Flipside: Atonement and Defense

[Orion]

OOC: Open. Theme: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Msjzz1N7DQM&feature=channel

A favor to ask: don't join if you want to fight me. I'd rather you help me in this. And this is a day later.

IC: "Damn.... guess your tougher then you look... but you still aren't going past."

5 students lay in front of the glowing boy. Instead of being bloodied, they were merely unconscious. Another key feature was the boy's eyes were golden, not the blood-red of before. Orion was fighting this time.

Behind him was a janitor's closet, in which sat two girls cowering as far back as possible from the entrance, in an attempt to stave off the thugs in front of Orion. Though he had knocked down 5, 10 more had popped up, like a freaking hydra.

Though Orion had taken out a number, he wasn't without his own injuries. His nose was broken, his left arm dislocated, and he was slightly dizzy due to multiple blows to the head. If this kept up, he wasn't sure who would win. Sure Orion was strong: he wasn't THAT strong though.

"Just leave. It'll make it easier on ya. Besides, weren't you cutting some random fool up before?"

Orion let out an irritable sigh.

"That wasn't me, specifically. And I don't care how easy if would be if I moved, your not touching them!"

The leader shrugged, twirling a baseball bat in his right hand.

"Damn shame. Well, looks like we're gonna have to beat the hell out of you."

And with that, two more lunged at Orion.

[Lasia Able]

One of the thugs would suddenly be sent flying. "Everywhere I go.." A raven haired girl took a few steps forward the remaining nine thugs looked at her. She grinned a bit her hair blocking her eyes from view as she glared at them. "Scatter" she looked at them. Only thing was that nobody knew who she was here. And as such they were not intimidated by her int he least. Two of them rushed her as she sighed.

Her eyes flashed a bit as she grabbed them both by the face and then smashed their heads together. She let them drop as she took a few steps forward smiling a bit. "So then...who is next or are you going to back off" She waited for another attack or for them to run off. Either way she did not see Orion and as such did not have the reaction of what the hell.

[Jayr Byrne]

Superwoman?

Grace was the way of the warrior was it not? So was the progression of literary statements made through much of the notes in the library, war is symbolism for love, love symbolism for conflict, conflict symbolism for growth. An entwined circle that just confused most people. However the unity of all the acts and the purpose of them all blew Jayr's mind. Already she was planning on college course and following her dream of being an actress with an English major. More than simply being some ditsy brunette cast into ridiculed roles.

*Crash*

The sudden noises of an obvious tussle out of eye line from the library, though not out of earshot it'd seem. A tense nerve caught in her jawline. Strange how things seemed to be escalating ever since that knight appeared. Flipping through the pages of the book she'd held on hand Jayr read a small statement; "Civil Unrest."

Moments would pass as would the thunder of her movements forcing her across the campus in search of this miraculous and strange event. The thunderous strikes of battle brought her to a small classroom, although one that was big enough to support a number of students.

Before speaking her eyes traced over them all. A teacher, two girls, a lone wolf, and the numerous gang, not to mention the bodies collateralled about the floor.

"Hey!" She'd suddenly say with a loud projected voice booming in the room. A Pause. Without any clever thing to say Jayr's hands would settle on her hips knuckles closed in a pose like Superwoman.

[Orion]

Two people joined the fight, thankfully. The two coming at Orion paused, and all of them looked away, allowing Orion to pop his arm back into place. Thank god for no pain, so he could use it fully now. Then he heard the voices of his two new allies...

"So then...who is next or are you going to back off?"
"Hey!"

About damn time that help showed up. He recognized the first voice as Tsubame Hirotaki, the ex-vice president of the Student Council at 552. Orion knew her because he was the ex-treasurer. The other one he didn't know, but he was thankful for her showing up. However, now we get to the bad news.

The damned things kept breeding like rabbits. First there was 5, then 10, then Tsubame brought it down to 7. But 8 more showed up in the hallways behind the classroom, making it 15. And the defenders were cornered.

Well, time to see what could be done to even the odds. Orion reached out and grabbed the back of the collars of the two who were closest.

