Family First, Temper Later [Ghost, Amaranth, or Invite]

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Despite everything that was going on Destiny wasn’t losing her temper like she would have many years ago. The old Destiny would have hunted this broad down and done everything in her power to destroy her, likely leaving nothing left and creating a hell of an expensive mess behind in the process. However, Destiny had to think of more than just herself and how her actions would affect others, not just her siblings or her dad, but Ghost and Amaranth as well.

She was sure neither of them had likely taken Niala’s vision well, and with that in mind she was careful when she landed some seconds later after leaving Junior’s office. She knew there was a chance considering everything going on she could be taken as a possible threat - one of those clones that was supposed to come attack. So, after landing, Destiny just stood there and waited. With the smoke everywhere she was sure Ghost already knew she was here. Her hands slipped into the pocket of her jacket, but she didn’t bother zipping it up. Despite the cold air around her, the phoenix feather on her side was still glowing brightly, leaving an aura of heat around her that kept her warm in such frigid temperatures.

”Ghost? Amaranth?”, she would call out, waiting for one or both of them to appear. Meanwhile, she glanced around, keeping an eye out for this devastating attack that was supposed to be coming their way.

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”Ghost? Amaranth?”

Amaranth’s gaze shifted to her mother as she arrived. Amaranth was at a high vantage point, her reaper scythe fully unfolded, loaded, and the safety off. She’d returned to her island and taken post up on top of one of the nearby cliffs: a great position for a sniper. She had been lying in wait for this pending doom that was supposed to hit her island, calm and collected.

Instead of responding immediately, Amaranth took a moment to really focus her senses and extra senses onto Destiny. She wasn’t about to walk right into a trip after all. This woman looked slightly different than the clone that was supposed to try and do her in; especially considering the phoenix feather glowing on her side that Sunny had put there back when Destiny was a little kid. Every one of her senses was telling her this was legitimately her mom, so with that in mind she stood and jumped off the cliff, taking her scythe with her.

Looking like some sort of gothic Red Riding Hood, Amaranth would land near her mother, black and red hair blowing in the wind. She couldn’t imagine why her mom was here suddenly, or how much she knew was going on, considering she’d been off training in another world. In fact, Amaranth didn’t know exactly what to even say to her right now. Perhaps there was also still some sort of reservation as to if this really was her mom or not. She wanted to believe her senses, but she also didn’t want to let her guard down. "Hey mom..."

A cloud of smoke would form above. The black smoke slowly took humanoid form, then from emerged a man. There was still smoke around the island, but not as much, since most was used to reform Ghost. His cape moving around behind him, Ghost was wearing his goggles, scanning the horizon. He hadn't been much of a father since he'd been trapped in another dimension for who knows how long, but he'd been doing his best to be around when he was needed. He didn't have this father thing all the way figured out, but at the very least, he was trying...

"Welcome back," Ghost said, a serious look on his face. Not since the Murder INC days had he been so focused. He knew this was the actual Destiny, since, if it were really a clone, they would be in the process of being slowly devoured. "Heard the news yet?... There's some new villain out there. She likes copying people to get people's trust, then relieving their heads from their shoulders Alec Kane style. For some reason she picked you."

Was she really going to attack? Ghost was impatient when it came to these kinds of things. The Germ, long unused, was hungry for actual flesh and not the leftovers and scraps Ghost had been giving it. The Juggernaut longed to smash someone. He wanted action. "Did anything happen?"

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Amaranth seemed hesitant around her, or at least she didn’t seem to know what to say. Destiny couldn’t blame her, but it still stung that someone had made her daughter weary of her - or at least, weary of the idea she might not be the real Destiny. Still, she wouldn’t push it. Once Amaranth was comfortable then she could make the first move. Hopefully, the fact that she wasn’t being eaten alive would help prove it really was the real her.

