[Isabella]

What happened next made Isabella slap a hand over her mouth. First, Suka had been hitting on the angel with blue hair. The next, the very same angel had whacked him one. She gasped, and for a moment, figured out what to do next. She did the only thing she thought she should – she ran to his side, and with some difficulty, straightened his body out. She looked into his face and frowned, and before she knew it, there was too much going on around her. Wolf was curled up in a ball, Piper was speaking to her. She blinked and looked at everyone in turn, wondering where the other angel had gone. Piper said something about a name, and Isabella just managed one word, "Isabella." The world span before Isabella, as she uselessly looked from Wolf to Suka, not knowing what to do, who to help. Piper had gone to get something, so she just knelt by Suka and frowned at his face. "Oh, Suka… What have you done?" she said, shaking her head slightly and putting her finger to where the angel had whacked him. Wow… she packed a punch. She really did. But Suka… had suddenly changed there. He’d just, gone to something Bella had never seen before. In anybody.Time was passing so slowly. Ever so slowly, and Isabella just knelt there uselessly. She thought about getting some ice, but didn’t know what to do. Sometimes, she wished she learned some first aid. Maybe Suka might teach her how to tie a sling or something in the future. But right now, she was utterly confused. Did she just leave him there? Or did she do something? Oh, please wake up, she thought, moving him away from the counter slightly, with some strained difficulty. Her gaze moved to Wolf, who seemed pained, and she frowned slightly, debating who to go to. Wolf seemed to be in a bit more of a spot of bother than Suka, but he had Piper… She blinked as Piper came back, and watched her. "Will… will he be okay?" she said, slightly guilty that she could not do more for anyone.Piper's Boutique x Obsidian Dawn x Kyuusho x Google

[Wolf]

Trying his hardest to ignore every little thought that pulsed through the minds around him, Wolf crouched down further, pressing harder on his temple. The motion did nothing to release the pain, but it was a slight comfort, an tiny attempt to will the headache away himself. After all he'd learned, all he'd been through, he might have realized that there was nothing that could stop it now. Sure, medicine worked, but it took forever to kick in.

As he waited for Piper to return with his much needed herbs, Wolf's eyes remained tightly shut. The girl he hired was tending to Suka. What made that a 'bad' thing, was that Wolf wasn't even looking at her to know. Her thoughts were practically screaming in his head. Cowering down even further, ths noise to much to bear, he lifted his head just as Piper took her place beside him, holding out the medicine. Snapping at Isabella, hie voice was pained and angry. "Stop censored thinking so loudly!" it made no sense. He knew that. But to him, thats all it was about. Her intruding voice bounding off his skull like a censored ping pong.

Reaching out, taking hold of a damn near fist full of pills, he shoved them in his mouth, swallowing them dry. Reaching for the water, sucking half it down to help the process, he let it fall into Pipers grasp carelessly, bringing his head back to his temple. The voices wouldnt stop. Stumbling to his feet, he held out a hand to a nearby chair to keep balance. "I can't... you all are censored thinking to loudly!" He screeched, pushing off from his position toward the back room. If Piper understood he needed utter peace, she'd leave him be.

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[Piper]

Piper was pretty sure Wolf had taken too much of his medicine but he was in no state to reason with him and if his headache was bad as it seemed, she didn't blame him for wanting to down the entire lot. She wasn't going to give him the whisky though, that really would be asking for trouble.

As he yelled that they were thinking too much, Piper glanced across at the Anyelos - had she said her name was Isabella? Piper hadn't really been listening but she was sure that was what she'd said - and smiled apologetically. She was torn between wanting the girl to understand that Wolf couldn't help it, and realising how rude he sounded.

Grabbing at the empty glass before it smashed into the ground, Piper held back a squeak and shot to her feet as he stood, juggling the items in her arms and hovering at his side in case he fell over. She didn't follow him though, as much as she wanted to, because she knew her presence would only hurt him more. She couldn't not think, not fret. She didn't take her eyes off him until he disappeared into the back room though, just in case he lost his balance or needed her for something. When he did disappear, she turned slowly to lift the bottles and glass onto the counter with a sigh, her shoulders slumped a little wearily. Her mind was still trying to catch up on everything that had happened and she was worried about Wolf.. and Suka, for some reason. No matter that he'd hurt her in the past, she'd started to believe he was a good man after all, but then all... this.

Belatedly, she realised that Isabella had asked her about Wolf, and glanced at the girl, again apologetic. "He's a Blue Dragon - thinking... it hurts him. He gets bad migraines and just needs... I'm sorry about the yelling." Smiling faintly as she realised how attentative the girl was being to her Archangel, Piper wondered again if there was something more behind her concern. "He'll be okay," she added, referring to Wolf as she frowned down at Suka. "I'm not so sure about Suka." She bit her lip, her fangs pressing dangerously into her skin. "How do you know him?" It was probably a rude question but she was nervous, on edge, and had no idea what to do or say.

