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Post by Cheyenne on Nov 7, 2010 21:53:57 GMT -5
(Lol.)
"What's this deal about?" Zipporah demanded when she finally caught up to Xavier, a slight limp from running to catch up with the bigger man's strides present in her walk. She ignored Vendetta's words, knowing that if she didn't, she would most assuredly burst into tears.
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"We can look over it and follow one of the vans when they head out. On the way, hack the van and put one of us in it. Make it seem like we're drugged and get in to the place without mjuch of a stuggle. Then we find the wolves." he planned. It sounded easy, but he knew actually doing it would be far more difficult.
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Post by illyxmusicxloverx on Nov 7, 2010 22:18:32 GMT -5
"she traded herself and her compliance for our complete freedom. we're not going to get chased anymore. not getting hunted. none of the rest of the pack, either. we're completly free. and Vendetta is completly trapped. even if we try and do a rescue mission, she's not allowed to come with us, otherwise the hunt is on again. she sacraficed herself for her pack. like a good leader does." he growled, but slowing down so Zipporah could keep up with his strides easier. finally, they reached Devilee and Raven and John, along with a random bunch of people that had come. Tori ran over to Xavier. "where's Vendetta?" she asked, hugging him. "she traded her freedom for ours. we're never going to get hunted again." Xavier said emotionlessly. "and we're never going to get to see her again. she wishes us well, though." Tori, at this point, burst into tears. "are you serious? why can't we just break her out?" Devilee said, rushing over. "because if she comes with us, then they'll hunt us; and they'll hunt to kill us." Xavier said, lowering his head and clenching his fist. Devilee sighed, running a hand through her hair. "that sounds like a deal she would make. she always did have that protect-the-pack state of mind. damn, i'm going to miss that bitch." Devilee sighed. Xavier growled at her. "she's not a bitch. she's a great leader." Devilee tilted her head, studying him. "you had sex with her." she stated. he looked away, blushing. "cute. you had good-bye sex. and that's why you're so caught up with defending her. you were each other's first." she said, sighing and running another hand through her hair. "and i'm sitting here, trying to develop a brilliant plan to bust you guys out, meanwhile you're already on your way."
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Post by Cheyenne on Nov 8, 2010 15:22:36 GMT -5
Zipporah stopped, staring at Xavier. "We're not letting her actually stay." she said, her voice questioning. "Do we have much of a choice?" Raven growled, wondering why Zipporah was there and she was not getting killed by Xavier. Zipporah's head snapped toward her friend. "Sure. Is it one you're going to take is what I'm asking." she replied, her voice cold. "Look, it's a choice she made for us. what are we going to do about it? We do anything we all die. She didn't leave us with much room to do anything." he replied. "It was a crappy sacrifice, but a sacrifice nonetheless." "Because an explanation really justifies it, right Raven?" Zipporah replied, smirking with a cold cruelty, though it was to prove a point to her friend. "And yes. You know what, I love this. Now, not only can I feel like a traitor, but now I can do it while merrily thinking about what they're making my friend do because she had the ill judgement to consider me a friend enough to make me part of the deal too." "Oh, like we feel any better!" Nick cut in, going up to her, his fists clenched as if he were going to punch her. "Oh really? Prove it!" Zipporah yelled back, going toe to toe with him. "You self-righteous, condescending, prick of a bird!" Nick yelled, extending his vocabulary, suddenly shoving her. "You betrayed her, if you haven't forgotten. somehow, i'm thinking it's worse than just letting Vendetta do what she's already done." "Really? I haven't noticed." Zipporah replied sarcastically, forcing her arm behind her back to prevent it from lashing out. "And letting her do what she's done, Nick. Really?" she laughed bitterly. "Then it seems I should be without a bullet hole in my wing." She turned to Xavier. "You love her. And she's going to break." she stated. "She made a deal. And deals can be broken." "You have so much confidence in all of us, it seems." Raven replied, looking down at the other bird hybrid with disgust. Zipporah smirked bitterly. "Ray, shove it." she replied. "I recall someone having enough confidence in me to do a lot of stupid things. Tell me, love, how's that working out for you?" she bit deep and Raven shut up, looking down.
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Post by illyxmusicxloverx on Nov 8, 2010 19:56:14 GMT -5
"shut up! all of you!" Xavier growled angrily, looking each of them in the eye. "you think it was a stupid sacrifice. yeah, well, so do i. i wish just as much as any of you, if not more, that Vendetta was here by our side. but she made this sacrifice so we could be safe. she wouldn't want us to be fighting. she wouldn't want us to be planning how to break her out, either. because when we do, the deal is off and they're going to come and kill us, with or without if we get Ven. so shut up, suck it up, and deal with it. because we aren't going to go in there and risk her and our lives, no matter how fucking much i want to go in there and get her out." he snapped, punching the nearest tree. he didn't bother to face the pack again, because tears were slipping out of his eyes. "everyone, get lost for now." Devilee said evenly, icily, as she walked over to Xavier and walked him somewhere private for him to cry. "relax. it's Ven. she isn't ever going to break. and if she feels like she is, she'll come find you and be good as new." she said, hugging him.
