, where few walked to.

Prism walked around, completly and utterly bored. He had lost Surge, and now had now idea of what to do. "God, just give something to do already!"

Enertro noticed Prism wandering about and called his name. "Prism, I've been looking for you. I understand you seem to be bored...what do you feel like doing?"

00C- wait, blastit, are you talking to me thorough communicator? I'm in LA, are you? Sorry for not knowing all this, I have had a crappy couple of weeks.

OOC: LoL they're both in LA, and Enerto saw Prism wandering around outside, so he's shouting out to him ;)

Contra woke with a start, not quite realizing she had been asleep. However it only took a moment to regain her bearings and realize the situation. She sat up on the bed, staring out the window to the smog-hazed sky.

No doubt Zaroff would be back before too much longer, and would fill her in on whatever the Generals had decided. Briefly, she wondered which side she would end up fighting for. Then she smiled, rememebering the answer: Her own.

Somewhat impatiently, she stood and crossed the room, helping herself to a fruit basket and some essentials from the mini-bar.

Angel of Fortune it is good to hear your sweet voice after all this time. Time spent anguishing in the darkness I once so adamently fought against. It has oocured to me that while suffering in the darkness I have come to one conclusion: God is dead. We are being decieved by a higher power that is not omnipotent and not benevelent. You spend so long in the light you become blinded by it. I would be lieing if I said that I do not love you and the guardian and even a good portion of humanity. However, this is a war that I must fight even if it is against everything I love. One day I will realign the pieces. Yours and mine.

His black wing stretched as he held his head down in despair. Being a slave to your worst enemy, murdering your love and unborn child, and being forced by fate into a war against those you love.

"Suffering of this kind should not exist." He pitifully said to himself.

Also I am convinced that Hell's Generals are still roaming the earth. Brahms is somehwere in South America, Hrist in Anartica, and Damien is on the west coast of America. The exact location of each I am not sure, but I am certain that with the recent turn of events they are up to wickedness. I have also removed Alucard from existance. If you wish to find me I shall be in the city of Angels.

"Fenrir, I want you to hunt down and destroy Brahms. He is located somewhere in Brazil; I fear that my time here has come at last and I may not be able to eradicate them myself." Sacer ordered while carrying himself into the air. Fenrir only replied with a nod as he watched his master fly into the sky.

"Sacer, I hope you fufill your destiny. I will perish at the ahnds of Brahms but it is your order and I will follow it. You and I will meet again." Fenrir said softly before walking Southwards.

OOC: It is pretty odd to see an angel and a lady who is nearly butt naked walking down the street, huh? :p Also remember The Triumvirate. Don't depart from it, please.

Zaroff looked at his watch. It was time for him to go and meet Contra. He quickly ran up the stairs to get to her level. He knocked on her door and waited for her to come out.

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Haze was stuck in between Mexico and Los Angeles. He didn't know where to go. And then he felt a mass of dark energy go by. He also detected something that he once knew in the energy. Haze curious, followed behind the darkness out of sight.

Sacer admired the "City of Angels" for a moment before falling from the sky and taking his human form. A rather imposing figure in a black suit with long grey hair.

There was a church that almost called to him. It was a rather modest house of god but it would serve its purpose. He walked inside and entered the confessional.

"Forgive me father for I have sinned. I have blashpemed and decried the name of god. I have spilled the blood of many innocents in my own name and pride." He paused for a moment. "Forgive me father for I am about to sin. I am about to challenge the heavens themselves."

Haze landed on a building outside of the church. He had seen as the dark energy took the form of a human. Haze thought to himself, What is that thing? Then it came to him. It is Sacer. And he is an angel. Haze looked sat there in awe. He just realized who Sacer truly was. He was the angel, Holy from the prophecy. Haze looked around Los Angeles. That was a lot of people to evacuate. How am I going to do this?, Haze thought to himself. Haze shook his head and waited.

Sacer felt a demonic energy within the city, it was powerful, no there were two. One of them was Damien, but he was masking his source.

What war are you stirring now Damien?

There was a second source, more brutal and vicious, a damned soul.

"I'll be back father, there are some freaks who need purging." He left the church calmly. It was close, too close, getting closer actually. There was another man facing him at the corner; his face was marked strangely. The street light masked his presence like a sick guise. Sacer could hardly make out his form as he was covered in a hooded cloak.

"We should take this to a more secluded area." Sacer ordered as the freak vanished in a eastern direction into the desert. He flew in pursuit and as soon as he landed the demon unvieled dual miniguns equiped with 13mm cross tipped depleted uranium shells. Sacer was reduced to tatters in seconds.

"Angel of Death you disapoint me!" The human demon barked with a twisted smile. His rejoice quickly faded into terror as the tatters rebuilt into a giant three headed shadow wolf. Thousands of red eyes covered its body that reflected its opponents petrified face like a mirror.

"Cogito, I thought I killed you hundreds of years ago when i was known as Reave, servant of Alucard, The Red Death." The monsterous being yelled at his terrified foe.

"R-r-eave?" Cogito trembled.

"I suggest you begin pissing yourself. Followed by a prayer to your incompotent god. If you act quick enough you might just have enough time to commit suicide." The horrid beast growled before pouncing and shredding his opponent.

Sacer reformed into his human self wiping the demon's blood from his mouth.

"I'm not so bad." He mused as his eyes twisted and glared into the night. "After all, I'm just doing the lord's work even if it involves the eradication of those two ignorant angels."

He dropped what remained of the demon and proceeded back toward the city.

Nothing will be right until those two are annihilated and the kingdom is mine. Then with enough power I'll obliterate Hell once and for all. After all has been done Enertro can claim the earth as his own. Maybe I'll give Hell to Guardian and Fortune because I'm such a nice guy.

