Bandages

You may have read Myrir's post about the Fury by now. We were attacked by this guy who was insanely strong. I tried attacking him with a mental blast, but he reflected it. When that happened, I lost control of my sanity for a while. I stopped holding back. I ended up passing out, and I guess he left after that.

But I noticed something from our fight with him. He can take a punch. Even when I used my control over reality to increase my physical strength, he could still get back up after being hit. He's practically invincible.

But when we attacked with guns or blades, he made sure to stop our attacks before they reached him. There's a number of reasons why this may be, but I think I know which reason is correct.

It's not his body he's protecting, it's his bandages. He's trying to protect his identity.

Fury

We all met tonight to discuss possible locations of our enemies. We were ambushed. Not by Nolla Row's group, but by someone else. He came out of no where, covered from head to toe with bandages. He raised a hand and sent Wildfire crashing through some crates. As if she wasn't injured enough. Kord rushed forward and punched him right in the jaw. He was completely unfazed by it. He simply swiped his arm, striking Kord in the chest and knocking him into a wall a few feet away. Sound tried to fight him next, kicking him in the Solar Plexus and face, then punched him twice in the face. He then drew his Sonic Sword and sung it, but this time he blocked with his forearm and corkscrew punched Sound so hard that I could hear his nose breaking. Sound fell unconscious just as Kord got back to his feet. He fired a soundwave from his mouth, but the bandaged man stopped it with one had and sent it back at him, slamming Kord into the wall with enough force to leave cracks. Kord slumped down, unconscious.

He turned his attention to me next. I couldn't see his eyes through those bandages, but I'm pretty sure he could see me. Isaac grabbed me by the wrist and took off.

“Where are you dragging me!?” I asked him in between pants.

“Away from that thing!” Isaac replied. “If Malkator were still around, he would kill me if I let something happen to you!”

“Who is that guy anyway?” I asked.

“I can't read his mind, so I can't say for sure,” Isaac said. “All I can say is that he's just as powerful as the Game Master.”

“Are you sure?” I asked.

“I can feel his power,” Isaac said. “He's exactly as powerful as-”

He stopped dead in his tracks without finishing his sentence. The bandaged man had appeared at the end of the alleyway we were running down. I drew my handgun and shot at him, but the bullet stopped in midair three inches from his face.

“Shit!” I said. I turned to Isaac and asked “Any ideas?”

“I'll see if a mental blast'll work on his,” he replied.

He tried to do just that, but it failed. That man didn't just resist the mental attack; he completely reflected it back at Isaac. He fell over, clutching his head, and fell unconscious. The bandaged man began walking toward me, stopping just a few feet away. He was about to kill me. I could tell.

“Who are you!?” I demanded. He cocked his head to the side, as if he didn't understand the question. “Who are you!?” I asked again. “What's your name!”

He looked up to the sky. After a moment, he swung his hand in front of me, and a series of gashed appeared on the ground at my feet, spelling out a single word; FURY.

“Fury?” I asked. “Is that your name?”

He nodded. He then raised a hand, pulling it into a fist and drawing it back, ready to punch me, but before he could, another fist collided with his chest, knocking him out of the alley and into the middle of the street. It was Isaac. But he was different. His white hair had become jet-black, and the air around him shuddered.

“That was incredible!” I said. “How did you hit that hard!?”

“Reality's my bitch!” Isaac said, turning to me with a malevolent smile on his face. “I'm exactly as strong as I perceive myself to be!”

Fury appeared again, a few feet away. Isaac drew his glave and charged, but Fury was able to stop his blade with his hand. The two of them began fighting viciously. Isaac kept tearing reality apart to summon weapons from nothing, and the Fury kept blocking his attacks and manipulating objects from a distance to fight with. The fight didn't last long, though. After a while, Isaac began coughing up blood and passed out.

Fury paused for a moment to catch his breath before before approaching me again. However, he didn't move after that. He just looked at me for a while.

“What are you waiting for?” A voice asked. I looked past Fury to see Martyr Beta. “She's your target! Finish her!”

Fury ignored him. He turned around and began walking away from me.

“What are you doing!?” Martyr Beta demanded. “Kill her!”

Fury waved a hand and the words DON'T FEEL LIKE IT became gauged into the wall. He then disappeared.

“Who is that!?” I demanded.

“A hassle is what he is,” Martyr Beta said. “I already got one kid to babysit, and then the Archive goes and shoves their super weapon on me to take care of. A real pain in the ass.”

“Super weapon?” I asked.

“What does that mean?”

“It means that those who cross the Archive will learn to regret it,” he said. “You're off the hook this time, but you won't be as lucky the next time you cross paths with the Fury.”

