That’s enough, Fei! You know I am not leaving…you know me much better than that, Tamrissa’s eyes focus on the struggle between the antediluvians and Sabre and now Jihon.

She casts a hand toward the vines, still doing their damage, and they slowly sink into the ground, carrying their prey along with them. Her aura pulses, the shimmering shield expanding as she feeds her power into it. She flexes her fingers as she stares at the other antediluvians, hair whipping around her face, blown by the electricity in the protective bubble she has made for herself. Her eyes close slowly.
Her lips move with arcane words, strange whispers of other voices echoing around her as she lifts her hands, palms up and fingers outstretched. Glowing olive eyes snap open, no pupils or whites visible, only that odd color of green. Without warning, a spike of solid stone pushes through the ground at one of the antediluvians feet, rising up until it towers above him. As he steps back, another spike shoots up and stops him. All at once, he is surrounded by the strange formations, a prison that keeps his allies well away from him. Runes of power flare to life on the spikes and the tips bend in to seal off the top so he cannot fly out, locking him in his cell until she decides to let him go.

Be patient, her voice enters his mind as he begins trying to break the spikes with his strength and power.

He stops to peer out at her through the spikes, a grin forming on his face as figures out whom his captor is. Before he can make a move though, the ground inside his cell begins to crack and crumble. With a cry, he is swallowed by the loose earth, only one of his hands left above ground. Her eyes suddenly flash scarlet, her head tilts back and her lips part in a silent sigh. The hand spasms and the fingers bend backwards as if they are being pushed by an unseen force.
As her eyes revert back to olive, the antediluvian pushes back through the ground, rising slowly. Thick vines cling to him, holding him up with straw-like needles poking out of their reddish brown flesh. Those needles closest to his skin puncture him. Blood can be seen pumping through those straw-like tubes, a soft sucking sound coming from each of the hundreds of them. The antediluvian’s face is covered by smaller versions of the vines, his eyes bulging out beneath them, his cheek sucked in until he looks like a fleshy skeleton. Tamrissa closes her eyes, the energy from his blood and pain making her spread her arms wide, fists clenching in the ecstasy of power.

He has so much power, she whispers in her mind, allowing her thoughts to drift to Sabre. I can feel his presence in me.

The vines continue to drink, their color becoming darker and darker with the blood that they feed off of. The antediluvian begins to shake, his legs jumping with a seizure. His jaw opens in a painfully slow scream that pierces through the other sounds of battle.

I don’t know where to channel the extra power, only a slight edge of panic reaches her voice, but she can feel the energy building up, like a volcano getting ready to release it’s wrath. It’s too much.

Just as she finishes her thoughts, Sabre’s attack reaches the earth and she is thrown to the ground, her hands catching her, so she is staring down at the packed dirt beneath her. Everything that she had been holding within pours through her fingertips and into that ground as the world becomes a violent flash of white.

“NOO!” she screams in a hoarse voice as all the noise turns into a massive buzz.

The ground shifts beneath everyone’s feet and/or hands (if you were thrown to the ground), waves of tremors sweeping over the battlefield and rocking the temple. She presses herself against the ground, feeling the bile rise in her throat as the earth turns into a churning ocean.

Fei…something is going to happen and I can’t control it! It’s too…!

Her mind speaking is cut off as the tremors become stronger. She lets out a slight yip as her body is jerked to and fro. Finally, the whole land mass gives a giant lurch and rips itself in half. A jagged line zips across the battlefield between where she lies and the temple, explosions of bone-melting lava shooting up from between the two sides of the fissure. When the trembling stops and the fissure is done pushing itself apart, a huge crevice has formed…bubbling, fiery lava at it’s bottom, just waiting for a few bodies to consume.
Tamrissa looks up, her face twisting in pain as she slowly pulls herself up from the ground. She puts her fingers in her hair and stares at the canyon that cuts the battlefield in half.

