Perilous Beauty

[Storm Wolf]

"Oh...I would never be so bold as to say I'm a god." Kavik chuckled, then closed his eyes, he listened for a moment his ears swiviling, pinpointing a sound.

Jade had slinked over beside Stealth and spoke in to him "this breed of panther has amazing hearing abilities..." she paused as Kavik spoke

"ahhh...she is having one of her nightmares as we speak..." he opened his eyes "The one of her first kill......it was a snake, a mutant...shot him right between the eyes." Kavik opened his eyes, he only had to bluff his way thru this now, he doubted Stealth knew every story of her past.

Kavik's ears swiviled like tiny radars "Ahhh...whats this...She calls out for you in her sleep...wouldn't it be a shame if you couldn't protect her...if you weren't there for her?" He lept to the edge of the building, turning to hear what comment Stealth might have.

[R-iZZy]

Stealth sneered at Kavik and whispered something to Jade off the side of his mouth, "Well, this breed you speak of is about to become extinct in a minute!"

Stealth looked back into the spiteful eyes of Kavik, as he held a hand tight on the handle of his blade. "You know, you may be right. I don't know who you are, nor do I care!"

Stealth drew out the handle to his blade and mashed out the button. The glowing kitana blade stuck out in all of its glory, luminating the scene. Stealth looked over to Jade and gave her an admonishment.

"I don't know what feelings you had toward Enya, but you might want to cherish them dearly!" Stealth began, "Because this heel will learn that there is more than one way to skin a cat!"

Stealth held out his blade and charged the possessed Enya, without any thoughts or care in the world. Whether this would cut his life short or allow him to proceed further, he couldn't allow anything to happen to Tiger. He knew the feelings he had for her. She was like a sister to him, possibly even stronger than that! And the very fact that there was a threat to the only one he cared about made his life in such an ominous shake. He wouldn't want Tiger to be ended this way. Never would he want her to die.

He came closer and closer to Kavik, his blade out and his other hand on the handle of his pistol. He pulled the pistol out and fired at the form, yelling through every shot made...

[Storm Wolf]

Jade was grinding her teeth, for all the moments in the world to forget magic spells this had to be the time she forgot.

Kaviks eyes widened and his nostrils flared, a bullet pierced his ear and he screamed in rage and pain. there was no way he could stop this oncoming attack, he would have to avoid it. Kavik leapt for the closet building, catching the very edge with his claws, he scambled up "Very well you have made your decision...I have chossen to kill her slowly...so you can watch her deteriorate before your eyes!" he chuckled and smirked at Stealth "Won't that be lovely?"

Jade tried a fireball but Kavik only ducked it "Nice try princess....maybe you could try that the next time we meet, which I assume will be soon?" He let out a demonic laugh and lept off the opposite side of the building into the dark streets below.

Jade looked to Stealth "he's bluffing...he won't do her any physical harm...tonite anyways......Panthers like him don't like the day much and dawn is coming upon us fast.......he's going to put a curse on her....thats what he ment by all that non sense." Jade shook her head "It is hard to protect someone from something not visable."

Kavik was not far from the scene he had exited "hmmm...perhaps this shape-shifter might be of some use to me....if I could only get her to give up her powers..." he paused and clicked his claws on the cement in thought "I shall put some sort of curse or spell....perhaps her human beauty is what she prizes." Kavik sat up "The spell will be cast first...then I shall find my master and awake him!"

[R-iZZy]

"Maybe you're not that worried," Stealth began, "But Tiger is the only living person in this world that I can actually trust!"

Stealth ran as fast as his legs could carry him. His sped made it seems as though the wind were trying to prevent him with several strong pushes. But Stealth had to fight it for Tiger's sake. For her own good.

He looked back, hoping that Jade would be right behind him to help him in his conquest to preventing Kavik from reaching Tiger.

"Curse or no curse," Stealth said, "This panther will have to go through me before going through Tiger!"

[Storm Wolf]

so....the girl is real....this could be interesting Jade thought, she bit her lip then finally decided to follow, of coarse for Enya's sake...not Stealth's. She ran along catching up her feet barely touching the ground. "Killing the panther will do you no good...killing is not the answer to everything you know...this Tiger , what would she think of your actions?" She yelled to Stealth.

