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Nov 28, 2013 08:22AM
Jones's eyes flicked to Aly but did not betray any emotions though he was seething inside. He had failed to protect his own trainee. He was going to make them pay.
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Nik grinned widely, flashing a blindingly white set of teeth. "Jones, my old friend. How nice of you to join us."
"Nik, I'm going to make this plain now - if you do not release Aly at the end of this conversation, I will kill you," Jones interrupted menacingly, pulling out a seraph blade quietly.
Nik laughed. "You think that something a simple as that could stop me?" He shook his head. "You don't even know the half of what I've gone through to get to where I am. The measures I've taken to become this powerful." Nik's grin slowly faded to a menacing scowl. "But when the time comes...I'll give you a second chance to redeem yourself."
Aly was struggling a bit again, trying to get away. Of she could find Nia...do something to help Jones in the fight...anything...she had to get away....
"I would have given you one...if you hadn't captured Aly, so now you're out of luck. Let her go Nik," Jones implored angrily, stepping closer to the group.Xavier remained cool, waiting for Nik's signal.
((haha Jones doesn't care that Ryder was also captured? Can't forgwt him!))
((Jones has a death wish :D))"I don't think so." He said slowly. His eyes flashed with malice as he lashed out at Jones, kicking out a leg at his knee caps. "A shame. You could have been useful." His arm came up, seraph blade flashing in his hand. "Let's see how you deal with Aly. Now, Xavier."
Aly started struggling again. "No!" She shouted, she wouldn't fight Jones, wouldn't let them make her...she had to fight them...She gritted her teeth, struggling more than the last times.
"You'll do it whether or not you want to, you bitch, or I'll kill you, and everyone you've ever met!" Nik snapped.
Aly was shaking. She couldn't hurt Jones, not after everything he'd done for her dance she came to tthe institute years ago. But if Nik hurt her parabati...
((Darn it Jones, tsk, tsk!))Jones fell when he was hit, kneeling before Nik but still grasping his blade. He wasn't going to go down without a fight.
Xavier nodded and bunched his fingers into a fist, pulling Aly towards him so he could launch her at Jones.
In the wings of the corridor, a figure looked down at them, bow and arrow at the ready and aimed, silent and deadly.
Aly started fighting again. She. didn't know what else ti do. either way someone she cared aviut would get hurt. Nia was her parabati...bit Jones had been like a father ever since she'd come to the institute when she was younger after her parents had been killed.
((I went on a power surge with Nik. I FELT LIKE A KING...er...QUEEN))Nik watched from afar, muscles tight, adrenaline pumping through his veins. He sensed a presence, but made no move to look around. He wanted the element of surprise here. Nik knew that this fight would end in some sort of fatal injury, but he was hoping it would be on their side.
((Hehe. Take them down girl.))Nia inhaled as quietly as she could, bringing the bowstring close to her cheek, the feathers of the arrow grazing her skin as the head made a straight line for Nik.
Jones stayed down, fully trusting his student.
Xavier looked to Aly and said, "Kill him my dear..."
"No..." She said, trying to fight free of Xavier again...they couldn't make her kill Jones...she couldn't kill him...she wouldn't.... gritting her teeth as she struggled,
Nik lunged, grabbing Aly with one hand. His other hand, still clasping the seraph blade, came to a rest on her throat. "One move Nia..." He whispered, pressing the blade in deeper. "And I'll sever off her head."
Xavier looked at Nik and smirked at his quick thinking but he was quickly caught and locked into a position he couldn't get out of - it was Jones who held him, dragging him back and disorienting him so he couldn't preform any magic. "I wonder if you need him as much as he needs you?" Jones said dryly.Nia pulled back her bow and slipped back into the darkness, awaiting her next opportunity.
Aly winced slightly the blade pressed against her throat, her heart pounding. But she knew Not was there now, trusting her to do something to stop Nik. Then when Jones attacked Xaviar her confidence started to increase. No way Nik could win...
((Hmmm. Nik's about to be diabolical.)) Nik's other hand crept down to his belt and carefully removed a knife. "Let's all remain calm, shall we?" His voice was quiet and calm. "Jones, let's let bygones be bygones for now. Why don't we stop this violence and talk?" He smiled, but it didn't quite reach his eyes.
Aly couldn't really move with the knife pressed so close to her throat but she gave Jones a look that said not to trust Nik, that it was a trap. She just hoped Jones could tell what she meant.
((Hmmm?))Jones pulled Xavier closer and drew his own blade to press against the warlock's neck. "You're the least trustworthy person I know Nik...never," he replied, trying to hide his inner conflict to see Aly be held at knife point right in front of him.
Nik laughed. "Suit yourself." He grabbed Aly's neck and began to squeeze. "If you won't be reasonable...neither will I." ((Don't worry my intent isn't to kill her guys))
Aly started struggling again. No... She couldn't let Nik kill her... Nik couldn't win.. He'd struggles were weakening a bit, she was starting ti see spots in her vision.((Be a good time fir Nia to time back in ;)))
He increased his pressure, watching her face slowly turn red. "You have three seconds to change my mind." Nik growled. "One...two..."
Jones glared, pressing the blade against Xavier's skin, threatening to draw blood. Xavier tried not to squirm but Nik's lack of conviction to save him was worrying the warlock.Nia crept up behind, poising her bow and arrow once more against Nik's back, making sure she was hidden from the warlock's view.
Aly was no longer struggling, barely holding on to consciousness now. Where were all the others....Nik had to be stopped....