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[Castalia]

Pulling her scarf up slightly tigher and higher around her neck, Castalia shivered as the snow gently fell. The snowflakes in themselves were a wonderfull sensation but it was seriously cold. From time to time she stretched out a had and let the delicate flakes land on the palm of her hand. Almost immediately the flakes melted into a tiny puddle of water on her warm hand. Then she would focus and see if she could get the watermolecules to crystallize again into snow or ice. Even though the mass was tiny, it took quite some effort from her. Trying to change the essence of the watermolecules themselves was something completely different then making a pool or stream of water move in a certain manner or direction.

Not really looking where she was heading, Castalia suddenly found herself at the entrance of the Hinds Head. She hadn't been in the place for a long time. Not since she'd flooded the place with her emotional (and waterpipe) outburst. Since then Tom had long moved out as the owner. She wondered what had happened to him. He used to be so much in love with Piper but at some point their relationship hit a dead end and since then it seemed as if no one had heard or seen much of the guy.

It was said that the bar was under new ownership now, apparently Dazadi's son Wolf was now in charge. She was struck by a sense of curiosity, only if it was to find out whether or not it had changed much with this new owner. Opening the door she stepped inside, only to find chaos inside. In the blink of an eye she saw the counter and some other furniture damaged. There was Suka knocked out on the floor, and she just caught a glimpse of Wolf disappearing into the back. Piper was inside the bar, and then there was another Anyeli that she hadn't seen before. And to top it all off the establishment was filled with a penetrating stench .

Standing frozen to the floor for a moment she mumbled "What in Xanth's name happened here?"

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[Isabella]

Isabella knelt, looking at Piper and nodding occasionally. She’d been a little taken aback when Wolf had snapped at her, he seemed to dislike her without her even doing anything. A glass smashed, making her heartbeat raise and race in her chest. Piper had jumped to her feet, leaving the angel to look at her confusedly. Other than that, Suka was still knocked out, and there was only Piper to talk to as Wolf stalked off. Then Piper began speaking, and Isabella just blinked for a moment, unsure of what was happening.Isabella had the attention span of a teaspoon at times, and Piper’s last words slipped into her ears. She’d said something about Wolf being a blue dragon, and then asking how she knew Suka. For a moment, the angel looked at Piper quizzically, before catching on, and smoothing down a feather on one of her wings, and on Suka’s. "Well, he’s my Archangel, so I guess that he’s sort of someone to look up to," she answered, blushing slightly. Isabella decided she kind of liked Piper. Piper was the type of girl who lived in the midst of everything but wasn’t part of it in a way, Bella thought. Besides. She had a pretty shop. And if Bella opened a shop, she supposed that it wouldn’t be nearly as nice as Piper’s. Besides, there was just something that Piper had that Isabella didn’t. She didn’t know what it was, but shrugged slightly, and looked to Suka, then back to Piper. She assumed that her name was Piper, anyway, judging by her shop. Better bite the bullet, then. "So um… Piper… if that is your name, because if it isn’t, then I’m really really sorry, and Hell, you can even just stop listening to me now or it’ll be too late, because I’m probably just going to go on for some reason or other. Okay, first of all, I’m really sorry that I just came into your shop without stopping to talk before, because I had a lot on my mind, or was just being selfish at that time… But you have a really nice shop, you really do, and I admit that with all due honesty…" Isabella realised that her words were just a load of gobbledegook, and stopped short, to look back to Suka. Wake up, she said quietly mentally, so as to not annoy Wolf anymore. Piper's Boutique x Obsidian Dawn x Kyuusho x Google

[Castalia]

Castalia had met Piper a few times before and she was a nice girl. How she ever got herself together with the sun of Dazadi and Arkadios was a mystery to her. But then again hadn't some people wondered the same about her relationship with Suka? Love and attraction worked in mysterious ways, that was something she had definately learned over the years. Getting her thoughts back to the here and now, Cas looked to see if anyone else needed a healer. But the bar was dark and musty and she couldn't really see much of the other customers.

Walking up to Suka's unconscious body and both girls, she greeted them quietly. Although originally she had had the urge to dash towards them, she'd decided it was better to stay cool and calm instead of bringing more panic into this situation. "Hi there Piper" she nodded to the vampire. Then turning her attention to the anyeli whose attention seemed to be focused on Suka "Hey, I'm Castalia. I'm a ...erm... friend of Suka's and I'm a healer. What happened to him?"