Meanwhile, the antediluvian still hangs from the blood-sucking vines, a barely alive form with skin clinging to jutting bones.

~A sweet little woman...whose bark is getting worse than her bite.~

Kawanua sits down on a rock and yawns, he leans on one arm and sighs. He then senses a disturbing feeling thats close behind him. He turns around only to find a black figure in a dark long cloak it stands there not moving.......with no shadow.

" Who are you? and what do you want? "

Dark figure:: Me? Oh i don't want much....just a couple of things that should be all. How bout you just hand them over and i'll be off.

" What things??? I don't know what your talking about you fool "

Dark Figure:: you are kawanua yes? Kawanua the Fallen Angel, the leader of the Otaku clan?

" Yes i am he. What do you want, i can't just hand over what ever you want "

Dark Figure:: Well, then first i would like your Soul and your power, Your Shenba which carries the other half of me and the Otaku clans jewel.

" Your kidding...I would never in my life hand over Shemba or the Otaku clan Jewel. Your out of your mind. And you will never have my soul or powers. "

Dark Figure:: then i shall use force to get them off you.

The dark Figure runs to Kawanua and throws his hand at Kawanua, Kawanua raises Shenba quite easily to parry, but the dark figure's arm goes straight throught shenba and he reaches for kawanua's heart. Kawanua falls to his knees cursing and screaming in agony. the dark figure laughs and pats kawanua on the head he lifts his other arm and begins to pull kawanua's soul out of his own body. Kawanu begins to get weaker and weaker. Lizzie jumps in top of the figure and curses out flames of blue and red. The figure falls back and his arms pulls out of Kawanua. Kawanua falls back and lies there gasping, the figure falls onto a rock and breathes heavily.

Dark figure:: Dam your little dragon, dam her to hell. I never knew the Otaku clan leader had dragons under his control. this will be most difficult but i'll just dispose of them now.

The dark figure begins to reach for the sky, lizzie charges at the figure then suddenly stops dead, she falls to the ground lifeless and motionless. Chentala growls and roars with anger, and grabs the firure but the throat then too falls lifeless and motionless to the ground.

" Lizzie, no....lizz..lizzie...... "

Kawanua tries to reach for lizzie but falls unconcious and lies there. The dark figure stands back up and grabs Kawanua at the back of the neck and drags him to a dark mist and disappears along with Kawanua, The dark figure missed one thing, the box lying on the ground and shenba in his sheeth behind a rock.

Dark figure:: at long....at long last i will have my half back and can complete...comeplete my revenge on the Otaku clan...

Shenba:: Do i really want to merge with my evil self once again? Lets hope some one finds us here, i feel incomplete with out lizzie and kawanua holding me and the jewels. Please some one find me and help me.

Life is a meaningless word unless you actually live

Not saying a word, the green sickness now rapidly eating him, he takes Blooddrinker by the blade, and rests the pommel against the corner of the Chaos Sorcerer's throne.

He angles Blooddrinker that the point of the blade just touches the armour beneath his heart.

He breathes deeply once, then grips the blade tightly in his hands... and allows himself to fall onto it. With the grating of metal on metal, the blade cuts through his armour, slicing cleanly through his skin. He can feel the searing metal inside him as blood wells up in his mouth.

Gritting his teeth, he reaches forward with both hands, his gauntleted fists closing around the hand-guard on Blooddrinker's hilt. His arms shake as he pushes the sword deeper into himself, until it blooms like a perverted rose from his back.

He swallows a pained cry as hot blood flows over his legs and back. But the sword sighs in delight.

And the chilling pain of the toxin begins to waver. The searing heat of the blade seems to draw the icy touch of the poison into itself. Soul Reaver can feel how the venom is pulled through his veins... into the sword.

"Draw it out, Blooddrinker... feed, and draw it out..."

With unconciousness about to claim him, Soul Reaver grabs the sword once more, and in two harsh jerks, draws the sword out of his torso.