Turning her attention to Ghost she’d nod to his words, noticing they wore the same expressions upon their faces. Reaching up Destiny would pinch the bridge of her nose before shaking her head. ”Yeah, Junior filled me in - told me what was going on, and showed me that vision holograph thing Niala had created. He didn’t really have much of a choice after that bitch attacked Artemis over on Soubi Shigai- she’s fine, of course. Apparently she did to Artemis what Niala’s vision showed her doing to Amaranth here. Shotgun to the back of the head. Junior ended up stepping in, though Artemis had dodged the bullet, literally. But, Junior wanted to get a look at this bitch, and I can’t say I wouldn’t have done the same. He questioned her why she was doing all this and she claimed it was because our family is in charge of these locations, talked about if we stepped down she’d quit fucking with us. Claimed she was bored and I guess she wants some entertainment.”

“Artemis headed home. Junior doesn’t want dad involved, so Artemis is going to keep quiet but keep an eye on things over in Makkura. She’ll say something if they get targeted.” Destiny would look towards Amaranth at that point, guilt plain as day on her face. ”I really am sorry about all of this… I wanted you to grow up differently than I did; not in war.”

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Dad appeared from the smoke, or rather the smoke formed back into him. Since Destiny wasn’t being eaten Amaranth knew it was the real her. How her dad could tell she didn’t know, but that’d be a question for another time. When questioned if she knew what was going on Destiny confirmed she did; she’d even seen the hologram Niala had created revealing what Amaranth’s future had been at that point in time. What’s more, it appeared this woman had actually attacked someone else in the family, Artemis. Artemis had been prepared for it, but even then Junior had still stepped in.

Amaranth couldn’t help but to scoff. ”I’m not giving up my island just because some crazy is out there bored. I don’t care what power she has.” Noticing the look of guilt on her mother’s face Amaranth didn’t hesitate any longer to cross the distance and hug her, tightly. ”Don’t you dare start blaming yourself, mom. You didn’t make this chick target us, she decided that on her own. And I know what you’re thinking, I can sense it… this isn’t like what happened with your mom - though, I have a few choice words to call her instead of that but I don’t feel like eating a bar of soap. I knew even watching that hologram that wasn’t you, because you would never do something like that to me, dad, or anyone else for that matter. I am kind of surprised though that you’re not rage modding and going off to hunt this chick down…” Amaranth would release the hug on her mother, stepping back and tilting her head curiously. How was she keeping her temper in check?

Ghost almost thought she was a copy since she wasn't raging and causing thunderstorms and tornadoes. Like Jr, Dez had come a long way. He'd heard about and seen the results of the infamous temper of the Kane family, but over the years they'd done a lot of maturing. That, and again, his smoke didn't start eating her. As daughter hugged her mother below, Ghost continued to hover, keeping his eye on the horizon for any and everything. It was cold, but weather didn't affect Ghost at all.

He listened to Dez tell him that she'd seen the video captured of this new villain, and also how there was a confrontation between her and Artemis, in which Jr himself became involved. Jr didn't leave that office for much nowadays, so there was no surprise that he would do so for family, especially a sibling. Artemis was alright and decided to go home. If there was one place he didn't have to worry about this broad invading or whatever, it was Makkura.

"Seems like Jr came a long way too..." Ghost said, glancing over towards Edge City. "I was expecting him to bring hell on Earth, but he's handling this maturely... I am kinda worried about what Alec's gonna do once he finds out. Dez and Jr are bult for this, but Artemis, the baby..." Ghost himself shuddered at the thought. Even he had thoughts of going to look for this broad for even considering attacking a vacation resort, probably one of the most harmless places in the world, because of boredom?

For now, all was calm, but until this was resolved, and this broad's head was removed from her shoulders, he continued looking and scanning...

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It’s time…

Zephyr had stirred the pot long enough. She’d caused the death of Devon, and had almost got away with killing the Kane child - if it hadn’t been for her elder brother stepping in perhaps they would’ve been down a number. She’d already used Cala to do her dirty deeds, and had even created a clone of Destiny when she’d gone to attack Artemis. She was sure messages had been passed from one another within the family at this point, but so far no one had either pinpointed her exact location, or had taken the time to actually confront her. For the Malkavian it was a bit odd, but perhaps her hiding spot was better than she thought, deep down in the ocean.

