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Run This Town (Rory+Ishu)

Just as with the march into town, there was no order to the Gamatoms coming over the gate, rabid and wild eyes searching for flesh amidst angry, repetitive growls. Most of the bullets fired by the men Lapidus brought tore into flesh below the neck, torsos and legs ripped apart, but leaving the beasts whole. Even Frank from his position up on the roof, cursed under his breath as he realized his aim wasn't as good as he'd wanted it to be. It didn't help that a lot of the creatures moved like rapid blurs, heads tucked low and guarded.

The brethren that DID fall were ignored in favor of the rest of the charge spilling forth, but the fine point of the onslaught was spread out to the sides as the gunfire kept them from making too much ground. Adam, the young baker, got his gun stuck at one point as he stood in front of a side section of the gate, still struggling with it as one of the monsters came at him. He fell with blood gushing from his neck, but so did the Gamatom a second later with the back of it's head exploding from a headshot.

Soon, as more of the brethren fell, the stream of 20 blending into the last 30, a deep throbbing began to reverberate through the street and buildings growing louder as it approached the complex. Hart and Quin joined the fray with the last 10 brethren over the gate, the parking lot filling with snapping jaws and moving bodies that kept clear of the humans and attempting to avoid getting hit.

Quin was there in front of Isaiah, moving fluidly below his strikes, a few stray bullets piercing his shoulder then his side as he did so, reaching under the large black man to pull his feet from underneath him. Hart speeding past the aimed shots, grim-faced and silent, got up close to Gabriel, tapping a hand to the side of the human's gun, aiming it away from himself as his other hand came out and smashed into the man's face.

And down the street, the elder stalked towards the gate, the rumbling in his throat filling the pavement and getting the blood of the brethren pumped to hear it.

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From outside, Cade could hear the sounds of the fighting and along with it, feel the bloodlust descend upon him with the coming of night. It was a minor irritation compared to everything else and he continued to hold Ishu as he listened to the sounds outside. Through the gunfire, the roars of the different pack leaders could be heard and he murmured to her, "I can hear them calling to their men... They're ordering them to kill all humans...no prisoners..." He adjusted his arms around her and kissed her softly, trying to remember to breathe.

When the deep rumbling pulse could be heard, Cade sat up, his back going rigid as he turned towards the sound, dark eyes going wide. "He's here..." he murmured as if through a drugged haze, his cock growing hard as the throbbing of the elder's purring grew closer. He could feel it...pulling at him...commanding the blood in his veins... a desire to run with them filling his bones and he panted slightly as he let his eyes stare through the wall towards the approaching sound...
 
One of his feet slipped forward but it forced himself onto his knees, slashing at Quin with his chainsaw. JD wanted to run closer but kept with his group of citizens, watching as another Gamatom jumped onto Isaiah's back and chewed at his muscle. JD yelled and aimed his gun, firing at the Gamatom until it fell off of Isaiah. Isaiah got back up to his feet and swiped at Quin again, stepping forward and pushing the Gamatom back toward the gate.

Gabriel stumbled backward, his gun shooting at the ground. Growling, he dropped the gun and drew his machete, using his second hand to press on the back of the blade as he sliced at Hart, spinning to slice again.

Cursing under her breath, she shot down a few more Gamatoms, taking out knee caps, shoulders and skulls when she could. As she fired away, sparing no bullets, she felt the air thicken as a sound reverberated through the city. She looked up to see one of the largest Gamatoms she'd ever seen in her life. Swallowing as she felt the weight of her mortality dawning on her, she ducked back down and fired one, two, three shots at his skull. If that didn't do it, she'd have to get closer.

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Ishu watched as his features began to darken. She sat up, holding her head as the room began to spin. She tried to call out to him, reaching a hand over and touching his side. C....Ca- She gripped his shirt in her hand and tugged gently, looking up at him.​
 
Feeling her gentle tugging and hearing her voice through the haze, Cade let out a breathy gasp as he turned his dark eyes to her, the glaze clearing as he looked over her face. "Ishu," he muttered in his raspy, weathered voice, blinking slow as he caressed her. And inside his skull, like a drum beat growing faster and more intense, he could hear the elder, his whole body growing hot with the sound of his deep purring.

