Aurelia

Amber
Amber didn’t bother to move when Liam told her to scram, she simply followed him in as he handed the letter to their leader. Max took the letter looking it over for a moment, though like always he never faltered, not even the slightest hint of anger or sadness plagued his face. Instead his features stayed strong and that of a leader as he glanced from Liam to Amber. “Amberlyn please, go wait in my room I’d like to have a word with Mr. Pretige alone he said in a calm tone and it wasn’t unusual for Amber to wait in his room she practically lived with him. She nodded gently as she headed to the door the led from his office to his room. The room also over looked the large city she sat on his bed waiting for him to come in much like a little girl would wait for her father to get off work. She was still very much a teenager at heart…she was young and naïve and she didn’t exactly know where she fit in, in this dangerous world. The only thing she did know was Max was all she had and she wasn’t going to let anyone come between her and him.

Max
Maximilien frowned deeply as he shut his office door locking it so others couldn’t come in at the moment. Him finally showing the slightest hint of sadness as he sat down at his desk rubbing his temples for a moment trying to clear his head for a moment. He looked up to Liam “I don’t understand” he said turning his chair so it was facing the window “I could have killed her…and taken her soul” he whispered “Yet I loved her enough to let her go” his voice seemed slightly vulnerable, it was raspy and pained. “She has the guts, to betray me in such a manor” he said darkly as he stood up “If it’s a war she want’s it’s a war she’s going to get” he said slamming his fist on the desk. He looked to Liam his eyes dark and cold, colder than they had ever been “Bring her to me!” he ordered “I don’t care how many you have to kill or what you have to do I want her brought to me!” He smirked “And see if you can’t weed out those who are not true to me.” He said looking to his room “There are weaklings in our government that need to be taken care of.” His voice dripping with hatred “I have a feeling my precious little Amber may be having a hard time picking sides” he glanced back to Liam. “Go now…and bring me that black sheep, she will pay for this” he said heading towards his room where amber waited patiently.

Liam nodded. He left and rounded up his guards. THey set out searched the city. They where determined they were going to find her. This meant a lot to Max. They owed him a lot and they were going to pay him back. This was the best way to pay him back for sure. After about an house Liam himself found her. He hand cuffed her. She did put up a fight and the whole time kept screaming "Down with Max! Down with Max!" He figured she was just trying to make herself look good. Once back at the office he took her up stairs to his office. He looked her up and down. She hadn't changed much since she was with Max. Then he opened the door. "Here she is Max."

Scarny was yelling secret code the whole time. She knew some of the rebels saw here. She saw one in particular. Jen. She looked directly at Jen and screamed. "Down with Max!" Hoping she would get that she was to alert everyone tell them all that its time for all of the large riots to happen one after another. Once in the capital building she kept screaming but this time it was for all of the Rebel insiders. This time she was screaming. "Maxies going down! Maxies going down!" Once in front of his office she stopped. She make herself look neat and proper. She realized who brought her in, Liam his best friend. Once he opened the she walked in with a smirk on her face. "Hello, Max."

Amber
“Max what’s going on?” Amber said softly slightly worried having heard him yell, he didn’t bother speaking as Maahes stepped on the white fox harshly causing her to whine in pain. “Max please, I didn’t do anything” she said upset tears rimming her eyes. “Amber, I’ve done everything in my power to take care of you, but your falling from me…and don’t tell me otherwise” his voice was angry and loud as it filled the room. “Ma…Max…I” but she was cut off “Save it!” he yelled causing her to jump a bit. He grabbed her by the throat lifting her from the bed she held his arm as she gasped for air his grip was too strong for her to break, the tears that rimmed her eyes fell. “I own you.” He whispered his tone made her shiver in fear, never had he spoken to her in that way. His breathing was tight in his chest as he released her causing her to fall back to the bed coughing harshly. Leaving her crying on his bed as he made his way back into the office.

Max
He looked up from his desk as he saw her come in “Stand guard make sure no one comes in” he ordered as he looked to her. His eyes were darkened as he closed in on her face “How dare you.” He spoke calmly but anger traced his voice. Maahes and Scar circled each other, the black panther’s low grow would send chills up anyone spine. “I did everything you asked of me!” his voice grew louder “I would die for you” he admitted “but not now…how can you stand here so bodly in front of me and act like you never knew me!” he yelled grabbing her arm forcefully pushing her against the wall though it was not gently or playful like it had been with Laney, though the desire was clearly there it was clouded by hatred at the moment. Her body making a loud thud as it collided with the wall. He held her to the wall, his strength was unreal and some wondered if he was even human. “You will pay for this…I may have loved you once but that was a long time ago Scarny, I will no longer show you the compassion I once held for you” he said looking into her eyes for a moment. “I will kill you and that soul of yours…it will be mine.” The moment the words left his lips he felt a smirk creep across his face and something had suddenly snapped in him.

