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Post by zyphan on Aug 23, 2008 1:58:11 GMT -5
"Well, I guess we should probably try to follow that road, see if it takes us where we need to go." Zyphan wanted to save Ayden as soon as possible, but the thought that the humans would be combing the area didn't sit well with her. "Let's take a roundabout way, and follow the river down a few more miles before heading back in. I think I might know where that road goes through the forest." She sat thinking about the last part to Scoltun's question, about where they would go once he was out, and she had no idea. That was something that would have to wait until the need arose. ---------------------------- He warily watched the guards approached, but this time was a little more prepared, and tried charging the air outside his chamber. Unbeknownst to them, he was capable of a little more than jumping through space.
((If you want to try for an escape, we can do that. I've given Ayden some telekinetic powers, though they aren't very strong. Do what you will with PyroGirl.))
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Post by knightc3 on Aug 24, 2008 12:44:59 GMT -5
Scoltun nodded as she explained what she had in mind. He noticed that her condition had improved from last night when she had almost broken down. He was glad to see her alert and thoughtful again. He smiled and spoke, "Well, you can take the lead then. I will follow and watch our backs. Are you ok to fly?" He nodded at the dressing on her shoulder wondering if she would be able to fly properly with the recent change in dressing.
He packed the bags as they talked, getting ready to take off as they required. He stretched his wings once before smiling and looking back at the beautiful avian he had for company. He couldn't wait to get her friend Ayden out of the jail he was in and be free again, with her.
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Kira, as Ayden had taken to calling her, turned to the source of the sound and stiffened as the guards approached. As she saw the food on the plate they were bringing her, she looked passed the guards as they stopped in front of her cell and looked past her at Ayden. He seemed to be concentrating hard on something but she couldn't tell what. Her eyes danced between the food and Ayden and decided that she would keep her promise and try to get him free, trusting him to keep his end on the bargain and take her with him, away from here.
She closed her eyes and concentrated on all the bad memories that she had suppressed a while ago. She relied on her hearing to tell her when it was the right time. She had attempted this long ago, once and knew exactly what happened afterwards. One of the guards opened the slit and was pushing the food through. Just as he looked up at her and saw her beginning to glow, he realized his mistake but it was already too late.
She opened her eyes and let loose everything that had been pent up inside her. The small hole for the tray let the fireball out like a cannon and barely missed the guards who were scrambling towards the console and the alarm. The fire hit the opposite glass, melting a hole in it. The heat was enough to mess the electrical bonds around Ayden.
Just as abruptly as it had started, the fire went off inside Kira's cell. The cell had been locked down completely and made air tight on detection of the rise in temperature. Kira fell to the watered floor again and crawled to the glass in front and hit it weakly as if asking to be let out, gasping for any oxygen left in the air and not getting any.
(This works fine?)
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Post by zyphan on Sept 2, 2008 16:58:25 GMT -5
Working fast, Ayden jumped out of his cell and releashed a blast of air at the guards, knocking them unconcious, then turned to find Kira growing weaker and weaker inside her cell. Taking a deep breath, he entered the airless cell and picked her up, then miliseconds later, they were on the roof of the building, and the jumper was laying the pyro girl down, hoping that he got her out in time. ----------------------------------------- Zyphan felt the bandage, and winced a little at the pressure, but nodded. "If we take a few breaks, it should be okay. It'll just be hard to take off and fly fast." Checking the wind, she picked up her pack and carefully slung it over her shoulders, then marched off to one end of the clearing.
"First, let's gain some altitude. I can fly for longer periods if I can glide on air currents." And with that, she took a few running steps before taking off, her wings beating hard and her shoulder pulling a little at the fast, hard downbeats. She held her ground for a bit and checked their surroundings while waiting for Scoltun to follow.
A moving spec in the distance caught her eye, but after identifying it as a circling helicopter, she dismissed it, as they were going in the opposite direction.
((yeah, wonderfully!!))
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Post by knightc3 on Sept 3, 2008 9:36:38 GMT -5
Scoltun nodded and replied, "Alright, I will follow you, you set the pace as you are comfortable with it. Sure, I like better flying higher, out of range of the ground units most of the time." He smiled and waited as Zyphan took to the air. He looked around a final time, remembering the place in case they needed to come here to hide ever again. He took a running start as well and climbed to the same altitude as Zyphan. He circled her, waiting for her to choose a direction.
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Kira had blacked out just as she had seen Ayden burst out of his cell. Her last thought was that of fear. What if he never kept his word and escaped without taking her with him like he had promised. She felt her limp body being lifted up soon afterwards. Suddenly she felt cold air hit her naked body and she could feel the chill in the air. Air! She opened her mouth as she gasped loudly, convulsing as she breathed fresh, unrestricted air after so long.
As she opened her eyes, there was a smile on her face and tears in her eyes. He reached up and stroked the face of her rescuer and whispered, "Get away from me, quickly..." She wanted to feel the power she had all but forgotten. She wanted not to feel cold again, every again. Her body had started glowing again, this time due to the excitement and joy of being free again. She wasn't even ready to wait for Ayden to get away but she controlled herself for the moment.
