And what are you hiding? (Invite only)

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Neah growled as he watched the boy had been shocked by Rosen's telekinetic ability move the wiring. He narrowed his eyes for a moment as the stench of burnt flesh filled the air and He quickly smiled as the boy screamed out in pain and the fell to the floor silent. He slowly turned his body at Rosen and took a few steps forward when something very unexpected happened. The wall on the side of him broke through and Anri came bursting through it. His eyes widened in shock as he step back.

A guttural growl came from his throat as Anri fired a fiery energy ball towards him. He quickly fired out a eye laser beam at the energy ball and detonated the ki ball prematurely. He coughed a moment and used the ensuing smoke screen and grabbed the unconscious boy and threw him down the hall away from the blast. He grunted as his right arm had been blown off from the explosion for protecting the insolent boy. His right side dripped blood heavily onto the floor. Neah panting as he clutched his side. He chuckled and looked around and saw that Rosen had been once again snatched away from him. This was truly beginning to be a nuisance to absorb Rosen.

He could just as easily absorb The unconscious boy but he felt a little pity for him after all he had easily just severed his arm. He sighed and grunted and looked into the hole in the wall and growled. Suddenly his growl turned into a guttural chuckle then he laughed out loud for a brief moment. "Not bad Anri not bad at all you managed to wreck a perfectly good arm on my part but I wont die easily." He growled and then screamed for a few moments and out of his right side partially covered his right arm and side regenerated. He clenched his new hand back and forth and gave a quick slash and wiped off the blood sending it onto the wall. "Anri I have a very grand proposition for you one that might interest your tastes. Allow me to absorb Rosen and you will be greatly rewarded far beyond what rosen would be willing to give you, All his memories and knowledge will become apart of me hell i can even mimic his voice and do bank transfers to your account what do you say? As a bonus I'll even throw in his corporation I have no use for it."

[Mr Rosen]

There is something infinitely satisfying when a good plan comes together and hurts someone. Rosen was an expert at business, over the years he’d built his company from the ground up. Stealing it away from Capsul Corp and making it his own. Often his plans came together to make billions of dollars, but their was truly something special in the plans that caused pain to others.

To take someone who was stronger or in a better position and bring them unhappiness, it was enough to bring a genuine smile to Rosen’s face. Watching Brandon smoke and twitch on the ground Rosen’s smile was as wide as it had been in years. The smell of burnt flesh flooded the room and Rosen took a deep breath through his nose like it was roses or a fine steak. Even though danger was near he closed his eyes for a moment listening to the child’s agonizing screams and grunts as his muscles contorted together.

Opening his eyes he turned back towards the creature that had assaulted him earlier pointing towards the now unconscious child on the ground.

“And he was far stronger than me.” Rosen said smugly. “Unfortunately you, are not. But still, you and I don’t have to be enemies.” that was a lie of course, the creature had the nerve to threaten him. There was only one way this was going to end and that was with the bastard dead in his labs. “We can be allies, there is so much we can do together.” which was true, with the help of his scientists they would do so much with the new biology and technology they learned after dissecting this beast. “There is no reason this can’t en-”

Rosen had intended to say more but before he got the chance the wall next to him exploded into rubble and debris. Some of which had the nerve to hit him in the face busting open his lip and causing him to bleed. That however wasn’t even the most distracting part. Less than a second later a pair of giant arms wrapped around him yanking him off his feet far faster than he could react and dragged him back through the busted wall and into a tunnel carved into what was once a nicer section of his labs.

He took a moment to look up at his newest assailant only to realize it was actually his new savior. Anri was back.

"Long time no see deary, did you miss me?" He joked as if Rosen’s life had not just been in danger.

“My fac-”

But before he could finish his thought Anri cut him off.

"If you have any bitching hold it off till later, I mean I won't give a damn then as I do now, but for some reason you humans love to bitch a lot. I might give me a reason to knock you around some if you get the picture." He grinned, or what passed for a grin on the creature’s alien face.

It was true, Rosen was just about to bitch at the man who had in all probability saved him from a great deal of pain. Pushing himself to his feet he shrugged. It was annoying being dragged through a wall but he would still pay for the privilege if it meant Anri killed the beast in front of him.

Once again before Rosen had a chance to so much as take a step back an explosion raced down the tunnel he was now in. Putting his arms in front of his face to shield himself as best he could, the heat and fire raced over him singing his hair and arms.

