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Pulling another card Lucille said, “Now.” Smiling Sean stepped on top of the railing and dropped down to the street. Lucille dropped down as well landing next to him. Looking right at Jules she said, “Time to save you from inevitable heartache when he finds someone else.” If she was looking to get a rise out of Jules it failed as she held her ground, Madou brush drawn and at the ready. Marcus, on the other hand, ran right past them at a full run before anyone could stop him.
Sean let him get close enough in order to grab him by the neck and hoist them off the ground. As he tried to free himself Carter and his father both started to move to save him but stopped, not realizing both of them feared it would cause trouble for Marcus. Sean just tsked at the man in his grasp, “You think you would have learned after I spared the two of you last time. Are you in that much of a hurry to die old friend? What do you say my dear, shall we put your old ball and chain out of his misery?”
Taking another card she glanced at it before saying, “We were never a thing and it's not his time yet.” Not even looking up she threw it at Jules with a quick flick of her wrist. Seeing it coming at her she knocked it out of the way with her brush. Taking up a fighting stance got ready as Carter stood next to her.
“You're still too soft at heart Lucille,” with hardly any effort he tossed Marcus to the side. “I wanted sonny boy any way.” The rest of them scattered while Carter held his ground as Sean came at him. A sword suddenly in his hand he swung down at him. Barely avoiding the blow Carter fought back enough that he was able to fully draw the staff to block an attempt at his head. “Oh,” Sean said in mock surprise, “You think you have teeth as well like all the other wolves in the world.” Not saying a word Carter pulled on the staff revealing the hidden blades. Here Sean looked like he was caught off guard as Carter pressed the attack.
Close by Jules and Lucille fought. Obviously the latter wasn't trained to fight like Jules was. But she was holding her own having a similar dancing like style. And Jules had to deal with these larger than normal Tarot cards coming at her from different direction that she had to deal with. “He will find someone else,” she said during the card assault. “They all will, it's in their nature. He will break your heart.”
Jumping up to avoid a card coming at her legs, Jules spun over and kicked her legs out nailing the other woman in the head. Trying to ignore how good that felt Jules told her, “You don't know Carter.”
“Do you?”, she shot back as she cracked her neck before continuing her attack. “I saw it, he already hide something from you that you just learned about.” That caused Jules to pause. She did just found out about Mason. Lucille smiled seeing she hit the mark. “If he hid that from you after all this time, what else is he capable of?” The seed planted, that thought stopped her long enough foe Lucille to kick her back.
Both blades out Carter was holding his own against Sean. A fact that seemed to incense the Horror the longer it went on. He Jumped away as Carter tried to slash him with both swords. Crouched down he stared at the Makai Knight, who held his ground. “You realize it's taking you two swords to keep up with me,” he spat.
“And anyone as skilled as you claim to be doesn't need to make excuses,” Carter told him, twirling his blades around in his hands before getting a better grip on them.
“Another thing you noticed from my inferiors,” Sean snarled, rage on the edge of overtaking him.
“Careful Carter,” Xypher muttered, when he realized what he was doing. “He might not react like you think.”
“Not now Xypher,” he mumbled not taking his eyes off the other man. Carter knew full well how bad this tactic could backfire on him. But he had always hated those who bragged about their skills with a sword, even when he was younger, especially when he was younger. Before anything else could happen his father rushed past him, sword held high ready to attack. Carter had to do a double take to make sure he was seeing what he was seeing, “Dad?”
Sean easily countered that initial strike. His father kept on attacking but all of them were blocked or deflected. “This man taught you?”, Sean said to Carter as he easily deflected each strike. “You had to have learned under someone else. How else did you learn to duel wield?” Carter charged in not even hearing him anymore. There may be issues between them but this was his father rushing in to take on a Horror he had already lost to, trying to take him on with a glorified training sword. There was no way in hell he was going to let him face this Horror alone. “Oh is this the family reunion proper then?”, Sean taunted while they both tried to attack him
“Help you're woman,” his father snapped at Carter, frustration growing that the Horror was able to defend against both of them. “This bastard's mine.”