Kavik moved speedily through the night, knowing he would be followed. He scented the wind...he only had to find her dwelling place to curse her then he would be on his way, once his master was waken...everything would end, especially that sassy mouthed princess.

[R-iZZy]

Stealth looked back at Tiger with a snarl on his face and his eyes glaring in anger, fireballs visible through his emotions, "GET OVER HERE, JADE!!!"

His voice echoed through the streets, as if anyone could assume that there was a marriage arguement going on in the streets. He continued his run, looking for Tiger's apartment. A hobo crossed his path, but Stealth just barged through him with a single shove with his shoulder.

The hobo dropped to the ground, but Stealth had other things on his mind, and hobos just weren't one of them. Tiger was in danger in his mind, and there was no way he'd allow anything more to happen. COME ON JADE! DON'T SLOW ME DOWN!!!"

[Storm Wolf]

Jade flinched slightly as Stealth screamed at her "Get over her?" Jade gasped "How could you even say such a thing...How would you like it if I just stoped here and told you to forget the girl!!" Jade didn't stop but sped up instead, this girl could be the fate of her life as well.

Kavik neared a building with rows of balconies "Hmmmmm.....which one, which one....." he ran his tounge across his teeth. Two of the balconies were open, both had lights on. Kavik scented the wind, both contained a female's scent "Well...I think the room to the right....if it is not then I shall kill the resident." he jumped up from balcony to balcony making his way to the top.

[R-iZZy]

Stealth had reached his destination, it was the balcony of Tiger, but the balcony of someonone else. He noticed a figure on top of the balcony, and Stealth reached for his sniper rifle. Before he would attempt to shoot, he looked over to Jade.

"Look Jade, I know what I said was kinda... er... well..." Stealth hesitated. "Okay, it was pretty hurtful. But Tiger is the ONLY person I can trust in this world. After one friend turned on me, it was all over. I lived for years in misery, despair. What more could I do. (chuckle) I almost killed Tiger once, but that was when we first met."

Stealth was lost in his words. Trips down memory lane comforted him in s many ways. "Just learn that I'm not a dependable type of guy. I like things done my way and I like doing things solo. But if you were to have ever told me to forget about Tiger, expect a bullet to go through you, as well as through me!"

Stealth shifted his attention back to the figure, watching it perched atop, trying to enter which balcony. He held out his sniper rifle, aiming right at the head of his target... Kavik. What would stop him now? This was opportunity. This was chance! But knowing how Jade felt, he expected a reaction to his new goal.

[Storm Wolf]

Jade pushed the barrel of the rifle down with a finger tip "Look...it is not your place to kill that panther...." She lowered her head "Besides releasing him from that body...well it might be what he wants...it will give him the freedom to take over someone elses body." She sighed "The balcony he is entering is that hers?"

Kavik could feel Jades pressence "Well there will be no stoping me..." he crawled on his belly like a snake into the apartment "Now....the girl where is she?" he whispered to himself "A drop of Enya's blood should do the trick...perhaps that beverage on the counter?" he hissesd to himself "But first I must see if she is the one."

[R-iZZy]

Stealth slowly shifted his head toward Jade with a cold stare and stares her down for some seconds, then speaks. "Not my place to kill the panther? And in what way is it not mine? He or she or whatever the hell it is is going after my only friend in this world... and it's not my place?"

Stealth raised the sniper rifle back toward the target, but it was gone. Kavik was no longer in his sight. "DAMN!" he yelled. "You had me pass up an opportunity of a lifetime! Tell me Jade, which balcony did he enter? The one on the right or the one on the left?"

He awaited the answer. He wanted to know if Kavik's senses were strong enough to know which one lead to Tiger. He was hoping that he entered the wrong balcony, and it was a possibility. But how? He was like the figure that crept into everyone's nightmares. He knew everything and where everything was. Stealth slowly lowered the sniper rifle to his side and placed it on his shell. He reached in his belt and pulled out the handle to his glowing kitana, then mashed the red button to withdraw the glowing kitana blade from the handle.