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Post by zyphan on Oct 11, 2008 2:00:35 GMT -5
Ayden abliged and jumped from her, landing fifty feet away. He knew she was going to stretch and burn, but that didn't bother him. And if the heat spread more than fifty feet, he would simply jump again until it was safe.
His only thoughts now were of getting to Zyphan and fleeing the forest in search of someplace new and safe. --------------------------------------- Zyphan eyed the helicopter again, checking it's direction and speed, but flew at a 90 degree angle to it. "I'm hoping we can bypass all the activity back home, but if not, the forest will provide enough cover for us." She was a little unsure if going for Ayden like this, all wounded and tired, was a good idea, but the longer he stayed there, the greater chance there was that he would be tortured-or worse!
She flew on, keeping an eye on the chopper and her surroundings, but nothing out of the ordinary caught her eye or whispered in her ear. Stopping for a break every half-hour to let her shoulder rest, Zyphan finally called a lunch break and she landed in a small clearing hidden by a thick canopy.
"Do you recognize any of our surroundings? I know we're about thirty minutes from home, but I'd like to stay away as much as possible, and no fire tonight if that's okay. I don't wanna draw attention." She started pulling out cold foods such as cheese and jerky and crackers, and another nearby stream provided more water.
She hoped Scoltun was holding up okay with this follow-the-leader deal, and also that he was risking his own life to help her safe someone she looked to as a brother figure. "How are you faring with all this?"
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Post by knightc3 on Oct 11, 2008 11:43:28 GMT -5
He was used to traveling in such environments so had a good memory when it came to tracking. "That's a good idea. I don't want to get into unnecessary confrontations." He nodded in reply to her question as they stopped to have lunch, "Yeah, I think we are heading in the correct direction. I am fine without fire. I guess I will dress your shoulder before sunset then. How is it by the way?"
He smiled and thanked her for the food she took out. He was looking around but turned to look at her when she asked him a question again. "What do you mean? Oh the rescue? Well, I know you won't listen even if I ask you to not do it and I sure can't let you fly in there alone. That's why I am coming along." He smiled as he finished his answer.
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Just as Ayden jumped out of the way, Kira let go of the control and a 20 feet wide column of fire shot up in the sky. The thick layer of snow on the roof around her dissolved into water and then evaporated as the temperature rose. Within a few moment, Kira's body started lifting up in the air, almost hovering a couple of feet above the ground. After about a minute the column died down and a form of woman, still on fire walked towards Ayden, the snow evaporating under her feet.
When Kira was standing in front of Ayden, the flame that had covered her face retreated down to her neck and revealed a face that was smiling. She had no clothes again, but then she didn't them now unless she turned off the flames completely. "Thank you Ayden... for keeping your word... for freeing me."
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Post by zyphan on Nov 27, 2008 23:20:32 GMT -5
Zyphan bared her shoulder again to Scoltun so he could dress it, thinking about what would happen once they found Ayden. "It doesn't hurt too bad, but the flying does hurt. Do you think we're much farther from where we were almost caught?" She liked his answer, that he wouldn't let her go after Ayden alone, and she smiled. "How's it look, doc?" ------------------------- Ayden looked at her softly, a smile on his face. "I always try to keep my word. I couldn't let someone like you be couped up in there, when i saw what they did to you." He looked off in the distance, his thoughts instantly going out to Zyphan. "I need to get back home, though. Will you come with me, Kira?"
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Post by knightc3 on Nov 28, 2008 5:35:09 GMT -5
He looked up once he had finished inspecting the wound. He couldn't see any problem or infection of any sort so he was happy. He looked around a recognized the area somewhat. "Yeah, I think we are headed in the right direction." He paused and smiled as she asked her next question, "It looks good, once the skin closes up that pain should go away too." He pulled her shirt over the wound once he was done inspecting it.
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Kira nodded and repeated, "Thank you still..." She was a bit surprised when he invited her to his home. She couldn't remember her own home. She wasn't sure she would even want to go back if she did. She had a look of surprise on her face and said, "Can I? Uh... sure, I will come." She walked to the edge of the roof and looked back at Ayden, smiling, "Don't worry, I can keep up with you easily."
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Post by zyphan on Dec 31, 2008 3:00:27 GMT -5
Zyphan smiled back at Scoltun, glad he was being such a great friend, and thoughts about the future brushed her mind, but she shook her head, coming back to the present. "I can't believe all of this is happening to me, to you, to all of us. We didn't even do anything, but be different, and we're being hunted down..."
She looked up at the clouds, blowing across the sky in some distant wind, then looked over at Scoltun. "Do you think he'll be okay when we get there? Or... What will they do to him? I'm scared I might never see him again..." Zyphan was remembering when he found her, and all the times they shared together, him being the big brother she never had, and taking care of her, of protecting her. Her eyes welled up with tears at the thought of losing her friend. ===================== Ayden thought about where they should actually go, since home probably wasn't exactly a good place at that moment. He decided to go in short jumps first, to see how well the pyrogirl could keep up. Taking a breath, he smiled at Kira. "Okay, if you think you can follow me..." And he was gone in a flash, leaving a shimmering trail where he once stood, arriving in a small clearing five miles away, waiting to see if she could find him.
