Heroes: Shadows over Millenium

[Dark Silver]

"Harm her and I'll hunt you down, rip you apart, and desecrate your corpse that even if your spawn's spawn will still bear the marks......" he replied coldly, looking down upon the symbiote.

"As for how I use my powers, a man has to make a living somehow. Besides, I owe the Freak Legion. I consider this payback."

[Charon]

Legacies laughed. "Then why leave her here coward? If you care so much?" Legacies still did not look over at Saibot as he began tossing the piece of wreckage up in the air.

"You don't own Freak Squad anything. You're just using them to run again. Afraid as always, Saibot. You dare not do anything because you're so afraid of what will happen. Use of your powers just for yourself as always then?"

[Dark Silver]

His fist closed, the leather of the gloves creaking slightly with the motion. How easy it would have been to fry Legacies with a lance of energy fro his ring, how quick and unmessy.

But Legacies was a friend, and he didn't go killing friends. Yet anyway.

"I'm not leaving her, Legacies. I'm simply dealing with unfinished business. But you would know all about that wouldn't you? If all you did was come to talk down to me and call me a coward, why bother?"

Saibot's entire body was tense, he wanted to put his fist through Legacies' silver head...but no, not yet.

[Charon]

"We have all the reason to chase after freakshow as well. What he did to us was far worse than what he ever did to you." Legacies turned to look at Saibot. "But we recognize that a greater good comes before foolish vendettas."

"I call you a coward because there is much more you could do but you do not because of some unplacable and foolish fear. You have let doubt gnaw and weaken you from what you could be. You have grown pathetic."

[Dark Silver]

"Pathetic...."

The word echoed in Saibot's mind, even as he looked down on Legacies.

The right hand traveled to the hilt of his sword, tightening around the grip for a moment, but the sword wasn't drawn. Instead, Saibot's left hand came around in a sudden hook at the symbiote's head.

[Charon]

The hand moved at an amazing speed, but it had been expected. A tendril lashed out and stopped the fist cold as Legacies leaned in towards his old friend. "And now you are going to kill us?"

Legacies was still tossing the chunk of wreckage up and down as he stared at Saibot.

[Dark Silver]

"If I wanted to kill you, you'd be dead already."

The tendril which held the hand was encased in a blue glow, which traveled swiftly over the rest of Legacies' body, a encapsulation of hard light from Saibot's ring.

Having the symbiote held, Saibot lifted him into the air, and brought him down again, hard, into the broken concrete his friend had stood only a second before.

[Charon]

Legacies landed hard, but the loose concrete softened the blow some, but dust flew everywhere. As it settled a spike of silver smashed against the bubble, forming a single crack. The spike struck again and a series of cracks formed. As the dust began to clear the spike drove forward and shattered the hard light. Legacies was out in a flash. Hands ending in long talons the symbiote struck out at Saibot, cutting into his flesh some but nothing deep.

As Legacies passed by Saibot, a tendril lashed out and grabbed his foot. A second lashed out and grabbed for the dagger still held in it's sheath. As the second tendril reached for the dagger, the tendril around Saibot's leg lifted him into the air and then smashed him into the ground repeatedly.

[LadyTevar]

Dinner with the ZuFu would have been an enjoyable affair, if Lei was able to relax enough to enjoy it fully. A PuPu platter started the evening, then was followed by hot&sour soup before the main entrees arrived with steaming white and fried rices. Her emotions were reined in tight, allowing her to act as a fine dining companion should, but Lei knew the real business would start after dinner.

Still, ZuFu was an informed and engaging conversationalist. The topics went from local politics to the recent toppling of African tyrants. ZuFu gave his opinions, and asked for Lei's own. It was safe to disagree with him, ZuFu did not want 'yes men' at the dinner table, but intelligent discorse on the topic at hand. Lei obliged him as much as she was able, although she had to admit quietly that she did not have his depth of knowledge on some of the topics.

Finally, ZuFu laid down his chopsticks with finalty. "It is a shame that the Pheonix is not here this night."

Lei forced herself not to freeze, although a flash of sadness and regret past by as she thought of her partner. "Not all Pheonix may rise from the ashes," Lei answered softly, a subtle confirmation of what the ZuFu had not said.

Now, it began.

[Rukia]

Emmiline rolled her eyes. "Oh god, somebody plase help me! I'm afraid of the big bad scary drunk." she said with flat sarcasm. The man had pushed her into a alley way and was attempting to A.) take advantage of her or B.) kill her. But with him being inibriated, it was easy for Em to fuck with him. She had first let him get close enough to grab her wrists, she pretended to panic and cry, right before she threw him back with a psychic blast. He thought that she had kicked him and advanced again. This time she didn't play along. She slammed him against the wall and entered his mind.