Looking up he saw the explosion may have hurt him, but it had cost the beast his arm. He was just about to say something incredibly smug when a new arm grew back a moment later. What was this creature? And where had he learned how to regenerate limbs! Rosen would make a killing selling this beast’s DNA. But then the little bastard said something that stopped him short.

"Anri I have a very grand proposition for you one that might interest your tastes. Allow me to absorb Rosen and you will be greatly rewarded far beyond what rosen would be willing to give you, All his memories and knowledge will become apart of me hell i can even mimic his voice and do bank transfers to your account what do you say? As a bonus I'll even throw in his corporation I have no use for it."

Rosen had to smile. It wasn’t like members of his board hadn’t tried this tactic before.

“It’s no use. There is a device hardwired to my heart. The second it stops beating my accounts are all locked. The money gets frozen in place and can’t be transferred to anyone. On top of that another signal is sent out to every Rosen building across the planet and a miniature nuclear device blows them up as well as a good portion of whatever city the buildings are in brining my company to it’s knees. Did you really think I would let anyone take what is mine?! No if you try to steal my company you will die in a fiery death along with half of Central City.” he smiled again. And who said using nuclear energy to power his labs was a bad idea...

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As Brandon was thrown aside like a ragdoll by the creature, the wires were ripped out of his flesh, stopping the flow of electricity that surged in his body.

He would seemingly lay lifeless on the floor for a few moments, before Brandon's unconscious mind would hear "Finally, the Electricity is gone...But your still out. Ill take over for now until your mentally conscious.". A few moments later, Brandons body began to stir as his arms started to move.

He pushed himself up and looked at the look for a moment. He then looked over to where he used to be. His eyes were more then bloodshot, as no white was left in his eyes. His eyes were filled with a dark red colour, with even some blood leaking from his eyes. "Your heart is wired, much like you had wired my hosts body? either you are wise...or a foolish coward."

He started to smirk, and actually started to laugh to himself. But not in a 'Ha ha, that is funny' kind of laugh, but more of a sick, twisted...Evil type of laugh. The bracelet on his arm suddenly glowed, forming his gauntlet weapon, as Flaming energy started to build up in his hands. "Lets see which one of you is flame proof..."

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The heat of the wave filled the small tunnel and the now partially destroyed labs with blazing heat making it feel more like a sauna than a place of science, mixed with the plumes of steam that shot out his body during the attack the air became misty with the mixture of the two. It would have been great for anyone that had pores if it wasn't for the fact that the temperature in the room was raising rapidly. Anyone there would feel the uncomfortableness from the heat but it wasn't enough to send anyone to the hospital less they were the one to touch the blazing orb he had launched at the creature. Quick as always the ball tore through the air at his target but he hadn't expected the creature to lash out at his own attack, being so close it was foolish of it to think it could get away with out so much as a starch on him. Exploding in mid air between the two of them Anri kept his stance locked in place not even shaking at the fiery death before him, having seen it so many times before it was just second nature not to care much any more.

Once the smoke and particles were all that was left of the energy blast he saw through the dust with his specialized eyes to see that the creature was still standing, well at least part of him still was. Having been much too close to the attack when it happened the explosion had cost him dearly even if he had managed to stop the blast it didn't look like there was going to much fight left in the creature with how much blood that was sputtering out of his wounds, it would probably be dead in a matter of minutes. However what the creature began to say made him question his thoughts, sounding as though he was still willing to fight even though death was but a few steps away from it. With a groan of pain another arm burst forth from the creatures side in a bloody display that sent the crimson liquid splattering across the walls. Within a few seconds the creature had regrown a whole new limb? Impressive.... The sight of the skills filled Anri with new found vigor for slaying the creature, he had thought the fight was all but over with but this new found ability made it seem that he could contentiously rip the creatures limbs off and they would always grow back. Just like a personal punching bag but the only difference was that this one was alive and could scream.

At his previous words it seemed as though he had cut Rosen off from whatever he was about to say and it was really for the best. Anri didn't have to babysit the man, on top of that he had probably saved his life in his actions. There were other things to worry about right now, such as the crazed creature that could regrow his body and a smoking kid over on the ground.... The lingering smell of his smoking flesh made Anri stomach growl slightly at the thought of him having not eaten yet that day... he had never had human before... he wondered just how they tasted.