Liam nodded and started walking towards the door. He stopped and looked at Scarny. He now had a sympathetic look on his face. He didn't know that Max was going to get so angry at her. He saw the anger in Max's eyes. He thought Max would try to convince her to join him. Not get angry like this. "I'm sorry." He whispered to her. Once he got to the door he turned around and closed it. "Max don't get mad but as your best friend I suggest changing her . . . Not killing her. Then you could stay together. Rule together." He said then quickly closing the door not wanting to feel Max's rage. Once had closed the door and locked it he heard a loud thump. He turned around and saw Amber on the ground crying. He bent down and lifted her head. "Are you OK Amber? What happened?"

Scarny nodded towards Liam. He was still the same whole hearted guy. He would do whatever Max wanted but then would find out he maybe shouldn't have. But it was OK in this situation. She was going to be OK. She gave him a look that said she would be OK. Then she turned back to Max. She looked into his rage filled eyes as he shoved her agents the wall. She also saw his hidden lust. She saw that and couldn't help but have her own lust come out. She knew about hers and she tried hiding this. She got real close to him then tried to say in a stern voice but you could hear the hints of heart break. "How could you want to kill me and Scar from me. I thought we would be closer because of Scar." She got even closer to his face. "Maybe you should listen to Liam. Try Maxie. Try to change me." She smirked. Scar didn't like where this was going. Scarny please I don't want to lose you. You are the most important thing to me. I don't want lose you. I don't want to be forced to do what this panther is doing.

Finally I can get out of here..
Lee smirked as Amber retreated, then continued on her way with long, confident strides deciding she'd need to pick up her 'baby' for this assignment. Her original 'baby' was at home but that was a city away and would take a while to travel to and back again. Then again, she didn't receive a deadline as she stated to Amber but she was pretty sure Laney wouldn't be much of a slacker. Laney was probably on the move right now for the assignment. Figures.. effing suck ups. Sure, she didn't really know the fellow co-worker but that didn't mean Lee was completely oblivious to how they got their work done. It was much unlike Lee, who liked to take her time. It wasn't a stinking race after all but she wouldn't report back empty handed; that would be so unprofessional of her. So with that in mind, she took a detour to her own office.

Her office was immaculate, if one item had been moved out of place she would know. Everything inside that room had its own place and everything that moved could be traced. She hung up her formal business-looking coat on a coat rack by the door, slowly undoing her top's buttons as she walked further inside the room, turning her head left then right to ensure nothing had been touched. "Well, seems everything is in order." she thought aloud to herself, almost forgetting about her soul's existence. Akane started struggling as a reminder, tossing and turning in the cube container of her hung up coat until it fell to the ground. "Heyy I'm still here you know!" Akane called out to her, making Lee shake her head as she closed the curtains blocking all form of light from entering into the room. "Psh, you couldn't allow me to forget could you?" she retorted but just as she was closing the curtains, she spotted something happening below at the building's entrance. A girl was being escorted inside by force by none other than Liam, making it an obvious directive given by Max. It was all the more curious that it wasn't her or Laney who was asked to retrieve this 'girl'. If it was Liam.. it must have been all the more serious.

Lee opened the window a bit after having watched the girl not only struggle with all her might, but open her mouth and Lee wanted to hear this. "Down with Max!" Lee diverted her eyes to where this hostage was looking, apparently another woman who was witnessing the scene. Easy.. Lee kept the two faces memorised in her head before closing the curtains completely. She had a target now for her directive. Down with Max = rebellion movement. It's not rocket science.Lee hastily unlocked her secret vault in her office, retrieving her spare gear and replica of 'baby' for the assignment to follow through smoothly. Tossing off her heels, she replaced it with knee high boots and threw on a long dark cloak to hide her numerous weapons neatly strapped around her body. "Bam let's go baby." she said, clutching the gun at the trigger as she was about to storm out the door. "Heyyy you forgot me again!" Akane whined. "Argh.." Lee groaned, her gun dropping to waist height as she lost a bit of enthusiasm having to even worry about such a pest of a soul. She bent down on her knees, hand removing the cube out of her previous coat to pocket the small creature in her currently worn one. "There, happy? Geezus.."

It wasn't long before Lee got down from the building, standing right at the exit with her cloak's hood on so her face was barely viewable and started scanning the crowds for the person that the captive was looking at so eagerly. "Left left!" Akane said, trying to be a bit of help. "Oh shut the fuck up.. can't bloody concentrate." Lee muttered at the soul, but just as Akane said.. the target she was looking for was in the left direction; a girl much younger than herself eating an apple, petite with blonde locks of hair and had a Tiger as her soul animal. Well she don't look like much.. but a directive is a directive. The girl was on the move, standing up probably about to leave. Tch, just my luck.. Lee took advantage of the crowds to get a bit closer before drawing out her gun pointed directly at the tiger. "You might want to sit down again.." Lee suggested to her, finger playing at the trigger. The gun was only halfway revealed from her cloak, but even then it was quite intimidating looking.