"Listen up fuck, next time you pick a victim, choose one that can't fight back. You're lucky I don't take your abilty to even think about doing this. But, I'm nice, unlike some of the metas you could have run across. You are a degenerate piece of slime. Get up. Now!"

The man staggered to his feet, looking more than a bit shaken. She walked over to him and grabbed his wrist. A split second later she had deposited him at one of the city's police departments. Telliing them what he had attempted and tweeking his mind, leaving him with the lingering message... "I'm watching you"

She 'ported back to the alley. As she stepped back on to the sidewalk someone grabbed her from behind, covering her mouth. She tried to push into her attackers mind, but was blocked. It was then she panicked.

"Don't even think about screaming, you'll regret it..."

Then, everything went black.

[Dark Silver]

Legacies tendril grabbed his leg, slamming him into the ground. Cushioned by the broken cement, and his own life support field, Saibot wasn't hurt all that much. A burst of energy from his ring at Legacies' chest, and a surge of burning energy surronding his form, allowed him to be freed, and drawing his sword, sliced off the approaching tip of the tendril.

Freed finally, Saibot flew till he had some breathing room against Legacies, a moment to think, all he needed. The sword sliced through the air, creating the deadly energy arrows. "fire!" he shouted, as they streaked through the air, throwing up concrete as several plowed into the ground surronding the silver hued figure, and others struck for the chest and limbs.

He wasn't finished though, he was on the ground sword in hand, waiting for Legacies' next move.

[LadyTevar]

ZuFu bowed his head sadly. "I am sorry to hear of your loss. What of her killer?"

Lei read that as an offer to track Avatar down for her. It was, however briefly, a tempting thought. Yet she knew he had already had a worse punishment. "That one ... was given over to one who cut the skin from his living flesh, and who would have destroyed him utterly." The hand on her teacup tighted briefly as a flashback of how Avatar looked afterward crossed her mind, but was shunted away before her emotions could spill out of the box. "That one has lost the respect of his fellows, and his own words and actions damn him in their eyes."

"Ultima's eyes, you mean, Chi'Lung?"

Lei barely hid her reaction as his question struck home, the stiffening as if expecting a dagger in her back, the wince at her own coward kowtowing. " .... Yes."

ZuFu leaned back in his chair, pausing to breath in the scent of his jasmine tea before speaking again. "You have fallen in with them, yet make no defence for yourself, Chi'Lung. I can only assume it is because of the one called Saibot?"

Lei's head jerked, her black eyes wide, before dropping her head in defeat. Once again, ZuFu's agents had done their jobs well. She was already damned, it seemed. There was no use in denying. "Yes..." she answered with a sigh.

ZuFu burst out laughing.

[Charon]

Legacies tendril grabbed his leg, slamming him into the ground. Cushioned by the broken cement, and his own life support field, Saibot wasn't hurt all that much. A burst of energy from his ring at Legacies' chest, and a surge of burning energy surronding his form, allowed him to be freed, and drawing his sword, sliced off the approaching tip of the tendril.

Freed finally, Saibot flew till he had some breathing room against Legacies, a moment to think, all he needed. The sword sliced through the air, creating the deadly energy arrows. "fire!" he shouted, as they streaked through the air, throwing up concrete as several plowed into the ground surronding the silver hued figure, and others struck for the chest and limbs.

He wasn't finished though, he was on the ground sword in hand, waiting for Legacies' next move.

Legacies flew through the air with the burst of energy, rolling with the blow. As Saibot flew away Legacies landed on all fours and looked up in time to see the energy arrows flying at him. The alien jumped into the air and twisted, the arrows skimming by, cutting thin trails into the suit that soon covered over again as Legacies landed on the ground, his left foot behind him.

Saibot was ready. Time to make him sweat. Legacies formed two almost hammerlike ends to his hands and slammed them down into the ground creating a huge cloud of dust. When it cleared some, the symbiote was gone from view. A few seconds later a large rock flew at Saibot's head from his right. A few seconds after that another rock flew at Saibot from behind him.

[Dark Silver]

Rocks were flying, and Saibot's shield expanded to a bubble around him. The rock's impacted harmlessly, while Saibot tried to find the source.

His hand tightened on the pommel of his sword, the leather of the gloves creaking for a moment, then he saw it. The point of origin.

The energy of the sword flooded through him, and between rock throws, a black blurr which was Saibot speed towards the symbiote. His fist drove at Legacies stomach, or where it should be, as he approached faster than most others could even perceive.