“Stop fighting against me,” Carter snapped back. Both of them were going for the same basic area when they tried to attack, effectively getting into each others way which was allowing Sean to fend both of them off. Sean suddenly grabbed Paul by the coat and threw him across the street. “Dad!”, Carter cried out before he was kicked in the chest and sent flying back.
“And I'm bored now,” Sean said as he stood there. Looking back between the two for a bit, he focused on Paul, “Marcus must have picked up this sudden streak of stubbornness from you old man. Maybe seeing what happens to those who spurn my generosity will curb that new streak.”
“No!”, Marcus shouted as he jumped on Sean's back and wrapped an arm around his neck. Sean tried to sling him off but Marcus held on tight. Probably because he knew his life depended on it. But it gave Carter the chance to get to his feet and connect the blades together and hold it over his head and spin it cutting a circle in the air above him. Lucielle was able to hold Jules off enough to see him do it and held out a hand. Several large Tarot cards quickly covered the circle interior, effectively blocking his armor from coming down.
“What?”, Carter looked up when it happened. Looking back down he saw Sean finally tore Marcus off of him, throwing him into Paul. Flexing the wrist holding the sword he turned into his horror form. Gaining two feet in height his form bulked up, skin almost red in color. Long horns adorned his gargoyle like head. Looking at the sword in his hand he tossed it over his shoulder with out a second thought. Holding out that same arm a long thing spike grew out, almost looking like a sword blade. He started toward his father and Marcus. Carter looked back up at the tarot cards obstructing the armor's portal briefly before running at the Horror. Behind him Lucille had dropped her human form as well in a cyclone of those very cards, now looking like a thin pale gargoyle herself with wings on her back. Every time Jules tried to hit her a tarot card would appear and block the intend strike.
Running up behind Sean he swung with one end of the double bladed staff, cutting him behind the knee. Dropping to a knee he swung with a back hand that Carter rolled under to dodge, getting to a knee he swung out with the staff again but was blocked by the Horror's sword spike. Taking a quick glance back at his father, who was just now stirring, Carter tried everything he could to force the Horror away from him, The horror started laughing as he held him off, “Where was this passion at the start of the fight?” He raised his arm up then swung it down forcing Carter to jump back to avoid the spike. “In fact where was this skill in the old man for that matter?” Retracting the blade he stood there, “Lucille please be a dear and dispose of these gnats for me.”
With a sudden strike that knock Jules back she said,” Of course Sean.” An even larger Tarot card came between her and Jules, but it was transparent enough that the Priest could see through it. “You'll thank me before I'll consume you.” With a wave of her hand another card appeared and it's edge was aimed at Carter. Jules started pounding on the card and shouted but her voice couldn't be heard. Before she could send it Paul rushed in and pushed his son out of the way. Cocking her head she sent it toward her apparently new target. Carter moved and swung his double bladed staff as he tried to get between the card and his father. He intercepted the card but the impact made him lose his grip on it as it flew in the air and stuck up right in the street. Cocking her head again Lucille motioned with her hands again to make more giant cards appear that she sent flying into the side of the building above them. Paul pushed Marcus out of the way as Carter tried to grab him before the rubble came down on them.
Walking over to the staff Sean pulled it out before reverting to his human form. “Well that was a diversion,” he said as he examined his new trophy. “Interesting, I never knew a weapon like this even existed.” With a chuckle he added, “Next thing you know there'll be a Knight with an ax.” Looking over at Lucille he saw her stalk Jules, who still had some fight in her. “Not yet my dear,” he called out. “Let the sadness flavor her a bit more first. She looks a little bland otherwise.”
