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Post by Lady Elenriel on Aug 15, 2008 1:06:14 GMT -5
Darius grimaced inwardly at the sight of Dan's wounds. He heard the girl ask him about Calista and he forced himself to answer. "She will be fine," he replied stiffly. "She has to be." he added, not wanting to believe anything else. Without wasting anytime, he placed his hand on Dan's chest and began to drain himself again. As energy poured from his body into Dan's the wound began to heal. __________________________________________________________________________ Calista remained motionless in Krystal's lap as energy from the drawing of Darius supplied by Ben flowed into her. She could feel herself dimly aware of what was going on, yet she was still too weak to respond-using what strength she had to tell Darius to help Tess and Dan.
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Post by Lady Elenriel on Aug 15, 2008 1:50:14 GMT -5
"I'll make sure of it," Darius replied to Tess. Calista was willing to risk herself for this boy, and he vowed to fulfill her request to save him. With that he allowed more of his energy into Dan to expedite the healing. Sweat beaded upon his forehead as his body weakened from using too much of his energy, but at the moment he hardly cared-his only concern now was to help save Dan and then check on Calista. __________________________________________________________________________ Calista groaned slightly as more energy poured into her. Slowly her eyes fluttered open and she saw Krystal's tear-stained face and the drawing of Darius leaning over her. "Krystal, its okay," she told her, wanting to comfort her somehow. She then glanced at the drawing a bit questioningly before she saw Ben and understood at once what was going on. She could felt panic fill her as she saw Ben's weakened conditioned, guessing he was risking himself now to save her. "Ben, please stop." she begged weakly. "I'll be fine. Please stop. I don't want to see you hurt" she said softly.
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Post by Lady Elenriel on Aug 15, 2008 2:21:53 GMT -5
Darius nodded at Tess. "You're welcome," he replied to her as he still continued to pour some of his energy into Dan, wanting to make sure his more severe injuries were healed. __________________________________________________________________________ Calista glanced at Ben, fear for him in her eyes. "Ben, stop. Please." Seeing that he was ignoring her, she then turned to Krystal. "Please stop him. I don't want to see anyone hurt because of me." she begged. She could not believe this. If Ben injured himself trying to heal her, she could not forgive herself. I should have listened to Gambit, she thought to herself, feeling the bitter pangs of regret.
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Post by Lady Elenriel on Aug 15, 2008 3:00:04 GMT -5
Darius nodded as he stopped the healing. He was now exhausted but relieved that the boy seemed to be well enough. "I'm sorry you had to go through that. Both of you." he said as he glanced at both Tess and Dan. With that he turned his attention back to Calista, and started to walk over to where the group was. _________________________________________________________________________ "I'll be fine. Thank you." Calista replied to Ben as she slowly sat up, giving Ben a warm smile as she did so. She was still pale and her body was still weak, but she would live, and she was not about to let anyone put themselves in danger for her again. Darius came over to the group and glanced at Ben, both concern for him as well as gratitude for what he did mixed in his eyes. "Thank you," he told Ben, referring to what he did for Calista. With that he sat beside her. "Are you alright?" he asked her. "I'll be fine." she replied as she handed him back his jacket. "How's the boy?" Darius glanced back over at Tess and Dan. "I think he will be okay, at least I hope so." he replied as he slipped the jacket on again. Calista nodded. "Thank you for not denying my request." she told him. Darius sighed, but said nothing-still trying to come to terms with what he had done. He had put Calista's life in danger to save a stranger, granted it was at her request but that did not make it any easier. If Ben had not done what he did-he knew that things could have ended differently.
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Post by Lady Elenriel on Aug 15, 2008 17:11:07 GMT -5
"Krystal, don't feel too bad," Calista said to her as she looked up at the girl, still to exhausted to rise yet. "We'll find Kira and Pyro, and bring them back." she said, not sure how they were going to go about it. "Beside, I probably messed things up more tonight," she added, as looked at the ground and Darius gently put an arm around her. She then looked at Darius. "If I had only listened to Gambit, you would not have been slammed into the rubble and Ben would not be in the condition he is in now." "Shh." Darius told her. "Save your strength," he whispered. "This was not your fault. You could not have foreseen this," he said, trying to comfort her. Calista gave Darius a weak smile before she turned to Gambit. "Gambit, I'm sorry. I should have listened to you," she said quietly. "If you should be angry at anyone, it should be me." she added.
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Post by Lady Elenriel on Aug 16, 2008 19:15:33 GMT -5
Calista only nodded at Gambit, still feeling guilty about her part in this whole fiasco. She then glanced over at where Ben was talking to the twins. "Think they are coming with us?" she asked. "I don't know," Darius remarked, following her gaze. "I hope so though," he replied. "I healed the boy's most severe wounds, but he is still injured." he told Calista. "I wouldn't want them to be left alone." Calista merely nodded at his words. "Speaking of which, how are you?" Darius asked her again. "And I want the truth." he added. "I'll be alright," she responded, not wanting to elaborate as she glanced away. Darius gently turned her face toward his as he looked into her eyes. "Let me help you," he told her softly. "No." Calista replied stubbornly. "You have done more than enough already. Try to heal me right now and I swear I'll leave-even if I have to crawl to do it." she added. With that she turned back to Krystal and slowly tried to get her feet. Darius quickly put an arm around her to support her. Giving him a grateful smile, she walked a bit gingerly to where Krystal stood with the group, Darius remaining at her side should she need him. "You okay?" she asked Krystal, seeing how forlorn the girl seemed to be as she put a hand on her shoulder.
