Ka tried to tuck his thought away as it had been, but Jia had already seen it. At the mention of disgorging her heart, he shuddered a bit. Just the sound of it sounded painful or unpleasant, even if the results where good. He wanted to know more about what happens when a dragon disgorged their heart, but not now. Now he just wanted to be with Jia. He began to day dream, mixing their imaginations so it was more like a fantasy than a dream.

OOC: S_V is back, so we should probably head back to town soon, seeing as Ty was stabbed in the leg and Ka and Jia have been gone for a few days...lol

OOC:
Makes sense. I'll head back in my next post. XD

IC:
Jia purred and tucked her head close to Ka. She felt his concern for her disgorging her Heart, and decided to ease his worry. Zeke told me that disgorging my Heart will cause no pain. It feels like when your body doesn't like something and is sending it back up and out, though less severe. she murmured comfortingly. Though she didn't want to move from her current position, she lifted her head and looked down at her Rider, the only person in the world that understood her inside and out. Time we return to the others, I believe. Tyleek was badly wounded when I left to come to you. Cy Ara was nearly beside herself in panic. she said softly.

OOC: DS4! Rathon! ......:D I read up on the RP... Ya t'ak, that was..um...a gruesome read. I liked it, though....xD I'm sorry it's taken so long.. /:

IC:
"How are you holding up Tyleek?" Cy Ara murmured quietly, holding onto the arm Tyleek had wrapped around her shoulders to perch himself up as he tried to walk with his wounded leg - now patched up neatly with black thread. She had her other arm wrapped around his waist to make sure he didn't fall but tried not to give him a whole lot to lean onto. His leg should've been all right enough to walk on, but it would still hurt and he would be limping for a while. Muscle tendons, even for Allatik healers, tended to leave traces of pain behind for a few days, if not weeks. And Tyleek's healing abilities had done a number on the wound, leaving just the fading scar line that would also fade, hopefully. At the moment, she was just there if he absolutely needed him.
It was another bright, exceedingly hot day in the little village. They were in the back alley, right underneath the room, where Siberia and Theldor were. Siberia was standing lookout by the window, watching the progress. Her head shifted towards the sky, just as Cy Ara's did. She could feel Jia's presence getting closer and there was another one with her. Ka!
She turned her head toward Tyleek and smiled a little. She knew he'd feel it, too.

Tyleek winced, forcing his leg to take his weight even though it hurt like all get out. He closed his eyes and clenched his teeth, his nostrils flaring with the pain. Although it was much less than a couple days ago, it still felt like his thigh had been pummeled into a pulp. He limped forward a step, leaning away from Cy Ara so she wasn't carrying his full weight. Though he would never tell her this, he had come very close to not making it. He'd seen the darkness coming for him several times, the smothering blanket of death. He'd pushed it back every time. He looked down at Cy Ara and attempted a smile; it looked more like a grimace.
"Would you like the truth or what you want to hear? Cause I can tell you one or the other without batting an eye." he said, his lavender-blue eyes gleaming. He noticed then she looked up, and realized he felt a familiar presence. So Jia was back. And with Ka. He relaxed completely, pulling away from Cy Ara to lean against a wall, already out of breath. This was the first time he'd walked in nearly two days, and he felt frustrated with his weakness. He couldn't protect anyone, a concept that frightened the heck out of him.

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Jia held no regard for the townspeople; she was going inside that room with Ka if she had to fight a whole battalion to get there. She pulled in her wings neatly and swept into the room, dropping instantly to her paws once she was inside. She crouched beside the bed (a proper bed with mattress, pillows, sheets, and covers), to let Ka slip from her back and onto it. Once he was settled, she laid herself firmly at the foot of the bed with her head stationed at his right thigh. Nothing would move her from this position. She reached her mind down to Cy Ara, avoiding Tyleek because she knew the male Allatik would try to downplay his wound. Tell me, little one; how badly was he hurt, truly? she asked, concern for Tyleek audible. Though he was walking now, so that was obviously an improvement.