Studying her for a moment she eventually said, “Of course.” Then turned her back to her, but not before slamming the tarot card into the Priest. Keeping her Horror form she got close to Sean and scooped him up in her arms before flying off into the night sky. After a bit the Tarot card faded away letting Jules to run toward the pile of rubble that Marcus was trying to move piece by piece.
Sean let him get close enough in order to grab him by the neck and hoist them off the ground. As he tried to free himself Carter and his father both started to move to save him but stopped, not realizing both of them feared it would cause trouble for Marcus. Sean just tsked at the man in his grasp, “You think you would have learned after I spared the two of you last time. Are you in that much of a hurry to die old friend? What do you say my dear, shall we put your old ball and chain out of his misery?”
Taking another card she glanced at it before saying, “We were never a thing and it's not his time yet.” Not even looking up she threw it at Jules with a quick flick of her wrist. Seeing it coming at her she knocked it out of the way with her brush. Taking up a fighting stance got ready as Carter stood next to her.
“You're still too soft at heart Lucille,” with hardly any effort he tossed Marcus to the side. “I wanted sonny boy any way.” The rest of them scattered while Carter held his ground as Sean came at him. A sword suddenly in his hand he swung down at him. Barely avoiding the blow Carter fought back enough that he was able to fully draw the staff to block an attempt at his head. “Oh,” Sean said in mock surprise, “You think you have teeth as well like all the other wolves in the world.” Not saying a word Carter pulled on the staff revealing the hidden blades. Here Sean looked like he was caught off guard as Carter pressed the attack.
Close by Jules and Lucille fought. Obviously the latter wasn't trained to fight like Jules was. But she was holding her own having a similar dancing like style. And Jules had to deal with these larger than normal Tarot cards coming at her from different direction that she had to deal with. “He will find someone else,” she said during the card assault. “They all will, it's in their nature. He will break your heart.”
Jumping up to avoid a card coming at her legs, Jules spun over and kicked her legs out nailing the other woman in the head. Trying to ignore how good that felt Jules told her, “You don't know Carter.”
“Do you?”, she shot back as she cracked her neck before continuing her attack. “I saw it, he already hide something from you that you just learned about.” That caused Jules to pause. She did just found out about Mason. Lucille smiled seeing she hit the mark. “If he hid that from you after all this time, what else is he capable of?” The seed planted, that thought stopped her long enough foe Lucille to kick her back.
Both blades out Carter was holding his own against Sean. A fact that seemed to incense the Horror the longer it went on. He Jumped away as Carter tried to slash him with both swords. Crouched down he stared at the Makai Knight, who held his ground. “You realize it's taking you two swords to keep up with me,” he spat.
“And anyone as skilled as you claim to be doesn't need to make excuses,” Carter told him, twirling his blades around in his hands before getting a better grip on them.
“Another thing you noticed from my inferiors,” Sean snarled, rage on the edge of overtaking him.
“Careful Carter,” Xypher muttered, when he realized what he was doing. “He might not react like you think.”
“Not now Xypher,” he mumbled not taking his eyes off the other man. Carter knew full well how bad this tactic could backfire on him. But he had always hated those who bragged about their skills with a sword, even when he was younger, especially when he was younger. Before anything else could happen his father rushed past him, sword held high ready to attack. Carter had to do a double take to make sure he was seeing what he was seeing, “Dad?”
Sean easily countered that initial strike. His father kept on attacking but all of them were blocked or deflected. “This man taught you?”, Sean said to Carter as he easily deflected each strike. “You had to have learned under someone else. How else did you learn to duel wield?” Carter charged in not even hearing him anymore. There may be issues between them but this was his father rushing in to take on a Horror he had already lost to, trying to take him on with a glorified training sword. There was no way in hell he was going to let him face this Horror alone. “Oh is this the family reunion proper then?”, Sean taunted while they both tried to attack him
“Help you're woman,” his father snapped at Carter, frustration growing that the Horror was able to defend against both of them. “This bastard's mine.”