But, enough of that. Her plan to attack Sunset Isle was being put into motion. An army of shadowy, demonic looking werewolves, well over five thousand in total, had been created with a simple thought and a bit of imagination magic on Zephyr’s part. They were hungry, eight foot tall and roughly 250 pounds of muscle and mass, bloodthirsty beasts who would not be able to be reasoned with. Intelligent only in the way that they worked together like a giant pack of wolves and obeyed Zephyr’s commands. Their strength was around +15, with speed of +15 to match. Their claws, three inches long and razor sharp, meant to pierce flesh as well as slash it, made them deadly. However, it was their teeth, as razor sharp as their claws, with canines reaching upwards of five inches long, that were the true terror: poison dripped from these teeth, a poison that would cause anyone bitten by one of these creatures to suffer a painful death, while increasing the rate at which the victim would bleed out, costing bleed damage to take -2 less posts to kill.

Zephyr remained in her underwater hiding spot, however an eye would appear floating nearby the island, taking in the sight of it. Winter had suddenly sprung up, and a lack of people meant that Zephyr likely wouldn’t get the entertainment factor of terror and horror she’d been hoping for. However, there was something else beyond just this snow - a black smoke seemed to coat the island as well. Curious as Malkavian’s were, this wasn’t going to dissuade her from launching her attack.

The army of these beasts would be teleported to surround the island, deep within the water but ready to strike a moment’s notice. Zephyr herself watched through the eye that appeared, reaching forth with her imagination manifestation once more to create twenty-five fighter pilots and jets which would appear in the air, speeding towards the island.

“Let the chaos begin…” With a simple mental command the pilots of these fighter jets would zoom towards Amaranth’s island, releasing two nuclear missiles each. Meanwhile, from beneath the sea the werewolves would begin to emerge, rushing towards the island, bent on causing as much destruction, chaos, and literal hell on earth that they could.

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Amaranth’s pep talk brought a smile to Destiny’s face among everything going on. Her daughter didn’t blame her, and claimed she shouldn’t blame herself. It was true, she’d just been too blind to see it. What mattered was that she was here, and she would be damned if anyone laid a hand on her baby girl. She knew Ghost felt the same way. Considering the amount of fights the two had won together, going undefeated for so long, nothing was going to get through the two of them.

As Ghost spoke, Destiny would reach into her pocket, pulling out her blind fold, closing her eyes and putting it on, allowing her Chakra Radar to go into effect, giving her a perfect view of the entire island. She'd also slip on her Platinum Void Necklace - she hadn't had to use it in a very long time, and while she didn't think she would need to now, she wasn't going to go into this fight half cocked when Ghost and her daughter's lives were on the line. ”Honestly… with how bad this attack is supposed to be that Niala envisioned, dad’s going to see it, and he’s going to find out. I don’t know how he’s going to feel about us keeping this from him. I mean, Junior’s grown and all, and now in charge, so I feel like he’s making the right call in handling it himself. But, you know how dad is when it comes to our safety— Incoming.” Destiny’s comment would be cut short, her face becoming an impassive mask that hid her emotions as her chakra radar picking up on the jets heading in their direction, as well as the appearance of the army surrounding them.

Chakra Radar - S Rank:

Platinum Void Necklace:

“We’ve got several thousand werewolves suddenly positioned beneath the sea, and what looks like jets carrying nuclear missiles heading our way.” These words would be spoken before the attack was actually launched, a heads up to Ghost and Amaranth to prepare themselves. Immediately, Destiny would send forth her holy shield, creating a massive bubble that would expand at +25 speed, surrounding the island. However, it would stretch further than that. She knew bombs when she saw them, and nuclear fallout could be dangerous, so the shield would stretch to shield Makkura, as well as Edge City, acting like a barrier against anything that didn’t end up eaten. Should the nuclear missiles hit, they would do no damage to the shield, simply exploding on impact but leaving the island otherwise unharmed, and free of the fallout.

Holy Shield:

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Her dad was worried how her grandfather was going to handle all of this once he found out. Honestly, it was a question that crossed her mind, more so since Artemis had ended up involved in all of this. Sure, Artemis was strong in her own rights, but the only fighting she’d really had to do was in another world - a world where powers like the one this Zephyr chick had didn’t exist. This was a whole new game.

