Soul Reaver's eyes begin to glow an eerie green, and his head slumps down to his chest. He hears his heartbeat in his ears.

The door to the torture room creaks open, and Ferdan creeps in.

"I ain't meant to hurtcha, but I 'aven't 'ad much to do lately... and nobody will really notice if I burn ya a little..."

He walks over to the brazier, and places a metal rod inside it, holding it with a pair of tongs.

Inside Soul Reaver, a battle rages... yet through the crescendo in his head, Soul Reaver's thoughts return.

He thinks I'll be his slave in a two hours. He's sorely mistaken. The venom was meant to corrupt the soul of its victim... but in me, it has to corrupt not one, but a legion. I should be able to hold it at bay for some time at least. I'll make sure he pays for what he did to Asaki!

The battle that rages inside him wakes the power of a thousand souls. A burning warmth blazes through his veins, and the numbing cold of the venom begins to stop its advance. Soul Reaver raises his head to see Ferdan advancing.

The green glow in his eyes wavers... and his iris begin to burn red. Ferdan halts in his tracks.

Soul Reaver's mouth twists into a grimace, his teeth gritted. He arcs his back against the wooden frame, muscles rippling over his arms and body as he strains against it. The power filling him is incredible. His wounds begin to heal at a massively accelerated rate, despite the presence of the Null Field... even it cannot drain his power fast enough.

The frame begins to creak ominously as a deep, inhuman growl rumbles from Soul Reaver's throat. His eyes are no longer visible, hidden behind spitting, crackling, blazing red light. His face is daemonic.

Soul Reaver's vision has become veiled in red, with a swirling green mist seen in the corner of his eyes. He cannot feel his wounds anymore as a superhuman rage builds inside him.

With roar, he wrenches his arms forward. The massive hardwood frame explodes in a spray of splinters, torn apart as if it were kindling.

Ferdan screams as two of the metal bolts used for fastening the manacles to the frame punch into his shoulder, ripping through sinew and bone. They slam with metallic sounds into the wall behind him.

He looks up through a haze of pain to see Soul Reaver advancing on him, his face possessed by fury.

"You take pleasure in the pain of others?" Soul Reaver's voice echoes as if a hundred deep daemonic voices were speaking at once.

He bends down and closes his hand over the torturer's head. With no effort at all, he lifts him off the ground, feet dangling helplessly.

"Then see how you enjoy it yourself!!!"

The muscles in Soul Reaver's arm tense, and Ferdan's head explodes from between Soul Reaver's fingers. Pieces of skull and brain spatter the walls of the chamber. The corpse falls to the ground.

Soul Reaver steps out of the Null Field, and gestures towards his armour. It glows red for a moment, then disappears, only to reappear around Soul Reaver.

"A weapon... Come to me, Darkstar!"

Soul Reaver reaches into the air, and with another burst of red light, a black morningstar appears in his hand. The weapon is made of Black Steel, with gold and silver trimmings. The spiked ball and chain are surrounded by a smoky aura that swirls with a dizzying blackness.

And now... Blooddrinker... I will find my sword!

Soul Reaver leaps to door of the chamber, the Morningstar already spinning rapidly in his right hand. He kicks the thick steel-reinforced door with such force that it tears from its hinges, slamming into the opposite wall. Two startled Chaos Marine guards standing beside the door turn just in time to see Darkstar streak towards them. Their armour offers no protection to the enchanted weapon, collapsing like an eggshell as the weapon strikes one, then the other, in the blinking of an eye.

Soul Reaver, cape flapping behind him in his mad fury, his arms soaked in blood, and a wailing cacaphony in his head, storms down the corridor...
To the sword...
To the sword...