"Three." He threw his blade at Jones, striking his hand. Nik dropped the floor, smashing Aly's head against the stone, and whirled around the face Nia, seraph blade once more in his hand, aimed at her throat. "I gave you all a choice!" He yelled. "All I wanted was to talk. We were family once, have you not forgotten?" He laughed humorlessly. "This needn't happen." The arm that wasn't holding a seraph blade gestured to Aly. "My intention was never to hurt anyone. You did this. I am not the enemy!" Nik shook his head. "I am not who you should be fighting against."
((Awesome speech, And seems like Aly's a bit out if the action for a few posts. Would definitly be unconcious now but I'm loving this!
Nia was about to release the arrow when her parabati was smashed against the floor but Nik was on her and made his speech loudly. Xavier fell out of Jones' grip as Nik's seraph blade pierced his hand. Nia didn't let go of her position. "Family? What about Ryder? This family is based on our shadowhunter values and you've abandoned any sense of morality or justice with her crazy experiments!" she cried back.
((I'm so into this! It's like channeling my inner bad ass.))"My crazy experiments were for one purpose, and one purpose only-to take back what has been stolen from us. Alone, with just our morals...we're weak. Pathetic." He spit. "I can give you the world. I can return to you the happiness that was ripped away. Don't you want Aly to get revenge on the wolves who killed her parents? And you...there is something, somewhere inside you that knows I'm right, Nia." Nik shook his head, shoulders dropping. "All I want is for us to be family again. For us to be whole, and powerful. The Clave is corrupt. We are disposable. They say that we will die with honor, protecting the world from demons. But we are nothing to them but weapons." He looked up at her, eyes blazing with conviction. "We are people. And we feel. And we hurt." He gestured to Jones and Aly. "Together, we can be worth something."
((I'm reading this and going "Am I destined to become Nik?" How did I become this dramatic?))
((I know right? This is awesome!))Nia didn't drop her aim but her eyes softened. "You're still crazy. How do you plan on doing that? Overthrowing the clave? If this is just a mission to rise to fame and gain worldwide attention than you're definitely on your way to become one of the most infamous shadowhunters in known history," she replied stiffly, assessing the situation. How was she going to get them all out of this?
Nik scofffed. "How vain do you think I am? I just want us all to be happy." He grinned suddenly. "But obviously I'm not getting through to you. So I suppose it's time for the diplomatic approach." He drew his sword from the scabbard at his hip. "Your choice, Nia. Come with me or die."
Aly was starting to regain consiousness again, letting out a bit of a groan. When she opened her eyes the girst thing she sawwas Nik holdong a swprd...facing her parabati.... Aly's heart started to pound faster. She had to do something to hwlp Nia....
"I know you well enough to think you're that vain. And diplomatic?" she scoffed, her eyes hardening again as she pulled back harder, prepared to release the arrow right into him.Jones watched the scene and found Xavier was not a useful hostage - Nik didn't care enough of the warlock. He thought he might be able to pull Aly into safety for the moment at least...
"Xavier, I'm going to need you to grab our dear friends and return them home, if you please." He said, eyes never leaving Nia. "I have some unfinished business here."
Aly tried pushing herself to her feet, letting out a shaky breath once she was up. She'd fight if she had to. She'd protect her parabati...Nik wasn't going to hurt her.
"You might want to save your breath." Nik snapped at Aly, taking a few steps toward her parabatai. "You don't have many left."
"You hurt her Nik and I will kill you." Aly threatened eyes narrowed. You won't get away with that..."
Xavier nodded, glad to be able to leave. He didn't expect the shadowhunters to put up so much resistance - Nik had made them sound so easy.Nia wanted to turn her arrow to the warlock but didn't. "I don't think he's going to go anywhere," she said. Jones prepared his seraph blade in case.
Nik was quiet for a moment, contemplating. Nia was brutal when she was mad, and right now she was a ticked as could be. Jones was weak, but a strong fighter nonetheless. Would it be worth it in the end to kill them? He sighed. "This didn't go as well as I'd hoped. Eventually you'll have a change of heart. And when you do...you'll know where to find me." Nik gestured to the rune on his right forearm. "Once you've come to your senses, draw that rune onto your forearm and I'll know to spare you when the time comes." Nik smiled sadly. "Together we could have been gods." He turned away. "Come, Xavier. Bring the girl."
Nia couldn't help but glance at the rune and she immediately recalled its shape before returning her stare on Nik. His farewell didn't comfort her but she felt a bit of relief. The tense stand off was drawing to an end and contemplate his betrayal more carefully.
Nik was glad that it hadn't ended in blood. Nia was an asset he intended to use. And he would find a way to use her. He began to walk towards the door.
Nia watched as he left, signalling for Jones to let him through without the fight. She didn't have the heart to hurt her old teammate and in a strange way, she knew the same feeling she felt for him would stop him from seriously hurting her parabati.
Aly threw a quick glance at her parabati, fighting against Xaviar again. She couldn't go back with them... not when she was back here with Jones and Nia...she wasn't going to let Nik keep using her.
Nik grinned. "You'll see them again, trust me. Whether it be in this life or not." He opened the door and stepped outside into the night.
Xavier pulled Aly next to them and exited the Institute ominously.Jones looked to Nia, emotionally tired with all that had happened. "Come on Nia. We need to come up with a plan," he told her quietly. "I let them go. Dammit!" she cried, letting an arrow shoot wildly and bouncing against the upstairs mezzanine corridor where she had hid.
Jaze opened the doors to the Institute, glad that they'd be going inside. She really should have been wearing a jacket. She held the door open for the alpha and called out, "Jones?"
Todd followed her in, glancing around the entranceway.