"That venom will have little effect on you, I'd wager.", he mutters.

Then, he closes his hands over Blooddrinker's hilt once more... and Soul Reaver draws strength from the sword. The terrible wound begins to heal. He rises to his feet.

The burning souls inside him begin to recover. Red flashes across his iris.

"And now Asaki."

He runs from the chamber and into the corridors outside. He hears Kawanua's voice... but ignores it. This is his quest now, and he cares only for his fate, and that of his pupil.

The ground suddenly rocks with a violent tremor, and Soul Reaver temporarily has to grab a nearby wall to avoid being thrown to the ground.

They fight... good. Let them. I shall return to them later.

Soul Reaver continues running through the temple, sensing the presence of his pupil... and comes across an awesome battle.

Senshi and Tenshin are tearing at each other in a lightning fast flurry of attacks. Soul Reaver stands prepared, but somewhat uncertain... has she somehow been cured? Or is her darkness now so great that she seeks to betray her own brother?

He holds Blooddrinker in both hands and gets into a battle-stance.

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

I really hope I was able to make her understand.

Without wasting any more time, cLuTcHFieND launches himself into the air. As he flies to the top of the temple, he recieves Gisas's message. He pulls out his own communicator.

"I know what your thinking, Jihon, and it won't work. Although it would easily dispose of that creep, the explosion would only anger the creatures on the other side. That isn't a gate to a chaos realm, that's a gate into the warp itself."

cLuTcHFieND glances over at where Fei is fighting the Antideluvians, and sees that Fei seems to have the fight under control. Then cLuTcHFieND finally makes it to the top level.

Damm. It's still surrounded by a shield. I'll have to go in from below.

cLuTcHFieND drops to the next lowest level and blasts a hole into the wall. He then quickly enters the temple.

That must be the thing that's causing the planet to be sealed off and our warp gates to not work.

Looking beyond this, Kalana sees the remaining six Chaos lords. They are hideously twisted parodies of the human from, their magic having long ago warped their genetic makeup. The center one, obviously the supreme lord, begins to speak.

"Ah! Kalana! How nice to see you again! I thought we disposed of you the last time we met! This is a pleasent suprise."

The lord rises from his throne and steps towards Kalana. Kalana falls back a step.

"No. You aren't that lucky. You left me for dead without bothering to make sure I actually was."

Kalana uses her psycic power to scan the rest of the temple.

"You do know that the seventh one of you has been destroyed, right?"

The Supreme Lord only laughs.

"He brought it upon himself. He just had to have Blooddrinker for himself, so we let him take it. He was a fool."

The Supreme Lord signals, and all the other lords step forward. The Supreme Lord speaks to them without taking his eyes off Kalana.

"I'll handle this one. The rest of you are to go dispose of our remaining friends. Don't wory about the one they call Fei. He's.......a little busy."

The other lords nod in agreement and dissapear. Two of them appear in front of Soul Reaver with their swords drawn. One apears behind Tamrissa, another appears next to Gisas and Stryder, and two appear inside the temple, blocking cLuTcHFieND's path. Back in the chamber, the Supreme Lord grins evilly.

"That should keep them busy just long enough for me to deal with you. Now.....let's finish what we started before."

((OOC: These guys are pretty powerful, so don't underestimate them. Although they're not immortal, they are much stronger than any of the Thousand Sons.))

Fei: Eh...not this...Tamrissa is consuming an Antediluvian. I can feel that over exertion of power in her....I'm taking over my friend.

Dragon: Come on! I was just getting started with these guys.