Sacer began laughing wildly.

OOC: LoL they're both in LA, and Enerto saw Prism wandering around outside, so he's shouting out to him ;)

OOC-Cool, my bad

IC- Prism saw Enertro and heard him call to him. He ran up to him. "Jesus man! I'm so bored! Surge is somewhere else. What happened at the meeting? Whats going on? When are we facing the NJLU? And can I spar with someone, or something like that?"

Diaphanous stood wide-eyed. A real angel! She scarcely believed it, however, she knew in her heart it was true. He told her to call him 'Guardian'.

"Hello Guardian. Thank you for the beautiful feather. If you do not mind me saying, I sense a bit of conflict and sadness in you. I am sorry for whatever is causing this. To feel this coming from an angel is stranger than if the feelings were coming from a human."

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Fortuna responded to Sacer:

Sacer, God is not dead and we were never deceived by any power. I agree, you have suffered more than your share. I do not know why and I will not pretend to know God's plan; only that there is a reason, and you have lost your faith. Killing innocent humans... for that there is no excuse. You have gone mad. Perhaps bearing such pain would cause me the madness you are experiencing.

Please believe you will not be made to suffer indefinitely. It is your constant pain and terrible suffering that has caused you to lose faith and question God, saying that Guardian and I believe in some sort of deception. Hold on Sacer... God IS benevolent, and will not allow you to suffer forever. He must think very highly of you to put this suffering on you, knowing that you will endure it, and this is part of His plan. I have watched you suffer, in all your forms. Your Guardian Angel when you were human, Fiona, was required to sit by and watch your suffering as directed by God, without knowing why.
We all cried for you Sacer.

I know you hate me because of all of us, I am the one who could have changed everything for you from the beginning. However, I will not defy God.
Please hold on...

Fortuna knew that Sacer's anger held no bounds. She also knew that she would have to engage him in combat directly; something to which she was not looking forward.

OOC: I do believe it is time for that great battle to begin. Fortuna has been hiding in heaven for a long time now and it looks to me like Sacer is hungry. This should be pretty good.

After leaving the meeting Omino did not return to his room. He flew around the world gazing at the people who weren't truly his equal. There were many. All of different shades. Omino didn't feel that this was his home. Omino need to be alone. He knew of a small island were nobody ever went. He hovered above the island momentarily and then descended. As he came down he saw what he recognized as a shot of light. Omino thought to himself, Someone is practicing photokinetics. Omino landed and moved towards the light. He walked around a tree and saw a teenage boy firing of beams of photokinesis. Omino could tell that he had just discovered this ability because he had nearly blinded himself with the light. Omino stood back and watched for about a hour because actually saying something to boy. "Hello young friend. What is your name?" Omino walked towards the photokinetic teen.

The New York evenings were quite possibly the busiest in the world, especially when it was raining. People rushing to get home from work, the nightshift rushing to get to work and all the hotdog stands in the city filled to the brim with hungry customers wanting a quick snack for the journey.

Adam Hunt had been living in the Big Apple for a year now and still he was finding certain areas tricky to navigate. The familiar yellow cabs were all full up with commuters as were the busses and trams, so for him it was the usual slog back to his apartment in the rain. He had managed to get the hang of avoiding bodily collisions with the rest of the population and often mused that the scenario was not at all dissimilar to dodgems.

One would expect to see a police car or two screaming down the streets every day, but tonight was curiously different. An entire platoon of squad cars sped down the road, their sirens and signals flaring away as if a deranged child were frantically shaking some Christmas lights.

Adam dashed down the street along with some other spectators to see just what justified such a plethora of law enforcement. It didn't take long for him and the others to notice a heavily armoured individual sporting a machine gun and a flame-thrower. A swath of destruction lay around the man who seemed to be totally oblivious to the presence of the Police. The squad cars all side-skidded to a halt and tried to retreat when the masked person levelled his flamethrower and cast a sheet of fire toward them. This was quickly followed up by a hail of bullets as the man slowly advanced forward in his clanking armour.

Adam had seen enough and quickly found a quiet alleyway. When he was certain no one was looking, he unsheathed the Soul Sai and crossed them above his head. Lightening flashed from the gleaming blades as the hat formed around his head. Another flash and Adam was Hatman!

Any cover the patrolmen were using was now a flaming wreck. SWAT teams could not get near the aggressor as flames shot out in every direction and the bulletproof armour constantly deflected any sniper fire. Suddenly a spectator shouted out and everyone looked up,

"It's Hatman!"

Sure enough Hatman was flying down toward the battle zone and landed in front of the attacker who immediately responded by firing his machine gun. Hatman's lightening reflexes saw him deflecting each bullet with his sai until the assailant switched to his flamethrower. The caped hero launched himself into the air and over the wave of fire as it expanded. The weight and mass of the antagonist's armour meant that he could not turn quick enough, which was all Hatman, needed as he tossed his sai toward the napalm tank. The precision was clean and the tank erupted in flames. The man was now writhing in the effects of his own creation and was desperately trying to remove the offending article.

Hatman was on the ground again as he caught his returning dagger. At the same moment the man had gotten hold of his burning container and had swung it toward the warrior of Xenphia. Hatman's reaction was quick as he locked his sai together, which then formed the soul sword. There were mere nano-seconds left before Hatman smashed the tank back toward the offender whose surprise lasted for only a few seconds before he was atomised in the explosion.

In the aftermath, a loud cheer rang up from the bystanders as the Police and fire crews moved in. Hatman could see that his task was done and so took off into the night sky.

Fortuna, I believe it is time for a shift in power. I've seen so much destruction and chaos caused by the absence of a divine presence that my faith has been tor to pieces. If you wish to see faith you should turn your eyes to South America where my comrad is prepared to make the ultimate sacrifice for me.