Cy Ara whipped her head around as she felt Tyleek pull from her support and watched as he leaned against the wall. She smiled a little, propping her hands on her hips. He'd get there soon enough.
When she heard Jia speak, a smile swept across her features. She was so glad to hear her voice and feel her familiar presence again.
Cy Ara reached out with her hand, resting it lightly on Tyleek's arm as she watched him struggle and couldn't help but feel a little remorse. Ever since she'd started seeing improvement in Tyleek, she'd done her very darned hardest to keep her worry bottled up and her peppy side up front so she could spend more time helping him get better and less time uselessly and pointlessly fretting about like a chicken with its head cut off.
She took a light sigh before replying silently to Jia and out loud to Tyleek with a quirky smile.
"How about you just tell me you're gonna live and we'll go with that."
He'll be fine. Absolutely. He'll heal, completely, within time - maybe no more than a week, two at most. But until then, he'll just have to take it day by day, working out the tension and what not. Though, even after he is done healing, he will still feel pain from time to time. The blade had severed an extreme amount of muscle tissue, nerves, and what not. We're just lucky it didn't break his femur bone. The blade came within less of an inch of it. .
But enough about Tyleek, he'll be fine. What of Ka. .? How is he, really?
Despite how well she'd been doing, a lot of the worry she'd been bottling up seeped through that little barrier she'd made.

OOC:
I know you went just before S_V, but could you please go before me, Rathon? My mind is drawing a blank on what to type.

OOC: ok

Ka listened, and made it his priority to heal Tyleek as soon as he could feel his seals again. When Cy Ara asked about, he answered before Jia could "I'm fine, don't worry about me. Where are you two? I can feel you, but locating anyone but Jia from feel hasn't been my strong suit lately." He only semi-lied about himself being fine. He didn't see any need to tell them that he couldn't walk without Jia, or that he couldn't feel his seals yet. Tyleek needed their attention right now, Ka could wait.

OOC:
Thank you.

IC:
Jia had been about to answer when Ka beat her to it. She scowled at him lightly but decided to let it go.

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Tyleek grinned at Cy Ara, relaxing at her touch on his arm.
"Very well, then, Firebreather. I'm going to live." he said, and he meant it. He was past the crucial point now. He couldn't hear exactly what was being spoken about, but he knew when the conversation turned to him. He extended a tendril of his mind to Cy Ara, since she was closest and he trusted her best.
Have no worry, Ka. I'll live. My natural healing abilities are working right now to repair my leg. I'll be completely fine in a week or two. he responded. Though he felt fine - except for the throbbing of his injury - he probably looked like hell. He hadn't slept at all, dark circles gracing under his exhausted lavender-blue gave proof of that. His midnight hair was a mess, despite Cy Ara's attempts to comb it. In all respects he looked gaunt and haggard, as if the wound had literally drained his vitality. He painfully knelt down onto his good leg and pressed his palm to the ground, closing his eyes to listen. Though he was too weak to actually control the earth, he could ask it for help. He asked if it would please lift him and Cy Ara up to the window. Mother earth contemplated, then agreed. Sweat broke out on Tyleek's forehead as she slowly detached a section of earth from the surrounding ground and lifted him and Cy Ara to the window. By the time they reached it, he was about ready to pass out. Again he asked for help, knowing Cy Ara would possibly hurt herself if she tried to haul him in through the window. So soft, gentle vines broke from the earth beneath his feet and caught him as he swayed and almost collapsed. They cradled him with great care, gently carrying him into the room and sitting him down in a chair before retreating.

That was a lie. The moment Ka had slipped into Jia's mind to listen in, Cy Ara had been able to feel that Ka was not all right. Also, Cy Ara had flipped her attitude around when she felt Ka, too. She sounded peppy when she spoke again.
Neither one of you are fine and you both know it. Stop being stubborn men and face the fact you need a little womanly touch. Jia and I are here to take care of you both. And you both could use a little help. So deal.
She seemed cheery enough. But even she wondered if maybe she wasn't putting it on a little too thickly.
Just after she'd finished speaking, she watched Tyleek call upon the earth and didn't realize what he was doing until he'd actually done it."Hey!" She saw instantly how it was taking Tyleek's energy and held her tongue until they were both inside the room and Tyleek was in the chair. She swore, by the end of the week, she was going to break his other leg just because he wouldn't stop pushing himself. She wanted to slap him, but simply stood by his side and felt his forehead, wiping the sweat off in the process and speaking, annoyed.
"For the love of. . .Ya t'ak, Tyleek! You can't exert yourself like that! You may be getting better but it's no time to be summoning help like that from your element."

Jia snorted softly and didn't move from her position at the foot of the bed. If you think I'm even twitching away from this spot, you are sorely mistaken. she growled at him privately, though she eyed Tyleek worriedly when he came in, quickly followed by Cy Ara.