Before Anri had a chance to launch in a spree of punches the creature spoke out once again as he recovered from his injuries, offering him a deal in which he would benefit greatly if he was to left the creature take Rosen. Anri paused in his movement but not to think about the propostion but to think of the idea of Rosen actually fighting anyone. The humorous idea tickled his inside as he laughed out loud at the idea of him ever getting his business suit dirty, last time that happened he killed his assistant; even now her blood was still caked on his backside. The man was able to kill if need be but fighting was something else, when the targets party will actually fight back and not cower in fear. The obvious answer was going to be no, but as he opened his mouth to speak once more it was Rosen that jumped in, apparently it was just not his day to speak his mind. Letting Rosen take the drivers set Anri leaned back and pulled a cigarette from his bandoleer, with a simple motion he lit it up and too a small drag as he listen to what Rosen had to say.

Being in the crooked world of business the man always had a back up plan, it was just in their cold blood to make and much money as they could then protect it was best they could. Listening to Rosen speak he was actually impressed by just how far he had gone to protect his assets even going as far to blow up parts of the Earth to make sure his investments weren't going to fall into someone else's hands.

"Damn Rosen...you one cold son of a bitch... I like it!" Anri chuckled as he turned around and gave Rosen a hard slap on the shoulder, probably a bit harder that he should have but not enough to break any bones.

"Fucked up plan you got there but I have to admit you got to great lengths to protect what belongs too you." He mentioned as he turned his attention back to the creature.

"And as for you, I'm gonna have to pass on that offer, not because of what he said but because I already have an existing contract that involves this man. If I let him die that could hurt my reputation more than money could fix. Plus...." He grinned as he looked up towards the creature.

"I'm itching for a fight." He said cold as he placed his hands balled up in front of him.

Just as he was about to take a rushing swing at the creature did the small movements from the man on the floor stop his advance, it appeared as he had awoken from whatever had put him on the ground to between with. Great timing too he thought fighting the creature alone would be a pretty easy but now seeing that the man was awake as well made things all the more fun. The charred mans words confused him but he shrugged at the idea, however flame proof brought an idea to his mind as his gills started to flex on his neck, pulling in large amounts of the mist and particles into his body.

"Flame proof huh? Well if that's the way we're going let me be the one to start off."

With the cigarette  still burning in the corners of his mouth he opened his mouth and let a torrent of flammable gas from his mouth. Finding the source of the cinder on the smoke quickly it ignited into a wave of fire that shot out into the room towards the creature and the man.

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Neah growled and clenched his fist as rosen spoke about a alliance with him. His fists shook with rage at that offered him once again to be allies. He growled and salivated slightly and drooled onto the ground. He quickly licked his lips and chuckled. "You think you can manipulate me rosen your dead wrong I know you will just experiment on me I am no fool! Oh not a bad way to think ahead rosen but... your bluffing and I am willing to take that chance."

He cracked his fingers and turned his head as he heard the sounds of footsteps approaching form behind. He shook his head as the boy he had saved was once again up. Yet something was different his voice was deeper and his eyes were much darker. A most intriguing transformation had occurred. He shrugged and turned his attention back to anri and rosen. He picked his right incisor with his clawed right middle finger and flicked a piece of meat against a wall in a rather bored manner.

"It's a shame you turned down my offer anri I would of rather enjoyed working with you pity you had to choose the losing side. But why don't you take care of that low some human behind me he seems rather eager to fight you, ill take rosen on we are almost evenly matched in power after all, then well fight the winner sound like fun?" Neah smirked and his tail wagged behind him excitedly as the prospect of a fight upon him at last. But no even if anri declined he would still go for rosen. Neah Quickly turned his head and chuckled as he looked at the fiery energy ball in the boys hands. He then quickly opened his mouth and fired a energy beam straight into the fiery energy ball. Even isf he missed he would quickly use his enhanced speed and charge at rosen as he was doing that his tail would widen and then strike down on rosen form overhead sucking him into neahs body quiickly hopefully and absorb him.

[Mr Rosen]

His partner seemed impressed by the lengths he would go to protect what was his. But it only made sense. No one stole from Rosen. No one. It was the only way to ensure that his company died with him was to burn everything to the ground. Rosen’s would be a death they would talk about for centuries, it was only fitting a man of his stature have company on the way to Hell.