For a minute or two, he sat agitatedly on the edge of the bedside, trying to focus on her on anything other than that noise. "They're all going to die," he said finally when he was able to speak again. "He's going to kill every last one of them... then kill everyone as they search for this apartment..."

Cade glanced back in the direction of the fight and then cast a distressed look at Ishu as he felt a sharp tremble course through him as the beat grew a few meters in tempo - the sound was hypnotic.

He should have taken her out of here and escaped the city when he had the chance...

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Easily, Quin avoided the blade of the chainsaw, stepping back out of the arch of the other man's arm swinging, his yellow-green eyes fixated on the black man's face. Gamatoms growing frenzied with the pulse they all felt in their heads surged forward blindly, moving through the bullets that pierced their flesh. Several came at JD all at once, sharp teethed jaws like sharks diving for his flesh, arms and hands grabbing for purchase on his body, seeking to pull him down. When Quin had backed up several feet, the music of the elder filling his skull, he ducked below the swing of the chainsaw, speeding through each breath of a second as the blade rumbled past him to catch Isaiah around the middle in a tackle forcing him to the ground, their bodies held close together.

Hart on the other hand, danced out of the way of the blade Gabriel had drawn, but kept his body and movements close to the other man, striking him in the gut, ribs and side when there was an opening, cuts decorating him here and there and blood flowing to drip at their feet.

Elynsynos dodged the bullets fired at him effortlessly, one of the shots nicking an ear but going ignored as the Gamatom smiled and charged for the gate. Once inside, the rage filling the brethren increased tenfold, frothing at the mouths as they covered the few men with guns left standing, the screams of men dying and begging filling the night air. Standing, naked amidst the chaos, and watching with a pleased grin on his face, Elynsynos breathed in deeply and proceeded towards the building where he knew Cade was, feeling the other's heart beat in his head drawing him directly to him.
 
Ishu frowned at his words and pulled on his shirt, trying to bring him closer as an impending feeling of doom weighed down on her. She gasped for a breath and tried to claw at the air, but she felt so weak. Her eyelids bat gently and she swayed, laying down on the bed as her muscles began to give in.

Haijime clutched the weapon in his hands and he heard screams from Michelle's lap. "turn it off."

Michelle looked up at him and gulped, reaching down and turning the volume down before turning wide, frantic eyes to the computer screen.

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JD screamed as their teeth sank into his body, firing every last bullet in his gun as they tore at his limbs, dismembering him with ease and drinking the blood that gushed from his mouth.

"shiiit!!" Eve let go of her sniper rifle and jumped down, magnums drawn before her feet touched the concrete of the upper floor.

Isaiah grunted as the Gamatom collided into him and his back slammed on the ground. He kept the chainsaw between them like he had with Valheru and turned it at an angle, bringing it gently against Quins' shoulder. It was just enough to tear at his flesh and even sink in, but not quite enough to take the limb completely.

Gabriel stepped on the Gamatoms foot and kneed him in the gut, slicing at his neck before kicking him in the face and ducking as a Gamatom lunged at him from the side. He knelt down and picked up his gun, firing a few shots at the Gamatoms feeding on JD.

As Elynsynos ascended the stairs and turned the corner, she put her hands up, firing at his chest with her magnums in the hope that it would slow him down. Her next load went at his knees. With a normal Gamatom, one magnum bullet would shatter their kneecaps and cripple them. She didn't know what to expect with this one.

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Nostrils flaring, it's eyes glowing with hunger, it lunged over the gate and tackled the nearest Gamatom. Its hand plunged into his chest and tore out his heart, ingesting it immediately before backhanding his face, his head flying off and shattering into the wall of the complex.