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Tyleek's mouth lifted into a halfhearted as Cy Ara rebuked both him and Ka for being stubborn. He was stubborn, she knew that. But as she came in after him and stood at his side, he couldn't help a tiny touch of irritation. It disappeared before it could ever surface. He looked up tiredly at Cy Ara, his expression exasperated.
"I've had worse." he replied, gesturing vaguely to the milky white scar across his chest and right side. "Honestly, Atoc (Angel), I'm fine. I'm fine. I've survived seventeen years on my own. I think I can muscle through a few days." he said, leaning his head back on the chair and closing his eyes.
"Mother earth is demanding. When I ask for help, she wants something in return. She knows how much to take or not so I have enough strength to keep breathing. She takes no more than that." he said tiredly.

Cy Ara looked towards Ka as he spoke, getting ready to say that he was wrong and they both needed some kind of help with healing or something. But when Tyleek spoke, she whipped her head around.
At the mention of his scar, she shut her trap. She clamped her jaw shut and kept it shut as he spoke. When he finished, she was about to retort, but something stopped her. With her brows furrowed in worry and irritation and mouth in a thin line, her eyes drifted away and she simply murmured quietly after a moment of deep thought.
"Fine, fine. I'll leave you be. For now." She hesitated another moment before taking a step backwards towards the door, hands behind her back. "Mm. . I'm gonna take a little walk. I'll be back." And before anyone could object or make her explain, she bounded out the door, slamming it shut accidentally behind her.
Siberia turned away from her spot near the window, looking towards the door with narrowed eyes. She seemed on edge, but simply looked back out the window hesitantly without a word. She didn't like that way Cy Ara was acting. But things were a little tight between her and her companion at the moment.

Jia simply snorted and nipped at the toe of his foot playfully. She winced as the door slammed, the sound piercing her sensitive ears. What was wrong with Cy Ara lately?

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Tyleek half leaned forward after her, ready to spring up and follow. He fell back with a gasp as his wound flared painfully. He grit his teeth, steeled his nerves, and forced himself out of the chair. He staggered briefly, needing the wall for support, before he found his balance. He looked to the side and grabbed at the crutch that Cy Ara had bought for him. He placed it under his arm and leaned on it gratefully, lifting his gaze to Ka's.
"That I intend to find out." he said, panting a bit. She wouldn't have gone far despite her parting words, not with him injured, Ka questionable, and Siberia not with her. He sighed and slowly made his way to and out the door, shutting it gently behind him. He reached out his mind, using his link to the earth to search for her as well as his link with her.
Cy Ara...I didn't mean it like...I'm sorry. he murmured. By now he was on the street. Now that he was outside and could feel the vibrant ground beneath his feet (even though it was mostly barren of life, but after spending two days with dead wood and stone around him, this felt like heaven), he felt like he could breath and function again. He drew in a deep breath, began to lean the crutch against the wall, but decided against it. His stave was in the room, so this would serve as a weapon if he required it. He slung it across his back, catching it in the harness around his waist, then set out at at a measured pace, his limp slowing him frustratingly.

What you said made sense, Her voice wasn't sorrowful, but a kind of hazy quirky, like it had been with Ka when she realized he was listening in through Jia earlier. It wasn't exactly real, but like it was forced. And I'll respect that you want a little less help. I'm sorry for being such a motherly hen. But you know you'd be the same way if I was the one injured. And thinking about it, being in your place, I would have the exact same attitude as you - if not worse.
Her words sounded thoughtful, as if she really had been thinking about it, hard, on how to put the words before Tyleek had come to find her - which, though she didn't like, she knew would happen. But when she began speaking again after a short pause, she seemed to put up a strong mental block around her mind, so only Tyleek could hear her (just in case.)
But don't get too full of yourself, nature boy. I didn't leave because of you. And trying to track me won't work with your earth. I've figured a way around. And you aren't going to like it. She hesitated a moment, before continuing. High places and fast speed. I'm high off the ground, on the roofs of buildings, which makes it harder for the earth to identify exactly where I am. Basically, you're /screwed/. If I'm moving faster than the earth can report information back to you, then you're doubly /screwed/. So. . . go back to the room, silly nature boy. I really, really just want a breath of fresh air.
Then after another short pause, she stating with thought. And possibly a little practice. . with my fire.

Tyleek had to laugh at her logic. She was more than right that he would be as bad, if not worse, if she were the one injured. Which brought him to another disturbing thought that he didn't mention to Cy Ara. He sighed.
Very well, but I'm not going back to the room. I'm tired of feeling dead wood and stone around me. It feels like pure heaven to feel around me again. I've been blind, deaf, and choking over the last two days. he complained, a habit he'd come to when he was around her, because she actually listened.
Don't worry, I won't go far from the room. But don't go too far yourself. Malaktai might still be lurking around. And I know your fire is back, but try not to take him on alone? Makes me antsy when your in danger. If you need help you know how to signal me. he said, leaning back against a wall. He idly watched those passing by, trying to make his eyes and face as pleasant as possible so he didn't frighten the wits out of everyone that came close to him.

