A time to hurt, A time to heal

[lordnidhogg]

((This will swap back and forth (at least for a bit, till Shive begins to insert more of his plans) between here and the lake area))

Martyr was still whimpering long after everyone else had gone. She had thrown up again, and all she could do now was weep and hold the dead warrior's hand.

She decided that if she was going to kill herself with her power, this would be a good time, for a good cause. She closed her eyes and began to breathe, but her calm, deep breaths quickly became more rapid and shallow. After a moment, injuries began to appear and grow on her body, and began to diminish on Saelia's. Martyr continued and continued until she was almost as bad off as the Dragaer, but that was when she felt a pulse. Most of Saelia's major organs were restored, at least enough to function. Both girls were now very badly hurt, but alive.

Martyr collapsed further. She was slipping away. She just hoped that someone found Saelia before she died...

[Talon]

A dark-clothed figure landed near the two women, then paused and glanced at them. His eyes narrowed, and he hefted the two onto his shoulders (after some difficulty with Saelia, who was larger than he). He glanced around, then spotted a suitable building. He crouched down, then propelled himself into the air and onto the roof of the building.

He dropped the two off, then began to wrap bandaging around their wounds in an attempt to help them. After five minutes of bandaging, he stopped, for there wasn't anything else he could do for them. He then walked over to the edge of the roof, glancing around as if looking for someone.

"Where the hell are those two?"

[lordnidhogg]

It was hours before Martyr was conscious again. She was surprised; even with her better-than-normal regeneration, she had taken a lot of damage. She looked over feebly and saw the as yet still unconscious Saelia, and saw that she was breathing feebly. Martyr sighed and shut her eyes. Now the questions started coming.

Where were they? How'd they get here? How did she survive that?

[Talon]

The black-clothed man merely glanced behind him and muttered,

"Good. You're awake."

He had short, pitch-black hair and gray eyes. He was muscular, but not broad of frame. He wore a black jacket, black jeans, and a gray muscle shirt. He turned back towards the city and stated,

"If you're wondering why you're alive, I took the time to bandage you and your friend's wounds. You were in a very critical condition, but you should recover with rest."

He began tapping his foot in impatience, muttering to himself,

"Geez, it's been three freaking hours... where the hell are they?"

[lordnidhogg]

"Rrrr...where am I?" Martyr groaned as she returned to her original position. "Who are you?"

At about that time, Saelia groaned. This was the first sign of life she'd shown other than light breathing. But it seemed, for the moment at least, that they'd be ok.

Ironically, the biggest threat to their survival may just be Thanatos himself...

[Talon]

"I have no idea where you are at the moment, for I don't either. I don't know who you are, either, but you could remedy that if you wished. Frankly, I don't really care. But I suggest you recover soon; otherwise, my associates may not take kindly to you... if they get here..." He stated.

His eyes darted over the area, and he began to scowl.

I'm getting impatient... He thought.

[lordnidhogg]

Martyr was suddenly worried. She could take what his companions could give her; they couldn't kill her. But they could kill Saelia, and Martyr was too weak to save her again.

"You've got to help me get her out of here." Martyr said, sitting up incredibly painfully. "Please help me."

"Where are we." Saelia asked quietly, finally awake.

[Talon]

The man was about to respond, when a deep, gruff voice boomed,

"Hey X! We've got 'im!"

The black-clothed man turned around to see a tall, lithe man with sand-brown hair and a scar across one eye and a cheek, the other green-blue. He wore dark-blue jeans and a dark-blue t-shirt, riddled with cuts and tears. His teeth were rather sharp.

The other was a rather broad, muscular man with dark-tan skin and dusty-blonde hair. He wore a sand-colored t-shirt and gray jeans.

With the two was a bloody and beaten Reizus, held tightly in the big man's grasp. He threw the fighter to the ground before the supposed leader, who smirked.

"Jeez, what took you two so long?" He asked.

"Hey, it's kinda hard to find you when your damn clothes blend in with the night." The skinny one answered.

Reizus stirred, and the leader bent down, helping to his feet.

"Ocrimus, the serum. Now." He demanded.

The big man (Ocrimus) reachedf into his pocket and pulled out a syringe filled with glowing green liquid, which caused Reizus's eyes to widen immedeatly. The skinny man grabbed Reizus and restrained him as Ocrimus handed the syringe to the leader, who muttered,

"Calm down. We're just trying to help you with your problem."

Reizus's eyes narrowed, but still with the same fear as before. He looked at the skinny man, who merely returned it with a derranged grin.

"You're a Zoanoid too, aren't you?" Reizus asked the black-clothed man.

"Yes. My name is X." He responded.

He then stabbed the syringe into Reizus's neck, making him scream in agony as the fluid drained into his bloodstream. The skinny man let go of Reizus as the fighter fell forward, writhing in agony. X then turned back towards the two women and stated,

"I should probably-"

"Hey X, who're these two? Playthings of yours?" Ocrimus asked, grinning.

X turned around and decked Ocrimus square in the face, sending the big man backwards and onto his butt.

"Say it again, and I'll make you wish you were never conceived." X growled.

"You two need to leave, now. I'll help you leave." He stated to Martyr and Saelia.

He helped Martyr to her feet first, then Saelia. He stopped as he turned around to see Reizus's form melting into something else...

He let out a scream of agony as wings emerged from his back, followed by a tail. His face twisted outward into a wolfine muzzle covered in rubbery black flesh. Shortly after, as X, Gaigan, and Ocrimus stared on, Reizus had fully assumed his 'new' form.

Reizus still retained his humanoid shape, but that’s all. His body is a mixture of rubbery-looking black flesh, and a purple-gray chitin on his chest, forearms, shins, pelvis, shoulders, back, and the top of his head. His feet are dominated by three claws in the front, and his hand-claws are arranged in a triangular pattern. He’s muscular yet lithe at the same time. On his back are ‘thick’ bat-like wings (think Kaiser Ghidorah), and a row of spines running down his back. He has a thin tail emerging from the base of his spine, and a small, rounded-off ‘spike’ on each elbow. His head resembles that of a wolf’s, but colored like the rest of his body and with crooked teeth that just out when the mouth is closed. Finally, he has a pair of prism-shaped ‘horns’ jutting out of the back of his head, from the chitin, and a pair of blood-red, pupil-less eyes.

[lordnidhogg]

Martyr was barely strong enough to stand...but she found the strength to help support the still-dazed Saelia. It wasn't going to be pretty, what they were leaving, she was sure. But it was so hard to leave. She was so weak. They managed to make it to the end of an alley and onto a wide street where they could see the park.

"Come on Saelia, we can rest there."

[Talon]

X stared after the two and nodded. He turned back towards the others and shouted,

"The Hyper Zoanoid Team 7 is complete!"

Gaigan and Ocrimus cheered, while Reizus just stared at his new form. A hideous grin broke out on his muzzle.

"Now, let's get outta here." X continued.

The other three transformed, hidden by the night's shadows, and all four propelled themselves into the night air and out of view...