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[Suka]

Stirring from his unconscious rest, Suka groaned, the world coming back to him in a soft blur. Raising his hand to his forehead, the gash from his head hitting the counter roared in protest. Sucking in a breath, emitting an inaudible 'ow', he braced his body with his elbow, lifting himself from a laying position. Pulling his hand away from his head, looking at the blood that coated his fingers, it didn't take long for everything to settle into place. He'd been leaving, and Dazadi whacked him one. Part of him was amused. Actually, he would have been entirely amused, if it hadn't been for the fact that he had no clue how long he was out, and the longer it took him to get to his sister, the more hurt she could become. Clenching his jaw, finding himself become mildly irritated, feeling it grow by the moment, Suka pulled himself to a sitting position completely, catching the view of those around him. Seeing Bella beside him, and Piper off a little ways, his attention turned to a third female. Seeing it was Castalia, he paused a moment, his eyes connecting with hers a beat longer than he probably should have allowed.

Pulling himself to his feet, Suka staggered a moment, the booze mixed with dizziness effecting him more with the mixture. Bracing himself on the nearest table, he remained still a second, then cursed. Dazadi had knocked him out, all because he gave her censored a squeeze? censored prude. His sister was out there suffering at the hand of insane scientists, and she prevented the only person knowing from getting to her and saving her? Gazing around, hoping to see the Aide, and tell her off for her idiotic behavior, his sight came up with nothing.

Lifting his hand to his head again, wincing when he touched his wound, Suka didn't even bother to heal it. He needed to save his sister. Thats all that mattered. Moving toward the door, stumbling, not saying a word to the others, he thrust out his wings, ready to take to the sky once outside. That was... if he didn't fall on his face first.

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[Destiny]

Before Destiny could move to follow Suka at the door, Suka was knocked out on the ground. Staring in shock as the Anyeli shook her hand Destiny wondered what the hell was going on. Before getting the chance to move and confront the woman she yelled a name, gave the blue dragon an order and then disappeared. As Piper escorted her "friend" to the back Destiny whimpered softly, unsure of what she should do. As she was deciding on going to help Suka the red headed Anyeli turned to face Piper who had returned. Scowling Destiny stayed where she was, as much as she would love to give Piper a good scare, Suka's health was more important and Destiny was pretty sure that hearing Piper panic would not be good for him.

Hearing the soft sway of the door Destiny looked up to see Castalia frozen in shock, backing up further into the shadow of the bar. As the nymph asked the red headed Anyeli about what happened Destiny noticed Suka starting to stir. As he staggered to his feet Destiny braced herself ready to shift and rush to his aid if need be. Watching as he staggered to the door she gasped softly as his wings rushed open ready to take flight, the moment he got out the door. Shifting into her stronger fox form she would dart for the door after Suka and tail him if he got out.

[Castalia]

Before either the Anyeli or Piper responded to her, Castalia noticed Suka's body slowly started to move. He looked around slightly dazed as it seemed, first to the Anyeli then to Piper and lastly to her. His eyes caught hers just for a few seconds but just long enough for Cas to see something she would later wish she hadn't. There was this look, this determination, something she hadn't seen in his eyes for months. Although she didn't immediately realize what it was exactly, this look, this connection faintly reminded her of something a long time ago.

Shortly after he got himself up and started to make his way to the door. Noticing the wound on his head as he touched it, Castalia got up from her bent position and shot towards him completely oblivious of anyone else in the bar. He didn't say anything and just thrusted out his wings while trying to stay upright. Positioning herself between him and the door, she reached out to him "Suka?! Where do you think you're going? Take a minute to rest and get healed, you're in no state to go outside." she said half worriedly, half commandingly. She didn't like to tell him what he could and could not do, but both the healer and lover in her could not let him leave like this.

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[Suka]

Although he was angry, and that in itself was directed toward Dazadi in this moment, his true rage lay within the beasts that held his sister captive. How could someone... just... steal a human being, and treat them as a lab rat? Hell, he wouldn't even treat rats like that. Sure, he'd done his fair share of horrible things in the past, but that was all done and over with. He had... his entire mind about him now. Sure, a few quirks were added, but he knew what he was doing, and had full control over his body. Nothing influenced him, nothing urged him to do something he would later regret. Or worse... not care at all. But more than that, he wasn't a bad guy. He had feelings, he had emotions. He felt love. He loved his family, and his sister was in desperate danger. Nothing in the world could stop him from getting to her and saving her. And he did mean nothing.

As Castalia stood before him, blocking his only means to exit, Suka scowled deeply, wanting to grab her, and tear her from his path. Clenching his fist, he gazed into the nymphs eyes, staring intensely. The fact that she was worried about him was the only reason he didn't handle her as he'd wanted to. At least... not as roughly, or cold hearted. Reaching out, his fingers curled around her upper arm, yanking her towards him until her body was flush against his. Looking down into her eyes, anger mixing with passion and longing, his jaw clenched and unclenched in succession. He remembered their time togther. All of it. Although he might have been a liar and an censored before... the passion he got from Castalia with that frame of mind was... intense.