It stood up from him and moved off of him, chest heaving as it inhaled and paused, a sound booming from it that emanated as a combination of a piercing shriek and a thunderous roar that shook the ground.

It stood before them completely nude with muscles rippling and a scent very similar to their own- a Gamatom. But it was different from them. It was stronger, faster, more aggressive- and it was a woman.

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Elynsynos's muscled form seemed to fill the entire space of the hallway, while still moving gracefully with every deliberate step stalking forward. The bullets he took with little effect, the pain not even having time to register before his body began to close the wounds. He did not wait as she fired at his knees, surging forward and closing the distance between them in less than a second, his clawed hands reaching out to swipe her guns away. Then, golden eyes wide and feral, he roared in her face, the male and female double tone trembling through the supports of the building.

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Cade knew when the elder entered the building, his nose starting to bleed and his heart racing at the sound of Elynsynos calling him. Concerned about Ishu, he touched her and ran a quivering hand over her hair. "I can't... I can't..." he panted in labored gasps. Then he was up from the bed and rushing out the door of the apartment, not even sparing a look as he zoomed past Haijime. Wiping the blood from his face, he caught up with Eve and the elder, his eyes widening as the large Gamatom turned to look at him.

Without hesitation, Cade rushed forward, putting himself between the large Gamatom and the woman, dark eyes meeting the golden ones of the elder in challenge. "Get behind me, Eve," he said to her and something seemed to brighten about the elder's expression, satisfaction and surprise rippling across his great features.

"So, it's true then?" the voices in Elynsynos's throat asked, the deep purring slowing down to a mellow tremble.

Cade didn't comment on that, licking his dry lips before speaking. "It's me you want, isn't it? Take me. Leave the humans alone; call off your men. I'll go with you. Just stop."

"Hardly in a position to bargain, so tenuously backed into a corner," was the reply, the shock leaving the elder's face as he regarded the both of them. "Is it true, Cade? Have you been with a woman?"

There was a long pause as Cade struggled before this Lord Gamatom, to admit what he'd done, before finally standing firm and saying, "Yes, I have. And I love her."

Displeasure darkened the smile on Elynsynos's face, sharpened teeth grimacing at the younger man. "Both of you, come with me, now," he said, indicating Eve along with Cade himself.

Cade's brow furrowed and he glanced at Eve and then looked back at the elder, starting to shake his head. "No, but she's not--"

He was instantly silenced when from outside the roar of the other cut through everything else. The elder turned away to glance quizzically in that direction before looking back at Cade. "Let's go. Bring her or I'll hurt her and bring her myself."

Cade looked at Eve, the dislike he normally felt towards her completely forgotten as he searched her eyes for some sort of understanding. He couldn't deny the other Gamatom but he could not let him take Ishu. "I won't let them hurt you, alright?" he said quietly to her as the Lord Gamatom watched, ready to make a move if Cade proved to be disobedient. "They want me." His eyes briefly trailed to the other Gamatom, unable to tell her outright that he didn't want the man to know about Ishu, otherwise it would ruin the ruse he was setting up.

But he secretly hoped she understood from the look in his eyes. "Please"

"Enough," Elynsynos growled, moving forward threateningly to bring the two with him. "We're going now," he commanded, intending to force them to obey his will.

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As the chainsaw bit into his flesh, Quin grimaced harshly but did not release Isaiah or get off of him, blood flowing freely to drip onto the other man's body. Black stained arms sought purchase on the black man's torso, digging his fingers into his gut until they pierced through his flesh, plunging into the warmth they found there and tearing violently at the squishing insides.

Hart barely missed the hungry knife going for his throat, his back arching a little to get away from it before it sliced superficially through the outer flesh giving him a bib of gore as he was knocked fully backwards by the boot crashing into his face. It stunned him for a few moments, before his speed and adrenaline began working on his limbs to launch him forward onto Gabriel's back as he knelt to fire his gun, attempting to wrestle the weapon from him and digging his teeth into the man's shoulder.