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Jia smiled at his prod but decided to ignore him, closing her eyes and exhaling softly.

The corner of Cy Ara's mouth was hinting at a smile as she listening to Tyleek speak, but she didn't reply. It was a long time before she said anything else.
. .I'm pretty sure Malaktai won't be bothering us for a while. There was a short pause, before she began again. If anything, he'll be trying to avoid me now. He may be strong, but he knows what I'm capable of, too. And I know he'll be able to sense that my fire is back. He's a coward. He'll only attack when I'm not able to.
She was quiet for a while longer. She was sitting down, on a hard, rocky surface. It actually didn't even look like she was in the desert any more, where she was. There were cave walls all around her, gray-ish-blue. The ceiling hung low where she was sitting and sloped upwards as it got closer to the entrance of the cave, which wasn't very big at all. Almost no light came in, but that wasn't a problem.
Cy Ara sat against the wall, one of her knees drawn to her chest. She had her flame in her hand as she played with a little black lizard that continuously crawled over her hand. Just this little bit of solitary confinement was what she needed. She wasn't sure what it was exactly, but it was at times like these that she felt at peace with everything. When she spoke again, her voice was thoughtful, quiet.
I have a lot on my mind, Tyleek. It seems like I always do now. I miss the days back when there were no worries. No running. No fighting for our freedom like there is now. And so much death. . A short pause, before, I'm beginning to question why I even bother any more.

Jia didn't even move. Much. Her tail lashed out, blocking Ka's advance to the door. And just where do you think your going, dear prince? she said, her tone almost bored.

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Tyleek was silent for a while. What Cy Ara said made sense. He'd felt it for a time, though he had never let it come to surface. He sighed and pinched the bridge of his nose with thumb and forefinger, closing his lavender-blue eyes.
I know. But we must, if we are ever to have peace again. That is the reason that we fight; the hope of a brighter future. Without that we might as well surrender to Lukia Ursl or Galbatorix for all the good we would do. he said firmly. Though that wasn't the exact reason he fought. He just wanted to kick some butt, plain, pure, and simple. He opened his eyes and lifted his head, letting it fall back gingerly against the wall behind him. He exhaled softly through his nose, purposefully relaxing his body so his leg would stop throbbing. He felt a skitter of unease sweep through him, and discreetly eyed the area around him. Nothing seemed amiss...He must be getting paranoid.

OOC:
I'm formulating a plan...Would you mind if Malaktai went after Tyleek to get at Cy Ara?

OOC: I was going to have him attack Cy Ara anyway, catch her off guard because she was getting a little cocky. But now that you've said that, that sounds like an excellent idea..xD

Cy Ara didn't reply. She stayed silent, thinking it over.
"For a bug with a broken leg, I'm surprised you're even fathoming coming out in your condition." The voice seemed to emit from thin air, just as a man dropped from the sky directly in front of Tyleek, standing straight as a rod. "Someone could easily tear off your wings and squash you like the vermin you are."
It was Malaktai. He seemed completely normal, completely. . fine. Like the little fight with Ka had never happened. The scar running down his face twisted maniacally to match his grin.
"But don't worry. I'll try to be less destructive when picking you apart on my dissection table."
Malaktai lashed out with his hand, aiming for the crook of Tyleek's neck. Hitting it just right would knock the other out.

Jia rolled her eyes, but her gaze sharpened as he said Tyleek was in trouble. She instantly drew her tail away, knowing Ka would hurt himself trying to get over it otherwise. She melded her mind with his, lending him her strength. Go. Please be careful. she beseeched.

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Tyleek was startled to say the least when a man dropped down in front of him. By the way he spoke, this had to be Malaktai. He was still stunned and unable to react when the man's hand lashed out toward the crook of his neck. By the time be began to move, it was too late. Malaktai's hand caught him sharply on the neck. Darkness swept over him almost instantly, but he had just enough time to blaze into his friend's mind.
Cy Ara! he cried out to her desperately. Then his vision failed and he collapsed to the ground limply.

At first, Cy Ara didn't notice that Ka had arrived. But when she did, she turned towards him, wordlessly, waiting for him to finish what he was doing. When he revealed which direction they had gone, she didn't bother with words, staring at the odd seal a moment, as if examining it, contemplating. After a moment, she understood how it worked. Or at least understood where the two were and where they were headed.
She nodded slightly, looking it over one last time before whistling with two fingers in her mouth, summoning Siberia. She was there in an instant, having jumped out the window and landed in the alley. She rounded the corner and Cy Ara mounted her, gripping the thick area of fur that surrounded her neck.
She glanced to Ka, her gaze lingering a moment, before shouting 'Go!', and Siberia bolted down the alley.