Rosen looked on with glee as the creatures offer was rejected. It would be good to see the bastard suffer. He deserved it for daring to threaten him, especially here, especially in the heart of his power. Just who did this monster think he was, he would learn. Soon he would see. Rosen was the real monster here. It wasn’t about pure power, it wasn’t about appearance. It was about the willingness to do whatever it took to win, to hurt your opponent beyond the point they want to get up. He would soon know the joy he could bring to Rosen. His screams would be more beautiful than any piece composed by Mozart, or Beethoven and it would be all for him.

He was grinning now, eyeing the beast ready for his own pet monster to put him in his place. But the look was soon wiped off his face as something caught in the corner of his eye. The boy he had killed wasn’t nearly as dead as he’d assumed. The smell of his burning flesh still coming off of him like a perfume the boy staggered forward clearly impaired. But something was different. Normally there was logic, reason behind the boys eyes. Maybe not the most intelligence, at least not compared to him.

The boy staggered forward and Rosen turned his full attention back to the closest monster...that was trying to kill him. It was amazing the kinds of creatures he surrounded himself with now a days. The creature gloated towards him. They were no where near in power he just didn’t know how outclassed he was yet. Because his attention was occupied by Neah he didn’t realize the that his own partner has launched fire. Or he would have warned him...

The explosion was enormous. Larger than Rosen would have ever pictured from such a small flame but they were in a lab miles under ground. Because of this they were forced to pump in clean oxygen, clean highly flammable oxygen. On top of that the lab was full of all sorts of combustable liquids including the nitrogen in the operating room they had planned to use to cool down the boy's heart after they ripped it out of his chest to study it before he died. All this combined to form a massive explosion from a relatively small blast that threw Rosen back burning the suit right off his back and singing his face. He didn't actually blame Anri however, he blamed the two other monsters. They had caused this by not having the good graces to die when they were supposed to! They would each die a thousand deaths for what they had done. He looked up to see that the explosion had actually thrown him back out of range of the monster who had attacked him and seemingly attempted to suck him into his tail. That was new. Last he saw the tail was a point, not a vacuum. Oh well something new to be wary of.

“Oh no. I’ll not be bested that easily.” he said ignoring the fact that it was only blind luck that saved him. Ignoring the fact that in attempting to kill him the boy had saved his life. Ignoring anything that didn’t suit his goals. And right now his goals were to give this creature a new orifice and shove his polished Armani shoe right up it.

Quickly he launched an energy blast at the ceiling in between the creature and himself filling the tunnel they were in with dust and debris making it impossible for anyone to see. Charging forward he used his full power to read the creatures heat signature never losing track of him. With any luck he would grab the beasts tail and throw him back into the main fight between Anri and the boy.

[Mr Rosen]

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Verlith, while in control of Brandons body, saw that Anri was going to do his work for him, as his breath seemingly ignited everything within eyesight.

Searching for a quick escape, He spotted a air shaft above him, and jumped up into it. The searing heat quickly blew underneath him as explosions started to rock the lab, as he immediately sealed off the shaft behind him with his shield. He saw the flames trying to burn through the shield to get more fuel, but the shield held.

The heat below the shield cause enough force, couple with the explosions to push Verlith upwards quickly, forcing him to quickly maneuver himself through the vents to outrun the head. He thought he would escape the heat, but his heavy weight caused the duct underneath him to give out causing him to fall to the floor below him.

Falling with a loud crash, the fall caused Brandon to jar awake, as Verlith relinquished control to him. Heavily dazed, Brandon looked around at his surroundings and saw that he was in a room with a very large security door. Wiping some of the sweaty crud from his face, he slowly got up to his feet and walked over to the door. He could see it was a vault door of sorts, but was hard to see as the lights were flickering.

The room was also shaking with explosions that were happening all over the facility, since Anri's fire breath started a huge chain reaction.

The entire lab was going up like a giant box of fireworks.

And not wanting to be killed, Brandon looked for a way to open the door, and saw a keypad beside the door. He quickly formed his shield around his fist, and smashed the keypad. "I hope this works... It works in movies..." He thought to himself. Luckily, the keypad sparked, and the door unlocked. With power failing, the door didnt open on its own, so Brandon grabbed the handle, and desperately tried to pull it open.

