Time for a little fun..

[Orion]

This would be under the assumption that Orion would stop when the flames came up in front of him. That assumption would be wrong. Orion has gone through flames before, he's gone through an army of snakes before. Anything short of a brick wall isn't really gonna stop him.

So, Orion would charge through and continue his swing at Flame while he was still talking, though the angle had been adjusted with the curtain of flame providing decent visual cover. The sweep was now starting from the man's left waist and would go up to his right shoulder. And that was the axe part: however much damage the spear tip does was not calculated, but it would be painful if the axe connected. The spear tip extended far enough that the man would have to make a decent back-step unprepared quickly in order to dodge.

[Delilah A. Black]

Just as everything was falling into place, there was a loud howl and then the door went flying off it's hinges and into the opposite wall, damn near splintering into a million little bits. Birch and Nick had to leap out of the way as all eyes turned towards the now obliterated entrance. And who else should be standing there but Marcus Prasad?

A grin came unbidden to Delilah's face at the sight of him and she chuckled low in her throat.

The shit was about to hit the fan now.

The windows shattered and in poured more people as Marcus walked inside. Leadership suited him, she figured, and it was obvious that his little group knew what they were doing. She watched with interest as the four surrounded them as best they could (she did note that the red haired woman with the scarring as bad as Sergei's tipped Birch a wink, to which he replied with a flirtatious batting of his eyelashes and sliding his hands over his chain suggestively). Marcus walked into the centre of the room, the light from the now raging fire leaving no corner unlit.

"Well shit guys, do you see what I see? Five little lost lambs seem to blunder into wolf country. What. A. Shame. I tell you what, I'm feeling strangely generous since it's a very nice night out. How bout you guys get down on you're fucking knee's and put you're hands behing you're heads before I get bored and bust all a y'all teeth in for shits and giggles."

Did that also include her or Orion? Delilah thought not, but to be safe, she would wait to see the reaction of the enemies around her before doing anything.

"Looks like I get to play after all."

Shadow turned from her and she frowned. Was this guy more stupid than she had anticipated? She had a damn knife in her hand and was ready to kill this fucker with it! Granted, of the two of them, Marcus was by far the more dangerous opponent, but Delilah was not to be contended with, not with pointy implements in her hand at any rate.


"You all are to stay there don't fight unless one of their lacky's try to interfere, if they don't then neither do you. I want to have some fun and if I run into you, you will not be walking away. Understood?!"

So, as Shadow walked away from her and began talking, Delilah would draw a second knife and close the four feet of distance between them in one step. She would aim to plunge her tanto in the man's back on the right side to attempt to slice through his kidney, lung and liver. As she did this, her second knife - the bowie knife with one heavily serrated edge and one straight edge- would aim to slash the back of the man's head with the serrated edge in an attempt to sever the tissue connecting the spine and the base of the skull. Whether or not the strikes would hit, she would retract, pulling her arms and her blades close to her as she stepped off slightly to the left.

Meanwhile,

Cain, Birch and Nick didn't need to look to their leader for instruction. These were Barker soldiers and they were going to be dealt with, one way or another.

Making sure to leave a wide enough berth for Marcus' group to get their own hands dirty, Cain and Nick would converge on one closest to them with Nick moving in with a flurry of punches to the man's gut while Cain used the bar leg to deter the man from moving by hitting him in the legs, arms and the head where he could.

Birch on the other hand, would catch the end of the chain in his hand, forming a loop that he quickly threw at a second Barker soldier to snag him by the neck and yank him forwards. He would bring up his knee to strike the man in the gut as he did so to double him over with the force of a moving object hitting a dead end.

If this were successful, Birch would manipulate the chain to draw the Barker soldier's hands up around his neck and lock them in place, holding him there as he moved his eyes towards the delicious Fox and Joe.

"Care to do the honors~?" he would purr with a wink.

[Marcus Prasad]

Marcus sighed theatricaly. So they still wanted to do this the hard way after all? Fine by him, he'd been wanting to get an idea of the strength behind Barkers goon squads for some time.
Still, this was business time. He couldn't afford to play around right now.

So as Delilah snuck up Behind Mr. Spookybutt, Marcus' grinned before surging forward with his arms out, Pulling the man into a clinch and holding him there for Delilah to go to work.
"Sorry dude. Business before pleasure."

The others would see this as thier cue to virtualy pounce on the remaining Barker troops in an orgy of violence. Thistle and Croaker would dive after the third Soldier, Thistle making almost surgical strikes with a Trench mace as Croaker tried to dig his blade into as much meat as he could While Joe, with a vicious snarl would launch herself after the Fourth, knocking the man down and caving his face in with her gauntleted fists.

Fox would smirk at Birch and sashay over to him, looking the tied up man over before gently putting one hand on the mans neck and the other against his head. With a sharp movement she would break the troopers neckbefore looking back up at Birch.
"Ah, a True gentleman."
She would purr in return, caressing his cheeks with a stroke of the back of her finger before turning away to check on Marcus.