“Stop fighting against me,” Carter snapped back. Both of them were going for the same basic area when they tried to attack, effectively getting into each others way which was allowing Sean to fend both of them off. Sean suddenly grabbed Paul by the coat and threw him across the street. “Dad!”, Carter cried out before he was kicked in the chest and sent flying back.
“And I'm bored now,” Sean said as he stood there. Looking back between the two for a bit, he focused on Paul, “Marcus must have picked up this sudden streak of stubbornness from you old man. Maybe seeing what happens to those who spurn my generosity will curb that new streak.”
“No!”, Marcus shouted as he jumped on Sean's back and wrapped an arm around his neck. Sean tried to sling him off but Marcus held on tight. Probably because he knew his life depended on it. But it gave Carter the chance to get to his feet and connect the blades together and hold it over his head and spin it cutting a circle in the air above him. Lucielle was able to hold Jules off enough to see him do it and held out a hand. Several large Tarot cards quickly covered the circle interior, effectively blocking his armor from coming down.
“What?”, Carter looked up when it happened. Looking back down he saw Sean finally tore Marcus off of him, throwing him into Paul. Flexing the wrist holding the sword he turned into his horror form. Gaining two feet in height his form bulked up, skin almost red in color. Long horns adorned his gargoyle like head. Looking at the sword in his hand he tossed it over his shoulder with out a second thought. Holding out that same arm a long thing spike grew out, almost looking like a sword blade. He started toward his father and Marcus. Carter looked back up at the tarot cards obstructing the armor's portal briefly before running at the Horror. Behind him Lucille had dropped her human form as well in a cyclone of those very cards, now looking like a thin pale gargoyle herself with wings on her back. Every time Jules tried to hit her a tarot card would appear and block the intend strike.
Running up behind Sean he swung with one end of the double bladed staff, cutting him behind the knee. Dropping to a knee he swung with a back hand that Carter rolled under to dodge, getting to a knee he swung out with the staff again but was blocked by the Horror's sword spike. Taking a quick glance back at his father, who was just now stirring, Carter tried everything he could to force the Horror away from him, The horror started laughing as he held him off, “Where was this passion at the start of the fight?” He raised his arm up then swung it down forcing Carter to jump back to avoid the spike. “In fact where was this skill in the old man for that matter?” Retracting the blade he stood there, “Lucille please be a dear and dispose of these gnats for me.”
With a sudden strike that knock Jules back she said,” Of course Sean.” An even larger Tarot card came between her and Jules, but it was transparent enough that the Priest could see through it. “You'll thank me before I'll consume you.” With a wave of her hand another card appeared and it's edge was aimed at Carter. Jules started pounding on the card and shouted but her voice couldn't be heard. Before she could send it Paul rushed in and pushed his son out of the way. Cocking her head she sent it toward her apparently new target. Carter moved and swung his double bladed staff as he tried to get between the card and his father. He intercepted the card but the impact made him lose his grip on it as it flew in the air and stuck up right in the street. Cocking her head again Lucille motioned with her hands again to make more giant cards appear that she sent flying into the side of the building above them. Paul pushed Marcus out of the way as Carter tried to grab him before the rubble came down on them.
Walking over to the staff Sean pulled it out before reverting to his human form. “Well that was a diversion,” he said as he examined his new trophy. “Interesting, I never knew a weapon like this even existed.” With a chuckle he added, “Next thing you know there'll be a Knight with an ax.” Looking over at Lucille he saw her stalk Jules, who still had some fight in her. “Not yet my dear,” he called out. “Let the sadness flavor her a bit more first. She looks a little bland otherwise.”
Studying her for a moment she eventually said, “Of course.” Then turned her back to her, but not before slamming the tarot card into the Priest. Keeping her Horror form she got close to Sean and scooped him up in her arms before flying off into the night sky. After a bit the Tarot card faded away letting Jules to run toward the pile of rubble that Marcus was trying to move piece by piece.