Sebastet's Lock-Up Room

[Alba Derosso]

Julius had taken a few steps back from the blow, but he easily brushed it off. "I hope your just playing." Were his only words before he disappeared, as if he just faded away into nothingness. Until he reappeared before Sebastet, his fist pulled back into a punch. And then he was gone, flickering away from reality. In her peripherals, he laughed and fainted a kick, flickering away until he was back in front of her, this time his hand at her chest. His body vanished, but now his hands were inside her, a trick that Ishmael used to deadly affect. Her lungs would feel like they were being crushed; mainly because they were. Julius phased his hands into her chest cavity and powerfully squeezed her lungs, reappearing a few feet away and wiping his hands on his pants.

"A shame your neutered. I would have loved to rip your plumbing out if only to show you how useless it is. No matter, after I'm done skinning you, I'll skin your mate and turn you both into a lovely coat." Julius stated with a laugh, obviously enjoying this. Something was up his sleeve, yet he seemed to love giving it away.  

[Red Gypsy]

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Alba Derosso

Sebastet felt her breath rush out of her when he pulled that trick, the pain almost excruciating. Then he let her go and left her gasping for air and the feeling that he'd bruised her lungs a bit with that attack. But it only renewed her anger.

She glared at him and gave off a very displeased growl, "Still fighting dirty, I see, without any honor. Both of you were always like that, though I did think, briefly, that Julius possessed some honor at one time. Now you're nothing but rats that need to be exterminated," she stated simply, knowing that they weren't going to give her a chance to fight them.

She was going to try anyway.

She moved in on the attack, fully expecting them to disappear and do another under-handed trick of an attack. Still, her sword moved as she did, lightening fast, as she took the attack to them.

Yet her mind still raced with possibilities and questions. How to neutralize Ishmael's abilities? How to kill them both and still protect the stone?

She knew full well that she was going to get hurt on this one. Quite likely very badly hurt. But she would heal in time. So that only left her with wondering how to beat them.

So all she could do was leave her bond with Lio fully open so he had full access to her mind and what she was thinking and feeling, including the fact that she had very little to counter Ishmael's abilities until Cassius could get the door open.  

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Red Gypsy

Alba Derosso

Lio kept near the stone protecting it as he watched the two fight. He could sometimes not follow Julius as the man incorporated a phasing trick.

Lio only noticed that when Julius reappeared, there was a slight crackle in the air right where he was to appear and his scent was half a second before that noise.

As Sebastet suddenly had that beasts hands in her chest, Lio gripped the hilt of his sword tightly as he wanted to help her, but he knew she would be more than furious with him if he stepped in now.

As she thought about her next move, Lio imparted the information about the sound and smell to her.

Perhaps if she relied not on her sight but on her nose and ears, she could strike at the spot where Julius/Ismael was to appear. This would not only catch him off guard but would give her the upper hand for a few moments....and it could be that just in that small window of opportunity, she could kill the b*****d.  

[Alba Derosso]

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Red Gypsy

This time Julius did not phase away, or try to dodge. As Sebastet lunged forward, he simply walked right into the attack, and sighed as Sebatset passed right through him as if he were a ghost. This was another of Ishmael's favorite tricks; to partially phase his body into the Ethereal Plane, rendering him intangible yet visible to the naked eye. To many this was unnerving, but Sebastet should have known better. He watched as she passed through him, and his foot snagged hers to make her lose balance and tumble before he proceeded towards Lio.

"Hurting Sebastet physically is a waste of time. The eons of pain she has endured make whatever I can do quite lame...." He mused as his stride increased towards Sebastet's mate, one hand going to his sword. "No.... if I will truly hurt her, then I will cut the only thing that matters: you. Tonight, she will bury three bodies."

He stopped a few feet from Lio with a smile, as if daring the Hylarr to make a move on him. He figured Sebastet would be on her feet and making a mad dash to cut him down, or at least attempt a coordinated strike against him so he couldn't phase away. But he knew he would die here, but not a moment before he could strike the obelisk down and open the gate for his Master to return.  

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Alba Derosso

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Sebastet hit the ground hard but got right back to her feet just in time to hear the brother's intentions. They should not have gone there.

She turned to them with a deep growl and a glare, "You have just seriously pissed me off," she stated simply through her growl.

Then she heard a welcome sound audible only to herself and Lio and simply acted, hoping he'd forgive her for it later. She reached for the shadows and pulled Lio to her side then held one hand out to the brothers, still giving off that deep growl.

She held her sword out to Lio hilt first, "Hold this for me, would you, my love?" she asked Lio without looking at him and was grateful when he took it without a word. Then she raised both her hands towards the brothers as she moved towards them.

"You two are about to learn why I was named the Black Druidess," was the only warning she gave them.

That tiny sound she'd heard meant the door was unlocked and about to be opened. It also meant that the Cartwright brothers had about thirty seconds to accomplish their task before she killed them in a way that would literally obliterate their souls...  