Her mom seemed to accept her words, and even grinned. While she spoke to her father Amaranth listened, but otherwise kept a lookout on things - noticing her mother activating her chakra radar, as well as putting on a necklace. Figuring she should prepare too, Amaranth unclipped her gunscythe: Crescent Rose. The weapon unfolded, finishing just as her mother said “Incoming”.

Reaper's Gunscythe:

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Name: Reaper's Gunscythe
Type: Weapon
Rank: RM - PC (Depends on the ammo)
Description: The scythe's handle is seven feet long, with the added length from the blade on top bringing it to an even eight feet. One end of the scythe had a metal tip on it, while the other consists of the actual curved blade itself. The curved blade is about four and a half feet long, and an inch thick at its thickest point which is located near the shaft of the weapon, becoming increasingly thinner the further away from the shaft the blade becomes. The shaft itself is red, while the metal of the actual blade is white. The shaft of the scythe is made of segments that can collapse, held erect by pins and springs so that it takes only a matter of seconds to take it from its folded position to fully erect. When fully erect the pins and springs are protected by armor coverings, keeping them from being exposed to attacks that might otherwise cause the weapon to fold in on itself. When folded together the blade rests neatly and safely within the foldings, providing the user safety in transporting it. It also is equipped with a clip so that it can be hooked on the users waist for easy carrying. The entire weapon is made of a mixture of steel and other weapons. When the thing is folded up it can still be used as a gun.
Abilities: The scythe itself can become element friendly, meaning the user can add something like electricity to the thing to make the cuts more painful, or fire to cause an added burning effect.
The scythe is only user-friendly. Meaning, anyone touching the scythe without permission will be incinerated upon contact - especially if they're aiming to steal it.
The scythe is capable of handling several types of bullets - anything from those designed to blow basket ball sized holes into people to bullets designed to incinerate someone to ash upon nearby contact (bullets are included).
Another of the fine little abilities of the gunscythe is that, depending on if its activated or not, when someone is cut cleaning in half or a limb is severed that limb and the blood turns into rose petals and gives off a distinct rose-like smell. If an entire body is severed it turns both halves into nothing at all but the rose petals (makes clean up rather easy).

Ammo:

Her mother erected her famous holy shield, spreading it not only over the island but Makkura and Edge as well. It immediately became apparent as to why when she mentioned that these were nuclear missiles: it would prevent any fallout from reaching either. Hearing her mom mention werewolves, Amaranth would immediately reach into her pouch, even before the shit hit the fan, pulling from it God’s Hand ammo, specifically designed for just such creatures. The clip was loaded, and the safety off. In silent, with her red hooded cape billowing around her she would wait. The missiles were taken care of, but would any of the werewolves make it through her father’s smoke?

Red Hooded Cape:

So this broad was serious. Ghost didn't know what her problem was, but he didn't care. It had been too long since he'd absorbed someone, or something. Too long the Secret Weapon had been out of action.

Goggles:

Something was alive underwater, and jets were coming. Both of the jets were dropping what looked to be Atomic Bombs. Ghost couldn't help but want one of them; he'd never seen an Atomic Bomb up close. Holding up both of his hands to the skies, Ghost focused on the 2 bombs falling, causing them both to slow down and stop in mid-air.

Molecular Deceleration:

Ghost moved one of the bombs behind him. The bomb was huge, the size of a small house. These were the real deal. Were they to hit land and go off, no one would be able to live here for a long time. It pissed Ghost off to the point that dark storm clouds gathered, angrily ejecting lightning and stinging rain, added to the snow from Dez's security system. He angrily caused the front bomb to go off right in front of his face, causing a tremendous detonation that quaked the ground and produced large waves.

Ghost absorbed everything. A nuclear explosion formed that started to grow huge, but the fire, the radiation, the harmful effects were all absorbed harmlessly into Ghost. None of the effects were severe enough to set off the other nuke or devastate the surroundings. When it was over, the water and winds settled, and Ghost could be seen glowing a yellow/green color. He looked relatively unharmed, having taken an atomic explosion at point blank range. His genocide smoke would have also absorbed the life essences of the two pilots. The jets nosedive towards the island and the waters, but Ghost also uses his Deceleration ability on the aircraft, making it so they both land harmlessly on the beach.