Malaktai /thrusted/ Tyleek down onto a cold, hard metal table. He didn't bother tying him down. Even if he did wake up from the collision with the table, there was nothing he could do. The room was small, but big enough to fit the table, maybe five people, a few other random tables that held odd instruments on them, and a large jail-like section in the corner where there were metal bars embedded in the stone floor. There was nothing remotely earth in the room, other than the stone. But from his inspections, Malaktai knew that Tyleek couldn't bend stone to his will like he could the earth.
Malaktai picked up a quill and began writing something down on a piece of parchment paper, his back partially to Tyleek. But before he could get a single word on the paper, the stone door slid open and two men, in black armor that fit snugly to their bodies with swords, walked in and positioned themselves in defensive stances. It was obvious they were highly trained, elite warriors of some sort. There was a crest on the front of each plate of armor that wielded a black raven holding a sword in its talons.
Malaktai turned around to Tyleek, lifting his arm and wrapping some sort of rubber around it right above his elbow.
"You awake yet? You will be in a moment, if not."

Tyleek groaned again, loudly this time. His eyes fluttered open. Where was he? He felt something lifting up his arm and sliding a piece of elastic down to the elbow. He tried to move, but the suffocation was nearly overwhelming. He coughed, struggling to draw in a breath. He must be completely surrounded by stone to elicit this kind of reaction from him. He felt something cold and hard under him....Metal. He heard a voice and forced his eyes to find the source.
"Malaktai...What do you...want with me?" he gasped. His head spun sickeningly, making him screw his eyes shut to keep from vomiting.

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Theldor soared out of the window after Siberia, beating his wings hard and fast to keep up with the white wolf. He kept his position just off her left flank, his keen eyes trained on an invisible destination.

Cy Ara was well aware of Ka following them, as much as it pained her to make him use so much energy after just getting back that morning. She, though, did not have to hear him yell. She trusted Siberia to that and when she heard him, she abruptly flung to the left when they came upon the next alley way. She sniffed the air and almost gagged. She could smell Malaktai's grotesque scent with her acute sense of smell. A tremble traveled through her as she ran, speaking calmly to Cy Ara and Ka.
I can smell them. They're not a hundred yards from here.
Fury raced through Cy Ara's veins again as she found they were getting closer. It took everything inside her to literally not burst into flames. She turned her head over her shoulder and yelled to Ka.
"See if you can find an exact location."


"I, vermin, want nothing with you. In my opinion, he should've allowed me to kill you on the spot. But he wishes to keep you, so he can gather information." Malaktai snatched up a syringe from the table by him and stuck it in Tyleek's arm roughly, but hitting the vein he needed to with ease as he continued speaking, drawing blood into the syringe. "Soon, you'll be one of the only four Allatik's left on the entire planet. You should count yourself lucky."
He pulled the syringe away and set it on the table before snapping off the rubber band around Tyleek's arm and tossing it on the table as well. He was being careless, wanting to be anywhere but there.
"You should be meeting him soon. One of the best fighter's in all of Alagaesia. One of the greatest Lord's in all of Alagaesia, next to Galbatorix." There was a hint of sarcasm in his voice as he raised his hands slightly, letting them fall back to his side as he sighed, finally turning his attention to the two armored men on the other side of the room. "Get him up. But him in the cage. His majesty doesn't want him until tomorrow. Kill anyone who tries to pass you. Anyone."
And with that, he left out the room and closed the stone door behind him. The two armored men took Tyleek by the arms, lifted him up, and carried him over to the jail cell. One opened the door before they both tossed him in to the stone hard floor and turned away after locking the jail tight, both standing by the door until further orders.

Siberia came to an immediate stop, skidding slightly as she fought to turn herself around to face Ka. When he finally announced they were through the door, she bolted after him, following him down the stone hallway and down the staircase, taking four or five steps at a time.
When they reached the second hallway, Siberia stopped at the end of the stairs and Cy Ara hopped off her back, frantically looking at every door until Ka told her which one Tyleek was in. After hearing him speak, her eyes grew dark and venomous.
"All the more reason to not hold back."
She murmured, mostly to herself, as she began slipping on her elbow length leather gloves and making her way down the corridor.