[Hotfoot]

"Bound to a demon? I have heard of possessions, of course, though I have never had to perform the rites to save the soul of the possessed, but a binding? I am not immediately familiar with such a thing. Forgive me for asking, my son, but are you sure? Could it not be anything else?" Father Ellison was clearly surprised by Blast's confession, but the tone of his voice was not incredulous, merely curious.

[Charon]

Legacies grimaced under the strike, feeling a rib crack under the speed. But he ignored the pain. The suit wrapped itself around the fist and held onto it tight.

"You'll have to do better."

Tendrils lashed out and grabbed at Saibot's sword and ring, pulling at them with enough force to break bones to get them off.

[LadyTevar]

Laughter was not what Lei was expecting, and her confusion had to have shown on her face. The box of emotions threatened to open, forcing her to rapidly slam the lid down tightly once again before they escaped.

ZuFu noticed. He seemed to read body language as clearly as if she had spoken aloud. "Yes, Chi'lung, I know of Saibot. He is treating you well, yes? Little Italy nearly sings every morning."

Some things cannot be hidden. Bright red blushes are one of them, and it gave ZuFu even more to laugh about. "My poor Chi'Lung... the first love is not easy, is it."

"...no.." Lei answered softly, thinking of how Saibot had acted that morning, how he seemed to push her away.

The laughter stopped.

"Tell me, Chi'Lung," ZuFu said softly, paternally. "Tell me ... everything..."

[Dark Silver]

Pain.

Pain flooded his hand as Legacies tried to rip the ring off his hand, in response, the ring flared with a surge of energy to release the suit's hold, the same hold which had the ring fist held within it, against the chest.

The sword, meanwhile, was ripped from his hand, held in the tendril for the moment.

[Charon]

Legacies stepped back as he felt the same surge that he had before when he'd last held the sword. He was easily fast enough to end this now if he wanted to.

Legacies staggered back a few more feet and bent over, holding his side, looking to be breathing heavily.

[Dark Silver]

He was hurting, and through the pain, he wouldn't be able to make use of his ring. Not until the pain faded, and that would take a few minutes.

Legacies had his sword. thus he had access to the tricks it allowed him

Saibot was now powerless.

Holding his hand gingerly, Saibot looked at the silver hued man, eyes narrowing behind his faceplate. "All that...just to get my sword...." he said, nearly panting.

[LadyTevar]

Lei had done as ZuFu had said. She told him about Ember and Abaddon's bargain. She told him about Ember's death, and her vengence against Avatar. She told him about her attack on Saibot... and how it caught her instead.

ZuFu listened as she told of the choice Tarot had given her, a life sentence on the Satellite, or 'amnesty' with Ultima. She spoke of Legacies and Blackheart, of the raid on the Astronomer's lair, and how Tarot's treachery nearly killed Saibot and herself.

She was not going to tell him who Saibot truly was ... but ZuFu knew, as if reading it from her mind.

-PAIN-
It leapt out of the box, causing her to gasp and clutch at her/Saibot's wounds.

"Chi'Lung!" Arms around her, before she could push him away, unable to block the pain/anger/hurt that was flooding through her. Then she was free, somehow having entered the shadows, knowing -Where- Saibot could be found instantly and teleporting there
***

The Dragon burst up out of the shadows on the ground, screaming for Garth.

[Charon]

Legacies said nothing to the man's mask. The figure simply fell to one knee, a small hole appearing in the suit where his mouth would be, allowing Legacies to spit out some blood.

Slowly Legacies got back to his feet and held the sword infront of him, obviously the meta wasn't done yet.

[Dark Silver]

The Dragons roar echoed in the battlefield, just as much as Saibot's own battlecry did. The pain was already fading, he could concentrate, and he attacked, a bolt of energy leaving his ring, straight for Legacies' head. A second followed, along with a third and fourth, aiming to box the symbiote meta in.

At the sametime, after all four bolts had been fired, a bubble formed around Saibot, protection from a physical attack, to give him time to think.

He felt the closeness suddenly, the link which bound them, and he looked towards Argent, nearly shouting, his concentration wavering for a moment, the bubble flickering in that instant, a instant a smart opponent could capitolize on.

"Get out of here!"

[LadyTevar]

As Saibot was clearing his head, so could Lei, her silver eyes searching the battlefield for whomever was hurting.....

...

..........

Garth.
Firing bolts at Legacies.

Legacies.
Holding Garth's Sword.

Garth, yelling at her to get out of there.

*CONFUSION* roiled out from the dragon as she tried to make sense of the scene.

[Charon]

Legacies spun easily out of the way of the bolts as though he were playing with a child. Something seemed to have changed in Legacies as he spun through the attacks. The dagger spun and then, "Fire!"

A single arrow launched out striking the flickering shield and shattering it.

"Fight! Your life depends on it!"