He left. I regrouped with the others and we're treating Wildfire and Isaac's injuries. I don't know what happened to Isaac back then. He was using his control over reality recklessly, without caring about what it did to his body. He seems to be okay now. His hair's even turned white again.

But Fury.... just who is that guy? And why is he so powerful? I'll have to watch my back from now on.

A True Dragon

We went to the place, but it was empty. They had recently left, so we decided to split up and try to look for them. Sound, Kord, and Wildfire all went different ways, while Isaac stayed with me. Overprotective, much? I guess I can't really blame him. Anyway, he kept track of the other's minds so that5 if anyone found Nolla's group, he could alert all of us ad we could all regroup to take them on.

Isaac and I had been walking for about an hour before he stopped dead in his tracks.

“What is it?” I asked him.

“Wildfire,” he said. “She's found one. The beast guy, Jerard. This way!”

He took off and I ran after him. He used his telepathy to let Sound and Kord know what was going on.

“Damn that reckless bitch!” he shouted after a while.

“What's wrong?” I asked him.

“She went and challenged him on her own!” he said. “Let's hurry!”

We found her and Jerard (in bear form) duking it out in an empty park.

“Stay out of this!” she shouted at us when she noticed us. “I'll fight him on my own.”

“Are you crazy!?” Isaac demanded.

“I can handle him,” she said. “Plus, he insulted my friend. I can't let that slide.”

“Well, if you want to take me alone, you should stop holding back,” Jerard said.

“I can say the same for you,” Wildfire said. “Show me what you can really do.”

“Only if your psychic friend agrees to stay out of my head once I do,” he said.

“O'Zalia!” she snapped.

“Fine,” he said. “But if you die, I won't hesitate to get involved.”

“Good enough for me,” Jerard said, removing his earring.

“What?” I asked.

“Uranium,” he said. “The same substance that disrupts your friend's psychic abilities also restricts my own power.”

“But how can you survived wearing a radioactive substance all the time?” I asked.

“It's part of Nolla Row's power,” Isaac answered for me. “She can augment the bodies of herself and others in order to survive radiation.”

“You're just as clever as the rumors say,” Jerard said. “Now, behold my true strength! Celestial Wolf!”

His body became more canine, like a werewolf, and his fur turned a bright silver. He moved with blinding speed, attacking Wildfire. He swiped at her, sending her crashing into a nearby tree. He let out a howl, as if he was laughing at her. She got to her feet, seemingly unharmed.

“That was impressive, I'll give you that,” she said. “But you're not gonna beat me that easily.”

He charged at her again, but this time she flew into the air to dodge him. As she did, her body changed. She sprouted a pair of red, scaly wings. Claws grew from her hands. Her hair became rigid, almost like spikes, and the air around her became tinted red from the heat she was emitting. Jerard jumped at her, leaping impossibly high. The two of them began striking at each other in midair, but he soon fell to the ground, unable to remain airborn like she could. As he fell, she inhaled deeply and spat a stream of fire at him, incinerating his body before he could hit the ground. She landed afterward and returned to her normal(ish) form, just before passing out.

“Is she okay?” I asked Isaac, as he walked over to inspect her.

“Cracked ribs, fractured Ulna, missing one of her eye teeth,” he said. “Other than that, she seems fine. Just exhausted. That dragon form must take a lot out of her.”

“The fuck happened here?” Sound asked, finally arriving.

“Dragon girl decided to take beast boy on her own,” Kord said, arriving from the other direction. “I overheard it all.”

“Let's get her somewhere else so I can see about her wounds,” Isaac said.

“Can you do that?” Kord asked.

“I have all the medical experience of any doctor within range of my telepathy,” Isaac said. “Now help me with her.”

That's three Emissaries down. All that's left is Camazotz and Nolla Row herself.

Working Together

So, we met up with Isaac a few days ago, but he already spoke about it on his end of the blog... although, I really wish he hadn't blabbed about my pregnancy. I was hoping to keep that quiet, at least for a little longer.

But yes, I am pregnant with Ben's child. When we had sex back in December... well, you can probably figure that out.

I just wish he hadn't died then. He... He'll miss all of this.

I'm sorry. I'll get back on topic.

We're working together with Isaac, but he refuses to show us where he and the other runners are hiding out. He doesn't want to risk their safety. We've been meeting up every night and doing what we can to try and find Nolla Row, but we haven't found out much. At least, I haven't. Isaac says he's beginning to understand her power. I don't know why or how, but he is a genius.

We've also met Wildfire. A former servant of the Game Master. She has dragon like powers. She can levitate, breath fire, and a few other things.

Isaac says we may be getting close to something. His new ally Kord picked up some kind of activity in the next town over that may or may not be Nolla Row's group. We'll be checking it out tomorrow.