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Post by dagger on Dec 12, 2007 14:25:38 GMT -5
Dagger ran onto the roof, her hair waving behind her as she sprinted to the edge of the building. With a quick breath, she jumped over the side, aiming for his open cloak.
She might have fought with him recently, but she knew him, trusted him. He would never let her die. He would catch her in his cloak.
Tandy swallowed. Wouldn't he?
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Post by cloak on Dec 12, 2007 23:20:33 GMT -5
Cloak reached out and pulled her in, before he even noticed he had done it. His cloak fluttered in the air where Dagger had just been.
"Oh my-" Cloak could feel her, he pulled himself in, to see where she was, he could feel darkness wash over. Her light wasn't there, he couldn't feel it. She wasn't protected, she would die, she would go insane, like everyone else... "Tandy!" He shouted, appearing in reality in a shadow only at the bottom of the building they had been on a moment ago.
He closed his eyes, and tried to set her free, his cloak refusing to give her up. He screamed, he was hurting her, he was going to kill her, and he couldn't stop it! He went back into the Dark realm, maybe, somehow, he would be able to help there...but, he was only fooling himself. He was Darkness, and he couldn't force that to bend to his will...
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Post by dagger on Dec 13, 2007 10:00:53 GMT -5
It was certainly dark. Tandy noticed that right off the bat...she was always sharp like that. She smiled...yeah, of course it was dark. What did she expect it to be?
Something shifted in the shadows. A flicker of dread washed over her. Suddenly it was on top of her throttling her, a phantom in black, long fingernails cutting into her skin.
"Get off me!" Tandy screamed and pushed her hand at her attacker, hoping to blast her off with a shattering lightdagger. Then belatedly, she remembered, she had no powers. Tandy curled her fingers into a fist and snapped it at the phantom's head.
It went flying but soon returned, crawling along and watching her with empty eyes.
"Tandy!" Cloak called frantically.
"I'm here, Ty." She screeched, battling with the demon as it leapt for her again. She shoved it off but it quickly reattached itself.
Slowly, she began to fade, as if whatever light was inside her was draining away...collecting into her attacker.
"You shouldn't have left us." It said, a dark vampirish voice hissing in a inhuman throat.
Tandy managed to free herself, stumbling back. "I am light." She whispered, tears flowing down her cheeks. "I can not be extinguished. I am light!"
Something painful arose in her chest and her weak light flared gold for a moment. She was no longer a mutant, but she could control her own human light from practice with her mutant light. At least here, who knew what would happen in the outside world.
She put all her energy and light into a ragged glow to protect her. It would only last a few seconds and if it was overcome, she would die.
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Post by cloak on Dec 13, 2007 12:03:32 GMT -5
Cloak wouldn't let her die. Not her... He looked up to the Glow in the city. Gabriel, he was attacking the city. Cloak went through shadows until he was close to the origin of the glow. With a shout Cloak dived into the Darkness. He needed Dagger, human or not, she was his light, and he needed her.
"St-stay calm. I'll get-t you out!" He shouted, forcing himself to be in control. The darkness that had been attacking her wrapped around her wrists and threw her. Ty threw open his cloak, tossing Dagger onto the ground. "T-tandy?" He said, trying to catch his breath. He had never had such a fight freeing someone. He collapsed, taking a single deep breath.
Cloak looked up at her, "You can be very impulsive." He rose to his feet, walking over to her. Hopefully she was alright.
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Post by dagger on Dec 14, 2007 9:56:18 GMT -5
Tandy coughed, rubbing at her throat. "Yeah, thanks Ty."
She didn't look him in the eyes. She was little embarrased. She'd taken her powers for granted and had to be reminded over and over and over that she was normal, useless.
"I'm sorry. I didn't think." She hugged herself, "Maybe you should go without me. I'll probably just end up being an easy target."
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Post by cloak on Dec 14, 2007 19:47:49 GMT -5
"You will come." Cloak said. She had lost her powers, but, she knew a little about fighting hand to hand if needed. He scooped her up in his arms, pulling her to his chest. "We'll go together." He rose into the sky, they were only a few Blocks away from the source of the Black out, he wouldn't have to carry her long.
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Post by dagger on Dec 29, 2007 11:08:10 GMT -5
Dagger shoved against his chest. "No. I thought maybe...but I'll just be a hindrance! Put me down." He seemed startled but did as she asked. Dagger hurried back to the theater, changed into her normal clothing. She was a human. A powerless unheroic human and it was time she got used to it. Tandy walked home in the dark, closed the door and went to bed. Nothing was ever going to be the same again...
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