Breathing slightly harder, Suka's eyes moved to her lips, followed quickly by his own. Nearly lifting her into his arms one handed, Suka kissed Castalia deeply, a kiss one might give their lover before going off to war. A kiss that was desperate, and also filled with longing. He'd come back.... and he'd censored her.

Ripping his lips from hers, pulling her to the side slightly roughly, enough so she might stumble from the suddenness of it all, Suka's eyes left hers, and he moved forward. Wrenching open the door, he quickly made his way outside, thrusting his wings and lifting to the sky.

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[Piper]

Still fretting about Wolf's headache and how much of his medicine he'd taken, Piper glanced up as Bella confirmed her suspicions. Even though she only agreed about him being her Archangel, there was something in the way she said it that made Piper think there was definitely something more to their relationship, though she didn't know what. Heck, back when he was being a jerk, he had women strung all up and down Elysia, she wouldn't have been surprised to find out that Wolf's new bartender was one of them.

Smiling faintly as Bella babbled, Piper shook her head. "I understand." She listened to every word, although granted not all of them sunk in, but she didn't really expect customers to stop and socialise. It was nice when they did but Piper herself was incredibly shy around people, normally at least, and never really knew how to start a conversation. She was happy to join in as long as someone else took the lead and showed her the way but wasn't really capable of taking that first step herself. She knew she often came off as rude, something she hated with every part of her, and blaming her mother was probably a cop-out. She was just... socially inept. But not heartless, so she held out a hand to pat the girl on the shoulder reassuringly.

The door opened and Piper froze before her hand could reach the angel, glancing at the entrance. "Hi there Piper". She frowned dully for a second, trying to place where she'd met the woman, but the memories were vague. She felt guilty that she didn't know the girl better but in her defence she was more than a little confused and overwhelmed by what had been happening, not just right here today but for the last several months. She was having a hard time keep track of it all.

Trying to mask her confusion, Piper nodded at the woman, eyes wide as she studied her. Wow. She had to be a Nymph, Piper only knew a couple of people that beautiful. She knew of a couple more but only from the front cover of magazines. As the woman moved further into the pub and asked about Suka, Piper looked down at herself, feeling shabby and ugly. Hell, she hoped Castalia was a Nymph! If not... then Piper felt even shabbier. Hopefully Wolf wouldn't see the girl, or at least be too spacey to notice how beautiful she was compared to Piper...

And what the hell was she thinking! This was no time to be worried about her appearance!

Wondering how to explain that Suka had been pretty much sideswiped by a tornado, or at least that was how she imagined it would feel to be hit by Dazadi, Piper opened her mouth, then snapped it shut as Suka began to stir. She wanted to help him up but for some reason held back, nervous, not quite sure anymore who he was or what he might do. She'd been willing to give him the benefit of the doubt before, maybe even try to befriend him despite all he'd done in the past, but she'd witnessed something tonight that made her hesitant again. Something in him had changed, she'd seen it, and she didn't really want to get too close to him. Especially not right now. He had to be majorly censored about Dazadi hitting him and Piper didn't want to suffer the consequences.

She watched him struggle to his feet, biting her lip nervously and in concern as he touched the wound on his head, wincing with him in sympathy. If that had happened to Piper, she'd probably be crying in pain right about now. But him, no, of course he was the macho type, just got right up and wobbled towards the door as if he hadn't just had a fist in his face and a bar in the back of his skull.

As Castalia planted herself between him and the door, Piper heard a gasp, frowning. She glanced around at the people in the pub with her but the sound hadn't seemed to come from any of them. It had been pretty faint, none of them seemed to have even heard it, and she wondered if she even had herself or if it was just her imagination. She couldn't see anything, and turned back just in time to see Suka's liplock with the Nymph. Piper's jaw dropped, not so much shock at the kiss itself but at the sheer intensity of it. It made her blush furiously, more than a little embarrassed, looking at anything but them because the moment was just so private. It also made her feel like he was saying goodbye, her eyes starting to sting with tears. It wasn't anything he did, just a sense she got from the way he kissed Castalia and the way he set her to one side and left. "Suka!" She started after him, squeaking as a fox shot out the door after him. At first, she thought wildly that Fawn had chased after him but a single glance told her that her pets were safe and sound, still under the table where she'd left them, watching proceedings nervously. In that case... who the hell did that fox belong to?

Looking around dizzily, Piper opened her mouth. "Er, erm, someone follow him and stop him from getting himself killed!" It seemed logical, after what he'd been saying, that he was going after his sister, though rather idiotic. They knew nothing about where she'd been taken or by who or why. She could be anywhere! And Suka alone wasn't enough to help her, he'd get himself killed. Okay, so Piper knew next to nothing about the Anyeli or their abilities, and it stood to reason that as Archangel he was pretty powerful, but it all just seemed stupid anyway. "I'm going..." To what? Stand there like an idiot?

"... to get help, right." Waving aimlessly, Piper dashed into the back room in search of Wolf. He'd know what to do. He always knew what to do. "Wolf! Suka just ran off, I think he went after his sister. We need to call the police or something!"

