DT1: Shadows

by **Narrator** » Fri Jul 17, 2015 1:08 am

The address Onyx was given for the for the coffee house turns out to be a warehouse. The smaller door to unit number three is tagged with the Onyx symbol. This can't possibly be a trap.

by **Onyx** » Fri Jul 17, 2015 1:46 am

Onyx keeps her distance, watching the warehouse from the rooftops.

She was at least 60% sure this was a trap.

by **Narrator** » Fri Jul 17, 2015 1:52 am

After a while, a figure in a black hood silently climbs up behind her.

by **Onyx** » Fri Jul 17, 2015 2:06 am

Onyx remains crouched, watching the building. She doesn't seem to have heard whoever it is sneaking up behind her.

by **Chase Delacroix** » Fri Jul 17, 2015 7:54 pm

The boy, in fact, had a bow and quiver at his back. He also had a sheathed sword, which he silently drew.

by **Onyx** » Fri Jul 17, 2015 9:52 pm

"Are you trying to kill me, sir?" Onyx asks, without turning to look at the boy.

by **Chase Delacroix** » Sat Jul 18, 2015 12:00 am

"Your thread is fated to be cut," he answered without emotion, an odd western imperfection in his Madripoorean-Chinese accent. Onyx knew that phrase. It was used by the Black Lotus assassins.

He dashed for her, slashing diagonally when in range.

by **Onyx** » Sat Jul 18, 2015 2:41 am

Onyx pivots with the movement of the blade in a graceful dodge.

"That is unfortunate," Onyx says. "I do not feel like dying today."

Onyx takes a fighting stance, "You will have to tell your masters that you have failed."

by **Chase Delacroix** » Sat Jul 18, 2015 4:13 pm

"We shall see about that," he said, locking his blue eyes on hers as he took a sword stance. There are plenty of youths in the Black Lotus, but a Caucasian boy is a rarity.

He struck with a flurry of slashes, each one flowing gracefully into the next.

by **Onyx** » Sat Jul 18, 2015 7:57 pm

Onyx steps towards the assassin quickly, parrying the flat of the blade with her forearm and striking out at him with her palm in an attempt to quickly disrupt his attack pattern.

by **Chase Delacroix** » Sat Jul 18, 2015 8:08 pm

He leaned back and swirled out of the counter, coming back around with a sweeping kick.

by **Onyx** » Sat Jul 18, 2015 8:15 pm

The kick connected with Onyx's side, but as painful as it was, she held her ground and tried to trap his leg with her arm.

by **Chase Delacroix** » Sat Jul 18, 2015 8:26 pm

He wasn't quite quick enough to avoid the trap, but brought his sword to bear on her with a feat of coordination usually restricted to Hong Kong action films.

by **Onyx** » Sat Jul 18, 2015 8:39 pm

Unwilling to let go, Onyx stops the blade with her free hand, the sword cutting deeply into her palm. She holds on to the sword tightly, the pain causing her to clench her teeth as blood begins to run freely down her arm.

"Weak," Onyx says. "A dedicated assassin would have cut the leg."

by **Chase Delacroix** » Sat Jul 18, 2015 8:59 pm

The assassin let go with one hand and flicked his wrist to drop a small concealed knife into his hand.

by **Onyx** » Sat Jul 18, 2015 9:00 pm

Onyx pushes the sword away and brings her arm down on his trapped leg. Hard.

by **Chase Delacroix** » Sun Jul 19, 2015 12:05 am

Her strength made him lose his grip and the sword skittered across the rooftop. He grunted in pain as he bent his knee and feinted the knife towards her face, before going for the trapping arm.

by **Onyx** » Sun Jul 19, 2015 12:10 am

Onyx lets go of the knee and pushes away, falling backwards and rolling into a crouching position.

by **Chase Delacroix** » Sun Jul 19, 2015 12:15 am

The boy stretched his leg for a second and threw the knife at her with precision.

by **Onyx** » Sun Jul 19, 2015 12:39 am

Onyx snatches the knife out of the air. The wound in her hand is already beginning to close up.

