A Trail in the Fog

[Rand]

( Um....I...Don't...Think.....so...)

[Auriga]

((Yay! Page number two! Oh and you need to post))

[Rand]

(( I tried to before, xDD But my computer froze like one second before I clicked send. ))

[Rand]

" I think I'll be just fine.." Leon added, slightly staring at Tai. He moved his head when she met his gaze, and then focused his eyes on the table. Tai smiled and turned to face John. " Well, I guess we could just try and find someone else!" she said, grinning, and then punctuating her sentence by kissing John on the cheek. She grabbed his hand, and pulled him behind a trashcan. " So, whaddaya we gonna do, honey?" she said, her voice serious. She kept herself ready, in case he attacked, but she hoped that he wouldn't, because it would make the targets more suspicious if they started trying to kill each-other. " Hmm..." Tai said, her hand on her chin. " Well, if they do leave, we can track them by dragon, I really don't think it's a good idea to attack now." Tai suggested, whistling to Zeik to be ready just in case. She shook her head quickly, causing some of the brown strands of hair tied in a braid to come loose. " I'm sorry, it's alright if we work together, right? I mean, it seems like a good idea...and I won't pretend to like you anymore..." Tai said, blushing very slightly at the end.

[Auriga]

Conner smirked "It all depends on who your target is and if you are going to kill them or not. Also what type of dragon you have and who your friends are that are here." he said crossing his arms. He thought of the things he could do with a dragon and another to help him. Cordon let out a breath of relief after they had left. Though his body was still tensed and his heart was beating fast. He had recognized the man from a poster a while ago in one of the major cities. Sarah saw how tensed Cordon was and whispered to him "What is it? Is it that couple?" she said to him. He nodded his head and sweat dripped down his brow. "Lets go somewhere were we can speak without being heard. In my room I have a spell against eavesdroppers so we should go there." he said reasonably to Leon and Sarah. I'm fine with that. How about you Leon?" she asked turning to Leon.

[Rand]

" I'll come with if it's okay, I have a feeling that something might happen, and I think it would be safer if we were all together." Leon answered, whispereing as he got up out of his chair. Tai smiled deviously. " He's an acadamy- trained dragon, trained for battle-that is. He's pretty big, and very fast, his name's Zeik." Tai twisted a strand of hair while she went on. " I have with me both my older sister, May, and her friend, Azula. They've both been trained as well, and they're very good." Tai answered, leaving out the extent of the others training for her own reasons. As if on cue, Azula walked out of her room, and into the bar, along with May close behind her. Azula noticed Tai and the man she had been sitting with and stopped to stare at them. " Y'no, if you want privacy, they have something here called bedrooms." Azula remarked, noticing how close the two were, and the fact that they were hiding behind a trashcan. Tai smiled at Azula. " It's not like that, Azula." she turned back to John, and whispered again. " Well, I'm going after the Leon, the man who was sitting nearest to us. I'm probobly just going to ask him things through torture, and then kill him." she said as though it was a thing that everyone did daily. " You're going after the girl-right?" Tai asked him. " Well, since they're traveling together, we could both track them..together." May sighed, and sat down on the floor.

[Auriga]

Conner lifted an eyebrow at Tai "Interesting. Well if you are just going after Leon then I guess we can team up for awhile." he said his eyes watching as the group got up from the table and left. "We better listen in on them while there in Cordon's room." he added having heard them whispering. He had unbelievably good hearing one of his other talents besides fighting. He motioned for her to lead "Shall we?" he asked her "Oh and they'll probably have a spell against people like us so don't set anything off, please." he added walking slowly to Cordon's room. Sarah walked into Cordon's room not surprised to see many plants lying around near the windows. Cordon sat on the bed and motioned for them to take a seat. Sarah pulled out a chair from the desk leaving Leon the one by the window. Cordon muttered a word and Sarah could see the spells in the room strengthen. Cordon pushed his glasses up with a finger "I was in the town of Kare meeting a friend who needed help..." Sarah looked at Cordon surprised. Kare was a city of thugs and crime lords. It was one of the worst cities out there. Cordon continued ignoring Sarah's look "I was only there for a week but on the last day I happened to see a board of names along with pictures. They were in order of who was the best hit man. That man we just saw was third on the chart and has had many missions that have never gone wrong. He is one of the best out there but then again he is very expensive. Whoever is out for you, Sarah, is very wealthy. Do you know anyone who is an enemy of yours that has a lot of money?" he asked her resting his head on his hand. Sarah thought about this for a second "No. All of the thugs I've taken down didn't really have a lot of money and most are living an honest life now." she said searching her brain for someone. She got up and started pacing.