Ghost pointed his hands towards the ground next, causing the sand on the beach to begin to stir. The heads and shoulders of many artificial constructs began to rise up from below, being put together by sand, rock and other material....

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It seemed that they were ready for the attack, or so Zephyr thought as she watched through the floating eye. It was an interesting trio to go up against, though she hadn’t really seen what the island's owner could do. A shield was erected, and it seemed like the smoke-like substance was rendering the missiles utterly useless. In fact, the origin of this ability seemed to take an explosion straight to the face without so much as a scratch, though he did glow.

With Imagination Manifestation awakening once again, Zephyr would whisper but a single word ”Immunity”. If this were to work, the werewolf-like creatures who’d now be making their way to the edge of the island would be immune to this smoke-like substance. Their forms would become momentarily intangible, as it would also grant them an immunity to the shield surrounding the island, allowing them to pass through it before they’d become solid once more, should the ability work the way it was intended.

Meanwhile, an even bigger threat would begin to be prepared as Zephyr focused her energy and power into another attack that would soon come…

[Prep 1]

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So, it seemed that Zephyr knew how to use her abilities in a fight. Her shield being rendered useless to the werewolves, though if they could get through Ghost’s make was another thing entirely. Still, Destiny would be prepared. Her wings would burst instantaneously from her back, spreading with a nearly invisible glitter-like substance that would immediately churn and mix with Ghost’s smoke: Angelic Essence. It wasn’t often she used one of her trump cards, but this particular one, taught to her long ago by her father, meant she was taking no chances.

Angelic Essence:

However, this wouldn’t be the end. Her halo, ever present about the angels head, would dim to black, and with it the entire area would be shrouded in complete and utter darkness. She was sure Zephyr was watching, an eyeball floating out in the water only confirming this, and thus why this technique would go into play. It would cast the entire island into utter and complete darkness - though only for their enemies, as Ghost, Amaranth, herself, and any other ally would be left capable of seeing through it as if it were daytime.

Halo Manipulation:

Were it to prove safe to talk for a moment, Destiny would, ”She’s watching us through the eye out in the ocean, I’m sure of it.” Meanwhile a more sinister ability of Destiny’s would begin to be prepared. As fun as fighting was, as much as she sometimes missed the old days, this bitch had messed with the wrong island.

[Prep 1]

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Her father stopped two of the missiles heading their way, seeming to collect one while letting another explode in front of him. Yet, the usual destruction that would’ve followed was just… eaten. Her father was left glowing, and she assumed it had to be due to the energy he’d just ingested. Meanwhile, her mother’s halo darkened rather than glowed, and she knew that darkness had spread across the island, thick, like that found in Makkura, and yet she found she could see within it as if it were still daylight. It seemed that the werewolves were suddenly able to breach the walls of the shield and actually begin to step foot on the island, and a glitter substance was mixed with her father’s smoke. On top of all of that creatures began to come forth from the very ground beneath their feet. It was a lot to keep track of, but the biggest question would be how the werewolves would now fare against her father’s smoke and whatever it was her mother was adding to it?

Her mother had mentioned an eyeball, and knowing her island as well as she did anything out of place was easy enough to spot, and the floating eyeball was no different. Aim would be taken immediately, the bullet fired, moving at +25 speed. Would the eyeball not be moved, she would hit it dead center in its pupil, the bullet causing an explosion, destroying it.

At this point she was beginning to get angry, evident by the way that red colored smoke mixed with rose petals began to seep off of her. All of these missiles, all of the beasts, and yet this woman was simply spying on them via an eyeball, hidden elsewhere but watching. Deciding that enough was enough, Amaranth began to focus on an ability she had gained, but had never had to use, an ability of her own: Thread of Life. Before her would begin to manifest a golden thread, reaching from the ground to the heavens above, like that from a tapestry, intangible at first but quickly becoming solid. If she played her cards right, very soon this entire issue was going to take a turn… and perhaps Zephyr would be forced to make an appearance.