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Post by Cheyenne on Nov 8, 2010 21:04:49 GMT -5
"Fine." Zipporah responded, her voice devoid of anything that resembled emotion as she left Xavier to himself. However, where as the others stopped when they were far enough away, Zipporah did not. "Where are you going?" Raven asked, looking at her imploringly. "Library. I need a computer for something." she replied coldly. "You coming back?" he asked. "Most likely no, except in a possible bodybag." she admitted. "Probably not even that." "Why?" Raven asked after a moment of silence. "She's my friend. So far, she has had the loving decency to kick my butt when I'm about to do something stupid. I should have the decency to do the same as well. I should have done it last night, but I'm an idiot." she paused. "It's the least I could do." "And it's not anything else?" he asked. Zipporah grinned wryly. "I'd lie if I said otherwise." she said. He knew her too well. "I can't stay here and do nothing." she began. "My third voice is back and if I stay, there is no guaruntee for the others' saftey or my sanity. I'm taking the route with the best option." "That ends in a bodybag." he finished. "If I'm lucky." she said softly. "Sorry about being cruel. I had to prove a point. It failed." she apologized, giving him a hug. Raven held her close to him, remembering a time when life still sucked, but this was no worry to them. He sighed suddenly. "I'm coming with." he stated. "What?" Zipporah asked, pulling back, surprised. "I'm coming with you." he repeated. "I've made some stupid sacrifices, and this might be one of them. But I'm coming." "It's too dangerous." she replied immediately. "Only when we get into a lab or interfere." Raven pointed out. "We're protected, remember?" he grinned. "Now, if we're leaving, we should at least have the decency to tell the others."
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Post by illyxmusicxloverx on Nov 8, 2010 22:53:17 GMT -5
I pulled down the visor on my helmet as we got onto the bikes. "this is going to be fast, got it?" i called. i got disgruntled replies back. i smirked, and we rode off for the first job. -some point in time later- we arrived at the house. i took the gun out of its hidden spot and put it into its holster, circling the house with the others. "there he is. how we gonna get in?" Rascale said, pointing to an open window on the second floor. there was a tree, but its closest branch was too thin for anyone to walk on. "we're not. i will, though." i said, grinning and climbing the tree. "you're a nut!" one of the twins called. i rolled my eyes. i got to the base of the branch, and ran. the thinner the branch got, the faster i ran, the more it wobbled. i stopped for a brief second for it to lean down, and i dove in the open window. i rolled, pulling out the gun and firing a shot square into the head. i opened the window more, dragging the body with me, and jumped to the branch, letting it slow my decent to the ground with the body. "yes. yes i am a nut. but now the job is done without evidence." i said, tossing the body at them. "get rid of that, will you?" "there's an incinerator at the lab." Rascale said, dragging the body to his bike, putting the helmet on it, and loading it on in front of him. "perfect." i said, getting onto my own bike. "done with time to spare." i lowered the visor, heading back to hell. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Xavier wiped away the last of his tears, standing straight and looking up at the moon. "Ven, I'm sorry." he whispered. Devilee patted his back. "she chose this. now you have to respect her choice and keep away from that hellhole. If Ven is the same wolf girl that i knew long ago, she'll find her own way to survive. and if she's about to crack, she'll find a way to get in touch with you. she's good like that." "i know. but..." "yeah. i know. it sucks. but she wanted us to have the chance to not just survive. she wanted us to live. she was making the alpha choice." Devilee said, looking up at the moon. "and you know her. she's not gonna crack. she is going to fight back with every tooth and nail in her body." Xavier choked out a laugh. "yeah, she will." "then relax. she's the best this pack's got. she's stubborn to the point that she's a pain in the ass. but she's stubborn."
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Post by Cheyenne on Nov 9, 2010 15:30:49 GMT -5
Zipporah and Raven walked back over to where Xavier was, making sure they heard that he was finished first. Zipporah shuddered and blinked back tears, rubbing furiously at her eyes. She hated this and ripping out Vendetta's intestines seemed like a very appealing thought, if only to release all of the anguish that her idiotic decision was causing. "Xavier," she stated, her voice now much softer than before. Raven was right. It was the decent thing to do to say goodbye. However, it was painful and there were also some things she would have to say first.
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Post by illyxmusicxloverx on Nov 9, 2010 23:40:44 GMT -5
Xavier turned around, wiping away the stains on his cheeks. he noticed that something was off. "yeah, Z?" he asked, looking at her warily. "what's wrong? anyone hurt?" "she's leaving." Devilee said, frowning. Xavier frowned thoughtfully. "and she's come to say a few things." "well, i can't keep you here." Xavier said, sighing and sitting down. he patted the floor in front of him. "well then, let's hear you out."