[Rand]

Leon sat down in the chair by the window and started to listen to the conversation. He thought about the couple that had questioned them and asked, " What about the girl..? Do any of you recognize her?" He had been thinking about it for a while, and he thought that he had seen her before somewhere. " Hmm, maybe she was just his girlfriend...even though she looked rather young.." Leon looked up at the others, then turned around to face a plant. He lightly misted it with water, and then looked back again towards Cordon. " We should get out of here..." he suggested. " And it won't be very safe to go on foot." Tai stared at John as she started to walk towards the room. " Don't worry, I'm a good little spy. " she said, smiling. " So, what's your plan on how we hear them, oh great assassin?" she asked, slightly bowing. May followed her sister and laid on a wall about twelve feet from her. She wanted to see how her sister would work with this stranger. He was talented- she could tell, and this wasn't just some game they were playing. Azula sat down on a chair in the bar and kept look out while chewing on a piece of grass.

[Auriga]

Conner grinned at Tai and put a hand on her shoulder. He muttered a few words and there was a small flash. A drunk customer nearby saw the two and suddenly they disappeared out of sight. "As long as we are touching you will stay invisible with me but even with this a powerful mage will still be able to sense us." he took her hand and pulled her behind a plant in the hall near Cordon's room "If they come out I doubt they'll see us unless they come over here. Put this along your ear" he handed her a small piece of wire and shaped his own to fit his ear. He touched a metal plate and suddenly he good hear the group talking inside. Sarah shook her head at Leon's question and so did Cordon. "He might have met her and is using her as a cover up or they are partners." Sarah said still pacing the floor. "Do you know where we can get an horse in this town?" she asked Leon thinking of a way out of town without being noticed.

[Rand]

Tai blushed slightly as John told her that they had to keep touching, and then grabbed her hand. She did as she was told and fashioned the wire around her ear. Instantly, she heard the voices of the people inside the room. She listened intently as she heard Leon speak. " Yah, there's a stable sort of nearby, and they are good at breeding fast horses, most of them have been trained I think." Leon looked down as he realized that he knew a little too much about this place, but it was really why he had come here in the first place, to get a horse. " Hmmm," Tai thought aloud, but still whispered, " Horsies.." she smiled and kept on listening. " So, if we're all going to get horses-if that is the plan..then when will we leave?"

[Auriga]

Sarah looked down "I think it would be best if we left tonight..." she said going over to the window. It was a dark day and the fog was very thick. "It's risky with this fog but it will be the same for whoever is after us." she added motioning to the fog outside. "I'll meet you guys at the stable around 10:00 tonight. That will be enough time to do whatever you have to in the town right?" she asked them. Conner smiled at this and thought how perfect it was. He tugged on Tai's sleeve and pulled her going to the cafe. He undid the spell the second before they went in the cafe and let go of her arm. "Tonight is the best time to get this done. I'm after the girl so we ought to intercept her before she gets to the stable and my real name is Conner just so you know. Now, it's simple. All you have to do is keep her distracted long enough for me to put a sleeping charm on her. Then afterwards I might help you if you need to kill any of the others." he said sitting down in a chair at one of the tables near by. He relaxed and waited to see if she had any questions.

[Rand]

" You....you...you LIED TO ME?" Tai said, staring at him for not telling her his real name. She realized that he had to do that probobly for his own protection, and shook it off. "Alright, I think that Zeik and I can manage a good distraction.." she said, a smirk on her face as she thought about what she was planning to do. "h, and don't worry about the fog, Zeik'll see through it like nothing is even there." She also sat down and waited. " Yah I think that's a good idea as well, in fog, it'll be easier to hide. I'll leave first, so it dosen't attract attention that we all leave together." Leon said getting up, and walking out the door after nodding towards the others. Tai eagerly wanted to destroy Leon as he walked almost past her, not daring to look her way. Leon walked out of the inn and into the streets that were being suffocated by fog. He cautiously walked through the streets towards a small store, and once he was inside, was happy that he had made it there in one piece. He bought a few necessary supplies, thanked the storekeeper, and then exited the store. He half-ran towards the stable, and eventually reached it. He noticed a young girl sitting on a fence and decided that she might be able to help him. " Hello," he started, his tone kind, " Could you help me? I am looking for a horse, one that will get me safely through this fog?" the young girl quickly jumped off of a fence and then dissapeared into the fog. Leon wondered if he had scared her away, but thought differently when she led out a beautiful silver and black horse. Leon petted the horses head and fed her a sugar cube.