Genocidal Smoke:

[Thread of Life Prep 1 of 1]

Ghost's eyes were like 2 flashlights from glowing so brightly inside of his goggles. He slowly began to raise his arms upward with his palms facing the sky. An army of golems began to rise from all sides of the island. All of them stood 10 feet tall, made of the hardest minerals located beneath the island. All of them supercharged with nuclear energy that wouldn't harm Dez or Amaranth. A golem wall, advancing forward towards all intruders, preventing an invasion inland.

Ghost would detonate the other nuke if he needed, but he wanted to keep this one, just in case. He wanted to put it somewhere where everyone could see, as a warning. He didn't want it going off on accident, so of course he would disarm it. That is, if they made it out of this battle. Ghost intended on making it out of this battle. He estimated that he could execute 2 more super charged attacks or abilities before the boost he got from that nuke wore off. For now, it appeared that whatever these things were underwater, looking like werewolves the closer they got, were immune to his smoke, and also Dez's shield. This was the kind of power they were warned about.

Ghost didn't care. Technically he was already dead. How could he die again? He saw Amaranth shoot something that he figured to be a monitoring device or spell. That meant the female was somewhere remotely controlling things. Dez made it dark, meaning one of those angelic abilities that he didn't know about was being activated. It didn't affect him, whatever she was doing, so he didn't worry about that.
"FOR SOMEONE WITH ULTIMATE POWER," Ghost yelled, his voice booming loudly over the ambient noise of golems, werewolves, and crashing water. "THIS IS PRETTY WEAK!... IS THIS THE BEST YOU CAN DO? SEND OUT MINIONS AND BOMBS WHILE YOU HIDE SOMEWHERE SAFE? COME OUT, COWARD."

Before doing anything else, Ghost folded his arms and waited. Amaranth's red petals began to mix in with Dez's essence and Ghost's smoke. It was safe to assume anyone caught in the combination of 3 kinds of abilities designed to devour living things wouldn't last very long at all.

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Just as she thought, Zephyr was able to make the werewolves immune to not only the shield that Destiny had produced, but the smoke that Ghost was as well, giving them access to the island. However, darkness spread across the island instantaneously, thick, like a sudden fog rolling in. Zephyr intended on magically upgrading the eye she was using to see when it was suddenly shot down, destroyed.

Immediately, she would simply imagine another eye, this one capable of piercing through this darkness that Destiny’s halo created, allowing her to see what was going on. A cackle would ring out from the world around them, Zephyr projecting her mental voice to the world. ”Now why would I do that when this is much more fun? Do you think you can defeat me? I am a God compared to you three. Your powers have yet to work fully against my army so what chance do you stand against me?”

By now the werewolves would be well onto the island… How would they fair, 3 against 5,000? Meanwhile, she continued to plan from the shadows.

[Prep 2]

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Ghost was calling this chick out, there was no doubt about it. Would she take the bait? It seemed like as soon as Amaranth had dealt with the eyeball letting this woman spy on them the woman had simply created another. This was definitely getting annoying. However, she also was aware of her daughter manifesting something, and it reminded her of stories of greek gods and other creatures such as that. What was this power? Meanwhile, unless this woman had upped the immunity on these werewolves, they would begin to feel the effects of her angelic essence mixed with Amaranth’s own version of her father’s smoke.

They’d immediately be slowed as energy was sapped from them, their bodies beginning to break down into nothingness before they could even get to the three; the combined abilities increasing the speed of their effectiveness.

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Unless this woman did something else to make her little pets immune to them, chances were they were going to get devoured, and fast. Her father was calling out to the woman, but she seemed only interested in continuing to play games. This was not how Amaranth was taught to fight, either in this world or the other’s she’d been in. It was cowardly, and frankly she was just tired of this already. By now the cord would be formed, two parts to it. This cord was something special: the Thread of Life.

Thread of Life:

There were two purposes for this thread: either to end the life of another, or to end their connection to something, including magical constructs. This Thread of Life belonged to Zephyr, and her hope was that by cutting the connection she would be able to essentially stop all of her creations dead in their tracks, along with any other magical connections she currently had going. The beasts and so forth, save for the bomb her father had, would rewind into the nothing they had come from.