"Alright then boys. I'm gonna do you a favor and teach you how to fly. You can thank me.... when your done counting ceiling tiles in the hospital room!"

Those last words were followed by Orion throwing the two forward and knocking back the group in the room. The 8 outside began advancing into the room, cornering the group. Orion gave a mock salute to Tsubame.

"Ho, VP. Nice to see that some people still carry the title of defender."

He then turned to his other ally.

"And as for you miss, I do believe that if you don't leave right this moment, your going to get caught in this."

That said and done, two of the bastards had gotten up and rushed him. Time for a bit of showing off. Orion's hands grabbed each one by the head and slammed them into the floor. Jumping slightly, he relinquished his grip only to land from his brief hop on the faces of said thugs. Needless to say, they went down. Orion moved away from them, and brought his hands up to chest level, spreading his legs slightly as he turned his body so his right side was facing his opponents.

Show time.

[Lasia Able]

"Tch.." Tsubame dashed forward suddenly as she spun int he air the kick catching five of the thugs knocking them back. As she landed in a crouch she would launch her upper body forward her fists finding home as she dropped two more of the thugs. She would then flip over the group landing behind them. This broke up Orion and Tsubame as well as the other girl but it also forced the group to spit their attention.

"Hmm..good to see you Orion.." She dodged a wild swing her arm lashing out in a viscous chop across the back of her attacker causing him to drop. "I never thought I would miss the Enforcers but right now Magnus would be really nice" she sighed as she looked towards the new girl. "Either jump in or get clear..there is no time for showboating"

[Jayr Byrne]

Defenders of What?

Jayr seemed to have miscalculated as the rushing raven haired girl took off past her obliterating two of the competitors. Jayr stopped to watch, it'd been awhile since she'd seen someone move that fast. A slight bit of hesitation provided of course as she watched rather than acted glad personally that she hadn't jumped in fruitlessly to fight in the fray.

"Ho, VP. Nice to see that some people still carry the title of defender."

Her suspicions confirmed with his words. Clearly these weren't residents of 259, unless of course there'd been random "defenders" running around aimlessly causing havoc. Jayr pursed her lips in irritation not willing to join in the effects of blood slaughter. Evidently they didn't understand.

"And as for you miss, I do believe that if you don't leave right this moment, your going to get caught in this."

Jayr moved slowly in an elegant fashion to the side of the two boy's that'd been reprimanded by the Raven haired girl, what was her name? VP? Or was that a tittle in itself. Her hand would pat the head of the boy softly patting the bump only to hear a sharp hiss from his throat.

"Its alright, no more fighting for you though okay?" Jayr would say in a sweet voice trying to hide the anguish behind her teeth. "You okay to walk?"

The boy would nod weakly, "Alright then please get your friends to move out, further violence will solve nothing here. I'll step in." Another weak nod following it as Jayr took a stand being flanked by one of the uninjured ones. His cocky features set him up to be an antagonist from either of the two "defenders" In motion however his intentions were not quite as hostile.

"Stop. You do realize that these are students?" Jayr would say in an authoritative voice taking control of the situation, regardless of which 'side' she was on or not. What she wanted was understanding, control, peace even. "Defenders or not your senseless violence is only escalating the situation."

A firm confident glare as she spoke out and strong in her position.

[Orion]

"Stop. You do realize that these are students?"

Orion let out an irritated sigh as the girl spoke and somehow managed to calm things down. The fool was going to cause trouble later. However, a question must be answered.

"Of course they're students. Why else would they be in this school, let alone be able to break my nose?"

Said nose was still dripping a bit of blood. Orion brought his sleeve up and wiped it away, ignoring that it was still dripping. Blood washed out very easily.


"Defenders or not your senseless violence is only escalating the situation."

Orion growled under his breath. He was all for not using violence; however, sometimes it was necessary.

"You think I don't know that? I'd much rather have not resorted to violence. But if I hadn't, these two here would be taken rather forcefully, and then I would be morally obliged to cripple them permanently. Would you rather I do that? Would you rather I just stand by, and watch as these two girls are raped?"

