Greed & Arrogance

[Talon]

((Reserved for Tiein))

Around the building that contained some of the most well-kept secrets in North America, perhaps the entire world, a vast array of craters, scorched earth, and the remains of what were once humans, littered the area. A single, massive entity strode through the remains, muttering,

"Pathetic... I didn't even lift a finger to get through these appallingly weak defenses."

It paused roughly several dozen meters from the building's main entrance, then clenched its fists as it hissed,

"But whatever's in there... something tells me it'll be worth my while. It's aura is well-guarded, but there is a notable size about it as well... hmph. I'll find out for myself, it seems."

The Scourge known as Khimera abruptly grinned his curious, anatomy-challenged grin, issuing a deep, resonating howl of a laugh as he continued his casual stride toward the building, aura beginning to build as it devastated the ground it came into contact with. However, he stopped once more, about 20 feet from the main building now as a look of confused curiousity crossed his mandibles. He slowly turned around, scanning the area as he mused,

What is this new presence I sense...?

His grin returned as his fists crackled with eldritch energy, the essence he'd copied from the dragonkin warlock Daedalus.

"Ohh, this one seems interesting enough...!"

[Blaze]

The area around Khimera seemed to light up in a strange aura-like 'glow', as a yellow anthropomorphic fox named Rena suddenly appeared in front of him. Rena said nothing for several seconds as she casually strolled up to the large being, smelled him, lifted up one of his arms, and poked his tail. She nodded and smiled as she then stood in front of him with her arm extended, awaiting a hand shake. The 'glow' slow faded.

"Well you're not weak at all!"

[Talon]

Khimera 'frowned' at the newcomer as the aura dissipated, and he was allowed to land on his feet.

This is what I sensed? This peculiar little thing? ... this is certainly a let-down. Although... that aura ability seemed like something more than just telekinesis... hmph. Getting cocky was what allowed the dragonkin to best you... even if it was temporarily. He mused.

He blinked, noting the extended hand, and promptly ignored it.

"You're a very misleading little cretin yourself, it seems... quite a bit of energy, but not a lot of caution... pity, that might kill you."

His right hand seemed to spastically writhe on its own, 'veins' bulging to its surface as it shimmered with transparent power.

[Blaze]

Rena blinked in surprise at his arm.

"Hhmm, so you're one of those 'chemically unbalanced' fellows...huh... Well I am inclined to first give you my card and ask you to read it."

Khimera's large muscular arm started to glow the yellow 'aura' as it was forcefully lifted and handed a card, which she pulled from the back pocket of her cargo pants. The glow faded once more.

The Card read: “Your friendly neighborhood’s supreme ruler.”. With a cartoon picture of Rena standing on a flaming Earth.
The back stated: My Card!

[Talon]

Khimera stared, completely confounded as to the purpose of the card. After several minutes of silence, the Scourge suddenly broke out into a fit of mocking laughter, the card instantly disintigrating in his hand. He snapped to a stop as he shoved his face into Rena's hissing,

"damn. You're far more egotistical and arrogant than I am! Congratulations. However, that attitude tends to piss me off when I'm not the one to be showing it."

He stood back up to his full height, then turned back to the headquarters nearby, leveling another squad of soldiers as they stumbled out with a blast of telekinetic force, leaving a haze of pink mist in its wake. His tail's blade came dangerously close to Rena's throat as it lashed about, and as he made his way back to the structure ahead, growled,

"Talk to me again when you're worth my time..."

[Blaze]

Rena broke out into a fit of laughter at his remarks as she whipped the tears from her eyes

"Ahah! Whoo! I haven't been talked down to like that sense I was Yay tall!"

She held her hand out indicating her height at a younger age. Rena strolled past Khimera toward the building entrance, obviously ignoring his statement. Khimera glowed the same yellow aura from before as he lifted into the air a few feet and hovered, as did all other beings around the structure. Rena sat and stared in front of him for several seconds before asking.

"So are you seeking World Domination? or are you just power hungry to the point where it clouds all judgment?"

Rena sat back in a relaxed fashion and smiled twitling her thumbs

[Talon]

Khimera scowled down at Rena, and ignoring her question, growled,

"What the- PUT ME DOWN!"