"What is this about?" Onyx asks.

by **Chase Delacroix** » Sun Jul 19, 2015 12:45 am

"Your death has been paid for," he answered as he pulled out his bow, "I am to deliver."

by **Onyx** » Sun Jul 19, 2015 12:53 am

"I am sorry, sir," Onyx says, standing up. "My death belongs to someone else."

by **Chase Delacroix** » Sun Jul 19, 2015 12:58 am

The boy did a backflip into a jump and began rapidly drawing and firing arrows before he even landed.

by **Onyx** » Sun Jul 19, 2015 7:06 am

Onyx lunges to the side, dodging the arrows and jumping off the side of the building.

by **Chase Delacroix** » Sun Jul 19, 2015 4:03 pm

The boy raced to the edge, but not to the same spot in case it was a trap.

by **Onyx** » Sun Jul 19, 2015 5:17 pm

As he approaches, Onyx comes flying up into the air, swinging on a grappling line. She pulls herself up into a high somersault, soaring above the boy's head.

by **Chase Delacroix** » Sun Jul 19, 2015 6:52 pm

He rolled aside, followed her with his bow, and fired.

by **Onyx** » Sun Jul 19, 2015 6:56 pm

The arrow caught her in the chest! Onyx hit the roof hard, an inert smoke bomb harmlessly rolling out of her hand and off the side of the building.

Onyx was doubled over, holding her hand over the area where the arrow penetrated. She was panting hard and drops of blood were falling onto the roof.

by **Chase Delacroix** » Sun Jul 19, 2015 7:00 pm

He strode over to her, arrow drawn and trained on her.

by **Onyx** » Sun Jul 19, 2015 7:02 pm

As he got closer, a second smoke bomb hidden in the palm of the hand holding the arrow exploded, filling the area with noxious smoke.

by **Chase Delacroix** » Sun Jul 19, 2015 7:05 pm

The boy reeled, coughing. He let the arrow fly, but it merely hit the rooftop next to Onyx's head.

by **Onyx** » Sun Jul 19, 2015 7:08 pm

Onyx was moving quickly now, she grabbed several throwing discs from her belt and threw them at Deathhawk in rapid succession as she charged the boy through the cloud of smoke.

by **Chase Delacroix** » Sun Jul 19, 2015 7:16 pm

He moved backward, weaving to avoid the discs and batting one aside with his bow. When Onyx herself materialized he attempted to dodge but wasn't quite fast enough to avoid being sent to the ground. He immediately attempted to turn it into an evasive roll.

by **Onyx** » Sun Jul 19, 2015 7:33 pm

"Are things not proceeding to plan?" Onyx asks in a mocking tone.

by **Chase Delacroix** » Sun Jul 19, 2015 7:54 pm

He got back to his feet, entering a fighting stance as he lost grip of his bow in the roll.

"Don't count me out yet," he said. He must have hurt his knee further, because he now favored one leg over the other.

by **Onyx** » Sun Jul 19, 2015 8:14 pm

"I will have to get serious then," Onyx says, tapping into her energy reserves. A soft glow surrounds her body, enhancing her capabilities. She raises her foot and brings it hard onto the roof, sending large cracks across the top of the building.

by **Chase Delacroix** » Sun Jul 19, 2015 8:20 pm

He ran for her, nimbly navigating the damaged roof. Only his eyes made the pain obvious.

by **Onyx** » Sun Jul 19, 2015 8:25 pm

Onyx steps towards him with a low kick to his damaged leg while swinging her elbow at his face.

by **Chase Delacroix** » Sun Jul 19, 2015 8:34 pm

He avoided both by a mere hair's breadth and countered with a leg sweep.

by **Onyx** » Sun Jul 19, 2015 8:37 pm

Off balance, Onyx had no choice but to go with the hit, falling towards her attacker.

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