Nathanial Ross's Story

Nathanial was out scouting for his new target. He had hidden himself away in the dark corner of a street. A single street light shone down on him and he fit his disguise well. He had his ball cap at his feet before him and his normal well shaven appearance was dirt streaked and he had the shadow of a beard appearing. His hazel eyes scanned the surrounding street and he leaned back against the brick wall of the dilapidated building and let out a sigh. There were a few shadows in sight, the soft movements of the homeless as they scrounged the streets. He could hear the occasional cough from the sick but still could not see his target. He frowned a little and looked up at the night sky, there wasn’t a star in sky as the lights of the city drowned them out.

He had been on this stake out for a while now but to no avail, maybe his information was wrong. Nathanial scratched his jaw and he stretched his legs out. Maybe he would meet another homeless friend tonight, they were interesting to talk to once you got past the smell. He wrinkled his nose at the thought of the smell and sniffed himself. Yup, he too needed a shower. He grumbled softly to himself and settled into his spot and waited.

Nathanial looked up and spotted a woman who seemed to be in a bit of a rush. He tilted his head and watched her a bit curious, he wandered why someone that looked like her would be walking through this part of town. He couldn’t help but notice she looked a little cold, he looked down as she passed him and smiled when she heard her speak. He cleared his throat and then stood and flipped his cap onto his head. He looked at the woman and then back at the street and shrugged, he would find his target another night. He cleared his throat again this time loud enough for the woman to hear. He held out his stinky sweater and said “You look a little cold ma’am.” He gave her a soft smile and said “It smells a little gross but hey its better than nothing.”

Shaun looked down onto the hunter, under a street light he stood. He must have thought the orange glow went well on his clothes. Shaun knew he had tried to take out people like him before, well not like him but different. Different from normal people. Knowing he would kill him without a second thought Shaun was thinking about how to talk to the guy.

Shaun stepped off the top of the hotel he saw stood on and caught himself with his ability, one surge around his chest and two around both his legs. As he stopped himself from splatting on the pavement his feet touched the ground and he was across the road from the hunter and a girl he was talking too. She seemed nice enough for him not to be a douche to.

Shaun walked across the road towards the hunter as he wrapped a Telekinetic force around himself. Reaching him and her he raised his voice to be heard by them both. "So your the hunter with the bow I'm guessing?" As he spoke he strengthened the Telekinetic force around himself to act as a shield.

Nathanial raised a brow at the newcomer and he dropped his arm that held out the offered sweater and turned his attention from the woman to the man. "Well this is interesting." He said amused. He gave the boy an overly dramatic bow and said "Hunter with a bow at your service." He looked up and said with a cocky grin "But you can just call me Nathanial." He straightened and moved his hands to his pockets and studied the boy. He could feel a power in him and Nathanial wondered if the boy meant to harm him. "You're not on my target list kid, no sense in wasting power. I'm not getting a pretty penny for killing you so there is no sense is there?" He tilted his head and waited. He stayed alert in case the boy meant to harm him.

Shaun looked at the guy, he had made a good point about wasting time and power. Not that he was going to do much in the first place. Not even as if it would be any strain to him anyway. Shaun looked at the big guy as the girl looked at him as if he was on drugs, or he was drunk. "I see what you mean about not being on your little list of doom but I had friends you have killed. For money of all things." As he spoke a parking meter not ten feet away started to bend unnaturally, the metal made a scratching sound as it stopped and came to stand, no, slouch in an upside down V sort of shape after about twenty seconds of twisting. Nobody had seen as it was the dead of night and the streets were almost abandoned.

Shaun turned around as he thought about what to do in this situation. Noticing the bent parking meter he looked back around. "Okay see the meter? I didn't even know I was doing that so wonder what I can do if I know what I'm doing? Just think about that before you kill an unknown target for money." He loosened his shield as he stepped back, "Also, don't call me kid."

Nathanial looked around and noticed they seemed to have attracted a small audience. He looked at the woman standing next to the man and winked at her and then looked back at the kid. He was surprised by his power and he took a step towards him and said “What I did is in the past… kid.” He chuckled and said “cute trick but don’t think you’re the strongest person that’s come up against me.” He leaned back and said “It’s past your bedtime and seems to me we’ve got a bit of a crowd here. Go home kid.”

