''Aelus'' - IC

[berserkerhorn]

later that night Balthazar headed to the inn. she bumped in to carter on the way there

[Lady Foxy]

Meanwhile in Tekler, at the local Inn

It was turning dark, and the wind blew strongly. Carter was about to open the door to the Inn, when he noticed Balthazar walk behind him. ''Eh, can I help you?'' He asked her before making sure Claire was all right in his arms.

[Goryokaku]

Azrael came round the corner as the soldiers charged forward Azrael drew both his blades as he came up to Hurati, he didnt look to see if Kaede was behind him, though the soldiers charging at Hurati didn't expect the tall Azrael to appear, no did they know that the men before them were the best warriors in Zinbola. Azrael didn't even slow down his pace as he span around and decpaited one of the soliders, his movements flowed as he other sword came up and sliced into the armpit of another solider, Azrael stood there as the soliders had now suddenly stopped charging and were a little more cautious, "Well Hurati? the hard lesson or the easy lesson?"

[rooiehaan]

"Hey, hey! Don't start without me!" Kaede shouted, showing up from behind the corner of a collapsed building. She slowed down next to her brother, and smiled at the two, ignoring the guards. "So, what will we do? Everyone for herself, or protect-your-friend, or would you like to do the toss-me-into-the-fray thing again? That one always cracks me up!" She giggled, unsheating her sword. She slashed to the right, theatrical, not even noticing a limb flying. "I know i don't want to stand back again, though, so you guys might as well think of something'' she pouted

[Lady Foxy]

Meanwhile in The Siege Zibola

The soldiers halted for a moment, but as they nodded to their buddies they charged together, with their heavy shields and long swords. ''Two thousand troops will disembark here! The might of Vale has grown! Tuloc shall perish and you as well!'' One of the knights shouted while riding his horse towards Hurati, swinging his spear, aiming to hit his heart. While the fleeing guards noticed the greatest warriors of the city facing off the Valean army, regrouping and forming a box-formation. ''Alas! Fight for the lords of Zibola!'' The captain of the guards said, counting his men before charging into the Valean hordes. ''Twenty-two, including myself. Very well then, CHARGE!'' He screamed, running to the enemy lines, with his men behind him.

The first strike was for the Zibolan guard, but one guard managed to get hit and killed by four Valean soldiers. ''Hold them off until the villagers get to safety!'' He shouted again, before he and other five guards took down ten Valean soldiers. Another guard fell, his corpse falling infront of Azrael.

[TheDaughterOfHades14]

Claire grunted, she was having a horrible nightmare, and she was rolling around in her sleep.

[berserkerhorn]

"yea you can wake her up now, she's been sleeping all day. she needs to know what Ayla is going to say tonight" Balthazar said. looking at Carter she realized he needed help opening the door to the inn. "want me to open the door for you?" Balthazar asked

[Hurati]

Hurati stood still, clenching his fists. He looked up to see the spear being thrown towards him. Hurati caught it, spun it around, and threw it back. He showed no emotion on his face as the spear plunged through the knights throat, flying through and out the other side. He ignored all talk and thought of nothing other than defending his home. Hurati spoke, but his voice was different, it was deeper and more inspiring, " KILL THEM ALL!. He roared, and charged forward, swinging his falchion to meet a longsword and parrying to stab the mans heart, before spinning and slicing a mans throat. He didn't notice, or care, that he seemed to glow or that his eyes had turned golden. The fellow soldiers around him, Azreal and Kaede included, felt as if they had a surge of energy enter them and it bolstered their resolve and fighting ability. Hurati leaped into the air and turned in mid-air, slashing a man from his shoulder to his waist, before withdrawing the sword and slashing another mans halberd in half.

[Lady Foxy]

Almost Nightime: Tekler, At the best local Inn

Carter nodded in approval, looking down at Claire who seemed to be having nightmares. ''Quick, I need to waker her up!'' He told Balthazar, opening the doors rougly with his shoulder, sitting down Claire in the waiting room. ''Claire? Are you all right? Wake up! It's a dream, wake up!'' He told her, gently patting her head.