Luck was on Brandons side now, as he saw in teh corner of his eye, a container that was holding his old clothes. After yanking the door open, he ran over to the container, picked it up, and ran into the secured room.

Hearing more explosions, Brandon pulled the door shut just in time, as he felt an explosion just outside the door, as it forced the door shut, sealing Brandon inside the vault room. "God damn it... I hope I get out of this alive..." He said to himself, unaware of what was transpiring with the man who captured him, and the other two beings...

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Anri had expected his torrent of fire too do some damage too the surrounding area but not this, not anything like the sets of explosions that rang off around the lab, not being a person any one would call a calm fighter Anri did whatever he wanted when it came to fighting, not really mattering just where it was where the fight was taking place, often he would forget just where it was and fight as though he was in a large open field with nothing to get in his way. Watching the flames burn at the steel walls did he notice the blur of the moment as the boy and escaped his flame wraith not even trying to stand him ground against his attack... how weak, the boy was not even worth his time here and he wasn't even Anri's real task here any way, the creature was. The boy had simply just been nearby and hey, why not kill two birds with one stone while he had the chance. With no real way to get a lock on the boys power it was hard to tell exactly where he was going but it was not some ploy to change his tactical advantage, no he was running away... kids these days had no sense when it came to choosing the fights you could and couldn't win. None the less the matter was something he cared little about even with his lower state due to his weights the kid was not a matter in which any difficulty would have been faced and his real target was much closer now, more in the sense he was launching himself towards Rosen.

It was foolish of the creature he had not even made an attempt to even move out of the way of his flames instead rushing them head on with all the strength he had in body, but it quickly prove useless as the red flames licked and tore away flesh from body, leaving large tracks of exposed bone and flesh, even with his amazing regenerating powers they would proven useless on the creature less the flames where quickly put out, as and constant cycle of regeneration and burning would occur. Too anyone else it would have been a problem but to Anri it made a smile crack upon his face with joy, if the creatures powers worked in the way they did it meant he could torture the creatures for hours on end and have him never die! What a great day this was turning out to be, no only did he get away from the dog but he was going to get a new play toy to test all of his new torturing techniques on! But of course first he was going to end to finish the creature off, not by killing it, a simple knock out would work in this case, there was no need to kill him... less he proved to have too much will to die. 

Anri let the creature pass him as he was clearly directioning all of his attention towards Rosen in such a fashion it almost seemed like he had a hard on for the man which only did more to add to the grin on his face with a quick laugh bursting through his lips. Snapping his position towards the two of them he watched as creature who was bursting with flames at this point lashed out with his tail towards Rosen, who didn't seem like he was going to have any of this as he yelled out at the creature, even now Anri took notice of the smoldering status that was his clothes, it appeared as though the blast from his previous attack had back fired into the cave as well as destroying everything that had been in front of him. Though he could have jumped in any second to intervene in the attack Anri was interested to see just how Rosen would react given the situation, the man didn't see to be the person that would fight, using others to do his dirty work, now fight or die the man had to do something on his own, which he did. Firing a blast of energy towards the ceiling of the cave did the rock that held it together come crashing down in flurry of dust as rocks spraying a cloudy shower of hard to see through material... that is if you weren't a Vennor. The dust to Anri was as if he was seeing a normal day around him, cleary and sunny, even though there wasn't actually any sun light a just florescent blubs and flames.

"Not bad Rosen but let me show you just how a pro does his job!" Anri smirked as waves of steam shoot out of his back clearing the tunnel from all the dust and debris in a second.

Already with his hands balled into fists Anri launched in a blur of motion almost unseen too all that were there and appear at the creatures side, even though his course had landed him into the rock it crumbled under his speed and size. Following it up with another blurry movement Anri would launch his fist into the creatures face with all the strength that he held in his body, twisting his hips he drew upon the power in legs to further the strength of the punch as he twisted his fist grinding the burning flesh of the creature. With such a powerful attack at the close range it was there was no way that he creature would be able to dodge it without the heavens opening up to shield the creature. Cracking bone and possibly his skull the creature would go plowing through the rocky walls like a jack hammer, leaving Anri standing there with his out stretched hand to see the results of his craftsmanship.

