**Rebooted**

[Serenla the Cat]

Apparently their guns were a lot stronger than she had previously expected; that, or her van wasn't as thick as she had been led to believe. A bullet flew through the van wall, narrowly missing her head.

"Hooolleeee s**t," she said, adrenaline shooting through her after coming within inches of death. Rain rummaged through her stuff, pulling out a Kevlar vest that came with a cop uniform she had once needed for a specific job. She clambered out of the van, leaving the doors open behind her for easy access to her stuff. She shot at whoever looked even slightly aggressive towards her, never missing though not always killing. This gun wasn't made to be accurate, it was made to fill people with enough holes that it wouldn't matter where they hit. She was careful to shoot anyone who so much as pointed their gun at her.  

[Uncle Sciz]

Sciz stumbled over his words, trying to reply to both Gareth and Martini. "Just shut up for a second. Both of you," Sciz spat, taking a moment to process what was asked of him. He put the phone back up to his ear. "Martini and I are in the park area. We just left where the fountain was and now we're heading to some nearby cover in an alleyway." He motioned the two following him into an alley, away from the gunshots and other commotion. "We can wait for you, but I don't know how long, seeing as we also have a girl with us and they're no doubt closing in on our position." He leaned out of the alleyway, trying to take a look of the sidewalks and streets. A bullet whizzed by his head, and he forced himself back behind the cover as fast as he could. "How long will it be until you get here?"  

[X_HeartofRoses_X]

Haven squeaked as Martini killed another cultist, and covered her ears to block out the sounds of gunfire. "No no no no no...!" She didn't like this, not one bit. Every gunshot, every whiff of blood, was driving her closer to that ledge. When the next sound of fire rang out, her eyes flashed red, and she slumped against the alley's wall, gripping at her head. "No no no no no..."  

[Uncle Sciz]

((lol why not))

Sciz glanced at Haven as she was panicking, not entirely aware of her actual situation. He felt sorry for her, caught up in an awful situation like this. He pulled his sleeve back and looked at his watch, growing increasingly impatient with Gareth. He turned the corner once again to survey the surroundings, when suddenly...

CRACK!

He felt the bullet go straight through his hand and into the brick wall it was pressing on. He quickly pulled himself around the corner and into the alley again to avoid any more potential fire. He grasped the hand that was shot a few times, flexing his fingers. "Well, looks like someone wasn't a total crapshoot after all." Not much blood was dripping down his fingers, but he felt that he needed to bandage it up so he wouldn't stain either his suit or Gareth's car. " 'Ey Martini," Sciz said. "You got anything for me to wrap this up for a few minutes until it heals?" He held his injured hand out, the hole in his palm still dripping blood.  

[Fadedepic]

Martini kept a constant eye on the alleyway, his glock fixed on the corner that Sciz was shot at. He lowered his gun for a second to take off his vest and fling it back to Sciz's general direction before resuming his sentry.

Gareth slammed on the gas, ripping through the streets as fast as he could. He hit several cultists on the way that tried shooting him, but the bullets didn't break the glass considerably enough to actually hit him. In three minutes, he swerved into the parkway, the front of his SUV adorning blood, dents, and suspicious red chunks of gore. He honked his horn a few times and did a drive around the park, trying to find the particular alleyway Martini and Sciz were holed up in.

Martini saw Gareth from a mile away. "GARE!!" He called out, waving his arms just outside the alleyway.
CACHOK!!
Martini felt the entirety of his arm envelop in a burning sensation as an anonymous cultist's bullet ripped through his flesh and cracked his bone. He immediately collapsed, clutching his arm and biting back the pain. He inhaled sharply, only to yell out in pain: "********, THAT HURT!!"

Gareth swerved the SUV to where they could all pile in the back without getting themselves killed. "EVERYONE IN. NOW!!"  