[Auriga]

Conner agreed to the use of Zeik and told Tai to meet him there at 9:00. Sarah soon left Cordon's room and headed outside. She got some supplies from a store nearby (xD the same store Leon went to )) and went back to the Inn. She made sure all of her stuff was packed and checked her weapons. It was 9:30 by the time she was done so she put on her cloak and went out of the room. She left the key to her room at the front desk and walked out. She quickly started walking to the stables but not so fast as to draw attention. Conner who had been waiting the whole time saw her leave from the cafe went and found Tai. "Let's go." he started walking to the door and stopped a foot away. "You go out first and I'll follow five minutes after. I want you to distract her during those minutes. That will give me enough time to do the spell. Any questions?" he didn't expect any and opened the door for her "Good, now go."

[Rand]

Tai nodded at Connor and ran out of the door towards Zeik, who was well hidden by the silver mist despite his massive size. He snorted at her and motioned for her to get on. She jumped on top of his back and with one fluid, well-practiced motion, she positioned herself for flight. Zeik raised his wings, but Tai kicked lightly behing his left wing to signal that they weren't ready to leave yet. " C'mon!" Tai yelled to Connor, patting the seat behind her own. Leon nodded towards the little girl and gave her the money for the horse, which he named Lithe. He quickly fastened the black leather saddle and put his feet into the stirrups, and pulled on the reins. He was in a hurry, but he knew that he had to wait for the others. He walked the horse patiently around the stable, and waited.

[Auriga]

Conner gave a very dangerous looking grin and hopped onto the dragon feeling the powerful muscles underneath him. He turned to Tai and said in her ear "Hurry we have to get there before she gets to the stable!". Cordon popped out of the store and looked out only to find Leon. He walked out of the little store and into the stable. After explaining to the Horse owner he went over to pick one. A brown horse came over to him from behind and pushed him. Cordon jumped and turned around only to find a giant head next to his getting closer by the second. He jumped back "Horse! Stop it now!" he said to the over eager horse. He heard a laugh from behind and recognized it as the owners voice. "He sure does like you. He is a good boy and is one of the fastest here." said the owner from behind. Cordon nodded and started to pet the horse. "I'll take him then." He paid the owner and went to Leon. "I shall call my horse... Horse!" he said to Leon with a satisfied look on his face. Sarah stopped and lifted her head to the air. Something was messing with the air currents and it was big. She checked her weapons under her cloak and got out her bow along with an arrow which would fly straight no matter what hit it. She put them in one hand then lifted her hand and raised her palm straight in front of her. Lines appeared on the ground and quickly spread over a miles distance. It was a search spell which allowed her to see who was around her. Civilians around her in buildings, people walking in and out of stores, and Cordon along with Leon at the stables she thought to herself. She lowered her hand and stopped. She hadn't felt Tai or John anywhere. She tensed and continued walking to the stables as if nothing had happened.

[Rand]

Leon looked at Cordon and blinked. He felt a strange feeling, but shook it off as nothing. " Now we just have to wait for Sarah...." Leon said, hoping that she was okay. Zeik took off into the air, and propelled himself through the air with his powerful wings. In about a minute, he was at the stables, and he hovered over them a while before landing near a group of trees. Tai smiled as she jumped off of Zeik, realizing her love for the grey cloak of fog that surrounded the town. She hid behind a wall, and then ran off into the fog towards where she knew Sarah to be. She snuck up behind her, prepared to gracefully manouver away from anything that the mage would attack her with. " Saaaaaarraaaaaah..." she whispered, making her voice travel in the wind. She had used a voice that was not her own, she she could not be recognized.

[Auriga]

Sarah listened and stopped walking. The voice was different and the wind made it hard to tell where it was coming from. She put away the arrow and got out an old one. She waited for the voice and fired in a random direction. Whoever it was, was good at keeping quiet and stealth like. She put away her bow and took out her staff. She lifted her hand and raised her palm in front of her making lines appear on the floor. They set out quickly and quietly. She soon new where her foe was or to be exact "foes". Tai was behind her a couple of feet while Conner was on a building to her right. Conner who saw the movement and the lines cursed silently. He knew the spell and got up from the building. It was useless to hide if she knew those types of spells. He jumped down pulling out a dagger and charged her before she could say any spells. Sarah pushed her cloak aside and swung at him with skilled movement forcing him to move back. "What do you want with me?" she asked him coldly all to aware of Tai behind her. She got into a crouched defense position and waited for Conner. He smirked "I believe that's only for me to know. Now are you going to come quietly or do I have to use force?" he asked knowing the answer already, at least this gave time for Tai to do something. Sarah contained a surprised look and forced herself not to give away anything. "Who wants me?" she asked him not budging an inch.

[Auriga]

Destructicorn danced across the stable yard happily. He saw the victims in the stable and walked over to them. He pranced around them showing off his beautiful mane and went up on his hind legs. He thought how foolish they were like all the other humans that did not realize an omen when they saw one. He grew impatient at them and started to scare the already frightened horses into the direction of the battle forcing the humans to follow. Destructicorn pushed the silver horse forcing the human without the glasses to fall off his horse ( that's Leon btw ). Destructicorn feeling he did his job hopped over the fence and ran off disappearing into the fog.

