Gabriel, you're frightening them. Let it go, and let KT back up. They deal with him better.

Frightened no concerned yes. If you have done what you said you have my gratitude, but I ask what kind of stress are you putting on Konthaak?

Shadow... He's not the one stressing me. Not knowing how Death/Ben is doing... Being on someone's death list every week... Fearing constantly for my family...

The stress is killing me. According to Gabriel, quite literally.

Of course...I've been letting him burn off more and more of our spiritual energies to keep Death healthy...but he hasn't asked for a healing in a while...leading me to wonder if it's over... If it is...is he okay...? We haven't heard from those agents in a while...

I haven't been able to sleep properly in almost three days, now... Been working on all those protective charms that I gave to Bert and Robin... Hopefully it's enough for everyone... It should...should protect you guys from Delemorte's magics...if he's still alive...

Which...I fervently hope isn't the case...

I need rest...but I can't, until this is over...

Once it is...guys, I'm retiring from adventuring. I can't keep going like this... The fact that Gabriel saw fit to act behind my back, and to literally put me under so he could continue acting behind my back, is proof that I can't take this anymore...

I'm weak... I know I am...and I'm sorry for that...

Dont worry KT, you always will have friends here.

Ben...left us both clues...the same ones...but they're not really enough to go on...

Shall I let Gabriel out to try to contact him again...?

DIRECTOR DEL CAINE*

Oh dear god....oh dear god....what the hell have you unleashed. Sweet Jesus, Mary, & Joseph.

We honed in on the staionary beacon. It went dead about two hours ago.

We tracked it to an old mining complex in West Virginia, where, oh, oh just dear god the carnage.

We've been pulling out bodies left and right. The place is a blood bath. We're up to 74, make that 76 bodies and we still haven't found Ben yet.

We've got Demon Fist, Shadow Society, some Red Bamboo goons, not to mention a Mindolar with its jaws ripped off and three dead Sowki.

It looks like an assualt team hit this place hard. We found a bunch of relics and magical artifacts in a vault of some sorts, a magic seal in protecting it, so we can't get in.

No sign of Morte, but we do have two dead, or what we can assume, is two Conservitors and something we can even begin to identify.

Still no sign of Ben either. That worries me. Damn Chase and his ((BEEP))ing lab flunkies for doing this to him.

We did find a pair a glowing blue katanas which we think are the swords that druid fella is looking for. There his if he still wants them, it looks like they were used during the battle. God only knows what they did to some of these por bastards.

(What the hell happened to that one...oh dear god, no, just bag it/him up, I don't want to know).

Ok, we only have one clue down here and that is a name written in visera across the wall GABRIEL. Any idea who that might be?

Anyway, we got a confirmation, the dead agent's wife and kid have been moved to a safehouse. They are going to be okay. According to our sources, Dele Morte has dropped off the radar, no sign of him in hours.Im hoping he crawled back under his rock.

Crap....the beacon just went back on....he's in Illinois!

He's...looking for Gabriel.

...

I awakened him. I gave him the power to make a choice. This is my responsibility.

Of course, no sign of Delemorte is a bother. If that asshole has tried to take control of Death, his blood will rain in Chicago.

...

Death... Where are you?

Bert, I believe that's our cue...

Which way is Chicago?

Ok Robin, you and I are going to Illinois! Our winged ride should put us there in a few hours.

Sweet Jesus, we just made one big fucking loop.



KT, I don't think its possible for you to retire. You care too much; like me. You can try. You can hide. But eventually your nature is gonna surface again. I don't think you have it in you to sit and watch as the world burns when you can help put it out.

Looks like I'll have the chance to make that amplification tool for you after all, Robin...

That's beautiful man.

“Not the torturer will scare me, nor the body's final fall, nor the barrels of death's rifles, nor the shadows on the wall, nor the night when to the ground the last dim star of pain, is hurled but the blind indifference of a merciless, unfeeling world.”

You're familiar with the work of God, too, then? I'm amazed... I thought I'd be the only hard-core Waters fan here...

Errr, well, sorry man. I cheated.


I'm definitely gonna look him up now though.

Lotta people don't like his singing voice, but I absolutely adore his lyrics...his messages...everything... I started worshiping him when I finally understood everything behind The Wall...

