85Tally Rein was on one of the Aran Islands, hunting down a particularly difficult rogue fear an tine, a creature who could burst into flame at will, was impervious to heat, and was generally quite awesome.
Tally ran across the fields, watching the creature ahead- it wasn't really a human, and it didn't seem to have a gender- burn it's way through the grass that grew to the middle of Tally's chest. Her favorite knife was held in her hand, and as she forged her way through the wild weeds, Tally mentally went over what she knew about the thing in front of her. He was weak to water, she thought, and he could be killed with a stab or shot to the head. Well. That should be easy.
The fear an tine was not built for speed, and now Tally was catching up quickly, racing up behind him. The fear seemed to realize, and he spun around suddenly, blasting fire at Tally. Tally was forced to jump to the side as the molten lava blasted past her, carving a long winding path through the grass. Tally crouched in the weeds, cursing, and waiting for the fear to run out of heat. When he didn't, she began to rethink her plan.
Her phone began to ring, and the fear an tine spun to where she was hidden, and blasted more fire. Tally rolled to the side, pulling out her phone to answer it. "Hello?" At the same time, she began to quietly sneak up on the fear.
"I heard you were a pretty good tracker," the girl on the other end said. "Would you be interested in some work?"
Tally dodged around a shot of fire, and then pressed forward with her knife. "I might be. Where'll I meet you?"
The girl gave the address, as Tally jumped forward and stabbed the fear an tine through the forehead, digging the knife in deeply. "I'll meet you there," Tally said, as the fire wreathing the creatures body brightened, and melted the phone she held in her hand.
Aqua was in a cafe, checking her e-mail when the call came through.
"Hey, Aqua, it's Slaughter. I was wondering if you were still interested in what we were talking about earlier today?"
Aqua nearly dropped her drink. "Hell, yeah. Of course."
"Meet me at our place today at four o'clock, would you?"
"Deal."
"Who's left?" Amanda asked as Slaughter thanked Aqua and hung up.
"Unforgiven Knight, Dusky Malice, and- Amanda, I can't read your writing!"
Amanda checked it. "Thunder Bolt."
Slaughter paused. "That name sounds pretty familiar..."
Amanda shrugged. "I'll call Knight and Bolt, you call Malice."
Slaughter picked up the phone again, dialing quickly, and then waited. "Hey, is this Dusky malice? Uh-huh. Well, when she comes back, could you tell her Slaughter called, and I'm wondering if she wants to come with us on a little adventure. Thanks. Tell her to come by any time, okay? Thanks."
Slaughter hung up, and checked Malice's name off the list.
"It's a lot of people to just hunt down Low," Mac commented from where he was watching the election results.
"We have a tracker, a driver, a fighter and a healer. That's really all we-" The doorbell rang, and Slaughter went to get it. "Hold that thought!" she called back to Mac, opening the front door. Her spirits dampened, however, when she saw who it was.
"Okay. Who invited the good-looking jerk?"
Fear an tine- pronounced fe-yarr an tin-ah
Of course, that's the way I pronounce it. Different parts of Ireland pronounce it differently.
Magicful Creepy Kids- LOL. It's okay about missing updates, it doesn't matter all that much. In what way do they remind you of your family? They kinda remind me of mine...