Without waiting for a response, his aura began to flare violently, the effects causing the ground beneath him to rapidly deteriorate... yet it failed to break the grip Rena had on him.

".... WHAT THE F*CK IS THIS?! WHY CAN'T I BREAK OUT?!"

He continued to raise the output of his aura, further distorting the air around him, as well as quickly creating an ever-expanding crater, yet try as he might, he still could not break the Contineo grasp holding him in place.

"RAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGH!!!!!"

He then seemed to collapse, issuing a constant growl as he glowered at the one binding him in place.

"The MOMENT I get out of this, I'M GOING TO RIP YOUR ENTRAILS OUT THROUGH YOUR SKULL!!!" He screamed, aura flaring again.

[Blaze]

Rena stood slowly, locking eyes with Khimera as she folded her arms.

"I've asked you four questions and even did a cute little smile, now, are you going to answer any of them? yes? no? maybe so? But if not, would you at least tell my why you're here? you don't seem like one who looks for nothing for no reason."

She began walking to the large building as all soldiers in her grasp (including Khimera) floated behind, following her. Rena reached the main door as it too, glowed then opened, she stood waiting for a response.

"I'll probably let you down if you pretended to be nice"

Rena entered the building, looking around in 'awe' as she stopped, facing away from Khimera.

"whacha looking for anyways?"

[Talon]

Khimera visibly slumped in dispair, still glaring at Rena as he responded,

"I sensed something in the lower levels of this structure... something LARGE, and something powerful... they hid it well though, I could only get a faint glimpse of it every time. I CAME HERE to find out what it was, and hopefully consume it... until YOU CAME ALONG..."

Meanwhile, dozens more Precinct 13 members looked on in fear and shock as the vixen happily towed the massive Scourge about with no visible effort. They were mostly basic security and research personnel who had been told to retreat into the lower levels just before their doors were blown open. One of the researchers, determineable by his white labcoat-like attire, shouted,

"H-hey! You can't come in here, this is a high-security compound! P-please leave! And for God's sake, take him with you!"

There were murmurs of approval as the humans edged away from the duo and their floating soldier companions, and Khimera openly scoffed.

"Are they serious?!" He growled.

[Blaze]

Rena stared blankly at the human as he suddenly glowed then floated toward her, she reached in her pocket and handed him one of her many cards.

"Educate yourself Sir!"

She continued to walk as she gathered more people, turning her small crowd into a small audience, until she soon reached an elevator, she slowly grinned and look back at her group as seconds later, everyone was packed into it including Khimera. the door opened as she piled everyone out and into a rather large office space.

The room had several cubicals, desks, computers, and even a few water dispensers scattered about for convenience. The walls where a plain white with a few posters and office knick-knacks. Rena looked around smiling as everyone in the room looked up to see her and her new 'posy'.

"Well Hello all!"

The area quickly lit up in a yellow flash as a loud high-pitch ring followed, the second flash faded, every person in the room was now holding one or two of Rena's cards. She turned to Khimera and handed him another card.

"Are you looking for a fight?"

Her grin faded as she became serious. She sat in a nearby chair and closed her eyes, leaning back.

"Have you ever looked up into the night sky and wondered if we where alone? Cuz I do, seeing all those stars, knowing theres life on them. Then finding yourself wondering, 'what are they thinking about?' Then coming to the realization that theres always a bigger fish... "

Rena opened her eyes and locked on to Khimera.

"Theres 'always' a bigger fish..."

She swiftly stood and looked around with a huge grin.

"Found him again!"

Blaze suddenly teleported into the room dazed and confused as stumbled around. He regained his composure as Rena hugged him and pointed him at Khimera, whom was still hovering a few feet from the ground.

"Oh great not you again!"

Blaze glared at Khimera.

[Talon]

Khimera glowered at Blaze in response, growling,

"I should've killed you when I had the chance.... and as soon as this bitch LETS ME GO, I'll be taking the only thing that makes you useful- that time stop ability... and I might kill you while I'm at it, who knows?!"

His red optics swiveled back at Rena, and his rage peaked once more as he issued a deep, resonating hiss at her, mandibles splayed in a hateful manner. Meanwhile, everone else in the room stared in shock and horror at the sudden arrivals, being further astounded by the fact no one had come by to 'dispatch' them.

"Figures... when we actually NEED Stephens, he and his team are gone..." Someone whispered.

