Survival

[Tyyr]

0830

"Frak," Mir muttered to himself before heading back to the entrance to the chapel.

[Lighthawk]

Mir
0830

The hall outside was still empty, though the gunfire sifting through the walls was starting to lessen noticably.

[Tyyr]

0830

Mir turned the opposite direction, looking for a back door out.

[Lighthawk]

Mir
0831

The hallway ran straight along the center line of the building, forking to either direction as Mir came to the rearmost rooms. The door within the center of the intersection stood open, a large window looking out onto the streets.

[Tyyr]

0831

Mir didn't even slow down, raising his rifle and firing off a quick burst of suppressed rounds into the window.

[Lighthawk]

Mir
0831

The glass shattered into a thousand pieces, raining down in the chiming hail.

[Tyyr]

0831

Mir went charging through the shattered opening, running out into the street behind the building. He kept running as fast as he could heading for the next block.

[Lighthawk]

Mir
0831

Mir's head-long flight was interrupted as, upon crossing the street, a figure suddenly dropped into his path from above. He had a sudden flash of red in his vision, and then he felt powerful hands grabbing him, clutching fingers biting into his flesh.

"You have it!" Solaria exclaimed, her eyes shining with excitement.

[Tyyr]

0831

"Frak yes!" he yelped. "Fraking let me go and we get out of here. Sororitas in the tower!"

[Lighthawk]

Mir
0832

"The warp take the Soroitas," Solaria spat. Her face was wild with emotion, and the shine in her eyes had taken to an eerie glow. Within his pack, Mir thought he could feel the sword shift. "Give it to me, now!"

[Tyyr]

0832

"Get me and Solaria out of here, they're going to want my ass. Then its yours."

[Lighthawk]

Mir
0832

The hands upon Mir tightened painfully, and for a moment he could swear he could see the true form of the daemon through the green glow of Solaria's eyes. She lifted him bodily from the ground. "GIVE.IT.TO.ME!"

Mir's arm suddenly spasmed painful. Jerking wildly of it's own accord, his hand darted into his pack, and drew forth the sword. The weapon writhed like a live snake in his grip as soon as it was in Solaria's presence, and her face twisted into an inhuman grin that tempted madess to look upon. The sword fell from Mir's unsteady grip, and the daemon tossed him aside to catch the weapon. A look of purest ecstasy lit her face, and she gave the blade a lover's carress.

[Tyyr]

0832

Mir snatched on his arm, trying to get it back. "There, you got your toy. Give me Solaria."

[Lighthawk]

Mir
0832

"Have her then!" the daemon laughed. "And be welcome to her!" A sudden electric aura erupted from Solaria, growing in seconds into a blazing glow that forced Mir to shield his eyes. There was a thunderous bang, and a wave of pressure rolled over him.

When Mir forced his teared and blurry eyes open, he found the daemon standing full within the world. She had taken the approximation of Solaria's form and features, but the unnaturalness of her was plain for any to see. Slender, tapering horns like those of an antelope sprouted from her temples, curving back over her head. Her skin was an ashen gray, and heavy talons tipped the fingers that gripped the sword. She wore nothing, and her form was one to inspire both lust and terror at once. Her eyes still glowed with their unholy light, and an aura of power seemed to crackle about her.

At her feet, Solaria lay face down in the street. The back of her clothes had burst open, and the exposed flesh was raw and red from where the daemon had forced her way through, the pores weeping blood. She looked very pale, and quite small and helpless, her body shaking uncontrollably.

[Tyyr]

0832

Mir took a half step back in shock from the newly formed demoness. He stopped the moment Solaria collapsed to the ground. Bending low he scooped her prone form up and onto his shoulders. Putting the Sororitas building to his back he took off as quickly as he could away from it.