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Red Gypsy

Alba Derosso

Lio simply looked down on the brothers as they approached him, a small smirk on his lips as they tried to goad him into fighting.

"She spoke so highly of you two...it's a shame the honor you once held has been corrupted and you will be nothing more than a stain on the ground when she is done with you."

He was about to draw his sword but then he was pulled through the shadows to be by Sebastet's side. Before he could do anything, she was handing him her sword.

Lio took the hilt in his hand and nodded, stepping back to give her room and stay out of her way.

Again, this was his mate's fight and his part was only going to bear witness to her destroying the merged brothers.  

[Alba Derosso]

Julius closed his eyes, and in one fluid motion he drew his sword to cut the small monolith in half. His blade was glowing a dark purple, radiating a strange and evil aura. Slowly turning to face Sebastet and Lio, his eyes showed no signs of concious thought. Instead, dark purple smoke flowed out of his eye sockets and a twisted, almost strained grin was plastered on Julius' s face like some grotesque marionette. His motions became twitchy and jerky as he approached the two, as if opposing forces were trying to push the body forward and pull it back at the same time. In a pained wheezing, the body managed to gasp out,

"Kill.....me...."  

[Red Gypsy]

Alba Derosso

Devossy

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That was one request Sebastet could gladly give. She finished moving forward and pressed both hands to the brothers, one above where their combined hearts were. Black flames enveloped them all in an instant and began to consume the brothers.

"Good-bye, for the last time. After this, no one will disturb your rest. I give you my word," she said softly and let the flames take them completely.

Just then, the door opened, Blade running in first. Only to skid to a stop with wide eyes at what she saw happening. She put her hands out to the sides to keep everyone else away, "Don't go near while she's got that stuff going unless you want to die very badly," she warned the others in a slightly awed tone.

Sebastet kept the flames going until the brothers were nothing but two piles of ash on the floor. She finally turned to the others, the black flames still flickering around her. She closed her eyes and the flames went out instantly as a single tear rolled down through the soft fur on her face.

"It's done..." she said in a soft whisper before she opened her eyes to look at the others past Lio, "Go tell Lao. I couldn't stop them from destroying this one. He should prepare," she added before she finally looked into Lio's amber eyes, hoping he wouldn't fear her now after seeing the one power she had that she still feared.

Then she showed that there was a cost to using that ability as she slowly fell to the floor and passed out. Using the Black Flames consumed alot of power for her and she didn't use it very often. She'd been told years ago that if she used it more often, she wouldn't pass out from using it. But she feared what the flames could do, what she could do with them, so she didn't use them very often...  

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Lio couldn't move fast enough around Sebastet, to get to the monolith in time and sighed heavily, as Julius destroyed the very thing they had tried to protect but failed miserably.

Then the body of her former lovers/husbands began to break apart and his mate stepped forward to end it all for them.

Lio was a bit shocked as she used black flames which turned the body/bodies before them all into Ash.

Lio cast a glance over his shoulder as Blade and the others came in too late.

As Sebastet looked into his eyes, he displayed none of what he was feeling or thinking. To be honest, he had no idea what to think. When they mated he thought they shared everything...he sure had....but Sebastet had failed to show him this and tell him about this other part of her.

As she hit the floor, he sheathed his sword and went over and picked her up carefully and cradled her to him.

He looked to Blade.
"Tell Lao.....we are sorry. We did not mean to fail him."

Lio said nothing more as he carried her out of the lock up room and upstairs to her room.  

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Red Gypsy

Alba Derosso

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Anube moved to his mate but stayed back when she told him too. He just watched not sure what think at this point. They had failed to protect the mark and now there was no tell what could happen to the others or what was coming. He looked to Blade and nodded as he waited for her. He would go where she went.  

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Red Gypsy

Devossy

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Micheal, Andy, Vince, and Valick stayed back as they watched what happened when Blade warned them not to get close to Sebastet. When Sebastet was done and told them to let Lao know what happened, they then watched her pass out. Andy was about to go help her but Lio came over to her and picked her up and carried her out, giving him room. Andy turned to Desha, "Shall we fallow him so you can check on her?" Andy asks. Micheal looked and Dancer and patted his head as they relaxed now not sure what to do. Vince and Valick looked at each other and watched Lio leave with Sebastet, "Alright then I guess I will go see how Ora is doing then." Valick says lightly and leaves as Vince fallows wanting to check on Alice himself.

Michael looks down at Dancer "What would you like to do then?" Michael asked him as he knew he might want to see if Sebastet will be alright so Micheal will let Dancer decided.  