The two guards had definitely not expected the stone door to go flying across the small room. But it did. And lodged itself in the wall momentarily, before falling lose and to the floor. Cy Ara barged in, both elite warriors going after her instantly. It didn't phase her.
With them both coming at her from both sides, she simply ducked as the unsheathed their swords, performing a leg sweep to take one out, the other being smart enough to jump back.
Not very elite elite warriors. They didn't even sense us coming. she thought, just as the one who had evaded her leg sweep brought down his sword. Cy Ara was beyond furious as it was. She was so angry. . . she felt as if. .
She bellowed, roaring towards the man with the sword, and a gigantic ball of flame emitted from her mouth. It hit the man straight on and with him being so close, it not only charcoal-ed him, but melted his sword. Needless to say he fell limp to the ground.
The other elite warrior, who had just stood up when his partner fell, hesitated, before coming after Cy Ara. He didn't give her much of a problem either, considering she was almost seeing red. He swung, she ducked, lashing out with her foot. It connected with his stomach with such force, it sent him flying through the door into the stone wall out in the hallway.
Cy Ara stood, huffing with her anger slowly dwindling. Little flames were lapping at her lips and her skin seemed to almost be glowing because of the tiny bits of fire that was escaping through her pores. Turned out she didn't need her gloves. It was then that she saw the little jail cell like cage with Tyleek inside. She rushed over, taking the metal lock in her hand. A growl rumbled in her chest and a moment later, fire erupted around her hand and the lock, melting it to the ground instantly.
She swung the door open and went to Tyleek's side, kneeling by him. It was as if someone flipped a switch. She was suddenly cold to the touch, instead of fiery hot and there were no traces of her fire seeping from her pores any longer. Her voice was even soft, quiet, full of worry for Tyleek.
"Tyleek. . are you all right? Did they hurt you?"

OOC:
*old person voice* meeeh...skhip mheee...
there tisnt much I can do right now, are sorry for the long wait DS4, I was preoccupied

OOC:
lol 'Tis okay.

IC:
Tyleek jerked his head up as he heard Cy Ara. He shook his head, swallowing reflexively. He grasped her upper arm, sighing softly as he felt her skin. Something alive.
"Not purposefully. Malaktai took some of my blood...I think its still over there on the table." he rasped. "Said something about me being one of four of my kind...There is one other, besides you, me, and Raitfier." he murmured. Then terror entered his eyes. Now, Tyleek had never gotten scared. Ever. But his eyes were wide with fear now.
"Cy Ara, he's coming here. He's coming here, to this town! Malaktai said he'd be here tomorrow...You need to get away from here. Now. Take Theldor with you." he said urgently, the whites of his eyes flashing in his terror. "Its you he wants. I'm just a half-blood. He'll use me to bait you...Please, go now, Cy Ara!" he pleaded desperately.

Confusion was written across Cy Ara's face. She didn't understand the words that were coming from Tyleek's mouth. And the fear she saw in his eyes chilled her to the bone. It took her a moment to gather exactly what he was saying. Lukia Ursl was coming to find her. .
She was silent for a moment before suddenly pulling away from Tyleek's hold. She hooked his arm around her neck and her arm around his waist, like when she was helping him walk earlier that day. Wordlessly, she helped him stand without question. Her expression was neutral. Not even her eyes gave anything away as she helped Tyleek through the door of the jail cell and around the dead bodies through the door into the hallway. Siberia obediently walked over, Cy Ara finally speaking quietly.
"Lay down on Siberia, grip the fur around her neck. She'll get you out of here. Ka and I will be right behind you."

OOC: still not much for me to do, just say that I followed >.<

Cy Ara gazed at Tyleek momentarily, understanding washing over her. She knew how Tyleek was worried for her. She understood how he was scared. But she couldn't seem to wrap her mind around the fact that Lukia was actually coming. She needed to see him for herself. And she needed to end him. And if she couldn't end him, she would at least do her very hardest to find out what in the world he was trying to accomplish.
She was about to explain all of this to Tyleek, but she was caught off guard by a deep, anger filled voice.
"You just don't know when to quit, Cy Ara." Her head snapped up. Malaktai stood at the end of the hall, his face full of disgust and irritated annoyance. "I should've ended you when I had the chance, so long ago. You wouldn't be causing so many problems now."
Cy Ara moved to stand between Malaktai and Siberia and Tyleek. Even though he was far enough away for her to defend any attack he threw at them, she didn't want to take the chance. And she knew Ka could simply teleport away before any attack hit him.
"I apologize. I didn't realize I was such an inconvenience to your stupidity. And if you don't quite catch what I mean, I'm referring to the fact that you're stupid enough to mess with me or my friends in the first place." Malaktai's eyes narrowed and the multiple scars on his face seemed to bulge as his frown deepened. "I guarantee you wouldn't be so smug if I was fighting you alone. Or am I? From the looks of it, your friends won't be much help."
Cy Ara ignored the insult as best she could, focusing more on speaking to Ka through her mind.
Ka. . do you think you could teleport back to the room with Tyleek and Siberia? I don't need anyone else getting hurt. .