Back up on the roof, Frank finally noticed that Eve was gone and cursed under his breath as he attempted to continue firing, missing several Gamatoms before finally hitting Quin in the thigh with a bullet that mostly went ignored.
 
She could feel him slip right out of her hand as he ran out, her eyes closing as raspy breaths pierced through her lips.

Haijime blinked as Cade rushed past him, "Cade!!" He reached out to grab at his shirt but missed him and watched as he bolted outside, seeing a creature scream in Eve's face.

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Eve staggered back as he knocked her weapons away and roared in her face, her eyes widening from the sheer force of the Elders voice. Thrown off guard, she clenched her fists and readied herself to throw in a few good punches before he could kill her. Before she could get her fist halfway through the air, Cade burst out infront of her and stood between them. She blinked, pausing before she growled. This was her fight to the death- and he'd stepped in.

But when the Elder thought she was the one she slept with, her anger dissipated as something dawned on her. Ishu wouldn't last a minute in their wake- but if Eve went. She nodded slowly to Cade, sharing the eye contact but with a harsh "shut up or you might blow it" tone.

She looked up at the Elder and stepped next to Cade, gripping his hand in her own, "We'll come with you- call off your mutts!" Who said she couldn't make demands?

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Haijime swallowed and looked over at Michelle, who'd crawled her way through the apartment and moved behind him into the bedroom. He stepped back with her, shutting the door slowly.

"Um, hey, she's-" Michelle walked over to Ishu and nudged her. "I think something's wrong."

He looked over and saw her gasping for air while clutching at her chest. Rushing over, he grabbed her inhaler from one of the drawers and sat her up, pressing it into her mouth and clicking down.

She inhaled the medication, breathing on her own and leaning against her brothers body. Ca... de....

He frowned, not sure what to tell her...

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Isaiah grunted as Quin pressed his fingers into his eyes. He jerked his head away and as Quin paused, he pressed the blade of the chainsaw further into his shoulder, attempting to cut him off from his mid-torso up.

Gabriel staggered back, falling onto his ass, his hand slipping on blood as he shoved himself back up onto his feet. He was about to rush at Hart when he heard the roar and he looked over, in a state of awe and uncertain terror at the sight of this Gamatom, this... woman.

She snarled idly at them as they approached, her thighs thickening as her muscles bulked up. The few that were close to her were allowed to lick at her skin. As they did so, she surveyed the rest of the field, baring sharp teeth as saliva dripped from her mouth and a thick, sweet liquid dripped to the ground from between her legs.

Her jaws gaped as a shrill sound echoed from her. The call had a mixture of intent- mostly searching for their leader but also warning them of her power. Her feet flexed, her clawed toes digging into the ground as she cried out again, daring them to oppose her.​
 
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Eve walked down the steps with Cade and stopped at the bottom, looking around at the horde or Gamatoms collecting in one place like sex-hungry puppies. She looked harder at the scene, literally at a loss of words due to what she saw. A woman?



There was a second sound emanating from her throat, a purring focused on the males that writhed around her as her dominant growl stayed up in the air. Hearing and smelling them excrete their own sexual juices, her arms flexed and her clawed hands clenched into fists. As their leader finally came down to the area, pulling the other Gamatoms away from her with a simple thought, her upper lip rose as she snarled at Elynsynos, snapping and letting her arms move freely as the muscles thickened visibly.

She looked puzzled by his human words, narrowing her eyes and spitting at him with her temper, "Δεν ήρθα εδώ για να μιλήσω!" She was speaking a language that was human, but it was not English.



Eve's expression became grave and even terrified, "It..." She blinked a few times, unable to say anything more than that.



The woman snarled at the Elder, her hackles going up as she snapped. She wasn't willing to talk, and it was becoming evident.​
 
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Eve nodded slowly. She knew exactly what the woman had said. But... the Gamatoms were from here. They were supposed to be American not- she watched as the Elder rushed forward, engaging in some kind of combat with the Elder.