[Raikotsu Sudeki]

Orion's Jacket was on fire as well as the him of his pants and the sleeve of his attack arm holding the front of his weapon. Flame would jump back surprised that Orion had gone through rather than around the flames, though he would find out how bad of an idea that was in a moment or so. Flame had gotten way from the axe part but not the Spear it cut a decent cut in his chest and it cut open one of his favorite shirts. Flame would then glare at Orion before covering his arm completely in flames making a punching motion towards Orion's torso shooting out more fire.

Shadows stats-
Str: 60
Dex: 60
Con: 60
Int: 10
Wis: 55
Cha: 75

Shadow could hear Delilah coming from behind to attack him making him smile as Marcus grabbed him in a hold. As Delilah came in he would force himself backwards pressing his feet against the ground applying all his strength to push Marcus back he would also kick up and try to kick Delilah to cause pain.

[Orion]

OOC: One Piece "Hiken" much?

IC: Orion wasn't too worried about the flames. It merely meant that he had to win before the flames could consume him. Orion would side-step the fist, bringing his weapon around to stab Flame. If successful, he would use Hunt of Orion. If not... repetitive stabs at his opponent's torso to keep him constantly moving. Cause a stab from that weapon was gonna fucking hurt.

If Hunt of Orion activate... more stabbing! Orion would literally stab his opponent to death, aiming for vital organs if his hunt worked instead of the general area of his torso like he would without the Hunt.

[Delilah A. Black]

((OOC: Sorry, Rai, correct me if I'm mistaken but Shadow didn't deal with Delilah's knives. Let me know if anything is out of line and I'll adjust accordingly.))

As Shadow moved back, Delilah's tanto would sink into his shoulder rather than his ribs and her arm would catch the side of his neck rather than her knife. She grunted as she pulled her blades back towards herself, which quickly turned into a sharp cry of pain as his boot found the top of her ankle, forcing her to slide her injured foot backwards. Growling in agitation now, she would aim three quick thrusts with her Bowie knife to his back, aiming for his kidneys and heart, provided Marcus held onto him.

[Raikotsu Sudeki]

((OOC: Orion: sorry but I have never seen any One piece so if I have copied a move then it was not my intention lol. Delilah: No problems you did what you saw you could do, and I didn't specify that he dodged your knives so you played it correctly also Imma wait for Marcus before I reply for Shadow.))

IC: Flame would jump back barely dodging the first stab then before he could even think more thrust he was jumping back wildly narrowly avoiding the stabs.

I can't do this forever!

While the thrust were coming at him he would turn just to slow and get his shoulder cut but instead of jumping back he would try to embrace Orion and use the fire that was still on his fist to try and burn him up some more.

If this don't kill 'em hopefully it'll slow him down!

Though truth was he hoped it would kill Orion if it did then his boss was going to take his life as well.

[Marcus Prasad]

Well surprise surprise. The little shadowy fart was stronger than he thought. There wasen't many people in the world who could break free of one of Marcus' holds.

Unfortuantly this would put the bastard in the uncomfortable position of being between Himself and Delilah.
He hoped that she could still get her vicious little knives into the mans vitals.

For now he would hold fast and take his cue from the raven haired beauty.

[Raikotsu Sudeki]

Shadow had gotten stabbed, an interesting sensation, he had never been hurt before this brought a bigger smile to his face. As Delilah came at him again he would put his foot into a shadow that had been cast from the fire and his entire form shifted and shrank out of Marcus' hands and into the shadows moving around inside of the shadows where he was unseen.

[Orion]

So, the guy tried to hug Orion. Guess what, humans had two legs. So, Orion, bringing his weapon close to him, brought up is right foot to kick the Flame in the gut, or knee him if he was too close for a good kick. Hopefully it would push him back, or at least slow him down a bit so Orion could formulate another plan besides stabbing him to death.

[Delilah A. Black]

The light of the fires around them shimmered over the blood on her blade as it closed on Shadow's vital areas ready to tear, to render, to--

--THE FUCK?![/I]

She drew the knife back quickly to her hip as Shadow disappeared into the floor beneath them, passing Marcus a confused/concerned look before pivoting on her heel to stand back to back with him.

"Damn Qi users."

Hypocritical, considering she just activated hers.[/size]

SPOILER: Click to show

Qi Activated : Level : Titanium (Mildly Dangerous)
Upon Initial Activation of this mode: +14 Con.(Def.)/+12 Str (Off), -1 Dex.(Def.)/+3 Dex.(Off.), -6 Cha., -4 Int.(Def.)/-5 Int.(Off.) -10% decrease to Str. and Con. after three posts.