Tyleek's eyes widened as Malaktai appeared. Again he tried to dismount Siberia and stand behind Cy Ara. But he was still too weak from the stone and metal. He stopped with a pained gasp, panting for breath and exhausted.
"Cy Ara...Please, no..." he gasped, his eyes wild with fear. But he didn't have time to say anything more, because abruptly he was back in the room. He found himself still on top of Siberia, with Ka on the bottom. He looked around and found Jia already coming toward them. She gently wrapped her paw around him and laid him on one of the cots. He simply laid their, trying to catch his breath with his eyes closed. The only reason he wasn't already out the door and trying to reach Cy Ara was because Theldor was still with her.

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Jia gently drew Ka out from under Siberia, cradling him to her chest with one foreleg. She padded back to the bed awkwardly, sitting him on the edge of the bed. She sniffed him from head to toe to make sure he was uninjured, then looked around. The female Allatik wasn't there. Where's Cy Ara? she asked worriedly, concerned that her friend had been hurt.

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Theldor opened his beak and screeched angrily at Malaktai, his eyes wild with hatred. This man had hurt his Allatik by weakening him. He wanted badly to lung forward with a flick of his wings and gouge his eyes out, but forced himself to land on Cy Ara's shoulder instead. He was literally trembling, but he eased his wings down to his sides, opening his beak a bit to hiss.

Siberia removed herself from on top of Ka after Tyleek had been moved, fear she hurt him there, somewhere. But she was frantic, whines escaping her throat as she began pacing to the window, then to the door, almost there, before turning right around again and heading to the window. If she headed back, she'd be there within seconds, but if she did, it might very well cause problems. . basically, she was useless. And every single one of her motherly-guardian infested nerves wanted to race back there and insist Cy Ara leave immediately and come back. And just as she was about to give into those yearnings, she received a short command from Cy Ara that made her want to sink her teeth into something.
She looked to the others in the room and reluctantly put forth the command.
Cy Ara wishes we leave town. .and insists she'll catch up, with Theldor.

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After sending the command to Siberia, Cy Ara wrapped a strong barrier around her mind so that none of them could contact her for the time being except Theldor. When he landed on her shoulder, she raised a hand and lightly ran her finger along Theldor's chest, never taking her eyes off Malaktai, who was nonchalantly taking steps forward.
"Running is futile. Fighting is futile. Anything else, well, let's face it. Anything you could possible do right now would be a futile attempt. You're trapped. And even though you have your fire back, you're still weak, and you know why."
"Do you mind shutting that trap you call a mouth? The trash coming out of it is making me sick to my stomach." She retorted, disgust and annoyance written across her face and in her voice.
Theldor, She thought calmly. Attack from above, the get out of the way as fast as possible. Having still had her gloves on, Cy Ara had been able to slip one of her special weapon balls into her hand so Theldor could grab it and go when she finished speaking.

Tyleek shot up out of bed, his lavender-blue eyes glittering.
"Like hell I'm going to leave her with Lukia Ursl on the way." he growled. He stood unsteadily, wobbling heavily on his feet. He swayed and almost fell, but he caught himself on Siberia's shoulder. He glanced at her apologetically.
"Sorry. I'm still weak from the stone." he said, blinking twice to clear his vision. He shook his head hard, then turned to look at Ka with a grin on his face.
'You can count on me." he swayed slightly again. "Just as soon as I can touch my feet to soil, I'll be fine." he muttered. He jerked his eyes to Jia as he felt a wave of energy from her. His expression softened.
'Thank you, Juria Atoc (Loving Angel)." he murmured, then padded quickly through the door and into the street.

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Theldor nodded discreetly, moving his leg to shift his position. But he was really grasping the small ball in his taloned foot. He stood for another moment, then opened his wings and blasted into the air, streaking up toward the ceiling. He dove to Malaktai, opening his foot and releasing the ball. He stiffened his wings and flew right past Malaktai just as the ball hit him right in the chest. The golden eagle was rounding the corner for shelter...And nearly flew straight into six soldiers. He was stunned for a moment, and a moment was too long. One of the soldiers lunged forward with an arrow held in his hand. The bolt pierced Theldor's left wing and stuck. He shrieked in pain and darted above them, flattening them to the ground with a blast of wind from his maw.