[Auriga]

(( Sorry but I felt that was necessary and my last post was really long so I couldn't out it in there ))

[Rand]

( xDD It's fine.)

[Rand]

Lithe showed her teeth at the brutality of the omen, and waited for Leon. " Was that-?" he half-asked to no one in particular. He shook his head and dismissed it as nothing. " Hmmmm...I wonder where Sarah is.." he asked, starting to get worried. Tai realized that Sarah knew that she was there, and hoped that she could confuse her magic. She dashed around frantically, sending heat waves in random directions, and then threw her cloak into the air. She smiled and then spun gracefully into the air. She walked on her hands and then jabbed into Sarah's pressure points, a tactic that she used regularly to knock people out. She hoped that the mage hadn't equipped herself with spells that would counter her attacks, or else it might not have worked.

[Auriga]

(( xD So since you don't know you just end it with "she" xDDDD It's alright I'll talk to ya later ))

[Rand]

(( xD, my dad was going to press the off button for the computer, so I had to press enter.))

[Auriga]

(( xDDDDDD That happens to me sometimes ))

[Auriga]

Sarah was stunned for a moment from Tai's attack. She had not expected her to be this good with fighting and had left her guard down. Conner gave a smug grin and quickly ran around Sarah when she was stunned. Sarah pulled out an arrow and quickly shot it up with her bow. A few seconds later there was a giant explosion above them as the arrow exploded. She quickly swung her staff at Conner hitting him in the gut. She sent out a Earth spell towards Tai that cause the ground to shake violently hopefully causing her to get distracted. Cordon saw the explosion and quickly sent Horse! in that direction. When he got there he was surprised to see Sarah fighting Conner and Tai close by. Conner had fallen to his knees feeling the breath get knocked out of him and quickly tried to get back up. Cordon closed his eyes and called the plants. They grew over Conner and thickened until he was in a cocoon made of plants. Conner started ripping at them but they kept on growing back and soon he couldn't use his arms at all. Sarah turned to Tai lifting her hand and palm up "People of flame. Dance!" she shouted. Lines encircled Tai making a complex design. If Tai didn't move fast she would be caught in an explosion of fire Sarah thought anticipating any way of escape Tai might use. She didn't want to lose any of the two assassins.

[Auriga]

(( xD Guys are so stupid. You need an explosion to get there attention ))

[Rand]

Tai smirked at Sarah's attempt to control her, and then jumped up into the air, and flew right at Sarah. She knew that Sarah could probobly react quick enough to counter this, so she decided to fall to the floor, a safe distance away from the fire. She lifted her leg and jumped at Sarah, about to kick her down, when- while she was airborne, she was swept twenty feet away from her target. She fell loudly to the ground, and then realized that she was contained in a sphere of air and fire. She stood up, and then sat down-folding her legs. She knew that she was caught. Leon finished muttering the last of his spell and then turned to face the others, his sphere of fire and air still spinning rapidly to control the prisoner. He gently patted the neck of his horse while still saddled, and then waited to see what the others were going to do with the two assassins.

[Auriga]

Sarah stopped mid sentence in a spell she was about to throw at Tai and smiled. "About time you guy showed up. You guys owe me a bomb arrow.” she said walking to Conner. She looked down on him and thought for a second on what to do. Conner looked at Tai and saw her in the orb. It was all over now and Sarah would most likely kill them right off the bat. "Look up." Sarah told Conner sternly using her voice when talking to annoying clients. He kept his head down and so she grabbed his chin firmly forcing him to look up. "Tell me who sent you now!" she said her a face an inch from his. Conner smirked "You should know by now. How about this: You let me out and I'll lead you to who paid me." he replied realizing he might have a chance at this. "The person who wants you just wants to chat that's all. They aren't interested in you dying especially since you are one of the best." he added honestly. He had to admit that she was good and the same with the others. She dropped his chin and started walking to Cordon. "What do you think?" she whispered to him. Cordon pushed his glasses up "I think it's worth the chance. If we go willingly we could end this early instead of running from everyone they send for you." he said as she nodded in agreement. She walked over to the orb and looked at Tai. "What's your part in all of this? If I heard correctly, Conner doesn't have a partner. Answer truthfully or we might have to use a truth spell on you" she said coldly to the girl.

[Auriga]

(( What happened to May and Azula? Are they hiding in the shadows laughing at Tai or something? xD Sorry it just seemed weird that they aren't watching or something ))

[Rand]

(( You will see.....I think))