Amaranth didn’t hesitate, a practiced swipe of her scythe had the cord severed in one swing, activating the severance of connection. Unless she had something prepared to prevent this, which Amaranth didn’t think she did, each and every one of the magical creations would vanish, and any mental connection Zephyr had would disappear. If this failed, there was always the second part of the cord, a bigger part that would be ready in just a few seconds. For now, Amaranth would wait and see..

She laughed, saying it was fun to hide, they couldn't beat her because she was like a God, and just because his smoke didn't work on the werewolves that they didn't stand a chance. Ghost didn't eve respond. He had a whole library of things that he could do here, he was only warming up. Ghost really wanted to cut loose but in doing that, he knew he would cause damage that couldn't be fixed. By now, the golems would be doing battle with the werewolves, the golems glowing somewhat from being supercharged with atomic energy.

Amaranth shot that floating thing, just for another one to take its place. Ghost wasn't a genius, but this meant that whoever was making that thing had to be somewhere nearby. She spoke to them telepathically, and at the moment Amaranth was using her scythe to sever the connection between that eye thing and Zephyr. Ghost had enhanced vision, and this could see this connection because of Amaranth, which lead out into the water between Sunset Island and Edge City.

Enhanced Vision:

Hydrokinesis. With a raise of his arms, like Moses in the bible, the waters would simply stand up and split, revealing the river floor, and also Zephyr's hiding place. The waters would remain where they were, standing up on either sides like walls. The next attack would come in the form of Electrokinesis, seeing as the area she inhabited would be soaked, allowing the voltage to engulf the entire area and possibly paralyze her if not outright turn her into a french fry. Either way, she would be wide open for follow up attacks from Dez and Amaranth if all went according to plan.

Omnikinesis:

Omnikinesis:

"That 'like a God' shit means nothing to me," Ghost responded. "You won't be seeing tomorrow."

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A thread was cut, and with it all of the monsters, the fighter jets, even the eyeball would suddenly cease to exist. It seemed Zephyr had slightly under-estimated her opponents. The connection with her magical constructs was severed, and thus they’d disappear as quickly as her imagination manifestation had created them. So, this little girl wanted to destroy her things? Payback was going to be a bitch.

Apparently they weren’t happy just attacking her constructs and battling it out with them, they wanted Zephyr herself. Immediately the moment she’d been preparing for would initiate. Through the use of imagination manifestation the ability she’d been prepping would go into play: tit for tat in a manner of speaking. A connection would awaken between herself and Amaranth if the girl didn’t have a way to stop it. A connection of life forces, if one died the other would as well, more so what one would feel so too would the other.

As she was electrocuted, paralyzed, her imagination manifestation would initiate again, creating a safe room of sorts. This wouldn’t be a physical construct, but rather an otherworldly one. It would allow her to respawn, much like in a video game, should she truly perish; the only weakness being the loss of her imagination manifestation ability that made it possible.

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It seemed like whatever Amaranth had just done cut the connection between Zephyr and all of the shit she had created, causing it to disappear. It was an interesting ability, one she didn’t know her daughter had, but it had certainly come in handy. Still, she found herself wondering what the other thread was about, and when that one would be cut.

Ghost meanwhile seemed to locate this broad who was trying to hide, sending minions to fight them instead of doing so herself. He rose up the ocean like something out of a Bible, leaving Zephyr drenched. The woman was electrocuted, but there was something else going on too. It would seem that this woman was trying to form some sort of connection between herself and Amaranth, and Destiny would be damned if she allowed that to happen. Immediately A Mother’s Sacrifice would spring into effect, the conditions met due to her daughter being in mortal danger. Amaranth and Destiny would instantly swap places, the effects of whatever Zephyr was attempting being transferred from Amaranth to Destiny, as if the connection was to be forged with Destiny in the first place.

A Mothers Sacrifice:

This would cause another reaction to occur, as the Void went into play. Through the Void the connection that Zephyr was trying to establish would be destroyed, the knowledge of the attack and the ability to copy it and do it herself being granted to her in the process. The knowledge of what the woman had been about to do only increased her anger, causing the world around to turn dark and cloudy as an extremely severe thunderstorm began to form.