"Not dead are you? Wouldn't want to tell Kemuri that we have to find a new business man... though I'm sure a lawyer would work just as well. Maybe get that fox that Jenn keeps around to fill your place." He grinned keeping his eyes locked on to where the creature had flown.

[Mr Rosen]

Rosen felt a sense of accomplishment, it had taken some doing but he had managed to get the creature off of him and back into the fight with Anri instead. That was as it should be. The Vennor took the opportunity to show him how a fight was supposed to be handled and Rosen couldn't help but smile. Yes a fight was supposed to be handled by the help. And luckily for the moment it was. As much as Anri seemed to love to fight Rosen could understand why, he was clearly exceptional at it. As soon as his business with the Mutt King was finished Rosen would buy out this mans loyalties.

It didn't matter the price, gold, jewels, women, land it would be worth the investment. The man's power and appearance would clearly make up for any initial cost. Still his sense of respect left much to be desired. Didn't he know the proper way to speak to his betters.

"Of course I'm not dead, and my alliance with Kemu-" he trailed off for a moment. Kemuri's palace was right next to the park where he had first seen the demon fox who destroyed his office in Central City. She was the reason he needed a lab out here in the damned boonies! But no she was dead, surely she was dead...still it seemed an odd coincidence...he realized he had trailed off in the middle of his sentence.

"Yes my alliance with Kemuri is as strong as ever." Knowing there was absolutely no point in attempting subtlety anymore he looked at Anri. "You will have to introduce me to the fox you believe is capable of replacing me." he said with a half hearted smile. Looking around he saw neither the boy nor the creature anywhere in the vicinity...another ruined lab, another missed opportunity. These kinds of failures were becoming to commonplace...sigh.

Still there was no point in crying over the past.

"I'm heading back to the office in Central. I believe the creature and the boy to be dead so there is no need to stay here any longer. On top of that this place looks to be set to burn to the ground." he left the meaning clear. As soon as Rosen was out the door of the lab he was blowing the whole damned building sky high. "Why don't we head back now? My plane is more than big enough to fit both of us and I have a feeling you might enjoy some of the...amenities." he said with a smirk. The stewardess on the plane was a smoking hot red head and he needed to see if it was possible to buy the Vennor's loyalty with women, if nothing else it would give him more information and best case scenario maybe even earn some good will. It almost made it worth putting up with the beasts company.

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Exit thread: PL please

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As the door was shut on the vault door, Brandon could feel the rumbling of the explosions around him. "The whole place is going up, I hope Im safe in here..." He said to himself, as a larger explosion hit the vault room, causing Brandon to stumble over. his back hit a side of the room, as he saw some safe boxes had been knocked loose.

He got up to his feet, and grabbed the boxes. He yanked them out of the wall, and grabbed the lip of the boxes, and tried to ear them open. Inside, He found large amounts of zenie. "This must be Part of that creepy guys fortune...." He said as grin crossed his face, as he started to grab the currency, and started to stuff his pockets with it all. "You sure that is a good idea Brandon?" Verlith said, but he replied "The guy tried to have me dissected like a lab rat...I deserve some compensation!" with a laugh.

He grabbed another loose box, and tore that one open as well. "Whoo, a watch... Its not a Rolex, but I like it." He thought, as he strapped it around his wrist. Another explosion rocked the vault, making him sit down again. But instead of a soft butt, He landed on his coin filled pockets. "OW..." He said, as he had no choice but to ride out the destruction of Rosen's labratory in such a small, but secure room.

As soon as the explosions would stop, and Brandon believed it was safe to escape, He focused his Chaos energy into the palms of his hands, and fired a beam of energy right into the roof of the vault, attempting to drill through it.

When he had exhausted his energy supply, He felt a rush of Oxygen greet him from the hole, as he barely made out light from the outside. "Time to get out of here." He said, as with his pockets full of new currency, Brandon jumped up into the hole using his projection technique, and wall jumped like a boss all the way to the top, until he had reached the surface.

"Something tells me, Im gonna pay for killing those kids in the future...."He thought, before he started to make his way towards the nearest inhabited town for food and water...