*Sabre Soldier takes control of his body once more, as if waking up from a pieceful sleep. He looks down to see the volcanic crack in the planet, and the warriors scattered across the ground. The antediluvians slowly pull themselves up, and hover in the air about 10' while the Tremere stays on the ground. The tremere holds his hands on his head and begins to chant an unknown song. The air begins to grow hotter everywhere. In a sudden burst, a ringed wall of green baal fire is released from his body, creating a wave. The green fire etches it's way in all direction's picking up speed, melting everything in it's way. The sand becomes a liquid, and melts into a glass as it is passed. The hot liquid sand seeps into the crevase, creating a stairway like construction as it cools. The fire sprouts out and grows, becoming very hot. Anything it touches gets scorched instantly.*

Fei: ****! I forgot about him. It looks like I'll have to take care of him personally.

*Fei scans the area to find him, he then looks down at Tamrissa as the fire approaches. He vanishes with blinding speed. Tamrissa feels herself being pulled for an instant, before she is on the warm solid glass on the other side of the fire. Sabre Soldier stands next to her for a moment. He sighs in relief for a second, then sinks his fangs into her wrist, trying to absorb the fae vitae she consumed. With his other hand, he produces a sickle of black energy, and launches it at the Antediluvian. The sickle pierces his heart while he is meditating on his spell, and paralyzes him. The baal fire slowly calms down, and dies soon after. He mindspeaks to Tamrissa while this goes on.*

Fei: Sorry I have to do this. Try and control it. Don't let him get the best of you. Your stronger than that! On another subject, Jihon has turned against us. He is attempting to consume all of us Antediluvians. Don't let him decieve you. I will not allow this. I am going to have to kill him...

I hope this clears up any uncertainty. Have a good one.

"TAM LOOK OUT!!!"

*Jharm then concentrates for a second and a blue aura appears around him. He then charges the chaos lord knocking ihm over and grabbing Tam and caring her to a safe spot.*

"Sorry Tam hope you do not mind me doing that. You look pretty worn out so if you do not mind i will help you defeat this guy (does not know that the guy is a chaos lord."

*Jharm then changes into his fighter golem and begins to walk towards the lord.*

[OOC: do not want to osund rude but why didn't one fo the lords come after me and Halcon? is there a reason because if there is I imagine that it is a good one and i hope i did not mess with the storyline helping tam and all.]

“This is the second time I’ve been tossed around like a little rag doll,” she narrows her eyes, but knows that both she would have been seriously injured. “And I wasn’t letting him get the best of me! If you hadn’t attacked at the very moment you did, I wouldn’t have ripped this world a new belly button!”

She rubs her wrist as he finally releases her, the puncture wounds healing.

“I knew there was something wrong with Jihon…I’m going to…” blinks and looks over her shoulder. “…figure out what Mr. Ugly wants.”

She frowns at the Chaos Lord as he just stands there staring at her, waiting for her to come closer. Her eyes go to Sabre a moment and then she waves him away.

“Go ahead and go…I’ll finish the antediluvian after I’m done with this freak.”

As she turns and makes her way towards the Lord, she is once again swept off of her feet and moved to a “safer” place.

“Oh, by the Umbras, how many knights in shining armor are there in this band of mighty warriors?!” she frowns at Jharm. “You may help, of course, but…I can take care of myself from now on!!”

She rolls her eyes skyward and then marches after Jharm, her aura once again strengthening.

You get him with physical attacks and I’ll take him with magick…if I say move…move. I most likely am going to cast a spell that will harm you if you are too close, she mind speaks Jharm. And be careful…I don’t think he is your average Chaos solider…he has a lot of power, I can feel it radiating off of him from here.

Her hand goes up as the Chaos Lord raises his hands. A ball of green energy forms in her hand as an amber lightening crackles between his. Both casters attack at the same time, the two energies meeting in the middle and exploding in a shower of sparks. Tamrissa steps back, her eyes widening at the impact and the breath being knocked from her at the intensity of the little bit of power he used.

Jharm, this is one of the big ones…he rivals the antediluvians, if not overpowers them, she gasps in a breath and readies for her next attack.