As he circled her, a clicking sound echoed in her throat and spread into the air. A pocket of flesh at the base of her spinal cord opened up, what looked like a snake dropped out of it slowly. The material was covered in a thin layer of goo, stretching as sharpened triangles grew out from it at every two inches. Her back made cracking sounds and she turned, keeping her back away from him as this new piece of her body finished its transformation, and elongation of her spine swaying behind her like it was a tail.

She braced herself and crossed her arms over each other, taking his hit and smiling as his teeth and claws dug into her arms. She lifted him up, throwing her over her head and back onto the ground. Agile like a cat, her body twisted around and she jumped ontop of him, snapping at his face as her taloned feet dug into his thighs, keeping down down as she tore at his clothes and rubbed her face on his chest. While inhaling his scent, her saliva dripped down onto his skin. Purring, she tore her teeth into him and tore them back out, snapping at his face again as she toyed with him.

Her tail swayed behind her, curling up over her head and pointing at his face as it threatened to pierce through his skull. Her hips hovered over his as she quickly became bored with this fighting, wanting nothing more than to dominate him infront of his pack.
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Shrieking angrily, her tail snapped forward, wrapping around his shoulders and forcing him onto his back again. She snapped at his neck as he had done to her and licked at his flesh, forcing herself down on him and moaning as she took him inside her body. Nostrils flaring wide, a feral groan escaped her as she sat down on his hips, his entire erection embedded inside the soft, moist folds of her womanhood.


Eve grimaced at the sight and stuttered as she finally spoke, "Well, that's nottt g-good." She glanced over at the other two Gamatoms, Quin and Hart, watching their expressions as this new creature appeared to dominant their leader.


She pressed her hands onto his chest, keeping him down as she lifted her hips and lowered herself back down, riding him while making beautiful, guttural sounds as she dominated infront of everyone.

Gabriel, whom stood off to the side and had been holding his stomach the whole time, didn't know what to think. Should he be aroused by the live pornography going on infront of him? Should he be terrified because of the blatant taboo? Should he laugh before the Elder was getting what was coming to him? Should he be running? Should they all be running?​
 
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She rode him like she owned him, her hips slamming down onto him and her head throwing back as he finished inside of her, her own climax following as his semen filled her. Nostrils flaring as she roared out her finish, her stomach muscles rippling as her skin trembled. She looked down at him, licking her lips as her arousal grew again from the sight of his submission. The woman leaned forward, pressing her hands onto the ground and lifting herself up onto her feet.

She stepped away from him, the mixture of their juices dripping down from her folds and collecting into a puddle on the ground. The Gamatom snapped at the elder, warning him for the last time before a cruel smile crept up onto her face.


Eve swallowed and looked down at Cade, watching as the rest of the Gamatoms bowed to this... thing as if it were their leader. What the hell was going on?​
 
She could feel him slip right out of her hand as he ran out, her eyes closing as raspy breaths pierced through her lips.

Haijime blinked as Cade rushed past him, "Cade!!" He reached out to grab at his shirt but missed him and watched as he bolted outside, seeing a creature scream in Eve's face.

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Eve staggered back as he knocked her weapons away and roared in her face, her eyes widening from the sheer force of the Elders voice. Thrown off guard, she clenched her fists and readied herself to throw in a few good punches before he could kill her. Before she could get her fist halfway through the air, Cade burst out infront of her and stood between them. She blinked, pausing before she growled. This was her fight to the death- and he'd stepped in.

But when the Elder thought she was the one she slept with, her anger dissipated as something dawned on her. Ishu wouldn't last a minute in their wake- but if Eve went. She nodded slowly to Cade, sharing the eye contact but with a harsh "shut up or you might blow it" tone.

She looked up at the Elder and stepped next to Cade, gripping his hand in her own, "We'll come with you- call off your mutts!" Who said she couldn't make demands?

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Haijime swallowed and looked over at Michelle, who'd crawled her way through the apartment and moved behind him into the bedroom. He stepped back with her, shutting the door slowly.