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Post by knightc3 on Jan 1, 2009 2:43:02 GMT -5
Scoltun didn't have an answer or a word of comfort for Zyphan. She was right about it. It wasn't that they had done something wrong that they were being hunted for. They just wanted to live their own lives, something the humans didn't seem to want them to have.
As she began to think about losing her friend. He approached her quickly and put a hand around her. He could see her eyes wetting with tears. "Hey, don't think like that. We will find him ok?"
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Post by zyphan on Jan 1, 2009 2:48:37 GMT -5
Zyphan merely nodded, trying to get the thoughts to go back to whence they came. She needed to be strong over the next few hours, or possibly days, in order to stay focused. "Thank you, Scoltun. For sticking with me and helping me find Ayden."
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Post by knightc3 on Jan 2, 2009 5:20:45 GMT -5
Scoltun nodded quietly then added, "Of course Zyphan..." He let go of her as he saw that she recovered for the sudden burst of feelings. "So where do you plan to go once you find Ayden?" He didn't want to think about it but maybe she wouldn't need him around once they found his friend. He was a danger to her, wanted for killing the human soldiers in that fire.
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Kira smiled back, gladly accepting the challenge with a nod. As he dissapeared, Kira literally went up in smoke. The smoke dispersed in the air quicker than it should have. A sudden concentration of smoke appeared next to Ayden and she reappeared. She was a bit surprised because she left tired all of a sudden. "Sorry, I am not used to... traveling so fast. I guess you will have to slow down a bit more for me... Sorry...", she smiled and apologized again.
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Post by zyphan on Jan 8, 2009 0:08:31 GMT -5
Zyphan shrugged. "I don't know. Probably find another place somewhere else. We were thinking of Alaska for a while, but never actually left. I would like you to come with us, if Aiden says okay... But if you don't want to, that's okay too." She started thinking about living with her friend again, and of having Scoltun there. It made he smile, thinking of all the fun they would have. ======================= Aiden jumped when she appeared next to him, but smiled too. "Well, I can't actually control my speed when I jump. Just the distance. I merely will myself somewhere, and...poof! I'm there. But we can go in shorter bursts, if that will help." He chuckled when she apologized. "No need for that, Kira. You just escaped. I don't care if you're a little breathless at first. We'll go in steps."
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Post by knightc3 on Jan 10, 2009 9:43:56 GMT -5
Scoltun smiled as she made him the offer. He had never been wanted anywhere or by anyone. Alaska would be as good a place as any as far as he was concerned. "I...", he began, then didn't know what to say. He hesitated for a while than spoke, "I would like nothing more Zyphan."
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Kira smiled and nodded, "Sorry... that is what I meant... shorter bursts. The weather is not exactly favorable for me right now. I will need some time." The truth was she didn't really have much energy. She was hungry as well. "Thank you for the consideration Ayden", she said and smiled sweetly. "Carry on... I will try to keep up..."
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Post by zyphan on Mar 25, 2009 0:43:43 GMT -5
Zyphan smiled wide, and enveloped Scoltun in a brief hug. "Then you'll come with us when this ordeal is over, no matter what Ayden says." Smiling still, she released him and began gathering their stuff together, putting it away. "We should head out, try and get closer to where my friend might be." Zyph tested out her shoulder a second, then launched herself into the air, circling while waiting for Scoltun to follow. -------------------------------- Ayden smiled. "Okay, smaller steps then indeed." He closed his eyes a second, then disappeared, and when he stopped, opened his eyes to see a shallow creek running past him, and a large old-growth cedar above his head, it's branches spanning over the creek. Hold on Zyphan, I'm coming back to you. His thoughts turned to the winged girl he cared for while waiting for Kira, and he hoped she was okay. ----------------------------- Back at the Center, the commander was about to kill the two guards set to watch the wing that held the jumper, Ayden. "What the hell to you mean they worked together and escaped?! You aren't supposed to let them communicate!!" He had recieved word that Ayden and the pyro-girl and gotten away from the facility, and were now heading in an unknown direction. And because of their distance, his fancy remote didn't work anymore.
Walking outside to where a squad of heavily armed Hummers sat, including a chopper, he motioned to his men to load up the vehicles, they were heading out to find the escapees. Getting into the chopper, the commander grabbed a pair of high-power binoculars and began scanning the trees as they rose into the air.
[[hope it's okay that i stared up the commander again. there needs to be some more chase action in here, and i figured he's gonna be pissed as hell now that he's lost all three of them, plus an extra, too. lol. i think in the next post, i might have Zyph and Ayden meet up, perhaps he sees her fly over or something, i dunno. Once they meet up, tho, I don't really know what they should do... got any ideas? I'm gonna open up Maximum Ride again and take a look, see what they did in those books.]]
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