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Post by Cheyenne on Nov 10, 2010 15:34:08 GMT -5
Zipporah did so, noting with almost an amusement her friend's wariness, though feeling a pang when she also noticed his tears. Don't you dare cry, she told herself mentally as she felt her eyes beginning to warm up. Instead, she chuckled at his comment. "You can tell the truth. I doubt you want me here. I'm assuming the only reason I'm alive is because Vendetta was stupid enough to include me in that little package deal and you trust her. That's the sole reason you are not re-opening those lovely stitches from yesterday." she stated. "But that's not the reason I came to talk to you." she began, looking up at Raven and then back at Xavier. "So, yeah. I'm leaving. For some unfathomable reason, Raven wants to come with me. If you'd prefer, you can have casper check his mental state first, as I'm a bit curious to that myself." she joked and there was a hint of a smile on part of her friend. "He said that before we left we should at least say goodbye. I'm in agreement and thought you'd also deserved a bit of an explanation." she explained before finally starting. "Me staying with you guys is a bad idea. I doubt the others will ever trust me again, and with good reason. This won't only cause fights, like before, but it could escalate. I can't trust my training not to torture or kill them." she said with a very blunt honesty. "Not only that, but you don't need that at this point and should something ever occur where trust was needed in a dangerous situation, that could not be provided. I'm actually quite known among many experiments and not for much good. Me sticking with you guys would only make it even worse than it already is." she sighed and rested her head on her fingers before continuing, swallowing deeply. "I told Vendetta this, so you deserve to know as well and it would not be fair for me to keep it from you." she started. "I did betray all of you. I did tell the program that you and Vendetta would make good little minions. And I take full responsibility for that. However, it was about a month ago - which isn't that long, I know - that I quite completely and haven't reported you guys since. I turned my chip off and that's why they - Anessa at first - came." She rolled up her sleeve, revealing a thick scar on her arm. "This is proof. On the muscle tissue of every program officer is a tattoo of a bar code. Laser doesn't work to remove it. A month ago, I cut open the skin and destroyed it via acid. If you remember correctly, that was the week I had a lot of difficulty moving the arm and hand in general." she put her sleeve back down. "Georgia was my commanding officer. That's why I wanted to leave and take you guys with me. I have never, ever betrayed the location of where we were while we were on the run until they turned my chip back on." she swallowed again, feeling her eyes begin to warm again. "Any questions?" she asked him.
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Post by illyxmusicxloverx on Nov 10, 2010 21:54:18 GMT -5
Xavier was quiet for a very long time, thinking and analyzing like he always does to every word. "no, i don't actually. this is not a dictatorship. you can go as you please. but." he looked her straight in the eye. "you cannot come back. Raven can, with some discretion on my part. but you, cannot. i appreciate you telling me that you were leaving. i think Ven saw this coming the entire time, but either way wanted your freedom." he said, sighing and dropping his head into his hands. "just don't get killed." he said, glancing up at her. "because that would suck. stay the night then head out in the morning." "please." Devilee added for him.
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Post by Cheyenne on Nov 10, 2010 22:34:43 GMT -5
Zipporah could not help but to grin wryly and to look up at Devilee.
That's almost ironic. The chances of you coming out alive are...? Depends who gets involved, she thought to herself. Either way, it's really only a matter of how little chances I have of living, she responded to her human side.
She looked back at Xavier. "Okay. I'll stay the night and then we'll head out in the morning. It's harder to fly in the dark anyway." she replied. She stood. "And Xavier," she remembered. "This stays between you, me, and...um..." she looked at Devilee, not knowing her name. "...her." she finally settled on. While it was rude not to ask her name, she wasn't going to be with them much longer to use it. "The others don't need to know; it'll only make things worse. And if something should ever happen involving a third party and myself near you guys, this conversation never happened. I am as good as a traitor still. I deserve the penalties of a traitor still. Remember that."
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Post by illyxmusicxloverx on Nov 10, 2010 22:49:55 GMT -5
"My name is Devilee, and no one will ever know what went on here tonight." she said, smiling at her. "as far as the others will be informed, i was yelling at you for being a traitorous bitch and for landing me and Ven in the hellhole" Xavier said, sighing and standing up.
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Post by Cheyenne on Nov 10, 2010 23:28:22 GMT -5
"Nice to meet you, Devilee. Sucks that it's on these terms." Zipporah nodded, smiling at them both, yet there was a hint of sadness in her eyes. "Good." she nodded. Then, awkwardly, as it was a seldom stated phrase on her part, "Thank you. Both of you." she swallowed back sadness. "Vendetta has done many stupid things, but she made two very good choices for a friend and...mate." she stated before turning.
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Post by illyxmusicxloverx on Nov 11, 2010 22:13:49 GMT -5
Xaver coughed, the mentioning of Vendetta's name enough to set off his fit of tears. Devilee patted his back.
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Post by Cheyenne on Nov 12, 2010 15:41:21 GMT -5
Zipporah looked back, frowning glumly as she saw his reaction. "Sorry," she apologized, realizing that the last comment was a painful reminder and walking back over to him. She stood up on her toes, giving herself a few inches in height to pat Xavier on the back properly and not his thigh, as the wolf hybrid was proportionally immense in comparison to her ow, dwarf-like self.
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