[Red Gypsy]

Devossy

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Blade moved into Anube's arms after Lio took Sebastet out of the room, unable to hide a shiver as they passed her. That was the only one of Sebastet's powers that scared the willies out of her. She finally moved out of his arms and looked to the others, finally focusing on Andy, "We'll see you guys later," she said simply, needing to be out of the room. As she lead Anube out of the tower, she did stop in the office to leave a note for Jitters that the room would need to be cleaned and fixed up.

Later, they'd go to Lao. Or the others could go. But she was suddenly finding that she didn't want to fight. She simply wanted to curl up with Anube for about a week and pretend that the rest of the world didn't exist...

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Dancer snuggled into Michael a moment then looked to the two piles of ash and told Michael what needed to be done. He couldn't say anything in his current form, so Michael would have to pass it on to the others.

The ashes needed to be collected carefully and moved out into the garden, to the marble stone that carried the brother's names. They needed to be buried there...

Desha caught where Dancer was looking and hesitated a moment, then moved to collect two jars from one of the cabinets in the room and silently passed one of them over to Andy then offered the second one to Michael.  

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Red Gypsy

Michael nodded softly taking the jar and Andy took the other, the brothers looked at each other as it kind of seemed right to collect the ashes for them as they were bothers and the ones who passed where bothers as well. Andy and Micheal walk over to the ashes and softly kneel down to start carefully collecting them into the jars to do this favor for there knew family here. Once it was all picked up and not a speck of ash was left on the floor, they closed the jars and walked back over to Desha and Dancer, "Show us the way" Micheal says softly to them both.  

[Red Gypsy]

Darsto_23

Desha stood back and looked at Dancer, thinking it would be fitting for the feline to lead the way. Dancer got to his feet and gave a soft huffing sound then lead the way out of the room, then out of the tower and into the garden.

Desha waited for the brothers to leave then paused as he looked back at the room, thinking that he'd finally realized part of why Sebastet'd had it created. She held such a terrible power and obviously feared it. It was sad to see but it made sense to him now.

He finally gave a soft sigh and left the room, following the others out into the garden.  

[Red Gypsy]

Wolfe Garm

Sebastet led Khajhan to her Lockup Room and revealed a mixed secret to him. This room was for more than keeping her contained when the seals on her temper were broken... This room also held the many-layered protections on the island. In locking her up in here, she ensured both that she couldn't hurt anyone and that the island stayed safe.

She unlocked the door then propped it open, "If the door closes, it can only be opened from the outside. There are two people that have the key to it, to ensure that it isn't opened until it's safe to do so," she told him then moved on inside.

The suite was set up very nicely: plenty of seating in the sitting area, a very nice bed in the bedroom, a bathroom with all the niceties... And a spot on the floor of the bedroom where something had obviously been burned... Sebastet didn't say anything about it, knowing that Khajhan would understand. Or, at least, hoping that he would...

She moved past that spot in the bedroom and touched a hidden spot on the back wall. The wall slid back then to the side and revealed a second wall that was literally embedded with spells, protections, wards, and a few magics that were long forgotten. Central to everything was a map of the island. All of the protections were layered in such a way that there were very, very few loopholes or weaknesses. She'd spent thousands of years working on it all and had done her best to make the place as safe as she could.

She stepped back and looked it all over, able to 'see' the weave of the protections as they layered over the image of the island. Now she was able to see the 'nets' that Khajhan had put in place, noting that there weren't many of them compared to the size of the island. But she said nothing on that. Instead, she concentrated on the few disturbances in her own 'net'...

The chapel and graveyard was identified as the spot Esabel liked to use. But since she wasn't killing anyone on the island, she left her alone. Then there was the former portal to Darkness Abounds...

She put a hand over the spot and felt for the protections, "This is the portal that ruptured... The protections are holding strong, so there's no real need to worry about it yet. The only issues are the RRT group and Esabel's spot here at the chapel. Esabel isn't an issue because she doesn't kill anyone here. If she did, I'd block her. The soldiers are a different matter..." she said then let her voice fade as she looked further out from the island.

It took her a moment then she found it.

She put a finger over an outlying island that barely touched the protections she had in place, "They're here... We sank the other one but they've taken this one... They aren't going to let the soldiers take this on without waiting to come in and mop up... The Hunters are there...." she said softly, her voice a bit distant as she felt through the protections and what she could tell through them.

In truth, there wasn't much they could do about the Hunters yet. But knowing where they were helped more than simply not knowing. And now she could pass on the information to Desmond and Jenny.

Somewhere in it all, she stepped back and found Khajhan there. She simply leaned into him, finally closing her eyes for a moment as he put an arm around her waist and held her. The touch let her come back from the mental world of the protections she'd laid. Whenever she went into the 'weave', she got a bit lost in it and it always took a few moments for her to come back to reality.

His touch helped her come back faster.

She opened her eyes again and looked over the map and spells she had there, "Where do I shore it up? Where do I add more protection?" she asked herself, as she always did, wondering where else to add to the protections she had in place, wondering how to keep everyone alive....