--Amazon Jungle--

Fenrir was lured to this unholy place by the pure stench of death and decay. For miles in the middle of the Amazon lay the bones and rotting corpses of millions. His nose picked up the trail while passing through Panama. Hell, any hound would take up such a potent odder. The massive wolf crushed piles of bone with each step, the crunching and squishing was enough to make one sick. In a clearing there was a fallen chapel, the center of the rot. The giant wolf barely squeezed between the massive double doors that had suffered the ruin of time. Down the aisle at the alter stood a man no shorter than ten feet tall. His body ripped at every square inch with perfect muscles. His eyes sunk into the back of his head leaving black empty pits, in his left arm he wielded a gargantuan blade ever stained with eternal blood.

“Reave sent me, the angel of death known as Holy. Your presence in this place is no longer welcomed.” The wolf barked shaking the already weak structure.

Without a word the behemoth man lunged and obliterated seven rows of benches with each step. The wolf leapt into the air and rolled behind the juggernaut before clasping onto his calf with his powerful jaws. Brahms lifted his leg into the air, with the 12 ton wolf still attached, and began smashing every standing structure in sight until the beast released its grip. As soon as the fallen angel’s comrade landed Brahms drove his massive blade through its torso pinning him to the jungle ground. The wolf turned its head and spewed spear like chunks of crystallized flesh into the freak. Fenrir rolled with the blade still inside just in time to summon a blast from his mouth that leveled 400 yards of forestry. Still in the smoke of the devastation Brahms, the ultimate physical specimen, stood unharmed. Swiftly the undead giant man wrenched his blade in the wolf, controlling, driving him around the battlefield before relinquishing it and tossing the loyal companion hundreds of feet. Fenrir limped to his base bleeding greatly; his eyes grew heavy as he saw the monster close in. He uttered a prayer for Sacer before the blade drove into his skull putting him down.

Brahms walked away victoriously when a noise startled him; he turned as the wolf caught the entire undead beast between his jaws. Slowly Brahms wedged his hands on the top and lower jaw of the giant wolf. Then he began prying himself from Sacer’s companion’s clutch. With the wolf held overhead and Brahms’ grip on both jaws he, in a furious explosion of unlimited power, tore the giant wolf in two. Covered in Fenrir’s blood he once again began to walk away when he noticed the pieces of blood rapidly climb his body and enter his mouth. Slowly the entirety of Fenrir’s life force chased after the juggernaut and began consuming him from the inside out. One half of the wolf watched on in a fading glee as the ultimate physical specimen was utterly devoured inside out in a torrent of hellish pain. Lastly when the Undead King’s last scream stopped his body folded like pudding, lifeless onto the jungle floor. At last Fenrir closed his eyes and surrendered to the eternity of death.

The fallen angel felt the lose and bowed his head in prayer.

We'll see each other soon enough my oldest friend.

Fenrir, I hope you understand why your sacrifice was necessary...you were holding me back. He chuckled once before revealing a set of disgusting razor teeth.

Sacer's giant black wing tore through his suit stretching across the night sky, visible for miles. His eyes turned a sharp red while blood poured from every orifice on his body. He flew into the sky and colored the moon a dark crimson to suit his powers. The black clouds swirled around him in a torrent of violent wrath; the sky itself seemed to crack like a broken mirror reflecting the city below.

His power unleashed Sacer looked down upon the pathetic city with untamed hatred.

"Sinners! You are all sinners! You are all going to the painful everlasting fiery hell!" Sacer's voice quaked the ground for miles as he began drawing in more darkness.

OOC: Is this the battle with the three of them, or is this just the battle between Fortuna and Sacer?
"You are good at detecting feelings," the Angel said to Diaphanous. "You are not human, are you?" He faced her as the path ended.

"To tell you the truth..." Guardian watched Diaphanous. Should I tell her what is to come? What may happen? Guardian lowered his head, not able to face the poor creature as he spoke the truth. "My time is near. My ultimate destiny is so close, I can almost smell it. The stench of death, the sweet smell of victory...Victory and Defeat. All at once. Diaphanous, I must beg of you to take what humans you can and leave far away from here. Los Angelus may be called 'The City of Angels', but soon it may be the city of death..."

The ground quaked as someone shouted in the distance. Guardian looked towards the direction of the voice. "Promise me, Diaphanous, to do what you can to save humanity. I have failed, but you may still have a chance..."
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Enertro laughed. "Of course, Prism. I cannot spar against you, but Legion may. He is currently working out in the gym. You may contact him through the communicator, or you may walk to the gym yourself."

"Basically, what happened in the meeting was mostly just introducing ourselves and our powers. The Generals will have or have had a meeting about how and when to destroy the NJLU."

ooc: between Fortuna and Sacer.

With another wave of his hand the ocean turned a thick red, like blood. Sacer was frightened by his own power.

"Repent now and face your true god! The path to salvation lies not in your books but by my side! I beg to ask you, where is your god now?" His voice thundered over the horizon to the populace.

Wooshaba']OOC: I do believe it is time for that great battle to begin. Fortuna has been hiding in heaven for a long time now and it looks to me like Sacer is hungry. This should be pretty good.

After leaving the meeting Omino did not return to his room. He flew around the world gazing at the people who weren't truly his equal. There were many. All of different shades. Omino didn't feel that this was his home. Omino need to be alone. He knew of a small island were nobody ever went. He hovered above the island momentarily and then descended. As he came down he saw what he recognized as a shot of light. Omino thought to himself, Someone is practicing photokinetics. Omino landed and moved towards the light. He walked around a tree and saw a teenage boy firing of beams of photokinesis. Omino could tell that he had just discovered this ability because he had nearly blinded himself with the light. Omino stood back and watched for about a hour because actually saying something to boy. "Hello young friend. What is your name?" Omino walked towards the photokinetic teen.

