Re: Runic

[Rose Hathaway]

Sam soon returned to school, and no one asked any questions about what happened, since no one really knew. They did notice that Sam was spending more time with Wayne after school, and she heard whispers, but she ignored them. It was a pain in the neck to deal with school drama on top of all the Runic stuff, not that she was a Runic in the first place, but she was still involved.

She hadn't seen Kaizo in a while, and she constantly scanned the crowd for him. Did he leave town without saying goodbye?

[blackoutEquinox]

School stayed about the same as it always had for Wayne. The only difference was that he spoke to James, Sam, and Isabella whenever he saw them. He had also started to carry his pistol in a hidden pocket in his bag just in case something went down. Rumors had started to spread around about him and Sam, but Wayne could really care less. After the end of school he would probably never see any of these people again. as the bell rang Wayne walked out and left for his locker. As he finished with his locker and closed it he noticed Isabella with a kid who had red hair that was spiked up come up the stairs to the second floor. As in inner joke Wayne had taken to call that kid Spiky because he didn't really know Spikey's actual name. Wayne threw Isabella a wave and a friendly smile.

[Shadoe Mayari]

Isabella looked frightened as she walked next to Spikey. Why couldn't anyone else see the mark? She frowned when Wayne waved at her, mouthing "help" as she passed by. The red head continued upstairs, leading her up to the roof.

[blackoutEquinox]

"Well shit," Wayne muttered under his breath as Isabella walked by. She looked scared so as she walked by Wayne waited for them to take several steps away before he turned and followed after them. They walked up a last flight of stairs onto the roof and someone left the door open so Wayne sat next to the open door, out of sight, and listened for what would be said next.

[Shadoe Mayari]

"Um..." Isabella said, looking around the roof. "What did you want to talk about, Michael?"

The red head frowned and reached into his back pocket. "I heard about what happened to George. Thought I'd give you this." Isabella couldn't see him pull out the pocket knife or flip it open.

[blackoutEquinox]

Even though it was faint, Wayne could hear the click of a pocket knife being opened. He had heard it many times before. Dammit, Wayne thought, this guy was bad news from the start. The bag's hidden pocket with the pistol was opened and Wayne came out from behind the door. "Hey Spikey what are you doing out here?" Wayne called out to the red head. The knife was visible from this angle and Wayne put a tighter grip around the pistol. He could have it out and aimed in about two seconds but wasn't sure if that would be fast enough to save Isabella if it came to that.

[Shadoe Mayari]

Michael completely ignored Wayne and sliced Isabella's neck, however he only managed to cut the skin. "Damn. Too shallow." The mark on his neck began to glow. Although he still wouldn't be able to see the actual mark, Wayne would probably see the glow.

Isabella quickly backed away and held her neck. A Rune formed over the cut as it began to heal.

[blackoutEquinox]

Wayne saw Isabella get cut and it was then that he realized he couldn't really use the gun without some real major problems. He took off for Isabella's armed assailant, leaving his bag behind so it wouldn't get in the way or slow him down. Just before he tackled Michael, something weird happened as Michael's neck began to glow. It was too late now though as Wayne connected with Michael and took him to the ground, hopefully knocking the wind out of armed man.

[Shadoe Mayari]

Michael grunted as he was brought down, surprised. He took the copper knife and stabbed Wayne in the stomach, before pushing him off and backing away. Wayne may have felt as if he was being tased in the stomach.

[blackoutEquinox]

Although it wasn't the first time Wayne had been stabbed it was still a painful feeling. This was more painful though as it felt like a jolt of electricity had been sent through his body. Wayne stood up holding a hand over his wound, the red of his blood a stark contrast to the white of his shirt. He looked over at Isabella, "Run, get help." And with that Wayne brought up his hands, ready to fight until he lost conciousness, which may not be all that long away. "Hey Spikey, try to cut her again and I'll beat the crap out of you," Wayne said while he motioned for Spikey to come at him, taunting him. Hopefully this would be able to buy enough time for Isabella to escape.

[Shadoe Mayari]

"Fine, then," Michael said as a light shield formed in front of Isabella, pushing her off the roof.

Isabella yelped in surprise. However, before she could hit the ground, she vanished, leaving only the Ouroboros locket behind.

[Book the Hero]

James sighed as he began walking away from the school, before hearing something hit the ground next to him. Huh? He thought before turning to see what it was. It was a locket, with an Ouroboros symbol on it. Sensing something was wrong, he took it, and ran inside the building making his was up the stairs.

