05-25-2011, 09:00 PM
Kage scanned the area for any guards but to his surprise there weren't any. That means they expected Fang to guard the back by himself. Lucky me. He then stalked up to the back entrance and checked the door. Poison and locked. I retract my earlier thought, they simply figured the fool who walked straight in would die before anything got accomplished. The mage reached inside his tunic and pulled out a pair of gloves that he kept just for occasions like this and slipped them on. He then reached inside one of his side pockets on his waist and pulled out a pick. Within seconds the lock was open and Kage was in. He caught the back end of the fight Faith was having and wouldn't have interfered until he saw that she had been stabbed in the back and captured.
It was at that moment that Azoth needed to make a decision. Help Faith, or finish the mission?. Shit. Where the hell is Vi? She should have been with her, covering her or something. No, she's doing her job like you should be dammit. He scanned the area for other guards. There weren't any which meant that they were guarding the prisoners or either dead. Hopefully the latter. After taking one more moment to deliberate, Kage chose to come back for her.
Making his way silently to the second floor, the master assassin kept a close eye out for any signs of a trap. There were none. Time was of the essence as he reached the second floor and headed for the only room up there. Checking that door, it was clean, he walked straight in. What he found in there wasn't what he expected. Marcus was dead, his head cut off and hung on a nail by the hair, and the body hung upside down with 'Fang' written just above it in the man's blood.
What the hell is going on? None of this made sense. If Marcus was already dead, and Fang had done it, what did that mean about the slaves? What were the Tigers planning? Stalking back downstairs, Kage followed the voices to a room where Faith was bound. It seemed that the Tigers had an idea of what they planned to do with her. One male was already about to have his way with her until his head went rolling to the floor. The other three looked stunned. Then for some reason they all started fighting one another killing two of the three left. Then finally Kage showed himself, a fierce picture of Retribution if it had a physical form.
He eyed the other male with a piercing look and the male looked hypnotized for a while before the screams started. He clawed at his own body ripping flesh from bone. He even removed his own eyes and tongue in an attempt to escape whatever horror it was that he saw, though it was to no avail. In the end, he died from blood loss and the raven haired mage stood over him with a sinister look in his eye as his katana was held overhead pointing down at the man's heart. After a long second passed the assassin plunged it into the male's heart multiple times before snapping out of it and remembering why he was here.
Removing the headless body from Faith's figure, he untied her and snatched the blade from her back. "Are you alright," he asked in a calm and soft voice. His eyes and face held this blank expression as he checked on the female and helped her to her feet. After she replied he asked, "Where's Viridiana?" His tone was concerned and there was a tinge of anger in there somewhere.
(Kage to the rescue!!! LOL)
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