He slowly turned the kitana blade, staring at its glowing beauty, then looked back at Jade. "I'm gonna ge to that panther, one way or another!"

[Storm Wolf]

"The balcony to thr right..." Jades voice was submissive "She is my only friend as well...we go back farther than you could ever imagine...and tell me how it is your place!"

Kavik sniffed around, he peered around the corner of the kitchen, and into the living room "ahhh....That is her!" he watched girl, paint over a blood stain on the wall "hmmm...she could be dangerous." . He crept back into the kitchen on silent paws, and hoped onto the counter "Heh....this has worked out so perfectly...If i can persuade her to give her powers..." He chuckled silently. Kavik slit open Enya's paw pad, and began to chan a few words as the blood disolved in the liquid.

"I see the blood all over your hands, does it make you feel more like a man, the pistol shakin in my hands, and all I hear is the sound...." Tiger's voice was lost in the music of her head phones, she rolled the volume up further on her CD player and continued to paint the walls, totally oblivious to the danger in her own house.

((OCC: I love a challenge ))

[R-iZZy]

Stealth scratched his head in sarcasm. "Gee, how could this my place in all of this? Let's see... it's MY ONLY FRIEND who's only in danger of her life. But I guess that isn't so big, now is it?"

Stealth sneered at Jade and rushed to the balcony. He lept up in the air all the way to the balcony and hung on to the ledge. He pulled himself up and saw Kavik spying on Tiger. He could hear Tiger's music boom through her headphones, then whispered, "Those are some powerful headphones,"

He knew that his next action went against everything that Jade requested. But he wasn't going to kill Kavik... at least not just yet. He wanted Kavik to suffer for his intentions. For the vile threats that he pinned on Stealth. Stealth didn't care for Jade's request anymore. He knew that Jade was probably right behind to watch him. He would think that Jade knew what type of merciless creature he was.

Stealth, then thought of Enya. Her cruelty toward him. He couldn't pass up an opportunity like this anymore. He wanted to prove her wrong. Enya doubted the darkside of him, the mischevious little devil that broiled in his blood. He was upset of the thought and took opportunity by the neck. He centered Kavik's leg into the scope and whispered something to Kavik, which was not meant for him to hear, "Why don't you draw blood the hard way?!"

The shot went off, the boom echoing throughout the room and throughout the entire neighborhood...

[Storm Wolf]

Jade stood back "then you shall learn the hard way...your killing tactics will not prevail!"

The bullet pierced the pnthers leg and a spray of blood landed on the wall behind it. Kavik turned and screamed at Stealth before he skittered off the counter and darted into another part of the apartment.

Tiger dismissed the gunshot as part of the bass in her music, but the smell of fresh blood and a fired gun caught her attention and she turned her head slightly just in time to see a creature streak into her bedroom "what the...." she pushed the head phones off "D*mn...I can't even leave my balcony open for five seconds before some pitiful, injured creature comes crawling into my apartment!" She noticed the flecks of blood on her new carpet and some on the freshly painted walls "Thats it...I'm not waiting for the critter getter on this one!" she growled

[R-iZZy]

Stealth kept his eye on Tiger in the shadows, making sure not to suspect a thing. But he knew that she was about to face danger to the fullest. What crossed him was anxiety, fear, anger, ferocity... something in him wanted to end this all, but how? How?!

He krept into the apartment and hid behind Tiger's kitchen counter. He noticed her following the trail of blood, as her music continued to blare through her headphones.

Stealth sat on his rump and loaded up his pistol, bullets spread across the floor everywhere. He knew that this was his moment to shine, to show Jade that no one interferes in his affairs. What Kavik did was over the line. To capture Enya's body was one thing, but to threaten the life of one that meant so dear to Stealth was even worse.

"I hope you burn in hell this for..." Stealth whispered to himself, speaking of Kavik. His pistol was loaded, his glowing kitana was always at his side, and his sniper rifle wasn't a necessity at the moment. But what was a necessity was for Tiger to live. Where's Jade when you needed a bit of nagging? Stealth thought to himself.

[Storm Wolf]

Jade stood back silent watching Stealth prepare himself for battle, she would not warn him anymore...she was going to let him learn the hard way.