Meanwhile at The Siege of Zibola

The knight fell of his horse, coughing blood into the ground. ''He killed him! Elimininate the Tuloc bastard!'' The incoming soldiers shouted, rapidly charging their swords and shields at a Aura-Phase-One Hurati. ''What's that glow around him?'' One soldier shouted, before another one replied in anger, ''They're just three, kill them already!''.

The guard captain was getting surrounded by Valean soldiers, as his men were getting killed slowly, one by one. ''Hold your shields up! Do not let the enemy surrou-'' But his sentence was cut by a cannonball directed at his position, eliminating him and other four guards. ''The captain is dead! Retreat! The battle is lost, retreat!'' The guard who stood next to him yelled, killing a Valean soldier with his fists. ''We're the only ones left Simon! Retreating is an option now!'' A rather lazy-looking guard yelled back at him, holding off a group of Valean soldiers. ''Hurry up then! It's a race to the City!'' Simon yelled back, as the both of them started to run off to the direction of the port.

The ships still on the sea were now firing their cannons again, this time another cannonball landing on a outpost tower, making it crumble down slowly into the other fallen remains of the buildings.

[Gorbaz]

Halina crept forward all the time, making sure to remain out of sight. It was only once she could see the docks that she understood exacctly what was happening - her city, her livlihood, was under attack! She suddenly felt like she needed to do something to stop these invaders - mostly because the three facing off against them still had her cash, more than anything else

Vaulting over the bushes, she dashed closer, drawing out her knives, but using whatever cover she could. Just blindly running forward would invite long-range death, and she wasn't a soldier, so stood little chance in a straight-up fight in the open. No, her element was the close-packed streets of the city where she could ambush them, one at a time

[TheDaughterOfHades14]

Claire groaned, she had a high fever, and she kept moving around, then she stopped, but she was still asleep.

[Lady Foxy]

At the Siege of Zibola

The two guards retreating back to the city noticed Halina, as Simon had once tried to capture her, but she managed to make him fall of into a well. He stopped, signaling his buddy to stop. ''Thief! Hmph, if you're trying to help our home, it's too late.. Azrael and his friends are fighting, but no matter how strong they are they will be overrun. If you wish to fight, me and my friend here will help you, if you wish to retreat to the city it'll be fine, the soldiers must have rallied by now.'' He took out his sword, waiting on Halina's response.

Meanwhile in Tekler, at the local Inn

Carter gasped, grabbing Claire's shoulder. ''Wake up! Claire! Wake up please!'' His voice sounded sick, almost as if he was suffering of a heart attack.

[Goryokaku]

The surge of power he felt from Hurati, only made Azrael incline his head a little to begin with he walked slowly forward, Two Valean Soldiers came rushing wildly, at Azrael, but their lunging swords didn't find their target though the sudden pain they felt told them that they hard just felt the sharp clean cuts of Azrael's swords both Soldiers hit the ground dead. Azrael didn't slow down he parried a blow with one of his swords and his other sword flashed suddenly and took the arm off the man, his parried sword now free flashed forward and removed the Valean's head. As Azrael continued walked forward he began to emit a glow of his own his body getting faster and stronger as he walked forward he suddenly shot forward and smashed a sword into the gut of an on coming solider his speed and his glow startled the Valean's.

Through his helmet soldiers could see a cold smile, he kept his forward momentum not never looking back.