[OOC: I don’t think you messed with the storyline at all Jharm. Just remember that this guy is very, VERY tough…he probably isn’t hurt too easily and we will probably hurting greatly before we defeat him. Halcon…Dom…join in if you want…I think there is plenty to fight here. I’ll move to the antediluvians with Sabre if all of you want to take on the Chaos Lord here. As for you Sabre…*thwap* ]

Do takes his food from the spit and eats it.

"Man this is great. Havn't eaten a meal like this in a long time."

Dom rubs his stomach after his meal and sits down. He is about to go to sleep when a huge explosion is heard from the battle field. Dom jumps up and heads toward the entrance of th cave. He looks out to see Tam and Jharm facing a new opponent. Dom closes his eyes and tries to sense everyones power level.

"good thing I learned this skill from Goku. Lets see, I sense the vampires, Tam, Fei, Jharm, and.....whoa. what the hell is that. It's extremley powerful, and its coming from the new guy."

Dom opens his eyes and looks toward the opponent that faces Tam and Jharm.

"I think I'll back them up."

Dom walks out of the cave and flies over to Tam and Jharm.

"If you don't mind, I'd like to back you guys up. Ella is safe in the cave, I strenghtend the spell on the cave entrance."

dom gets in his fighting stance.

*Sabre Soldier doubles over on the ground Vommiting the black blood he took from Tamrissa*

Fei: For God's sake, *vomits* why do I have to do this?? You think I like swallowing tainted blood? God, this **** is nasty! Besides, I wasn't protecting you from the fire. I was just trying to get this **** *looks down at blood* out of your system. Anyways, when I'm done with the Antediluvians, I'm going after Jihon. He thinks he has us fooled. Oh how wrong he is.

*The vitae hits the ground splashing, burning holes in the newly made glass. Sabre Soldier slowly pulls himself up. he shakes his head in disgust of the vitae. He then looks over his back, and laughs as Jharm picks her up and carries her by, past the chaos lord.*

Fei: Heh heh heh. I guess it's not her night is it???
Dragon: I guess so. Ha, they make a cute couple don't they? He looks like a big preacher. Maybe he'll marry themselves.
Fei: Heh heh, ha ha ha. I think so. I shouldn't say anything, because she know's what I'm thinking, and I don't want her to beat up on me.
Dragon: Think she'll be okay?
Fei: I think so. She can hold her own. If not....then I guess I'll have to help....heh heh heh. Anyways, I going to finish off these Antediluvians.
Dragon: Sure thing. Can I control??
Fei: [i]No, you're starting to sound like Halcon!!

*Fei approaches the paralyzed antediluvian, still chuckling somewhat from the situation at hand. The other remaining antediluvians come back down from the ground and surround Fei. All a little worried about what's going on. Knowing that every one of them that dies, Fei gains control of their power, controlling the circle of power that they all share. The gangrel, once again, charges Fei, but is stopped i his tracks, by a blast of energy that passes right through his abdomen. He looks in horror, seeing the hole in his shadow, that represents him. The same shadow, that soon jumps to life, and begins to pin him, constricting around him. Fei turns his head in the direction that he projected the energy. His bright glowing green eyes burn a haunting picture into the Gangrel's soul. Taking this opportunity, the others leap at Fei, using their disiplines as they see fitting for the situation. Fei, with his left leg, lifts it high into the air, and with a chain lightning fast series of roundhouse kicks, the others are sent falling to the ground. Sabre Soldier clearly shows them how much power he has gained through the antediluvians that have been destroyed or consumed. The Malkavian, in his lunatic state begins to scream uncontrollably with a piercing screech, that rings through the night. While doing this, the gangrel backs up, and summons forth all the scorpions in the dessert. They slowly begin to emerge from the sands edge, where it meets the pale tan glass. And the nosferatu seems to mimic Fei's body, making an exact replica of him, just not nearly as skilled. Fei looks down and sighs, not being able to barely hear through the screeching howl. The tides seem like they are going to be turning slightly.*

((TOLD YOU!!! I had to do this. ROFL.))

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