"Um, hey, she's-" Michelle walked over to Ishu and nudged her. "I think something's wrong."

He looked over and saw her gasping for air while clutching at her chest. Rushing over, he grabbed her inhaler from one of the drawers and sat her up, pressing it into her mouth and clicking down.

She inhaled the medication, breathing on her own and leaning against her brothers body. Ca... de....

He frowned, not sure what to tell her...

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Isaiah yelled out as Quin tore at his intestines. He reached down and fiddled with one of his pockets, taking out a little can and spraying the contents onto Quins face and wound. It was a bottle of MACE, a chemical that would spread to anything Quin touched. It burned like hell, and with it on his open wound it could be devastatingly painful.

Gabriel growled at Hart, wrestling over the gun with him as he hit the Gamatom in the side with his knee.​
 
Cade shuddered slightly when Eve's hand slipped into his own, but now that he was watching the Elder avidly for a response, he didn't tear his eyes away from him. Pleasure filled Elynsynos's features with a seductive light as he listened to the little woman make her silly demands. He waited a few moments longer, the sounds of growling and excited howls and gunfire coming from outside before finally a new reverberation filled the air with a harsh buzzing.

"Let's go," he said with a broad grin, moving back to push Eve and Cade ahead of him as he escorted them outside.

As soon as the new noise came to their ears, the frothing, murderous frenzy in the group of attacking Gamatoms turned into something more placid, the attacks easing and the growls filling the air, dying down. It wasn't until Elynsynos stepped outside, giving Cade a harsh shove out into the open, and issuing forth a few short barks, did the fighting completely stop.

Quin was already up and away from Isaiah by this point, screaming deep in his throat and clawing agitatedly at his face, gnashing his teeth as the burn spread all along the large cut in his shoulder. Although already clotting and working to heal, his body didn't know how to respond right away to the burning and stinging material and so left it alone to continue to torture him. When Elynsynos's call rang out, he was blinking wetly and gasping, standing a few feet from Isaiah and looking towards the new prize they'd acquired.

Hart growled and bit into Gabriel harder, teeth scraping along the man's bones as he continued to struggle. Immediately, like a flash, he was off of him as he heard the Elder's voice, turning towards Cade and the woman with him.

"Move out," Elynsynos's voices said, seeming to echo deeply in the air. "We got what we came for."

When Hart saw the two holding hands, he bristled and snarled defensively, his blue eyes widening as he strode forth to help escort them out of there. Surveying the damage of the battle, human and Gamatom blood filling the air and making him feel sick, when Cade saw all of them looking at him and caught sight of Hart, he gave a small squeeze to Eve's hand. Not to comfort or reassure her, but more for himself than anything else.

His face reddened and his eyes and wound weeping, Quin joined the Elder with Hart on either side of their new captive, heading towards the gate for the long walk back up to the mansion.
 
Inhaling sharply as the Gamatom lifted from his body in a pained frenzy, he set his chainsaw down and put his hand over his stomach to keep his intestines from falling out. He licked his lips and looked around, watching the Gamatoms draw away from the scene and beginning their departure.

Meanwhile, Gabriel was about to shoot the gun in Hart's face just before he fled to the Elder's call, Gabriel slumping flat onto the ground. He rolled over, gun in hand and paused when he saw Eve holding hands with Cade. He frowned, staring her down and watching as everyone looked at the... couple?

Eve held onto Cade's hand, tightening the hold when she saw the remains of the humans- and JD. She did not think one of her own would die- ever, and she did not know how to react to the mangled corpse. She said nothing and just... stared. She was beginning to re-realize her mortality and the mortality of those around her.

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Haijime held onto his sister as she came down from her panic. He looked over at Michelle when he noticed how quiet it was and he asked her, "What is going on?"

Michelle got up and took a peek out the window, watching as the Gamatoms slowly clustered to their leader. "Looks like they're moving out."