[rooiehaan]

Kaede laughed, a childish, amused smile. "You guys are really getting into thi-Hey, watch it!" she ended saying, as a soldier tried to swing at her neck. She ducked, and stabbed the man in his stomach. She turned the blade, then pulled it out. "That could've been dangerous you know, mister soldier man!" She saw the man fall to his knees and got up again.
She looked around. They were standing at the base of the pier where all the soldiers jumped out of their vessels, creating a choking point. If they were to retreat they could always enter the harbormaster's house, which they rounded when they came around the corner. She looked at the ships, and pouted. Since they were still firing, the chances were that the house could be bombed at any time. She looked at the guards jumping off of their vessels, and standing in line to charge at the three. There were nights, footsoldiers, archers; it really was an army. But what use has an army when pinned down in such a choke point where numbers count for nothing?
She parried another soldier's swing, and came up on the side of him. She reached up and kissed him on the cheek, then laughed at his surprised face. She kicked the feet from under him and stabbed him in the chest absentmindedly, thinking of the ships. No matter how many they were able to take down this evening, the ships will ruin the city either way. They needed to find some way to take them down first

[Gorbaz]

Halina supun round, knives ready, as Simon the guard shouted out to her. Realising it wasn't one of the invaders, she beckoned both the guards over. Her minds was working overtime, and she kept glancing up to the ships as the two guards made it to her cover. Once they were all together, she pointed to one of the boats the a knife. "Plan. To sink boat" she said haltingly, tapping the side of her head for effect. "Get under. Break wood. Ship go down" She grinned devilishly at the two guards as she started to slip out of her leathers, leaving only her underwear and blouse on. Pulling her graple out of her backpack, she wrapped it around her "You swim good?". She hoped they did, as her little dagger could poke a few holes in the wooden hull of the boat, but guards weapons, like swords and maces, would be even better

[berserkerhorn]

"Something seem's to be wrong with her." Balthazar said as she put her hand on claire's forehead. "Just as I thought her sword attack this morning left her weak. Now she has a high fever.I'll see if Ayla can do something about this."

[Hurati]

Hurati parried one soldiers swing, redirecting the momentum to decapitate him, then cutting off another one at the knees. A haze started to cross his vision but was ignored by Hurati. He couldn't afford to be distracted, this was his home, his life, and he would do whatever he could to protect it. He cut a mans shield arm off as he tried to bash him and kicked him towards a group of 4 running towards him. They were entangled and it would take them a little bit to free themselves. Hurati whirled to the right to attack a group of 20 or so that he had seen and only blinked when the outpost tower fell on top of them.

A thought flashed through his mind and he fought his way towards a few barrels of pitch. Hurati slashed the sides of the barrels and sent them rolling towards the Valean soldiers. It coated many, and it formed a line the would force them to enter a chokepoint. He ducked under a soldiers heavy blow and stabbed him in the balls, using his upward momentum to bring the sword up to his sternum.

He yanked the sword out and spun, dragging the falchion across the cobble stones. A shower of sparks flew and landed on the pitch, igniting it and causing a blazing inferno to force soldiers where Azreal was fighting. The men that had been coated and wandered too close were lit on fire and ran around their allies, screaming. Hurati headed over towards Azreal and said, his voice still holding the power, "You Valeans are nothing! We are Azreal and Hurati, those are the names of the men who are going to kill you. Azreal, no survivors. Hurati took a place next to Azreal and started fighting.

[TheDaughterOfHades14]

Claire didn't respond, she was still asleep, and won't be waking up soon.

[berserkerhorn]

(ooc: claire's in a coma????)

[Lady Foxy]

At The Siege of Zibola

The number of the Valean troops was slowly reducing, but as the troops were facing a choke point, the Valean ships were landing on the nearby coast.

It was a small amount of time before they were pushed back, so the Valean troops pushed forward, two-hundred soldiers charging at the three of them. At the coast, probably the number of troops disembarking was five-hundred, possibly more as the ships landed the troops they were carrying, then leaving and started firing again to the port.

''Kill those damn bastards! How hard is it? JUST KILL THEM!'' Another knight shouted, before ordering his horse to charge in the direction of Azrael. ''You die here!'' He shouted again, raising his longsword to the height of Azrael's head.

Simon stared at Halina, pretending he wasn't looking at her. ''We.. can swim yes. But how are you planning to do that? They're disembarking at the coast look!'' He pointed out, startling the other guard.

Tekler, at the local Inn

Carter looked at Balthazar curiously, while he scratched his head. ''What sword?'' He asked before making Claire sit down.