Said girls were still cowering behind Orion, as they didn't know if it was entirely safe or not. True, the girl in front of Orion had defused the situation, or at least it looked like it, but you could never be sure.

Orion's eyes were cold as he gazed at the speaker.

"I know damn well that it's better to not stop violence with violence. Hell, I even tried it once back in the Student Council at 552. However, some situations require force to be stopped before they get out of hand."

Orion looked around him as he straightened out of his fighting stance.

"Now tell me something. Who are you? And what would you have done in my situation?"

[Lasia Able]

Of all the arrogant and naive things to say in such a situation. How wonderful it would be if all things could just be settled with words and there was no need to throw a punch. True violence was never a good thing but sometimes it was necessary. And as such Tsubame had only entered the fight to defend someone not to bring pointless pain and suffering. Also her attacks had been swift ad and mostly painless in their execution. in short she was using only as much force as needed.

She listened to Orion speak and smiled a bit. He was right of course, there was a time for peace and this was not such a time. She turned back to the new girl. "Such naive words...if only things were so very simple.." she shook her head as she spun on her heel. "Very well if you feel you have a better way then do so..I will not stop you, in fact I'll be glad to see it" She began to walk away as the situation had seemed to resolve itself.

[Jayr Byrne]

Easily Dissolved.

"Of course they're students. Why else would they be in this school, let alone be able to break my nose?"

Jayr's hues would shift over to the boy momentarily as he spoke, his defense on self-preservation would be a good enough reason for her to scold them, to stick up for the fact that they were taking this into a battle of numbers as opposed to a singular one v. one battle to settle disputes. It wasn't that she believed it could all be solved without violence but there were means to redirecting the flow of energy.

"You think I don't know that? I'd much rather have not resorted to violence. But if I hadn't, these two here would be taken rather forcefully, and then I would be morally obliged to cripple them permanently. Would you rather I do that? Would you rather I just stand by, and watch as these two girls are raped?"

Her gaze would then turn to the two huddled on the floor caught up in all this, or rather as the first hand account suggested, had started such a conflict. A stern look came over her. She understood how the girl's felt, rape or at least attempted for that matter. The cold shaking fear that writhed through your body being incapable of any motion let alone the rapid escalation of your heart.

All the evidence was enough to change her view but she remained quiet letting those boys tremble under her as her hands balled up. He still had much more to speak further.

"I know damn well that it's better to not stop violence with violence. Hell, I even tried it once back in the Student Council at 552. However, some situations requ....."

She'd hold up a hand to cut him off whether he stopped or not would require her own reply running over his own words. The held up hand would peel around her back pointing towards the entry way where the multitudes were gathering. Their slow and indisposed faces confused as to why the violence had been stopped but still resisted throwing more punches due to her overwhelming charisma under the present conditions.

"And them? Are they just as guilty? Titles mean nothing, its the ability to act that makes leaders." Her voice was stern but not intending to further the matter. He was justified in the defense. But with great strength also comes the control necessary to understand true power. "Enough now... break it up, you two."

She'd tap at their shoulders, "You get to come with me."

*~*~*~*~*~*~*

"Such naive words...if only things were so very simple.. Very well if you feel you have a better way then do so..I will not stop you, in fact I'll be glad to see it"

The man behind Jayr would turn a smirk as she dragged the two fragile boys out by their ears roughly as a mother would under the same conditions. She was quite the character, violence being tended to beforehand and broken up with a light outburst.

Archie's stature leaned back with his hands sliding into pockets before walking aside the raven haired girl with a slight tilt to his head. "I believe she has taken you up on the matter.... Care to take a gander?" He'd chuckle softly marching onward towards the crowd letting his hands shoo them away as they still held steadfast with dumb looks on their faces.

"Now tell me something. Who are you? And what would you have done in my situation?"

"Tag along, chances are you'll find out." Archie would grin again without the need to look back merely striding on in pursuit. He wanted to find this girl out as well. For all he knew she could be setting this all up as a hoax. It wouldn't be the first time he'd seen it at this school.