I Wish

[Jackson ''Doc'' Ellison]

"As you wish," I said, Sabre drown. "Yiou know you don' stand a chance, right?"

(((Third peron)))
This isn't going to end well, Tash thought. A mental message to Mai later, she'd vanished, appearing in front of Charlotte. It was time to put the Plan in action.

[Maya]

"You'd be surprised at what a pissed off teenager is capable of." i hissed. I felt Joshua coming forwards, and threw up a magickal shield- i wanted to do this myself. Joshua had no idea what i had been through in the past weeks- if i was to do this fight, it would be myself- i deserved that at least. "So Franny, you gonna get rid of your guards, or are you scared that you cant take me alone?"

((i gotta go now. Lunchy time!))

[Jackson ''Doc'' Ellison]

"Back off," I ordered. The vampires stepped back as i stepped forward. "You wanna die dat badly, petite, all you had ta do was ask."

((See ya.))

[Maya]

I didnt reply to that. i shifted my hold on the sword as we circled eachother. I knew this fight would not be fun- i was weak, we both knew it. but it made no difference i still had to do it.
"You gonna make a move, or just stand there smirking?" I asked.

[Charlotte]

((since when was I there? I can come if you like-just write me in))

[kyra]

life was getting hard. too many people were coming back as spirits once they were dead. "well... " i said silently, "i can't kill them" i got into my astral form, "but i could cause them pain."
now... joshua seemed too much of a nuisance. maybe a little something will quiet him down...
i smiled. ever since i had joined karen's coven i had learned so much.

[karen]

"Osiris, taketh he who is dead but lingers to a world that is not his. Make him suffer for his wrong doings. He has cheated death before, let him not do so again. He has tipped the balance. Let these souls take his soul with them through the gap, over the divide."

(((I am angry)))

[kyra]

(((now i have no-one to hurt, karen )))

[Joshua]

(((Note to Entire Group; Karen pissed me off. When I get pissed off I go on power trips. Deal with it. )))

Karen's little 'attention-grabber' unfortunately worked. Good thing the spell never actually went all the way to Osiris. Cause then Karen would be in even worse shape than she was trying to put me in. Osiris, being a god, is also sentient and as all sentient creatures, has free will. And anybody that knows Osiris' name knows his story, how his brother killed him to rape his wife and how said wife brought her husband back to life in order to rule over the Underworld and all things Dead.

My avatarial body with Mai disappeared, as did the tendrils I had left guarding Grace, making sure she was being a good little vampire. The Tendril I had sent after Aredhel, trying to bring her back to the city and to help Maya and the others, I left as it was. That was one back-up plan I didn't want to waste yet, but I still needed all the power I could summon to ride out the 'prayer' Karen was working.

Then, when it hit, I couldn't help but smiling with a mouth that no longer existed.

"Girl, do you even understand your power? Dark side is powerful and lustful and tempting, but it often lacks control and knowledge. That prayer you're trying to get rid of me with requires no less than 100 human sacrifices to destroy a wraith of my power! I may be weaker after surviving, but just one more day around this place, with the emotions to feed off of . . ."[/i] my dark insidious laughter flooded the blacked out room as I defended my essence from the destructive Holy energies.

It was draining, and very distracting, but I still had enough energy to spare to try one more trick.

Forming physical tentacles out of my shadow-mass, I began snapping the necks, or spines, or piercing the hearts of the various witches around the room, my laughter continuing to echo as the bodies continued to fall.

When fifty bodies lay dead on the floor, shadows, tendrils of my essence, flowed into them. Then they jumped back up and immediately started to dog pile on the remaining witches. And since they were already dead, they didn't feel pain, so it didn't matter if half their bodies were blown apart by a spell or not, they continued to attack.

(((For the record. Yes, 'Joshua' died before and came back. But he was still one of the good guys and fighters for justice, and above all else, *SANE*. In this, his sanity, his mind, his pure heart, what makes him a 'White Knight' hero-type is what dies.

Consider him "our" version of Vamp-Willow.))) (((Except not gay.)))

[Jackson ''Doc'' Ellison]

(((....................)))

"Very well, petite," I said, launching forward. Maya blocked, but was so focused on my sword, I got a kick through to her gut. She double over, barely managing to dodge my next attack. "Give it up Mai," I said with false gentlness. "I can still save you. All you have to do, petite, is join Karen's coven. I'll let Fai go and Grace'll get of your back. It's dat simple. Join us or die."

[karen]

"100 sacrifices you have just provided me with. Thank you."

[Pepper]

"What are you doing in here" I repeated. Something flared inside of me. It felt like sorry. NO I thought. I would not feel this way. I fled the building and teleported to the fight leaving rORY'S screams behind me.

[Maya]

"We both know thats a lie." I hissed, "Grace would never let me join you, she enjoys playing with me too much. And you'd kill Faith and me anyway. I'm not stupid."
He lunged with the sword, i turned sideways to dodge, and kicked him in the side to throw him off.
"Oh really chere? You t'ink it's intellegent to confront me when you were half dead an hour ago?"
"Sometimes you dont have a choice." I snapped, dodging again as he attacked. I swung with my sword, but he blocked, and kicked out, knocking me back. I slammed agaisnt the wall, but kept my sword up ready for his strike, which came down hard, jarring my aching arms.
"You cannot beat me, Mai." he hissed.

[Joshua]

One zombie witch made it through the mass and landed a solid punch to Karen, knocking the girl to the ground mid-spell.

The energy was culminating, being focused, which made it even more dangerous. I had to kill Karen. 'Sorry Mai,' I thought in her general direction, only regretting that she couldn't be the one to do it. Only thing better than stewing vengeance was Vengeance Satisfied.

Oh well.

Most wraiths are brainless culminations of dark energy and a tortured, twisted soul, thereby making it very unhinged. Then there are the 'transformed wraiths' who have a fraction of the power of the unhinged ones, but are just as immortal and even more intelligent than they were when alive.

Then there's me. A former Time Wizard. A former soul of a Soul Sword. And, meditation student of both Doc and his teacher. I also researched just as much as any Watcher in the world, maybe a bit more since I had a nack for getting rare things.

Karen may be a powerful witch, but I knew this spell. I knew it better than she did. And I knew magic too. Not enough to control it or use it as a human. But as a wraith, when energy was energy, just transformed, knowledge is more valuable than skill.

Sacrificing my attention from finding Ate, hoping she would find out about this on her own, I started to send some of my own energy into the gathering spell. Amidst all the energy already gathered, it would transform the magical energy, like tossing a rusted nail on a wire into electrified water.

Now, it was up to fate to see who would have their soul destroyed first. Me . . . or Karen. As the Focal point of the spell, most of the energy would pass through her before coming to me, and if she couldn't control it, or if it was too corrupt for her to do what she planned with it, she'd probably blow up.

[Pepper]

I could see that the wraith was doing something to Karen and it didn't look good. Energy was passing through her and she didn't look like she could stand anymore. Time to intervene.
I stepped into the middle of the spell and reflected the energy back to the wraith.
"With the power of the spirits I banish you" I yelled and a swirling portal appeared behind the wraith. He just had time to scream before he crystalified and was sucked into the portal.
"Nighty night Josh" I whispered, knowing that he would never show his face again, well unless I chose to free him. Like that would ever happen.