"I'm Arthur MacGregor and who might you be?" Arthur put down his hands and stopped shooting his light beams. He wondered who this man might be. Also why was he on this island. Arthur knew telling his real name would do nothing. Nobody knew he was Kid Flash execpt the superheros, but that was all behind him for now.

"I'm Arthur MacGregor and who might you be?" Arthur put down his hands and stopped shooting his light beams. He wondered who this man might be. Also why was he on this island? Arthur knew telling his real name would do nothing. Nobody knew he was Kid Flash except the superheroes, but that was all behind him for now.

Omino looked at the young man. “Arthur is it. Looks like you are trying to use Photokinesis. You are a beginner. My name is Omino. I would prefer however that you call me Lew.” Omino sat down on a rock and said, “How long have you been practicing photokinetics? I am interested in you. I can help you become stronger with your abilities. I can help you become one with the light.” Omino raised his hand up and it began to glow until it became pure light. Then he shook his hand and it returned to normal. He smiled at the young boy. “Do you have any other powers I should know about?”

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Haze was still following Sacer. He knew that it was dangerous to be following this guy alone. So he decided to contact a new guy from Europe by the name of Hatman. He also decided to find out where Morph was. Haze sent a message out to Hatman. Hatman can you meet me in Los Angeles? Haze waited for a reply while sending out a page to Morph. Haze thought to himself, Where in the hell is Morph?

Arthur sat down on a rock he faced Omino. "Well Lew, I just learned about the powers a couple days ago. It would be excellent if you could help me with my powers. I have blinded myself a couple time, but I have gotten a little better." Arthur saw the light come from Omino's hand. He wanted that. Then he heard the comment about the other powers. "No this is the only one I have." Arthur lied he wasn't going to tell Omino about his speed and healing powers. That was going to be a secert.

Omino looked at Arthur. "What is your purpose for lying? There is truly no need. As of this moment I am not a threat to you." Omino turned his head and stated something that his master had told him a long time ago. "How do you expect me to teach someone who cannot tell the truth?" Omino looked back at the boy and repeated, "What other powers do you have?"

Sacer stood still high in the sky ever watchful of the city. A single flap of his wing showered the entire city in gentle black feathers.

A gift to my people.

The fallen angel's wing wrapped tightly around him creating a sphere of darkness that eclipsed the red moon.

There was a ping of regret in Sacer's stomach.

Is this wrong?
No! I will suffer one last time and make it so no one has to suffer ever again
Still...does the means justify the end?
You have seen the means under god's command. An angel who gave the ultimate sacrifice was rewarded with a millenea of unimaginable pain.
Maybe there's another way.
Sometimes you can tap someone on the shoulder to get their attention; other times you have to hit them with a sledgehammer. A lesson must be taught.
It doesn't feel right there has to be another way.
Will god save you if you fall again?
No...
Will you let anyone fall if given the power?
Of course not!
Then you are justified.
Yes! Yes I am!

A reassured Holy, the fallen angel of death, felt invigorated and ready to battle Fortuna. The legendary angel who is built upon myth and pacifism.

"I am calling you out Angel of Fortune! Come and show me that god is still alive!" Sacer's boast ripped the earth below.

Since the start, Adam had chosen never to share the secret of his second life with anyone else. This often brought about difficulties at work and with his social life as people came to a conclusion that he was some kind of loner. There was however only one other who knew the secret of Adam's identity and that was the soul of the young, nameless Xenphian Princess who only he could see.

The Princess was like a conscience with whom Adam could confide and a guide for his role as the Warrior of Xenphia. She was also able to act as a messenger, which was what she was doing now. She had explained to Adam that an individual by the name of Haze was summoning him and that it sounded very important,

“Did this ‘Haze’ explain anything about the situation?” Adam asked with concern,

“Not directly,” replied the Princess with her soft, innocent voice, “but I sense that there is great danger ahead. It is vague but the outcome will greatly affect the world and those who live upon it.”

Adam’s experience was telling him that the Princess was not exaggerating. She had an incredible insight in the way the world worked, which she seldom explained, but it was enough for Adam to know that what she says was generally right.

“I’d better go then,” he said calmly as he walked out toward the back of the apartment. It was a small but discreet place, somewhere he could change without anyone noticing. The Princess had pointed out that no one would notice because they wouldn’t believe. Despite this, Adam always felt more comfortable in a quite spot.

He unsheathed his sai and crossed them above his head. The brilliant flash and shots of lightening filled the space he was in and seconds later Adam was once again Hatman,

“Los Angeles? I’m on my way.” He said and took off into the sky…

Wooshaba']Omino looked at Arthur. "What is your purpose for lying? There is truly no need. As of this moment I am not a threat to you." Omino turned his head and stated something that his master had told him a long time ago. "How do you expect me to teach someone who cannot tell the truth?" Omino looked back at the boy and repeated, "What other powers do you have?"

"I already told you Omino. I have no other powers." Arthur got up and looked at Omino. Then walked off. He wasn't going to know, but he wondered how Omino knew that he had other powers.

Wooshaba']Zaroff looked at his watch. It was time for him to go and meet Contra. He quickly ran up the stairs to get to her level. He knocked on her door and waited for her to come out.
The sound drew her from her reverie and sightless gaze out the window. Standing slowly, she stretched and crossed to the door. As she approached, she made a flicking motion with her hand, and the door swung open seemingly of its own will.

"Zaroff.. please. Come in."

Diaphanous was listening to Guardian in horror. She knew what he said was no exaggeration. Then she felt it and screamed... "Fenrir! No! Oh my God, Sacer, what are you doing." She said mostly to herself, in shock. She had felt Fenrir's death.