--To fight is to live... and my battle is eternal--

*Sabre Soldier looks around for a moment. He then see's in the distance, a bundle of vines collapsing over onto a group of figures. He then looks to his right some more to see Tamrissa approaching. Assuming that its the enemy he gives her some support with his own. He makes a fist so tight that blood trickles to the ground. On contact, the blood sinks deep into the earth. More vines sprout out from behind the others, wrapping around like renforced chords. The vines thorns grow into large needles. Sabre Soldier looks over again, and instantly reappears next to her. A faint smile on his face.*

Fei: Well...I'm late again. I'm sorry. I had to go think somethings over, and clear my head...but I'm fine now. I'm perfectly sane.*Sabre Soldier trys to make a cheesy joke to cheer up the situation, but it doesn't seem to work*
Dragon: You'll have to forgive Fei Blondie, he's going through that "Special Time" that all big boys go through when they grow up.*Fei's smile quickly turns the opposite.*
Fei: I see that someone hasn't changed themselves. You still a bit premature.......Um..I just now realized that I don't know your name?
Dragon: Yeah Genius, you never gave me one. I was wondering when you were going to name me, but NO!!!! You were too busy with all of your now-so-called friends.
Fei: Well, I'll name you then....Um...let me see..... Oh shut up, I'll name you when I feel like naming you! Anyways, Tamrissa, do you want me to escort you to the temple? I can get you there quickly. What's Dom doing anyways?
*He looks back up to still see Dom in the Cave behind him.*

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cLuTcHFieND is barely able to fight off the onslaught of Thousand Sons marines. He draws his blade and uses it to parry the blows raining down all around him. He punches two of them and knocks them backwards, and delivers a roundhouse kick to the third. He is then ambushed from behind by two more. They drag cLuTcHFieND back and knock him to the ground while the first three get back up and charge him. cLuTcHFieND summons all of his strength and is barely able to escape being impaled. He runs into another pack of warriors, however, and is thrown accross the room by multiple energy wave spells. He gets back to his feet in time to dodge some more blows. He beats back the marines with his sword, which is now glowing brightly, but the normally leathal weapon bounces harmlessly off the marines enchanted armour, and they drive him to the ground once more.

((OOC: Sorry I took so long to post again, but hackers took out my school's network just after I made the post about the Thousand Sons, and I was unable to post again until now.))
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"I'm sorry, you had to get hurt. It hurts me more because, were almost the same age. I dare not leave you but, I must. I must aid your friends, Tam and Fei. I will return in a bit."

Dom walks out of the cave toward the battle field. He watches the carnage and torment happening just a few yards away.

(Why must everything end in blood shed.)

Dom flies up into the air. He is now endowed with the power of the gods. He lowers his hands to his side and sigh's. A black bolt of lightning hits dom from above. It sorrounds him in a black ball of energy. The energy pulsates and gives off dark light. The ball implodes on itself leaving only a new creature inside. Dom has transformed into a "Warrior Dragon". This dragon has the body of a man and the wings of a dragon. His skin is red, his wings are blue and his hair is yellow.

(Here goes.)

Dom flies into a small rank of Thou. Arm Marines. He punches and kickes his way through them. He jumps in the air and yells. Bolts of lightning can be seen leaving his chest. The bolts the hit the marines start to shock and burn their armor, but not fast enough to kill only weaken. The bolts that do not hit their target explode once they hit the ground, sending anything in its radius high in the air.

Tamrissa looks over at Sabre Soldier, raising an eyebrow at the dragon's comments. She keeps her concentration on controlling the vines and speaks between bolts of magick flying from her fingers.

"Did I not ask you to stop calling me Blondie, lizard brain? As for you, Fei, when this is over I’d love to know what is going on inside of you, but right now we need to knock these Chaos Lords on their asses,” she glances towards the cave. “I believe Dom is coming soon…unless he has decided to stay with Ella…no, there he is.”

She watches Dom begin fighting, then looks back at Sabre.

“All of us need to get inside, not just me…and these Thousand Bastards just keep on coming…every time we kill one another appears…I’m sure this is meant to keep us out of the temple while they take care of the others,” she frowns as another of the vines is cut down. “Let’s get Halcon, Jharm and Dom together and make our move…if you want to go ahead and find Clutchfiend, that’s fine. We’ll meet you in the temple.”

Giving one last glance to him, she begins moving away, eyes on Halcon, Jharm and Dom.

We aren’t getting anywhere with this, let’s press towards the temple…it’s no longer about defeating these fiends, it’s about getting to the others before it’s too late, she mind speaks all three. Try to collapse into one group. If we are less spread out, it will go quicker.