Khimera began to wriggle against Rena's grip once more, set on finding some way to break out of it.

[Blaze]

Blaze glared at Khimera as Rena 'sighed'

"I wanna try somethin..."

Rena, Blaze, and Khimera all suddenly teleported outdoors and several yards from the entrance of the building, Rena with a curious look, let Khimera go, he fell the short distance to the ground landing on he feet with ease. Blaze look on in surprise as the yellow fox walked over and stood in Khimera's path to the structure.

"your move buddy"

Rena held her curious expression and waited.

[Talon]

Khimera blinked, surprised at this development... then his mandibles spread in a nasty smirk.

"You just made the last mistake of your miserable little life..." He hissed in a low tone, muscles tightening under his organic armor.

Khimera then quickly blurred out of view, reappearing behind Rena. A full 15 tons of force drove itself into the vixen's spine as Khimera kneed her in the lower back, issuing a vast array of cracking noises. Before the yellow fox could stop rolling across the ground, a telekinetic grip shrouded her, and began exerting even more pressure on her entire frame as the Scourge lifted her into the air, and snarled while steadily shaking with rage,

"I don't take KINDLY to being MOCKED... OR USED... OR HAULED ABOUT LIKE SOMEONE'S goddamnED RAGDOLL! I AM THE MOST POWERFUL ENTITY THIS COSMOS HAS SEEN, AND I WILL BE TREATED AS SUCH!"

Spurts of blood began to violently issue from Rena's frame as the telekinetic grip refused to let up, and the Scourge bellowed in a voice all-too familiar:

[glow=limegreen,2,300]"NO PUTRID LITTLE STAIN SUCH AS YOURSELF WILL DISRESPECT ME AS SUCH! BUT YOU SHALL LEARN... THAT, I'LL MAKE damnED SURE OF!!"[/glow]

He finally released her, only to blast her out of mid-air with a streak of fiery, red-orange energy that burnt off a good portion of the mammal's frontal fur in a single shot. As she lay smoldering on the ground, Khimera's mandibles opened once more, strings of foul spittle hanging between them as he issued an earth-shaking, bone-chilling screech of fury. He slowly glanced back at Blaze, then his fist clenched as he turned fully toward the dragon anthro himself.

"And you... you still have something I need..."

[Blaze]

Blaze seemed a bit surprised as Khimera approach him.

"uhh....dude should turn arou- DUDE!!"

He immediately covered his head and dove to the ground as a small nuclear explosion erupted right next to Khimera's head, glassing the ground below. Rena stood smiling whipping her lip, her Contineo grabbed him held him in the massive smoldering crater.

"WOO! now THATS what I expected! You kicked my ass!"

Her Prime Armor which covered her body cracked and broke in some places, falling to the ground and smoked as she stretched.
Khimera was lifted into the air as she began to squeeze him with a bit over 100 tons of pressure, he began to contort and bend in disturbing ways before 7 more miniature atom bomb-like explosions covered the sky, engulfing him.

Rena let her grip go as he fell to the ground with a loud 'thud', she glared as she again grabbed him and lifted him into the air, holding him there.

"I don't think you've got what 'I' was looking for though..."

She walked up to Khimera as her right arm glows yellow and hum, the air around it dance and jumped at the energy it emitted, she then reared back and hit him with 200 tons of force creating a massive earth trembling explosion. She continued to hold him in place as smoke and debris filled the air.

[Talon]

Yet even under that vicious assault, Khimera's black, pulpy, mangled form slowly began to shift back into place, the mass speweing all forms of foul-smelling (and looking) fluids into the air, held aloft by the Contineo. Khimera's maw formed back into place with a building screech that shook the nearby foundations.

[glow=green,2,300]"YOU... YOU ARROGANT LITTLE bitch! AUGH! I'LL-"[/glow]

He went into a shot fit of hacking up his own bile and mass amounts of blood, of which globbed together and floated before him in little droplets due to the Contineo. He seemed to instantly regain his composure as his form began to, ironically, distort under some unknown power.

"I'm not done... but for now, I fear even I am not strong enough to take a wench like you down... so... goodbye... for now."

His distorted form abruptly vanished in the blink of an eye, leaving only his Contineo outline behind as he was nowhere to be seen.