"I am from a planet that no longer exists. They destroyed themselves." Diaphanous stated plainly to the angel.

"That is neither here nor there. I trust you are correct in what you have told me. Tell me, do you know of Sacer?" Diaphanous said sadly.

Before he could answer, she became invisible and flew right up to the balcony of their room where Enertro was.

"Enertro!" Diaphanous spoke rapidly and non-stop. "We must leave L.A. We will die if we stay here. Please believe me. I spoke to a being... Sacer... I know it involves him. This city will be destroyed very soon. If we do not leave now, we shall perish. Please Enertro, if you truly trust me as your soul mate, we will leave now!" She was nearly gasping for air as she spoke so quickly. Diaphanous continued, "Now... we must leave this instant and take the rest with us. We have no time. None! We cannot even imagine this battle. Fenrir is dead. Please Enertro! Let's go now!" Diaphanous was tugging at his cape. "Now! I just found my soul mate and I do not want to lose you... us, now!"

Diaphanous was clearly panicked. "If you truly love me and believe in me, you will trust me on this more than you ever trusted anything. Let us leave now, and not sit here and die! Just believe me!" She began sobbing. "Feel the ground shaking? That is not an earthquake!"
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Fortuna heard Sacer and saw what he was doing. She saw Fenrir die.

So it begins... I can no longer put this off, she lamented.

"Fiona, please take care of this child. I must go and battle Sacer.," she said sadly, as she handed the child to her.

God, please give me the strength to stop Sacer and his slaughter of the innocents. Fortuna said her last prayer prior to leaving Heaven.

Sacer! Leave the humans alone, I am on my way! This is our fight. Leave them out of this! she transferred to him telepathically.

Fortuna saw the horror that Sacer was beginning to create on earth.

Suddenly the sky opened up and in the night, a blinding light shone down on L.A. Fortuna began descending to Sacer's position as a white fog coming through the light.

I am here Sacer.

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Diaphanous looked up at the black feather that fell and showed Enertro the white feather. Suddenly, through the black sky a blinding light shone down.

"See Enertro! This is not normal! Whatever is happening is far beyond us." She was stunned by the bright light. "Enertro," she begged, "let's go now! We have no time!"

Diaphanous was screaming to Enertro as the earth was shaking and a shaft of blinding light broke through the blackness and the falling black wings. "Now!"

The eclipse blocking out half of the crimson moon unfolded gracefully revealing Sacer and his singular wing.

Then the wheel of destiny is in full motion!

Fiery chains burst from the desert earth and climbed toward Sacer where they stopped a peacefully danced by the thousands. The black feathers that had been falling for hours morphed into millions of shadow like insects that swarmed the streets of LA returning to their master. At ungodly speeds the shadow horde raced through the city and began climbing the summoned chains up and into Sacer's hands.

"Your defeat shall be made in a sea of metal and blood noble angel." Sacer claimed transforming the dark swarm into his two elongated black swords. His black figure, stained with long trails of crimson red, only smiled as the light shone through.

"Tonight the world bleeds." The fallen angel's voice boomed as he crossed his arms drawing in incredible amounts of power. Suddenly the crimson moon seemed to open like an eye with a giant red pupil. The earth was blanketed in a sick red light.

Enertro was shocked and nearly jumped a foot high as Diaphanous appeared before him. "Wait, I must warn the generals. They are still on our side..." Enertro pulled a nearby firealarm. "We cannot fit all of us in General Black's copter. Send as many as we can into mine. I'll call for more copters..."

Enertro pushed an emergency button on his belt, putting his communicator above all others so he could make the order. "This is an emergency. All personnel not in my bases must return to a base or a nearby copter. This is not a drill..."

Enertro then looked at Diaphanous. "My love, please try to find General Black and tell me where he is. Then go to the copter. I'll find him and make sure he has his ride still here..."

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Guardian watched as the sky lit up. "My destiny..." Guardian felt a tear fall to the ground, the grass growing greener where it hit, adding a beautiful flower. He felt the ground quake underneath him, followed by screaming in nearby buildings.

Guardian unsummoned his coat and hat, revealing his armor as well as his once magnificent wings. Upon closer expection, one would notice his wings begining to malt, feathers falling to the ground about every 5 minutes...

Guardian soared through the sky, finding the building in trouble. The quake seemed to have severely damaged an old tenement, including gas pipes. It would seem something ignited the gas as well, setting the already weak tenemant on fire as well as capable of exploding...

He noticed that it seemed most of the people have gotten out, but there were several others inside. Guardian flew around the tenement, pinpointing the screams. As he realized they were all in one room, Guardian flew towards the window and saw they were all children, all under the age of 10.

"Stand back, children!" he called to them. As they huddled into a little corner, Guardian placed his hands on the window and moved it upwards, glass shards spraying across his armor. With barely enough room to get in, Guardian squeezed through, loosing many of his feathers in the process.

"Don't worry children, I have you," he said soothingly as he picked them up, letting a few hang onto his neck, between his wings. He summoned his sword and sliced across the wall, making an opening between the smashed window large enough for him and the children to get across. He flew down, setting the children down to their families.

"Wheres my daughter?" cried one woman. "Where is she?!"

Guardian could hear one more scream coming from deep within the burning building. With a great leap, he flew through the air, coming in the entance he came out of and looking around the building. He heard the scream again, a floor below him. Guardian ran as fast as he could down the stairs, but as he was about to land on the next floor, the stairs gave out on him, sending him a floor lower until he smashed into the floor. The smoke was making him weaker and his malting wings didn't help. Not to mention the darkness outside didn't help one bit.