He nodded slowly, stroking his fingers through Ishu's hair.​
 
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With Elynsynos moving to lead them, the 20 or so Gamatoms that were left, jumped the gate in a wave that only stopped as Hart and Quin approached with Cade and Eve. Without even asking or waiting to see if he would jump the thing willingly, Quin grabbed him by the scruff of his neck and hauled him over, the young Gamatom releasing Eve's hand as he flew through the air, landing with a small stumble on the other side. Also, without hesitation, Hart grabbed Eve by her waist and was jumping over himself, practically dropping/throwing her when they made it over.

Then there was silence as they marched along the street, Cade and Eve in the middle of the horde, guarded by Quin and Hart and led by the elder back up the hill to the mansion. Swallowing thickly and looking warily about at the growling and snapping brethren surrounding him, their eyes glowing threateningly in the darkness of night, there wasn't a single familiar or friendly, sympathetic face among them; just a sea of condescending and disgusted glares.

"Is this your bitch?" Hart asked with a sneer at his brother, his voice low and threatening as they walked side-by-side.

Cade glanced at him for a moment and let out a heavy breath, feeling the tension coming off the other in waves but refusing to react to it. "It's good to see you too, Hart." Then he was hissing slightly in pain as the dominant Gamatom grabbed him by the back of the neck and dug his fingers in, pausing in their trek to discipline him.

"Don't get smart with me, asshole! Do you think I wanna be here? To see you debase yourself like this? Do you know how much you've embarrassed me with your sick, twisted--"

"Enough," Quin said in warning, glancing ahead where the Elder still walked, leading the procession, before wiping his arm across his reddened face and looking back at Hart. "It's not your right. Stand down, Hart."

Cade was still cringing in his brother's hold, his body rigid as his neck was held in that tight grip and the two dominant Gamatoms had a stare down. Finally, he stopped, giving him a harsh shove to keep him moving while Cade massaged the back of his neck and tried not to meet his brother's harrowing blue eyes. He didn't look at Eve until they were back at the mansion, passing the stone gate feeling like he was walking into hell - he'd promised himself he'd never come back here and now he was being herded like a sheep to slaughter.

Elynsynos led them into the deadened and gutted mansion, finally bringing them to the dining room. The stains were darkest in the middle of the floor, almost black, splashing out in varying layers of red and rusty brown out onto the edges of the room and splattering the walls as if something living had exploded in the middle of the room. The chandelier that hung from the ceiling did so at an angle, half the bulbs shining dimly with one or two recently replaced and bright, while several were left dark and dead. And the whole room reeked of decay and rotten death.

Elynsynos stood in the middle of the floor, tall and proud, towering over everything and covered in dark shadows, watching pleasantly as the room slowly filled with brethren crowding along the edges. Quin took ahold of Eve's arm roughly and kept her back by the wall, Gamatoms shying away from her with hungered hisses and growls. Cade glanced at her worriedly as Hart grabbed him by the back of the neck again, shoving him onto his knees in the middle of the floor, facing the Elder. Dipping his hand into the back of Cade's T-shirt, he gave a swift, firm jerk and the garment tore away from him, leaving his torso bare except for the silver necklace around his neck.

Then Cade was sitting alone in the middle of the floor before the larger Gamatom, soft rumbling noises coming from the gathered before they were silenced by a brisk wave of the Elder's hand.

"It's no secret why we are here today," Elynsynos said, his face growing serious and the male and female echo of his voice becoming grave. "To deal with this abhorrent sin against the brethren and bring the perpetrator to justice for his crime."

Finally, gold and black eyes fell upon him and Cade averted his gaze submissively as the Lord went on. "Cade. Speak aloud your offense so that all may hear from your own lips what you have done."

Cade's dark eyes drifted up then, to peer around at the others positioned around the room. All Gamatoms from the NYC pack but his brethren just the same, hating him with silent glares. His people, but no longer a part of them. His voice when it came was firm and clear, unashamed and he looked the Elder in the eye as he spoke. "I mated with and fell in love with a human woman."