Hey folks, I am sitting here with Konthaak @ his location, so he has physical backup. Some of you mystic types, get here ASAP. We could use your type of fire power too! But be careful coming in, I got the place "secure" in a way that only us S.A.S. could secure.

Interesting.

Pick an album and I'll add it to my list of music to get.

"I got the place "secure" in a way that only us S.A.S. could secure."

Sir! You wound me! I do believe you have besmirched my reputation!

DIRECTOR DEL CAINE*

Gentlmen, the beacn stopped moving. Its a half mile outside of Chicago.

It hasn't moved in about 30 minutes. We are on route with a tact squad to neutralize this problem. God help me, I don't want to do it.

But if you saw what I saw, you wouldn't ask questions. We have no idea what state of mind Holister is in. If DEATH is in control he hasn't klled anyone since W.Va so we might have a chance, I pitty whoever the this Gabriel guy is.

Alright, unless someone has a better idea I'm going to intercept Ben outside of Chicago and see if I can't stop him even if I have to follow Shang Li's example.

If there's enough left try and piece me together. I'm sending Robin on to KT's.

Bert_the_Turtle wrote:Interesting.

Pick an album and I'll add it to my list of music to get.

"I got the place "secure" in a way that only us S.A.S. could secure."

Sir! You wound me! I do believe you have besmirched my reputation!

Well let us just hope that I did my job right. The Queen of England couldnt be safer if she was here.

Excellant. I do hope you remembered to remove KT's family from the premesis.

Oh, and sufficient to say I arrived significantly sooner than I thought I would. Mach 4 is very fast.

Bert_the_Turtle wrote:Excellant. I do hope you remembered to remove KT's family from the premesis.

Oh, and sufficient to say I arrived significantly sooner than I thought I would. Mach 4 is very fast.

For security concerns, I will not comment on KT's family. They are safe.

I'm not sure what he's doing...but I am Gabriel. KT's...counterpart, if you will.

I gave him freedom, gentlemen. He destroyed that which needed destroying...the garbage that held him and your friend Ben hostage. I gave him a chance. I helped him to destroy them. They were garbage, anyway...

Just a warning, gentlemen... I helped him in more ways than that. He now knows how to unlock the limiters in his body... In case you're not familiar, all creatures have natural inhibitors that keep their actions from damaging themselves. Most people can only unlock them in moments of intense adrenaline rushes combined with severe panic, such as the infamous mother whose child was trapped under the car...

He can unlock those inhibitors at will, gentlemen.

That means he can perform at a much higher speed, dexterity and power than he was trained for...but he runs a terribly great risk of dislocating joints, ripping muscles, breaking his own bones, etc.

As the druid is wont to say...approach with caution.

There...is the possibility we can't count on...but that we can hope for...

Gabriel gave Death his freedom. Noone's giving him orders right now. Judging by what Gabriel experienced of Death's mind, he's used to thinking like a computer, taking commands and executing them with terrible efficiency...

There is the possibility that he's confused, lost, and scared right now... I'd say it's actually a pretty great possibility.

What he does with that confusion...

...

I'm going to pray, folks. Anyone wanna join in?

Bert... I'd prefer it if you just got yourself here... Let's wait and see what Death does.

Let's just...be ready for it.

DIRECTOR DEL CAINE*

Listen, Bert, Robin, the tact team is a half hour away. I won't be there for another 45 minutes. If you are crazy enough to engage him,
Ill be sure to send flowers.

Whatever defense you guys got for these KonThaak and Gabriel guys, it ain't gonna be enough.

Holsiter's adreneline is in the red, that means he's a god dammed killing machine again. Somone or something has set him off again.

Satellite surveillance is saying its an abanndoned farm just outside of Chicago.

Can't get any clearer than that.

Good luck Bert....you are going to need it.

I can't let him get into a real city KT. If you can give me good reason to wait it out, I will. Go ahead and PM me if ya want. But you only have a few minutes before I'm in position.

I never said anything about fighting him Caine. That's the last thing we need.

Bert...don't do this, man.

He's after me...and Gabriel.

If you want to engage him...come pick me up first.

Nope, sorry KT. I always gotta side with the family man, as I told Ron. Its you on one side and Ben on the other.

And when they name a Highschool after me, make sure its a good one.