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[Destiny]

Destiny watched as Castalia stood in front of Suka outright blocking his path. Seeing the way that Suka looked at Castalia she tensed up, she had a feeling about what was going to happen, and just as she figured it Suka pressed his lips to Castalia. She saw the passion behind the kiss and looked away. She could have left right then, but she didn't Suka would never change and she realized this and accepted it. All she could do was standby and ensure that she could keep him out of harms way as much as possible. Hearing footsteps and the swing of the door, a cold rush of air rolled over her fur. Turning to look at the door she saw the spread of black wings and without second thought bolted through the door, as she ran out the door she heard Pipers voice squeak, but took no notice. Now was not the time to pay attention to her, As she ran through the snow her fur became wet and heavy. Stopping every once in awhile she shook the precipitation off to lessen the weight. Weaving in and out of the crowd she kept her eyes on Suka's body over head his black-red wings making him all the more easier to follow.

[Castalia]

As Castalia looked at him she saw again that determined and resolute expression on his face. She still had no idea about what was going on but her eyes pleaded "Please". For a moment Castalia was convinced he would just push her aside as he grasped her arm, but to her surprise he held her close to him instead. Gazing back into his eyes she felt herself getting lost, the same as she had lost herself in him numerous times in the past before Suka's memory-loss. Before she knew what was happening, his lips touched hers and an intense kiss followed. Caught up in the moment Castalia couldn't do anything else but kiss him back.

All the love, all the passion that she had kept inside for the past months came out with this one exciting kiss. She didn't even realize how much she had missed these intense moments with him, untill right now. At the same time though she felt the kiss was not just like how they used to be, there was something else. It felt almost desperate, like he was kissing her for the last time. And then the moment was gone. Suka pulled back and she was pushed to the side. She stumbled on her knees but got up in a matter of seconds. But it was too late already, she just saw how he spread his wings and took to the air.

Confusion all over she heard Piper's voice "Er, erm, someone follow him and stop him from getting himself killed!", then a fox shot out of the darkness in the bar and went outside. Hearing how Piper continued to say she'd get help she quickly glanced to the vampire in acknowledgement. Then she turned around and ran outside. In the distance she saw Suka's shape flying through the air, below it it seemed the fox was trying to keep up with him. She started running after them but the marketplace was pretty crowded and Suka already had a good head-start so soon she realized she had to try and slow him down, otherwise she'd never get to him. The fox she'd also lost sight off in the crowd.

Feeling the snow touch her bare hands and idea formed in her mind. Trying to concentrate on the snow while she kept on runnign wasn't exactly easy. But snow was frozen water, and water she could control, so if she could only use that to her advantage she might just be able to slow Suka down enough. She realized it was snowing because Xanth had willed this and she didn't know to what extent she would be able to influence a situation that had been created by the deity. But hopefully she could find enough power to temporarily change the softly falling snow into a heavy rainfall, chances were that Suka might be forced to land and walk because his wings weren't exactly designed to become seriously wet anyway. Then at least she'd have a chance.

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[Wolf]

Curling up into an even tighter ball as Piper burst into the back screeching, Wolf lay on lounge couch in the back. Pressing his hand to his head, tightening his grip on the couch cushion, he willed the censored drugs to take effect. What were these anyway? Pills that some idiotic dragon thought would help the process? What, wait a day for the damn things to kick in? By that time, his headache would have worn off anyway. Cursing the pounding in his head, he slowly opened his eyes. He knew what Piper was saying, he heard her clearly. He just really didn't want to deal with it at the moment.

Grunting, staying in his curled up position, he spoke through gritted teeth. "What for? My mother is off somewhere with my father, and he's the only 'police' we have." He didn't know what was going on with his parents, but they wouldn't be able to help in this situation. Not with the limited amount of time they had. He'd seen everything about the facility that Suka had found out. He'd even gotten a blue print of the place. as well as a location. It was all... a little hazy, as Suka obviously hadn't taken the time to memorize it. But he saw what Suka had seen.

Trying his hardest to block out the pain, knowing he'd not be able to, not until the god damn censored meds kicked in, he slowly lifted himself into a sitting position. This headache... was censored starting to censored him off. Wolf didn't normally get upset easy, but this... Standing up, finding himself overcome with a spurt of rage, he slammed his fist into the wall, punching out a decent sized hole. Not being of his father sept, the skin on his knuckles tore, and the bone bruised, leaving a massive sharp pain in his hand. Fortunately, the distraction was enough to keep his mind off the pain in his head.