Laney was an expert and stalking back in the shadows. She followed Liam from a safe distance, all the while taking note on basic rebellious acts that were going on throughout the city. Ah. Oh. Well.. this was a surprise. She watched quietly as Scarny was collected by Liam, a frown on her lips. God that girl was just... There were no words to describe Scarny. To be completely honest, she wasn't even sure she liked the leader. She'd never exactly followed her, though if given orders she carried them through. Actually, she wasn't even sure if Scarny approved of her infiltration into the government.

Once Scarny and Liam had disappeared, the blonde strode out into the street towards two of her companions: Ellie and Amelia, to be exact. Without a hint of mercy she grabbed Amelia by the collar and shoved her to the ground. Laney sat on the girl's chest and pinned her hands to the ground with one of her own hands. Her other hand produced a gun from inside her coat jacket which she pointed directly at Ellie, daring her to come closer.

"What the hell are you doing?" Amelia hissed, struggling.

"Don't you dare blow my cover," Laney snapped after leaning forward to speak into the girl's ear. "I need you to go along with me, alright?"

The brunette gave a convincing act of writhing. When Laney sat up, Amelia glared daggers - it was probable that she was actually angry about the whole situation. "I won't talk," she growled. "Don't even try."

With a sweet smile, Laney fired her gun; the bullet clipped the edge of Ellie's pants but otherwise didn't hit her. "You really want to put your friend's life on the line?" she whispered with a cold glare. "Was that your leader who my friend just picked up? Who is your second in command?"

Amelia swallowed, eyeing the gun. "Yeah, that was her," she muttered. "Our second in command? That stupid bitch died two weeks ago."

"Gee, thanks for speaking," Laney grinned, clearly amused. The blonde stood, stepping away from Amelia who scrambled to her feet. "Run along. There won't be any rebellions on my watch." She watched as the two cautiously backed away, waiting until they rounded the corner to lower her gun. A couple moments after they disappeared a bullet went wizzing past her, grazing her arm. "Son of a bitch," she cursed, gripping her hand over the wound tightly. Angry that Scarny had been captured and frustrated that she'd let her guard down, she turned on her heel and headed back to the office.

Marilyn shot to her paws at the sight of the gun "Let's move!" Jennifer yelled as she began twisting and turning around corners with her tiger right behind her. They weren't safe in the streets and even though they knew who the shots were meant for, they didn't plan on finding out how they felt.

Marilyn had led them into the city where there seemed to be more violence but there was also more people. They needed that type of cover especially after this morning. The tigress glanced toward Jennifer and could tell her energy was dwindling. The injury from the night before was getting to her. Marilyn slowed her pace and found a busy market place where they could sit on the sidewalk and rest.

Jennifer struggled to sit down and out most of her weight on Marilyn. The world around her was spinning like the top she played with as a child. Sitting upright was even more frustrating. She felt unbalanced and her tiger stood behind her for stability. Jen realized she would have to get some type of medical attention or chance the dizziness whenever she ran. She tried to weigh the consequences. Going into a hospital would mean overexposure but changing the wound could prove to be fatal. Marilyn growled. "Stupid child. You need help and we aren't going to get it here." Jennifer nodded and a sharp pain whizzed through her core. "Okay, but I need more rest."

Max
“Try and change you!” he yelled as he let go of her “I tried to take care of you I tried everything to get you to stay with me, I loved you” he said looking to her “YOU are the one who left me, betrayed me.” He stated harshly “You started this war against me, against the new nations, and I won’t let you take this place away from me!” he said taking a deep breath “Scar belongs to me, the lion is my soul.” He looked to her soul looking it over for a long moment before looking back to her, his eyes void of any emotion they were dark and cold by this point. Maahes sat stoically at his master’s side his posture never faltering. The black panther looked to the lion a saddened expression in his yellow eyes. “You really want to question me and ask why I want to kill the both of you?” his voice was calmer more relaxed “I won’t answer that question for you.” He sighed as he lend against his desk.

Amber
The young girl looked to Max’s body guard “I…I’m fine” she sniffled a bit as she got up sitting on the edge of Max’s bed “Liam please let him know I would never…not after what happen between Scarny and him, I would never betray him” she frowned as she took a deep breath. “I wish he would understand…I wished he knew how much I love him” she whispered faintly.

Scarny got angry with him. The rage suddenly filling her and coming out. She shoved him with all her might making him go backwards and landing on the ground feet away. "I betrayed you! You betrayed me! I loved you and you tried to take my soul from me!" She stepped closer to him. "I know you miss your soul but Scar is mine. He was given to me." She stepped closer to him again. "If you had not decided to try and steal my soul I would be here with you right now. I would be beside your's and Liam's side helping in rule." She looked away from him and tried holding back the tears. "I know why. You don't love me anymore. You just want to take Scar from me so that you can be known as the man you were when you had your soul. You never loved me. I was just your a little game for you to play while you got what you wanted."

Liam looked at her and sadness filled his eyes. You could hear them yelling in the room next door. "Amber, he will never trust anyone truly unless he trusts her again. That is the only way. If that happens then they will most likely be together again. You will not be able to win with him." He looked down he hated telling her this. He wasn't even sure if Max trusted him anymore. The girl had ruined him and he could tell he had ruined her as well.