[blackoutEquinox]

Wayne took the opportunity when the light wall knocked Isabella off the roof to run up and punch Spikey in the diaphram knocking the wind out of him. The blow was enough to make Wayne's opponent to double up and himself and Wayne took that chance to knee Spikey in the face. A blow that hard should be enough to disorient anyone so Wayne took that chance to retreat though the still open rooftop door and back down into the halls with his bag slung over his shoulder. He reached the bottom step and collapsed face first on to the floor in a growing pool of his own blood. I'm going to kill that bastard, Wayne thought as the world faded to black around him.

(OOC: I'm going to be gone for the next 5 hours or until tomorrow morning. Probably the latter. I would appreciate it greatly if I didn't come back to 3+ new pages. Thank you!)

[Shadoe Mayari]

Michael staggered backwards, disoriented. He bumped into someone, who growled at him and slapped him across the face.

"And this is why you suck. You let that witch get her hands on the dragon, you know what's gonna happen now?"

The red head grinned. "Chill. The only person who knows how to break the seal is long gone now. We still have plenty of time." He scratched the mark on his neck. "Hey, can you, like, move the fake Rune so that it's not on my body? The most irritating thing ever..."

[Book the Hero]

"Wayne!" James shouted when he found the boy, on the stair, unconscious and bleeding. He needed to get the boy to the hospital, ASAP. Without another word, he quickly called 911, telling them what he found. He then picked the boy up, with extreme difficulty, but not difficult enough that he wasn't able to do it. James had always been fit, and for the last few days, he had been visiting a gym, to get stronger. James quickly made his way to the entrance, carrying the upperclassman.

[Rose Hathaway]

Sam was about to leave school but was waiting for Wayne so they could both head home together. What she did see was James walking by carrying Wayne. He was unconscious and bleeding heavily. "Holy mother of fuck!! What happened?!" She hissed, trying not to start a scene. She ran immediately to him and checked his pulse, super worried. "Did you call 911 already?"

[Book the Hero]

"Yeah, they should be on their way." He said, when Sam came over. "Have you seen Isabella, I think there are some Runics around."

[Rose Hathaway]

"No, I haven't seen any of you all day!" Sam snapped, relieved he was at least alive. "Good God, when I get my hands on who did this... I'm not losing another guardian." she said determinedly. "Set him down." she ordered, undoing the buttons on her shirt and yanking it off. She balled it up and set it over the wound, trying to keep as much of the blood in as possible.

People were starting to stare, and finally a girl saw the blood and screamed. "Holy shit!! He's been shot!" And naturally, this caused panic to ensue. Men stopped drooling over Sam and started trying to get their butts out of the building. To them, it seemed like Columbine was to start again at any second.

Sam groaned. "Oh God, please no..." she muttered, burying her face in Wayne's chest.

[Shadoe Mayari]

Michael waited at the top of the stairs with his partner, waiting for the hallway to clear out. Once it was all clear, he headed down and the copper knife flew out and away from Wayne and into his hand. He glared at James, before looking blankly at the injured boy. "This is what you get for defending a dragon."

[Rose Hathaway]

Sam moved James' hand to her shirt and stood before she went into defensive mode. "Get the hell away from him." she said, pulling out Wayne's pistol she had snagged from him. "Now I suggest you leave before I kill you." she said darkly.

[Shadoe Mayari]

"Woah, chill out," Michael said, holding his hands up in surrender. "He attacked me first." He tossed the copper knife up to his partner. "I don't want to hurt you. Your friend over there..." he frowned at James, "...isn't my main priority."

[Book the Hero]

James glared at the boy. "What do you want?!" He asked, angrily. This was the guy who did to Wayne. James had half the mind to attack him then and there.

[Rose Hathaway]

"Wayne would never attack anyone without purpose. Now, tell me what you're after that made him want to kick your ass. And I want you both to get on the ground on your stomachs right now!" she barked, her gun not lowering. "I am cold and shirtless and on my period and you better as hell get down on the ground this second!!!" Sam was furious, and was ready to blow this guy's head off.

[Shadoe Mayari]

"Woah, too much information," Michael said, lowering his arms. "Rein."

His partner nodded, and a second later the gun was out of Sam's hands and thrown off the roof.

"And to answer your question, he was defending that Runic girl," the red head said with a shrug. "I dunno why he would protect such a dangerously powerful one like a Dragon, though. Meh."

[Book the Hero]

"Isabella!" James said, realising who the boy meant. "Where is she, what did you do to her?!" He demanded, death-glaring a glare at him so strong, it made Sam look friendly.

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