Letting his bruised and bloody hand fall to his side, he looked up at Piper, the aggravation melting away as suddenly as it appeared. "We can't... rely on anyone for this. Suka... if he's caught... they will strip his title as Archangel." Pausing, he locked eyes with Piper. "If what I saw from him is true... he's going to get violent." Suka... his sister... the entire situation was censored messed up. Shaking his head, he looked back to the couch and grabbed his coat. "We need to..." Wincing, pressing his hand to his head again as the pain registered, he leaned against the wall. "We need to handle this ourselves. Get... as many people as we can. We have to raid that building."

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[Piper]

Piper knew Wolf would still be suffering, or at least suspected it. Even with her own resurrection and the miraculous healings she'd witnessed, she was still deeply entrenched in the belief that headaches couldn't be cured in under a minute, especially since she'd seen him suffer headaches like this before. Because of that, she expected him to scream and yell at her but he was still the best person to go to for this, at least, in her circle of friends. He was the son of an Aide and a cop, he knew the laws and how to get help when it was needed. She had to admit there was an element of running to the boyfriend in it too, a habit she couldn't seem to break, but at least she had an excuse.

"What for? My mother is off somewhere with my father, and he's the only 'police' we have."

Well, yes, that was partly why she'd gone to Wolf. But he had a point. Dazadi had torn off yelling her husband's name so clearly something was going on with them but it sucked for Suka. Piper hadn't a clue how to help him and she doubted Castalia could stop him, he'd been so determined. "Well, I..." She waved vaguely as Wolf sat up slowly, losing her train of thought as she realised just how much pain he was in.

Lowering her voice to a whisper, Piper moved closer. "Oh, Wolf." She didn't know what else to say. As much medicine as he'd taken, she'd half expected him to be three sheets to the wind by now.

Shrieking with shock as Wolf slammed his fist into the wall, Piper slapped her hand over her mouth belatedly, darting forward to grab his hand from his side and inspect the damage. Sighing raggedly, she smoothed her fingertips over the back of his hand, biting her lip. At times like this she wished she were a healer, that she'd been turned by a Nymph or something like that so instead of causing pain she could heal it.

"Suka... if he's caught... they will strip his title as Archangel."

Piper's eyes widened as she gazed up at him, still clutching his hand. "Why?" She knew a little about Wolf's Anyeli heritage but not nearly enough to understand how one came to be Archangel. It didn't seem fair that he could be fired for wanting to protect his family, especially not when Dazadi had kept the title for decades even though she'd be the first to admit she hadn't deserved it.

"If what I saw from him is true... he's going to get violent."

Piper shivered, her grip on his hand tightening a little involuntarily. She wondered for a second what she'd do in Suka's position. She and Zach had never been close, even less so since he joined the Navy, but she still loved him. Could she honestly say she'd do the same as Suka though? Set aside all her values and beliefs to do right by her brother? Somehow she doubted. Wolf, though... or Elise? She thought she'd do anything to protect them.

Swallowing nervously, Piper let go of Wolf's hand as he pulled away to lean against the wall, wanting to hug him but afraid to hurt him more. Wrapping her arms around her waist, she stared at him wide-eyed as he told her to get help. "We need to handle this ourselves. Get... as many people as we can. We have to raid that building."

Her jaw slackened slightly. "But Wolf..." They didn't know how to infiltrate a building. Piper doubted she could sneak her way into the pet store, let alone the kind of government-secure facility she was imagining. There'd be all kinds of security, the kind that was deadly, and guards coming their ears. How were they supposed to raid something like that? Unless by 'as many people' he meant the entire Elysian nation. Hey, at least then they wouldn't have to worry about security, they could just crowd the guards to death.

Pressing her lips together to stop herself from arguing with him since he was clearly suffering, Piper nodded and started to turn away, then turned back and paused. She wanted to tell him... she didn't even know. Seeing the way Suka was going to bat for his sister, it made her feel like she didn't appreciate Wolf enough somehow, but telling him she loved him seemed out of place somehow. It wasn't enough, either. As much as she loved him, she needed to say more than that and just didn't know how.

Touching his arm silently, she turned away and moved into the main room slowly, her pace speeding up as she neared the main door. Whistling to call Fawn and Comet to heel, Piper grabbed her jacket and shrugged it on as she left.

How the hell was she meant to get as many people as she could? This was madness!

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[Piper]

Piper trudged through the snow, grateful the downfall had stopped and all she had to contend with was what was left on the ground. She didn't want to have to slow down just because she couldn't see where she was going, and she didn't want to lose the people who were following her just because they couldn't see her.

Fawn and Comet matched her pace easily, quickening their steps along with her. She'd started out at a slow walk, one controlled by fear and doubt and self-doubt, but as she realised there were people following her, her doubt had lifted. The self-doubt was kind of permanent. Actually, the fear was becoming permanent too, but at least now they had help. To rescue Suka's sister, at least. If they'd had to do it alone, Piper doubted they'd have come back. Wolf was getting stronger but he wasn't a fighter. And she, well... she'd had plenty of chances to find that inner soldier and only ever came up empty. She'd thought she could accept that she wasn't a fighter but the truth was... she couldn't accept it. She hated that she was a coward, that she froze up at the first sign of trouble.