The vines continue their work, empowered by Sabre’s support. She glides into the fray and draws her sword, working both the wriggling plants and the blade on the marines.

"Hey Tam, go on ahead we will take care of these guys. I am strong enough now. I have merged with the Dragon God and he has endowed me with his powers and abilitys. Go, with Fei. We will take care of these guys and Ella."

Dom jumps into a mob of Thou. Arm Marines. The marines jump on him the second he touches the ground. They start to punch and kick him. Some, energize their attacks with magic hopeing to kill their enemy much quicker. As, they continue their relentless attack, they are all thrown into the air as a giant dragon rips out from under them. The dragon swings it's tail and slices a few marines. This dragon is diffrent from the rest, for it is not a elemental dragon but, Dom himself. He has transformed thus, tripleing his power. Dom slashes the armor of the marines with his claws, making deep gashes into their unholy suits. Dom roars and lets out a beam of energy from his mouth that hits the marines like a bad habit. Some withstand it while others can not fully protect themselves from the blast.

(Thank God, I weakend them first. Now, if I can take them out with my basic form, then I won't have to go Kaiser.)

Dom continues to rain down his terror on the enraged marines.

*Sabre Soldier ponders carefully, looking at the Battle going on.*

Fei: I trust you Madaam...I mean Tamrissa. But I'm not going to make the same mistake and leave you behind. I'll wait up. Anyways...It would be best if we surrounded them. That will make fighting them alot easier. I will create a Wormhole large enough to get them stuck. From there, It will be easier to evade their magic, and give us a major advantage.

*Sabre Soldier throws his hands together, creating a circular motion between his wrists. The ground between the groups of Thousand arms begins to give way creating a very large hole in the planet. The hole is roughly 30 ft. wide, and 300 ft. Deep. Enough to get them stuck at the bottom. With a solid jab with his right arm, a breeze of air can be seen forcing it's way in a rippling pattern towards one of the groups. Without warning, the force makes contact with the group, sending them sprawling into the pit. The vines continue to constrict another group, and the others fight the remaining. Sabre Soldier then flys into the air above the pit to see the Thousand Son's getting up. They look up, and launch several fire balls at him each. He comes close to getting hit by a few of them. Sabre Soldier slices his wrists again with his fingernails, and trickles blood down into the pit. None hits the marines, but the ground surrounding them. It soaks in and turns black. From there, the shadows come to life, sprouting large beings from inside the pit. The marines have more to worry about now than just Fei above. Fei then focuses his attention to helping the others. He disappears in a blue swirl of aura.*

"Dammit! These guys don't quit!"

"I guess I should have destroyed my old body... Hmmm... Ah someone will find it and think it is me and kill him anyway!"

*Jihon hears the loud clanging of Clutches sword agains the evil marines armor.*

"Maybe I should help him out... For the sake of my image and all. When the time comes I will absorb them as well. hehe! But first I have to do what I first came here for... Ahhh never mind that fun first!"

Kalana, your just going to have to fend for yourself for a little while. Please come out of this okay.

cLuTcHFieND does not move. He stays in a defensive stance.

"I do not wish to fight you, Asaki. But if I must, I ask that we at least fight one on one, with out any of these....*cLuTcHFieND glances at the marines surrounding him*....these fools present. Get rid of them, so that we may fight without distraction."

cLuTcHFieND stands perfectly still, waiting for any movement from Senshi.

"It's you! Jihon! What happened to you? You look.....different."

Kalana goes to work on opening the cell door.

Cameron.....I found Jihon......don't worry about me.....try and talk some sense into Asaki!

cLuTcHFieND grins beneath his helmet.

Good. Now I can concentrate fully on this fight.

cLuTcHFieND roars his battle cry and charges Senshi. She prepares to block his attack, but just as he is about to come into range, he dissapears. Senshi is immedeately struck from behind and sent sprawling. She gets up just in time to take an energy blast to the face. She flies backwards, but this time she catches herself before she hits anything. cLuTcHFieND falls back in a defensive stance, waiting.

"Come on then! I learned most of my tricks from your Sensei, so this should be a piece of cake for you! Unless the Chaos mindrot has taken away your fighting knowledge too."

cLuTcHFieND waits for Senshi's attack.

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