They're both on drugs. It's a good thing I didn't accept that guy's sweater, that would've led to a conversation and he would try to get me to do drugs with him. Brooklyn thought, as the both jabber about killing people. Then the parking meter bent. She didn't have an explanation for that, she wasn't on drugs, after all.

Shaun listened to the guys cocky remarks, one by one. pissing him off more and more was the fact he was treating him like a child, Shaun had raised himself from fourteen and knew he wasn't a child or acted like one. With the small crowd of people watching them he knew they wouldn't mind a little show to end their evening.

"Okay, first things first; I am one of the most powerful people in this city so you really don't want to fuck around with me. Despite my age I could kill you with a single thought so I wouldn't make remarks about my age; let alone my bedtime. I control my life and always have since I found the Chronicle so why don't you shut up and piss off before I show you what I can actually do." Shaun felt that speech would be enough to shock the hunter and if he kept his cocky and 'I'm hard' attitude he would actually do something worth the energy.

Nathanial could see the boy meant business and he mocked wiping a tear and said “I’m touched.” He moved his backpack to his other shoulder and moved his hands back to his pockets and said “but seriously kid, you’re scaring that pretty little lady over there.” He jutted his thumb towards the woman he had offered the jacket to and then glanced over at the other two standing by them. “Scaring them too its seems.” He looked back at the telepath and said “Tell you what I’ll buy you a hot chocolate and then you can go home and I can make some time with that chick over there ok?” He said.

Nathanial was always one to help a woman when she was in distress. He moved her behind him and said “Stay back.” He pulled out his bow and notched an arrow and he looked over at the kid and said “Wanna team up and resolve our differences later?” He asked while letting an arrow fly towards the demons. He pulled out another one and took careful aim and hit one between its ugly eyes. There was a thud as the arrow drove through the demons head. He nudged the woman behind him and said “Get that other lady and go hide. We’ll find you later.”

As if it would all make it okay the guy offered to buy him a hot chocolate in exchange for Shaun to leave him alone with the woman he was stood by. "Please it's not as if you actually have a chance with that girl." He looked at the guy as he got colder. The bright blue neon hoodie was not doing it's job in keeping Shaun very warm. "Also I notice how you stop with the cocky comments now huh. Guess you really don't want to die tonight, smart move."

Shaun turned around to a girl hurling nonsense at them both. Something about not seeming human, Shaun was human; Only a human with extreme luck, he and his best friend had found the Chronicle thus ending in him being given his insane abilities. Just as he was about to shout something back as a girl came running from around the corner of an alleyway. As she screamed and clung onto the hunter as three evil looking people in black hoodies ran round the corner. Obviously after her. The normal girl screamed out as Shaun grabbed the most dangerous looking out of the three and lifted him in the air in front of him. With a spin of his head he faced the girl who had screamed, "Would you shut up or run home?" He then spun to face the attacker in front of him as he held his arms and legs in place. "Okay you son of a bitch, do you have a valid reason to be running after this girl?" the hunter beside him asked to team up as he shot one in the face and the arrow went through it's forehead.

"Yeah I guess we can kill these guys then talk later." The one in his grasp started to twist backwards until it's spine snapped out of it's back. Shaun lifted his hand and clenched his fist as the guys ribcage then imploded on itself. The guy dropped to the ground still as he let his arm hang by his side. Blood stained the pavement and the sound of bone crunching could be heard as the guy stood straight back up. Shaun looked at him with a disgusted look as the now apparent creature gave him a devilish smile. Shaun shouted out "Your friend died so easily so why won't you just copy him?" Shaun lifted his hand and twisted it round as the creatures head twisted as well. Now as it dropped to the floor dead he turned to face anyone who was watching. "Well he took quite a bit of punishment."