Seeing the pub's lights ahead, Piper's pace quickened even more until she hit the door at a dead run, bouncing off it with a resounding thud. She'd reached for the door knob but misjudged the timing so instead of racing through the door as it opened, she'd walked right into it.

Blushing furiously, she opened the door and headed inside, leaving it open so the others could follow her in. "Wolf, I found some help!" Now all they had to do was find where Suka's sister was and figure out how to save her.

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[Scarlett]

Scarlett sighed at the mention of Suka's name - somehow, at least it seemed to her, that particular anyeli was extremely good at creating trouble. Still, it wasn't like she had much to stay in Elysia for, and to be honest, she could do with some excitement these days. As Piper jumped off the bench Scarlett shivered slightly as some of the snow spray touched her bare skin. Tutting at the coldness of it all, Scarlett stooped slightly to brush away the snow. As she raised, she noticed Piper flashing a slightly nervous looking smile at her. Scarlett flashed a smile back, but was actually rather confused - "Why did Piper look so nervous?" she couldn't help but think. However, she had little time to question the smile further as Piper had already started walking in the direction of the Hind's Head.

Scarlett looked around at the others, none of which had moved yet. She debated waiting for somebody else to follow Piper first, but patience was not one of Scarlett's strong points and she got bored of waiting quickly, turning away from the others and beginning to follow Piper's petite figure through the snow.

The whole journey to the pub could only have taken several minutes at most, but the cold wind, mixed with the slushly snow around her feet was freezing Scarlett to the bone. Rubbing her arms against her torso in an attempt to generate some heat, Scarlett didn't even bother to hide her relief when they finally reached the pub. After a slight muffled giggle at Piper's rapid stop into the closed door, Scarlett gladly followed in after her, looking around the pub and remembering when her brother had started it up, and how excited he'd been. Quite randomly, and most uncharacteristically, Scarlett felt her eyes begin to fill and angrily wiped them. Forcing a smile onto her face, Scarlett looked at Piper, who had just shouted to some character called Wolf.

"What now then?"

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[Inimicus]

Inimicus opened the door to the pub and noticed that several people were already inside, he cocked his head in confusion. He had ridden hard on the horse, well not so hard just a trot still...he could not understand how they got there before him.

" Hmmm, I guess the way I know how to get here is slightly longer than everyone else, or you walked faster...odd. Still I am here to help Piper, I don't know Suka, but I am not about to let him face this danger alone, especially if he is the head of the Anyeli. Just tell me what I need to know and where I need to go and I will."

Inimicus looked around the bar, it seemed alot different than he remembered. It was significantly more brightly lit than last time, though that may just be the change in weather outside, it seemed warmer and also...empty. Bella was not there which made him insanely happy though maybe they could use her fire to help Suka, after all he was her leader, but he had long since given up trying to understand that girl, and slightly more depressing an almost tangible air of hesitation and tensness hung around the bar like a smog. Only vampires and the propietor were here, he felt slightly nervous around Scarlett but he had started loosing a lot of respect for her, she had never exactly been a guiding light when he was a fledgling albeit he had only been with her for a time, she seemed unsure of herself which was something not good to see in a queen, even if one is unsure they should hide it better, he never saw her around except at her shop, she didnt do anything. He had respect for her as a wide eyed fledgling, but he had aged quickly and she was not a queen to him, she was an elder, but not a leader. Piper, he didn't know her, this was the first time he had seen her as he could recall, still she seemed well known by everyone else and it occured to him now she owned the ruined shop he had gotten his portrait form, the one with that dragon in it, she seemed just as unsure about herself as Scarlett was, and as he secretly was, he wondered if that were a facet of being a vampire, constant self doubt. He waited to hear what would need to be done, his hands clasped behind his back and feet together in a very military style inherited from his father. From under his cloak the end of his short sword jutted out and on his back underneath the small area the cloak did not cover a large round silver shiled with celtic knot work gleamed, Inimicus was ready for action.


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[Wolf]

Hearing Piper's call from the front, Wolf lifted himself off the couch slowly, letting out a small breath. His headache was getting weaker, but it was still annoyingly there. He'd downed quite a few of those pills, before Piper could snatch them away, but it still lingered. What it would take to get rid of it, he didn't know. He loved his uncle, and understood the man was in a rough time at the moment. Hell, he'd never even talked about his sister. Knowing he had a 'aunt' out there somewhere, it was interesting. If not out right exciting. But even after all that. Even after knowing that his 'family' was in trouble, he was going to ream the man once he got his fingers on him. His mental download was way too much to handle. Not all at once like that. Suka was... 100 years old. Older actually. And his mother... Wolf was still upset about what he'd seen. Upset that his parents could do such a thing. He'd never mentioned Suka... just as he'd never mentioned any of his other 'friends'. It was interesting how he could befriend one of the few people that his parents had a history with. A bad one at that. How he'd deal with his mother.. he'd never know. His father... they already butted heads. This would be no different.

