08-23-2018, 11:48 PM
The woman crumpled. The flow of power ceased. With it dissipated the ice slicking his skin. Nik breathed a sigh of relief, but the emotion was shallow alongside the gorge of power delving through his bones. Others fled to offer themselves as human sacrifices before the prostrate body of the woman - Oriena, her name filtered somehow to the surface - though he barely recognized her now. Instinct tempted him to sweep Jaxen and Nox aside. Both were equally useless.
Scion Marveet was unlikely to take well to Ascendancy crushing his son in cold blood. Nox was a different story. It was doubtful anyone would bother to care if he was erased from existence, but the briefest flicker of doubt stayed Nik's hands.
The ijiraq fled. Laser sights diffused through something clouding the air around the three of them, poor shield though it was. Nikolai was tempted to slash Nox's weaves just to show him how fallible they were.
The shield continued to neutralize the woman in case the ijiraq was baited into returning. He turned to Evelyn, finally with a warning. She was wild-eyed with fear and awe. "Do not seize at the power. It might return."
For the others, he stepped forth. The clothes upon his shoulders were disarrayed. Loose hair fell across his eyes. "The threat has passed," he announced as one of the ZARS officers approached. CSS was alongside, Alric at their center. "Stand them down." The command clipped as the will of the Ascendancy was carried out.
The sights soon disappeared from the three fools. Nik briefly checked the others to ensure they were well. Medics came forth, but Nikolai waved them on toward the bloodied Oriena, to whom they turned their attention next.
Meanwhile, he confronted Nox, fires burning his eyes with anger. "Regus lives?"
Scion Marveet was unlikely to take well to Ascendancy crushing his son in cold blood. Nox was a different story. It was doubtful anyone would bother to care if he was erased from existence, but the briefest flicker of doubt stayed Nik's hands.
The ijiraq fled. Laser sights diffused through something clouding the air around the three of them, poor shield though it was. Nikolai was tempted to slash Nox's weaves just to show him how fallible they were.
The shield continued to neutralize the woman in case the ijiraq was baited into returning. He turned to Evelyn, finally with a warning. She was wild-eyed with fear and awe. "Do not seize at the power. It might return."
For the others, he stepped forth. The clothes upon his shoulders were disarrayed. Loose hair fell across his eyes. "The threat has passed," he announced as one of the ZARS officers approached. CSS was alongside, Alric at their center. "Stand them down." The command clipped as the will of the Ascendancy was carried out.
The sights soon disappeared from the three fools. Nik briefly checked the others to ensure they were well. Medics came forth, but Nikolai waved them on toward the bloodied Oriena, to whom they turned their attention next.
Meanwhile, he confronted Nox, fires burning his eyes with anger. "Regus lives?"