The Forgotten Zodiac

((Just so you know, I was joking. Well... Not about being cold-hearted to video games and books, but about thinking you would hate me about something that trivial. Also, Tyler is mispronouncing Kratt.))

"Yep. That would hurt." Tyler shook his head again. "He's a lemur. He lives there, with Crap Brothers. They go on adventures, and have lots of fun in Animal Junction."

James shrugged. "My friend is a moron. Using his Gift to go after the others hurt him, and it didn't help that one of your kind was fighting for them. He's replacable."

((Oh. I still wouldn't hate you for that.

And I have never seen Zaboomafoo, so I dunno.))

Sylas seemed awfully confused still. "Shouldn't we just show him?" Quinn laughed a little bit. "He might get it if you just turn it on."

"Replaceable? So you wouldn't care if I killed him, then?" Lotis grinned. "Wonderful, I think we've come to an agreement. You let me go, we kill those two, then go along our merry ways, no?" Werr gritted his teeth. Of course. Betrayal. How original.

((There's a lemur in the jungle who has adventures. It's a kids show. I love it, as do all my siblings.))

"Okay!" Tyler ran over to the TV and turned on the show, hoping it wouldn't confuse Sylas even more.

"Well, see there's the thing. I'm not allowed to kill people unless I have a partner of some sort. On the other hand, I don't believe the agency has any scruples as to those it hires, so, I think we could find a even more beneficial relationship."

((I see. Also, Werr will likely flee with barely any of his life left and flee to the others and join them 'cuz he's smart like that. :T))

"Oohh..." Sylas blinked. "It is one of the magic boxes. I see." He nodded, smiling a bit. "I get it. The magic box shows pictures of things that are not really real. It is just a picture, but sometimes it is taken from real life. But it is still not actually there. It get it."

"Well, that's one way to put it, I guess?" Quinn smiled. "I'm glad you understand then, Sylas."

"No. I do not understand, I just know."

Werr backed up further, pulling Emily behind him. This was bad. "Oh, I see. So, I join arms with your 'agency' and get to eat more people? That sounds brilliant. Why didn't you offer that before? Now, if you drop this light wall here, we can get on with it before they decide to try and run. Although, it would be fun, chasing them down...what do you think, hmm?"

((He thinks Michael's gunna let him join because? He'll probably be attacked on sight.))

"See? It's my favorite." Tyler grinned and ran back over to Sylas, pulling himself into Sylas' lap. "You'd like Zaboomafoo. He's my favorite. It's not your fault you don't understand. I don't understand either. I just know it works."

"I think it does sound brilliant. One thing, my younger brother, Timothy? You can't eat him. You can hurt him, but only until I arrive, and he has to stay alive. Has to." The light wall dropped, releasing Lotis, and another wall rose up behind Werr and Emily. "I think chasing them down would be fun, but I'm not really in a chasing mood right now. There's an entire list of people we can kill. We can kill them and chase others."

((Even if he's bleeding and desperate? Quinn and Sylas aren't heartless, you know. xDD))

"I see..." Sylas blinked. "Well, it is...interesting, I suppose?"

"Alright, fine. That's one human among so many others, isn't it? I think I'd be able to restrain myself." Lotis chuckled. Werr and Emily had...frozen or something. Lotis smirked and a shadow-lance appeared and threw itself at Werr. Werr let out a cry of pain as he was lifted off the ground, the lance stabbing into his shoulder and pinning him up against the light wall. Emily shrieked with fear, holding her shoulder where Lotis had already bitten her. She didn't want to be eaten!

((Michael is. Michael would consider it putting him out of his misery.))

"Yes, exactly." James grinned savagely, then frowned. "A pity... I've never killed a girl before, I was looking forward to it." The light wall began moving inward, pushing Emily toward Lotis. "There are other girls on the list though. I'll survive."

"Yes, it is. It's very interesting. It's my favoritest ever."

((xDD Quinn will get very, very mad at him. Sylas would cry. Either way, I'm not letting you kill off Werr, he's too awesome. :T You can hurt him, though. Feel free. xDD))

Emily cried out with fear. Werr, unable to help due to his feet not being on the ground, looked down at her painfully, unable to do anything but watch as Lotis dragged her closer, digging into her neck. The shadow lance started to dissolve, Lotis being too distracted to keep it up, but Emily's screams had already been cut short.