He couldnt fly in the enclosed space, so he began to walk up the stairs. He noticed the screaming coming from an open door at the Stair's entrance and he ran inside. He noticed the tiny girl crying in a corner as flames ate through the furniture.

"Don't worry, I'm here," he called to her. He heard the ceiling down the hall collapse and he picked her up and ran down the stairs, each step collapsing as he passed it. He was soon on the first floor, the exit only a sprint away.

Guardian began to run down the hall. He heard something explode above him. The ceiling buckled...

Guardian brought his arm out just in time to prevent the whole ceiling from collapsing on them. He set the girl down with his other arm.

"Go," he whispered. The child hesitated a moment, before Guardian repeated with a more commanding tone. "Go, child. My deed is done. Don't make my sacrifice be in vain..."

The child ran outside, crying.

Guardian himself was crying, his tears evaporating as they hit the floor. With both arms now supporting the ceiling, he pushed upwards, causing the roof to blow out from the top, rather than fall down on him. Guardian thanked his luck, and God and began to walk outside.

But he couldnt. Something strong was holding him back. Guardian looked up to see that it was a roll of cables, tangled around his arms. He tried to get them undone, but they were too tightly wound. His arms hanging uselessly above him, Guardian began to pull himself, trying to pull out the cables. He heard another explosion, all the way at the top, some creaking and a roaring thunder as the whole building began to fall on him.

Before Guardian died, he shouted a last Bible quote. "This is my commandment, that ye love one another, even as I have loved you. Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends..."

ooc: I am getting no notifications on any of my RPs. Is anyone else experiencing this problem?

Black was walking down the hall towards his hotel room. He had no idea of the destruction that was taking place outside.


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Haze wondered to himself whether or not Hatman had got his message. He still hadn't been able to find Morph or Raven so he just gave up. He flew down into the city and began grabbing random people. He flew them all to safe places away from the city. He looked into the sky and saw that the light had been blocked. Haze knew that destruction would follow soon. Nearly the whole population of the city would be witness to this fight. They didn't have the time to evacuate. Many would be slaughtered unless Sacer went somewhere else. Then Haze saw the bright light. Haze instantly recognized the angel as Fortune from The Truimvirate. He turned his head and saw Sacer. Haze thought to himself, It has begun. Haze quickly flew back into the city to protect more people. He sent a message out to all available superheroes to come and help. This would truly mark the beginning the Battle of the Giants.


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"I already told you Omino. I have no other powers." Arthur got up and looked at Omino. Then walked off. He wasn't going to know, but he wondered how Omino knew that he had other powers.

Omino smiled to himself. He is a stubborn one. Oh well. Omino shrugged his shoulders and disappeared. A less than a tenth of a second later Omino appeared in front of Arthur. He then shot a beam of light out of his finger at him. Omino wondered what he would do of someone attacked him.

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The sound drew her from her reverie and sightless gaze out the window. Standing slowly, she stretched and crossed to the door. As she approached, she made a flicking motion with her hand, and the door swung open seemingly of its own will.

"Zaroff.. please. Come in."

Zaroff quickly walked into the room and began explaining everything that happened at the General's meeting. "Okay what we are going to do is lure the NJLU into a trap outside of Mexico City. Then we are going to launch our attack. Along with you guys we are going to send our most skilled division of military personnel from each country to battle them. This should be real easy. Once we defeat them we will take their leaders and put them on trial for war crimes. Then the NJLU will be completely disbanded. This plan is perfect. Perfect." Zaroff began pacing around the room smiling and cheesing everywhere.

Wooshaba']Zaroff quickly walked into the room and began explaining everything that happened at the General's meeting. "Okay what we are going to do is lure the NJLU into a trap outside of Mexico City. Then we are going to launch our attack. Along with you guys we are going to send our most skilled division of military personnel from each country to battle them. This should be real easy. Once we defeat them we will take their leaders and put them on trial for war crimes. Then the NJLU will be completely disbanded. This plan is perfect. Perfect." Zaroff began pacing around the room smiling and cheesing everywhere.
"This should be real easy."

Her brow furrowed beneath the cowl at this remark. Underestimation and overconfidence are the trademarks of failure and downfall. She watched him pace with no mask to her concern.

"Usually thinking something will be easy ensures that it will be anything but. I struongly suggest that if you do anything, you overestimate their abilities. Have you planned for every contingency?"

"Contingency?" said Zaroff. He raised an eyebrow at her. "That is what you guys are for, of course. You all are very disguised villians. The lot of you would not have been picked if you weren't." Zaroff looked at her concerned look. "You aren't going to quit on Russia are you?"

Arthur took the attack. He knew that his photokinesis couldn't repel the attack. Also he didn't want to use his speed powers to dodge it. It hit him and hit. Arthur fell to the ground.

Wooshaba']"Contingency?" said Zaroff. He raised an eyebrow at her. "That is what you guys are for, of course. You all are very disguised villians. The lot of you would not have been picked if you weren't." Zaroff looked at her concerned look. "You aren't going to quit on Russia are you?"

"It is my duty as a part of this partnership we have to look out for the success of the mission. I just want to be sure everyone is well-prepared. If that means exposing potential weaknesses on our front, so much the better."

Omino walked up to Arthur on the ground. He saw where the beam of light had hit him. It was a well aimed shot that had enough power to leave a gash. Lew saw the gash and then it began to heal. "Healing powers. Nice ability. It will be very useful for your training." Omino looked at him and said, "I cannot train you now, because I have a mission, but I promise you I will help you hone your abilities if you join me in my fight to destroy the NJLU." Lew waited for Arthur's reply.

"It is my duty as a part of this partnership we have to look out for the success of the mission. I just want to be sure everyone is well-prepared. If that means exposing potential weaknesses on our front, so much the better."