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Post by Smeagollum on Aug 18, 2008 1:19:36 GMT -5
Clouds formed slowly in the sky, creating a blanket to block the light of the stars and moon.
Crack.
A series of thunder could be heard throughout the grounds just before a dozen or so small bolts of lighting flew over the wounded and worn crowd of the X-Men.
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Post by Lady Elenriel on Aug 18, 2008 1:23:37 GMT -5
Calista sighed, guessing that Krystal was probably upset over everything that happened. "Listen, this wasn't your fault..." she started to say before Ben and the twins walked to the group and she turned her attention to them. "Hi, I'm Calista." she said in with a smile in greeting to the two as she extended her hand. Darius nodded at both of them. "I'm Darius," he said in introduction, waiting to shake hands with them after Calista. Suddenly both turned their attention toward the sky as thunder resounded in the air and lightning shot out around the group. Darius instinctively pushed Calista behind him, wanting to shield her in her weakened condition. He was then about to do the same for Krystal but Calista stepped forward again so that she stood next to the both of them, ready to either absorb the lightning to protect the others. "Calista, get back," Darius told her. "You aren't strong enough yet." "I'll be fine. Don't worry." she told him as the two locked eyes with each other in a battle of wills.
(Eep. Sorry I did not see your post Smeag. Anyway, I did a slight edit)
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Post by Lady Elenriel on Aug 18, 2008 2:32:06 GMT -5
Calista stared in shock and she slowly sank to her knees, tears falling her eyes. "No." she sobbed. "No. She can't be," she cried, her shoulders shaking. Not caring if lightning should strike her too, she crawled over to Krystal's lifeless form and took the girl in her arms. "Krystal, I'm so sorry," she wept, her tears falling upon the girl's face. Darius glanced down as Calista cradled Krystal in her arms with tears glistening in his eyes. Stepping forward he quickly began to drain Storm, and absorbed her energy. This is all my fault. I should have moved quicker to block her lightning, he thought to himself. And now a girl is dead because of me.
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Post by Smeagollum on Aug 18, 2008 2:34:40 GMT -5
Storm flew up, white eyed, and lighting cracking all around. She landed a few yards in front of the group and slowly surged a tunnel of wind in the air.
Melody had followed closely behind Storm. Her feet trampled softly upon the dirt and her hand was raised in the air, pointing at a variety of different objects. Locating a nearby rock, she lifted it up off of the ground and flung it at Gambit.
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The forming tornado quickly dissolved once Darius started to drain Storm. Her eyes looked from the sky to the source of the drain, and, with a fraction of her energy, she sent a lighting bolt straight towards Darius to revert him off of his draining path.
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Post by Lady Elenriel on Aug 18, 2008 2:46:25 GMT -5
Calista looked up as she saw a lightning bolt heading for Darius. With one hand, she quickly formed an energy shield around Darius to slow down the bolt of lightning, giving him time to evade the attack, though his drain connection was broken for now. At any other time, her energy shield would have been able to deflect the attack completely, but after being drained by Darius's clone, her attacks were not nearly as powerful as they once were. "Calista, get back!" he called as he quickly shot a dark energy beam both at Melody and Storm.
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Post by Smeagollum on Aug 18, 2008 2:50:57 GMT -5
Storm was knocked over by the dark energy ball, and, after picking herself up, she proceeded to quickly drive a tornado down towards Darius and Castila.
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Melody was flung about two to three yards back by the blast, causing the energy ball to fly past her. Shaking her head, she quickly caught herself back up in the moment. She turned back towards Gambit, wanting to fight some more, but her eyes caught hold of Ben along the way.
Before standing back up, Melody took a log from behind Ben and worked to hit in the back of the head with it.
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Post by Lady Elenriel on Aug 18, 2008 3:01:55 GMT -5
Darius cursed under his breath as he quickly turned and grabbed Calista in one arm and Krystal's body in the other and attempted to outfly the tornado. Calista turned slightly in his arm and quickly shot a wave of energy at the attack, slowing the force of nature long enough for Darius to change direction and fly them out of harms way. As he landed, he released Calista before he set Krystal's body reverently down on the ground. "I could not let the tornado destroy her," he said. "I'm glad you didn't," Calista replied as she glanced at the girl, unable to hide her tears. Darius nodded at her and then turned back to the battle. "Ben, behind you!" he shouted as he noticed Melody sneaking up behind him.
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Post by Lady Elenriel on Aug 18, 2008 3:27:10 GMT -5
Darius then turned his attention back to Storm. He quickly tossed a dark energy beam at her before beginning to drain her again. Calista then shot an energy wave at her, hoping to stun her for a moment to delay her counterattack.
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Post by Lady Elenriel on Aug 18, 2008 14:36:16 GMT -5
Calista glanced at Ben, remaining silent for a moment as if she needed time to process his question. Her blue eyes were dull as if the life of her had been sucked from her body. Yes, she lived, but the vitality within her seemed to be gone. "She died because of me," she told Ben quietly. "I should have protected her..." her voice trailed off as she looked away, fearing she would lose control of her emotions at any moment.
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