[Ryuzki Hygaea]

Spyke arrived at the scene with the guards following him. "All right, shoot to kill any non friendlies and get the civilians to safety stat." The guards saluted and head off to do as ordered. Spyke shakes his head. "The guards are not going to last long...hate to say this but they are bait to reel in who ever is doing this." He then looks around. "Oi, anyone there needs help or wants to die say something. I'm with the royal guards loosely and I'm here to help." Spyke keeps a fire armor up to protect him from anything that might happen like someone shooting at him.  

[Serenla the Cat]

((Sooo... the cultists in the school? Or waiting for Grace?))

Rain realized that more and more cultists were coming in, and she wouldn't be able to handle them much longer. She was starting to back into her van when the bullet struck. Blood spattered from her head, and she dropped like a rock. No longer a threat to their mission, her just lying on the cold hard ground, the cultists moved on, leaving Rain with blood beginning to stream over her forehead and matting her hair.

When the cultists weren't looking, she rolled under the van, crawling to the driver's side. She climbed up into the seat, and shut herself in, ducking low to avoid attention. She tried to wipe the blood from her face, but only succeeding in smearing it. At least now it wouldn't drip down into her eyes. It stung like a b***h, and she felt hot tears roll down her cheeks against her will. Fuuuuuck it huuuurt. But she was in a serious situation, and pain could be ignored if the situation was severe enough. She started her car and got going before the cultists could react. She screamed down the street, barely able to see where she was going because she kept her head low to avoid stray bullets. Still, her windshield wound up cracked, and she ran over someone, but whether they were cultist, civilian, or a body of either, she wasn't sure nor did she care.

However, she probably should have cared a bit more where she was going. The car seemed to appear out of no where, and she was thankful she was sitting so low in the seat, because the tiny car rolled over her large van, and would have killed her had she been sitting up straight. Rain slammed on the breaks and turned the car off, immediately looking for her escape. There were cultists everywhere, and the only alive people she could see were down the street piling into a large black SUV. She clambered into the back, and grabbed a duffel bag that was full of her emergency supplies. It was heavy, but she grabbed it. The strain caused blood to nearly squirt from the fairly deep graze on the side of her head, and she roared in frustration and pain.  

[X_HeartofRoses_X]

Haven saw her two friends become wounded, and her heart began to pound. The blood... The blood... The blood...
Heheh... Quite a bit of chaos, hmm? Let me take control, I wanna join in this!
"NO!!!!!" Haven screamed, both in her head and aloud. Hollow began to pound at her subconscious, and white noise screamed in her ears.
The only thing that pulled her back was hearing a van coming. She looked up, crimson tears spilling down her cheeks. "Haaah... heeh... Is that the asylum...? Come to pick me up...?" She wondered aloud, gripping at the stitches on her neck, where white-hot pain make her neck feel like someone was branding it. Blood had begun to slowly ooze out from behind the stitches, staining her white fur. She shook her head, scrambling desperately to regain her sanity that had shattered on the ground. She coughed a bit, and wiped away the blood in her eyes. "A-Ah! Is this our getaway!? Let's go!" She was the first to jump in, huddling in a corner and covering her eyes so she wouldn't see any more blood. The blood... Hollow was still pounding at her subconscious.

Phoenix stood beside Spyke, nervously looking around. "What is this...?"

Angel and Spade guarded the castle now, killing any cultist that dared to come close and letting in civilians seeking safety.  

[Uncle Sciz]

Sciz hopped into the car, dragging Martini in with him. "God damn, we're all getting shot today," he remarked. He was too busy with helping Martini to notice what Haven was going through. "Gareth, we need to get out of here now, before any of us get shot again."  

[The Jolly Victini]

The boy was about to respond, until the alarms began to go off. His ears ducked back as Ella gripped him tightly. He felt the need to do SOMETHING, but he couldn't think of a single thing. Protect Ella? Escape? Fight? The latter was most certainly out of the question, so feeling a fleeting sense of courage, he grabbed Ella's hand and dashed up the stairs as fast as possible. He was determined to get out of here.