"Well our battle is to begin in three days. Everything is coming together nicely. You will not be disappointed." Zaroff bowed to the vigilante and exited the room.

Wooshaba']Omino walked up to Arthur on the ground. He saw where the beam of light had hit him. It was a well aimed shot that had enough power to leave a gash. Lew saw the gash and then it began to heal. "Healing powers. Nice ability. It will be very useful for your training." Omino looked at him and said, "I cannot train you now, because I have a mission, but I promise you I will help you hone your abilities if you join me in my fight to destroy the NJLU." Lew waited for Arthur's reply.

"Ok I promise to help you destroy the NJLU." Arthur got up from the sand. 'Curse my healing power'. Now Omino knew about one of his powers, but the speed would never be found. Getting up he look at Omino. "What should I do now and what is this mission?"

Sacer, in all his evil glory, felt the divine presence seem to fade from being.

"Guardian?" He asked himself puzzeled before swooping into the city. All the dark magics cast around faded back to a normal night. The ocean returned to salt water, the moon became usual, and the chains scattered into dust.

Sacer lifted through the wreckage hurling tons of concrete and steel miles into the air furiously. He came across the a lifeless body, large white wings, blood pouring down the cement chunks like unnatural waterfalls. The expression on his face was so sad and empty that Sacer fell to his knees.

"One more good soul lost because of God's absence; one more sacrifice unrewarded." He growled angrily picking up Guardians limp body. His white wings hung loose towards the ground. Sacer uttered a prayer before placing his body in the street.

"You're sacrifice will not be like mine. It will go rewarded when I conquer heaven and pass judgement on all of sinners...including this idol god." after his diatribe Sacer's wrath mounted to a fever pitch. The darkness quickly engulfed the entirety of the city surrounding the fallen angel.

"You! Angel of Fortune, goddess of illusions and despair. Wretched demon of travesty and bad faith. By the good graces of the lord I once knew I shall see to it that your lack of involement will go exceedingly punished!" Once again his powerful voice shook buildings to their foundations.

From the conjured dark void exploded thousands of spears that hurled themselves towards Fortuna.

Diaphanous did not have time to run after General Black. "Enertro, I will reach him telepathically."

General Black, this is Diaphanous. We need your plane and all of us must get out of here. Enertro has asked me to inform you of this. The city will be slaughtered by something much bigger than we are. We are not having an earthquake... This is a battle of Titans, as we cannot begin to imagine. We will all perish if we stay here a moment longer. We all need to leave. Get to your plane and inform the others! If you do not believe me, take a look outside! this telepathic message was sent with so much frantic energy, there is no way he could miss it.

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As Fortuna descended, she felt Guardian die. Guardian, you are with God now. Bless you my dear. Fortuna took comfort knowing he was now with God.

When she descended closer to the earth, Fortuna saw the arrows being hurled at her by Sacer. "Sonic Scream Blast!" She commanded Xenix. The large Phoenix followed her command and the arrows began shaking and dropped to the ground. She was pretty sure Sacer dropped as well.

Now, closer to Sacer, she took her angel form and struck Sacer with a blinding light, which should weaken him as well as blind him.

"Sacer, you just do not get it!" Fortuna screamed at him. "Guardian is with God now!" She pulled her Nihonto, which reflected the light even more and slashed through his armor.

"Xenix, flames!" She commanded, and the phoenix began to emit fire from its body, lighting the area consistently. The light shaft from the sky was still as bright as ever. To the surrounding populace, it must have looked very strange; the blackest of black, punctuated by the most blinding, bright light.

"Sacer! Repent! It is not too late! You can be with God!" Fortuna yelled at him, knowing it was useless.

Right above Sacer's head a tornado, formed by Fortuna, descended on him and as it spun, she ran her blade up and down the side, so as to slash at him hundreds of times while the wind spun him at 300 mph.

She ended the tornado and hoped he would drop. Fortuna was trying her best to fight Sacer without harming any innocent people, however, she knew that to be unlikely to happen. May those of you killed in my battle with Sacer be one with God. Fortuna prayed for them.

"Stop this madness now Sacer!"

The tornado ended as Sacer fell lifeless to the ground, blood sprayed over everything he fell past. He reahced out toward Fortuna before laughing in madness. As soon as he landed a black sphere surrounded him and spread over a four block radius devouring everything in its path.

From the night sky an ethreal shadow wolf covered in thousands of blood red eyes flew toward Fortuna and her companion. It had several rows of ferociously sharp fangs.The blacksphere shot thousands of chains out towards the angel in the sky.

"You will bow to me!" Sacer ordered as more of the city collapsed in the wake of the battle.

Do you not know what happens to angels when they die? They become human and when I wrench your wings from your back I shall make you suffer exactly as I have.

OOC: Do you think you guys could get the angels away from the city? That is a lot of people being killed.

Haze saw as the blocks were covered in the dark energy. He prayed to God that those people would be okay. He quickly flew into the sky and said into his communicator to the Watchtower, "Virgil you wouldn't believe what I am seeing right now." He watched as the iridescent angel of fortune tried to defend the world from the barbaric, deranged dark angel. Haze didn't know what to do.

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Luckily for Enertro and Diaphanous Black hadn't put in his mindblocking earpiece. He heard Diaphanous' reply loud and clear. Black spoke aloud hoping that Diaphanous would get his message. "Meet me on the roof." Black pulled out his earpiece and put it in. He quickly ran to the stairs that led to the roof.

Back in heaven...back home

Guardian awoke to a pure white light...in fact, it may have been a room...

"I am home...yet I am not?" he asked himself.

His surroundings faded away and reformed into the inside of a familiar Cathedral. A priest stood there, conforting a woman who spoke of a lost child.