This level of usage makes Delilah very aggressive. After three posts, her attacks become more reckless and fierce. She will resort to unorthodox methods and reacts to things purely on instinct and may become a hazard to people fighting alongside her. Maximum coverage coats 72% of the body at any given time (minimal protection) and will hurt opponents if contacted. Maximum coverage (minimal protection) prevents 35% of damage to a specifically defined area (up to 15% of body coverage) and will definitely hurt opponents if contacted with force. Qi can only be moved from spots on Delilah’s body once per post. When hit, a clang noise can be heard on contact and a vibration may travel up the limb. Concentration of armour is more dense than in unsafe mode and is very hard to break or penetrate. Mildly Dangerous mode armour can permeate from the skin down through the muscle and coat the bone, but cannot go through the bone. At this point, the areas that are affected by Delilah’s Qi will gain a slivery sheen in certain lighting or angles.


Str: 38 + 12
Dex: 49 + 2
Con: 47 + 14
Int: 51 - 5
Wis: 24
Cha: 24 - 6

Str: 50
Dex: 51
Con: 61
Int: 46
Wis: 24
Cha: 18

In three posts (not including this one), Delilah will begin to take -10% penalties to Strength and Constitution.

Allowing her eyes to swivel around the room, keeping her tanto in a close guard to her neck and chest while her bowie knife was positioned at the ready at her center of balance, she ensured that she was aware of what was going on at all angles, including both above and below. Her Qi stayed hidden beneath her shirt, waiting to move into position the second she would be aware of a strike.

"Think it's time we took this outside?" she commented to Marcus out of the corner of her mouth. The Cain, Birch and Nick were already leaving to establish a perimeter, with Nigel and Talon guarding the back entrance. Heather and Sergei were still in the kitchen, waiting patiently.

[Marcus Prasad]

Ok now this was just getting ridiculous! Marcus growled deep and low in his throat as the creeping feeling that he just walked into a comic book story began to wash over him. So now the man could sink into shadows hmm? It could be surmized then that he could reappeare from shadows as well, that was usualy how it worked.

Marcus would return Delilahs confused look with a simple shrug of his shoulders.

"Damn Qi users."

Ha! Funny considering she herself was going liquid metal mode. Marcus had seen it before and saw the signs. Not that he disproved though, he knew damn well how dangerous Lilah got when she pulled her trump card out.

"I Know."
Marcus snarled emphaticaly. Marcus hated fighting people who employed such strange abilities and powers. It always felt so damn gimmicky and unsatisfying. Especialy since such fights were almost always fights to the death. Marcus did have blood on his hands, regardless of how little compared to others, but that didn't mean he enjoyed taking life.
"They still bleed though! We'll get that sumbitch!"

Though there HAVE been exceptions.

Marcus took a moment to asses Orions condition. The boy seemed to be holding his own well enough. In fact he was doing pretty damn good! He always wondered how well the boy could handle that giant exacto knife of his and well, the fact that he was cutting up the Flaming fucker was answer enough. Which meant Marcus could focus with Delilah on this little shadowy bastard.

It looked like his packmates had mopped up the last of the goon squad as well. He couldn't help but grin for a moment watching how well his boys and girls worked well with Delilahs team.

"Think it's time we took this outside?"

Marcus shook his head. It would have been a good idea, yeah. Unfortunatly there was one rather glaring issue.
"It's stupid dark outside. Little fucker could pop up anywhere then. Unless you can make us a massive bonfire or something."
Marcus meant that last remark as a joke. Not at all aware of the ticking time bomb the young lady's teamates had cooked up.

[Raikotsu Sudeki]

The kick Orion gave Flame did knock him back and just as he got knocked back his shadow shimmered as Shadows hands came out of the shadow and pulled Flame in he would smile at Orion and was about to say something when he was pulled into the shadows completely.

The blood on Delilah's blade turned into shadows and dissipated immediately showing no trace of it ever being there at all. The Barkers soldiers had been fighting back but got over run by the abundance of people attacking them, they didn't expect to have that much resistance from this group, though to be fair they didn't know that The wolf would be here either. But now the duo were lying in wait for an opportunity to attack, but Shadow could tell Flame needed a breather. Shadow could keep going but he wanted to know more about his contestants and one seemed to be turning into metal this should be interesting indeed...

[Orion]

Orion growled underneath his breath as his opponent disappeared, held by the hands of the guy he called Shadow. Orion was completely lost in killer mode, his eyes blood-red to the point that they seemed filled with blood, his aura broadcasting irritation and lust.

"Bastard.... QUIT HIDING YOU COWARDS, COME OUT AND FIGHT US LIKE YOU MEAN IT!"

Orion almost devolved from irritation to pissed off mode. Almost, but not quite.

[Raikotsu Sudeki]

From the shadows around the room a laugh seemed to echo from Flame, he loved how furious Orion was getting and he wanted to see just how angry he could make him.