Groaning slightly, rubbing his head, he walked toward the door, opening it and moving out into the main room. Finding himself behind the bar, Wolf contemplated taking a drink, in hopes to remove the nasty ache in his head. Grimacing at the thought of what happened last time he'd done as such, he looked away and toward Piper, who was followed by two others. Lifting his brow, he wondered if he knew them or not. Before he could even think about how he knew them or not, and not really caring, Wolf furrowed his brow and looked back to Piper. "Is this it?"

There was no way that they were going to be able to rescue Suka's sister with just the four of them. And that was if Suka himself didn't get captured. If he stormed the place like he had been thinking when he was in the bar, there was no way in hell he would be able to over take the facility. Crossing his arms, finding his anger growing, Wolf let out a sigh. Piper... she was caring... loving. But, she couldn't demand for the help that was needed here. Sure, he himself wasn't much better, but surely he could bring in more than this. Couldn't he?

Or maybe he couldn't. Suka had done many horrible things to many people. Glancing off into nothing particular, he let his mind reach for who exactly the man had harmed. The memory, unlike what Suka held from his mother, was starting to fade. The longer that time passed, even in this small amount, things were slightly blurry. Softly fading from his memory. The human was one of the more stronger, probably because the 'torture' had lasted longer. But there was another. One... one of the first incidents with him. Or had it been one of the last. Figuring out the time line had been difficult. He'd poured a lot of information out and in a sparitic sequence.

Closing his eyes, Wolf's head cocked slightly as a particular memory jumped out at him. Piper's face entered his mind, and the memory of what had happened soon followed. His heart began to race as the nights events unfolded in his memory. What was worse, was in the angle he was seeing, it was like he himself was beating his own girlfriend to a pulp. Luckily, this memory wasn't one that popped out, one that had faded over time as well. Breathing hard, he felt himself jolt backwards, as if ripping away from the horrid memory. Near heaving, Wolf looked up to Piper, his eyes searching for hers as if questioning the truth behind what he saw.

This... this information. It was new to him. Piper had never said anything. Nor had Suka. What he'd seen... what little he saw, there had been attraction there. As well as physical abuse. Had they been involved? Was this the former boyfriend? And why hadn't either said anything? Feeling his head pound, Wolf stumbled to the side, reaching for the bar as he found himself sitting upon the bar stool behind it. Letting out a slow breath, trying to calm his nerves, as well as avoid another pounding headache, he continued to look at Piper, almost defeated. What this was to mean, he wasn't sure. Of course he would ask Piper, but as of right now... Suka was in trouble. If whatever happened in the past, if Piper was ok with it... then there wasn't much he could do any more. Sula was still his uncle... and he didn't even know if what he saw was true. Or perhaps he didn't want to know if it was.

Eyes still on his girlfriend, he turned his attention back to the task at hand. "We need more people."

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[Inimicus]

Wolf came out from the back of the shop, seemingly not caring about Inimicus or anyone there. He listened to Piper, whom Inimiucs assumed he was involved with based on his facial expression and how he reacted, but they could just be good friends he didnt know. The man scowled, his brow furrowing

" Is this it..."

Inimicus was suprised, he had gone faster than most still by now they should be showing up. The man, Wolf his name was he gathered..odd name...wolf closed his eyes seemingly in though. Inimicus let him think, he needed time, eventually he opened his eyes

" We need more people "

At this Inimicus walked forward and bowed slightly to Wolf, not a sign of reverence but more of repsect though he had no reason to particurally love the lazy owner he met the last time he was here, he seemed very serious at the moment and seemed in charge. Inimicus straightened and clasped his hands behind his back again looking into the shockingly blue eyes of the person he now stared at, if it werent for a couple things he would think with eyes that shocking he was a dragon, but he was so short, and his eyes were not slitted...must be another race but it was odd to see, he spoke seriously to wolf.

" Yes we do need more people, but it is not her fault we do not have them she had quite a crowd gathered at the statue, I do no know why they are not here but let me go see, you 3 rest here and I will go wait at the statue, when more people arrive here just send someone to get me, I don't mind the cold but I do want to be involved and should like to be here when you tell us what we need to do. I will go hurry the people up now then "

Inimicus bowed again his cape swirling behind him as he turned towards the door. Outside in the cool air the horse snorted impatiently having seemingly not moved an inch as there were no marks in the snow. Inimicus smiled and fed the horse some oats from his pocket petting the big neck as it chowed down happilly. He swung a leg up to get on climbing onto the horse was difficult, it was so large, but it was too distracted to make any trouble, once on the horse he tapped it's side and with a snort the horse started trotting back towards the statue.




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