(Exit. Zenie please)

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Bending over the from of Rosen, Anri watched as the man shifted on the ground from the lunge that the creature had taken at him though the alien saw no physical wounds or even blood it was hard too tell if he was still breathing. It wasn't until the crumpled black shirted man spoke that Anri knew just for a fact that he was unharmed, at least for the most part, many parts of his exposed body had been singed from the flames that ran their way through the hallways and rooms that had been left open. It was amazing just how quickly the fire had lost its control and went rampaging through the facility, not more than a half hour ago everything was peaceful and calm now an almost seeming constant wave of explosions would ring from exploding canisters or fuel sources that powered any equipment that was in use down here.

Anri had taken notice of Rosen's pause in his sentence as his face shown that he was thinking of something but since Anri was not an mind reader if was hard too tell just what had caused him to shut his mouth for once, though it could have been many of things at this given time. His lab was burning down around him, his staff likely fleeing in every which direction, and he had lost both the boy and the creature, losing much in the terms of research value, anyone of those things could have been eating at his mind. Repeating his words once again like a skipping record he added a comment about meeting the fox that he had not previously stated, though why he would ask or even want such a thing was way beyond Anri. The alien himself hadn't even gotten the chance to meet the girl face up as of yet, everything had been from a far, watching her closely from the camera's that lined the castle walls. He always thought of going down there and speaking with her but for one reason on another he never had, he couldn't imagine that Jenn would have been too fond of the idea.

"Ya.... I don't know about that... I'll ask her 'momma' and see what she tells me, as it is I have never met her myself." Anri nodded his head about the idea but it more just to satisfy the man for the time being, in most likelihood he wouldn't actually go through in asking Jenn about the fox girl.

Stepping away from Rosen he allowed the man to get up as he dusted himself off from the ash and dirt that had built up on his clothing from the fires and destruction that the fighting had thrown around the air. Looking over his shoulder and then into the human shaped crag in the wall that had been generated by a swift punch into the creatures face, he found that he could not sense either one of their powers any longer, either they had died in the course of the fires or had left. The creature had probably taken one too many hits and was now either dead or close too it, and with the deteriorating condition that the building was in it wasn't going to be long for death to close in on the creature, it was only a matter of time. However as for the human it was really unknown what fate had become of him, during the start of the fight he had fled into the vents only too scurry away when things became to hot, literally. Through either means of cowardice or persevering his own life the human had run, but with the condition of the under ground facility as it wasn't very probable that he made it out before the fires engulfed his body and even though he had some powers, fire was fire, tearing away chucks of flesh was what it was best at.

"One's down and the other is M.I.A. So all in a good job I would think, though neither one of them put up a challenge or even tried." Anri sighed shrugging his shoulders at his own words, turning his attention back to Rosen he listened as it seemed that he too was going to be leaving and quickly, the crackling of the enclosing fires had moved considerably fast, even now he could feel the warm licks of the flames nearing his back plate. There was no more purpose of being here any longer than need be, and with both the original target and the human more of less taken care of this would be his leave and he would take Rosen up on the offer he had presented. Though Rosen's wicked smirk told him exactly what he meant by "amenities" Anri did not need nor want any part in that, it was going to be simply a ride back too the city. As it was Anri had more than enough energy to fly himself back to the city even faster than it would be for the rich man's own private jet but he had never flown in a human ship before, he was curious too see just how those that held great wealth traveled in style here on Earth.

"Sounds good too me, but I think I'll keep my hands too myself if you know what I mean." He noted returning Rosen the same smirk that the man had just used almost in a sarcastic fashion.

Before escape was possible though they would need to get back to elevator shafts too travel back to the surface, as it stood the top of the shaft was still open from where Anri had torn a hole in it too make his larger than a human body fit into the ground. Facing the way he had originally broken through the stone to reach this point it was completely packed with loose rubble that had come crashing down with the series of explosions that raced across the lab, it would only be a few more minutes before everything came crashing down on its self at such a time it would have been in anyone's best interests not too be inside the structure. Cracking his neck Anri marched towards the rocks, with a simple hand movement he pushed Rosen out of the way and stood face to face with the mesh of stone. Leaning his head back he whipped forward slamming his forehead straight into the stone causing it too crumble into a fine powder.

"That settles that much, hope you can fly otherwise its gonna be a long climb up for ya Rosen." Anri laughed as he turned down the hallway towards the still open elevator shaft.

[graderr]

Brandon: 954 zeni awarded
Rosen: 2849 pl awarded
Anri: 3,927 pl awarded
Neah: 1,258‏ pl awarded