There was a soft humming in the room as the faded growls of those present started up again, but kept silent. Elynsynos glanced at Eve and made a motion with his hand. Dragging her harshly, Quin brought her forward to stand near Cade and the Elder. "This is the woman you had sex with?"

Cade's dark eyes only darted to look at Eve for a second. "Yes." He had to keep up the lie here so they wouldn't find out about Ishu. Hopefully, they never would find out.

The Elder paused to glance at her and look her over. "You don't hate her? You don't feel the bloodlust urging you to kill her?"

And Cade was perfectly honest when he shook his head. "No." He disliked Eve still and the way she tried to dominate things was annoying, but he did not hate her and did not desire to kill her. The urge to eat her, to dig his teeth into her was still present but faded in the back of his mind.

"And other women? How do you feel about them?"

"I.." his eyes met Quin's who'd now recovered from whatever Isaiah had sprayed him with, giving him an accusing look before Cade turned away. "I get the urges...sometimes... but I see them as people now and I have difficulty acting on them..."
 
Eve's initial reflex when grabbed by the waist was to fight back, jabbing her elbow into Quin's side as he jumped over the fence with her. She didn't do much damage and she grunted when he half dropped, half pushed her away from him. She managed to keep her cool and gave him a hateful look through the back of her skull- already planning the ways she would torture him to death once they were out of this.

The walk to the mansion was uneventful, her eyes barely drifting over to Cade even as his brother harshly reprimanded him. Soon enough, they were inside and Quin directed her to the wall as their leader went for Cade. She took her arm away from Quin, staring him down briefly before she crossed her arms and watched as Cade verbalized what he had done.

She did not fight Quin as he brought her forward, but her features remained harsh as the Gamatoms in the room became more aware of her presence- as she was now standing near Cade.


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They waited a few minutes before going out, Michelle checking with Gabriel about their situation. Once the coast was clear, they left Ishu alone in the apartment. Michelle and Haijime both went down, Haijime hurrying to Isaiah to look at his wounds. The man didn't have much longer to live- not with flayed intestines, and Haijime was trying his best to keep him comfortable and calm. He hadn't started shivering yet, which was good. For now.

Michelle stopped at the end of the stairs and looked around, soon approached by Gabriel, "Michelle- where did they-"

"Where is JD?" She looked to her right but did not see him by the apartments. She began to look over at the turned over RV when Gabriel spoke to her again.

"Michelle- where di-"

"WHERE IS JD!?" Panic started to vibrate in her voice as she tried to push past Gabriel. He kept her back for as long as he could before she slipped out under him, rushing past him and coming to a slow stop once she'd gotten through his barrier. But when she saw him... Her eyes widened, tears welling up as a tiny line of snot dripped down her upper lip from flared nostrils.

Her voice screamed through the sky, despair and terror soaking into the dark clouds. She ran over to him, collapsing over his torn apart corpse. Sobbing, tearing washing over her face, she scraped her hands along the ground. She tried to put him all back together in one piece, screaming through sobs as she rocked back and forth. Her hands touched one of his eyes and, shaking now, she rest her hands on his half barren skull.

Body shaking, her cries of sadness now silent as she lowered herself to his remains, she hugged his blood and scraps of skin to her body.


Gabriel actually felt a bit of remorse as he watched, putting a hand over his mouth before rushing over to a bush. He vomited on the inside of it, spitting out the excess bile.

Isaiah looked up at Haijime after looking over at Michelle, his features lowering as he finally recognized the death of his best friend. He put a hand on Haijime's, stopping him from giving him any pain killers. Normally, Haijime would have insisted that he take them- but he did not press this issue. He put the syringe back into his First Aid kit and he stood up.

He walked over to Michelle, kneeling down next to her. He wanted to hold her and to help her feel better- but Gabriel stopped him. The two shared a glance and Haijime backed off. He went back to the complex and called up to the roof, "Is anyone still alive up there?"​
 
RIP RORYN, one of the most amazing and beautiful people in my life.

I wish I could have told you everything before you left us. <3
 
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