Too late.

((Michael will try. If Quinn and Sylas say not to... He'll throw his gun across the room and tell Quinn to hide it and not give it back, but he wouldn't kill the guy.))

James watched Lotis feed with his head cocked, sick facination cluing in, not noticing that the light wall began evaporating from the bottom up, giving Werr a chance if he decided to get away.

((xDD Yay. Not having any fun with Werr? That's disappointing. I would have at least broken a bone or made him bleed more, but I remember now that you're queasy when it comes to these things. ouo))

Lotis ate hungrily, like a savage beast or something. Werr dropped quietly to the ground, rolling underneath the evaporated portion of the wall near silently, clutching his shoulder a bit as he staggered to his feet, feeling a bit sick. Emily...

((No. I was just hoping I could have Michael shoot him, without killing him. It doesn't seem fair to hurt him on both fronts. That, and James doesn't want Lotis there when he kills Werr. He's a very personal killer, and he hates Werr.))

Once Lotis was done, James turned around, picking the list up from where Werr had dropped it and sighing. "Ooops. He got away. Oh well." James laughed. "One of... Ooooooh. There's twenty five people on this list! And that's just for this city!"

((Oh, okay. ouo))

Lotis was finishing up his 'meal', quite the quick eater when he wanted to be. There wasn't much left than bones now; he was picking at his teeth with a finger bone, grinning. "I'll have a feast. Shall we go, then?"

Werr ran. Where to go, though? His shoulder hurt, he was bleeding everywhere, people were staring at him and one fellow attempted to stop him; the man woke up with a badly bruised head a few moments after Werr passed. Hospitals were no good, the FBI could track him there. Where to go...he changed course and headed for the house he had attacked the others in. If they weren't there, he would track them down and find them.

He had no idea what gave him the idea, honestly...

"Let's." James pulled out the list and handed the piece with the information on two people, twins. You can eat the boy, but I want to kill the girl, okay? Wonderful."

"Yes it is. It's my favorite ever. It's super-duper interesting."

"Wonderful, indeed." Lotis grinned, licking some blood on his fingers before the crimson liquid dissolved into shadows. He'd save it for later.

((Time skip here. o3o))

Sylas was going through the third episode of Zaboomafoo that Tyler was watching, and it seemed that he more or less understood the concept of TV. Quinn was watching too, but mostly out of boredom. Both of them jumped when the doorbell rang. "Who on earth...?" Quinn blinked, frowning at the door.

((Dropping the baddies now, right?))

Tyler pulled himself out of Sylas' lap and ran to the door, stopping once he reached it. "Can I open it?"

Michael was at the door seconds after Tyler. Unfortunately, there was no peephole, and therefore no way to see who was at the door. He pushed Tyler behind him and opened the door, one hand in his pocket at his gun.

((Yep.))

Werr was breathing heavily. He had lost a lot of blood, and he had ran the entire way here. He looked up as the door handle turned, shakily righting himself, as he had been leaning against the wall next to the door. He blinked as he spotted that it was Michael opening the door, and he wondered vaugely why he had knocked before figuring out what he was going to say first.

Michael's gun was instantly in his hand and he backed up, pushing Tyler back as he did so. "Tell me why I shouldn't shoot you right now."

Werr thought quickly, but his mind was in a bit of a fog right now. He was exhausted physically, which had drained him mentally. "I..." He blinked groggily at Michael, blood dripping steadily onto the ground from his arm. "Turned over a new leaf?" He offered weakly, swallowing a bit. He was breaking too many rules again.

Michael cocked the gun, ready to fire. "I should believe that because of what? Really, it makes no sense whatsoever for you to have turned over a new leaf, this entire thing is probably a trick, and if I had any sense at all, I would shoot you where you stand. Actually, I might. Tyler, go stand by Sylas."

Tyler obediently turned around and ran back to Sylas, zoning back in on Zaboomafoo.

"Look, I've lost a lot of blood, I...let me explain, please, I..." Werr stumbled over his words, unable to help but stare down the barrel of the gun. So much power behind such a small bit of metal.

"Who was at the door?" Quinn asked Tyler, frowning a bit.