Nate saw the final demon go down in a bloody heap on the pavement and he walked over to them and gave one a solid kick to the head and grinned at the crunch of bone. He collected his arrows and wiped them off with his t-shirt which he would throw away later and slide his weapon back into his backpack and he looked at the telepath and inclined his head and decided perhaps he had been a bit too mean, “How about instead of a hot chocolate I’ll buy you a beer.” He held out his hand for him to shake letting him know silently he wasn’t a kid anymore. “You don’t fight so bad.” He said, he looked over at the panther and said “buy you a beer too and we can figure out what’s going on.”

Nathanial sighed and he looked at the panther and said "Yes I suppose you are right." He looked back at the dead carcasess and tapped one with his foot and felt it crumbling to ash. "We'll question the woman once we find her and get her to a safe place." He gave the men next to him a side long glance "You can leave if you want its probably safer." Nathanial of course wasnt going to leave as he was intruiged by the woman.

"Call me Nate. Com'on." Nathanial left the demons where and motioned for Simon to follow and he sought out the women and spotted them up a fire escape and he climbed up to them and leaned back against the railing and he looked at the human and then at the woman who had led the demons to them. "We got rid of those guys for you. Good thing you came to us, they were real... demons." He said it suggestivly and then sighed and said, "Alright ladies, lets get out of here." He spotted the cat a little ways off and he narrowed his eyes recognizing her for what she was and he made a sutble motion to it. Perhaps the cat had seen something that could explain this all.

Nathanial looked down at the woman and he lifted an eyebrow as she moved closer and whispered a thanks. He returned her smile with a crooked grin and said “My pleasure.” He touched the brim of his cap and tipped it to her. He then straightened and said “let’s get you ladies out of this cold for now and then we’ll figure things out.” He wondered what to do about the human. She looked so confused, he sighed and figured he would have to come up with some bogus story to please her and then send her on her way. He motioned for the ladies to go down the steps and he followed after them.

Odessa:

The two women didn't follow her but she saw one of them kind of stare for a minute

"Great, that one knows I'm not really a cat..." she thought

Then the Hunter climbed up the fire escape and Odessa saw him make a subtle gesture at her. She meowed back politely.

"Alright ladies, lets get out of here." The hunter said

"I agree. We need to get out of here." Said the obviously not human woman

When they all got off the fire escape Curiosity was killing her so she followed them, weaving in and out of their legs to cause a little mischief.

Nathanial grinned down at the cat moving amount them and he couldn't help himself. He bent and ran two large fingers down her back and he straightened. He ushered everyone into a small coffee shop and sat them down at the table. He ordered everyone coffee's and then bent down and scooped up the cat in his arms and carried her outside so they could have a little chat.

Odessa:

When they were walking to the coffee shop The man that looked at her on the Fire escape pet her back.
When they got to the shop he picked her up and took her outside she assumed for a chat. She shifted to human form behind a wall

"Hello" Odessa said with a smile

Nathanial smiled at the shifter and he inclined his head and said "ma'am. Sorry to call you like this." He lifted a shoulder apologeticly. "But I was wondering if perhaps you could help me." He studied her carefully for a moment. She was kinda cute he thought to himself and he flashed her a smile. "Could you maybe possibly tell me if you saw anything unusal before the fight happened. Like why those demons went after that chick." He pointed to the woman inside the coffee shop. "Anything would be much appreciated." He winked at her.

Odessa:

"Could you maybe possibly tell me if you saw anything unusal before the fight happened. Like why those demons went after that chick." Nathaniel said to Odessa with a smile "Anything would be much appreciated." he winked.

Odessa could tell he was trying to charm something out of her, but the thing is, she didn't have much to tell.

She smiled back "I didn't see much, All I saw, was when I left to go to the 7/11 for my dinner there was a couple of guys, which I assume you were one of them. and two other people in the distance just kind of watching you guys. Then when I got back, a parking meter was bent and I kinda got freaked out. So I ran up to my apartment and shifted and sat out on the fire escape just watching when the lady came running around the corner with a few demonic looking guys chasing her. And that's it." She watched him for a moment and decided that he was someone she could tease and flirt with harmlessly.
"Next time, just ask me what I saw, you don't have to flirt with me to get answers" She winked at him and smiled as she turned away to go to the coffee shop.