You're fine, Tyleek. . Siberia responded, making sure to stay by Tyleek's side until he was stably standing. She stayed silent as the two of them readied to go to Cy Ara's aid. She kept her jaw clamped shut, worry and irritation coursing through her. She had no choice but to stay, master's orders.

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Malaktai had expected the bird was trying to escape and hadn't bothered with it. At least, not until it dropped an exploding sphere on his chest. He yelled out in sheer pain, being blown backwards skidding across the stone floor. The tunic he'd been wearing was torn to shreds and so had the skin there, but it wasn't too bad of a wound. Not to him at least. What happened next happened within only a matter of seconds.
He stood, with a struggle, and had to immediately begin deflecting Cy Ara's physical attacks and dodging her fire blasts. His own attacks connected with her rarely, but did, nonetheless. When he made a mistake and didn't see Cy Ara throw another exploding ball, it struck him in his all ready wounded chest again, sending him flying back onto the ground again. When he began to right himself, to stand, Cy Ara came through the smoke the ball had caused, arm brought back as she was just about to land on Malaktai and beat him to a pulp. But he deflected the attack with a bit of struggle. When she was in reach, he grabbed a hold of her wrist and used the momentum to stand and fling her the rest of the way down the hall. Before she could right herself, she slammed into the stone wall and fell to her knees.
It was then that she heard Theldor's screech and she looked down the other hall, eyes widening only momentarily before she saw Theldor's retaliation. Before she realized, Malaktai had made his way to stand in front of her, staring down at her with a blade to her neck.
"You fight as good as you're father runs: pathetically."
That was it. Cy Ara roared, her entire being catching aflame with such heat that her flame had a faint blue-ish tint to it. She shot to her feet, her fist connecting with Malaktai's jaw abruptly, knocking him off his feet. Her flame had burnt his skin and completely melted his sword.
The moment Malaktai connected with the floor with a thud and a groan, Cy Ara was right next to him, her hand positioned to fire. Her eyes were ruthless and merciless.
Malaktai, actually painfully wounded didn't give her a chance to think before his own hand shot up and he dipped into the supply of magic he held within him. Instantly Cy Ara's flame vanished and her hands shot to her throat as she fell against the wall. He'd constricted her air. .

Malaktai had been unsuspecting of Ka's attack and when it hit him, his magic was released almost instantly, leaving Cy Ara to fall to the floor on all for, coughing and gasping for air, and him collapsing to the ground on all fours as well. Except he was able to stand again, with a bit of trouble though. His entire upper body was severely lacerated, but he just kept on coming. In the next second, Malaktai had his hand clamped around Ka's throat and the Reaper on his back on the floor. His eyes held vengeance and fury.
"Actually, yes. It hurt a lot." Malaktai didn't have time for Ka. He simply pushed away, roughly kneeing him in the stomach, before turning to Tyleek and Cy Ara, raising his hands as he readied himself to dig deep inside him for his almost unreachable magic.

When Tyleek found Cy Ara, she was on all fours, still coughing horribly and trying to retain breathing correctly. She nodded, just enough for him to notice, before reaching out to hold onto the wall for support as she stood. When she was finally on her feet, she resisted the urge to empty the contents of her stomach from the sudden wave of dizziness and nausea that washed over her. She looked to Tyleek, then to Theldor. She had no notice of Malaktai about to attack again as she tried speaking to Tyleek. Her voice was rough.
"He'll be ok?"

OOC: I'm pretty much useless here. . since, you know. Cy Ara's unconscious. .>> So go ahead and skip me.

Siberia had been frantic. She had been able to feel the extent of all the pain Cy Ara had been going through from where she'd been in the room. Needless to say, she was in pain. But that didn't stop her from limping over to Cy Ara and resting her head on the bed, nuzzling Cy Ara's side with her cold nose. She whined a low, sorrow filled whine and let her eyes fall closed. Her voice was so soft, even in her own head, it felt almost inaudible.
"What did he do to do this to her?"

OOC: since she's not hurt or dying, Ka can't help her right now...shkipz preese

Siberia didn't mind Tyleek's hand trying to calm her. It did help a little, after all. But when Tyleek mentioned about reviving Cy Ara and showed her how, her ears folded back and the fiercest growl she could manage emitted from her, canine eyes full of daring. But it didn't last but a second, before she calmed herself and actually thought about it. Her eyes flickered from Cy Ara, to Tyleek, then back again before she stood, tail between her legs, and backed away a few steps.
"Whatever it takes. ."

OOC:once again skip, I'm not typing one or two lines on how Ka didn't know what was going on between siberia and Tyleek...xP