"He looks familiar...Father...Father Gilbert," he said as he realized what had happened.

The images faded away as and once again changed into images of what took place in the streets. Sacer had brought his body out of the rubble.

"There is still good in him..."

The images went away as images of dieing people replaced them, all from the destruction done by Sacer.

"I cannot fight him...he has grown too powerful..." replied Guardian as he shook his head sadly.

The images dissolved yet again, as images as another angelic figure appeared. It was guardian...yet it wasn't. This figure had no angelic wings, but more like tentacles of light. It had no fiery broadsword, but two smaller swords. This figure stood proud as his cape/wings wrapped around demons, snapping their necks, or pulling them apart, as the man himself sliced anything that got in his way. But that wasn't all, this new Guardian seemed to change shape constantly. He grew into a giant as he smashed several of the demons, then grew tiny as a demon attempted to slice his head off, tripping over the smaller figure, as the Man regrew and stabbed the beast in the back...

The images dissolved, except for one. It was the picture of the new Guardian in a battle ready pose. Another appeared of Fortuna, losing her fight to Sacer...Much like Guardian did. But as the image of Sacer stood across from the image of Guardian, Fortuna appeared next to the Guardian again.

"We must fight him together...only then will we defeat this evil..." Guardian said outloud. The images disappeared and Guardian once again faced a completely white room.

"Our destiny is not yet complete. Our destiny is to protect Mankind and bring balance to the world...Our job remains unfinished," spoke a voice that sounded exactly like Guardians. "It is time we witness the rebirth of an Angel. An Angel named Guardian..."

Guardian bowed his head and said, along with the other voice, "We have a destiny to fulfill..." With that, Guardian disappeared from the void....

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The body of Guardian began to dissolve into light, floating high above to the heavens...

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"Do not worry, your daughter is safe..." said Father Gilbert confortingly. He patted the woman on the back. Suddenly, the altar glowed a bright white, and an angelic figure in white robes walked out. His face was completely covered in darkness by the robe he wore. He bent down, and set down a small child.

"Father Gilbert, Fortuna has asked me to send the child to you. You must keep both safe from harm," said the angel.

"Guardian? Is that...you?" asked Father Gilbert as he walked up to the angel.

"It is...and it isn't. I am changed from before. Changed for the better..." Guardian spread out his arms, and light poured from the stained glass windows into him. His armor reformed over his robes, his sword back at his side. Out of his back grew wing like appendages, flapping on their own behind him. Guardian hovered above ground. "Father, I must ask permission to remain here until I get used to my new gift."

"Guardian, how can we deny your presence? You are always welcome," replied Father Gilbert, embracing his old friend. Behind the angel and the priest, the mother and the daughter were in a similar embrace...

"Ok I promise to help you destroy the NJLU." Arthur got up from the sand. 'Curse my healing power'. Now Omino knew about one of his powers, but the speed would never be found. Getting up he look at Omino. "What should I do now and what is this mission?"

Omino looked the young warrior. Omino knew he was hiding something else ,but decided not to push it. Omino looked at him and said, "The governments of the world want to destroy the NJLU. My job is to lure them to the battlefield." Omino looked at him recognizing who he was from the report. "You are going to be used as bait. I know that you have a relationship with the NJLU."

"What kind of relationship do I have with the NJLU?" Arthur bluffed. He wasn't going to tell Omino that he use to be Kid Flash. That was behind him, but it was still with him. Maybe one day he would be Kid Flash again. For now he was just plain old Arthur MacGregor.

"What kind of relationship do I have with the NJLU?" Arthur bluffed. He wasn't going to tell Omino that he use to be Kid Flash. That was behind him, but it was still with him. Maybe one day he would be Kid Flash again. For now he was just plain old Arthur MacGregor.

Omino smiled. This kid was trying to play him for a fool. "You used to be Quickspeed, right? Don't worry about it. I can tell that you are not with them now. You would have hightailed it out of here a long time ago." Omino looked away and said, "So why are you here and not with the NJLU, Arthur?"

"They were weak and holding me back, but Static, that fool, is a enemy of mine. I want to kill him with no mercy. Oh I gave up the name Quickspeed and became Kid Flash. I retired for awhile from being Kid Flash. My costume is in the Flash Musuem. I donated. So I lied. I have my speed powers and healing powers. My speed power is almost that of Impulse's because I'm younger then him. So how will we trick the NJLU?" Arthur stated. Static would be dead by Arthur.

"They were weak and holding me back, but Static, that fool, is a enemy of mine. I want to kill him with no mercy. Oh I gave up the name Quickspeed and became Kid Flash. I retired for awhile from being Kid Flash. My costume is in the Flash Musuem. I donated. So I lied. I have my speed powers and healing powers. My speed power is almost that of Impulse's because I'm younger then him. So how will we trick the NJLU?" Arthur stated. Static would be dead by Arthur.

Omino looked down at Arthur. Omino had met Static once before. "Static isn't that bad of a guy. He has been around the block a couple of times. Why do you hate him so much?"

Prism smiled at the idea. He found Legion in the gym. "Hey, Legion! You bored how about you and me do some sparring? One on One, not counting your powers of course. You have somewhere we can fight?"

"Static is weak." Arthur stated and muttered something that Omino couldn't understand. Then Arthur looked then back to Omino. "So what is the plan?"

"Static is weak." Arthur stated and muttered something that Omino couldn't understand. Then Arthur looked then back to Omino. "So what is the plan?"

Lew shook his head. Lew knew that Static was one the greatest electrokinetics to have ever lived. Lew looked at the speedster and said, "I just told you. We are going to use you as bait. The NJLU will come rushing if they think that a member or former member is in danger." Lew lifted himself up into the air. "Meet me outside of Mexico City in twenty minutes." Lew blasted off.