The Void:

It was then she’d manipulate the world around her, increasing the gravity of the earth, though the focus on this would affect only Zephyr. This would slow her by -10 posts, should she not escape the almost instantaneous effects, while also beginning to put an exuberant amount of pressure on her body. This would, of course, not affect Destiny’s allies, leaving them immune to the effect she was putting into play.

Gravity Manipulation:

Meanwhile, on the comm she had always kept on her she heard her brother’s voice, warning that an incoming friend was going to arrive soon to help. ”Incoming friendly, don’t attack him.”, she’d announce.

Boss Posts : 760 Credits : 71090 Location : Sunset Island

Her father had found Zephyr’s location, forcing her to actively participate in the fight rather than hiding like a coward. He had parted the sea, and attempted to electrocute the woman which seemed to work. However, just as Amaranth was planning on shooting the woman, she found herself suddenly swapped with her mother, and another ability of her mother’s came into play. Whatever was sucked into that Void she knew her mother would now have access to. Whatever it was, whatever Zephyr had been attempting to pull off, seemed to piss her mother off like nothing had before.

She could sense and feel the shift of the gravity, though she found herself unaffected. Deciding to play into this, and having heard that additional help was on the way, Amaranth would kneel instantly upon the ground, placing a run that would originate from Zephyr’s position. Much like gravity manipulation, this rune would act as a sticking agent, forcing Zephyr, were she to try and move, to be incapable of doing so: it would glow red, looking perhaps to be a mixture between rune knowledge and fuinjutsu. The rune was manipulated in such a way to where not only was her physical form stuck there, but her spiritual form as well. Of course, considering what the woman was capable of there was no telling if these attacks would stick.

Rune Creation / Manipulation:

Informant Posts : 21 Credits : 2350 Location : Edge City

Teleportation:

Then suddenly would appear a 4-foot guy, dressed in a rubber-looking suit with sleeves too long, concealing his arms. This guy was floating several feet above the ground. He wore sweatpants and went barefoot. On his back was a big black gourd that sometimes moved on its own as if alive. This kid was wearing a mask that completely concealed his identity, save for the red hair that spilled down all sides of it. What looked to be a glowing feather was levitating at his left side, while a high-tech collar device was at his right.

A high-tech collar that immediately seemed to move on its own as Suna just appeared right in front of Zephyr, having locked onto her location easily from watching this entire fight from a TV. With no strain at all, with just a thought, the collar device went to clamp itself around Zephyr's neck. If she was unable to get out of the way, which was looking little to none because of all the other spells also being put into play, Zephyr would be rendered the same as any ordinary human. Her access to any sort of powers or abilities that she was capable of would be rendered null and void.

"Is this the part when i'm supposed to say something tough?" Suna asked.

Things were going on that ordinary eyes wouldn't see. Spells were being executed. Something went into Amaranth, then it went into Dez, seemingly took out of the kid by force. The kid did something to the ground. Ghost could slightly feel the pull from below, meaning the gravity was changed. Dez then said someone else was coming.

Ghost folded his arms, still levitating above, maybe 20 feet in the air. His body was still glowing from absorbing an atomic explosion. The other nuke was hovering several feet behind him, held in place by Genocide Smoke. A souvenir of battle.

Eyes glowing like flashlight behind goggles watch as the kid from the office appeared in front of Zephyr, looking to try putting something around her neck. Ghost figured it was a device made by the brains over in Darkman Tower to 'turn her off' so to speak. That was fine. The next question would be whether to kill the bitch, or lock her somewhere forever.

He waited to see if that new necklace fit.

Citizen Posts : 9 Credits : 4750

The link worked, only it didn’t at the same time. Rather than a connection being forged between herself and Amaranth, it was like her and Destiny swapped places entirely. She wasn’t sure entirely how that worked but it had. Next thing she knew she was being held in place by an increase and gravity mixed with what was the rune that Amaranth created. Another appeared, immediately placing upon her neck a collar. She was going to attempt to imagine herself out of the whole situation, but found suddenly that she had no access to her power at all!

“You son of a bitch! What is this?!”, Zephyr would yell out. She was sure she was about to meet her end, whatever that would be, but like most Malkavains she had no sense of fear and therefore showed none.

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