****

Dex tapped Mylen's shoulder to get her attention as he began to try to talk to her. His sign language was hard to read given that he was driving, but it roughly translated to, "Are you embarrassed about your voice? Is that why you won't speak?"

****

Swift giggled, happy to see another fan of his cooking. He poured Timpthy a full bowl and set it on the table. "Go ahead and eat up! Just don't eat too fast, it's still super-hot!" he said, making more bowls.

"My, such language for a girl your age." the bird said in amusement. "And it's as if you've never seen a phoenix before." he said, knowingly.  

[Ryuzki Hygaea]

Spyke looked around before speaking. "Have a fire armor around you at all times, these guys are mostly using guns though they will carry melee weapons. The bullets will melt before they hit you and the armor will protect you from physical attacks somewhat." He then looks at Phoenix. "Call Dusk at once too let him know that whats going on and it might be the blood god cult who is behind this, might but not for certain yet.." He then sighs. "Also take off the other bangle when it is necessary we do not want to play our hand yet. Just keep calm and in control of you powers this is a real battlefield we are heading into so don't be afraid or you will die." He then starts walking into the school. "This is life or death never forget that, lives depend on you. Mess up and its over."  

[Serenla the Cat]

((*points at my post* hi. Gareth doesn't even have to go looking for me. Hellooo. And Kat yelled at Ella. Why am I being ignored?))  

[Fadedepic]

((Because Ella has to reply, does she not?))  

[WritingWithLove]

((Sorry! I was waiting on Dakota.))

Ella's eyes flared as she was dragged up the staircase. She glanced back down, ready to run back to that girl's voice, but something held her back. She figured that running back into the gunfire wasn't the best choice.
She looked at Teddy and whispered loudly, "What are you doing? Where are we going? This is no time for messing around! We need to get out of here!"
***
Myelin raised her hands to speak, but as they grew closer to the town, she noticed that no one was out. A strange feeling grew in her stomach, and she instantly felt the need to go home.
"Take me to my house," she signed, "and we can talk from there. Turn left up here, ad then go straight until you hit the little grey house."
***
Timothy ignored Swift's advice and slurped down the soup quickly. It burned his tongue and throat, but it didn't bother him; numbness was a familiar sensation to him, anyway.
Scarlet glared at the bird. She hated being talked down to this way. She was contemplating what to say, when a string of gunfire was heard outside. She subconsciously smiled, dashing to the window to get a look outside. No one was there, but the shots were getting closer. She giggled under her breath, ready to see the ones who were bringing the chaos.
Timothy heard the shots, and his ears perked instantly. He pushed his near-empty bowl away and felt his small threads of sanity pull and twist, preparing to snap.
"W-w-what was th-that?" he asked, obvious tension in his tone.  

[Fadedepic]

Gareth looked around. The cultists were slowly closing in... and so was "Rain?" Gareth thought to himself as the girl sprinted for the SUV. He shook off all bewilderment. "Whatever. Martini, open the door for her." Martini did as he was intructed, blindly firing his glock at the cultists to try and get them to keep away. "Come on! Let's go!" he called to Rain.

One of the highschool cultists got an arrow lodged between his kneecap and thigh, falling to the ground and yelling out in pain. The second cultist, however, was fine and started concentrating his fire on the wall that Kat was hiding behind, Kat's yelling at Ella giving her away quite easily. Then came the fireballs. The blindfire that Mat was attempting meant that he gave himself away quite easily, the first two fireballs nowhere close to where the cultist was. These first two fireballs gave the cultist a sense of security, assuming none of them would hit him. However, the third fireball engulfed the cultist in flames. He dropped his now empty gun, having fired and entire clip into the wall and possibly into Kat, and screamed in pain. He rushed towards the wall, hoping to smother Kat to death with the same fire that was killing him now.