Tiger watched a black tail slide beneath her bed "thats on helluva rat...." she whispered to herself, being to involved with what was under her bed she was oblivious to the fact that Stealth was in her kitchen. Tiger crept in her room on hands and knees, preparing to morph if anything went wrong, but she was willing to settle this in a civil manner if the thing could speak her language.

Beneath the bed Kavik licked the wound, it had already begun to heal. Kavik peered out from beneath the bed should he attack or befriend? This girl obviously had a lot of influend on Stealth...perhaps if he became friends with her she would keep him from trying to kill him.

[R-iZZy]

Stealth krept from behind the counter and saw Tiger on her hands and knees, attempting to peek under the bed. Stealth wanted her to see what she would be getting into, but he couldn't allow for anything to happen.

He knew that Kavik was under the bed, otherwise, Tiger wouldn't be so fixated on what's under the bed. He slowly approached Tiger, reached out his hand, and tapped Tiger directly in the shoulder with the barrel of his pistol, attempting to catch her attention.

[Storm Wolf]

Tiger Froze in place, How many things were in her home tonight? Insticts told her to take action when she saw the pistol out the corner of her eye, but it held some familiarity to her. Internally she laughed at herself How could I ever forget this, when i have come literally face to face with it? She thought. Tiger noticed she had been holding her breath the entire time and she let it out slowly "Stealth?" She dared not turn her attention from her bed.

Kavik prepared for action, but noticed the girl was still. Why has she stopped? He peeked from under the bed trying to see, but to no avail.

[R-iZZy]

Stealth knew that Tiger had figured him out, and nodded his head as she continued to look under the bed. "How did ya know it was me?" Stealth asked. "Oh wait, was it the pistol that you noticed? (laugh) Anyway, I guess you got something down there to look at, huh?"

Stealth rested a hand on Tiger's shoulder, using her as a sort of stand to lean against. Stealth ***** back his pistol and starts looking under the bed with her, "I hope you don't mind if I take a look for myself, now do you?"

He knew what Tiger's answer would be, and if it ended up the answer he didn't want, he'd still end up looking without her consent. But Tiger wasn't the type to push him off. At least he didn't think that. But he noticed the massive tail sticking out of the bed and crept beside it.

He held his pistol by his side and lunged a giant foot forward, then intentionally stepped on Kavik's tail with a huge stomp. Stealth had his pistol pointed at the tail, just in case Kavik came out. That moment, Stealth would capitalize and there was nothing that would prevent him from taking opportunity's offer when it knocked on his door.

[Storm Wolf]

Tiger shook her long mane of hair "Sure...it's always nice to have some one help clean up the scum under the bed!" She sat back on her legs.

Kavik thought for a moment about chewing his tail off...it wan't his body, but he'd still feel the pain...so that was a deffinite no. He pushed his head up a bit and felt the bed move ahhhh...these beds are not bolted down like the ones of my time he thought. Kavik pressed his shoulder blades against the bed and with all his strenght tossed the bed backwards slamming Stealth into the wall of the room, and slipping his tail from beneath his foot. Kavik dashed over to Tiger he widened his pupils to make them look more fear induced "Save me...Please, don't let him kill me!!" He sat down behing her pretending to be using her as a shield

"Whoa...just a sec...whats going on here, and could you pleses get from behind me....your stepping on my hair!" Tiger was in a state of mass confusion.

Jade watched the scene and fell into a fit of laughter.

[R-iZZy]

Stealth shook his head at Kavik, almost in disappointment. "So, you can't fight your own battles, so you need a giiiirl to protect you. You're a pathetic bully, you know that?"

Stealth placed the pistol back in the belt and approached Tiger slowly, his hands in front of him in a stop signal. He knew that any sudden movements could be fatal, but he had no idea what to do.

"Instead of involving Tiger in all of this, why don't you just let her go and fight me mano y mano." Stealth wanted to sound as calm as possible, but when his best friend was in trouble, it was kind of hard to do so. If only Jade were here, what would she do? And why was she just standing outside? Did she not believe that Stealth could accomplish his task?

Stealth paused and looked at Kavik, behind Tiger. "Accept the challenge? Cuz Jade needs Enya back and I need Tiger back!"